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The Springfield herald., 1908-12-18
WESTERN NEWS.

The twelfth annual convention of the
American National Live Stock Associa-
ton will be held at Los Angeles jan
uary 26th, 27th and 2Sth.
Frank ]. Murphy, one of the attor-
neys for Abraham Reuf, charged with
completely in the alleged attempt to
bribe John NJ. Kelly, venireman
drawn upon the jury panel in Reuf's
recent trial at San Francisco, has been
acquitted.
Bishop Henry w. Warren of Denver,
who is seventy-eight years of age, has
been selected to preside over the Meth
odist conference in the island of Porto
Rico. and will leave University Park
Juan February 4th.
AS the result of the Investigations
of the federal internal revenue officers
during the past two weeks concerning
the violation of the United States laws
in regard to the manufacture and sale
of oleomargarine, fourteen men were
arrested In Denver
Hartman interests have placed Or
ders for general freight equipment val
way and Navigation Company. The new
order consists of 1000 5O-ton box cars,
and the deliveries will begin some time
in January.
That the Teller Indian school near
Grand Junction, Colorado. will be
abandoned and the 100000 property
donated by the government to the
state TO be used as a normal school
is the statement made by Senator Tel
Ter in telegram received at Grand
JunctiLn.
Clarence d. Siegfried of Colorado
Springs claimed to have discovered a
process for hardening copper at
slight expense that will add greatly to
its commercial value. A company has
been formed at Colorado Springs to
put the new invention into practical
operation.
Frederick A. Hyde of San Francisco
recently convicted of conspiracy to de-
fraud the United States of large tracts
of land in Oregon and Washington. has
been sentenced in the District of Co.
lumbia criminal court to pay fine of
$4,000 and to serve two years in the
renitcntiary at Moundsville, w. Va,
the maximum penalty under the law.
An appeal was taken.
Judge Kavanaugh in the Superior
Court of Cook county, ILL.,. on the 18th
inst, rendered a decision of Importance
to national guardsmen in which he
declared they had a right, under GER
tain conditions, to take human life on
duty. Whoever assaults or interferes
with sentry or guard, says the court,
may, under many circumstances, leg
ally forfeit his life for his transgres
sion.
The Amalgamated Copper Company
has determined to build large cop
per smelling plant somewhere in Utah
not far from the Highland Boy mine,
owned by the Utah Consolidated Min
ing Company. The latter is controlled
by the Amalgamated company. The
large smelter of the Utah company was
ordered closed by the state on COM
plant of farmers that the fumes were
injuring their crops.
The Springfield herald., 1908-12-18
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.

The general land office reports the
net proceeds of sales Of public lands
in New Mexico for the last fiscal year
as 1901, ,4I3, on which amount New
Mexico is entitled to five per cent, or
$15,O7G.
William E. Cochran of Colorado has
been appointed by Postmaster General
Meyer to be postoffice inspector in
charge at Denver, succeeding Edward
l.. Mckee, who will be transferred to
a place In the field.
An omnibus fish Matching bill, intro
duced in the House by Representative
Riley, appropriates 100000 each for
building fish hatcheries in twenty-six
states, including Wyoming, Idaho,
Utah. Nevada and New Mexico.
The director of the mint estimates
the production of gold in the United
States during 1907 to have been $780,
435,70O, and silver for the same Pc
riod sc, ,514,700 fine ounces OF the COM
mercial value of $37,299,700 at the av-
erage New York price of silver for the
calendar year 1907, namely, &C cents
fine ounce.
Moving pictures of wolf hunts
turned the east room of the White
House Tuesday night into miniature
theater. Nearly 100 invited guests
made up the audience. The stage
manager" was John Abernathy. friend
of the President and United States
marshal from Oklahoma, who catches
wolves with his hands.
Colorado indemnity school lands Sc
lectionS, aggrcgating 13,067 acres in
the Denver land district, have been ap-
provei to the state.
A bill introduced by Representative
Townsend of Michigan gives TO the In
terstate Commerce Commission the
power to prohibit an advance in rates
in cases in which shippers individually
or collectively protest against the ad-
| vance prior to the expiration of the le-
gal thirty days notice. The bill places
the burden on the carrier to show at
| subsequent hearings on the proposed
rates that the increased rates are just
and reasonable.
Gen. Henry G. Worthington. for
mer member of Congress from Nevada,
the only living pall-bearer at the fu-
neral of Abraham Lincoln, was stric1-
en- with apoplexy on the floor of the
House Thursday and was conveyed to
a cloakroom in critical condition. He
is over eighty years of age.
| In speaking to committee of 100
of the Lakes to the Gulf Deep Water
way Association. headed by Governor
| Deneen of Illinois, President Roosevelt
| declared that If p0sSihla he will have
the authors os scandalous statements
in regard to the Panama canal pur-
chase prosecuted for criminal libel
The Springfield herald., 1908-12-18
YOUTHFUL MONITOR AT WORK.
Little Sisters Error Corrected by Six
Yearold Authority.

Six-year-old Marjorie and four-year-
old Josephine were making their first
transcontinental trip from New York
to San Francisco-and, Of course, en-
countered new marvels at almost
every turn of the trip. But the Gre
scendo of their ecstatic outpourings
was reached when they saw their first
Indian families-braves, squaws and
papooses.
"Oh-h-h!" sighed Josephine. gazing
wild-eyed at the moccasined, gaudily
blanketed squaws, "ain't those
squashes just splendid, thought"
Marjorie's equally deep admiration
was momentarily quenched in her feel
ing of responsibility as elder-sister
monitor, and she eyed Josephine Sc
verely as she admonished:
They amt squashes. Josephine:
they're squads"
The Springfield herald., 1908-12-18
Wa, Already Supplied.

The dealer In a Japanese art store
was displaying to the visitors his many
treasures-tiny ivory figures, beaud-
full laces and embroideries, India ink
prints, china and what not. One man
picked up curious looking contrap-
tion-a long cane of bamboo, with an
ivory hand, fingers half curved, fast
ened to the end.
Whats this?" he asked the Jap,
with some show of interest
That" returned the slanteyed one,
"is," here he masticated a few syl-
lables, choked. shifted. coughed and
finally swallowed, and went on. "or in
the English back. .scratcher."
'Back-scratcher,' eh?" remarked
the American.
"Ver' nice; yer prittee," went on
the olive-skinned merchant. You want
it?"
"M-no," said the American, shaking
his head slowly. Il never buy moth
in don't need. Slong's there's door
facins to my house, l don't have to
buy no back-scratchers." and he turned
TO admire something else.
The Springfield herald., 1908-12-18
A FAR
CRY
The Story Of a Happy
Christmas
BY MAGLYN DUPREc
(copyrxht, ials, by Short story rublishing Co.)
BY MAGLYN DUPREc


1t had not been easy for John
Wellington, Sr., to select his Christ
mas gifts this year. although his old
wife and one or two servants were all
for whom he had to provide. 1t was
Christmas eve, and he had been
through bookstores, where handsomely
bound volumes Of story writer's.
philosophers and poets were displayed
on every counter; through brilliantly
lighted jewelry stores. where precious
stones cleaned softly against back
grounds of rich velvet; through the
perfumed shop of the florist. where
delicate blossoms from famous green
houses breathed forth fragrance that
gave the lie to the bitter wind and
swirling snow outside. With each he
had left a generous check, but always
with an unsatisfied feeling that he was
paying for something he did not care
to have. Finally, he had been lured
into shop whose windows displayed
an attractive lot of toys for small boys.
and he had selected from its almost
endless store of guns, wagons, wonder
full animals and ear-splitting wind In
struments," red tin horn, costing him
only 25 cents.
This had given him more satisfac-
ton than any purchase he had made
for many times that amount.
The other parcels he had ordered
delivered, but this he had carried him
self. as though 1t were something too
precious to be trusted to other hands.
It was this that he unwrapped before
The Springfield herald., 1908-12-18
Foraker Reopens Brownsville Case.

Washington.-The Brownsville af
fair consumed nearly the entire ses-
sion of the Senate today. Senator
Foraker obtained the floor early in the
day and read letters from former
soldier of the Twenty-fifth regiment
telling of the procedure of government
detectives in attempts to get confes-
sion from him.
Mr. Foraker introduced an amend
ment to his original bill for the re-en-
listment of these soldiers, providing
that commission of three retired
army officers be created to determine
whether discharged soldiers are inno-
cent OF completely in the shooting up
of Brownsville as prerequisite for
their re-enlistment, instead of leaving
that duty with the President, as pro-
vided by the Warner bill.
The Presidents message giving the
results of the War Department investi-
CATION OF the Brownsville affairs was
read
He said outsiders were advising dis
charged soldiers to conceal the truth
and declared that the investigation
still in progress by the War Depart
ment would be continued.
The Springfield herald., 1908-12-18

- Bought 1t fof memory, Motner.
the big, old-fashioned fireplace where
his wife sat, as soon as he had come
in from the storm-swept street. AS he
held 1t up where the red gleam of the
firelight was caught on its rounded
surface. look Of surprise swept over
the gentle old face near him.
why. John, you never bought that!
Surely they handed you someone else's
purchase"
NO" he said. his face growing sud-
denly tender. Il bought It,"
His wife, with a woman's quick in
stinct, OWNED the reason. She stepped
nearer to him and laying her hand on
his arm, looked at him with pleading
eyes, saying: But why. father?"
1t was the first time she had called
him father for decade past, and there
was a pitiful break in the old mans
voice as he replied: II bought 1t for
a memory. mother"
That was the first time In ten
years he had called her mother. and at
the sound of the name. she. too. gave
way-gave way, womanlike, leaning
her head on his arm, and sobbing out
a grief that had silently stolen the
roses from her cheeks and the light
from her eyes as the years had gone
by. The old mans arm went round
her lover-fashion, while his hand gent
ly stroked her soft white hair. There,
there, mother, dear. The boys not
dead. I'll find him for you, II 1 have
to hunt the world over. l was to
blame" he said, with such infinite re-
gret in his voice that the old wife
reached up and drew his head down to
her face and whispered: Don't take
1t So father. l know you thought you
were doing the best for the boy when
you sent him away to do or die on his
own account, and somehow l feel to-
night, as l have never felt before,
that he may be found"
AS she spoke, something in her
tones made him feel that at last his
wife had forgiven him entirely for the
decision which, ten years before, had
robbed her of her only child. Always
before this he felt through all her gen
{ tie and kindly care for him, that
tucked away somewhere in the silent
recesses of her being there was just
a little bitterness against him for the
childless state he had brought upon
her. But now that he, himself, had
/ come to repent it, he knew beyond q
doubt that the last drop of that bitter
ness had been swallowed up in a griei
grown sweet from being shared.
He sat down In his great arm chaiI
and looked up with misty eyes at his
|. wife. You're right, mother. l die
think 1t best l would rather have
seen him dead than worthless. and
knew If he had worth, he would con
quer himself, and rise without my aid
more of man than with It." She pu
| her arm around his neck and pattet
his cheek He has risen somewhere
father. l know it. He could not be
your son and fall" she said, the 10y
atty and love of a lifetime lighting mel
face with soft radiance.
He took up the tin horn from tn.
table where he had laid it. and fondle.
The Springfield herald., 1908-12-18
INvALID's SAD PLIGHT.
After Inf7ammatory Rheumatism, Hair
Came Out, Skin Peeled, and Bed
Sores DeveIoped-only Gull
cura Proved Successful.

about four years ago had very
severe attack Of infammatory rheumar
tism. Ny skin peeled, and the high
fever played havoc with my hair.
which came out in punches. ! also
had three large he'd sores on my back.
did not gain very rapidly. and my
appetite was very poor. l tried many
sure cures but they. were OF little
help, and until I tried Cuticura Re-
solvent had had no real relief. Then
my complexion cleared and soon l felt
better. The bed sores went very soon
after a few applications Of Cuticura
Ointment, and when used Cuti-
cura Soap and Ointment for my hair
1t began to regain its former glossy ap-
pearance. Mrs. Lavina j. Henderson,
1873 Broad ST., Stamford. Conn. March
6 and u, 1907"
The Springfield herald., 1908-12-18
Riaht of Privacy Upheld,

Washington.-In deciding Monday
the case of Edward II. Hartman and
Otto H. Kahn VS.. the Interstate Com
merce Commission, the Supreme Court
of the United States held that the
commission is not entitled under the
interstate commerce law to press ques-
tions relative to private transactions.
even though they involve dealings in
the securities OF interstate railroads,
when the investigation of which such
questions are part is begun on the
commissions initiative.
The Springfield herald., 1908-12-18
Civic Federation Meetino.

New York-With a session of the
women's department, at which Mrs
Taft, wife of the President-elect, pre-
sented a report of the committee on
the welfare work for government en-
ployes, of which she is chairman, the
National Civic Federation opened its
annual meeting here Monday. The
sessions were devoted to discussion
of the general topic of this annual
gathering-the promotion of friendly
relations between employers and en-
ployes. Both Mrs. Taft and her hus-
band are on the list of speakers.
The Springfield herald., 1908-12-18
Banks Fiaure in Billions.

Washington.-The annual report OF
Lawrence o. Murray, comptroller OF
the currency, shows that September
%, 1905. there were in operation G,s5S
bank associations, with paid in capt
tai stock of sS21, ,iG3,172. circulating
notes outstanding SG13,72G,155, and in
dividual deposits of s4,54s, 1851
Loans and discounts amounted to ST.
750,G1?, ?,T3111; and the banks held IN
their vaults gold and silver to the
amount of $3.50, 1886, and legal ten
der notes, S1SS.23S,515.
The Springfield herald., 1908-12-18
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The Springfield herald., 1908-12-18
MUST Be TRIED
FOR LAND FRAUD
UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT
REvERsEs JUDGE LEWIS
RULING.
IN COAL LAND CASES
EMPLOYMENT OF DUMMY EN-
TRYMAN TO SECURE LAND
is CONSPIRACY.

Denver.-In an opinion that comes
near being sweeping victory for the
government, the United States Su-
preme Court Monday reversed in its
main points the decision of Judge
Lewis of the United States District
Court, dismissing indictments returned
against eleven prominent people In the
so-called coal land fraud conspira-
cy case. 1t holds that the de-
PENDANTS can be tried on charges
of conspiring to defraud the gov
ernment out of title to an immense
acreage of valuable coal land in the
southern part of the state, but sustains
Judge Lewis ruling that they cannot
be tried for illegal conspiracy to do
acts made criminal by section 4746 Of
the revised Statutes in making false
affidavits. 1t holds that section 4746
does not apply to other than pension
cases. The other important points es
tablished by the opinion are that the
employment OF dummy entrymen to
secure coal land on public domain coll
stitutes conspiracy to defraud and
that the rules of the department of
the interior have the same effect as
statutes made by acts of Congress.
The defendants who are affected by
the reversal of the decision and II ust
now face q jury on the conspiracy
charges are Robert Forester. former
geologist Of the Union Pacific Railroad
Company; Benjamin Freeman OF Du-
range, Otis B. Spencer, former clerk of
the District Court and Frank Eldredge
of Durango, who were named toge ther
in two indictmentsf F. w. Keitel, Arie
Keitel. Frank P. Fay, Lewis NJ. Rumsey
and William Baer. all Of st. Louis, who
were named as co.defendants in two in
dictments; and George c. Franklin and
Charles e. Herr of Durango, who we're
named together in two indictments.
Herr was also indicted alone for false
on section 4746, the higher court af-
firms the lower courts action In dis
missing this particular case against
him.
The opinion of the Supreme Court
will mean renewal Of activity on the
governments part in ferreting out coal
land frauds in Colorado. with view of
instituting more criminal actions.
In the Department of the Interior
will now be concentrated the investiga-
tions into coal land frauds as well as
timber land frauds. The government
will not go to the expense of again
establishing an army of special agents
of the Department of Justice like those
who were recalled after Judge Lewis
decision. but more men will be added
10 the force of the special agent in
charge, NJ. d. McEniry of the Depart
ment of the Interior. who will direct
he investigations hereafter.
The Springfield herald., 1908-12-18
DISTEMP PER

In all its forms among all ages of
horses, as well as dogs, cured and others
in same stable prevented from having the
disease with SPOHN'S DISTEMPER
bottles sold sId''i last year $50 % and
sl.0O. Any good druggist, or send to manu-.
facturers. Agents wanted. Spohn Medical
Co., Spec. Contagious Diseases, Goshen, Ind.
The Springfield herald., 1908-12-18
Hoodooed.

A poor devil asked for aims. The
inquisitive man questioned him. After
a few interrogations he said to his
companions: Boys. don't give him a
cent; he's fraud" The beggar re-
piled: Gents, am under a hoodoo.
I'm an unlucky man. l do believe II
I were to seize time by the forelock it
would come right out and leave me as
bare as barber's pole" Then they
all Clipped in.
The Springfield herald., 1908-12-18
An Experienced Walker.

Champion Hayes Of Marathon fame,
praised at dinner in New York a
walker.
HE is a walker?" someone said.
"Yes," said Mr.. Hayes, "and the next
race he enters. mark me. he will win"
why, l didn't know he had had
any experience as walker" said the
other In a puzzled voice.
Mr.. Hayes laughed.
mo experience as walker. eh?"
said he. And the fellows owned an
$50 secondhand motor car for the last
two years!"
The Springfield herald., 1908-12-18

American neighbors in 1907 amounted
to nearly $1,000, 100000, against lit
tie more than third as much q
decade ago.
The Springfield herald., 1908-12-18
Why Joyner Left Home.

"Are you ready to receive the obli-
gations?" asked the most upright SUI
preme hocus-pocus Of the Order OF
Hoot Owls.
az am" said the candidate. firmly.
Then take a sip of this prussic
acid, place your right hand in this pot
of boiling lead. rest your left hand
upon this revolving buzz-saw. close
your eyes and repeat after me-"
Early next morning shreds OF JOY
ner's clothing wore found upon the
bushes and trees all along the road to
Pottsville, 80 miles distant, and at
scrabbletown, 60 miles away. he was
reported still headed west.-Judge.
The Springfield herald., 1908-12-18
LID IS ON.

Aren't you almost ready for
church,"
I'm sorry. but something dreadful
has happened. l can't go to church
today"
For heavens sake. what has hap
pened?"
THE cook is wearing one just like
mine!"
The Springfield herald., 1908-12-18

If you have not much time at your
disposal, do not fail to profit by the
smallest portion of time which re-
mains to you.-Fenelon.
The Springfield herald., 1908-12-18
Cured by Suqqestion.

Howard-Did you ever know any
one who was cured by suggestion?
Coward-Yes. l cured the dukes In
fatuation for my daughter by sug-
gesting that he lend me $5.-Judge.
The Springfield herald., 1908-12-18
Natural Deduction.

Peckem-I can't understand why SO
many people look upon Friday as the
unluckiest day Of the week.
Mrs. Peckem-Why. do you consider
1t lucky?
Peckem-It must be. Few people
get married on that day.-Chicago
Daily News.
The Springfield herald., 1908-12-18
Notified of Mail Delivery.

For use on rural delivery routes a
letter box has an electric attachment
which gives the alarm in the house
some distance away when mail matter
has been deposited within by the car
The Springfield herald., 1908-12-18

Give some people their pick and
they'll pick flaws every time.
The Springfield herald., 1908-12-18
State Capitol Enlargement.

Denver.-The News of Friday morn
ing says: An addition to the State
Capitol building to cost $275.000 is a
recommendation which Governor Buch-
tel Will make In his message to the
Seventeenth General Assembly. The
governors recommendation will be
made as a result of meeting OF the
board of capitol managers yesterday,
when the proposed enlargement was
agreed upon.
The proposed addition will be on
the Grant street side, thus giving the
building almost the exact form of a
cross 1t will be S0x140 feet, with
basement and three stories, to CORE
spond in all respects with the wings
on the Colfax and Fourteenth avenue
sides. The same kind of granite will
be used in construction.
A movement has been started to or
ganize new mining stock exchange in
Denver.
The sixth annual banquet of the
Grand Junction Chamber of Commerce
was held on the night of the 10th inst.
The Springfield herald., 1908-12-18

PILES CURED IN TO II DAYS.
PAZO OINTMENT is guaranteed to cure any en- so
Of Itching. Blind. Bleeding Protruding Piles In
to IA days money refunded. 5Oc.
The Springfield herald., 1908-12-18

The new town of Kuner, nine miles
east of Greeley, has notified C. S. Nor
ey, president of the Great Western
Sugar Company, that 1t will donate
eighty acres for building and furnish
water If he will establish sugar fac
tory there. Kuner town has large
cultivated area tributary to it.
Former Governor Frank S. Black of
New York, one of the foremost law
yers CT the metropolis, will come to
Denver some time in January to ad-
dress the Dartmouth Alumni Associa-
lion. which now has $50 members.
Following the campaign conducted
by the Colorado State Commercial As
sociation by the publication in West
ern World" AZ Denver, of maps show
ing the vacant land in Colorado avail
able for settlement. mary inquiries
from the East are reported by Secre-
tary James C. Craig of the associa-
ton.
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