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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1908-08-14

. There are quite number of men
at work on the Missouri Pacific
line between here and Hoisington'
fixing up the road. Several boarding
cars are now in the yard.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1908-08-14
Card of Thanks

We desire to express Our sincere
thanks to the many kind friends and
tosthe members of the different lodg-
es who kindly comforted and helped
us in our late bereavement.
]. Troillet and Daughters.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1908-08-14
Insurance Man Suicides

Peoria, ILL.,, Aug. BE. J. Lewis
treasurer of the Savings Life Insur
ance Company of Peoria committed
suicide by taking poison in a saloon
here last night. He was a thirty
second degree mason.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1908-08-14

John, Walter, and Dave Sullivan
and Willie Cory were down from the
north side today and made this office
a nice call.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1908-08-14

o.. Miss Blanche Marx came nome
from Pueblo this morning after a
visit with her aunt, Mrs. Jessee Chap
mel.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1908-08-14

Wayne Hall of Chase is here today
He is not feeling well and will quit
inside store work.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1908-08-14

The title of the last divorce suit
filed in the District court is Net
tie E. Spencer VS.. Albert Spencer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1908-08-14

Miss Lizzie Shafer has returned
to. Shafer after a pleasant visit
here,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1908-08-14

= Frank Greene went up to Shaffer
this morning.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1908-08-14

Mrs. Norman Ludlum returned from
a visit at Topeka wednesday even
ing.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1908-08-14

Miss Nina Frazier Is reported as
resting well today.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1908-08-14
You Will Probably Miss Some Rare Advertisements This pao

We Take Them Down Once More
The return engagement with the bus
mess men Of Hoisington was pulled
off on the local field Wednesday
afternoon, and again the boys from
Great Bend waxed it to them. The
game was daisy and interesting from
start to finish. The visitors had a
new line up and except for the fata.
fifth inning, had things coming theif
way. Gleadall went in the box in that
round to relieve Piper, who had beer
doing well but was tiring, and as a
result seven scores were added to the
home teams bunch, which cinched
the game.
The line up of the teams was as
follows:
Great Bend.
Himrod. c. F.
Richardson, B.
DR.. Russell, 3 B.
Seward y
Johnson, L. F.
COe Russell G
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-03
from one OF the largest coal dealers hi
the west BY 9 Carbon county company
only a few days ago.
BILLINGS.

Billings will be materially benefited
by the order OF the interstate com
merce commission closing Portland.
Ore, as a gateway to the Pacific for
southern and central railroads and
compelling the routing Of all traf1c,
freight and passenger, over the North
ern Pacific or Burlington via Billings.
The benefit to be derived will start
within the next few days, with the in
~auguration of the tourist rates, to the
northwest. Az stop over privileges
are granted on all tourist tickets, It
will enable hundreds OF tourists, who
will. visit the northwest this summer,
to stop I've In Billings and see the
wonderful opportunities apparent on
every hand. AS a result OF the order
more than double the number of tour
lists which usually pass through here,
will pass through here this season. AS
a result hundreds Of people will be-
come interested in the great Yellow
stone valley and will come here to
locate.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-03
ALLEGED THAT THEY SHIPPED
ARMS TO GUATEMALA.
SHIP sNEAKED AWAY
Vessel with Consignment Of Rifles
Failed to Bother With Clearance
PROFESSIONALLY for offense. is Fine
and Long Time In Jail.

San Francisco, March 2.-Harry j.
Hart, broker and shipping agent, and
N. ". Liberoth, mariner. were arrest
ed today by the United States marshal
for conspiracy in the flibustering ex-
petition of the steamer Empire in 1906
to Central America, and for having
violated the neutrality law in taking
arms and military equipment to in
surgents who had attempted to over
throw President Cabrera OF Gaute-
mala. They secured $4,000 bail each.
Hart and Liberoth were both indict-
ed on four separate counts, and no
sooner had Liberoth returned to the
United States than he was arrested.
Hart walked into the officials Of
fee and demanded to see the
prisoner. When asked his name he
told the deputy, who informed him
that he was q prisoner. He is &C
cused by the grand jury with having
fitted out a vessel in this port which
Captain Liberoth took away.
Shipped Arms.
Hart had 294 cases Of arms and mill.
tary equipment put on board from
the tug Dauntless. He gave out the
impression that the cases contained
mining machinery.
The vessel sneaked out Of port with
out clearance papers, and t~hereupon
became an outlaw ship. The penalty
for leaving port without papers is a
fine Of $500. The penalty for violating
the neutrality law is q hne Of not less
than $1,000 and not over $4,000, and
imprisonment Of not more than two
years.
The cargo Of rifles was taken to
Central America and sold to the In
surgents.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-03

financial depression has. passed.
Springtime Is at hand. The time OF
construction Is near. Industries are
fast resuming operations. In q very
short time 1t Is probable that the Ia
Dor market will again show q short
age IN supply. Private employment
will take all the men, who want posi-
lions, and before long the army will
again be unable to secure re-enlist-
ments or recruits unless congress
passes a law increasing the pay Of the
soldier to somewhere near the sum he
could receive in a private calling.
If congress falls to increase the pay
Of the soldier, the army will suffer the
consequences. It will be impossible
to maintain the present standard.
which is below par, due to the small
pay received by soldiers.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-03
THE COPPER

The outlook in the copper trade is
most encouraging. Trade reports for
the past month have shown a steady
demand for the red metal, and as a
result enormous sales have been
recorded: The recent report Of the
United Metals Selling company, the
sales agent Of the Amalgamated Cop
per company and its subsidiary COM
panies, shows that s9,O0O,O0O pounds
of metal we're sold In the first % days
Of February. There is said to be less
unsold refined copper in the United
States today than in years. AS a re-
suit Of this cleaning up of the copper
market there. has been a steady adj
n in the price Of the leading cop
per stocks, especially the stocks OF
companies owning property in the
Butte mining district.
This situation in the copper trade
would indicate that there is probably
ground for the rumors which are
abroad in Butte that the mines Of the
great copper camp are to be started
in the LEI future. The rumor is fur
Their confirmed by the fact that the
mills near Hamilton, where the tim
Der for the Butte mines is cut, have
been started. 1t looks very much as
If it wa not the copper TRACE situa-
ton alone that brought about the re-
duction in the output of the Butte
mines. The small amount of refined
copper on hand In this country would
indicate that the much talked about
overproduotion was partially a myth.
Things look very encouraging for
Butte, if the reports Of a shortage in
The supply are correct, and indications
point favorably toward a resumption
OF operations in the great copper
camp at nc far distant date.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-03

The William Pena theater IN Phila.
delphia was sold at auction Tuesday
to Felix Isman, q real estate broker,
for $4,000. subject to a. mortgage OF
$4,000. The building is about two
thirds completed.
At the annual meeting OF the Legal
Aid society. New Y TX. President Ar
thur Q Briesen announced the order
Of the Grown Of Prussia had been ION.
ferred upon him by the emperor Of
Germany for his work in the society.
The custom Of using convicts In
treadmills 10 still practiced in some
English prisons. The speed is about
80 steps a minute and II a man misses
a step a crossbar strikes the calves
Of his legs.
Secretary H. +. Cellarius Of Cincin-
natl in his annual report say the
building and loan associations OF the
United States have increased approx.
mately $50, 700, 900 in assets in 1907,
SO tina. they now care for $728, 000, 900
of the peoples savings.
The extreme cold and deep SHOWS
have caused the more ~ferocious Of the
wild animals In Huntington county,
Pa to become exceedingly dangerous.
Bears, wildcats and catamounts are
devastating farmers stock, and in
several instances have attacked pedes-
TRANS on the ublic roads.
Prof. Frederick Starr OF the Univer.
sity Of Chicago has left for the far
east in search Of an unknown eau
casian rae supp sed to exist in the
Philippines. He will spend three
months in the study Of the islanders,
and possibly may go to inland China,
where the Lolos. another mysterious
white race, exist.
.
That an automobile is not a carriage
AMI that cities and towns are not lia-
bio for injuries sustained by automo-
D!les IN roads not suitable for such
vehicles but which are in condition
for carriages. was the decision Of the
supreme judicial court in Boston.
That Mrs. William b. Leeds paid
$340, 900 in Paris in 1906 for the pearl
necklace that has become famous
through litigation was brought out in
the testimony in the suit In the United
States court in New York Of Bernard
Citroon to recover $4,000 alleged to
have been paid in excess duty on the
gems.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-03
THE BOYCOTT MUST CEASE.

The supreme court of the United
States In a recent decision sounded
the death knell of the boycott by de-
claring that it constitutes a conspiracy
in restraint Of trade. That mean the
boycott must go. 1t has no standing
in society and the aid OF the courts
a be secured in stopping its use. 1t
has no place in our civilization and is
contrary to American principles and
d. crimes. An eastern exchange states
the situation we'll in the following edi.
torial:
There have been several repre-
sentative expression on the boycott.
The anthracite commission in its re-
port on the strike OF 1902 condemned
it strongly as unfair un-American. q
word of unhappy origin The presi.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-03
71 @0 TV0 T !" @@"W-3r 1@9I0- T0@-
BUTTE MINES 70 RESUME.

No announcement could be more
welcome in Montana than that made
yesterday by John D. Ryan, managing
director Of the Amalgamated Copper
company. when he said that the mines
in the Butte district controlled by
that company and the smelter at Ana
conda would resume operations to-
morrow morning.
For several days rumors have been
prevalent that the mines at Butte
were to resume about May l, but no
intimation had been given that oper-
atoms were to ae commenced March
/. But it is presumed that the I'M
usual demand for copper from foreign
nations, which has reduced the
amount OF unsold copper to less than
the United Metals Selling company
has held in years, has brought about
the order to resume.
Conditions in Butte were bad. Thou
sands of men had been thrown out OF
employment because Of the curtail-
ment OF production in the mines, and
soup houses, for the first time in the
history of the camp, became a neces-
sity. But now that the mines are to
resume prosperity will very soon re.
turn, and after one payday money
should once more be plentiful. It will
not only make times good in Butte,
but will improve them throughout the
state, which undoubtedly has been
somewhat affected by the depression
in Butte.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-03
INTERESTING FACTS.

Democratic headquarters are open
in Denver, the convention city.
BY the time the season ends New
York patrons will have spent $4,000
900 on opera this season.
A police force is being organized to
guard New York city's new aqueduct
leading from the Catskills. 108 miles.
King Leopold las refused to sell to
the Foreign Christian Missionary So
ciety any more land in the Congo Free
state.
The governor OF Chihuahua, Mexico.
intends to introduce into his state the
Gothenburg system OF regulating the
liquor traffic.
More than $500, 900 acres In Siberia
are about to be opened to settlement.
Migration from Russia is expected to
be greater than e
= =
The new scout cruiser Chester can
.'go some." On her Standardization
trial she made one mile at the rate
OF 1921 knots an hour. Her corrected
average was about % knots an hour. :
The police force on upper Fifth ave
nue., New York City. has come to be
Known as the Society squad" Its
main function seems to be to protect
society women from beggars and pan
handlers.
Now dish water Is considered by
sanitary authorities az q source Of
danger. especially In restaurants. A
movement for the publication Of dish
water 10 proposed.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-03

dent in his special message Of Jan
uary 81. 1908. endorsed this report. as
indeed he had before. using this Ian
guage: AS regards the rights and
wrongs Of labor and capital. from
b~lacklisting to boycottmg. the whole
subject is covered in admirable fash
lon by the report Of the anthracite
coal strike commission, which report
should serve az a chart % the guild
ance Of both legislative and executive
omcers.' To the same effect William
r. Hearst, In his letter Of February
18, 1908: I think boycotting is IL
legal. It is q conspiracy to injure
somebody's business. II conspiracy in
restraint Of trade, and conspiracy by
big business firms to injure little bust
ness men are illegal, then co%nspiracies
by little business men or laboring men
to injure any particular business man,
be he big or little, are equally IL
legal
These opinions are interesting, and
as severally the expressions Of a spe-
cial commission which performed q
real public service; or a president
whose political fortunes have been as
sisted by organized labor, and of a
radical leader who has cultivated the
friendship Of the labor politicians,
they are not without imp rtance. But
the thing that settles the matter and
eliminates the boycott as a trades
union weapon is the decision Of the
federal supreme court, announced in
the Danbury hatters' case on Febru-
airy 3, 1908.
1.-THE supreme court then declared
that the boycott constitutes q con-
spiracy in restraint Of trade aimed at
compelling third parties and strangers
involuntarily not to engage in the
course Of trade except on conditions
that the combination imposes and
therefore is actionable under section Z
of the Sherman antitrust act, which
provides for the recovery of %tnreefold
damages. On this point the supreme
court was unanimous. The nine mem
bers Of that august body, republicans
and democrats alike, w-re agreed that
there was no federation for the boy
colt within the bosom Of American in
stitutions."
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-03
OWN YOUR OWN HOME.

Probably few men realize how easy
It Is for q man to become the owner
OF the house in which he lives and to
cease paying rent. II they did IN
doubtedly there would be many more
home wners. It does not take much
money to buy a home. All that Is
needed Is a small sum to make the
first payment. The balance can be
paid in sums that will not exceed the
amount Of the rent which would have
to be paid for the property, and in q
few years the tenant will be the
owner Of the property. his rent having
bought It.
There is no investment 1 man can
make that is so sure Of increasing In
value as the purchase Of real estate.
There is not q western city where
real estate Is not slowly Increasing In
value. In Billings the increase Is
something remarkable. Men have
been known to make small payments
on houses, and before they had paid
one-third Of what was owing on the
property they have been able to sell
for q figure that has enabled them to
buy homes in other portions Of the
city further out and pay for them en-.
tireiy. These opportunities have not
passed. There is not a lot within any
one Of the plated additions to the
city today but what will be worth
many times It's present value in the
next ten years !.
The man who Is paying rent will
display wisdom II he sees some one
Of the real estate men Of Billings who
sell homes on the installment plan,
and Immediately begins to let his rent
apply on the purchase Of a home for
himself. Now is the time to begin,
when property values are low and
when the future Of Billings insures a
rapid increase in the value of property.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-03
THE COAL

Last summer, again and again, the
to be a coal famine the coming win
ter. Coal consumers were urged to
take precautionary measures and lay
in a large supply of coal. The warn
ing was so effective that the coal
mines of Montana worked larger
forces than aver before in summer
time and throughout the northwest
large quantities of coal were stored.
The Northern Pacific railroad even
went so far Is to ship in coal from
the east and store it along the right
of way.
But the threatened coal famine did
not materialize. The winter proved to
be exceedingly mild and the consump-
ton of coal was far from normal. A
financial depression struck the nation
and industries were closed and the
demand for coal in that direction was
cut Off. Traffic on the railroads, both
freight and passenger, fell of and the
railroads, the largest consumers OF
coal, used only a small per cent of the
amount of fuel they had anticipated
would be required. All this united in
preventing a coal famine the past
winter. AS a result photographers on
the newspapers of the country are
prone to joke about the effective ad'
vertising of the coal operators press
agent. But coal producers everywhere
agree that had conditions the pas
fall and winter been normal there
would have been a shortage Of fuel
with Its accompanying hardships.
The failure of the predictions of las,
summer to materialize should not in
duce US to think that the same condi
ton will exist next winter. The wise
man, is the one who will commence tt
lay in his winters coal supply early
in the year. That the leading Goa
consumers appreciate this fact i.
shown by the large number OF orders
being received by the coal mining
companies OF Carbon county for Goa.
to be delivered for storage the com
Ing summer. An order for severa,
l Thousand tons Of coal was received
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-03
TEN YEAR TERMS
FOR CRUEL MURDER
INDIANS ESCAPE WITH LIGHT
PENALTY FOR BuTcHERY.

Los Angeles, March Mrs. Do
minga Seguendo and 'Antonio Angus
tine, the two Indians of the Morongo
reservation who killed John seguen-
do last October, were allowed to plead
guilty in the federal court today on a
charge OF manslaughter.
Judge Wellborn sentenced each to
10 years imprisonment. United States
District Attorney Lawler in permit
ting the prisoners to plead guilty to
n~,anslaughter, stated to the court that
they were under the influence of H.
quor sold to them Illegally.
The crime was a brutal me-. In the
fight Seguendo vas literally hacked to
pieces with an axe and his mutilated
body buried in the sands.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-03
THE RAILROADS AND THE Law

Z HE RAILROADS AND THE LAW.
Recently representatives of some OF
the largest railroad companies in the
nation pleaded with the interstate
commerce commission to persuade
that body to extend the time in which
the railroads shall be required to COM
ply with the provisions of the nine
hour law regulating the employment
# t~elegraphers.
The enforcement OF this law is not
a socialistic measure. It is of funda-
mental Importance to society, as its
enactment was brought about in an
effort to safeguard the travelling pub
lie by making the hours of labor for
the men who have CHARGE Of the
ttAtns and their operation such that
they can attend to their duties as they
Should ard thus avoid accidents such
as have resulted from overworked
t~e!egraphers failing at their post by
going to sleep OF faltering in the
work. There can be no doubt but what
the law is a just one.
Yet the railroads nave been trying
to prevent its enforcement. Their
chief contention has been that it
would be impossible to secure the
number Of operators required. Yet
they have had notice for many months
that the law was to become effective,
and many Of the large transportation
companies secured the required
telegraphers. Some Of the railroads
which protested had already secured
the number of operators required, yet
protested against the enforcement OF
the law.
It is very evident that some Of the
railroads have adopted the same
course in connection with the nine
hour law that they adopted in STAYING
off the operations OF the safety APP
pliance law, the operation Of which
was postponed on one pretext and
then another for over three years. It
is the same course that the transporta-
ton corporations have adopted regard
ing the two-cent law in many states.
Whenever a law Of Importance is
passed regulating railroad corpora.
tons. for some unaccountable reason
some OF the railroads try to prevent
it's enforcement. To the common citi-
zen such a disposition is rather dis.
gushing. 1t will be but a question OF
time until the railroad will regret the
course they have pursued.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-03
NO MORE PAY FOR SOLDIERS,

After a lengthy debate Thursday
the house of representatives cut out
the provision in the army a%ppropria-
ton bill providing an increase in nav
for the privates and non-commissioned
officers. In view of the almost uni.
versal desire that the pay Of the army
be Increased. this action by congress
came as a surprise. Yesterday the
provisions cut out Thursday were re.
stored.
It Is sincerely to be hoped that
when the army appropriation bill
finally reaches the president fol-
signature it will contain a pro
vision providing for better pay
for u nations defenders. If con.
gress carries out the will of the PEG
pie. as expressed through the public
press, the pay of the soldier will be
made equal TO what he could receive
in a similar line Of duty in private
life.
Coming in the winter time, wher
construction work in many lines il
temporarily abandoned, and when {
large number OF men are usual,
thrown idle. the recent financial de
preston. closing IS 1t did many in
dustries and throwing out Of employ
ment thousands Of men. caused al
over snpplY 81 the labor market. Al
e6aSsQ6ence there was an increase
3a number Of applicants at re
eeaiti1g so0ces Of the army. But thu