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The Lamar register., 1909-03-31
DAILY RECORD OF EVENTS
TRANSFERRING AT STATE CAPITAL
Senate Proceedings March sd.

Sehate proceedings mdrcn ESQ.
The following are the bills passed
on third reading:
II. f. III, Foley-Providing that a
county judge sitting for another in a
county of the first class shall re-
ceive $500 per day.
II. B. 267, Clark-Providing for the
admission of agricultural college and
public school lands into irrigation dis
tricts.
S. B. 252. Gove-Providing that a
chief deputy district attorney to act
$4,000. in each district having more
than three district judges.
S. B. 122, Casaday-For the issuance
OF s950.0O0 in bonds to fund the Pea
body war debt.
s. B. 217. Irby-To prevent the re-
moval of the Colorado & Southern gen
eral offices.
S. B. $50, Burger-Authorizing the
| state land board to donate sites for
state. charitable and elemosynary in
situations.
S. B. 3S5, Campbell-Granting right
of way for the Kansas Colorado rail
| road through the insans asylum
grounds.
H. B. 1919. MISUNDERSTANDING to
irrigation districts.
s. B. 220. Harrison-For life tenure
for supreme court judges.
S. B. POS, Carringer-Relating to the
transfer of pupils from one school dis
trict to another.
II. B. 400, Whiting-To prevent high
grading and the theft of ore and bull
lion.
II. b. 159. Weiser-Relating to the
| irrigation of state school lands.
On second reading II. b. 139, by
Bakersfield. providing for department
OF factory inspection, was passed by
vote of 81 to Z.
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New County Bills Killed.

The House on the 18th inst. killed
bills that provided for the creation oil
five new counties. The counties
killed were:
Bryan county out of Adams. Arapa
hoe and Ebert counties.
Holt county out of Ebert and F.
Paso counties.
Costilla counties.
Alamosa county out of Conejos and
Costilla counties.
Boone county out of Ebert, Ell Paso
and Douglas counties.
The sharpest contests were over the
Huerfano county division to create
the county of La Veta and over the
division of Conejos and Costilla coun'
ties to create the county of Alamosa.
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House Proceedings March Path.


Passed on third reading in House:
H. b. 52S. Wheeler-For an investi-
CATION of the Rio Grande river in re-
spect to an order from the government
that no more reservoirs shall be built
along that stream.
II. b. 4S7, Foley-To prevent dam
age to lines for transmission OF cleo
tricity.
II. b. 354, Strickland-To permit
cities to buy in lands at tax sales.
II. ID. 221, Garcia-Relief OF H. II.
Russell.
H. B. 35S, Strickland-To include
owners of property causing injuries to
be included as defendants in suits
brought against cities.
II. b. 212, ong-Classification OF
Lincoln county.
II. p. 315, Hicks-Admission of evil
dence of certificates of head officers OF
executive state departments as TO rec
ords ir offices.
II. B. 499, Doyle-Rights OF way
across property of state institutions.
S. B. 80, Croke-To remove Adams
county from Eighth Judicial district
and place 1t with Gilpin. jefferson and
other counties in First district.
Passed by the House on second read
ing:
S. B. 303. Irby-To grant easement
for public highway across state lands
in Denver.
II. B. 17s, Hilts-Protect automobile
owners.
H. b. 4Gs, Lorber-Ap2ropriat
money for West Colfax viaduct in
Denver.
Fl. b. ~Old-To compel mining
leasing companies to give bond FOL
payment of wages.
S. B. 131, Napier-Dividins among
counties agricultural funds given BY
general government.
H. b. 113, Rubin-Relief of civil Ser
vice commission.
II. b. 1877. Skinner-Relief of state
board of horticulture.
II b. ~. Teller-Contlnuing appro
priation for State Normal school Of
one-fourth mill.
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INDIANS READY
TO FIGHT TROOPS
CRAZY SNAKE AND ONE HUNDRED
FOLLOWERS STAND AT
BAY.
BATTLE IS imminent
OKLAHOMA MILITIA IN THE FIELD
PREPARED TO CAPTURE
OUTLAWS.

Oklahoma City, Okla, March U.s.
Chief Crazy Snake and 10 followers
rotreated before five companies of Ok
laboma militia late tonight. thus de-
fe,ring an expected battle until tomor-
row.
Hastily setting fire to his tepees and
tents, the Indian leader with his mixed
company of redskins and negroes. fled
from their blazing camp as the troops
advanced. They took up strong posi-
ton between the North Canadian river
End Deep Fork creek, about seventeen
miles east of Henryetta.
Colonel Hoffman, in command of the
state troops, considered it unwise to
push the pursuit and engage the In
dians in the darkness. Accordingly he
h,vouacked his troops for the night.
Early in the morning. reinforced by
a company of cowboys from around
Lawton, Okla, all crack shots, he will
lead his forces against the Indians.
Crazy Snake and his braves will be of
foIed chance to surrender. II they
refuse the battle will be on.
That the old chief is striving to stir
tho Creeks to an uprising was evident
from the smoke of three signal fires
en- adjacent hills just before shutdown.
Six men have been killed and dozen
wounded since the trouble began
Thursday. This is the official report.
and 1t is generally believed that many
more of the negroes and Indians were
killed.
Darkness closed day of unrest, I'M
easiness and desultory skirmishing
throughout large part of the former
Creek nation, and with Indians and
negroes of the outlaw band hidden in
the Businesses of the hills, 100 state
militia men are tenting on the old
camp ground of the fathers of this gen
Grafton of Creek Indians.
Reaching Hickory ground at 6
O'Clock this evening. the militia in
oc mmand of Colonel Roy Hoffman
pitched their tents and will await or
Gers for action tomorrow. Before
leaving Henryetta this afternoon Col
onel Hoffman made request of Adju-
tant General Frank Canton that 800
more members of the state troops be
held in readiness for call.
Colonel Hoffman's orders are that
every armed Indian is 10 be arrested
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Senate steering Committee

The steering committee appointed
by the Senate to recommend special
order calendars for the upper house
during the remainder of the session
made its first report Tuesday. Six
teen bills were suggested and the re-
port was adopted by the Senate.
Among the bills not included were
the initiative and referendum, the Mas
saohusetts Australian ballot law, the
railway commission and regulation
bill, the Scott public service commits
sion bill, the eight-hour bill and the
aLti-pass bill.
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Road and Bridge Bills.

The Denver Republican of the 18th
inst. says: Special orders on road and
bridge bills will probably be fixed early
next week. Chairman Dowd OF the
road and bridge committee had full
membership in attendance on the meet
ing held last night. at which much OF
the work was cleaned up. He hopes
to report all bills to the House by Mon
day morning. after which the five
chairmen" combinltion will be ready
to have them made a special order for
consideration some night during the
week There is therefore the prospect
of at least two night sessions of the
House within the next seven days.
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Prayer and Politics.

In his prayer at the opening of the
House on the morning of the 23d Chap
lain Kirk said:
''In these closing days of the Seven
teenth General Assembly grant that
each member may come to realiZa-
ton of his individual responsibilities.
We realize. o Lord. that the Demo
cratic party in this state is in power
on probation. and If something is not
done, and that shortly, to redeem the
party pledges there will be the same
handwriting on the wall for that party
that startled the diners at Belshazzar's
feast-'Mene. meme tekel upharzin'-
weighed in the balance and found
wanting.
Grant that this may not be written
across the record of the Democratic
party of this state"
The Lamar register., 1909-03-31
acquisitions Must Be Correct.

Governor Shafroth insists that
requisition papers coming to him must
be made out in legal form, according
to the requirements laid down by a
conference of governors. He refused
to sign requisition from the execu-
tive of Arkansas for the, return of C.
A. Evans, accused of grand larceny,
forgery and embezzlement. First and
foremost. a rubber stamp had been
used in place of the governors pen
and ink signature. No particulars re-
garding the crime charged were con-
tanned in the papers. The name of the
complainant was not even mentioned.
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servian Crown Prince wi.hdraws.

Belgrade.-George, crown prince of
Servia, has renowned his right of sue
cession to the Servian throne. This
action is the result of a bitter press
campaign in which the crown prince
was accused of the death OF one of his
servants, a man named Kolakovitz. In
letter to Premier Novakovitch the
crown prince announces that he has
taken this step rather than rest under
suspicion of having murdered his SER
want, and that by his remuneration he
fcregoes all special privileges and i'm
munities that attach to the heir to the
throne
The Lamar register., 1909-03-31

taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound to see what it would do,
and 1 am restored to my natural
health. Mrs. ETA DONOVAN, Box
300. Willimantic. Conn.
The success of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made from roots
and herbs, is unparalleled. 1t may be
used with perfect confidence by women
who suffer from displacements, inflam-
nation, liberation, fibroid tumors. IT.
regularities, periodic pains, backache,
bearing-down feeling, flatulency, indi-
gestion, dizziness, or nervous prostra-
ton.
For thirty years Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound has been the
standard remedy for female ills, and
suffering women owe it to themselves
to at least give this medicine trial:
Proof is abundant that it has cured
thousands of others, and why should it
not cure your
The Lamar register., 1909-03-31
Las Animas Election Contest.

Chairman Helbig of the House cleo
ton committee states that his commit
tee will not attempt any decision at
all in the contest cases from Las AMI
mas. The committee will give the
House the benefit OF what it has
learned concerning the Irregularities
of the election in Las Animas county
to let the body itself decide on what is
proper. He is reported as saying that
the committee found in both Republi-
can and Democratic precincts the
greatest disregard of the plain letter
of the law.
The Lamar register., 1909-03-31

Mrs. James Williams plan to estab-
has been endorsed by the state board
of health. Mrs Williams plan fas
been embodied in bill pending before
the Legislature 1t was introduced IN
the state Senate. Another bill has
been reported out by the House com.
mittee, which would establish the FRO
posed home at Fort Morgan. Mrs.
Williams bill would locate the home
on some school land near Arvada.
The Lamar register., 1909-03-31
Roosevelt Misses His Job.

New York.-Theodore Roosevelt re-
GREETED having to give up the presi-
dency, according to an address by Sen
ator Depew. "Just before Mr.. Roose-
welt sailed" said Senator Depew. "he
said to me. Most people. when they
can't any longer keep a job, say they
are glad to leave. SO as to be able to
attend to their own private business,
but it is not that way with me; want
ed my job, loved my job, and I would
not have given it up If 1 could have
kent II -"
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GENERAL NEWS.

In his last animal report as presi-
dent of Harvard. President Eliot once
more denounces football. as a demon
alizing spectacle and unfit for college
sport.
Willie Whitla has identified the man
and woman held on suspicion by the
Cleveland police as the persons who
Kidnapped him from the school at Sha-
ron. Pa, and held him for $4,000 ran
som, which was paid by his father.
The strike of telegraph and postal
employees in Paris has been called off.
George b. Mcclellan. mayor OF New
York city, will act as official starter of
the Pacific automobile
race from New York to Seattle, and he
will fire the starting shot from a re-
volver mounted in Alaska gold
A dispatch from st. Petersburg says
that a woman named Popova has been
arrested at Samara. charged with hav-
ing poisoned at least 800 persons dur
ing the past thirty years. She made a
business of Kidding wives OF their hus-
bands for a small fee.
Successful flights on the Wright ae-
roplane were made at Pau, France. Sat
urday by Count de Lambert and Paul
Trissandier. Mr.. Wright's pupils. Each
man went up alone and remained in
the air twenty minutes.
Great Britain has accepted the offer
made by New Zealand to give the en-
pire free of cost fully equipped
Dreadnaught.
Little Willie Whitla, who was kid
mapped at Sharon. Pa, on Thursday.
March 18th. was returned to his father
at Cleveland. o.. the next Monday. 1t
is understood that the father paid the
ransom that was demanded.
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state Improvement Fund.

An agreement has. it is stated. at
last been reached between the finance
committee of the Senate and the roads
and bridges committee of the House
whereby the 100000 in the internal
Improvement >fund will be divided be-
tween the two bodies. The House will
have 100000 to distribute and the Sen
ate 100000. In addition some of the
senators have agreed that the part Of
the sum apportioned to them shall be
turned over to certain House members
The Lamar register., 1909-03-31

Things certainly have changed in
Morocco when Raisuli. the notorious
bandit. gives up the 100000 he is said
TO have received from the British gov
eminent as the ransom for Kaid Sir
Harry MacLean. the old sultan's mill.
tary adviser. acknowledges the new
sultan's sovereignty and promises TO
behave himself. Morocco without Raj
suli on the rampage will no doubt be
more peaceful but by no means so
picturesque
The Lamar register., 1909-03-31

The finance committee of the Sen
ate has united with the appropriations
committee of the House in asking At
torney General Barnett a question.
This is whether the present Legisla-
ture may not provide for paying the
salaries of state house officers during
the first four months of the next
biennial period Each Legislature
that meets finds that salaries stopped
the previous November 3Oth, that be-
ing the end of the fiscal year. making
necessary the usual short" appropria-
ton bill to provide salaries during
four months.
The Lamar register., 1909-03-31

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Taft again
told Chief Engineer Cocktails of the
Panama canal. Just before his depart
ure for Panama Saturday, that IL the
great waterway can be completed by
the close of 1913. he wanted to see
tnat feat accomplished. Colonel Goe-
toals has already declared that the ca
nal will be completed in 1915 and he is
understood to consider it impossible
to save two years on the work, but he
told the President he would put every
force to work to expedite matters to
carry out the Presidents orders.
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senat. eu,oaizes General Palmer.

In honor of the memory of General
William J. Palmer the Senate b. a
standing vote adopted resolutions eu-
logizing the deceased pioneer and state
builder. The resolutions were pre-
pared by committee consisting OF
Senators Stephen, Skinner and West.
They recite his great services as
railroad builder. philanthropist and
founder of the city of Colorado Springs
and express the sorrow felt by the
citizens of Colorado by reason OF his
death.
The Lamar register., 1909-03-31

On second reading the Senate March
cath passed Senator Ehrhart's bill to
remove the ninety-day limit on the reg
ular Legislative sessions. raise the sal
aries of legislators to $1,000 for the bi'
ennial period instead of $500 for the
regular session and 81 day for extra
sessions. The amended Ehrhart bill
gives members of the Legislature no
pay for extra sessions, no matter how
many may be called in biennial pc
riod. but merely allows actual travel
ing expenses to and from the capitol.
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Negroes Battle With officers.

Guthrie, Okla.-On the scene of the
famous Creek Indian uprising of last
year at Hickory settlement, three ne
grces were killed, many wounded and
forty negroes captured in a battle be-
tS cen twenty deputy sheriffs and 100
negroes. A posse OF five went to ar
rest cattle thieves. thought to be con-
ccaled in a negro's house. They were
fired upon and repulsed. Later n
larger posse arrived and the fight con-
tinued from Wednesday afternoon to
Thursday morning, when the negroes
were routed.
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Seattle, Wash.-With the Rev. II. II.
Gowan af the officiating clergyman,
assisted by Rev. A. Patterson. Gunjiro
Aold. Japanese. and Miss Helen
Gladys Emery, the daughter of Arch
deacon John Emery of the Episcopal
diocese of California. were married at
Trinity church Saturday. They had
travelled for more than 1000 miles to
become legally united as man and
wife. as the laws of California, where
the girl was born and reared, prevent
the union of white persons with those
of an alien race.
The Lamar register., 1909-03-31

The international opium conference
at Shanghai ended after much consul.
tation and the adoption of resolutions
urging all governments to do every.
thing possible to suppress the traffic
in the drug. While this binds no ma
fion to any particular line of action it
does represent a sentiment tina. must
have great influence. since the confer.
ence typified the views OF the leading
countries of the world. 1t is highly
gratifying that the American delegates
were strongly in favor OF the most ef-
fective measures that can be applied
TO do away with the traffic
The Lamar register., 1909-03-31

The German crown prince has de
cided that he will not visit the United
States this year. Probably no one re
grets this more than the crown prince
himself. There is not the slightest
doubt that he would have had a royal
time. like unto that enjoyed by his
relative. Prince Henry of Prussia
whose trip through the country is still
remembered wildly by all who par
ticipated in the proceedings
The Lamar register., 1909-03-31

BY the passage on third reading Of
II. b. 139 March cath, the Senate put
through the first labor measure to pass
the Legislature this session. 1t was
the factory inspection bill. designed to
better sanitary conditions in factories.
mills. laundries. bakeries and shops
and provide for the inspection thereof.
The Lamar register., 1909-03-31

Governor Shafroth has appointed as
members Of the Board of Control of
the Colorado School for the Deaf and
the Blind, Joseph D. Humphreys Of
Colorado Springs and George ]. Dun
baugh of Pueblo, the latter in place of
Leo r. Goollieb of Trinidad. Hum
phreys was reappointed.
The Lamar register., 1909-03-31

There is not much of an argument
for co-education in the statistics which
have been reported as the result of an
inquiry into the marriage rate for
women graduated from Manchester
university. says the Milwaukee Even
ing Wisconsin. The young English folk
in that university. boys and girls. sit
side by side; but Of $50 girls who
have been accorded degrees for schol.
arship only 81 have taken the degree
of matrimony in the university of life
The Lamar register., 1909-03-31

Senator Gove's third degree bill.
making it an offense punishable by
fine and Imprisonment for peace Of
ficer to force confessions from pris-
oners by intimidation or violence
passed second reading in the Senate
without a word of discussion.
The Lamar register., 1909-03-31

1t is claimed that the German gov
eminent has found water plant
which exterminates mosquitoes. In
which II is to be hoped and prayed
that the German government be not
like other exterminators of the little
pest-stung
The Lamar register., 1909-03-31
Appea, of State University.

A delegation representing the State
University urged the Senate finance
committee to recommend $4,000 for
research work. The delegation was
led by President Baker and Franklin
Guiterman, both of whom made
speeches
The Lamar register., 1909-03-31

Belgrade.-Crown Prince Georges
remuneration of his right of succession
to the throne was read at the National
Assembly Sunday, together with the
lie tier from King Peter accepting the
Pronunciation and declaring Prince AL
exander, his second son. heir to the
throne. Both communications were
approved.
The Lamar register., 1909-03-31

Millions are to be placed at the dis.
posal of Burbank in his remarkable
plant life experiments. Money at the
present time is talking to some good
purpose. and in spite Of its being the
root of all evil, is planting some I'M
usually good seed in the way of bene-
fit to the race.
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with kidney trouble,
and finally had to I'M
dergo an operation.
/ did not rally well.
and began to suffer
smothering spells and
dropsy. My left side
was badly swollen
and the action of the
kidneys much disor-
dered NY DOCTORS
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said 1 would have to be tapped. but I
began using Doan's Kidney Pills in
stead, and the swelling subsidized and
the kidneys began to act properly.
Now my health is fine" Statement
made Aug. l., 1906, and confirmed by
Mrs. Johnson Nov. 16. 19OS.)
Sold by all dealers. so cents box.
Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo, n. Y.
The Lamar register., 1909-03-31

woman of Tonderu. Schleswig-
Holstein. is bringing an action for libel
against a number of persons in the
Town who have proclaimed her to be
\ witch. She is boycotted by the en-
lire population. and when she appears
outdoors no one will walk on the same
side of the street
The Lamar register., 1909-03-31

In case Mr.. Roosevelt should make
any little slip in his natural history
as he writes home from Africa there
is large contingent of nature takers
who will be more than pleased to cor.
rect him as publicly as possible.
The Lamar register., 1909-03-31

A man of So succeeded in hoodwink-
ing his folks in Pennsylvania and mar
ried young girl. He should not have
taken so important a step without con
sulting his parents.
The Lamar register., 1909-03-31

Confidence men who were inter
rupted by policeman while engaged
in selling city park TO an affiuent
farmer from Iowa naturally lament the
restrictions placed on business.
The Lamar register., 1909-03-31

War between Austria and Servia is
still threatened. II all our clouds
were of the European war-cloud vari
ETY. the umbrella-makers would starve
to death
The Lamar register., 1909-03-31

"A little two-cent stamp will take
your message across the continent; n
railroad will take you only a mile for
the same sum-" says an exchange.
Granted. but what's the argument?
The Lamar register., 1909-03-31

German inventors are making guns
for the destruction of dirigible war
balloons. which also will be armed.
The man behind the gun factory
profits both coming and going.
The Lamar register., 1909-03-31

good singer. can always make
women cry by singing Home. Sweet
Home" So MANY people long for .
home, and so few have one.
The Lamar register., 1909-03-31

If we must be afflicted with weak,
sore and infiamed eyes, it is consoling
to know there is such a ready relief
within our reach as Doctor Mitchell's
Eye Salve. One bottle usually effects
complete cure Have you ever tried
this wonderful remedy? All stores.
Price 25 cents.
The Lamar register., 1909-03-31

There will be no war In the Bal
kans. No war with the Japs. This is
going to be an era of peace for the
world
The Lamar register., 1909-03-31

walk ups t a j r s
without stopping
on the way. /
tried three differ
emit doctors and
each told me some
thing different. 1
received no benefit
from any of them,
but seemed to suf-
fer more. The last
doctor said moth
ing would restore
INV health. / began
The Lamar register., 1909-03-31
AFTER
DOCTORS
FAILED
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound Cured Her.

Willimantic, Conn.-"For five years
I suffered untold agony from female
troubles, causing backache, irregulari-
.tion, 1t was impossible for me to
The Lamar register., 1909-03-31

Banqueters in San Francisco ate
eggs 100 years old imported from Chi
ma. That country has no adequate
health board.
The Lamar register., 1909-03-31

Never was proof more evident that
the United States navy is well sup
piled with men fully able to command
n large fleet OF battleships.
The Lamar register., 1909-03-31

An Ohio pastor says the kiss Is an
intoxicant and must GO" Hereaway 1t
is going some.
The Lamar register., 1909-03-31

India sends America many rugs.
All the pay the good weavers get for
making them is 16 cents day. Head
weavers get SIS month.