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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-09-24

the lower of the two bidders, and the
contract was awarded to them. The
work is to be done this fall No
other business was transacted
Normal Will Close
The state normal school authorities
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-01-03

religious party of the town, which happy to say
turned to be in a considerable majority the
gregation the opposition forced 10 leave its
guns with the ushcrs, and got through all right.
They used to say it Sunday only when the bishop
around But have changed all that, continued
the old pioneer quiet smile Of satisfaction
spread his face.
But about the thcater, bishop"
I'm coming TO that. | became popular, in fact
that there was not show that could rival the church.
so the boys put it On church nights, which only
every three months-and perhaps that accounts
for their popuarty-evcryhing else shut up shop and
the services crowded. always preached TO them
the very best knew how. ! remember ore OF the cX-
pressions of appreciation of my efforts which came
from the city marshal
"'Wot ike about you, Right Reverend he said,
using the quaint form OF address, is that you don't
play your congregation fer fool w'ich may
be but don't like to be told of it You allus seems
to give the best you kin us, the best you got in the
deck lie added. II
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-01-03

"Well that being the case in Arapahoc you can
Imagine that the managers of various wandering the
atrcal enterprises likely visit such places,
ever, this very railroad after it built the
town, | fell in with travelling theatrical company
headed for Arapahoe, ! made friends with them, of
They seemed to be respectable people enough
The manager veteran player, assured me, L don't
allow any immoral plays in my show, We're poor
and have to do bum towns-lm trying to quote his
elegant phrases-but | try 10 be respectable, myself
and to have everybody i'll my company decent-hke.
He conhded to me in secret that there was only one
member OF his present troupe about whom people
talked, and he assured that he didnt believe what
said about her
Il made the acquaintance of all Of them and they
talked freely TO me about their experiences and adj
ventures, and certainly they had difficult life and
hard one"
Almost as hard being pcrpatctic missionary"
l suggested
oh much harder than that" said the bishop cheer
fully, 81 enjoy that so far as am concerned; but
the two who interested most were young man
whose name Victor Montaguc-at least that was
his theatrical name-and young who was
introduced TO me Miss Carlotta Sylvester She
had been oharmngy pretty GIRL although she looked
tired, and faded and somewhat haggard, as if there
was something her mind which preyed upon her
and rendered her life miserable, 1t appeared 10 ME
that Mr. Montague very much in love with Miss
Sylvester, and by all the Sgns-and you know | am
past master in such affairs" laughed the old man.
Tor | have had many young couples on my hands
that she reciprocarcd his feelings but there was
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-01-03

barrier between them quite perccptibe to close
observer, and both appeared to be supremcy mlser-
able. My loquacious friend, the manager. conhded
to that Mr. Montague, which his real name is
Henry Pcarce and he is young man OF very re-
spectacle family is in love with Miss Sylvester, which
her real is Mary Bates. and its her as is
talked about for something other, the rights Of
which | don't know. but | stake my life on her honor
and honesty
"She looked like honest girl, and would have
backed up the managers confidence myself Well, the
day dragged along somehow. A funny little thing
happened at Sewaygo, where We ate By this time
was of the party, and dncd at the same table
with the rest of them at the railroad eating house
finished my meal before the others, rose, walked
over to the cashiers desk and handed him ten
dollar bill You know | wasn't very strong cleri-
cal costumes in that day, and I dressed in an
ordinary business suit very dusty and much the
for wear As the cashier took the bill | aston
ished to have him ask, Arc you payn' for yourself
alone. or for your whole party, slrF In the eyes
of the cashier was the manager of the party. so
much for my episcopal air and authority
"a few miles from Arapahoe the manager of the
local Opera House. who also the Warden OF the
Mission ard the City Marshal, boarded the train in
great perturbation. He in hard luck for it was
church night, and he told the manager OF the ira
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-01-03

yelling company, that he and his troupe would have
show against the bishop that he had tried to
head them off but had failed TO do so, and nc did
OF the car and finally came back to where sat
Right Reverend, said the warden, were up agin
1t hard You know, bcin' a religious an law-abidin
town aus gives the church 4 hearty support, an
there amt nothn' an nobody is more welcome IN
these ycre parts than you be. We shuts down the
saloons. witch the barkccps says they wants to go to
church much anybody It's allus Sunday when
you comes around But we've made mistake in
the dates somehow mother an we've got show
billed fer tonight Now this yerc man. pointing TO
the manager, sez you've been speakin to him durin'
the day an he you've been trcatin him wlte wich
You allus docs everybody, | told HIM He's down
his luck he scz wich he's been in breakdowns, an
wrecks an washouts an has had poor houses, an
mobs. an now he's up agin the church. He
wants 10 make 4 proposition to you, an I've told
hrm you'd deal fair with him if any man would
MIR. Bishop, said the manager what he says IS
all true. We've had terrible time. This IS the last
OF our season, the company is gom to disbond as
soon 1t gets back to Kansas City, an il don't get
some receipts tonight and to-morrow-bcin as to-
morrows Saturday we're goin' to have matinee
i don't how | can pay the salaries to those
poor people that's due them or get them back to
civilization We're goin to give clean, moral show.
Nc Uncle-T Tom's-Cabn affair, doctor. but it's re-
spcctabe an anyone it with pleasure We
hear from Bill here THAI there amt show for US
in Arapahoc unless you help out, What l pro-
pose is this. II you'll have your show-l mean your
servecs-a little earlier wei have our services-1
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-01-03
EDO you speak from experienced 7 asked.


"Wel. no. that is. not exactly. OF course when
was a young man | remember going to theatcrs more
or less, but since have been ordained think have
only been twice Once when was taken by my host
and hostess in New York to see this Irvng-Terry
performance a few years ago, and the other time at
Arapahoc- But these two visits convinced Me that
the theater can sometimes teach needed lesson"
Arapahoe, continued the old man-and now that
had him fairly started breathed softly so as not to
interrupt him or check the current of his thoughts
hoping that should get of the stories we young
sers priced so much from this MISUNDERSTANDING
used to be one of the toughest places on the border
When hrst decided to start services there wrote
to the only man in the town whose name knew, and
announced my intention. He said | could come along
and that they would FIX things up for me in good shape
The railroad wasn't built there in those days and the
last thirty miles of the journey had to be made by
wagon over the trail. / astonishcd when reached
the station to find twenty-five or thirty horse
men portcntousy armed and picturcsqucly costumcd
gathered about the wagon which had been provided
Tor me- who declared that they constituted themselves
my escort.
1 learned en roate from my communicative friend
who drove the wagon that there was some little an
tagonism to holding religious services in the town !;
and as the opposition had organized church party
mad been gathered together to fair play and as
they phrascd it, They wasn't goin to sec no shootin
done agln the minister 1es'n they cd take hand 7
You may imagine continued the bishop smiling at
the recollection, that did not feel very comfortable
even when | looked at my stalwart defenders How
ever III accordance with regulations prescribed by the
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-01-03

NO" replied. that was before my time, believe
was newcomer in the diocese. comparatively speak
ing"
"Yes," answered the bishop. Something in this
paper recalled it to This notice OF the Irving
Terry performance of Mce6eih in New York with the
pictures, you know he added, handing the book
"What connection Is there, bishop, between your
most memorable visit to Arapahoc and tie Irving
Terry performance Of Macbeth"
mot any, said the bishop, except that it reminded
me of another theatrical performance which attended
in Arapahoe. l not one OF those cleIgymen who
oin in the clerical hue and cry against theaters' he
Continued reaectively. "In fact, think the theaer
may be means of grace and that good play is up
lifting and eleyatpg"
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-01-03

I'D I ever tell you of the most memoir
able visit to Arapahoe?" asked the
bishop. looking up from the magazine
with which he had bcguiled the last
hour of the journey.
The daily sentinel., 1909-07-09
.BE[ATED SPECIALS ARRIVE

BY the hundreds Elks from eastern
and southern states have passed
through Grand Junction since an
early hour last evening.
The Colorado Springs special, bear
ing Grand Exalted Ruler Rush Hol-
land and a big delegation of Elks
from Colorado Springs and neigh
boring cities, went through last
night about midnight. II was ex-
pected that the train would reach
here early in the evening but it was
delayed.
Early in the evening an informal
reception was held at the Sawyer
home for a number of visiting Elks
that were in the city, mainly Elks
from Montrose. Telluride, Ouray and
other points in that section who came
here to take the western train for
Los Angeles. Lieut.. Gov. Fitzjarrald
was among the Telluride Elks. All
of these Elks went out at midnight
and Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Sawyer of
this city left for Los Angeles on the
same train.
During the night the nine coach
special of the Cotton States Elks"
went through. Other special trains
during the night carried the Illinois
delegation, the Oklahoma delegation
and other eastern and southern dele
cations.
Today a number of special trains
carrying Elks passed through the city
and several of the trains made short
stops here.
The New England Elks on a train
of ten coaches, the Arkansas Elks on
a nine coach special. the special of
the Kansas City Elks, the ST. Paul
and Minneapolis Elks on two fine
special trains, the Iowa Elk special.
special filled with Texas Elks and
several other big specials. all carry
ing members of the antlered tribe,
passed through either this morning
or this Afternoon
This evening the Pittsburg Elks
The daily sentinel., 1909-07-09
IBv Associated Press. ]

Washington, July 9.-The tariff
bill as passed by the senate last night
was officially presented to the house
today AS soon as the message was
received the house took a recess of
one hour.
The final vote to the senate pass
ing the bill by vote of 4 5 to "a was
announced at 1l:15 p. m, after a
weary day of debate. Ten republi-
can members voting against the bill
and one democrat, McEnery, of Louis
lana, voted for the bill.
The republicans voting with the
democrats were Senators Beveridge,
Bristow, Brown, Burkett. Clapp,
Crawford, Cummins, Dolliver, La
Toilette and Nelson.
Several insurgent republicans re-
sented being read out of the party by
Senator Aldrich who disclaimed such
intention.
All declared with yehemence their
Independence of the Rhode Island
senator and indicated their intention
to say more on the bill when the con-
ference made a report
In the house today Representative
Townsend of Michigan declared that
the senate had in a debate on the
tariff openly insulted the house
Representative Mann of Illinois
The daily sentinel., 1909-07-09

will arrive and will spend about two
hours here, taking dinner at the "a
Court.
Tonight and tomorrow more Elks
specials will pass through.
Many local people having friends
on some of the specials have been
at the station to greet them.
The regular trains over the Rio
Grande are carrying hundreds of Elks
en- route to the big convention.
1t is stated that orders for the SER
vice of dinner to over 500 Elks have
been received by Landlord Buthorn
of the La Court hotel, the dinner to
be served this evening on the arrival
of number of the specials, includ-
ing the Pittsburg special. The guests
will all be members of these delega-
tions.
However, with the trains seriously
delayed owing to land slides, it is
hard to tell when the visiting Elks
will get their dinners.
1t is estimated that in all over T.
600 Elks Will have passed through
here within period of five days by
the end of the week
The daily sentinel., 1909-07-09
IT'S A BOOST THAT COUNTS

A boost worth while, an unsolocit-
ed letter of compliment and congrat-
ulation, words of commendation that
We know to be spoken in sincere
manner, are embraced in the follow
ing letter received from a man of
prominence and long experience in
business, newspaper and political
circles. The letter follows:
palisade, Colo, July s, 1909.
Mr.. |. N. Bunting,
Editor Daily Sentinel,
Grand Junction, Colo.
My Dear Mr.. Bunting
During the past ten days l have
been on a business trip through the
western slope and have had the pleas
ure of seeing daily your bright sheet
and. honestly. 1 want to congratulate
you and the people of this section on
having such newsy, up to date, a BILE.
readable. reliable. and snappy news
paper.
| cannot recall to mind in my 35
years of newspaper experience pa
per that has all the earmarks of the
REAL THING as has The Sentinel
and incidentally. ! really could not
The daily sentinel., 1909-07-09
HOUSE IS ROBBED
THEN BURNED
DOWN
Incendiaries and Thieves Ruin the
Large Residence Owned by Vol
McAhster Late Last Night
MAN HEARD TO ENTER HOUSE

+. v McAlister, ! 036 North Fifth
street, one of the best known resi-
dents of the city, returned to his
home at 1880 o'clock this morning
from special gathering TO find him
self the victim of the ruthless hand
of an incendiary.
The fire alarm was turned in at
12: 3 and the fire department made
the long hard run in splendid man
ner, but upon their arrival the fire
had gained such headway that it is
wonder that they were able to pre-
vent the complete devastation of the
large residence. AS il is, the second
story is complete ruin and the
ground floor much damaged, the lat
ter due more to the water than the
flames.
The firemen state that when they
entered the house, all of the dresser
drawers were pulled out and rifled,
the desk drawers We're in the same
condition and the furniture was in a
condition of topsy-turylness which
bespoke plainly the manner in which
burglar or burglars.
1t Was very evident that the home
had been robbed and probably in
carelessly dropped a match. in some
loose papers and clothes in a closet
under the stairway, where the fire to
all appearances started.
When Mr.. McAlister returned
home he found crowd of people
around his property and at first
thought that some one must be sick
or hurt in the house next door but he
soon saw that during his absence his
home and almost all of his personal
property had become almost total
loss, and it was not until this morn
ing that he discovered that there was
any insurance upon the building but
the holders of a mortgage on the
property had taken out 81, 500 insur-
ance. On his furniture Mr.. McAlister
had $3.50 insurance, so that he
doesn't figure his loss in this respect
to be very heavy but at the best his
actual loss will not be much less
than 81, 900
AT the time of the fire Mrs. Nc
Alister and baby We're at Enoch's
camp spending few weeks and there
was no one at the home so the in
truders naturally had full sway and
Continued on Page Eight.l
The daily sentinel., 1909-07-09
ALL r.: z AS LATE
1n[SULT OF A
SLIDE
Denver G. Rio Grande Again in Trou-
ble,-Regular Trains and a Dozen
Elks Specials are Delayed.
TRACKS OPENED AGAIN TODAY

II is expected that Denver x Rio
Grande passenger train No. 3, west
bound, due at noon today. will arrive
at about O'Clock this evening, and
that right behind this train win
come number of belated Elks spe-
cials.
All trains from the east on the Rio
Grande have been running very late
today, owing to another land slide or
washout on the line, which occurred
at late hour yesterday afternoon at
a point near Castle Rock only a short
time after the opening up of the land
slide blockade in the Royal gorge
Several hundred feet of track were
covered near Castle Rock by a land
slide that followed a very heavy rain
storm. Fortunately Rio Grande No.
| and No. 3, due here early this morn
ing, and a number of the Elks spe-
cial trains had passed Castle Rock
before the slide ran.
Several hundred men Were rushed
to the scene of the latest washout as
quickly as possible, and, after many
hours of strenuous work, the track
was reopened at about noon today.
| The Rio Grande trains are running
again, but are many hours behind
time.
| The last washout was by no means
as serious as that which occurred in
the Royal gorge
The Rio Grande has certainly been
most unfortunate during the past
week regarding washouts. The worst
tie-up of the year has come just when
traffic was enormously heavy.
The inconvenience being caused to.
the thousands of tourists and attend
ants on big conventions is naturally
very great indeed
The Midland trains are also run
ming late today. Today's No 103
will get in between 3 and o'clock
this afternoon
The daily sentinel., 1909-07-09
w H. MILBURN

Hon. William H. Milburn is one
of the best known citizens of Denver.
He was leader in labor circles for
years. A number of years ago he
was the republican candidate for
mayor of Denver against Hon Platt
Rogers
Mr.. Milburn was connected with
the Denver Times and Denver Post.
for number of years. until he aban-
doned newspaper work entirely sew
eral years ago, to engage in the gem
eral insurance business. He was
foreman of several of the big offices
of Denver for several years and his
Judgment and opinion of the typo
graphic appearance of The Sentinel
is worth more to us than any otner
possible praise we could receive
Mr. Milburn married a daughter of
the great head of the firm of j. Jay
Joslin & Son, of Denver. 80
The daily sentinel., 1909-07-09

figure out o page where ] feel i'm
provement might be made There is
not dull page in your paper and not
a superfluous line in the many art
icles | have read.
like particularly your front page.
The items are meaty and important
and well displayed and symmetrically
placed and better balanced page is
not TO be found. 1t is not necessary
to read column of space to secure
an inch of facts. Your editorial page
is ably conducted. Your miscellan-
eous matter the best ever. your sports
correct and generous, local and other
news good. In short it is an ideal
daily for up to date readers and l
warmly congratulate you and your
readers.
Yours truly,
w. H. MILBURN.
The daily sentinel., 1909-07-09
MUCH MARRIED MAN
CAPTURED At LAST
IBy Associated Press. l

San Francisco, July 9.-John
Madison, wanted for bigamy in nearly
every large city in the country for
bigamy, is under arrest here. He
has married ~ women who lost more
or less of their money through his
friendship. He deserted them usually
II few hours after the ceremony.
After obtaining their money, Mad
son posed as a wealthy stOckman and
was assisted by partner who dis
covered the women whom he thought
might be susceptible to Madson's
Wiles. Madison had false ceremonies
performed.
The daily sentinel., 1909-07-09
WILL MAKE EFFORT |
TO SAVE MURDERER
I Special to The Sentinel. !

Denver. July 9.-Beclaring that
the condemned man has low de-
gree of mentality owing to an injury
he received when 10 years of age. and
intimating that another man COM
mitted the crime for which he was
convicted and then fastened the crime
upon him, attorneys are now making
efforts to save Ed Hager, colored,
condemned to die for the murder of
Mrs. Elizabeth May james, at Pueblo,
will be appealed to at once.
The daily sentinel., 1909-07-09
DENVER HAS STILL
ANOTHER BIG STORM
Especial to The Sentinel. ]

rain storm visited this city last night.
and considerable damage was done
thereby. The rain broke early in the
evening and poured down at terrific
rate for some time,
Denver has already had far above
the normal rainfall for the first six
months of this year The rain las.
night brought the total up to 1890
inches.
Denver has had a great deal of rain
this summer. while many other parts
of the state have had practically no
rain at all
The daily sentinel., 1909-07-09
IRy Associated press l

Z Washington, July 9.-The house
ordered, by vote of 179 to 1853. the
previous question on the rule sending
the tariff bill to conference.
At 3:1S pm. the house agreed to
the conference report on the tariff
bin asked for by the senate, the vote
being lS1 to ISL.
Speaker Cannon appointed the fol-
lowing as the house conferees:
Payne. Dalzell, Mccall. Boutel. Cal
derhead, Fordney. Clark, Underwood
and Griggs. The latter three are
democrats.
The daily sentinel., 1909-07-09

Mrs. II, B. Wolsey, formerly a pop
ular grade school teacher of this city
under Prof. Hayden. visited in the
city today few hours. enroute from
Pasadena, California. to Denver, to
attend the N. f. A. Mrs Wolsey
is not teaching at the present time
but spent / ) years of her life in this
occupation. four of which were spent
in Grand Junction. and will be re-
membered by her friends in this city
as Miss Nina Johnson
The daily sentinel., 1909-07-09
HARTMAN IMPROVES
[By Associated Press. ]

+ Vienna, July 9.-E. II. Harri- I
+ man, accompanied by Professor I
+ Strempel, arrived here today to I
+ consult Dir. Dickson. I
+ Both physicians agreed that
= the treatment that Mr.lsHarFi-
+ man was undergoing was effect
+ i've and that his condition was I
+ quite satisfactory. I
+ + + + + 1. + + + + + + + + + I. !
The daily sentinel., 1909-07-09
ATHLETICS GET A
HARD JOLT TODAY
LBy Associated Press. /

!. Denver July 9.-Foot ball, 1
+ Marathon and such other sports +
+ as tend to disable participants +
+ received a severe jolt in the de- I
+ partment of physical education Z
+ of the National Educational AS i
+ soeiation this morning. +
+ An attempt will be made to +
+ reconsider the action of the di- /
+ rectors in recommending San +
+ Francisco for the next place of +
+ meeting. Milwaukee is making :!
+ a strong fight for that honor. +
+ + 4. r 4. + f. 1. 4. 1. + + I. 1. .. l. I
The daily sentinel., 1909-07-09
GAMBLING CHARGES
MADE IN TELLURIDE
Especial to The Sentinel. ]

Telluride. Colo. July Or. Nj.
Logan, district attorney, after spend
ing several days here making investi-
cations, this afternoon had warrants
sworn out against II saloon men
Charging them with violating the
anti-gambling laws.
The defendants gave bonds and will
be arraigned for trial i'm IA few days.
The daily sentinel., 1909-07-09
A STARTLING OFFER
IS MADE TO BREWERS
Especial to The Sentinel. ]

Galveston, Tex, July 9.-The Tex
as Brewers association yesterday Of
fered to donate 100000 to- charity
if it cannot prove that more liquor is
sold in the prohibition than in the
wet" sections of the United States.
The association will defray the entire
expense Of = commission OF twelve
men to investigate, six TO be chosen
by the Prohibition party.
The daily sentinel., 1909-07-09
THOMAS TAGGERT
WAS EXONERATED
LBy Associated Press. I

Chicago, July 9.-Fhomas Taggert,
the noted politician, whose name is
mentioned in the testimony in the
Gingies trial, took the witness stand
today for the purpose Of clearing his
name Of any connection with the case.
MIR. TaRgert was completely exon
Grated In formal statement by Miss
Gin&ies' attorney and also by his own
testimony.