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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-13
TO HOLD BACK MONEY,
New P'ttsbure Contracts Provide for
Retention Of 20 Per Cent.

Pittsbure. Jan. 12.-The new con-
tracts for the signature of the Pitts
burg players We're received Tuesday
from the National League headauar-
tiers by President Dreyfuss A clause
in the new contracts provides for the
retention of 20 per cent. OF salaries to
prevent players indulging in hockey,
basketball or baseball during the win
ter
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-13
Local Man Must
Pull Off the Big
Bout in Frisco.

San Francisco. Jan. John l.. Her.
gel. chairman of the police committee Of
tho new board Of supervisors, but bet
ter known to the sporting public as
Young Mitchell" announced today he
would not grant a permit for the jeff
ries- johnson fight unless the match Is
directed by local man.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-13
O'Brien Benefit Tonight at Lewiston.

ObrIen BeherIt ohIGht at CeWINon.
Plans for the Dick O'Brien benefit in
City hall. Lewiston. Thursday evening,
are completed and 1t looks as If there
would be more boxers present than ever
were gathered together under one roof
In Lewiston before.
Sandy Ferguson. Terry Martin. Eddie
shevlin. Johnny Lynch and Young Dona-
hue OF Boston are all expected with Kid
PantZ. Kid Stringer. Kid Shea, Tom Saw
yer. Jerry Mekill and others from within
the bounds of the State The local box
ers will be out. including Dufresne, Cum
bingham, Bergen and all the rest Of
them.
The only thing now that seems to
trouble Is how to get them all on in the
space Of one evening
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-13
Chicago Produce Market.

Chicago, Jan. II.
Corn made new crop records today.
Oats also advanced here and wheat after
falling off in the forepart of the session
made decided advances and closed a bove
yesterdays figures. Provisions showed
strength.
oWHEAT-May 1l3s@s; July 1888; Sept.
CORN-May 50: July 69s@s Sept. 6s@s.
OATS-May 4S3; July 45l: Sept: 42,.
MESS PORK-Jan. 22.O7a; May % o2ll
July %. 22l
LARD-Jan 1272.: May 12.25: July 1920.
SHORT RIBS-Jan. 11.SO; May 11.67a :;
July lilo.
FLOUR-Steady.
RYE-No. 2 79a.
FEED-Or mixin charley 64d6s.
MALTING-Far to choice 69ll74.
FLAX SEEDING. l southwestern 2OS;
No. l northwestern 21S.
TIMOTHY SEED-390
CLOVER-15.O0.
MESS PORK-22. 10@22225.
ART-1o 72GI1o "a
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-13
New York Money Market.

New York, Jan. Il.
Prime mercantile paper 4a@5 per cent.
Sterling exchange firm at 4S3. 750l4S3. 80
for 60-day bills and at 4s6.SO for demand
Commercial bills 4S3s0s.
Bar silver 52s.
Mexican dollars A.
Government bonds easy.
Railroad bonds irregular
Money on call firm at 3@5 per cent. !:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-13

Harvard Whips Columbia at Hockey.
Cambridge. Mass, Jan. 12.-Harvard
defeated Columbia 6 to in a cham
pionship hockey match this afternoon.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-13

BUTTER-Steady; creamerIeS 26dT,
dairieS 25M30
EGGS-Steady: at market cases includ-
ed. 241M30a; firsts So; prime firsts So; re-
ceipts 2512 cases.
ENTHUSIASTICALLY, 16l0117
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-13
Boxing Gossip
THIS WEEn'S BOUTS.

Thursday-Frankie Neil VS.. Young
Britt, Baltimore
Friday-Honey Melody VS.. Kyle
Whitney, and other bouts, American
A. c., Boston; Frank Perron vs. Dick
Nelson. Manchester: Jimmy Dunn VS..
Andy Bezanah, Cincinnati
Saturdsy-Fjnals in 3. A. A. amateur
tourney; Johnny Conlon VS.. George
kitson, New Orleans
TAI M"Dfe has agreed to boz Harry
Thou - e; '%c~ York Monday night.
Al sicMl,tas keeps his men busy.
He his niatlhed Charley Sieger with
AnG8 Parker Jar. 20, and Johnny Do
ron four days iater at New York and
Ycuua Hloov at Lawrence Feb. 8.
Nc Atte'is manager will gail for
England saturday to try to arrange a
+.st"1 t"tTeen Attell and Jim Driscoll.
..ae w,u demand IS round limit, with
;.nssiHe VIRGIN!
.iar "a TomGy Murphy has been
r1at"ttd - bpe tfe best lightweight
ubte,uat5r rs 4 Pittsburg club, Jan. %.
Tits "olt vii cake the place Of the on@
s. 3, iui"c between Montana Jack Sulli
t'ar alta siran Lan3forG.
fsa,. Mcfarland agrees to meet
ticdd:e- - i<h at l35 pounds. weigh in
".sht aouis before fighting. 1t is seri-
ot.sly announced that the winner to be
declared the worlds lightweight cham
pion. Quite boost in poundage from
1913 ringside.
The Lamar register., 1910-08-24
A BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING
EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR
Elm COUNTRIES.
IN LATE DISPATCHES
DoINes AND HAPPENINGS THAT
MARK THE PROGRESS
OF THE AGE.
WEsTERli.

Conversation between Denver and
lew York. over 1000 miles of heavy
Upper wire telephone cables. soon will
an established fact.
Nearly $500 worth OF opium. yen shi
and cooking apparatus was seized by
the revenue officers in Hop Alley. Den
yer. Wednesday morning. All of this
was seized in the house of Kom Chung.
one of the Oldest OF Denver's Chinese
colony. AS an Introduction to coming
punishment, Kom Chung was given a
bath.
The Jarboe collection. consisting Of
original documents and pamphlets of
the French Revolution. has been ac-
auired by the Stanford University H.
brary from the estate of the late John
i. Jarboe of San Francisco. The collec-
tion contains almost $500 documents.
many being source materials and most
OF the pamphlets having been printed
at the time of the French Revolution.
The government has advanced the
time of selling the unappropriated land
In the rich Uintah basin of Utah from
next spring. when it was expected 1t
would be thrown upon the market, to
Nov. /. There is vast interest in Utah
and in northwestern Colorado in the
sale, for In those sections the extraor-
binary value OF the land and the rich
ness of its soil are known and appre-
ciated.
The Lamar register., 1910-08-24

The direct primary bill is yet in the
committee OF elections. The chairman.
Representative Helbig OF Denver. was
in favor Of reporting all bills out favor
ably SO as to give the House a chance
to settle the matter In open debate.
The members Of all committees have
manifested a desire to read the bills,
section by section, however, believing
this will expedite matters.
The direct primary bill of Represen-
tative II. A. Hicks OF Gilpin was taken
up Monday afternoon and four sections
considered. The committee has not
taken up section 4 yet for the reason
that that Is the one in which a conven-
ton feature will be inserted. IL at all.
The only important recommendation
decided on was in regard to petitions
of candidates. The bill provides that a
candidate or set of candidates for Of
flee may be placed on the primary bal
lot by one and the same petition. The
committee will recommend that every
candidate must have his own separate
petition.
The Lamar register., 1910-08-24

Denver.-The Initiative and refer
endum" amendment" to the state con-
stitution. as prepared by the Demo
cratic senatorial caucus, will fail of
the two-thirds majority vote required
for such measures when 1t reaches a
vote. Republican senators Friday
went on record against its provisions;
and most of them, when the time
comes. will vote against the principle
contained In the amendment as sub
yersive of representative government.
In the House the Democratic majority
is supreme and a measure will be
sent from that BODY to the Senate
providing for the Oregon plan OF d.
rect legislation" After the usual con-
ferences between the two branches a
compromise measure much less con-
sentative than the Senate bill will be
agreed to by the Democratic leaders
and again It will be up to the Repub-
lican senators to determine the fate
O; the constitutional amendment.
The Lamar register., 1910-08-24
POLITICAL.

Capt Benjamin W. Hooper of New.
port. Cooke county. was Tuesday nom
mated for governor Of Tennessee by
the Republican state convention.
California insurgents swept the Re
publican primaries and nominated
Hiram w. johnson Governor. William
Kent. insurgent. aided by Pinchot.
beat McKinlay. Democrats nominated
Theodore A. Bell for governor.
The New York Republican state COM
mittee. in session in New York City.
by a vote OF 20 to Is. refused to recon-
mend Col Roosevelt for temporary
chairman of the state convention which
meets at Saratoga September 27th; in
stead. Vice President Sherman was Sc
lected.
Mayor J. C. Dahlman of Omaha ap-
pears to have beaten Governor Shall
lenberger for the Democratic nomina.
ton for the governorship of Nebraska.
Congressman G. VI. Hitchcock defeated
Richard L. Metcalfe for nomination
for the United States Senate. The Re
publicans nominated c. H. Aldrich for
governor and A. J. Burket for senator.
The Lamar register., 1910-08-24
KEEP BABY'S SKIN CLEAR

Few parents realize how many es-
Unable lives have been embittered
and social and business success pre-
vented by serious skin affections
which SO often result from the neglect
Of minor eruptions in infancy and
childhood. With but little care and
the use Of the proper emollients. baby's
skin and hair may be preserved, puri-
fed and beautified. minor eruptions
prevented from becoming chronic and
torturing. disfiguring rashes. feelings,
irritations and chafings dispelled.
To this end, nothing is SO pure. so
sweet, SO speedily effective as the con-
slant use of Cuticura Soap. assisted,
when necessary. by Cuticura Ointment.
Send to Potter Drug & Chem. Corp,
sole proprietors. Boston. for their free
32-page Cuticura Book. telling all about
the care and treatment of the skin.
The Lamar register., 1910-08-24
WASHINGTON.

The President has signed proclama-
acres OF land from the national forests
in Colorado.
The importation of Injuries into the
United States was larger in the fiscal
year 1910 than In any earlier year in
the history OF our commerce.
It is said that Secretary Ballinger is
to retire from the cabinet and that
Hon. Joseph G. Cannon will not again
be n candidate for speaker of the
House.
With the rights of some 10000 In
dams in question. the Supreme Court
Gf the United States will begin con-
sheraton during the approaching
term of some of the most perplexing
problems arising out OF the relation
OF the United States to its wards.
American society women hence
forth may take their wearing apparel
ard other personal effects. including
gowns. jcwelry. etc. and have them
remodeled or repaired in Paris. Lon
don and elsewhere. and on their re-
turn pay duty only on the alterations.
instead of the entire effects, as now.
This news. gratifying to host Of
more or less rich people. is conveyed
in a decision OF the Treasury Depart
ment signed by Secretary Macveagh
and made public Saturday. Return
ing passengers will be required to
specifically declare such articles. with
the cost of repair, and show bills
therefore. II they have them.
The Lamar register., 1910-08-24
WESTERN COWS.
FORM PLANS
DELEGATES TO ST PAUL coNsER.
WALTON CONGRESS WILL URGE
CLAIMS OF THE WEST.
FAVOR PANAMA EXPO.
STATES WANT TO ADMINISTER
THEIR RESOURCES FOR THEIR
OWN PEOPLE.

Salt Lake.-The conference of the
Pacific Coast states. called to
consider proper representation
ut the Conservation Congress to
meet at st. Paul September
9Th to 9th. adjourned Friday aft
er the adoption of a resolution recit-
ing that inasmuch as assurances had
been given that full and free dis
cussion of the subject of conservation
could be had, the Pacific Coast and
Rocky Mountain states would cordial
ly take part in the convention AMI
delegates would be appointed OF such
force as would Impress on the con-
vention the sincerity and Justice OF
the demands to be presented by the
Western states, which were most af
fected by the national conservation
policies and laws.
II was also decided by the confer
ence that specific cases of attractions
and injustice in connection with the
administration of the forestry laws
would be gathered and presented to
the Conservation Congress.
A resolution was also passed endors-
ing the Panama Pacific International
Exposition at San Francisco in 1915
and pledging support thereto.
By resolutions the governors Friday
accepted the invitation of Governor
Gillet of California to attend, either
personally or through personal repre-
sentatives. the session of the Ameri-
can Mining Congress at Los Angeles
next month.
One day OF the congress will be set
apart as Governors day. when the
state executives will discuss the rela-
tons of conservation In their states.
T. mining. and. II possible. agree on
d legislative program.
The Lamar register., 1910-08-24

Terms for three matches in AuS-
tralia have been accepted by Ed Papke.
manager for his brother, Billy Pa2ke.
challenger for the middleweight cham
pionship.
The football rules committee has
given out the rules for the 1910 sea-
son. One of the most important
changes is the elimination Of the fly
ing tackle.
1t is announced in New York that
Sam Langford and Joe Jeanette have
been matched to fight twelve rounds
at the Armory Athletic Club in Boston
on September 18th.
The Sixth Massachusetts rifle team
at Camp Perry, Ohio, won for the
fourth time the National Rifle Associa-
ton regimental championship match
which 1t captured In 1906. 1907 and
1908 by scoring s31.
With the largest list of contestants
ever entered in the tournament, play
in the thirtieth annual lawn tennis
championship of the United States be-
gan on the Casino courts at Newport,
r. l.. Monday. The entry list, which
numbers 181. includes nearly all the
tennis experts of the country.
Corporal F. p. Coffin of Denver.
member of Troop c, Colorado National
Guard, established national record
for time fire at SO yards at the Camp
Perry, Ohio. range this week. BY reg
istering 1879 out Of possible $50 points
Coffin made the highest score ever re-
corded at a National Guard pistol tour
ney. Corporal Coffin also carried off
two other prizes. and is looked upon
as a dangerous contender in the U. S
Army shoot, to be held next week.
The Lamar register., 1910-08-24

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. a plea for
clemency. Beekman Winthrop. acting
secretary of the navy. today confirmed
a sentence against Lieutenant Graf
ton A. Beale. u. s. N. who was court.
martialed for being asleep on watch.
Lieutenant Beale will suffer a reduc-
ton OF thirty-one numbers in the list.
1t was also recommended by the court
martial board that Lieutenant Beale
be publicly reprimanded by the secre-
tary of the navy. His offense consist
ed in going below while officer of
the deck on board the Delaware. in
Hampton Roads. July 5th, before It
was his time to turn in. and being
found asleep in his stateroom.
The Lamar register., 1910-08-24

Denver.-Four million trout fry will
be placed in the streams of Colorado
during September and October. This
will be the largest number of young
trout ever placed in the mountain
streams by the fish and game depart
ment. The work Of distribution will
commence shortly after September LIST
and 1t is intended by Game Commits
sioner Holland to supply every stream
in the mountains adaptable for trout
propagation.
The Lamar register., 1910-08-24
State to Have Publication.

Denver.-In order to place Colo
radios resources before the world in n
manner that will prove most effectual
the State Board Of immigration yester
day decided to inaugurate the publ
cation of a monthly bulletin. patterned
after Municipal Facts. but devoted to
an authoritative analysis of Colorado's
varied advantages to the prospective
settler and investor. The bulletin will
be called Colorado" Secretary Patek
will arrange for q monthly distribu-
ton of from 1000 to 5000 copies OF
Colorado" by means of the ranking
privilege possessed by the State
Board OF Agriculture.
The Lamar register., 1910-08-24
Notes..

An agreement has been prac-
tically made that all bills shall be
printed.
At Representative w. H. McCaskills
invitation. the house and senate met
Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock in the
house chamber and devoured several
crates of cantaloupes presented by the
farmers Of the Arkansas valley.
The suggestion has been made that
4 the initiative and referendum Is
passed. 1t should be with the proviso
that at least so per cent OF the voters
taking part In the election in question
must vote on the proposed law, other
wise the vote is void.
Representative Helbig was asked
directly by the chairman IL his bill was
intended to vitiate the local option law.
He replied that it would not affect the
law at all. unless the people wished to
use their own discretion in the matter
Of wet or dry town.
Among the bills presented to the
senate was that of Senator McCue
or a railway commission, being the
,sme bill that failed of adoption dur
Ing the last moments of the regular
ession. 1t created some stir then. as
members from the sections where
,ruit is grown declared that 1t gave
he shippers there no promise of pro-
lection. Most Of the fruits being of
most perishable nature, they must
sc marketed at the right time. II
cars are not at hand at the psycholo-
yical moment. the shipments are like
to be greatly damaged.
The Lamar register., 1910-08-24


Youth is apt to be SELFISH said
Mrs. Mary Z. Wilkins-Freeman. the
distinguished novelist. at a Matuchen
picnic.
Woman in her YOUTH" she went on,
is especially apt to be selfish. I'll
never forget the story of the young
man from Boston who stood in the
center OF Boston common in a down.
pour Of torrential rain.
AS he stood there. soaked to the
skin. little boy in a macintosh ac-
costed him.
Excuse me. SIR said the boy. but
are you the gentleman who is waiting
for Miss Endicott?'
Yes the young man answered.
WELL said the boy, she asked me
to tell you she'd be here Just as soon
as 1t clears up"
The Lamar register., 1910-08-24
LATE
COLORADO
EVE NTS

{ v E N T S

COMING EVENTS IN COLORADO.
Aug 19-20-Colorado Editorial Associ-
alton at Buena Vista.
aug 24-Corn roast at Loveland.
aug. 2t-25-State Elks' convention at
Aug. 2s-26-Prowers county fair at La
Aug. so-sep, a-Arkansas Valley fair
'at Rocky Ford
Sept. Pumpkin Pie Day at Long
mont.
Sept. 3-17-Interstate fair at Denver.
sept. 1-9-Hotchkiss fair at Hotchkiss.
sept. I-10-Bent county fair at Las An
Sept. I2-14-Delta county fair at Delta.
Sept. l4-16-Otero county farm festival
at La Junta
Sept 14-16-Fremont county fair at
Canon City.
Sept. fS-2I-Colorado State fair at Pu-
eblo.
Sept. 26-3o-National Irrigation Con-
gress at Pueblo.
Sept. 27-30-State Federation of Wom-
ems Clubs at Canon City.
Sept. 21-3O-Reunion Of San Juan pi-
oneers at Del Norte.
The Lamar register., 1910-08-24

Denver.-A committee composed of
representatives of the Ministerial Al
lance. the Public Service League and
the w. C. T. U. waited upon Mayor
Speer to request that he interfere with
the exhibition of the Jeffries-Johnson
fight pictures. Mayor Speer stated
that the matter was entirely in the
hands of the fire and police board and
unless that body saw fit to take some
action in the matter the city govern
ment would make no effort to stop
the pictures.
The Lamar register., 1910-08-24

Denver.-John Bortz. an Austrian.
aged 20. was found Wednesday morn
ing running wild In the open prairie
about sixteen miles northeast Of Den
YER quite nude. his flesh horribly stung
with cactus. The wild man was pur-
sued and captured by Alfred Bengt-
son. an employe OF a grading camp in
that vicinity. He was brought to the
city Jail in an automobile in charge
OF Bengtson and fellow employe.
The Lamar register., 1910-08-24
RECKONING DAY AND HOUR
Workman's Thoughts Not Altogether
Fixed on What Might Be Called
Higher Things.

Mayor William s. Jordan. at Dem
ocratic banquet in Jackspnvilie. said
OF optimism:
Let us cultivate optimism and hope
fulness. There is nothing like 1t. The
optimistic man can see a bright side
to Notwithstanding.
"A missionary in a slum once laid
his hand on a mans shoulder and
said:
Friend. do you hear the solemn
ticking OF that clock? Tick-tack: tick,
tack. And oh. my friend. do you know
what day II inexorably and relentlessly
brings nearer?"
Yes. pay day. the other. an honest,
optimistic workingman. replied"
The Lamar register., 1910-08-24

La Junta.-Under guard of three Of
ficers and heavily manacled and hand
cuffed. E. NJ. Gernbrush. the self-con-
fessed train wrecker. was brought to
La Junta from Portland. Ore. where
he was arrested for completely in the
Apishapa train wreck in February.
1904. when a Stana Fe flyer jumped
over forty-foot tre5tle and Engineer
John Walker was killed and a score
CT passengers injured.
The Lamar register., 1910-08-24
Geo. M, Gillette Dead,

Canon City.-George NJ. Gillette. II
years old. a veteran OF the Civil War
and prominent in local g. A. r.. is
dead. He was pioneer Of Fremont
and Custer counties and a prominent
character in Silver Cliff during the
mining excitement of early days Dur.
ing the war he served as member
Of the Second California cavalry,
The Lamar register., 1910-08-24

Grceley.-From 200 acres of dry land
one-half mile west OF Severance. Frank
Briggs and E. Laycock took 5000 BUSH
OILS of winter wheat. the biggest yield
per acre. SO far as known. for dry land
wheat in Weld county. They sold the
wheat Immediately for 80 cents a bush
Ell. or $500. and It tested GO pounds
per bushel. The crop was grown with
out irrigation.
The Lamar register., 1910-08-24

Colorado Springs.-The summit of
Pixies Peak was the scene of we'd
ding Wednesday. Miss Grace b. Cox
of Rose Hill. Kan, was married to F.
NJ. Metcalf of Haviland. Kan, the Rev.
Abijah Cox, father of the bride. per-
forming the ceremony.
The Lamar register., 1910-08-24

Grand Junction-The Seventh Day
Adventists here have asked the West
crn Slope Conference of the church
to locate the proposed 100000 indus
trial school and sanitarium here. The
conference recently decided to place
them on the Western Slope. but the
location has not been chosen.
The Lamar register., 1910-08-24

New York.-Col. Roosevelt made It
clear Friday to his friends that the re-
ports that he did not intend to take
any part in the coming state campaign
were well based. As the colonel put
1t. he did not think he had been en-
Outraged to take any active interest by
the action of the state committee in
turning down his name for temporary
chairman of the convention.
The Lamar register., 1910-08-24

Pueblo.-the State Fair directors
have elected J. l.. Beaman. former
sheriff. president of the Fair Associa-
ton. and Beaman will accept. He sue
ceeds r. II. Higgins. who resigned be-
cause of fight on liquor and pool sell
ing privileges at the fair by the Min
isterial Association.
The Lamar register., 1910-08-24

New York.-The support OF the ne
gro electorate Of the United States for
a possible third term was pledged in
behalf of Col. Roosevelt Friday by the
1.10O delegates of the National Negro
Business Mems League here in conven-
ton.
The Lamar register., 1910-08-24

Chicago.-A jury to try Lee O'Neil
Browne. Democratic leader of the low.
er house at Springfield for the sec.
cId time on charge Of bribing Rep
resentative White to vote for William
Lorimer for United States senator was
sworn in Friday by Judge Kersten In
the Criminal Court.
The Lamar register., 1910-08-24

The population of Sioux City. Iowa.
is 47.s2S. an increase OF 14.717, or 44.4
per cent. as compared with 33.111 in
1900.
The Lamar register., 1910-08-24

Portland. Ore.-Five hundred more
troops have been called for by the
Forestry Service to fight the forest
fires now spreading in southern Ore
gon.
The Lamar register., 1910-08-24

Denver.-An abnoral swelling of the
glands of the throat last night result
ed in the death of Horace ID. Gamble,
aged so years. by strangulation.
The Lamar register., 1910-08-24
LOTS OF THEM.

The Englishman-Your country is
fine. old chap; but it's too deucedly
new. Why. you haven't any fairy tales
The American-Haven't we? Well.
you just come with me and look at
some Of the tablets on our monu-
ments,
The Lamar register., 1910-08-24
A saee's Summer.

Solomon sighed.
Think of the number Of plants
have to remember to water while they
are all away for the summer" he cried.
Herewith he doubted his title to
wisdom.
The Lamar register., 1910-08-24

Telluride.-Henry Maxi. % years old
and unmarried. was killed Wednesday
by fall OF rock in the Smuggler-
Urion mine.
The Lamar register., 1910-08-24

There is in every mans heart, as in
a desk. secret drawer: the only
thing is to find the spring and open
it.-Anon.