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Milford chronicle., 1910-08-12

ners, N. Y. is lying dangerously
wounded from bullets fred into her
mouth and left lung by Frank Ranney,
of Buffalo
The girl and Ranney went riding to-
gether. They quarreled. Raney said,
and he accused the girl of attempting
to break their engagement to marry
because of her fondness for = rival.
Ranney confessed that he then put
his arm around the girls neck and
tried 70 kiss her. and when she re-
sented his action he shot her. first in
the mouth and then through the lung.
After the shooting the girl, afraid to
tell her family. crawled to her room.
where she was found. Ranney drove
to Lockport and gave himself up TO
the police.
Milford chronicle., 1910-08-12
Congressman Said TO Have De-
manded Money as Loans.
ST A HEAD FOR SIGNATURES
chootaw Explains How 100000 Land
Lawyer Got sianatures-Tribe An
cry over Governments Delay.

Jacob L. Hamon charged tnat Con
/ gresham Charles E. Creager. Republt-
can, Of Oklahoma, under the guise Of
loans, had attempted to obtain large
sums of money from j. F. McMurray
after Creager had introduced a bill in
congress providing for sale Of the
Indian lands
Hamon brought his charges in de-
manding the recall of Creager to the
witness stand before the congressional
investigating committee at MacAles-
ter, Okla, for crOss-eXaminatiOn.
Il want to show" said Hamon that
Creager demanded large sums of
money from McMurray after that bill
was introduced by Creager."
The bill Hamon referred to prOvid-
ed for the sale of surface lands 70
private individuals and for the sale of
the mineral deposits to the govern
ment Under the arrangement McMur-
ray with his contracts. it was assert
ed. would have obtained 10 per cent
Of the money paid by the government.
How the contracts were procured by
which. according to Senator Thomas
P. Gore. of Oklahoma, S3.000.000 in
attorneys fees was to be made out
of the sale Of lands given to the In
dians by the government. was related
before the investigators.
w. T. HOLMAN, a Choctaw Indian,
testified he had been employed by J.
F. McMurray, holder of the contracts,
to go out among the Indians of Okla
homa and induce them to sign the
documents.
At the same time, Holman related,
he was paid "a dollar a head" for OBJ
tanning contracts appointing McMur-
ray to act in tax cases. In this way
McMurray procured 10000 contracts
to sell land.
The terms we're 10 per cent "at-
torneys' fees" or S3OO0.000 profit for
McMurray and his associates. To pro
mote this deal in congress Senator
Gore contends he was offered a S25,-
600 or $4,000 bribe by Jacob L. Ha-
mon.
Holman testified that he himself,
lad signed the 10 per cent contract
5elauae e. he. in common with other In
ians. had become discouraged over /
ID governments promise to sell the
md.
i would have given 25 per cent to
IcWr-ray." said HOLMAN. IF he could
have got MS the money quickly He
said he believed some Of the Indians
wOuld he willing to give McMurray
IS per cent.
Milford chronicle., 1910-08-12
Eatallv snor Cnum.

Jesse Lewis. sixteen years old OF
Deansboro. n. Y. Is a dying at
the Utica hospital of pistol shot
wound accidentally inflicted by his
chum. Lee Hamlin. eighteen years
while the two were debating the pene-
trating power OF bullets fired from
pistols and rifles Lewis had a rifle
and Hamlin a revolver. Both weapons,
supposedly. were unloaded, but when
Hamlin pointed his pistol at Lewis and
pulled the trigger a bullet penetrated
the latter's chest near the heart
Milford chronicle., 1910-08-12
GENERAL MARKETS

PHILADELPHIA FLOUR firm
winter clear. $4d425; city mills fancy
$6.5096.75. -
RYE FLOUR steady. at s494.1O per
barrel. 80,
WHEAT quiet; No. red, new, ssh
19915c.
721A 6Dz3c. -,e
OATS quiet; No. 2 white. 4115g
4Sc.; lower grades, 461ac.
POULTRY: Live firm; hens. 16i5 q
17c.; old ROSTERS. 12d121ac. Dressed
steady; choice fowls, 1Sc.; old roost
ers, 13c.
BUTTER steady; extra creamery
31c. per ID.
EGGS steady; selected. 26 a ZSc.;
nearby. 22c. western. 22c.
POTATOES quiet. at soc. q$1.65 per
barrel. as to quality.
Milford chronicle., 1910-08-12
srambles Stripped Baby.

Two horses attached to a buggy
in which Mr.. and Mrs James McKin-
sey. of Muddy Creek Forks, near
York. Pa. were driving with their
baby. ran away, spilling the entire
family The infant was hurled some
distance into clump of blackberry
bushes.
When picked up the baby was nak-
ed, but although the thorny bushes had
stripped of its clothing, there were
but few scratches and bruises upoE
its body.
Milford chronicle., 1910-08-12
as.oz1 Peonle In Reading.

Reading Pa. has a population OF
96.O71, according to figures enumer-
ated for the thirteenth census made
public by Census Director Durand.
This is an increase Of 17110, or 21.7
per cent over 1900, when the popula-
tion was 7S961.
The population of Allentown, Pa,
is 51.913, as enumerated for the thir-
teenth census. This is an increase OF
16.497. or 46.6 per cent over 1900,
when the population was 35,416.
Milford chronicle., 1910-08-12
Cut Child Brides Throat.

Ten days ago. Marie Urso. a thir-
teen-year-old girl was taken to
Chicago from Gary. Ind, by her parents
and was forced to marry Joachim Da-
vso. Wednesday she appealed to
Mayor Knotts, saying she was forced
to marry and she did not wish to live
with her husband An hour after
ward DavlsO met her on the street
and cut her throat with a razor. She
is dying at the Mercy hospital and Da-
viso is In Jail.
Milford chronicle., 1910-08-12
LIVE stock Markets.

PITTSBURG Union Stock Yardsl- =
CATTLE steady: choice, S735 q $50;
prime. $7100725.
SHEEP firm prime wethers,. S4.3O
64.5O: culs and common, S2N3;
lambs. $450d7; veal calves, $9d 9;25.
HOGS firm. prfme heavies. $500
S.65; mediums, s9.306935: heavy
Workers. S9.40d945: light Workers,
s925d $50; pigs, s965d97O; roughs,
e7mI60
Milford chronicle., 1910-08-12
Drops Dead Returning From Funeral.

Dr. Abraham 5. Raudenbush. aged
sixty-nine years. a physician of Read
ing. dropped dead of heart disease
in the Philadelphia & Reading
railway station at Pottstown, Pa. He
was returning from the funeral of his
preceptor. DR. Henry Croft. Of Har-
leysvnle. He was waiting for train
and just before falling called to his
wife. Il feel that I am falling" Death
was Instantaneous
Milford chronicle., 1910-08-12
Joe cans. Dyinq. Reaches Home.

Joe Cans former champion light
weight pugilist returned to his home
in Baltimore on Friday in the last
stages of consumption from Prescott.
Arizona. where he went several
months ago in the hope of regaining
his health. Cans, realizing that he
could not live much longer, started for
his home in Baltimore to Sc his mother
before he died
Milford chronicle., 1910-08-12
sIsvs wife. shoots Himself.

Frank Walkinshaw a brother OF
V. V. Walkinshaw. director of pub
lie safety of Lorain, O., shot his wife
dead and then turned his revolver on
himself. inaicting wound from which
he may recover. Mrs. Walkinshaw
filed a petition for divorce a week ago.
Milford chronicle., 1910-08-12
eave VIC roo Much Medleine.

Frank Coils. Of Coplay, Pa, mis-
taking the physicians directions.
gave his sick wife an overdose Of
medicine. While the illness was NOR
tai. the overdose hastened her death.
which resulted in a few hours.
Milford chronicle., 1910-08-12
MoMurray Makes Reply.

In a statement TO the committee and
without going on the stand McMur-
ray declared that the contracts came
TO him originally against his desires
He said the Indians at war coun-
ell" had demonstrated their impa-
tience at the governments alleged
slowness in the selling Of the land
and had called upon him TO take the
job at 10 per cent. which he did with
reluctance. McMurray will go on the
stand later.
Questioned further. Holman testi-
fed it was the belief Of the Indians
that their property was worth from
$50 1000. 900 to $400O0.00O, and the un-
derstanding was McMurray was to get
10 per cent OF this.
rs it actually the belief among In
dians that they have to pay somebody
else to get what the government said
rightfuuy belongs to them?" That
has become the belief that they have
to give up a good portion of what they
get in attorneys fees
D. o. McCurtain. a Choctaw Indian,
and attorney for his tribe. went on the
stand and reiterated his charges that
McMurray in 1906, in the lobby of the
Raleigh hotel at Washington, offered
him a s25.0O0 bribe to withdraw tribal
opposition to old contracts which we're
disapproved by President Roosevelt
Milford chronicle., 1910-08-12
Hamon's Testimony Attacked.

Jacob L. Homan again figured mo.
mentarily in the testimony. He had
been charged by Senator Gore with
having offered a s25.OOO bribe in Nc
Murray's behalf, but in his own testi-
mony said he went to Washington con-
cernfng Governor Haskell's indictment
in the Muskogee town lot cases and
had nothing to do with HcMnrray.
c. B. Stewart testified he was at
torney for Governor Haskell and he
had not heard of lannon's being so
employed.
AS indicated by Green McCurtain,
chief of $4,000 Choctaws. and by Holl-
man. the Indians have taken the posi-
ton that they signed the contracts be-
cause they had become discouraged
with what they call the tardiness Of
the government in disposing of the
land and giving them the proceeds so
that they might purchase farm imple-
ments and improve the allotments on
which they live.
The mineral wealth of the extra land
was estimated by the United States
geological survey at s16O,O0O,O0O. One
old Indian. who favored the 10 per
cent McMurtay contracts. said:
Are you going to let us starve just
because we have agreed to give a
white man a piece Of our pie?"
Milford chronicle., 1910-08-12

Summer Curtains for 6S cents
S100 and 81 so
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1910-11-13
EMBRO|DER|Es AND
LACES At THE FAIR
Needework Department Contained
Many Specimens of MsrveIousIy
Clever Work

No mere man and few women are
competent to give an intelligent de-
scription of the needlework at the
Sixth fair. This is one department
that was simply beyond description
1t was always a terror to defense
less newspaper men and this year,
with so many more entries and so
many kinds Of work never exhibited
before, it simply can't be portrayed on
paper.
The judges had a very difficult
task when they distributed the prizes.
1t was their aim to award the prizes
to the NEST beautiful things and those
which represented the greatest amount
OF work on the part of the makers
Many a woman toiled many weary
hours to manufacture the marvellous.
wonderful creations that were on ex-
hibtion.
There were crazy quilts, patchwork
quilts and all the other kinds, as well
as astonishingly lovely blankets and
Zerapes. The colors of the blankets
and quilts were meat but not gaudy'.
and very attractive indeed to the
eye.
The needlework came from all
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1910-11-13

points of the territory, from the pine
clad hills of Coconino to the sage
brush flats of Santa Cruz, and from
the baked deserts of Mohave and
Yuma to the granite hills of infantile
Greenlee. Arizona seems to have
expert seamstresses and embroiderers
in every village.
There were scores of beautiful
specimens of hand embroidery, show
ing great ingenuity and pains in the
manufacture. Dozens of the designs
were entirely original.
The French and shadow embroidery
attracted great attention from those
who appreciate fine work of this kind
Several specimens of Roman cut work
were particularly good. In this style
of embroidery one piece of cloth is
laid over another of a different color,
and pieces cut away with great care
in the covering material, in order to
form the design desired. The cut
edges are then embroidered
That particular embroidery known
as coronation brand" was well rep
resented and the specimens of I'M
usual beauty. There were several
extraordinarily fine pieces of Wallach-
ian embroidery. And of course there
was the velvet embroidery dozens of
pieces and each one a gem.
II is no less difficult to do full
justice to the lace department than
to the embroidery. Battenberg there
was in profusion, all made by hand at
the expense of unlimited time, care
and patience. There were. single
pieces which must have taken months
in the making but whose beauty was
their own excuse for existing. There
was also a great deal of applique and
Irish point lace, with some pieces of
Hardanger
Those who didn't see the needlework
department. particularly the old bach
elors who look upon a darned sock
with wonder and awe, missed a part
of the fair that had great educational
value.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1910-11-13

sponsible bidder shall be returned The
return of the check of the bidder to
whom the contract shall be awarded is
conditioned upon the appearance of
said bidder within five days after re-
ceiving notice of such award and the
execution of contract with said Board
of Trustees for the work so awarded.
and the giving of a bond: said bond
and contract to be satisfactory to said
Board of Trustees. said bond to be
conditioned upon the faithful perform
ance of such contract in the penal sum
of seven hundred dollars. The price
which shall be paid for the construction
of said bridge and the furnishing of all
labor and material required therefor
and therein shall become due and pay
able as follows:
For each bridge when completed
eighty per cent of the price bid there
for and the remainder thirty days
thereafter
This advertisement shall be deemed
as a part of the specifications.
The Board of Trustees reserves the
right to reject all bids if. in it's judg-
ment. such action is deemed advisable.
and to re-advertise for bids for the
performance of said work in accord
ance with the plans and specifications
herein referred to or in accordance with
such other plans and specifications as
said Board of Trustees may adopt
SPECIAL ROAD DISTRICT NO. ,,
MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA
By G. c. HURLEY,
Chairman of the Board of Trustees.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1910-11-13
F0LEYS KIDNEY PILLS
Tor oh rheumatism kidney bladder
So EH

Streitz & Thompson. Engineers, Room
s. MOnihon Building, Phoenix, Ari-
iona.
In submitting proposals, bidders shall
give a lump sum figure for both the
bridges completed in accordance with
the plans and specifications above re-
ferred to. and
In order to secure an equit-
able basis Of settlement for any changes
that may be required in the plans and
specifications referred to they shall al
so submit with their bid a price per
cubic yard of concrete IN place and a
price per pound of steel in place at
which additions to the lump bid above
referred to or deductions therefrOm
may be made according as the quanti-
ties of either concrete or steel may be
increased or diminished by such
changes. it being understood that no
changes shall be made that shall re-
quire the removal of any completed
work or the alteration of any forms in
place or constructed.
Each bid shall be accompanied by a
certified check in a sum equal to ten
per cent of the amount of said bid
drawn upon some responsible bank and
shall be made payable to Board OF
Trustees of Special Road District No
>, MaricOpa County. Arizona Said
certified check will be held by said
Board until all of the bids have been
canvassed and the contract awarded
and signed. provided, however. that up
on the awarding of the contract, all
checks except that of the lowest re-
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1910-11-13

mountain time. in the forenoon of No
vember IA, 1910. and will be publicly
opened by said Board of Trustees at a
meeting to be held on that day or at
the first meeting thereafter
The work for which said proposals
are wanted is to provide for the proper
and complete construction of said
bridges in every detail and it is under
stood that the contractor agrees to fur
nish all and everything necessary for
such construction Notwithstanding any
omission in the drawings or specifica-
tiOns. The specifications and accom-
panying drawings hereinafter referred
TO are intended to correspond with and
be illustrative of each other. ANY part
of the work which may he only men
toned in one or represented in the 9th
er shall be executed the same as if it
had been fully. described in both. Said
bridges are designated respectively
Bridge A and Bridge B and are located
as follows:
Bridge A is on the south line of
Section 80. r. N, r. E. G. & 5. r.
r. & NJ, and Bridge b is on the west
line of Section 80, T. N, r T..
G. & S. r. B. q NJ, at the points
where said lines respectively cross the
Maricopa Canal
Said bridges are to be constructed
of reinforced concrete in accordance
with plans and specifications prepared
by Streitz & Thompson. Engineers, and
furnished by said Board of Trustees,
which plans and specifications may be
seen and examined at the office of
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1910-11-13
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

Notice is hereby given that the an
nual meeting of the stockholders of
the Arizona and California Railway
company will be held at the office of
this company, in the City of Prescott,
Territory of Arizona, on Wednesday.
the 18th day of November, 1910, at IL
o'clock noon of said day. for the pur-
pose of electing a board of directors
FOR the ensuing year. and for the
transaction of such other business as
may be properly brought before the
meeting. Books for the transfer of
stock will be closed November LIST.
1910, remaining closed until Deem
Der LIST. 1910.
Dated at Prescott Arizona, this 18th
day of October. 1910.
(Signed) F. NJ. MURPHY,
President
F. p. CRUICE, Secretary. BIN
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1910-11-13
BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION.

Sealed proposals addressed to the
Board of Trustees of Special Road Dis
trict No. 2. Maricopa County, Arizona,
in care of Ttreitz & Thompson, En-
gineers, and endorsed
Proposal for the construction of two
wagon bridges across the Maricopa Ca
nal on Section S5, T. N, r. E."
viii be received by the Board of
Trustees of said Special Road District
at the office of Streitz & Thompson
Engineers, Room 6, Monihon Building
Phoenix. Arizona, until IL o'clock
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1910-11-13
F. P. .CRUICE, Secretary. /
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT.
Serial No. 012494.
United States Land office.
Phoenix, Arizona. Nov. 2. 1910.

United States Land office.
Phoenix, Arizona, Nov. 2. 1910.
Notice is hereby given that the Co
lonial Copper Company, a corporation
organized and existing under the laws
of the state of Maine. by Walter Rem
nett. its attorney in fact, whose post
office address is Phoenix, Arizona. has
made application to the United States
for patent for the Madison, Portland,
Palo Verde, Thrush, Butte. Liberty,
Copper Flat, Hawk, Arizona, Tuesday.
Advance. Daisy, Grower, America,
Blue Bird, ella, Copper Hill. Treas
ury. Wednesday, Washington, Boston.
Quail. Lincoln, Maggie, Monroe. and
yellow Hammer lode mining claims,
embraced in Mineral Survey No. 274S,
and situate in approximately town
ship IA south, range west. c.. &c S.
K. b. & M, (unsurveyed, in the
Grower Mining District, Pima county,
territory of Arizona, and particularly
described as follows, to-wit:
Madison Lode.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1910-11-13

Irregular bowel movements lead to
chronic constipation and constipat-
ed habit fills the system with i'm
purities. HERBINE is a great bowel
regulator 1t purifies the system,
vitaliZes the blood and puts the di-
gestive organs in fine vigorous con-
dition. Price SOC. Sold by Elvcy &
Hulett.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-08
WILL Be
OHIO MANAGER
FOR REPUBLICAN PARTY IN CAM
FAIGN FOR FA l. l.
ELECTIONS.
A STATEMENT BY TAFT
Says President is Loath to Lose Ser
vices ct Assistant Attorney
General -. Ellis Fine
Manager.

Washington. Feb AFTER confer
|ences at the White House today Wade
H. Ellis, of Ohio resigned the position
of assistant to the attorney general to
accept the craftsmanship of the Re
publican executive committee OF Ohio
and assume charge OF the Ohio fall
campaign.
A statement given out at the White
House said that the Ohio Republican
leaders had concluded tina Ellis would
be the man best qualified for the
Craftsmanship, ana added 'the pres
ident is loath to lose Inc services OF
Ellis from the department of justice,
but as Ellis is willing to make the
sacrifice, the president did not feel
that he could insist on retaining him. "
The Ohio situation has been giving
the president much concern and has
been the subject of number of con-
ferences at the White House. Will
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-08
ENORMOUS LOSS
BY FIRE IN i. S.
VALUE OF PROPERTY DESTROY
ED EVERY YEAR Is
$456,ooo,o 900.
EXPERTS INVESTIGATED
Geological Survey Officials Find That
Americans Can Use Cheaper
Fireproof Materials
to Advantage.

Washington, Feb. Fire, stolen
from heaven by Premetheus. accord,
ing to the ancient Greek mythology,
and as blessing brought by him to
earth in hollow reed after Zeus had
deprived mankind of it, levies upon
Americans each year an enormous tax
calculated by United States govern.
ment officials at almost a million and
d half dollars a day and 1910 lives
a year AS a result of an investiga-
ton just concluded by officials of the
United States Geological survey it
has been ascertained that cheaper
fireproof materials can be used to
advantage in construction. that three
to six times, the necessary amount Of
material is habitually used In struc-
tural work in the United States, that
the building codes are laXly enforced,
that the fire loss in the United States
is eight times as much per lapita as
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-08
LEWIS HOPEFUL
OF SETTLEMENT
MINERS PRESIDENT ISSUED AN
OPTIMISTIC STATEMENT
LAST NIGHT.
INFERIOR PROTECTION
Given the American Miner, Because il
Costs Money--operators Must
Grant Wage Increase
by april I.

Wheeling, Feb. President LAWS
of the United Mine Workers, issued
a statement tonight, In part as for
lows.
"'rhe prospects for a set
Element of the wage scale be-
tween now and the first OF April Will
be based entirely on the Willingness
|of the operators to grant an advance
in wages. An advance is due aud
settlement can not be reached unless
it is conceded
ITO me the outlook is not in any
way gloomy. This may be due rather
to optimistic nature on my part. I
don't believe in encouraging or To-
menting trouble, neither is 1T wise
unnecessarily to alarm the people.
ITO my judgment the miners Of the
country will be at work on and after
the first Of April, and the wage con-
tract will carry with 1t substantial
increase for the miners all over the
country.
THE joint convention at Toledo,
which was not organized because the
operators were unwilling that the
Illinois miners participate in the ali
sence of the Illinois operators, all
iourned with the very best of feeling
on the part Of the operators and min
ers. There were no arrangements
made for holding another joint con-
ference. In my opinion another con-
vention will be held pi10r to April
first, II is well known that the min
ers wages are much higher than
1897, but it is also well known, to
those who understood the situation
that wages have not advanced in the
same proportion to the increased cost
OF living. 4..
| The occupation Of mining Is the
most dangerous Of any of the wage
earners, The death rate in the mines
of this country Is twice as great as
in any other. In Europe the occupa.
tion Of the miner Is more dangerous,
as the deeper mines generate the
greatest volume Of gas and fire damp.
THE United States is able to fur
lnish better safety appliances at less
cost than any country In the civilized
world. This Is reflection upon the
law making powers, and their In
ability or failure to enact measures
necessary to protect the health and
| lives Of the miner is our national dis
grace.
There is no doubt that the mine
owners would furnish more efficient
safety appliances If ii were not for
competition in industries and rail
Iroads to compel operators to furnish
materials to railroads at practically
cost It is well known fact that
this country produces cheaper fuel
than any other. New requirements to
safeguard the health and lives OF
mine workers requit~-see owners to
furnish the very best and latest safe,
ty appliances. To do this they have
to receive high price for coal, es-
lpecally that furnished the railroads
and steam trade generally"