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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-29

GAINESVILLE, Mis-, Dec. 20
"A sheriff's posse killed three ne
groes and wounded others while
chasing gang of II negroes III
search for man who murdered L
L. Kesseau. More shooting Is ex
pected before the matter nuits
down.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-29

HOQUIAM, Dec. 29.-J. Parker
millhand, was drowned yesterda,
when he slipped off log into tn,
chilly water. He leaves a wifi
and two children.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-29

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 20
William Stark, a saloonkeepel
has spent a year in jail rattle
than pay his divorced wife $40
alimony. He told the grand jur
that visited the jail he would re
in jail before he would evY pa
her a cent.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-29

VANCOUVER, B. c., Dec. 20
The coroner's jury last night de
cided that George Black, formerl
of Seattle, who was supposed t.
have died of poisoning in a Gran
vile street fiat, really died of ma
tural causes.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-29

SPOKANE, Dec. ga schem
Is on here to get the government
to assist in building a strategi
railway from Spokane to Yuma
Arizona. But two stretches vii
be needed, from Lewiston t
Huntington, Ore, and from Elk
to Carson City, New.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-09
m is IN the BLOOD.

~Everybody's Magazine tells this in
.tcfesting story which illustrates as
won as possible the state Of political
enlightenment among the leading cit-
liens Of the Republic OF Panama. II
happened W. or three years ago that
both the chief engineer Of the canal.
and his second in command were sim
.ultaneously absent In the states, and
the general direction OF affairs devolv-
cd upon a much younger man, whose
namc sounds as IL he might me Irish.
AZ once ne became the recipient OF
the most polite ana hospitable atten-
tons OF old General Three star. a dis
tinguished Panamanian who had cov-
cred himself with glory during the
revolution. These attentions were POI
liiely returned. and az last the Eeuer-
"a. with elaborate precautions for Soc
recy. hroaohed tho following project:
The engineer was 70 head a revolt
against the United States aud make
himself dictator OF the Zone. With
the assistance Of the general, he WAS
TO seize the cities Of colon and Pana-
ma ana reign supreme on the isthmus.
And ~ way OF reward for his share
In the business the general was TO be
made chief 81 police.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-09

to Canada is fully offset By a counter
movement from Canada % the United
States. as Will be seen by the following
.whiri We take from the Montreal Ga
zette:
"The report Of the United states
commissioner OF Immigration AZ Mon
treat throws light on the extent Of
the movement Of population from can
ada to the United States. Excluding
the 1879 alicns manifested for the
United States IN steamships coming TO
Canada. thrre sought admission To the
States IN the fiscal yea i90S-e.
from Canada. 1889 persons. Of whom
5i,Gsg were described as citizens Of.
Canada entering the United States for
permanent residence The others
were claseed as alien immigrants to
canada. who had resided ia the coun-
try for varying periods, most " them
excess Of q year. or the whole
3.l0G were refused admission
More than GS,Oe0 residents or natives
81 Canada. therefore. left the country
n the year to make their living in the
United states. THE exodus IS not end
n e. I
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-09
rnr oounr OF COMMERCE.

Much Of the criticism OF the court
OF commerce. which IS provided for IN
the administration railroad bin sounds
captious, IN the opinion Of the New
York World If the interstate conn
merce commission Is % De an effective
agency. some way must be found az
passing upon It's rulings promptly. At
the present time il may decide that a
certain railroad rate IL excessive or
to ono locality and unduly fay-
.orable TO another. Before the United
States courts can dispose OF the case
the rate IN question may have been
modified or dropped and an the time
land work devoted TO legislation vast
|cd
a special our of jurisdiction limit
sd 20 causcs arising out Of the admin
|istratlon Of the Interstate commerce
act. should go far toward oxpediung
the enforcement Of tho railroad laws
by strengthcninF them IN regard 10
the governments powers OF control
supervision ana by providing for
speedy judicial action the chief caus-
es OF disappointment With their past
operation should be removed.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-09
lBy Herbert Corey.)

Gates? Gates Sounds familiar.
doesn't it-aimost impertlnent, in
fact? Like OF the old yarns your
country cousin tells when he m to
town. You dimly remamher them.
but YOU laugh because YOU have been
trained TO be polite. Not hat many
people have laughed At Gates and got
ten away with 1t. Ever since the pam
ic he has been rs quiet MS n dog under
the bed, bur now he's beginning TO
stir. Whether one of his oid-time
|coups is in process Of incuhatiOn-or
y neither he is Just turning over 10 rest
on the other side for a while remains
to be seen.
For John Werne Gates hasn't been
precisely a commercial factor since the
House of Twelve Partners closed its
doors dow in the Trinity building.
Not hat Gates eve admitted that h.
had been hurt hy the panic-nt least
not publicly. once before. Whcn he
horned into the Northern Pacific cor
ner. and WAS promptly tossed out
again. he admitted with q rueful grin
10 a friend that.
I'm not broke. But I'm pretty derp
badly bent
They used to say in Wall street that
he played EN- higher than a cats
back wher he started. He was rs
noiseless and elusive in his movements
as a village band tearing through its
repertoire of patriotic airs on the
Fourth Of July. He was not merely
a specuiator-iut he %speeulated on the
high gear A Gates movement in the
Street was scorned by the conserVa-
tive old bankers. but the stocks slyal-
lyhOoted skNhieh.
Gates used to stan in the market
place and tell where a given stock
would land the next day-and some
times that stock landed there. II
didn't always happen SO. He under
stood the use OF language as Il wind
shield for thought as well as any man
in the world. Also, he had a pleas
ant little habit of hastily resorting to.
the high timber while his followers
were still out in the open making faces
the tornado that didn't endefr him
an Of them, But he got there-un-
Ill he suddenly determined a. Year or
ago. that the salubrious atmosphere
of Texas was about the heaithiest
he had yer shifted. And now
say he's coming back into the
market.
PICTURESQUE person. John w. Born
in Turner Junction. not far from Chi
ffity-four years ago, he had al
hard row to hoe AS a boy. lust how
he got on the road as a drummer il
now forgotten. but he got there. Isaac
Elw0od WAS then beginning the man
ufacture Of harbed Wire. at which all
the enternrising farmers of the west
Elwood believed in his wire.
and Gates believed he could sell any
thing that had a price-tas attached
They got together and Gates sold
more barb wire in Texas in n day
than Elwood could make In "a month
That caused Gates % remark that
wire ut S1a0 2 month wasn't as
good as making it. lie found a friend
a diminutive bundle, they got
hold or Elwood's patents and made
barb wire with three homemade ma
chimes and got rich. For a tune theF
used 10 load their machines on q
and move the factory TO another
state over night. in order 10 dodge
Elw0od's injunctions- Then Gates
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-09

got Elwood To consolidate. That made
a fortune for him.
In time, the embodiment Of what
the west calls hustle. he can't to
New York. He lifted the Louisville
and Nashville when August Belmont
wasn't looking He always claimed
tina lie gave j. =. Morgan the idea
which later resulted in the United
States Steel corporation. He paid
$4,000 rental for his suite at tae Wal
dorf. and Dick Garfield had the cell
Ing or his gambling room scraped SO
as not to restrict Gates when he
played faro. He figured. always spec
t%acularlv. in countless big deals
he got u aii right, and
sometimes be was thrown out. He
tried to corner wheat, and paid So
000. 600 for Information as to the diff
ficulty of that undertaking. one story
of him illustrates his character
better than q column might. He was
tour III the west and came to q.
town where II boom was needed. The
chamber Of commerce. hearing Of
Gates liking for poker. had made up q
not OF $4,000 to give him a game
Gates was impatient: he didn't want
to play that day. The merchants
were aggressive in their hospitality.
Finally Gates yielded.
II haven't time to play poker said
he. hut iii tell Won what I'll do. III
shake YOU dice, one toss for the Oun-
die"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-09
IDOLS d. E%nucATIoN.

The san Francisco Chronicle says
Professor Charles Mills Gayley. Of the
University Of California. would take
an the color out o. language. In his
new book. idols # Education he
brings am Indictment against many
college professors. becausc they SAY
"fall down. instead Of fail; win out
instead % n. and "up against IT,, in
stead OF at a loss. There IS such a
thing as carrying purism in language
10 IN cXtramc. TO IAN down carries
with It an emphasis which simply TO
faii' does not convey. To he up
~agninst itT has 4 meaning which 70 he
"at a loss doesn't begin TO express.
And to twin out is more emphatic
any day than simply TO win" Whole
some. emphatic slang has its uses and
an the professors Ia the world won't
persuade the man IN the street other
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-09

were busy examining Mr.. Bryuns
| strength, ana trying 10 undermine i.
they sent nnc into an the h-yaf
stroneholds. west and south. with IN
stsuctlons "a "feel out" the situation
and = o Some Of these fellows
magnlsylng their office. swaggered q
little ana talked too much. IN that
way tho program vas betrayed and
The Brsanifes were put on their guard
Again the game Is under way
again Tie east is hunting for a man
with whom 70 supplement Mr., Bry-
an. Governor Harmon looks promis-
Ing. and they are coddiing him. They
wiil heIp him in his race this year, IN
the hope that. II he wins. tho prestige
Of his victory will capitalize " years
hence
But snoy should not permit Wall
street 20 appear too prominently ~
The proceedings. The icadership Is
perilous. Ia Governor Harnon's case
it has a particular peril. The brs-
antics recall casiiy-yery casily-the
old Cleveland days. when Governor
H
was one Of the conspicuous
democratic coterie IN league against
the party which had honorcd every
OF them. He was, i ls 80 nm
der hcavy obligations To Mr. Cleye-
land, who had lifted him from q pare
.hini fame t. the attorney general
ship Of the United states. but Mr..
Bryan and his friends have never for
gotten the direction Of those men, ana
aln nseribc it 10 wall street in
iuences.
Ana 80 the Organizes are scrap
looking an the puns Of Governor
harmon now appearing III columns
relieved 90 be under the sway Of Wall
trect. and al the new nIngs ~ their
ia fayorite from the same quarter.
heir suspicious are aroused. If Gov
rnor Harmon Is desired by wall
he is not the sort Of nan the
democracy can afford IN the White
House, even II the way clears by 1912
nd Mr.. Bryan fails 10 secure anoth-
r nomination
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-09
IIGm PRICES IN CANADA.

Mr.. John W. Foster. consul general
Of the United states at Ottawa, has
sent to tine senate the first foreign
price figures FOR the use Of the commit
tee Il Investigate high prices. They
were presented in the senate Monday
by Senator Lodge and ordered 10 be
printed. The figures are the advance
sheeta Of the results OF an inquiry
made by the Canadian government. II
is shown that prices have increased IN
Canada about TIM same as in this
country.
One Of the striking features Of the
report which Consul General Foster
calls attention Is that rents have in
creased IN Canada In the last ten
years fortv per cent.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-09
WALL STREET AM HARMON.

a good many democrats, especially
IN the west. arc inuuiring with more
than o little anxiety whether Wall
street has taken rp Governor Harmon
as a presidential aspirant. There are
rumcrs and signs e. tlgt effect, and
they MI some III the Harmon men
with protest and uneaslncss Western
democrats have shown a Willingness
10 accept the Ohio governor as % pres
idential candidate. and train under
his banner. Not with The most hliar-
ious enthusiasm. IL must Doe admitted.
but quietly. and on tiie principle of
any port In q storm. butf he rs ca fali
under the Influence of Wall street.
tnat ends 81. The object ut tho iiar-
mon proposition in the east Hs Ne
are told hy the Washington STAR, Is
10 break the back 81 nrsnn's power.
and the star Is not atone 10 uat opin-
ION. DESPITE his three defeats the
peerless leader Is stll a-ieading Ry
tongue and pen b. grit and rcrsev-
crance. by industry unmatched by
any man IN his party. De has estab-
Ilshed an extraordinary hold on the
rank and file Of the dsmocrarc,- The
plain people ia The organization
"giadiy hear him. The politicians
ana the phtocrats %lnsurgo. but. 30
FAR. insurFinE hiss teen Ia vain
More thun "a year before the hold
ing Of the d~cmotr1tlc national cone
vention "a 1895 the ant-bvanites
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-09
uNwIsE AND uNrRorrrABLL

1T IL rather strange that property
IN New Mexico. insured for moro than
500. 100000, fl assessed at less than
$4,000. oo0.-santa Fe New Mexican.
And some % the wiseacros insist
that there Is nothing wrong with our
present system Of taxation. The die
crepancy between the real value and
the assessed value ~ ouF property y
probably not as great as IL would APP
pear from the insurance figures given
above. but IL Is a well known fact that
taking the territory as q whole Our
property is not returned for taxation
al more than ono-hfth o. It's actual
value-by actual value. we mean what
Il would bring under the hammer
and as one Of the inevitable conse~
renee New Mexico Is credited by
the world al large as possessing Just
one-nfth as much actual, substantial
wealth rs she really possesses, and Is
charged by the world with levgipg ?
tax upon the property Of her people,
just ave times as great as she actually
does levy. beca use we have 90 raise
Just go much money 20 support the
government, aud By whatever amount
we discount the value ~ our property
on the assessment roll, by just so
much IN proportion must we Increase
the per cent OF The tax levy.
For Illustration; Undcr u pres
emit twenty pcr cent assessment we
have to levy q tax Of about seven dol
lars on the hundred. which causes
strangers 10 regard this as one cf the
poorest places for Investment in the
United stutes. ana they are thereby
encctuaiiy frightened away ON the
other hand, were the property re-
turned III its actual value, the busi
ness world would give the territory
credit for pnfsesslhg three hundred
millions 81 solid wealth, instead OF
only sixty millions. aa az present, and
the necessary tax levy, Instead cf he'
ing SEVEN ,~ioissrs on thr hundred
would be one dollar and forty cents
--or the difference between having
the heaviest tax ana the lightest tax
OF any place In the county. and the
value 81 that difference, Is lnu com
munity, in the way of attracting neN
people ana new capital can hardly be
estimated.
And yet the man VINO mnkrs an
honest return on his property would
not be required 20 pay one cent more
IN taxes than lie pays now. The man
who owns a lund grant for which he
refuses TO take two millions. but
which he returns for taxation az
nfty thousand. would very likely have
90 nay a good deal more, but he rs
one OF the men for whom the law
would be made.
OF course, there Is nothing that can
be done just now toward the bring
Ing about Of such Is reform In our
methods of taxation. except 60 talk
about Il. but the preliminary consld-
Grafton Is one Of the most essential
elements In every work %, reform, and
this is the time for that part of the
work 20 be done. Let the press of the
territory keep constantly before the
people from now til the time Of tho
next legislature. the popular demand
for better methods 81 taxation, and
the commission form OF government
and there viii be no reason 60 doubt
that both measures viii be put into
the form 81 law
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-09
o L G WORK.

Or. Woods Hutchinson of New York.
at the convention on hygiene. Of the
National Educational association, az
indianapolis, declared:
we hour much about the terrible
.ravages Of death among those who en-
JOS themselves. They call il The re-
suit o. diseases al play. but tho dis
eases Of work Kill their hundreds of
thousands, while only hundreds sue
comb to the diseases OF play-evcn
%includlns dissipation and wine, wom-
an and song
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-09

cautions that are contemplated. New
.crtheless. the rcuort ome from the
capital that there will be opposition
to the hill, but that enato Bcveridge.
who has charge Of it. thinks that il
viii be passed. This assertion, which
Is presumably Intended 10 he reas-
Surfing. will be regarded by many per-
sons as simply eN~asperating There
should be uo question about the
passage OF the statehood bill. should
ii fail. the republican party will be
held TO have broken a promise.
Il is not merely Arizona and New
Mexico that are Interested in the state
hood bill. It's passage is desired by
the entire Pacific slope. IL is high
time the far west had a larger repre-
~.scntution IN the senate. Little Rhode
Island, with an area about one-tourth
that Of san Diego county, and with a
population about as large as that OF
Angeles county. has the sante
in the senate as has the entire
state 81 California. and little Rhode
Island is of a group OF small states
each having the two senators prescrh-
ed br the constitution, The Interests
.of thes, states are not the Interests OF
the vast region west OF u Rocky
mountains The latter VIII stll De
relatively weak in the senate ven 81
90 De conceded the our more sena-
tors that would DE seated as the re-
suit OF statehood Tor Arizona ana
New Mexico.
California Is especially concerned In
the admission OF Arizona The two
neighbors aud have mutual inter-
ests. Arizona has been having Won
.defgl development during reccnt years
Hut the territorial period Is u~ecesSar-
.tiy one OF transition. Arizona's pro-
greSs viii he even more wonder
fui when once il becomes a state ami
a be in the affairs OF the ma
II hardly seems credible that the
pending statehood bill can fail. The
Pacific coast should unite in protest
.ins against such an outcome
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-09
"SMOKEY" IN JAIL; HE
SHOT UP THE ANCIENT
TOWN OF FAIRVlEW
lspecIaI corresrondesre 90 Mornlng J~ournall

Especial C-orrespondesce 30 Morning Journal
Hilsboro. n. 81, March Charged
with shooting up the picturesque town
of Fairview in tru western fashion,
with "A six-shootcr in each hand and
a belt fun 81 cartridges. one
Smokey" otherwise known as VIII
lam Chisholm, languishes in the conn
~ Jail in default Of $500 bond and will
be handed over to the tender mercies
of the gram 1erv.
Smokey it is said. while running
amuck spread terror far and wide il
hat section of Sierra county ana the
inhabitants ducked for the cyclone
cellars.
The arrest was made 10y Ranger Ray
Grayson.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-09
Slope Wants Territories
Admitted Into the Union

Reports from Washington as ~ tho
prospects OF statehood for Arizona
and New Mexico Gre disquietinE and
win cause indignation ON the Pacific
slope The louise was prompt %
pass q measure for the admission Of
the twe territories The nat SOM
mittge which he's had the matter in
hand. will report a somewhat differ
lill which Will contain provisions
designed On Insure proper constiiu-
Ucus FOR tls new states aud. generally
speakins. a have them come into the
union in the risht was There ouEht
tv tr ht serious objection rs size pre-
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-09
MOVING norn WAYS.

a good deal has been said about the
exodus of American farmers to the
wheat lands 81 northwest Canada, and
Il has looked as thoush our Lady Of
she Shows had been gaining largely
ut our expense. hut when we come
10 see ihe other side we fluid hat this
~ a game that Two can play at. and
the movement from the Omitted States
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-09
REMAINS OF MAIL SACK
LOOTED BY OUTLAWS
IN OLD DAYS FOUND

Especial Correspondence 20 Morning Journal
Silver City, n. a., March S.-The
tattered remains of a government
mail sack evidently rifleG by outlaws
a score OF years ago has been brought
to Silver City By q freighter nance
Jernigan. He found the sack in a re-
mote place near Mule Springs, The
sack had been cut and slashed and
contained nothing but a few Nellowed
and faded newspapers, ot when
was identified as a copy of the Grant
County Mining World. a paper pub
lished in silver City many years ago.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-09

80 you are a blll collector,' said
the person who is careless about
debts.
II ann
We'll. YOU shouldn't he short or
discourteous. If it weren't for people
like me you'd have been out OF q job
long ago.'-Washington Star.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-09
Territory Of New Mexico.
office of the Secretary.
Miscellaneous Certificate.

I. Nathan Jaffa. secretary OF
the Territory Of New Mexico,
do hereby certify that.
Whereas. on the 2sth day u
March, A. H. 1909. the Aibu-
querquo Ciiiron was designated
as the official Newspaper Of
New Mexico, ana
Whereas. said Albuquerque
Citizen has ceased publications.
Now, therefore. pnbiic notice
is hereby given that' In CONF
piiance with section q. chapter
70 OF the laws OF 1899. requir-
ing the Secretary OF the Terri
tory Go designate on official
Newspaper OF New Mexico; the
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Is hereby designated as such
OFFICIAL Newspaper OF New
Mexico.
Given under my hand and
the Great Seal Of the Territory
OF New Mexico at the City %
Santa Re, the Capital. on This
fourth day Il October. A. D.
1903.
tssaI.l NATHAN JArFA.
Secretary OF New Mexico
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-09
SPRING TERM OF GRANT
COUNTY DISTRICT COURT
CONVENES AT SILVER CITY
Ispeclnl cnrrs.pondenc. % MernIns Journall

silver city. y. NJ. March THE
spring term of the district court for
Grant county convened today here
with Judge +. W, Parker on the
bench. There is a heavy docket this
term and a session OF at least "a whole
month Is looked for.
Arrangements are being made for
the transfer to the cour fund of
enough OF the county funds to permit
tho court session to continue without
interruption.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-09

Mr.. Ryetop-Ycs. Zeke is coming
up. He says he is painting sunsets
during his spare time.
Mrs. Ryetop-Painting sunsets?
Lands sakes. how does he ever get up
that high 60 paint them Chicago
News.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-09

\ physician upon opening thc door
90 his consultation room. asked. Who
has been waiting longest
Il have" spoke up the tailor. I
delivered YOUR clothes thrive wceks
ESQ -tfccnaur
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-09
KILLED BY

The people OF the District OF Column
bia have been making a most strenu-
Gus effort 60 induce congress to change
Inauguration day To- the latter part Of
April, because the weather is always
so rough on the ith OF March. But
the 4th OF March this year last Fri
day. proved 20 be an ideal day
weather could not have been more de-
lightful Tor outdoor ceremonies. and
thus the movement in favor Of a
change was rendered hopeless.