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The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1911-10-14

The oyster supper given under
the auspices of the Priscillas OF
the NJ. E. church at the Woodmen
Hall Thursday evening, was sue
cess in every particular.
Chas. Everitt, q jewelry man OF
Denver, spent Thursday in Monte
Vista on business. He was the
guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Chase while here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lakeland left
Wednesday for their home in ILL
nois after a visit with Mrs. Lack
lands parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jas.
McAllister.
James Farrow has recently cold
his residence on Grand Avenue to
W. f. Everist. Possession was
given to Mr.. Everist last week.
Mrs. b. +. Arendt 10 entertain
ing her sister, Miss Beach Of Fort
Collins. who arrived Thursday.
Commander Woodside and wife
returned Thursday from Denver
where they spent several days.
W. j. EnEarl returned Thurs.
day morning from visit Of several
weeks on the coast.
Mrs. Maxwell went TO Alamosa
Wednesday on business trip aud
returned Thursday.
Miss Grace Kolander left Tues.
day for Denver where she will
visit for some time.
l.. D. Conant and wife went Il
Denver Saturday evening. return
ing Thursday.
Mrs. Mad and two daughter
were in Monte Vista shopping
Wednesday.
h. q. Trapp returned saturla,
from . business trip 70 Ordway
Colo.
L. B. Sylvester went 70 Denve
Thursdsy on business.
.Jsck Newoolm lett Tuesday 10
his home In Douvse.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-11-04
BRYAN HAS PRAISE
FOR LAFOLLETTE
Nebraskan Would Like to See q. o. p.
Nominate Him For
President.

Kansas City, Kan, Nov, 3.-"Al-
though prospects of a democratic vic;
tory in the next national election are
bright" said William Jennings Bryan
in an address in the interest OF Joseph
J. Taggart's candidacy for congress to
succeed the late Congressman Mitchell,
in Kansas City, Kan, last night, II
have seen them brighter. If the repub.
licans must elect president, want
to see them elect progressive. Such
man is Senator LaFollette."
Mr.. Bryan spoke to 5000 people in
the largest hall in Kansas City, Kan.
"If I was right sure the democrats
would elect their candidate for presi.
dent next time, would not care about
the republican candidate, said Mr..
Bryan. Although prospects are bright
for a democratic president, 1t has been
my experience that prospects are
deceptive"
Mr.. Bryan said he believed Senator
LaFollette would poll more votes for
president than President Taft would.
"LaFollette is real progressive, l
would like to see him nominated by the
republicans. I believe he would poll
more votes than President Taft"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-11-04
MURDER TRIAL ON
:. AT DAVENPORT
Charles, Owen, Civil War Veteran,
Faces Court on Charge Of Killing
James Kane.

Davenport, Nov. 3.-Questions Of at
torneys for the defense indicate that
an effort will be made to show that
Charles Owen, the veteran of the
civil war who is charged with murder
ing James Kane, was not in his right
mind when the deed was committed.
The first witnesses for the state.
Geo. Neafus and Harry Coefeld, were
the only two persons who saw the
shooting. Neafus was In Ovens
shanty when Kane and Coefield came
there Coefield claimed on the stand
that Kane spoke to owen pleasantly
but that the old man backed up to q
shelf and reaching for revolver ad-
vanced two steps and shot Kane in
the abdomen. -
Five Of the jurors hearing the Owen
case are men who sat in the jury box
at the last trial of Rudolph Branden-
burg, charged with murder and
acquitted him
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-11-04
LITTLE HOPE LEFT
OF SOLVING MYSTERY
Unless Mrs. Jordan Of Mt. Pleasant
Receivers Consciousness, AssaiI.
ant May Not be Known. +

Mt. Pleasant, Nov. 3.-The only
hope Of solving the mystery which
surrounds the attack made upon Mrs.
J. B. Jordan early Tuesday morning
was based today upon the possibility
of the woman regaining consciousness
long enough to give description of
her assailant.
The victim reused from her COM
atose condition last night sufficient
ly to repeat the names Of members of
the family, but made no utterance
which would give the officers clew.
Little hope Of her recovery Is held
out by the attending physicians.
Tbat a sensation will be created
when Mrs. Jordan regains her senses
and names or describes her assailant
is the belief OF few, but the opinion
is general that the perpetrator of the
crime Is not resident OF this vicin-
ity. Many wild rumors have gained
circulation. the majority of which
have been descredited by the police.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-11-04
FIRST SECRETARY or
Y AGRICULTURE DEAD
Norman ]. Coleman, Stricken win
ApopIexy, Dies While Being Taken
to st. Louis Home.

st. Louis, Nov. 3.-Norman J. Cole.
man. first secretary OF agriculture OF
the United States, died this morning
on train which was bringing him to
his home here. He suffered stroke
of apoplexy yesterday In a sleeping
car berth near Lexington Junction,
Mo. Mr.. Coleman was being brought
here by son-in-law. He died near
Centralia, after being unconscious for
nearly twenty-four hours. After mid.
night hopes for his recovery were
abandoned. The body was taken from
the train at q suburban station here
Mr. Coleman was "a years old. He
was former lieutenant governor OF
Missouri and had held many public
offices. He owned and edited farm
magazine and conducted a model farm
and experiment station in st. Louis
county. He is survived by two daugh'
ters. te
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-11-04
JURY DISAGREES
IN MURDER TRIAL

Opelousas, La, Nov. 3.--A mistrial
was recorded in the case Of MRS. Zee
Runge McRee, accused Of the murder
or Allan Garland, the young Tulane
student. The jury, which had been
out since noon yesterday, reported
this morning it could not agree. Mrs.
McRee had expected q speedy acquit-
tai on her declaration that she shot
young Garland "in defense of her
honor"
According to Foreman Hidalgo, the
jury stood to 4 for conviction Of man
slaughter.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-11-04
DENVER is AFTER
BOTH CONVENTIONS
Movement Begun by Citizens to Raise
Funds for Purpose Of Securing
1912 Political Meetings.

Denver, Colo, Nov. 3.-A concerted
movement on the part Of Denver citi-
zens to raise funds for the purpose Of
securing both the republican and the
democratic national conventions for
this city started today in definite form.
A. l.. Mohler Of Omaha, president OF
the Hartman system, said he would
head contribution list with $4,000
and others have expressed willingness
to contribute toward the fund neces-
sary to send delegations to call upon
the republican and democratic ma
tional committees. Announcement Of
the proposal of President Mohler was
made to the Denver Convention league
today by Gerrit Fort, general passen-
ger traffic manager of the Union
Pacific here nd
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-11-04
STATE RETAIL MEN
FORM ORGANIZATION

Dubuque, Nov. 3.The Iowa State
Federation of Retail Dealers was or
ganized late yesterday at convention
hero which was largely attended by
dealers from all parts Of the state A
constitution and bylaws was drafted
and adopted, the purpose being to COM
bat mail order houses, parcels post
movement and other legislation mimi
cal to the welfare of the middleman.
Among the directors who will meet
lat Cedar Rapids Wednesday to elect
officers are:
Paul Davis, Waterloo; A. H. Nelson.
Ottumwa;S P. Strelau, Dubuque. and
Geo. w. Delany, Clinton.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-11-04
MUSCATINE POLICE
CHIEF ASSAULTED
officer Hoffman Shows Fight, How.
ever, and Lands One Of His
AssaIIants

Muscatifle, Nov. 3.-When two men
accosted and, 1t is alleged, insulted
Chief of Police Hoffman last evening
and the officer attempted to arrest
them, a gun was drawn and a hotly
fought melee followed which ended IN
the arrest of one OF the men and the
escape of the other. The man who es.
capped is alleged to be the one who
draw the pistol and who Chief Hoff.
man believes would have used 1t II the
weapon had not been wrested from his
hands. The police believe they are on
the track of the fugitive The affair is
regarded as an outcome of the present
button workers strike.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-11-04
CHILD WELFARE Il.
C0NcRES OPENS ! }
NOTION PICTURES AND CLINICS
PART OF EXHIBITS At KAN a
\ sAs CITY. MEETING.

Kansas City. Mo-. Nov. 3.-With the
purpose Of presenting the case of the
child versus disease and crime SO
graphically that 1t cannot be misun
derstood, the third Child Welfare ex
hibit ever held In the United States
began here today, to continue eight
days. 5
Il The exhibits consist of motion pic
lures. statistics, clinics and other
things that best present every angle
from which the life and condition ol
the child may be improved. Special
attention was given to the welfare ol
the children in the congested dis
tricts Of the large cities. Ventilation
sanitation, impure food and public
Fairgrounds were among the sub
jects considered.
Leading dentists of the city gave
mothers practical lessons in the care
of their children's teeth and Oculists
showed how children's eyes should be
cared for.
A feature of the scheduled program
Is q three day pantomime in which
1870 children will give the history Of
Kansas City, including the battle o1
Westport and the burning and re
building of the convention hall where
the exhibit is held.
DR.. Anna Louise Strong Of Seattle
who was active in the child welfart
exhibits in New York and Chicago
was in charge of the one here.
Included among those who have
accepted invitations to deliver ad
dresses are:
Gov. Hadley of Missouri, Thomas
Riley, director of the St. Louis schco
OF social economy; Rodger N. Bald
win, st. Louis; "A. W. Guthrie, st
Paul, and Raymond Robins, Chicago.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-11-04

TAFT HA[TS LONG TRIP, BREAKING
!2'!!! 4! lNT|AL LRECORDFORT TRAVEL
President Was in Twenty-six States and Made 3Oo
Speeches in 2O5 Cities and Towns; Talked to a Mil
lion and a Half People.

The greatest number of stops in any
state was made in Kansas where MT.
Taft delivered thirty.three addresses,
four more than he made IN Washing
ton, the nearest competitor. Chicago
heard him speak eleven times, Los
Angeles ten times and st. Louis six
times. but many cities got but one ad-
dress and at scores Of stopping points
it was only good morning and good
by" from the rear platform.
Taft to Work on Message.
Although President Taft had plan.
ned four days stay in Hot Springs
with the idea OF resting, he will do
some work, here on his annual mes.
sage to congress. Mr.. Taft reached
Hot Springs today. Mrs. Taft met him
at the station and they were driven
to the hotel that will be the white
house until Monday Soon after
breakfast was over, Mr.. Taft hurried
out to the golf links to play his sec.
ond game since he left Beverly on
September Is. i.s- -
Mr.. Taft will devote much attention
In the coming message to discussion
of tariff reform with reference to the
forthcoming report Of the tariff board
on the wool and cotton schedules. He
will discuss the trust question and
recommend that the federal incorpora
tion bill drawn up and presented to
congress two years ago be enacted In
to law.
The reports of both the house com
mittees which are investigating second
class postage rates, and the railroad
securities committee which Is loOkine
into the question of stock watering
will be in Mr.. Taft's hands in few
days and they will enable him to treat
these matters in his message.
Conservation, some discussion Of
Alaska, q navy reorganization and
currency reform are among the mat
ters which will be brought to the at
tention OF congress-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-11-04

Hot Springs, Va, Nov. 3.-President
Taft brought his second long tour OF
the country to q halt today. Mr.. Tafts
expects to enjoy rest at Hot Springs
until Monday.
According to the officials figures OF
the Swing around the circle" kept un'
der the direction Of Secretary Hilles
the trip has been the longest ever
taken by a president. In going from
Beverly, Mass, to Hot Springs and
Seattle by way Of San Francisco. Los
Angeles, Washington and few nun:
dred other cities, Mr.. Taft. has travelled
13,436 miles beating his own previous
record by about 500 miles. Before ne
returns to Washington for the winter
the president will visit Ohio, Kentucky
and Tennessee and will add 1884 miles
to the record. Mr.. Hilles' swing
figures show that Mr.. Taft passed
through. twenty-six states and made
speeches in twenty of them.
The governor of each state he enter
ed gave him a welcome and Governor
Colquitt OF Texas, state which was
not visited. met him in Kansas. U. 8
senators to the number Of twenty-seven
met the president at various times
Six Of these senators were democrats
and seven were acknowledged "insur'
gents" About dozen senators
pledged their support to the arbitration
treaties on the trip. Seventy-seven
members of the house were on receiv'
ing committees or welcomed Mr.. TAFT
on his car.
The president has been "on the road
forty-eight days since he left Beverly
and started west. In that time his
train stopped at 205 cities, towns and
villages. He made SO6 speeches Of
all sorts and lengths, and, according
to Mr.. Hilles' record, he spoke to more
than one and half million people, while
almost Ave million caught glimpse
Of the chief executive.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-11-04
BROWN ADMITS
FRIt.. I N|||D||S'' ! ! ) p.:n N.
Bills OF TRIAL
Illinois Democratic Leader
in Lorimer Inquiry Says
He Could Not Have Met
Expense Of Defending.

Chicago, Nov, 3.-Lee O'Neil Browne
OF Ottawa, ILL.,, former minority leader
Of the Illinois legislature, admitted to-
day before the committee OF United
States senators investigating the Lori
mer, election, that the expense for his
defense in his bribery trials was borne
by his friends. -,f
This has been a high priced mat
ter from the start and 1t has been
long," said Browne, "and personally
could not have afforded to pay my
lawyers and take care of other OK.
penses incidental"
"Who were these friends, personal
or POLITICALLY" asked Senator Fletcher
Both personal and political" re
piled Browne.
do you remember the amount Of
the largest contribution to your de
Tense fund ?"A asked Senator Kern.
"No, / can't recall that" replied
Browne.
Browne said Shurtlen's election az
speaker had been considered q matter
of course because of sectionalism
among the republicans. He admitted
having heard rumors OF a so-called
club of Hopkins democrats.
The witness said that Roger Sulli
van had blocked his efforts for demo
cratic harmony in the legislature. He
denied that he knew anything Of the
action of Congressman Copley of Aur
ora, who telephoned Sullivan to go tt
Springfield and head of a movement
Of democrats to support Senator Hop
kins.
Attorney Marble: did you ever
tell Hugh Mitchell, manager of one
of Col. Copley's gas plants, that yol
expected Hopkins to be elected?"
Il have hazy recollection of talk
ing politics with Mitchell and maJ
have said that i hoped Hopkins woulc
be elected as q means OF breaking th<
deadlock; hut I did not tell any on,
that I expected Hopkins to be elected.
Browne said Shurtlen had asket
him what he thought of Lorimer ant
how many democrats would vote to-
LOrimer.
II asked shurtletf why he didn't
run himself" said Browne. "He sale
he didn't believe he could get the
votes and I said agreed with him."
Browne said he advised former Rep
resentative George M. Meyers of Paris
not to vote for LOrimer. H., 3 ....4
Meyers testified yesterday tha
Browne urged him to vote for Lori
mer. 7&j&2#aas
Browne denied advising with Lei
Small of Kankakee regarding the mat
ter
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-11-04
DAVENPORT HAS
WINDOW GLASS THIEF

Davenport, Nov. 3.--1n full view of
the proprietor of the shop a thief
smashed the plate glass window in
front Of the J. NJ. Siegel jewelry store
here early last evening. grabbed a
diamond ring and broach valued at
5000 and escaped down an alley When
they started to give chase his pursuers
found their course impeded by a wire
stretched across an alley down which
the man went. The robber had jump
ed over the obstruction himself.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-11-04
Apiator RodgersIs
Within 500 Miles
OF Goal On Coast
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Yuma, Ariz., Nov, 3.-Aviator
Rodgers passed over Yuma at
8:25 o'clock this morning, flying
high and fast. Apparently he
! intends to try to make his coast
goal without another stop, al.
though the. distance to Los
/. Angeles from Stovall Siding,
where he spent the night is 317
miles. I
The exact time Rodgers left
Stovall is not known, but he
passed over Mohawk Valley,
seven miles west Of the siding
and sixty miles east of here at
7:32 a. m. The special train
which carried a supply of gaso-
line to the aviator from here
J last night is expected to return
this morning, bringing his me-
chanicians, who will continue
on to Whitewater, Cal, 200
miles from Los Angeles
Up to this point Rodgers has
covered 1868 miles since he left
Sheepshead bay, In the actual
time of II hours, 13 minutes.
These figures give an average
OF 51.3 miles an hour.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-11-04
CANADIAN TOWN is
DAMAGED BY FIRE

London, Ont, Nov. 3.-Fire today
In the business section of the city
caused loss Of $3.50, 900 and deprived
five hundred persons of employment
The fire originated in the store of J. H
Chapman & Co., whose plant with
many others, was totally destroyed
The firemen are in constant danger OF
the falling walls but no one was seri
ously injured.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-11-04
SAYS ROOSEVELT
HAS Law
GOV. Foss MAKES CHARGER 8
AGAINST OUTLOOK AND eos-
+. TON HERALD.

Boston, Mass, Nov. 3.-Distrlct
Attorney Pelletlerl has decided
not to summon ex-President Theo-
dore Roosevelt and the other ed'-
tors Of The outlook whose names
wsre submitted by Gov. Foss IN
s5 eonneetion with the publication
Of an unsigned political adver-
tisement. =
New York, Nov. Sword has come
from Boston that certain periodicals
had been printing political advertise'
ments without proper compliance VIII
Massachusetts law, that their eoltors
were liable to indictment, and tnat
The Outlook, it's contributing editor
its editor in chief, its associate eol'
tor, its owners, managers, and pup.
fishers were chief offenders
The grim tidings concluded with
Gov. Foss' charge that Col. Roosevelt
the Rev. DR.. Lyman Abbott, and thelr
colleagues published or caused to De
nublished for circulation within tnat
state political advertisements not sign.
ed in accordance with the statutes OF
1905"
Charges Sent to Prosecutor.
All of which means. according to the
word from Boston, that the colonel
and the doctor and the others are Ia
Bile to investigation-not to say indlct'
ment-by the Boston grand jury.
The specific sin committed by the
Outlook appears to have been the pub
lication on October % last OF an ad
yertisement paid for by the American
Woolen Co., which did not bear the
company's name. Gov. Foss made his
charges in q letter received by Joseph
C. Pelletier, district attorney OF SUI
folk county, Massachusetts.
Others Accused by Gov. Foss.
Along with the chief men OF The
Outlook Gov. Foss pointed his finger
at the editors and owners of the Bos.
ton Herald, the officers OF the United
Shoe Machinery Co., the American
Woolen Co., and the Arkwright club
All OF these were alleged to have pub
lished unsigned political advertise
mentS.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-11-04
Snow and Cold at Sioux CITY.

Sioux City, Nov. 3.-The cold wave
still covers this section. Early today
the temperature was eighteen above,
with fine snow falling.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-11-04

~. V I
The police and imperialist soldiers
made no attempt to interfere, On the
contrary fraternizing with the insur-
gents. The taotai, realizing the In.
,evitable, caused notice to be posted
stating that the native city must be
taken over by the revolutionists to.
night and expressing the hope that
the public would not be thrown into
q panic and that the shops selling food
should not be closed except at the u.s.
ual hour.
AT $50 o'clock all telephone and
telegraph communication with the ar
senal was cut OF. The rebel throng
grew to greater proportions and in the
natural excitement number Of shots
were fired by the government forces in
the direction of the mob but these
were without effect and 1t was plain
the Chinese soldiers. the police and
the native volunteers were all in SYM
pathy with the revolutionists. At this
point the taotai fed and the arsenal
and. natives quietly capitulated. The
revolutionary leaders here have tele-
graphed General Ii Yuen Heng, the
head of the rebel movement, advising
him to cease hositilties pending de-
yelopments in Pekin. Their message
Is being forwarded to General Ii from
WI Hu by special dispatch boat.
Complaints reached this city today
that the rebels holding the forts below
Kiu Kiang have been firing indis-
criminately at steamers passing that
city in the night time. The latest ad-
vices from Hankow give assurances
that the foreign concessions are safe
and have not been seriously damaged
by the rioting in the native city.
Province Declares Independence.
The province of Yuan Nan on the
south frontier of China, has declared
it's independence according, to re-
ports received here today Yuan Nan
which fronts on Thibet and Burma, is
known as the Switzerland of China,
has an area Of nearly 100000 square
miles and q population estimated at
12,O0O,0 900. It contains rich mineral
deposits and boundless stores Of an
thracite coal Stock raising is extern
sively carried on and the province
produces some Of the best grades Of
tea. It was the principal scene Of the
great Mohammedan rebellion which
lasted for sixteen years and was sup
pressed in 1872.
Draft New Constitution.
Pekin, Nov. 3.-The national as.
sembly today completed draft Of the
basis on which 1t proposes to con-
struct the new constitution Of China.
It was submitted to the throne and
accepted Immediately.
The tentative plan provides for the
perpetuity of the Manchu dynasty but
the power of the emperor Is closely
restricted by the constitution which is
to be written by the national assem-
bly, and subject to amendment by par
lament.
The imperial princes are made in
eligible to the Offices Of premier, mem
bers of the cabinet and administrators
of the provinces.
Serious Situation at Hankow.
Hongkong, Nov, 3.--Delayed dis
patches from Hankow, sent via Wu Hu,
describe the situation there on the
night OF Nov. / as appalling. An enor-
nous confagration was sweeping over
the city and fighting was in progress in
several quarters between the rebels
and loyalists.
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