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The new era., 1911-04-13

Major George w. Rue, who Is cred
tied with capturing the guerilla chief,
John Morgan, during the Civil War,
is dead at Hamilton, Ohio.
Four Thousand carpenters will quit
work in st. Louis because the demand
Of the union for an increase of five
cents an hour in wages was refused.
Snow was general in Nebraska,
South Dakota and northeastern Mis-
souri, last few days. At Omaha four
inches fell.
Dates for the meeting Of the Cen
eral Federation OF Women's Clubs, in
Guiding board meetings, to be held in
Memphis. Tenn, are April 1922, in
elusive.
DR.. D. X. Pearson, of Hinedale, ILL.,,
will celebrate his ninety-first birth.
day, April 14th, by the distribution
OF 100000 to schools and religious
organizations. This will make his
total distributions of recent years
nearly s5,0OO,OOO, most of which has
been given to small colleges.
A new high quotation was made on
the gold dollar of the issue of 1868
at the auction sale of old American
coins held in the rooms of the Chica-
go Numismatic Society," The new price
is $3.50, the former record being $35
for that coin.
Prosecution OF alleged bucketshop
operators in Chicago by the federal
government will not be affected by a
decision by Justice Wright of the
District of Columbia Supreme Court
that amendments to the law there
were unconstitutional, If the govern
ment attorneys understand the situa-
tion.
February &c, last, Patrick Cudahy,
the Milwaukee packer. gave out an in
terview in which he expressed the be-
lief that provisions would sell much
lower. That day May pork closed at
$1775. Recently that option was quot
ed at $15.15. This Is drop of $500
in little over one month. May lard
has declined over $1.OO in the same
period
Intense feeling against the negroes
of the town was evident among the
whites at Laurel, Del. following the
recent outbreak, when party of des-
perate blacks shot up the town, kill
ing one man, and wounding several,
and further trouble Is feared.
The California Supreme Court de.
MED the petition of Abraham Ruef
for rehearing Of the motion vacating
its original order to rehear his ap-
peal against the judgment and sen
tence of the trial court sentencing him
to fourteen years in San Quentin on
a charge Of bribery.
The new era., 1911-04-13
New Park for Colorado.

Washington.-The President is ex-
pected to designate the Monument Ma
tional park in Colorado upon the re-
port of special agent of the land Of
flee sent there to investigate. The
new reservation embraces tract of
about 800 acres lying between Pali-
sade and Grand Junction, containing
palisades and peculiar rock forma-
tions. Representative Taylor took
the matter up with President Taft
some time ago and the secretary Of
the interior requested the general land
office to send an agent there to inves-
tigate. The report is expected danly
and it is believed will be favorable.
It is stated at the Interior Depart
ment that President Taft concurs in
the views of the new secretary of the
interior that Congress In granting the
Fort Lewis Indian lands to the statA
Of Colorado did not intend to convey
to the state the coal underlying. The
President, 1t is stated, will recommend
to Congress the enactment OF legisla-
tion to make explicit the intention OF
Congress to conserve teh coal under
the lands for the use and disposition
of the general government. Should
such legislation be proposed 1t is the
intention OF all of the Colorado mem
bers of the House and Senate to op-
pose its enactment the grant of the
lands to the state in their opinion hav-
ing been entirely unconditional.
The new era., 1911-04-13
Minor Mention


The outlook for afruit crop in Colo
rado is good.
Plans are on foot to build high
school at Gill.
Fire destroyed the old Kester house,
a land mark at Evans.
William E. Winthrow. city attorney
of Central City. is dead.
James H. Kay, resident Of Denver
for twenty-three years, is dead
Louis Carlson, farmer, was held
up and robbed in Pueblo recently.
The North Park Rifle club has been
organized at Walden with fifteen mem
bers.
Georgetown was the only town in
the state that held an election Mon
day.
The annual state convention of the
Ladies of the Maccabees was held in
Denver.
1t is estimated that 10000 acres OF
grain have been planted in the Gree
ley district.
H. P. Smith Of Estabrook has shot
mountain lion measuring seven feet
from tip to tip.
The twenty-third annual meeting OF
the Pueblo Presbytery was held in
Colorado Springs.
The Teller Indian institute will be
permanently closed by the govern
ment on July 1st
t. 1y1,o1,, n oroo or,, ho
established in Kersey in connection
with the ice plant.
For the first time in history there
will be no spring elections held this
year in Central City.
One hundred Springfield rifles and
other equipment have arrived in Grand
Junction for Company F. c. N. G.
The government is asking for bids
for carrying the mail between Cortez
and Moqui, the bids calling for two
trips week.
Charles Beeman, rancher living
three miles north of Castle Rock,
committed suicide by sending bullet
through his brain.
Carl v. Rupp, an employe OF the
Grand Junction Fruit Growers Asso.
citation, and his sister have fallen
heirs to one million dollars.
Some 500 acres of tomatoes have
been contracted for the cannery at
FIT. Lupton with 40 acres of pumpkins,
rs of beans and rs Of sweet corn.
Hegina Martinez, miner employed
at Berwind shot and killed Mrs.
Rita Trujillo, when the woman refused
to live with him, and then killed him.
self.
In order to supply the rapidly in
creasing demand and also because
The new era., 1911-04-13
COLORADO STATE NEWS

crops were short last season, 100000
acres near Greeley will be placed to
alfalfa.
The Grey Nuns Canadian order OF
the Catholic church is considering
Colorado Springs for the erection of
sanatorium which will be built in Colo
RADIO or New Mexico.
The liberal stopover privileges and
low summer rates which the railroads
nave announced for Colorado points
are expected to bring more tourists to
the Pixies Peak region than ever be-
fore.
Work along the inlet and outlet
bitches of the Milton reservoir near
Greeley has begun. Men and teams
are on the jof and the numbers will
be increased as other works get under
way.
A landslide at Lookout mountain.
one-half mile down the gulch from
the portal of the Roosevelt tunnel,
Cripple Creek. will block the Canon
City & Cripple Creek railroad for
weeks.
Gunnison. The engine and baggage
car left the track and rolled down an
embankment but stopped on shelf
above the river. Engineer was badly
scalded.
A contract for construction OF the
east end of the Pueblo & Southwest
ern railroad from the new town of
Wilson to the st. Charles river will
be let Immediately. The road will be
thirty miles in length.
Accused of stealing several hundreds
of dollars from the Colorado & South
ern railroad, L. F. Freiger. aged twen-
ty-six, formerly station agent at Su-
perior, is being sought by railroad de-
tectives.
During the meeting of the religious
educational association to be held at
Greeley April to April 10, Judge A. 2.
Blair, who disfranchised 1000 voters
for five years In Adams county. Ohio.
will be one of the speakers,
The largest sale of state land that
ehas been held for some time is an
nounced by DR.. B. L. Jefferson of.the
State Land Board. At this time 49,
900 acres of land, mostly in the east
ern part of the state. will be sold at
auction.
George Giles, superintendent of the
Gorham mine at Marshall. was fined
$15 and costs by Judge E. ]. Ingram
in the County Court for violating the
state child labor law.
A purse containing $50 In green
backs belonging to G. NJ. Wilcoxson, a
ranchman near Pueblo, was devoured
by six small pigs, and as result the
pigs were butchered.
The new era., 1911-04-13

In accordance with the plans of
Secretary Meyer for the Atlantic fleet
Of twenty battleships after July 1.
1911, the battleships Maine, Missouri
and Ohio have been ordered sin COM
mission June 1st. L'
Postmaster General Hitchcock has
designated forty-five additional post
offices as postal savings repositories
in as many states and territories,
mostly industrial centers, where there
are many wage earners.
Keen disappointment prevailed at
the Supreme Court of the United
States when that tribunal finished it's
weekly task without touching on the
dissolution suits against the Standard
Oil and the Tobacco Corporations.
The governments charges of Grim
inal libel against Joseph Pulitzer OF
the New York World and Delevan
Smith of the Indianapolis News, for
publication of charges of graft in con
nection with the Panama canal, have
been formally dropped.
James Bryce, the British ambassa-
dor. held lengthy conference with
Secretary Knox regarding the pro-
posed arbitration treaty between the
United States and Great Britain. The
negotiations are still in tentative
stage. 1t is said in official quarters
that no hitch has been encountered
and that reasonable progress is being
made.
Since the enactment of the Curtis
bill empowering the secretary of the
Interior to modify and rearrange spe-
cific payments to the Reclamation
Service, with a view of affording re-
lief to needy settlers under reclama-
tion projects, a steadily increasing
number Of applications have reached
the department through members OF
Congress. The disposition of these
cases presents serious problem to
the secretary, who has thus far an
nounced no definite procedure to gov
ern this class Of cases.
The new era., 1911-04-13
Tuberculosis Convention for Denver


Tuberculosis Convention for Denver.
Denver.-Governor John F. Shat
roth has written to the governors of
nineteen states west Of the Mississip-
pi river asking them to send dele
gates to the convention of the National
Association for the Prevention of Tu-
berculosis, which convenes here on
June 20. This is regarded as one of
the most important conventions which
will be held here during the present
year. Thousands OF delegates are ex-
pected to be present. Prominent medi.
cal men from over the world will be
in Denver at that time, and 1t is the
intention Of laying plans for a more
effective crusade against the white
plague.
The new era., 1911-04-13
FoREIGN.

The Russian foreign office has tele.
graphed the Russian minister at
Peking that China's reply to Russia's
ultimation is satisfactory.
Peru and Bolivia have shaken
hands. The treaty submitting to The
Hague tribunal all boundary disputes
between the two countries has been
signed by the representatives of the
two countries and thus the probabili-
ty of war is ended.
The boring of the $15,O00,OOO tunnel
through the Alps under the Lotsch-
berg. in the Swiss canton of Oberland,
finished recently. is a work which
will shorten the railway journey from
Italy to London from two to three
hours.
Information received at the Quirinal
indicates that $4,000 Albanians are al
ready in revolt and that 10000 more
are preparing to take the field. Mon.
tenegro and Bulgaria are said to be
encouraging the rebels with the idea
OF making reprisals against Turkey.
The bloodiest and most important
battle of the Mexican insurrection SO
far fought in the state of Sonora, end
ed after two days stubborn fighting,
near the towns of Ures and San Ra-
faei. Although the insurectos outnum-
bered the federal forces, their ammu-
nition became exhausted, while the
federals were able to obtain more and
the insurrectos were compelled to re-
treat.
The new era., 1911-04-13

OU0TVB8SO8U rT0IU TVtOku OiBIJ1CI 0t
81 Missouri.
speech calling for tariff revision
downward and general legislation in
behalf OF the millions of families"
who now find it difficult to live in
decency and comfort"
With Governor Harmon of Ohio and
William ]. Bryan Of Nebraska on the
floor, the triumphant Democratic ma
jority shouted in exultation and sob
cred seriously to the responsibility
which Speaker Clark detailed.
The House was the main attrac-
ticn and there the packed galleries
roared applause at the flower-decked
members. Messengers scrambled over
each other trying to deliver kilograms
OF congratulations, of which Speaker
Clark received several basketfuls.
The Republican minority, with its
leader, Representative James r. Mann
of Illinois, was on hand ready for a
flight or frolic," and Uncle Joe Can
non, the deposed speaker. looked on
with a brave show of pleasure as he
saw his Democratic successor take Of
flee.
At. this moment Governor Judson
Harmon of Ohio, another presidential
possibility. was discovered in the
crowd
Hardly had the Democratic applause
Quieted down before there was SINH
lar demonstration from the Republican
side as minority leader James r. Mann
(Rep., In.) walked down the center
aisle. il
Champ Clark received 217 out of the
365 votes cast; 16s Republican Pro-
gressives voted for Henry "A. Cooper
(Rep., Wis.,. one Of La Follette's fol-
lowers. Cooper voted for George w.
Norris (Rep., Neb.) for the speaker
ship. Representative Mann (Rep., nl.)
received 131 votes.
Clerk Mcdowell appointed Represen-
tatives Mann (Rep.. ILL.,. Underwood
(Dem.. Ala.) and Vreeland (Rep, N.Y.
a committee for the perfectly useless
task Of notifying Clark Of his election.
While they were searching for the
new speaker. Democrats began to pro-
duce small flags. When the speaker
mounted the rostrum 1t was amid riot
GUS yells and the waving of flags,
while every member rose to his feet.
Several minutes passed, while Repre-
sentative Mann, gavel in hand, stood
ready to introduce him. Finally, by
dint of pounding, he succeeded in re-
storing order. In absolute silence
Mann turned to Clark and then to the
House, and said. simply:
.1t is a great office. filled by great
man. 1 present to you the new
( speaker. the Hon. Champ Clark"
The new era., 1911-04-13
GEN ERAL.

Commander Edward B. Latch, U. s.
NJ, retired. died at his home in
Merton, Pa.
Coral jewelry has been growing in
popularity of late. according to New
York dealers and importers.
The Republican ticket was elected
by a safe majority in Michigan, but
1t is difficult to estimate the ma
jority.
B. F. Bush. president Western Mary
land Railway. has been selected to
succeed George ]. Gould as president
Of the Missouri Pacific.
The new era., 1911-04-13
A Preaching cro.. Restored.
WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR 1T.

The preaching Cross in the village
Of burlington, situated amid romantic
surroundings on the northern side of
the Mendip hills. has. by the generos-
ity Of Col Evan H. Llewellyn. been
restored. It is recorded that early in
1906 the handsome fifteenth century
base of the cross-all that then re-
NAMED Of twas removed and uti-
lized in building a new house for tho
then parish clerk Happily, the ornar
mental dial stone did not share the
same fate, and this has been incor-
porated into its original position In
the new cross. Three broad and mas
sive steps carry the old socket upon
which rests a tall monolith shaft.
which is crowned by one of those
lantern-shaped canopies so peculiar to
the west country.-From the London
Standard.
The new era., 1911-04-13
COFFEE HEART
Very Plain In Some People.

A great many people go on suffering
from annoying ailments for long
time before they can get their own
consent to give up the Indulgence
from which their trouble arises.
A gentleman in Brooklyn describen
his experience. as follows:
'I became satisfied some mono
ago that owed the palpitation OF the
heart from which suffered almost
daily, to the use OF coffee. Il had been
q coffee drinker for 80 years) but
found It very hard to give up the bev-
erage.
zone day I ran across q very SEN
sible and straightforward presenta-
ton Of the claims Of Postum. and
was 90 impressed thereby that I con-
cluded to give It q trial.
"My experience with It was unsat-
isfactory till l learned how 1t ought
to be prepared-by thorough boiling
for not less than IL or 20 minutes.
After learned that Lesson there was
no trouble.
Postum proved to be most pdlat-
able and satasfactory hot beverage,
and have used It ever since.
1.-THE effect on my health has been
most salutary. The heart palpitation
from which used to suffer 80 much.
particularly after breakfast, has dis
appeared and never have a return OF
It except when dine or lunch away
from home and drink the old kind Of
coffee because Postum Is not served
I find that Postum cheers and invig
crates while 1t produces no harmful
stimulation" Name given by Postum
Co., Battle Creek. Mich.
Ten days trial proves an eye opener
to many.
Read tho little book, "The Road to-
Wellville." In pkgs. There's q Rea-
son"
Ever read the abevs lstterS A new
enc appeafs froD ttH.s to time. Thsy
are gsnulns, true, aha full II huAa1
n
The new era., 1911-04-13
Puebian Heir to Big Estate.

Colorado Springs.-Henry B. sny-
der, formerly of this city but now OF
Pueblo. and resident Of Colorado for
fifty-one years, is one Of three heirs
to an English estate valued at $780,
900. according to press dispatches
from Chicago, which Mr.. Snyder cor
roborated. E
The new era., 1911-04-13
Lawyer. to Hold MemorIal

The Denver Bar Association will
hold memorial services for those Of its
membership who have died within the
last year on April II in the first di
vision of the District Court. Euiogis-
tic addresses on the late Chief JUS
tice Steele, Senator Charles j. Hughes.
R. T. McNeal, Rastus w. Smith and
others will be made.
The new era., 1911-04-13
Woodrow Wilson coming.

Denver.-Woodrow Wilson, governor
of New Jersey, will be in Denver as
the guest of the Chamber of Com
merce May z. 8 and 9. He will be
asked to address the chamber on mu-
nicipal government. The committee
on arrangements of the body is con-
sidering the admission Of women to
the meeting.
The new era., 1911-04-13
Farm Land Sells HIah.

Denver.-What is said to be the
largest farm deal closed in the vicinity
of Denver in recent years was con-
summated when L. H. Richardson sold
900 acres of irrigated land three miles
north Of Arvada in Jefferson county to
George E. De Wolf of Monango, N. D.,
for $135,00O.
The new era., 1911-04-13
Colorado Water Filings.

Denver.-An examination of the fill
ings on water rights in Colorado, re-
corded in the office of the state en-
gineer during the last two years. com
pels the inference that If there is any
thing more valuable than gold in this
state, 1t must be water. In seventy
water districts. embraced in five di
visions of the state. there have been
The new era., 1911-04-13

William G. Evans, president of the
Denver. Laramie & Northwestern rail-
road, is in the East to resume nego-
tiations for financing the extension Of
the road beyond Steamboat Springs,
where they were interrupted by the
death of Mr.. David H. Moffat. stE u
The new era., 1911-04-13

within the last two years. 2.297 ditch
filings, carrying q total Of 334.297 Gu
bic feet OF water per second. and 1906
new reservoir filings, claiming total
Of 972,617,612,S47 cubic feet.
The new era., 1911-04-13
England Wants Reciprocity.

London.-In the House of Commons
It became known that the British gov
ernment contemplates asking the
United Staets to grant to Great Brit
ain the same concessions contained in
the Canadian reciprocity agreement.
Sir Edward Grey refused to disclose
the plans.
The new era., 1911-04-13
MoIssant's Comparison.

"The late John B. Moissant was a
genial as well as skillful airman,"
said Chicago editor.
IT remember well a visit he once
made me, with drawings of an aero
plane of his own invention under his
arm. joked him little about the
machine-it certainly had a heavy.
awkward look. But he said with
laugh:
"'Oh, don't Judge even an aero
plane by its outside. What if the man
who discovered the oyster hadn't
stopped to pry open the shell?"
The new era., 1911-04-13
stopovers on All TIckets.

Denver.-A circular issued by the
Western Passenger Association an
nounces that stopovers will be allowed
on summer tourist tickets this year at
all points within the final limits OF
the tickets. The privilege is extended
to tickets routed east and west.
The new era., 1911-04-13
WASHINGTON.

National banks of the country are
shown to be in condition which
treasury officials consider favorable,
from recent reports.
The new era., 1911-04-13
SPORT.

Manager Daniel Shay OF the Kan
sas City American association team
purchased Red" Corridor. shortstop,
and "Pat" O'Connor. catcher, from the
Pittsburg National team. Shay is said
to have paid 5000 for the men
The new era., 1911-04-13
County Commissioners Liable.

Brighton.-By a ruling of District
Judge Mccall at Brighton county
commissioners or their bondsmen are
liable to the county for any moneys
expended by them in an Illegal man
ner.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-13
NEARLY SMoTHERED.

Chandled, N. C.-Mrs. Augusta
Lomax, of this place, writes; ."I had
smotherlng spells every day, so bad
that l expected death at any time. l
could not sit Up in be6. / suffered
from womanly troubles. My nerves
were unstrung. ! had almost given
up all hope of ever being better. I
tried Cardui, and 1t did me more
good than anything had ever taken.
am better now than l ever expect
ed to be-" Thousands of ladies have
written similar letters, telling of the
merits of Cardui. 1t relieved their
headache, backache and misery, just
as it will relieve yours, If you will let
it. Try.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-13
ATTORNEY
GETS AFTER
PR. |. &P. CO
CITY ATTORNEY SAYS BIG COR
PORATION HAS NO RIGHT TO
SELL POWER OR LIGHT IN THE
CITY, AND IT MUST PURCHASE
A FRANCHISE.
UNITED PRESS LEASED wIRE.l

Portland, Or, Sept 13,-Aroused
by the attitude taken toward the city
of Portland by the Portland Railway,
Light and Power company, City At
torney Grant today told the city
council that the $3O,OOO,OOO corpora
tion has the shakiest kind of a per-
nit to sell light and power in Port
land, and recommended that the COM
pany be compelled to Immediately
purchase a light and power fran
chise and in addition to obey the law
more closely.
Grant asserted that the company
had no franchise to sell power or
light and he told the council it was
in their power to make the company
pay for street improvements which
it is alleged it avoided, and for a
franchise to operate its cars over the
Hawthorne street bridge.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-13
X y X X X X \ x = I; X X X X X
= PERSONALS. \
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A. ]. Flint and wife, of Lafayette
are guests at the home of w. l..
Pray, in South Salem.
Misses Freda Eilers and Nettie
Elliott, of Fort Dodge, Iowa, are
guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
w. L. Pray. They are bookkeepers
by profession, and fair specimens Of
what Iowa can produce in the way of
good looking girls.
Mr.. PARKER and wife, of Forest
Grove, and Mr.. Knapp and wife, of
Sioux City, Iowa, are attending the
fair. They are old Iowa friends Of
the editor, and are delighted with
Oregon.
Editor Kern, of the Deutsche lei
tung, Portland, is attending thestate
fair.
Louis Lupton is visiting in Albany.
Mrs. D. ]. w. Lehman, of Sellwood,
Ore, is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. U. j..
Lehman.
Miss Bernice Adams, of Polk
county, is visiting Miss Ruth Purvine
Miss Gray an dMiss Margaret
Gray, of Seattle, are visiting at the
home of Mrs. John H. McNary.
Mrs. F. w. Swanton, of Portland,
spent the day at the fair.
E. L. Crate, sergeant of mounted
police, of Portland and humane Off
Ger for the Portland Humane Socie-
ty, spent the day in Salem attending
the fair.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-13
Doctor Of Optics
Located in United States National
Bank Building, rooms 2l0-211.
Eye Strain Illness

is plainly to be seen in the weak
ened and irritated appearance of
the eve. the persistent and distress
ing headaches, pains in temples or
forehead. blurring together of let
ters, and that frOwn which is begin
ming to spoil the face; together with
those there is the effect on the gen.
eral health, which is great in many
cases.
Let me give you the valve of my
30 years experience in fitting OF
glasses for eyestrain in all its forms.
You are invited to come where
absolute accuracy in correcting eye
defects is placed above every other
consideration. Nc extra charges Tor
examination.
My prices are lower than elsewhere
for the service and material you get
of me, and l can refer you to over
three hundred prominent citizens
of Salem that l have fit since COM
ing here.
The entire problem lies in these
words-RightIy Fitted Lenses, Fit.
ted by the Right Man.
All broken lenses replaced while
you wait. Office hours $3.50 a. m.
to 12 m; to p. m. Evenings by
appointment.