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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-08-04

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The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1911-03-15
Union PACIFIC Get. Bio erande.

Denver.-From New York comes
the authoritative statement that the
Denver & Rio Grande system would
change management Immediately a
new president is found for the Mis-
souri, Pacific road. The interests
which secured control Of the Missouri
Pacific also got control of the Rio
Grande road and the new head of the
former will have general supervision
of the latter. President Z. T. Jeffrey
of the Rio Grande road said to New
York Herald reporter: Missouri Pa
cific owns 40 per cent of the Rio
Grande's stock and has done so for
some time and this in itself would be
sufficient to merit a change in the one
road as well as in the other" But, the
significant fact in the matter is that
the new ownership of the Rio Grande
system is the same as that which owns
and controls the Union Pacific sys-
TEN. The Union Pacific financiers are
the powers behind the new ownership
of the Rio Grande. Western Pacific
and Missouri Pacific roads.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1911-03-15
FOREIGN.

The Mexican revolutionists have
control of the railroad north, south
and west of Chihuahua, according
to telegram to the State Department.
English papers hint that unless the
United States protects foreign inter
ests in Mexico. England will be ap-
pealed to and complications will en-
sue.
At Berlin. Germany. in a speech be-
fore the diet Chancellor Won Beth
mann-Holweg admonished the curia
that persistence in the recent ten
dency to the issuance OF DEGREES af.
fecting Germany without previous con.
sultation with the government, would
lead to retaliation.
More gruesome stories of the hor-
rors OF the Chinese famine reached
the state department from the consul
general of Shanghai. who sums up
conditions at the beginning of Febru.
AIRY. One traveller reported passing
thirteen dead bodies in thirteen miles
on the road.
At Ottawa. Ont, the reciprocity
agreement was Endorsed. the loyalty to
Great Britain affirmed. annexation
secuted. the development of Canada
proclaimed and friendship between
farmer and manufacturer recommend.
ed to Canada in the House of Com.
mons by Sir wilfrid Laurier. prime
minister of the dominion, in the first
speech he has delivered In the reel
procity debate.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1911-03-15
POLITICAL.

The resignation of Richard A. Bal
linger OF Seattle as secretary OF the
interior has been accepted by Presi-
dent Taft and Walter l.. Fisher Of
Chicago was appointed as his success
sor. In his letter OF acceptance the
President expressed deep regret and
bitterly denounced the enemies of Bal
llnger. In giving his consent to the
secretary's retirement. Mr.. Taft takes
occasion to declare with emphasis his
unchanging faith in the integrity. the
motives and the official standards OF
Mr. Ballinger, and his unmeasured in
dignation at the methods of those who
assailed him. declaring that he has
been the subject of one OF the most
INSCRIPTIONS conspiracies for the de
famation OF character that history can
show.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1911-03-15
LATEST NEWS
EPITOMIzED
Rom TELEeRAPHic REPORTS
THAT COVER THE WEEKS
EVENTS.
OF MOST INTEREST
KEEPING THE READER POSTED
ON MOST l M PoRTANT
CURRENT TOPICS.
WESTERN

Fire recently damaged the Rush
block, a four-story office building. in
San Francisco. The loss is 800, 900 to
100000.
VI the 100000 inheritance tax paid
to Utah by the Hartman estate, $780,
900 will be appropriated by the Legs.
lature for a capitol.
General Manager Earle of the Ell
Paso smelter announces the smelter
viii shut down on account of inability
to get ore from Mexico.
A bill is pending in the Nevada Leg
islature giving a person condemned TO
death the right to choose between pe-
ing hanged and taking poison.
The fire that threatened to destroy
the town OF Douglas. Alaska, has
been extinguished, after 1t had de-
stroyed property valued at 100000.
AT Houston because OF Colonel
Roosevelts attitude toward jefferson
Davis, Judge Norman G. Kittrell de-
clines to serve on the reception com
mittee when the Colonel arrives.
Colorado receivers of freight will
begin in a few days to feel the bene-
fit of the recent decision OF the Inter
state Commerce Commission ordering
the railroads to reimburse them for
freight over-charges along certain
lines.
With the vicinity of the wrecked
Dupont powder hill at Pleasant
Prairie. Wis, waste of dismantled
homes. the first action of the resi-
dents was toward elimination of the
menace of powder works from the
county.
Francisco political boss. who has he
gun a fourteen-year term in the state
prison at San Quentin for bribery. en-
tered upon the routine of prison life.
After being shaved. his Bertillon
measurements were taken and he was
put to work in the jute mill.
The success of tree-planting expert
ments that have been carried on for
the last seven years by Denver for
estry headquarters In the wind-bluwn.
sand dune territory Of north central
Nebraska. promises to reclaim for FOR
est purposes millions OF acres of hith-
tIlO suppoSeu WoTtnless, utstiN hItdS
in several states OF the West.
Attacked by fierce mountain rats.
which. In search of food. had bur
rowed up through the snow lying
waist deep on the ground, force en-
gagged in repairing the break in
the lines OF the Nevada & California
Power Company at Tonopah. was
forced to quit work and fight off the
rodents. None of the workmen was
seriously bitten
With a roar that was heard for fifty
miles. a glare that was seen fully as
far. and with a conclusion that broke
windows more than a hundred miles
away. three carloads OF dynamite eX-
ploded at the plant OF the Dupont
Nemours Company in the village Of
Pleasant Prairie. six miles west Of
Kenosha. Wis. 1t is feared that many
persons were killed.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1911-03-15
SPORT.

There is keen disappointment over
the retirement of Barney Oldfield from
the racing game for one year.
Bob Moha of Milwaukee was given
a popular verdict over Mike (Twin)
Sullivan of Boston at the end of a
ten-round bout in Milwaukee.
George Hackenschmidt defeated
Henry Ordeman and DR.. B. F. Roller
threw "Americus" in double event
wrestling bill given by the Empire
Athletic Club in Kansas City.
Jack Britton, the Chicago light
weight, and Jake Barada, of South st.
Joseph, are matched to box fifteen
rounds before the Ribidoux Athletic
Club in st. Joseph, the night of March
2Sth.
There is no change in the leadership
of the inter-scholastic rifle shooting
league as a result of matches for the
seventh week in Washington. Har-
ward School of Los Angeles, Cal, and
Morris High school of New York City
still lare tied for the leadership with
eight victories and no defeats.
Frank Gotch, world wrestling cham
pion, has again stepped upon the mat
after year of idleness. Gotch came
back" and is displaying old-time skill.
1t is said that the champion is max
ing a farewell tour as his personal
interests will not permit of further
activities in the athletic field.
Athletic activities at the University
Of Wisconsin are booming. The ap-
pointment of John X. Richards, the
old-time Wisconsin athlete. as football
coach and the resumption of the seven
game schedule indicate that the Badg-
ers may regain their former prominent
place in intercollegiate football
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1911-03-15
GENE RAJ.

The United States army transport
Buford. loaded with provisions for the
femme sufferers In North China, has
sailed for Chinkian. flying the pen.
nants Of the National Red Cross, the
Christian Herald of New York and the
Seattle Commercial Club.
President Taft in speech before
the closing session of the Southern
Commercial Congress made a plea to
the young men of the New South to
take up the political issues of the day
from a broad and liberal standpoint
and TO eliminate from their considera
tion narrow partisanship and section.
alism.
Captured just when plans for assas
sinating Mayor y. S. Pratt of Spo-
kane are thought to have reached
maturity, John Steele and Stuart Moi.
felt, now in Jail. are considered by the
police as the murderers CT Captain
John T. Sullivan, and accomplices in a
plot to kill President Taft during the
next month.
The most extensive movement OF
trops and war vessels executed in this
country in time of peace is now under
way by order of the President, the OBJ
jective being the country north OF the
Mexican boundary and the waters OF
the two oceans at either end of H.
Twenty thousand soldiers-more than
one-forth of the army of the United
States-of all arms of the service are
moving toward the Mexican border:
four armored cruisers. comprising the
Fifth division of the Atlantic fleet
have been ordered from northern wa
tiers to the naval station at Guantana-
mo. Cuba. Most of the Pacific fleet is
or shortly will be on Its way to as
semble at San Pedro and San Diego.
Cal, and 1000 marines are preparing
to make the Guantanamo station their
temporary headquarters. II was Off.
cially announced at the White House
and at the War and Navy Depart.
ments that the purpose OF this grea;
mobilization, Unprecedented save in
war times. is the training of officers
and men under service conditions, and
practice in cooperation between the
land and naval forces.
Serious revolutionary disturbances
in Paraguay have been reported to The
State Department by Edwin V. Nor
gan, United States minister to Para
quay and Uruguay.
Half the farmers living along the
rural free delivery lines OF mail out
of Baynesville. Ky, have pulled down
their mail boxes and refuse to accept
their mail from a negro carrier recent
ly appointed. Many of the farmers
apply at the postoffice here for their
mail and announce their intention of
continuing to do so until a white man
should be made carrier.
In Minneapolis, one of the most dis
astrous fires the city has ever known,
destroyed the Syndicate block on
Nicollet avenue between Fifth and
Sixth streets. The total loss is esti-
mated at s1.J0O.0OO.
Topographic work has been COM
pleted in Connecticut, Massachusetts.
New Jersey. Rhode Island, and the
District of Columbia, and will be fin
ished in Maryland during the next
Held season. In only five states has
less than one-tenth of the area been
covered.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1911-03-15
Reservoir and Ditch Priority.

Denver.-Shall the owners OF reser-
voirs. the water rights of which are
older than the rights of the direct irri-
gator through a ditch. have the power
TO run water into their reservoirs for
storage purposes during the time that
1t is needed for irrigation; or, stated
in terms of law. shall reservoir rights.
like ditch rights, rest on the rule of
priority? This was the question with
which lawyers and practical farmers
wrestled in a special meeting. held in
the house chamber under the auspices
OF the agriculture and irrigation COM
mittee of the Senate. and called for
the purpose OF discussing the merits
of bill introduced by Senator Car
penter.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1911-03-15
Starvation In Mexico.

FL Paso. Tex.-Conditions bordering
on panic reign almost throughout
northern Mexico. Stirred by the be
lief that the revolutionary movement
has reached a critical stage, the in.
currectos in the states of chihuahua
and Sonora are reported to have re-
newed activity in tearing up railroads
and telegraph wires. Numerous towns
are under siege by the insurrectos and
thousands OF women and children, cut
off from food supplies. are rendered
helpless.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1911-03-15
THE MONETARY
COMMISSION
WILL ENDEAVoR TO EFFECT
PLANS FOR THE REFORM OF
THE CURRENCY.
WORK NOT PARTISAN
OPINIONS OF PUBLIC GENERALLY
AND OF FINANclERs PARTIc-
ULARLY TO BE SOUGHT.

Neutrality-suspicious. for the reform
of the currency will be prosecuted
with vigor by members of the Nation
al Monetary commission this summer.
A campaign of education will be
started in behalf of bill which prob
ably will be introduced to both
branches of Congress in December.
Thus far the work of the commits
sion has not been regarded as politi-
cal, and especial care will be taken
to avoid the introduction of partisan
views in the campaign. A majority
of the members who have been work
ing on proposed legislation are not
now members of Congress. and most
of them are regarded as out of poll
tics. This is particularly true of the
chairman former Senator Aldrich of
Rhode Island. who is expected to de-
vote much time to the work in the
coming year.
Beginning with the hearing to be
granted the currency commission by
the American Bankers Association
March 22nd. the commission members
will be actively engaged in obtaining
views of the public. 1t is not con-
templated there will be many hearings
In Washington, but that several men,
bers of the commission shall visit the
large cities to ascertain the views of
will be made by Mr.. Aldrich, the
author of the bill, which is expected
TO form the basis of any legislation at
tempted. With one or two other men,
bers, he probably will visit the South
and West.
General approval seems to have
been given to the Aldrich bill by the
in the nature of legalization of the
clearing house methods employed in
time OF panic. These methods for the
most part have proven efficacious.
Members of the commission are by
no means committed to the Aldrich
bill. 1t was brought out by Mr.. Aid
rich chiefly to give the country some
thing tangible to work upon.
The Views OF the bankers are being
sought. and. until they are received,
II is not likely that individual men,
bers Of the commission will put them
selves on record.
Many useful suggestions are ex-
pected from the currency committee OF
the American Bankers Association.
and. through the ideals thus advanced.
the commission expects to avoid many
vieissitudes which the proposed legis-
lation otherwise would encounter In
Congress.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1911-03-15
WASHINGTON.

All doubt as to the purpose of the
government in sending 10000 troops
to the Mexican border has at last
been swept away. The United States
had determined that the revolution in
the republic to the south must end.
The American troops have been sent
to form solid military wall along
the Rio Grande to stop filibustering.
and to see that there is no further
smuggling of arms and men across the
international boundary.
At the postoffice department 1t was
stated that complete reorganization
of the Denver postoffice force will
probably be necessary 10 place the Of
flee on a proper basis TO render eff
cient service.
There is strong probability that
Representative Taylor of Colorado
may be the next chairman of the
House public lands committee. Mr..
Taylor is already a member OF that
committee, but Representative Robin
son of Arkansas is entitled to the
place by seniority.
Announcement has been made that
Charles d. Hilles. assistant secretary
of the treasury, is to succeed Charles
ID. Norton as secretary to the Prcsi-
dent on April 4th.
Suit to recover $4,000. the alleged
purchase price of the so-called Hope
diamond. has been filed in the Su-
~. txt- r-...
bia against MIR. and Mrs. Edward b.
Mclean by Louis c. Cartier and
Pierre C. Cartier. jewellers, of New
York and Paris, trading under the
name of Cartier.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1911-03-15

Galveston.-A race riot was precipi-
tated here by the stabbing of Winfield
Joel. a soldier from the camp at Fort
Crockett. by an unidentified negro in
mate of resort. One Mexicon and
four negroes were severely beaten.
and the house. in front of which the
stabbing occurred. was set on fire and
burned to the ground. The entire po-
lice force of the city was called out to
quell the disturbance.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1911-03-15
Civil Service Vacancy.

Denver.-Vacancies in the position
of laboratory helper at 5000 year in
the United States bureau of chem
istry at Denver will be filled by a
civil service examination to be held
March 29th in Denver, Fort Collins,
Grand Junction. Leadville, Pueblo
and Trinidad. The appointee will not
be required to perform chemical work.
but must qualify to do manual labor.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1911-03-15

Colorado Springs.-The first volun-
tary movement t. put into effect the
findings OF the, American Country Life
Commission has ben organized here as
an auxiliary of the International Dry
Farming Congress. The name of the
organization will be the international
Congress of Farm Women. and its OBJ
ject will be to safeguard the strength
and happiness of the women and chill
dren of the farms.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1911-03-15

Meeker.-W. II. Cation, a wolf hunt
er and cowpuncher. made clean
sweep of a mountain lion family re-
Gently. when, after sharp fight. he
bagged the mother lion and three well
grown kittens. Cation trailed the
lions for three days before finally To-
eating them at the head of Piceance
creek, twenty miles from here.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1911-03-15
Battle Opposite DouqIas.

Douglass. Ariz.-Eleven federal SOL
diers dead, eleven wounded. with the
losses to the rebels unknown. is the
result of a battle Just east of Aqua
Prieta. The opposing forces were 500
insurrectos under General Jose de la
Luce Blanco and a federal force of 800
directed by Colonel Mora.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1911-03-15

Delta.-Victor Richardson. horticul-
tural inspector, has returned from a
trip over Delta county. and reports
that orchards never looked better.
The prospect is for as large or an
even larger crop than in 1909. The
trees are loaded with buds in such
fine condition that it will require a
most severe frost to do any great dam
age. In spite of this growers have
prepared for extensive smudging If
needed. The extra rainfall and gen.
eral cold have put the orchards in
full condition.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1911-03-15

Denver.-The Elk lodge of Pueblo
has informed District Forester Smith
Riley. who has headquarters in this
city. that 1t is negotiating with the
game wardens Of Wyoming for thirty
head of elk that are supposed to be
available in the Bonneville forest OF
Wyoming. and requests that in case
its efforts are successful the lodge to
be given permission to turn the ami
mails loose in the San Isobel national
forest between the Wet mountain and
Sangre de Cristo ranges. about thirty
miles southwest of Pueblo.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1911-03-15

Colorado Springs.-The special Dry
Farming Congress demonstration train
of the Rock Island railroad will leave
Colorado Springs March 18th for a
tour of the lines of that system in
eastern Colorado. Towns at which
stops will be made are Falcon. Pey-
ton. Calhan. Ramah. Slma. Mattison.
Limon. Genoa, Arriba, Bovina, Flagier.
Siebert. vona. Stratton and Burling-
ton.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1911-03-15

Louisville.-County Judge Ingram
directed a verdict in favor of the
Northern Coal & Coke Company
against the miners who are occupying
the companys grounds at Marshall
and Louisville. which means that the
company can force twenty-three min
ers and their families to move their
houses off the company's property
around the Gorham mine.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1911-03-15

San Antonio. Tex.-Colonel Roose-
welt will not talk with any representa-
tive of the Meyicon insurgents on his
trip through Texas He made this state.
ment to the press.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1911-03-15
Manitou-crlppIe Creek Road.

Colorado Springs.-A well-known
business man states that local men
and eastern capitalists contemplate
construction of an electric railway
from Manitou to Cripple Creek. The
route was surveyed last summer and
1t is claimed the average grade is not
over per cent. while the line will
be several miles shorter than the
present roads.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1911-03-15
Salt Lake to ely Hiob.

Salt Lake City. Utah.-The prelim,.
nary plans for holding an information.
al aviation meet in this city from
April 9Th to 10th inclusive. have been
completed.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1911-03-15
THE ONE DEFECT.

An heirloom" explained the farm
er's wife to her 13-year-old boy. is
something that has been handed down
from father to son. and in some In
stances is greatly priced"
I'd prize these heirlooms I'm wear
Ing" remarked the youngster. "a good
deal more II they wasn't SO long in
the legs. '-Everybody's Magazine.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1911-03-15
STATE NEWS
OF INTEREST TO
ALL COLORADO
Pc PIE
Cut Mayors Salary.

Boulder.-By unanimous vote city
council has cut the mayors salary.
which was raised to $1,000 at the be-
ginning of the last fiscal year. to the
original $500 per annum, and the $500
thus saved applied on payment of old
street warrants.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1911-03-15
snappy.

Ten cents worth OF canine pepper
said the little boy in the suburban
store.
"Canine!" echoed the astonished
clerk. why. my little man." guess
you mean cayenne pepper
The little fellow was doubtful.
Maybe I do. mister" he hesitated.
but mamma said 1t was the kind of
pepper that had sharp bite. SO I
thought It was canine"
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1911-03-15
Four Prisoners Abruptly 4vamoo,. {,

Lincoln. Neb.-Four prisoners, one
convicted of murder. have escaped
from the Nebraska penitentiary near
Lincoln.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1911-03-15

Portland. ore.-IIenry Epting. n we'll
known artist OF San Francisco. com.
mitted suicide in this city; caused by
melancholia.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1911-03-15

Improvidence In trifes never made a
millionaire nor swelled a bank account
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1911-03-15

sPOHN's DIsTEMPER CURE will
.ure any possible case Of DISTEMPER,
Of all ages. and prevents all others in the
same stable from having the disease Also
cures chicken cholera. and dog distemper.
Any good druggist can supply you, or send
to mfrs. so cents and tl.00 bottle. Agents
wanted. Free book. Spohn Medical Co.,
Spec. Contagious Diseases. Goshen. Ind.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1911-03-15

Mrs. Woggs-She is enormously
wealthy.
Mrs. Boggs-Yes. She was an only
wife, you know.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1911-03-15
No Apparent Reason.

Reporter-Colonel. you and I know
there was money used in electing Lit
tlebraye. How much did 1t cost him?
You may as well tell me. for I'm going
to find out.
Politician-What makes you think
there was-er-brlbery?
Reporter-Why. blame II, man, he
was elected.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1911-03-15

In the Spring cleanse the system and
purify the blood by the use of Garfield Tea.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1911-03-15

Her savings are the saving of many
a business girl.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1911-02-01

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