The Coffeyville Daily Herald from Coffeyville, Kansas • 1

The Herald Covers The Local It Prints The News. The People Read The Herald VOL. I COFFEYVILLE, KANSAS, TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 1910 NO. 67 ADVERTISING THIS CITY OBJECTS TO HANGING ALL BIDS REJECTED FOR SHEET WATER FOR CITV NEODESHA MERCHANT FELL DEAD HERE THIS MORNING 69,496 EMPLOYEES IN FACTORIES OF KANSAS the plant Itself with home labor. Tho lines of the district were soutU of Third street, west of Cherokee; street, and north of Eighth street.

Also all of the territory lying west of MeMeen's addition, extended south, to the South line of city limits or an much as may be necessary. However, the council decided to lay i the petition on tho table for the Mr. Landers brought up the matter of the sewer emptying at Twelfth, He stated that the people were complaining about thd" water'standing there Surrounding Cities are Jealous of Cof-feyville and Her Fine Brick. "Give some people an" inch and they will take amile," Is an old saying and the truth of this is shown by the loud squeal that has gone up by other cit- ies surrounding Coffeyville in regard to the story of Tom McNeal in the Topeka Mail and Breeze In bis speech at Cherryvale recently. It will be remembered that Tom said that Coffeyville had been stealing Cherryvale's thunder In the matter of brick and Inferred that Cherryvale made all of the brick which were sent out over the country stamped Coffeyville Vitrified Brick." 1 Tom Is a good speaker and also a v-e-r-y smooth politician and of coursa he wanted to please the citizens of Cherryvale by saying something nicS CAME TO COFFEYVILLE TODAY TO CONSULT PHYSICIAN.

FROM HEART TROUBLE Wan Was Sixty Years of Age -Exertion of Climbing Stairs Too Much For Him -Known Here. C. W. Buche prominent merchant of dropped dead in the hall, way-of the Kellogg building, at the corner of Ninth, and Maple streets this morning at about 9:00 o'clock. It ja.

supposed that heart failure was the cause of death. -Mr. Bucher came down from Neodesha this morning on the Missouri Pacific under instructions from his physician. Dr. Ulakeslee, to consult with Dr.

L. Van Gorder, who occupies room 9 in the Kellogg building. bad climbed the stairs and had reach- the door of the doctor's offices when he fell. Persons In the offices heard him fall and rushed out but he ilnnJ vk'liftn 4 li Atr ckQ y-fi a I 'him At first it was not known who' he about them and what would please7Oegal hanging in'Kahsas. Since the them better than to tell them that Coffeyville was giving them the worst of it.

Put here is where the funny part of it comes in. As soon as Cherryvale DELEGATION OF CITIZENS TOOK THE FLOOR TO EXLPAIN. BIDS WERE AT VARIANCE Ran From $17,000 to $27,500 Two Bidders Would Guarantee Suf- ficient Supply of Water, -The council met last night with all councilmen present." The minutes were not read aa" the city clerk did not have them complete. The chief of the fire department reported that the department had responded to three wet fires and eight dry fires, during February. The expenses were: Salaries, $481.43.

and miscellaneous expenses, $78.85, with reecipts of $5.00 for building permits. This report was accepted and placed on file as was the report of the street commissioner. The report of the electric light and waetr collector was read, showing the reecipts as follows: From electric light consumers, $1,298.10. From water consumers, The report of the city engineer was read. This showed that 2046 lineal feet of sidewalk grade had been given as weu BS feet of walk accepted: 1 6 sewer connections given, 3 estimates furnished, 2 petitions drawn, i resolution and 3 specifications drawn.

This report showed that the city engineer's office had been very busy during February. The report was accepted and' placed on file, rj The report of the c'ty treasurer" 'was read and placed on file. The report of E. F. Rossiter and A.

J. Koehne were read. The report of the latter showed that he had found had published these remarkable facts considerable- objection to the hang-wlth a blare of trumpets Independence of sO NeU fmywhere in Kansas un-came forward with a' big "me too' it be on government land at ono Labor Commissioner Johnson pares Table of Statistics. Pre- Topeka, ar. 8.

State Labor Commissioner W. L. A. Johnson has Just begun the tabulation of tht reports of the manufacturing and labor etatla tics for the twenty-fifth annual report of the State Bureau of Labor and In. dustry.

The figures compiled show that there are 54,496 men and women employed in the 1,553 manufacturing plants in Kansas that make reports to the state bureau. The statistics are compiled from the the labor union organizations and from the manufacturers. The factory reports embrace twenty-six different branches and in additon the report will show 12,631 persons employed In the' thirteen different branches of the building trade. When the figures have been worked out and the report completed the av- eraga wages per hour and the income per Week and month for all laboring men who have been reported to the department, Mr. Johnson will make comparisons of the wages and hours of laboring men In localities where I lha tr nion ota rcvnn7ar1 luf rt unions with wages and hours higher and hours shorter In communities where the laboring men were The total capital invnsted In the manufacturing industries of the state is S141.S54.S77 and the value of tho product of these plants for the 'yeai was $264,1 3,757.

The report will show the cost of raw materials, wage paid and other Items showing the to- tul "'uuululN1 luc inausmes or me state. FOR SALE, cottage in 800 block on West Sixth street; cheap; small payment down, rest like rent, phone owner 801. i Y. M. C.

A. Juniors. At the Y. M. C.

A Juniors meertlri? Sunday afternoon a collection was taken to buy the boys some new pens. The boys have a complete organiza- and then the Caney Chronicle takPS to BW.e" up wIth the toU lowing: "The fact that Coffeyville Is stealing the thunder of Caney and other sur- founding towns In the manufacture of brick is being noised about in the The shale that the Coffeyvile brick 1 made of Is the as that used by Caney and some of it is not as good, As a matter of fact the Caney shale is better, more of it, is easier mined, has more and cheaper gas, and Ca- ney brick is fast displacing all "other makes of brick in this section." j. was but a card found in one of his communities where they are not or-rockets bore the name C. W. Bucher, 1 ganlzed, Heretofore the report has Neodesha, Kan.

In a little while always shown that the wages were Mr. McNaal also ays that Coffey place, on government, property the vllle has received a great deal of ad- reservation and not on soil 'over vertlslng from her brick, or rather which the authorities of Kansas have from tho other fellow's brick, and this control. A hanging at Leavenworth odvertisirg is still being tfone by the would be scandalous. There would be surrounding towns now. This talk a regular mob there and It would be will simply show that Coffeyville a disgrace to Jihe city.

It It must be people were up and doing while the a hanging then it should be In a se-other fellows were sleeping and the eluded spot on the reservation where Governor Stubbs Doesn't Want an Ex ecutlon in This State. Topeka. Mar. 8 If Governor Stubbs intercedes with President Taft in th case of Charles O'Neil, the roldier who is scheduled to be hanged March 20, It will not be to "save his neck' but to prevent a legal hanging from taking place on Kansas 'soil. O'Neil was a Bdldier at, Fort Leavenworth and was convicted of; shooting and killing his sweetheart, Mary shasrpiro, In sentencing him Judge John C.

Pol lock fixed the place of the hanging in Leavenworth county. Under the terms of the sentence he can 'be hanged anywhere in the county. The Kansas legislature, two years ago repealed the law providing for capital punishment. It was stated at that time that there bad never been O'Neil agitation cam up it lias de veloped that there have been several iegal hangings In Kansas. However, jfiince, there is no law for capital pun: Jshment in Kansas there has been of the army reservations "Attorney.

General Fred S. Jackson 8 strongly opposed to the hanging cnywhere in tlie state except on a reservation. Governor Stubbs has been consulted about the matter but he stated yesterday that he had not looked into it sufficiently to say what be would do. He intends to confer with Mr. Jackson and if he does that ihe chances are that he will appeal President Taft to have tho hanging at Fort Leavenworth reservation, "If O'Neil must be hanged," said Mr.

Jackson, I hope it will tako the federal authorities could keep hack the mob and make it a quiet and df-cent affair." A classified ad In The Herald pays WORK STARTED ON STEEL MILL Men and Teams Commenced Grading For Building Foundation and Switch Tnis Morning. Actual work has started upon the plant of the ti'nited Iron Works. Men and teams commenced the grading for the foundation this morning with' out any blare of trumpets or other nolsor This is the method of Mr. E. F.

French, the president of the Indus- Itrlal Land company who is in charge When interviewed thismorning Mr. French was loath to say. anything except hat workhad started. He stated that he did not want to say a word except what was the truth and that he would not tell a story to the papers and was very anxious that the papers should not mislead the people. When asked what work was being done today Mr.

French stated that it was the intention to commence me work upon the foundations for the buildings but that the ground was a little damp this morning. So 'the men and teams were started to grading for the switches into the property. But this afternoon he said there would likely be at least fifteen teams working and a large force of men will employed as fast as they can be used. It is the intention to get the ground work all done so that when Mr the superintendent of the company, arrives la a few days he can beerin tho work nncn the founda- feallr that Bome of th9 hftve Wn mUmt worrfe4 (Continued on Page Three) T.2 parties using lights without paying excep-Ion that the city build th.e for any lights and 113 who were usins plant and that Mr. Brewster be em-more lights than they were paying ploytd as superintendent of the work, for.

After a ftw more remarks by citi- Some of the councilmen thought tens (', C. Robbins and Wm. Morgae (his number of delinquents was very held a debate upon the question, "Re- large. L. A.

Rucker, the collector solved, That Verdigris River Water Is stated, that where the inspector had Better than Sheet Water." Mr. Mor-1 notified him of a change, he had gan took the affirmative and Mr. Rob- Ition now. There art seventy boys enrolled at present and they say they are going to have one hundred by the first of April. It is requested by the Y.

M. C. A. board that all Y. M.

C. A. street commisslonef' was In structed to look after this. i The question of a storm sewer in the vicinity of Central avenue was brought up but there was a question aa to Just what the committee -'did think best to recommend. Finally after a lengthy discussion the council decided to defer the sewer proposition until the next meeting.

The bids for the construction of a ground water supply were opened: The bids were as follows: H. A. $17,000. Stanton, $27,300, S. V.

Wardall $27,500, Mr. Brewster stated to the council that he did not guarantee to furnisk any certain aomunt of water because if the water was there he could furnish it; If It was not there he could not get It, and no man could do more. Mr. p. V.

Wardall stated that in case he could not furnish the water the plant would remain upon hi hands. Councilman Horan wanted all bide rejected. He wanted the city to build plant, itself, with qhrne addressed tht council' and favored the awarding of the contract to Mr Brewster. Robbins spoke and the remarks of Mi, Morgan with the bins the negative. The mayor and council acted na judges but some districts hove not been heard from yet so the results are in the air, V.

Wardall then addressed the council and explained why he was here and explained that he had been sent for and had looked over the propositon, and was ready to guarantee to furnish the necessary water, i. Mr. Wardall stated that the city could put in the system, butt he did not think the city could afford to take the chance of losing their money. There is but one installation and yoa don't know how to do it." After more discussion Councilman Sellers spoke and said be thought the people did not want the council te tpend their money. Conucilman Carpenter recited one of Aesop's Fables, which seemed to fit the case.

He moved that all bids be rejected. Mr. Sellers said that he thought the people had become se used to the mud that they liked He seconded the motion and the council passed it The mayor then took up the matter of the Judges and clerks of election and the polling places. In the First ward the voting place will be in the colored church, at the corner of Seventh end Santa Fe streets. In the first precinct of the Second ward, the polling place will be in the city hall.

The second precinct at 810 Wert Eighth street. The Third ward In the room east of the Model Dining Hall. The Fourth ward In the Kentnr building. The Fifth ward In Waltoa Grain office. The Judges and clerks appoints were as follow sr First Ward J.

G. McCarty. John Sullivan and G. W. Nelson.

(Continued on Pare 2.) outsider will still consider that Cof-, fry vllle is the wide awake city in Southeastern Kansas and the place to invest. Much obliged gentlemen for the boosting for Coffeyville. MUSI BATHE IN MUD After Years of Wishing for Clear Water Council Decided to Not I Act In Matter. to reject all bids at. the meeting of' Pure water for this city has been iigi'aited for a long time.

Tho city CITIZENS I Juniors be present next Sunday as a i photograph will be taken of the or-. ganizatlon. FOR; cottage on West Sixth street for $250 cash, balance terms, Phone owner, No. I6. 11 18 with' disappointment 'and' re-Broke His Arm.

ltidance that the news is being re- Aubrey Neale, the 6-year-old son ot celved today that the council decided H. Tester agent of the Missouri Pacific and a former resident of Neodesha identified him. He said that, Mr. Bucher was a grocer in Neodesha and was probably the best known merchant in tfcst city. He.wa a bout 60 years of age and weighed about two hundred pounds, lie had been ailing for some time and oame to Coffeyville for treatment.

Before going to the doctor's office Mr. Pucher had hunted up W. H. Goodrich a barber in the City Barber shop and was shaved. He then smarted to the doctors and It Is thought that tho xertlon of climbing up the stairs proved too much for him.

The Coffeyville Furniture company was notified and took charge of tho body. The relatives have been notified and arrived in the city this afternoon. The body will be shipped to Neodesha for burial. TO HOLD AN ELECTION Otwego to Vote on Proposition Give $5,000 for Interurfcsn. Oswego, Mar.

6. Tho Oswego council has called a special election to be held Tuesday, April 5th, to vote, on a proposition to issue bonds in the sum cf $5,000 to aid the Oswego, Columbus nd Cherryvale i Intcrurban. This tncney is not to be given outright, but will be exchanged for that amount of capital stock of the company. The people of Oswego are enthusiastic ovfr the prospects of the, proposed line from Cherryvale. through Oswego to Columbus.

Their enthusiasm is not confined to mass banquets and street talk either, but the best men in the town are wigging down into their Jeans for the "ever needful" wherewith railroads are built The construction of this proposed iine would greatly benefit Cherryals aa would also every town and hamlet through which It passes, as well enhance the value of all farm property near its route. Cherryvale. shor Id aid and encourage this project in ev-cvry way possible. MAKE TAFT INTERCEDE. Planned to Call Strike In the Larger Cities.

Washington, Mar. 9. Sam Gompers tas called to Chicago for a conference with the labor leaders with the view of railing a strike of the street car men of, Pittsburg, Cleveland, gan Fanclsco and Omaha. The proposed general strike will affect the Central labor unions and other labor bodies In these cities and it is believed that Taft will not ignore the arbitrations fn ease the general public demands If. 9 I Mrs.

S. C. Neale, of 513 East Ninth street, Saturday evening, fell down that body last night, for a better wa-the stairway of the Murphy Hardware iter supply for Coffeyville.r officials bate talked and planned forjcf the work charged them with the advance upon his books. Ruthrauff Bros, had complained about their bill for electric current to Councilman Hutson. They thought that they meter was running too fast.

The superintendent of tho light plant stated that the meters were all right. A petiton or rather a remonstrance against the action of the council in taking in the Westhall addition was read Counsilman Carpenter atated that it the recent council meeting when tho additions were under discussion. All of them were left out where there were protests. At that meeting Frank Hall told the council that thought there was no objection to coming into the city. City Attorney Campbell stated that the mayor and council ceHtainly had a right to take it out of the city now.

but that it would be epexnslve, as an ordinance would have to be prepared, There are only eight families living In the addition and the increase in the population for the new census was Just twelve. Mr. Carpenter moved I that West Hall addftlcn be taken out of the city and a new ordinance be prepared. Mr. Sellers seconded the motion.

It was passed so it is "Back to the woods for West Hall." A remonstrance against the paving of West Tenth from Gillam to Buckeye streets, was read. aPrt of the people remonstrated against the whole of the paving and then- remonstrated against the remonstrance so that the council di not know Just what they did want. Councilman Straub said it looked crooked to him and wanted the council to throw out the whole street. Mr. Carpenter moved- that this peti tion also be referred to the city en-ginetr to see if there are enough prop erty owners objecting.

This was passed. A petition for the establishment of a sewer in the west part of the city-was presented to the council store and broke his wrist. The injury was, treated and today the little fel-lo wis resting easy and doing as well ns can be expected, i "Princess" Go-Carts, "fit for the child of a king." For ale t.y Brighton Furtitu-e Co.8-2t. WILL VISIT PARI8 Rcyol Yacht Alexandria with King en Board 8tarts. Pover, Mar, 9.

Escorted by two destroyers, the royal yacht Alexandria with the king left for Barletz and Paris. ine Weather Kansas: Paftfr eioudy; unsettled tonight and Wednesday. Oklahoma: Fair; colder tonight; Wednesday fair, colder in, east a better system of water for the peo ple. Property owners have begged the officials to do something to help Coffeyville nut in this particular and the plans have been gradually worked up to the point of letting the bids with the understanding and a clause In the contract that there would be a rufficient amount of fresh sheet water supplied daily of there would be no cost to the city. And now the city is in the same predicament as before all of this agitation was started.

The city can still drink dirty water and the citizens can still take mud baths at And still the council cannot be blamed so much. Those who were at the council meeting last night and heard the arguments of some of the citxens could but agree with the ideas of some of the council men that the people were well satisfied with the conditons as they were at present and that no change was desired. When the bids were opened it was'. found the bid of J. H.

Brewster was for $17,0000, without any guarantee (Continued cn Page be.