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Money Saved By Patronizing Merchants Who Advertise in This Paper. COUNTRY PARTY RACE THE COLORADO STATESMAN LABOR SHALL BE FREE THE JOURNAL OF THE STATE VOL. XI. DENVER, COLORADO, SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 1905. NO. 18. A Northern Man's Message. Develop the Self-Respecting Element. William Hayes Ward, L. L. D., Writes on the Subject in the Voice of the Negro. The editors of The Voice of the Negro have asked me for "a message to the Negro race of the twentieth century." I do not know that I have any special message for the Negro other than what I would give, had I the right, to any other race. I am not in the habit of segregating races. I suppose the Lord deals with individuals and I prefer to do the same; further I do not know that there is a separate Negro race in this country, inasmuch as the gradation is so close between our various races. I suppose I understand, however, what is meant, and that by the Negro it is meant to include a multitude who are as much Caucasian as they are Negro, or even more. It is those who have been driven into what may be called caste to whom you invite me to speak. And first: "What I say unto all," and what needs to be said over and over again—develop as far as possible the self-respecting element among the people of your caste. This must be done by education, by religion, by industry and economy. Character tells, money talks. Steady industry and honest life are sure in the end to gain recognition. Second: I fear that the colored people of culture and education in the work to develop themselves and to lift up the ignorant members of their class by missions, schools, etc., have not found time to give proper attention to the control and suppression of the more irresponsible and worthless members of their caste. These are the ones that discredit the entire body. There should be an influence exerted which would be a very strong moral, if not physical force to close up the nests of depravity, which are to be found among colored people, especially in the cities. They should be regarded as the enemies of the race, the worst enemies they have. There is required a pretty forceful sort of mission work among them. I do not know how this is to be done, but I think it can be largely done through the influence of preachers, churches, teachers and leaders generally. Dives and drinking places should be cleaned out and means used to support the la, and where the law is ineffective to make it effective. Third: The colored people of intelligence should steadily resist, so far as can be done without too much offense. all infractions on their legal rights and laws which limit our equal civil rights. They cannot forcibly claim equal privi- leges where laws forbid it, but just so far as the letter of the law allows they should claim the right to be registered and to vote, and they should press the matter that they secure honest registration. Every Negro that has the right to vote should seek the privilege of voting, and not be deterred by the expense of the poll tax or the trouble of securing his privilege. If his legal rights are denied him he should repeat the demand at every opportunity, and use all his influence to see that proper registrars are appointed. But after all that can be said the substance of it is character. If the white people of the South all had character and the Negroes all had character there would be no trouble. It is the vulgar, drunken, worthless, ignorant white men and the same sort of colored men that make the fuss. The best white men in the South, as in the North, are your friends. They have not any too much courage of their opinions, but they are a growing element. It is the loud mouthed, noisy Negroes who have never learned the quied restraint of ladies and gentlemen that disgust the people. Claim your rights at every suitable opportunity and deserve them. In the neighborhood of Mira, Louisiana this week a merchant, in undertaking to chastise a Negro man got himself severely flogged, Coward like, the community turned out to "regulate" (the plain English of which is "a damned good beating"), the Negro. But the Negro was just as much opposed to being regulated as he was to being chastised, and used a shot gun to emphasize that opposition. As a result of his resistance one man has both eyes shot out and another is seriously wounded in the head. Now, let's suppose the black man had undertaken to chastise the white man. Then suppose the latter had whipped the Negro, and because he did, the community of Negroes had turned out to regulate the white man, and he defended himself as did this Negro? The man would be all but defied! But as it is, "posses (the Louisiana term for mob.) are scouring the country" for the perpetrator. But this is not a supposable case, because first, a Negro hasn't that bestial arrogance; secondly, no community of Negroes, civilized or savage, is so permeated with pusil- Protected Himself. lanimity, and thirdly, no community of Negroes making any protense at civilization, has arrogance, cowardice and savagery so plenely abounding. - Metropolitan. RACE NEWS. Gathered From Our Exchanges. Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 25.—The main building, which includes the dormitory of the Roger Williams University for Negroes, was destroyed by fire last night. Loss, $60,000. Raleigh, N. C., Jan. 12.—Gov. Glenn, in his inaugural address declared for disfranchising suffrage amendments, even at the loss of Congressmen. As to education of the Negro, he said it should be given as befits his condition. He urged strict legislation against lynching. New York, Jan. 14.—Business associates of William H. Baldwin, Jr., late president of the Long Island Railroad Company, are reported to be considering the inauguration of a movement to raise a $500,000 fund as a memorial in his honor for the endowment of Tuskegee Institute, of which Booker Washington is president. Mr. Baldwin wes deeply interested in the education of the Negro and did much to help Washington carry on his school. Seattle, Jan. 11.—George Johnson, a Negro, was awarded $25 damages against Smart & Gaffney, proprietors of the Cecil cafe, for having been deprived of his civil rights in that restaurant. Johnson proved that he had been refused a meal in the cafe because of his color. The defendants claimed that it was their servants who refused to serve Johnson and that their refusal to do so was unauthorized, but Judge Morris held Smart & Gaffney liable. Johnson sued to recover $5,000. Dr. Leon*F. Hill, colored was recently appointed a member of the Medical Pension Examining Board of Cooper Co. Mo., by the Pension Dedartment of Washington, D. C. There are two other members of the board, Dr. Jno. T. McClanahan and Dr. Smiley both of whom are white. These two members refuse to serve on the board with Hill because he is a Negro, and have sent in their resignations to take effect immediately unless he is removed. Dr. Hill is a resident of Booneville, Mo. The Detroit Times says: Judge Phelan stopped the trial of Frank Powers, a colored man, accused of committing a criminal assault on Emma Baumgartner, 13 years old, Saturday morning and ordered the jury to bring in a verdict of not guilty. It became apparent that the girl was not telling the truth. "It is the duty of the trial judge," said Judge Phelan, "to see that a defendant is impartially treated. I believe it is my duty to order a verdict of not guilty in this case. The plaintiff has told so many stories that she is not worthy of belief." Alpion, Mich., Jan. 17.—Mrs. Zelia O'Neil, the centenarian, who lies dead here, was brought to white Pigeon, Mich., about 1850 by a wealthy slave owner named Wellington, who, with his family, went there at that time on a visit. Wellington intended to take Mrs. O'Neil back with him, as he had been offered a handsome price for her, but his wife and daughter, who were much attached to the colored woman, rather than see her return to slavery with anyone else than themselves, assisted her in securing her freedom. Mrs. O'Neil was in full possession of her mental faculties when she died. Cottonwood Falls, Kan.—Saturday night Rose Shipman, 7 year old daughter of Bart Shipman, living with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. George Crum, in Strong City was taken from her bed at 11 o'clock by a man, who attempted to outrage her. He took the screen off the window of her room and then took the window out Mr. Crum had just returned from lodge Mrs. Plummer, his daughter heard a noise went into the room and saw the child was gone. They heard a scream in the orchard and ran out with a lantern. The man let the child go and ran towards the river the child says he was a large white man. She was scratch about the neck and mouth and her clothing was almost all torn off. A posse was raised that night, but no clue has been found. Many Southern politicians are showing a disposition to try to revive the race question in its full fury of twenty years ago. That last election showed pretty clearly—see the Maryland and Missouri returns—that the race question as a means of keeping worthless and wicked political parasites in office has about run its course in the North. The race question, bad though it may be, is certainly in a better state than it was fifty years ago. For then the South was morally, and it was in the way to be industrially, prostrate under the curse of slavery—the slavery is the most acute and dangerous phase of a race question. Time and human sympathy will solve the race question; the politicians cannot help. And it is a happy angury that the Southern people are realizing the fact. Baltimore, Jan. 18. John Widgeon, scientist is the most interesting Negro in Baltimore. He holds a position at the Maryland academy of Sciences, directly under the eye of Dr. Philip R. Uhler, and he has accomplished a wonderful amount of work of a scientific nature without any other training than that given him by Dr. Uhler, whose protege he has been for many years, and he is engaged at present on the arrangement of a collection of coral which he gathered last summer in and near Jamaica, and said to be one of the best in the country. Widgeon was born of slave parents in Virginia in 1850. After the civil war he came to Baltimore, learned photography and spent sixteen years with a chemical and drug concern, being employed in the laboratory ten years. Dr. Uhler gave him a position as helper, and he showed such marked ability in field work that he was sent on expedition by himself to gather geological specimens. He has been engaged upon this sort of work for eighteen years and in that time he has made valuable collections of fossils, rocks, minerals, Indian relics, birds and snakes. Colored Elks. H. Wise, a colored man now performing at the Novelty theatre, is an Elk, being a member of Parker Lodge, No. 25, B. P. O. E. There are over 100,000 colored Elks in the United States, contained in nearly 100 lodges, but this fact was not known to local members of the order until Exalted Ruler McCabe encountered Mr. Wise on the street and spoke to him regarding an Elk button he was a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and produced an authorization from the Grand Exaulted Ruler of the State of Colorado, B. F. Howard, making him a traveling deputy, with power to institute lodges of colored Elks. In conversation with a Mail reporter to-day. Wise expressed much surprise that the local Elks did not know of the existence of colored Elks. He stated that they employed the same ritual, had the same stations as the white lodges. There is a constitutional provision of the white Elks against colored men being admitted to the order, and the local Elks were much surprised to learn that there were colored Elks. Wise declares, however, that frequently colored Exalted Rulers have presided at white lodges in the East. He states that formerly they made use of the letters I. B. P. O. E., the I. meaning Improved. "We abolished the I. some time ago," said Mr. Wise, "because many thought it meant Indepen- dent, and for the further reason that in the event of a future amalgamation of the white and colored lodges, as was done by the Masons there will be no stumbling blocks to argue over."—Sockton Mail, Jan. 12. When Will the Negro be Given a Chance to be a Man? If we take for granted the statements as they appear in the different newspapers it seems as though with all the ability and business qualifications in some portion of the country; it all stands for nothing. In Virginia, the Negroes started an insurance business. In order to stop them, a law was passed raising the deposits for insurance companies in the state thinking that the colored company would be caught napping, but the boys were wide awake. So just keep on passing your laws; it only spurs the Negro on. In Kansas after the election there was a great howl set up because a Negro was invited to the Kansas Day banquet. When will this outrage stop. If the predominant race would put up a stake and say to us, work to that and then you can be a man; we would do that and be satisfied. But it has been: get bank accounts. The only thing that has been done is to keep the owner from starving. We have bought farms and it is the same; The Negro is being educated and it is the same. Why not judge him by his individual merit. Why not judge him by his individual worth, and by his individual merit. Why couple him with any other Negro because he is black? Solomon says: "My brother hated me because I was black." The South rejected Dr. Crum for three years because of his color. Not that he was not a gentleman nor incompetent. They said he was a Negro and thought that was enough and ought to settle it. It is sin and a curse. "Righteousness exalth a nation, but sin is a curse to a show-down some day. The thought that is coursing its way through my mind, is, how can the senators and congressmen be so interested about the interstate commerce law about freight, hogs and cattle and the shiping of coal and merchandise, and they say nothing about the "jim crow" car and the Negro huddled up in one dirty car, and paying first class fare. It is a shame on any nation that will tolerate such, and then in time of war ask the same, rejected and despised race to take up arms in her defense. 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Culberson. Senator John Keen has been re-elected in New Jersey. The Cleveland Electric Railway Company has inaugurated a test of 3-cent fares within a limited zone. Recent earthquakes in Greece destroyed a village in Thessaly and floods did a great deal of damage in Sparta. King Victor Emmanuel has signed a decree conferring the Grand Cordon of the Crown of Italy on Whitelaw Reid of New York. Three distinct shocks of earthquake at Santiago, Cuba, January 22d, caused much excitement, though no serious damage was done. The Russian government has ordered the Ludwig Loewe arms factory in Germany to supply, as soon as possible, 500 machine guns. S. R. Beckwith, who was President Garfield's family physician at the time of his assassination, died a few days ago at Atlantic City, New Jersey. Thomas A. Edison is recovering from an operation performed for a mastoid abscess behind his left ear. He had a similar trouble a few years ago. John Randolph Bull, who died January 20th at Bayonne, New Jersey, was a veteran of two wars and an intimate friend of General Lafayette and Henry Clay. A few cases of yellow fever are reported to exist in the Panama canal zone and there is some fear expressed that a panic may result in an exodus of the canal builders. A Greek band January 31st defeated eighty Bulgarians near Chesgell, killing or wounding thirty. Bulgarian villagers of the same district are fleeing to the mountains in fear of the Greeks. The national House of Representatives has appointed Friday, February 17th next, as the date for holding appropriate exercises in statuary hall, accepting the statue of Frances E. Willard. The main building, which includes the dormitory, of the Roger Williams University for Negroes at Nashville, Tennessee, was destroyed by fire on the night of January 24th. Loss, $60,000. The national convention of the United Mine Workers of America at Indianapolis to-day adopted a resolution forbidding membership to all saloonkeepers, owners of saloons or barkeepers. On the night of January 21st Charles Tuxhorn, a farmer living near McPherson, Kansas, killed his two sons, young boys aged six and ten years, burned his house and barn with all of their contents, and then shot and killed himself. It has been decided by the executive committee of the National Amateur Skating Association that all skaters who enter events under the rules or direction of the association must be registered the same as in the ranks of the Amateur Athletic Union. The suicide of Charles H. Houseman, cashier of the East Side Savings Bank at Columbus, Ohio, precipitated a run on the bank and a receiver was appointed. The assets are given at $250,000; liabilities $423,800, of which $384,400 are individual deposits. Dr. Livingston Farrand, professor of anthropology at Columbia University, has been named as head of the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis, organized less than a year ago at a meeting of the National Medical Association. Campbell Russell, one of the best known stockmen of the Southwest, has filed a petition in bankruptcy. His liabilities are placed at $131,166 and assets at $89,747. He is a leading breeder of Hereford cattle and founded the town of Russell, Indian Territory. At the Santa Fe meeting in Topeka practically no opposition was manifested by the stockholders to the proposition of increasing the common stock of the company and issuing $50,-000,000 convertible bonds. The common stock is increased from $102,000,-000 to $152,000,000. George Foster Peabody, banker and treasurer of the Democratic national committee, is reported to have broken down physically and is now at his farm home in northern New York. He is not seriously ill, but the physicians have ordered him to take a long rest and a change of scene. Henry Phipps, business associate of Andrew Carnegie and one of the directors of the United States Steel Corporation, has decided to make his "model tenement house" philanthropy a triangular enterprise by including in it the cities of Philadelphia and Allegheny, as well as New York. At a meeting of the paper and wood pulp manufacturers of Canada, it was unanimously resolved that, in the interests of the Dominion, and especially of the province of Quebec, every effort should be made to secure the enactment of legislation to prohibit the export of logs and pulp wood. The trustees of the Peabody education fund, at their meeting in Washington January 24th, voted to dissolve their trust. A vote also was taken on the proposition to appropriate $1,000,000 for the George Peabody School for Teachers at Nashville, Tennessee, the appropriation for that purpose being made unanimously. Pope Plus X. has received the students of the American College at Rome who were presented by Rector Kennedy. The Pope congratulated his visitors upon the splendid results of their examinations, saying that Americans took the palms among the colleges of Rome and are an honor to their country. He gave each student a silver medal. The Interstate Commerce Commission has issued a report on railroad accidents in the United States during the months of July, August and September, 1904, showing 228 passengers and 183 employees killed and 2,154 passengers and 1,593 employees injured in a train accidents. There is a decrease in the number killed but the total casualties break all records THE CZAR'S PLEA ATTEMPT TO PACIFY STRIKERS Proclamation by Governor General Trepoff Promises to Shorten the Hours of Labor and Make Other Reforms. St. Petersburg, Jan. 26.—Governor General Trepoff and Minister of Finance Koskovseff issued a proclamation last night which reveals the government's plan for breaking the strike, not only here, but throughout Russia. The proclamation is conceived in a paternal tone and points out that honest workmen who want to beter their condition should have brought their demands to the government instead of being misled by agitators into affiliating with a movement which is not confined to economic aspirations. It invites them to return to work, promising them, in the Emperor's name, a revision of the general law so as to restrict the hours of labor, the institution of a plan for state insurance and otherwise to meet their demands so far as the law will permit and guarantees them protection against interference by agitators. This document will be followed either by an imperial manifesto along the same lines, in the hope of preventing the spread of the strike, or by specific proclamations by the local authorities wherever strikes are in progress. By promising to yield the question of the hours of labor, which are now legally eleven in Russia, the authorities believe they will meet the main grievance of the workmen. This, together with the guarantee of protection, the authorities hope, will induce those strikers who are indifferent to political demands, and which class they declare constitutes the great bulk of the men, to resume work. It is certain many strikers were forced out against their wishes, but the general effect of the proclamation is still problematical. Though the strikes have been spreading to various towns, the situation to-night, while disquieting, is not acute anywhere. The great demonstration, with an accompaniment of bloodshed, which was anticipated in Moscow yesterday, did not occur, and the strike in the ancient capital has not spread rapidly, only about 20,000 workmen being out, according to the latest reports. Cossacks charged and dispersed a crowd of 3,000 workmen, and reports were circulated in St. Petersburg that many were killed, but advices direct from Moscow at midnight deny this, the best information being that only a few blank volleys were fired. The Moscow military has received orders to avoid a repetition of Sunday's tragedy here, and not to use ball cartridges unless they are driven to do so by the direst necessity. HENRY GEORGE CELEBRATION. Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the Publication of Progress and Poverty. New York, Jan. 26.—The twenty-fifth anniversary of the publication of Henry George's "Progress and Poverty" was commemorated Tuesday night. Representative speakers reviewed the influence of the book and considered the probable future trend of public thought and action on economic subjects. Hamlin Garland presided and the other speakers on the subject of labor and poverty were William J. Bryan, Louis F. Post, William Lloyd Garrison and Henry George, Jr. Hamlin Garland, in introducing Will Hamil Garland, in introducing William Lloyd Garrison, said: "The man who insists on justice in season and out of season is a thorn in the flesh of greed, a stone in the pillow of wrong. Such a man was William Lloyd Garrison of Boston before the Civil War—and it is because the William Lloyd Garrison of to-day has inherited the same hatred of injustice and an equal love of liberty that your committee has invited him to respond to the toast, 'It is something grander than benevolence, something more august than charity; it is justice herself that demands you to right these wrongs.' I present Mr. Garrison." "With all my heart I respond to the toast allotted me. Holding with the newly-elected governor of Missouri that 'where no principles are invoiled there is nothing to fight for,' I contend that the paramount, overshadowing issue underlying the teachings of 'Progress and Poverty,' is the clear principle of human justice. However eloquently and wisely Henry George had discursed upon the fiscal perfection of his scheme, without his insistent, lofty plea for equity his book would now be gathering dust on neglected shelves. "Because it touched the primal need of man's nature, basing its plea upon the sense of abstract right in every enlightened soul, it has entered into the vital circulation of the world's thought. Never more alive than to-day, it is as fresh in spirit and matter as at the hour of its birth. "Its law of parallels stands intact; for while material progress has marched with accelerated stride, poverty, close as the shadow to the substance, has held an equal pace." Mr. Garrison was followed by Henry George Jr., who recounted his father's experiences in New York, the writing of his famous book, "Progress and Poverty," and the hard struggle to get it into print. He said that 2,000,000 copies of the book had been circulated and probably 3,000,000 copies of his father's other works had been printed and sold. Two Cattlemen Shot. Denver, Jan. 26.—A Republican special from Telluride last night says: About 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon Ed Pitts of Paradox valley shot Will Young and Richard Williams. Pitts is said to have lain in wait for them and shot the men as they rode past him. The scene of the crime was a point about two miles from Young's ranch. Williams was shot in the right arm below the elbow, the bullet breaking the bone. Williams' horse was shot from under him. Young was the most seriously wounded, as he received a shot in the left side, near the groin, and another passed through his left arm. It is believed that his injuries will prove fatal. House Committees. Following is a list of the standing committees of the lower branch of the New Mexico Legislature as announced by Speaker Dales: Finance—Messrs. Pendleton, Mirebal, Howard, Lucero, Stockton, Sandoval of Sandoval county, and Luna. Judiciary—Messrs. Wight, Wilkerson, d Baba, Pendleton, Duran, Neblett, Ellis. Railroads—Messrs. Sanchez, Lynch, Birebal, Howard, Crollot, Pendleton, Luna. Territorial Affairs—Messrs. Mirebal, Griego, Williams, Lucero, Neblett. Corporations—Messrs. de Baca, Vigil, Hannigan, Wight, Baca. Education—Messrs. Wilkerson, de Baca, Stockton, Duran, Sandival of Santa Fe county. Public Institutions—Messrs. Hannigan, Williams, Sandoval of Sandoval county, Griego, Martinez. Irrigation—Messrs. Sandoval of Sandoval, Williams, Crollot, Lucero, Luna. Engrossing and Enrolling Bills—Messrs. Lucero, Wight, Neblett. County and County Lines—Messrs. Stockton, Sandoval of Sandoval county, Luna. Roads and Highways — Messrs. Lynch, Baca and Stockton. Agriculture, Live Stock and Manufactures—Messrs. Crollot, Sanchez, Sandoval of Santa Fe county. Mines and Public Lands—Messrs. Williams, Duran, Lynch, de Baca, Neblett. Penitentiary—Messrs. Sanchez, Vigil, Baca. Public Printing—Messrs. Howard, Pendleton, Luna. Library—Messrs. Wilkerson, Briego, Neblett. Insurance — Messrs. Howard, de Baca, Wight, Sandoval of Sandoval county, Baca. Banks and Banking—Messrs. Wight, Wilkerson, Lucero, Mirebal and Neblett. Internal Improvements—Messrs. Vigl, Duran, Ellis. Public Property—Messrs. Griego, Stockton, Martinez. Capitol—Messrs. Crollot, Williams, Sandoval of Santa. Fe county. Militia—Messrs. Duran, Lynch, Ellis. Privileges and Elections—Messrs. Lucero, Stockton, Pendleton. Rules—Messrs. Dalies, de Baca, Pendleton. House bill 8, to provide for the payment of a part of the expenses of the Soldiers and Sailors' Home for the years 1905 and 1906, was passed by the House on third reading, also House bill 11, for the payment of a part of the expenses of the State Industrial School for the same period. A joint memorial introduced by Senator Taylor protests against the repeal of the desert-land laws. The memorial recites that the present desert-land laws facilitate the acquisition of homes by certain of our citizens by reclaiming and developing numerous small inter-mountain valleys that can not be reclaimed under any other law, and have been of great benefit in the development of this state, operating satisfactorily wherever their provisions have been carried out in good faith. Secretary Lueders of the Board of Capitol Managers, has made public his report on the work of that body for the biennial term. It is stated in the report that $65,000 is needed to complete the building. There is still considerable work to be done. The dome should be gilded, the metal painted, interior decorated, metallic vaults installed and other work done. The secretary particularly recommends the building of vaults, because there are thirteen departments in which the valuable records may be destroyed by fire. The Fifteenth General Assembly is the first within the memory of man wherein some attempt has not been made by a Spanish speaking member to secure an interpreter for his thoughts. From the days of the old territorial legislature, when the Spanish speaking members made up a much greater percentage of the membership, to the present, each legislature has been beseeched to furnish interpreters. The fourteenth refused to employ them, which may have been one good reason for no demand at all being made upon the Fifteenth. House joint memorial No. 1, by Mr. Baer, was referred to the committee on federal relations. It asks Congress that the act approved January 13, 1897, relating to the construction of storage reservoirs for free stock water, upon the unoccupied public lands of the United States be amended so as to provide for the privilege of allowing springs and water seepes to be cleaned out and fenced, and the waters conducted on the outside of said reservoirs or troughs and in less quantities than now required by the regulation of the Interior Department and that the same may be kept for the free use of range stock. A noticeable feature concerning the bills being brought to the attention of the Fifteenth General Assembly is that almost all put into one house are duplicated by bills introduced in the other. This is a good thing for the public printer, as bills being word for word alike, enables the mere changing of the headings for the printing of two bills. This practice has grown through the last several legislatures but in none has been so noticeable as the present. A senator will put his bill before his own house and then give it to a representative to be introduced in the other; and the members of the House will repeat the plan with their own measures A bill introduced in the House by Messrs. Dungan and Alexander provides for the selection by the governor of a railway commission of three members. These commissioners shall receive the salary of $3,600 each, a secretary at $2,000 a year, one clerk at $1,200 and a stenographer at $75 per month. They may also employ such other clerical assistance as the office shall need. The commissioners are to have complete charge of the railway business of the state, to regulate rates, compel the roads to furnish cars at points where desired. The bill prohibits the issuance of passes, save to employees and in a few other instances that it specifically names. Japanese Hospitals. All Japan is now a hospital, but the city whether the wounded are borne in the greatest numbers is Osaka, which with its belching chimneys and busy manufacturing and commercial life, has been called the Japanese Chicago. Here are five great hospitals and in them are at present 20,000 wounded soldiers and sailors. A Japanese poet, Yone Noguchi, writing from Osaka, relates many thrilling stories of deeds of heroism and self-sacrifice performed by brave men now lying crippled and wounded in the Osaka hospitals. Some of these will go out into the world wrecks of their former selves; for many, the life-tide is ebbing fast, but from not a single one of them, even in the midst of the most poignant sufferings, is there heard a murmer or a regret for the sacrifice they have made for Emperor and fatherland. Everything is done to cast some lightness around their shadowed lot. Sympathetic men and women bring them loving offerings, and school children gather around them to sing songs of cheer and fervent patriotism. Panama Canal Problems. Discussing Chief Engineer Wallace's suggestions concerning the construction of the Panama canal, the Atlanta Journal says that "it appears that the longer the chief engineer studies the situation the more physical difficulties bob up. We have not, in fact, begun to build as yet, and it may be some time before we do. We do not yet know exactly what we are to build or where we are to build it. The American public must exercise a vast deal of patience before the first ship goes through the waterway. But no matters how long it may take, we want the best possible route. It is better to spend time and money at the outset. We have waited more decades than two for the canal as it is, and if the first vessel gets through the big ditch in from fifteen to twenty years, we imagine that the whole country will be pretty well satisfied." 15 YEARS OF TORTURE. Itching and Painful Sores Covered Head and Body—Cured in Week By Cuticura. "For fifteen years my scalp and forehead was one mass of scabs, and my body was covered with sores. Words cannot express how I suffered from the itching and pain. I had given up hope when a friend told me to get Cuticura. After bathing with Cuticura Soap and applying Curicura Ointment for three days, my head was as clear as ever, and to my surprise and joy, one cake of soap and one box of ointment made a complete cure in one week. (signed) H. B. Franklin, 717 Washington St., Allegheny, Pa." Young doctors leaving college get their titles by degrees, but they must have patience in order to become wealthy. Every housekeeper should know that if they will buy Defiance Cold Water Starch for laundry use they will save not only time, because it never sticks to the iron, but because each package contains 16 oz.—one full pound—while all other Cold Water Starches are put up in $ \frac{3}{4} $ -pound packages, and the price is the same, 10 cents. Then again because Defiance Starch is free from all injurious chemicals. If your grocery tries to sell you a 12-oz. package it is because he has a stock on hand which he wishes to dispose of before he puts in Defiance. He knows that Defiance Starch has printed on every package in large letters and figures "16 ozs." Demand Defiance and save much time and money and the annoyance of the iron sticking. Defiance never sticks. "Are the American people growing shorter?" asks the Medical Record. Really, some of us couldn't be any shorter. "Why, Nellie," said a mother to her small daughter, "you never saw me eat naughty food," which have been correct course not, replied Nellie. "I'm too much of a lady to notice such things." A Rare Good Thing. "Am using ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE, and can truly say I would not have been without it so long, had I known the relief it would give my aching feet. I think it a rare good thing for anyone have sore or tired feet." Mrs. Matilda Holtwert, Providence, R. I" Sold by all Druggists, 25c. Ask to-day. When a man shines in society he seldom shines in business. There are fewer nerves in the tea-drinking countries. Imagine a nervous Dutchwoman! --- Your grocer returns your money if you don't like Schilling's Best. The man who courts trouble generally marries it. You never hear any one complain about "Defiance Starch." There is none to equal it in quality and quantity, 16 ounces, 10 cents. Try it now and save your money. It takes a lot of cold cash to keep our stoves coaled. Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy is adapted to both sexes and all ages. Cures kidney and liver complaint, and purifies the blood. All druggists. Frequently a girl's good looks are responsible for her lack of good manners. More Flexible and Lasting, won't shake out or blow out; by using Defiance Starch you obtain better results than possible with any other brand and one-third more for same money. Small Harold, after sizing up the new baby, said: "Well, that kid hasn't got any hair to comb, but he's got an awful lot of face to be washed." CONSTANT ACHING. Back aches all the time. Spoils your appetite, wearies the body, worries the mind. Kidneys cause it all and Doan's Kidney Pills relieve and cure it. Aches, White You Eat H. B. McCarver, of 201 Cherry St., Portland, Ore., inspector of freight for the Trans-Continental Co., says: "I used Doan's Kidney Pills for back ache and other symptoms of kidney trouble which had annoyed me for months. I think a cold was responsible for the whole trouble. It seemed to settle in my kidneys. Doan's Kidney Pills rooted it out. It is several months since I used them, and up to date there has been no recurrence of the trouble." Doan's Kidney Pills for sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents per box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Tolstoi and His Sons. Tolstoi the Great divided his real estate between his five sons before setting out on his reforming mission. In this way he protected it from confiscation in the event of exile. A mine has been found on the estate of Leo which makes him the richest member of the family. None of the brothers resembles the old count. In Paris they follow the lead of grand dukes. One of them served as an officer in the war. They all like to belong to the heavy swell class. A man doesn't necessarily love his wife because he says she is very dear to him. It takes a real enterprising man to buy a safe on the installment plan, start a bank and pay for the safe out of the deposits. Deafness Cannot Be Cured ay local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed condition of this ear, and the ear is not a natural tube is infamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed, Deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can be relieved, the ear will not heal, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. Catarrh is caused by inflammation of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulations, free. Sold by Druggists. 75c. Take Hall's Family Plims for constipation. It is wise for a young man to strike out for himself unless he happens to be a ball player. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the grims, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colds. 225 a bottle. Many a man who says he has great presence of mind manages successfully to conceal it. 10,000 Plants for 16c. This is a remarkable offer the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., makes. Salzer Seeds have a national reputation as the earliest, finest, choiceest the earth produces. They will send you their big plant and seed catalog, together with enough seed to grow 1,000 fine, solid Cabbages, 1,000 rare, luscious Radishes. 1,000 gloriously brilliant Flowers. This great offer is made in order to induce you to try their warranted seeds—for when you once plan* them you will grow no others, and ALL FOR BUT 16C POSTAGE. providing you will return this notice, and if you will send them 26c in postage, they will add to the above a big package of the earliest Sweet Corn on earth—Salzer's Fourth of July—fully 10 days earlier than Cory, Peep o' Day, etc., etc. [W. N. U.] We all like the good old Christmas customs, but the shop keeper delights in Christmas customers. Best Appreciated in a Dry Climate. A fresh cigar made of good tobacco is the ideal smoke. Lewis' "Single Binder" straight 5c fresh from the factory, wrapped in foli, is an ideal cigar. Lewis' Factory, Peoria, Ill. The more fool questions you ask the more you don't learn. TEA How strange that so dainty a thing should possess such a power! Your grocer returns your money if you don't like Schilling's Best. The chronic kicker must envy the centipede. TRADE MARK. THERE IS NOTHING more painful than Rheumatism and Neuralgia but there is nothing surer to cure than St.Jacobs Oil The old monk cure. It is penetrating, prompt and unfailing. Price 25c. and 50c. COLORADO BILLS The following are only a few of the more important bills that have been introduced in the Colorado Legislature during the present term. They do not include the regular appropriation bills that have been presented as usual: Senate Bills S. B. 52, Taylor—A bill for an act to provide for the purchase of a site and the establishment of a state fish hatchery in Garfield county. Fish, Game and Forestry. S. B. 56, Cornforth—A bill for an act to sink an artesian well in El Paso county and making an appropriation therefore. Finance. S. B. 58, Anfenger—A bill for an act to regulate the liability of hotel and public innkeepers and limiting their liability in case of loss or injury to personal property suffered by guests and patrons. Judiciary. S. B. 60, Clayton—An act granting to voters in the state of Colorado the right to determine by ballot at an election whether or not licenses to sell intoxicating or malt liquors may be granted, issued or renewed. State Affairs. S. B. 65, Cornforth—An act to amend "An act relating to the property rights of married persons," approved April 11, 1903. Judiciary. S. B. 69, DeLong—An act to establish a state normal school and to make an appropriation therefor. Finance. S. B. 71, Kennedy—An act to regulate the practice of barbering, the licensing of persons to carry on such practice, and to insure the better education of such practitioners in the state of Colorado. Labor. S. B. 72, Kennedy—An act to provide for the construction of a steel wagon bridge and approaches thereto across the Uncompahgre river east of the city of Ridgway, in Ouray county, and to appropriate money to pay for the same. Finance. S. B. 73, Kennedy,—An act to construct the state wagon road in Hinsdale county from the end of the uncompleted state road below Rose's cabin to Rose's cabin, and from that point to the San Juan county line, connecting with the Ouray roads, and making an appropriation therefor. Finance. S. B. 75, Lewis—An act to limit the hours of employment in all underground workings, underground mines, blast furnaces, smelters or ore reduction works, and providing penalties for the violation thereof. Labor. S. B. 76, Owen—An act to provide for the construction of a public wagon road from the city of Cripple Creek, Teller county, Colorado, along Cripple creek to its confluence with Four Mile creek, thence along Four Mile creek to Elbert postoffice, in Fremont county, Colorado, and to appropriate money to pay fo. the same. Finance. S. B. 80, Eobertson—An act to provide for the creation of a railroad commissioner and defining his duties and powers and the means of carrying the provisions thereof into effect. Railroads and Corporations. House Bills H. B. 60, by Shaw, to amend laws, and referring to bribes offered to justices of the peace; judiciary. H. B. 61, by Cook, to appropriate money for a pure bred dairy herd of cows at the reform bury; finance, ways and means. H. B. 64, by Bromley, for the selection of state and school land, and re-organizing the National board; public lands. H. B. 65, by Bromley, to designate 12th of October as a holiday, to be known as Columbus day; judiciary. H. B. 66, by Bromley, motion certain powers to the State Land Board and allowing it to exchange certain lands for other lands of the United States; agriculture. H. B. 67, by Dodge, a local option bill; temperance, medical affairs and public health. H. B. 68, by Rowon, to repeal the drunkard act of 1895; temperance, medical affairs and public health. H. B. 73, Keezer, to create minimum salaries for school teachers in Cc. rado $50; fees and salaries. H. B. 74, Keezer, to prevent the voting of a straight party ticket and to provide for an arrangement of names of the official bailot to be voted for by making an X after each; elections. H. B. 76, hutt, to place Baca, Dolores, Grand, Hinsdale and Mineral counties in the sixth class, fixing the salaries of the assessors therein at $500 a year instead of $800; fees and salaries. H. B. 77, Stewart, to prevent the running at large of hogs; stock. H. B. 78, Heistand, to take a part of Montrose county and add it to Delta county; state affairs. H. B. 79, Heistand—To take a part of Gunnison county and add it to Delta county. State affairs. H. B. 80, Frewen, giving the exercise of the right of domain by mining tunnel companies and regulating the manner of the exercise thereof; judiciary. H. B. 82. Hudgins, eight hours in all underground mines and workings and in mills, smelters, etc.; labor. H. B. 83, Wolaver, to create a commissioner of roads and highways; roads and bridges. H. B. 84, Stewart, appropriating $20,000 for the payment of bounties on wolves, coyotes and mountain lions; appropriations. H. B. 85, Stewart, to provide for the removal of county seats by a majority of the taxpayers; judiciary. The President has nominated Thomas A. Davy for postmaster at Fort Collins. Enough money has been subscribed to insure the erection of a canning factory at Palisade. A new Grand Army post has been organized at Wheatland, near Denver. It will be No. 112. The Boulder Valley Oil Company has paid off all its indebtedness and declared its first dividend. The Rio Grand round house at Gunnison was burned on the morning of January 17th. Loss, $15,000. The Colorado Springs Carnegie Library board has already received $45,000 of the $60,000 donated by Mr. Carnegie, and the building is nearing completion. The clearing house reports for the past two weeks show the business of Denver to be about the same as that of Omaha, in each case over $8,000, 600 for the week. The members of the Woman's League of the State University at Boulder are raising a fund to be loaned to young ladies who are working their way through college. The M. E. Church South and the Cumberland Presbyterian church at Colorado Springs have exchanged church buildings, the former paying a bonus of $11,000. There are about 200 Japanese employed at the Pueblo steel works. They all board at a hotel fitted up for them near the shops and live and dress well, being cleanly in their habits. The ore house at Stratton's Independence at Victor was destroyed by fire on the morning of January 21st. The structure and its equipments cost between $20,000 and $40,000. The county commissioners of Mesa county have appointed Judge Walter S. Sullivan, whose term expired January 1st, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Judge W. C. Sloan, who was elected last fall. Professor Hayden of Fort Collins, together with a number of eastern men, has secured ground surrounding Doughty's mineral springs, near Hotchkiss, and will immediately proceed to build a $20,000 sanitarium. Of the $1,087,300 spent last year by the United Mine Workers for the relief of strikes, $437,575 went into the Colorado district. Colorado shows an increase of 410 paid-up membership, an increase from 537 to 947. The body of a Mexican found in Four-Mile creek west of Florence could not be identified. The man was apparently upwards of fifty years of age. A union labor card on his body was water-soaked and illegible. The application of F. M. Welland S. W. Taylor R. L. King, J. O. Nelson and J. D. McDonald to organize the First National Bank of Fowler, with $25,000 capital, has been approved by the comptroller of the currency. At a recent meeting the Denver Chamber of Commerce took action to greatly increase its membership, 3,000 being the figure named. Young and active men are being pushed to the front in that and the Real Estate Exchange. C. M. Williams, a prominent mining man and capitalist of Colorado Springs, died on the 19th inst. of heart failure. He was one of the pioneers of Durango and for nearly eighteen years president of the First National Bank of Durango. By the aid of United States customs inspectors a crusade will be commenced in Denver against a society that is known to be cugaged in bringing young women to the city for immoral purposes. Many have been brought from France. Representatives of Frank P. Blair Post of the Grand Army of the Republic at St. Louis have already been in Denver to engage headquarters for the post for the national encampment the first week in September. They expect an immense crowd and came early to avoid the rush. Maxwell Price, a well known miner of Independence, has completed a model of a flying machine by which he claims to have solved the problem of sustaining the machine in air without the aid of gas. The model is arranged with reverse action fans of high gear. There has been no dearth of news for the Denver papers this year. Between Nan Patterson, Mrs. Chadwick, the Russo-Jap war, Colorado ballot-box stuffers and the high jinks at the state house while the Legislature is in session, they are reaping a full harvest—Saratoga (Wyo.) Sun. The Denver business men's excursion to El Paso, Texas, and New Mexico points was gone five days, returning Saturday, January 21st. The party was everywhere the recipient of unbounded hospitality, and their visit promises to greatly increase trade and intercourse between Colorado and New Mexico. United States Immigration Inspectors A.ams and Miller at Pueblo have arrested Henry Noll and two women, Josephine and Sarah Berteaux, all French subjects, for violation of the imm.gration laws. It is charged that the n an agent for an organized society for importing women into this country for immoral purposes. At the funeral in Salida of Louis Curto, who was killed while trying to remove a hand car from the railroad track in front of a passenger train in the Black canon, many of those in the procession engaged in a pretty general fight because they could not agree on the plan of the parade. One man ejected several others from a carriage that followd behind the hearse, declaring that he was paying for the procession. A considerable number of counterfeit ten dollar bills are said to be in circulation in the state, many having been passed in Denver. The imitation is said to be nearly perfect, except that the silk threads that appear in genuine currency are replaced by minute black pencil marks on the bogus article. The bills are imitations of the "buffalo" series, and are marked with the letter "D." They are all numbered "32809292." WORK OF THE SENSES USE IS TO SEND MESSAGES TO THE BRAIN. Taking Sense of Smell as an Example, Dr. Andrew Wilson Explains the Operation Gone Through—Brain Centers Are the Responsible Agents. "Few of us realize that our senses form the means or media whereby we are brought in contact with the world in which we live and conversely whereby that outer universe is enabled to act upon us," writes Dr. Andrew Wilson. "Take as an example the sense of smell. From the brain arise the olfactory nerves. The fibers of these nerves descend into the nose and when they are carefully examined we find their special endings in what the physiologist calls olfactory cells. Each minute fiber essentially terminates in a microscopic cell, which may be presumed to represent the receiver of the messages the outer world presents in the shape of odoriferous particles. The cells transmit their 'impressions' through their nerves to the smell center of the brain, which, as far as we know, is situated close by the ear region. Thence the information conveyed, sifted out and modified by the cells of the brain center, will reach the ultimate court of appeal in some higher brain-area and will then give rise to the consciousness of odor. Shorn of technical details, the foregoing ideas represent what must occur in the operations of all our senses. If the brain returns a message, revives a memory, as it were, and projects it outward and backward on to a sense organ, we then experience those disturbances of sense to which we give the name of illusions. "If, for example, a person sustains some brain injury affecting the smell center of the brain, he may be liable to exhibit such a disturbance of sense. Cases are known in which after such an accident the patient has complained of the sensation of a disagreeable odor. It may be possible that such a false sensation may not pass out from the brain at all, but may be located entirely within its gates. It is much more likely, however, that a real irritation of the smell nerve ends occurs, just as we can only suppose that if a man fancies he sees a figure that has no real existence the eye itself must participate in the production of the apparition. "Practically the vagaries of our senses may be held to originate in the brain centers. They are the responsible agents and the nerves of sense and their terminations in our sense organs are simply the under officials receiving the messages but exercising little control beyond that which is concerned in their transmission. They are the telegraph clerks of the system which have no concern with the messages they dispatch. They merely transmit and transcribe them." His Dream Worth Thousands Andrew Sabel, twenty-one years old, employed in the Keystone flour mill at Nanticoke, some time ago in a dream saw an invention for separating foreign substances from grain just before it was ground. He told some friends and asked their assistance in making it, but they laughed at him. Preserving a clear conception of the invention in his mind, he went to work, built a model, got a patent on it last month, and has now received an offer of $10,000 for the patent rights from a Massachusetts firm. The principle of the invention is magnetism. It removes foreign substances from the grain and averts accidents to the grinding machinery. — Wilkesbarre Dispatch. The Search for the Alkahest. With flame and crucible and faith. Within his little cave of stone. From day to day he works alway Doubtless he does. And through the years and years he keeps The constant to his ancient quest; And men pass by and smile and say: 'He seeks the Alkahest.' The secret is a secret still. Though age has turned his hair to gray, But age turns not the constant will that urged him yesterday. And still the secret, like the fires That thawed new marshes sun, Doth lead him famished with desires Forever on and on! Oh, heart of man! Oh, sacred quest! That will not let him pause or stay, The loly Grail or Alkahest— - New Orleans Times-Democrat. Young Idlers of the Time. Young idlers of the Time. Among the moderately well-to-do there is an army of young men growing up in idleness in this country who think it beneath their dignity to learn a trade or follow a profession and who, in many instances, form that large class known as genteel idlers. They have been pampered and petted by their parents until they have come to the conclusion that the world owes them a living without their having to work for it or give an equivalent in toil. They are, in truth, a menace to the peace and welfare of the country, and those who encourage them to it are as reprehensible as they.—Sioux City Tribune. D1. W. J. Cottrell, D1. W. J. Cottrell, Phone between office hours 1184 Main 1020 19th St. Denver, Colo. Established 1880. Successor to A. Ward DR. C. ARMBRUSTER, Practical and Scientific Optician. 913 17th St., Denver, Colo. Eyes tested free. Manufacturing and repairing of all Opera goods. Opera, Race and field Glasses, Telescopes, Microscopes, Miners Glasses, Compasses, Thermometers, Hydrometers, Etc. Dental work is so perfect that it can't be improved on by any dentist at any price. See Dr. Dameron's special inducements this month—55 $ for the best set of teeth on earth; 55 a tooth for gold crown and bridge work; 500 for silver fillings; gold $1 up; airs and gas used; no pain; 50c to remove tartar; open cures; Sundays. ALBANY DENTAL PARLOR. Union block. Arapahoe, opiope P. W. J. ADDIE. Choice old California wines and brandies from the Hermitage Vineyard, also bottled beer, Kentucky whisky, cigars and tobacco. 228 16th street. Telephone 2877. LOUIS PELOW, Proprietor. Liquors and Cigars. Pabst Beer on Draught. BANKRUPT STOCK BOUGHT BY THE Welton Trunk Mf'g. C. 2240 Welton Street. Phone Olive 1456. Until Entire Stock is Disposed of. Old Trunks taken in exchange. Dennis Gibbons Dennis Gibbons Coor's Celebrated Golden Beer On Draught . 441 W. Colfax Av. Denver, Colo. Complete Violin Outfits for Beginners. Violin Size, $ Size and Full Size, $5.00, $6.00 and $7.00 each. A full line of Violins, Violas 'Cellos, Double Basses, Guilars, Mandolins, etc., etc. Musical merchandise of every description L. RUSCHENBERG & CO. 820 16th St, Denver, Colo, Suite 200, 202, Upstairs. THE O.K. Barber Shop BATHS, PLAIN AND VAPOR All kinds of Tonics Large stock of Cigars and Tobacco. Laundry received and returned at this No. 1834 Arapahoe Street. PAUL CALDWELL, Foreman. J. A. WHITTAKER, JOE SCHAVO. K. D. Fountain, Proprietor ED. LEWIN. Importer and Wholesale Dealer in Wines, Champagne. Whi ties and Cigars. Manufacturer of Fine Cigars, Sole agent for the celebrated "Herbert Spencer" Cigar. Telephone 1396. 2400-4 Larimer Street, Denver- Colo. J. STOTT. TELEPHONE 495 PINE STAR-WANO COAL AND FEED CO. Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Hay, Grain, Coal, Wood, Flour and Grain. SACK COAL AND KINDLING OUR SPECIALTY. Terms Strictly Cash 1224 21st St. Ward Auction CO 1728-30 Arapahoe St. Denver, Colorado. Private Residence Sales a Specialty Regular Sales Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. TELEPHONE 1675. Furniture and bankrupt Stocks bought for cash or sold on commission. A. H. H. C. RADCLIFF. Tonsorial Artist. Ladies' shampooing at home, $1; as shop, 50 cents. Baths for ladies and gentlemen. All orders will be promptly attended to. Ladies' and childre air cutting and shampooing a specif The Denver Republican Is clean, truthful, reliable and progressive It prints more new than any other paper in Colorado. It stands for the best interests of the state and enjoys the confidence and esteem of all intelligent readers THE New York Herald-Denver Republican news service gives the only complete and accurate accounts of the Russo-Japanese war. Special Correspondents at the seat of war and in all foreign capitals 24 DAILY AND SUNDAY BY MAIL—Postpaid, per month, 75c. WEEKLY—Postpaid, per year, $1.00. COLORADO STATESMAN 6. H. HOBSON. City Editor 1824 PERSERS. Room 2U 1824 Curtis Street. Room 2U SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year Half Months Three Months $2.00 1.00 50 PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. Remittances should be made by Express Money Order, Postoffice Money Order, Registered letter or Draft, Postoffice Letter or Draft. Payments received the same as cash for the fractional parts of a dollar. Only 1-cent and 2-cent stamps taken. Reading notices, ten lines or less, 10 cents per line. Each additional line over ten lines, 5 cents per line. Display ad receipt rates, 25 cents per square. A square contains ten agate lines. No discounts allowed on less than three months' contract. Cash must accompany all orders from parties unknown. Further partici- tion of application. It occasionally happens that papers sent to subscribers are lost or stolen. In case you do not receive any number when due inform you by postal card, and we will be timely forward a duple of the missing number. Communications to receive attention must be newsy, upon important sub- jects plainly written only upon one of the paper; must reach us Tuesdays if possible, anyway not us- ter than Wednesdays, and bear the signature of the author. No manu- script returned, unless stamps are sent for postage. All communications of a personating nature that are not complimentary will be withheld from the columns of this paper. Entered as second-class matter at the office in the city of Denver, Colorado. If you want the news read the Colorado Statesman. Don't expect others to do for you what you ought to do yourself. Let the chips fall where they may. We are going to chop where we hope to do the most good for our friends. Honesty is the best policy, yet it seems so hard for some people to believe it. The few race men of means have been euchered so much by dishonest people that it seems there is nothing that is "dead straight." This should be changed, and men would be willing to assist, aid and encourage young men who desire to start in business. "So long as you are prosperous, you will number many friends." So long as you are not prosperous you will lack friends. Friendship has become a thing of barter and is knocked down to the highest bidder. A man who has amassed much wealth, matters not who he has robbed, nor how he became wealthy, has everybody for his friend, but the moment he loses all, he becomes a friendless "has been" and the good deeds that he has done will never be mentioned. It is becoming more apparent each day that the man who owns the soil will rule the world. If this be true, it is equally true that the man who owns the soil must in a measure own the man who has no title to the soil. Industrial slavery and lockouts must even confront those who depend upon others entirely for a livelihood. Notwithstanding the American farmer is the happiest man in our land, too few of our people like to stick to the farm. After we sustain ourselves out of our scant earnings we have so little left and it is almost impossible for us to lay aside for a rainy day, and as a result, old age catches us unprepared. This condition could be easily avoided if our young men and women would, while they are in health and vigor, quit the overcrowded cities and take up their abode upon the farm. There are good farming lands in all parts of the country to be had for a mere trifle upon which any energetic and shrewd person can make for himself a happy maintenance. Such a course is recommended to our young men and women who desire prosperity. COLOR LINE AT WICHITA. The Wichita Searchlight of the 21st inst. contained the following: One of the hotel proprietors who was approached about his refusal to entertain Prof. Booker T. Washington last Wednesday, said: "I had no objection to furnishing accomodation to Prof. Washington as I personally admire him and think well of his work. He is a great man—but on the other hand I have a business interest which I must protect and my patrons would not stand for it, that's Some people raise a big fuss because of my action and especially some colored people, but they forget that the color line is tightly drawn by a member of the Negro race right here in Wichita. "They scream with indignation if a white man in business of any kind takes such action to protect his interest, but they overlook the fact that there is a barbershop in this city that is run by a colored man and he refuses to accommodate members of his race. "I told one of the gents who called on me in regard to this matter that if he would take Prof. Washington get a shave and a hair cut there, then I would make room for Prof. Washington free of charge. "The gent left and never returned. My motto is, 'Let the Negro cease to draw the color line on members of his race for pecuniary profits and then he will have a howl coming should the white man do so, but so long as a member of the Negro race draws the color line against their own race, how dare them to say a word about a white man doing so.'" To the above story it would seem to some people that the Hotel proprietor was justifiable in denying Prof. Washington accommodation. He attempts to vindicate himself by referring to a member of the Negro race in business who draws the color line against his own people. We fail to see the philosophy in his argument that he is justified in refusing accommodation for a member of the Negro race simply because some one else does so. There is only one way to break down color prejudice from a business standpoint and that is for all to recognize the "mighty dollar" no matter when and where or who presents it. THE GROWTH OF OPPORTUNITY. No race is entirely hopeless in any part of the world. Wherever men find themselves located and whatever their environment, if they are free men, there is always a chance to improve their conditions. But the opportunity for improvement is not the same with all men. Neither may one class of men expect to follow exactly in the footsteps of another class who have preceded them, for opportunities differ widely according to classes and the character of the times through which the world or the nation is now passing. The average white American of intelligence and energy is possessed of vast opportunities to make life a success and a pleasure. In this respect he is better off at present than his forefathers were, when from newer conditions, they were hewing out a course for themselves and the nation. With all portions of a vast country open to settlement and all communities, old or new, presenting almost unrestricted commercial and industrial openings, it seems that the opportunities of the average American for the promotion of successful enterprises are almost limitless. Within these same boundaries and in contact with these same environments, the colored American has to contemplate and apply himself to particular channels which require more than natural preference or personal desire to insure that success which brings the rightful measure of gratification and profit, for the restrictions and limits of racial prejudice require them to exercise superior judgment and wit in the selection and pursuing of avocations in which their financial welfare will not necessarily be sacrificed or thwarted. But although their opportunities are thus limited, the necessity for careful study and selection of avocations and for the application of superior judgment and ability to those chosen, is the one great natural characteristic which will cause the Negro's opportunities to grow and increase, slowly, gradually, but surely, until finally the restrictions of the present day shall be entirely overcome. All history helps to prove that racial oppression redounds to the final benefit of the race oppressed, if the race oppressed possesses the quality of endurance and survival. Endurance is one of the Negro's remarkable qualities, and while his changing conditions in America appear to take from him some opportunities which he formerly enjoyed, he readily applies himself to others, which, if carefully selected and industriously and ingeniously followed, bring him greater satisfaction and profit than he before enjoyed. The Negro is learning that he must choose wisely and perform well. With this knowledge thoroughly applied, he is succeeding in new lines. He has found an opening in literature, the very highest branch of civilized attainment, which has surprised himself. Close behind this is following his success in music. As he improves in the classies and in the arts, he appears to find greater industrial tolerance. Branches of business requiring particular ingenuity or efficiency are being undertaken with invariable success. It is therefore being learned that the mainsprings of the colored American's future progress are superior ability, discriminating judgment and tireless energy, and that with these attributes the growth of his opportunities will not halt before the prejudices of the present day. CHARACTER OF AARON BURR Man of Great Force But Lacking in Moral Attributes. Most people agree that from the time Alexander Hamilton fell in the pistol duel at Weehawken, N. J., Aaron Burr was doomed to an immortality of infamy. For, according to one recent critic, both as a man and as a politician he was bad, "however successful his twentieth-century friends—who have begun a crusade to rehabilitate him in the esteem of the public—may be in convincing the world that he did not plot to disrupt the American union. There are too many documents abroad providing Burr to have been a singularly bad man to make it possible even to deny his utter lack of character." As early as 1756, when he was a baby of only thirteen months, his own mother wrote this significant description of him: "Aaron is a little dirty, noisy boy. He begins to talk a little; is very sly and mischievous. He has more sprightiness than Sally, his sister, and most say he is handsome, but not so good-tempered. He is very resolute and requires a good governor to bring him to terms." That very good governor, his father, who might have made such a difference in the life of the lad, was only a few months later taken out of the world. His mother also soon died. However, despite all that has been written of the man's shortcomings, there was in his heart space for a very beautiful devotion to his daughter Theodosia. No more exquisite family letters may be found anywhere than those which passed between the two. Broke the Spell. A small group of men and women stood before Michael Angelo's famous statue of Moses, in the Church of San Pietro in Vincoli at Rome. There was not an artist among the number, yet as they gazed on the wonderful masterpiece which represents Moses as on the point of springing from his seat in indignation at the idolatry of the Jews all were silent in admiration. A newcomer joined the group, a little, thin man with the spiritual expression of one who has prayed and fasted much. The clerical cut of his clothes proclaimed his calling. Making his way to the front of the group he gazed for a moment, then turning to the man at his side, he announced in a shrill, childish voice: "I jest bet old Moses could have licked John L. Sullivan any day. Look at them arms—eh?" The little crowd had silently left. The spell had been broken.—Philadelphia Press. Russian Church Establishment The chief procurator of Russia, in a report to the czar on the state of Russian religion, states that there are 66,780 churches in the empire. During the last year 833 new places of worship were consecrated. In connection with these churches there are 16,658 monks and 36,146 nuns. There are 2,050 head priests and 43,743 ordinary priests. These, together with 58,156 deacons and under deacons, make a grand total, along with seven other divisions, the figures of which are not given exactly, of 170,000 persons in official positions. A sum of nearly £6,000,000 was paid by the Russian people last year for the support of this vast organization. Archery the Sport of Kings Archery was a pastime beloved of many kings and queens of old. Mary Queen of Scots was noted for her skill with the bow, and a story has been told against her that shortly after Darnley's murder she was shooting at the Tranent butts with Bothwell for partner. Henry VIII was an "archer bold," and among other Royal experts with bow and arrow were Edward VI and Charles L. THE ASSEMBLY AND THE DENVER FRAUDS Denver, Jan. 23.—The Republicans promised startling developments when the Legislature undertook the investigation of the Denver election frauds. The promise has already been fulfilled. The contest committee had not taken evidence more than two days before the fact was fully established that the Denver Police Department was seriously and directly involved in the Denver election frauds. This fact will undoubtedly have an important bearing upon the decision of the committee, inasmuch as Governor Adams' brother is in command of the police machine of Denver. Naturally the Democrats have protested against the whole proceeding, and with the usual charge of unconstitutionality they have also demanded delay and protested loudly because they were not allowed more time, but inasmuch as the Republican majority has given the Democrats as much time as the Republicans have themselves, this complaint will not be regarded seriously by the public. Startling Developments. Of course, the exposure of the enormous frauds in the precincts so far examined is an important matter, and it points very much toward the seating of Mr. Peabody, but the disclosures that cause the most comment and which are regarded as the most serious are those showing clearly that an organized conspiracy existed and that this conspiracy was carried out by the police department of Denver or under its supervision. The Supreme Court has already looked into the conduct of the election in eighteen precincts. As a result, forty-three Democratic politicians, a very large portion of whom are policemen, detectives, local court officers and other Democratic city officials, are imprisoned in the county jail. The evidence introduced before the commission established the fact that Chief of Police Delaney, who is directly under the command of Frank Adams, president of the police board and brother of the governor, met a large number of repeaters and impersonators and nearly one-half of the Democratic crooks who are now in jail, at a meeting in a saloon on Twentieth street, just before election. He moved around in the crowd of election thieves, consulted with nearly all of them personally, and made a little speech to the whole bunch, informing them of the necessity of carrying the election for the Democratic ticket, and according to the witnesses, suggesting that the workers would be protected. The men collected in this crowd were from the very lowest walks of life. Four or five of them testified, during the first two or three days, and all were from the slums, some of them exconvicts. The names of the men present at this meeting disclose the character of work they were expected to do. Scraped the Slums. Immediately after the election, when it was found that the Republican committee was going to thoroughly investigate the election frauds, these hobos and disreputable characters were immediately ordered by the police to leave town. Many of them were run out, but some of them wanted to remain, and it was the persecution, abuse and violence which these latter ballot box stuffers received at the hands of the police that induced them to tell the Republicans what they knew of the frauds on election day in order to secure protection. A very large portion of the evidence of these witnesses has been corroborated by Supreme Court watchers and the contents of the ballot boxes. An effort has been made to discredit the testimony of these people by Mr. Adams' lawyers and the Democratic press, but the fact that they told straight stories has been established. In commenting upon this phase of the question, Governor James H. Peabody said: "The Democratic lawyers and press are making a desperate effort to induce the public to discredit the testimony of these poor dupes of the Democratic machine in Denver, but I would like them to tell me how election frauds are ever to be exposed and stopped if the evidence of those who committed the frauds is not to be accepted. If we have got to wait with men of high character do the resulting impersonating and slugging for the Democratic machine, before we expose these outrages and convict the public of their existence, these frauds will continue until the crack of doom." More Damaging Evidence. Another damaging bit of evidence against the Adams police machine was the undisputed statement of Watcher Scobey, who arrested a Democratic election crook, who tried to vote the name of a Republican voter. Scobey arrested this man and took him to Chief of Police Delaney, who refused to lock him up, saying that the crook's word was as good as that of Mr. Scobey. Each repeater who testified has shown that at many of the polls where he repeated he was either directed by or paid by a policeman for doing the work. An ex-convict, about whose character the Denver News has been considerably agitated since his testimony was given, was appointed a special policeman on election day by the police department, and given a badge and paid for his work by the city. This man claimed to have voted fifteen or twenty times under the direction of the police, using bogus names furnished him from the padded registration list by the police machine. When to this evidence is added that of the Supreme Court watchers, who report in many instances arbitrary police interference at the polls, and the fact that the Supreme Court has sent such a large number of them to jail for their lawless conduct on election day, is regarded as sufficient proof of the charge that the Republican committee has constantly made that the Democratic police machine was responsible for much of the fraud, and protected those who committed it. This contest is simply bringing to the attention of the people of Colorado in an official way what has been known by every citizen of Denver for several years. The mere word outrage does not express the situation. There is absolutely no parallel for it in the history of the country in modern times. The evidence has shown clearly that the Democratic election officials were selected with regard to their fitness for committing or permitting these crimes and above the whole network of fraud which was spread over a large portion of the city, were those high in the counsel of the Democratic party holding the reins. Every honest Democrat in this state, as well as other honest people, would be glad to see these men who organized, manipulated, directed and paid for these crimes against the ballot snugly ensconced in jail with the Democratic policemen, detectives and dope fiends whom they employed to do the actual work. Scheme That Failed. The effort of the Democratic machine to give the impression that the Republicans really stuffed these ballot boxes, giving the election to the enemy, amusing as it may seem, has seriously impressed many Democrats, but this absurd impression has doubtless been removed by the testimony of the Democratic secretary of the election committee, who swore that the ballot boxes had been in the possession of the Democrats and under guard by them since the day of election. Governor Adams' managers have secured the services of several Republican lawyers who have not been permitted to run the Republican party and who are anxious to injure the state organization. These gentlemen, with a large array of legal talent which Mr. Adams has engaged, have been busily employed in concocting what might be termed "counter demonstrations." Pueblo Election Frauds. One of these is the tremendous uproar they are making over the report of the grand jury in Pueblo. Sitting upon this grand jury was a gentleman by the name of Hume Lewis, a Democratic newspaper man and leader, who it is charged, turned the report of the grand jury into a Democratic political document. Republicans say that a perusal of it will convince anyone that it was deliberately planned to effect public sentiment upon the governor contest question. A combination exists in Pueblo which includes Judge N. Walter Dixon and Mr. I. N. Stevens, who think they have a personal grievance against Governor Peabody, and who are charged with the desire to injure that gentleman politically. The Republican leaders of Pueblo say that this grand jury matter is simply a part of a scheme to prejudice the public mind against the regular Republican organization and to assist in preventing the seating of Governor Peabody. In referring to these alleged frauds in the Pueblo, Chairman Fairley of the state Republican committee said: "So far as we are informed there were extensive frauds committed in Pueblo county by the Democratic corruptionists. The Democrats secured from judges Dixon and Vorhees a large number of warrants, mostly for negroes. This fact was widely published and commented upon in the local papers and resulted in frightening a large number of negroes into staying from the polls. These judges appointed special officers, most of whom, if not all, were Democrats, who blustered around the polls on election day and frightened away such negroes as ventured to come to the polls. "Although 500 warrants were issued, but sixteen of them were served, and these sixteen men turned loose by the judges who issued the warrants." "When a man violates the election law by stuffing ballot boxes, or by intruding voters, or in any way, he becomes a criminal and should be so regarded by the officers of the law, and by the public, regardless of his politics," said Mr. Fahley. "It any Republicans have violated the law in Pueblo or anywhere else, they should be made to answer for it before the bar of justice. "The Republican party carried Colorado honestly at the recent election. Colorado is a Republican state. There is absolutely no necessity for any crooked work on the part of any Republicans to hold Colorado in line for the grand old party, and I do not believe that any frauds whatever were committed by any county Republican organization in this state. "There were about 125,000 Republican votes in this state and I suppose in such a mass of people there are individuals who would go to lawless extremes to elect their candidates, but such people certainly have not acted under the direction of the officers of the Republican party nor with their knowledge." H. P. Piano 116 High Grade Pianos bought at 60 cents on the dollar. R. T. Cassell, proprietor of the Columbine Music Co., recently purchased in Kansas City, 116 Pianos, dealer's stock who was forced to the wall. The stock is now here and placed on sale. A chance to buy a piano at $75 to $100 less than regular price. So that all may have an opportunity, no matter how limited their income is, to buy at this sale, we will sell you this week a good piano for $6 down, $1 per week. Come in and get first choice on these wonderful piano bargains. A few prices picked at random from this stock: An upright for $65, one upright for $88, one upright for $125, a $300 piano, less than nine months' use, $195; a $400 instrument for $235, less than a year old; a $450 piano, less than ten months old, $265; a good square piano for $50; a good organ for $25. Free—A three months' course of music lessons. Columbine Music Co. 920-922-924 15th Street. Open Eyenings. Charles Block. REGISTERED IN PATENT OFFICE U.S. BEFORE AFTER A WONDERFUL FACE BLEACH AND HAIR TONIC. Both in a box for $1, or three boxes for $2. Guaranteed to do what we say and to be "the best in the world." One box is all that is required if used as directed. CAL. DALE, DEALER IN Choice Wines, Liquors and Cigars. All kinds of Bottled Goods. Val Blatz beer on draught and bottled. New Clifton Bar and Cafe. W. S. THOMPSON, PROP. FINE LIQUORS AND CIGARS PHONE MAIN 2456. 1701 Arapahoe St. Denver, Colo. SPENCER'S BLOOD PURIFIER.—Cures all Blood diseases and strengthen the system. Mining Exchange Pharmacy. 1020-26 15th St. Denver. Roylal Club Eye. Forest Grave Bourbon. IROQUOIS BAR AND GEO. W. DOWERY, Prop. 2645 Welton St. Phone 821 Black. J. T. JOHNSON. J. I. JOHNSON, State Agent for Minnesota Grain Belt Beer. Also Western Agent for D. Carnegie & Co. Swedish Porter, Gothenburg, Sweden. 1644 Larimer St. Denver, Colo. Watch for the date of the Elks' big entertainment. The son of Rev. and Mrs. W. E. Helm is on the sick list. I. H. Harper has been appointed to a position at the State Capitol. James Pierce is able to be out again after a severe attack of rheumatism. John M. Williams is able to be about again after being confined to his bed for ten days. Mrs. J. T. Clark of 2739 E. Colfax avenue, who has been very ill is able to be out again. Henry Pinn, who has been very ill with congestion of the lungs, is able to be out again. The children of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Russell of 834 So. 15th street, has the whooping cough. Genese, the little daughter of Mrs. Mable Chinn, is much improved from her recent illness. Mrs. H. W. Hinkle and littlg daughter of 1320 So. 12th street, who has been quite ill is improving. Pythian Lodge No. 11, K. of P. will celebrate its 2nd anniversary at Bonner's hall next Monday evening. E. R. Morris who has been in Colorado Springs for the past six months is in the city the guest of his mother at 2828 Curtis street. George L. Lewis, who underwent a surgical operation at St. Joseph's hospital this week is much improved at this writing. "Duke's Mixture" may be all right but 'Durham' Duke wont stand for it. He will have 40 fits if you try to hand him a bunch. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Lytton of Pueblo, Mrs in the city the guest of Mrs. Wm. A. Watkins of 2350 Curtis street. They will make Denver their future home. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. A. Watkins of 350 Curtis street, served a sumptuous Dutch lunch Tuesday evening to a few friends. All present spoke in flattering terms of the entertaining qualities of the host and hostess. Lone Star Chapter, No. 15, O. E. S., will give a Valentine entertainment at Bounner's hall, 27th and Arapahoe streets, Tuesday February 14. A good program will be rendered. Music after the program and a good time for all. Refreshments will be served. Admission 25 cts. Revival meetings at Shorter A. M. E. church are progressing nicely. There has been two conversions and eight accessions to the church during the past two weeks. Rev. J. Howard, evangelist of the Kansas A. M. E. Conference, will arrive in Denver some time during the coming week to sssist Rev. Dyett with his meetings. Sam Lucas, one of the best colored comedians in the business, arrived in the city this week after an absence of 16 years. Mr. Lucas is playing a prominent part with the comedy company, "The Moonshiner's Daughter" which is on a tour to the Pacific coast. On its return East the company will play a week's engagement here beginning April 2nd. By request of Bishop Olmsted, the Ven Archdeacon Schofield will visit the Church of the Redeemer Sunday, the 29th (4th Epiphany) at 11 o'clock to celebrate the Holy Communion and to preach. As it is, part of the Archdeacon's duty to report to the Bishop the condition of the mission as he finds it. Every communicant is earnestly requested to be present at that service. The Colored Orphanage and Old Folks' H0me. "Not looking each of you to his own things; but each of you to the things of others." These are the words of St. Paul, a most wonderful Bible character, who received a spiritual blessing and thought it selfish to not allow the same to be known to others. So it was with our sister Ada McCowan who passed into eternity a few years ago. She was a careful christian, watchful of the poor and orphan child- en, also of the old and decrepit ones, in so much, that a few others set out to secure a home whereby these children and old ones might be sheltered, protected and cared for, as I have said, she was a christian woman and sometimes there comes to me this thought, Oh, that she could have lived to carry out the good and coveted undertaken; but then, by retrospecting for a moment, I dare not question what God does; because He knows all things and, works everything for the best of humanity, I have never forgotten the undertaking of the faithful one and always thought the work should be fostered by some one. So studying the work, and to make it a success, I thought it wise to secure some ground on which we could settle and make all improvements we choose—and would not be worried with the agent, who comes at the end of each month for his rent. With all this in view, I simply went to God with the one sentence prayer Lord, teach me what step to take to secure ground on which to build an orphanage and old folk's home, now it may seem to some one that the prayer was not long enough; but one thing I do know the 160 acres were secured and a donation by a white gentlemen of $550.00 was given on the home. The 160 acres are situated N. E. of Denver between 16 and 17 miles and has an inexhaustible mineral well and many other improvements on it. There are other good souls in Denver, who have studied the status of our children and old folk's and others who misfortune has overtaken, joined me in securing this home. Our prayers are when we shall have gone to meet our sister Ada McCowan, that the spirit of Chirst may be in others to carry the work on. 1745 Curtis St. W. R. R. Let the colored people first take down the color line themselves in all things that are controlled by them then we can demand our white people to take it down. First get the beam out of thine own eye then, thou shall see how to get the mote out of thine brothers' eye. J. S. CHRISTIAN, C. O. Local Notices. Hair cut 15 cents, 1847 Blake street FOR RENT. A nicely furnished front room modern conveniences, at 2344 Grant Ave. Gentleman preferred. The Church of the Living God at 1435 31 street. Sunday preaching at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p. m. Bible reading at 6 p. m. Eangelist and President J. S. Christian, When you have any shoe repairing to be done go to Jas. P. Norwood the colored shoemaker at 1010 19th street. First-class work guaranteed. Phone 2203 Black. The Big Company Denver, Colo., Jan., 17, 1905. The Union Mutual Benefit & Life Association, Arapahoe building, City. Gentlemen: In accepting your check for $20.00 in payment of my claim for illness, I desire to express my gratitude for your prompt action on my behalf. Your company is deserving of much success and I shall influence my friends to take a policy in the Union Mutual for it is the reliable company. Very respectfully yours, (Signed) MRS. CATHERINE FLORA, 1216 Larimer. The Strong Company. Denver, Colo., Jan., 17, 1905. The Union Mutual Benefit & Life Association., City. Gentlemen: Your check for $19.30 was handed to me by your agent and I appreciate your prompt settlement as it is a substantial aid in time of need. I shall fake pleasure in recommending your company as being one that is always reliable. Very respectfully yours, MRS MARY KAPPELLER, 2837 Arapahoe street. Sample Room Sample Room F. Marquardsen, Prop. Phone Main 3450. Res. Phone York 787 Wines, Liquors and Cigars Golden Beer and Porter on Draught. Headquarters for Theatrical people. 516 18th Street. Denver, Colo. JOSEPH H. STUART, LAWYER. J. L. PENNINGTON, Prop. PRACTICES IN ALL COURTS Examining Abstracts of Titles and drawing up Legal Instruments given careful attention. Fine Wines, Liquors & Cigars Office, 329 Kittedge Bldg, Cor 16th and Glenarm. Residence, 1128 Walston St TELEPHONE 816 MAIN. Denver, Colo TIMBER LAND, ACT JUNE 3, 1878—NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. U. S. Land Office, San Francisco, January 19, 1905. Notice is hereby given that in compliance with the provisions of the act of Congress of June 3, 1878, entitled, "A Plan to Establish the States of California, Oregon, Nevada, and Washington territory," as extended to all the public land states by the Act of Deertrall, county of Arapahoe, state of Colorado, has this day filed in this office his sworn statement No. 479, for the county of Arapahoe, west quarter and west half southwest quarter of section No. 14, in township No. 4S, range No. 60 west, and will offer his sworn statement No. 479, for the county of Arapahoe, more valuable for its timber, stone than for agricultural purposes, and to establish his claim to said land before register and receiver at Denver, Colorado Thursday, the 6th day of April, 1905. Shampoo, Cutting and Curling. Scalp Treatment, Hair Tonics, Hair Straightening, Manicuring. Stage Wigs for rent—Theatrical use and Masquerades. Goods delivered out of the city. All shades of hair matched by sending a sample of hair; also combings made up. Cheapest Switches 50 cents. He names as witnesses: John H. O'Connor, Martin O'Connor, William Noonen, John Dugan, all of Deertrall, Colorado. And all persons claiming adversely the above-described lands are requested to file their claims in this office on or before said 6th day of April, 1906. 1219 21sT St. DENVER, COLO Register Daniel Witter & Co. room 7 Union Blk. Attorneys for Noonen PHONE 1797 OLIVF. THE TWO JIMS [Name] Whist, Pool, Chess, Checker and other pastime games. 1859 Champa St... JAMES F. CLARK THE EASTERN SHOE STORE 1518 CHAMPA ST. DENVER. 1 We Positively give the best value for the money in the City of Denver. $2.25 and $2.50 Our Men's Shoes cannot be duplicated for the price in the city. A Prize in the liquor lottery is a common occurrence at the Western Wine Depot. No blanks there—nothing but the Simon pure article in whisky, whether you prefer Rye, Bourbon, Scotch or Irish, for way up brands are the rule there. If you haven't made a personal test of our best brands, you have missed some of the best things going. Don't forget our specials, 8 year old McBrayey, 75c quart. All California wines, 75 cents gallon and up. Western Wine Depot, 939 Fifteenth Street. Corner Curtis. A Prize in the liquor lottery is a common occurrence at the Western Wine Depot. No blanks there—nothing but the Simon pure article in whisky, whether you prefer Rye, Bourbon, Scotch or Irish, for way up brands are the rule there. If you haven't made a personal test of our best brands, you have missed some of the best things going. Don't forget our specials, 8 year old McBrayey, 75c quart. All California wines, 75 cents gallon and up. Western Wine Depot, 939 Fifteenth Street. Corner Curtis. R. S. WEINER, Sec'y, and Treas. The Romeo S. Weiner Liquor Co. WESTERN AGENTS Wm. Lanahan & Sons Baltimore xxxx Monogram Rye Whisky. Arapahoe and 19th Streets. PHONE MAIN 3019. The Deacon—"Do you know little boy, you won't go to Heaven if you smoke?" The Kid—"Ah go on wid yer- dis is a Baxter's Bullhead Cigar." Where Tom O'Brien Died Moral in Giving Alms In Safety and Danger In Safety and Danger Light in Darkest Africa German War on Phthisis When "Tom" O'Brien, ex-Chicagoan and ex-"gold-brick" king, died in New Caledonia he was a very long way from home. New Caledonia is in the tropics, far down in the Pacific. The nearest land of size is Australia, which is 900 miles distant. New Caledonia is known throughout the world as a great penal colony. France has used it for storage purposes of this kind since 1864 and especially since the fall of the Paris commune, after which it was made the place of exile of thousands of Frenchmen who were involved in the storms of that time. Since then this Melanasian land has become the fall of thousands of others condemned by the laws of their country. The greater part of the white inhabitants therefore are interesting, but not socially select. The island itself is described by George Griffith, an English traveler, as a paradise. The climate is delightful, the mountainous scenery most beautiful. New Caledonia's soil is fertile and its mountains full of treasures. According to Mr. Griffith, "when nature made New Caledonia she set herself to dump down as many ores and minerals in as small a space as possible. There is hardly a mineral known to Moral in G The woman sang her ballad to the sky Of the keen night, flinging on high The notes that fluttered to my window- That came than in the jargoning of birds, But in the voice, and in the plaintive air There was an intimation of despair From killing sorrow, and the appealing cry Ororest need, which no man might deny And cover from himself his own disgrace. So that sightfully, as one does in such a case, From among several coins in hand I chose That of the smallest worth, and wrapped it close In paper, so that it might not be lost, Striking the frozen ground below, and tossed My feet down from the window at the feet Of the poor singer in the wintry street. But she, as if she neither saw nor heard, Rapt in her song, sang on, and never stirred While one that opportunely strolled around The corner nearest her, both heard and saw. Stooped, and put out a predatory claw. And used the paper; felt and recognized nized The coin within (that somehow suddenly My own soul up to me, in an odd way. And then deliberately, but without stay For all my frantic shouts and signs, kept on In Safety The Scientific American recently called attention to the odd fact that the man who rides a few score feet in a New York city elevator runs a greater risk of injury than the man who travels from New York to Chicago and back on the fastest trains. No fewer than thirty persons were killed, and many more hurt, in New York elevator accidents in the first nine months of this year. No such proportion of those who traveled on the fast passenger trains between the two cities were even hurt. Yet the average man buys an accident insurance ticket whenever he starts on a railway journey of any length, and never thinks of such precautions before entering the car that lifts him to his office. Whenever a notable railway accident occurs he talks for days about the great loss of life. But he never thinks of the pro- Light in Da Twenty-five years ago there was not a single school in Central Africa. Today there are nearly 170 in the Livingstonia mission alone. Twenty-five years ago no one in Central Africa knew a letter of the alphabet, says the Southern Workman. To-day there are more than 20,000 pupils in the schools. Twenty-five years ago there was no Christian in all the country. To-day 300 native teachers preach Christ in the villages every Sabbath day. Twenty years ago there was only one inquirer after Christ. Last year there were more than 3,000 catechumens in the baptism classes, and in a single day at one of the stations more than 300 adults were received by baptism into the church of God. Up to 1890 slave caravans were as numerous as ever. To-day a strong British protectorate German Wa Consular Clerk Murphy of Frankfort sends to the state department the "measures for preventing the spread of consumption" recommended by the city authorities. Every consumptive and every person who coughs should take care that it is received in spitfoons or similar vessels containing water or, still better, chloride of lime or salt water. Such liquids prevent freezing and also the drinking of the water by animals. These cuspidors should be two inches high and eight to ten inches in diameter. They should have smooth, slightly curved edges and should be made of smooth glass, porcelain, china or enameled iron. science that is not represented in greater or less quantities in that island. A mining expert once went over from Australia to make a survey for the International Copper company and afterward he made his report in person to the board in London. He knew as much about mining as anybody in the southern hemisphere, but his language was that of the bush. A noble lord asked him of he could give any estimate of the amount of copper, nickel, cobalt, iron, silver, gold and so on that might be found in the central chain of mountains. This was his answer: 'My lord, if you were to take out all the --- minerals of these mountains the --- The report was taken as satisfactory." Until 1853 New Caledonia was a sort of no-man's land. Then both England and France decided to annex it and orders came to two warships to proceed thither at once. They started the same day. The English captain had heard of the reefs that surround the island and he was cautious. The Frenchman went ahead without regard for the reefs. When the British captain arrived he saw the tricolor flying from a hill and he was invited to come in and lunch on French soil. living Alms To the next corner, turned it, and was gone. Such a conclusion even I could not brook, A coin of the same, worth again I took, appear again in the paper, and again Toss it down to the singer—north wind This time! She saw it coming through the air And heard it fall upon the ground, and there. While she still sang, curtseyed her thanks to me. Until I turned away and left her free. And I was well content, and glad at heart. For this doubly done a noble part? I was not sure. Had it been heaven's intent That I should twice give the sum I had meant To give once? Perchance, unknown to me Both women were in equal misery, Though not of equal merit. Then, lad I won. A twofold blessing by what I had done? These things are mysteries, but my story's moral Seems one with which no one can justly quarrel; If there is suffering that you would re- tie twice the sum at once you meant to give; And do not wait for wrong to come your way And once your unwilling hand, for though it may, Again, it may not, and, for your own own The chance is such as you ought not to take. —W. D. Hewells in Harper's Weekly. portionately greater loss of life every day from accidents that befall men at home in their own houses. The returned missionary who publicly complained the other day that, after living entirely unhurt for four years among the wildest savages of Africa, he had no sooner returned to civilization than he met with a railway accident that kept him in a hospital for six months curiously illustrated the habit of the human mind to dwell upon remote dangers and ignore those near. Yet the fact is indisputable—the accident insurance companies have proved it to their financial loss and gain—that one of the most dangerous places a man can be is in his own home, whereas one of the safest is in a first-class railway train at full speed, while the very safest place on earth is aboard a first-class steamship in the middle of the Atlantic.—Chicago Inter Ocean. rkest Africa has made slave raiding impossible, and this much is certain that if Christianity had not entered Nysalaland there would be no British administration there to-day, and Central Africa would still be a land of darkness, of spoliation and of blood. Each week volunteer evangelists go out two by two from the mission. No pay is given them, but a few beads are usually furnished to enable them to buy food at the distant stations. To reach these the evangelists have to leave on Saturday afternoon, descend some 2,900 feet to the lake shore and walk five to ten miles along rough broken paths to their destinations. They return on Monday in time for afternoon to descend some 2,900 feet to the lake less than forty-four village services are acled in a day. r on Phthisis They should contain water to a depth of four-fifths of an inch. As the water evaporates more should be added. The cuspidors should be cleansed daily with boiling water. Consumptives should give especial attention to cleanliness. The sitting-rooms and bedrooms of consumptives should have only such curtains, bed coverings and the like as can be easily washed. There should be no carpets. The entire floors of such rooms should be washed daily, and even in the winter the rooms should be properly aired daily for at least one hour. Uncooked milk may become a transmitter of consumption. The public is warned against its use. Rider Haggard. Rider Haggard, the author of "The Brethren" and a marvelous list of African tales, is much more than a writer of stories, though the world has known him for the last dozen years only as such. Back in the seventies he was a big man in South Africa—master of the High Court of the Transvaal and the man who, with Colonel Brooke, hoisted the British flag over the South African Republic. He was a mighty hunter in his South African days and many of the shooting adventures so excitingly set out in his novels are written directly from actual happenings. It was in the eighties and ninies that he began to produce his famous novels. In 1901 he took up his investigation of the condition of agriculture in England and is now noted for his tireless work in the best interests of the British farmer. Self-heating Caps. Far eastern news often contains references to the canned meats of the Russians, which are so put up that they may be heated without a fire. The device is German. It is called the "calorit." Two chambers include the inner can, one holding lime, the other water. Puncturing the partition causes slaking of the lime, which produces the necessary heat. HIS EXPERIENCE TEACHES THEM That Dodd's Kidney Pills will cure Bright's Disease. Remarkable case of George J. Barber—Quick recovery after years of suffering. Estherville, Iowa, Jan. 23d.—(Special)—The experience of Mr. George J. Barber, a well known citizen of this place, justifies his friends in making the announcement to the world "Bright's Disease can be cured." Mr. Barber had kidney trouble and it developed into Bright's Disease. He treated it with Dodd's Kidney Pills and to-day he is a well man. In an interview he says: "I can't say too much for Dodd's Kidney Pills. I had Kidney Disease for fifteen years and though I doctored for it with the best doctors here and in Chicago, it developed into Bright's Disease. Then I started to use Dodd's Kidney Pills and two boxes cured me completely. I think Dodd's Kidney Pills are the best in the world." A remedy that will cure Bright's Disease will cure any other form of Kidney Disease. Dodd's Kidney Pills never fail to cure Bright's Disease. Lifting by Magnetism. The lifting of massive iron and steel plates, weighing four, six and twelve tons, by magnetism is now done every workday in a number of large steel works. The magnets are suspended by chains from cranes and pick up the plates by simple contact and without the loss of time consequent to the adjustment of chain and hooks in the older method. It is also found that the metal plates can be lifted by the magnets while still so hot that it would be impossible for the men to handle them. A magnet weighing 300 pounds will lift nearly five tons. A GREAT SUFFERER A GREAT SUFFERER LAY HELPLESS AND SPEECHLESS FOR HOURS AT A TIME. Slaking Spells, Headaches, Rheumatism, All Caused by Poor Blood-Cured by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. When Mrs. Williams was asked for some details of the fearful illness from which she had so long suffered, she spoke as follows: "Ever since I had nervous prostration, about thirteen years ago, I have had periodical spells of complete exhaustion. Any excitement or unusual activity would throw me into a state of lifelessness. At the beginning my strength would come back in a moderate time, but the period of weakness kept lengthening until at last I would lie helpless as many as three hours at a stretch." "You were under medical treatment, of course?" "Yes, when I became so bad that I had to give up my housework, in May of 1903, I was being treated for kidney trouble, and later the doctor thought my difficulties came from change of life. I was not only weak, but I had dizzy feelings, palpitation of the heart, misery after eating, hot flashes, nervous headaches, rheumatic pains in the back and hips. The doctor did me so little good that I gave up his treatment, and really feared that my case was incurable." "What saved you from your state of hopelessness?" "In July of 1903 I had a very bad spell, and my husband came in one day with a little book which told of remarkable cures effected by a remedy for the blood and the nerves, Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. He bought a box for me, and that was the beginning of my return to health. My appetite grew keen, my food no longer distressed me, my nerves were quieted, and my strength began to revive." "How long did you take this remedy?" "For two months only. At the end of that time I had regained my health and cheerfulness, and my friends say that I am looking better than I have done for the past fifteen years." Mrs. Lizzie Williams is now living at No. 416 Cedar street. Quincy, Illinois. The pills which she praises so highly cure all diseases that come from in poverished blood. If your system is at run down, Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are the very best remedy to take. Any drug-gist can supply them. A woman's favorite writer is a bus band who is capable of writing checks TEA "It takes one out of himself and makes him forget himself——!" "What a comfort!" AT WASHINGTON AT WASHINGTON The State Department is preparing to administer the finances of Santo Domingo and supervise the customs department. That quarrelsome and prodigal republic will, for a time at least, be chaperoned by Uncle Sam. The House committee on election of President, Vice President and representatives in Congress has favorably reported the bill adding the secretary of agriculture and the secretary of commerce and labor to the line of presidential succession. Largely at the instigation of Delegate Rodey, an appropriation of $5,000 will be made in the agricultural appropriation bill for conducting experiments in breeding elands in Colorado and New Mexico. Experiments conducted by private parties have, it is said, proven highly successful. Commissioner of Indian Affairs Leupp-gave a hearing to a delegation of fifteen Pueblo Indians from New Mexico who are in Washington to urge congressional action exempting the Pueblos from all taxation until Congress hereafter shall provide otherwise. Superintendent Crandall of the Pueblos accompanied the Indians, Commissioner Leupp promised his assistance in urging legislation by Congress. N. S. Walpole of Pueblo, Colorado, after conferring with various officials in Washington, has reached the conclusion that his appointment as postmaster at Pueblo will be withheld from him until he has had a hearing on thirty-two indictments for complicity in election frauds. If he is acquitted his commission will be delivered to him, and he will assume charge of the office. For the time being Postmaster Mitchell will continue to serve. Walpole insists that his indictment was brought about for political effect and that when given a hearing before a court he will be able to establish his innocence. The fortifications appropriation bill was passed after rejection of the amendment striking out the provision for insular fortifications. In the debate on the measure Mr. Teller said he had noticed in the morning papers that we were about to take another island; "that we are guaranteeing the stability of the island of Santo Domingo." He did not feel so much like complaining as to the way we came into possession of the Philippines as he did about the administration taking a new burden. "It is a great job," he added; "it means an army in Santa Domingo. I deny," he continued. "the authority of the Executive Department to make any agreement or contract to bind the people of the United States in the way indicated. It is an assumption of authority on the part of the executive. I want some lawyer in this chamber to tell me where the President gets that kind of authority." At a hearing before the committee on ways and means, Secretary Palmer of the American Sugar Beet Association opposed the pending bill reducing the duty on sugar and tobacco from the Philippine islands. Mr. Palmer said that just prior to the tariff agitation regarding Cuban sugar in 1901, eighty six new sugar factories had been projected in this country. Not one of these was built. Since that time Europe had curtailed her sugar crop under the terms of the Bussels agreement, and the price had gone up to the point where American capital was on the point of again enlarging the sugar industry in this country. Now to open the Philippine market in competition with the American beet sugar industry, would again discourage this movement. In replying to a question by Mr. Curtis, whose bill was under consideration, Mr. Palmer said that the total sugar product of the Philippines was 145,000 tons annually, and the United States took it all there would still have to be imported 1,500,000 tons to supply the demand. To Save Yosemite. President Roosevelt has discovered a suspicious bill which had made its way successfully through both the House and the Senate, and has taken the necessary measures to prevent its further progress. It was a bill taking off part of the Yosemite National Park ostensibly to be added to the forest reservation, but, according to well-informed persons, really to be added to the property of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railway. When it first became known that the bill was to be vetoed the reason as signed was that a grove of fine big sequoia trees was threatened by its pass sage and it was decided that the preservation of the trees was of para mount importance. The bill takes from the Yosemite park and adds to the forest reserve some lands containing valuable oil and mining properties. Private interests cannot get any land out of the park but they can get it out of the forest reserve, and that was the purpose of the bill. It slipped through the House without debate and through the Senate with hardly any notice. Mr. Perkins signed it as acting president in the absence of Mr. Frye, and it went to the Senate. What excited Mr. Roosevelt's suspicion was the discovery that the lands had already been decided by a commission appointed by himself to be a part of the park. The President investigated and found that railroad men and others had been lobbying for the bill. He discovered its real purpose; sent for a member of the California delegation, examined him about it, and announced his purpose of vetoring the measure. Civil Service Report. The civil service commission, in its annual report, says that during the year the civil service act has been made increasingly effective and that need has arisen for no further legislation beyond what is required to meet the added expense of conducting the examining work of the commission. The number of persons examined was 133,069, an increase of fifteen per cent. over the previous year. The number appointed was 50,830, an increase of twenty per cent. The greatest increase was in the examinations for rural carrier, stenographer and typewriter, and for the navy yard service. COLORADO EDITORS Hold Successful Annual Meeting at Denver. Denver, Jan. 24.—Members of the Colorado Editorial Association, to the number of about eighty, including various invited guests, assembled in annual convention at the chamber of commerce yesterday. The business of the convention was principally of a routine nature. The election of officers was the most important work. The new officials are: H. J. Holmes of the Glenwood Springs Avalanche, president; P. Byrnes of the Bessemer Indicator, first vice president; C. H. Wolfe of the Greeley Tribune, second vice president; J. T. Lawless of Lamar Sparks, secretary and treasurer; C. E. Wood of the Colorado Springs, Telegraph, national executive committeeman; Gen. George West of the Golden Transcript, historian. The following committees were appointed: Executive committee, C. E. Adams of the Montrose Press, F. P. Murray of the Elizabeth Banner, E. O. Blair of the Trindad Chronicle-News, Legislative committee, Carl Anderson of the Fort Collins Courier, J. A. Barclay of the Pueblo Chieftain, James Ide of the Fort Morgan Times. Reports showed that the association is in a first-class condition. There was some discussion concerning probable legislation and the introduction of bills which will bring about changes in the laws for the benefit of newspaper publishers. At noon the chamber of commerce tendered the editors a luncheon in the banquet room. J. S. Temple, president of the chamber of commerce and former president of the editorial association, presided. Governor Adams made an address of welcome. A. J. Spengle made a short address, speaking for Mayor Speer. Wolfe Londoner made an interesting talk. Just before the association adjourned Mr. Holmes, the re-elected president, was surprised by the gift of a fine gold watch, presented to him the members present. IMPORTANT LAND SALES. Several Valuable Tracts Change Hands In Weld County. Denver, Jan. 25.—A Greeley dispatch says: Bruce G. Eaton has sold 1,320 acres of land to the Windsor Sugar Company for $66,000, the sugar company giving a check as payment in full. The deal also includes an undivided one-half right in the B. H. Eaton ditch, nine and one-half shares of stock in the Whitney ditch, ten shares of stock in the Lake Supply Ditch Company and one-sixth interest in the Windsor lake and reservoir. The land is the most fertile in the vicinity of Windsor and lies one-half mile south of the Windsor sugar factory. It will be used for the growing of beet crops and as a dumping ground for waste water from the factory. The waste water will be used in irrigation, in which it loses its offensive odor and becomes purified through seepage before it reaches the river. Until last season the water which washes the beets was thought to be unfit for irrigation, but experiments have proven that it has fertilizing power, probably due to the lime, carbonate and nitrogen contained in it. Field Superintendent Timothy of the factory states that there have already been contracted 2,200 acres of beets for the Eaton factory, 2,275 for the Windsor, 3,692 for the Greeley factory, and that farmers in the vicinity of Sterling will raise 2,000 acres of beets for the Eaton factory. Altogether, there will be 18,000 acres of beets for the three factories next season. Mayor H. C. Watson to-day sold, for Mary K. Peasley of Denver, 160 acres of land six miles east of Greeley in the Lone Tree district, to Alden Brothers, for $10,400. The land is under cultivation, but without improvements. Asa Sterling, the wealthiest man in Weld county, to-day purchased from the Union Pacific company 1,280 acres of land for less than $2 an acre. Mr. Sterling has several thousand acres of land in the vicinity which he has developed from raw prairie into some of the most productive tracts in northern Colorado. Boom for Barela Denver, Jan. 25.—The Republican in its news column says: There may be a vacancy in the Senate from Las Animas to fill one of these days. Senator Casimero Barela, the perpetual senator, may have to give up the seat he has held since territorial days, and move from Colorado. To fill the breech in New Mexico may fall to Senator Barela. A letter received yesterday from John Davis, one of the leading Republicans of the territory, gave the first cue. The Republicans are divided over a candidate to recommend to the president for governor of New Mexico, and the name of the Colorado senator has been mentioned as a compromise candidate. Senator Barela was born in New Mexico and has heavy interests there. He is a partner in the famous Mora grant. La Follette Chosen. Madison, Wis., Jan. 24.—Governor Robert M. La Follette was chosen in the Republican caucus last night for United States senator to succeed Joseph V. Quarles. The governor received sixty-five votes out of 107 on the informal ballot, which upon motion was made formal. Upon a motion to make the nomination unanimous, a few members rose to their feet and voted against it. Senator Quarles received twenty-six votes, the other sixteen being divided between three candidates. Negro Experimental Farm Montgomery, 'Ala., Jan. 22.—Booker T. Washington, principal of the Tuskegee school for negroes, has an option on 150 acres of land about five miles from Montgomery and it is said he will establish thereon a school farm or experimental station for negroes. Since this has become known, white residents of the vicinity are up in arms against such sale. Every resident of the vicinity has signed a petition to Booker T. Washington asking him not to consummate the purchase. CHINA'S DENIAL HAS NOT BROKEN NEUTRALITY Charges Russia With Infringing on Neutral Territory.—Chinese Bandits in the Russian Army. Washington, Jan. 25.—China's answer to the American government's communication calling attention to the Russian charges that the Chinese were violating neutrality, was delivered to Secretary Hay to-day by the Chinese minister. Regarding the charge that the Chinese bandits were enlisted in the Japanese army, the Chinese government calls attention to the fact that they were enlisted first by the Russians as frontier guards and fought against the Japanese army. If it is true, as alleged, that they enlisted in the Japanese army, that is a matter for the belligerents. In the opinion of the Chinese government the subjects of a neutral power have the right as private citizens to enlist in a foreign army. This is an established fact in the law of nations, for which China cannot be held responsible. Whenever these bandits entered Chinese neutral zone every effort was made for their arrest and punishment, and in most cases they have been arrested. "We find no Japanese officers in our northern army at all. We do find in the government school at Paotingpu, several Japanese translators. All of them, however, had been engaged before the war, and after hostilities broke out they were required to give their word of honor to have nothing to do with the conflict. These are on the same footing as Russians and the other foreigners in educational institutions throughout the empire and in our maritime customs houses. China further regards this as a matter of internal administration of which no other government has cause to complain." The Maotao islands are said to have been used by the Japanese as a base for their navy. The Chinese government for the past year has stationed a swift cruiser Halki to watch these islands, and the local prefect summoned there the gunboat Haipu to patrol those waters. No sign of any landing of Japanese has been reported to the government. The Chinese government considers that Russia has violated neutrality in a number of instances. Bridges have been built by the Russians west of the Liao river and Russian troops have encamped on the west side of the river which is supposed to mark the boundary line of the neutral zone. In many places in the neutral zone the Russians have forced the sale of provisions. The Chinese have made many arrests of Russians smuggling ammunition, arms and other contraband articles. Armenian Massacres. Washington, Jan. 23.—The State Department has made public portions of a report recently made by Mr. Thomas Norton, American consul at Harput, Turkey, on the results of a tour of investigation made by him under instructions from the department through the vilayets of Bitlis and Van, which were the scenes during several months last summer of repeated attacks upon and masacres of Armenian Christians by the Kirds and other Moslem population. These disturbances, attended by frightful atrocities, and savage cruelty, resulted in death, suffering and destination. No Americans were known to have been injured. Dr. Norton says that Mush is practically an armed camp, where Armenians are in constant terror. He estimates that in the Sassun district 5,000 lives were lost in last summer's massacre, including 2,771 children. One salient fact, says the consul, is that the benevolence of the citizens of the United States has accomplished more than the efforts of other nations combined in advancing the moral and intellectual welfare of the Armenians and other classes in the interior provinces. Revolt in the Caucasus. Victoria, B. C., Jan. 23.—Captain Orlan Cullen, representative of the Imperial Marine Association of Tokio, received a cablegram from Constantinople to-day to the effect that 1,500 Circassians had revolted and killed the Russian guard numbering 200 at Slavini, in the Caucasus, and that Russians and Turks in large numbers were crossing the frontier into the Caucasus to spread revolution in Tififis province. Tififis City is practically in a state of siege, he said, and communication is had only by dispatch bearers. The Armenian Hunchigist Society at Constantinople has issued a proclamation calling on all Armenians to assist the revolutionists and numbers of Armenians continue to cross the frontier to assist the Kurds, Armenians and Circassians beleaguering Tififis. Does Not Teach Polygamy. Washington, Jan. 25.—During the examination of Senator Smoot before the Senate committee Chairman Burrows asked if Senator Smoot taught and preached his faith. He replied that he did, occasionally. "Do you teach polygamy?" "I do not." "Do you preach against polygamy or unlawful cohabitation?" "I never have. I don't know why I should. It is not a tenet of the faith. It has been suspended, and I think it would not be proper for me to bring it up." The chairman inquired concerning the uncertainty of the interpretation of the manifesto as to whether it applied to both plural marriages and polygamous cohabitation. He said he understood that the revelation commanding the promulgation of the manifesto against polygamy was the result of pleadings by President Woodruff for the command of God concerning his wishes on that subject. On redirect examination Senator Smoot said he believes the church rule requires church officials to obtain leave of absence to engage in business, politics or anything else which might take them away from their church work, and is not confined to politics. Is Now Prepared To Do All Kinds of Job Printing? Commercial. Fraternal. Church, Book and Stationery Jobs a Specialty BALL AND CONCERT PROGRAMS, BILL AND LETTER HEADS, CALLING CARDS, WEDDING CARDS, ENVELOPES AND EVERYTHING IN THE PRINTING LINE TURNED OUT IN NEATEST STYLE PROMPTLY ON SHORT NOTICE. We have supplied our office with job press and type of up-to-date style and our work will be on a par with the Very Best Give Us a Trial and We will Give You Satisfaction PRICES AS REASONABLE AS THOSE OF ANY JOB OFFICE IN DENVER. The Colorado Statesman 1824 CURTIS STREET ROOM 25. --- SHORTER'S CHAPEL. Twenty-third street and Washington avenue. Rev. W. W. Dyett, pastor. Services at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Sunday school at 2:30 p. m. Mra. H. W. Wade, superintendent. ZION BAPTIST. Arapahoe and Twentleth street, Rev. J. E. Forde, pastor, Services at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m.; Sunday School at 2:30 p. m., J. A. Jones, Supt. ROCKY MOUNTAIN LODGE, NO. 2320, G. U. O. OF O. F. Meets every Thursday in the month at Odd Fellows Hall, 1712 Curtis Street. Meets every Thursday in the month at Odd Fellows' Hall, 1712 Cuntis Street. C. P. MCKENZIE, P. S. 1272 So. Penn. Ave. ARAPAHOE LODGE. NO. 2986. G. L. O. OF O. F. Meets every Monday in the month Odd Fellows' Hall, 1832 Arapahoe st. GEO. D. HALL, P. S. P. O. Box 895. DISTRICT GRAND LODGE. NO. 34. G. U. O. OF O. F. Meets the first Tuesday in September, 1888, at Trinidad, Colorado. M. V. P. GEORGE D. HALL. District Grand Master. M. V. P. GEO. S. CONTEE. District Grand Secretary, 2612 Welton Street Denver Colorado. DENVER PATRIARCHY. NO. 67. Meets the fourth Tuesday in each month at Odd Fellows' Hall, 1832 Arapahoe street. MASONIC ASSOCIATION A. F, & A. M, meets first and third Tuesday in each month. T. R. Herron, W. M.ague, Secretary, 2546 Clarke. RED CROSS COMMANDER DY NO. 11. G. William Knights Templar, meets first Thursday in each month. J. R. Contee, E. Sprague, Recorder. A. F. & A. M. Colorado and jurisdiction. F. T. Bruce, Grand Master, Denver; William Sprague, Grand Secretary, Denver, Colorado. FAR WEST CHAPTER NO. 6, R.A.M. Meets third Thursday in each month. William Sprague, secretary. DAMON LODGE No. 5, K. of P. O Meets at 1712 Curtis street the first and third Fridays of each month. H. C. DAY, 1565 Sherman Ave., (rear), C. C.; J. W. TAYLOR, 2222 Lincoln, K. of R. & S. Columbine Court No. 279 I. O. O. C. meets second and fourth Tuesday nights of each month at 1712 Curtis street. MRS. J. A. TAYLOR, W. C. 2222 Lincoln Ave. MRS. TULIP BANKS, R. D. 3525 Blake Street. HOUSEHOLD OF RUTH, NO. 376 G. U. O. O. F. Meets the first and third Tuesdays in each month at Odd Fellc vs' Hall 1832 Arapahoe street. GOOD SAMARITANS, GRAND WESTERN LODGE NO. 2. Meets first and third Fridays of each month, in Odd Fellows Hall 1882 Arap- ahoe st. R. M. JOHNSON, W. C., N. HUGHES, R. S. QUEEN ESTHER COURT NO. 1. Meets at 1327 Lawrence street on first Monday evening in each month, 7:30 p. m. All members in good standing are invited to attend. SUSIE PARKER, M. A. M. GEORGIA THRASHLEY, Socy., 318 Downing Ave. QUEEN OF THE WEST TEMPLE NO. 1. S. M. T. Meets first and third Wednesdays of each month at 8 c'clock p. m. at Ma-sonic hall, 1325 Lawrence street, Denver. Mrs. Leouvina Knight, W. P.; Mrs. M. . Riley. Secretary. Meet first and third Mondays each month at Odd Fellows' hall, 1802 Arapahoe St. T. J. RILEY, W. M. MRS. M. E. RILEY, Secretary, 802 Cooper Building. AETNA COMPANY NO. 1. Aetna Company No. 1, U. R. of K. P., meets the second and fourth Friday nights of each month at 1712 Curtis street. A cordial welcome is extended to all Sir Knights in good standing. ASK FOR H. F. BUSSEY'S BREAD FOIBLES OF FASHION Apple Sauce. Pare and cut into small pieces twelve good-sized tart apples, put them into a sauce pan with half a pint of water, cover and stew them all till tender; add one cup of sugar, press it through a sieve or colander; pour into a glass dish and serve either hot or cold. Apples should never be stewed in rusty tins or iron pots, as they will spoil the appearance of the sauce. WHILE THE TEA DREWS WHILE THE TEA DREWS Twilled surah is having a renaissance. Cashmere is becoming the vogue in Paris. Aurore is the name given a delicate pinkish blue. Bloused jackets look particularly well on small women. All the muffs are large and most of them inclined to flatness. Old rose shading to a brick red is Old rose, shading to a brick red, is a popular shade for a hat. A few are wearing bright green net face veils, with curious effect. The pearl-laced cap of the ill-fated Juliet is again a popular ornament. Women with very plump faces should never wear a thick neck ruche. Ladies' Costume: Fashion has decided that all smart costumes must be made with waists and skirts to match, and a charming design in plum-colored crepe de chine is here pictured. The full waist is made over a vest of embroidered batiste. Graceful fullness is given in front by tucks in the upper part, and the wide shoulder effect is successfully carried out by the shoulder straps that extend from the neck out over the sleeve. The full puff sleeve is pretty finished by a small turned back cuff. The skirt is one of the S latest models and is exceedingly graceful. The fullness in the upper part is disposed of by small tucks around the hips, although the pattern provides for rows of shirring or for a plain gathered skirt. It is cut in seven gores, and wide tucks at the lower edge assist in giving the fashionable flare. All fabrics that are soft and pliable are suited to the mode, such as etamine, voile, chiffon cloth and liberty satin. The medium size requires three and one-quarter yards of forty-four inch material for the waist, and six yards of forty-four inch material for the skirt. Parisian Trotting Gowns. For morning saunters short skirts and long jackets are most popular. And every Parisienne who is a woman of fashion deems it her duty, as well as her pleasure, to walk for an hour in the mornings in the Avenue des Acacias, and so smart broughams and victorias are drawn up in a double line near this favorable promenade along which the elegantes love to loiter and meet their friends. The only frivolous notes in the build of these tailor suits are the touch of color in the velvet of collars and cuffs and a line of embroidery upon a light velvet waistcoat. Cashmere Very Popular. The very latest fabric employed to build midwinter frocks is cashmere. This material has been, so to speak, put upon the shelf for several years, but its popularity is now reassured. It is one of the most attractive of light weight cloths, it lends itself readily to drapery and it is especially suitable for house gowns. Draped waists and full sleeves are now universally worn, and this sort of light weight material is particularly practical for the purpose. Perhaps the most popular is red, and cashmeres are found in every shade from bright scarlet to the deepest claret or dahlia tones. The pastel shades are as well modish and chestnut brown is also fashionable. Velvet and silk braid is the popular BRIDESMAIDS' GOWNS. trimming. Velvet is fashionable in ruches and in flat bands the same tone as the corsage. Another fashionable material is crepe de paris. There is as well a soft serge that has made its appearance, and it appears in new weaves and designs, and the diagonal serges in fine checks are much used for street costumes. Vitality of Wild Mustard Seed. In the Seed Laboratory at Ottawa, Canada, one hundred fresh seeds of Wild Mustard were planted in good soil in a box, and under the most favorable conditions only thirty-five of them could be induced to grow. The box was then placed in the open air for a week with the thermometer below zero. When again put in the germinator, seventeen more of the seeds produced plants. The soil was then allowed to become thoroughly dry and again put out to freeze, after which twelve more of the hundred seeds germinated. This operation was repeated several times, until finally every seed demonstrated that the mother plant had not lived in vain. With the Housewife To treat paint spots that painters have left on your panes of glass soak in turpentine. If they have been left long enough to be very stubborn scrape the spots with the edge of a penny. It will not scratch as would a knife. Mice have the greatest dislike to the smell of peppermint. A little oil of peppermint sprinkled round their haunts and holes will soon make them look for other quarters and forsake those which have become so disagreeable to them. A piece of camphor forms a popular barometer. If the lump of camphor remains dry when exposed to the air, dry weather is to be expected. If, on the other hand, the gum absorbs moisture and appears damp, rain may be anticipated. To renovate a black felt hat brush the hat to remove all dust and then sponge with equal parts of liquid ammonia and boiling water. Rub this on the felt thoroughly, then set the hat on the table or some other flat surface to dry, for if this precaution be not taken the brim is sure to get out of shape. Neck and Hat Sets. With every hat there must go something for the neck these days, and the most beautiful creations are planned to go around the throat and to fasten in the front. There are lovely art noveau boas made of ermine and decorated with art noveau buttons, which are set on about six inches apart. And there are dressy things in peacock feathers to match handsome breast ornaments for the hat. It can be taken as a settled thing that neck trimmings must match hat trimmings and that they must be alike no only in one way, but in all ways. The colors, the materials and the general style must match. Perhaps the best hat and neck effects can be obtained with crushed velvet. A hat can be trimmed with a band of the vevet and the very same material can be used for a four-in- BRIDESMAI The gown at the left is of white volle. The skirt is gathered at the top and trimmed at the bottom with wreaths of mousseline de sole roses, which are united by blue ribbons. The blouse has a yoke of guilpure bordered with roses and the bretelles are of the blue ribbon. The short puffed sleeves are finished with bands and knots of the ribbon. The wide, draped girdle is of blue or white silk. The other gown is of white mousseline de sole. The full skirt is trimmed at the bot hand necktie. It must be about five inches wide and finished up precisely as though it were made of fur. Its ends are trimmed with fringe or with tails. Handsome fluffy neck ruffles are made to match hats and there are ruffles that are in the most attractive shades of green to go with Charlotte Corday hats that are made of green velvet with flutings of green muslin and green chiffon. Theater or Evening Waist. Bodice of ivory colored silk, tucked at the top and draped below the bust. The slightly crossed fronts are bordered with a fine embroidery of silk cord to match and crnamented at the bottom with rosettes of the silk. D. The plastron is of lace, also matching the waist. and is ornamented with bows of lilac velvet ribbon. The little collar piece and the shoulder straps are composed of narrow bands of the silk, fagoted together. The sleeve is composed of two puffs, finished at the elbow with a little frill of the material and a deep frill of lace. In Gray Velvet. A fascinating frock of gray velvet has a skirt that fits the hips perfectly, and plaits are let in at the bottom to give the fullness desired. At intervals from below the hips are strips of braid reaching across from one seam to another, and then a space. The next breadth has the space filled in with the braid. The skirt frees the ground all the way round. The loose-fitting jacket has a loose-stitched girdle holding it closely to the figure, above which it blouses all the way round. Braid is applied at each side of the back seam and over the shoulder and down the front on each side of a white waistcoat embroidered in black and gray. Full puffed sleeves come below the elbows, and they are caught into deep cuffs of the embroidery. Child's Winter Frock. Child's frock of dark green cloth. The skirt is made with box plaits and trimmed with a band of ermine and straps of black braid. The blouse is box-plaited at the top (where it is trimmed with straps of braid) to a yoke of black astrakhan bordered with a band of ermine. ```markdown ``` The yoke is finished around the neck with a little collar of the cloth forming tabs in front, ornamented with buttons. The vest is of the material braided with black soutache, and over this is a little scalloped waistcoat, also of the material, embroidered with soutache. The sleeves are box-plaited and trimmed with the braid at the top, then are plaited in at the bottom to form cuffs finished at the wrists with bands of astrakhan. The girdle is of the material or of silk to match. tom with little ruffles of the material, in two groups, separated by a band of guipure. The blouse is entirely covered with the ruffles and is finished around the low neck with a band of guipure. 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Mr. Rowan declared that the Stephen eight-hour bill had been so amended that it looked like a 30-cent bill. If his bill was to meet with death he wished it to be an honorable death, not to be smothered in committee as the labor committee had decreed. Mr. Breckenridge appealed for the life of the Rowan bill. The eight-hour bills were, he thought, the most important to come before the assembly, and all that were introduced he wished to see on the calendar and given just the same consideration as all other bills of the same nature. Mr. Stephen, chairman of the labor committee, said that he was willing to consider all the eight House bills to be sent to his committee. Both political parties were, he said, pledged to secure the enactment of a just eight-hour bill, and he intended to see that such a bill was passed by the House. Mr. Street said that he had noticed a pretty strong lobby about the House working for certain eight-hour bills and against others. He wanted to see the House settle the matter speedily and justly and without the aid of any members of the paid lobby. Mr. Garcia argued that the House had plenty of eight-hour bills and too many of them would confuse the members and take up too much of the time of the committee on labor. Mr. Frewen asked the chairman of the labor committee haw many eight-hour bills had been introduced in the House. Mr. Stephen said that three bills had been put in, but two of them were practically the same, so that really only two bills had been presented. Mr. Frewen then appealed to the House not to sidetrack Mr. Rowan's bill, but that it be considered with H. B. 1, the Stephen bill. Mr. Cannon declared that he was in favor of having the Rowan bill placed before the House to be considered with H. B. 1. As far as he knew now he was ready to vote for the Stephen bill. Mr. Breckenridge urged the House not to take up all the time in useless dispute. The attitude of some of the members seemed to be to talk as much of the time as would be allowed. He urged the House to take up the labor bill in committee of the whole and not put in the time in talking. Some of the talk over the bill appeared to be because Mr. Rowan wished his name at the head of the bill. As for his part he did not wish to see the name of Mr. Rowan there. The bill should have the name of J. B. Stephen, as a Republican member of a Republican House. Mr. Breckenridge asked that the labor committee be asked to take the eight-hour bills and decide on what should be done. It was unfair to the House to have the labor committee divided on the report of the eight-hour bill of Mr. Stephen. He thought if further time was given the labor committee the members would be able to agree on one report. The discussion closed when Mr. Hoyt moved the previous question and all the motions and amendments were put to vote. The motion to refer H. B. 40, by Rowan, to the labor committee met with almost no opposition on the vote. South From Durango. Denver, Jan. 27.—The Republican this morning says: Sixty miles of railroad are to be constructed by the Denver & Rio Grande through one of the richest portions of Colorado and New Mexico now without railway facilities. The line is to run from Durango, Colorado, to Farmington, New Mexico, and construction work will begin at once. This was decided upon at a meeting of the directors of the road held in New York on Wednesday. This is said to be only the preliminary work of opening up the rich territory now lying idle in that section. Before very long it is expected that the road will be continued on through a very rich agricultural section which awaits railroad communication. That the country to be tapped is valuable is shown by the fact that several corporations have already planned to build railroads in the district, notably the Phelps-Dodge syndicate. The Denver & Rio Grande expects to be first in the field. Several lines have made preliminary surveys from Durango south, but nothing definite was decided upon. Now the Denver & Rio Grande has stepped in and will build at once. Preliminary surveys have been made but the exact route has not been selected. Storm in New York. New York, Jan. 27.—New York is recovering from the effects of Wednesday's storm, which effectually put a stop to traffic and tied up some lines of business. Although the day was bitter cold, 15,000 men were sent out to remove the snow from the leading thoroughfares, and, aided by the men of the surface car roads, many avenues of travel are now open. Funerals have been suspended all over the city and the conditions at the cemeteries are such that no funeral can take place for several days. Russia Quieting Down. St. Petersburg, Jan. 27, 2 a. m.—Although the strikes in Riga, Libau, Kluw, Krefel, Odessa and a few smaller places are extending, the situation is nowhere acute, the worst trouble occurring at Riga today, when strikers attacked troops. An increasing number of workmen are out at Moscow, but there is no general tie-up or disorder there. The whereabouts of Father Godon still remains a mystery, although it is believed he is in Moscow. GOT EVEN WITH CRITIC. Wife's Arrangement Effectually Muzzled Captious Husband. A certain well known politician's daughter has a husband who is disposed to be critical. Most of his friends are men of great wealth, who live extremely well, and association with them has made him somewhat hard to please in the matter of cooking. "What is this meant for?" he would ask, after tasting an entree his wife had racked her brain to think up. "What on earth is this?" he would say when desert came on. "Is this supposed to be a salad?" he would inquire sarcastically when the lettuce was served. The wife stood it as long as she could. One evening he came home in a particularly captious humor. His wife was dressed in her most becoming gown and fairly bubbled over with wit. They went in to dinner. The soup tureen was brought in. Tied to one handle was a card containing the information in a big round hand: "This is soup." Roast beef followed, with a placard announcing: "This is roast beef." The potatoes were labeled, the gravy dish was placarded, the olives bore a card marked "Olives," the salad bowl carried a tag marked "Salad," and when the ice cream came in a card announcing "This is ice cream" came with it. The wife talked of a thousand different things all through the meal. Never once by word or look did she refer to the labeled dishes. Neither then nor thereafter did she say a word about them, and never since that evening has the captious husband ventured to indulge in criticism of his home dinners.—New York Press. "Mrs." Not Put on Tombstones. "Mrs." Not Put on Tombstones. "How often one hears the expression, "She just got married because she wanted to have Mrs. put on her tombstone." Now, this seems a very natural statement to the natural listener, says the Philadelphia Record, but, as a matter of fact, there are few tombstones that have "Mrs." on them, as very recent interviews with grave-diggers and church sextons have demonstrated, so the woman who intends plunging into matrimony with the idea that she is going to be known as Mrs. Jackson or Mrs. Blackson after death had better hesitate before she takes any desperate step. Even after death a married woman is only considered part of her husband's property, for out of several hundred tombstones investigated none had the appellation Mrs., while every one had "Sarah, wife of," or "Jane, wife of." When the investigator asked an old sexton well versed on tombstone lore if there were any tombstones with "Mrs." on them he replied: "Well, I've been seein' to the buryin' of married women for the last fifty years, but I ain't never seen a tombstone yet that had a 'Mrs.' on it." After the Votes Were Counted. The editor of this paper met the enemy last Tuesday and we are theirs in carload lots. We lost out and our opponent won in. The only way we can account for this is that he got more votes than we did. We are not lame, maimed or sore over the result. A number of voters promised to vote for us, but made a mistake on election day and voted for the other fellow—such is politics. Hereafter this paper will be more of 1 religious paper than a political one. We have to do something to square ourselves for the lying we have done in behalf of ourselves and others. We find ourselves now without friends, influence, money, credit or a meal ticket, and those owing us will come to our relief at once. No apologies or excuses will be received unless it bears the mark of the sender—that is, gold, silver or currency. We will be found at the Gem office during business hours, unless we are dodging our creditors.—Flagstaff Gem. The Warning in a Sneeze The Warning in a Sneeze. "As a general thing, sneezing is Nature's warning to get warmer in some way or other and quickly," is the gist of an article by Dr. W. R. Conant in Modern Medical Science. "The question of temperature and ventilation," he says, "is one of the most difficult winter problems. So much depends upon circumstances and individual idiocynery that it is hard to lay down any definite rules. An indoor temperature which is suitable for a vigorous person or one in active motion is dangerous for one who is delicate or sitting and doing head work exclusively. "As a general rule it may be said that a temperature that falls much below 70 degrees at four feet from the floor is dangerous for sedentary workers; and any one who continues sitting when he feels chilled does so at the risk of his life." By-Low, Bv-Low. Here's the way she sang to me, By-low, by-low. As she held me on her knee, Long ago, long ago. Oh, yet between are long And their haunting specters throng. Yet I hear her olden song; By-low, by-low. A woman's intellect is seldom up to the standard of her conversational ability.