Colorado Statesman

COUNTRY PARTY RACE THE COLORADO STATESMAN LABOR SHALL BE FREE THE JOURNAL OF THE STATE THE WILLIAMSON MAFNER FNG. CO. WHO ARE WE? Africans, Afro-Americans, Colored People or American Negroes? J. W. E. Bowen, D. D., Ph. D., Editor of Voice of the Negro, writes on the Subject in January Number. VOL. XII. WHO A Africans, Afro-Americans, O Negroes? J. W. E. Bo tor of Voice of the L Subject in Jan (Continued from last Week.) Originally, the term "American" correlated with the terms "Europeans," "Asian," "African," "Australian," and referred simply to nativity or geographical location. Used in this connection, it was applicable to South America and North America, including Canada. But on account of the aggressive character of the civilization developed in the United States and because of its superiority to that of all other people on the Western Continents, and because of the predominating Saxon blood, it now refers exclusively to that country as a nationality and still more recently and restrictively to a political citizenship with no reference to race, birth or "previous condition." The individual units may be dissimilar in racial origin, or even foreign-born and anarchistic-born may become as full-fledged Americans as those "to the manor born." This is one of the flies in the ointment of American citizenship. "Naturalization is the act of receiving an alien into the condition of citizenship and investing him with the rights and privileges of a natural-born subject or citizen." The limitation of the application of the benefits of this land must never be based exclusively upon the race idea. The late decision of Judge Colt of the United States Circuit Court of Boston against the application of Chebain Sato, a Japanese idea that he deserved citizenship more than the colored (?) man because he, the Japanese, was whiter, uncovers a state of mind that unfits him for this exalted honor. He was not a colored (?) man! Third: We are called "The Colored People." Of all the racial terms applied to this people, this is one of the most colorless. In the first place, there is no such race as "The colored race." There are large segments of mankind who are colored. The statement sometimes made upon platforms where reference points to this people, that they are not colored is a mere rhetorical platitude verging toward senility. The word "Colored" is property interpreted to mean "Not white" so that the census classification of all persons in the United States as "Colored" who are "Not White" is reasonable This classification includes Negroes, Indians, Japanese and Chinese and others of dark pigmentation. It is pertinent to ask at this juncture whether the Japanese are "Colored." Why should the Negro monopolize the term "Colored." and call itself "The Colored Race?" It lies upon the surface that there is no such race as "The colored Race." The word "Colored" is a minor physiological term of differentiation and not a philosophical term that determines raceality. Further discussion of this hollow term would dignify it with thought whereas it is as innocent of thought and dignity as an infant's mind is of the power to comprehend Kant's "Categorical Imperative." Fourth: "Negro" and "American Negro." The uncolored historical and philological interpretation of the word "Negro" reinforced by a scientific study of racial characteristics lead us to accept the term Negro as a suitable designation of this large segment of the human race. The term "American Negro" may be used to differentiate the American brand of this species from all other brands and also as one of the many composite digits that make the one American unit called "Americans" or "The American People." Originally and philologically speaking, the term "Negro" meant "Dark't or "Black." It had no ethnological signification. Formerly it referred to "Color," today it refers to race and not color. From its original meaing a swarthy Arab, an ebony Egyptian, a sunburnt Moor, as well as a dark-skinned Hawaiian or Filipino could be called a "Negr." But such an epithet would not consign any one of these children of the sun to what is universally known as "The Negro Race." Further, the Negro race in America is not a black race. It is safe to say that not more than twenty per cent of this race in America are full-blooded blacks; the other eighty per cent represent all grades of admixture with native Indian and almost every brand of European whites, thus making them run from the bronzied color of the Patagonian to the bloodless and color- less face of the Octoroon. It should be said here that a few highly colored ones think that there are grades of honor in this scale of bleeching. Such a notion is puerile and destructive of moral and spiritual fibre. Nevertheless, this complexity of bloods in this new man's veins may account in part his racial vitality; thus overthrowing the ancient baby theory of a loss of the power of racial reproduction because of the complexity of bloods. A singular and heretofore unmentioned fact is to be observed in the reproductive process of this American new-comer representing [Image of a man in a suit and bow tie]. JOHN H. HARRIS REV. WILLIAM T. VERNON, Who has been selected as Register of the United States Treasury. December 23rd the COLORADO STATESMAN, without solicitation on the part of any one gave its indorsement and support to the appointment of Rev. W. T. Vernon, of Kansas for the position as Register of the United States Treasury to succeed the Hon. Judson W. Lyons. We believed then as we believe now that Dr. Vernon would fill this exalted and responsible position with marked credit to himself and to the race and would also reflect great on the growing West. Saturday Jan. 13th President Roosevelt selected Dr. Vernon's name out of a great many other applicants for the place and sent it to the senate for confirmation we have not the slightert doubt but that the senate will report favorably on Dr. Vernon's nomination as his ability and service to the party in the West has been of the highest order. Our Colorado Congressmen stood loyally by Dr. Vernon and will remain loyal to him until he is safely inducted into office. Colorado feels proud of Dr. Vernon's success and proud of our Congressmen and still more proud of our President in his selection. It is a compliment to the ability of the Negroes of the West and the COLORADO STATESMAN again says. "All success to you Dr. Vernon." We would be glad to have you come by Denver before going East to assume the duties of your new post in order that your friend here may compliment you in more substantial manner. the bloods of the nations. It will be observed that the children of mulattoes—father and mother—begin a reversion towards a darker color. This process will continue until their descendants are distinctively dark enough to admit of no question as to their identification with the Negro race. They never grow whiter and whiter so as to pass over the line impercepably into the white race. Where they become whiter it is brought about by an additional infusion of so-called white blood. The scientific theory of "reversion to the original type" has some difficulties to solve in this enigma. What was the original type? They started half and half. Why do they invariably revert to the Negro; or still more perplexing, they started more white than black, as in the case where both parents were Octoroons—making them one-eighth THE NEW YORK TIMES orably on Dr. Vernon's nomination as his ability and service to the party in the West has been of the highest order. Our Colorado Congressmen stood loyally by Dr. Vernon and will remain loyal to him until he is safely inducted into office. Colorado feels proud of Dr. Vernon's success and proud of our Congressmen and still more proud of our President in his selection. It is a compliment to the ability of the Negroes of the West and the COLORADO STATESMAN again says. "All success to you Dr. Vernon." We would be glad to have you come by Denver before going East to assume the duties of your new post in order that your friends here may compliment you in a more substantial manner. black and seven-eights white; and, yet, as the years come on and the descendants increase, a perceptable darkening of the pigment is seen. Why? Is the blood of the Negro more potent than that of the whites? We do not re-call seeing an explanation of this situation. It is manifest from these and other considerations that the term Negro is an important one and no classification of the descendants of the Negroes can scientifically be made that discards the term. The literary sweep of the term supports the contention of the appropriateness of the term. In French, Portuguese, Spanish, Latin, Italian and English it means 'Black." In the latter evolution of the race and scientific researches among races, while it retained its meaning referring to color, it was applied to a family of the human race of similar marks and characteristics. In the strict philological sense, there may be Negro-Jews, and Negro-Indians, meaning thereby dark or black Jews or dark or black Indians. "A tribe of Jews is described." says Brace, by Mr Tristram living in the Oasis of Waregla about 32 degrees N. latitude who were as black as Negroes." Here the final word "Negro" has an ethnological as well as philological meaning. These Jews are simply black African Jews; "African" because native to Africa, and "Negro" because black. Finally, this brings us to the heart of this discussion, viz: our most fitting race designation is "Negro." On a broad scale, the Negro race is regraded as comprehending the native inhabitants of the Soudan, and nearly all of the natives in the region of South Africa, their scattered descendants in the isles of the sea, South America, reinforced by that new, highly mixed and progressive element in the United States. Many have sought to show that this term is an opprobrious epithet signifying inferiority as well as suggestive of a period of numiliation. The suggestion of humiliation is well-taked, but this does not destroy its appropriateness ss a term for designating a large part of humanity. The appended interpretation, or the irrelevant idea of inferiority smacks of antebellum origin and is a pure gratuity. For ancient history, as well as present day history, enters a potent protest buttressed by well known facts that the fling of inferiority either in mental capacity or social output is nothing more than the prejudicial deliverances of minds still in the bonds of ignorance, and such deliverances though ancient, are without the adjunct of intelligence. This word, like the word "Black" is no more interchangeable with "Inferiority" than is the word "White" interchangeable with with "Superiority." The word has become spotted by evil associations. It is true in even literature and history as well as in ethics that "Evil communications corrupt good manners." NO. 17. Let the Negroes instead of bemoaning their lot and fretting because they are Negroes and trying to escape themselves by questionable methods, to say the least, in some places, rise up and wipe away the stain from this word by glorious and resplendent achievements. Good names are not given, they are made. Mrs. Booker T. Washington Lectures to Large Audience at Shorter A.M.E.Chrchr The largest gathering of people that has ever attended a lecture in Denver was present at Shorter A. M. E. church last Monday night to hear Mrs. Booker T. Washington of Tuskegee, Ala., who told of the advancement of the colored women, and in part she said: "I thank you for your welcome, and I assure you that I am glad to be with you. I was at Colorado Springs and I felt that I could not well leave Colorado without coming to Denver to see many of my friends of the Woman's club. The world should be patient with the colored people. It is pointed out that we as a rave have done very little, and that there have been some backward steps taken. But people should be patient. In time we will solve the problem and the women of the colored race will become useful and valuable factors of the country's progress. "I speak to you to-night as a woman and a mother. There is a great burden on the mother of the colored race, and much is expected of her, and rightly, too. Among the women of our race we have many still in ignorance, and some who are intelligent. We have those who have much of this world's good and many who have little. We have many true and virtuous women and some who are not. But in so far as they are bad, they are only human. "The influence of one good woman in our race is great. At Tuskegee we have 500 young colored women, and we are endeavoring to fit them to fight the battles of life. We send out these young women to the other women of the race to lift them up and make them better. The girls there learn dressmaking, mattress making, cooking, laundry work, tailoring, baking, poultry raising, florists' work, and the various dairying pursuits. When they finish they go to all parts of the South and gather about them groups of colored women whom they lift up from their sordid lives of ignorance. Our girls are anxious to learn, and work hard during their five, six or seven years that they stay there. They arise at 7 in the morning and their day is filled with profitable labor. "The colored woman has risen (Continued to 4th page) 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. --- CONDENSED TELEGRAMS All the foreign bluejackets who have been patrolling the foreign concessions at Shanghai have been withdrawn. The Topeka & Northwestern railroad, a branch of the Union Pacific from Topeka to Onaga, Kansas, was completed on the 14th inst. Sir Alfred Harmsworth, the newspaper proprietor, upon whom a peerage was conferred last month, has taken the title of Baron Northcliffe. Col. Robert G. Lowe, owner and publisher of the Galveston News, died on the 15th inst at the age of seventy. He also started the Dallas News. Representative Binger Hermann of Oregon will be tried in the courts of the District of Columbia for complicity in the land franks in Oregon in March. John H. Converse of Philadelphia has endowed the chair of homilettics and pastoral theology of the Presbyterian theological seminary of Omaha with $50,000. Mrs. Lucy E. Polk, the venerable widow of Col. William H. Polk, and sister-in-law of President Polk, was buried at Warrenton, North Carolina, on the 12th inst. Sir Thomas Lipton will build another yacht and try for the America's cup again. At least, he is said to be laying plans for so doing. "Three times and out" doesn't seem to hold in his case. James Brown Scott of California, professor of law at Columbia University, New York, has been appointed solicitor of the state department at Washington to succeed Judge Penfield resigned. Morales, the fugitive president of Santo Domingo, is a refugee with the American consul there. He wants safe conduct from the country, which will be granted if he resigns from office. Morales' leg is broken. Secretary Bonaparte approved the sentence of dismissal imposed by court mortal at Annapolis in the case of Midshipman Trennor Coffin on conviction of hazing and ordered his dismissal from the academy. The first Methodist and Trinity Methodist churches of Chicago contemplate the erection of a skyscraper building to cost a million dollars and to contain a huge auditorium to be used for church purposes. The new estimates of the cotton crop of Mexico reduce the amount to 80,000 bales, which shows far less than was at first anticipated. Much cotton may be lost in the Laguna district, owing to the scarcity of pickers. Operations have been begun in Homestead borough, Pennsylvania, for the erection of the large steel mills recently authorized by the United States Steel corporation. An expenditure of $7,000,000 will be made. J. C. Napier, the negro lawyer and banker of Nashville, who was recently offered the position of United States consul at Bahia, Brazil, called on the President and thanked him for the proposed appointment, but declined it. At the funeral of President Harper, late head of the University of Chicago, on the 14th instant, the floral tributes included wreaths from President Roosevelt, Emperor William of Germany and many other distinguished persons. Sir Edwin Cornwall, chairman of the London County Council, has issued to the press a proposal for an international congress of representatives of capitals having over 500,000 population to meet annually for the discussion of municipal methods. Secretary Taft has been for several weeks endeavoring to reduce his weight and announced that when he began the treatment he weighed $314\%$ pounds. Now he weighs $294\%$ pounds, a reduction attained principally through a careful diet. General Nogi, who has just arrived at Tolio from Manchuria, was given a popular reception similar in enthusiasm to that accorded Admiral Togo. Cheering crowds lined the streets as the general and his staff drove in imperial carriages to the palace. John A. McCall, former president of the New York Life Insurance Company, has mortgaged his palatial home at Long Branch for $150,000 and given his check for $85,000 to replace the sum of $235,000 intrusted to Andrew Hamilton for political purposes. Mexico, through her representative now in Philadelphia, Senor Francisco Valdez, has concluded a contract with the Philadelphia mint, under which the mint is to coin $4,000,000 worth of gold which Mexico has been accumulating for nearly two years. The high price of silver makes this a favorable time to dispose of silver dollars. John Houston, M. P., for Nelson, who disappeared a few months ago and was later located at Goldfield, Nevada, returned to claim his seat in the British Columbia Legislature. As a member of that body creditors are unable to proceed against Houston for a month prior, a month after, or during the session of the House. The Sixth United States field battery has just finished a march of 1,100 miles, from Fort Riley, Kansas, to Fort Sam Houston, Texas, making the entire distance in fifty-five days. This is claimed to be record time for a long-distance practice march of artillery. Both horses and men were badly fatigued, having encountered storms, floods and blizzards. The Cotton Association at New Orleans adopted the report of its committee recommending that the balance of the crop of 1905-06 be held for 15 cents a pound. A joint committee of bankers and farmers from each state and territory is to carry the plans into effect. Co-operation with the growers of sea island cotton is provided for, long staple cotton to be held at 24 cents. Details are made known of plans for a chain of municipal hospitals, which, when fully realized, will, it is declared, give New York the greatest system of free treatment for the sick that the world has seen. Mayor McCellan, former CompCooler Grout, Bird S. Coler, president of the borough of Brooklyn, and Commissioner of Charities Hebard are the leading advocates of the project. An estimate of the total cost is $75,000,000. CONGRESS BUSY SENATE COMMITTEE FAVOR NEW BUILDING FOR DENVER. OTHER WESTERN MEASURES Denver Men on Philippine Tariff Bill. —Brooks' Bill for Arid Land Experiments.—Heyburn Attacks Forest Reserve Policy. Washington.—At the first meeting this session of the Senate committee on public grounds and buildings Senator Warren brought before the committee Senator Teller's bill appropriating $2,500,000 for a new federal building at Denver. He found that all members of the committee, and particularly Chairman Scott, were very favorably disposed towards Denver, and he was authorized to report the bill favorably after amending it to conform to the estimate to be made by the supervising architect for the amount necessary to erect the building. The supervising architect is preparing this estimate and expects to complete it in about a week, when Senator Warren will submit his report and the bill will go on the calendar of the Senate for passage. It is expected that the bill as amended will carry close to the amount specified in the bill as introduced. Senator Warren was also authorized to report favorably his bill appropriating $160,000 for a public building at Sheridan, Wyoming. Prospects are now said to be favorable for passage of the omnibus public buildings at this session and should the bill pass early the action taken upon the Denver and Sheridan buildings to-day makes it certain that they will be included. Charles Boettcher of Denver, who has been in attendance daily in the House during the progress of the debate on the Philippine tariff bill, says that if the bill becomes a law, no more sugar factories will be built in Colorado and the ones now operating there will be built in Colorado, and the ones now operating there will close down in five or ten days. "The Philippines contain enough first class sugar lands to supply the entire world. The sugar freight from Ioilo to New York is 24 cents per 100 pounds, against 35 cents from Denver to Chicago. "Sugar represents mainly labor, and we will have to contend with 8,000,000 breech-cloated laborers who work for 8 to 15 cents a day, because they need very little clothing or fuel and live on rice, wild vegetables and fish. Hence competition without loss to us is out of the question. I consider the bill wholly in the interests of tropical importers employing peon labor." Representative Brooks has introduced a bill authorizing the secretary of agriculture to make experiments investigations in semi-arid portions of the United States to determine the best methods of utilizing supplies of water inadequate for ordinary irrigation and make the same available for agricultural purposes, in order to ascertain the best use of the non-irrigable portion of the public lands. The bill also authorizes experiments with machinery and implements adapted to the cultivation of such lands with a limited supply of water. Senator Heyburn delivered an impulsive speech before the Senate public lands committee, in which he arraigned President Roosevelt and in severe language denounced and condemned his forest reserve policy and the men who are putting that policy into practice. Heyburn appeared in behalf of his bill denying the President's right to create forest reserves, and transferring that power to Congress. transferring that power to Congress. Heyburn informed the committee that he would soon make a speech in the Senate along the lines of his talk to-day. It is expected that the public lands committee will report adversely upon Heyburn's bill, as the entire membership favors the President's forest reserve policy. Tillman Attacks Roosevelt. Washington.—The recent forcible removal from the White House of Mrs. Minor Morris was made the subject of emphatic denunciation by Mr. Tillman in the Senate Wednesday. His remarks called out remonstrance His remarks called out remonstrances from Messrs. Hale, Hopkins and Daniel and led to the abrupt closing of the doors and the sudden adjournment of the Senate in the middle of the afternoon. The speech abounded in Mr. Tillman's peculiar expressions and was characterized by many severe and exceptionally personal thrusts at the President. Professors Favor Football. Chicago.—Members of the faculty of the University of Chicago believe the wave of "football abolition" will not strike the conference colleges of the West. Dr. J. E. Raycroft, acting head of the department of physical culture, and Dean Eri B. Hulbert, head of the divinity school, and a member of the athletic board, hold that none of the Middle West institutions will do away with the game. "I know that we would not think of abolishing the game at Chicago," said Dean Hulbert. "It is by far too good a game to lose. Reforms are needed, it is true, and it is expressly for this reason that the football conference will be held." Portland Saloon Tragedy. Denver.—A Florence, Colorado, dispatch yesterday says: Anton Villa was killed and Dominoero Pafarilla fatally wounded at Bardino's saloon in Portland about midnight last night. Sheriff Joseph Essner, his deputies and the police force of this city were scouring the surrounding country to-day for E. M. Wheeler, white, and Abe Miller, colored, charged with the shooting. The search so far has been unsuccessful. Romney's Works Sell Well. George Romney is an artist whose popularity, although the man himself has long been dead, seems to increase every year. Eight of his canvases went for four figures during the season just closed, and one of these, which brought $30,000, was quite accidentally discovered—rolled up, much creased and solled with dirt—in a house in the north of England. Romney is believed to have painted nearly 1,000 works, chiefly portraits, and several that have appeared in the sale room of recent years have been brought to light in the most improbable places. Why Actresses Are Beautiful. Why Actresses Are Beautiful. When we are in search of really hardsome women we look to the stage and wonder why we find them there. A beautiful actress gives as the reason: "Women on the stage make it their business to become beautiful, which they consider as important as dramatic talent. They do not attempt the footlights unless they have some good looks and a good carriage. They improve their beauty by careful exercise, diet, study, a desire to please, and the pleasure they get from their work." Could Not Understand Objection. A writer tells this story of old-time Indianapolis: "The people living near a veteran pork packer's establishment stood the smells a long time, but at last entered a complaint. The case was brought up in a squire's court, and the defendant, after listening to the charges attentively, remarked in an injured tone: 'Well, it seems to me that any man who doesn't like the smell of a hog is just a leetle too good for Indianapolis.'" "Pie" and "Pica." Printers' "pie" and the well-known American food staple of the same name have common philological origin. A writer in the London Chronicle says: "All the 'pie' seem to go back to the original one, the magpie—in Latin, 'pica'—from whose black-and-white aspect come 'pied' and 'plebald.' The old ordinal or service book was called 'pica' or 'pie' because of the appearance of the black-letter type on the white page; and the edible pie, having equally mixed contents, may have been christened this by mediaeval humor Printers' language retains both 'pica' for a kind of type and 'pie' for type all jumbled up." Force of Habit. Until 1898, when the railroad was built, all communication with a little frontier town on the Rainy River, in Canada, had never even seen a locomotive. When the railroad was finished and the first engine came puffing into the little town, a tall, manly looking lad stepped out of the crowd that was watching the approach of the train and called out to the engineer. "Throw me the line and I'll snub her for you." A Wise Suggestion. "Elss and make up's the suggestion; For the order this reason I make up; If the latter cannot first, why, the kissing Would probably spoil all the make-up! Baltimore American. Coal in Spitzbergen. In the ice-covered mountains of Spitzbergen coal has been discovered. Weiner's Saloon, 19th and Arapahoe. We treat the boys right. I. N. ROGERS. I.N. Rogers & Son, UNDERTAKERS & EMBALMERS Dr. P. E. Spratlin, Office, 49 Good Block. Telephone Red 808. Hours: 9 to 11 a.m. 1 to 4 p.m. 7 to 9 p.m. Bos: 2226 Clarkson St. Tel. York 123 THE BEST ICE CREAM AND CANDIES AT CATERERS and CONFECTIONERS. PHONE 168. 1512 Curtis St. Denver, Colo. J. MALONE TILDON, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR-AT-LAW NOTARY PUBLIC. 207 Kittredge Bldg. 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GINSENG INFORMATION RELATING TO THE RICHEST PRODUCT OF THE SOIL. Professor Howard of the Missouri State Agricultural College says: "I advise American farmers to cultivate Ginseng. Big profits are realized. It is easily grown." A bulletin by the Pennsylvania State College says: "The supply of native Ginseng Root is rapidly diminishing and the price per pound is correspondingly increasing, while the constant demand for the drug in China stands as a guarantee of a steady market for Ginseng in the future." American Consul General Wildman at Hong Kong writes: "There will be little difficulty in disposing on this coast of all the Ginseng that is grown in America. Ginseng is a staple on the market the same as corn, wheat and cotton. The present market price varies from $6.00 to $8.00 per pound, while the cost of production is less than $1.50. There is room in one's garden to grow several hundred dollars worth each year. 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Eat Macklem Bread And Save Trouble. At all Grocers. Look for the laible "Macklem Bread" on every loaf. Ward Auction CO 1728-30 Arapahoe St. Denver, Colorado Private Residence Sales a Specialty Regular Sales Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. Furniture and bankrupt Stocks bought for cash or sold on commission. SPENCER COLD CURE. Paulins cure for Colds, Grippe, Acute Catarrh, Headache, Neuralgia and Fever. MINING EXCHANGE PHARMACY. Tel 991 1020-26 15th St. Dennis Gibbons Coor's Celebrated Golden Beer On Draught.. 441 W. Colfax Av. Denver, Colo. HITS COLORADO HOUSE VOTES TO REDUCE TARIFF ON PHILIPPINE, SUGAR. REDUCTION INCLUDES RICE Tariff on Sugar, Rice and Tobacco Made Twenty-five Per Cent. of Dingley Rate — Colorado Representatives Vote Against the Bill. Washington.—The Phillippne tariff bill was passed by the House Tuesday substantially as it came from the Ways and Means Committee. The vote was 258 to 71. Rice was made subject to the same tariff as sugar and tobacco—twenty-five per cent. of the Dingley rate—and one or two changes were made as to language. This result was attained after decidedly the most strenuous day of the present Congress. To many amendments which were launched and went to pieces in the storm of debate and against the rock which the House rules constituted, left much legislative wreckage and many records only useful for future political purposes. Republican opposition to the bill in the interest of the American beet and cane sugar and tobacco tried out its strength early and gave up. The opposition refused to affiliate with Democratic efforts. The strongest plea for "insurgent" support was made in behalf of Champ Clark's amendment requiring the differential on refined sugar. The minority sought to duplicate the House record made on the Cuban reciprocity act, but they reckoned without their host, as not a Republican opponent to this measure stood with them to overrule the decision of the chair. The Democratic substitute met with only the support of the minority, and went down under a vote of 231 to 106. On the final passage of the bill the "insurgents" demanded a roll call, that their record might be preserved. The representatives from Colorado voted against the bill. An effort sustained by the Democrats but opposed by all but three Republicans, was initiated by Mr. McCall of Massachusetts, to commit the United States to the policy of granting independence to the Philippines as soon as their inhabitants can be prepared for self-government. The bill admits goods, the growth of products of the Philippines into the United States free of duty except sugar, tobacco and rice, on which a tariff of twenty-five per cent. of the Dingley rates is levied. It provides that after April 11, 1909, there shall be absolute free trade each way between the United States and the Philippines. It also exempts Philippines goods coming to the United States from the export tax of those islands. Merchandise from either country is subject to the internal revenue tax of the country in which such merchandise is withdrawn for consumption. Durango Wants Quiet. Denver:—A Durango special to the Republican, says: Durango is going to be strictly a law abiding town. The City Council has concluded to work with the county authorities toward this end. To-night thirty representative business men of Durango appeared before the city council and asked that that body use its power to suppress gambling and to compel saloons to close at midnight and on Sunday. They also advocated the closing of houses of ill-fame. The City Council agreed to this, the mayor and every member expressing himself as willing to accede to the request. Mayor McConnell went so far as to say that when a representative body of business men appeared before a body with delegated power and asked for a thing, it usually got it and that hereafter if any citizen could show him where a police officer was neglecting his duty in enforcing the law he would have that policeman discharged. Also that if any member of the City Council used his efforts toward aiding the lawless element he would try to have that councilman ousted. Canon City Electric Lines. Denver.—A Canon City dispatch says: At a meeting of the city council Monday night, final action was taken granting F. S. Granger of San Jose, California, a twenty-five-year franchise to construct a system of electric street railways in this city, connecting Canon City and suburbs with Florence, South Canon, East Canon and the top of the Royal Gorge. Franchises have been granted by Canon City and all that now remains before beginning of actual work is the raising of the remainder of the $25,000 bonus which will no doubt be done by the end of this week. The institution of this system here means the expenditure of from $300,000 to $500,000 in this section and no doubt marks the beginning of an electrical trolley system which will eventually extend down the Arkansas valley from the Royal Gorge to the Kansas line. Bonynge's Railroad Land Bill. Washington. — Representative Bonynge of Colorado has introduced a bill to permit land grant railroads and purchasers of railroad lands to readjust their holdings into compact areas, instead of in checker board alternate sections, as at present. The bill provides that holders of railroad lands may relinquish odd sections to the government and in exchange therefor select an equal area of even numbered sections. In case the lands so selected are more valuable than the lands relinquished, such owners shall be required to pay the government the difference between the value of the lands relinquished and those selected. Will Attack Mutineers. St. Petersburg.—In order to put an end to the intolerable condition of affairs in Manchuria, the military council has instructed General Linevitch to forthwith send General Stackelberg to attack the bodies of mutinous soldiers in the rear, while General Zakimsky attacks them from the front. MARSHALL FIELD DEAD. Greatest of American Merchants Viotim of Pneumonia New York.—Marshell Field, the millionaire Chicago merchant, died at the Holland house at 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, after an eight-day's illness of pneumonia. Death came peacefully, while members of the family who had been in almost constant attendance for several days were gathered around the deathbed. They, as well as the dying merchant himself, were prepared for the end. For days they had been swaed between hope and fear, but when the alarming turn came to-day, after the remarkable rally of yesterday, it was recognized that the end had been only briefly deferred. Those who were present when the merchant prince died were Mrs. Marshall Field, Mrs. Marshall Field, Jr., August N. Eddy, Catherine Eddy, Mrs. Henry Dibblee, Robert T. Lincoln and Mrs. Preston Gibson. Marshall Field was without question the greatest and most successful merchant of his generation, and he was one of the world's richest men, his wealth being estimated at anywhere from $100,000,000 to $200,000,000. He was a native of Conway, Massachusetts, where he was born in 1835. His father was a farmer and Mr. Field obtained his education in the public schools of Conway. At the age of seventeen he became a clerk in a general country store in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, where he remained for four years. He went to Chicago in 1856 and began his career in that city as a clerk in the wholesale dry good establishment of Cooley, Wadsworth & Co. During the four years that he remained with this house he showed marked commercial ability and in 1860 he was given a partnership. The late Levi Z. Leiter was also connected with the firm, and in 1865 the two young men withdrew and in company with the late Potter Palmer, they organized the firm of Field, Palmer & Letter, which continued until 1867, when Mr. Palmer withdrew and the firm became Field, Leither & Co. This continued until 1881, when Mr. Leetter retired and the firm became known as Marshal Field & Co., as it is to-day. The house forged to the front very rapidly, and it is now the largest enterprise of its kind in the world, having numerous branches throughout Europe and Asia. Its remarkable success is attributed almost entirely to Mr. Field and his methods. He made it a rule never to borrow money and never to issue a note. He paid cash for everything he bought, not only in connection with his dry good enterprise, but for all his dealings in real estate and other investments. The great fire in 1871 was the only reverse ever experienced by the house of Marshall Field & Co. Its losses at that time aggregated over $1,000,000. In 1872 the wholesale department was separated from the retail store, and the latter now covers one city square and is located in buildings twelve stories in height. While building up the dry good store which has grown to such mammoth proportions, Mr. Field, who was a firm believer in the future of Chicago, invested heavily in real estate, and to the appreciation of this in value he owed much of his wealth. At the close of the World's Fair in 1893 Mr. Field endowed with $1,000,000 the museum now known as the Field Columbian Museum, for which a home valued at $8,000,000 is shortly to be erected in the heart of the city. He later gave to the University of Chicago land valued at $45,000, to be used for athletic purposes, and a portion of it is known to day as Marshall field. He gave large sums for public enterprises and charities. KANSAS TREASURY SHORT. Defalcation Amounts to Seventy-Eight Thousand Dollars. Topeka, Kan., January 16.—A total shortage in the state treasury of about $78,000 is shown by the report of Accountant Morris in the treasury examination just closed, according to a summary of the report prepared by Governor Hoch made public Tuesday afternoon. The report covers all transactions made by the state treasurers from January 1, 1898, to June 30, 1905, including the two full terms of former State Treasurer Frank E. Grimes and one term and six months of the administration of Thomas T. Kelly, the present state treasurer. The bulk of the shortage appears in the accounts of the office during the Grimes administration. Of the total of $78,000, $60,000 is due to the mission coupons from bonds owned by the state school fund and $18,000 is due to the loss of interwarrants issued by the territory of Oklahoma to the state of Kansas. Governor Hoch declined to discuss any action that he might take in regard to the result of the investigation. Former States Treasurer Frank E. Grimes issued a statement to night. He absolutely denies any responsibility for the shortage in Oklahoma warrant interest and says he is able to account satisfactorily for all the bond coupon shortages except $7,215. Mr. Grimes states that he is willing to make good any shortages he was responsible for. In his statement Mr. Grimes puts the responsibility for a number of serious discrepancies on C. R. Richey, his chief clerk. Rural Delivery Service. Washington.—A statement prepared by P. V. Degraw, fourth assistant postmaster general, regarding the operations of the rural free delivery service since its establishment up to January 1, 1906, shows that the total number of petitions received and referred was 51,690, of which 13,125 were acted upon adversely. The number of routes in operation at the date named was 34,677. More than one billion pieces of mail were handled by rural carriers during the fiscal year 1905, each piece costing a little less than $1½ cents. The approximate net cost of the 32,055 carriers in the service for the fiscal year 1905 was $16,871,733. "FORCE OF LIFE" PROMINENT POLITICIANS IN PAT- ENT MEDICINE SCHEME. CLAIM TO RAISE THE DEAD Officers Arrested in New York City—Investigation Begun on Information Furnished by President Roosevelt. New York.—Gen. James R. O'Beirne, for years more or less prominent in Republican politics in this city, and who has held a number of offices under the government, is given as president in the literature of the Force of Life Chemical Company, the medical director of which, Dr. William Wallace Hadley, and assistant medical director, Mrs. Laura M. Wilson, were on Friday arrested by federal authorities and held in $2,500 bail each for examination. The Force of Life Chemical Company for the last three or four years has maintained elaborate offices in this city. At present the company is located at 2255 Broadway. It has done an extensive mali business. An official of the company told the postal authorities that the concern had not less than 1,000,000 patents. The investigation leading to the arrest had covered a period of almost a year, and has been managed jointly by the postoffice authorities. Assistant United States District Attorney C. S. Houghton, Champe S. Andrews and John S. Cooper, the two latter as counsel for the New York County Medical Society. The federal authorities started on the trail of the Force of Life concern on the personal initiative of President Roosevelt. The power to raise the dead claimed, it is alleged, by Dr. Hadley, first challenged the attention of the authorities a year ago, when Postmaster General Cortelyon received a personal letter from President Roosevelt, inclosing one of the Force of Life circulars which had been sent to the President by a woman in Springfield, Missouri. In addition to President James R. O'Bearne, the literature issued by the company and the latest corporation directory, give the following officers of the Force of Life Chemical Company: James A. Tedford, vice president; Arthur H. Williams, treasurer, and Frederick H. Wilson, secretary. The directors are, besides the above: Edwin O. Keeler, William F. Acton, E. Virgil Neal, R. T. Bagley and James F. Pierce. Mr. Pierce was formerly superintendent of insurance of New York state. E. Virgil Neal, with Dr. Hadley and Miss Wilson, it is alleged, furnished the real brains of the concern. Arthur H. Williams, treasurer and director, is president of the Bankers' Realty & Security Company, a trustee of the Washington Savings bank and a director of the Co-Operative Building bank in this city. He lives in Mount Vernon. Frederick H. Wilson is superintendent of the United States Indian warehouse in this city. Mr. Keeler is said to be president of the Fairfield County National bank, vice president of the South Norwalk Trust Company and former lieutenant governor of the state of Connecticut. William F. Acton is described as president of the Norwalk Securities Corporation and late secretary and treasurer and general manager of the Norwalk Street Railway Company of Connecticut, and R. T. Bagley as president of the Consolidated Hoof Pad Company of New York. The concern is a Delaware corporation, organized in 1902. Its capital stock is given as $1,000,000. In the letter from the Springfield woman to President Roosevelt there was inclosed one of the stock letters from the Force of Life concern. It started off as follows: "By his mysterious control over disease and death Dr. Wallace Hadley, the eminent taumauargic panopthist of this city, has made the human heart beat again in the body of a woman rescued from the grave. And as a result of his successful experiment he makes the startling statement that no disease should cause death. He claims to have discovered the vital principle of life itself, the dynamic force that creates and maintains existence. He seems to have absolute control over human life and the diseases that attack it." Evidence upon which the complaints were based was secured through cprespondence with fictitious patients. Chicago University Wants Roosevelt. Chicago.—Talks of electing President Roosevelt as the successor of the late President Harper at the head of Chicago University has become strong in university circles. It is declared to have been one of the hopes of Dr. Harper during the last months of his life that the way could be cleared to have President Roosevelt take the head of the university at the conclusion of his presidential term. To bring this about it will be necessary to alter the constitution of the university, which declares that only a Baptist may be the president. President Roosevelt worships in the Dutch Reformed Church. Brooks' Rubber Bill. Washington, D. C.—Representative Brooks has introduced a bill authorizing the secretary of the interior to lease to the F. T. U. Rubber Company of Colorado 5,400 acres of public lands in La Plata county, near Durango, for the purpose of experimenting in the production of rubber from the rabbit foot brush. By the terms of the proposed lease, the lessees will be denied the use of timber, stone and other material found on the lands excepting for use in carrying on the experiments. The lands leased are at an elevation of 8,500 feet and are beyond the possibility of irrigation or cultivation. They are covered with a thick brush, known as rabbit's foot, which the rubber company claims can be manufactured into merchantable rubber. Mr. Brooks will make an earnest effort to secure passage of his bill. The Market Co. 1633-35-37-39 Arapahoe Street. FIRST-CLASS Fresh and Cured M Staple and Fancy Groce Fruits and Vegetables, Fish and Oysters, Game in Season. fish and Cured M ple and Fancy Groce Vegetables, Fish and Oysters, Game in Season. Fresh and Cured Meats Staple and Fancy Groceries Fruits and Vegetables, Fish and Oysters, Poultry and Game in Season. J. P. 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AND RETAIL Boarding House Special Attention . . . ed & Fuel Co. Manager, Wholesale and Retail. OFFICE: 1220-24 21ST ST. Denver, Colorado. MAIN 4271. LIQUOR CO. ERS IN c Wines and Liquors. OUR SPECIALTY. BADWAY. Do You Know A. Dameron has reduced his prices for all Dental work? Sets for $7.00; $15 Sets for $10; Gold $0; Silver Fillings, 50c up; Gold and g. ALBANY DENTAL PARLORS, DR. DAMERON, Prop. 1015-1017 15TH ST. J. H. WEICHHAND. Denver, Colo. COLORADO STATESMAN. It occasionally happens that papers sent to subscribers are lost or stolen. We advise you to ber when due, inform us by postal card and we will cheerfully forward them. Communications to receive attention must be newsy, upon important subjects, plainly written only upon one side of the paper; must reach us Tuesdays if possible, anyway not later than wednesdays, and bear the stamp of the author. No manuscript 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 postoffice in the city of Denver, Colorado. MRS. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON. The presence of Mrs. Booker T. Washington in Denver has given the Colorado Women's Federation of Clubs in Denver, Pueblo and Colorado Springs an opportunity of demonstrating their power, usefulness and hospitality. From the moment Mrs. Washington entered the state she has been the recipient of every attention which the power of the ingenious and whole hearted women of Colorado were capable of devising and bestowing upon their National leader and friend Mrs. Booker T. Washington is the Francis Willard of the Colored Woman's federation of clubs organized for the Social betterment of woman kind and colored women in particular. While in Colorado Mrs. Washington has been under the chaperonage of Mrs. Ida Joyce Jackson of Colorado Springs, President of the Federation of Womans clubs of Colorado. The receptions given to Mrs. Washington in Denver were of the nature to do the people of this city great credit and fitting to a woman of Mrs. Washington's reputation consisting of a public lecture at Shorter's church Monday evening to an audience of white and colored that filled every inch of space long before Mrs. Washington put in appearance, followed by a complimentary dinner given by Dr. E. L. Faulkner, A. G. Fallings, W. A. Halston, Ph. C. and G. A. Allen, Ph. C. at the New Rhine cafe which was a brilliant as well as a delightful affair. On Tuesday she was entertained by a reception at the home of Mrs. Irving Williams by the Woman's League of Denver and Tuesday evening from eight to ten by the Book Lovers club at the home of Mrs. G. A. McCullough 2631 Humboldt street. In her public utterance Mrs. washington has been conservative, sensible and inspiring. She sees a better way of directing the energy of the numerous women's clubs of this country and is pointing it out to the colored women of the land, in order that their influence and power may be felt in more direct and practical channels for race betterment. Mrs. washington goes from Colorado to California spreading the good work of organized womanhood among her sisters both white and colored. DEMOCRATIC IDOL EATING WITH BLACK MEN. wm. J. Bryan, Democratic idol of 1892, 1896 and I900 and perhaps again and some more ad infinitum is in the Phillipine Islands. But the distressing thing about it is he has set down to dine with Aguinaldo and touched elbows with people whose skin is much darker than Booker T. Washington. whew! but we expect to see the dark cloud rise over the solid South, to hear the vociferous thunder roll and smell pitch and sulphur in the Southern press. To see The Commoner, Atlanta Constitution and Memphis Appeal getting out extra editions drapped in deep distressing black and such words as "Horrid, shocking" printing" printed in leaded scare lines and an awful indignation aroused throughout the entire South at this dreadful calamity and disgrace perpetrated upon the Southern whites by Mr. Bryan's action. But O! inconsistency thou art a bird when it comes to accusing a Republican and excusing a Democrat. Roosevelt the president and man dines with Booker T. washington a man among men, and the proud South has hysterics and Negrophobia fits. Bryan, the wants-to-be president and Democratic object of veneration eats with darger hued Filopinoes and the dear South is now as silent as the Sphinx and as dumb as a petrified oyster in cold storage. where are the Tom Dixons and tom watsons and John temple Graves? where are Governors Jefferson Davis and Vardaman? and where O shades of eternal nightmare is pitch-fork loose mouthed tillman that you do not arise and make the luried with your anethemas and dennunciation of social equality? Arise O solid South and shatter your Nebraska idol but no, the South is as calm as a last years cucumber on this important subject for Bryan may yet do the party some menial service. (Continued from 1st page) to her position not on flowery beds of ease, but has raised herself by her own efforts, for the most part. She did not have the advantages of a home training, for that was woefully lacking in the days of a generation ago. I can tell you of the work of girls who have gone out from our school and raised the whole level of the community. They are doing great work among the colored women and we have much to hope for them. The homes of the colored people of the South are improving. The children are learning softer manners, and these ynung women have gone back to their own homes to tell them something of what they have learned. No one has a right to judge a race by the ones found on the street corners. The progressive, intelligent people of all races are to be found at home, at work in gainful occupations. Our plantation sister needs help, and much is being done for her. "In city and country the status of the colored woman has shown advancement. They are learning more of how to take better care of their health, and they are building up sounder bodies to hold better souls. Education has become more general, and the young people are learning the beauty of finished work. The young women are being more carefully taught, and they are learning to act as well as think. The advance of the colored woman in America has been a marked one, and a new epoch is dawning with us, which will see the advancement of the colored women to the highest plane." VARIOUS KINDS OF DAYS. Word Said to Have No Real Meaning Without Defining Adjective. Five kinds of day are recognized, and it has been said that the word "day" has no real meaning without an adjective defining what kind of a day is meant. There is a civil day, the astronomical day, the apparent solar day, the mean solar day, and the sidereal day. The civil day begins at the midnight preceding mean noon, and consists of twenty-four hours counted after twelve o'clock; the astronomical day begins twelve hours after the civil day, or at the mean noon of the corresponding civil day. These hours are reckoned from 0 to 24. It will be seen, therefore, that while 10hr. 12min. January 1st astronomical time, is also 10hr. 12min. January 1st civil time, yet 22hr. 12min., January 1st astronomical time, is also 10hr. 12min. a. m., January 2nd civil time. There are many anomalies growing out of this use of the civil day, and there are many arguments in favor of using the astronomical day. It is one of the reforms which undoubtedly will come some time. OVEER ABODES OF SAVAGES OUTDOOR SPORTS IN ENGLAND MINE OF RAINBOW WOOD TAKING A CHINESE OATH ELEGY OF CITY BACKYARD Waldemar Jochelson, the Russian scoutist, who has recently returned to the United States from Siberia, where he spent two years as head of the Jesup expedition, tells many interesting things of the maritime Koryaks, living in scattered villages along the shores south of the Behring and Okhotsk seas. A striking and characteristic phase of Koryak life, according to Mr. Jochelson, is their peculiar hour-glass-like houses. These are remarkable subterranean habitations, having a fetid atmosphere almost unbearable to the white traveler. From a distance one of the houses has the appearance of some huge inverted funnel arising out of a snowbank. The craterlike top, besides forming a roof, is used as a general storing place for food and all sorts of articles. It slopes downward to an aperture in the center, which serves as a smoke hole, ventilator and passageway below. A number of logs arranged in a circuit support the framework of the roof, the lower end of which rests on a secondary pile of timbers, forming the slanting walls of the interior. For nearly nine months the whole house is banked and covered up al- Oxford and Cambridge football is never afire with the flaming spirit of sacrifice and daring which our college game inspires in its champions, writes Ralph D. Paine in the Century. Football in the English student life is simply one feature of outdoor play, which draws its thousands also to the cricket fields and river. The American youth prefers his kind of football, just as he would scorn the notion of substituting the placid and tedious rivalry of cricket for the swift crisis compressed with nine sharp innings of baseball. From his standpoint, something vital is missing from sport where players can find cheerfulness in defeat and where onlookers arouse to no more enthusiasm than at a matinee. When an American crew is training for a Henley invasion, or a track team dares try conclusions with the flower of Oxford and Cambridge, it would be rank disloyalty not to strain every effort, at whatever sacrifice, to be as fit as possible. On the other hand, English athletes have allowed the visitors to beat them The collecting of rainbow wood is a comparatively new industry in Maine. Though the dwellers along the seaboard have known for years that driftwood picked up from the salt water gave out iridescent tints when burned in open grates, they attached no value to the coloring of the flames until the summer visitors came down east and changed the picking of driftwood from an occupation akin to idleness into a profitable calling. For five years the whole coast line of Penobscot bay has been scoured in quest of wood, and when the supply grew scarce and the prices advanced from $10 to $25 a cord, a Boston chemist grew rich by inventing a powder which when burned with dry wood yielded colors nearly as bright as the genuine wood from the sea. This fall Emery Bowden, a farmer, who sold considerable driftwood in former years, went to the salt meadows at the foot of his field and began to dig a supply of muck. When he had excavated a hole about ten feet deep he came to a flooring of great In the Straits Times of Singapore appears a description of the way Chinamen took an oath before giving testimony in a lawsuit. "At 2 o'clock," it says, "all the parties were on the ground behind the courthouse with a large company of spectators in attendance. It had lain with the plaintiff to provide the fowls and he certainly had not followed the old scriptural behest that the sacrificial lamb should be the sweetest of the flock or the dove the whitest and plumpest in the brood. Two meager cockerels, whose original color may have been white but was now a drab gray, floundered on the ground with their legs tied and beside them lay joss sticks and little candles and a murderous-looking chopper. The interpreter having gone through the preliminaries, one of the Chinamen fixed the joss sticks in the ground and set them afire. Then in a businesslike way he took up the chopper and one of the birds and was preparing to cut off its head upon a loose brick. But the owner of the weapon (With no apologies to anybody, except the cat.) The curfew tolls the midnight from the tower; The air stirs softly from its breathing sleep. Then sinks again to rest; the mystic power. Of silence hath the world within its keep. Save that, from yonder whitewashed picket fence. The Tomcat doth unto the moon com- pLETE. Pouring his whole wild soul in one im- mense. Unearthly and repose-destroying strain. Sleep, gentle sleep! tired nature's sweet (oh, heaven!)— How shall I woo thee, charm thee to mine eyes? Is that a cat? I think there must be seen. Or eight, with lungs of most unusual size! Sleep, gentle (blank and blazes!)— where's my gun? My pantaloons? Where did I lay my ocks? most to the protecting roof with tons of snow, chinked in with frozen earth and debris. This brings the inmates at all times about ten feet below the surface. Undoubtedly the most astonishing and spectacular feature of the Koryak house is the means of entrance. The roof is attained by scaling a narrow split log, extending down from the top, having holes cut in it for the feet and hands. The interior is reached by descending another perpendicular hewn stairway covered with a slippery coating of grease and soot, which none but a native can successfully accomplish. The inclosure has a ground floor and is barren of anything in the shape of furniture. Large copper vessels for cooking seal and blubber and a kettle used for melting snow are the chief household utensils. The diet is limited almost exclusively to fish, half-cooked seal and whale flesh, with Russian brick tea as an occasional luxury. Some thirty to forty of both sexes, usually relations, inhabit one dwelling. Small skin sleeping booths, some six feet high by five in width, heated by a lamp in the center, are arranged around the walls. Inviably thick fumes of smoke and soot fill the room. time and again in such events hammer-throwing, shotputting, hurdling and sprinting, because these are specialties demanding careful and intelligent training for first-class achievement. Therefore the young Briton thinks they are not worth learning to do very well, because the work is not worth the cost, and there is no fun in it. Of football it is especially true that the Englishman would see no sport in a style of game in which winning form is to be gained only by prodigious exertion and a very martyrdom of training. In the ordeal of American football are bred splendid qualities for manhood, and a discipline which none will decry. That six feet of mighty youth should sob his heart out after defeat is not to his discredit and he will fight life's battles the better for it. He takes his sport, as he does his business, far more seriously than the Briton, and, with a fair field, he excels him in both. Yet he can learn from his cousin across the water that play should not be all work and that sport can flourish unmarred by eligibility squabbles. pine trees, which had been imbedded in the peat for ages. The limbs had rotted away and the bark and sapwood had gone, but the dry heart of the trees was as sound as in life. Kindling a fire about a log of this wood Bowden found that it gave out very brilliant hues of indigo and green. No sooner had he made this discovery than he stopped digging muck and went to mining rainbow wood. He loaded a schooner with cut wood and sent it to his Boston patrons, who paid him $22 a cord for the cargo asked for more. Since then Bowden has hired all the men who are willing to work and is digging out the trunks in his buried forest and selling them at fancy figures. The deposit of pine trees lies between the clay subsol and the overgrowth of peat and is fully six feet in depth. As the muck bed is more than a mile in area Bowden believes he can sell a half a million cords of wood.— New York Sun. was not going to risk the edge of his chopper and he fetched a plank of wood upon which to have the operation performed. "Then the executioner came down with a mighty whack upon the poor complaining cock and its career was ended. And so with the next one. Then the headless bodies began a ghastly dance upon the place of their execution until the muscles stiffened and they became stark. The Chinese will not eat a fowl which has been used for the purposes of this oath, but a grinning Indian watchman took possession of the bodies—heads and all—and no doubt revealed in unwonted abundance of curried fowl that night. "It was rather interesting to notice the haste with which the parties who had taken the oath cleared off afterward. If, as the Chinese believe, the gods are very touchy upon the sacredness of the ceremonial and quick to punish its infractors, the men seemed determined not to run any chance of summary visitation on the spot." B-lud, b-lud, shall greet the rising moon And phantom walls affront the crow- ing cocks! Peace, base disturber! wouldst thou rest in peace? Horrors! crescendo doth my prayer voke! Now look you, Thomas, if you do not cease I'll send you straightway to the saus- age folk! Be steady, arm! be true, my trusty!— Bang! !! The serenade hath ceased, the frac- cured air Reknits! his sutures; peace again doth hang Her laurels on the fence and pin them there. EPITAPH. Here rests his head upon the backyard pave— A Cat, to all the neighbors known too well. Good was he—but he sang! No power may save His speeded spirit from the pits of— the place where singing cats and other nocturnal musicians go when they get shot. —Robertus in Los Angeles Time THE DENVER'S ANNAL JUARY WHITE SA CSE ARE THE OPENING DAY Tuesday, January 2nd e of Linens, Sheets, Pillow Cases, adding. Monday, January 8th e of Women's, Misses', and Child r. Monday, January 15th e of Wash Laces, Embroidery, an DENVER DRY GOODS INNOUNCEMENT! THESE ARE THE OPENING DAYS Sale of Linens, Sheets, Pillow Cases, Muslins, and Bedding. Sale of Women's, Misses', and Children's Underwear. Sale of Wash Laces, Embroidery, and White Goods. THE DENVER DRY GOODS CO. ANNOUNCEMENT! Will occupy our new store, 829 Sixteenth street in a few days with an entire stock of Hats and Mens' Furnishings. Popular Priced. Dependable Goods. ECHERT-ELLSWORTH HERT-ELLSWORTH ECHERT-ELLSWORTH CO. THE TWO JIMS SOCIAL CLUB Denver's Favorite Pleasure Resort. Whist, Pool, Chess, Checker and other pastime games. PHONE 2275 MAIN. 1859 Champa St. Denver, Colo. The Brand That "BAXTER BULLE 5 c CI The Baxter Cig MECCA CAFE AND The Leading Colore CONDUCTED BY MR. A Special Sunday Dinner from Meals Served at all Hours. String Music Every Saturday Brand That's Always G AXTER'S BULLHEA "BAXTER'S BULLHEAD" The Baxter Cigar Co. Denver. Special Sunday Dinner from 12:30 to 3, 25 Cents. Meals Served at all Hours. Open Until 2 a.m. String Music Every Saturday and Sunday Evenings. 1918 Lawrence Street. WORTH CO. [Name] J. F. CLARK. IS Always Good R'S HEAD" SUGAR. Co. Denver. CHILI PARLOR Cafe in the West MRS. D. W. LACY, 12:30 to 3, 25 Cents. Open Until 2 a. m. and Sunday Evenings. R Phone Main 3785. CITY NEWS. C. S. Muse of Colorado Springs, spent Sunday in Denver. C. C. Maessenburg of Chicago, is visiting friends in Denver. Two new 4-room modern houses for rent. Inquire at this office. Mrs. Lawrence Stephen left Thursday for New York to join her husband. Mrs. L. Williams of 2263 Lincoln avenue, has a severe attack of typhoid fever. Columbine Court of Calanthe will give a grand entertainment February 15. S. W. Grant of 2263 Lincoln avenue, is confined to his room with rheumatism. Mrs. Lillian Foster of 2810 Arapahoe street, has a severe attack of rheumatism. John Morris of Idaho Spring, Colo., is in the city on business connected with his mines. J. C. Porter, the mail carrier was off duty a few days this week on account of rheumatic trouble. Mrs. J. E. McHenry and Mrs. S. P. McBeth were pleasant callers at this office Thursday afternoon. A. Graves and W. Perry of Omaha, were among the many interesting callers at this office last Saturday. Don't forget February 15th is the date of the big entertainment to be given by Columbine Court of Calanthe. E. F. C. Beecham Ph. C., of St. Louis, arrived in the city Monday to accept a position at the Ideal Pharmacy. We again remind you of your indebtedness for this paper. Don't neglect the important duty of paying up. Don't forget the date of the Knights of Pythias entertainment and grand ball at East Turner hall, Thursday, Jan. 25. Mrs. Essie Winters of Tonapa, Nev. is in the city the guest of her mother Mrs. Georgia Crockett, of 2240 Lawrence Si. Mr and Mrs. A. J. Bryant of Silverton, passed through the city this week enroute home from a visit to relatives and friends in Texas. Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Fallings of 1919 Clarkson street, entertained Thursday night in honor of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Bryant of Silverton, Colo. Keep off the date of February 12th its taken by Rocky Mountain Lodge No 2320, G. U. O. of O. F. for a big entertainment at East Turner hall. Mrs. C. E. Jackson of Aspen, Colo. passed through the city this week enroute to St. Louis and Chicago, where she will spend a couple of months with relatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Gist of 2810 Arapahoe street, entertained a number of their friends at cards Tuesday evening. A sumpteous repast was served and the affair was enjoyed by all. Mrs. Jane Pernell died last Thursday morning at the home of her daughter. Mrs. E. D. Fountain, on Gaylord street, Deceased was 82 years old and leaves 3 children and 2 grand-children to mourn her loss. The ladies of Campbell A. M. E. church, 23rd and Lawence streets, are arranging for a Woman's Day, Sunday, February 11, at which time they hope to raise one hundred dollars. A special program will be presented during the day and some of the best talent in the city will participate. The Elks have again made good their reputation of entertaining tremendous crowds, as East Tnner hall was packed last Thursday night at the Mask ball. The Elks are a jolly herd and they always sustain their great reputation as entertainers. The fact of the matter is the committees never leave anything undone to achieve success. The Womens League tendered a reception at the beautiful home of Mrs Irvin Williams, 2229 Arapahoe street; Tuesday afternoon in honor of Mrs Booker T. Washington. The house was very beautifully decorated for the occasion and a large number was present to pay honor to the distinguished guest, who delivered an interesting address to the body. Book Lovers' Club Entertains at a Swell Reception in Honor of Mrs. Booker T. Washington and Mrs. Ida Joyce-Jackson The beautiful home of Mr. and Mrs. G. A. McCullough, 2631 Humboldt St., was the scene of one of the most elaborate appointed receptions ever given in Denver on last Tuesday evening when the Book Lovers' club entertained in honor of Denver's distinguished guests, Mrs. Booker T. Washington of Tuskegee, Ala., and Mrs. Ida Joce-Jackson of Colorado Springs. The parlors were beautifully decorated in the club colors—Alice blue and Gold. The dining room was hung in maiden hair ferns and smilax; large bows of club colors decorated the table in the center of which was a mound of white roses. During the evening over a hundred of Denver's most distinguished citizens called to pay their respects to the honored guests. The ladies of the club set a high standard by the courteous attention given all guests. They were assisted by Misses Leona Troutman, Virgie Webster, Charlotte Ensley, Martha Hubbard and Lola and Bessie Jacobs. Mrs. Washington delivered a short talk on "Settlement Work Among Colored Women." The Centennial Mandolin and Guitar club dispersed music throughout the evening. Mrs. Booker T. Washington Entertained at Dinner Party by Ex- Students of Tuskegee. Last Monday night after the lecture at Shorter A. M. E. church Messrs. E. L. Faulkner, M. D. A. G. Fallings, W. A. Halston, Ph. C., G. A. Allen, Ph. C., former students of Tuskegee, gave a dinner at the Rhine Cafe complimentary to Mrs. Booker T. Washington. Other guests present were Mrs. Ida Joyce-Jackson of Colorado Springs, Mrs. Ida DePriest, Mrs. A. G. Fallings and Mr. and Mrs. Jos. D. D. Rivers. The private dining room was very tastily decorated as was also the large extension table which bore a large bouquet of American beauties as a centre piece around which was circled a wreath of ferns carnations and roses, while the guests were enjoying the sumptuous repast they were delighted with choice selections of vocal and instrumental music. As a souvenir, each lady was presented with a beautiful bouquet. The cards bearing the following menu will serve as a momento to this enjoyable feast. Celery Olives Salted Almonds Broiled White Fish Braised Sweetbreads Mushroom Sauce Roast Colorado Turkey Fine Herb Dressing Cranberry Sauce Mashed White Potatoes French Peas Candied Sweet Potatoes Stewed Tomatoes Fruit Salad Tutti-Frutti Ice Cream Social Cake Coffee Local Notices. Hair cut 15 cents, 1847 Blake street A 6-room house for rent. Newly papered; with $50 range and 30 gallon tank. Inquire at this office. The Paxton, 1841 Lawrence street. Furnished rooms $1.50 week up. Also nice transient rooms cheap. Nicely furnished or unfurnished rooms for rent at 2810 Arapahoe street. Prices reasonable. Mrs. S. J. Buchanan. For rent, two nice rooms at 2227 Lincoln avenue. Bath and gas. MRS. H. W. WADE LADIES OR GENTLEMEN WANTED, everywhere; $3.00 a day selling our toilet goods. Write at once. Send 5 cents for catalogue. C. H. Brown Toilet Company, 5711 Wabash Ave., Chicago, Ill. For good things to eat and quick service go to HERRON'S WAFFLE HOUSE 1831 Arapahoe street. Best lunch in the city served at noon for 10 cents. Sound Reasoning "Sambo," said the owner of a country place to his gardner, "concerning that tree I wanted you to cut down, my wife thinks it had better be allowed to stand." "Well, Ah think it ought ter come down, Massa Brown," was the reply. "What are your reasons for thinking so, Sambo?" "We—ll, sir, de first reason am dat de tree done keep de light off de greenhouse; de secon' reason am dat it's gettin' old, and de third reason am dat I cut it down last night."—Harper's Weekly. GENERAL SALE WIND-UP GENERAL SALE WIND-UP Entire stock men's winter merchandise to go, and is going a-humming. Cut prices are doing it. Others are saving money this way. Our Fine High Grade Suits and Overcoats Up to $25.00 Grades Every garment a standard make tailor on premises to fit you perfectly Best Trousers on Ear The PARAGON PAN $5 to $7.50 Values Every pair this season's goods, and Come and see them to-day. ent a standard make. No better to s to fit you perfectly without extra cost. Louwers on Earth DRAGON PANTS $7.50 Values This season's goods, and fit better than them to-day. THE Johnson-Noel Co. 1005 16TH ST. OPP. TABOR GRAND. K. OF Entertainment AND BAL GIVEN BY Bridge No. 5, Knights ST TURNER HALL DAY, JANUARY 21 me and all; Bring your B nts served by Columbia Calanthe No. 279. By Harris' Full On CE OF ARRANGEMENTS:—L. Penson, R. M, Grigsby, C. W, Yo Yaylor, Chairman. Every garment a standard make. No better to be had, and a tailor on premises to fit you perfectly without extra cost to you. Best Trousers on Earth The PARAGON PANTS $5 to $7.50 Values Every pair this season's goods, and fit better than $10 tailor-made. Come and see them to-day. Entertain AND H GIVEN Damon Lodge No. 5, EAST TURN THURSDAY, JANU Come one and all; Br Refreshments served by Calanthe N Music by Harris' COMMITTEE OF ARRANGE Harris, W. H. Penson, R. M. Grig Clay; J. W. Taylor, Chairman. Entertainment AND BALL Come one and all; Bring your Best Girl. Refreshments served by Columbine Court of Calanthe No.279. Music by Harris' Full Orchestra. COMMITTEE OF ARRANGEMENTS:—L. P. Wood, B. F. Harris, W. H. Penson, R. M. Grigsby, C. W. Young, James G. Clay; J. W. Taylor, Chairman. Admission 35 Cents. Oh Say! Don't Forget the Date Don't Forget Oh Say! Don't Forget the Date. The late Ralph T. Holt of Keene N. H., who served many terms as sheiff of the county, had a habit of using the words "By the way" before ad dressing a person or commencing a conversation. One morning in the sixties, in opening a session of the court, the sheriff arose from his seat and in his usual dignified manner proceeded according to the custom by repeating the following. "Hear, ye. Hear, ye. All ye who have anything to do with the court of common pleas, come forward and you shall be heard according to law." At this point he sat down and remained seated for nearly a minute, then suddenly springing to his feet and looking fixedly at the judge, he excclaimed: "By the way, God save the state." Oldest English Working Clock. Peterborough cathedral has the oldest working clock in England. This timepiece was erected about 1320 and is without doubt the work of some monastic clockmaker. It is the only one now known that is wound up over an old wooden wheel. This wheel is about twelve feet in circumference and the galvanized cable, about 300 feet in length, supports a leaden weight of three hundred-weight, which has to be wound up daily. Chinese View of Law. A San Francisco Chinaman, with the sententiousness of his kind, after some experience of American law, once remarked: "Chinese law, first-class; man killee man, China, head off; no ketchee him, somebody head off, mebebee cousin head off. English law, second-class; him ketchee man, mebebee allee same head off. Mexican law, no good; too muchee slupeme court." 50c @ $1 Neckwear Cut to 35c KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS F.C.B. OF P. Enment BALL N BY , Knights of Pythias, NER HALL, JUARY 25, 1906. Bring your Best Girl. by Columbine Court of No. 279. ' Full Orchestra. EMENTS:—L. P. Wood, B. F. rigsby, C. W. Young, James G. Forget the Date. EASY TO START A REVOLUTION. Difficulties American Companies Have in South America. "One of the troubles in running a business in any of the South American states is to know who is going to be on top next day," said a stockholder in an American company. "When a company is organized a certain sum is set aside for 'graft,' but one can't always tell how to pay it out to the best advantage. For instance, one of our timekeepers went to the manager one day and said: "Senor, I want the sum of $1,000 very bad." "Well, and what of it?" "If the company will give it to me I will see that its property is protected during the coming revolution." "You be hanged! The country is at peace and there is no hint of revolution. Try some other dodge to get your money." "Then the company will not advance me $1,000?" "Not on your life." "The man quit work two days later, and ten days after that he reappeared at the head of 200 revolutionists. The affair was in full swing. He had wanted the money to buy arms and bribe certain people. "Senor," he said to the manager. "I want $2,000 very quick and very bad." "Come right in and sit down while I ask the treasurer to make out a check," was the deferential reply, and a quarter of an hour later he had it."—Cleveland Plain Dealer. A man seldom cares if his hair does keep on getting gray—just so it keeps on. The man who marries a wealthy grass widow makes hay while the sun shines. 35c @ 50c Half Hose Cut to 25c STED THE PARTING GUEST FAMILY ATE THE SAMPLES THE PILOT'S LITTLE MISTAKE ENGLISH AND AMERICAN WAYS --- PIRATES MADE FIERCE FIGHT WHEN ADAM WAS A BOY I had been told, when I left Fords Mill, on the Poor Fork of Cumberland river, at 11:30, that I could get a very good dinner at the widow Lewis' tavern, on Pink branch, at noon, and I rode along easily, enjoying the mountain views. I should have been there on time, but I missed my way, and it was I o'clock when I sighted the inn where I expected a good mountain dinner—and expectation was rosy, for I had breakfasted early and scantily, and had ridden all morning over rough territory. There was no hotel sign or other indication that the widow Lewis' was anything more than the usual mountain house of the better class—hewed logs half-way up, topped out with weather-boarding—and I rode up to the gate and gave the customary "Hello!" A tall, sallow woman appeared at the door in response. "Good-day!" I greeted her. "Is this the widow Lewis' tavern?" "Yes, it is," she replied, in a manner indicating that she was not pleased at being disturbed in that way. About a year or so ago, when a zealous evangelist and his band of followers came to this city, house to house visitation was one of the features in their energetic campaign in behalf of religion. During this household canvassing a Brooklyn woman unintentionally gave one of the tract distributors a peculiar opinion of the tastes of one family in this borough. On a certain Wednesday the tract man came to the door and with a bow and a prayer and a superior smile left his volume of religious pamphlets for the inspiration of the family. Not more than an hour later a business like advocate of a particular brand of biscuit appeared and left samples of a world renowned brain food, with the observation that any self-respecting citizen who refused to admit the charms of his new article was not worthy of the right of citizenship. Until the next morning the tracts and the health food reposed in peace. Miss Agnes Mahony, a missionary to Liberia, was visiting Philadelphia with two African slave girls that she had bought for $15 apiece. Miss Mahony's pictures of Liberia were somber. They were pictures of savage physicians operating on savage patients with pieces of broken glass, of men content and happy if their wives provided them with enough rice to support life on, of a climate so humid that a few months' residence there impaired the white man's health. She relieved the gloom of her narrative with a description of a pilot. This man was a character—a shell-back like those whom W. W. Jacobs describes in his sea stories. "The pilot," said Miss Mahony, "was once bringing a ship northward. The captain, toward sunset, bade him go below and help himself to a glass of cold tea. John Morgan Richards is an American who has been in business in London since 1867. In his newly published reminiscences he says: "I have often been asked as to the possibilities likely to follow when a young American comes to London with a view to acquiring a knowledge of business and ultimately establishing himself in England. Long observation has led me to the conclusion that an American's chances are by no means favorable in any line of business. American friends have frequently urged me to take their sons into my employ as clerks or travelers, and in no instance has the trial resulted in a satisfactory way. The whole conduct and habit of business in England is entirely different from what is usual in America. "The currency differs, the methods A Chinese dispatch vessel, the Chinghai, had a serious encounter with pirates some Cays ago, according to the Cheefoo Daily News, which says: "The Chinghai has been lying up a Tongku for the last six months for repairs. She is a gunboat of sixty toon register and carries a crew of sixty officers and men. She had just proceeded to take up her old duties of watching for freebooters when she observed in the vicinity of Yungkakao a suspicious native junk. The dispatch vessel drawing nearer was fired upon from the junk. The Chinghai, which has several quick-firing guns on board, replied promptly, bearing down upon the pirate craft, and a fierce duel began. "Suddenly seven more junks ap- "Can I get dinner here?" I asked next, not having been invited to light and come in. "When do you want it?" "Right away, if I can get it?" "Well, you can't," she said, decisively. "When can I get it?" "To-morrow at noon, plumb." "Good Lord, madam!" I exclaimed, can't I get anything to eat before that? "You kin git supper here at 5 o'clock," she said, with a definiteness that was painful to my feelings. "But I can't wait that long," I objected. "You don't have ter, stranger," she retorted. "Your critter ain't hitched, is he?" I was tempted to say something uncomplimentary, perhaps ungallant, but did not because she disappeared into the house, and I had no other recoonse than to take advantage of the fact that my horse wasn't hitched—Judge. But the family stood for advancement in everything, so the new food was doctored up with sugar and cream and sampled while the critics chewed and frowned their disapproval. That afternoon a man with a little boy appeared at the door and the maid announced the arrival of the unknown guest to the mistress. The latter, thinking it must surely be the biscuit man returning for his samples, and not recognizing her evangelist friend of the day before, summoned up all her courage to break the news of the disappearance of his samples. "We ate them!" she called down stairs, and as the stranger made no reply, "We ate them, ate them!" she shouted. Only the maid saw the horrified expression on the face of the tract man, but she will never forget, she says, the freized alacrity with which he grabbed his bag and fled precipitately from the homo of a family with such irreligious tastes.—Brooklyn Eagle. "After taking the tea, the pilot proceeded to munch a biscuit. "Now the captain owned a large monkey, and this creature sat drowsing in a corner. The pilot said "A gusty day, sir,' and the monkey shrugged its shoulders. "The pilot with affable gruffness went on: "The south light is away on the port bow, now, sir." "There was no answer. "But the pilot was persistent. He continued: "We'll be over the bar, sir, in an hour." "Failing to get a reply even to this pleasant information, the pilot went up on deck again, and, taking his place beside the captain on the bridge, said: "What a quiet chap your father is." of the people differ, and the conduct men is entirely dissimilar to what is observable in the United States. American youths are submissive enough, but greatly fail in the matter of reverence for their elders and for those who are really set in authority. They have no intention to be discourteous or rude in the slightest degree, yet they invariably seem to be regarded by Englishmen as too full of 'bounce.' "In my judgment tact and good manners are good capital and are as important as a good banking account. These very differences apply with the same urgency against the prospects of a young Englishman succeeding in the United States. The Briton's dignity and manner are apt to suggest to an American employer that he has not got any 'go in him.'" peared and all ran close to the Chinghai, firing on her from all sides. That the pirates were not frightened by her guns is shown by the fact that they actually endeavored to board the vessel, and hand-to-hand fighting followed. The battle took place at night in bright moonlight and is reported to have lasted about two hours. The pirate junks finally withdrew with the loss of three men captured. "Two men were killed on the Chinghai and her old wooden superstructure was riddled by rifle bullets. The decks are said to have been actually ripped open by the heavy fire. The three captured pirates are wounded. They were taken prisoners when trying to gain the deck of the dispatch vessels. They are now at Chefoo awaiting their trial." Always Staunch And True The Denver Republican has always avoided the fallacies and knaveries of yellow journalism, and its steadily increasing Circulation proves conclusively that its policy of telling the plain Truth without exaggeration or misrepresentation, standing fast for the Right, is heartily approved with growing force by the intelligent Public to which it appeals. To read it is a liberal Education, and the citizen who goes without it does a positive harm to himself, to his family, and to the community. In no other way can the investment of 2½ cents per day for that is all The Republican costs any subscriber—bring such rich results in that Knowledge which is both Power and Pleasure. Information, instruction and entertainment fill its columns and it leaves a good taste in the mouth of the reader. It stands for Law and Order in the State—for Peace, Prosperity and Happiness in the Home. If you are not already enrolled among its splendid list of Patrons send on your subscription and give it a fair trial at 75 cents per month for Daily and Sunday. UNION PACIFIC OVERLAND ROUTE THROUGH Standard sleepers and free reclining chair cars from Denver to Union Station, Chicago, every day. Leave Union Station, Denver, 4.35 p. m. or 10.20 p. m. The former is the famous one-night-on-the road train. Route—Union Pacific Railroad and Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway On your next trip East insist your ticket read via the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, and you will be glad of it. Tickets from any agent of a connecting line, or from J. E. PRESTON Commercial Agent 1029 17th Street, Denver MISS M. COWDEN Hair Dressing Parlor. Shampoo, Cutting and Curling. Scalp treatment, hair tonics, Hair Straightening, Manicuring. Stage Wigs for reut—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. PHONE 1797 OLIVE. 1219 21st. St. Denver, Colo. ★ Dealer in Coal, Hay and Grain. 619 27TH STREET. Express Wagon. Phone 2667 Red SO STRAIGHTENS KINKY or CURLY HAIR that it can be put up in any style desired consistent with its use. The Ozonized Ox Marrow Co. (None genuine without my signature) Charles Ford Press 76 Wabash Ave., Chicago, Ill. Agents wanted everywhere. F. H. PEPPER. DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF COAL and FEED. Telephone 2069. 1209 19th Street. Denver, Colorado. ED. LEWIN. Importer and Wholesale Dealer in Wines, Champagne, Whi'ries and Gigars. Manufacturer of Fine Cigars. Sole agent for the celebrated "Herbert Spencer" Cigar. Telephone 1396. 2400-4 Larimer Street, Denver Colo. J. W. Rummell, WINES, LIQUORS & CIGARS PHONE 3432 MAIN. 2257 Welton St. Denver, Colo. 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 2677 Court House Feed and Supply Co. DEALERS IN Hay, Grain, Flour, Feed, Coal and Wood. GEO. F. ST. CLAIR, MGR. PHONE 1667 720 19th St, Denver, Colo THE THOS. HOLLAND Lemp's Beer on Draught. Bass' Ale on Draught. Maryland Club Whiskey Guaranteed over 14 years old. CAFE OPEN ALL NIGHT 1744 Curtis St. Nent to Curtis Theatre The Denver Barber Supply Co Is the best place for good Razors, Shear Pocket knives, Comba, Brushes, P mades and all toilet articles at 1008 15th Street Telephone 842 Black BALFOUR BEATEN BALFOUR BEATEN LIBERALS WIN GREAT VICTORY IN BRITISH ELECTION. KEEN POLITICAL CONTEST Conservatives Lose Eighteen Seats—Balfour Defeated in Manchester District—Decisive Victory for Free Trade. London.—The political map of England underwent a striking change as the result of parliamentary elections held Saturday in thirty-nine constituencies in widely-scattered but important centers, in which the Liberals galanced eighteen seats. The Laborites who are counted among the Liberal gains, secured four new seats against Unionist candidates. In the eastern division of Manchester, Arthur J. Balfour, the former premier, was defeated by T. G. Horridge, Liberal. Mr. Horridge secured the remarkable majority of 1,980. This victory was a decidedly sensational outcome of the day's polling, and will, it is believed, enormously effect the elections, which will continue for a fortnight. Winston Churchill, Liberal and Free Trader, won the seat for the northwest division of Manchester from W. Johnson-Hicks, Conservative, by a majority of 1,241. Everywhere the Liberal majorities were increased, and the net result of the first day's contest between the great political parties was overwhelmingly in favor of the present government. Although only sixty-six seats are now filled out of the 670 required for the new Parliament which will meet at Westminster February 15th, the composition of the house, as shown by the results declared up to midnight, is as follows: Liberals, 39; Unionists, 14; Laborists, 6; Nationalists, 7. This includes twenty-four candidate who were unopposed and the two candidates elected at Ipswich Friday Political clubs received the returns by special wires, and everywhere the defeat of Mr. Balfour was received as a most complete surprise. Then as Liberal gain was added to Liberal gain until the remarkable total of twenty-two seats, counting the Laborites, out of thirty-nine constituencies was reached, it was agreed that the Liberal majority in the next Parliament would show the overwhelming decision of the country. Dispatches received from Manchester say that the excitement there was indescribable. Great crowds swarmed the streets cheering and demonstrating with the utmost enthusiasm. Mr. Balfour to-night addressed a gathering at the Conservative Club. He acknowledged the gravity of the disaster but predicted short life for the Liberal government. He urged the Unionists to continue to work for the party and the future reversal of Saturday's results. Of course, Mr. Balfour will find another safe seat before the elections are over, by one of the Unionist candidates retiring in his favor. Up to the present, however, there is no indication where the former premier will find this place where he can secure a majority which will enable him to take his seat as a leader on the front opposition bench. LIBERAL LANDSLIDE. New Government Continues to Gain in British Elections. London.—The Liberal landslide continues. Out of seventy-six contests Monday the Liberals and Laborites together secured sixty-two seats. The Liberal gains to-day show the surprising total of forty-two, while the Unionists gained one seat, that of Hastings. Two former cabinet officers went down before the storm of Liberal sentiment. Gerald Balfour, who was president of the local government board in the Balfour cabinet, was detested by a majority of 1,069 at Leeds, and Walter Hume long, former chief secretary for Ireland, lost his seat for South Bristol, while Augustine Birrell, president of the board of education, defeated the Unionist candidate at North Bristol. Lord Hugh Cecil, leader of the conservative free traders, was defeated at Greenwich, and T. Gibson Bowles, a Unionist free trader, lost at Kings Lynn, both being opposed by Chamberliales. Aside from the overwhelming gains by the liberals throughout the country, the immense majorities secured in the turn-over are causes of surprise to both sides. The labor candidates are showing remarkable strength, the total gains of the labor party Monday being seven, not including one socialist, W. Thorne, who, at Westham, defeated the Unionist, Sir J. G. Hutting, by a majority of 5,000. The composition of the new Parliament up to the present is as follows: Liberals, 95; Unionists, 31; Laborites, 17; Nationalists, 18; Socialists, 1. The total labor gains number 64, the gains made by the Laborites being classed among the liberals. Twenty-one London districts voted Monday. Out of these hitherto Unionist strongholds the Unionists succeeded in securing only five seats. Three members of the new ministry were returned by strong majorities—Herbert John Gladstone, secretary for home affairs, the president of the board of education, Birrell, and James Bryce, chief secretary for Ireland. The attorney general, Sir J. Lawson Walton, also received a large majority. Bryan a Moro Datto Duluan, Mindanao.—W. J. Bryan was to-day created a datto and saluted by fifty pieces of native artillery, after which he was conveyed along to the river to Datto Piang's palace in a royal vinta (a small boat), manned by forty moros. Here he received many presents. Mr. Bryan says it has been the most interesting day he has spent in the Orient. ORCHARD EXAMINATION. Charged With Murder of Governor Steuenberg in Idaho. Boise, Idaho.—The preliminary hearing of Harry Orchard, alias Thomas Hogan, on the charge of murdering ex-Governor Frank Steunenberg at the gate of his home the evening of December 30th, was begun Saturday at Caldwell before Probate Judge Church. After examining eleven witnesses, the court adjourned until Monday. The first witness was C. F. Wayne, who lives just across the street from the Steunenberg residence. He had done chores about the latter place and had just returned to his house when the explosion occurred. It put out lamps in his house and turned over chairs. He heard Mrs. Steunenberg calling and went out, being the first man to reach the victim. He told of asking him questions, getting no answer and of going for assistance, after which the dying man was carried into the house. Sheriff Edward Bell of Cripple Creek was the first witness called in the afternoon. He identified the prisoner as a man who was wanted in his county on suspicion of having had a hand in the blowing up of the station at Independence, in which thirteen lives were lost, said that he had a warrant for Orchard's arrest issued in his county, and that extradition papers had been issued for the return of the man to Colorado in case he was not convicted of the crime for which he was being held here. Deputy Sheriff W. R. Thompson of Cripple Creek substantiated the testimony of Sheriff Bell concerning the prisoner being the man suspected of having something to do with the blowing up of the Independence station and identified the prisoner as the man for whom he had searched with a warrant for a year and a half. Mrs. J. L. Martin testified that she lives about three blocks from the Steunenberg residence and that on several occasions during the last of October or the first of November she saw Orchard pass her house going toward the Steunenberg residence and that on one or two occasions she saw him with field glasses leveled toward the Steunenberg house, which he was evidently studying carefully. The testimony of Bert Bramlett, proprietor of the Commercial hotel at Nampa, concerned Orchard's presence in Nampa the day before the murder. Bramlett testified that Orchard left an unusually heavy vallise at his hotel during his stay in Nampa. This vallise was not in Orchard's room, as far as the officers have been able to learn, when he returned to Caldwell. Orchard Held for Trial Caldwell, Idaho,—Harry Orchard has been bound over to the next term of the District Court of Canon county without bonds for trial on the charge of murdering ex-Governor Steuenberg December 30th. This decision was rendered by Probate Judge Church this afternoon, ten minutes after hearing the testimony of the last witness in the preliminary examination. The defense offered no testimony and the case was submitted without argument. Moroccan Conference Opens. Algeciras.—The opening of the Moroccan conference Tuesday was chiefly notable for the spirit of conciliation manifested throughout the formal inaugural session. The events of the day were the gathering of the ambassadors and their executive staffs and the one hour's session in which the Duke of Almodovar, Spanish minister of foreign affairs, was unanimously elected president of the conference. The duke's speech of acceptance breathed concord and peace. It counseled the nations to adjust their differences and emphasized the essential principles of the sovereignty of the Sultan, the territorial integrity of Morocco and the open door. It was significant that both the French and the German delegations heartily seconded the remarks of the duke, thus foreshadowing the amelioration of Franco-German relations. Missouri Attorney Applauded. New York.—There was an unusual scene in the Supreme Court of the state of New York Saturday when Attorney General Hadley of Missouri, arguing before Justice Glidersleeve on the rule to compel H. H. Rogers of the Standard Oil Company to answer questions in the Missouri state inquiry into certain oil companies operating there, was applauded and cheered by the crowd in the court room as he concluded an arraignment of Mr. Rogers for the position he has taken in the inquiry. Mr. Rogers, he said, acted in a way to inflame the prejudices and passions of the common people. "I am not to blame," said Mr. Hadley, "if he saw fit to sow to the wind and reaped the whirlwind of disaster." Colorado Bills Introduced. Washington.—Senator Patterson on Tuesday introduced in the Senate the bill introduced by Representative Hogg in the House for the creation of the Mesa Verde National Park; bills which were introduced by Representative Brooks ceding to Canon City lands for park purposes, the creation of a Royal Gorge National Park, and setting aside lands for experiments in rubber culture; bills which were introduced by Mr. Bonyngue authorizing L. S. King of Denver to enter twenty-five sections of public land and a bill introduced by Representative Mondell for the endowment of schools of mines. New York Easy on Depew. Albany, N. Y.—The State Senate Tuesday afternoon, by a vote of 34 to 1, rejected the resolution of Senator Edgar T. Brackett of Saratoga demanding the resignation of Chauncey M. Depew from the United States Senate. After a debate lasting more than three hours and characterized on the one hand by Senator Brackett's unsparing denunciation of Senator Depew and the insurance companies, and on the other by almost every harsh criticism of the judgments and the motives of the introducer of the motion, the roll call showed Senator Brackett's own vote to be the only one in favor of the resolution. WHO SHE WAS SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF LYDIA E. PINKHAM And a True Story of How the Vegetable Compound Had Its Birth and How the "Panic of'73" Caused it to be Offered for Public Sale in Drug Stores. Farmers Say SLOAN'S LINIMENT Is the Best Remedy on Earth. Kills a Spavin Curb or Splint. Very Penetrating. Kills Pain. DR. EARL S. SLOAN, 615 ALBANY STREET, BOSTON, MASS. PRICE, 25 Cts. TO CURE THE GRIP IN ONE DAY ANTI-GRIPINE WAS NO EQUAL FOR HEADACHE ANTI-GRIPINE IS GUARANTEED TO CURE GRIP, BAD COLD, HEADACHE AND NEURALGIA. I won't sell Anti-Gripine to a dealer who won't guarantee it. 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CONSUMPTION This remarkable woman, whose maiden name was Estes, was born in Lynn, Mass., February 9th, 1819, coming from a good old Quaker family. For some years she taught school, and became known as a woman of an alert Yours for Health Lydia E. Pinkham and investigating mind, an earnest seeker after knowledge, and above all, possessed of a wonderfully sympa- thetic nature. In 1843 she married Isaac Pinkham, a builder and real estate operator, and their early married life was marked by prosperity and happiness. They had four children, three sons and a daughter. In those good old fashioned days it was common for mothers to make their own home medicines from roots and herbs, nature's own remedies—calling in a physician only in specially urgent cases. By tradition and experience many of them gained a wonderful knowledge of the curative properties of the various roots and herbs. Mrs. Pinkham took a great interest in the study of roots and herbs, their characteristics and power over disease. She maintained that just as nature so bountifully provides in the harvest-fields and orchards vegetable foods of all kinds; so, if we but take the pains to find them, in the roots and herbs of the field there are remedies expressly designed to cure the various ills and weaknesses of the body, and it was her pleasure to search these out, and prepare simple and effective medicines for her own family and friends. Chief of these was a rare combination of the choicest medicinal roots and herbs found best adapted for the cure of the ills and weaknesses peculiar to the female sex, and Lydia E. Pinkham's friends and neighbors learned that her compound relieved and cured and it became quite popular among them. All this so far was done freely, without money and without price, as a labor of love. But in 1873 the financial crisis struck Lynn. Its length and severity were too much for the large real estate interests of the Pinkham family, as this class of business suffered most from fearful depression, so when the Centennial year dawned it found their property swept away. Some other source of income had to be found. At this point Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound was made known to the world. The three sons and the daughter, with their mother, combined forces to restore the family fortune. They argued that the medicine which was so good for their woman friends and neighbors was equally good for the women of the whole world. The Pinkhams had no money, and little credit. Their first laboratory was the kitchen, where roots and herbs were steeped on the stove, gradually filling a gross of bottles. Then came the question of selling it, for always before they had given it away freely. They hired a job printer to run off some pamphlets setting forth the merits of the medicine, now called Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and these were distributed by the Pinkham sons in Boston, New York, and Brooklyn. The wonderful curative properties of the medicine were, to a great extent, self-advertising, for whoever used it recommended it to others, and the demand gradually increased. In 1877, by combined efforts the family had saved enough money to commence newspaper advertising and from that time the growth and success of the enterprise were assured, until today Lydia E. Pinkham and her Vegetable Compound have become household words everywhere, and many tons of roots and herbs are used annually in its manufacture. Lydia E. Pinkham herself did not live to see the great success of this work. She passed to her reward years ago, but not till she had provided means for continuing her work as effectively as she could have done it herself. During her long and eventful experience she was ever methodical in her work and she was always careful to preserve a record of every case that came to her attention. The case of every sick woman who applied to her for advice—and there were thousands—received careful study, and the details, including symptoms, treatment and results were recorded for future reference, and to-day these records, together with hundreds of thousands made since, are available to sick women the world over, and represent a vast collaboration of information regarding the treatment of woman'sills, which for authenticity and accuracy can hardly be equaled in any library in the world. With Lydia E. Pinkham worked her daughter-in-law, the present Mrs. Pinkham. She was carefully instructed in all her hard-won knowledge, and for years she assisted her in her vast correspondence. To her hands naturally fell the direction of the work when its originator passed away. For nearly twenty-five years she has continued it, and nothing in the work shows when the first Lydia E. Pinkham dropped her pen, and the present Mrs. Pinkham, now the mother of a large family, took it up. With woman assistants, some as capable as herself, the present Mrs. Pinkham continues this great work, and probably from the office of no other person have so many women been advised how to regain health. Sick women, this advice is "Yours for Health" freely given if you only write to ask for it. Such is the history of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound; made from simple roots and herbs; the one great medicine for women's ailments, and the fitting monument to the noble woman whose name it bears.