Colorado Statesman

MONEY SAVED BY PATRONIZING MERCHANTS WHO ADVERTISE IN THIS PAPER. THE COLORADO STATESMAN THE JOURNAL OF THE WEST. LABOR SHALL BE FREE RAGE COUNTRY PARTY WashingtonD.C. The Y. M. C. A. Fund is Growing. A Lay Sermon on the Lack of Opportunity for Negroes in Business Employments. His Duty to Make Opportunities Through Commercial Enterprise Just as the Jews Have Done. VOL. XIII, Washing The Y. M. C. A. A Lay Sermon on the Lack Business Employments. tunities Through Co Just as the J Special to Colorado Statesman: Special to Colorado Statesman: The subscription to the Y. M. C. A. building fund up to April 12th amounted to more than $9,000. A very good week's work, is it not? President Thirkiel of Howard University spoke to a large gathering of men at the mass meeting last Sunday afternoon. His subject, "The Hour Strikes," about which much speculation had been indulged, since its announcement was very aptly made to apply to the opportunities for enlightment which lie about us in every direction as well as the means of spiritual elevation which his hearers were exhorted not to neglect. The business end of the meeting was most enthusiastic and the statements of Secretary Moorland, showing the deep interest citizens generally are taking in promoting the building fund, were greeted with hearty applause. The headquarters of the Association on the ground floor of Reformers hall is about the busiest place in town these days. A regular whirlwind canvass for thirty days is being made and at the expiration of this period, May 8th, it is expected the amount desired, $25,000, will be more than subscribed. The first of June is the time limit upon which depends the availability of the other $25,009 subscribed by Mr. Rockefeller. I wonder if the Negro men and women of this country realize that their opportunity for work along industrial and commercial lines is growing wofully less and less with each year of their lives. This is a sad and appalling truth but the truth nevertheless and the quicker Negroes generally realize the fact and get busy, the better it will be. Now there's no need to say, that this is only true in certain parts of the country and that in parts of the North. East and West, things are entirely different. An investigation will show that where conditions are such as to constitute an exception to the general rule, it is because the Negro inhabitants of such section are the most distinguished citizens, because of their rarity. State Historical and N H Society, Denver, Colo SAVED BY PATR COLORA ington D. C. Fund is Growing. of Opportunity for Negroes in His Duty to Make Oppor- mmercial Enterprise News Have Done. Take any city or locality where the Negro population is about relatively as one to ten and not extreme examples, such as Washington, where the ratio is about one to three, and it will be seen that the line is being drawn closer and closer and that fresh evidence of the restrictive and prohibitive policy exhibited towards Negro labor is everywhere apparent. In this year of 1907, Massachusetts, the home of Garrison and Abolition furnishes abundant proof of this condition. Colorado, the land of wealth and golden sunshine, which invited the home-seeker from the East to people its prairies and exploit its richies, was not backward in restricting the scope of privileges, under pressure of an increasing Negro citizenship, and at the North an immunity from such restriction is fast disappearing with each advance in the ratio of Negro population. It has been said to us ever since the edict of emancipation, "Get education, prepare yourself" and with what alacrity this command has been obeyed, let the thousands of our graduates from the schools and colleges of the land give testimony. Being thus prepared the next thing is to find employment. Let those same graduates attest their experience. Counting houses and department stores are closed to them and all the great organized vehicles for the trade and commerce of a continent sweep by in their selfish mite and leave the Negro standing by the wayside with a useless diploma in his hand. It would seem that the great American branch of the Anglo-Saxon stem has about preempted every right and prerogative that is worthy of the name, and all other people, the Negro especially, may thrive as an economic force, only by grace of their permission. They concede the Negro the right to live, it is true but only under certain conditions and in a peculiar, well defined station. Tillman, Vardaman and Graves are but the more courageous and forceful expression of the idea of repression which is generally current and practiced towards the Negro by all elements of the dominant class in America. Accepting their theory of the rights, duties and responsibilities, which means an utter and complete effacement of manhood and self-respect, and the race problem arises no more to disturb the forward movement of our civilization. It is needless to say that this will never be accepted. The blood of men and martyrs flows in the veins of hundreds and thousands of our men and women to-day and this it is that urges them forward to demand not social recognition but an equality of manhood rights. Less than this they will not have, more than this they do not want. It should be conceded by this time by all sensible people that it is an utter waste of time to talk of colonization and deportation. Both are impracticable. Negro brain and brawn are indissolubly interwoven with the very warp and woof of American progress and achievement and he could not separate it if he would. He would not if he could. How then does the question resolve itself. Plainly, since the wishes of the dominant classes on this subject do not square with the feelings and aspirations of the Negro himself, he it is who must meet the issue, oppose a lofty and unfaltering purpose against the forces which would crush out every spark of his manhood and through organized effort and self-dependence, create for himself the opportunities which he does not now enjoy and which are essential to his development as a man and citizen. Looking at this matter in the light obtainable by a review of the history of a people in many ways situated as the Negro is, in his social and economic environment, we have no hesitation in saying that the chance remaining to the Negro lies in the pathway of commercialism and business activity. The people alluded to are the Jews and every one will admit that their progress along the pathway of American citizenship has been in no sense a procession of joyous triumph. They have been frowned upon, spat upon and barred from social and civic privilege and whenever possible, they are today made to drink gall and wormwood of caste discrimination, distilled from the noxious weed of American prejudice. Their antidote for this poisonous draught, which was constantly held to their lips was racial unity, integrity and business development. As a concrete evidence of the means employed to neutralize antagonism and minimize the unmanly and unchristian opposition to which they were subjected, go consult Duns' or Bradstreets' ratings and note the proponderance of the names of Jewish persons and firms and take note of the capital which they control. They are the money kings of Wall street and in every important commercial center, control and dominate the financial situation. This is the lesson the Negro must take to heart. It is their examples and if you please character too, that his best interests will be served by emulating. Stop clamoring and protesting by petition and resolution for fair treatment and against discrimination, but compel the one and nullify the other by supplying from within the race, every needful opportunity for business or diversion as its growth and progress may demand. A Jewish friend said to the writer the other day "I'll tell you the difference between my people and yours. You insist on going where you are not wanted and when we find out we are not wanted we don't go there any more." It is in such attributes as unity and pride of race and self dependence which should be the most cherished as well as the most valuable asset in any race—it is in these that the Negro character ueeds strengthening and building up. I venture to say that if the matter could be accurately analyzed, it would be found that nine tenths of the ills from which the Negro suffers today and of which he so strenuously complains are traceable to his civic and economic condition of absolute dependence. Mankind and the world at large admires and respects the man or race who stands to give and take with manly grace. The world feeds its beggers but the beggers should not expect to be seated at the council table. JOHN H. PAYNTER. MEETING ABRUPTLY. MEETING ABRUPTLY. While traveling in a coach a part seeing a colored gentleman asleep, thinking to have some fun said, "Here is a coon asleep!" awakened the Negro, whereupon the white man said, "I thought you were asleep." The Negro retorted, "I was, but coons wake up when dogs come around." "I was joking," said the white man. "So am I," said the Negro. Now they had come to understand each other, and what started out with out understanding to be a taunting sneer turned to be a real enjoyable joke. This Negro proved to be one of the ablest colored divines in Georgia. That white man is a shining light in the Legisture of his State. Imagine what a surprise it was to each of them, when they learned theike of the man they were talking to.—Warrenton Enterprise. James Parker, the colored man who made direct effort to save President McKinley from the assasin at Buffalo, is in the insane asylum at Atlantic City. Chicago, April 9.—The Evening Journal says that the mystery surrounding the theft of $173,000 from the United States sub-treasury here is cleared. The alleged thief is said to be a Negro scrub woman, whom the secret service officials have taken charge of and are endeavoring to get from her some trace of the missing money. The clew was secured from the display of a thousand dollar bill by a Negro in a saloon. New Orleans, April 15.—While about twenty white men were taking a Negro charged with attacking a white woman from the jail at Bunkie, La., last night, with the intention of lynching him, they were fired on by a crowd of Negroes who had hidden near the jail. John Dorman was dangerously wounded in the abdomen and two other men were wounded. After the shooting the Negroes got away, carrying the prisoner with them. A posse is in search of the Negroes. Pittsburg, Penn., April 4.—Andrew Carnegie, donor of the Carnegie Institute, which is to be dedicated here next week with distinguished guests from all parts of the world, does not draw the color line. He has insisted that the committee write Booker T. Washington, and by telegram the well known Negro educator has been "urged" to attend. It was declared tonight that Mr. Carnegie demanded that Mr. Washington be invited. While quarters for all the guests have been secured, it is not announced tonight where the representative of the colored people will stop. Samuel Harden Church Secretary of the Board of Trustees is in New York tonight to discuss plans for entertaining Mr. Washington and the other guests. Montgomery, Ala. April 6.—The baseball fans of this place are up in arms because the local management has made room in the grandstand for the Negroes, who form a hugh part of the patrons of the game. Petitions have been circulated protesting against the innovation, and every sort of pressure is being brought against President Chambers to have him keep the Negroes out. Many threaten not only to stay away from the game themselves but to keep others away, and the women are said to NO. 30. be very much opposed to the plan. President Chambers takes the position that the Negroes are entitled to the accomodations. He has had the section of the grandstand which they will occupy petitioned off from the rest by a wall that reaches entirely to the roof, and there is no sitting together. He said when asked about it: "There is no provisions for the Negro when it rains. He must either sit in the rain or get up and leave. The white people are allowed to go into the grand stand from the bleachers when the rain comes, but the Negro is not. For this reason I thought it only right that we should provide a place where he could go to keep out of the wet, and be able if the showers lets up to see the game through." It is not known yet, what the outcome will be. President Chambers is very positive. He is a Southern man believes in fair play to all who pay their money. NEW THOUGHT. "We ourselves are truly the makers of ourselves," for as a man thinketh so is he, this is a truth that need more and more to be impressed upon the mind of every person. The thought perception and discovery of truth, leads into the realization and power of truth. Truth is one of the most powerful agencies in the world in upbuilding the entire man. The effort of thought on character is one of the most potent agencies in developing character. The effect of thought on circumstances is an incentive to strive for success. The effect of thought on health and body is one of the most stimulating agencies in developing a sound therapeutic tone and excellent diatetic hygenic and physiological status. The value of thought on our purpose is to make real what we had only before wished. The thought faculty in achievement is really the power behind our efforts not only directing but concentrating them upon the one end of endeavor, visions and ideals are but ephemeral dreams until thought is put behind them, then that which before was efferversant now takes on a tangiable form. Serenity and the disposition to a quiet life lie in the province of the range of thought. Thought always tends to take form in action and it is easily seen how practicable this can be made and what a force it can become in the life of any one. "You will be what you will to be," is not merely a poetical thought but a practical truth. With a definite ideal in mind, believing it and working toward it, New Thought claims and proves that a man can make himself what he wills and this process of self improvement goes on infinitely. The Inter-Ocean Investment and Brokerage Co. AND COLLATERAL BaNK. 1436 Curtis Street, Loans negotiated, available securities (handled, cash advances made on all Kinds of collateral securities, Real Estate Loans a ‘special feature, | Business Strictly Confidential. Psp raeeateee ear THE BEST ICE CREAM AND, CANDIES AT O. P. Baur 8& Co., CATERERS and CONFECTIONERS. PHONE 168. 512 Curtis St. Denver, Ochs. For Fine Missouri Apple Jack and Corn Whiskey COME TO. THE OLD RELIABLE 24th and Larimer Sts. Louisville Liquor COMPANY. Joseph Berger, Manager. Phone Main 5848, Hours 9 te lia.m. 1 tod,TioGyp. m Sunday, 10 to 11:30 a, m2 tod pm. PHONES: OFFICE, MAIN 5598. RESIDENCE. YORK 123, DR. P. E. SPRATLIN, 1023 19TH STREET. RESIDENCE, 2240 CLARKSON 8, Denver, - : Colorado. J. T. JOHNSON, State Agent for Minnesota Grain Belt Beer Also Western Agent for D. Carnegie & Co, Swedish Porter, Gothenburg, Sweden, 1644 Larimer St. Denver, Cole, Eat Macklem Bread And Save Tsouble. At all Grocers. Leok for the la:ble “Macklem Bread™ ‘on every loaf, “gree TS Paso ee HAI CREO er 9 Paracas i = Always Staunch . > And True The Denver Republican has al- ways avoided the fallacies and knaveries of yellow journalism, and its steadily increasing Circula- tion proves conclusively that its policy of telling the plain Truth without exaggeration or misrepre- sentation, standing fast for the Right, is heartily approved with growing force by the intelligent Public to which it appeals. 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Pensions secured; Pensions and all legal papers executed and examined. Plenty of blanks for pen- sions under Act of February 6, 1907. PHONE 5530 MAIN. 205 Charles Block, Denver. L. Rushenenberg & Co Importers and Jobbers tn MUSICAL MERCHANDISE. TELEPHONE oLIve 023 nee PHONE BLUE 2167 Bigh Class Violin Repairing. 020 FIFTEENTH ST. SUIT 210 UPSTAIRS, Denver, - Colorado, pe oak pace 9 © hirst Parlors & J. L. PENNINGTON, Prop. Fine Wines, Liquors & Cigars TELEPHONE 018 MAIN. | 1768 Curtia Bt ‘Denvez, Coie ‘ T \ 4 NEWS OF THE WEEK Most Important Happenings cf the Past Seven Days, Interesting Items Gathered from Al! parts of the World Condensed Into Small Space for the Benefit of Our Readers, Personal; George W. Roosevelt, a cousin of President Roosevelt, died at Brussels, where he was consul general. Gov. Hoch of Kansas has stated that his son Homer, will succeed §. C. Crummer as his private secretary about July 1. Senator La Follette, of Wisconsin, ‘in a recent interview declared in favor of the renomination of Prosi- dent Roosevelt, James H. Eckles former comptroller of ihe currency is dead. Maj. General James F, Wade, has retired from the army on account of age. His military services cover a period of 46 years, The official Western Baseball as- sociation schedule shows the season for that organization will open May 2. Commander Peary has stated that he would sail from New York about July 1 to make another attempt to reach the north pole. John W. Yerkes, commissioner of internal revenue has resigned ana ms resignation has been accepted by the president. He leaves the service to enter the practice of law. Ex-Senator F. M, Cockrell, Inter: state Commerce commissioner, - has returned to Washington in good physical condition and has resumed his labors as a member of the com- mission, Maj. Edward Mallet, for many years chief of the land diviston of the general land office, died recently in Washington aged 65 years. Mrs, Julia Sheldon, mother of Gov. Sheldon of Nebraska, was recently stricken with paralysis, N. J. Morrison, president of Fair. mont college at Wichita, Kan, is dead. A silk mill merger with a capital of $22,500,000 is announced in Pennsyl- vania, Mlecellaneous. The supreme court of Minnesota has handed down a decision uphold- ing the right of the Great Northern railroad to issue the $65,000,000 of stock authorized by the directors some months ago. The New York Central railroad, Ira A. McCormick, general superintendant, and A, H. Smith, a vice president, have been indicted for manslaughter in connection with a recent wreck on the road. ‘The grand lodge of the Ancfent Order of United Workmen of Ohio has suspended. The lodge has death claims against it amounting to $150, 000, and only $3,000 in the treasury. | Rudolph Crowell, of Little Rock, Ark., walked into the police station of Indianapolis and confessed haying ‘stolen $2,400 from express packages ‘while in the employ of the Wells, ‘Fargo company in Little Rock. - A mail package apparently contatn- ing dynamite exploded while being stamped in the St. Louis post office, blowing off a portion of the finger and thumb of the clerk who was handling it. | The post office deparmment has 1s- ‘sued an order holding the mail of the Uncle Sam Oil company, whose secre- tary was recently arrested charged with fraud. The C. C, White memorial building of the Nebraska Wesleyan university was recently dedicated in the presence of a distinguished company. Fifteen hundred woodworkers at Dubuque, Ia, have gone out on a strike for increased wages and short- er hours. “The president has appointed Ralph W. Tyler, a negro, of Columbus, O. to be auditor of the treasury. Frederick Schlagel, who gave his address as Los Angeles, Cal., was ar- rested at Pittsburg, Pa, while trying to gain admittance to the presence of [Andrew Carnegie. Ho had an open knife conceated in his sleeve. ‘The ceremonies in connection with the rededication of the Carnegie In- stitute were recently held at Pitts burg, Pa. Many notable men from all parts of the world took part in the proceedings. The building covers an area of four acres and cost $6,000,000. The Kansas attorney general has made application to the state su- preme court for writs of quo warranto and injunctions against eight big breweries and whisky jobbers doing business in the state. The 64th annual boat race between Oxford and Cambridge was won by the latter. Ten men who have been connected ‘with the exploiting of the Lost Bul- Mion Spanish Mines company, have ‘been arrested at Denver charged with fraudulent practices. | ‘The agricultural department re ports the condition of winter wheat on April 1 at 89.9. Willie Sell, recently pardoned bY Gov. Hoch from the Kansas Peniten- tary, has taken a position in a drug store at Nortonville, Kan, Phe commercial club of Tulsa, I. T., has issued a formal invitation to ‘doth the republicans and democrats to hold their national conveations im that city and pledges $109,000 for each | su Uesuar aeronaut: corereg S12 miles in 19 hours. i a ag we £ ww; HERBERT MANN, Wholesale and Retail # Dealer in Coal and Stone »# Red Flagstone a Specialty. Quaries at PHONE 1468, Yards: Beach Hill, Colo. Ist and Larimer Sts, soaniei Abies war was recently dedicated in the National cemetery at Arlington with an elaborate mili tary display, Final motions to quash the indict- ment against the Standard Oil com- pany have been overruled by Judge ‘Landis in the federal court of Chi- cago. Appropriations of the recent Nebraska legislature aggregating $250,000 have been vetogd by Gov. Sheldon. ‘The “loss falls heavily on state educational institutions, Butcher workmen in the various packing plants throughout the West are preparing to demand an increase in wages. A negro killing and a burglary have so aroused the citizens of Altus, Ok., that they have driven all the negroes from the city. The forestry bureau of the govern- ment has ordered 179,009 trees planted in the Garden City, Kan, reserve this spring. Word comes from Shanghai that conditions in the Chinese famine dis- trict are growing worse. Five thous- and persons are daily dying of starva- tion. The relief committee appeals to Amercla for $3,000,000 in the next three weeks to aid the sufferers. After deliberating 47 hours and eight minutes, the jury which has been trying Harry K. Thaw for the murder of Stanford White in New York, reported to the court its inabil- ity to agree on a verdict and were dis- charged. Seven of the 12 men favored murder in the first degree and five favored acquittal. The prisoner was remanded to jail without bail. President Bonilla, of Honduras has surrendered to the Nicaraguan forces at Amapalpa, thus ending the war between the two Central American republics, ard Oil company. D. C. Willoughby who recently sailed from New York for Europe, is wanted in Des Moines, Omaha and Denyer for issuing fraudulent deeds to farm land in the west. A passenger train on the St. Johns- bury and Lake Champlain railroad plunged down a 40 foot embankment killing one person and injuring about 15 others, None of the express companies doing business in Nebraska have lowered their rates in compliance with the new state law which re duces charges 25 per cent. The New York Herald Publishing company has been sentenced to pay fines aggregating $31,000 on pleas of guilty to using the United States mails for improper purposes. ‘The policies of President Roosevelt were recehtly indorsed by the Con- necticut legislature by a rising vote. At a banquet in New York Senator Spooner, of Wisconsin, warmly de- fended the United States senate, say- ing there was not fn the world a legislative body more loyal to public interests, Moore's Opera House at Nevada, Mo., was recently destroyed by fire. The news that Gen. Lee Christmas, of Memphis, Tenn., had been killed in Honduras by Nicaraguan soldiers has been confirmed. In the federal court at Chicago Judge Landis decided that the Stana- ard Oil company may produce evi- dence showing that it did not intend to violate the law in the acceptance of unlawful rates. Dr. Kinnard, commissioner of the Society of Friends, who was sent to Russia to investigate famine condl- tions, says there are 20,000,000 people in danger of starvation in the south- eastern provinces. Re appeals to the Anglo-Saxons for $2,500,000 to aid them. The Rock Island railroad company has been found guilty by the federal grand jury at Topeka, Kan., of cruel- ty to animals and fined $300 because it carried live stock without feed and water for more than 28 hours. The Standard Oil company has been found guilty on a criminal charge of accepting rebates, by a Chicago jury, on 1,463 counts. Judge Cowan has directed that the station of the Great Northern railroad at Chureh’s Ferry, N. D., be closed for one year becouse a drayman used it for storing beer, thus violating the state prohibitory law. The Kansas supreme court has ts- sued a temporary restraining order egainst the breweries and allied con- cerns which prevents them from transacting business in the state or remoying their property pending a hearing which will be held April 22 ee WM. EHMKE, | See SA MANAGER eA eee es her | W777) EAST TURNER HALL. i Ef Hg an sare gee Wels keO: Denver, —_—_—_—X—xXxXK—KLDyY_e_e_e—_—_—_ i= H, J, Hxesper. J. H. WeicuHaxrn TELEPHONE MAIN 4271. THE N. & W. LIQUOR CO. DEALERS IN {mperted and Domestic Wines and Liquors. FAMILY TRADE OUR SPECIALTY. 1118 BROADWAY. All Goods Delivered. Denver, Oole, * The Brand That’s Always Good “BAXTER’S | Semel GrAURS The Baxter Cigar Co. Denver. "THE MECCA CAFE Announces the following Programme for Each Week for the entire season. Motday (Bivening! 02 <2¢.<:;0cti/soietes Sete osoes Danaing Wednesday ‘Hvening-...........sscssssccsecsseeveseses.,Daneing ‘Music by Harris’ Orchestra, Friday evening band concert by the best colored brass band Denvez has evor had. Saturday evening Orchestra Concert—Harris’ Orchestra. Our Reception hall is now fully completed and the floor will com- pete with any in the city. We hope to have as many present as pos- sible on these special occasions and at no time will you find our place lonesome, Our hall is strictly private. We also serve dinner from 6 till 9 p. m; best meal in the city anywhere for 20 Cents, 1918 Lawrence St. Denver, Colorado, 1918 Lawrence Steerer, Colorado, Ladies’ and Gent’s Cothing Cleaned and Repaired, Cc. HILSMAN, -.. THE TAILOR... Has removed from his old stand at 1907 Lawrence street to 1914 Arapahoe street, where he will be pleased to see all of his old Customers and friends, A full Line of New and Misfit Clothing for Sale Cheap. ——_______—_______ Phone Main 5370. t Res. Phone York 1458, L. S. MOORE, w# Wines, Liquors and Cigars. Pabst Milwaukee BeergonXDraught. 1768 Curtis St. Denver, Colorado. “Columbine” ZANG’S New Table Beer El pailaawiamioee DENVER'S LEADING BRAND OF BOTTLED BEER Columbine Beer Is guaranteed absolutely pure Try a Sample Case and you will use no othes TELEPHONE 1285 eee The Ph. Zang Brewing Co Producers Frosh Boar Delivered Daily to all part of the eity Don't forget we give S. & H. green trading stamps S&N GARMENT STORE 925-16TH ST. - OPP. JOSLINS. ANOTHER BARGAIN SUIT OFFER Tomorrow we place on sale 50 Eton Jacket Suits, made of fancy checked Panama Cloths, black, brown and navy Panama Cloths and shadow plaids; Jackets all lined with satin and neatly trimmed with fancy braids and straps of silk; skirts made in new plaited effects—at ... Black Voile Skirts $8.75 for fine Volle Skirts, made very full, in plaited styles, with bands of taffetta silk trimming; worth $11.50. For one of the black Volle Skirts at $055.00, $120.00 and $17.50 is superior in style and quality to any other shown elsewhere at same price. Silk Petticoats AT $4.95 we offer the best to be found in the city. Heavy maidening tarfeta silk garments, made with deep shirred, or gored flouces, extra full sweep; under flounce of fine nearsilk; in black and 12 colors. Full line of Black Mercerized Petitcoats at 986, $1.25, $1.50, $1.95, $2.50 and $2.95. Silversmith & Hiller 925 o JOHN L. LARSON, Staple Groceries and Fres Groceries and Fresh Meats. Staple Groceries and Fresh Meats. 1864 Curtis Srreet. Cor. 19th. 'Phone Main 4885. DIRECT IMPORTERS. Wines and Liquors for M 2205 CHAM Denver, Liquors for Medicinal Use Our Specialty. 2206 CHAMPA STREET. Colorado Wines and Liquors for Medicinal Use Our Specialty. 2205 CHAMPA STREET. ALL HAND WORK.. COTTRELL'S PHARMACY DR. W. J. COTTRELL, Physician and Surgeon, Proprietor. BOTTLED GOODS-WHISKEY, Pure drugs, hot an color cigars—Prescriptions care istered Pharmist. Prompt ED GOODS-WHISKEY, WINES, BEER, ETC., A SPECIALTY. the drugs, hot an cold drinks, toilet articles and nurses—Prescriptions carefully compounded by Reg- red Pharmist. Prompt delivery to any part of city. BOTTLED GOODS-WHISKEY, WINES, BEER, ETC., A SPECIALTY. Pure drugs, hot an cold drinks, toilet articles and cigars—Prescriptions carefully compounded by Registered Pharmist. Prompt delivery to any part of city. BROADWAY PHARMACY BANTA BROS, Props. THE BROADWAY BANTA BI THE BROADWAY PHARMACY BANTA BROS, Props. Corner 19th, Welton and Broadway. Drugs, Toilet Articles, Perfumes. Prescriptions a Specialty GOODS DELIVERED. PHONE MAIN OD'S MARKET Denver, largest Anti-Trust Meat Market in the West. OLESALE AND RETAIL Restaurant, Hotel and Boarding House business given Special Attention. FLOOD'S MA The Largest Anti-Trust WHOLESALE Restaurant, Hotel Business given S FLOOD'S MARKET Denver, The Largest Anti-Trust Meat Market in the West. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Restaurant, Hotel and Boarding House Business given Special Attention..... THE LASTIME SOCIAL CLUB RESORT FOR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. PASTIME S A RESORT FOR LAD PASTIME SOCIAL CLUB A RESORT FOR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. NEWLY FURNISHED. DICK FRAZIER, Manager. --- --- Phone 3028 Main. J. D. CRACO. OPEN DAY AND NIGHT 2100 Arapahoe St. TEL 1 AIN 3824 1821 Arapahoe St Silk Waists $1.95 for White Jap Silk Waistts, full plaited fronts, long sleeves; a good $1.95 Waist, two embroidered Jap Silk Waistts, $2.50 White Jap Silk Waistts, open back and short sleeves; a $3.00 style. $2.95 for Plain Plaited, Fancy Val Lace Titured, and embroidered Jap Silk Waistts, in white or black, short and long sleeve styles, all sizes; values $3.50 White Lawn Waists Every desirable style, in short or long sleeves, open back and front, dainty lace or embroidery trimming, good values at 98c, $1.25, $1.30, $1.95, $2.50 and $2.55. filler 925 16th Street Opp. Jeslina Denver, Colorodo N. M. CAMPIGLIA Superior Laundry ALL HAND WORK... W. CASEY, PROP. TELEPHONE 2102 1735 Lawrence St. St. Denver PHONE MAIN 8220 Asst. D. J. COTTRELL Denver, Colorado PHONE MAIN 149 1015-1017 15TH ST PHONE MAIN 8044 Denver, Colorado 10,000 ARE DEAD LATEST REPORTS BRING DETAILS OF MEXICAN EARTHQUAKE. HOT WATER SHOOTS INTO AIR The Earth Cracks and Swallows Up Hundreds of Human Beings—Many Crushed Beneath Falling Walls. Chicago.—A dispatch to the Inter-cean from Galveston, Texas, says: The lower gulf was converted into a sea of boiling water Sunday night when the earth cracked and jets of hot water shot into the air nearly 250 feet. Fishing smacks of the gulf fisheries, which ply between Galveston and the fishing grounds off Campeche, are arriving and the crews relate harrowing tales of their experiences, not knowing of the Mexican earthquake until they reached here yesterday. The crew of the Alloa, Captain Swenson, was partly seized with fright Sunday night, when the smack, which was homeward bound, was caught in a series of cross currents, which held it a prisoner for nearly an hour. Three hours later the ice in the hold used to preserve the fish had melted. El Paso, Texas.-More than 1,000 persons were killed in the earthquake which devastated the territory southwest of the City of Mexico. The list of the dead may in increased greatly, according to late dispatches received from the affected country. New volcanoes have broken out and the burning lava has set fire to the forests. Scores of towns lying between the City of Mexico and the Pacific ocean have been wiped out by the earthquake. In many instances the earth opened and in the chasms thus formed swallowed whole villages. The greatest damage resulted between the City of Mexico and the Colima volcano, which seemed to be the starting point for the disturbance. Colima is now in violent eruption, the most severe in the history of Mexico, and no estimate can now be placed on the extent of the damage done or yet to be done. One of the most alarming features of the dispatches received here is the indication that there has been a large loss of life in the City of Mexico, a fact which the authorities are trying to suppress. Efforts to communicate with the government authorities have failed, but private advises to commercial houses say that the loss of life has been heavy, but that no announcement will be made by the officials. Messages received at the town of Juarez, Mexico, just across the river from El Paso, say that when all of the dead in the scores of towns and villages to the southwest have been enumerated, the list of dead will far exceed 10,000. In many cases large rents were made in the ground and in numerous instances pedestrians were simply swallowed up by the yawning chasm. The waters in Lake De Chabala were shaken so violently that they swashed over the banks. The north end of the lake is now very shallow and the south end is very deep, showing that the earth tipped to the south in the upneaval. Deadly Work of the Stiletto. Chevenne, Wyo.—A dog fight led to a bloody race riot between Americans and Italians at Carryville, a coal mining camp in northern Wyoming, during which a number of the former were so badly wounded and stilletos that two may die. All of the Italians escaped uninjured, but four of them are under arrest. The wounded: John Hughey, will die. Charles Fuller, will die. Daniel Reynolds. Hughey was slashed across the abdomen. A stiletto was buried deep in the back of Fuller's neck, striking the spinal column and causing paralysis. Reynolds was stabbed twice in the neck. The men under arrest are Domino Carbona, Mike Bumback, Joe Garlicsa and Tony Palpia. General attention to the riot has been called by the action of the Italian consul at Denver, who sent a message to Governor Brooks of Wyoming, asking him to intercede in behalf of the Italians. Governor Brooks states that the foreigners do not need assistance, as they came out victorious. The Italian consul had been informed that his countrymen had been getting the worst of it. Dead Under Suspicious Circumstances. Laramie, Wyo.—Much mystery surrounds the death of E. H. Miller, the sixteen-year-old son of C. P. Miller, section foreman at Harper, a side track thirty miles west of this city. Word was brought to this city by the father of the boy that the youth had fainted just after getting off a hand car at 11 o'clock. The father appeared to be much alarmed and a physician left at once on a hand car for the scene. Upon his arrival the physician found that young Miller was dead, and discovered marks upon the body which appeared to him to be suspicious. Neither the father nor the six section men under him could give any satisfactory explanation of the marks upon the body and all appeared to be under the influence of liquor. The physician believed that the death was caused by some accident or violence and summoned the coroner. Freed on "Unwritten Law." St. Louis, Mo.—Frank Baker, who, February 17th, shot and seriously wounded Lee Robbins while the latter was assisting Mrs. Baker to board a street car, was yesterday discharged by the court. Baker pleaded the "unwritten law." Mrs. Robbins, who, previous to the shooting, had fitted suit for divorce, alleged that her husband and Mrs. Baker lived together in Colorado and Wyoming. The divorce papers were served on Robbins in Garden City, Wyoming, where he was living with Baker's wife. After the shooting Baker and his wife became reconcilled. Crane Fled From 13. Actors are notoriously superstitious, and W. H. Crane is no exception. One day, when he found himself in room 13 at a hotel, he immediately demanded that he be transferred. "But," expostulated the clerk, "this is the best room in the house. It's a room, too, in which many eminent men have lodged. Why, your old friend John T. Raymond often occupied it." "Indeed," mused Crane, somewhat mollified; "dear John! and he really stayed here?" "Yes, sir; he died in this very room." Crane fled to another hotel. She Ought to Know Better. "Are you afraid to go downstairs and look for that man who is ransacking the house?" asked Mr. Meekton's wife. "Certainly not. I am perfectly willing to go and look for him. But, Henrietta, I'm afraid you have been making a mistake with me all these years. You ought to have developed my conversational powers more. After I find the burglar I won't know what to say to him. You'll have to stand at the head of the stairs and do the talking."—Short Stories. STATE OF COLORADO, Insurance Department. SYNOPSIS OF STATEMENT AND COPY OF CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY. Guardian Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. Burg, Pennsylvania. Asset, Liabilities Capital Surplus Income Disbursements STATE OF COLORADO,} Insurance Department CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF AUTHORITY FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBUARY 29, 1908. Office of Superintendent of Insurance,} Denver, Colo., March 1, 1907. It is hereby certified that the dian Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburg, a corporation organized under the laws of the state of Pennsylvania, principal office is located at Pittsburgh, has compiled what all the laws of this state so far as the requirements of said laws are applicable to said company, and the said company is hereby authorized to transact business within the state of Colorado, subject to the several provisions and requirements of the said laws, until the twenty-ninth of February, 1908, of our Lord, nineteen hundred and eight. In testimony whereof, I. George D. Statler, superintendent of insurance of Bataille, have here set my hand and affixed my hand of office, at the city of Denver, the day and year first above written, by SUPERTLER. (Seal) Superintendent of Insurance, E. E. RITTENHOUSE. Deputy. Published in the Colorado Statesman by authority of superintendent of insurance. STATE OF COLORADO, { Insurance Department, } SYNOPSIS OF STATEMENT AND COPY OF CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY National Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Denver, Colorado Assets, { Liabilities Home Accounts Disbursements } $33,752.73 43,410.25 34,923.55 STATE OF COLORADO, { Insurance Department, } CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 29, 1908 Office of Superintendent of Insurance, { It is hereby certified that the National Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Denver, a corporation organized under the laws of the state of Colorado, has complied with all the laws of this state so far as the requirements of said laws are applicable to said company, and the said company is eligible to be a fire insurance company as a fire insurance company within the said state of Colorado, subject to the several provisions and requirements of the said laws, until the twenty-ninth and eleventh of our fourth bengal hundred and eight. In testimony whereof, I. George D. Statler, superintendent of insurance of said state of Colorado, have hereunto and affixed my seal of office at the city of Denver, the day and year first above written. GEORGE D. STATLER. (Seal) Superintendent of Insurance. E. E. RITTENHOUSE. Deputy. Published in the Colorado Statesman by authority of superintendent of insurance. GEORGE D. STATLER. Superintendent. E. E. RITTENHOUSE. Deputy. STATE OF COLORADO.] Insurance Depository. SYNOPSIS OF STATEMENT AND COPY OF CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY. St. Paul Mutual Hall and Cyclone Company of St. Paul, Minnesota. Assets $40,847.97 Liabilities 4,577.86 To protect contracts 36,270.11 Income 54,317.88 Disbursements 56,570.5$ STATE OF COLORADO.] CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 29. 1908. Office of Superintendent of Insurance, Dearborn, March 1. 1997. It is hereby certified that the St. Paul Mutual Hail and Cyclone Company of St. Paul, a corporation organized under the laws of the state of Minnesota, and the said company hereby paul, has complied with all the laws of this state so far as the requirements of said laws are applicable to said company, and the said company hereby assessment insurance company within the said state of Colorado, subject to the several provisions and requirements twenty-ninth day of February, in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and eight. In testimony whereof, I. George D. Stat尔ization and supervision of insurance twenty-ninth day of February, in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and eight. In testimony whereof, I. George D. Stat尔ization and supervision of insurance twenty-ninth day of February, in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and eight. In testimony whereof, I. George D. Stat尔ization and supervision of insurance twenty-ninth day of February, in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and eight. Published in the Colorado Statesman by authority of superintendent of insurance W. J. ADDIE, W. J. ADDIE, DEALER IN Choice old Califorina wines and brandies from the Hermitage vineyard, also bottled beer, Kentucky whisky, cigars and tobacco. 228 16th St. Telephone 2675. Ashley's THE B.L. JAMES M. & M. CO. DEALERS IN PAINTS-OILS-GLASS -VARNISHES- -WALL-PAPERS- ARTISTS-MATERIALS -ARAPAHOE NEAR FIFTEENTH - PAINTING - GRAINING - GLAZING - - PAPERHANGING - DECORATING - - AND - HARDWOOD FINISHING - $7.00 Sets of Teeth for $5.00; $10 Sets for $7.00; $15 Sets for $10; Gold Crowns only. $5.00 Gold Teeth, $4.00; Silver Fillings, 50c up; Gold and Platina, $1.00 up. Painless Extracting. ALBANY DENTAL PARLORS, Open Day and Night. Phone Main 3725. Q. J. GILMORE Undertaker and Embalmer. Carriages furnished for all Occasions. Denver, Colo. THE GALLUP FLORAL AND SEED CO., Have a Full Line of Cut Flowers, Seed and Plants in their NEW STORE, No. 819 16th Street Phone 543. BL JAMES CO. DEALER - PAINTS-OIL - VARN - WALL-P - ARTISTS'-N - ARAPAHOE NEA - PAINTING - GRAIN - PAPERHANGING - AND - HARDWOOD Do You Know DR prt $7.00 Sets of Teeth for $5.00; $10; Gold Crowns only. $5.00 Fillings, 50c up; Gold and P tracting. Arapahoe street, Opp. the P. O. Miss M. Cowden Hair Dressing Parlor. Shampoo, cutting and curling. Scalp treatment, hair tonics, hair straightening, manicuring. Stage wigs for rent; theatrical use and masquerades. Goods delivered out of the city. All shades of hair matched by sending a ssmple of hair; also combings made up. CHEAPEST SWITCHES 50 CENTS. 1219 21st St. Denver, Colo. J. W. Rummell, WINES, LIQUORS & CIGARS PHONE 3432 MAIN 2257 Welton St. Denver, Colo. Weiner's Saloon, 19th and Arapahoe. We treat the boys right. THE MES M. & M. CO. LERS IN DILS-GLASS- FINISHES- PAPERS- MATERIALS NEAR FIFTEENTH- TRAINING-GLAZING- G-DECORATING- WOOD FINISHING- DR. DAMERON has reduced his prices for all Dental Work? 00; $10 Sets for $7.00; $15 Sets for $5.00 Gold Teeth, $4.00; Silver Platina, $1.00 up. Painless EXALBANY DENTAL PARLORS, DR. DAMERON, Prop. THE Ward Auction Co The Old and Only. 1728 30 Arapahoe St. Denver, Colorado. Private Residence Sales a Specialty Regular Sales every day in the week (except Sunday) TELEPHONE 1675. Furniture and bankrupt Stocks bought for cash or sold on commission. W. P. HORAN, UNDERTAKER PHONE 1368. 1527 Cleveland Place. ht. Denver, Colorado. THE COLORADO STATESMAN. JOS. D. D. RIVERS.....Proprietor S. H. HOBSON.....City Editor 1824 Curtis Street. Room 25. Remittances should be made by Express Money Order, Postoffice Money Order, Registered Letter or Bank Draft. Postage stamps will be received the same as cash for the fractional part of a dollar. Only 1-cent and 2-cent stamps taken. Reading notices, ten lines or less, 10 cents per line. Each additional line over ten lines, 5 cents per line. Display advertising 50 cents per square. A square contains ten agate lines. No discounts allowed on less than three months' contract. Cash must accompany all orders from parties unknown to us. Further particulars on application. Communications to receive attention must be news, 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 signature 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. We wonder if that mule, which is a casus belli between Nicaragua and Honduras, is Si's mule, Maud. Hee-haw!—Omaha Enterprise. She must be, T. P. She seems to recognize your bray. It may seem rather strange to hear Demoerats eloquently defend President Roosevelt in any kind of controversy, but there is method in their madness. They abuse every known Republican candidate for the presidency just as ardently as they defend Roosevelt. And that is their game. The President is not a candidate. If he were, they would not love him so much. DEMOCRATIC DELINQUENCY "There is nothing sure in this world except death and taxes," says the old saw, but another exception, amounting to more than a moral certainty, might have been included just as well as the visits of the lone reaper and the assessor. That Democracy will always prove delinquent to a public trust is a safe bet. In the nation and in the states where it has been given periodical trial, the truth of the assertion has been abundantly proved. A few years ago this state was democratic from top to bottom. If ever Democracy had an open course and a fair trial, they were hers in Colorado. But at the height of her power, the old lady's head began to swim; she danced with delight and sang with boisterous vigor; she heard her own voice of authority, liked it, and cavorted in strange manner. She was drunk with power. She made laws for the pleasurable experiment of seeing herself obeyed. She plunged the state into a turmoil of strife and tried to make the world believe that she was rescuing the people from sand-baggers. The excitement grew to delirium, and then Democracy's plight was discovered. She and her cohorts were in an orgie of drunken power. The people began to administer to her broken doses of seltzer and Red Raven splits. They split her power in the state and in the cities and left her followers a wrangling mass of discredited shouters. And such they are to-day. They are fighting among themselves over the remnants of power which they are destined to lose, while their journals do nothing but shout calamity at the conservative progress of Republicanism. All of Colorado's important, enduring legislation is Republican legislation; all of her great statesmen have been Republicans. Democracy had her day in Colorado, but, regardless of local spasms, it is over. She proved delinquent to her trust. CIVIL SERVICE EXTENSION It will be no mean thing for Colorado to extend the civil service system over state institutions, so as to permit the working forces of the state's several departments to be permanently filled upon competitive examination, and thereby remove this important service from the everchanging and demoralizing grasp of politics. There is a wide-spread tendency throughout the county to place public service of a technical or clerical nature upon a certain and permanent footing, which will not necessarily be disturbed by the often-recurring changes of official heads or policies. The civil service is being rapidly extended over state and municipal institutions in the East and North, and the first steps in this direction have been attended with no little success. The ability to use a vast number of employees as a political asset does not tend directly toward honesty in elections, and the demand that political affairs shall be boiled down to clean and honest conditions is getting to be quite universal among the people who are fast learning that the proper conduct of political affairs is one of the necessary evils to be endured in our every day life. The nearest approach to government by the people is obtained by an honest election of official heads and fair competition open to all the people for the filling of all those places not necessarily identified with partisan policies and whose labors properly demand skill, competency and undisturbed familiarity. Neither would Denver be injured by a municipal departure of this character. What has been so thoroughly tried and proven by the national government need not be an entire experiment elsewhere, except as its application to new and varying conditions shall necessarily make the problem involved a new one. A FLORIDA PHILOSOPHER the governor of Florida is the latest philosophical and sociological find in bourbondom. This is not to say that Governor Broward has a monopoly of the philosophising industry in that brain-producing section, for, as a general thing, all Southern governors seem to feel themselves called to that special rank of official paranoia as soon as they find themselves elected to office, the first and most prominent symptoms on the subtle offliction disclosing themselves in their varied, self-convinced grasps upon the race question and their inevitable and desperate appeals to heaven and hell to witness the sublime truths of their logic. But according to all accounts, Governor Broward is not of the Vardeman class, being more kindly disposed, but taking himself quite as much in earnest. In the course of his biennial message sent to the Florida Legislature he advocates the deporting of all Negroes from the United States. This is not exactly an original idea with the Florida executive, but he takes the pains to go into some rather interesting and expensive details. After asserting that the two races will not for any great length of time occupy the same territory without outbreaks of disorder between the two, he adds: "I doubt if education can possibly tend to the happiness of any race so long as it only ends in a keener discernment of the hopeless difference between the past and future history of that race and a dominant race in the same country and in the same neighborhood." He then recommends a resolution memorializing the Congress of the United States "to purchase territory, either domestic or foreign, and provide means to purchase the property of the Negroes at reasonable prices, and to transport the Negroes to the territory purchased by the United States; the United States to organize a government for them of the Negro race; to protect them from foreign invasion; to prevent white people from living among them in the terri- tory, and to prevent Negroes from migrating back to the United States." Taking all this seriously, we can not deny the correctness of Governor Broward's doubt when, figuratively, he asks, "Is everybody happy?" Possibly education alone can not make the Negro in the United States feel happy over his condition here, but would white people be happy without him? The Negro balks at deportation. He is getting ready to jollify at Jamestown. Is the separation of the races possible by legal enactment, or is the suggestion in the least sense practical? The federal constitution utterly precludes any direct enactment by Congress of a compulsory nature. The possibility of constitutional repeal and amendment is too remote to be seriously thought of, even by the Legislature of Florida. But since Governor Broward is so much in earnest and so liberal in his financial views, we will put a flea in his ear that will tickle him immensely, and perhaps make nobody angry, if we can be assured of clemency if ever, in the future, we are convicted of race disloyalty: Hist! The Negro is unweaningly fond of excursions. Let Governor Broward get his Legislature to memorialize Congress to make adequate appropriations to establish creap excursions for the Negroes, say to Colorado or Arizona, if you please, by rail, and to Liberia or the Congo Free State by ships, and it will only be a matter of time when this whole monstrous difficulty will be finally and completely solved. By DR. VALENTIN NALPASSE, of Paris Faculty of Medicine. F tobacco is dangerous if it is abused, it does not follow that it is dangerous if treated as it should be treated and taken in a reasonable quantity. I am not attempting to encourage to smoke those who have not formed the habit of smoking, but it must be admitted that tobacco may be used without bad effects. It has no bad effects when used moderately by people who are in a condition to use it. It must not be used at all by people who have heart trouble or lung trouble. It must not be used by people who have any disease of the nervous system. In a word, it must not be used by any who would be un- F tobacco is dangerous if it is abused, it does not follow that it is dangerous if treated as it should be treated and taken in a reasonable quantity. I am not attempting to encourage to smoke those who have not formed the habit of smoking, but it must be admitted that tobacco may be used without bad effects. It has no bad effects when used moderately by people who are in a condition to use it. It must not be used at all by people who have heart trouble or lung trouble. It must not be used by people who have any disease of the nervous system. In a word, it must not be used by any who would be unpleasantly affected or who would be disturbed by a hearty meal. Under any of those very common conditions tobacco might be dangerous, and it is not necessary to say that, for many reasons of all kinds, tobacco must not be used in any form by growing children or youths. Many people are forced to smoke at least one cigarette as an aperient before the morning meal; as an aperient that most powerful diuretics are less effective than the after-dinner cigar. In some cases tobacco aids digestion by exciting the salivary secretion and so determining a greater activity of the gastric secretions. Pernicious results follow immoderate, often foolishly excessive, use of it. Smoked as it should be smoked, tobacco causes a man to forget his anxieties for a time. But even habitual smokers should avoid smoking on an empty stomach (unless they take this smoke as an aperient), and no one should smoke in his sleeping-room. Three cigars a day, four at most, or their equivalent in pipe tobacco, ought to be the limit of the habitual smoker. The "colored" pipe, however artistically it may have been colored, is impregnated with nicotine, and therefore it is not fit to be smoked. A colored pipe is fit for nothing but to feast the eyes. The smoker should throw away his pipe after the first few puffs. The cigar should be thrown aside when but three-quarters smoked—just so the cigarette. This is because nicotine, the alkaloid contained in tobacco leaves, does not volatilize until it attains 250 degrees, and as it is drawn with the smoke toward the mouth when the fire is near the mouth-end of the cigar or cigarette there is danger; it is apt to be drawn into the mouth. Experienced smokers know that the first puffs of tobacco smoke are most agreeable, while the last of the smoke is distasteful and acrid. If it does not irritate the throat it causes the smoker to cough. The Japanese—and probably they are alone in this—have seized the meaning of these last irritating puffs of smoke, and in smoking, as in every other act of life, they have taken hygienic precautions. Analyses have proved that the oriental tobaccos contain only a minimum quantity of nicotine. Western tobacco contains much more. The tobacco of Hungary contains two per cent. of nicotine, and that of Brazil, Maryland and Virginia contains quantities varying from 2.29 to 6.85 per cent. Tobacco marketed by Garonne holds the largest proportion of nicotine—nearly eight per cent. The Divorce Evil and Its Remedy By JASPER C. GATES, Chicago Attorney. The Divorce Evil and Its Remedy By JASPER C. GATES, Chicago Attorney. Twice as many divorces are granted annually in the United States as are granted in any other country. About one-fifth of all the divorces in this country are granted in Illinois and Indiana. Under the Illinois law, upon the application of a married person, an order of court is issued. After personal service upon the other party to the suit one year is allowed for him or her to contest the divorce. If no contest is made the divorce becomes effective as a matter of fact, and the complainant may remarry. Many persons, however, treat the order of court as a divorce in itself and remarry within the prescribed time. Such a marraige is not legal. It may be set aside and the person contracting it held for bigamy. I had occasion to investigate one such case where a man brought the action and his wife never received service. He married again, raised a large family, and 15 years after, his wife brought an action against him and his second marriage was declared illegal. The effect upon his children by the second marriage was serious. Such a system is vicious and demoralizing. On the one hand, it is important that people who cannot live together with happiness should be able to separate, especially if one is an innocent party. On the other hand, it is important that divorce laws shall not be so lax as to promote a low view of the marital relation. The divorce laws of our different states are altogether too diverse. A constitutional amendment is needed giving congress the right to pass a national divorce law placing the marriage relation under the protection of the supreme court of the United States with a criminal statute to be administered by the federal courts in cases where that law is transgressed. This seems to be along the line of progress. Popular Air. First Youth—I pulled the governor's leg to the tune of $100 this morning. Second Youth—Good! By the way, would you mind teaching me the tune? First to See Mikado's Face. Admiral Lord Charles Beresford claims the distinction of being the first European who was allowed, by invitation, to gaze on the face of the Mikado of Japan. This was in 1865. Every society woman or man who plays cards for a prize is a cheat, a thief and a highway robber. Cardplayers are Thieves and Robbers By REV. DR. A. C. DIXON, Pastor Moody Church, Chicago. By REV. DR. A. C. DIXON, Pastor Moody Church, Chicago. Cheating is obtaining something by giving something of minor value in return. Stealing is obtaining something for nothing without the other fellow's knowledge. Robbery is getting something for nothing with the other fellow's knowledge. Gambling is cheating, stealing and robbing and card playing for prizes is gambling. Society women tell us that they play cards for fun. But it is mighty poor fun. If excitement may be called fun, if the rending of one's nerves may be called fun, if stealing may be called fun, then card playing is fun. Ninety per cent. of the criminals who allow in the dens of vice in Chicago and New York, who make their living by the dexterous use of a pack of cards, had their beginning in a Christian family. They are the children of people who are good Christians. And they had cards in their homes. And now young men who have ever played cards at all find it hard to get a business man to trust them. The business men are beginning to realize the damaging influence that card playing has upon a man. Why, a young man came to me not long ago and sought my advice. He had obtained a position of trust and had to have a bond. The bonding company asked him if he had ever played cards. He nad. They would not sign his bond under any conditions. ```markdown ``` The A.T. Lewis & Son Dry Goods Co COLLECT GOLD STAMPS New Waists $4.50 Jap Silk Waists for.....$3.95 $3.50 and $3.75 Jap Silk Waists, for.....$2.95 $5.00 White Net Waists, for.....$3.95 $6.50 to $8 00 Net Waists, for.....$5.00 --- Big Values in New Tailored Suits. About 150 of this spring's swellest Suits have been cut in price. We want to make our popular priced lines the best in Denver, and to accomplish this end we have cut our prices right now, almost at the beginning of the season. This is your opportunity. $20.00 Tailored Suits reduced to $15.00. $22.50 to $30.00 Tailored Suits reduced to $19.50. $32.50 Tailored Suits reduced to $22.50. $37.50 Tailored Suits reduced to $30.00. THE CALUMET SOCIAL CLUB. LAWRENCE STEPHEN, Manager. A FIRST-CLASS RESORT. ELEGANTLY FURNISHED. Our Reading Room Comprize all the latest Papers, Books and Magazines. Headquarters for Cooks, Waiters and Railroad Porters. 2149 Curtis Sreet. Phone Main 8232. Denver, Colorado. M. B. LAWRENCE STEPHEN. ‘ CITY NEWS. : Albert Fields returned to Chicago last *Sunday. Mrs. RH. Lewis is numbered with the sick. Mrs, Nellie Clay has returned to Fort Collins. L, E, Wilson has returned from a visit to relatives in Carmi, Il. Lon Bruce of Salida Colo., was in the city this week on business, Thosmas Dickerson, one of the State Capitol employes, is on the sick list. George Faw, is down from Victor, this week greeting his numerous friends. Charlie V oGruder, who has been suf- fering with rheumatism is able to be out again, Mrs. Julia Enbanks of Cheyenne, Wyo. was in the city a few days this week on business. Mrs. B, B. Butler of Colorado Springs. sang asolo at Shorter church Sunday morning. Lawyer Cohen of Brooklyn, N. Y. and Mr. Rooks of Augusta, Ga., are guests in the city. C. M. Harris of Ft. Wayne, Ind. arriv- ed in the city Tuesday and is the guest of A. F. Rhodes, 2024 Washington, Ave. Mrs, J.B, Austin nee Russell of Ksk- ridge, Kans, is visiting in the city, and stopping with Mr. and Mrs P. W. Wal- ker 1623 Gilpin St. Ernest Howard, carpenter, and all kinds of job work done at reasonable prices, Residence 563 Warren avenue. Phone 2129 Brown. Rey. J.S. Christian arrived in the city Thursday from Kansas City, and is stopping at the residence of J. B. Berry, 3131 Walnut street. Mrs. Wm. Morris, formerly of Los Angeles, who has been the guest of her sister, Mra, M. BE, Mackey, left ‘Tuesday for Pittefield, Il, to visit relatives. ‘The Bureka Literary society has a tine program for Tuesday night. We have alarge number of talented young people who should take a deeper inter- est in this work. ‘Andrew Jobnson was murdered in an alley on 19th street between Larimer and Lawredce Thursday night of last week. W. B. White is being held charg: ed with the crime. Mrs. A. F, Rhodes of 2024 Washing- ton Ave. received the sad news Tues- day of the death of her sister, Mrs. Laura Coble, who died last Sunday at Ft. Wayne, Indiana. Mrs. Albert Williams died last Sun- day after a brief illness. Funeral ser- vices were held ‘Thursday afternoon, Besides her relatives she leaves a host of friends to monrn her sad demise. Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Ford, two promi- nent citizons of Rawlins, Wyo., are re- cent arrivalsin the city and are the guests of Ben Easter of 1659 Lafayette street. They are here to remain per- manently and we gladly welcome them in our midst. ‘Thursday, July 18,07 is the date of the Cororapo Srareaman’s 10th annual picnic, which will be held at Bloomfield Park, the famous and unsurpassed place for an outing. ‘This announcement will be hailed with delight by all as these annual outings are never eclipsed for real enjoyment. Col, James Beck, one of the most prominent and progressive men of Kans- as, was murdered near Muskogeo, I. T., on the 7th inst. He is survived by a wife and three sons. Deceased was re- lated to Mrs, Amy Ramey of this city and L, D. Hall, brothey-in-law to J. H. Doniphan, P, J. Jackson arrived in the city last Monday from Los Angoles, California, where he has been for the past two weeks suffering with a dislocated arm and other injuries as the result of a train wreck in Los Angeles yards. Mr. Jackson barely escaped with his life and it will be a couple of weeks yet be- fore he will be able to resume his duties on the road, One of the most enjoyable functions of the week was the entainment and ball given by the Woman's Guild of the Church of the Redeemer at East Tur- ner hall last Tuesday night’ ‘There was a tremendeous crowd and the event was a big success. Mrs. J, E. Travick and her committee are receiving much merit- ed praise for their untiring efforts. ‘The fourth anniversary of the “Iwo Jims Social club, 1859 Champa street, was celebrated last Wednesday night with asmoker at which a large atten- dance was present and enjoyed the gen- ial hospitality of the two Jims, Messrs. James Cartwright and James F. Clark who, with their corps of assistance Messrs. Chas. O. West, Dave Strosier and others, made the evening one not soon to be forgotten, A string band dispersed of some pleasing selections anda grand jubilee throughout the evening was the result at this popular resort, i H, J. Foster arrived home last Wed- nesday from a brief visit with his son, in Hill City, Kansas. He also visited the popular and thriving little city of Nicodemus, Kansas. where he-was very favorably impressed with the surround- ings, Among the business men of this place are HS. Honrie, Series Bros, T. H.Green and many others who are making progress in their different branches. Mr. Foster speaks very high- ly of his treatment at the hands of these generous people. When Mr. Fos- ter leaned that he was about to be booked for a speech his business at Denver became quite “urgent” and he expressed to them his regret that his time was too limited to remain and give them an address. We are sorry that they did not have the opportunity of hearing Mr. Foster's eloquence, but he has promised them a hearing on Aug. ist (Emancipation Day.) We would like to hear him expound on the plat- form and would suggest that he yolun- tarily fill a date at the Alliance. FREEMAN MINING CO, The visit of Mr. H. D. Earl, President of the Freeman, Mining, Milling & Development company to this city last week brings to mind the remarkable possibilities of a Negro corporation at our very doors. This gentleman was in Denver explaining and telling in general of the workings of the mining company which he repre- sents, ‘The Freeman Mining company, is exclusively a Negro organiza. tion which has a force of men steadily developing some rich mining property near Goldfield, Nevada, Some extremely rich ore and in great quantities has been struck on this property and ar- rangements are being made to ship ore yet this year. The fact that mining men on the scene pre- dict that this company wtll be a dividend payer before 1907 ex- pires is the strongest recommen. dation of the value of Freeman stock. White investors have clam- ored to bay stock from this com- pany in blocks of 50,000 and 100,- 000 but have been courteously re- fused the privilege in order that the colored investor might place his dollars where profit can be made, Another year may bring this company to light as another Mo. hank under black management and the way Freeman stock has drawn the interest of Denverites shows that they propose to share in the dividends. Local Notices. | Hair cut 15 cents, 1847 Blake street Furnished rooms for rent for gentle- men only in modern house at 2539 Lin- coln avenue, Westbrook and Harper—Physician, Dentist—surgeon, 917 2ist street. Phone Main 1144. | Yep! Soda Dispensers will give you another one of those times at East Tur- ner Hall May 2nd, Yep, Harris’ orch- estra. Nicely furnished room for rent for man and wife,can have theuse of the whole house. Apply at 2425 Humboldt street. PUBLIC Miss Dora L. Holmes, reba 31 Gook Blk. Deuver. ». Rows ABA O , Sua tia GN Kee § o gts Se Re tins) tS i Q ee Ac ee OS - : y) se i V/?.. ei iA | = - ih OM 64 Evidence In itself convincing, becomes absolutely con- clusive only when it is corroborated. ‘The Stetson backs up every word its friends say about it with the proof which is in it. It commands immediate attention, and has won the verdict of approval from the public. Every Stetson Bears the Stetson Name We carry the Stetson in all styles—Soft and Derby. 1005 16TH ST. OPP. TABOR GRAND, ELKS TROUBLE IN KY, Frankfort, Ky., April 4.—The humerous side of the fight to. pre- vent the Negroes frem using the name “E}ks” for a fraternal organ. ization developed today, when Sec- retary of State McChesney received a letter from an alleged Negro Elk of Paris, Ky., protesting against any other Negroes using the word “Elks.” The word came from William Freeman, who says he is the Kentucky District Deputy of the improved Order of Elks, whose grand charter was granted by the state of Ohio. The Ohio Grand Order has des- ignated Freeman as its agent in Kentucky, upon whom process may be served, the law requiring such agent to be named or the cor- poration will be fined for doing business in this state. This de. velopment seems to shift to the real Elks of Ohio the task of test- ing in the courts the right of any fraternal organization to use the word “Elks” in its name. The matter has been brought to thy at. tention of Grand Exalted Ruler Melvin, who will doubtless, take steps at once to have the Courts pass on the question, | & Qe f/f ede ae FG ~~ ROCKY MOUNTAIN LODGE 4 EG mn NO, 2320, fia = AGI i 'S. =. = Hn eS G. U. 0.OF O. F. —-AT— EAST TURNER HALL, THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1907. Oh Say, Won't that be a Dream? Our Committee is made up of Denver's best Entertainers, and Johnuic Levell, Geo. 8. Contee and Jos. D. D. Rivers will be there to see that you get your money’s worth of wholesome enjoyment. We wan't to Entertain the Old as well as the Young, therefore you all MUST be present at e=The Event of the Season.s Buy Your Tickets of the Committee. Harris’ Orchestra. Admission 50 Cents. “Friendship, Love and Truth,” is Our Motto. Notice of Stockholders’ Meeting. Denver, Colo., April 13, 1907 To the Stockholders of the West- ern Loan and Investment Ass'n. You are hereby notified that the annual meeting of the stockhold- ers of the Western Loan and In- vestment Association will be held on Tuesday, May 21, 1907, at the hour of 8 o’clock p m. of said day at room 25, Western Newspaper Union Buildiny, 1824 Curtis street Denver, Golcrado, for the election of officers and directors of said ae- sociation and for the transaction of any and all other business which may properly come before said association. J. H. M. Brows, President. J. D. D. Rivers, Secretary. a THE MLAY © oe % ‘ 1 te Sea ae ae GX Fisterte cy AS CEC ERAN a fi) SNe fe Bee ees Ba bi es PAW hye We RS al 1\' Rad MEN'S A DOLLAR is not much to pay for shirts. but the kind of a shirt we will sell_yon for a dollar is worth taking note of. It makes no difference what pattern you wish the line embraces them all—that ig all the “usw ones They are.iney| izes svabtrts with cuffs attached or detached —plain or pleated fronts Choice ) ESE SEI RSE SS SE SE SS S/S. R R R 2 Now Don’t Get Excited. You had a good time before didn’t you? You had plenty to eat didn’t you? Well You Will Get it Again THURSDAY, MAY 2, ‘07 9 . ;EAST TURNER HALL, JUST THE SODA DISPENSERS’ BALL AND HARRIS’ ORCHESTRA. THAT’S ALL. Don’t miss it, Come and we will meet you. You can eat, and then you will say that We can’t be beat. ‘The Committee needs no Reo J. W. Levell, Chair. man; Edward Miller, W. A. Rice, Leonard Anderson, Charles Warren, Jolinnie Watkias. Admission 50 Cts. Refreshments Free THE NATION'S WEALTH TOTAL VALUATION PLACED A¥ $107,104,192,410 in 1904. Per Capita Debt of Government t» $35.50—General Property Taxes the Principal Revenue Receipts of States and Cities. New York.—In the period of 1850 1904 the national wealth of the United States ran up. from. $7;136,780,228 fo $107;104,192,410. From a. statement of the increase by. decades made: public by the: census’ bureau it-is seen. /that, the greatest actual gain came in the ten years ending in 1900—from $65. 00,000,000 to $88,600,000,000—thougb the percentage of increase was great: er than this In the ten yeara begin ning with 1880, In 1870 there were two Increase val uations, one of $30,000,000,000 in cur rency and one of $24,000,000,000 in gold, then at a premium. It is a common fact that, omitting the decade 1860 to 1870—a period marked by lessened productivity due to the civil war and by a loss due to to the emancipation of slayes—the an- hual increase-of..wealth . per..family, has been almost uniform. That ip crease for the decade 1850 to 1860 was $180; for the 20 years 1870 to 1990, $184, and from 1890 to 1904, $182. Real property and Smprovementa taxed account for a trifle more thap half of the national wealth of 1904; railroads and their equipments are itemized at $11,244,752,000, manufac- tured products over $7,400,000,000, live stock more than $4,000,000,000, manufacturing machinery, tools, ete. nearly $3,300,000,000; clothing and personal adornments about $2,500, 000,000, street railways $2,129,966,000 It has jong been recognized that taxes increase faster than population The relation between tax levies and wealth has not been generally observ ed. By tabler included in the present report is shown that in 22 years from 1880 the calculated tax rate based upon the census estimate of true yalue increased only two cents on $100. In the final period covered by thin report the revenue receipts of the national, state and municipal govern: ments were, exclusive of duplications, $1,709,136,510; the corresponding pay: ments for expenditures were $1,704,. 330,960... The<aggregate, public debt of the national government; states, territories and municipalities, thé last term ineluding counties 4or par. ishes) and all minor civil divisions, a9 cities, villages, towns, boroughs, pre: cincts, schoo} districts, ete, was $2, 789,900,120 in 1902; per capita debt, $35.50. Of principal revenue ~seeipts of state and municipal governments gep- eral property: taxerform.about 7 per cent., special property and business taxes 6.7 per cent. liquor licenses 5.9 per cent. ‘The increase in the nationa) wealth from 1900 to 1904 was over $18,500. 000,000. ‘This records an advance without paralle) in the history of the country save in the decade of 1850-60, where its wealth more than doubled. thus furnishing the greatest recorded percentage of gain, MOTHER GETS INCUBATOR BABY. Wins in Long Legal Fight for Child Exhibited at St, Louis. ‘Topeka, Kan.—The Kansas supreme court has decided that Mrs. Charlotte B. Bleakley of Lawrence is entitled to the “incubator baby” exhibited at the St. Louis world’s fair, This re: verses the ‘decision of; the Donglas county district court and upholds the decision of the circuit court of Iii nois, which held that Mrs. Bleakley is the mother of the child. The baby was placed in an incuba- tor by a St. Louis midwife after the mother had: been. told it was born dead, ‘There Mr and Mrs. J. G. Barkley adopted’ the child: and took it to Minis. The fight for possession came about, when the mother brought suit to re gain the childsatter ‘she,had. formality signed papers giving up her clain: to it. WILL GROW DATES IN TEXAS. Experiments Prove Fruit Will Thrive in the Rio Grande Delta. San Antonio, Tex.—The growing of date palms for their fruit is a new and rapidly developing industry along the delta of the Rio Grande river in Tex as. Experts from the department of agriculture at Washington have made exhaustive experiments in this sec tion, with the result that they unre. servedly advise the planting of date palms in a considerable territory that soil surveys have found to be partiev larly adapted to their growth. ‘This, with the exception of a smait area along the Gila river in Arizona, is the only section of the United States where these trees do well Walter T. Swingle of the department of agriculture says the rarest of date palms will do well along the Ric Grande river in Texas; Hired Escorts for Dogs. Paris.—A new “profession” has been started in this clty—that of the *promeneurs de chiens,” men who take dogs out for an airing. As a rule they have a number of families for which they do this service at stated hours, but they are open to engagement to take out a special pet by itself. ‘They are paid a small sum every week and generally take the dogs out to the parks. Denver Directory $22 C. O. D. BEE SUPPLIES Best goods and lowest prices. Ill. catalog free. Colorado Honey Producers Ass'n. Denver. THE FAMILY J. H. WILSON STOCK SADDLES Ask your dealer for them. Take no other. BROWN PALACE HOTEL Absolutely European Plan, $1.50 and Upward. HAYWOOD TROUT FLIES-Ak your dealer. Gym, Athletic Supplies, Tackle. The Whitney Sporting Goods Co., 505 11th St. Opp. Denver Club. SUMMER SCHOOL 14th Annual Session of Thyme School. Denver Business College, 1541 Glenarm BON I. LOOK Dealers in all kinds of merohan dise. Mammoth catalog mailed free, Corner Sixteenth and Hake, Denver. STOVE REPAIRS of every known make of stove, furnace or range, Geo. A. Pullen, 1331 Lawrence, Denver, Phone 725. LEADING MFG. JEWELERS DIAMOND SETTERS and CUTTERS of PREMIUM STONES. All work done on premises. Visitor's welcome. A. F. Wehrele Co. Est. 1881, 1916 16th St. WE ARE HEADQUARTERS FOR SEED THE BARTELDES SEED CO. Denver, Colo. RETURN ANYTHING THAT'S WRONG MONEY BACK IF TREES ARE OUR NOT THE BEST ON EARTH Apple Trees $8 per 100 Up Grape Trees $8 per 100 Up Peach Trees $8 per 100 Up Shade Trees $15 per 100 Up A CALOQUE of rare flowers, fruits and seeds. INTERNATIONAL NURSERIES Garden ORANGE THE COLORADO TENT AND AWNING CO BLANKETS, COMFORTS Largest canvas goods house in the West. Write for illustrated catalog. GUTSHALL. Press. 1640 Lawrence St. Denver, Cola Words and music sent FREE on receipt of your name and address with name of one or more persons thinking of buying a Piano, Organ or Talking Machine. THE KNIGHT-LOCKE PIANO CO., 513-521 Sixteenth St. Denver, Cole. MATCHLESS BALDWIN PIANOS Grand Prix-Paris 1900 Grand Prix-St Louis 1904 D. H. BALDWIN & CO., Manufacturers of the World's Greatest Pianos Five factories. Five separate makes of pianos. Capital $1,000,000.00. Buy from the manufacturers the dealers do. Address 1026 California St. Denver. PIANOS AND ORGANS Send your name with bargains in planes and organs. Planes from $15 to $25 up. Plane planes can be played by instruments instruments sold on buyer. Victor talking to factory prices on furnaces. For catalog of our different instru- WAS S225 NOW S127 THE KNIGHT- CAMPBLE MUSIC COMPANY. 1625-31 California 84. Buy Your BEE HIVES And all Beekeepers' Supplies from the old reliable Colorado Seed House 1525 15TH ST., DENVER. Ask for Illustrated Catalogue "Q." We can save you money and freight. NOCK & GARSIDE Manufacturers of Electric, Hydraulic, Belt Power, Hand and Sidewalk ELEVATORS Phone 604 1850 Wance St. DENVER, OLD. Phone 064 1850 Wasser St. DENVER, COLO. HOWARD E. BURTON, Assayer and Chemist Specimen prices: Gold, silver, lead, $1 gold, silver, gold for lead, $1 Cyanide tests. Mailing envelopes and full price list sent on application. Control and safety work specified. Lead, Cole Reference, Carbonates National Bank. A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE. How a Veteran Was Saved the Ampu- tation of a Limb. B. Frank Doremus, veteran, of Roosevelt avenue, Indianapolis, Ind, says: "I had been showing symptoms of kidney trouble from the time I was mustered out of the army, but in all my life I never suffered as in 1897. Headaches, dizziness and sleeplessness, first, and then dropys. I was weak and helpless, having M. B. B. run down from 180 to 125 pounds. I was having terrible pain in the kidneys, and the secretions passed almost involuntarily. My left leg swelled until it was 34 inches around, and the doctor tapped it 'night and morning until I could no longer stand it, and then he advised amputation. I refused, and began using Doan's Kidney Pills. The swelling subsided gradually, the urine became natural, and all my pains and aches disappeared. I have been well now for nine years since using Doan's Kidney Pills. For sale by all dealers. 50 bents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Swiss Women Demand Suffrage. Women of all classes in Geneva have formed an association to secure for themselves the suffrage in every department of public life, and especially the right to vote in parliamentary elections. The vice president and the secretary of the association are members of the chamber of deputies, and several university professors have accepted minor offices. Many public men are giving their support to the movement—London Tribune. Peculiar Brazilian Ant In Brazil there is a large ant which is regarded by the natives as good to eat, when roasted—a delicacy as choice, indeed, as snails are rated by the French. Sometimes they dress the tiny creatures up like little dolls, and put them in boxes to sell to tourists as a Brazilian curiosity. Garfield Tea, which is guaranteed under the Pure Food and Drugs Act, is the best remedy for constipation, sick-headache, and indigestion. It purifies the blood and cleanses the system. Our insects do not lie in the places which we occupy, but in the grace and dignity with which we fill them.—Emerson. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, curbs wind colic. 25c a bottle. One of the things you can't buy on credit is experience. ILL FROM OVERWORK NERVOUS PROSTRATION CURED BY DR. WILLIAMS' PINK PILLS. By Toning up the Blood and Nerves Patient Recovered Weight, Strength and Good Spirits. When the nervous system is broken down from overwork, or whatever cause, life loses its joys. Not only is the nervous victim a sufferer himself but he is usually a trial to the whole family. Nervous breakdown is often gradual, appearing at first to be merely an unusual frettfulness. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills tone up the nerves in the most direct way and not only cure minor troubles but serious disorders as well. Mr. W. W. Munroe, of 16 Hazel Park, Everett, Mass., says: "About four years ago this September I became all run down from overwork and from confinement to work during warm weather. For two months I grew steadily worse. I lost in weight and strength and had no appetite. My memory failed me quite rapidly and I became in a very low state, both physically and mentally. I took no interest in life, neither in business nor recreation. In my position, as foreman in a large manufacturing chemist's establishment in Boston, a good memory is absolutely essential to success because of the immense amount of detail that must be carried in the head. "I grew very despairing, could not bear to have people meet me and my friends remarked on my condition. About the middle of December a friend told me one day that he had tried Dr. Williams' Pink Pills and found them reliable. I commenced taking them and at the end of two weeks the change for the better was remarked by friends. I continued using the pills until I was thoroughly recovered. I regard them as a fine remedy and make this statement voluntarily in gratitude for the benefit I received from them." These pills actually make new blood and have cured such diseases as rheumatism, nervous and general debility, indigestion, nervous headache, neuralgia and even partial paralysis and locomotor ataxia. As a tonic for the blood and nerves they are unequalled. If you are a sufferer from any disorder of the blood and nerves write for proof of what Dr. Williams' Pink Pills have accomplished in cases similar to yours. Every testimonial used by this company is carefully investigated before being published and is authentic. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are sold by all druggists, or direct by mail, postpaid, on receipt of price, 50 cents per box, six boxes for $2.50, by the Dr. Williams Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y. CURE ECZEMA The one infallible method by which Eczema can be quickly and permanently cured is by the use of HEISKELL'S OINTMENT has been the means of curing skin diseases of every nature. Erysipelas, Tetter, Ulcers, Pimples, Ringworm, Blotchy Skin, Erupous Skin, Head—all yield as readily to the ma, serious curative virtues of HEISKELL'S OINTMENT as the dreaddisease—Eczema. Before applying the ointment, bathe the affected parts, and then apply HEISKELL'S BLOOD AND LIVER PILLS tone up the liver and cleanse the blood. Ointment, 25 cents a box; Soap, 25 cents a cake; Pillow, 25 cents a cake; Send for interesting book of testimonials to JOHNSTON, HOLLOWAY & Co., 531 Commerce Street, Philadelphia, Pa. If afflicted with eczema, use **Midponder's Eye Water**. AFTER HARRIMAN PRESIDENT WILL INVESTIGATE MERGER CASES. BUSINESS BEFORE PLEASURE Will Forego Joys of Vacation in Order to Get at Bottom of Magnate Harriman's Intentions. Washington.—President Roosevelt proposes to take into his own hands the determination as to whether an attempt shall be made to break up the Harriman railroad combination or not, and has come to the conclusion that it is his duty to study the case from beginning to end. The President has been placed in a position of antagonism to Mr. Harriman, and on that account he is particularly desirous that no step should be taken by any department of the government in such a way as to leave the impression that it was the result of personal hostility on the part of the President himself. To satisfy himself as to the exact situation, the President proposes to read an the testimony taken by the Interstate Commerce Commission on this subject. Then he will have a conference with Attorney General Bonaparte and will ask the head of the Department of Justice to apply to the facts the President submits to him the general law in the case, and particularly that laid down by the United States Supreme Court in the Northern Securities case. All this will take time and it will involve an immense amount of personal labor on the part of President Roosevelt. He may have to give up a good deal of his vacation time, but it will be done sooner or later, and when his decision is made he will be satisfied with it, because it will be the result of personal painstaking investigation, and not the conclusion of a subordinate arrived at through partial or hurried scrutiny. This decision by President Roosevelt to burden himself with the details of an exhaustive inquiry into a subject so vast that it is scarcely understood even by the members of the Interstate Commerce Commission itself, will, it is believed, satisfy both the people and the railroads. But Few Convicted in United States Criminal statistics that have recently been compiled show that the United States leads the nations of the world in the number of homicides per capita, and that the percentage of convictions for murder is vastly lower than in any other country. The average number of murders in the United States annually during the past twenty years, from 1885 to 1904, was 6,597. In 1896 the murders reached the high water mark of 10,662, and in 1895 there were 10,500. The percentage of conviction was 1.3, whereas in Germany the convictions equaled ninety-five per cent. The following table will show that in other countries there is not the reluctance on the part of juries to convict for murder that there is in the United States: Italy ..... 3,606 Australia ..... 689 France ..... 847 Belgium ..... 132 England ..... 318 Portland ..... 129 Borland ..... 60 Spain ..... 1,584 Alunggary ..... 35 Bolivia ..... 35 Germany ..... 567 Native white ..... 42.94 per cent. Foreign born ..... 16.50 per cent. Native ..... 17.11 per cent. Chinese and Japs ..... 1.28 per cent. Civilized Indians ..... 1.21 per cent. Mrs. Eddy Files Answer Concord, N. H.—Through her self-appointed trustees, Mrs. Eddy has answered the charges that she is insane and under coercion, made in the suit brought by members of her family. The defendants, Alfred Farlow, Ira O. Knapp, William D. Johnson, Stephen A. Chase, Joseph Armstrong and Edward A. Kimball in their answer to the bill of complaint deny that Mrs. Eddy's mental faculties are so impaired by the infirmities of age, or otherwise, as to render her incapable of managing her affairs and protecting her property against undue influence, control or fraud of others, or that she is incapable of taking charge and managing the present or any other legal proceedings. They also deny she is in charge and custody of the defendants, Frye and Strang, or of any one else. Allegations Are Scandalous. The defendants say that the allegations in the bill of complaint are in large part immaterial, scandalous and irrelevant and that they ought not to be called on to make an answer thereto. Nerve in Face of Death Ouray, Colo.—One of the most wonderful exhibitions of nerve and presence of mind in the face of death recorded in the history of western mining, occurred at the Camp Bird mine yesterday afternoon, but the man who displayed it lost his life. William Peterson, a miner, was working in one of the lower levels, clearing the track for an oncoming car directly beneath an open upraise. A steel pinch bar two feet long was knocked from a stull 125 feet above, and fell point down with frightful velocity. The bar struck Peterson square in the hips and all but six inches passed through his body. The blow knocked him down, but he immediately regained his feet and pulled the steel from his body. Then he dropped in a faint. Peterson was hurried to St. Joseph's hospital, where he died at an early hour this morning. He was one of the men deported from Telluride during the miners' strike there several years ago. 1081 OVERBLOUSE 9931 GUIMPE POPULAR APPROVAL OF THEFT. English Writer Sees Significance In Glorification of Robbers. The idea of private property has never been fully accepted by the masses of the people, and never had their cordial approval as an institution, says a writer in the London News. The most popular songs and ballads of our nation in all ages, it may be noted, have been those which described sympathetically attacks on private property, from the Robin Hood cycle to the broadsheets in which Turpin and Sheppard were made heroes. Even nowadays the literature that really touches the people, the literature that the educated classes seldom so much as see exposed for sale, the literature that is sold in the small "general" shop in the back street, and costs fewer pennies than the novel we know costs shillings, still very largely deals with the romantic exploits of the robber. He is never a villain; he is noble and generous to a fault; but he is convinced of the impropriety of persons having too much money. BABY WASTED TO SKELETON. In Torments with Terrible Sores on Face and Body—Tore at Flesh —Cured by Cuticura. "My little son, when about a year and a half old began to have sores come out on his face. They began to come on his arms, then on other parts of his body, and then one came on his chest, worse than the others. At the end of about a year and a half of suffering he grew so bad I had to tie his hands in cloths at night to keep him from scratching the sores and tearing the flesh. He got to be a mere skeleton and was hardly able to walk. I sent to the drug store and got a cake of Cuticura Soap and a box of Cuticura Ointment, and at the end of two months the sores were all well. He has never had any sores of any kind since, and only for the Cuticura Remedies my precious child would have died from these terrible sores. I used only one cake of Soap and about three boxes of Ointment. Mrs. Egbert Sheldon, R. F. D. No. 1, Woodville, Conn., April 22, 1905." True to the Sex. On swept the amazons. Suddenly on the long line of female warriors halted on the brink of battle. "What are they waiting for?" asked the war correspondent. "Powder!" replied the commander laconically. "Ah, they are about to put some powder in their guns?" "No; they are about to put some powder on their noses. Just because they are warriors is no reason why they should be any different from other women." And then there was a moving-picture scene of animated puffs and flashing hand mirrors. A Paradox of Ambiguity. "I never saw any one so stuck-up as Markley," began Popley. "Last night he—" "Why," interrupted Goodart, "that's not like Markley at all. He's the best natured fellow—" "Of course," continued Popley, "but last night he came to my house with molasses candy for the children and let them sit on his lap while they ate it." How's This? Queer Names of Jurymen. Among those drawn for jury service for the April term of court in Franklin county are: Mr. Button, Mr. Hasty, Mr. Curl, Mr. Lord, Mr. Dyer, Mr. Cook and Mr. Pear.—Kansas City Star. Defiance Starch is the latest invention in that line and an improvement on all other makes; it is more economical, does better work, takes less time. Get it from any grocer. Nobody does anything well which he cannot help doing; work is only done well when it is done with a will. Laundry work at home would be much more satisfactory if the right Starch were used. In order to get the desired stiffness, it is usually necessary to use so much starch that the beauty and fineness of the fabric is hidden behind a paste of varying thickness, which not only destroys the appearance, but also affects the wearing quality of the goods. This trouble can be entirely overcome by using Defiance Starch, as it can be applied more thinly because of its greater strength than other makes. Prize for the Unmarried. The latest novelty in bazar attractions is that introduced by the Springside Wesleyan chapel, Rawtenstall, England. A wedding cake was cut up, and in one section was concealed a marriage certificate. It was announced that the bachelor or spinster securing the "chunk" containing the document had the opportunity offered to be married free of cost within the next 12 months by the Rev. J. Bennett. Automobile "Tattersalls." A great mart, to be devoted wholly to the sale of autos and accessories is to be built in London. It is to be an automobile "Tattersalls." BACKACHE AND DESPONDENCY Are both symptoms of organic derangement, and nature's warning to women of a trouble which will sooner or later declare itself. How often do we hear women say, "It seems as though my back would break." Yet they continue to drag along and suffer with aches in the small of the back, pain low down in the side, dragging sensations, nervousness and no ambition. They do not realize that the back is the main-spring of woman's organism and quickly indicates by aching a diseased condition of the feminine and pains will continue until the c Lydia E. Pinkham's V made from native roots and herbs successful remedy in such cases. N of cures of feminine ills. Miss Lena Nagel, of 117 Morgan completely worn out and on the verp ached all the time. I had dreadful of crying and extreme nervousness. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Co Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Co such as Backache, Failing and Displ Dissolves and expels Tumors at au tones the Stomach. Cures Headache the whole feminine system. Mrs. Pinkham's Standing Women suffering from any form write Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass. H NO MORE MUSTARD P THE SCIENTIFIC AND MODERN CAPIS VASE EXTRACT OF THE CAY A QUICK, SURE, SAFE AND ALWAY 13c—IN COLLAPSIBLE TUBES—AT A BY MAIL ON RECEIPT of 15c. IN TILL THE PAIN COMES A substitute for and superior to musta blister the most delicate skin. The pa the article are wonderful. It will stop Headache and Sciatica. We recommend counter-irritant known, also as an ext stomach and all Rheumatic, Neur will prove what we claim for it, and it household and for children. Once use people say "it is the best of all your p of vaseline unless the same carries out SEND YOUR ADDRESS AND W LINE PAMPHLET WHICH WI will continue until the cause is removed. E. Pinkham's Vegetable Co. native roots and herbs has been for many ye remedy in such cases. No other medicine has a feminine ills. Nagel, of 117 Morgan St., Buffalo, N. Y., was worn out and on the verge of nervous prostrat e time. I had dreadful periods of pain, was extreme nervousness, and was always wee Kinkham's Vegetable Compound completely wee Kinkham's Vegetable Compound cures Female rache, Falling and Displacements, and all Org and expels Tumors at an early stage. It stru- mach. Cures Headache and Indigestion and minimise system. Kinkham's Standing Invitation to suffering from any form of female weakness a Kinkham, Lynn, Mass. Her advice is free. MORE MUSTHOLD PLASTERS TO BE Scientific and Modern External Counter-Ind CAPISICUM VASELINE INTRACT OF THE CAYENNE PEPPER PLAST URE-SAFE AND ALWAYS READY CURE FOR FILLASIBLE TUBES-AT ALL DRUGGISTS AND DE RECEIPT OF 15c. IN POSTAGE STAMPS. DO THE PAIN COMES-KEEP A TUBE for and superior to mustard or any other plaster, most delicate skin. The pain-allaying and curative are wonderful. It will stop the toothache at once, and Sciatica. We recommend it as the best and sal istant known, also as an external remedy for pains and all Rheumatic, Neuralgic and Gouty compla what we claim for it, and it will be found to be inva and for children. Once used no family will be without "it is the best of all your preparations." Accept no unless the same carries our label, as otherwise it is OUR ADDRESS AND WE WILL MAIL O AMPHLETH WHICH INTEREST YOU. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound made from native roots and herbs has been for many years the most successful remedy in such cases. No other medicine has such a record of cures of feminine ills. Miss Lena Nagel, of 117 Morgan St., Buffalo, N. Y., writes: "I was completely worn out and on the verge of nervous prostration. My back ached all the time. I had dreadful periods of pain, was subject to fits of crying and extreme nervousness, and was always weak and tired. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound completely cured me." Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cures Female Complaints, such as Backache. Falling and Displacements, and all Organic Diseases. Dissolves and expels Tumors at an early stage. It strengthens and tones the Stomach. Cures Headache and Indigestion and invigorates the whole feminine system. Mrs. Pinkham's Standing Invitation to Women Women suffering from any form of female weakness are invited to write Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass. Her advice is free. NO MORE MUSTARD PLASTERS TO BLISTER. THE SCIENTIFIC AND MODERN EXTERNAL COUNTER-IRRITANT. CAPISICUM VASELINE EXTRACT OF THE CAYENNE PEPPER PLANT A OUICK, SURE, SAFE, AND ALWAYS READY CURE FOR PAIN—PRICE 15c—IN COLLAPSIBLE TUBES—AT ALL DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS, OR BY MAIL ON RECEIPT OF 15c. IN POSTAGE STAMPS. DON'T WAIT TILL THE PAIN COMES—KEEP A TUBE HANDY. A substitute for and superior to mustard or any other plaster, and will not blister the most delicate skin. The pain-allaying and curative qualities of the article are wonderful. It will stop the toothache at once, and relieve Headache and Sciatica. We recommend it as the best and safest external counter-irritant known, also as an external remedy for pains in the chest and stomach and all Rheumatic, Neuralgic and Gouty complaints. A trial will prove what we claim for it, and it will be found to be invaluable in the household and for children. Once used no family will be without it. Many people say "it is the best of all your preparations." Accept no preparation of vaseline unless the same carries our label, as otherwise it is not genuine. SEND YOUR ADDRESS AND WE WILL MAIL OUR VASE-LINE PAMPHLET WHICH WILL INTEREST YOU. CHESEBROUGH MFG. CO. 17 STATE STREET, NEW YORK CITY W. L. DOU $3.00 AND $3.50 SH W. L. DOUGLAS $4.00 GILT EDGE SHOES CANNOT BE SHOES FOR EVERYBODY A Men's Shoes, $5 to $1.50. Boys' Shoes, Shoes, $4 to $1.50. Misses' & Children's. W. L. Douglas shoes are recognized by ex- to be the best in style, fit and wear produc- tion of the shoe and every detail of the min- ute time or cost. If I could take you into my Brockton, Mass., and show you how caree shoes are made, you would then understa- wear longer, and are of greater value than L. Douglas name and price is stamped on the price interiors and fast Color Eyelashes used exclusively. Catalog mailed. GET RICH BY IRRIGA years. 180,000 open. Easy payments. First opening April Falls. Industries wanted. Act once or you will be too THE FASHIONA of the season JAPANESI L. L. DOUGLAS AND $3.50 SHOES BEST IN THE WORLD 4.00 GILT LIFT SHoes CANNOT BE EQUALED AT ANY PRICE. FOR EVERYBODY AT ALL PRICES: shoes are recognized by expert judges of footwear style, fit and wear produced in this country. Each shoe is owned by every detail. No the mattery is obliged after heavy by skilled shoemakers, without regard to if I could take you into my large factories at you would then understand why they hold their name and price is stamped on the bottom, which protects the we are of greater value than any other makes. name and price is stamped on the bottom, which protects the we are of greater value than any other makes. Catalog mailed free. W. L. DOUGLAS CH BY IRRIGATION You can n acre of F successful world. 240 day payments. First opening April 22. Others to follow. Acton or you will be too late. Write 1224 First Nation THE FASHIONABLE FEATURE of the season's styles is the JAPANESE EFFECT $3.00 AND $3.50 SHOES BEST WORLD W. L. DOUGLAS $4.00 GILT EDGE SHOES CANNOT BE EQUALIED AT ANY PRICE. SHOES FOR EVERYBODY AT ALL PRICES: Men's Shoes, $5 to $1.50. Boys' Shoes, $3 to $1.25. Women's Shoes, $4 to $1.50. Misses' & Children's Shoes, $2.25 to $1.00. W. L. Douglas shoes are recognized by expert judges of footwear to be the best in style, fit and wear produced in this country. Each part of the shoe and every detail of the making is looked after and watched over by skilled shoemakers, without regard to the many hands that would take you home and of Brockton, Mass., and show you how carefully W. L. Douglas shoes are made, you would then understand why they hold their shape, fit better, wear longer, and are of greater value than any other makes. W. L. Douglas name and price is stamped on the bottom, which protects the wearer against high prices and inferior shoes. "Take No Substitute." 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Write 1921 First Nation in Waists, Blouses, Jackets, etc., etc. It's the newest thing, and a complete assortment is found only in the up-to-date Butterick 10 Cents and A splendidly illustrated sheet Styles will be mailed on re THE BUTTERICK PUBLISHER BUTTERICK BUILDING THE DE is the greatest authority o Ladies and 15 Cents per Copy Butterick Patterns 10 Cents and 15 Cents Each lendidly illustrated sheet of these graceful J yles will be mailed on receipt of two cents (2c THE BUTTERICK PUBLISHING COMPANY, LIM BUTTERICK BUILDING NEW YORK THE DELINEATOR the greatest authority on up-to-date fashion Ladies and Juveniles. Cents per Copy $1.00 per A splendidly illustrated sheet of these graceful Japanese Styles will be mailed on receipt of two cents (2c) by THE BUTTERICK PUBLISHING COMPANY, LIMITED BUTTERICK BUILDING - NEW YORK Benefit of Modern Machinery. It is estimated by the department of agriculture that last year's crop was produced and gathered at a saving of $685,000,000 over what would have been the cost of raising an equal crop 50 years ago. This saving was accomplished by the use of modern agricultural implements.—Farm Machinery. DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS FOR ALL KIDNEY DISEASES CUHES, RHEUMATISM BRIGHT'S DISEASE DIABETES BACHACHE discontinued the use of our products package. The public may rely on of limitations. Sold only in benzene W. N. U., DENVER, NO. 16, 1907. W MISS LENA NAGEL organs or kidneys, and that aches cause is removed. Vegetable Compound has been for many years the most to other medicine has such a record St., Buffalo, N. Y., writes:—"I was of nervous prostration. My back periods of pain, was subject to fits and was always weak and tired. Compound completely cured me." Compound cures Female Complaints, placements, and all Organic Diseases. in early stage. It strengthens and and Indigestion and invigorates Invitation to Women of female weakness are invited to our advice is free. LASTERS TO BLISTER. EXTERNAL COUNTER-IRRITANT. MICUM LINE ENNE PEPPER PLANT IS READY CURE FOR PAIN—PRICE ALL DRUGISTS AND DEALERS OR POSTAGE STAMPS. DON'T WAIT KEEP A TUBE HANDY. Or any other plaster, and will not min-allaying and curative qualities of the toothache at once, and relieve end it as the best and safest external internal remedy for pains in the chest algic and Gouty complaints. A trial will be found to be invaluable in the need no family will be without it. Many preparations." Accept no preparation label, as otherwise it is not genuine. WE WILL MAIL OUR VASE- LL INTEREST YOU. any other makes. bottom, which protects the wearer against high rate. Sold by the best shoe dealers everywhere. W. L. BOUGLAS, Brockton, Mass. ATION You can file on 40, 88, 120 or 160 acres of public irrigated land in Idaho. Richest land and most successful irrigated tract in the world. 240,000 acres settled in two 112. Others to follow. Cheap power from Shooshouse. Write 124 First National Bank Blg, Chicago. EABLE FEATURE It's styles is the E EFFECT Patterns 15 Cents Each of these graceful Japanese receipt of two cents (2c) by WISHING COMPANY, LIMITED G - NEW YORK LINEATOR on up-to-date fashions for Juveniles. $1.00 per Year S LD ar oh ir shape fit better A SOCIAL LEADER OF KANSAS CITY Attributes ea deee Health to - eS WN ava St., Kansas City, Mo., member of the National Annuity Association, writes : “ My health was excellent until about year ago, when I had a complete col- lapse from overdoing socially, not get- ting the proper rest, and too many late suppers. My stomach was in a dread- ful condition, and my nerves all un- strung. “Twas advised by a friend to try Pe- runa, and eventually I bought a bottle. I took it and then another, and kept using it for three months. “At the end of that time my health was restored, my nerves no longer troubled me, 'and I felt myself once more and able -to assume my social sition. I certainly feel that Peruna Ie deserving of pralse.”* There are many reasons why society women break down, why their nervous systems fail, why they have systemic or pelvic catarrh. ‘Indeed, they are espe- Bially liable to these ailments. No won- ier they require the protection of Peru- na. Itis their shield and safeguard. Dragging Pains are a symptom of tne most serious trouble which can attack a woman, viz: falling of the womb, With this, generally, comes frregular and painful periods, weakening drains, backache, headache, nervousness, dizziness, ir= ritability, tired feeling, etc. The cureis TU ( | The Female Regulator that wonderful, curative, vegetableex- tract, which exerts such a marvelous, strengthening influence, on all female organs. Cardui relieves pain and regulates the menses. It is a sure and permanent cure for all female complaints. At all druggists and dealers in $1.00 bottles, Sire ate tg “J SUFFERED AWFUL PAIN in my womb and ovaries,’’ writes Mrs. Naomi Bake, of Webster Grove, Mo., ‘also in my right and left sides, and my menses were very painful and irreg= ular, Since taking Cardul I feel likea ew woman ard do not suffer as I did, It Is the best medicine I ever took.’* You can identify Alabastine by the trade mark, but you can’t fully appreciate all the reasons why you should identify it unless you ey eee et slide, for boot and fat sara aoa oe a ans ees ae ec ag societies, wall cove: eRe eh aah eae Perera aye, aca Pee ERE ce [labosting PAN Joie Fs ; if peas \] ) LB =a] Positively cured by C ARTERS these Little Pills. ‘They also relieve Dis- ee FTTLE —|aigestonuad tonearey IVER [ecrrtpctes, nasa PILES, lore Sout, costed if ‘Tongue, Pain in the Side, ae {TORPID LIVER. They regulate the Bowels. Purely Vegetable. SMALL PILL, SMALL DOSE, SMALL PRICE, Genuine Must Bear ne Fao-Simile Signature | PILLS. ea & REFUSE SUBSTITUTES, rE Wawa Coleman, Patent Attor PATENTS 252 GEG COLORADO NEWS ITEMS ted at Victor, Se ee Greeley has a big irrigation merger on that promises to fill the eyes of the big spuds with tears of joy. A course in veterinary science 1s to be given in the State Agricultural Col- lege. ‘There's some horsesense in this, Rodney Rodenbach of Ottumwa, Jowa, is temporarily insane at Pueblo because of his great love for his dogs. Two miners, Barney McSwee and Robert Brown, were instantly killed io @ Trinidad mine by the fall of a large rock. ‘The Trinidad Trades and Labor As: sembly, which has been out of com- mission for four months, bas been re- juvenated, ‘The Baptist church on Seventh and Macon avenues, Canon City, will be en- Jarged by the addition of a two-story 20x30 wing. Henry B. McCoy, formerly clerk of the District Court at Pueblo, has struck {t rich°in gold mines in the Philippines. | A Fort Collins druggist has been convicted and fined 3100 for selling liq uor. Did the jury expect him to drink it all himself? The Erle Boosters are pushing thetr old uncle, Success, right up the tree, and he 1s reaching right out for the apple of reward. Search 1g still belng made for Den- ver Boggs, a magazine writer who dis- appeared from Pueblo u year ago. Foul play ts suspected. ‘Thomas Miller, a student 1n Colo rado College at Colorado Springs, was arrested for cruelly lashing horse he had hired at a livery stable. The School of Mines’ strike 1s of, and the hazy atmosphere has lifted from the stately brow of Lookout mountain, and all ts forgiven. John Mindecelll, who killed Antone Sofore at Pueblo some weeks ago, will claim that he bad a brainstorm on and his windmill was out of gear. At noon Sunday fire destroyed the Douglas zine mill in California gulch, Leadville. It has beer-abandoned for several years. ‘The loss 1s $3,000. A workmen returing from Panama says there is a great deal of uvrest among the laborers down there, and that there is liable to be a strike any day. Roy Hency, a negro, is accused ot trying to cremate his wife alive, at his home near ‘ercio, a few nights ago. The woman escaped and had him ar- rested. The Grand River stockgrowers look upon the grazing tax law as a mav- erick, and there may be some dusty roundups before the branding season is over. Ole ‘Thompson wants $15,000 from the owners of a mine near Ohio City, Gunnison county, because the roof of a tunnel caved in and caused him to lose one foot. Some good Samaritan, who purposely conceals his identity, has presented Greeley with a drinking fountain. And ft wasn’t long ago that Greeley voted on the local option law. John Jolly overtanked with Maquid Joy at Golden one day this week, and is charged with carrying off several gallons outside of his hide. He will have to answer to the District Court. Headquarters haye been opened at Trinidad by D. B. Fitton for the pur- pose of patrolling and conserving the new Las Animas forest reserve in this and Huerfano counties. Three rang- ers will be assigned to the district. Forty-six car loads of lambs were shipped from Eaton and vicinity Mon- day. Most of them went to river points, but a few cars were taken cn to Chicago. ‘This {s the largest num- ber ever sent from Eaton at one time. A booklet, “With Nature in Colo- rado,” just issued by the passenger de- partment, Denver & Rio Grande rail- Toad, 1s like the first breath of spring, with its soft tones and delicate color- ing. It 1s finely illustrated, and for a railroad advertisement intended for free distribution, {s exceptionally beau- tiful. John Nolon, well known as the pro- prietor of several large gambling houses during the palmy days of Crip- ple Creek, is planning to invest $20,000 in improving his property tn Manitou. He also will bulld a business block on the main street. Nolo has maintained a residence at Manitou for a number of years. Marle Rothgeb, forty years old, was given a hearing in the County Court at Cripple Creek, and adjudged tnsane. ‘The woman's condition was such that it was impossible to send her to Pu- ‘eblo on a train, and {t became neces: sary to engage a carriage to take her to the smelter city. She will receive treatment at the Work sanitarium. The offer of the National Humane Alllance, through Doctor Mary 2. Bates of Denver, to donate a one thou- sand-dollar drinking fountain to Pu- eblo has been accepted by the Board of Aldermen. The fountain {s similar to that erected in Denver, and will stand as a monument to Homer Lee Ensign, a lover of dumb animals, who left bis fortune to be expended in euch @ manner. The Pueblo fountain will be erected near the Central block cn THOUGHT HIM A LUNATIC. Man's Queer Jumble of Words Wa~ ranted the Inference. Prof. William Lyon Phelps of Yale recently told this story at New Ha: ven’s chamber of commerce banquet: A hard drinker was told by his doctor that he could be cured if every time he felt that he must have a drink he would immediately take something to eat instead. ‘The. man followed the advice and was cured, but the habit of asking for food had become so fixed with him that once he was nearly locked up as a lunatic. He was stopping at a hotel ‘and, hearing a great commotion in the ‘room next to his, he peeped over the ‘transom to see what the matter was. He saw, and rushed madly down to the office and shouted to the clerk: “The man in 153 has shot himself! Ham and egg sandwich, please!”"— Lippincott’s. SPLENDID APRIL TONIC. Easily Prepared at Home and Harm: less to Use. This is known as “Blood-Cleaning Time,” especially among the older folks, who always take something dur- ing this month to clean the blood of impurities and build it up. The following is the recipe as given by a well-known authority, and any- one can prepare it at home: Fluid Extract Dandelion one-half ounce, Compound Kargon one ounce, Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla three ounces. Get these simple ingredients from any good pharmacy and mix by shak- ing well in a bottle. The dose is one teaspoonful after meals and at bed- time. Everybody should take something to help the blood, which becomes impoy- erlshed and almost sour after the win- ter season, especially those who are subject to Rheumatism, Catarrh, Kid- ney and Bladder trouble. It is said that one week’s use of this mixture will clear the skin of sores, pimples or boils. This is sound, healthy advice, which will be appreciated by many readers. Rich Prize for Historical Work. One million five hundred thousand dollars is offered as a prize fof a liter- ary composition, the biggest prize of its kind on record. The award will be ‘made at St. Petersburg on December 1, 1925, to the writer of the best his- ‘tory of Alexander I, of Russia, Arakt- chelef, founder of the military colo- ‘nies of Novgorod, left a fortune of 50,000 gold rubles ($25,750) to provide for this unique prize. The prize-giving day is the centenary of the Czar Alex- ander’s death, by which time the money will, it is estimated, have in- creased to $2,000,000. One-fourth of it will be used to defray the cost of publishing the work which wins the Pilkey hr easily ake tec > Yale Now Free from Debt. Yale university is free from debt, and has a balance of $62,000, after paying a floating debt of $456,804. The university has recently invested more than $1,000,000 in New York real estate, producing 4% per cent., and has bond inyestments worth $3,307, 971.75 and stocks worth $500,482.32. At least a quarter million more could be realized on the bonds and stocks. ‘The treasurer, Mr. Lee McClung, an- nounces that the funds of the univer- sity reach $8,254,492.45, Dlsaerbation ont tenweck. An Ohio man is reported to be at the point of death from blood poison- ing caused by henpeck. This is rather queer. There are many men in and around Eskridge who are hen- pecked a thousand times a year, and while it makes the blood boll no poisoning has set in.—Wabaunsee ‘Tribune. ROMANTIC DEVONSHIRE. The Land Made Famous by Philpotts’ tacatal | Philpotts has made us familiar with romantic Devonshire, in his fascinating novels, “The River," “Children of the Mist,” ete. The characters are very human; the people there drink coffee with the same results as elsewhere. A writer at Rock House, Orchard Hill, Bideford, North Devon, states: “For 30 years I drank coffee for breakfast and dinner but some 5 years ago I found that {t was producing indi- gestion and heartburn, and was mak- ‘ing me restless at night. ‘These symp- ‘toms were followed by brain fag and a sluggish mental condition. “When I realized this, I made up my mind to quit drinking coffee and having read of Postum, I concluded to try ft, I had it carefully made, accord- ing to directions, and found to my agreeable surprise at the end of a week, that I no longer suffered from eithes indigestion, heart-burn, or brain fag, aad that I could drink it at nixht and secure restful and refreshing steep. “Since that time we have entirely discontinued the use of the old kind of coffee, growing fonder and fonder of ‘Postum as time goes on. My digestive ‘organs certainly do thelr’ work much better now than before, a result due to Postum Food Coffee, I am satisfied. | “As a table beverage we find (for all the members of my family use it) that when properly made it is most refresh- ing and agreeable, of delicious flavor and aroma, Vigilance 1s, however, necessary to secure this, for unless the servants are watched they are likely to neglect the thorough boiling which it must have in order to extract the goodness from the cereal.” Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read the little book, “The Road to Wellvilie,” im pkgs. , “There's @ rea eon,” — = The General Condemnation of So-Called Patent or Secret Medicines of an injurious, character, which indulge in extravagant and unfounded pretensions to cure all manner of ills, and the National Legislation Enacted to Restrict Their Sale have established more clearly than could have been accomplished in any other way The Value and Importance of Ethical Remedies. Remedies which physicians sanction for family use, as they act most beneficially and are gentle yet prompt in effect, and called ethical, because they are of Known Excellence and Quality and of Known Component Parts. To gain the full confidence of the Well-Informed of the world and the approval of the most eminent physicians, it is essential that the component parts be known to and approved by them, and, therefore, the California Fig Syrup Company has published for many | A years past in its advertisements and upon every package a full statement thereof. The per- fect purity and uniformity of product which they demand in a laxative remedy of an ethical character are assured by the California Fig Syrup Company's original method of manufacture, known to the Company only. There are other ethical remedies approved by physicians, but the product of the California Fig Syrup Company possesses the advantage over all other family laxatives that it cleanses, sweetens and relieves the internal organs on which it acts, without disturbing the natural functions or any debilitating after effects and without having to increase the quantity from time to time. This valuable remedy has been long-and favorably known under the name of Syrup of Figs, and has attained to world-wide acceptance as the most excellent of family laxatives, and as its pure laxative principles, obtained from Senna, are well known to physicians and the Well-Informed of the world to be the best of natural laxatives, we have adopted the more claborate name of Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, as more fully descriptive of the remedy, but doubtlessly it will always be called’ for by the shorter name of Syrup of Figs; and to get its beneficial effects, always note, when purchasing, the full name of the Company—California Fig Syrup Co.— plainly printed on the front of every package, whether you simply call for Syrup of Figs, or by the full name, Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, as Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna is the one laxative remedy manufactured by ‘the California Fig Syrup Company, and the same heretofore known by the name, Syrup of Figs, which has given satisfaction to millions. ‘The genuine is for sale by all leading druggists throughout the United States in original packages of one size only, the regular price of which is fifty cents per bottle. Every bottle is sold under the general guarantee of the Company, filed with the Secretary of Agriculture, at Washington, D. C., the remedy is not adulterated or mis- branded within the meaning of the Food and Drugs Act, June 3oth, 1906. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. San Francisco, Cal. Louisville, Ky. U. S.A. New York, N. Y. London, England. S.a9= Carpets can be colored on the floor with PUTNAM FADELESS DYES. Ask your druggist. 10 per package. It's curious that actors “who lose their heads” don’t advertise for them. For constipation, biliousness, liver éla- turbances, and diseases resulting from im: pure blood, take Nature's remedy, Gar- field ‘Tea. “It is made wholly of health: giving herbs. I have lived to know that the great secret of human happiness is this: Never suffer your energies. to stag- nate—Dr. Adam Clarke. Give Defiance Starch a fair trial— try it for both hot and cold starching, aad if you don’t think you do better work, in less time and at smaller cost, return it and your grocer will give you back your money. Blessed {s the man who has found his work; let him ask no other bless- edness. Know thy work and do it; /and work at it like Hercules. One monster there is in the world—the idle man—Carlyle. ; Priests at Humble Labor. > ie Bishop of Digne stated recent- ly in the Paris Gaulois that, while some of the priests are now living on their savings, others are supporting themselves by mending watches, mak- ing beehives and knitting jerseys. In a Pinch, Use ALLEN’S FOOT-EASE. A powder. It cures painful, smart: ing, nervous feet and ingrowing nails. It’s the greatest comfort discovery of the age. Makes new shoes easy. A certain cure for sweating feet. Sold by all Druggists, 25¢. Accept no sub- stitute. Trial package, FREE. Ad- dress A. S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. ¥. Calls for Interpreter. A trading firm at Peking has re celved the following communication: “Dear Sir—The Chinese calendar in your company is glance in looking, to be sure surpassing all the others; and ‘also it 1s gigantic beyond example in ‘connexion with its fine spectacle, ‘While I look at it. I shall be very much obliged, if you will kindly give me some pleecs, as I have great deal of interest of it.”—London Daily Mail. Sheer white goods, in fact, any fine wash goods when new, owe much of their attractiveness to the way they are laundered, this being done in a manner to enhance their textile beau- ty. Home laundering would be equal- ly satisfactory if proper attention was given to starching, the first essential being good Starch, which has sufficient Strength to stiffen, without thickening the goods. ‘Try Deflance Starch and you will be pleasantly surprised at the improved appearance of your work. Maine Woman Has Pet Deer. Mrs. Nellie Smith, of Sebec, Me., has 2 tame deer which {s nearly two years old now, but which she has raised like a cosset lamb, feeding it from a bottle at first and making a Gide cat oti it was given to her by a lumberman, who overtook it in the deep snow and caught it In his arms when it was no larger than a cat, except for its legs, It has always been perfectly tame and domesticated, never haying known anything of the wild lfe of its kind, but runs about the premises unrestrained, having its place in the stable on cold nights. ‘The deer are numerous around Sebec, and It is a question whether, as Mrs. Smith's pet grows older, it will not answer to the “call of the wild” and join jts comrades in the forest. Kae 7 a a parr (900 Does) For Infants and Children, 3 | SS = C ASTOR ai The Kind You Have Rss y n |= "1 Always Bought aos ALCOHOL 3 FER Cis t. 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Corporal Frank Hayden, of the army recruiting station, who spent a year of army service in China, savs_ it is a good country to “soldier” in. | “The worst thing about China and the islands,” he said, “is that there's no one to associate with except the natives. Otherwise they're good places. China especially, to do mili- | tary service. Food of good quality is very cheap. We could buy 175 eggs | there for 50 cents American money | or one dollar ‘Mex.’ Ten cents would | buy a fine fat chicken and 60 cents a good sheep. The Chinese are good cooks and we could employ one for a very little money over his board.”— | Kansas City Times. By following the directions, which are plainly printed on each package of | Defiance Starch, Men’s Collars and | Cuffs can be made just as stiff as de- sired, with either gloss or domestic | finish. Try it, 16 oz. for 10c, sold by t all good grocers. To live but one day in good will to all men is to antiicpate and hasten that day when all men shall live in good will—Bliss Perry. eo as pee NS EET | RHEUMATISM | NEURALGIA ms 3 ee JACOBS: PGs 3 | owen Se ae > : 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, OALLING 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. --- The MATTER of DRESS Kerry Craw Pretty Headgear The true dress artist is always an enthusiast, and not even for the most extensive commercial consideration would she persuade the "chiffon woman" into satin brocade, or the "tailor-made girl" to the picturesque allurements of clinging folds. Clinging folds are much in fashion just now, and few styles are more graceful than the most prevalent, which embraces a corselet skirt fitted round the waist and hips and falling in full folds to the feet, the corselet being low in the front and high at the back, while square or semi-circular bretelles hang over the sleeves to give the essential long-shouldered line. The dress is filled to the neck with soft chiffon or lace, and bears sleeves to match trimmed perhaps with bands of cloth to correspond with the skirt; and over this costume is a loose coat of Chinese shape, always with the lines drooping from the shoulders the length of this, and extends either to the waist or to the hips. The hat is placed boldly over the forehead and bears a drooping plume at the back, the whole contour of costume, from head to heel, seeming to droop with an unaffected grace in every pleat. It is easy to imagine that under the aegis of this sort of costume the least graceful woman might have a share of elegance, so that she regulate the length of the coat and skirt and the commencement of the corselet in the front and back to suit her special proportions. Sometimes these corselet skirts are entirely made in pleats, small box pleats closely cut together, and stitched firmly down to the hips, whence they flow to the hem. On other models they are contrived with the bretelles made with a sort of waistcoat effect. But they form a by no means ideal waistcoat, a garment which is at its best when made separately of striped velvet or silk and worn with an ordinary narrow skirt and coat of masculine simplicity. An admirable example of a spring Pretty The woman who dons a new spring hat should consider its suitability to her costume, and she who can purchase but one hat only will do well to avoid those with very narrow front brims and extremely wide back brims. This fashion is ephemeral, is trying to most people, and is conspicuous. dress is made of black cloth with a corselet skirt, and a waistcoat of natural Shangtung silk, buttoned with black, showing above and below a soft shirt of white chiffon. The sleeves of the little black coat are cut short and broad and wide, trimmed at the edge with a soft braid, and lined with the Shangtung silk, and the hat which is destined to complete the effect is small of shape, with the brim pointing towards the front, trimmed on either side with a large rosette of gathered black glace, whence black wings outspread themselves. In the costumes shown in our illustration may be seen expressed the universal fancy for the long shoulder line, and the prevailing desire to conceal the fact of an armhole. Not a bad desire, either, when you come to consider it, for the armhole has always been a point liable to reveal the hand of the expert or of the inexperi, and by hiding its existence a better chance is given to the amateur, who might indeed well achieve a faithful realization of sketch number one, made of a finely striped thin clutch and possessed of an unlined skirt, and a bloused bodice, contrived into straps, over the shoulder to display an under-bodice of ecru lace. Embroidered buttons hold these straps, and also put in their appearance on either side of the front. The evening frock has a skirt of black and white stripe, which might either be accomplished in satin and silk or in velvet and chiffon, the latter involving infinitely more trouble, but being infinitely more effective, and the solid hem of silk and satin or velvet would invest it with durability. Rosettes of ribbon decorate the skirt, held in the centers with diamond buttons, and the bretelles are of white embroidered in jet and diamonds, and on these again smaller rosettes put in an appearance, while tassels of jet hang on each side of the draped corselet bodice. Headgear Many of the spring hats are quite flat and are trimmed with wings flatly arranged. Many have flat loops of velvet filling in under the brim at the back. When the hat is light, the wings of medium shades, and the velvet loops much darker, the effect is excellent. Denver's Favorite Pleasure Resort. Whist, Pool, Chess, Checker and other pastime games. PHONE 2275 MAIN. 1859 Champa St. Denver, Colo This Store Clos Spring Values This Store Closes 5:30 P.M. Values the Best This Store Closes 5:30 P.M. Spring Values the Best Ever. Joslin DRY GOODS CO. White Goods FIRST We quote only a few of White Goods and Linens FIRST FLOOR. We quote only a few of our many extra values New line Fine Sheer White Plaid and check materials, for waists and suits; there is such a demand for this fabric that they won't last long at this price—yard. 25c Imported French Voiles, white with neat black embroidered designs, very choice—yard. 75c 10 pieces, good heavy 6 bleached table Damask, open der patterns, 75c grade—yard $1.00 line 72-inch heavy w Cream Damask, open border terns—yard. 25c line Hemmed Huck T good size and weight each Soft Finished Mercerized Batiste, with hand-embroidered dots, regular $1. line—Monday, yd. .50c The Heywood B BASEM We are exclusive Denver ed make. They are more give better satisfaction th A light weight Folding G A full reed body Folding a $60.00 English Perambu Scholl's M Hang 1841 ARA Heywood Baby Carrier BASEMENT. are exclusive Denver agents for this care. 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In Creole Braids twenty-five cents and up. Pompadours fifty cents. JOSEPH H. STUART Practice in all courts. Examining abstract of title and drawing up legal instruments given careful attention. 329 Kittredge Bld. Phone Olive 294 Res. 2562 Lincoln Avenue. ```markdown ``` 2053 Larimer Street A. E. ses 5:30 P. M. the Best Ever. Standard Patterns Now 5, 10, 15 Cts. no higher s and Linens FLOOR. of our many extra values 10 pieces, good heavy 68-inch bleached table Damask, open border patterns, 75c grade—yard...50c $1.00 line 72-inch heavy weight Cream Damask, open border patterns—yard.....75c 25c line Hemmed Huck Towels, good size and weight, each.....20c 38 inch Extra good white Auto cloth for suits and waists, real linen finished, yard. 20c Baby Carriages MENT. or agents for this celebrat- durable, have more style, an any other. o-Cart for.....$1.85 and Reclining Cart...$5.00 ulator.....$30.00 Modern Laundry PAHOE-PHONE 817 Habit" Your Pocket. MIN & C. MILLINERY. Goods a Specialty. E. ESTERBLOM, TAILOR First-class Workmanship at Reasonable Prices. Satisfaction Guaranteed. 2564 Washington Av. Denver. --- DENVER, COLO Denver, Colorado Relish Crabs, Although Naturally a Race of Fruit Eaters. What made the crab-eating raccoon first take to his queer diet? The question is suggested by a specimen of this strange animal at a London menagerie and which is happy to oblige any generous visitor with an illustration of the quickest way to kill, unshell and swallow a crustacean without artificial assistance of any kind. Doubtless the peculiarity originated in the shore-frequenting habits of the species, and, being a delicate feeder, the succulence of the crab, once cracked, was an obvious inducement to renew his acquaintance on every possible occasion. Originally probably a fruit eater, the raccoon is inquisitive and dainty, both strong incentives to experiments in diets. When an individual sees a small object he does not understand his actions fall under three headings. He first puts the article to close scrutiny, both with his eyes and that supercilious, upturned nose of his. Then he takes it away and washes it—a characteristic action of this water-loving animal—and finally puts it to the grand test of eatableness or otherwise. If it appears unpalatable he gives it to his wife. In this way it is easy to imagine how the creek-loving coon, wearying of too much fruit, made his first crab supper, and though he has never been able to add a squeeze of lemon or brown bread and butter to the repast has become a confirmed lover of crustacea ever since. All creatures make experiments until they become a fixed habit and their whole structure is modified in accordance. Nature, for instance, never intended the osprey to live on fish. It was the temptation of an old world trout in difficulties in the shallows that first led the great hawk astray. Some small Brazilian monkeys, again, live almost exclusively on birds' eggs, an Australian parrot has given up a proper vegetarian diet for an exclusive regimen of mutton and many other instances of the same unorthodox appetites might be cited. Vast Debt Owed by Cities. The municipal debts of the country are approximately $1,600,000,000—a sum larger than is owed by the federal government and all the state governments. Of the total it is worth while to note New York contributes, when all sinking fund deductions are made, about one-fourth. The increasing habit of American cities to mortgage the future is one of the marked governmental tendencies of the times. Although a marked improvement has taken place in the quantity of municipal governments, whatever the other good faults, there is seemingly no disposition to lessen the public burden. The theory seemingly is that municipal resources are practically unlimited. For a public servant to have prejudice against debt creation is considered proof that he is an old fogy. The greater part of city debts represent money put into buildings, streets, parks, etc., and no small part to meet administrative deficits. In view of the size of these debts and the little the public has received from their creation, there cannot be kept back a feeling of gratitude that the prudence of the last generation put into state constitutions clauses limiting debt creation. Except for these clauses there is reason to fear, with extravagance and rocklessness in the air as it is now, municipal indebtedness would increase much more than $100,000,000 a year—Exchange. Properties of Gold. Pure gold is unaffected by the atmosphere either at ordinary temperatures or when the metal is heated. It is also proof against the action of common acids when used singly. Moreover, it confers its properties more or less upon copper and silver when these metals are alloyed with it. Thus, for example, 12-karat gold will withstand the action of nitric acid and the atmosphere at ordinary temperature, but some of the copper will be oxidized during annealing. Nine parts of gold may be alloyed with ten parts of platinum in an ordinary crucible and fire, but such an alloy will not be uniform; a larger proportion of platinum will free itself from the gold on solidification and a homogeneous alloy of the two metals cannot be obtained.—Jewelers' Circular Weekly. Honor the Old-Time School. Never speak nor write of old-time schools in derision. We are in advance of them in many ways, it is true, and for that we are thankful, but our thankfulness should be largely mixed with humility. Those were the schools of our fathers and grandfathers and really it must be admitted that they were and are as a body entitled to our respect. They did their best in the light of that tallow candle. Are we doing as well in the brilliant blaze shed upon our path by electricity? They were slow in reaching an objective point in their ancient lumbering vehicles. Do we accomplish as much when we reach our journey's end by the limited? These are questions which the youth and middle-aged of our day should ponder.—Western School Journal. Her Feline Propensities. "Even in politics women cannot conceal their real nature. There is always something of a cat about the woman voter." "How does she show it?" "Doesn't she always scratch the ticket?"—Baltimore American.