Colorado Statesman

THE COLORADO STATESMAN THE JOURNAL OF THE WEST. LABOR SHALL BE FREE RACE COUNTRY PARTY SOME FACTS Of the Negro Race as Compared with that of the Caucasian Race by W. W. Walker, D. D., of Rome, Georgia, VOL. XIV, SOME Of the Negro Race as Compared by W. W. Walker, D. W. W. Walker, D. D., of Rome, Ga., reveals some interesting facts relatives to the race. He says: I was reading the other day an article in the Atlanta Constitution written by Judge Norwood of Savannah, entitled "Traits of the Negro Race." I looked in vain to find one good trait. To him the Negro was a savage, is now a savage and will forever remain a savage. And articles of similar strain are constantly appearing in Southern journals and newspapers, not to mention the same tenor appearing as the chief note of the clarion voices of the South's most popular orators and quasi statesmen. Now I do not pretend to answer such languages and nonsensical flurries of these learned Americans but I propose to state three or four things deeply embedded in every thoughtful Negro's mind and heart that if all the orations on earth come to a mighty wave against him these things will remain. First—It is in our minds and in our hearts just how it got there I can't tell you, but it's there just the same—that we are a part of the human family and in consequence are sharers alike with all other races of the distinctive and common proprieties of a human being. We hold that we possess in common with other men all the component parts of elements of a human being; a body with human proportions, orgons, etc., a soul said to be made in the immage of God, a mind with all its faculties and should there be anything else belonging to a human being as part of it we claim that too. Now if we haven't all of these things, then we are not human and should not look to be treated as such, nor should it be required of us to act like human beings. When once you admit that we are human, then we have a right to claim the possession of an immortal soul and rational mind, and have a family right to be treated as such. But whether human or not we will eternally believe we are and to the last die in the successful efforts of acting like human being. As lost human souls we will ever look to Jesus as the world's redeemer and receive His gospel just the same as undeveloped minds we will struggle to reach the highest possible attainments of the human mind. We are going to continue to laugh when we feel good, sigh or cry when we feel bad, sing and pray when we think we need to do so. anything just to act like a human being. The first thing we ask of our brothers of the white complexion not only to recognize us a part of the human family, but upon the strength of that recognition to treat us as such. Look at the preamble of the constitution, and there you will find the proper treatment of human beings on the same soil and under the same government concisely given. Second—It is in our mind and in our hearts—just how it got there I can't tell you, it's there just the same—that we as a race are the social equal of any other race on the face of the earth. And right at this point is a very sore place, one of these running sores, on the skin of our white brother. Wealth creates a kind of a class society, letters may do so, color may do so, and many other things may do so, hedging in small circles the wealthy, the intelligent, the fashionable, etc., and hedging on the outsider the common herd. Well, while we appreciate the supersocial air that these superior attainments live in, and have not one word of denunciation against them. And while we believe a man has a natural right to select the material for the creation of his own society—for that's just the thing we do—yet we claim that as a rule we are the social equal of any other race on the face of the earth. Given a Negro with equal qualifications and attainments of a given white man. Let it be assumed that the Negro selects from his own race companionships of equal qualifications as those of the given white man. Upon this assumption we affirm that the given Negro society is the social equal of that given white man society, and if the two circles be equal they coincide when placed upon each other. The white man has gone back almost to the flood to trace his blood, and all the way long the march of history he has appropriated to himself the biggest achievements of all civilization as if that would make the Negro his social inferior, and then turns to DENVER, COLORADO, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1903. the Negro with the look of contempt and says. Look where you came from, your past conditions in Africa, and at best in America, You are only imitators. What have you originated? I have been wondering how many originators the South has produced, and how many there are now in the South who may be called originators. I am firmly convinced the most of us are imitators. I believe we have just as much right to appropriate as our own and wear as a plume in our hats the civilization of ancient Egypt, ancient Carthage and modern Japan, as they to boast of the civilization of Greece and Rome as their own. We have originated about as much as the Southern white man. He is a mighty originator of windy speeches of Don Quivotic superiority, while we have originated the ragtime in religion and in music, and we are being aped from ocean to ocean and from pole to pole. We do not mean amalgamation of the two races lawfully or unlawfully when we use the term social equality; it is not in our minds nor is it to be found in our hearts. We are as firm believers in race integrity as you are. We have a little race pride ourselves, and if you only be as watchful of your young men crossing over to our side bringing to bear on the minds of our ignorant and simple-minded girls their menas, their station and their power there will be but very little amalgamation between the races. And yet amalgamation is not the worse sin the races of the earth have committed. No race has kept so free from it as the Jew. However the case might be, amalgamation is not in our minds and in our hearts when we believe as a race we are the social equal of the world. What we mean by social equality is that we as a race should receive from society equal treatment as any other race, all other things being the same. Equal justice before law, equal recognition of merit, equal appraisement of worth and equal civility of self-respect and etc. That's all we ask in our second item. Third—It is in our minds and in our hearts—just how it got there I can't tell you—that it is the duty of the stronger to help the weaker. That when God favors a race with superior blessing it is that they might be a blessing to others, especially the weaker ones; and He has put us right at your doors, and somehow we feel that the black man's burdens are also the white man's burdens. In the struggle of life we look to you for sympathy and help. May we not look in vain. If we as a race are immoral beyond what you ingrained in us during the institution of slavery, do set before our eyes your lives of moral uprightness. If we as a race are ignorant deny not to us the blessings of education. If we as a race are indolent and void of ambition, open to us the door of hope, that the black boys and black girls may be fired with the same ambition to occupy positions of responsibility and dignity as the whites. Don't close the doors of every avenue of useful service in our faces and then curse us for being void of ambition. And in conclusion let me say a little equal chance and a little fair play will do more for the help of the Negro than your millions of charity. IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES. An old-time fan, whose interest in the ball players is evidently of a keen and analytic nature, sends in a query concerning the nationalities of the various big league players. The section of his question in regard to the races is as follows: "Was there ever a really great Negro player? If so, who and where did he play? "Speaking of nationalities, was their ever a really French player, aside from Lajoie? "Who are some of the big Swedes or Norwegians in the game? "Is the game so distinctly American that foreign born citizens never became expert at it? "Have we ever had a great player a Cuban or Spaniard? "There are some fine Indian players, like Bender. Does this fact show that it appeals to that nationality? Who are some of the other big Indians in the game? "Who are some of the distinctly Canadian players, and what have they done? "Who is the greatest player of German descent in the game? I suppose you will say Wagner, but who are the other? "I have never heard of an Italian player of any importance, but I presume there must be one somewhere in this cosmopolitan county." The African brother has found the color line in the big leagues a barrier that is insurmountable. While a few of them in the early days of the game managed to break in, they found life unpleasant and soon withdrew. Many of the Negro players in their own teams have shown skill fully equal to that of the best minor leagues, and might have made good, had they been given a show in the fastest company. One of the best of the black players was a catcher named walker, formerly with the Syracuse Stars. Then there was Grant and Stover. Today we have Foster, Williams and a number of others who would be major league stars if their color was not against them. Several Frenchman of great ability have figured in the game besides the wonderful Lajoie. The first Frenchman to gain lasting fame was Berthrong of the Washington Nationals, whose record for running the bases, made in 1868, still stands unbroken. Others of French descent now in the game are Moren of the Phillies, Beaumont of Boston, Laporte of the Highlanders and Parent of the Pilgrims. Two of the best French players have left the big league only lately—La Chance and Mertes. It was always claimed that Uncle Anson is of Scandinavian descent, and he certainly looks the part. John Anderson of the Sox is the largest Scandinavia now performing. Isbell of the Chicago Americans is alleged to be a Swede, and also to be of French lineage. The first Indian to gain fame at base-ballwas Sockalexis, who drank himself out offast company. Clarke, the Cleveland catcher, is said to be a Wyandotte Indian, and Phyle, who has just joined the New York Nationals, is of Sioux descent. A few Cubans are playing in minor leagues. The Cubans show great speed and fielding skill, but are shy.on batting ability. News. RACE NEWS Gathered from Various Sources. The Watchman of Austin Texas says: "The Japs say all they want is equal privileges with citizens of the United States. That's something citizens of the United States can't always get themselves. It is not generally known that the largest taxpayer in Westmoreland County, Va., the home of Geo. Washington and Robert E Lee, is a colored man, and he is also one of the largest exporters of logs in the world. His name is W. H. Johnson, an ex-slave. Chicago, Feb. 4.—The Pullman Palace Car company have cut a $200,000 "melon" in which the stockholders did not share. Instead, the "melon" was apportioned among faithful employes, conductors and porters. Employes who heartily co operate with the company in improving the service, were rewarded with an extra month's salary. Hot Springs, Ark., Jan. 25.—C. Wesley Brown, a highly educated Negro is in the city in the interests of the Basuto government of Africa, and he is attempting to persuade 200 educated and skilled Negroes to leave here and go to the land of their forefathers. Brown has credentials which show that he is high in the confidence of the NO. 20. ruler. He comes equipped with documents which authorize him to bring 200 Negro workingmen back to Africa and to offer them not only free passage, but free homes. The country is South of the Orange Free State and is governed by blacks. It has been found, however, that the educators are not raising the standard rapidly enough and the government has decided to import 200 American Negroes, all of whom must be men with trades. It is reported that many Negroes are favorably impressed with the plan and that Brown will be able to enlist many in his plan. E. W. Dickerson sporting editor of the Rocky Mountain News says: Those close to Joe Gans say he has been traveling at a pretty fast gait for the past year, and I know it to be a fact from personal observation that he has been destroying far too much booze for the physical welfare of any man. Joe is no longer a spring chicken and it is bound to tell on him sooner or later, just as it told on those illustrious colored fighters, Peter Jackson and George Dixon, sending them both to early graves. With Gans the fighter he was two or three years ago, he stands in a class by himself among the lightweights and looks better even then than any of the welterweights. Word comes from New York that Gans has decided to cut out smoking and drinking for the next six months and then fight all the most worthy pretenders for his crown. Just at the present time it is hard to figure a single man in his weight division who looks to be a worthy opponent for Gans. THE WAYS OF LIFE. THE WAYS OF LIFE. This is a sort of a topsy turvy world; no one seems to be satisfied. One man is struggling to get justice and another is flying from it. One man is saving up to buy a house, and another is trying hard to sell his dwelling for less than it cost, to get rid of it. One man is spending all the money he can earn in taking a girl to shows and dances, and buying her presents, with the hope that he may eventually make her his wife, his neighbor is spending all the gold he has saved trying to get a divorce. One man keeps a pistol to protect himself against burglars, while his neighbor don't keep one for fear of shooting himself or some member of his family. One man pays for his paper in advance because he can read it with a greater relish, while his neighbor will take it four or five years and never pay a cent for it. Surely a queer old world this is at its best.—Advocate, Portland, Ore. ROCKEFELLER NOT IN CONTROL HE HAS NOT ACQUIRED THE GUG GENHEIM SMELTER INTERESTS. FAMILY STILL OWNERS STATEMENT OF ROBERT GUGGEN HEIM, NEPHEW OF THE SENATOR. Denver.—Robert Guggenheim, of the famous Guggenheim family, is now in Denver for a few days, says the Republican of Friday. He has been inspecting the smelters of the company in Utah and other western states and is now en route East. He is a son of Daniel Guggenheim and a nephew of United States Senator Simon Guggenheim. "There is no truth whatever in the report that has been sent abroad that the Guggenheim interests have gone into the control of Rockefeller," he stated positively. "There was no occasion for such a rumor, and it is entirely without foundation. We expect to go on with the smelting business as before. Harry Guggenheim, my brother, is now in Mexico learning the business, and a cousin named Edmund is making a study of smelting at Salt Lake City." There had been a report to the effect that the Grant and Omaha smelters in Denver would be reopened in order to take care of ore shipped in from Utah points and throughout Colorado. After conferring with Franklin Guiterman here yesterday, Robert Guggenheim said this was scarcely probable at present, although there is a possibility that it will be done later. Many of the big copper mines operated in Utah are to be reopened soon, and these will be handled at the Garfield smelting plant. This will crowd the capacity of the plant to a great extent, but Mr. Guggenheim gives it as his belief that the Garfield plant will be able to handle the ore. "If the Garfield plant should not prove of sufficient capacity to handle all the ore sent it, we might either enlarge that plant or open the smelters in Denver," he stated. The smelters here have been out of operation for some time, but have not been entirely dismantled." The Utah Consolidated Copper Company will begin shipping its ores the middle of this month, and just what its output will be cannot be stated at present. The Garfield plant is expected to develop a capacity of 5,000 tons per day, and it is ultimately expected to produce an output of 100,000,000 pounds of copper per year. Copper can be produced there very cheaply, at a cost of about 8 cents a pound. Printing Investigation. Washington.—Concurring in the recommendation of Acting Public Printer Rossiter, the President Thursday cancelled the contract of the government with the Audit System and ordered its ejection from the government printing office at the end of six days. The Audit System is the corporate name of the cost-ascertaining method which was installed more than a year ago by Public Printer Stillings. Under its operation the government has paid out $120,000 for the privilege of calculating the cost of government printing and binding. Representative Landis of Indiana chairman of the joint committee which is investigating the government printing office, says that the Audit System, as it has been installed and operated in Washington, "is a gold brick thinly plated with the genuine stuff. We have paid for this brick," said Mr. Landis "and before we throw it out we are going to extract and retain the modicum of value it is gilded with. I mean that you can not run the government printing office with all its departments and its 4,500 employees without using some method of cost ascertainment. So if there are any good features in the Audit System, we are going to keep them, for we have paid for them many times over." Mr. Landis is authority for the statement that the joint investigation committee proposes to take the lid entirely off and delve to the bottom of the many charges, many of them definite and distinct, others of a public rumor character, which eventuated Thursday in the suspension by the President of Public Printer Stillings and his succession by W. S. Rossiter of the census bureau. Kindel Hearing Contitnued. Washington.—A hearing of particular importance to Denver and other cities in the West is being held by the Interstate Commerce commission. It involves the rates charged by various express companies for the transportation of express matter both east and west from points in the Middle and far West. The case is that of George J. Kindell of Denver against the Adams Express Company and other express companies, in which the complainant alleges that the express rates from Denver to San Francisco and from Denver to points east are unjust, excessive and discriminatory against Denver. Mr. Kindel showed that the rate per 100 pounds from New York to San Francisco was $13.50, while the rate from Denver to San Francisco was $9 per 100. From other points in the west to points further west and to points in the east the rates indicated the same sort of alleged discrimination. The complainant is seeking to have the commission adjust the rates on what he regards an equal basis, that will provide against unfair discrimination against Denver and other Western cities. JEALOUSY BRINGS DEATH. Two Husbands Kill Their Wives and Then Themselves. Denver.—Jealousy, that most insidious disease of heart and brain, have just brought about two tragedies in Colorado, one in Denver and one in Colorado City. Four deaths resulted, the crimes being almost identical. In each case the husband, yielding to jealous rage that knew no reason, went with gun in hand and shot down his weak, defenseless wife. In each case also the cowardly act was followed by suicidal employment of the same weapons, with successful effect. The Colorado City tragedy was that of Earl Ryan, a laborer, who shot his wife and then himself at the home of his wife's mother. The shooting occurred Wednesday night at 8 o'clock, but the bodies were not found till Thursday morning. Appearances indicated that Ryan had drugged his wife, taken her to an outhouse back of her mother's residence and there ended her life and his own with a revolver. Jacob Koretzky, of 1565 Decatur street, Denver, Thursday took the life of his wife and himself, leaving two helpless children to look out upon the world for future support. Jealousy was the ruling passion in this case, as in the other. Koretzky thought his wife unfaithful and was afraid she was going to New York with the children. A week ago he is said to have threatened her life. Thursday he shot her down in cold blood, in the presence of a third party. Forestry Discussion. Leadville.—That the financial stringency has seriously affected the lumber industry of the country as it concerns the national forests was brought out in the discussion of the forest supervisors here Thursday. Statements from several of the supervisors go to show that the receipts for the sale of timber by the government have decreased about fifty per cent. James A. Blair of the White River forest stated that one of the most difficult problems in the preservation of game is to secure protection from careless hunters. He said that during the last game season several hundred deer were wounded by sportsmen and left to go into the forest to die. Another feature is the damage done to stock by hunters whose aim is so wild that the stock suffers, instead of the game at which they shoot. Sometimes hunters mistake cattle for deer and he estimates the loss of stock from this source to be from four to five head of cattic on every ranch. Mr. Blair thinks the beef yearly lost in this manner is of as great value as all the game killed. He thinks a mistake was made in changing the law to allow does to be killed, since hunters are much more careless now and allow many does and fawns to die in the woods. Assistant Forester C. S. Chapman of Washington brought a message from Gifford Pinchot, head of the forestry bureau, in which Mr. Pinchot states that he is heartily in favor of establishing game preserves on the national forest. He desires, however, that local communities take the initiative in this matter. In such event the federal government is at all times ready and willing to assist in every way possible to have the game preserves established. Many of the national forests are now being made into game preserves with good results. The meeting also expressed itself in favor of having forest rangers deputized as state game wardens but that such action should not be taken until requests had been made from the state authorities. Teachers Institute Instructors Denver.—To give the instructors and conductors of state school institutes ample time to prepare for the work before them, Katherine L. Craig, state superintendent of instruction, has announced the plan of making the appointments to these offices not later than February 20th of each year. The instructors and conductors are selected by a committee of county superintendents in the district in which they are to act. Heretofore there has been no stated time for these meetings, but in future they must be held not later than January 20th of each year. As the institutes are usually held during the summer months, this will give the instructors several months' time in which to prepare themselves for the work. There are thirteen normal institute districts in the state. Find Shooting Felonious. Denver.—A Salida dispatch Wednesday night says: The coroner's jury in the inquest into the death of William Lanzendorf, the fourteen-year-old boy killed Saturday night, found today that the boy was killed by Officer H. K McMullen of the Denver & Rio Grande and that the act was felonious. This conclusion was reached after two sessions of the jury. The chief witness against McMullen was Peter Gratz foreman of the roundhouse. He stated that McMullen, when he fired the shots said to him that he was shooting at the boys as they were trying to bother him by throwing rocks. McMullen refused to testify in his own behalf. He was taken back to the county jail at Leaville, held without bail. His case was set for the July term of the District Court. Reward for Missing Husband. St. Louis.—A reward of $500 is offered by Mrs. Frank Geiger, recently from Greeley, Colorado, for information of the whereabouts of her husband, who has been missing since January 8th. Mr. and Mrs. Geiger came to St. Louis about January 1st from Greeley, where they had sold a valuable beet farm. Geiger had $55 in currency and notes worth $5,490 in his pocket when he left home. There is $7,000 to the credit of the couple in the First National bank in Greeley, Mrs. Geiger says, which neither can draw without the signature of both. She says her husband is a grand nephew of the late Henry O. Haveney of New York, the sugar king, whose fortune is said to be $55,000,000. BOYCOTT IS ILLEGAL. Supreme Court Declares Unions Cannot Restrain Interstate Traffic. Washington.—Monday for the third time within a month the Supreme Court of the United States promulgated an opinion construing laws adversely to the contentions of organized labor. The first of the decisions was rendered January 6th in the case of some railway employees who sought to secure damages under what is known as the employers' liability law, making railroads responsible for injuries resulting from the negligence of fellow servants, which law the court held to be unconstitutional. The second important finding in this line was announced January 23rd, when the Erdman arbitration act, forbidding the discharge of employees because they are members of labor unions, was also declared to be invalid. The verdict rendered today was in the case of Loewe vs. Lawler, the latter a member of the Hatters' union and the former a hat manufacturer of Danbury, Conn. The case involved the applicability of the seventh section of the Sherman anti-trust law to conspiracies by labor unions to boycott articles entering into interstate trade. Under the terms of that provision the complaining party may collect three times the amount of his loss if the charge is sustained. The union fought the case on the ground that the law was inapplicable to such organizations; but the court, whose opinion was announced by Chief Justice Fuller, failed to accept this view, and in effect held that the unions could not be permitted to interfere by boycott with the free exchange of commerce between the states. There was no dissenting opinion. The opinion of the court was unanimous. Chief Justice Fuller said: "In our opinion the combination described in the declaration is a combination 'in restraint of trade or commerce among the several states' in the sense in which those words are used in the act, and the action can be maintained accordingly, and that conclusion rests on many judgments of this court, to the effect that the act prohibits any combination whatever to secure action which essentially obstructs the free flow of commerce between the states, or restricts, in that regard, the liberty of a trade to engage in business. "The combination charged falls within the class of restraints of trade aimed at compelling third parties and strangers involuntarily not to engage in the course of trade except on conditions that the commission imposes; and there is no doubt that, to quote from the well known work of Chief Justice Erle on trade unions, 'in common law every person has individually, and the public has also collectively, a right to require that the course of trade should be kept free from unreasonable obstruction.'" House Passes Widows' Pension Bill. Washington.—The house Monday passed the Sulloway bill granting a flat pension of $12 monthly to all widows of honorably discharged soldiers. Its provisions were first explained by its author, who said it involved an additional expenditure of $12,741,000. He described destitute widows of soldiers, who are unable to secure pensions because of some technicality regarding their property holdings, and received applause when he said these technicalities should be swept away. An amendment was sought to be added to the bill by Mr. Fulton (Okla.) making the pension $30 per month, but under the rules that could not be done. He, however, expressed his approval of the measure and urged its passage. The bill was further supported by Bonvage (Colorado) and others. Amid loud applause the bill was passed without division and with only one voice in opposition. The attendance of members today was the largest since the opening day. Peace in Portugal. Lisbon.—Under a new regime, with a new king and the establishment of a new cabinet, Portugal seems to be for the moment at peace. There is an underlying current of revolution, however, and the strictest measures are being taken to preserve order. On Monday an official statement was given out that perfect order existed throughout Portugal. Franco, the once dictator, was forced to resign because of the bitterness of the people against him, and the new cabinet will strive for the welfare of the fatherland under the presidency of Rear Admiral Do Amaral. Colorado City Wins Denver.—The Supreme Court sustained the ruling of the lower court in the action brought by Colorado City against Colorado Springs. The water supply of Colorado City has been furnished by Colorado Springs for many years, and when certain improvements were made in the water system at the Springs the water tax of Colorado City was raised twenty-five per cent, over the prevailing rate at the Springs to pay a large portion of the improvement. Colorado City has since that time paid its water bills under protest and has now won the fight against what the lower court pronounced unjust charges. Taylor Jury Discharged. Aspen.—The jury in the Taylor murder case has been discharged, its members having been unable to agree. The jury at 10 o'clock Monday morning asked the court for further instructions concerning the testimony introduced during the trial, and members then stated that they believed they would be able to reach an agreement, but after retiring and discussing the additional instructions they did not succeed in doing so. Their first ballot showed eight for murder in the first degree and four for acquittal. After a long discussion one more went to the side of those believing Taylor guilty, making the vote nine to three. $100 Reward. $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages, and that is the cancer. Cancer is a disease that cures now known to the medical fraternity. Catarr being a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. 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C., "and had almost decided to have three of my teeth pulled, when a friend recommended me to buy a 25 cent bottle of Sloan's Liniment. I did so and experienced immediate relief, and I kept on using it until the neuralgia was entirely cured. I will never be without a bottle of Sloan's Liniment in my house again. I use it also for insect bites and sore throat, and I can cheerfully recommend it to any one who suffers from any of the ills I have mentioned." Effects of the Trade. "A shoemaker is a poor sort of creature." "Why so?" "Because he is by trade a heeler, and there is not a time when he is not willing to sell his sole." "But you must admit he has one virtue." "What is it?" "He will stick to the last." For 12c and this notice the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., in order to gain 250,000 new customers during 1908, will mail you free their great plant and seed catalog together with 1 pkg. "Quick Quick" Carrot. . $10 1 pkg. "Earliest Ripe Cabbage". . $10 1 pkg. 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Ethel was greatly interested, and for many days she did not tire of talking about them. Perhaps a week later, at the supper table, after a preoccupied silence, she said: "Mamma, when Biggie dies I'm not going to have her buried; I'm going to have her stuffed!" PANTRY CLEANED A Way Some People Have. A doctor said:— "Before marriage my wife observed in summer and country homes, coming in touch with families of varied means, culture, tastes and discriminating tendencies, that the families using Postum seemed to average better than those using coffee. "When we were married two years ago, Postum was among our first order of groceries. We also put in some coffee and tea for guests, but after both had stood around the pantry about a year untouched, they were thrown away, and Postum used only. "Up to the age of 28 I had been accustomed to drink coffee as a routine habit and suffered constantly from indigestion and all its relative disorders. Since using Postum all the old complaints have completely left me and I sometimes wonder if Lever had them." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read, "The Road to Wellville." in pkgs. "There's a Reason." ASK FARMERS TO CO-OPERATE Life and Affiliated Memberships In Dry Farming Congress. Denver.—During the session of the Trans-Missouri Dry Farming Congress held in Salt Lake a few days ago, a resolution was passed that creates a new department on part of the body, and the aim of it is to get all farmers as well as others personally interested in the great science of dry farming which is destined to become so important a factor in the arid West. The Dry Farming Congress wants the co-operation of the practical agriculturist as well as the scientist and business man, and in order that the plans anr purposes of the congress may become more effective, it is necessary as well beneficial to all concerned that the farmers co-operate with the congress in the work by giving the movement their personal endorsement. A considerable amount of literature bearing on dry farming, valuable papers read before the session, and the proceedings of each congress will be included in the printed matter, and the dollar invested in a membership will bring literature and information of six times that amount. The following resolution, which explains itself, was introduced by the executive committee of the Trans-Missouri Dry Farming Congress held in Salt Lake, of which F. C. Bowman of this city is chairman: "In addition to the delegates appointed according to the foregoing clauses of this article, there shall exist an affiliated membership of this congress, sald persons constituting this affiliated body to be assessed an annual fee of $1.00. "In addition to this affiliated membership there shall exist a membership known as Life Membership in this congress and for each life member a single fee of $10.00 shall be paid. "That both aforesaid affiliated and life membership shall have all the privileges of a delegate to the meetings of this congress and shall further receive from the secretary, from time to time, such bulletins and other information as may be printed by this congress for circulation among its delegates and members, which shall include to each member and delegate an official copy of the proceedings of the meetings of each congress." It is earnestly desired that all interested in dry farming will send to Fisher Harris, secretary, Salt Lake City, Utah, their names and addresses, with the membership fee which will entitle them to the above privileges. Three Competing Lines. Greeley.—If competition counts for anything, Greeley should have three electric railways, as three roads are planning to build between Denver and Greeley and seeking favor from influential organizations. The Greeley & Northern Railway & Utility Company was first in the field. On Tuesday one of its directors appeared before the Greeley Commercial club and asked the club's endorsement, creating a storm of discussion lasting three hours. Finally the following indorsement was given: "We, the directors of the Commercial club of Greeley, heartily approve the efforts of the Greeley & Northern Railway & Utility Company to build between Greeley and Denver, and urge the City Council, the county commissioners and the business men of Greeley to do all in their power to give to Greeley another line to Denver for freight and passenger transportation, whether it be this particular company or any other." Outrages by Night Riders. Salem, Ky.—Two hundred masked night riders visited Bycusburg, Ky. early Tuesday morning and applied the torch to the Bennett tobacco warehouse and distillery. Both were completely destroyed. The loss is about $40,000. The mob shot up the home of William Groves, foreman of the tobacco factory, drove him from the building and whipped him almost to death. Henry Bennett, a member of the firm of Bennett Brothers, was taken from his home, tied to a tree, and severely whipped. He was left bound to the tree. Bennett Brothers operate an independent factory and have been buying tobacco from non-association growers, it is alleged. Chile Welcomes Our Fleet Washington.—Rear Admiral Evans cabled Tuesday that the reception of the fleet by the Chilean authorities at Punta Arenas and by the people has been most hearty and gracious. A special commission headed by Rear Admiral Simpson is at Punta Arenas on board the Chacabuco, to extend a welcome to Chilean ports. The Chilean government has placed its coal supply at Punta Arenas at the disposition of the fleet, but fortunately it has not been necessary to use it. Dally entertainments are being given for the officers and men of the fleet. By urgent request the fleet will pass in sight of Valparaiso. Teller Predicts Lock Canal Failure. Washington—The Senate Tuesday passed the urgent deficiency bill carrying an appropriation of over $24,000,000. The large deficiency appropriation for the navy brought out considerable discussion of the subject of the executive department making expenditures not provided for in appropriations. Deficiency appropriations for the Panama canal gave rise to Democratic criticism of the publication of a paper by the canal commission at Panama, and incidentally Senator Teller declared that he believed the lock canal at Panama would some day be declared a failure and that a sea level canal would take its place. Will Visit Chile's Capital. Punta Arenas.—The American battleships under Rear Admiral Evans, on their way up the west coast of South America, will make an informal call at Valparaiso. They will not announce their arrival, but steaming close inshore, the vessels will salute the city with twenty-one guns, and proceed. THOS. CALE, OF ALASKA, MEMBER OF U.S. CONGRESS THOS. CALE, OF ALASKA, MEMBER OF U.S. CONGRESS Well Known on the Pacific Slope. 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PLANS OF THE FORESTRY MAN ROAD-BUILDING AN IMPORTANT BRANCH OF WORK ON WHAT HAS BEEN DONE CONSTRUCTION OF TELEPHONE LINES, TRAILS AND CABINS NECESSARY. Leadville, Colo.—At the third day's session of the board of supervisors of the government forest district No. 2 the question of improvements on the reserves was discussed. Building of roads and trails, telephone lines and bridges and the construction of rangers' cabins were recommended. Supervisor Daniel Anderson of the Battlement Mesa reserve spoke on the construction of improvements. He showed the importance of building roads, citing one case on his reserve where over a million feet of dead timber which would otherwise have been wasted was placed on the market. This was done by the construction of a road costing less than $1,500. It was decided best to eventually cover the entire forest system with a complete system of roads and trails. An outline of the needed trails will be made at the start so that the whole will be systematically done and no work need to be duplicated. W. E. Herring, a government engineer, gave interesting figures as to what has been done with $500,000 appropriated for improvements by the last Congress. The fund covers work on roads, trails, bridges, drift and pasture fences. There was on December 15th, 3,289 miles of telephone lines, 2,752 miles of trails, 471 miles of fences, 89 barns, 461 cabins, 202 bridges and 480 miles of road completed or under construction authorized. Nearly all of this will be completed before the end of the fiscal year. The cabins that have been built are used for the accommodation of the forest rangers and are also valuable for headquarters in fighting fires. The reason for constructing telephone lines is also indicated by fires that have occurred and with telephones it is easy to secure aid by calling on the nearest ranger or the supervisor's office. Building of trails has also been an important line of work. Many of the forests are practically an unbroken wilderness with no means of communication. During the last year several hundred miles of trail has been constructed through country previously almost impassable. These will open the interior of the forest and make its resources available. Mr. Herring stated that bridges have been constructed across streams that can not be forded in the flooded season. The largest span erected in 1907 was 120 feet, in the Gunnison reserve. These bridges are built entirely from timber and material most easily obtained. Wagon road construction has been carried on in many sections, some times in co-operation with the settlers. In one place in iowa a road of eleven miles cost $18,000. This was built through an exceptionally difficult country and only a small part was done by the service. Another road now under construction in the Leadville forest will connect the Blue river valley and the Williams Fork country. He said that on the whole the work of constructing permanent improvements on the forest lands has been successful. L. F. Kneipp, inspector in the branch of grazing, who arrived today from Washington, discussed the question of cutting down the number of live stock now on the reserves. Mr. Kneipp stated that conditions had so much improved in the last two or three years that no further cuts are anticipated except to admit new owners. In fact, he said that the grazing allotments have been increased in many of the forests. L. C. Miller of the office of forest planting at Washington took up the question of replanting the denuded areas. He declared it the policy of the service to plant first the water sheds from which cities in the mountain states draw their water supply. The planting for other purposes will be secondary and largely experimental. He said lack of interest or lack of knowledge exists among forest officers in regard to this work, but he looks for an improvement. An experiment is now being carried on to determine the value of broadcast sowing of tree seed to re-stock forests. In most cases it has been successful and the supervisors are working hard to make the method practical. During the week the visiting chiefs from the Washington office will hold a conference with local lumber dealers for the purpose of arranging a schedule of prices to be paid for stumpage on the Colorado forests. Blizzard in Michigan. Detroit.—With more than a dozen passenger trains snowbound in various parts of the state and indications of zero weather, Michigan is in the grasp of a blizzard that has paralyzed transportation in many sections and threatens to cause serious distress. On the Flint division of the Pere Marquette railroad a passenger train has been stalled since Saturday, and with the railroad closed a number of small towns are cut off from their chief sources of bread and other food supplies. So far as known the passengers on all snowbound trains have been carried on bobsleds to nearby towns or farmhouses. Ohio Local Option Bill. Columbus, O.—The Senate Wednesday by a vote of 24 to 13 passed the Rose county option bill. The measure now goes to the House and friends of the measure claim it will have a larger majority there than in the Senate. SNOWSLIDE BURIES TWO. Greek Miners Struck by Slide Near Telluride. Denver.—A Republican special from Telluride Wednesday night says: Two Greeks, Gus Angelo and Gus Zangos, who were buried in a snowslide late last night at the Lewis property, in Bridal Vell basin, eight miles from Telluride, are believed to be dead. A rescuing party started for there today on snowshoes, but late tonight it had not been heard from. The Lewis property is operated by Bulkeley Wells and Tom Livermore and there are four groups of claims. The slide which came down last night struck the hoist house, tearing most of it away. Two other Greeks were working in the hoist house at the time and were carried with the slide part way down the mountain. They were so frightened that they made no effort to get back to the hoist house or find their companions, but kept on through the storm and deep snow and reached Telluride this morning in an exhausted condition, much frightened by their terrible experience. From their report it is believed that their companions were caught in the building and buried alive. There is little probability that they will be found alive, unless the woodwork of the hoist house has held the snow which was soft and light, off their bodies and saved them from smothering. The entombed men are unmarried. While other smaller slides occurred last night, the only serious one reported was the Alta, which came down while the miners were in the boarding house at supper. A part of the house was carried away and several of the men had narrow escapes, but none was injured and all went farther down the mountain to spend the night. The Greek who was unconscious when dug out of a slide late yesterday regained consciousness today. It is now believed that he will recover. The storm has practically subsided, but traffic is still tied up. Many of the telephone lines which were torn down have been repaired. There is considerable danger of other slides in the outlying camps and precautions are being taken by the miners. Two Killed by Snowslide. Denver.—A Crested Butte dispatch Wednesday night says: A snowslide occurred at noon today near the workings of the Crested Butte coal mines, which are located on the mountain a mile south of town, and four men were carried down the mountain side for a distance of 1,000 feet, two being buried and killed in the slide. The other two managed to ride the sliding snow and were found at the bottom of the mountain uninjured, but badly frightened. The men had been at the mine seeking employment and started away across the side of the mountain, directly in the line of the slide, ignoring the warning of the mine boss and miners who happened to be out at the time eating dinner, and who advised the men to go down the tram line, which was free from danger. The slide was witnessed by miners, who at once rushed to the rescue, but two of the men were dead when found and the others were dug out of the snow. No damage was done to the mine or tramway, which will resume operations tomorrow. The men killed are Laurence Bequowich and George Laretic, both Austrians. Laretic has no family, but Bequowich leaves a wife and five children in Austria. The two who rode the slide in safety are Tony Marks and Joseph Maszer. Asiatic Exclusion League. Pueblo, Colo.—At Wednesday night's meeting of the Pueblo Trades assembly the following resolution was passed: "Whereas, The invasion of Asiatic labor has reached a stage when, unless some steps are taken to check it, it will mean the inevitable displacement of American labor; and, "Whereas, In the cities along the Pacific coast thousands of American working men and women are walking the streets without work through their displacement by Asiatic labor; and, "Whereas, In our own city of Pueblo, these Asiatic laborers are being employed while many of our people are being fed by the city and charitable organizations, through inability to secure employment; be it "Resolved, By the Pueblo Trades and Labor assembly, that we do hereby call on all American citizens to meet in a mass convention February 10th for the purpose of forming an Asiatic exclusion league." It was the sense of the meeting that the league which will be formed here will co-operate with the one in Denver, to protect the workmen of Colorado. Forestry Receipts. Washington.—In the hearing Wednesday before the House agricultural committee on the forestry features of the agricultural appropriation bill, Representative Cook obtained the following figures showing the receipts by the forestry bureau for grazing and timber privileges in Colorado and Wyoming timber reserves during 1907: For Colorado: Grazing fees, $85,162; timber sales and permits, $72,015; special privileges, $2,781; total, $159,958. For Wyoming: Grazing fees, $69,615; timber sales, $92,942; special privileges, $362; total, $162,919. Exxtension of Desert Entries. Washington. — The House public lands committee Wednesday favorably reported a bill authorizing the secretary of the interior to grant an extension of three years on desert land entries wherever it is shown that the entryman has been acting in good faith, but because of accident has been unable to prove up within the four years required by law. The bill also authorizes the assignment of desert land entries, or parts thereof, to persons eligible to make desert entries, but not to companies or corporations, or to persons who have previously made desert entries. JOHN H. HARRIS LAWRENCE STEPHEN THIRST THIRST PARLOR J. L. PENNINGTON, Proprietor. Fine Wines, Liquors and Ciga Telephone 816 Main. Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars. Telephone 816 Main. Know DR. DAMERON has prices for all Dental of Teeth for $5.00; $10 Sets for $7.00; $10 Crowns only. $5.00 Gold Teeth, $4.00 up; Gold and Platina, $1.00 up. PA ALBANY DENTAL BANK, Opp. the P. O. DR. 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New Grand Opera- Siegfried Wagner is just putting the finishing touches to a new three-act opera, a grand opera, upon a serious subject, it is said, and it will be produced in the course of April before the rehearsals for Bayreuth begin. The libretto is by the composer himself, and it has already been translated into French, as there is a chance that it may be heard almost simultaneously in Paris and Germany. Cause of Eve Strain. Traveling in public conveyances is exceedingly hard on the eyes, even for those that are strong and perfect. The gaze should be confined to the interior of the car. Looking out of the window at the rapidly changing scenery is a great strain. ```markdown ``` 1745 Curtis St. Phone 3028 Main. Phone Main 2048 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 Street. Phone Main 8232. Denver. Colorado. 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If the Negro will come to the West as a pioneer, as the white man comes, and daring the chos en isolation of a pathfinder, will apply himself to the development of his natural opportunities, there is no doubt that his measure of freedom and of happiness will be less limited than it is in other sections. A DISTANT BROTHERHOOD. "Let there be no strife between me and thee, I pray thee, for we are brethren." Thus spake the patriarch in the dawn of civilization, when two tribes, by chance, approached near to the same grazing ground. The brothhood plea is a very old one, as old, in fact, as civilization itself, and it has always seemed to be a prod to the conscience of conquoring nations, restraining them from the utter annihilation of weaker tribes. But this biblical ideal of a common brotherhood has not been maintained without a struggle, for man's greed for conquest is great, and the ties of brotherhood grow weak and dim when one's own pasture is jeopardized or when the outlook for future grazing fields seem to forecast a restriction of the glut in which a single prosperous tribe has revealed. And it is the big brother, generally, who is most filled with dread and who most threatens to break the idealistic bonds of kinship. The white races of the earth, leading for centuries in the upward march of civilization, have held vaguely before them in their all-conquoring way, this idea of human brotherhood, and doubtless the savage instinct of the conqueror has been restrained and the welfare of all humanity enhanced by this appeal to a feeling greater than sentiment, which seems planted in the hearts of all humanity. But in the height of his greatest and most wonderful power, the white man is awakening to the fact that his leadership of civilization's hosts and his domination of the world's rich pastures are to be finally challenged by weaker brothers, who, for centuries upon centuries, were content to enjoy what seemed only necessary for their present need. The rise of Japan into world prominence, and the advent of her sons into fields heretofore solely occupied by the white man, have agitated christendom more than anything else that has developed in the world's history for centuries. The common people—the populace, always restive under the plea of human brotherhood, makes no effort to hide their hatred of every racial stock other than their own. The aggregated wisdom of Caucasian nations is being focused upon plans for the maintenance of the peace of the world, while seeking to abjust and re-adjust the law of brotherly relations which shall govern the new conditions arising. And with the prospect that other yellow nations will follow Japan, and the possibility that this wonderful awakening is destined to touch the buried intellects of the darker nations and tribes, with their millions of blinded souls, that long-nursed instinct of brotherhood in the breast of the greater brother fades into fear and distrust, and in its stead arises the latent instincts of savagery and the curbed but potent hatred which denies both the brotherhood of man and the fatherhood of God. THE TOLL OF DEATH. Ray Standard Baker, the writer who contributed a series of wonderfully exact articles to The American Magazine last year under the general title of "Following the Color Line," in which he gave the results of his personal investigation of race relations and conditions in the South, resumes his discussion of the Negro problem in the February number of that magazine with the first of a series of articles on the Northern Negro. As well as we are acquainted with the differences which mark race conditions in the two sections, we are startled by the ineffectual character of the remedy for sectional ills which we adopt when we migrate from the South to the North, as we follow the array of pen pictures so aptly placed before us in Mr. Baker's article. The facts are all plain and patent to us, however new they may be to white readers, but arrayed altogether they are not wholly assuring. The fact that statistics prove that the death rate among Northern Negroes has kept materially ahead of the birth rate in the past dozen years, is not altogether pleasant to contemplate. It is said that if it were not for the constant influx of immigration from the South, the Negro population in the North, particularly in the cities, would show a falling off. This would seem to be in line with the supposed prophetic logic of John Sharp Williams, United States Senator-elect from Mississippi, who argues that the Negro is destined to die out. But there is one phase of this rather serious post mortem question which magazine writers are apt to overlook, though Mr. Baker may bring it out later. That is the fact that the death rate is always high among any people undergoing climatic change as great as that between the North and the South, and the period of transition does not fairly represent the probable natural capacity of the people when they shall have become fitted to their new environment. The change from the airy, open cabins of the South to the crowded tenements of the North, and the necessity for harder work and greater exposure to a more severe climate, must naturally call for its toll throughout an entire generation. With only climatic, economic and industrial conditions to study, we are inclined to feel that the Negro will hold his own in any part of the world as well as the white man, and if he could absorb the white man's advanced ideas of sanitation and other forms of protection, he could become the most hardy race in the world. Negroes have gone with white explorers to remotest northern points, and have withstood the hardships; they dwell with the white man in the Alaskan fields, and live as long. But the advance guard of all hejiras must pay its toll of death. The knowledge of this demand of nature should compel Negroes to study their conditions seriously and to gradually adopt habits in scientific accord with the rules of health and long life. We have no fear that the race will follow the Mississippi senator's prophesy and die out. Thoroughness Lacking in Work of American Colleges By OWEN WISTER. Philadelphia Author. We have high standards of scholarship in America, which are set for students, but thoroughness is lacking. I'm not sure either that it is a matter of standard. It seems to me that the manufacturing is bad. Intellectual training goes on in America under bad conditions of all sorts—conditions much less favorable than in other countries. It is a bleak clime. The rewards in sight are less, both in cash and social recognition. 25 America's needs in learning are more practical than those of Europe. The American needs the applied sciences more than he does Sanskrit. We want products. Sanskrit is the business of the old countries. Science is the business of the new. We want men like Luther Burbank of California, but we also want men like Agassiz and Norton. America's idea, however, that it should make knowledge productive and useful is not a bar to its becoming more scholarly. Original research and discovery are desired. We have made some wonderful strides—epoch-making ones—in the last few decades in inventions and discovery, but it is a question whether they are not offset by what Europe has done. In this country we have turned out the McCormick reaper, the revolving barrel firearm, the breach-loading principle in guns, the repeating magazine of the rifle, the cotton gin, which changed the whole course of an industry; the Westinghouse air-brake, the telegraph, telephone, steel construction of buildings and Pullman sleeping cars. These are some of our accomplishments. Across the ocean there have been radium, Crookes' tubes, the development of the turbine and of high explosives, the Marconi wireless telegraph and the Krag-Jorgensen rifle—a formidable array. Woman's Field Is the Home By MATHILDE M. MASSE, M. D., Physician and Writer. The home is the one field of employment where women excel! Even the radical economic changes within the past half century—changes wrought largely by the invention of machinery which has de- Woman's Field Is the Home By MATHILDE M. MASSE, M. D., Physician and Writer. The home is the one field of employment where women excel! Even the radical economic changes within the past half century—changes wrought largely by the invention of machinery which has destroyed home industries and driven women into factories, stores and offices—do not alter the fact that the home is woman's especial field. From the very nature of things, woman can excel in no field of employment which tends to make her less womanly. Unless the economic independence which she has gained helps to fit her for home life, all her recent development has been misdirected. Woman's financial independence, gained by her work, saves her from the necessity of marrying for support, and also from the mere "marriage de convenance." The practical knowledge of her own nature developed by business or professional life renders her more judicious in the choice of a congenial life companion, and the more interests woman has in common with man the more harmonious and perfect is the life of the family. Under such circumstances woman can maintain her own dignity and thus dignify motherhood, for the work of rearing children requires the highest and steadiest inspiration. The home affording ultimately to woman the opportunity of exercising her highest faculties, and present conditions forcing many women into the wider industrial field during some part of their life, the question arises: What occupations are best adapted as a temporary or incidental pursuit? These may be briefly enumerated. By nature women are especially adapted to the profession of teaching, which affords them an ideal training. In teaching young children women certainly excel. Nursing is another occupation for which women are peculiarly fitted, for the true woman is in her own proper sphere at the sufferer's bedside. Saleswomen have become indispensable in stances, and being both more faithful by nature and more methodical than men, they are invaluable office assistants as private secretaries, stenographers or bookkeepers. Of all the professions, however, now open to women, none offers a more congenial field of effort than that of medicine. Woman has always been a natural healer of the sick. From time immemorial she has gathered roots and herbs and from them has distilled healing and soothing draughts. As midwife she has ministered to woman in the hour of travail. Her rank in the profession of medicine is to-day undisputed. But if we penetrate into the inner life of a successful woman, we may nearly always discern the sweet face of a tender mother—one who excelled at home, and whose remembrance is the inspiration of the daughter. Wrecking Old Ships. Traffic on European Rivers. A European river 40 feet wide handles as much freight as an ordinary American railroad, while the Rhine carries more business to a block than half the Hudson river. Splendid tug-boats, fine barges and handsome swift steamers do the work, with anchored chain boats to pull the big loads up the rapids. Norwegians have a primitive way of breaking up old, worn out wooden ships. They take them to exposed, rocky parts of the coast, and, after anchoring them, leave the breakers of the next storm to smash them to pieces. After the storm the floating fragments are picked up and sold for fire wood. LEAP YEAR SURPRISE A Two Act Drama, "Tell Your Wife." The Azalia Hackley Choral Club. Rev. W. L. Anderson, Deputy General of the Western Grand Division of U. O. True Reformers, will be present to give information upon the work. CURTAIN GOES UP AT 8 O'CLOCK. Committee of Arrangements, the Messengers of Fountains. H. B. Brown.....Colo. Enterprise No. 1621 Mrs. Irene Fife....."I Will" No. 2548 J. R. Contee.....Forward 3rd in Denver No. 2656 A. M. Lawhorn.....Ideal No. 2790 Mrs. M. Thomas.....Denver No. 2791 Allen Davis.....Columbine No. —— ALLEN DAVIS, Chairman Committee. No Postponement on account of the Weather. Ticket, Adults 35 Cents; Children under 12, 15 Cents A. C. CASH, Chief of Division. ROLLER DANCE Open Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday Nights from 9:00 to 12:00 O'clock. THE TWO JIM'S SOCIAL CLUB DENVER'S FAVORITE PLEASURE RESORT. Whist, Pool, Chess, Checkers and Other Pastime Games. PHONE 2275 MAIN 1859 Champa St. Denver, Colo. J. C. H. JAS. F. CLARK. A Chance for a Bargain. An Irishman who had begun to practice photography went into a shop to purchase a small bottle in which to mix some of his solutions. Seeing one he wanted, he asked the chemist how much it would be. "Well," said the chemist, "it will be twopence as it is, but if you want anything in it, I won't charge you for the bottle." "Then," said Pat. "put a cork in it." Practice in all courts. Examining abstract of title and drawing up legal instruments given careful attention. Unique Topaz in Vatican. In the Vatican at Rome is the largest topaz in the world. It weigh seven pounds and has carvings upo it that occupied three Neapolita lapidaries 61 years. Res. 2562 Lincoln Av. CITY NEWS. R. Penix is sick with la grippe. Miss Rhoda Clemons is on the sick list. Mrs. Rachel Robinson left the city last Wednesday for Wheeling, W. Va. Mrs. Robert Br. ant of Colorado Spgs., is a guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Travick. Mrs. JuliaLee of 1864 Humboldt street who has quite ill with pneumonia is improving. Mrs. W. H. Fuggitt of 1318 So. 12th street arrived home Tuesday from a visit to Kansas City. Mrs. Wm. Crummer left Monday for Galesburg, Ills., to attend the funeral of her grand-mother. Mrs. A. A. Ealy gave an informal card party Wednesday evening complimentary to Mrs. R. Bryant. Willie Gordan, the infant son of Geo, Gordan was buried Wednesday by the Lawhorn Udertaking Co. Mrs. Bessie Watson of Salida, Colo. returned home Thursday after a visit of several weeks with her brother, John Sanders and wife. Mesdames J. E. Travick and M. Keelan were hostess at a reception Tuesday afternoon from 2 to 4, at Mrs. Travick's residence, complimentary to Mrs. Robert Bryant of Colorado Springs. All ladies who have relatives belonging to the Order of Elks are requested to meet at the residence of Mrs. J. W. Kelley 2223 Arapahoe street next Thursday evening Feb. 13th, to organize a Ladies Temple. Mrs. Minnie Robinson entertained a few friends at a well appointed luncheon Thursday evening, Mrs. R. Bryant was the guest of honor. Music and cards were the features of the evenings amusement. J. H. Officer of Omaha, Neb., was in the city Monday and called at this office to say hello to the writer. It has been about 20 years since our meeting and the conversation drifted to our boyhood days which brought pleasant recollections. Mrs. Emma Beecham died last Tuesday at the County hospital of dropsy at the age of 47 years. Funeral services were held Thursday from Zion Baptist church under the auspices of S. M. T. and Eureka Star. Lawhorn Undertaking Co. The members of the COLORADO POLITICAL CLUB, the largest colored political organization in the city, are making great preparations for their social gathering to take place, February 12th at Odd Fellows hall, 1712 Curtis street. Noah Drake, a pioneer and highly respected citizen of Denver, died last Tuesday night of catarrah of the stomach. Deceased leaves a widow and other relatives to mourn his demise. Funeral services will be held from Zion Baptist church tomorrow afternoon. The remains will be in charge of Q. J. Gilmore. Mrs. Lucy Collier, after an illness of several months, died last Monday at the County hospital. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon from Central Baptist church. Besides relatives she leaves many friends to mourn her loss. Undertaker Gilmore had charge of the remaining. Next Wednesday evening, February 12th a grand social will be given at 1712 Curtis street, under the auspices of the Colorado Political club. A good program has been prepared and a pleasant evening will be the result. Admission and refreshments free. J. W. Russell has purchased half in interest in the Clothes Cleaning and Pressing establishment of S. A. Bondurant at 1077 Broadway. Both Mr. Russell and Mr. Bondurant has had many years of experience in the businesses and are prepared to do satisfactory work on short notice. We bespeak for the new firm unlimited success. The program for the Alliance Sunday promises to be a literary and musical treat. Raymond Clark reads a paper on "Lincoln the Emancipator;" Mrs. Rachael Haskins, piano solo, and Miss Dora Holmes, vocal solo. Sunday week Douglass' birthday will be celebrated and for this occasion J. J. Manuel has prepared a paper well worth your while. Edward Fountain received the sad news last Wednesday of the death of his neice, Miss Earnestine Fountain who died at Parkersburg, West Va., February 5, 1908 of consumption at the age of 25 years and 6 months. Her father died when she was 3 years old and she was educated by her uncle, Ed Fountain of this city. At the age of 15 she graduat ed from the High School of Parkersburg and finished from a higher course at Howard University at the age of 20, after which she taken a two-year musical course and taught two terms of school. The bereaved has the sympathy of all in the loss of such a promising young lady. CHURCH NOTICE. Preaching by the pastor at 11 a. m. Subject, "Gideon's Army." Class meeting at 12:30. Sunday school at 1 p. m. J. C. Porter, Superintendent. The special evangelistic meeting for four weeks will begin Sunday. Let all manifest an interest in these meetings. Hue & M. Wagen, Posta. ZION BAPTIST. 11 a. m. preaching by the pastor. At the close of the morning service the ordinance of Baptism will be administered. 1:30 p. m. funeral of Mr. Drake will be held. 7:30 preaching special sermon to the young converts by Rev. J. L. Harding. REV. A. E. REYNOLDS. Pastor. Local Notices. Hair cut 15 cents, 1847 Blake street The Elk's club. 1855 Arapahoe street. A popular and favorite resort. Thos. Clingman, proprietor. Mrs. G. W. Anderson of 429 24th St. has all kinds of hair goods for sale Pompadours and switches made to order. A grand musical entertainment will be given at Dania hall 27th and Arapahoe streets, Thursday, March 19th by the Progressive Concert Brass Band and Orchestra. Admission 15 cents. A. J. Fitzpatrick, carpenter, contractor, general repairing, 2646 California. Two furnished rooms for rent for ladies or gentlemen at 1050 Logan avenue. For Rent, nice front room for gentleman at 1946 Pennsylvania avenue, Phone White 1905. The big Leap Year surprise will be the musical treat given by the Denver Division of U. O. True Reeormfs, East Turner hall, Thursday, February 27th. Watch for our next ad. Nicely furnished room for gentleman. 2404 Glenarm Place, Phone Main 2781. Ernest Howard, carpenter and all kinds of job work done at reasonable prices. Residence 353 Warren avenue. Phone 2129 Brown. The Life and Works of Paul Laurence Dunbar containing his complete poems and best short stories. J. H. Doniphan, agent, 2836 Stout street. Address him a card and he will call and show you the book. Notice. We the committee appointed by Bishop Abraham Grant, to investigate complaints made by Grace Chapel A. M. E. church, against Alexander Wagner, after a prayerful and impartial inquiry, found sufficient evidence to remove Rev. A. Wagner from the office of Presiding Elder, for the good of the church. REV. J. C. OWENS, Ch'm. REV. J. P. WATSON, REV. B. F. McINTYRE, REV. W. H. PRINCE, Sec. GUS JOHNSON'S SALOON. 19th and Arapahoe. We treat the boys right Make Money By Saving It Here are a few examples of how you can save on Men's Wearables. Every one a guaranteed bargain as advertised. Of course early buyers' get choice of selection. One Hundred Suits of "R & W," 'Ehrman & Stern' and "Hackett- Carhart makes—$15 to $20 grades $750 Odd Lines $3, $4 & $5 HATS Alterations on all Clothing free and same careful and if at Original Prices. $1.50 Shirts.....79c Odd Fancy Vests..... $1.50 Underwear.....85c Fine Underwear..... 75c Suspenders.....50c Black Sateen Shirts..... 50c Silk Ties.....39c Ribbed Underwear..... These are but a few of the Good Things Here Not everything at cost—But Odd Lines are less THE Johnson-Noel 1005 16TH ST. OPP. TABOR GR L. L. McMAHAN'S PRESCRIPTION HARMACEUT Fine line of Toilet Articles, Perfumes, Cigars, I Fresh pure Drugs. Courteous Treatment. Remem always use the freshest and purest drugs in our pr tions, in fact our prescription department is as co as any in the city. Prices Right. Prescriptions a Specialty Goods Deliver Phone Main 4956. Cor. 19th and Arapahoe Sts, D GIVE ME A CALL. Alterations on all Clothing free and same careful attention as if at Original Prices. These are but a few of the Good Things Here. Not everything at cost—But Odd Lines are less. L. L. McMAHAN'S PRESCRIPTION HARMACY Fine line of Toilet Articles, Perfumes, Cigars, Etc. Fresh pure Drugs. Courteous Treatment. Remember we always use the freshest and purest drugs in our prescriptions, in fact our prescription department is as complete as any in the city. Prices Right. Prescriptions a Specialty Goods Delivered Free Phone Main 4956. Cor. 19th and Arapahoe Sts, Denver, Colo GIVE ME A CALL. L. L. McMAHAN, Proprietor. A GRAND CHARITY TO BE GIVEN FEB. 20, '0 For the benefit of the Colored Orphans Old Folk's Home. BOURNER'S HA --- A GRAND CHARITY BALL For the benefit of the Colored Orphans and Old Folk's Home. BOURNER'S HALL. Corner of 27th and Arapahoe Sts. Dancing from nine till one a. m. Good Music in Att COMMITTEE:—Mrs. A. A. Ealy, Ch'm., Mrs. M Secy., Mrs. Lilly Lewis, Treas.; Mrs. James Travick, Abernathy, Mrs. James Cooper, Mrs. Edward Miller, Mr Anderson, Mrs. Lawrence Stephen, Mrs. Laura Gu Elvira Reynolds. Dancing from nine till one a. m. Good Music in Attendance COMMITTEE:—Mrs. A. A. Ealy, Ch'm., Mrs. Moral Keelon, Secy., Mrs. Lilly Lewis, Treas.; Mrs. James Travick, Mrs. James Abernathy, Mrs. James Cooper, Mrs. Edward Miller, Mrs. Raymond Anderson, Mrs. Lawrence Stephen, Mrs. Laura Gunnell, Mrs. Elvira Reynolds. WHITE SWAN TELEPHONE TELEPHONE 1866 1866 LAUNDRY Not in the Trust. We have Reduced the Prices. Best collar and cuff work in the city. Send us all your family washing. Automobiles and wagons everywhere. We use soft artesian water. We do no hospital work. MURRAY AND EDWARDS, PROPS. THE PULLMAN POOL ROOM A Convenient Place to have Your Mail Directed The Finest Equipped Pool and Club Rooms west of the Mississippi River. Drop in and see us. Just around the corner from the Union Depot. One Hundred Suits of "R & W," "Ehrman & Stern" and "Hackett- Carhart makes—$15 to $20 grades. L. Adler Bros.' Rochester Made The World's best Clothing. $20 to $30 Suits and Overcoats. ADMISSION 35 CENTS. Odd Lines $3, $4 & $5 HATS $1.95 $15 careful attention as $\frac{1}{2}$ Price $\frac{1}{4}$ Oz. pts. 45 r. 39 Things Here. ines are less. Loel Co. TABOR GRAND. RESCRIPTION PHARMACY es, Cigars, Etc. nt. Remember we es in our prescrip- ent is as complete s Delivered Free hoe Sts, Denver, Colo. Denver, Colorado. LESSON COST HIM JUST $120. Tale of Farmer Who Lost His Head During Financial Flurry. Illustrative of the wrinkles and kinks developed during the financial flurry a story is told by a central Iowa banker who was carrying a time deposit of $4,000 for a farmer who took alarm and demanded the money, although his deposit certificate did not require payment until January 1 next. Persuasion and argument proving futile, the banker decided to appease his irate customer by paying his subject, of course, to forfeiture of the interest, amounting to $80. As a salve to his injured feelings he handed out the money in metal, anticipating that when the depositor saw its bulk he would relent. But the depositor was determined, and shouldering the bag of coin strode across the street to the post office and made a peremptory call for $4,000 in money orders. "I'll trust Uncle Sam, and nobody else," he declared. He received his orders in due time, a pocketful of them, paying $40 for privilege of making the post office his custodian of funds. His total cost to protect himself, as he imagined, was $120. "Well, I can go home now and breathe easy," he remarked, complacently, as he tucked the orders away. "Yes, you've got a good debtor," assented the postmaster, "but will you do me a favor?" "Sure!" "Well, I've got rheumatism in my back and I've got to get that bag of money over to the bank to deposit it. Just tote it over and I'll be yours truly." The reassured capitalist complied, but his subsequent conversation was so sulphurous in an earnest effort to express his chagrin to see that the money went back to the bank from which he had drawn it that the town marshal experienced the necessity of taking him in hand.—Los Angeles Times. Women Defied Church Rule. Six splendidly clad young women, not the least of their grandeur being represented by the latest examples of millinery art, swept into the First Presbyterian church one night and seated themselves in the most advantageous seats of this the most select house of worship in the city, says the Seattle Times. The six did not resemble conspirators bent on revolutionary and rebellious tactics, but they were and they won their point. "Ladies will please remove their hats," commanded Rev. Dr. Matthews, when his calm glance over his congregation revealed the fact that one of the standing rules of the church was being violated right under the ministerial nose. There was no responsive action on the part of the six. The request was repeated in a still firmer tone, but the rebels sat firm, and after a pause of a minute's duration the divine began his sermon while the six sat straight with their plumes flaunting a pean of victory. Emerson Shows Ready Wit. I had passed a score of summers when I first met Ralph Waldo Emerson, says Julia Ward Howe in the Delineator. We were fellow-passengers on board the Soundboat, bound for New York, and detained overtime by a snowstorm. A mutual friend had made us acquainted just before starting on our way. I had not desired the introduction, Mr. Emerson's reputation being that of "a putter forth of strange doctrines," much in opposition to the old theology which had presided over my religious training. Chance had brought us together, and I, with the zeal of youth, expressed my disapproval of the new doctrines. "Do you not see, sir," I made bold to say, "that in these theories no account is made of the devil, who goes about, seeking to destroy human souls?" "Surely," said Mr. Emerson, "the angel must be stronger than the demon." His Preference. The famous coup d'état by which Napoleon III. gained control of France is vividly described in the "Memoirs of Monsieur Claude," published by Houghton, Mifflin & Co. Among the many anecdotes of the eventful evening of December 1, 1851, M. Claude gives the following: Comte De Morny, the chief spirit of the nocturnal drama about to be performed, was at the Opera Comique in order to allay suspicions. A lady said to him: "Monsieur De Morny, is it true that they are going to sweep out the chamber?" "Madame, I don't know anything about it," he replied; "but if there is any sweeping to be done I shall try to be on the side of the broom-hand." Ingenuous. Mrs. Artless—The Bloughboys have a grandfather's clock that's been in the family for more than 450 years. Mr. Artless—Humph! They didn't have it a year ago. Mrs. Artless—Oh, no; but you see it was stolen nearly 50 years ago and Mrs. Bloughboy tells me it was by the merest chance they discovered it last week in a second-hand store.—Puck. Enigmatical. "That forward Miss Flip openly advocates kissing games. Hasn't she nerve?" "Well, encouraging osculation is a hing which does require cheek." ```markdown ``` Is Now Prepared To Do All Kinds of Job Printing? Commercial, Fraternal. Church, Book and Stationery Jobs a Specialty BALL AND CONCERT PROGRAMS, BILL AND LETTER HEADS, CALLING CARDS, WEDDING CARDS, ENVELOPES AND EVERYTHING IN THE PRINTING LINE TURNED OUT IN NEATEST STYLE PROMPTLY ON SHORT NOTIOE. 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 BEST ICE CREAM AND CANDIES AT CATERERS and CONFECTIONERS 1512 Curtin St. Denver, Cuba Phones, Office Main 5595. Residence, York 123. Hours, 9 to 11 a. m. 1 to 4, 7 to 8 p. m. Sundays, 10 to 11:30 a. m., 2 to 4 p. m. 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At all Grocers Look for the label "Macklem Bread" on every loaf 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 Business Strictly Confidential. Ladies Attention Mrs. M. A. Holly, who has spent some time in St. Louis perfecting herself in the scalp and hair treatment of Mrs. A. M. Pope has come. She is now prepared to do the same work as is done in the originator's parlors. She is the sole agent for the famed preparation, "Poro." Address her at 2118 Arapahoe street, or Phone Olive 1984. W. J. ADDIE. Choice old Califorina wines and brandies from the Hermitage vineyard, also bottled beer, Kentucky whisky, cigars and tobacco. 228 16th St. Telephone 2675 J. T. JOHNSON. Minnesota Grain Belt Beer Also Western Agent for D. Carnegie & Co. Swedish Porter, Gothenburg, Sweden. 1644 Larimer St. Denver, Colo J. W. Rummell, WINES, LIQUORS & CIGARS PHONE 3432 MAIN 4257 Welton St. Denver, Colo IF YOU WISH TO Meet the Boys of the Shuffle and Hoe Call at Joe Bergers AT THE OLD CORNER 24th and Larimer Sts. Denver. ILLUSTRATORS DESIGNERS HALFTONE, ZINC WOOD & COPPER PLATE. ENGRAVING CO. DENVER PHONE 782 1814-CURTIS STREET FRAUDULENT LAND CLAIMS GOVERNMENT ROBBED OF MIL LIONS OF ACRES BY FALSE ENTRIES. SO FORESTERS ASSERT INTERESTING DISCUSSION AT FOR EST SUPERVISORS' MEETING IN LEADVILLE. Leadville, Colo.—Railroads were criticised for carelessness in firing locomotives while passing through forest land, a different system of filing on mining claims was recommended for approval on account of entries made for the purpose of securing the timber only, and the national homestead law was scored for the false entries made under its provision, at Tuesday's session of the government forest supervisors of the Second district. Chief Inspector Smith Riley of Denver presided. H. H. Franch of Glenwood Springs spoke on the sale of timber and the manner of conducting the sales that had been made on his forest. He also recommended that the rule requiring brush to be piled and burned be abolished. Daniel E. Fiddon of Las Animas made the sensational statement that at least seventy-five per cent of the entries on his forest reserve under the present homestead law have been fraudulent and for the sole purpose of securing valuable timber lands. He stated that at the time the forest was created about $500 worth of young timber was being cut illegally every day. Much valuable coal land, he said, was also taken up in his forest under the timber and stone act, and he urges a change in the homestead law since it does not apply to the Western country as it did for the Mississippi valley, for which it was framed. The cultivation required is not sufficient to make a farm of the land. The cash commutation clause of the law he claims is especially prolific. Mr. Fiddon's statements were supplemented by an address from Inspector Pollock of Washington, who stated that Mr. Fiddon underestimated the amount of fraud with inspection of the land cases. He said that not thousands but millions of acres had been fraudulently taken up and titles given by the government. A. L. Stroub of the Leadville reserve presented the discussion on the relation of mining sales to timber sales in this region. He stated that out of 200 claims passed upon in the last six months, less that five per cent are being actually worked by mining men, and estimates that less than ten per cent will ever be worked. He emphasized the fact that a discovery must be made to hold a claim under the mining law and if there has been no such discovery the timber will be sold although no claim has existed. In the discussion in connection with rights of way granted to railroads it was stated that the railroads of Colorado have caused enormous losses of timber by their carelessness in regard to forest fires in spite of the fact that the law requires them to clear their right of way and take every precaution. During the afternoon session Mr. Pollock of Washington stated that the service in the future would use expert miners and geologists in the examination of mining claims. W. E. Herring of Washington, who has charge of the improvement work in the forests, spoke on the construction of telephone lines in co-operation with settlers. The attendance at the meeting Tuesday numbered about forty supervisors from over the entire Second district, comprising the states of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming and Utah. Eight government officials are here from Washington and Denver. Others are expected to arrive during the week. Snowslides Near Telluride Denver.—A Republican special from Telluride Tuesday night, says: More than a dozen men were caught in snowslides today in different mining camps near here and their escape from death is considered wonderful. One miner, a Greek, name unknown, was so badly injured that he was unconscious until a late hour tonight and it is feared that he may die. Five men in one party and three in another were carried long distances and buried, but were quickly dug out. The Valley View slide this forenoon was one of the worst. A large party of miners was trying to open the trail when the slide came down and caught five of the party. They were carried a distance of 1,000 feet. Their fellow workmen immediately followed the slide down the mountain and by hard work dug out the buried men, who were not badly injured. Another slide occurred just below the Liberty Bell mine, three men being caught and carried several hundred feet down the mountain side. A fourth man in their party escaped the slide and reported the accident. After a few hours' work the men were rescued. One of the party, a Greek, was unconscious when rescued and he may not recover. A slide just below the Stillwell tunnel almost caught a party of men who were driving a six-horse team and wagon. The horses were caught, one being killed, but the men escaped without injury. The Ajax slide, back of the Smuggler-Union mill, is said to be running tonight and it is expected that several slides will occur before morning, but it is believed that the people will keep far enough away to avert loss of life. A second slide near the Valley View mine carried away most of the blacksmith shop. No one was working in the shop at the time and no other damage was done. CONTROL OF CORPORATIONS. Commissioner Smith Says That Publicity is the Great Corrective. Washington, — Public opinion has been prompt and efficient in the correction of commercial evils when those evils are stated specifically. This is one of the conclusions reached by Herbert Knox Smith, commissioner of corporations, and expressed in the annual report of the operations of the bureau of corporations, just made public. Naturally, under present conditions, the real power of public opinion reaches only such cases as may be "specifically stated." "Thus," says Commissioner Smith, "the experience of the bureau seems to point logically to the need for an extension of such results by the creation of a general administrative system of supervision of interstate corporations which shall give, in substantially the same form as is furnished now for a few corporations, the essential facts relating to all the great interstate corporations. "Whether the system takes the form of a federal license plan or a simple requirement that interstate corporations shall make reports and submit their books to a federal bureau, is of little consequence so long as the information necessary for publicity is obtained. The thing that is important is to arrive at a system which will accomplish the result; which will enable the government to deal with such corporations in the main by administrative supervision rather than judicial procedure; whose methods will be preventive rather than penal; and, most important of all, a system which will afford a permanent practical ground for contract and co-operation between the government officials charged with this work on the one hand and corporate managers on the other hand. "It is with such information as the bureau of corporations is able, under the law, to collect and publish, that the great corrective force of public opinion can be intelligently and efficiently directed at those industrial evils that constitute the most important of our present problems. "Corporate combination as such appears to not only be an economic necessity, but also largely an accomplished fact. It is not the existence of industrial power, but rather is misuse that is the real problem. The government should direct its attention toward preventing unfair methods and toward keeping open the opportunities for competitive industry." Commissioner Smith says he is continuing the investigations already begun into the industries of petroleum, tobacco and steel. Under resolutions adopted by the last congress the bureau is also making investigations into the operations of the International Harvester Company, the cause of high price of lumber, into the causes of fluctuations and differences in the price of cotton, and into patents granted to officers and employees of the United States. An inquiry also is being conducted into water transportation, both coastwise and internal. Only One Pension Agency. The House committee on appropriations Tuesday reported favorably the pension bill for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1909. The bill as reported abolishes the pension agencies located at Augusta, Maine; Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Columbus, Ohio; Concord, New Hampshire; Detroit, Indianapolis, Knoxville, Louisville, Milwaukee, New York City, Philadelphia, Pittsburg, San Francisco and Topeka, and consolidates in one central distributing agency at Washington. The bill as reported carries a total pension appropriation of $150,869,000, which is $174,000 less than the aggregate estimates—the exact sums available by the constitution of the agencies. The radical change in the pension agency system was decided upon by the appropriations committee in accord with the recommendations of Secretary of the Interior Garfield and Commissioner of Pensions Warner, after exhaustive consideration in sub-committee. The secretary of the interior told the committee that under this consolidation of the eighteen pension agencies in one central agency $200,000 would be saved to the government in expenses the first year of operation and $225,000 annually thereafter and that under the new system all pensioners could be paid as promptly as they are now paid by the eighteen agencies and without inconvenience. The immediate saving will be $68,000 in salaries of pension agents, $4,300 on account of rent of the New York office, $100,000 in clerk hire, and $1,500 in cost of examination and inspection of agencies. There was paid to 967,371 pensioners in the last fiscal year the total sum of $138,030,894, and the total pensions paid for all wars and the regular establishment since the foundation of the republic was $5,598,015,732. "Although the number of clerks in the pension bureau was 150 less in the fiscal year 1907 than in the previous year," says the report, "the applications for pensions filed in the fiscal year 1907 were 440,517, as against 201,322 the previous year." "There is now living," says the report, "no soldier or soldiers' widow of the Revolutionary war, and there is no pensioner soldier living of the War of 1812, but at the end of the last fiscal year there were on the roll 558 widows of soldiers of that war." Roosevelt Likened to Isaiah. Chicago.—Rev. A. C. 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One the order of County Judge Charles McCall, Sheriff Whipple of Jefferson county destroyed six large slot machines found in the three saloons raided at Morrison. The First National bank of Eagle county, at Eagle, has been authorized to begin business with $25,000 capital. J. H. Fesler, president; Frank Doll, vice president; Louis Schmarz, cashier. At Greeley on the 3rd inst. William Croll was fired $100 and costs for shooting an antelope near Hardin. Game Warden Roberts says the slaughter of antelope has been going on ruthlessly this fall. The Colorado & Southern announced Monday that its shop men would hereafter be employed on a nine-hour shift. Recently the company cut the working day to eight hours on account of the financial stringency, the men being paid by the hour. The pipe foundry at the Minnequa steel works at Pueblo, after being closed down since the holidays, resumed operations Monday morning. 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This man whose homely facade Was one of Nature's men Born with strong arms, that Direct of speech, and c Chosen for large designs, he Of winning with his h Straight to his mark, which Wise, too, for what he o Upon his back a more than The burden of the com He stooped, and rose up to Shot suddenly downwar Hold, warriors, councilors, To this dead Benefactor This man whose homely face you look upon, Was one of Nature's masterful, great men; Born with strong arms, that unfought battles won, Direct of speech, and cunning with the pen. Chosen for large designs, he had the art Of winning with his humor, and he went Straight to his mark, which was the human heart; Wise, too, for what he could not break he bent. Upon his back a more than Atlas load, The burden of the commonwealth, was laid; He stooped, and rose up to it; though the road Shot suddenly downward, not a whit dismayed. Hold, warriors, councilors, kings! 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On the morning of July 12, 1864, a young lieutenant-colonel of the Sixty-fifth New York volunteers, standing just outside Fort Stevens, one of the series of forts that completely surrounded and guarded Washington, saw President Lincoln walking fearlessly among his soldiers, discussing the conditions and circumstances of the then impending attack upon the city by Gen. Early and his confederate forces, while a battle raged outside the breastworks. Watching with the curiosity of a soldier who had seen his president only twice before, the colonel was alarmed when he saw him hit by a bullet, which had sped through the air from the camp of the enemy. That young officer was William P. Roome, who was adjutant-general and chief of staff to Mai-Gen. Upton. Sometimes Col. Roome has thought of writing to Lincoln's biographers and telling them of the incident, but he procrastinated, not considering it a matter of sufficient importance to interest them. Lately, however, notting the renewed interest in the minutest details of the life of Lincoln, he believes that Americans would like to know the facts. When the bombardment of Sumter was in progress Walker, the confederate secretary of war, making a fiery speech at Montgomery, Ala., declared: "The flag which now flaunts the breeze here will float over the dome of the old capitol at Washington before the first of May." That boast appeared in the same issue of the newspaper that printed President Lincoln's call for troops, and intensified the fears for the security of the capital already great because of the probable secession of Virginia and the doubt as to the position of Maryland. President Lincoln realized how much depended on his holding Washington. The loss of the capital doubtless would result in European recognition of the confederacy; the spirit of the North would be broken, despair would follow, discouragement, defeat. So he bent his first efforts to defending the seat of government from those who would set up there a new nation not conceived in liberty. His deep anxiety in those days before the troops arrived and when Beauregard's army was said to be approaching, will be recalled by all who have read the story of the war. After the arrival of the Seventh New York regiment of "dandies," who dined at Delmonico's before departing and the Massachusetts and Rhode Island regiments of farmers, mechanics and tradespeople, the capital was in no danger until the attack of Gen. Early, when the incident of Col. Roome's story occurred. But this did not entirely relieve the anxiety in the heart of the man who, from the window of his executive office, could see a traitor flag floating over the home across the river where Washington had lived and died. When the fortifications were thrown up around the capital Lincoln knew of every detail of the work, consulted with the men in charge, informed and advised them. It was, therefore, no occasion of comment when he left the White House on this July 12 and walked among the soldiers. They stood, ready for action, behind the walls while from the plain below came the sound of conflict. Gen. Early's own story of his movement upon Washington shows the situation in the confederate ranks on that day. He had approached Washington from the north. Having heard that the outer works were feebly manned, he meant to take them by surprise, but before his first division could be brought up, he says, he saw a cloud of dust in the rear of the works and soon a column of men in blue filed into them on the right and left. Then skirmishers were thrown out in front, while an artillery fire was opened on the confederates from a number of batteries. "Our skirmishers were all thrown to the front," wrote Gen. Early, "driving those of the enemy to the cover of their works, and we proceeded to examine the fortifications in order to ascertain if it was practicable to carry them by assault. They were found to be exceedingly strong and consisted of what appeared to be inclosed forts for heavy artillery, with a tier of lower works in front of each, pierced for an immense number of guns, the whole being connected by curtains with ditches in front and strengthened by palisades and abattis. The timber had been felled within cannon range all around and left on the ground, making a formidable obstacle, and every possible approach was raked with artillery." Thus it would seem that President Lincoln incurred little danger on the day when he went about within the fortification walls. But that he was in some danger is shown by Col. Roome's story. 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TAILOR-MADES We women folks who are not able to indulge in extravagances in the matter of dress are always interested in the expensive outfitings of others, and to begin with in our letter this week we are going to tell of a very elegant but withal a practical gown which we saw in one of the fashionable resorts recently. It was made of navy faced cloth, in the finest quality, the skirt richly braided in black silk and the three-quarter coat cut away in front and inset with motifs of Persian paw. The fur was arranged in medallions on the shoulders and fronts, and these medallions were surrounded with fine braidings to match the skirt. The coat was lined with old-rose satin and was worn over a Louis Seize waistcoat of white taffetas, the fronts and pockets of the latter being embroidered in black and silver. Stripes are the latest thing. Oh, you say, they are quite passe just now having had a long run. But we do not refer to the narrow stripe running straight up and down in skirts and coats. Those are certainly not new. But the newest stripes to which we refer are fully three-quarters of an inch in width and are confined to the skirts only, and while in the material the stripes run straight, it is so cut that they wind around the figure, after the barber pole style. One such costume seen the other day on a fashionable young matron showed the skirt swathing the figure about the hips like a bandage, the lower part sweeping the pavement as she stood by her motor, and with sufficient fullness only about the feet to make walking easy. The stripes ran up from the right side toward the center front and left, and were carried around the figure, where in the back were two box plaits, laid, not stitched in, with the stripes running straight up and down. Of course these must have been cut out of a separate piece of cloth, which was black and white, but the black stripes evidently had threads of white woven in to give a sort of gravish look. The coat was a short one of black velvet, rather boxlike, and had a smallermine collar. She carried anermine muff and wore a small tricorne, or three-cornered hat, trimmed with pompons. The three-cornered hat is another of the latest Parisian fancies. Since its introduction some years ago it has been regularly revived from time to time, as it has endeared itself to all who can wear it. I say to all who can wear it, for it is only the lucky few who look well under it. It belongs exclusively to youth and either classical or piquant features, with a certain delicacy of modeling and a careful coiffure arrangement, an arrangement which should be full, or with a bit of careless waves or curling ends showing. The latter if the features are piquant. Nothing makes the ordinary-looking woman more ordinary than the smart little tricorne hat. In Paris, while large hats are worn with dressy toilets, so are the very small hats, and those of medium size. Indeed, the small hat is deemed the smarter of the two, for a large hat may conceal a multitude of collure deficiencies, while the small hat frankly reveals all of them. However, it must be remembered that no women are so careful in the arrangement of their collure and the preservation of its perfection as the Parisiennes. This has been what is called an open winter and the outdoor sports of sleding and skating have been curtailed somewhat, but we often get the most of our winter weather after February 1, and the skating costume may yet come decidedly into play. True it is that there is no place where a pretty costume can be seen to such advantage as on the ice, if its wearer skates with grace. The one shown in our smaller illustration is of the corduroy velvet which is so popular this winter, and justly so, for it is delight- ful both to the eye and touch and of admirable wearing qualities. The color chosen is a deep rich ruby, than which no color looks better on the ice amid snowy surroundings. The skirt fits closely round the hips, but is very wide at the hem to allow of that swing as the skater turns which has such a fascinating effect, especially when it reveals, as in this case, a foam of bright rose-colored silk frills on the petticoat underneath. The only trimming on this short skirt is the band of plain silk braid, the same color as the velvet, at the hem, above which are a series of diamond-shaped motifs and curves in the same braid. The chief feature of the dress is the charm- THE FASHION OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY Skating Frock in Corduroy Velvet. ing little coat, which takes the place of a bodice. It is a loose bolero barely reaching to the waist and double-breasted, with revers of fur. The coat is edged all round with the silk braid, but is cut up at either side in front and held together with small straps and buttons, the cape-sleeves being treated in the same way. The ubiquitous cords and tassels which adorn nearly all dresses and coats for the moment find an abiding place here on the double-breasted fronts, which they adorn effectively. The sides and back of the coat are decorated with diamond motifs in silk braid similar to those on the skirt, and the whole costume is completed by a charming little toque of fur to match the revers, trimmed with a bow of silver tissue and a large white aigrette. But we must not forget to speak a word and that a good one for the costumes displayed in our larger illustration. These tailor-mades, while not elaborate in design, are elegant in every detail and offer a suggestion as to what good taste would dictate. The one on the left is made up in a dark grey herring-bone tweed with two encircling strappings on the skirt, while the smartly fitting three-quarter coat —silk-lined throughout, by the way— is all bordered with a silken braid, and further finished with a black velvet collar and sundry buttons of the tweed centered with velvet. As for the other costume, it is of dark blue serge, and is distinguished by a perfectly hanging pleated skirt and a short tight-fitting coat, while a mutual adornment consists of stitched strappings buttoned over a band of pinkish mauve velvet, this introduction of contrasting color being very effective, and a collar of black velvet and sundry touches of silk braid being other points of attraction in this particular and perfect costume.