Colorado Statesman

THE COLORADO STATESMAN THE JOURNAL OF THE WEST. LABOR SHALL BE FREE RACE COUNTRY PARTY ADDRESS To the American People. Well Tec Adopted by Methodist F Washingt To the American People. Well Tempered and Thoughtful Document Adopted by Methodist Bishops in Convention at Washington, D. C. As the Chief Pastors of the A. M. E., A. M. E. Zion and C. M. E. churches, assembled in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America, we send greetings to our communicants in particular and the race in general. We, first of all, desire to render thanks to Almighty God for having preserved us in the midst of social opposition for about 300 yrs. and for the marvelous progress we have been able to achieve. We congratulate the race upon the religious, moral, intellectual and financial advancement that has been made, in spite of great difficulties and felicitate ourselves in the splendid showing of our progress in the churches, our schools, our numerous homes and other institutions. We are thankful to the friends, North, South, East and West. who have aided us in any degree in reaching our present stage of advancement. We congratulate ourselves upon this great religious movement which has brought us together. One is reminded of the religious convocation of other centuries, the early convocations of the Christian church, councils in which Clement of Alexandria, Irenius, Jerome, Oregiu, Cyprain, Augustine, Tertulian and the early fathers sat; great men, pious men, zealous men who shaped the destiny of the Christian church, so far as its doctrine and its ecclesiastical policy was concerned. We too, are shaping the destiny of the great American church, which is to be one of the largest and most influential which the world has ever seen. America will only be the home of this great church, but Africa is to be the scene of its great operations. May the good Lord help us to realize our responsibility and our duty to this future church. We hail with delight the tidal wave of temperance now sweeping over the country and feel assured that our race will not be the least among its beneficiaries and promoters. We heartily commend all efforts being made to rid our common country of the rum traffic and we pledge this righteous movement our hearty support, and take this occasion to urge our people, especially those who are qualified to vote, to give the cause their united support until this evil is driven from the land. --- VOL. XIV. As Fathers of the churches represented, we advise that in public and private places and in common good citizens to the end that favorable public sentiment may be created in our interest. We, the Bishops of the A. M. E. A. M. E. Zion and C. M. E. churches take occasion as the religious leaders of about 2,000,000 of communicants in America and a following of over 5,000,000 to address ourselves to the Christianity and justice of the white people of the nation in respect to the rights and wrongs of our race. To enumerate the civil, social, moral judicial and political injustices that today exasperate and annoy the members of our race would be a hard task. We do not make for our people any claim that they are better than other classes or race groups of the citizens of the republic. Nor yet do we assent to the imputation that they are worse than any other, and yet they compose in your midst an alien race in the land where they have lived and labored and loved for about 300 years. We speak the same language; we obey the same laws; we read the same books; we worship with you the same God; we have no blood in our veins which has not been American for centuries. This blood we have shed freely with you for our common country in four separate wars. We fought side by side with you in the war for American independence at Lexington and Bunker Hill; in the war of 1812, under Jaokson at New Orleans, under Perry at Lake Erie; in the war to save the Union in 1861 under Lincoln and Grant and Butler and Farragut, and in the war to free Cuba under McKinley, Dewey and Shafter. In these great struggles we never flinched nor fouled, but struck with our might on land and sea the embattled lines of our nation's foes. We are American by right of birth; by the blood we shed; by the service we have freely given to achieve the independence and to preserve the life of the republic against foreign and domestic enemies. We are citizens of the United States under the supreme law of the land, entitled as much to equality of civil and political rights as all other men before the law. We have therefore, rights, sacred rights under the constitution of our common country, such as the rights ORIGINAL IN POOR CONDITION DENVER, COLORADO, SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 1903 to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The same, no more, no less than white men possess; and to a voice in the government, state and national, exactly as other citizens enjoy. We do not ask at you hands any special favors; we ask at the bar of this Christian nation nothing to which we are not entitled under the law and constitution. We ask only for that which belongs to us as right, for justice, for equality of freedom of action and opportunity before the law and in industrial life of the land North and South alike. We ask for fair treatment, that we may, like other races, make the most and best of ourselves, that we may rise or fall on our merit like other men in the political and industrial life of the republic. We cannot do this unless we and our children are given equal opportunity with other people to get an education at the public expense, unless we are given equal voice with all classes in making the laws; unless our labors are given chance to obtain work with all other laboring classes in the industrial system of the nation. These things are not only necessary to the highest good of our race, but to the highest good of our common country as well; for be it forever born in mind by all, white and black alike, that the freest and most intelligent labor is the most productive. This also is a truth worth remembering, namely that a labor class in an industrial Republic like ours. deprived of the right to vote or a voice in the government is at the mercy of other laboring classes which possess that right and that voice; indeed, at the mercy of all thus privileged. Now, badly as this race as a labor class needs the ballot, needs education at the public expense, needs industrial opportunities to sell its labor freely like other classes in the Republic, in the South by one device or another it is almost universally deprived of the right to vote. In many cases our children are denied equal privileges, and the whole race in the North and South is deprived of equal industrial freedom to obtain work with other labor classes. We appeal to the friends of humanity to use their influence to rid this glorious country of mob violence, which is sending so many to an untimely grave. We appeal to all who believe in fair play to assist us in the banishing from our land the peonage and convict labor systems, which are degrading and destroying the very vestige of manhood and relegating them to the most galling serfdom. We appeal to the liberty-loving men in authority to lend us their assistance by influence, by legislation for the removal of the "Jim Crow" car laws, which have placed a stigma upon the noblest and the best of our race, from the bishops of the church to the humblest, while at the same time we are required to pay the same fare for inferior accommodation. We appeal to the judges of the Supreme Court to annul laws in violation of the Federal Constitution, to members of the several Southern States where disfranchisement laws have been enacted, and to the Congress of the United States to repeal the enactments which have robbed us the rights guaranteed to us by the Federal Constitution, which was gained upon the field of conquest by blood shed by black men as well as white men. As leaders of the people, we finally appeal for all the rights guaranteed to the citizens of this great Republic. SHALL THE SALOONS BE CLOSED? A great deal of good time seems to be wasted in the wrong direction in trying to solve this problem. The truth of the matter is that saloons are like individuals; they just what you make them. If one tenth of the energy and half of the money that will be spent to cripple the brewries and liquor dealers had been devoted to the cause of humanity much good could have been accomplished. The people are not ready to admit that the wholesale attempt to destroy the business of the brewers and liquor dealers is right in any sense of the word, or that those who have for years been assisted by these interests are displaying the proper spirit in their over zealous conduct in trying to do evil for good. There is scarcely a single industry now in existence that does not draw a large sum annually from these people. There are the farmer the iron manufacturer, the lumbermen, the transportation companies and thousands of laborers, to say nothing of their taxes and contributions for charitable and other purposes. If one is interested in the growth of our city and from what source her revenue cometh, let him not overlook the saloons. It will be a sad day not only for those whose means are invested in Denver but for the wage earner also. And as for the poor tax payer, may he be delivered from the burden that will surely fall upon him. In taking this stand we are sure that the people can best serve the interest of our city and those who have made it what it is—the cleanest and best city in the West. To throw hundreds out of employment to satisfy the silly fanatical wave of the cold water moralists is certainly beyond conception. Lei not our minds be disturbed let us stay on the side whose interest is to see the community prosper. The statistics shows that, of the entire population of the country 90 per cent are moderate drinkers; 3 per cent drunkards, and 7 per cent temperance. Shall the 7 per cent say that the 90 per cent is wrong? or shall they be made the scape goat for the 3 per cent? Be just and reasonable. Goldfield, Nev. Because the birthday of George Spates and that of Mrs. W. C. McFarland happened on the same day of the same month caused one of the greatest feasts that has ever been witnessed in Goldfield since money was so plentiful here that we could not walk across the street without calling a carriage. However we have now learned to walk but why shouldn't it have been. Did not Mr. Spates compare everything, even the 24-pound turkey to the affair he had seen in Denver and Sherman Overton helped every one toc arry out the merriment in the mining camp and Mr. Foster, the right hand bower of Mr. Parker, tells us that he has been everywhere and seen everything, but considering Miss Grace Logan of New York and Mrs. Lucas of Chicago and Mrs. Griffell of California and the host enjoyed every moment. SELF-HEL PEULNESS In commenting upon the Bishops' conference which met a few days ago in Washington, Bishop Turner, among other things said: "I am pleased with the conference. It means everything good for the race. The real leadership of the people is concentrated here—its spirit, its militant courage and its education and Christianity. I am not a politician, nor do I take any part in politics, but I am an American citizen, and I am delighted to see my people at least speaking out against prevailing evils. We have kept out mouths closed so long, depending on God—and I have no complaint to make—but we are asking God to do things that He has given us power to do for ourselves. When the American people get religion there will be a change. "This is an ungrateful nation. We have been loyal to it since we landed in 1619. We have supported it in every conflict and have given our blood freely for it, yet it will not give us the protection we have rightly earned. God will yet revenge our wrongs with fire and brimstone. I predict the dissolution of this nation. Will America ever raise up in the dignity of its standing and do the right thing by all under its flag? I hope it will, and want to live to see it done. We still stand ready to do our part NO. 25. in the grand work of nation building." RACE NEWS Gathered from Various Sources. The Board of Education of St. Louis, Mo., has authorized the purchase of an automobile to be used to train Negro chauffeur at the Sumner High school. Big Jim Jeffries has received an offer from Fairbanks, Alaska, that requests his to select four good fighters for two twenty-five-round fights on July 4 Jefferies is to pick these fighters from the featherweight and lightweight classes and is to referee the contest. It is said that he has already selected Gans as one and it is believed that Joe will accept the offer. Out in Alaska they are very anxious to see Gans in the ring. The sports of Alaska are said to have guaranteed that $50,000 will be forthcoming for the two fights, for which one-half will be split for the two fights. Mike Newman, the well-known promoter of New York, was in Boston a few days ago on business relative to the monument that the sporting people are to erect over George Dixon's grave. It was Mr. Newman who started the movement, and he has about $2,000.00 now on hand. After a conference with Undertaker Hutching who buried the boxer. Mr. Newman found that the grave in which Dixon lies in Mount Hope cemetery is not large enough for the monument in view, so the plot containing four graves is to be purchased. The plan is to have only Dixon's body lie in the plot, which will make the last resting-place of the little colored boxer very conspicuous. The design for the monument, which will be of granite, has not yet been completed. A bust of the boxer and an inscription are to be placed on it. Wrecking Old Ships. 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. 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 tugboats, flue barges and handsome swift steamers do the work, with anchored chain boats to pull the big loads up the rapids. Store the oily feeds where they will not become contaminated by foul odors. Feed thus affected is more than apt to taint the milk and carry the cowy flavor to the butter. DRUGGIST DIES OF WOUNDS OTTO FEHRINGER OF COLORADO SPRINGS KILLED BY UN- KNOWN HOLDUP. WAS ROBBED AND SHOT HAD LINGERED IN HOSPITAL SINCE THE NINETEENTH OF FEBRUARY. Colorado Springs.—As the result or being wounded by an unknown holdup, who robbed him of his diamonds and money, February 19th, Otto Fehringer, a prominent drummist of Colorado Springs, died Wednesday at the St. Francis hospital. While it was known that Mr. Fehringer's wound was of a serious nature, it was understood, from the statements made by the physicians and hospital people, that he was steadily improving and the announcement of his death today came as a shock to his friends. A postmortem examination, conducted under orders from Coroner Law revealed the fact that the bullet fired by the assailant passed through Mr. Fehringer's right lung, broke one of his ribs, and glancing from that passed almost through his liver, being found embedded in the lower left side of that organ. Although wounded in so terrible a manner, Mr. Fehringer made a desperate fight for his life at the time of the holdup and, after fighting his assailant for ten minutes, made his way to the electric light plant, half a mile away, before collapsing. The shooting occurred on a lonely road north of this city, while the two men were driving in a buggy, and during the fight which ensued Fehringer was robbed of his watch and chain, three diamonds, cash and checks to the total value of $1,500. The checks were afterward found by detectives on the road leading back to the city, where they were thrown by the robber, who regained his horse and rig at the ranch of M. L. Teal and drove back to town. He left the horse tied and blanketed near the police station, where it was found an hour afterward, but no trace of the murderer was discovered. Several arrests followed, but none of the suspects was identified by Mr. Fehringer and all were released. The case is surrounded by mystery, owing to the fact that Fehringer was unable to give any clue to his assailant and said he did not know the name of the man with whom he was riding; his story being that he was going out to the Garden ranch to take orders for liquors from an alleged uncle of the man who shot him. That Otto Febringer came to his death from a gunshot wound inflicted with feebulous intent, February 19th, by a party unknown, was the verdict of the jury at the inquest held Wednesday night. A number of witnesses were examined, but no new evidence tending to clear the mystery was cited. Bankers Appeal for Pardon. Denver.—The hearing before the State Board of Pardons Tuesday afternoon upon the application for a pardon on behalf of Leonard B. Imboden and James A. Hill, convicted in connection with the failure of the Denver Savings bank and sentenced to the penitentiary some two years ago, was held Tuesday. The case on behalf of Messrs Imboden and Hill was opened by Attorney Hersey, who presented a lengthy brief and a large bundle of documents on behalf of his clients. Among the latter was a letter under date of Nov. 2 last from Judge Peter L. Palmer, who presided at the trial of Messrs. Imboden and Hill, in which he stated that, in view of subsequent developments which appeared to show that the bank was solvent at the time it was placed in the hands of a receiver, he was of the opinion that the ends of justice had been served by the two years' imprisonment which the petitioners had endured, and that they had been adequately punished for any crime which they may have committed. Four members of the jury that convicted the bankers joined in a recommendation for clemency. Three hundred of the depositors in the defunct bank have signed a petition asking for mercy for the two bankers. These were supplemented by a joint letter from Sheriff J. B. Farr of Huerfano county, Charles Hayden, deputy district attorney for the Twelfth Judicial district; Henry Bilchalen, county judge; W. H. Freeland, deputy clerk of the District Court, and several others connected with the courts at Walsenburg. In opposition to these Attorney Karl C. Schuyler, who represented Receiver Guy Le Rey Stevick before the legislative committee, wanted to know what had become of the money Imboden and Hill secured from the bank. "And where is the money?" asked Schuyler. "Have they given the slightest explanation what became of the money? If Imboden and Hill will explain the whereabouts of $455,000 and produce the cash, the corporation which has bought the assets—and I speak with authority—will step aside and the money can be used to reimburse depositors. Eight thousand men, women and children are interested in this matter, and I know that the board will give it a fair and impartial consideration." Attorney Hersey closed the argument for the petitioners and the board went into private session, it being announced that a decision would not be reached for some time—probably several days. POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS. Senator Carter Confident That Bill Will Pass the Senate. Washington.—Senator Carter, head of the sub-committee of the senate postoffice committee which is in charge of the postal savings bank legislation, said Wednesday that the sub-committee would report the bill to the main committee in a short time. He expects that within a week or so a favorable report on the postal savings bill will be made from the senate postoffice committee, and Senator Carter says he has no doubt the Senate will pass a bill on this subject. Children are to be encouraged to save their pennies by a feature of the postal savings bank bill. The committee has before it the bills introduced by Senators Carter, Burkett and Knox, the latter being the measure favored by Postmaster General Meyer. The committee has taken the best features of all of the bills, and is drafting what it believes to be as near perfect a measure as can be made. The feature that is expected to attract the children is taken from the Carter bill. It provides for the sale by postoffice of cards, each to hold nine stamps. A child may purchase a card for 1 cent, and buy stamps at 1 cent each. When nine stamps have been attached the child may deposit the card and receive credit for a deposit of 10 cents. Greeley Grants Electric Franchise. Denver.—A Greeley dispatch Wednesday night says: The Denver & Greeley Electric Railway Company, composed of Denver and Greeley business men, has been granted a franchise by the City Council, allowing it to enter this city under certain restrictions, provided the road is completed in three years. It is understood that all rights of way have been secured by this company, which will tap the Hillsboro-Johnstown country and the coal fields of western Weld county and from there continue southeast of Denver. The Greeley & Northern Railway & Utility Company, which is fighting for a franchise, granted it a few years ago, the City Council claiming it to have expired, says that it will build its road into Greeley and be first in the field. This company has purchased the right of way into Greeley, paralleling the Union Pacific railroad, and will build a station at Eleventh street and Sixth avenue. Already considerable grading has been done between Greeley and Evans and tomorrow the company will resume work. There has been talk of a merger of the two companies. Mrs. Thaw Sues for Divorce. Pittsburg.—Mrs. Harry K. Thaw, who on Wednesday applied for an annulment of her marriage to Thaw, has spent much time and money getting evidence from Pittsburg to be used in case there is a fight made by the Thaws against her. According to information from relatives of the young woman here, Evelyn has evidence to prove that Harry K. Thaw was always considered as mentally deranged by the Thaw family, and it was only through the personal interference of Mrs. William Thaw that Evelyn was restrained from entering suit for divorce from Harry on the ground of insanity within a month after her marriage. This was after Harry had had a bad spell, beating Evelyn and locking her in a room. "Your son is crazy, Mrs. Thaw, and I will not jeopardize my life by remaining with him," Evelyn is reported to have said, as she prepared to leave Lyndhurst and consult a divorce attorney. Important Oil Strikes. Florence, Colo. — Two new strikes have been made by the United Oil Company which have much bearing on the life of the oil district here, assuring that it is good for twenty to twenty-five years, at least. The biggest strike is in well No. 380, which has been sunk to a depth of 2,800 feet and the oil is standing at the 1,000-foot level. Field Supt. Johnston says the will prove to be a 100 barrels daily capacity at the lowest estimate. The strike is in the Williamsburg district, and it is believed that a lake of oil has been tapped. This district has been worked to the 1,700-foot level, but at this level only streaks of oil were found. Machinery is soon to be installed and the well will be thoroughly tested. Many oil men believe the well will pump 200 barrels daily. The other strike was made in well No. 378, near the old Rocky Mountain smelter plan. This well is not so deep, but it is believed it will yield 100 barrels a day. Beet Growers Favor Japanese Denver:—A Republican special from Greeley tays: Greeley and Eaton farmers and, in fact, all interested in the prosperity of this community, are indignant over the action of certain labor leaders in Colorado in declaring against Japanese laborers and in organizing a "yellow peril" exclusion league. The farmers contend that if Japanese laborers are driven from the state, one of the greatest industries of northern Colorado, the growing of sugar beets, will receive a serious blow. They say the Japanese have proven the most efficient and satisfactory help that can be obtained for thinning and harvesting the crop. Hotel Convention Rates. Denver.—A meeting of the Denver Hotel and Restaurant Keepers' Association was held at the Adams hotel Wednesday night. Among the principal subjects brought up was a proposition to fix a regular schedule of rates to prevail in Denver all of the year 1909, where conventions are being entertained in the city. The members of this association have come to the conclusion that one of the chief requisites for obtaining conventions of all kinds is spreading abroad an assurance that Denver is a city where the hotels and restaurants do not attempt to rob the public when big meetings select this as their place of meeting. SENTENCED TO THE GALLOWS PLEA OF INSANITY DOES NOT SAVE MURDERER OF CATH- OLIC PRIEST. JURY AGREES QUICKLY Denver.-Gliesepe Alia, murderer of Father-Francis Leo Heinrichs, must expiate his crime upon the gallows. He was found guilty Thursday by a jury in the West Side Court of murder in the first degree, and the verdict fixed death as his punishment for the heinous crime of February 23rd. The verdict was reached by the jury, which for two days heard evidence in the case, after deliberating but little more than an hour. Only three ballots were taken, it is said, the first being 10 to 2 for murder in the first degree, with the death penalty, the second 11 to 1, and the third unanimously for the infliction of the death penalty. When the clerk read the finding of the jury the prisoner exhibited little concern. Alia merely shrugged his shoulders when Interpreter Gustav Mattei told him of the verdict and murmured in Italian, "Is that so?" Assistant District Attorney John Chiles made the opening argument for the people. The case, he said, was one which should be decided without heat or prejudice. He would not discuss justifiable homicide or manslaughter, he declared, but confine himself to murder, first and second degree. To show malice Attorney Chiles quoted his troubles with the Italian priests, to prove premeditation he referred to the sharpened bullets, and in answer to the defense of larvel epilepsy he called the jury's attention to the fact that the instructions did not recognize that defense. Dr. Joseph Cuneo, he declared, admitted that he was not an insanity expert, and Baron Tosto had no substantiation of his theory that Alia was insane other than that a man who kills another without provocation is insane. He closed by asking a verdict of murder in the first degree. Attorney Widdicomb made as the main points of his address the fact that the district attorney suspected insanity by anticipating such a defense in his main case, and that Alia suffered from masked epilepsy. The state always presumes a defendant sane until proved that he is not. The act was so unnatural that insanity was the only explanation. The state also required Alia to give information to be used for his own conviction. Dr. George A. Moleen he quoted as authority for the statement that an attack of masked epilepsy may last only an infinitesimal period of time. Only two explanations could be offered for the killing, said Attorney Widdicomb, insanity or anarchy. There was absolutely no testimony to confirm the latter supposition. Attorney Widdicomb said that only a crazy man would sharpen bullets, as the manufacturers made them so that they would be most effective, and no bullets were ever manufactured with sharp end points. He closed without asking for any particular verdict. District Attorney Stidger answered the arguments of defendant's counsel in regard to the sharpened bullets by saying that this testimony was introduced solely for the purpose of proving premeditation. "But," he added, "I do not think that it need necessarily be the act of a disordered mind. There is something deadly in suggestion even to any mind in a sharpened bullet. The defendant is an ignorant man and would not know that a sharpened bullet is not as deadly as a dull one." Fleet Reaches California. San Diego, Cal.-When the American battleship fleet, under command of Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, steamed into Magdalena Bay Thursday, passing through the rocky gateway marked by Sail Rock on the north and Redondo Point on the south, and dropped anchor behind the high peninsula promontory which stretches a protecting arm down from the mainland and makes Man o'War cove the most sheltered harbor of the lower Pacific coast, the history-making naval cruise of more than 13,000 miles, begun at Hampton Roads less than three months ago, practically came to an end. An official message was received from Rear Admiral Evans by the local wireless station Wednesday night, to be transmitted to Washington. In it was Admiral Evans' report that he arrived at the bay with all the ships of the fleet in even better condition than at the time when it sailed from Lampton Roads, that he was now ready for any unforeseen emergency that may arise and that the entire fleet is prepared to obey any order at a day's notice. There yet remains the trip from Magdala bay to San Francisco, the destination originally announced, and a matter of some 1,100 miles, but it will not be begun until after target practice is concluded and fleet drills are done. This last stage of the journey will be a tour of holiday-making with stops at San Diego, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara and Santa Cruz, where reception committees plan all manner of entertainment for officers and men, the latter especially coming in for the greatest amount of attention. Fire Drills at Florence Florence, Colo.—The board of education o. Florence, taking a lesson, from the recent disastrous fire in Ohio, has decided to make all buildings here safe by equiping them with fire escapes. All doors which now swing inward will be made to swing outward. The children will be taught the fire drills. PRESIDENT'S ACT APPROVED. Committee Finds That Discharge of Negro Troops Was Justified. Washington. — Reports from the committee on military affairs were presented to the Senate Wednesday in regard to the investigation of the affray at Brownsville, Texas, which resulted in the discharge without honor of three companies of negro soldiers of the Twenty-fifth infantry. At the same time a message was received from the President calling attention to the fact that the testimony taken by the committee sustains his position in discharging the negro soldiers. He recommends extension of the time for re-enlistment of the discharged men who might be found not to fall within the terms of the order. There were four reports from the committee, the majority being signed by Senators Warren, Lodge, Warner, Dupont, Tallferro, Foster, Overman, Fraizier and McCreary. A minority report was signed by Senators Foraker, Scott, Bulkeley and Hemenway. The majority report found as follows: "That in the opinion of the committee the shooting was done by soldiers belonging to the Twenty-fifth infantry; that the testimony falls to identify the particular soldier or soldiers who participated." It is stated that there is considerable contradiction in the testimony, but that, taken as a whole and reconciling it wherever possible, it proves the case outlined in the majority's decision. The principal minority report was presented by Senator Scott and takes the position that it has been impossible to ascertain who did the shooting and makes the recommendation that the nero soldiers be restrained. In addition to this minority report, Senators Foraker and Bulkeley turned in a supplemental report, which was represented by Senator Foraker. Senator Foraker's report declares that the testimony of the witnesses against the soldiers is not reliable and that no motive for their alleged connection with the affray had been shown. A supplemental report signed by Senators Warren, Lodge, Warner and Dupont declares that the evidence shows that the assault was perpetrated by members of the battalion, but that it is reasonable to believe that all of the soldiers were not concerned. They recommend that it would be justice to restore to all of the innocent men the rights and privileges which had accrued to them by reason of their previous service in the army. A bill is presented authorizing the President, within one year after the passage of the act, to authorize the enlistment of any of the men whom he may be satisfied had no connection with the shooting. Colorado Bank Deposits. Denver.—The state of Colorado has just $1,001,958.61 in ready money, according to the quarterly report filed with Gov. Buchtel by State Treasurer Bent, and of that amount only $924.67 is, so to speak, pocket money. The rest is all deposited in the various banks over the state. In the First National bank of Denver there is $613,493.85. That is the state's one big bank account. Then there are a great many little accounts so modest that any one might aspire to equal one of them. Here is a list of Colorado's bank accounts outside the First National bank of Denver: Denver Auditorium Seats Denver.—No tickets will be sold to those wishing to witness the proceedings of the Democratic convention in June. This is the decision of the convention managers. Never yet have tickets been sold for a Democratic convention and Denver is not the place to start such a move. It is stated that there will be 11,622 seats in the auditorium. After all needed seats are reserved there will be 6,500 seats for spectators. Colorado's share of these seats will be given first to the men who donated the $100,000 guarantee fund. An effort will be made to see that each contributor gets at least one ticket. What tickets may be left will go to local Democrats who were instrumental in getting the convention to come here. Three hundred seats have been reserved for the press, and these seats are the best in the large hall, being directly in front of the speakers' stage, not on a raised platform as at first planned. The seating capacity of the auditorium is as follows: Main floor, 5,122; balcony, 2,800; gallery, 2,700. The balcony and gallery will be given over to spectators, and also 2,922 seats on the mail floor. There will be 900 seats for delegates and 900 for alternates on the main floor. The press will have 300, and 100 prominent speakers will be seated upon the platform. With the ushers and sergeants-at-arms there will be about 12,000 people in the building when the convention opens. Kansas Populists Scarce. Topeka, Kan.-The Populist mass convention Thursday which was attended by only fifteen delegates, elected twenty-six delegates to the national convention at St. Louis, instructed them for Thomas E. Watson for president and adopted a platform declaring money, land and transportation the national issues. BAR CRITICISES THE GOVERNOR STRONGLY CONDEMNS HIS LAN QUAGE IN REGARD TO COURT IN MESA COUNTY. RESOLUTIONS PASSED COURSE OF JUDGE SHACKELFORD AND SHERIFF SHRADER FULLY APPROVED. Grand Junction, Colo.—At a special meeting of the Mesa County Bar Association Saturday afternoon the criticism by Governor Buchtel of the District Court officials in the Force case was denounced in the following resolutions: "We consider the criticism by the governor unwarranted and unjust under the laws and facts of the case. Upon receipt of the letter from Governor Buchtel, Sheriff Shrader requested the judge of the district Court to advise him concerning the proper course to pursue, which the judge declined to do, directing the sheriff to go to the district attorney, who under the law is the legal adviser of all county officers. The sheriff consulted the district attorney and other lawyers, who advised him not to turn over Forese, as to do so would place him in contempt of court. On February 21st District Attorney Selig received a letter from the prosecuting attorney of Rawlins, Wyoming, asking that the Colorado charge be dismissed and setting forth the facts on which Wyoming hoped to convict Forese. District Attorney Selig immediately wrote a letter to another attorney at Rawlins, Wyoming, not connected with the case, requesting full information and a statement of facts. "After full consideration of the matter, Mr. Selig felt that Wyoming could not successfully prosecute Foree and he therefore declined to surrender the man. The trial and conviction of Foree in this county was had without any official knowledge having been brought to the court that a warrant of extradition had been issued by the governor of this state and was conducted as such cases are usually conducted. We submit that the language used by the governor criticising a judge on the bench was unbecoming from the pen or lips of the chief executive of this state. We refrain from any characterization of the conduct of the governor, or any further comment upon his course and action, because we believe that to the minds of all fair-minded men no comment or characterization is necessary. "We have been taught to respect the branches of the government as defined in the constitution and also have been taught that it is not in the province of the executive to interfere in any way in the administration of justice in the court, and we believe that any attempt upon the part of the executive of this or any other state should be resisted to the utmost by those who occupy judicial positions. We believe that the judge of this district will never permit the infringement upon the powers invested in him under the constitution, by the governor or any other executive of the state. "We further desire to express our approval and commendation of his entire course and we are authorized by the judge of this court to say that he coincedes with us in expressing our commendation and approval in the course approved by the sheriff and district attorney. The course of Judge Shackelford we regard as entirely proper and commendable, and we commend him more particularly for his restraint and silence for such unmerited and uncalled for abuse and slander by the governor. Nothing would more clearly demonstrate the uprightness and self-control and character of our judge than his attitude in remaining silent under such trying circumstances." This is signed by Walter S. Sullivan, Straud M. Logan, Henry R. Rhone, Samuel N. Wheeler, Gustav VanHooredeke, committee. Denver Murder and Suicide Denver.—Believing that death was preferable to living when his divorced wife should be another's, Harry Adler, a clothing salesman, shot and killed Grace Adler (nee Nottingham) and then, placing the gun in his mouth, blew out his own brains. The tragedy occurred early Thursday night in the Waldorf hotel, Eleventeenth and Stout streets. The bodies were discovered shortly before 10 o'clock Saturday morning when Policeman Hunter forced the door at the request of the landlady, who had twice gone to the room and had found the door locked. The woman was entirely dressed while Adler was clothed, except for his coat which hung on a nail in the room and in the pocket of which the following note was found: "The cause of this rash act is _____ of the Bismarck cafe. He alone is responsible for this. Her mother is not to blame for any of our trouble. My only regret is for her mother. But it must be done. Hoping everybody will forgive us—God have mercy on our souls. Amen." (Signed) "H. A." And on the other side of the paper was written: "Notify G. C. Nottingham Avon, Eagle county, Colorado. I hope we will be buried together as I love Grace better than life itself." Aspen Bankers Arrested Kansas City.—J. F. Long and E. J. Pumphrey, cashier of the People's National bank of Aspen, Colorado, were arrested Saturday under orders from Comptroller of the Currency W. B. Ridgely, who directed District Attorney A. S. Van Valkenburgh to proceed against them on a charge of misapplication of funds. The bankers were arraigned before United States Commissioner John M. Nuckels. They pleaded not guilty, and their preliminary hearing was set for March 21st. Each furnished the $5,000 bond required for his release. OLD GENTLEMAN NOT PLEASED. Letter's Inscription Certainly the Reverse of Flattering. In the English club at Hongkong a white-haired old gentleman, who had come down from some northern port, was seated at dinner when he suddenly became very excited. He had been brought a letter by a solemn-faced Chinese butler, and he saw something on the outside of this letter which sent him downstairs two steps at a time to interview the hall porter. When he came back he told us what was the matter. The hall porter had inscribed in the envelope, in Chinese, for the information of the butler: "This is for the old baboon with white fur." Unfortunately for the hall porter, the old gentleman was a first-class scholar in the Chinese language. On the High Trap. Broker—Are you going to try X. Y. & Z. again? P. Lunger (who has dropped his margin three times in succession— Yep. Broker—Well, if I were you I'd try and arrange to do it over a net— Puck. Every Lover of Good Music should take advantage of the offer the Jerome H. Remick Co. of New York make in the advertising columns of this paper to send for 25 cents the words and music of nine of the best pieces of the Merry Widow Opera, all the rage at present in London, Paris and New York. The Age Index. Ella—You shouldn't look a gift norse in the mouth. Stella—But how are you going to tell whether the present is new or not?—Harper's Weekly. It Cures While You Walk. 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Not your new-fangled notions, but stuff that was true. Wid that he taught love for the sacred ould sod. Thus helpin' his kind, an' so plasin' his God. Now the seventeenth of March, reckoned then by old style. Was approachin' an' so the good mas- THE SNAKE An' Bit at Their Will All the Colleens an Byes. ther once more Gave a taste to the byes av his lagends an' lore. Patrick banished the snakes and the sinners, you know. That's the lagend accepted, but I have it right— At Tara he preached to the king and the chiefs His Decalougues, Catalogues, Psalms and beliefs. Once the king says to Patrick, "The Druids all say That you're settin' the minds of me Firbolgs astray. How can one be in three, and be one all the time?— "That's aisy," says Patrick, "this dear little plant. (Praise God! 'twill be famous the oceans beyant)— Has a stalk all in one, but divides into three; Yet the shamrock is one, three in one, don't you see?" "Bedad!" says the king, "that bangs Banagher sure. Now, byes (to the Druids), ye now have the flure." But the sorra a word could those clargymin find: Now, Patrick, me byes, you need scarcely be tould, Was funny an' tricky, though holy an' bould. So now of the Druids he'd got the whip hand Bethought him of blessings he'd show- er on the land. To the king then says he, "For the favors you've shown, I'll put e'er a back and new legs to your throne. (Not manin' the laste disrespect, but you see The preachers don't speak such plain Irish as we). In youth a spalpeen taught me herdin' of swine— Your majesty's pardon, the fault was not mine. Let me here introduce the boneen an' I'll go bail, Over the evils of Erin the pig will prevall." Now the Druids held sarpints as sacred, you see; In England they larned that, betune you an' me. They would cast up in line sometimes When this had been done, sorra one durst complain— Though the land were his own and his father's domain. It was sacred, and then for the sake of his soul, He must part wild it, barrin' a sigh or a growl. An' bit at their will all the colleens an' byes. Well, the pigs went to rootin', bedad it was fun To watch the ould Druids when their ruin begun. Wid faces of fury and hearts full of hate They would curse the dear pigs, I'm ashamed to relate. They invoked all the planets and far as they knew. The fixed stars and comets, the sun and moon, too. Next the wraiths that inhabit the winds and the floods. Then they danced holy jigs in the scantiest of duds. But the pigs took no notice, but ate all the more. And the Drulds saw Fate was now hard by the door. Then they prayed to the giants that ravaged the isle There was one who from Mona oft waded to Wales, And one who in coughin' produced the wild gales. Another in sport tried to bridge the broad say, The Causeway in Ulster bears witness to-day. Then the one who at Powerscourt drank up the fall. An' the one who complained "Devil's Bowl" was too small. The priests cursed the pigs loud and long, but no matter. On the snakes and their eggs they grew fatter and fatter. Oh, those were great times when the factions forgot. What side they were of, and what side they were not. The thousand would follow all jeerin' the while The Druids who could them no longer beguile. When rivers they'd reach as the Bann or the Boyne, Baptized, they the ranks of believers would join. It was Patrick alanna, me turn at ye plaise Will guyin' an' Gospel the land was ablaze. Such dippin' an' plungin', baptizin', confessin'. Such prayin' an' preachin', such primpin' an' dressin'! It was good for their souls and their bodies' by token— The record for bathing his saintship had broken. And thousands who'd never been lathered or rubbed. Had their skins an' their sowls now most thoroughly scrubbed. For the saint told them plainly for 'er they were shriven. That nothing onclanely was welkim in heaven. So the pigs ate the snakes and rooted up eggs From the round hill of Howth down to Bally-kil-begs. 1 "That's Alsy, Says Patrick, This Dear Little Plant." "That's Alsy, Says Patrick, This Dear Little Plant." From the Gap of Dunloe to the Glen o' the Downs, And Sileb-na-mon grandly Killarney's lake crowns. There was rootin' an' preachin' an' laughter an' prayer. No wonder for Satan to leave must prepare. For barrin' the Saxon and whisky I'll say— Saint Patrick has rid us of evil to-day. So now you all know how the snakes met their doom, And the class will its studies in Gaello resume. --- YIP RESTAURANT Noodles, Chop Suey, Chili Privare Dining Rooms REGULAR DINNER 20 CENTS. QUICK LUNCH. Imported Tea for Sale. 1841 Arapahoe St. Tel. Main 6835 EAST TURN Tel. 2449. "Colum ZAN lumbir ZANG'S "Columbine" ZANG'S New Table Beer Is a special Bre DENVER'S LEADING BR Columb Is guaranteed Try a Sample Case and TELEPH The Ph. 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It occasionally happens that papers sent to subscribers are lost or stolen In case you do not recelve any number when due, inform us by postal card and we will cheerfully forward a duplicate of the missing number. Communications to receive attention must be newsy, upon Important sub- fects, plainly ‘written only upon ‘one wide of the papery must reach ta ‘Tueadaya f possible, anyway not later than Wednesdays, and bear the signature of the Suthor. No manuscript returned, unless stamps are sent for postage. coieniered as second-class matter at the postoffice in the elty of Denver, polorado. é THE GROUCHES. ver satistied. First the and it was difficult to r not; now comes local o ardous the question the same time there i divided way of taking ree troublesome matte ether, just as they alw ommunities? Some people are never satisfied. First there was a great kick up over the water question. and it was difficult to determine whether we should have any water or not; now comes local option sweeping through the city and making hazardous the question whether we shall have any whiskey or not. At the same time there isa great cry going up against “lemons.” ‘This divided way of taking things is demoralizing: to say the least. Why can’t these three troublesome matters—water, whiskey and lemon.—be put down together, just as they always have been hereto- fore in this and other communities? CRIME’S HORROR Crime reaches depths beyond all sane and righteous comprehen- sion. From those that are vile and low, and which link men with beasts, to those that are demoniacal in their highly developed horror. there is a long step, and all the way between there are stages of crimi- nal inclination and perversion which complete a great, distorted. mon- strous body of evil which harrows and hampers man’s moral progress People of small intellectual development produce low criminals; peo- ple of high intellectual development produce greater monsters. It is useless to compare crimes or criminals, as one is disposed te do when the criminals of various types and elements vie with one an- other in their efforts to startle society with their ever-increasing mag- nitude of horror. It is better to realize that all criminal influences and tendencies work for the overtlow of society and ought to be ban- ished from society. The life of the man who killed the Rey. Father Leo Heinrichs at the communion rail cannot restore to society its loss because of his crime. The brood that begat him will remain to wound society again. The jails, the gallows do not deter them. There are crimes and crim. inals which should be made impossible, Anarchy, or the tendency tc murder under any other name, ought to be cut out of civilization by the roots. Penal colonies are not unwise. Banishment from the moral world will yet become rational self-protection. THE LAST DITCH Tue Negro soldiers, formerly members of the Twenty-fifth Infan- try, who were discharged without honor from the United States army because of their alleged participation in the Brownsville riot, must car- ry their alleged participation in the Brownsville riot, must carry their dishonor to their graves, for they have virtually lost their last fight against the executive order discharging them. The Senate committee ou military affairs, which for a year or more has been investigating the affair, has finally decided that, in its opinion, the order was justi- fiable. No decisive evidence of guilt was brought before the committee, and nothing but the presumption upon which the order of dismissal was based was relied upon fer this final decision of the~ committee. Nearly every soldier who was at Brownville at the time of the riot ap- peared before the committee and denied having anything to do with the affair. A mass of other evidence, lay and expert, tended to re- moye from the nen the stain of guilt. But the determination of the white people of Brownsville to fasten the guilt upon the soldiers, and the color which they gave to the af- fair in their recitals before the President and the committee, shaped the decision of the committee. ‘These men were convicted and dishonored not because they were soldiers and had guns and were at’ Brownville when ,the town was ‘shot up’, but because they were Negroes. In no’ sense were they proven guilty of the charges laid against them; they were merely pre- sumed to be guilty, because they were Negroes. The supposed traits of ther race were made the mean and uncertain excuse for the absence of direct and convincing proof of their guilt, and thus their race with them was made to bear the odium of that unprecedented order of dis- charge. But it is well to note and to remember that this vindication of the order made by President Roosevelt and promulgated by Secretary of War Taft, was brought about largely by the aid of Southern Demo- crats. Senator Lodge, Massachusetts, and those other Republican members of the committee who represent and stand for all policies of the administration, were supported solidly by the Democratic, mem. bers, while Senator Foraker of Ohio, and Senator Du Pont of Dela- ware, stood to the last for that fair course toward the Negro which ex act justice and the nation’s highest honor woujd warrant. Whether the report of the committee to the Senate will be made the occasion of a further struggle or not, the result is now forecast, But Senator Foraker has already introduced a bill to re-instate all. those Negro soldiers who were proven innocent of the charges. As this practically includes them all, the real virtue of the bill will furn- ish conscience food for statesmen for some time to come, ‘The political effect of the present Senate agitation will be legrned later on. It Is Selfish It Is Exclusive It Lacks Sympathy By RABBI VICTOR CARO, fain nnitematet JDERN society—too refined to touch the sick and the poor with a 50-foot pole; modern society—dishing out its charity through the ageney of its servants; society, killing all of uni- versal sympathy, has brought the world to the verge of a social crisis because of its supercilious method of looking down upon those whom it pleases to consider “beneath it.” You worship the almighty dollar, you make of those that have acquired that dollar beings greater than a mere man. A tyrannical society has resulted. And the tyranny of so- ee Oe LY OCIS (see POCONIS | ASIDE: to public criticism; and it has become immune to suffering and misery and starvation—in others; it is aping gentility, and its slogan has be- come “I am better than you are.” The world’s universal trend is toward selfishness. Society has made selfishness part of its creed; it has become all absorbing; self-gratification is now the only god. And the selfish man is a mere wreck of a noble soul. Had we more sympathy and less criticism; had we more love and less social distinction and sneering haughtiness, the world would be a better and more livable place. Sympathy is an evidence of progress; it eliminates sectarianism and narrow-mindedness. And because this is so and because evidenced everywhere about us is the lack of it and the prevalence of selfishness, we may know that civilization is going backward and that we have lost the pure, true, honest fecling that prevailed many hundred years ago. Nowhere in the world is social inequality more marked than here in the United States. We speak of the equal creation of man; of this, our land of freedom and equal rights io all people; and yet society is treating those whom it pleases to call the lower classes with all the haughty disdain, with all the selfish contempt which marked the darkest periods in the world’s history. . What we need is less of malice, less of contempt and more affection. We need contact; society must meet the great classes which are beneath it in refinement. I realize that you, each of you, has a right to choose your own associates; I realize that, perhaps, you can not take into your homes the world as a whole, regardless of class, or standing or education. But you cari meet all men with a pleasant smile and you can mete out kindness and sympathy to all. New York is the capital of the United States. It has long since succeeded Philadelphia and Boston as the pre-eminent city of the country. As great as is the commercial and finan- cial importance of New York, it is not those factors alone that make the city a capital. It is the representation of a particular qual- ity in its population that is the real cause pfyis pre-eminence ‘The result of the magnetie power of New York to draw the best from everywhere to II 38 ee coy ra ig ie ace ists, men of letters, artists and commercial and financial leaders, that will strengthen each year the right of the city to be recognized as the capital. In no one field of work is this more true than in the publishing business, for instance. Thousands of books, magazines and newspapers are sent broadcast from here cach year over the world, bearing the impress of New York’s judgment and point of view. Capital cities are most severe critics of themselves. ‘Their men and their press point out evils and ugliness that to an outsider would never ix. observed. ‘The situation, moreover, in a capital city is never so bad as the people who live in it think. Less important places naturally boast more. Capital cities always bear a disproportionate share of national respon- sibtlities and duties, Their population is heterogeneous and their prob- lems are correspondingly severe, New York, with the most heterogeneons population of any city in the world, has the most difficult problems of all. If the population of New York goes on increasing at the present rate it will be, before the end of another generation, a city of 10,000,000 peo- ple. Certainly the territory immediately surrounding the water front of New York Bay will within that time see so enormous a mass of people gathered together. With a city of so vast a size even now in sight the pressure of the problems of government, education and even mere living, becomes more and more severe. Now is the time for broad-minded men to plan for the future. Now 18 the time to plan railway ter- minals, dock systems, great public buildings, and oP. that which above all else will require the best fag ee thought that can be given to it, the establishing ey hye eS of a strong but elastic form of government that je iay will harmonize and unify the many elements of the Y - r = city. SSN —————————— Fs The social evil (I use the term in a more general sense than it is usually applied), is a far greater evil in this country than the Greatest drinking habit. It is true that the lower Sin forms of the social evil and intemperance invdrinking are allied evils; they go hand of the in hand. ‘The social evil, in all its phases, Age is such a delicate subject to handle that it . seems impossible to educate the people to- | ward righteous living in this regard. | We can educate regarding tuberculosis and alcoholism, but the people must, for ob- | sy igs reasons, remain ignorant upon this questions now confront- ing the American people more than ever before. ‘The very existence of the nation depends upon the per- sonal conduct of each man and each woman. Both have responsibilities that neither can shirk. Seri- ous living on the part of our people must take the place of frivolous tendencies, if the nation is to thrive and continue to be happy. ‘There is no in- fluence among mortals so powerful for good as the relations between the sexes. Modern Society SE is aN New York and Her Problems By Dr. NICHOLAS M. BUTLER, pale citar batter Greatest Sin of the Age By CARDINAL GIBBONS. te Ne = SR ~~ SN ‘S aN OPEN DAY AND NIGHT PHONE MAIN 6123 THE A. M. LAWHORN & CO. Undertakers and Funeral Directors. ae R. CONTEE Pres. Wn. SPRAGUE, See. & Treas, | R..E. HANDY. A.M. LAWHORN. LOUIS HUBBARD, Licened Embalmer. Manager. + Assistant CARRIAGES FURNISHED FOR ALL OCCASIONS ae 18th Street. Denver, Colo ————————EEE ee | ROBERT JOHNSON Steam and Gas Fitter ‘Connect Coal or,;Gas Range, Water Heater, Grate or Log{$2.00; Guaranteed. 20 Years Experience in Denver. Phone South 1482. 835 Lincoln Avenue Wilat VU LUU RHUW ANVUUL LIS Proposition? Did you ever visit the Sample Exchange where they sell nothing but ‘Traveling Men’s Samples of Ladies Petticoats, Ladies Jackets, Shirtwaist and Skirts at Manufacturers’ cost? Look at this beautiful Petticoat at $4.85; retail value $8.00, $4.85 in colors and black. ah rey Soya ERE OC ee Re SS BN Tee se Qedili Nees ZZ. Ss ASLAN <<) G Gerencees ET CG fiir ww LLY Ladies Skirts in Panama, Voils and Fancy mixtures from $1.75 to $6.00. Ladies silk Net and Lawn waist from 75c to $3.50. One of ourmen has just got home with 100 samples of Spring Jackets. which will be put on sale MONDAY MORNING and as long as they last at mann- facturers’ cost. SAMPLE EXCHANGE, 406 CHARLES BLDG. 15th and Curtis Streets. SPRING GOODS Have Arrived from New York. Call and see them. The Tindell Dry Goods Store. Floral Designs for Funerals. Decorations for Weddings Parties and Balls. TELEPHONE MAIN 5386. . THURSTON H. OU. SMITH REMER_OF PALM PLANTS By the Day, Week or Month. Residence and Green Houses 2961 Lawrence St. Denver, Colo. =_=={=_[_Kmx=_=____=_—eeee————— For a good drink of whisky, | A fresh glass of beer | All you dry ones please comeJhere, JOE BERGER Will Serve You AT 24th and Larimer Streets. EE Aes ee Bee ae a ean oa oo » ree ae ei i, a AA eS 4 ae ae Pe afi g Po bl JAS. F. CLARK, THE TWO JIM’s DENVER’S FAVORITE PLEASURE RESORT. Whist, Pool, Chess, ChecKers and Other Pastime Games. PHONE 2275 MAIN 1859 Champa St. Denver, Colo, Almost fishin' time. Lloyd Hall is on the sick list. Plim Jackson is laid up with rheumatism. Robert Campbell has returned to Topeka. Ed Hurt of Omaha, was in the city this week. Wm. Sprague is suffering with a sprained back. Mrs. Lawrence Stephen is numbered with the sick. Mrs. Silas Johnson left this week for a visit in St. Louis. Rev. J. S. Payne was somewhat under the weather a few days this week. Louis Branch died at the County hospital Thursday. The body is at the Lawhorn Undertaking company. Wilbur Gray died at the County hospital Thursday. Lawhorn & Company has the body. Mrs. J. W. Levell run a nail through her foot the other day which is causing her considerable pain. George Ely an employee of the Tramway company, left last Thursday for his "Old Kentucky Home"—Bowling, Green. Mrs. Clara M. Herndon and Mrs. Julia Eubanks left last Sunday for Springfield, Mo., to visit their mother and other relatives. Capt. Thomas Campbell will read a paper before the Alliance to-morrow afternoon, subject, "Colonization in America." We have been informed that Mr. Garfield Wilson, formerly of Denver, and Miss India Deming, were married last Wednesday in Chicago. Samuel E. Cook is touring the South with a party of railroad officials. He spent several days last week in New Orleans and enjoyed the Mardi Gras. Mrs. Wm. Crummer arrived home Friday of last week from Galesburg, Ill., where she was called a few weeks ago to attend the funeral of her grand-mother. Mrs. B. F. Givens left last Sunday for Chicago, where she will spend several weeks with relatives and friends. Enroute she will stop over in Kansas City for a few days. Miss Lillie Page and Mrs. Ollie Simpson received the sad news Wednesday of the death of their brother, Emery Page, which occurred in Kansas City. They left Wednesday night for Branford, Kansas, where the funeral will be held. The Sunshine Club will meet at the home of Mrs. Morris, 2953 Stout street, Thursday evening, March 19th at 8 o'clock. MRS. E. H. MORRIS, Pres. MISS MARYBELLE PQICE, Sec. Quarterly meeting will be held at Ward A. M. E. church Sunday, March 15th. Rev. Jas. H. Hubbard, P.E., will preach at 11 a. m. Rev. J. B. Beckham pastor of Central Baptist church, will preach at 3 p. m. Let all hear the cry and come over and help us. The pastors and their congregations are requested to be present. J. H. Brown, Pastor, Twenty years ago last Tuesday, March 10th, Robert McCowan arrived in Denver, and during these many years Bob has been found to be like Water White soap—"Always the Same." They all like him for they "knew his folks back in Indiana." He is appearantly a young man for he associates with the 20th century boys and is recognized as one of the gang. H. J. Foster celebrated his birthday anniversary Tuesday night with a party at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. D. Rivers. He received many presents and congratulation and all wished him many returns of the event. His age is only one score and the skidoo number and he looks as though he is good for as many more. The evening was spent in games afterwhich choice refreshments were served. N. J. Booher of Chicago, an old friend of Jos. D. D. Rivers, and who by- --- the way gave him his first job in the Windy City, perhaps a quarter of a century ago, was in the city this week the guest of his old chum. Mr. Booher informed the writer that Mr. Rivers used to take violin lessons when in Chicago and the reason that he is not a violinist of wide repute, is that he stopped taking lessons before he mastered his first cord, "G," which he sawed away on until late at night. Oh Gee! "it must have been a dream" to listen at "G" while slumbering. One of the most popular and up-to-the-minute pleasure resorts in Denver, is the Pullman Pool Room at 1628 Wazee street. The proprietors John Murray and Leon Edwards, as well as the manager, Wilbur Macey, never fail to make it pleasant for their guests by extending to them the most courteous treatment. They have just added a $600.00 piano on which finished musicians manipulate. Hall for Rent. Lectures, entertainments, social, political and religions clubs will rejoice to know that Lucas Hall 2012-14 Curtis St. is for rent. Terms reasonable. Apply on premises. Local Notices. Hair cut 15 cents, 1847 Blake street One brick barn to rent at 2433 Emerson street. Keep off the date of April 20th. Big Easter ball at East Turner hall by the Triangle club. FOR RENT.—4' unfurnished rooms. Water in house; front and back yard; close in; no children. Colored preferred. 1427 Fox street. If you want first-class rooms with all convenient comfort call at 2433 Emerson. Mrs. I. C. McKinzie. For Rent, nice front room for gentleman at 1946 Pennsylvania avenue, Phone White 1905. Ernest Howard, carpenter and all kinds of job work done at reasonable prices. Residence 353 Warren avenue. Phone 2129 Brown. One nicely furnished room for rent at 2929 High street. All modern convenien- Spring Opening of Millinery, Tuesday and Wednesday, March 17, and 18, 1908. Your presence is requested. A beautiful hat will be given away on that occasion. MRS. ESTHER H. MORRIS, 2953 Stout St. The Life and Works of Paul Laurence Dunbar containing his complete poems and best short stories. The book is sold only by subscription at the following prices: Morocco $3.50; Half Morocco $2.50; Cloth $1.75 J. H. Doniphan, agent, 2836 Stout street. Address him a card and he will call and show you the book. 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. Furnished room for rent to man and wife, with the use of the kitchen. Light and heat furnished, apply 1813 Clarkson street. DR. J. H. P. WESTBROOK Physician and Surgeon Hours:—10 to 11 a.m. 3 to 5 and 7 to 8 p.m. SUNDAY:—2 to 3 p.m. Other times by appointment. ... PHONES ... Office, Main 1144. Residence, Main 6791 OFFICE, 917 21ST ST. RES. 3020 WELTON ST. LAWYER. Practice in all courts. Examining abstract of title and drawing up legal instruments given careful attention. 329 Kittredge Blg. Phone Olive 294 Res. 2562 Lincoln Av. Metors and Morals. On his feet the motorist may be a kind father, a loving brother, a true friend and a decent citizen. On his ear he wants to yell "Hooray!" and run things down. If it is a horse he collides with, well and good; if a man, why didn't the fool look out? Fast traveling is destructive of morals.—New Zealand Free Lance. Copyright, 1908, by L. ADLER, BROS. & CO. Copy 1908. L. A. BRO THE Johnson 1005 16TH ST. WONDER Of the WONDER FORTY (40) THE Jason-Noel Co ST. OPP. TABOR GRAND. DERLAND Of the 16th Century BY Y (40) LILLIPUTIANS Johnson-Noel Co Under the Auspices of the] LAND Thursday, Ma EAST TOR Improvement Social Club ay, March 19, 1908. 'AT TURNER HALL. Self Improvement Social Club Thursday, March 19, 1908. EAST TURNER HALL. ADMISSION 35 CENTS. THE CALUMET SOCIAL CLUB. LAWRENCE STEPHEN, Manager. A FIRST-CLASS RESORT. ELEGANTLY FURNISHED. JOHN H. HARRIS TEPHEN Denver. Colorado. LAWRENCE STEPHEN Non-secret clubs, to which all the students are eligible, have been proposed in Chicago as a substitute for the secret fraternities in the high schools. If the pupils have time for such distractions, the open club is immeasurably superior to the secret organization. The public school teachers of New York are insistent on the reinstatement of corporal punishment for flagrant offenders. After trying the new systems of moral suasion they have come to the conclusion that, though rather old-fashioned in his philosophy, Solomon knew what he was talking about. --- --- The New SPRING AND SUMMER MODELS Now Showing $15 to $25 Browns are still it but there are many other colors also. Stetson Hats $3 $4 $5 $6 Are the best the world has for your head. We're Special Agents. Our Reading Room Comprize all the latest Papers, Books and Magazines. Headquarters for Cooks, Walters and Railroad Porters. Phone Main 8232. A New York boy who had the "What?" habit was sent home by his employer with a note to his father, asking that he be cured. "Then send him back, for we like him," the note concluded. This boy received more considerate treatment than others with the pernicious habit are likely to get when they go out to work. Various American fishes, such as the sheepshead and the bluefish, have lately appeared in large numbers in the Bay of Biscay. Is it possible that the financial stringency has affected even the waters of our coast? HAS LONG HISTORY THE KISS IN ANCIENT AND MODERN DAYS. Originally a Part of Religious Ceremonial—Iceland Has Severe Laws Against the Practice—Easter Salutation in Russia. In the remote ages people saluted the moon, sun and stars by kissing the hand. It was the custom of the earliest Christian bishops to give their hand to be kissed by the ministers who served at the altar. The custom soon declined, however, as a religious ceremony, but it is still continued as a court ceremonial, the kissing of the hand of the sovereign being regarded as a mark of the highest favor in most of the kingdoms of Christendom, says the New York Tribune. It has long been a matter of history that the beautiful and fascinating duchess of Devonshire bribed with a kiss many a reluctant voter in the famous Westminster election, and the equally beautiful and bewitching Lady Gordon, when the Scottish regiments had been thinned by cruel reverses, turned recruiting sergeant and, to tempt the gallant lads placed the recruiting shilling in her rose-red lips, whence he who would might take it with his own. In Finland the women consider a salute upon the lips as the greatest insult, even from their own husbands. There was a time when it was the custom of English duelists to kiss each other before firing. This piece of hypocrisy was satirized by John Wesley in his Journal, under date of June 16, 1758, recording a duel between two officers at Limerick: "Mr. B. proposed firing at 12 yards. Mr. J. sald: 'No; six is enough.' So they kissed each other (poor farce) and before they were five paces asunder both fired at the instant." Mohammedans on their pious pilgrimage to Mecca kiss the sacred black stone and the four corners of the Kaaba. The Romish priest on Palm Sunday kisses the palm. There is a curious tradition about the origin of kissing the toe of the sovereign pontiff. It is said that one of the Leos substituted the toe for the right hand as the object of salute because his own right hand had been mutilated by misadventure and he was too vain to expose the stump. In Iceland kissing is severely repressed by the civil laws, and the consent of the woman to the salutation does not release the male transgressor from the liability to heavy punishment. In Russia the Easter salutation is a kiss. Each member of the family salutes each other. Chance acquaintances kiss when they meet. Principals kiss their employees, the general kisses his officers, the officers kiss their soldiers, the czar kisses his family, retinue, court and attendants, and even his officers on parade the sentinels at the palace gates and a select party of private soldiers Eastertide in Russia is a carnival of "bread and cheese and kisses," while Japan knew nothing of a kiss until the Americans entered the country. In England and America still survives the custom of kissing under the mistletoe at Christmastide, which is one of the happiest forms of kissing known to civilized nations. Impressed as Postman Gesticulating wildly, a determined-faced man at Euclid and East Eighty-ninth street the other morning ran after a Union station car with the air of a man who is anxious to overtake what he is after. Even the conductor recognized that the man seemed to want the car to slow up and he pulled the bell cord. Perhaps the man wanted to catch a train, the conductor thought. Every once in awhile one will find a conductor with almost human traits. In a moment the man had caught up, "D'yuh go by the post office?" he yelled, in a hoarse voice that betrayed his emotion. "Sure!!" shouted the conductor. "Jump on." But the man, instead of climbing on, handed the conductor a letter. "Just drop that in when you get to the post office, will yuh?" says he. And then he turned back up the street. The bell rope, being a strong one, did not quite break when the conductor gave the signal to go ahead.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Looked Into His Own Grave. A Washington (Pa.) man had the unique experience of looking into his own grave a few days ago. Through a mistake on the part of the grave digger a sepulcher was dug in the lot of a man by the same name as one who had recently died in Grafton and was to be buried in Washington. The man who was supposed to be numbered among the great majority attended the funeral of the man who really was, and on being told about the mistake went and stood on the brink of his own grave and turned away with a shudder. Lady Wilde's Ready Wit. If the political women of to-day had the humor, say, of the late Lady Wilde, their cause would not be so hopeless. She was very indignant about the world-old tyranny of men over women, and said many bitter things. But one could forgive much to a woman who, in dwelling upon the fact that the alleged masculine tyranny began with Adam, described our first parent crisply and comically, as a "dictatorial Antediluvian!"—Exchange. This Delicacy a National Dish in the Sunny Kingdom. Have a pound sifted flour on the molding board, form a hollow in the center, put in a teaspoonful salt and water enough to dissolve it, and six eggs. Work into a dough by pushing it from you with the palms of the hands. Knead into a ball. Wrap in a damp cloth and let rest for an hour and a half. Chop very fine half a pound of cooked chicken, three ounces cooked ham and half a calf's brain. Add three egg yolks, two ounces grated Parmesan cheese, salt, black pepper, a little grated nutmeg and fine minced parsley. Mix well, now divide and paste in two parts and roll down as thin as possible. Take one sheet of paste and with a tablespoon put in straight rows, two inches apart, a number of balls of the seasoned meat mixture, having them about the size of a walnut. Moisten these rows with a brush dipped in milk or water. Then lay the second flat of paste over the one with the meat, pressing between the rows so as to stick them together. Now with a pastry wheel, part all the little "hills" in squares, making of each one a ravioli. Range them on a small cloth and cover lightly. Fifteen minutes before serving plunge into salted boiling water, cook two minutes, then push back on the side of the stove to simmer five minutes longer. Drain on a cloth, then put them in layers in a deep dish, spreading grated Parmesan cheese between the layers. Moisten with four tablespoonfuls beef broth or extract, diluted with a pint of tomato catsup. Strain over them two tablespoonfuls melted butter and serve with a tureen of rich beef broth. Economize on Table Linen. The wise housekeeper of to-day uses dolllies instead of tablecloths, says the Dellneator. Instead of using a large tablecloth three times a day it is better to have a square for breakfast and luncheon put on diagonally, or else a set of plain dolllies, for either of these insure an attractive table and also save laundering at least two large cloths a week. A few dolllies or a square can be washed out and ironed with very little trouble whenever they need it. With this partly-covered table there should certainly be a growing plant or fern for the center, no matter how simple it may be. After these things the china really does not matter so much, though for breakfast nothing is so charming as a set of blue and white, which may be picked up almost anywhere for a small sum. Graceful shapes can be easily found. Irish Stew. Irish stew is a capital dish, and when properly made is as appetizing as it is nutritious. But its appearance offends the superfine taste of a writer in one of the minor society papers, who condemns it in quite picturesque language. He writes: "Our aesthetic tastes are too little appealed to by what is set before us at luncheon and dinner. How apparent this becomes to all of us who have ever sat and boggled at the monstrous ugliness of that mound of bones in a grave of moist vegetation, known by the barbaric name of the 'Irish stew!'" Hospital Boiled Egg. An excellent way to boil an egg so as to have it soft and fluffy, suitable for convalescents, is to cook it eight minutes. The water in the kettle must be boiling. Turn out the gas on range and carefully place egg—which previously has been dipped in warm water to remove chill, as sudden change in temperature would crack it—in the boiling water, and cover, leaving upon the unlighted burner to get the heat. At the end of eight minutes take egg from shell, salt and butter to taste, and you will have a soft, palatable, easily digested egg. Goldenrod Eggs. Three hard boiled eggs, one-half teaspoon salt, one tablespoon butter, one-eighth teaspoon pepper, one tablespoon flour, five slices toast, one cup milk parsley. Make a thin white sauce with the butter, flour, milk and seasoning. Separate yolks from whites of eggs. Chop whites fine and add them to the sauce. Cut four slices of toast in half lengthwise. Arrange on platter and pour the sauce over it. Force the yolks through a potato ricer or strainer and sprinkle over the top. Garnish the dish with parsley and the remaining toast cut in points. Salmon Croquettes. Put one cupful of sweet milk on the stove. When near the boiling point stir to a smooth paste two tablespoonfuls of flour, put in the milk and stir till thick. Then set aside to cool. Add one can of salmon freed from bones; mash fine with fork, two well beaten eggs, one teaspoonful of salt, a pinch of pepper. Add thickened milk and one pint of bread crumbs. Mix well together. Form in small cakes and fry in spider in hot grease till a rich brown. [Signature] Smooth Gravy. As soon as your meat has been removed from pan sprinkle your flour in, stir up smoothly, then add cold water, stir and bring to boiling point. If the meat is pork or mutton or any fat meat remove the surplus grease before putting in flour. Old Curtains. Old Swiss sash curtains when clean and mended make excellent sewing aprons. All they need is a tape run through the hem, and they are easily tied on when one is ready to sew. ```markdown ``` Eat Macklem Bread And Save Trouble. At all Grocers. Look for the label "Macklem Bread" on every loot. THE Ward Auction Co The Old and Only. 1728 30 Arapahoe St. Denver, Colorado Private Residence Sales a Specialty Regular Sales every day in the week (except Sunday) TELEPHONE 1675 Furniture and bankrupt Stocks bought for cash or sold on com- mission. J. T. JOHNSON. Minnesota Grain Belt Beer Also Western Agent for D. Carnegie & Co. Swedish Porter, Gothenburg, Sweden. 1644 Larimer St. Denver, Cola ILLUSTRATORS DESIGNERS HALL TIME, ZINC,WOOD & COPPER PAINT ENGRAVERS QUAD WORK THE DENVER ENGRAVING CO. DENVER PHONE 782 1814-CURTIS STREET Always Staunch And True The Denver Republican has always avoided the fallacies and knaveries of yellow journalism and its steadily increasing Circulation proves conclusively that its policy of telling the plain Truth without exaggeration or misrepresentation, standing fast for the Right, is heartily approved with growing force by the intelligent Public to which it appeals. To read it is a liberal Education, and the citizen who goes without it does a positive harm to himself, to his family, and to the community. In no other way can the investment of 2% cents per day for that is all The Republican costs any subscriber—bring such rich results in that Knowledge which is both Power and Pleasure. Information, instruction and entertainment fill its columns and it leaves a good taste in the mouth of the reader. It stands for Law and Order in the State—for Peace, Prosperity and Happiness in the Home. If you are not already enrolled among its splendid list of Patrons send on your subscription and give it a fair trial at 75 cents per month for Daily and Sunday. --- INDEPENDENT SUGAR PLANT. Arkansas Valley Farmers and Capitalists Preparing to Build. Denver.—A Manzanola, Otero county, special to the Denver News Monday says: As a direct result of the fight unitedly made by farmers of the Arkansas valley against the demand of the American Beet Sugar Company and the Holly Sugar Company that the growers produce beets for $4.50 a ton Manzanola will have a sugar factory owned by the farmers and local capitalists. Directors of the Arkansas Valley Beet Sugar Manufacturing Company met today and a representative of the company, now in New York, was instructed to close with a beet sugar machinery company for the necessary plant. The farmers of the valley have made a determined fight against the $4.50 beet and now that the factory here is assured they claim victory is with them. W. B. Ebbert, who, with Thomas J. Stanley, had been sent east to negotiate for machinery, returned today and reported that several firms had been visited and that good propositions had been made. Following the report the directors telegraphed to Stanley telling him to close the deal for the machinery. The company perfected its organization and J. M. Beatty was elected president. E. Brewer was made first vice president, Thomas J. Stanley second vice president, W. L. Clowes secretary and H. B. Dye treasurer. The company has filed its articles of incorporation with the secretary of state and with the county clerk, and is capitalized for $1,000,000. There is now no doubt that the factory will be built and that it will be ready to handle the crop of the present year. At a meeting of the farmers it was decided to extend the time on the contracts which have been signed by them for beet acreage. That time expired today, and the farmers have all decided to stick with the independent factory. The farmers do not look upon the factory here as a Manzanola enterprise, and from Florence to the state line along the Arkansas valley it is considered as a proposition in which the entire valley is concerned. They are positive that the success of this enterprise, now assured, will mean the success of all the farmers who grow beets. Word has reached here, too, from the growers of the northern field that every success is wished for the new enterprise. Resolutions have been passed by the farmers in the northern beet fields, in which the growers of this valley are urged to accept nothing less than $5 per ton for their beets. The farmers are back of the new factory, and its promoters say that it cannot now fail. Active work of building the factory will be commenced at once. The factory is backed by ample capital, and the farmers say they will get $5 beets from at least one factory this year. American Car in Wyoming. Cheyenne, Wyo.—The American car in the New York-to-Paris endurance race left Cheyenne at 11:25 Monday morning and reached Laramie, fifty-six miles west, at 2:45 p.m., making the run over the summit of the Rockies without a mishap of any kind. People were astir early to give the racers a hearty send-off, and long before the hour set for their departure the streets were filled with enthusiastic people. Shortly after 10 o'clock the racer left the garage on Capitol avenue and ran down to the Inter-Ocean hotel, where E. Linn Mathewson, Harold Brinker, George Schuster, Captain Hanson and others were photographed in turn at the wheel of the big round-the-world auto. The moving picture machine shot off several rolls of films and at exactly 11:25, preceded by the pilot cars and followed by a number of Denver, Cheyenne and Laramie autos, the start was made down West Sixteenth street toward the Rockies. The trip over Sherman hill was made via Granite canon, at which place the route left the Union Pacific tracks and entered Laramie via the fish hatchery. The weather is fine and the roads are improving, and the American car should make record time through Wyoming. The racers appear to be in no hurry, however. Mathewson will drive the car as far as Ogden, where the wheel will be taken by Harold Brinker, who will take the car to San Francisco. From that point George Shuster, who has been with the car from the start, will be in charge and in all probability he will take the car into Paris. Captain Hanson, the explorer, is still with the car, and says he will be in the party when the car reaches Paris. Kansas Men at Greeley. Greeley.—Monday night twenty Kansas business men and farmers arrived as guests of the promoters of the Denver, Laramie & Northwestern railway to look over the Greeley district. The delegation was entertained at dinner and Senator W. L. Clayton, R. G. Strong, president of the Greeley Commercial club, and B. D. Sanborn addressed them concerning the resources of this district, and the benefits to the proposed railway. Two hundred thousand dollars in popular subscriptions has been raised by the committee, they say, during the last few months. The president declares that work on the line between Denver and Greeley will be begun by April 1st. Decision for Mayor Schmitz San Francisco.—The State Supreme Court has refused a rehearing in the case of former Mayor Eugene E. Schmitz, convicted of extortion from French restaurant proprietors and sentenced to five years in the penitentiary. This sustains the decision of the District Court of Appeals, which decreed that the judgment and order of the lower court be reversed, sustained the demurrier to the indictment and ordered the discharge of the defendant on the ground that under the law no offense had been committed. The prosecution purposes to try him and Ruef, to whom the decision also applies, on other charges. CONGRESS OF THE MOTHERS INTERNATIONAL GATHERING AT CAPITAL TO DICUSS WELFARE OF CHILDREN. PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS PLACES THE GATHERING EVEN HIGHER THAN VETERANS OF THE CIVIL WAR. Washington.—The delegation of Colorado women who are here to attend the first International Congress of Mothers in America on the welfare of the child will take active part in the deliberations. The delegates from Colorado are Mesdames H. J. Hersey, H. A. True, E. M. Ashley and A. W. Steele of Denver, J. H. Regdon of Fort Collins and Hawse of Greeley. The delegates attended a reception given members of their organization at the White House Tuesday afternoon by the President and Mrs. Roosevelt and later held the first meeting of a series which will occupy the remainder of the week. "This is one body that I put even higher than the veterans of the Civil War," was the enthusiastic preliminary remark of President Roosevelt in receiving the delegates. The President made the occasion a decidedly more than in formal reception by having the Marine band in attendance and his military and naval aides in full uniform. He said: "When all is said, it is the mother, and the mother only, who is a better citizen even than the soldier who fights for his country. The successful mother, the mother who does her part in rearing and training bright boys and girls, who are to be the men and women of the next generation, is of greater use to the community and occupies, if she only would realize it, a more honorable as well as more important position than any successful man in it. "I want to ask your assistance for two or three matters that are not immediately connected with the life in the family itself, but that are of vital consequence to the children. In the first place, in the schools, see that the school work is made as practicable as possible. As regards our public schools especially, I want to put in a special word in behalf of the right kind of playgrounds. No school is a good school if it has not a good playground. Help the children to play; and remember that you can often help them most by leaving them entirely alone. It is the gravest kind of wrong not only to the children, but to the whole community, to turn out the boys and girls, especially in the congested part of the city, with no place to play but the streets. "You can not have good citizens, good men and women of the next generation, if the boys and girls are worked in the factories to the stunting of their moral, mental and physical growth. Wherever the national government can reach it should do away with the evils of child labor, and I trust this will be done; but much must be done by the actions of the several state Legislatures; and do each of you, in your several states, all that you can to secure the enactment and then the enforcement of laws that shall put a stop to the employment of children of tender age in doing what only grown people should do." Wednesday luncheon will be tendered the members and their friends at which Mrs. Hersey will preside as toastmistress. At Thursday's meeting Mrs. Hersey will read a paper entitled "The Spirit of the Home," and Friday Mrs. True will speak on "The Welfare of the Child." Rio Grande Potato Train. Denver.—The Denver & Rio Grande is thoroughly awake to the importance of building up the agricultural interests along its line, and announces a special Potato Institute train to start on the Western Slope Tuesday, March 17th, for the purpose of posting the farmers on potato growing. The train will be in charge of Eugene Grubb and the Agricultural College Institute corps, and will consist of a baggage car and two coaches. The baggage car will be filled with all the latest and most modern machinery for potato culture and a model potato cellar in miniature. The train will be side tracked at the different stations and the farmers will take seats in the passenger coaches where they will be addressed by the experts. Two lectures will be going at once and after each lecture the crowd will change cars, winding up in the baggage car where the machinery will be shown and explained. The schedule of the train with the hours for beginning lectures is as follows: March 17—Eagle, 10 a. m.; Gypsum, 2:30 p. m. March 18—Carbondale, 10 a. m.; Aspen, 2:30 p. m. March 19—Emma, 9 a. m.; Newcastle, 2:30 p. m. March 20—Silt, 9 a. m.; Rifle, 2 p. m. March 21—Grand Valley, 9 a. m.; De Beque, 1 p. m.; Fruita, 7 p. m. March 23—Paonia, 9:30 a. m.; Hotchkiss, 1 p. m.; Austin, 4 p. m.; Delta, 7 p. m. March 24—Olathe, 10 a. m.; Montrose, 1:30 p. m. March 26—La Jara, 10 a. m.; Romeo, 1 p. m. March 27—Del Norte, 9 a. m.; Monte Vista, 1:30 p. m. March 28—Alamosa, 10 a. m. These institutes are free and all are invited. Experts from the Agricultural college and growers who have been successful will accompany the train and it is expected that great interest will be aroused in the subject of raising potatoes in the best potato growing country in the world. FIGHTING TUBERCULOSIS. Remarkable List of Prizes Offered by International Congress. Washington.—The central committee of the international congress on tuberculosis has announced the offer of the following prizes: 1. A prize of $1,000 is offered for the best evidence of effective work in the prevention or relief of tuberculosis by any voluntary association since the last international congress in 1905. 2. A prize of $1,000 is offered for the best exhibit of an existing sanatorium for the treatment of curable cases of tuberculosis among the working classes. 3. A prize of $1,000 is offered for the best exhibit of a furnished house, for a family or group of families of wage-earners designed in the interest of the crusade against tuberculosis. In addition to the prize of $1,000, two gold medals and three silver medals will be awarded. The prize and medals will be accompanied by diplomas or certificates of award. This prize is designed to stimulate efforts towards securing a maximum of sunlight, ventilation, proper heating, and general sanitary arrangement for an inexpensive home. A model of house and furnishing is required. 4. A prize of $1,000 is offered for the best exhibit of a dispensary or kindred institution for the treatment of the tuberculous poor. 5. A prize of $1,000 is offered for the best exhibit of a hospital for the treatment of advanced pulmonary tuberculosis. In addition to the $1,000 prize in each of the above cases, two gold medals and three silver medals will be awarded. The Hodgkins fund prize of $1,500 is offered by the Smithsonian institution for the best treatise that may be submitted on "The Relation of Atmospheric Air to Tuberculosis." The detailed definition of this prize may be obtained from the secretary general of the international society or secretary of the Smithsonian institution, Charles D. Walcott. A gold medal and two silver medals are offered for the best exhibits sent in by any states of the United States, illustrating effective organization for the restriction of tuberculosis. In the list of prizes, attention is about equally divided between measures for the care or relief of sufferers from the "white plague," and those concerned primarily with the prevention of the disease. It has taken a long time for civilized people to find out that the principal ground on which the battle against tuberculosis is fought is in the homes. It has been much easier to accept scientific discoveries than to face the every day fact that dirt, dampness, darkness, vice and privation are the strongest allies that tuberculosis has. The records of the visiting nurses, and the maps of "lung blocks," give all the positive evidence needed on this score. Assassin of Priest on Trial. Denver.—The opening of the trial of Gluseppe Alla for the murder of Father Leo Heinrich is summarized as follows: Trial opened at 10 o'clock Monday morning in the West Side Court, Judge Greeley W. Whitford on the bench. Prosecution conducted in person by District Attorney George Stidger, assisted by John Chiles, assistant district attorney. Gluseppe Alla represented by Attorney Robert Widdicomb. Joseph Mattel, former policeman, interpreter. Thirty-four jurors examined; eight peremptory challenges by the defense. Little interest manifested by the public, the courtroom being filled almost entirely by jurymen. Perhaps 100 persons were on the outside of the court building. No more than twenty women present. Attorney Widdicomb asked each talesman these questions: "Have you any prejudice against the defendant because he is foreign born?" "Would you fail to give the defendant the same consideration as you would a wealthy American, because he is poor and friendless and the state is paying for his defense?" District Attorney Stidger asked each talesman if he would inflict the death penalty in a case proper for it and whether he could conceive a crime so heinous as to merit the death penalty. Following is a list of the jurymen selected, their occupation and religion: A. P. Angell, insurance agent, non-sectarian; James Wallace, mining, Presbyterian; Charles Bracken, unemployed, non-sectarian; William R. Rundle, mining, Presbyterian; Jacob Bingley, carpenter, unemployed, Campbellite; James Slater, former expressman, Methodist; S. H. Campbell, unemployed, no religious belief; Joel H. Le Moyne, mining, not questioned; Frank C. Wyman, unemployed, no religious belief; W. A. Lyons, ticket agent, Union depot, Protestant, no church; D. S. Johnson, mining engineer, Methodist-Episcopalian; G. W. Emerson, former dalryman, Presbyterian. Snowslide Near Leadville. Leadville, Colo.—A disastrous snowslide occurred on Long and Derry hill, near here, Sunday night, when about 800 tons of snow and rock swept down the mountain side. The slide carried away a part of the ore bins and shaft house of the Aurora Mining Company, in Iowa gulch, and came within a few feet of a cabin in which half a dozen miners were sleeping. The men were awakened by the roar and rushed from their beds. They knew from the sound that a slide was on its way down the hill and started for safety. When the slide had passed they saw that their home had not been touched. Colorado and Wyoming Railroad Pueblo.—Officials of the Santa Fe recently inspected the rolling stock and other property of the Colorado & Wyoming railway with the intention, it is said, of reporting to the managements as to its availability for the Santa Fe system. It is reported that the Santa Fe intends to purchase the property, which is an auxiliary company of the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company. The report further says that if the Santa Fe takes control of the property the road will be extended to Wyoming and Trinidad, as was contemplated by John G. Osgood. TELEPHONE MAIN 4271. THE N. & W. LIQUOR CO. DEALERS IN Imported and Domestic Wines and Liquors. FAMILY TRADE OUR SPECIALTY. 1118 BROADWAY. TELEGR THE N. 8 Imported and Do FAMILY TR 11 OPEN DAY AND NIGHT COTTREL BOTTLED GOODS—WHISK Pure drugs, hot an cigars—Prescriptio istered Pharmist. TRELL'S PHARMACY GOODS-WHISKEY, WINES, BEER, ETC., A SPECIALTY. drugs, hot an cold drinks, toilet articles and Prescriptions carefully compounded by Reg- Pharmist. Prompt delivery to any part of city. D. J. COTTRELL. BOTTLED GOODS—WHISKEY, WINES, BEER, ETC., A SPECIALTY. Pure drugs, hot an cold drinks, toilet articles and cigars—Prescriptions carefully compounded by Registered Pharmist. Prompt delivery to any part of city. FLOOD'S Largest Anti-Tru WHOLESAL Restaurant, Hotel Giver BLOOD'S MARKET Denver Most Anti-Trust Meat Market in the West. RESALE AND RETAIL Curaut, Hotel and Boarding House Businesses Given Special Attention. FLOOD'S MARKET Denver Largest Anti-Trust Meat Market in the West. Restaurant, Hotel and Boarding House Businees Given Special Attention. HIRST PARLORS, THIRST J. L. PENNINGTON, Proprietor. Fine Wines. Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars. Denver, Colo Know DR. DAMERON has reduced his prices for all Dental Work? Of Teeth for $5.00; $10 Sets for $7.00; $15 Sets for Crowns only. $5.00 Gold Teeth, $4.00; Silver Co up; Gold and Platina, $1.00 up. Painless EX-ALBANY DENTAL PARLORS, Opp. the P. O. DR. DAMERON, Prep Do You Know $7.00 Sets of Teeth for $10; Gold Crowns only Fillings, 50c up; Gold tracting. Arapahoe street, Opp. the P $7.00 Sets of Teeth for $5.00; $10 Sets for $7.00; $15 Sets for $10; Gold Crowns only. $5.00 Gold Teeth, $4.00; Silver Fillings, 50c up; Gold and Platina, $1.00 up. Painless Extracting. ALBANY DENTAL PARLORS, rapahee street, Opp. the P. O. DR. DAMERON, Pres J. W. CASEY, Proprietor. Telephone 2132. 1735 Lawrence St. Denver. THE HINE CAFE RHIN (Un T. R. I First-Cla T. R. HERRON, Prop.ietor. Phone Main 7039. First-Class Meals Served. Dinner from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. We g If We please you 1129-31 19th St. MURRAY THE PULL WILP We guarantee Satisfaction. We please you tell Others. If you don't tell us. St. Denver, Colo. MURRAY AND EDWARDS, PROPS. PULLMAN POOL ROOM WILBUR MACY, MANAGER. MURRAY AND EDWARDS, PROPS. 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. PHONE MAIN 6128 H. J. HESPER. All Goods Delivered 8100 Arapahoe St. Phone Main 3824. 1745 Curtis St. A Denver, Colo. PHONE MAIN 8286 Denver, Colorado 1015 1017 15th St Telephone 816 Main. Denver, Colo Superior Laundry ALL HAND WORK. 1735 Lawrence St. (Under New Management) Denver, Colo. Disgusted Rats. Bacon—I see it is said that rats are judges of music. Egbert—I guess that is right. We haven't had one in the house since we got the phonograph. Cold and Calculating. Ascum—"Did you actually have the nerve to propose to that Boston girl?" Yerner—"Yes, I told her my heart beat wildly for her alone and—" Ascum—"She didn't believe you?" Yerner—"No; she reached over and felt my pulse." Already Decided. A leading physician of Boston tells this story at his own expense. To emphasize the point, it may be remarked in passing that this physician's fee for a single visit is about what a country practitioner would expect after having successfully treated a typhoid case. He had been to see a patient some eight or ten times, and decided he no longer needed his attention, and sent him a bill. As he happened to be passing the man's house one day, however, he thought he would drop in and see how he was getting along. This he did, and found his condition satisfactory. As he rose to go, the doctor said: "Now, sir, you are in good shape, and require no more medicine. You will merely have to eat plain food, and not stay out late at night." The patient sighed. "That was what I decided, doctor, upon getting your bill," he replied. Only For the Poor. Boozey—"De Salvation Army's goin' t' give a free dinner to de poor tomorrow!" Oozev—"Are you goin?" Boozey—“Naw. It's only fer dose wot have t' work fer a livin’ Had Them Both Bested. At the Franklin Inn, a Philadelphia literary club, a young sonneteer congratulated Owen Wister upon the success of his Washington studies. Mr. Wister, smiling modestly, checked that flow of praise with a Washington story. "When I was a student at St. Paul's school," he said, "a boy in my form failed wretchedly on a problem in algebra. "The master frowned at the boy. "Jones, he said, 'you ought to be ashamed of yourself. Do you know that at your age George Washington was a surveyor?" "Yes, sir," Jones answered. 'And do you know that at your age he was President of the United States?' Safe to Postnone Frost—"Procrastination may be a fault, but if you put off doing certain things you never have to do them all." Snow.—"Mention one." Frost—"Well, going to funerals, for instance." Candidates Too Well Known. It was just after the opening of the polls for the election of mayor in a New Jersey town that two Irishmen met and began discussing the chances of two candidates for aldermen. "It will be a close race between McGlory and Adolph Mink," said the first Irishman, to which the other rejoined. "How is it, Clancy, that in so many votes it should be nip and tuck between McGlory and the Dutchman Mink? "Well, I'll tell ye," responded the first Irishman; "it's like this: They're both of 'em very onpopular min, McGlory and Mink. If ye knew wan yed be certain to vote for the other; and both of them are blamed well known!" A Neat Epitaph. An American who enjoys doing the cathedral towns of England tells of an amusing epiphat in the church yard of Tetbury, in Gloucestershire. A marble slab, prominently displayed, has this legend: "Beneath lie the remains of several of the Perkinses, late of this parish. Particulars, the last day will disclose. Amen." Consul James E. Dunning of Milan reports that during the first six months of 1907 the total emigration from Italy amounted to 452,328 souls, of whom 195,198 went to other European countries and countries of the Mediterranean basin, and 257,130 crossed to trans-oceanic countries. Denver Directory THE FAMOUS J. H. WILSON STOCK SADDLES Ask your dealer for them. Take no other. STOVE REPAIRS of every known make of stove, furnace or range. Geo. A. Pullen. 1831 Lawrence, Denver. Phone 725. To secure Homesekers for the Gulf Coast Homesekers for the Gulf Coast AGENCY GO GO 919-718 St. Denver, Colo. Established in Colorado, 1866. Samples by mail or express will receive prompt and careful attention. Refined, Melted and Assayed Gold & Silver Bullion OR PURCHASED. Concentration Tests 100 lbs. or car load lot. Written form. 1736-1738 Lawrence St., Deer, Colo. Seeds. Plants ROSES RT DBS SYN NES SHRUFS FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL TREES COLORADO GROWN REALTH ROSES BULB'S, VINES, SHELLS, FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL TREES COLORADO GROWN BY EARTH LOW PRICE, Free Catalog, Agents Wanted. INTERNATIONAL NURSERIES "The Big Growers." Denver, Colorado. MILLINERY STORES COMPANY Main Store, Cor. 16th & Tremont DENVER, COLORADO We will send you three hats on approval if you send us enough to cover express charges both ways. Pick out your hat and send us for it; state and hats to send and referrereferences, either your bank or merchant. Strictly proper Millinery And prices right. JUDGING BY THE RESULTS Villager's Conversion Had Not Been of Great Avail. "In our business we get many doubtful compliments," said Col. John F. Bishop, deputy surveyor of the port, the other day, "but I do not think I ever received a compliment such as my grandfather got down in my native state of Tennessee. My grandfather was a minister and I was a very small boy when we both strolled down the road one day. One of our fellow villagers came along toward us. "Good morning,' said the villager, who apparently had looked upon the cup. 'I-sh conver—hic—ted, parson, he stammered with difficulty. 'Antwashyou—hic—that con—hic—converted—hic—me.' "That must be so,' replied my grandfather, 'for it's certain the Almighty had nothing to do with your conversion.'"—New York Evening Telegram. THREE CURES OF ECZEMA. Woman Tells of Her Brother's Terrible Suffering—Two Babies Also Cured—Cuticura Invaluable. "My brother had eczema three different summers. Each summer it came out between his shoulders and down his back, and he said his suffering was terrible. When it came on the third summer, he bought a box of Cuticura Ointment and gave it a faithful trial. Soon he began to feel better and he cured himself entirely of eczema with Cuticura. A lady in Indiana heard of how my daughter, Mrs. Miller, had cured her little son of terrible eczema by the Cuticura Remedies. This lady's little one had the eczema so badly that they thought they would lose it. She used Cuticura Remedies and they cured her child entirely, and the disease never came back. Mrs Sarah E. Lusk, Coldwater, Mich., Aug. 15 and Sept. 2, 1907." MORE THAN LIKELY. W. Willle—I see automobiles have been introduced in Borneo. T. T. M.—What do you think will be the result? W. Willie—An increase in the number of wild men. A Little Too Soon. Sam Jackson's wife was to be buried this afternoon and the bereaved colored man was shaking with grief over the coffin, when a comely young darkey maiden stepped over to his side and said, tenderly: "Don't, Mistah Jackson; yo' mus' try an' bear up. Let me help yo' to fo'get!" "Oh, Miss Johnson!" uttered the weeping man, between sobs, "it am berry kind in yo' t' offah such consolation, but ah mus' wait till afah de fun'ral befo' ah engages in marriage talk!"—Illustrated Sunday Magazine. Not Born There. A Washington man, whose business had brought him to New York, took a run not long ago into Connecticut, where he had lived in his childhood. In the place where he was born he accosted a venerable old chap, of some 80 years, who proved to be the very person the Washingtonian sought to answer certain inquiries concerning the place. As the conversation proceeded the Washington man said: "I suppose you have always lived "I suppose you have always lived around here?" "Oh, no," said the native. "I was born two good miles from here." THE DOCTOR'S GIFT. Food Worth Its Weight in Gold We usually expect the doctor to put us on some kind of penance and give us bitter medicines. A Penn. doctor brought a patient something entirely different and the results are truly interesting. "Two years ago," writes this patient, "I was a frequent victim of acute indigestion and billiousness, being allowed to eat very few things. One day our family doctor brought me a small package, saying he had found something for me to eat, at last. "He said it was a food called GrapeNuts, and even as its golden color might suggest, it was worth its weight in gold. I was sick and tired, trying one thing after another to no avail, but at last consented to try this new food. "Well! it surpassed my doctor's fondest anticipation and every day since then I have blessed the good doctor and the inventor of Grape-Nuts. "I noticed improvement at once and in a month's time my former spells of indigestion had disappeared. In two months I felt like a new man. My brain was much clearer and keener, my body took on the vitality of youth, and this condition has continued." "There's a Reason." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to Wellyville," in pkgs. COLORADO NEWS A county fair association is being organized in Jefferson county. Petitions are being circulated for signers to present the question of local option before the voters of Holyoke at the spring election. They met with plenty of signers. An extensively signed petition has been filed with the city clerk of Georgetown to submit the proposition to the qualified voters at the spring election, "Shall the town become anti-saloon territory?" The Fort Collins Chautauqua Association has named July 17th and 26th as the dates for next summer's assembly. Among the attractions will be lectures by Dr. Frank W. Gunsaulus of Chicago and Dr. Newell Dwight Hillis of New York. A University of Colorado Alumni Association has been organized in Trinidad, with Rose Affolter, B. A., as president, and Elizabeth Babcock as vice president. This makes the tenth alumni association organized in Colorado for the state university. The contract for the construction of the new Masonic temple at Colorado Springs, to cost $35,000, has been let to J. W. Adkinson a Colorado Springs contractor. Work will be started at once. The building will be two stories high and of buff pressed brick. A life and drum corps to induce boys to become members of Sunday schools has been organized by the leaders in the East Side Mission church at Greeley. The minister of the church will drill the boys and the music will be used at church entertainments. A gang of convicts is at work at Canon City building a scenic driveway to Tempe canon in Grape creek, five miles from the city. As soon as this drive is completed a second will be built to the southern rim of the Royal gorge, 2,650 feet above the river. A band of mountain sheep leaping among the cliffs within the city limits of Ouray has recently attracted much attention. This is the first time in years they have been seen so near the town, and by old residents their appearance is said to denote an early spring. The City Council of Longmont have passed an ordinance prohibiting the growing of willows within 150 feet of any drain. This has been found necessary, as the roots of the willow tree will break into any tile, traveling as far as 100 feet, to get to the water. A number of counterfeit dollars have made their appearance in Pueblo during the last few days and officers have been notified. Most of this money has been in the hands of boys and children in Bessemer. The coins, which are almost new, are poor imitations. Governor Buchtel has appointed Laura A. Beecroft of the Minnequa hospital at Pueblo as a member of the State Board of Nurse Examiners, for a term of five years. Miss Beecroft has made a most notable record during her service as the head of the staff of the Minnequa hospital. A telephone system has been installed at Wiggins, in Morgan county, and through the surrounding country by an independent company and arrangements have been made for connection with the lines of the Colorado company, thus giving the advantage of long distance service. Thirty-six thousand trout were recently taken into the mountains west of Boulder and planted in the streams. Of these, 12,000 were put in Middle Boulder creek near the falls, 12,000 in the same stream near Eldora and 12,000 in North Boulder creek near the Blue Bird mine. While Verne Turner was riding horse-back at Trinidad, accompanied by his brother, Luther, on a bicycle, the wheel ran against the horse, which kicked Luther in the face, probably fatally injuring him and then ran away, throwing Verne against a fence and breaking his leg. Work has been resumed on the Frisco and Piedmont mines of the Rocky Mountain Fuel Company, giving work to about 200 men. These mines were closed about the first of the year. The resumption is due to the demand for coal, and because of the resumption of work at a number of smelters. A new postoffice has been established at Vallery, a small town on the Burlington, nine miles west of Fort Morgan. A general merchandise store and a lumber yard were recently opened there and the new town promises to become quite a trading point. It is located at the western edge of the Bijon irrigation district. Word has reached Denver that the freight steamship service of the Mallory line has been resumed between New York and Denver, by way of Galveston. Goods shipped from New York to Galveston and brought to Denver over the International Great Northern and the Colorado & Southern will reach Denver in twelve days. The City Council of Buena Vista has granted a twenty-year franchise for a street light, heat and power plant to the Buena Vista Smelting & Refining Company. A condition of the franchise is that the company shall expend about $5,000 in strengthening its power dam on the Arkansas river. Work will begin immediately and a solid masonry dam be constructed. The new Ladies' Civic Improvement Society at Florence, has selected two sites for parks and will begin breaking ground. Senator James A. McCandless, a wealthy land owner, has donated the use of all his vacant land at Florence for park purposes, and within thirty days at least a dozen small tracts will be sown to grass. April 17th will be clean-up day, when every citizen will be expected to clean his premises. On the morning of the 6th inst, a fire occurred at the plant of the Sanitary Dairy Company, south of Colorado Springs, destroying a large part of the plant and causing a loss of about $25,000. For a time it was believed that six of the employees had met death in the flames, but all were found later doing what they could to check the progress of the fire. Officers of the company announce that they will rebuild at one. Several head of cattle were burned. A WELL MAN, AT 81. The Interesting Experience of an Old Settler of Virginia. Daniel S. Queen, Burrell Street, Salem, Va., says: "Years ago while lifting a heavy weight a sudden pain shot through my back and after that I was in constant misery from kidney trouble. One spell kept me in bed six weeks. My arms and legs were stiff lifting a heavy weight a sudden pain shot through my back and after that I was in constant misery from kidney trouble. One spell kept me in bed six weeks. My arms and legs were stiff and I was helpless as a child. The urine was discolored and though I used one remedy after another, I was not helped until I used Doan's Kidney Pills, and I was so bad then that the first box made only a slight change. To-day, however, I am a well man, at 81, and I owe my life and health to the use of Doan's Kidney Pills." Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. What Did He Mean? For a number of years & bitter feud had existed between the Browns and Perkinses, next door neighbors. The trouble had originated through the depredations of Brown's cat, and had grown so fixed an affair that neither party ever dreamt of "making up." One day, however, Brown sent his servant next door with a peace-making note for Mr. Perkins, which read: "Mr. Brown sends his compliments to Mr. Perkins, and begs to say that his old cat died this morning." Perkins' written reply was bitter: "Mr. Perkins is sorry to hear of Mr. Brown's trouble, but he had not heard that Mrs. Brown was ill." Harper's Weekly. IN JEOPARDY. Willie Mouse—Just my luck! No rudder and the wind blowing me right into a bunch of cat-tails. There is more Catarrh in this section of the country than all other diseases put together, and until the last few years was supposed to be incurable. For a great many years doctors pronounced it a local disease and there was no treatment. It was supposed to cure with local treatment, pronounced it incurable. Science has proven Catarrh to be a constitutional disease, and therefore requires constitutional treatment. &quot;To be curable, it must be co-Toledo, Ohio, is the only Constitutional cure on the market. It is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful. It acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one drop in any case it fails to cure. Send for circulars and testimonials.&quot; Address: F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio Address: F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio Take a Family Visit for constation. Wouldn't Burn. The coal man came down like a wolf on the fold; He jingled with silver, he tinkled with gold; He sold us his specialty—"walnut" by name— And we slated our roof in the spring with the same. Important to Mothers. 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REMICK & CO., 131 West 41st St., NEW YORK The largest publishers and retailers of popular music in the world. W.L.DOVGLAS SHOES $300 SHOES AT ALL PRIMARY FOR EVERY MEMBER OF THE FAMILY, MEN, BOYS, WOMEN, MISSES AND CHILDREN. W.L. Douglas makes and sells more men's $2.50, $3.00 and $3.50 shoes any size, man or woman in the world, because they hold their shape, fit better, wear longer, and are of greater value than any other shoes in the world to-day. W.L. Douglas $4 and $5 Gilt Edge Shoes Cannot Be Equalled At Any Price. Age for purchase: Douglas name and price is stamped on the front. Tune No Subtitle. Sold by the best shoe dealers everywhere. Shoes mailed from factory to any part of the world. Illustrated catalog free to any address. W.L. DOVGLAS, Brockton, Mass. ECONOMY CARRIED TOO FAR. Old Man's Thrift That Led Him Into Ridiculous Action. President J. G. Schurman of Cornell was discussing elective college courses, of which in the freshman and sophomore years, he disapproves. "A freshman of 16 or 17," said President Schurman, "is too young to choose for himself the courses best for him. His mind is not mature enough. It will make mistakes. "In its immaturity, its proneness to error, it is like the mind of an old man in my native Freetown. He, though old, was mentally undeveloped, and saw nothing wrong or ridiculous in a piece of economy that he put in practice in the cemetery. "The old man had lost four wives, and desired to erect for each a headstone, with an inscription commemorative of her wifely virtues. "But inscriptions, he found, were very expensive. He economized in this way: "He had the Christian name of each wife cut on a small stone above her grave." "Emma," "Mary," "Hester," "Edith." Under each name a hand pointed to a large stone in the center of the lot, and under each hand were the words: "For epitaph see large stone." The Editor of the Rural New Yorker, than whom there is no better Potato Export in the country says: "Salzer's Earliest Potato, Potato earliest of 38 earliest sorts, tried by me, yielding 464 bu. per acre," Salzer's Early Wisconsin yielded for the Rural New Yorker 736 bu. per acre. See Salzer's catalog about them. JUST SEND 10c IN STAMPS and this notice to the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., and they will mail you the only original seed catalog published in America with samples of Emperor William Oats, Silver King Barron William Doorn Grass which will produce 12 tons per acre. Sainfoin, the dry soil luxuriator, etc., etc., etc. And if you send 14c we will add a packac and farm seeds aeer before seen by you K & J. To Save Trouble A Connecticut man tells of two Irishmen from Boston who, while driving through the state named, observed that many of the barns had weather-vanes in the shape of huge roosters. 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The Colorado : Statesman 4924 CURTIS B~IEET ROOM 265. | EEE UEREAAEEE CEA EEEO44 9 De Seasons 4 ‘ss fe ee ¥ ey : Ly a CLa, at em x ZN ae One of the late and sensible Paris- jan ideas in tailored costumes is the *ttaching by the tailor of a narrow belt matching the skirt to the skirt It- self, Sometimes these are stitched all | the way around, closing where the skirt closes under a pointed end or other suitable termination, and some- | times, but more rarely, they are fas: tened on one side only so that the belt may be closed in the front or at the side, while the skirt’s opening is in the back. This fashion was in vogue there a year or so ago, and many women adhered to it, or their tailors aia, but others who would have looked far better with it went in for belts and girdles of all sorts. Now, how. ever, that Parisians are haying the belt of the material on their smartest street costumes, one will be sure to see it here. The narow belt of the gown mate- rial is far more becoming to the short-waisted or large-waisted person than the fancy belt, whether of leath- er, ribbon belting, or any of the nn- merous varieties that are always wider and far more clamsy, The narrow belt is so much more becoming to the slender figure, and few are so long- waisted that they need object to the narrow waistband. However, it is easy to have the belt made an inch wider, and that makes a very consider: able difference in one’s apparent length of waist. Of course, the ex- tremely short-waisted person that is short-waisted in proportion to her he'ght and width, should eschew any sort of girdle so far as possible, and the ideal finish is no visible belt, but the skirt finished so it will not stretch, and a narrow cord or straight fold not over an eighth of an inch wide at the top, this being straight. This is almest never seen, so few women have the originality and common sense to choose what is suitable. Short sleeves are still to obtain con. siderable favor. On walking dresses I find this a great pity, for the short sheves in coats have my distinct and definite hatred. I realize that they spoil the outline of the figure, that they are as indiscriminately worn by the woman who has an ill-shaped arm as by the woman who has the well- shaped arm, while T am content to gloss over the fact that long gloves are #mong the involved essential extrava- gances. Iam by no means satisfled that the short sleeye has any becom- ing virtue to commend it. Greek outlines are being revived, including embroidered tunies, the draped sleeve for evening wear, and the crossed and folded bodice." ‘The empire style continues meanwhile— and I hope much longer—to enjoy gen- erous patronage, and of the making of filver and golden trimmings duly burnished for the most part there is no end. Many of the new hats are draped with veils of plain Russian net inno- cent of border or binding, and these thrown back to form a frame for the hair, must be voted infinitely attrac- tive. * Plain cloth puts a better face on it than ever, and undoubtedly by merit retains its first position, though many shades of dull yellow and dull green are endeavoring to obtain recognition, and should not be encouraged, for they do not possess the supreme attractive- ness of becomingness. A costume for *mmediate wear which has considera- ble charm is in dull blue with along coat, cut into panels under each arm and down the center of the back, and outlined with an embroidery of dull silver cord, the panels being held to- gether with straps of the silver. This coat, which is of full three-quarter length, hangs quite straight from the shoulders, and {s turned back in frout with silver, the sleeves terminatins just below the elbow anl being of the modified bell shape; the skirt is quite plain and short, its only adornment be. ing a very narrow trimming of the dul! silver cord about three inches from the hem. The skirts are growing narrower. The slim Ieng outline is essential to the success of the newest cloth gown, and the skirt which touches the ground at the back is to enjoy as much popu. larity as the straight round skirt. The embroidered waistcoat is to have considerable influence on the spring costume, light cloth and light watered sille will be called to its serv ice, and its most attractive shape will be that which we associate with the cavalier coat and the lace cravet aw Com Si Cen eee ck) Ee A ara. ra ag i 7 % Costume of Dark Blue Cloth, Trimmed with Military Braid. the sleeve ruffle. Waistcoats are also made of fanciful brocade, and some of tapestry are novel, while the Oriental embroideries are not banished from recognition, although they have oceu- pied the pedestal of popular favor for some four seasons. ‘The corslet skirt looks extremely well cut in very fine cloth or serge, and obviates any possible untidiness round the waist, or necessity for belt or band. As an admirable suggestion for a costume I quote a traveling friend of mine who proposes to buy for herself a corslet skirt of fine black cloth, the hem shewing a Grecian de- sign in black braid, with a white lawn shirt with lace-edged lawn frills from neck to bust, and putting finishing touches to the long sleeves. The long waistcoat has a seam round the waist, and is made of tapestry brocade, the coat also being cut straight, with a seam round the waist, and "braided down on either side with small pend- ant ornaments. The lining of this coat is to be of the same brocade as the walstcoat and the hat is to be of black, the shape turning up slightly in front with a mass of eagle's feathers at one side, the crown encircled witha plaited galon of dull silver interwoven with black and tasseled with silver, Take rum and honey for grippe colds. Equal parts. Don't forget the honey.—Buffalo News, SS» : é £ A 5 CGARMENT STORE 825-16" ST.) OPP. JOSLINS . Are here and more coming. The best assortment of jaunty styles we have ever shown. Solid colors, self stripes and fancy checks and stripes are all represented, as well as all the new spring shades in blues, browns and reds. 3 Special Lots at $15.00, $20.00 and $25.00 You will find them the best in Denver at the price, and re- member all alteratioms made free of extra charge. Skirts About Half Price 250 Worsted and Chiffon Panama Skirts in Black,$Navy, Brown and Fancy Grays, in pleated styles, to be closed out at about half regular prices. All sizes are in the Jot, including some extra large sizes for fleshy ladies. These skirts go in four bargain lots— $2.95 for skirts worth $5.00 $3.95 for skirts worth $6.95 $4.95 for skirts worth $8.75 $5.95 for skirts worth $9.95 You will save money by trading’ here i “smi > i ~ 925 16th St. Silversmith & Hiller, 925,,}6th st fs Pe. 2 * oe eel | | ls ra ges ~ SAE Fag ka | bet fey ow ion a OSS | eae at) 7 5 eRe | ea mE ah 8 Q. J. GILMORE, Undertaker and Licened Embalmer No. 234 Carriages Furnished for all Occasions. 1921 Arapahoe St Denyer, Colo| Phone Main 7413 Wines, Liquors and Cigars DICK FRAZIER anp TOM LEWIS. PROPRIETORS A First-Class Resort For Gentlemen 1845 Arapahoe St Denver, Colo See Me at “The Ditch” | The Popular Drinking Place Located at 1814 Larimer Street, Denver, Colo. CHAS. F. 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Two Australian wire sharks were introduced to him under an as- sumed name as a sucker who would bite at a wire tapping idea. After the scheme had been broached, here is what took place: “I haven't got any ready money,” Devery mused, when they had finished outlining the scheme. “But I suppose I could raise $10,000 or so on the farm. Would that do for a start? " “Well, of course, Mr. Devery, if that's all you can raise. But you really ought to go to it for the house ‘and lot. It’s a swell chance to make a fortune in a hurry.” “I know it is,” agreed Devery. “That's what I used to tell the boobs when I was chief of police and they came to me with their hollers. ‘It's a good thing,’ I says to them, ‘and I don’t see why you don’t get a million out of it.’ But they were always there with a foolish holler about the horse coming in second and the wire man getting away with the coin. Something like that was always hap- pening to crab the act.” The Aus- trallans were on their feet and edging towards the door. “Oh, don’t hurry, boys,” said Devery, reassuringly. “I ain't on the job now. Man named Bingham’s tending to that work. But I was the best chief New York ever had, all right, all right.” “Must be some mistake,” stuttered one of the Australians. “No—no offense, I hope.” “Oh, not a bit,” was Devery's cheerful reply. “But I don’t think I'll go into it. When I want to beat the book- makers I'll take a night stick.” Carnegie—“Scotch Devil.” “I remember I attracted some at- tention one day. I was a telegraph operator down in Pennsylvania,” said Andrew Carnegie. “Over my head was T. A. Scott, that great railroad man. He was supposed to direct the movement of the trains on that divi- sion, giving orders at his command. I signed his name to the orders—T. AS. “One day he was away. The trains were all late. The eastern express was three hours late. The freight boys were lying about the yard wait- ing for wrders. Remembering Nelson, I said to myself: ‘Death or Westmin- ster Abbey.’ I began getting out the trains, signing all orders ‘T. A. 8.’ ‘Then the chief came in. “‘Come, come, Andy, how did these trains get out?” “Why, I gave the orders. T couldn't ‘sit here like a dummy, with things getting behind and all mixed up. 1 ‘have given the orders many a time with you standing over me. I knew what you would have done.” “Well, he didn’t approve at all of my action to me. But I heard him go a day or so after to a big man,AWitir little disapproval in his volce: “‘Do you know what that little white-haired Scotch devil did the oth- er night? He ran every train on the division himself.” “That was the turning point in my caraak? Misunderstood. Of Henry James, who, to the dis- tress of many of his admirers, is re- vising “Daisy Miller,” the “Portrait et a Lady” and his other early works, a Chicago publisher said the other day: “Here is something funny that hap- pened during Mr. James’ visit to Phil- adelphia, “Two housemaids in the down-town house where he stopped were dis- cussing him. “He's a very finicky, fussy gentle- mun,’ sald the first. “‘Indeed, you're right, he fs,’ the other agreed, warmly. ‘He caught me using one of his razors one morning to pry open a stiff window with and kicked up an awful row. Some folks hate a bit of fresh air.” Baptized in Icy Water. Religion must cut a good deal of ice down in Norristown, Pa., if reports from there are true. With the ther mometer 12 below zero and a cutting wind over the hills two girl converts of the Mennonite church were bap- tized in Hatfield creek. Rev. Frank Haws presided and stood in the icy water to his waist, while Miss Flor: ence Smith and Eva Brunner walked down into the creek. ‘The ice was four Inches thick where the preacher broke the hole for his newly acquired sheep, and his teeth were chattering while he immersed the girls. Meanwhile on the bank the congregation sang: “Christians, if your hearts are warm, Ice and snow can do no harm.” At the same time the girls say it was mighty cold. One of His Peculiarities, “There's no use in trying to under- stand my husband. He's either the politest or the contrariest man on the face of the earth—I don't know which.” “What have you found out about him now?” “Why, when he sees one of these advertisements or posters headed, ‘Don’t Read This,’ he doesn’t read it.” ‘An. Achieversent. “And you dare to criticise tie finan- cial ability of the government?” ex- claimed the energetic citizen. “I'm not criticising. But I fall to see any extraordinary drilliancy.” “That shows how unappreciative some people can be. What other gov- ernment has turned out $20 gold! pieces, whose value went up to $30 inside of a month?”