Colorado Statesman

The State Historical and Natural History Society of Colorado. Denver. Accession No. 11,862. THE COLORADO STATESMAN THE JOURNAL OF THE WEST. LABOR SHALL BE FREE RACE COUNTRY PARTY Disfranchise- ment Scheme Race Issue in the Senate. Election of Senators by Popular Vote Brings np Question. Senator Depew says Proposition Means the Annulment of the Fourteenth Amendment. Senator Carter's Opinion. VOL. XVII. Disfranc ment Race Issue in the Senate. EI Iar Vote Brings np Quest Proposition Means the A teenth Amendment. Se Washington, D. C., Jan. 25.—In connection with the resolution relating to the election of Senators by popular vote, the Negro issue has been raised by several Republican members of the Upper House, who have declared that the Fourteenth Amendment is in grave danger and there is a possibility of the state laws in the South disfranchising Negroes becoming constitutional. Senators Depew and Carter are two of the strongest opponents of the measure. In assailing the resolution Senator Depew gave out the following statement: "The joint resolution now before the Senate for the election of United States senators by the people fixes the qualifications of electors to vote for United States senators in this language: 'The electors in each state shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of state legislatures;' in other words, shall be fixed by the state legislature. "The fourteenth amendment guaranteed to the Negroes the right to vote and the southern states, by various devices, have disfranchised them. Take Mississippi, for instance. With 1,800,000 people, it casts on an average, I think, from 60,000 to 80,000 votes only. Under this resolution, allowing, by constitutional amendment, the state to fix the qualifications of electors, it repeals the fourteenth amendment, which says that every citizen 21 years old, who has not committed a crime, shall be entitled to vote. Qualification Should Be Uniform in Each State. "My proposition is that the qualification of the electors for United States senators and Congressmen shall be uniform in each state, and that Congress shall make laws to see that the votes are properly registered and counted. When I offered this amendment to this same resolution in the committee on privileges and elections, six years ago, it was adopted by unanimous vote of the Republicans. Then the Democratic senators who had been vigorously, and with a good deal of temper advocating the Mann amendment said that if the Negroes were to be permitted to vote, they did not want the election of United States senators by the people, and would not have it. They killed the "As an indication of the change of sentiment in regard to this disfranchisement of Negroes in the South, I got only one vote beside my own to my amendment in committee the other day. "Now it becomes one of the most interesting questions, wherein six years' sentiment has so changed that Republicans from Northern states are willing in order to get the election of senators by the people to practically repeal the fourteenth amendment and allow the states, by a constitutional provision, to disfranchise forever the Negro vote. "The South has been endeavoring, by various processes, to repeal the amendment. They have nullified it, but they always have been afraid that the Supreme Court of the United States might declare that nullification expediencies were unconstitutional. "Now, under the guise of securing the election of United States senators by the people, they virtually secure an amendment to the constitution, under which, in their states, one-half or more of the people can be permanently disfranchised and denied the suffrage. In other words, the election of United States senators by the people means that some of the people shall not vote, and they will be barred by constitutional authority." Now Passively Submit to Unjust Laws. Senator Carter in attacking the resolution charged the Southern senators with a scheme to saddle constitutionally the disfranchisement of the Negro voters upon the country, and said in part: "The occasion demands plain speech and forbids evasion. Certain senators not content with the success obtained in suppressing the Negro vote through a curious variety of state constitutional provisions and legislative devices, now seek absolutely to deprive the general government of all power to protect the elections of members of the Senate from such fraud, violence or corruption as may taint a Senatorial election North or South." He said that the adoption of the amendment would give substantial, though limited, national sanction to the disfranchisement of Negroes in the Southern states. "In their disfranchisement," said Mr. Carter, "we now passively acquiesce, but with this supine attitude some senators are not content; they ask us actually to strip Congress of the power to question election methods and actions in so far as the election of United States senators may be concerned, and by the way of inducement to the Congress and the nation to consent to the permanent suppression of more than a million votes at elections to choose senators, they will co-operate in the adoption of a constitutional amendment providing for the election of United States senators by a direct vote of the people." MORE MONEY FOR SCHOOLS. Appropriation Bill, Passed by the House, Provides $60,000 for New Site for M Street High School—Congressman Taylor of Ohio, Made Fight for Colored Institutions. Washington, D. C., Jan. 24.—The District Appropriation bill has been passed by the House Through the activities of Congressman E. L. Taylor of Ohio, the bill carries $155,000 more for the colored schools of the District than the Commissioners and Board of Education had estimated for. The cramped conditions of the M Street High School, and the poor and antiquated condition of the building has been a matter that has called for attentoin for years, but each year, the friends of higher education have seen their attempts to secure a better site and a better and more modern building fail. This year, through the efforts of Congressman Taylor, $60,000 is appropriated for a new site for the M Street High School. The original estimates, as prepared and presented to Congress by the District Commissioners called for an aggregate appropriation for sites, erection of buildings and repairs, of $806,975 for whites and but $121,500, or 15 per cent for colored. Mr. Taylor insisted on a square deal for the colored schools and as a result of his insistence the District Appropriation bill carries the following for the colored schools: Armstrong Manual Training School, $12,000 instead of $10,000; Normal School No. 2, $75,000; Deanwood School, $24,000; School on Military road, $33,00; site for Manual Training School, $12,000; building on this site, $42,000; site for new M Street High School, $60,000; fire protection, repairs, etc., $12,500; making a total of $273,500, or 33.5 per cent, as against $121,500, or 15 per cent estimated by the commissioners. It is needless to add that Congressman Taylor has the thanks and blessings of all the colored people in and out of Washington. AFRICAN GIRL GRADUATE OF CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY Los Angeles, Cal.—Miss Dianna B. McNeil, an African girl brought here by Bishop Taylor graduated with the Master of Arts degree from the Southern California University. She immediately left for Chicago to take a course in trained nursing, after which she will return to Africa. Big White Burley White Man Assaults Girls. Requiring the efforts of two policemen to restrain her from attacking a prisoner, Mrs. William Clark, 1232 Fitzwater street, heard a story in court at Second and Christian streets last Saturday morning, telling how her 9-year old daughter. Margaret had been attacked by Harry Ruloff, 27 years old of 120 N. 21st street. The enraged mother attempted time after time to get at the prisoner and shrieked her enmity of him. She was prevented from touching him however. Ruloff was held without bail, and Lucy Yancy, colored, of 737 S. Clarion street, charged with afting and abetting, was held in $1,000 bail. According to the story brought out in court, Ruloff, several weeks ago, enticed the little Clark girl and a young girl named Marie Tucker, 13 years old, of 741 S. Clarion street, to the Yancy woman's house. Ruloff, according to the police, has a bad record and is commonly known as "Ridley Pork" The Clark girl told her mother of the occurrence and she, in turn notified the police. Policeman Martin and Young have been looking for Ruloff eversince, and only caught him on last Friday. No testimony, outside of the direct charge made by the mother and the young girls, was taken at the hearing, the defendants waiving further hearing for court.—Philadelphia Tribune. TILLMAN DYING IN A HUT. Edgefield S. C., Jan. 20.—James H. Tillman, former debonair politician, once lieutenant governor of South Carolina, and the slayer of Editor N. G. Gonzales of Columbia, is dying in a miserable hut near here, attended by an old Negro, who once belonged to the Tillman family. Separated from his family, his health broken, and deserted by old time friends, he is awaiting death. He has not been able to sit up for some time. He is penniless, and except for the attention of his nurse, it is said, he would starve to death. He has had no communication with his relatives for some time and he is in need. Up to the time of killing Editor Gonzales, Mr Tillman was one of the foremost politicians of the state. Although cleared of the court's charge, the remembrance of the tragedy has been kept alive by his enemies, and he has been practically a pariah. He sought to enter the ministry in 1904, but found the door barred by the church. He is a nephew of U. S Senator Tillman. RACE NEWS Three Negroes were lynched in Shelbyville, Ky., a few days ago. The list of lynchings since January 1, is five. Three were Negroes and two were white. The Texas Medical Association has just closed a very successful session at Austin. When the time came for giving clinics, the Austin Sanitarium, white, opeded its doors to the colored physicians. Columbia, S. C.—The reprieve of Pink Franklin, the colored man condemned to die because of his action in protecting his own home against the unwarranted intrusion of a constable, whom he did not know, has been brought about through the influence of prominent citizens of this place, who interceded with the government. colored aviator to participate in the exhibition. Mr. Chappelle is a member of the United States Aeronautical Reserve. Many white citizens are said to be interested in Mr. Chappelle's invention. Though Silver City, N. M., has three large sanatoriums, one of which is the largest in the United States, for the reception, care and treatment of tubercular patients, another institution of the same character has just been opened by John Lott, of that city. This latter institution, which is known as the Africo-Tubercular Sanatorium, is devoted to the treatment of colored patients exclusively, and on this account it is probably the first of its kind to be established in this country. Quiney, Ill.—During the past There are now five Negro priests in the Catholic church in the United States; three are in the Order of St Joseph, one is a member of the Holy Ghost order, and the fifth is attached to Archbishop Ireland's diocese in St. Paul, Minn. The Paris correspondent of the New York Journal of Commerce, says, at the distribution of prizes at the Sorbonne, among the colleges belonging to the university, one of the three principal, that of Latin composition, was awarded to a mulatto youth, a native of Hayti; and the first of Greek composition to another Haytian, quite black. Trinidad, Colo., Jan. 26.—Four revolver shots fired Nov. 28 of last year had the effect of decreasing the colored population of Trinidad by four. Willa Haywood and Maggie Payne, Dever colored women, were wounded so badly that they died in four days. For this double crime the murderer of one, Daisy Harlan, was today found guilty, the jury recommending life imprisonment. George Harlan, husband of the convicted woman, was given a similar sentence as an accomplice. Among the models on exhibition at the first industrial aero show, which was held in conjunction with the Inter-national Automobile show at Grand Central Palace, from December 31 to January 7, was that of Charles Ward Chappelle, a Negro, who lives in Brooklyn. Mr. Chappelle was the only NO 21 colored aviator to participate in the exhibition. Mr. Chappelle is a member of the United States Aeronautical Reserve. Many white citizens are said to be interested in Mr. Chappelle's invention. Though Silver City, N. M., has three large sanatoriums, one of which is the largest in the United States, for the reception, care and treatment of tubercular patients, another institution of the same character has just been opened by John Lott, of that city. This latter institution, which is known as the Africa-Tubercular Sanatorium, is devoted to the treatment of colored patients exclusively, and on this account it is probably the first of its kind to be established in this country. Quincy, Ill.—During the past year the Quincy board of education built a large modern school building for Negroes. Parents of several Negro children have complained of segregation and have withheld their children from school. In a justice court recently a fine of $10 was assessed for such a misdemeanor. An appeal was taken and attorneys from Chicago have been employed to carry the case to the state supreme court if necessary. Associated Press dispatches sent out from Washington a few days ago stated that a delegation of colored Odd Fellows headed by Recorder of Deeds Henry L. Johnson, of Washington, Edward H. Morris, of Chicago, grand master of the order, called upon President Taft and pledged to him and his administration the hearty support of the 750,000 colored Odd Fellows in America. We suspect the President just smiled when these wily politicians went up to the White House and delivered the G. U. O. O. F. in a body at his feet. It was a big piece of politics and a grand thing for Mr. Johnson and Mr. Morris to do, for it takes a mighty powerful politician to deliver 750,000 votes in one deal. The Odd Fellows ought to be proud of their grand master and of Mr. Johnson, for he holds some sort of an office in the order. The truth of the whole matter is that neither Mr. Johnson or Mr. Morris were authorized to pledge the support of their constituents to the Taft administration, but the whole thing was done to give Mr. Henry Johnson a tighter grip hold upon the Taft administration. The Journal and Guide. CONDENSATION OF FRESH NEWS THE LATEST IMPORTANT DISP PATCHES PUT INTO SHORT, CRISP PARAGRAPHS. STORY OF THE WEEK SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF EVENTS IN OUR OWN AND FOREIGN LANDS. WESTERN Major Fernham Lyon, 81 years old, who issued rations to the Southern army during the Civil war, is dead at Saginaw, Mich. Both branches of the Kansas Legislature adopted resolutions endorsing San Francisco as the place for holding the Panama exposition in 1915. Sunday baseball in Kansas was given a new lease on life when the House of the Legislature went on record by a vote of 63 to 58 against any further means to prohibit the game. The Senate committee on public lands has reported favorably the bill granting permits to explore and prospect for oil and gas on unappropriated and withdrawn lands, with the recommendation that it pass. For the first time, it was declared, in the history of aviation, an aeroplane rose from the surface of the water, at San Diego, Cal., sailed about and, returning to the starting point landed on the water as easily as a gull. Forty carcasses of beef which had been held in cold storage since December 1, 1909, and which were owned by five Japanese restaurant keepers, in Seattle, were seized by state pure food inspectors and found to contain formaldehyde. A mysterious disease is killing off Mexican inhabitants in settlement of San Vicente, Brewster county. No doctor has investigated, but in the last week five strong men have died, while there have been heavy deaths of women and children. Judgment in favor of Cornelius S. Loder of New York City, against former Governor C. N. Haskell of Oklahoma for $42,000 and interest since February, 1900, and costs, was rendered in Guthrie by Judge Cotteral of the United States Circuit Court. More than 3,000 veterans and 200 civilians at the National Soldiers' home at Leavenworth were placed under strict quarantine by Gov. Cook of the home because there are three known cases of smallpox at the institution. The Arkansas Valley Irrigation Company of Denver, of which A. M. Eppstein is president, reports the sale within the last ten days of water valued at $85,000 to farmers owning land along the company's ditches in Gray, Ford and Edwards counties, Kansas. E. A. Sunderlin of Colorado Springs, general manager of the Grand Junction & Grand River Valley Electric railway, has announced that the interurban line from Fruita to Grand Junction will be extended east to Clifton. Work will not begin until spring. WASHINGTON. After three hours of consideration the Senate passed the river and harbors bill, carrying appropriations of about $36,000,000. Official notification has been received by Superintendent Burkin of the Teller Indian Institute at Grand Junction that the school will be closed June 30th as a government school. President Taft has sent to Congress a special message urging fortification of the Panama canal and recommending an appropriation of $5,000,000 for the work, at the present session of Congress. The Senate passed a bill authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to sell to the highest bidder burned timber of public lands and on lands on which entries are pending. In the latter case the proceeds of sales are to go to entrymen as soon as they receive patents. Five of President Taft's appointments of United States circuit judges have been confirmed by the Senate. They included William H. Hunt of Montana, Robert W. Archbald of Pennsylvania, Julian W. Mack of Illinois, John Emmett Carland of South Dakota and Walter I. Smith of Iowa. The House of Representatives voted 112 to 42 to restrain the District of Columbia from erecting a reformatory or any other penal institution within a radius of ten miles of Mount Vernon, the tomb of Washington, either on the Virginia or Maryland side of the Potomac river. The reclamation service reports that several of its construction camps are now entirely cut off from the rest of the world by reason of continued blizzards and excessive snowfall. In the Teton mountains, at the headwaters of the Snake, river in Wyoming, 150 men are completely isolated, owing to the blizzard which has prevailed without cessation for many days. The lower house of the Washington Legislature passed a bill making women eligible for jury duty by strike in the word "male" from the present statute. SPORT. Joe Hamilton of Wichita, 20 years old, broke the world's continuous roller skating record, skating a total of 24 hours. Frankie Burns, of Jersey City, outfought and outpointed Digger Stanley, English bantamweight champion, in a ten-round bout in New York. Zybszcko, the Polish wrestler, won two straight falls over Paul Nogard in Lowell, Mass. The first was in 32 minutes and the second in 12 minutes. FOREIGN. Owing to the prevalence of the plague, railway traffic in North China has ceased. Dr. Jean Charcot, the French Antarctic explorer, issues an appeal to France to follow other countries in honoring Captain Robert E. Peary. A Rotterdam blacksmith was so overcome with joy on hearing that he had won $40,000 in a lottery that in his excitement he lit his pipe with the ticket and is now unable to prove his claim. The city council of Havana has voted a purse of $3,000 to J. A. D. McCurdy, the American aviator, in case he makes a successful flight in a heavier-than-air machine from Key West to Havana. Roger Sommer took up six passengers in a large biplane at Douzey, France, and after circling the aero-drome at a height of a hundred feet flew to Romilly and return, establishing a new world's record for a cross country flight with passengers and a new mark for total weight lifted. GENERAL. The University of Michigan has graduated 26,979 men and women since it was founded. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward, author and lecturer, died in Newton, Mass., after a short illness at the age of 67. The Maryland College for Women at Lutherville, Md., was practically destroyed by fire, entailing a loss of $100,000. One of the most sweeping quarantines in the history of Philadelphia, was put in force following discovery of smallpox. The entire police and detective force of Pittsburg, Pa., and of a private detective agency are endeavoring to solve the robbery of $35,000 worth of jewelry from the home of Mrs. William Thaw, Jr. Death came to four persons while walking on Market street, the busy thoroughfare of Philadelphia, when a sign on a building near Tenth street, blown from its fastenings by a high wind, crashed down upon them. Deposits of individuals in the 7,200 National banks of the United State-decreased $191,566,488 between Nov 10 and Jan. 7—a situation probably unprecedented in the reports made to the comptroller of the currency in Washington. After struggling for more than twenty-four hours with the testimony, the jury in the case of Mrs. Laura Farnsworth Schnek, charged with poisoning her husband, John O. Schenk, at Wheeling, W. Va., announced that it could not reach a verdict. Judge Jordan discharged the jurors and Mrs. Schnek isagain in jail to await another trial. Latest government reports confirm the previous advices that 300 persons were killed by the earthquakes and eruption of Mount Taal, in the Philippines. No American are among the number. It is impossible to estimate how many natives on the west shore were buried in the ashes, but it is known that twenty-one were suffocated and five fatally burned. J. A. D. McCurdy, a Canadian by birth, but now affiliated with American aviators, set a new record in over-the-water flights, covering nearly 100 miles, from Key West to within ten miles of Havana, when from a slight accident he was compelled to drop into the sea. There he remained, his biplane floated by pontoons until the lifeboat of the torpedo boat destroyer Terry picked him up. Within less than ten months after the initiation by President Taft of negotiations with the Canadian government, there was laid simultaneously before the American Congress at Washington and the Canadian Parliament at Ottawa, a reciprocity arrangement which, if approved, will do much, in the opinion of the negotiators, to enlarge trade between the United States and Canada. Disclosures of a sensational nature were made of the fact that in a raid on an opium den in New York recently by customs inspectors, a mass of documentary evidence was found which probably will result in the solution of the Elsie Sigel and other murder mysteries and which establishes beyond question the existence of corrupt relations between a syndicate of Chinese criminals and police officials in this and other cities. The executive committee of the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific lines have voted to complete double-tracking of the lines from the Missouri river to San Francisco. They also voted to double-track the Oregon Short Line from the junction with the Union Pacific main line at Granger, Wyo., to Huntington, Ore., also the line along the Columbia river in Oregon to Portland. Horsewhipping in public may become the method of punishing tobacco chewers and smockers in Zion City, near Chicago. STATE NEWS OF INTEREST TO ALL COLORADO PEOPLE Denver Millionaire Married. Denver.—James A. Fleming, one of the men who literally "made his millions," in the early days of Denver real estate, and once mayor of South Denver, was married in Brooklyn recently to Miss Edna Mae Miller, a wealthy society woman of that city. La Junta Is Pleased. La Junta.—The announcement that the potsoffice department has accepted the proposition of citizens of La Junta for a site for a new postoffice is pleasing news. A bill has been passed appropriating $75,000 for the building, and all hope the work will be pushed. Eight For Part of Estate Greeley.—A copy of the will of John S. Kennedy, disposing of one of the largest fortunes in the United States, has been received here by David Kennedy, a prospector in the mountains near Livermore, who says he is a nephew of the millionaire and will make a fight for a share of the estate. To Fight Jack Frost. Grand Junction. — The campaign against the probable spring frost has been started and the watchers are beginning to purchase and prepare fuel for a three-day battle against Jack Frost similar to last year. It is estimated that over half the fruit growers in the valley already are prepared to fight the frost. Instructed in Rescue Work. Golden.—Belleiving that a mining engineer should have practical knowledge of mine rescue work and rendering first aid to the injured, instruction along those lines is being given members of the senior class of the School of Mines under direction of Professor F. C. Roberts, of the federal bureau of mines. College Gets Endowment. Colorado Springs. — President Slocum of Colorado college has received formal notice from the General Educational board of the $50,000 gift which was announced through the press recently. The gift is to be the nucleus of a fund of $300,000, the remainder of which, $250,000, must be raised by the college. Fortune Awaits Cornishman. Denver.—A $25,000 estate, left by his father, is waiting for William James Thomas, a Cornishman, last heard of in Denver. Thomas has been lost to his old country relatives for twenty-three years. Information concerning him was asked in a letter received by the Denver postoffice authorities from Mrs. Scaddor Kinsmar, 10 Globe street, Lancashire, England. Big Snow Slide Near Monarch. Salida.—The first snowslide of the season in this section occurred at Monarch, twenty miles west of Salida, injured one man, George Barnes, who had the novel experience of riding down a hill, 2,000 feet at lightning speed. One hundred and fifty feet of the Madonna tramway was taken out and it will be necessary to close down No. 4 level of the mine until the tram can be repaired. It was on this hill that a big slide ran two years ago, practically wiping out the little town of Monarch and snuffing out the lives of more than a dozen persons. Colorado Demonstration Train. Ft. Collins.—One of the greatest movements along the lines of extension work ever attempted in Colorado in connection with the agricultural college for the benefit of the farmer is now being worked out. A five weeks' tour over the state is contemplated, the plan being to start from Fort Collins about the 20th of February. Four coaches will be used for demonstration purposes and the Denver & Rio Grande, the Santa Fe and the Colorado & Southern will haul these coaches over their standard gauge tracks throughout the entire state. State Control of Water Denver.—No tampering with existing irrigation laws as defined by judicial decisions in this state; no federal interference with state streams and irrigation rights; eternal watch and ward over Colorado's water supply as against Washington and claims from other states—these are the principal features in a report submitted by Senators Carpenter, West and Crowley, a special committee from the Senate named by that body in the session of the Seventeenth general assembly. If approved by the upper body, it means, of course, appropriations for lawyers' fees in legal contests with the federal government and with adjoining states. St. L. & S. F. Ry. Take Part. Pueblo.—The hand of the St. Louis & San Francisco railroad system, which has more than 7,000 miles of road in the Southwest, and which has had Colorado territory for its main objective for a number of years, is seen in the organization of financing of the Pueblo & Southeastern railroad, designed to connect Pueblo with the town of Wilson, sixteen miles southeast. LITTLE COLORADO ITEMS. Small Happenings Occurring Over the State Worth Telling. The Ingleville mine at Trinidad has suspended operations indefinitely. The business men of Grand Junction have organized a social club. The total tax levy for 1910 in Rio Grande county is $140,904.10. Mrs. W. H. Conklin, aged 56, and a resident of Sterling for thirty years, is dead. Greeley has organized a motor cycle club with a charter membership of twenty. The residence of William Orwig in North Cripple Creek was burned, with loss of $1,000. Monte Vista has raised the $100,000 necessary to secure the new sugar beet factory. Denver has a "San Francisco, 1915" club, probably the first organized in the country. Sadie Carter of Pueblo has made application for a position on the fire department of that city. The Colorado & Southern has signed a contract for joint use of the Santa Fe track from Pueblo to Denver. The Pullman Company will probably re-open the old shops in Denver, enlarging them and installing new machinery. In the wrestling match in Denver recently between Hackenschmidt and Westerguard, the former won after a hard contest. James White, a veteran of the Civil War, a pioneer of Georgetown and a resident of Clear Caeek county since 1872, is dead. By shooting herself through the head at her home in Denver Mrs. Nellie Dellacqua, 25 years old, committed suicide. The sixth annual banquet of former Pennsylvanians now resident in Denver was held at the Brown Palace hotel January 30th. Several settlements of Oklahoma farmers will be established in the Crow Creek district, east of Greeley, next spring. The San Luis Oil and Gas Company struck oil of excellent quality at a depth of 850 feet eight miles northeast of Alamosa. The new pavilion erected under the management of the Celtic Club in Florence was formally opened recently with a big dance. With a mighty rush of water a portion of the intake to the Empire reservoir at Harbin was torn out, washing away 500 feet of embankment. After thirty years active service in the Union National bank of Greeley as bookkeeper and cashier, Miss Florence Gill has retired to take her first vacation. After a three days' session at the Albany hotel in Denver, the annual convention of the Colorado Retail Hardware & Implement Association came to a close. Joe McCray of Longmont died at Amarillo, Texas, as the result of injuries received in a wrestling match at that place with Harry Mayes of Mayo, Texas. A fine of $100 and costs each was imposed by District Judge Hunter at Trinidad upon thirty-nine saloonkeepers arrested in October for violating the Sunday law. As the result of an altercation over mining matters, C. B. Baker shot and it is believed fatally wounded David Parks, at Copperfield, in the western part of Fremont county. The first batch of deeds of transfer of real estate to the Colorado & Southern railroad for its right of way for the Wellington-Cheyenne connecting link has been filed with the county clerk for record at Fort Collins. That by June there will be a highway between Denver and some of the Western cities of Nebraska is the statement made by C. P. Allen, chairman of the State Highway Commission. A report from the corn show at Columbus, Ohio, gives A. M. Shay of Greeley the national sweepstakes for soft wheat. Clifford Davis of Longmont took third honors on sheaf wheat. In the recent state bar examination in Denver, the results of which were announced recently, the highest percentage made by any of the twenty-six applicants was made by Butler Disman of Salida, his percentage being 88.2. Auditor of State M. A. Leddy has ratified all county treasurers that the permission to pay all taxes in May without interest penalty does not comply with the law, and that hereafter a strict observance of the law will be expected. Three records were broken during January, according to the report of Observer L. H. Daingerfield of Pueblo, who says there was more sunshine than in any January since the local weather bureau was established, twenty-three years ago. The Boulder Commercial Association has taken definite steps toward establishment of three new roads in the county, two of which will connect with the old Arapahoe road out of Denver, while the third will connect with the rich mining area of the northern part of the state. H. McD. 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They mark extreme types, representing in themselves the most ancient and the most modern kinds. The first of these contrasts is known as Cabin John's bridge which spans Cabin John's creek; and the second is called Connecticut Avenue bridge, spanning Rock creek, in the heart of the fashionable district of the city of Washington. Cabin John's bridge is interesting both from an engineering as well as a historical point of view. It forms part of the aqueduct system of Washington. It is 420 feet long, and its single span of 220 feet is said to be the largest stone arch bridge in the world. Its construction was begun in 1853 when Jefferson Davis was secretary of war, but was not completed until 1864. During the Civil war the name of Jefferson Davis was chiseled from the stone tablet in the side wall of the Seeing Washington The Capitol in Washington is a large sandstone building surrounded by extensive grounds and government jobs. When the Capitol was built originally it was not intended to be a home for the unemployed and was much smaller than at present. by extensive grounds and government jobs. When the Capitol was built originally it was not intended to be a home for the unemployed and was much smaller than at present. Complaint was made by the guides, however, that they couldn't make a living in the old building and would have to go to work if something wasn't done about it. So two new wings were added and visitors now pay twice as much to be shown around as formerly. The senate and the house of representatives, two bodies created by the constitution to make laws have two places of meeting, one in the Capitol, where they speak their pieces, and another in the committee rooms. They also have offices in two large buildings connected with the Capitol by subway, through which they may make their escape when A Summoned by a Shrill Bell. their constituents call to ask favors. Thousands of persons go to the Capitol every day to see the senate and house perform. The distance between the house and the senate wing of the Capitol is so great that few members of the lower house are ever able to arrive at teh other end, although most of them undertake the trip. Residence in the senate is considered much more desirable than in the house, because the rent of senators only falls due every six years while house members have to settle with the landlord every two years. The accommodations also are much better in the senate. The seats are not jerked out from under members so often as in the house. bridge, by order of Caleb B. Smith, then secretary of the interior. After much agitation, voluminous correspondence and numberless petitions from prominent people of the south, President Roosevelt ordered the name put back in place and this was done in May, 1909. The stone tablet covered 55 square feet, being 5 feet high and 11 feet long. The entire former inscription had to be cut away to a depth of one inch, presenting a new surface. Then the name of Jefferson Davis was cut into the stone. The smaller picture shows Connecticut Avenue bridge. It has the distinction of being the largest all concrete bridge in the world. This magnificent piece of engineering was begun in February, 1904, and completed in May 1908. It is 1,341 feet long, 60 feet wide over all, and 115 feet high over the deepest point. It has five arches of 150 feet span, and two of 80 feet span. About 60,000 barrels of cement were used in its construction. The cost of the bridge was in round figures $850,000. It forms a continuation of the magnificent boulevard leading past the homes of wealth and fashion of Washington, out into the picturesque country beyond. It is a favorite driveway for society and here on pleasant days may be seen all that is representative of culture and distinction. The senate being smaller and less noisy than the house it also is much pleasanter to sleep there. At times the house is so noisy that only the most experienced members can sleep at all with any comfort. Something ought to be done about this, or the first thing the country knows it won't be able to get men to go to congress. No matter how patriotic a man may be or how willing to serve his country, he cannot be expected to leave a comfortable home for a seat in congress where he is constantly being annoyed by rude bangings of the speaker's gavel, or summoned by a shrill bell clanging in his office to come into the house and vote on some trivial thing that he cannot be expected to be interested in. As the people do not elect the senators that body has been better able to protect its rights against invasion. The only concession the senate ever has made to the people is to allow them to come into the gallery and hear them make speeches. But when they have anything in particular to do they lock their doors and stuff the key holes. But even the senate is beginning to experience some of the annoyances that beset the house. In the senate are men who have devoted their lives and considerable money to being senators. Many of them have grown old in the service and walk with feeble steps except when riding in motor cars. Gazing down from the gallery on the venerable heads of these senators, the patriotic American can hardly keep from bursting into tears or into the senate chamber. The patriotic American up in the gallery is so overcome that it is necessary to have a number of Capitol police scattered around handy to keep him from giving vent to his feelings in ways which the senate rules do not permit. HEARD IN WASHINGTON. Vice-President Sherman has been elected chancellor of the Smithsonian institute to succeed the late Chief Justice Fuller. President Taft received as a Christmas present from Idaho what are supposed to be the largest potatoes that were grown in the United States this year. They came from the Commercial Club, of Twin Falls, Idaho. The newspaper man, Thomas W. Brahamy, a member of the Washington staff of the New York Tribune and correspondent of the Milwaukee Sentinel, has been appointed executive secretary of the tariff board. Miss Helen Taft is going the pace that would lead to nervous collapse if she were not very strong physically. Morning, noon and night she is breakfasted, lunched and dined by as many different people, and very often is the guest of honor at two functions in the evening, when midnight spreads are added to the daily "eats." Senator W. A. Clark, of Montana, who has fitted up one of the most sumptuous homes that oversumptuous New York has ever seen, has a complete set of gold plate which is said to contain 900 pieces. It is designed for a dinner of 24 persons and cost $120,000, which comes mighty near being as costly as the gold plate made famous in Queen Victoria's reign. EXPLOSION TAKES 32 LIVES CARGO OF DYNAMITE TAKES LIVES AND PROPERTY IN- DISCRIMINATELY. DAMAGE IS $750,000 VESSELS AND CARS BLOWN TO FRAGMENTS; MANY WORKMEN ARE MISSING. New York.—A cargo of dynamite in transit from a freight car to the hold of a lighter moored at Pier No. 7, Communipaw, N. J., let go at one minute past noon Wednesday, 150 yards south of the Jersey City terminal of the Central Railroad of New Jersey and in the widespread ruin that followed, seven are known to have been killed, seven more are missing, hundreds were wounded and varying reports leave from fifteen to twenty more unaccounted for. Thirty-two seems to be a conservative estimate of the dead, and property damage will hardly fall below $750,000. The cause of the explosion is variously attributed to the-dropping of a case of dynamite and to a boiler explosion on a boat. The cause probably will never be known. The Jersey Central terminal was wrecked, three ferry boats in the slips were damaged; lower Manhattan across the river was shaken from the street level to the top of the Singer Tower; severe damage was done in Brooklyn; and Staten Island, and to the Immigrant Detention Station on Ellis Island; the shock was felt at Amityville, L. L., thirty-five miles distant, and at Long Branch, N. J., forty five miles away. The damage is so widely scattered that it is impossible to more than estimate it, but in Manhattan alone it is placed at $100,000; on Ellis Island from $10,000 to $25,000, and, in all, $750,000. The lighter receiving the dynamite—the "Katherine W." owned by James Healing of Jersey City, vanished utterly, with her crew of seven men, including the Master, Edward Traver. Alongside was the lighter "Whistler," which was so badly shattered that she sank with her crew of two, while the Swedish steel barkentine "Ingrid" was stripped of her rigging and two deck-hands aboard were killed. Fragments of one man's head were found swinging high on a tangled piece of rope. The "Katherine W." was tied to the outer end of the pier, and a crew of deck-hands was unloading a consignment of fifty-pound boxes from two freight cars to the lighter when the crash came. One report was that the explosive was consigned to contractors up the river for blasting along the Palisades; another that it was bound for Havana. Only the "Whistler's" flagstaff has been found. The freight car went up in a puff of dust. On the rear deck of the barkentine "Ingrid" were found a pair of iron trucks. They may be the trucks of the dynamite car or of one of the other four cars standing near, which also were torn to bits. Fifty yards back stood another car of dynamite. The explosion ripped the roof off and broke in the doors, but the dynamite itself did not explode. On board the "Ingrid" the steel On board the Ingrid the steel mizenzmast snapped off above the lower yard, and the tangled wreckage cam tumbling about the decks. Everything abaft was leveled flat, but the steel plates of the hull held. For 100 feet the pier end was demolished. "he planking seemed to have been ground to powder. Over the broken edges twisted the steel rails of tracks. A steel gondola car on the southernmost track looked like an old hat used for a football. Admiral Sperry Is Dead. Washington.—Rear Admiral Charles S. Sperry, retired, who successfully piloted the United States fleet around the world in 1908-09, died here of pneumonia. He arrived in Washington recently from his home in Newport, R. I., for special duty in the state department incident to his representation of the United States at the conference of naval powers of the world at London. Deadlocks Continue. Chicago.—There was no break in the senatorial deadlocks in Iowa and Montana. West Virginia Legislature elected Chilton and Watson. Prairie Fire In Oklahoma. Bartlesville, Okla.—A prairie fire which has done over $100,000 damage to oil and farm property, is sweeping across Washington county. The oil waste on the Caney river is burning for two miles. Oil companies have 200 men fighting the flames. Postmaster Is Fined. Greeley, Colo—Lloyd De Long, postmaster of Frederick, pleaded guilty to selling liquor without a license and as fined $100 and costs. Favors San Francisco. Senator Garman's joint memorial to Congress, petitioning for the selection of San Francisco as the site for the holding of the World's Panama-Pacific exposition in 1915, was enrolled and signed by the governor. For Four Years' Term. The bill introduced by Representative T. H. Proske of Denver, making the term of office of the governor and other executive officers of the state four years instead of two, was passed and in spite of strong opposition on the part of several members a canvass for the vote showed that forty-eight members favored the bill while sixteen opposed it. Bank Guaranty Bill. Framed after the Texas measure a bank guaranty bill was introduced in the House by Representative O. J Otero. The bill is drawn according to recommendations made by Gov. Shafroth and is designed to protect both the banks and the depositors. It gives the bank the option of taking out an indemnity or surety bond or of subscribing to the guaranty fund. For Protection of Women. A bill making it a felony to traffic with the virtue of women was introduced in the House of Representatives by Mrs. Alma V. Lafferty. The law on this subject passed by the last General Assembly has been found of doubtful constitutionality. Mrs. Lafferty's bill provides for the repeal of the old law and covers the alleged constitutional defects. It provides for a penitentiary sentence for violators. Drastic Liability Bill. Drastic measures to insure the liability of an employer in case of the death or injury of one his employees have been urged in bills introduced, but none of them have been so sweeping in their conception as a bill introduced by Representative Charles J. Leftwich of Pueblo. The provisions in the bill places all the burden of proof in case of an accident on the employer. Appropriation BILL. A "short" term appropriation bill for the payment of salaries in the executive legislative and judicial departments of the state government was passed in the House; $306,965.77 is made for the payment of salaries from Dec. 1, 1910, to March 31, 1911. The per diem and mileage of the members of the Eighteenth General Assembly, clerks, sergeants-at-arms and pages are provided for in an appropriation of $75,000. Investigate Irrigation Waters. A bill was introduced by Representatives L. A. Hollenbeck of Chaffee and George H. Slater of Park county providing for an appropriation of $15,000 to investigate the Arkansas river and the Arkansas River valley, from the headwaters to Pueblo, and of the South Platte river from the headwaters to Denver, with reference to the effect of the diversion and use of the waters for the purposes of irrigation Soldiers' and Sailors' Home. After the introduction of these bills the committee of the whole passed on second reading the short appropriation and Allen bill admitting veteran Confederates to the State Soldiers' and Sailors' Home. The following bills also were introduced. By Dowd—Directing the state treasurer to repay $150,000 and interest to the internal improvement fund. By Hurd—Three bills appropriating money for the expenses of the coal mine inspector's office, creating seven coal mine districts, each under a deputy inspector, and creating coal mine rescue stations. By Old—To hold stockholders of mining companies responsible for the debts of the company. Protection of Coal Miners. The three coal mine disasters which occurred in Colorado during the last year, resulting in the death of about 300 miners, have resulted in proposed legislation to obtain better inspection of coal mines. Representative Joseph Hurd of Boulder introduced a bill in the House providing for the division of the state into seven coal mining inspection districts. The bill provides for the appointment of four additional deputy coal mine inspectors, one for each proposed district of the state. As proposed in a second bill the mine inspection department of the state would consist of a chief inspector, seven deputies instead of four, a clerk and a stenographer. The salary of the state mine inspector would be $5,000 a year and that of the deputies $4,000 a year. The Recall Amendment. The recall constitutional amendment, as introduced by Representative Skinner and Senator Tobin, provides for a petition signed by twenty-five per cent of the voters. School Tax System. That the present school tax system fails to collect for the state its proper revenue is the opinion of Representative A. P. Ardourel, who introduced a corrective measure in the House. BORM-ALLEN JEWELRY CO. DELVIN COUNTY STERLING S Boost Colorado Products Z AN DELICIOUS T COLUMBINE, VIENN Guaranteed A Dellvered Daily to A The Ph. Zang TELEPHONE We Boost for Colorado RLING SILVER-W Colorado Products Patronize Home ZANG'S DELICIOUS TABLE BEERS MBINE, VIENNA AND PILS Guaranteed Absolutely Pure. Delivered Daily to All Parts of the City. Ph. 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PUCCINI, an Italian, the composer of what critics are pleased to call the first American grand opera,” which s the adaptation of a story-play of early California, called “The Girl from the Golden West,” and which is sung in Italian, says that however much Americans may have advanced in art, there is really no such thing as American music, except the fragmentary melodies inherited from the Negroes which is an indisputable relic of savagery. At least this is additional authoritative sanction of the claim that the Negro stands at the head of fundaniental musical art in America, even though he has to remain a savage to hold the Job. But really we believe that the de- velopment of this “savage” genius has gone further than Negroes have been given credit for, and that they have written some real music of which the crities, and the Italians especially, know very little, If "savage" musie has to be civilized before it is recognized, then much good music is evidently lost to the world; for all music is music and all music is likewise savage in # way, A Chinese orchestra represents the limit of savage discord to us, and it is said that our music sounds just as bad to the Chinese. It all depends upon the artistic development of the natural sense of the combination of harmonie sounds, But the Negro appears to be the originator and grand master of syncopation which he couples with a peculiar art of minor mel ody, and white folks call it “savage” and try their best to imitate it and steal it, ‘The American Negro, naturally enough, has handicapped his mu- sieal genius with ignorant word settings and simple and inappropriate adapta: tions. His sense of the Indicrous and flimsy is far In advance of his sense of things deep, sober and permanent. The original ragtime song was bullt on’ ignorance and self-ridicule, and yet it had some original music in it. ‘This ignorance and self-ridicule is slowly but gradually leaking out of Ne- gro music and it is a good thing that it is. ‘Those who cling to it are fart: estback in the “savage” state. But the makers of real Negro music are doing something better now. Composers like Will Marfon Cook and Rosamond Johnson have not been given all the credit due them, And there are other ‘embryonic geniuses who, with them, form the pioneer advance guard of Negro ‘effort. There will be an American music some day in which the genius of the Negro will be recognized, and it will not be called “savage.” DIRECT SENATORIAL VOTE. t has been made to appear to b ed progressive legisaltion, a joi ute of the United States provid he several states of a propositio the nomination and election of ANSWERING what has been made to appear to be a popular demane, '™ line with other so-called progressive legisaltion, a joint resolution has been introduced in the senate of the United States providing for the submission to the legislatures of the several states of a proposition to amend the constt- tution so as to permit the nomination and election of United States senators by direct vote of the people. Party conventions in several states, including Colorado, have already gone on record in favor of such an amendment, and public sentiment can be sald to be fairly aroused to the supposed necessity of such a radical departure from the original manner of procedure laid down by the founders of the government. The alleged corruption of legislatures and the consequent control of national legislation by great monied inter vats is the popular notion at the bottom of this demand, and on its fact it presents an appeal to the people which seems to call for nothing but the bet- ter protection of their vital interests and the salvation of the fundamental rights of every citizen. But in the words of the comic opera philosopher. “things are seldom what they seem,” and it has remained for Senator Car- ter, of Montana, to face this popular clamor and boldly charge that the pro- posed amendments, as submitted, regardless of the original intention and desire, is a shrewd plot on the part of Southern senators to make disfran- chisement constitutional by direct sanction through this amendment. The “snake” in the resolution providing for the amendment is found in the fol- lowing clause: ’ “The senate of the United States shall be composed of two senators from each state elected by the people thereof for six years; and each senator shall have one vote. The electors in each state shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the state legislatures.” ‘That is to say that the state legislatures shall fix the qualifications of electors, and if a citizen is disqualified to vote for a member of the state house of representatives he is consequently disqualified to vote for a United States senator, and every law in the Southern states disfranchising Negroes, through educational, property or grandfather provisions, or any other special resort which the state legislature may adopt, will be formally sanctioned by this amendment to the constitution providing for the election of senators by popular vote. ‘All grounds for the contest of such an election in the senate of the United States because of fraud through the disfranchisement or wrongful Aisqualification of eléctors would be entirely removed, and negroes would haye no further hope that the teaerg government might eventually exert a corrective and restraining influence Mpon state legislatures, at least for the qualification and control of members of congress. If the proposition in its present form succeeds in passing both branches of congress, a campaign should be immediately begun by the true lovers of representative government in every state of the North and West against ‘ts adoption by their respective legislatures, and every legislative candidate in such states who shall there- after be nominated, should be asked to pledge himself to vote against the adoption of such an amendment when {it comes before the legislature to ‘which he shall be elected. The popularity of the demand for the direct election of United States senators has no legitimate relationship with the narrow, sectional plea, that the disfranchisement of one-ninth of the entire electorate of the United States is justifiable and cught to be made a part of the national constt- tution. 3 Sie = 2% 6.6618 Dress Problem By VIRGINIA KEITH HE business girl has had so many sermons preached at her no wonder she’s a bit tired of them! Yet I know three young beginners who lost their positions this last week—in each case on account of a matter of clothes. Girl number one dressed so richly and expensively that it made talk in the office. ‘The other girls didn’t like it, and her employers finally decided to part with her as a matter of policy. Her rings, her lace waists and silken rustle were the direct cause of the little note she found in her pay envelope. ‘The second girl was so untidy that she became a blot on the landscape. The same old ink stain staid Gay Biter Oey of her shirt waist. Her hair looked always in imminent peril of coming down the next minute. Her fingers had the appearance of being total strangers to the manicure. ‘The rim of black around their edge so fasci- nated her employer, he declared afterwards, he couldn’t keep his mind on the letters when dictating. So she was paid for an extra week—and departed. ‘The third girl was scrupulously tidy and her clothes were not expen- sive. She chose their delicate fabrics rushing from one counter to another at lunch hour, and made them up herself in the evenings. But the perishable pinks and blues and lavenders that would have been so charm- ing at an evening party caused consternation in the office. She had made the fatal blunder of mistaking the oflice for the home. From all of which it appears that the business girl cannot be too careful in her choice of clothes. ‘The best dressed girl in the office is the one whose apparel best com- bines the cardinal principles, freshness, becomingness and serviceability. ‘The fabrics may be as good as her purse can buy, the colors as blithely pretty as she desires, but not so delicate that the slightest touch leaves a smudge. And take thought, too, of rainy days and dusty car seats and Gey. AR ater se, SS a ea | RY Te best. Good taste never shines out so brightly as from suit able office attire. ‘The girl who can keep her office rig simple and smart and with pretty touches of individ. ality, even without the aid of a fat pocketbook, is the girl who is going to be noted for looking well any where. But not frills and furbelows, please. tus of a private, just as he can rise in civil life. He does not have tc remain on the lowest rung of the ladder. He may become proficient in a dozen auxiliary branches, any one of which will bring promotion in rank with better pay, and there will always be superior officers to teach the aspiring one and hold out a help ing hand. I have no assignment of getting recruits for our army, but J an positive that there are thousands of splendid young Americans who woulk be better off in the ranks rather than in trying to fit themselves for som of the learned professions and who would be glad to don the uniform i they were only cognizant of the advantages that the army in reality ha to offer. We would have had the city council make Immediate appropriation to fight the disease and we would take precautionary measures to prevent its spread. As it is, not a ripple has been caused. In the week previous 136 deaths out of 604 were due to this dreaded peril. Ts the increase of this disease over past records due to atmospheric conditions, the greater prevalence of heart trouble, bad air in street cars and buildings or to the greater general weakness and debility of mankind incident to modern life? ee a a y Much Good Found in Army Career By CAPT. J. POMDER WALKER Pneumonia Causes . Many * Ill-Timed Deaths Younger Element Commit Many Bold Crimes By GUY C. CRAPPLE be solved now. Good Taste Shines in Suitable Office Attire If I had a boy who had no particular bent of genius ‘for any specific calling, would as soon see him enlist in the regular army of the United States as to take up any other line of work. If a boy has any good stuff in him the army will bring it out. There is novbét- ter school to develop *I} {he finer traits of hyman character, Peopie siieer at: the com- mon soldier very often when that soldier is far above them in all worthy qualities and attainments. Besides, any youngster with ambition can rise in the army from the humble sta- an rise in ciyil life. He does not have to the ladder. t in a dozen auxiliary branches, any one of in rank with better pay, and there will each the aspiring one and hold out a help- getting recruits for our army, but I am ds of splendid young Americans who would er than in trying to fit themselves for some | who would be glad to don the uniform if he advantages that the army in reality has According to the statistics furnished by the city health department, out of 655 deaths reported for the week énding De- cember 27 no fewer than 138 died of pneu- monia. 'This is at the’ rate of more than one in five, or about 21 per cent. of the total deaths. Had the same number of deaths been reported of any particular epidemical dis- ease, such as smallpox, measles or diphthe- ria, our spasmodically hysterical but other- wise sluggish natures would have been aroused. city council make immediate appropriation uld take precautionary measures to prevent ple has been caused. “deaths out of 604 were due to this dreaded isease over past records due to atmospheric nce of heart trouble, bad air in street cars r general weakness and debility of mankind It is the younger element that is now committing the big crimes and burglaries. Why? Personally I believe that it is because too much liberty is allowed many of the boys. Evidences of this can be seen in some districts where there are saloons and pool- rooms. Where unemployed boys are allowed to loaf from morning to night we shall con- tinue to have robberies and crimes. So long as gangs are allowed to stay together evil plans will be formed. ‘Phe question of the boy criminal should = mln NR | A ROUSING | January Clearance Sale | OF Ladies’ Coats, Suits, Furs, Skirts, Dresses, Waists, Petticoats and Kimonas ——_—_—_— A warm fall left us with more winter garments Nie hand after the holidays than we want. THEY MUST BE SOLD and the entire stock is now on sale at prices | 1-4, 1-3, and 1-2 Off former regular price. ——— | No other store in Denver will make prices as low as we will, but we suggest the best way to prove this is to come to the store and convince yourself. : Cm GARMENT: STORE 925-16" ST.-—: OPP. JOSLINS Stock Taking Finished We found a lot of “Open Stock” Decorated Dinnerware Patterns which we decided to close out, and made them up in 42-piece Cottage sets at..... ‘ wee $ 2.56 48-piece Cottage sets at.. « . oe 2.90 eles Cleeyiodstat Ae uae 100-piece Dinner sets at pias pa ee wies sm: ee aves, SOD 100-piece Dinner sets at.........- aie ye: tea 112-piece Dinner sets at. 4 eae: ass0.0:0-0.00\¢ © 6 a All of these prices being at least 50 per cent lower than formerly and if you don’t need them now, buy them for future use, as such values may not be offered again. We have placed on sale odd lots of Wine, Ale, Water, ete., Glasses, at 5e and 10c each, which formerly sold for double the amount. See them. » The Carson Crockery Co. . Denver's Largest Exclusive China Store, 732-736 Fifteenth Street - Corner Stout. DID YOU EVER TRY Neef Bros. Beer? eel Dros. Deer: It’s made right, and tastes right. None better made anywhere and This is a Strictly Colorado Production BE SURE AN TRY IT. ise HE RESORTS on the Gulf Coast and in Florida furnish ideal winter climate, unsurpassed by any in the world—every day a summer day. Attractions without number and opportunities unequaled for outof-door life and pleasure abound, Golf links the fin- est; tennis on clay courts; riding and motoring to your heart's de- light over picturesque roads through luxuriant tropical scenery; yachting, rowing and fishing at sea; surf bathing in winter at @ summer temperature. { Our lines form the most direct route to all points south, Through Standard Sleeping Cars between Denver and Fort Worth, connecting with cars to Galveston, New Orleans, Jacksonville, San Antonio and Cuy o1 Mexico. @ Special round-trip Winter Tourist Fares, allowing liberal limits and stop-overs, are on sale daily until April 30, 1911, to the principal resort points in ‘Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia, Florida, Cuba and Mexico. There are also attractive fares to the City of Mexico via the Gulf Tours, going or returning through Florida and Cuba. @ We will be pleased to furnish vou, on request, with detailed infor- mation regarding these attractive winter fares and also to send you a copy of our interesting folder, “Summit to the = Sea,” and other literature descriptive of these re- GS sorts, hotel rates, ete.—Write today. ca ro 7, B, FISHER, SOUTHERN /, General Passenger Agent, ‘a y Denver, Colorado, _ LADY AGENTS MAKING EASY MONEY. Come to our office, 1020 19th street, and get our new proposition and guar: antee to good solicitors. The Afro- American Fraternal Lite and Benefit Association offers an independent po- sition to anyone who will accept. A Mrs. Whitnell checked up $27.50 this week making $14.25 for her part. ‘That isn't bad. See me at noon any dey. IM teach you the business. J. H. Morris, general agent. Take a liberal assortment of women, preferably an odd number, and sprinkle at intervals around/ an overheated room. Add one hat for each, and if the room is not large enough to hold them, let them project over the edge. Make a stuffing of sandwiches, choco- late cake, olives and tea, and line each woman with it. Season liberally with spice prepared from the latest gossip, and add a few peppery tempers. Some people garnish with cards, but these may be omitted without injury to the Aish. Mrs. Harry Cowell was operated on at Mercy hospital last Wednesday. Dr. P. E. Spratlin made a business trip to Dome Rock last Wednesday. Mrs. Hattie J. Brown of 2137 Humboldt street is on the sick list this week. presented a scene rarely witnessed. At ten o'clock the members and the guests marched in the dining room and partook of a menu that was the best. It was a jolly crowd of the light fantasies reigned to sweet strains of an orchestra. The social organization is without doubt one of the best in the West and the functions are always looked for w Mrs. W. E. Mitchell, 2432 Emerson street, who has been ill is convalescing. Belleve me, Fizz Boys entertainment for mine at East Turner Hall, March 8th R. T. Talbert, an employee at the Union depot, is suffering with the rheumatism. Richard Oliver of 2603 So. Pennsylvania avenue, is suffering with stomach trouble. Miss Romain Gay, who has been in Muskogee, Okla., several months, is visiting her parents. Herbert Reynolds left Tuesday night for Grand Junction to accept a good position. William Binks, who has been sick for the past two weeks, is much improved and able to be out. Something for nothing. Refreshments free at East Turner Hall March 8th. Why the Soda Boys of course. Mrs. Eugene Parks, who is visiting with relatives in St. Louis, is expected home soon on account of her health. John J. Harrison has filed a 160-acre homestead south of Masters, in Weld county, in the Dearfield colony, which was promoted by O. T. Jackson. The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Waller died Monday, after a brief illness and was buried Tuesday afternoon. Funeral took place from the family residence. A missionary song, entitled, "A Missionary Appeal," composed by Prof. I. H. Harper, will be on sale at all the churches next Sunday. Don't fail to secure one of these songs. Mrs. J. L. Scott of 1137 Sherman avenue, who was operated on last Thursday at Mercy hospital, is improving rapidly and will soon be able to return home. A grand musical and oratorical concert will be given by the young men of Bethlehem church Thursday evening, February 8th. Come one and all, good fun for all. Program begins at 8 p. m. Admission 10 cents. The beautiful home of Mr. and Mrs. Louis George of 2819 Glenarm Place, was the scene of a smart affair Wednesday evening, when they entertained in their usual charming manner, at a beautifully arranged Whist party. J. W. Winn, the efficient head waiter at the Denver County Club, has created no little amount of flattering comment on the knowledge and execution of his profession. Mr. Winn held a similar position at the Baltimore in Kansas City and this fact alone is an acknowledgement that he is rated as one of the best in the country. One of the week's interesting events was the Whist party given by Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Toland of 3329 Williams street, last Tuesday evening. A color scheme of pink and green was effectively carried out in the decorations. The first prize, a beautiful hand-painted cut and saucer, was won by Mrs. C. H. Winters and the booby prize by Mr. G. W. Thalley. After doing justice to all the good things prepared by Mrs. Toland the guests departed well pleased with their evening's pleasure. Last Tuesday night, January 31st, the annual banquet of the Von Vivant club was held at Dania hall. Asusual it proved to be one of the most elaborate gatherings of the season. The hall was very artistically decorated for the occasion in the club colors, blue and white, which vied in splendor with the beautiful gowns worn by the ladies and this together with their rich jewelry presented a scene rarely witnessed. At ten o'clock the members and their guests marched in the dining room and partook of a menu that was of the best. It was a jolly crowd and the light fantasties reigned to the sweet strains of an orchestra. This social organization is without doubt one of the best in the West and their functions are always looked for with eagerness by the fortunate ones who have the opportunity to attend. KEEP OFF THE DATE. The Soda Dispensers at East Turner Hall Wednesday evening, March 8th NOTICE. To the ministers and members of the Colorado Conference, in sorrow bowed: It pleased the Great Head of the Church on Sunday morning, January 22, 1911, at 10:10 a. m. to call from labor to reward, our beloved and honored Chief Commander and leader, Bishop Abraham Grant, D. D. A man full of the Holy Ghost and a natural leader of men, a sound and safe counsellor of national reputation. At a council of the bishops present in Kansas City, January 26th, it was proclaimed that in order that suitable respect be paid to the memory of this distinguished prelate, all the churches throughout the Fifth Episcopal district, be draped in mourning for thirty days. In addition to the foregoing decree, I, as Presiding Elder of the Rocky Mountain District, set apart the third Sunday in February, that being the 19th day, as a suitable time to hold a memorial service in honor of our fallen hero, and I therefore ask all the ministers and churches in the bounds of the Colorado Conference to observe said day in such a way as the occasion demands. Further I wish to call attention to the fact that before his death, Bishop Grant, called to his bedside, Bishop Henry Blanton Park of 3312 Calumet avenue, Chicago, Ill., and handed to him the reins of the government of the Fifth Episcopal District, requesting him to take charge for the time being. Orders coming from him, we shall cheerfully obey, and you may direct all communications intended for the Bishop of the Fifth Episcopal District to Bishop H. B. Parks, 3312 Calumet avenue, Chicago, Ill. Yours with respect. By order of Bishop H. B. Parks Acting Bishop. J. C. C. OWENS, P. E. SHORTER CHAPEL NOTES. Quarterly Meeting Shorter Chapel A. M. E. Church Sunday, Feb. 5th. Rev. J. C. C. Owens P. E. of the Rocky Mountain District, will preach at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. The communion service will be held at 3 p. m. Rev. J. N. Wallace will preach the sermon. A cordial invitation is extended to the pastors and city churches to be present at this hour. The Sunday school will have its regular missionary program at 10 a. m. Mrs. E. M. Reeves will deliver a special address on Africa. The Allen C. E. League will hold special consecration services at 6:30 p. m. and receive new members. Special Memorial services in honor of the late Bishop A. Grant, D. D., Suncay, February 19th. Program to be announced later. Quarterly Conference Monday evening at 8 p. m. Let all auxillaries be prepared to report. Do not forget the great military drill to be given by the company of Lady Guardsmen Friday evening. February 17th at the State Armory, 26th and Curtis streets. This promises to be the greatest mid-winter event of the season. REV. J. C. C. OWENS, P. E. REV. A. M. WARD, Pastor. THE PEOPLE'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Sermon Topics, Sunday, February 5th. 11 s. m.—"Concomitant Circumstances of the Judgment." 8 p. m.—"Program by the Christian Endeavor." Wednesday night—"Bible Exposition—Second Coming of Christ." Next Tuesday night at eight o'clock the Guild will meet with Miss Charlotte Ensley at the residence of Mrs. Don Reeves, 1609 Clarkson. Being the first meeting of the month the program will be strictly literary and social. All members are urged to come out in full force. A series of important events beginning the 22nd inst. will take place in the chapel of this church. Full announcement will be made later. All departments of the church will be EVERYTHING is neat and clean. Prompt and courteous attention. The patronage of the public respectfully solicited. Ice cream will be sold in any quantity, to take home with you. :: :: :: :: All the latest Soda Fountain Drinks and Chili served at all hours. Also a fine grade of Cigars Phone Champa 2188 Denver, Colorado represented therein. The missionary receipts last Sabbath bespeak much credit and commendation for the loyal and faithful contributors of the People's Church. Our present Missionary policy has brought in nearly three times the amount of funds this year over last year. We exhort the members to continue this well begun missionary work. SAM LANGFORD WILL TRY HIS MITT ON THE ENGLISH. London, Eng., Feb. 1.—Sam Langford has joined the American colony of pugilists in England. The colored heavy-weight is to meet Bill Lang, the Australian champion, before Hugh McIntosh's club February 16th. Langford will also meet several other heavyweights while here. Experts figure that as the sturdy Negro outclasses his opponents in skill and punching power, he should experience little difficulty in disposing of them all in jig time. NEGRO OFFICER CONFIRMED Washington, Feb. 1.—Charles A. Cottrill, the Ohio Negro who was appointed to be collector of internal revenue for Hawaii, was confirmed by the Senate to-day. A protest was investigated and disproved. Meet me at East Turner hall March 8th, the Soda Boys will entertain. Two nicely furnished rooms for rent at 719 W. 8th avenue. Phone South 2411. For rent, a three room furnished terrace. Call at 830 Acoma street, or phone Ellsworth 673. Modern house for rent at 1882 Marion street. Apply at 1923 Clarkson street. Nicel furnished rooms for rent; all modern; apply at 1923 Clarkson St. Two furnished rooms and one unfurnished room for rent at 1258 Champa street. Two furnished rooms for rent at 1919 Welton street. Phone, Purple 1886. Furnished rooms for rent in a modern house, 2352 Humboldt street. Phone York 4632. Mrs. J. S. Mason. Men preferred. Brickler's New Barber Shop is located at 2208 Larimer street. Shave, 10c. Hair Cut, 25c; Children, 15c. Two nicely modern furnished or unfurnished rooms for rent. Apply Z. Hooper, 2507 Lafayette street. Furnished house for rent at 2239 Arapahoe street, and furniture for sale. If you are going to buy property, do not do it until you have the title examined, so you may know if you are buying a good title or a lawsuit. Lawyer W. B. Townsend will tell you all about it at 209 Kittedge Building. Denies the Allegations. Mrs. Lillian M. N. Stevens, president of the National W. C. T. U., at the annual convention in Washington, denied that it is true that drunkenness among women is increasing. She said she had never seen a woman in this country with a cigarette in her mouth and does not believe that either the whisky or cigarette habit is on the increase among women. CHARLES S. WEST WEST CONFECT an ICE CREAM Baur's Ice Cream EVERYTHING clean. Prom attention. The patr respectfully solicited be sold in any quar with you. :: All the latest Soda Fountain D hours. Also a fin 2741 WELT Near Five DON'T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY For sale, 80 acres, good house, barn, chicken house,15 acres plowed; four miles from Delta; center of fruit belt. Inquire at this office. Hours: 8 to 10 a. m., 2 to 5 and 7 to 8 p. m., and by appointment. Phone Main 1144. Dr. J. H. P. Westbrook Nose, Throat and Lung Diseases Over The Elite Drug Store. 2100 ARAPAHOE STREET. Job and Repair Work a Specialty Res. 353 W. Warren Ave. Phone South 1862 Shop 1021 Twenty-First St. Phone Main 1144 That..... SALE Of Ours Is creating quite an excitement. People were waiting for bargain sales—for cut price events, but they never expected anything so great as this. Think of Adler's Collegian Suits and Over-conts for Men at $9.75. Why there isn't a store on 16th st, that will duplicate them under $15 to $20. Think of Women's Red Cross Shoes, the $4 and $5 kinds, for $2.85. Think of anything for man, woman, boy or girl—come here expecting to buy it for a fourth—a third a half less than you can buy it elsewhere, and you'll not leave disappointed. Our entire $200,000 stock is included in the sale. Michaelson's THE BIG STORE CORNER FIFTEENTH & LARIMER FORD'S HAIR POMADE THE OLD RELIABLE DRESSING FOR KINKY OR CURLY HAIR. IT'S USE MAKES STUBBORN, HARSH HAIR SOFTER, MORE PLIABLE AND GLOSSY, EASY TO COMB AND PUT UP IN ANY STYLE THE LENGTH WILL PERMIT. WRITE FOR TESTIMONIES, TELLING HOW THIS REMARKABLE REMEDY MAKES SHORT, KINKY HAIR GROW LONG AND WAVY. BEST POMADE ON THE MARKET FOR DANDRUFF, ITCHING OF THE SCALP AND FALLING OUT OF THE HAIR. BEWARE OF IMITATIONS, GET THE GENUINE, PUT UP IN 25* AND 50* BOTTLES WITH CHARLES FORD'S NAME ON EVERY PACKAGE. • SOLD BY DRUGGISTS. IF YOUR DRUGGIST CANNOT SUPPLY YOU, WE WILL SEND IT TO YOU DIRECT AT THE FOLLOWING PRICES, SMALL SIZED BOTTLE, 25¢ LARGE SIZED BOTTLE, 50¢ THE OZONIZED OX MARROW CO. 216 LAKE ST., DEPT. 30 CHICAGO, ILL. AGENTS WANTED. JOHN W. WEST BROS. TIONERY d I PARLOR Johnston's Candies G is neat and hot and courteous manage of the public I. Ice cream will justify, to take home drinks and Chili served at all grade of Cigars ON STREET Points Lone Star Chapter No.15 O. E. S. Thurs. Eve., Feb. 9th At the Residence of Mrs. Wm. Barnes, 2938 Glenarm Place GOOD FISH FRY Good Program Good Time For All ADMISSION 10c Prizes to be Given For the Best Character and Most Comical Newport Annex Cafe and Lunch Room Rooms And the Old Reliable Newport Thirst Parlors SHORT ORDERS AT ALL HOURS. hoe Street. DENVER, COLO. ROCKY MOUNTAIN ASSOCIATION CAFE Boon Lunches, and Regular Dinners from 11:30 a. m. to 8 p.m. H, OYSTERS AND GAME SERVED IN ALL STYLES. ALL HOURS. FIRST-CLASS SERVICE. MAIN 2275 2014 CHAMPA STREET H. W. DOUGLAS, Proprietor Service. Gas Mantles, in 7339. Imported and Domestic. Automatic Regulators for Gas Ranges. C. W. JACQUES Bands of Light-Giving and Gas-Saving Burners Adjusted and Repaired. rons Cost ¼-Cent per Hour. Satisfaction Guaranteed WELTON STREET, DENVER, COLORADO. road Men and Waiters' Club lead, others follow. Home for Railroad and Club . A welcome to visitors. All the latest magazines papers will be found in the Library room. THE ROCKY M Noon Lunch from 1 FISH, OYSTERS A OPEN ALL HOURS. MAIN 22751 H. W. DO Automobile Service. Phone Main 7339. Automatic C. W. All Kinds of Light-Giving Gas Irons Cost 1/4-Ce 2053-55-57 WELTON STRE Railroad M We lead, others for Men. A welcome t and papers will be THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN ASSOCIATION CAFE Noon Lunches, and Regular Dinners from 11:30 a. m. to 8 p.m. FISH, OYSTERS AND GAME SERVED IN ALL STYLES. OPEN ALL HOURS. FIRST-CLASS SERVICE. MAIN 2275 2014 CHAMPA STREET H. W. DOUGLAS, Proprietor C. W. JACQUES All Kinds of Light-Giving and Gas-Saving Burners Adjusted and Repaired. Gas Irons Cost 1/4-Cent per Hour. Satisfaction Guaranteed 2053-55-57 WELTON STREET, DENVER, COLORADO. We lead, others follow. Home for Railroad and Club Men. A welcome to visitors. All the latest magazines and papers will be found in the Library room. FRANK BURNLEY, Manager BUSINES Denver & R "THE SCENE WHETHER FOR BINESS or PLEASURE TRAVEL VIA THE er & Rio Grande Railroad "THE SCENIC LINE OF THE WORLD." BUSINESS or PLEASURE BORN GORGE BORN DENVER AND BORN GRANDE DENVER ROAD --- --- In Connection There Are Also Nicely Furnished Rooms And the Old 1841-45 Arapahoe Street. 2149 Curtis Street Phone, Main 7413. Private Dining Room. Phone, Main 74 The Richard Frazier and Tom Lewis, Props. DENVER, COLO. Denver, Colo. Phone Main 8232 It will be to your advantage and lessen the tediousness of your trip. All Rio Grande agents are in position to quote you rates, secure Pullman Reservations and will gladly respond to all questions as to train service etc. Frank A. Wadleigh GENERAL PASSENGER AGENT Denver, Colorado GEORGIA’S «« RIVAL “She's a hussy,” declared pretty Georgia Mainon. Tears dimmed the biue of her eyes as she spoke. Stilwell—John F, Stilwell, fiance of the girl now fuming before him and skilled in jurisprudence—tfroze per- ceptibly and summoned his crossest frown. “You don't know what you are say- Ing,” asserted John F., his dark eyes flashing and his form drawn erect. “I do,” declared the vehement Georgia, Under the stress of her ex- citement two curls broke from the yellow hair mass colled above her brow. “She's a—a flirt! She knows we are engaged and yet she hangs around you.” “It's false,” thundered John F. in a voice that had made juries quail be- fore. his young eloquence and won cases from the very jaws of defeat. “It's false, I tell you—she doesn’t care for me in that way.” “Only yesterday,” continued Geor- gla, a disdainful curve to her lips, “she had the sublime nerve to call me up by ‘phone—me, in my own house—and ask if you were here. I—I told her—" “You told her many things,” inter- rupted John F., “that you wouldn't have told her if you understood. You are Ike all of your sex. You jump to mad conclusions.” “You can’t marry us both,” sald the girl, tattly, and ignoring the sarcasm of the youth. “If you are of Mormon. Istic tendencies you should move to ‘Utah, you know. You have slighted me shamefully since—since that ad: wenturess came to town. I don’t pro- pose to stand {t a day longer.” “She 1s no adventuress, I tell you,” growled Stilwell. “I have a great deal of respect for her. I—" “I suppose you Intend to confess to me that you love her.” “Well—and what {f I do?” “You—you brute!” Georgla Mainon fairly screamed in her rage. “How | al a f r : my | ee k Sei i a | y vil a dare you stand there before me and— and ask that? I release you from your engagement at once. I—" “put, Georgia,” interrupted John F., frightened at the havoc he had ‘wrought. “Listen, dear, if only you junderstood—” “| understand well enough. Oh, to ‘think that I could be so mistaken in a man, I shall never belleve in ‘womanly intuition any more. I am Bhocked. I am hurt. Now, sir, go— leave my house at once.” , | “But—" “You have sald you loved her. ‘That Is enough.” “I didn’t say that—I only asked a jnuestion.”” | “Then you do not love her?” |) why, I—I—" “Answer me! Don’t evade! Do you love her?” “Yes, dear, but—" “Don't you dare call me dear, and how, if you don't leave the house I fwill call papa.” “Well, I'l be—darned,” gasped Stl- well as the angry little mald flounced put of the room, slamming the door ‘fas she did do. “Gee! I certainly have put my foot in {t this time.” Remorsefully, the young lawyer took his hat and left the house. From ‘there he went to the hotel and sent mp his card to the other woman. ‘The other Woman was Mrs. Dorothy (Moreland, a pretty and vivacious (tie and @ pronounced brunette. he had come to Marchville several fmonths before and hired the most ex: pensive suite of rooms at the Wind- or, Marchville, although the county eat, 18 a small town. People talk. Fineretors, when John F. Stilwell be- promptly to show the visitor Fsaekaa attention the gossips began to fmegaphone his amour, or alleged ‘amour, from the housetops, so to fepeak, and all made it a point to keep he young attorney's flancee well in- aa Since Stflwell had finished college 4 come to Marchville to locate he d the daughter of Judge Matnon had ome engaged. Long before their agement was announced friends Prosnosticatea it, and now— Georgia Mainon, in her room, erled ftterly. This was an end to her ro- ance, then, Fate was a tricksy jade. she felt that Ife, from now on, would mot be worth the living. | & balt hour after the fateful inter view, John F., besfde the other wom: ‘an, drove into the country, a smile on his ips, and, seemingly, a laugh in his heart. His breaking up wh his fiancee did not spell ruin for him. John F, was a philosopher. Several weeks elapsed. The lawyer was still a faithful satellite of the handsome Mrs. Dorothy, and gossips continued the popular pastime ot Marchville, with the youth and the other woman as the subject matter. It was an indignant Georgia who re- celved the card of her successful ri- val, and she descended from her own chamber to the reception room with wrath in her heart. Silently she pulled aside the heavy draperies, and took one comprehen- sive look at the woman before she became aware of her presence. “She {s old,” ruminated the scorn- ful Georgia, with a thought of her own charming youth, “She ten’t a woman that I would belleve John Stil- well could care for, She has crow's feet,” she whispered. Mrs, Dorothy Moreland arose as the girl approached, and with frankly ad- miring eyes upon her hostess she held out an tmpulsive hand with, “Miss Mainon, I believe?” Georgia stared coldly at the out: stretched member. “Quite right,” she answered, making no effort to conceal her dislike for the other. “Why am I—er—honored by this visit?” The other woman laughed, no trace of resentment in her dark, expressive eyes. “John has told me so much about you,” declared Mrs. Dorothy Moreland, “that I felt I must come and call upon you. He protested, but—well, you see I am here.” “How dared you?” gasped the girl. “Oh, I dare do anything,” said the other, easily. “I even dare pose as a reasonably young and giddy widow, when I really am—as I note your dis- cerning eyes have already surmised— a sere and yellow old woman. But, my dear, I am not here to chatter about myself. You were engaged to John, were you not?” The effrontery of this woman was amazing. “I—I—" stuttered Georgia. “I thought you were,” continued the woman. “In fact, I was sure you were. John told me. He also told me the reason for your breaking up—and how loyal he was to me. “T am a foolish old woman, my dear, and I am responsible for all your troubles, I shouldn't have held him to that silly promise. Now I shall ex- plain all and in a very few words ask your forgiveness—and his. “John Stilwell is my own son by my first marriage, and he 1s so large and old looking, and—and I am 580 wickedly ashamed of my age that I just couldn't bear to have him tell the world—your own little world here in Marchville—my age, I—I asked him to keep it from all of you that I was his mother.” There was a pathetic twist in the eyes of Dorothy Moreland as she fin {shed her confession. “Lost youth,” she half whispered. “How vain to pursue {t!”” But Georgia Mainon, with her arms around the other woman's neck, didn't | hear this. She was crying happily. Stupid Beainnings of Geniuses. es ee ts a ‘The finer individual qualities are often late in revealing themselves. It !s the older racial tendencies that rule in childhood. Irritation at restraint, irresponsibility and primitive Indo: lence are to be expected. Some mature slowly and are called stupid. George Eliot learned to read with dif ficulty. Thorwaldsen, the sculptor, spent three years in one class in the village school; Burger, the poet of German ballads, required several years to learn the Latin forms; and ‘Alfieri, the Italian poet, was dismissed by his teachers, so backward was he. Were it necessary, the list migh tbe in definitely extended by adding Newton, Byron, Ibsen, Walter Pater, Pierre Curle and others. Sometimes seemingly stupidity {s due to interest in subjects outside the little circle round which the tethered children are allowed to graze. Fulton, Watt and Sir Humphrey Davy, in early childhood, were already busy with the experiments which were to be told to children after the teachers who called them stupid were forgot ten. Tolstoy, Goethe and Dean Swift were refused their degrees because they failed In the university examina: tions, and, for the same reason, Ferdi: nand Brunetiere was denfed admission to the Ecole Normale Superieure.—B. J. Swift, in Harper's Magazine. Had to Take His Own Medicine. George Barr McCutcheon was wait ing for a train in Chicago, and as he passed through the station he saw one of his latest best-sellers displayed on the news-stand counter. He picked {t up, wrote his name on the fly leat and handed it to the boy behind the counter. He was moving away when the boy called excitedly: “Hey, mister, come back here. You've got to buy this book ‘cause you've spoiled ft by writing your name in tt” “Yes, but did you see the name?” the author asked. “That don't make no difference,” the lad insisted, “nobody'll want to buy it now.” ‘And hearing his train called Mr. Me: Cutcheon was forced to pay real money for one of his own books. Not a Critic. “How is this shot made?” asked the billiard player of a man in a chair. “I don't know,” replied the stranger. “t only play the game—I don't profess to understand it.” A, PION: WALA fs ¥ DEFAV Zieh ie a 7 AFFAIRS 2 CAKE) WJ Social Gayeties Are in Full Swing New Insecticide Law Now in Effect Protest Against Postal Rate Rulings President Goes to Top of Monument Pveo F Sa W ASHINGTON.—Washington’s — 80- cial season 1s in full swing and the big balls, the official receptions and state dinners at the White House now follow one another in bewildering rapidity. A tradition, well-nigh as old as the republic itself, prescribes the four official receptions at the White House of which the first is given for the diplomatic corps, the second for the Supreme court, the third for the mem- bers of congress and the last for the officers of the army and navy. Dur- ing President Taft's incumbency of the White House these receptions have acquired a significance which they have lacked for many years, By limiting the number of invitations and endeavoring to avoid asking the same persons twice, the receptions have been made more enjoyable and also far more brilliant. State dinners at the White House follow the same order as the recep- tions, the first being given for the dip- lomatic corps. President and Mrs. ‘Taft will this season add one dinner, and the reception to congress will be THAT LAW (2 , SHOULD NEVER! A | HAVE BEEN GA so PASSED, \ = | SAY = WS Te insecticide act of 1910 is now in effect and joint regulations for its enforcement have been issued by the secretaries of the treasury, of ag- riculture and of commerce arfi labor. The act forbids the manufacture or sale in federal territory of adulterated or misbranded insecticides and fungi. cides, especially mentioning Paris green and lead arsenateg It also for- bids interstate shipment of such ar. ticles and this is its most important feature. Under the regulations samples of in- secticides and fungicides are to_be collected by purchase by agent®™0t the United States department of agri. culture and analyzed or examined by such chemist or examiner as the sec- retary of agriculture may designate. If a sample then appears to be adul- terated or misbranded a private hear- ing before the secretary or his repre- sentative will be given to the party from whom the sample was obtained and to others Interested who may ap- pear personally or by attorney and may submit oral or written evidence. If {t still appears that the act has been violated the proper United States Eg hee re SU Hi ti 7, 3 per a pos POSTMASTER GENERAL Frank H. Hitchcock {s having a hornet’s nest of a time with the medical, set- entific and other societies of Ike char- acter whose publications he is trying to rule out of the mails at the cent-a- pound rate. For years societies of this character have been availing them- selves of this privilege under the law of 1879, but about a year ago the postmaster general served notice on them that unless they changed thelr method, they must pay the rate of an- other class, or about five times as much as they are paying now. The societies made vigorous protest, in consequence of which Mr. Hiteb- cock has held his order in abeyance. The house, in the meantime, passed the Dodds bill, to give publications i= Oo. co ao f= > || nd. NOI SON C7 j ae. f eo LS QAR iW B/E [=e >] eS bse Res ee bride with the green macaw feather in her hat who made the last trip up the Washington monu- ment the other day, can go back home and boast that she ascended the tall shaft with the president of the United States. Of course “John,” who was there as a necessary part of the honey- moon, and about a dozen old married people can make the same boast, for the big elevator was comfortably filled when the president and secre- tary Norton, with two secret service men, came down the gravel walk to the foot of the monument. The president took one look at the stone shaft rising to the mist more than 500 feet, one look at the elevator, followed by a dinner to the speaker ‘of the house, a custom which will likely be accepted as a precedent hereafter. Each member of the cabl- net, beginning with the premier, the secretary of state, and following in order of precedence gives a dinner for the President and Mrs. Taft. ‘These dinners will be on Thursdays during the season. Previous to the Roosevelt regime the guests at the cabinet dinners were limited to the President and his wife and the cab- inet members and their wives. Meet- ing the same small set of persons nine times during every winter proved a bit dull for all the guests, and when Mrs. Roosevelt signified that she would be glad if each cabinet hostess should ask whomever she chose when dining the President, there was gen- eral rejoicing. “At home” days of the women of the oMcial circle are also regulated by precedent. Society, for instance, has long accepted Wednesday as the day on which calls shall be made upon the wife of the vice-president, the wives of the cabinet members and at the home of the speaker of the house of representatives. Custom has likewise appointed Monday as the official re- ception day for the wives of the mem- bers of the judiciary, Tuesday for the wives of the representatives in con- gress and Thursday as the day on which calls shall be made upon the wives of senators. attorney will be informed of the facts. Provision is made for state officials to co-operate in reporting violations ‘to the secretary of agriculture. | Paris green 1s adulterated if it does not contain at least 50 per cent, of ar- ‘senlous oxide; on the other hand {t must not contain arsenic in water-sol- uble forms equivalent to more than 3% per cent. of arsenfous oxide; and no substance may be mixed with It so as to lower Its strength. Lead arsenate is counted adulter- ated if {t contains more than 50 per cent. of water, or if its total arsenic {s equivalent to less than 12% per cent, of arsenic oxide, or if it contains arsenic in water soluble forms equiva- lent to more than .75 of a per cent. of arsenic oxide, or if any substance fs mixed with it so as to lower its strength, Any other insecticide or fungicide is adulterated if its strength or purity fall below the standard under which it 1s sold, or if any substance has been wholly or partly substituted for it, or it any valuable ingredient has been even partly removed, or if it is in- tended to be used on vegetation and is injurious to vegetation. The dealer may relieve himself of responsibility by obtaining from the wholesaler. or from the manufacturer a guaranty that the article is not “adulterated or misbranded” within the meaning of the “insecticide act of 1910." sued by educati6nal, scientific, philan- thropic and fraternal societies the same mail rate privileges enjoyed by other magazines. ‘The bill has not passed the senate, nor, in fact, can Senator Penrose, chairman of the com- mittee on postoffices and postroads, be induced to call a meeting $9 cons sider it. ‘The postmaster general maintains that he Is simply complying with ex- isting law. It 1s pointed out by the postoffice department that thé post- master general would have no end of trouble on his hands if he made excep- tions in administering the law spect fying the sort of matter that may be carried at the cent-a-pound rate. It 4s pointed out that if the socte- ties in question should be favored, the great mail order houses, which or- ganize so-called societies with a mem- bership fee of 25 cents a year, and then send to the members of these societies alleged magazines which con- sist chiefly of advertisements, would insist on being placed on the samo basis as the organizations that are protesting. and then said to Secretary Norton, “T think we'll ride up, Norton.” It was Mr. Taft's first visit to the top of the monument, although he had lived in Washington more than ten years. The president walked to each of the windows in turn. “It must be fine up here on a clear day,” he said, as he turned away at last to enter the ele- vator on the trip down. At the-en- trance to the shaft the president paused a minute undecided, and then went away. The witness with the green macaw feather exclaimed: “Oh, John, dear, I'm glad we've seen the president, but we mustn't miss the view. 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In the congress which was in ses- sion during the latter half of the Hayes administration, as well as in the congresses that held until 1885, there were two members of the senate who were especially distinguished for courtliness, for dignity, for conscient!- ous devotion to all the conventionall- tles of conduct which identify the pol- ished gentleman. One of these sena tors was so greatly distinguished for these personal qualities that he be- came widely known by the soubriquet of “Gentleman George” as early as 1864, when he ran as the tall of the McClellan presidential ticket. The other was bred to all the traditions and conventionalities which especially mark the cultivated men of the south. It was sald of him that there was no man in Washington who offered a guest a glass of whisky with more gra- clous dignity than he. Both of these senators afterwards became United States representatives abroad, one our minister to Germany, the other our first ambassador to the court of St. James, and he also served as secretary of state in Cleveland's first administration. Yet notwith- standing the high repute that George H. Pendleton of Ohio and Thomas F. Bayard of Delaware enjoyed as states- men and as polished gentlemen, they did not disdain openly to visit together day after day a common type of saloon that stood upon the fringe of what was then known as “the Division,” a district of the natfonal capital now wiped out by improvements, which in its characteristics corresponded to the once notorious Tenderloin of New York city. : Let the senate adjourn an hour or two before the dinner hour, and almost invariably the two friends would ad- dress each other with the utmost court- liness, and then proceed to walk in their most dignified manner down Pennsylvania avenue. Leisurely, they ‘would negotiate the avenue until they were about three blocks from the treas- ury building, when they would halt as though by tacit understanding. Then they would cross the avenue with the same dignified step and a moment or two later enter a bar room with dingy front and a most unattrac- tive environment. There they would remain self-immured for perhaps a quarter of an hour, then regain the avenue, and, setting their faces towards the northwest residential sec- tion of the capital, take their way thither with all the stateliness at their command. Why did those two famous states- men and typical gentlemen frequent that dingy bar room? Bowing each other through the entrance, they would “Boss” Refused to Be Blackmailed by , Jimmy O'Brien and the Famous Exposure of His Ring Followed. Some time ago I told how William M, Tweed, when at last he was sure that his enemies had him within sight of prison bars for his huge pecula- tions from the treasury of New York city, went to Samuel J. Tilden and of- fered that sterling Democrat $4,000,000 if he would call off the prosecution. Not for millions could Tweed purchase the immunity he sought; yet there was a time he could have bought it for a mere $100,000. ‘Phe Sunday afternoon before the ex- posure of the Tweed ring was begun in a New York newspaper, in July of 1871, was spent by Tweed at a favor- ite haunt of his—the Americus club, whose house stood on the point pro- jecting into Long Island sound, where now stands the palatial residence of Commodore B, C. Benedict, the banker, who gained national fame in Grover Cleveland's day as the great friend of the president. Tweed, who had an eye for natural beauty, was walking back and forth on a little board walk that gave a fine view of the sound, and was engaged in calling his companion’s at- tention to the scenery when he sud- denly stopped and exclaimed: “Hullo! ‘There’s Jimmy O'Brien. I wonder what he wants?” At that time #immy O'Brien was a very powerful factor in metropolitan politics, having _ gained extraordinary popularity with a certain element. He had been a state senator, sheriff and the leader of an organization of his own. Although he received large sums of money from various sources, he was always hard up, because he could not resist the fascination of games of chance. As O'Brien approached Tweed, the Jatter’s companion stepped to the rear, and the two politicians, with O’Brien talking earnestly and Tweed listening carefully, walked along the board walk. Finally, Tweed looked over his shoul- der at his friend, winked in a char- acteristic manner, and said by way of explanation: “Jimmy wants me to hand over to him a hundred thousand Pioneer Banking in Indiana walk up to the bar, to be confronted on the instant by a typical old “uncle,” well night coal black of complexion. If {t were summer that “uncle,” without a word of instruction, would proceed forthwith to create two mint Juleps. If it were winter, he would prepare two hot apple toddies, The mint juleps he would place before the senators without a word; the toddies with the injunction, respectfully put, that not more than two glasses of {t would be good for any man destrous of retain- ing full possession of his faculties. And then, whichever drink it happened to be, the two senators would silently consume it with every evidence of out- ward and inward delight, as silently settle the score, and as quietly and contentedly go out upon the highway again. It was a habit that resulted from the accidental discovery on the part of one of the senators that the “uncle” in that particular dingy and unattractive- ly located bar room was a master in the art of concocting mint juleps and hot apple toddfes, and thereafter they rarely missed being dally customers of his when they were both in Washing- ton, It was a habit, too, that Senator Pendleton tried to fasten upon his colleague, Allen G. Thurman, who ran unsuccessfully for vice-president in 1888. “Senator Thurman,” the father of the first federal civil servicé'bill asked Hugh McCullough Used to Travel for Many Miles on Horseback With His Saddlebags Stuffed With Money. ‘The man who was confronted with and successfully solved the serious problem .of paying off the Union troops at the close of the Civil war was Hugh McCullough of Indiana, then secretary of the treasury, a post which he held until 1869, and again resumed in 1884 for a few months. He, also, was our first comptroller of the currency, taking that position in 1863; and altogether his record as a financier in the government service tanks exceedingly high. Yet his edu- cation in financial matters were gained in the backwoods. It was not until 1849 that the first survey was made for a railroad west of Pittsburg. Sixteen years previous- ly Hugh McCullough moved to the little town of Fort Wayne, Ind., from down east and began the practice of law. Four years before the first rall- road surveyors started out from Pittsburg westward he became mana- ger of a branch of the State Bank of Indiana, and from then on until he was made comptroller of the curren- dollars. Did you ever know anybody that got a hundred thousand dollars out of Tweed for nothing?” Then he turned back to O’Brien, who, after a moment or two, raised his voice ap- parently half in anger and half through earnestness. “I tell you,” he exclaimed, “you had better consider this matter. I have got all the facts and figures. My friends in the comptroller’s office got them for me. I am going to sell them for the most money I can get for them. If you don’t want to buy them, I know where I can sell them.” “I wouldn't give you a hundred thou- sand cents for your whole batch of facts and figures,” came the instant re- tort of Tweed. “I'm in a hurry—I've got an appointment—I'll have to leave you.” And suiting his action to his words, Tweed walked away. O'Brien seemed crestfallen. For a moment or two he hesitated; not knowing what to do, apparently. Then he disappeared the way he had come. A few days later, as they were com- muting into New York city, Tweed’s social companion of the previous Sun- day sat in the seat in front of the boss. Opening the copy of the morning pa- per he had bought at the ralflroad sta- ton, the first thing his eyes fell upon were great headlines announcing the exposure of the Tweed ring. He turned and handed the paper to Tweed, “This looks like a serious attack upon you, Tweed,” he said. “Let's see what It says,” was the easy reply. For a moment or two the boss looked at the paper, then handed ft back to his companion. “I don’t care té read it,” was his comment. “I don’t mind it. What do you think they'll do about it, anyway?”—a phrase that later on, when popular excitement over the thefts was at its pitch, Tweed made famous in slightly altered form, as he hurled it defiantly at his enemies: “Well, what are you going to do about itt, My authority for this story? Mr. Tweed’s social companion on that fate- ful walk that fateful Sunday afternoon —mr. J. D. Trimble, now a resident of New York city. (Copyright, 1910, by EB. J. Edwards, Al Rights Reserved.) one day. “would you not accompany me and Senator Bayard to a place where the most perfect mint julep ts prepared?” “Senator Pendleton,” replied the old Roman, with all the pompous dignity at his command, “I am a Bourbon Democrat. I take my whisky straight.” And to emphasize his position in the matter he pulled out his famous ban- dana and sounded a terrific blast on his nose. (Copyright, 1910, by B. J. Edwards. All Rights Reserved.) Many Cargoes. “What word in the English language has the most synonyms?” asked the seeker after knowledge, as he fished for a bit of lemon peel in the bottom of his glass. “The word ‘drunk’ ” replied the bar- tender, unhesitatingly. “Um," mused the seeker after knowl- edge. “There's intoxicated, inebriated, tight, full—er—what else?" ‘How about soused?” asked the bar- tender. “What's the matter with pick- led? Have you never been ple-eyed? Many a fellow goes home paralyzed. ‘Also Jagged. Stewed describes the condition of some. What's the matter with epiMicated? Some fellows get barreled and some never stop til they are tanked. Orle-eyed ts still another condition. Some merely get lit up, and others get boozed. Others are half- shot, three sheets In the wind, loaded, keyed up, elevated, fricasseed, lubri- cated, and then some.” “ll take your word for the rest,” re- plied the seeker after knowledge. cy at the height of the Civil war he gained greatly in financial authority in his state, until the year before he entered the government service he was made president of the newly-or- ganized bank of the state of Indiana. “As manager of the Fort Wayne branch of the old State bank back in the forties I had many interesting ex- perlences,” Mr. McCullough said, sev- eral years before his death in 1895, “put, as I look back on that period of my career, the experiences that in- terest me most are those which I un- derwent when I carried large amounts of the branch’s money about with me, in my official capacity, in my saddle- bag “One of my dutfes as manager of the branch was to visit Indianapolis ‘at regular stated intervals in order to make reports to the parent bank, turn in the bank notes of other branches which I had recetved, and receive a fresh supply of my own bank notes and, usually, some specie, ‘Then, hay- ing got this money, I would put it in my saddlebags, mount my old nag and set out on a half week's journey through the woods to Fort Wayne— for in those days there were no rail- roads in Indiana, or elsewhere in the middle west. “For miles I would travel without meeting human beings—the only liv- ing creatures I would see would be wild beasts. Sometimes, I would meet or overtake a settler and his family, or a small group of hardy pioneers looking about for a likely spot to set- tle on. At night I usually managed to make a ploneer’s cabin—the country was thickly enough settled for that. I would take off the saddlebags and put them by the cabin door. Then I would go inside for th: night and when I was ready to continue my trip in the morning, there would be those money-stuffed bags just where I had put them hours before. “Not once, during all the time that I carried bank money between In- dianapolis and Fort Wayne in this manner, was I in the slightest danger of being robbed. I never thought of the possibility’ of robbery. The ploneers came to know who I was and what I carried in my saddlebags, but they never made inquiries about the contents and no suspicious move towards it. Everywhere I was treated with the utmost courtesy of the rough and ready sort. I trusted the settlers, they showed themselves worthy of the trust in every respect, and I want to say that the only misadventures that befell me on my lonely trips through those primeval stretches with my bank’s money were due to my be- ing overtaken by occasional storms. The wild beasts even left me alone, but had any attacked me I would have had only my two arms for weapons of defense. I never carried a pistol or other firearm. And whenever I hear these days of a train robbery in the west, or of a stage holdup, there comes vividly to my mind recollec- tions of the era when It was absolute- ly safe for a man who was known to be in possession of a large sum of money to travel alone and unarmed through a wild and lonely section for half a week at a stretch.” (Copyright, 1910, by E. J. Edwards, All Rights Reserved.) 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