Colorado Statesman

THE COLORADO STATESMAN THE JOURNAL OF THE WEST. LABOR SHALL BE FREE RACE COUNTRY PARTY The Man Farstest Down By Booker T. Washington. First of a Series of Articles Based on Observation Abroad, Comparing the Living Condition of the European Peasant, Woman Worker and Miner with those of the American Negro. VOL. XVII. The Man the By Booker T. Washington. H Based on Observation Abro Condition of the European er and Miner with those From Outlook The Carmania, the ship in which I had sailed, disembarked its passengers late Saturday at Fishguard, off the coast of Wales. The special train which sped us on to London reached the city early Sunday morning, August 28. As I drove from the railway station in the gray of the early morning my attention was attracted by a strange, shapeless, and disreputable figure which slunk out of the shadow of a building and moved slowly and dejectedly down the silent and empty street. In that quarter of the city, and in comparison with the solid respectability and comfort represented by the houses around him, the figure of this man seemed grotesquely wretched. In fact, he struck me as the most lonely object I had ever laid my eyes on. I watched him down the street as far as I could see. He did not turn to the left or to the right, but moved slowly on, his head bent toward the ground, apparently looking for something he did not hope to find. In the course of my journey across Europe I saw much poverty, but I do not think I saw anything quite so hopeless and wretched. I had not been long in London before I learned that this man was a type. It is said that there are ten thousand of these homeless and houseless men and women in East London alone. They are, however, not confined to any part of the city. They may be found in the fashionable West End, lounging on benches of St. James's Park, as well as in the East End, where the masses of the laboring people live. The Salvation Army has erected shelters for them in many of the poorer parts of the city, where, for anything from two to eight cents, they may get a room for the night, and sometimes a piece of bread and a bowl of soup. Thousands of them are not able to compass the small sum necessary to obtain even this minimum of food and comfort. These are the outcasts and the rejected, the human waste of a great city. They represent the man at the bottom in London. Later, in the course of my wanderings about the city, I met many of these hopeless and broken men. I saw them sitting, on sunshiny days, not only men but women also, crumpled up on benches or stretched out on the grass of the parks. I discovered them on rainy nights, crouching in doorways or huddled away in dark corners where an arch or a wall protected them from the cold. I met them in the early morning hours, before the city was awake, creeping along the Strand and digging with their hands in the garbage-boxes; and again late at night, on the Thames Embankment, where hundreds of them sleep—when the night watchman permits—on the benches or stretched out on the stone pavements. After a time I learned to distinguish the same type under the disguise of those street venders who stand on street corners and sell collar-buttons, matches and other trifles, stretching out their hands in a pitiful sort of supplication to passer-by to buy their wares. Whenever I found an opportunity to do so, I talked with some of these out-casts. Gradually, partly from themselves and partly from others, I learned something of their histories. I found that it was usually drink that had been the immediate cause of their downfall. But there were always other and deeper causes. Most of them, it seemed to me, had simply been borne down by the temptations and the fierce competition of life in a great city. There comes a time when trade is dull; men who had been accustomed to spend much mony begin to spend less, and there is no work to be had. At these times it is "the least efficient, the less energetic, the less strong, the less young, the less regular, the less temperate, or the less docile" who are crowded out. In this way these men have lost their hold and sunk to the bottom. I remember meeting one of these men late at night wandering along the Thames Embankment. In the course of my conversation with him I asked him, among other things, if he voted, and if so, to what political party he belonged. He looked at me in amazement, and then he said he had never voted in his life. It was his expression rather than his words that im- State Hist & Nat Hist Society State House ADO E JOURNAL DENVER, COLORADO NAL OF THE M ENVER, COLORADO, SATURDAY, DENVER, COLORADO, SATURDAY, MAY 20 1911. press me. This expression told me how out of touch he was with the world about him. He had, in fact, as I learnd, no family no home, friends, trade; he belonged to no society; he had, so far as I could learn, no views in life. In the very midst of this great city he was as solitary as a hermit. A few weeks later, in a little village in Galicia, I rsked the same question of a Polish peasant. "Oh yes," he eagerly replied; "every one votes here now." Sixty years ago most of the peasants in this village to which I have referred were serfs, and it was not until two years ago that the Government gave them all the right to vote. Nevertheless at the present time the people in this village are represented by one of their own number in the Imperial Parliament at Vienna. I stopped 1 1 1 on my way through the village at the little store kept by this man. I found two young girls tending the store, his daughters, but the representative himself was not at home. I do not know why I should mention this circumstance here, except that I was impressed by the contrast in the reply of these two men, the one coming from a peasant in Poland and the other from an Englishman in London. It is generally said that the Negro represents in America the man fathest down. In going to Europe I had in mind to compare the masses of the Negro people of the South with the masses in Europe he has never risen. Another thing in Negro; although he poor, he is never with a certain joy in living ship he has yet entered in slavery or robbed the Negro of live. The race of and increased in has considerably led in freedom. people among the race who complain ships which the Negro none of them yet, has ever recommen cide" as a solution problem. (To be con --- --- in something like the same stage of civilization. It would not be difficult to compare the Negro in the South with the Polish peasant for example, because the masses of the Poles are, like the masses of Negroes, an agricultural people. I know no class among the Negroes in America, however, with whom I could compare the man at the bottom in England. What- ever one may say of the Negro in America, he is not, as a rule, a beggar. It is very rarely that any one sees a black hand stretched out for alms. One does see, to be sure, too many idle and loafing Negroes standing on the street corners around the railway stations in the South; but the Negro is not as a rule, a degenerate. If he is at the bottom in America, it is not because he has gone backward and sunk and sunk down, but because PRESIDENT Another thing in regard to the Negro; although he is frequently poor, he is never without hope and a certain joy in living. No hardship he has yet encountered, either in slavery or in freedom, has robbed the Negro of the desire to live. The race constantly grew and increased in slavery, and it has considerably more than doubled in freedom. There are some people among the memders of my race who complain about the hardships which the Negro suffers, but none of them yet, so far as I know, has ever recommended "race suicide" as a solution of the race problem. (TO BE CONTINUED) RACE NEWS GATHERED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES Columbus, Ga., May 9.—Concentration of all the Negroes of the south in a section set apart for themselves is proposed in a measure which will be presented to the Georgia legislature at its next session by Representative-elect James Slade, of this place. His plan is to start it here and have it extended throughout the South. Mr. Slade has written to every member of Congress, asking for their views on the subject and requesting suggestions. One of the provisions of the bill is designed to bar the black man from the ballot. pearance and character and dwelt upon the charms of his singular simplicity and modesty. Prof. Burt G. Wilder of Cornell exhibited the brains of two educated white men and two obscure Negroes, and pointed out the similarity in the formation of each. He also compared the brain of a Negro janitor in his collection with that of a New York politician and commented favorably on that of the Negro. Dr. Edward Anthony Spitzké pointed out that the average brains of a Negro is smaller than, of the average white man's. Both Baltimore, Md., May 9. The third segregation measure has just become a law here. The first law was declared invalid by the courts, the second was repealed and re-enacted with several amendments as the basis for the new law. The new measure prohibits colored schools, churches and homes from being located in exclusive white blocks and vice versa. Houses to be built in the future must be either for white or colored people, to be determined according to the agreement reached by the other property owners in a block. A penalty of $50 a day is provided for any violation of the measure. New York City, May 8. A movement is on foot to launch a colored hospital in New York to be named the McDonough Memorial Hospital in memory of Dr. D. K McDonough, who was the first colored physician to practice in New York. The leading colored physicians, dentists and druggists of New York have organized the McDonough Memorial Association to raise subscriptions for a new hospital. The medical men have become thoroughly alive to the necessity of having a colored hospital in New York, where colored patients will be treated in a fair manner. Last Friday evening a committee of the association met in the Y. M. C. A., building and discussed plans that would aid in raising the needed funds. The committee stated that $25,000 was necessary to begin work on the new building, which will be raised in various ways. Philadelphia, Penn., April 23 James Bryce, the British Ambassador to the United States, delivered an address on Charles Darwin at tonight's session of the American Philosophical society, which is holding its one hundred and sixty-sixth annual meeting here. Mr. Bryce told of Dr. Darwin's ap- NO 36 pearance and character and dwelt upon the charms of his singular simplicity and modesty . Prof. Burt G. Wilder of Cornell exhibited the brains of two educated white men and two obsure Negroes, and pointed out the similarity in the formation of each. He also compared the brain of a Negro janitor in his collection with that of a New York politician and commented favorably on that of the Negro. Dr. Edward Anthony Spitzke pointed out that the average brains of a Negro is smaller than that of the average white man's. Both speakers deplored the difficulty of securing the brains of highly educated and normal persons, and Dr. Keen, who preside that the members of the society should will their brains for scientific purposes. WAR ON TUBERCULOSIS. Baltimore, Md., May 9. Declaring that disfranchisement and other discriminations are but small hindrances when compared with the ravages that tuberculosis is making in the race, Dr. A. M. Curtis, of Washington, in an address Friday night before the sixth annual meeting of the Maryland Medical Pharmaceutical and Dental Association, urged that the physicians of the race and others make a most determined effort to stamp out the disease. "I am not a pessimist nor an alarmist," said the speaker, "but we must see and appreciate our weaknesses if we are to relieve ourselves of them. This crusade against tuberculosis is the greatest race problem before us today, as it is the greatest race problem before us today, as it is the greatest foe that we have today. Segregation, discrimination and disfranchisement pale into insignificance in comparison with the destruction, annihilation and mortality that this disease is heaping upon us. "Only he who sees the Negro in the South can form any adequate idea of the sanitasy sins of the race and how we are sinned against in certain phases of sanitation. Tuberculosis is the deadly gift of the whites to the race, and we are melting under it gradually and almost helplessly. We have no Rockefellers among us to give an endowment for our protection against tuberculosis, but we have public-spirited men and women who are giving the equivalent in social service to the end that our race may escape from the fangs of a monster more terrible in its effects than the hookworm." THE WORLD IN PARAGRAPHS A BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR-EIGN COUNTRIES. DOINGS AND HAPPENINGS THAT MARK THE PROGRESS OF THE AGE. WESTERN. Lafayette Grover, the fourth governor of Oregon, died recently at his home in Portland. The St. Mary's college, Kansas, baseball team defeated the Keio university players of Tokio, Japan, 3 to 1. A loss of $30,000 was caused at Verdi, Nev., by the burning of the warehouse of the California Sugar and White Pine Agency plant. C. W. Barkey, for thirty years cashier of the State bank of Seward, Neb., was found dead in a corn crib near Lincoln with a bullet hole in his head. A large, open-face silver watch lost by Frank Strome nearly fifty years ago, was recovered in a strange manner when an alligator was killed in Double bayou near Galveston and the timepiece was found in the alligator's stomach. J. C. Stubbs, director of traffic of the Southern Pacific railroad, has announced the new time table which the Southern Pacific and Union Pacific railroads will put into effect May 28th, cutting off four and one-half hours from the running time between San Francisco and Chicago. The American Flag Association has issued a circular calling attention to the fact that June 14th is Flag Day and asking public officials, patriotic societies and private citizens to prepare for a fitting observance of the day. The object of this society is to promote reverence for the American flag. As a result of action taken by the executive committee of the Western Passenger Association, at Chicago, reaffirming its decision to enforce the rule providing a special tax for carrying trunks more than forty inches in length, it was predicted that all railroads throughout the country will adopt that principle. WASHINGTON. Commerce between the United States and border towns of Mexico, will not be interfered with by the United States. Democratic members of the Ways and Means committee of the House have taken up the task of drafting a bill revising the wool schedule. Postmaster General Hitchcock has announced the designation of forty-seven additional postal savings depositories, making a total of 176 since January 3rd. Facing the question of an early report on the Canadian reciprocity bill and with the free list bill already before them, members of the Senate committee on finance are considering a Democratic proposition to couple the two measures. President Taft in an address to the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, at Harrisburg, Pa., declared his opposition to the proposed formation of a railway mail clerk's union affiliated with the American Federation of Labor. He says they have enough privileges now. Secretary of War Jacob McGavick Dickinson of Tennessee, the Democratic member of President Taft's cabinet, has resigned. Henry L. Stimson, of New York, recently defeated Republican candidate for governor of that state, has been given the portfolio. This announcement was made from the White House. Attorney General Wickersham may consider criminal prosecutions of the officials of the Standard Oil Company. It is said that in event the oil trust officials should plead immunity under the statute of limitations, the government could take the position that the combination in restraint of trade was a continuing conspiracy until the moment the court orders it dissolved. The Standard Oil Company of New Jersey and its nineteen subsidiary corporations have been declared by the Supreme Court of the United States to be a conspiracy and combination in restraint of trade. It also was held to be monopolizing Interstate commerce in violation of the Sherman anti-trust law. The dissolution of the combination was ordered to take place within six months. By spending $5,000,000 to $10,000,000 a year, the United States can have a permanent reserve corps of 270,000 trained soldiers, according to Maj. Gen-Wood, chief of staff, who opposes a bill changing the term of enlistment from three to five years. Secretary MacVeagh has invited popular subscriptions to a $50,000,000 issue of government bonds to reimburse the treasury general fund for expenditures on account of the Panama canal. Treasury officers expect the loan will be largely over subscribed and small bidders will be given preference. FOREIGN. Forty men were entombed by an explosion that wrecked the St. Margaret's coal mine near Whitehaven, England. Peace, the fervent hope of rebellion torn Mexico, is now almost an accomplished fact. Reports say President Diaz will resign within sixty days. General Diaz will not leave the presidency while the country is in its present state of unrest. He has demanded to know from his opponents the terms in which they expected him to announce his willingness to resign and is waiting a reply from them. This little bullet-riddled city Juarez is the provisional capital of Mexico, and Francisco I. Madero, Jr., provisional president, and his staff have taken complete possession after winning the bloodiest battle of the Mexican revolution. The most remarkable exhibition of aviation seen in England was given under the auspices of the parliamentary aerial defense committee. Fourteen airmen, including Claude Grahame-White, Louis Bleriot, the French aviator; Robert Loraine, the actor, and Captain F. S. Cody, performed various feats designed to show the utility of aeroplanes for war. SPORT. Western League Standing. P. W. L. Pet. Sioux City.....24 17 7 .708 Denver.....22 15 7 .682 Wichita.....21 14 7 .667 Lincoln.....22 14 8 .636 St. Joseph.....24 12 12 .500 Omaha.....25 10 15 .400 Topeka.....23 8 15 .348 Des Moines.....25 3 22 .120 Definite plans for establishing an aviation circuit including Chicago, Indianapolis, Kansas City and St. Louis, will be announced soon. The Missouri Athletic Club won three out of four events in the intercity boxing tournament with the Cincinnati Gynasium Club in St. Louis. A baseball association has been organized at Arvada and it is the purpose of the promoters to have one of the best semi-professional teams in the Denver district. President Tip O'Neill of the Western league declares that it would be necessary to submit the proposed change of the Wichita club to Denver city to the other clubs in the Western league for their sanction. Peter Jensen, the Battle Dane, lost to Kid Harrison of Ogden before the Sheridan (Wyo.) Athletic club in the last session of a 20-round fight. Throughout the contest Jensen insisted on butting his opponent in the breast and stomach, regardless of warnings by Referee Dixon. Harrison showed superior ring generalship ship throughout. GENERAL. Four men were killed when a Baltimore & Ohio train struck the automobile in which they were riding, at Shelby, Ohio. Several men are entombed in the Ross vein of the Boston colliery of the Delaware & Hudson Company at Larksville, Pa. The United States Steel Corporation announced that unfilled tonnage on the books in New York, April 20th, totaled 3,218,704 tons. Maj. Henry McFarland, treasurer of the Union Pacific railroad from 1877 to 1888, died in Concord, N. H. He was born in Concord in 1831. The Wisconsin house passed the James woman suffrage bill, which contains a clause calling for state referendum, before it goes into effect. Judge Gager of the Superior Court of New Haven, Conn., granted a divorce to Mrs. Henry Lord Wheeler, wife of professor Henry Lord Wheeler, Yale professor in organic law, and $100,000 alimony. In a motion made before Justice Glegerich in the Supreme Court it became known that the Wells-Fargo Express Company had decided to discontinue their banking business in New York. Relentless prosecution of John J. and James B. McNamara and Ortie McManigal, the three men under arrest at Los Angeles, charged with blowing up the plant of the Los Angeles Times, is promised by Harrison Gray Gtis, publisher of the Times, who is in Chicago. At least a score of policemen were injured and many members of a mob of 2,000 striking furniture workers and sympathizers were hurt in a riot at the plant of the Widdicomb Furniture Company, at Grand Rapids, Mich. Several of the injured may die. Revolvers, clubs and stones were used. On the ground that the federal Supreme Court's Standard Oil decision overrules United States District Judge Carpenter's decision of May 12 in the beef packers' cases in Chicago, attorneys for the packers filed a motion for permission to appear and re-argue the demurrers which Judge Carpenter overruled. In a fire where the total loss will approximate a quarter of a million dollars, more than 200,000 bushels of peanuts were burned at Suffolk, Va. The serious nature of the loss may be better appreciated by a study of recent market reports. Four thousand men are fighting forest fires that are raging, between Ridgway and Williamsport, Pa. Near Renovo, in Clinton county, where the fires have been burning for several days, 500 men have been battling and more than 10,000 acres have been burned over. COLORADO STATE NEWS COMING EVENTS. June 6-7-8.-Grand Encampment Colo. and Wyo. G. A. R. Salida. June 13, 14, 15-State Sunday School Convention, Pueblo. June 18, 19, 20-Christian Christian Endeavor, Society, Grand Junction. deavor Society, Grand Junction Juniper College, Grand Junction Conference Woman's Christian Association, Grand Junction June—Meeting National Retail Grocers' Association, Denver. June—American Surgical Association Convention, Denver. June 29-21.—National Association for Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis, Denver. June—American Trap Shooters' Association Denver June—National Association Real Estate June, Colorado Springs two days, July June, Colorado Springs two days, July State Receives Teller Institute. Grand Junction.—Members of the State Board of Agriculture here have received formal possession of the Teller Indian school from Superintendent C. H. Burton. Christian Missionaries. Greeley.—The state convention of the Colorado Christian Missionary society will be held here July 27-29 and be entertained by the local First Christian church. There will be many notable religious divines present. Wants Road for Auto Line. Boulder.-The Commercial Association of Boulder and Lyons and the Boulder Motor Club will meet in joint session to decide which of the two roads between Boulder and Lyons should be improved for a line of automobiles to be running by June 10th. Bishop Henderson Speaker. Pueblo.-Bishop Eugene I. Henderson of the Methodist Episcopal church of Kansas City will attend the State Sunday School convention here June 15th, 14th and 15th and will deliver addresses before the convention each day. Asks Rehearing in Light Case. Denver.—The state of Colorado will ask the Supreme Court of the United States to review the famous Fred Light trespass case which was decided against Colorado a few days ago. Attorney General Ben Griffith is preparing a petition for the rehearing. Fall From Third Story Window. Denver. - Falling 50 feet down an airship from the third story of the apartments, Mabel Elder, 8-year-old daughter of Arthur Elder, crashed through a skylight covered with quarter-inch glass, into the elevator of a wholesale liquor dealer's store below, and with the exception of a scalp wound and bruises escaped injury. Great Scenic Highway Opened. Great Scenic Highway Opener Cañon City.-The Weather Bureau cooperated with the executive and subordinate committees of the Cañon Business Men's Association, in making the celebration connected with the dedication to public use of a new highway to the top of the Royal Gorge a distinct success in every particular. Man's Neck Broken by Wheel. Denver.—Henry Jackson, 40 years old, a rancher in Bloomfield, suffered a terrible death when, while driving a wagon, loaded with railroad ties to his ranch, he fell from the seat of the vehicle at the Burlington railroad crossing at Forty-sixth street, a wheel breaking his neck. Death was almost instantaneous after the wheel struck him. Father Charged with Killing Son. Oak Creek.—Louis Collier, Sr., is in custody charged with the murder of his 20-year-old son, Louis Collier, Jr. The body of the young man was found lying on the floor of a cabin in the west part of town, where the father and his two sons kept house. There was a large bullet hole through the head, and a small rifle lay on the floor beside the body. Arsenic Big Apple Aid. Lamar.-County Treasurer J. O. Stream, who has a fine farm in the famous May valley, just north of town states that the use of four tons of arsenic spray would assure a yield of fifty cars of superior apples from Prowers county. Stream last year demonstrated at the National Irrigation Congress the possibilities of apple culture in the lower Arkansas valley, without the use of smudge pots. Woman Gets Large Estate. Greeley.—When the farm property of Joseph McAfee, who died near Erie two years ago, valued at $40,000, was turned oxer to Mrs. Phoebe McAfee of Imperial, Neb., by the County Court, litigation lasting fourteen years in court here ended and the deserted wife, left thirty years ago in poverty to rear a family of little children, came into her just inheritance from the husband she thought dead years ago. Boosting Foothills Park Washington—Senator Guggenheim and Congressman Taylor, Martin and Rucker are booming the Foothills park in Washington, and although a donation of a tract the size asked for for park purposes is contrary to the federal laws, these representatives of Colorado are sanguine of success. It is probable that at the next regular session a bill will be introduced by one of the congressmen to set aside the 10,000 acres wanted by Denver for a mountain park. LITTLE COLORADO ITEMS. Small Happenings Occurring Over the State Wortn Telling. Gov. John F. Shafroth is in Washington. A ball team has been organized at Antonito. Capital to finance a milk condensery at Ault is ready. A light frost around Boulder did some damage to fruit. Fort Lupton is to have a new company of national guards. The postmasters of Colorado held their convention in Denver. Carl Rydin, a resident of Weld county for twenty years is dead at Greeley. An I. O. O. F. lodge has been organized at La Salle with 48 members. Twenty-nine employees of the State Land Board have been asked to resign. According to the latest reports Denver is face to face with a water famine. Cripple Creek is to have a safe and sane Fourth of July celebration this year. The farmers near Greeley will seed about 35,000 acres to potatoes this year. Mrs. Emma Kalbaugh, one of Golden's earliest pioneers, died at the age of eighty. The Colorado Association of Letter Carriers will hold a convention in Boulder June 28th. Mrs. John Gregory, aged 73, and a pioneer of Colorado, died at her home in Cripple Creek. For the first time in many years Montrose will celebrate the glorious Fourth this year. The two-year-old son of Humann Straub of Rocky Fork, was drowned in the High Line ditch. Genuine flaxseed imported directly from Holland is to be given a tryout in the Greeley district. Mrs. Emmett Barton, wife of a wealthy sheep man and one of the oldest residents of Fruita, is dead. Tom Reams has been sentenced to ninety days in jail and a fine of $100 for bootlegging at Grand Junction. Prof. Thompson of the La Junta high school and six of his assistants went on a strike and refused to teach. Broadmoor casino, Colorado Springs' most popular summer resort, will open for the the season June 22nd. Ira Masser, aged 18, son of Henry Masser, a prominent ranchman, was instantly killed at Grote, by a passenger train. T. W. Thomas, former sheriff of Garfield county, died suddenly at Glenwood Springs, of heart failure, aged 59. The largest payroll at the Minnequa steel plant at Pueblo, this year has just been paid and amounted to nearly $175,000. Rio Grande passenger train No. 16 ran over Pat Dolon, a section man, at Texas Creek near Canon City, killing him instantly. Hotel men from over the state to the number of 200 will spend June 2nd, 3rd and 4th in Colorado Springs and Manitou. The annual Larimer County Sunday School convention met in Loveland with delegates present from every part of the county. The big pumping plant of James Smith on Orchard Mesa near Grand Junction was destroyed by fire with a loss of $10,000. Montrose will produce its regulation bountiful fruit crop again this year, and the fear of loss by frost is now practically past. A great many of the Alamosa residents are planning to co-operate in building a club house in the Conejos Canon this summer. The comptroller of the currency has received an application to convert the Limon State bank into the First National bank of Limon. An old fashioned camp meeting is to be held in the grove at Fort Lupton beginning May 21st. Great preparations are being made. Mills in Boulder county have been ordered closed down because they are contaminating the water in streams and destroying fish. About three hundred skilled beet raisers from Globeville have reached Alamosa to take up the culture of sugar beets in the valley. James Salzar, 14-year-old son of Adam Salzar, living three miles east of Berthoud, accidentally shot and killed his 6-year-old brother at the ranch. Southern Ute Indians in southwestern Colorado are to be protected in their water rights by the government, so that they may continue irrigated farming. While working on the county road near Fort Collins, and near a point where one of the frontier highways formerly crossed the Poudre river, men discovered human bones, an old iron kettle and a rusted barrel of a rifle, mute evidences of some frontier tragedy. Denver bankers have received notice from the executive council of the American Bankers' Association to the effect that a new national system designed to facilitate the forwarding of bank creeks has been adopted. 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THERS' DOOM er of Curtis COLORADO THE WHITE HOUSE RECEIVING DAY AT THE WHITE HOUSE. TO CLEAN UP CAPITAL TO CLEAN UP CAPITAL WOMEN OF WASHINGTON INTER ESTED IN NEW MOVE. Housekeepers' Alliance, at Head of Agitation, Wants "Clean Up" Day to Be Every Day—Sanitation in Handling Food. "Clean up Washington," the cry of the Housekeepers' Alliance, bids fair to resound in every quarter of the capital for the next 12 months, and may even penetrate the halls of congress itself. The alliance, with its comparatively small membership of 98, includes some of the most notable women in Washington, and they have a way of accomplishing what they set out to do. Already the organization has become a force in the community and promises to increase rapidly in numbers and in prestige. The fight for clean handling of foodstuffs has been begun in earnest by the alliance, and its members will see that the butcher and the baker, especially the latter, are forced to adopt cleanly methods in the handling and delivery of food staples. Miss Ellen Rugg, the alliance president, says that Washington housewives, once their eyes are opened to the needs of a civic housecleaning for the nation's capital, will not be lacking in enthusiasm for the fight. Some time ago the alliance decided to have a "clean-up day" for Washington. The plan was to have each member of the alliance clean up the street surrounding her own premises and thus heap coals of fire on the heads of those responsible for the want of municipal cleanliness. "When we thought how little good, comparatively, would be accomplished by a one-day campaign for cleanliness," sald Miss Rugg, "we determined to continue our fight throughout the year and to make each day of the 365 a 'clean-up day' in so far A. H. Miss Ellen Rugg. as we were able. A lack of sufficient trash receptacles is one of Washington's crying evils at present, and as an organization we feel that it should be remedied. Washington's beautiful streets are made hideous with refuse, waste paper and other trash which should be thrown into some proper receptacle. What a spectacle for the tourist who has come to view the nation's 'city beautiful'. "It is in the handling of foodstuffs that we see one of the greatest menaces to the health of the citizens. The bread which is carried into most Washington households has passed through several pairs of hands of doubtful cleanliness and has probably been carried through the streets in an open wagon. In some instances the same pair of hands that harnessed the horse also handle the bread with no preliminary washing. "We want each member of the alliance to become a vigilance committee of one to see that such abuses are stopped. Each member has been asked to report to the commissioners what streets especially need cleaning. to urge the supply of a greater number of trash receptacles and to report to the health department instances where violations of the sanitary laws occur." Among the alliance members are Mrs. David J. Brewer, widow of the late associate justice of the Supreme ```markdown ``` court; Mrs. Richard Wainwright, wife of Rear Admiral Wainwright, U. S. N.; Mrs. Robert M. La Follette, wife of Senator La Follette of Wisconsin; Mrs. Mary S. Lockwood, prominent as one of the founders of the D. A. R.; Mrs. Henry B. F. Macfarland, wife of the former commissioner of the district; Mrs. F. L. Ransome; Mrs. Wendell Stafford, wife of Judge Stafford; Mrs. W. D. Bigelow, Mrs. Coville, and Miss Ellen Vinton, president of the Intercollegiate Alumnae association, who aided in founding the organization. Miss Vinton, a Bostonian, who spends her winters in Washington, א. מ. מ. מ. מ. מ. מ. מ. מ. מ. מ. מ. מ. מ. מ. מ. מ. מ. מ. מ. מ. מ. מ. מ. מ. מ. מ. מ. מ. מ. מ. מ. מ. מ. Mrs. R. M. La Follette. has been interested in domestic economy as a student at Wellesley, and during her residence in Washington felt that the so-called "servant girl" problem was particularly acute in the capital city, where the majority of domestic workers are untrained negro girls whose knowledge of housework is exceedingly rudimentary. Miss Vinton felt that in justice to both employer and employee training schools must be established. So she set about enlisting the interest of a number of housekeepers and establishing a training school for domestic workers. The housewives thus interested in the training school for servants formed the Housekeepers' alliance, the foremost object of which was "to secure co-operation between employer and employed." Since its founding, five years ago, the alliance has added a number of interests to those in which it originally engaged. A day nursery, in charge of a competent and experienced superintendent, is one of its chief branches and has been run with great success. WANTS MRS. TAFT TO SIGN Dakota Man Thought Land Patent Should Also Carry Signature of President's Wife. A homesteader in North Dakota, who recently received a government patent to his entry, fears that his title to the land may be affected because the patent was not signed by the wife of the president. In a letter to Commissioner Dennett of the general land office the homesteader says: "I don't know whether it is the law of the United States or not, but in North Dakota a deed transferring property must be signed by the wife as well as the husband. My patent is signed only by President Taft and therefore I send it to you for his wife's signature." Commissioner Dennett wrote the homesteader that he need not worry about his title, as Mr. Taft's name to the patent was all that the law required. Wanted to See 'Em Eat: Wanted to See Em Eat. A funny thing happened at the White House the other day when a lot of sightseers were rather overstaying their time. They had been given special cards on the request of their members in congress and were permitted a peep in the state dining room as well as into the various parlor of the White House. In the state dining room they saw the table beautifully laden with cut glass and silver. When one of the guards, looking at his watch, remarked, "You have just one minute more to look at things, as the curtains must be closed lest the presidential family come down to their luncheon." And one of the old ladies said with pathetic pleading in her voice. "Do please let us stand right here and watch 'em eat." His Quest (Copyright, 1911, by Associated Literary Press.) David Ross paced slowly toward the end of the platform. It was midnight and the theater crowds were packing the uptown train at Forty-second street. Suddenly a woman's cry rent the air. Laughter and tragedy mingled in the cry and after a startled silence her voice trembled over the the surging, voiceless crowd. "My slipper Dick! It's gone down through that crack!" The crowd, happy, irresponsible, laughed and continued to laugh when the girl's escort, with quick presence of mind, picked up the slipperless girl and carried her into the train. "Step lively! Watch the step!" The gates slammed shut and the train moved off. David Ross strolled over to the edge of the platform where the incident had taken place. Quick as a flash he was down on the track level and back on the platform. So quick was his manoeuver that it passed unnoticed. He strolled to the far end of the station and with his back turned to chance observers drew his hand, with its contents, from his pocket. He gazed whimsically at a woman's bronze pump; on the toe was an exquisitely wrought butterfly of semi-precious stones. Ross thrust the slipper into his pocket and boarded his train. All the way uptown he was conscious of a deep interest in the owner of the bronze pump. Yet it seemed more or less like hunting for a needle in a hay-stack even to contemplate the finding of the girl who was somewhere in the big metropolis. "Somewhere" was a trifle indefinite but David Ross set his face into hard lines and determined to find the owner of the slipper. There was but one point in his favor and that was the value of the shoe itself. The stones of the butterfly were not the ordinary beads that decorate all fancy slippers but were of sufficient worth to suggest that the owner would have a desire to reclaim the footwear. Arrived in his apartment David Ross placed the slipper on the corner of his chiffonier. That one small article of feminine attire changed the entire atmosphere of the room. Ross smiled whimsically and wished that there might be a girl in his life whose slippers belonged all over his room if she wanted them there. In his fancy he pictured a head of hair that would gleam under his lamp like the bronze of that slipper and he could imagine the trally part of her dull gold gown where in moments of rashness the toes of a slipper peeked out. David took out his note book and worded an advertisement. He would have it inserted in every New York paper. The type should be large and it would remain in the "Lost and Found" column until something happened. When the advertisement was worded to his satisfaction David Ross retired with feelings akin to those of a Prince Charming of the Golden Slipper. Two evenings later, David's reading was disturbed. His valet had ushered in a large, colored mammy who held down her part of the floor with uneasy feet. "I done called for the slipper. My Missy she said to give you this," Black mammy grudgingly held out a ten dollar bill. David Ross thought quickly. He knew that if he relinquished the slipper in this way it would be the end of the affair. The girl's maid would return it to her mistress and the incident would close. That would never do. David Ross turned and addressed his visitor. "I am very sorry—but you have given me no proof that your mistress is the rightful owner of the slipper." Black Mammy's righteous wrath arose. "Haven't I done put dem gold slippers on my missy's feet fo' six months now!" Ross turned to hide his smile. "But my good woman, that does not prove anything to me. Your mistress may or may not have lost this particular shoe. I will not give it up until I see it proper, fitted upon the foot to which it belongs." The woman's indignant protests as she turned back, with muttered imprecations against all white trash amused Ross. He sank back in his chair and reviewed the affair. Even if he should meet the girl now, would she ever forgive him for having treated her personal maid so barbarously? Couldn't he at least have sent a polite little note stating that he desired to see the mate to the slipper before giving up his own. It was, during the month of February that Ross found among his mail a letter from an old college chum. "Dear Ross: "I learn from Jimmy Holden that you are located in the east now. We are giving a masquerade cotillion on the tweaty-seventh and want you to join us. Why couldn't you have let a fellow know you were in town? Hope to see you soon. Am inclosing an invitation. Will Pgo David Ross did not question himself second time. He realized suddenly hat his life in the big metropolis had been void of social intercourse. Upon the night of the twenty-seventh Ross rigged himself out in a suit of spangled armor. The gray steel following the strong lines of his figure made of him a knight upon whom many a feminine eye lingered. Just before leaving his apartment Ross had slipped the golden pump into the pocket of his great top coat. He never knew just what prompted his action. David Ross was a conspicuous figure in the wonderfully costumed assemblage. He had danced several figures of the cotillion and always with the pleasurable uncertainty of his partner's identity. His partner in the seventh figure was a golden butterfly, and the girl seemed in reality to float about with the great diaphanous wings which were attached to her bare arms. When Ross attempted to encircle her with his arm for a waltz he became entangled in the gauzy folds. "You will have to come under my wing," laughed the girl in a voice that was music. She raised her arm and David drew her to him. They danced in perfect rhythm. During the figure, each girl was expected to kick off one of her slippers, then escaping from her partner, find a seat and there wait until she should be reclaimed. The men seeing a floor full of slippers, each picked up one. Then the hunt for a hundred Cinderellas began. David Ross, because golden slippers seemed ever to be his Fate, picked up one of that color. All about the huge ballroom David searched for a feminine foot encased in gold. He found many of that hue, but all had beads or bows, or were of a different cut. Last—but always having had her in mind—he approached the girl with whom he had been dancing the golden butterfly girl. "May I—" the silver Knight knelt beside the butterfly girl—"try on this?" "Yes, but you see it does not match mine." The girl put out her other foot and David Ross started. The girl's voice went on. "I think every prince in the room has tried to fit his slipper on my foot, but somehow the mate seems lost." "I think I can help you," Ross was on his feet, "if you will wait only a moment—will you?" He bent over the girl trying to get a glimpse of her eyes through the mask. "Yes—I'll wait." Ross went swiftly to the cloak room and from the pocket of his coat extracted a bronze pump. As he turned to the ballroom he thought he saw a familiar black-faced mammy near the entrance to the woman's cloak room. True to her word, the golden butterfly had remained where he had left her. The silver Knight again knelt beside her and it was with trembling fingers that he placed on her foot—the slipper he had held for so many weeks. "Come, Cinderella!" David's tone was light, but the manner in which his arm held her during the remainder of the waltz spoke in many voices. The girl was strangely silent. "Where is the mate to this slipper," he asked, holding up the one which he had taken from the floor. "I—I put it in the conservatory." "Shall we look for it? Supper and unmasking follow this figure—come!" "Shall I get Dick—to introduce us?" the girl's voice held a hint of mischief. "Then you are Dick Holden's sister?—and my hostess?" David Ross began to understand the clever little plot that had been arranged for his benefit. "Yes, Mr. David Ross. Dicky was rather indignant at the treatment my old black mammy had received and went up to investigate. When he saw your name on the door plate—" "Except whether or not I am pretty?" laughed the girl. "No, that is not it. I have always pictured you as having the kind of hair that will sparkle and gleam under a lamp——" Beneath the mask the eyes of the butterfly girl grew wide. That so naturally spoken "will" had sent the blood rushing to every part of her being, but she did not speak. "——and eyes that are big brown shadows except when——" "Unmask! Unmask! Unmask!" A sonorous voice vibrated through the rooms. The heart of David Ross beat quickly as he saw the butterfly girl's fingers go up toward her mask. They trembled and David leaned forward. "Permit me." With steady fingers he unhooked the fuzzy, velvety headgear and it fell back. 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No manuscript returned. unless stamps are sent for postage. Entered as second-class matter at the postoffice in the city of Denver, Colorado. THE RECALL AND THE COURTS. in the constitution of Arizona, which, making it possible to cut short the court by resort to the recall, is so progressive reforms which a wave of gross form of superficial egotism, has certain sections of the United States, of classes the rulings and decision at and displease one side or the other bitterness of this displeasure has gudge, under the assumption that the interests of a majority of the people form formal sanction of a trial judge, wition or the exemplification of any fief has recently pointed out that this is the courts, already made dangerous politics and the tendency of judges, to the sentiments of individuals and judicial destinies. The tardiness ofance of it in many judicial decisionsorts to keep in reasonable touchance, the courts of the South, and so often very unfair to the Negro, and any interpretation they would putte. Their decisions suit the popularlaw they may be. The judge's knowledge that he is depee continuance in office. In countries whocompetency there is no such panderces of fundamental legal principles,a court procedure. y of the judiciary is one of the highestear-sighted American who cares for its people, should realize the needmes having for their object the curta-orms of the judiciary. THE provision in the constitution of Arizona, which has been closely copied by California, making it possible to cut short the tenure of office of any judge of a state court by resort to the recall, is supposed to be in line with the so-called progressive reforms which a wave of popular enthusiasm, based upon a dangerous form of superficial egotism, has made a chief issue with the people of certain sections of the United States. In litigation growing out of the strife of classes the rulings and decisions of judges are sure to bitterly disappoint and displease one side or the other in every suit at law, and out of the bitterness of this displeasure has grown the demand for revenge upon the judge, under the assumption that the true equities of the case and the higher interests of a majority of the people are always so plain as to need only the formal sanction of a trial judge, without the exercise of any personal discretion or the exemplification of any far-fetched legal principle. President Taft has recently pointed out that this course is intended to further demoralize the courts, already made dangerously ineffective through the influence of politics and the tendency of judges, morally and legally unsupported, to defer to the sentiments of individuals and powers having some control over their judicial destinies. The tardiness of justice in American courts and the absence of it in many judicial decisions are too often the result of a judge's efforts to keep in reasonable touch with the sentiments of the times. For instance, the courts of the South, and sometimes of the North, East and West, are often very unfair to the Negro, and interpret the law in his case contrary to any interpretation they would put upon it if all parties concerned were white. Their decisions suit the popular taste, however unjust or unsupported by law they may be. The evil is in the judge's knowledge that he is dependent upon this popular favor for long continuance in office. In countries where judges hold office for life or during competency there is no such pandering to popular whims and no such sacrifices of fundamental legal principles; neither is there uncertainty or delay in court procedure. The permanency of the judiciary is one of the highest bulwarks of a free people, and every clear-sighted American who cares for the future security of this government and its people, should realize the need for his opposition to all whims and schemes having for their object the curtailing of the powers or shortening of the terms of the judiciary. WHAT THE NEGRO WANTS. ty clear-headed individual to define instantly measuring his wants by what of natural law, a human being It takes a pretty clear-headed individual to define just what he wants, exactly and consistently measuring his wants by what he really needs and deserves. As a proposition of natural law, a human being should have what he really needs and deserves, but that natural condition does not indicate that he is always able to decide capably what his rightful needs are. The framers of the Constitution of the United States declared aptly that all men are endowed with "certain inalienable rights," and then specified that among these are "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." Although this has long been accepted as the American ideal of human rights, it may as well be conceded as a relative conviction that it has always carried the equally decisive reservation that men shall deserve whatever they seek to realize and enjoy. After conceding the indisputable claim of all men to life and the attainment of its necessities, and the acknowledgement of so much of the universal claim to liberty as shall preserve to each mature individual the absolute ownership of his own body and its energies, we begin to run into disputes and openly antagonistic theories as we approach consideration of the enlarged liberties of men and their declared right to the pursuit of happiness. With most persons then the declared right becomes a moral platform upon which is waged a physical contest to prove the individual deserving of his claims. However little this may be practically apparent, and however much the actual contest may be minimized and made easy by conditions of class and of race and of environment, as a final and controlling conviction the rule holds good, and men get and permanently enjoy only what they continually fight for and struggle to maintain. This is true of all men, white as well as black. But black men have not been long enough in the open struggle to realize its endless character. For himself he yet accepts literally the old religious sentiment: "Man wants but little here below, nor wants that little long." Truly he gets but little out of this life when it is measured against the attainments of other men of "liberty and the pursuit of happiness." But does he deserve more than he gets? Has he won more than he is permitted to enjoy? Hardly the latter case. What men win they retain or die defending. Does the Negro really know what he wants? Can he define his needs and deserts? What possible convention could adequately express them? We have no great, compact system of social or industrial development upon which we can rely for a unity of interest. We are demoralized politically and seeking quarters where we are not wanted? Our leaders are hopelessly divided over every important plan for material advancement. And all the while our liberties are gradually slipping away from us, with our enemies encroaching more and more upon our supposed established rights; our pursuit of happiness is one grand plunge into the realm of the gaudy and grotesque, on the one side, and an inactive reliance upon the assistance and championship of the good white man, on the other side. If we deserve what we want and are to win what we deserve, we really need a militant leadership and a council of war. 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Click and ye correspondent. Many good things were spoken of during the exercises. Drs. McLanders and G. H. Hope gave interesting lectures at the A. M. E. church last Sunday evening, on the subject of Tuberculosis and its deadly effect on the human family. The inclementy of the weather kept a great many from attending, but those who did come out were greatly benefitted by the valuable information given by these learned doctors. Mr. H. Bramlett, John Collins and James Corners have taken up 160 acres of fine government land about eight miles west of the city, several of their claims are adjoining. This is a section or 640 acres of land owned by these four colored men and each of them are improving and living upon their claims. Who says that the Negro in this section of the county is not going back to the soil? Mrs. Yola Brinson and Miss Lavinia Rodgers have just returned from Santa Fe, N. 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Dancing and Theatre Parties Pre- day or week. Taxicabs and Hard Bottling Manufacturers of all Kinds Water, Mineral Water Ginger Ale NEEF'S LAGER BEER FOR FAMILY PHONE 66. Theatre Parties Prices on application tek. Taxicabs and Touring Cars Bottling Co. Makers of all Kinds Mineral Waters and Lager Ale FOR DEER FOR FAMILY USE. PHONE 66. Special rates to Dancing and Theatre Parties Prices on application for cars by day or week. Taxicabs and Touring Cars. Pierce Arrow, Thomas Flyer, Oldsmobile, Studabaker Garford Cars Denver, Colo. J. T. TURNER, Prop. Zang's Special Brew Family Trade a Specialty SUITS $12.50 to $25 $ THE COLORADO STATESMAN CABOT HUNTING FAIR BASF COUNTY PARTY --- Rev. S. M. Smothers of Glenwood Springs, was in the city this week. Mrs. F. Allen of 3401 Delgany street, who was very ill last week, is improving slowly. Mrs. I. Clapton of Fort Worth, Tex., is in the city, the guest of Mrs. E. Carter, 2256 Cleveland Place. D. B. Faw, was down this week from Estes Park, looking up men for the summer season at that place, for the Hotel Stanley. Mrs. L. W. Smith of Colorado Springs is in the city on business. She is stopping with Mrs. S. P. McBeth, 2444 Marion street. First picnic of the season, Bloomfield Park, Wednesday, June 14th. Rocky Mountain Lodge Odd Fellows, of course. Mrs. Ernest Howard was called suddenly away to Texarkana, Arkansas, on the account of the illness of her father. Messrs. E. S. Cook and H. J. Foster were in the city a short time Saturday en route from Chicago to Salt Lake, Utah. Mrs. H. Hale of Buxton, Iowa, is in the city for her health. She is stopping with Mrs. S. Winman, 2343 Lawrence street. Ira Franklin is no longer head waiter at the Colorado Traffic Club. Mr. Willis, who has been in the employee of the club for several years, succeeds him. The many friends of Meredith Lee were glad to see him in the city this week from Estes Park. Mr. Lee was in the city on business and returned Friday. Wm. S. Eldridge, who died at 1940 California street Sunday morning, was buried Tuesday the 16th inst., from the Douglass Undertaking Parors. Interment at Riverside, Rev. Reynolds officiating. West Bros. are continuing to improve their place of business. This week they installed a fine refrigerator, which carries a thousand pounds of ice. They certainly deserve the patronage of the people. The Victrola used at the entertainment, given last Thursday at the People's Presbyterian church was kindly loaned by the Victor Department of Knight-Campbell Music Company, Mr. C. Arbentz manager, and the piano by the Knight-Campbell Company. The East End Literary Society will close the first Friday night in June, June 2nd. The committee is now preparing for a grand reception and a grand musical recital. Program will be published later. Everybody will be most cordially welcome to this grand closing of this body. Daniel Rease, chairman; Help us and we will help you. Boost the Odd Fellows building fund. Join us in our Mid-Summer Outing at Bloomfield Park, Wednesday, June 14th. Y. M. C. B. AT CAMPBELL. The president calls the meeting of the Y. M. C. B. for tomorrow at Campbell at 4 p. m. on account of Shorter's Rally. The young men have charge of the program, and a good one is expected. Dr. DuBois has been invited to spend a few moments with the organization. The drama, "Dr. Killman's office," presented at the People's Presbyterian church last thursday night by Messrs. Kerr and Webster, was well presented and furnished amusement that pleased everybody. As a comedian, Mr. Kerr's reputation was substantially vindicated in his comic stunts. The musical part of the program was such that repeated encores were necessary. The comment on the entire program by those in attendance was very flattering and the management of the affair has the congratulations of all. A NOTED SONG WRITER. Prof. Elmer Bowman of New York arrived here Sunday and spent the week visiting his mother, Mrs. Eliza Burns. Bowman spent his boyhood days here, and his many Denver friends are proud of the success he has made as a song writer in the metropolis. His first successful composition, "Go 'Way Back and Sit Down," brought him fame and a small modicum of the coin. His latest composition, "I Never Had a Man to Love Me Like You," is quite popular and enjoys a large sale in the East. Mr. Bowman has received much social attention during his short stay in the city. The Colorado Statesman predicts for him a bright future. Rocky Mountain Lodge of Odd Fellows, G. U. O. O. F. It's Bloomfield Park for mine, Wednesday, June 14th. QUEEN CITY MUSICAL ORGANIZATION. The above organization met at the residence of Mr. R. G. Holley on Wednesday at 8 p.m. Further instructions in voice-building, tone-production and the rudiments of music were given to beginners by the director, Hewetsen Watson, from 8 to 8:45, after which the entire chorus harmonized on two selections. Prior to the close of the meeting a paragraph was read from The Independent, a newspaper journal, expressing the support of the Azalia Hackley chorus to the new organization. The public is reminded that the chorus is still open for the reception of new members until the first week in June, at which time the appointment of officers, etc., will take place and permanent quarters will be provided for rehearsals. The next meeting will be held at the residence of Mr. R. G. Holley, 2557 Clarkson street, on Wednesday, May 24th at 8 p.m. PETER J. FREDERICKS. Manager of Zang's Brewing Company and a Friend of the Masses is no More. On Wednesday the remains of Mr. Fredericks was borne to its last resting place at Riverside cemetery, by his friends, who were many. There are few men who were better known than was Mr. Fredericks, and none more useful and charitable than he was. He was interested in every project, having for its object the upbuilding of the city and no man did more to uphold the credit of the city than he did. These things were not forgotten by the people, as was demonstrated when they went by the hundreds to pay their last respect to the great man, whose massive form lay still in the icy grasp of death. The Orion Singing Society rendered a beautiful selection in the home and the singing section of the Turnverien sang at the grave. The Colorado Statesman, with others, extend to the bereaved family its heartfelt sympathy in the hour of their sore distress. We can only say that, may peace like a river attend his long sleep. SHORTER TO THE FRONT. Shorter Chapel moves forward tomorrow in one mighty phalanx under the leadership of its financial lieutenants to gain for itself another victory in its $1,500 rally. For four weeks the skirmishing has been taking place, but on tomorrow the real issue comes. The members are standing by their colors and with the aid of the visiting churches and congregations in the afternoon at 3 o'clock, expect to put on the table every dollar of the assessment. The Rev. Dr. A. E. Edwards will deliver the sermon in the afternoon, while the various pastors will lead the forces in the afternoon attack. Remember, they depend upon you if you are a member or well-wisher of Shorter. THANKSGIVING CEREMONY. The G. U. O. O. F. and the Households of Ruth, of Denver, held their annual sermon at the People's Presbyterian church, Sunday, May 13, 1911. The Rev. J. A. Thomas-Hazell, pastor of the People's Presbyterian church delivered an excellent sermon to the Odd Fellows and their friends. Dr. S. A. Huff and Mrs. Ella Lindsay, both read excellent papers, which clearly demonstrated the fact that more than a passing interest is being displayed in the true spirit of Odd-fellowship, with many sermons and an every day living example, set by members of the craft, the order has before it a most promising career to do good, by lifting up those who are almost ready to give up the journey. The committees did their work splendidly, for which too much credit cannot be given. So deep was the interest in the sermon that long before the hour arrived for the services the church was packed and many were unable to gain admittance. ANNUAL SERMON. The annual sermon of the United Brothers of Friendship, Sisters of the Mysterious Ten and Juveniles will be held at Campbell church Sunday, May 28th, at 2:30 o'clock. THE MAN FARTHEST DOWN, BY BOOKER T. WASHINGTON. The first of a series of six articles, based on observations abroad, comparing the living conditions of the European peasant, Woman Worker and Miner, with those of the American Negro, will begin in this issue of that paper. GREAT SLAUGHTER SALE. A Great Slaughter Sale is now going on in Dry Goods at 2707 Welton street. Now is the time to buy for the summer. Prices the lowest in the city. 1. N. Moberly, 2707 Welton. Watch this paper next week for bar gains NOTES OF THE PEOPLE'S PRES BYTERIAN CHURCH. Sermon topics Sunday, May 21st: 11 a.m.—"An Unpayable Debt, or Man's Obligation to Woman." 7:15 p.m.—Christian Endeavor—"Growing Into Larger Work," Mark 15:26:32. 8 p.m.—"Many Members, But One Body." Guild had a short and spicy program last Tuesday night with Miss D. DeNeal. Light refreshments were served at the close to the enjoyment of the participants. Mrs. Stella Maddux will read a paper at the next session Tuesday night at the residence of Miss Arula Cole, 1124 Twenty-seventh street; subject, "Appeal of Rev. David Abeel, 1834 for New Force in Foreign Missions." The Woman's Missionary Society met in the chapel yesterday. Madames Ensley and Silverthorn, representing respectively the synod of Colorado end the Presbytery of Denver, brought us very encouraging words and suggestions for greater effectiveness of missionary work in the world. Mother's Day last Sunday night was successfully observed by the mothers of the congregation. The mothers were really younger sisters judging from the efficient manner the performers executed their apportionment. The choir appreciatively entertained our choirist, Mrs. Nellie Marshbanks, last Friday night in the chapel at the close of their rehearsal. The choirist served the church most taithfully since the pastor's incumbency. She is now spending the summer at San Acacio, Colo. Her return to the city and church is looked for with a wistful eye. Saturday night the gave a farewell reception to the choir and a few friends at her home SCOTTS' CHAPEL NOTES. The Old Folks concert, which will be given on one of the fair nights will afford much amusement for the audience. They will make you crack your side laughing. Do not fail to attend this funny concert. The young people will render a literary program during the second or third night. The Sunday school showed that it doubled its attendance last Sunday afternoon. Mr. Fred Brown is highly pleased at the grand showing on the first Sunday of this trial of the change of hours. The little folks will begin to practice of their Children Day programs soon. The program will not be rendered until the 18th of June. The pastor and district superintendent will leave for St. Louis, Mo., on the nineteenth of June to attend the Missionary and Educational Convention to be held in that city beginning with the 21st and going through the 24th. Little Goldie McPherson is on the sick list. Miss Lelia Rice, our organist, is contemplating a trip to California, where she goes to visit her sister. BETHLEHEM RALLY. On to Bethlehem! This is the financial battle cry of the conquering auxiliaries of the church, who have been waging a war of finance for the past month. Victory is perched on their banners; one month more of skirmishes and then the great battle will be fought, June the 18th, at the Central Baptist church, 3 p. m., 24th and California street. We need the help and encouragement of our well wishers in all the churches of Denver. The battle will be under the leadership of the following captains: Building Club, Mrs. E. M. Brown. Sunday School, Mrs. Dora Loveless. Free Will Club, Mrs. Ellen Johnson. B. Y. P. U., Mrs. Lillian Holmes. Busy Bees or Choir, Miss Fanchon Thrashley. Sewing Circle, Mrs. Callie Steele. Mission Circle, Mrs. M. E. Morrison. Miscellaneous Club, Mrs. A. E. Reynolds. Deaconess Board, Mrs. J. W. Parker. Beginning Wednesday night, May 25th, the Sewing Circle will give a three nights fair. You will find many useful articles in the gingham, muslin booth and county store. Every night something doing. No admission. Come and enjoy yourself and help us. 2716 Larimer street. A. E. Reynolds, pastor. NEW CLUB ORGANIZED. One of the latest clubs to make its advent into the city is the Wednesday Afternoon Study Club, which was organized by Mrs. James Bell on March 9, 1911, for the study of literature and art needle work. The art department, under the competent instruction of Mrs. W. B. Town- send, is doing very original work along the lines of batten French embroidery, drawn work, stenciling and pyrography. The literary department is pursuing a systematic course of study in English and American authors, at present making specific study of George Eliot and her well known psychological novel, "Silas Marner," for the purpose of plot development. This department is under the supervision of Mrs. H. Jenkins. Following is the program rendered April 26, 1911: Vocal solo, Mrs. H. Jenkins; current topics, Mrs. William Hickman; "Life and Works of Henry W. Longfellow." Mrs. W. B. Townsend; "Select Reading," Mrs. Frank Gaines; piano solo, Mrs. William Herndon; recitation, Mrs. Eugene Parks; "George Eliot's Place in Literature," Mrs. James Bell; vocal solo, Mrs. George McCullough. MRS. GEORGE McCULLOUGH. MRS. EUGENE PARKS, Secretary. MUSIC LOVERS INVITED. The Ushers invite the Choral Club, Queen City Choral, I. M. C. B. Glee Club, the various choirs, and all other musical organizations and lovers to be present to hear the great musical treat at Shorter, May 29. Denver is filled with the lovers of really good music and that the house will be filled to hear the two artists, Madame Hawkins-Buckner, and Mr. M. Edward Atkinson, goes without saying. STOCKHOLDERS MEETING. The stockholders of the Western Loan and Investment Association held its annual meeting Tuesday evening at 1824 Curtis street. This association is one of the largest corporations controlled by colored people in the state of Colorado. It has been in existence for twenty-one years. The following officers and directors were re-elected for the ensuing year: Directors, Joseph D. D. Rivers, H. J. M. Brown, E. D. Fountain, L. C. Connell, J. R. Contee, Officers, L. C. Connell, president; H. J. B. Brown, vice president; E. D. Fountain, treasurer; J. R. Contee, secretary; Joseph D. D. Rivers, agent and collector. A nice full dress suit for sale, good as new, size No. 36. See G. W. Davis, 1348 Fox St. Rooming house, 7 rooms, with bath, for sale at 2024 Champa street. Nicely furnished front room for rent at 1895 Marion street. Nicely furnished rooms for rent at 2034 Arapahoe street. Telephone Champa 1338. One nice, large and small furnished room for rent, with bath. Room for man and wife for light housekeeping or two gentlemen at $3.00 per month. Phone Champa 2528 or address 1919 Welton street. Brickler's New Barber Shop is located at 2208 Larimer street. Shave, 10c. Hair Cut, 25c; Children, 15c. Two modern furnished rooms for rent at 2024 Champa street. Wanted—Lady solicitors for the Mutual Laundry company. Lee Tom Cohen, manager, 2100 Arapahoe street. FOR SALE—Cheap; a large-sized picture of Paul Laurence Dunbar. Enquire at the Colorado Statesman office OFFICERS P. Chiolero, Pres. and Manager J. C. Chiolero, Vice-President S. Chiolero, Treasurer A. C. Grosso, Secy. 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Job Printing We are here to serve you with anything in the line of printed stationery for your business and personal use. □ □ □ See Us Before Going Elsewhere Letter Heads Bill Heads Envelopes Cards Wedding Invitations Posters or Announcements Of All Kinds The best quality of work at prices that are RIGHT WASHINGTON GOSSIP SPEAKER NO LONGER IS RULER WASHINGTON.—As steam is to the engine, so is the committee on rules to the national house of representatives. True, the speaker has been thrown off the committee and no longer has actually control of it; nevertheless the committee retains what the speaker has lost. Joseph G. Cannon dominated the rules committee of the Sixty-first congress and through it the house, where the majority followed the committee with supine docility. A body designed to invent instruments by which the formal rules of the house may be temporarily and deftly broken, yet broken without ceding a particle of advantage to the minority, the rules committee, is the most interesting of the house committee groups. The great ways and means committee, in its dual function as tariff-bill framer and as committee on commit- SHOWS HOW LAZY A CLERK CAN BE THE lazy government clerk has so long been a standard type in current fiction that his fellow, the lazy bureau chief, is often utterly neglected. Of course, the bureau chief is fewer and farther between than the clerk, and his laziness is thereby not quite so apparent. It was a pleasant spring afternoon in a nameless government office. The town clocks were striking three. The sunshine lay warm and brilliant across old rugs, and glancing from the handsome finish of dull mahogany desks. A caller entered the anteroom to a certain bureau chief's den. "Is Mr. K——" he began. The clerk was busy at the telephone, and waved a hospitable hand toward a row of empty chairs. "Just a minute," he said, and then turned again to the telephone. The visitor tried not to overhear, but nevertheless got something like this: "What did Murphy say to that? . . . O, come now. . . . You did? . . . Get out. . . . Not so you'r notice it. The reason was I felt tired and went out for a walk with Murphy. . . . He ought to have it painted on his shirt front. . . . Well, what do you suppose I called you up for—to tell ERA OF "SHERLOCKING" AT CAPITAL EVERYTHING IN THIS PLACE NEEDS INVESTIGATING THE era of investigation has begun in Washington and soon will affect every corner of the United States. It is impossible to walk around Washington without running across a Sherlock Holmes. There is no branch of the government too inconspicuous to escape attention. The Democrat microscope is being cleaned for use in matters ranging from the action of the president in mobilizing United States troops on the border of Mexico to the sanitary conditions in the public buildings. The various committees cannot get actively at work in this direction until December, when the estimates for expenses will be submitted by the president, and this affords an opportunity for the resurrection of a number of committees. The investigations these committees will conduct are as follows: --- TWO STORIES ON REPUBLICAN LEADER TWO stories on Jim Mann, Republican leader in the house, have developed recently, and the worst of it is they are both on the Chicagoan. A newspaper man who likes the birds and flowers and knows all about them was walking down town from his home early one morning the other day. He stopped at Iowa circle to look at the crocuses and the forget-me-nots that were poking their heads through the flower plots. He saw another man similarly engaged, except that the other man was more curious and was poking around in the black loam with his walking stick. The newspaper man recognized Mr. Mann. "Well, I see you are a nature lover, too, Mr. Mann," he said. "Not on your life," answered the minority leader. "I dropped a quarter around here somewhere a minute ago." Mr. Mann walked out of the White House the other day. Since his election to the leadership he has be- "A what? asked main. "A nature lover." tees, prepares the political pathway for the house majority on which it must travel to victory or defeat. The mighty appropriations committee, acting as a board of directors of the government bank and as the regulator of public expenditures, does a non-partisan and truly patriotic service to the entire government. But the rules committee, which ranks equally with the two named before—carrying out the figure of the house as a locomotive—must in itself generate the power that thrills the whole machine with life and motion and enables it to travel safely along the legislative highway. The engineer of this locomotive committee is Representative Robert Lee Henry of Texas. His is the hand that must close on the levers at the right time, and his is the hand that must sound the warning whistle and apply the brakes and take the upgrades on the high speed and the down-grades conservatively and with caution. Being responsible for the locomotive's progress, he is accordingly responsible for the entire train of committee cars behind him, and piloting them and their precious cargo to a safe destination is his huge work. Y A CLERK CAN BE WHAT DID MURPHY SAY TO THAT?- O, AH WHAT DID YOU SAY?- HA HA !?-! me things like that? . . . I'll tell you tonight." All of which was so obviously not government business that the caller inwardly wondered at the boldness of the clerk—and that of the girl at the other end of the wire. For minutes were passing, "Murphy" figured again; also some unexplained incident of a shirt bosom and a drug store. The caller blushed, and he read the old mail he kept in his pocket for just such occasions. More minutes passed. "Goodby." . . . What can I do for you, sir?" said the clerk in an unapologetic, business-like tone. Expenditures in the war department. It is the purpose of some of these committees to ask for additional power which will enable them to extend their investigations beyond the expenditures. In addition, the Democrats desire to investigate the administration pure food law and the operation of the bureau of education. The railway mail service may be examined, with a view to establishing under what conditions the men work. The postoffice department will be delved into by the postoffice committee, and the Democrats and progressives anticipate some golden campaign finds in that department. come secretive and has little to say to the correspondents. The newspaper men nailed him at the door. "Nothing doing, boys," said Mann, and he placed the tip of his finger to his lips. At that precise instant a flock of visiting school girls and their teachers loomed into view from behind a bush abutting the path to the executive offices. The girls saw a dignified looking gentleman with a white beard looking directly at them and apparently throwing a kiss. They giggled, they blushed and they retreated. "The old villain," muttered the be- spectacled teacher. "He wasn't bad looking, was he?" murmured one of the tenderest of the chickwns. DIAZ WILL QUIT BEFORE JUNE 1 MINISTER DE LA BARRA WILL BE MADE PRESIDENT OF MEXICO. PEOPLE ARE SATISFIED MADERO TO BECOME CHIEF ADV VISER TO HEAD OF THE NATION. Mexico City.—President Diaz and Vice President Corral will resign before June 1st. Minister of Foreign Relations De La Barra will become president ad interim. Francisco I. Madero, the revolutionary leader, will be called to Mexico City to act as De Le Barra's chief adviser and as the greatest guarantee possible that every pledge made by the government will be carried out. As viewed by the public, it would be virtually a joint presidency, pending a new election. The cabinet will be reorganized. The minister of war will be named by De La Barra. The foreign office will be in charge of a sub-secretary named by him. Other cabinet members will be chosen by him and Madero jointly. A new election will be called within six months. Political amnesty will be recommended to the chamber of deputies. These are the conditions upon which President Diaz will compromise. Virtually they are admitted in high quarters to be a complete surrender to the revolutionists. The resignation of Diaz and the "joint regency" of De La Barra and Madero are said to constitute a guarantee so complete that the original insurrection demand for fourteen governors no longer need be considered. The Cabinet was in almost continuous session for two days, despite the severe illness of President Diaz. The President's entire face is infected from an ulcerated tooth. His upper lip is swollen far beyond its normal size, and his face is inflamed. He speaks with the greatest difficulty, but while he is in severe pain, his condition is not alarming, despite his advanced age. The public received the announcement of Diaz's intention to resign with profound satisfaction. Since the battle of Juarez they have realized that the President's renunciation of his high office alone could bring about peace. Business throughout the republic has suffered severely and the people generally were eager for an honrable peace. Moving Toward World Peace. Washington.—The principle of arbitration of practically all disputes between nations, including questions of vital interest and national honor, assumed vitality when Secretary Knox submitted to the British and French ambassadors at Washington the draft of a convention to serve as a basis of negotiations. The fact that this government would be inaugurated with France as well as with Great Britain came as a surprise, as it was generally understood that only the United States and England were concerned. Postal Banks in West Success. Washington.—The postmaster general's report made upon the operations of postal savings banks up to April 30th shows that the western institutions are the most successful of the forty-eight now established. Leadville, Colo., heads the list with total deposits of $48,955; Anaconda, Mont., is second, with $27,402; Carson City, Nev., fifth, with $13,136; Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, sixteenth with $5,521; Laramie, Wyo., seventeenth, with $4,206; Provo, Utah, nineteenth, with $3,406. Pennsylvania Forest Fires. Ridgway, Pa.-Four thousand men are fighting forest fires that are raging between here and Williamsport. Near Renovo, in Clinton county, where the fires have been burning for three days, 500 men have been battling since Saturday night and more than 10,000 acres have been burned over. Aviator Falls to Death. Lcs Angeles.—A. V. Hartle, a young Ohioan, ambitious to become an aviator, fell to his death at the aviation grounds where Arch Hoxsey met a tragic fate before thousands of spectators December 31st last. It was Hartle's second day's apprenticeship as a birdman. He fell 100 feet. Celebrates Her 105th Birthday. 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Phone Main 5554, 913 21 St. THE BEST ICE CREAM AND CANDIES AT O. P. BAUR & CO. CATERERS AND CONFECTIONERS Phone: 168 1512 Curtis Street, Denver, Colo. H. L. KORTZ Expert Watchmaker, Jeweler and Optician Watches and Jewelry for Sale at Lowest Prices in the City. WALTHAM ONE SIZE All Work Guaranteed for Two Years 805 Fifteenth Street, Denver, Colo. Between Champa and Stout Phone Main 5371 PHONE MAIN 4843 J. GIBSON SMITH Art Dealer 322 Seventeenth Street DENVER, - - COLORADO Again We Say Subscribe for THIS PAPER --- New News of Yesterday by E. J. Edwards Cabinet Mystery Is Solved Ruling Passion Strong in Death Why Elilu B. Washburne, President Grant's First Secretary of State, Resigned in Two Weeks to Become Minister to France. No comprehensive history of either Lincoln or Grant could be written without the appearance many times of the name of Eilhu B. Washburne. He was one of Lincoln's closest friends. All through the movement that resulted in Lincoln's nomination for and election to the presidency he was in intimate touch with Lincoln. When Lincoln slipped quietly into Washington for the inauguration, Washburne and William H. Seward were the two men who met him at the railroad station and conducted him to his hotel; and all through the war Washburne's counsel was sought by the president. It was due to Washburne's recommendations that Lincoln nominated Colonel U. S. Grant to be a brigadier general, and many other times throughout the war Grant had reason to feel grateful for the friendship and good offices of Washburne, who represented the Galena (Ill.) district in congress from 1835 to 1869. After Grant had become president-elect, and when he was turning over in his mind the composition of his cabinet, he fixed at once upon two men for places in it. One was Elihu B. Washburne for secretary of state, and the other was Gen. Jacob D. Cox of Ohio, for secretary of the interior. He felt sure that Washburne, especially, would be pleased to be called to the premier cabinet position, but to Grant's surprise this shortly turned out to be not the case. "I appreciate greatly the honor you have in mind to bestow upon me," was Washburne's reply when Grant offered him the state department, "but I should rather serve as minister to France. The situation in that empire has been intensely interesting to me for some time. I am sure that exciting times await France, and I would like to witness them at first hand as our minister at the French court." Thereupon Grant intimated strongly to Mr. Washburne that personally he would greatly prefer to have his friend remain in this country in charge of the diplomatic business of the government; and he reminded Mr. Washburne of the great prestige and honor attached to the position of sec- Story of the Dying Gambler of Nevada Told by James W. Nye, Who Was James W. Nye, appointed by President Lincoln as first territorial governor of Nevada, and elected one of the senators from Nevada after it was admitted to the Union, was in his day nationally renowned as a political speaker. It was said of him that better than any other man, Lincoln alone excepted, Nye could tell a story to illustrate a point. To a group of eastern friends he one day told a good anecdote, illustrative of the old saying that one's ruling passion is strong in death. "I suppose," said Governor Nye, with a reminiscent smile—he was then a member of the United States senate—"the territory of Nevada, when I became governor of it, was about the weirdest and most lawless community then existing anywhere on the face of the earth. Every form of vice prevailed openly there, and yet there was in existence a kind of rude code of honor which served better than any written law to restrain the lawless from carrying things on with what might be called a high hand. "Among this element when I arrived in Nevada was a desperado, a gambler, who practically ruled the territory. His passion for gambling was so inverteate that he was willing to wager a bet upon any event. He was fond of betting upon the weather, and he would even bet upon the course of the wind as that might be developed the next day at a certain fixed hour. He would take any conceivable chance. I got along very well with this man, and he seemed to entertain some friendship for me, so that when word came from this gambler to me that he was desperately ill—I think, with pneumonia—I was genuinely sorry. "The doctor attending the gambler had told him that he could not live, and, knowing his patient's mode of life, the physician had supplemented this information by hinting that if the gambler wished to make any statement or to leave any message with a man of God, he had better send for one immediately. That the gambler had done, but his messengers could find no clergyman anywhere, and when they so reported, the gambler had asked that I be sent for. 'You're the governor,' explained the messenger, 'and he says that's the best thing to be a clergyman, and besides, he likes you.' "Though not very experienced in giving religious consolation, I determined to do what I could for the A Tragedy Narrowly Averted retary of state. Mr. Washburne confessed knowledge of that prestige and honor, and yet he frankly stated that if he were to have any official appointment from the new administration, he much preferred to be made minister to France. So the matter stood between the two men until General Grant declared flatly that only by appointing Mr. Washburne secretary of state could he express fully his appreciation of the relation that had been established between him and Mr. Washburne. "But," the general added, "if you still desire to go to France after you have been secretary of state for awhile, you can resign—you can resign as soon as you care to do so after you have taken the office, and then your name will be sent to the senate immediately as that of the new minister to France." So Elbu B. Washburne became sec- Hitherto Unrelated Story of General Arthur's Nearly Fatal Illness on a Dispatch Boat After Paying a Visit to Savannah. The people of the United States have hitherto never known how narrowly they escaped a double presidential tragedy between the years 1881 and 1883. Of course, the assassination of President Garfield was a worldmoving event. But there was a time, a night in April, 1883, when for a few hours the danger was grave that President Chester A. Arthur, who succeeded Garfield, would fail to respond to medical treatment. Had the apprehension of his physician proved correct, then for the first time in our history the duties of the office of president would have devolved upon the president pro tempore of the United States senate. In April, 1883, President Arthur was invited to visit Florida. When the citizens of Savannah learned that he would on that excursion approach as close to Savannah as the mouth of the river, they urged him with much cordiality and earnestness to become a guest of the city. The president felt that he could not refuse to cordial an invitation. He reached Savannah on gambler. Hurrying to his bedside I saw at a glance that he was very near death. He looked up at me and smiled faintly. 'Well, Jim,' I said, 'you seem to be pretty sick.' "In reply, he told me that he knew his time had come, and that he felt he had something to say—he wanted to leave the world squarely. I knew what he meant, and as well as I could I told him that the Good Book said that if anyone confessed his sins, even at the last moment, and was really sorry for them, there was no doubt of that man's pardon." "For a moment he lay still, with his eyes closed. Then he looked earnestly into my face. 'And if I am really sorry, I will go to heaven?' he asked. "Yes, Jim,' I said, 'I am sure you will!' "Do you expect to go to heaven? he asked, after another pause. And I told him that I hoped to go there. "Shall we both be angels?' he asked, with all sincerity, like a little child, and with a child's pathetic yearning in his eyes. "I could only answer, 'Yes.' "A beautiful smile flitted across the man's face. 'Governor,' he said, after a moment, and in the faintest of voices, 'when we're both in heaven and angels. I'll bet you five dollars I can fly faster than you can.' "It was the ruling passion strong in death. And five minutes later he was dead." (Copyright, 1911, by E. J. Edwards. All Rights Reserved.) The Kangaroo's Defense. In the kangaroo hunts of Australia capture is sufficiently easy, but sometimes the kangaroo makes an original defense. If possible, the kangaroo directs his flight toward a river. If he reaches it he enters and, thanks to his great height, he is able to go on foot to a depth where the dogs are obliged to swim. There he plants himself on his two hind legs and his tail, and up to his shoulders in the water, awaits the arrival of the pack. With his forepaws he seizes by the head the first dog that approaches, and as he is more solidly balanced than his assailant he holds the dog's nose beneath the water as long as he can. Unless a second dog speedily comes to the rescue the first one is inevitably drowned. If a companion arrives and sets him free, he is glad to regain the bank as quickly as possible. A strong and courageous kangaroo will hold his own against twenty or thirty dogs, drowning some and frightening others, and the hunter is obliged to intervene with a bullet. retary of state—and great was the surprise of the country, when after only two weeks' service in the cabinet he resigned therefrom and was at once nominated as minister to France. All sorts of surmises and explanations of the move were made, but here for the first time is told the real history of that unprecedented resignation of a superior office to take a subordinate place under it. It should be added that Mr. Washburne's service as minister to France has become traditional in diplomatic history. He was the only diplomatic representative who remained in Paris throughout the bloody part of the commune. During the Franco-Prussian war he represented the German interests in France and during the siege of Paris he was of great service not only to the United States but also to the people of other nations who were caught in Paris at that critical period. At one time he stood between them and the most desperate danger. (Copyright, 1911, by E. J. Edwards. All Rights Reserved.) the United States dispatch boat Tallapoosa. With him was Secretary of the Navy William E. Chandler. A very close personal intimacy had been established between President Arthur and Mr. Chandler. President Arthur was entertained with characteristic southern hospitality by the city of Savannah and by some of the leading men of that city. At about midnight he returned to the Tallapoosa, pretty well tired out. What later occurred was told me confidentially by Dr. Black, the surgeon and physician attached to the Tallapoosa. "I should say it was about two o'clock in the morning when I was summoned by President Arthur's valet, who told me that the president was suffering excruciating pain," said Dr. Black, who several years later lost his life when the Tallapoosa went down in Buzzard's Bay. "I went as soon as I could hastily dress myself to the stateroom set apart for the president. I saw instantly that he was grievously ill. I knew that speedy and heroic treatment was necessary, and after making a few inquiries, I diagnosed the trouble as acute indigestion. I was certain that it was due to shrimp salad, of which the president had eaten heartily, a viand for which Savannah is famous. "Between his paroxysms of pain the president said that he ought to tell me something of which no one but himself and one or two of his immediate friends had any knowledge. Then he said that a certainly functional and probably organic disease of the kidneys had attacked him. I was satisfied that this statement was correct, for some of the symptoms of the acute indigestion were those that are frequently observed when attacks of that kind are associated with Bright's disease. You can imagine my sense of responsibility. Here was the president of the United States on board a little dispatch boat, desperately ill, and, for a while, I feared mortally ill. And he was suffering agonizing pain. "It was at least two hours before I began to observe any of the first symptoms of relief. And in that period—I shudder still to recall it—there was an interval, I should say of about ten minutes, when I feared gravely that the president would not recover. Happily, those dread minutes passed, but even after the trouble had yielded partially to treatment, I did not dare authorize the president to return to Washington by sea. He was, therefore, carefully and tenderly carried from the Tallapoosa to a private car which had been obtained, and while still a very sick man was taken to Washington. "If the people of the United States had known at the time how dangerously ill their president was, I am sure there would have been universal concern and sympathy. But it was the part of political as well as of personal expediency that there should be no revelation of that kind." (Copyright, 1911, by E. J. Edwards. All (Copyright, 1911, by E. J. Edwards. All Rights Reserved.) Quick but Costly. "They are going the wrong way about it," said Champ Clark, at a banquet in Bowling Green, of a tax he had opposed. "They remind me, in this expensive scheme for raising revenue, of Mrs. Calhoun Webster. "Cal,' said Mrs. Webster, one lovely morning in early spring, 'I wish you'd save up your money and get a biplane or a monoplane.' "What for? "the astonished Webster asked. "Oh,' said his wife, 'we need so many things this Easter—Easter hats and harem skirts and new carpets and talking machines and so on—and winning aeroplane prizes seems such a quick way to earn money.'" Might as Well. "What kind of a career have you mapped out for your boy, Josh?" "I'm goin' to make a lawyer of him." answered Farmer Corntossel. "He's got an unconquerable fancy for tendin' to other folks' business, an' he might as well git paid for it."—Western Christian Advocate. San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego, Cal. FROM MAIN LINE COLORADO POINTS ON THE "The Scenic Line of the World." $65 One Way Th TICKETS ON SALE APRIL Through Electric-Light AND Way Through Portland E APRIL 18, 19, 20, 1911. FINAL JUNE 30, 1911. Electric - Lighted Pullman Observa TICKETS ON SALE APRIL 18, 19, 20, 1911. FINAL RETURN LIMIT, JUNE 30, 1911. 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COLORADO FROM SOUTHERN THE CH LIQUOR COMPANY DOMESTIC WINES & LIQUORS W. P. JONES, Proprietor. OF CIGARS AND TOBACCO. s Barber Shop VELTON STREET. DENVER, COLO. DENVER, COLO. COLORADO STATE SOUTHERN 1516 COURT PLACE A. BRADSHAW A. BRADSHAW BROOKLYN AROUND THE CORNER FROM THE OLD STAND 1443 CARS Now that the spring housecleanin house naturally begins to think about Glassware and Silverware. Our display in these lines never was BURNER AND 1443-1447 RSO Bring housecleaning is about to think about replenishing ware. 1443-1447 Stout St. SON'S housecleaning is about over, the lady of the think about replenishing her stock of Dishes, AROUND THE CORNER 1443-1447 Stout St. FROM THE OLD STAND Now that the spring housecleaning is about over, the lady of the house naturally begins to think about replenishing her stock of Dishes, Glassware and Silverware. Our display in these lines never was better than at the present time. 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McCRAY Refrigerators are in use in all the Pure Food Laboratories of the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. This fact is of interest to thoughtful people who are considering the purchase of a refrigerator. The officials who determined the choice after close study of all makes, decided on the McCray on account of the exclusive sanitary features of the McCray System. REFRIGERATORS — for Residences Grocers, Florists, Hotels. Display Cases and Counters—COOLERS For Markets and Storage—BUILT-TO- ORDER Work n Specialty. O. L. GAMBREL, Manager. 1528 Court Place, Denver. --- --- --- McCRAY Corsets Gents' Furnishings Millinery season now here. Everybody knows Bradshaw's can sell you good hats for less money than any place in city. We also have a complete line of Hoisery and Underwear, including extra large size. We are in our own building, have not rent to pay. Chili and Lunch Parlor Cakes - Pies - Ice Cream 2622 Welton St., Denver, Colo. The Great Professional Shoe Shiner of Denver. Located, 1844 Arapahoe. Also Hat Cleaning, Cigars, Tobacco, Candy and Soft Drinks. EXPRESS AND MOVING VAN DON REEVES Prompt Attention Given to All Orders Night Call Phone, York 3352, Residence, 1609 Clarkson St. DENVER, COLO. Job and Repair Work a Specialty Res. 353 W. Warren Ave. Phone South 1862 Shop 1021 Twenty-First St. Phone Main 1144 Millinery DENVER, COLO. D. REASE Showy Costumes THE FASHION OF THE WORLD THREE models showing the unique use of lace, black velvet and scallops—Left, green satin skirt scalloped over hem of black satin. Tunic of taupe gray mousseline and fillet lace, with cords of green silk. Corsage of fillet lace over taupe gray mousseline bodice, with yoke of Venetian lace vellied green satin. Center, Toilet Essential That May Only Be Described as Absolutely Indispensable. A strong spray that can be attached to the faucet of the bath tub is indispensable. It is essential in shampooing, as it gets out the soap quickly and with little effort. The force of a spray is a splendid tonic after a shampoo, and gets the scalp in a glow that prevents cold. When one comes in tired, the haggard lines can be speedily rested and the tensions loosened by spraying the face and throat vigorously for five minutes. This can be done without disrobing, if a rubber sheet is slipped over the head. Use first warm water, then cold, alternately, until the skin is in a glow. The benefit of this treatment is increased if a cleansing cream or skin food is first rubbed in five minutes before the hot spray is applied. A nerve specialist advises the use of a bath spray daily to play upon the length of the spine. The force is directed up and down the spine rather briskly for about five minutes, and is made especially strong at the waist line, to relieve the pressure of corsets and start the blood to circulating. Use warm water first, gradually making it colder. This prevents shock and soothes the nervous system. The Ostrich Plume The newest trimmings in millinery emphasizes the use of plumes. Such plumes! The word conjures up an infinite variety of styles of which our mothers and grandmothers knew nothing, and fair women to today can be doubly grateful for the efforts of millers. Garlands of plumes are used on broad, low hats. They are spotted and flecked with color, and some are made of layers of different shades, giving a wonderfully iridescent effect. On velvet turbans the use of a single plume attached at the front, and extending toward the back in a slanting line, is quite evident. This line for the plume is used on large hats as well. And speaking of the wide flat shapes leads us to the introduction of stricch feathers to edge the brim. Two successful Paris milliners have done this with great effect. Spring Wrap. For spring a wrap of black charmeuse is a serviceable addition to a modish wardrobe. It may be fashioned as simple as a tailored coat or elaborated by broad band trimmings of basket weave silk braid, heavy lace and fancy buttons. The lining is usually in a gay tone—sometimes of plain satin, again of satin foulard, in one of the latest patterns. One such a coat seen recently was of black charmeuse and lined with emerald green. The fastening was at one side, a large button serving as a clasp and the revers were faced with green satin, veiled in black chiffon. The raglan sleeve is the preferred type for coats on this order. Folding Tucks. Even garments to be tucked by hand should be folded by machine. Adjust the trimmer to the right size, and then adjust the stitch. Remove the thread from the needle, and tuck just as if the thread were there. Then on your hand sewing you can follow the line of needle pricks." Table linen can be marked in by the same way, to be hemmed by hand. black and white striped surah, velled with tunic of purple marquisette, cut short in front. Tunic bordered with Egyptian embroidery. Corsage of Venetian lace. Right, white volle marquisette, scalloped over a border of black velvet. Filet lace trims corsage and forms collar and cuffs. Green satin belt. Really No Other Kind Is Permissible, If One Would Do the Correct Thing. A woman in mourning often misses it in her accessories. Her gowns and hats may be quite correct, but she wears jewelry or carries bags and other belongings that are not suitable. For the deepest black it is good form to wear nothing but black jewelry. This means a new supply, as none of the old is permissible save one's engagement ring. Some women even dispense with that. Black enamel onyx beads and cut onyx dull jet in beads and carbochons are most used. For cheaper pins there is gun metal, which wears badly and soon looks rusty, and the various compositions made to represent enamel. Women who can afford it have dog collars, chains, pins and brooches of onyx to match. The first cost of this is offset by the lasting qualities. Twisted ropes of tiny jet beads make good looking watch chains, to which is attached a watch of black enamel links on the order of the antique silver ones. The simpler the lines of mourning jewelry the better form it is. Little more is worn than is necessary, and long bar pins are better liked than fancy brooches, even for the front of a collar. PARISIAN MILLINERY IDEA. Valuing Violets. Most men are fond of violets, I suppose. They all say they are, especially when my violets are in season. 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