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THE HERALD.
SPRINGFIELD, - COLORADO.
The KansAs City Star says Chicago
girls are flocking In droves to see the
Brazilian anaconda that hugged a pony
to death.
Two Boston poets are going to try
to walk across the Atlantic in pneu
matic boots. They probably will wear
the boots on their poetic feet.
The sad story is told of a Connec
ticut girl of disordered mind who, pos
sessed by a mania to disrobe, took to
the woods. It is strange that she did
not take to the stage.
It has been developed by a census of
the treasury department that, while
the District of Columbia is entitled to
only nine appointments, it has 395.
The District of Columbia does not rote
in presidential elections, but, in an
emergency, can easily supply enough
officeholders to run the government.
The patriots at Washington nre con
tent to let the others do the voting so
long as they get the official plums.
One of the prominent delegates at
the convention of the Woman’s Chris
tian Temperance Union in Toronto
was from Iceland. She was interview
ed, as a matter of course, and said, for
one thing, that there are no tramps in
Iceland. Possibly one explanation of
this cheerful fact is to be found in her
remark that by nature the Icelander
is -of an "intensive disposition." A
tramp, as is well known, abhors In
tensity. It wearies him.
Argentine wheat crops for the last
six years have been as follows: 1892,
34,000,000 bushels; 1893, 58,000,000
bushels; 1894, 84.000,000 bushels; 1895,
60,000.000 bushels; 1896, 44,000,000
bushels; 1897 (estimate), 28,000,000
bushels. The exports to Europe have
been: 1892, 16,800,000 bushels; 1893,
33,600,000 bushels; 1894, 56.000,000
bushels; 1897, 37.600.000 bushels; 1896.
18,000.000 bushels; 1897 (estimate). 2,-
000,000 bushels.
It is proposed to establish a com- 1
merclal museum in San Francisco on
lines similar to those of the Philadel
phia Institution. The purpose as pro
jected is to bring the markets of the
Asian-Pacific coast in closer touch
with the United States. According tc
John Barrett, the American minister
at Bangkok, the United States has
trade opportunities in this direction
covering a coast line of 4,000 miles and
representing a population of 500,000,-
000.
That the greatness of the self-made
man is consequent upon meagre edu
cational advantages is an old super
stition fast disappearing, as Ex-Presi
dent Cleveland pointed out at the re
cent Princeton commemoration. The
successful man whose youth was with
out advantages' has attained success
not because of those disadvantages,
but in spite of them, and it is logical
to infer that with increased intellectual
training he would have climbed to still
greater eminence.
The uses of lemons are manifold,
and the more we employ them the bet
ter we shall find ourselves. For all
people, in sickness or in health, lemon
ade is not only a safe but a remark
ably pleasant drink. It is a specific
against worms and skin complaints.
The pippins crushed may also be mixed
with water and used as a drink. Lem
on Juice is the best anti-scorbutic rem
edy known. It not only cures the
disease, but, what is better than a cure,
is a preventive. Sailors make a daily
use of it for that purpose. It is a good
thing to rub the gums daily with
lemon juice to keep them in a healthy
condition. It prevents chilblains.
Lemon used in intermittent fevers is
mixed with strong hot black tea or
coifee without sugar. Neuralgia may
be cured by rubbing the part afflicted
with a lemon. It is valuable also to
cure warts and to destroy dundruff on
the head by rubbing the roots of the
hair with it.
Not very long ago a stray item of
fashion reached a missionary among
the Indians of the far west, to the ef
fect that braided palmetto hats were
much worn, and she remembered what
fun she had thought that braiding
was. when she was a little girl in
Louisiana. It flashed upon her that
corn-husks might be used for the same
purpose, and before evening she had
gathered a crowd of eager Indian boys
around her and taught them to fash
ion very presentable hats. "I believe
they will sell." she told the young In
dians. and they have been sold. "But
even if they do not," one lad replied,
"we shall never have to buy any more
for ourselves." So the nice braiding
of palmetto, learned in childhood, has
resulted in creating a new industry
for the Indian. It is always so. What
ever is useful that, one learns thor
oughly and well is quite sure to come
Into service in later life.
The league magnates have decided
that two umpires must officiate at
each game. This will make it much
more interesting for the bleachers
clear down to the left field fence. They
couldn't be expected to throw a beer
bottle or any other missile with any
accuracy as far as the home plate.
Abdul Hamid mildly disclaims re
sponsibility for the pillage of Ameri
can missions. If this government were
to take a lesson from Austria in that
Mersina affair Abdul might be brought
to see the matter differently.
Samuel E. Morse, ex-consul general
to Paris, said, in speaking of city im
provements, at a recent banquet In In
dianapolis: "A city without parks is
like a house without windows, and
however admirable a city may be in
all other respects, it can make no pre
tensions to being a modern city until
it has a model system of parks.”
A Chicago newspaper man 1 m writ
ten a lecture showing that Shakespeare
was a temperance advocate. We do
not recall any of the bard’s characters
who ever took the gold cure.
RODE ON A WILD CAR.
THE RESULT WAS A COLLISION
Seventy Track Men on the Rio Grande
Have a Narrow Eecape From Death
Near Nedalla.
Denver, Dec. 22.—At 0:30 o’clock last
evening a special south-bound freight
train on the Denver & Itlo Grande roud
plunged into a runaway passenger
coach two miles this side of Castle
Rock, Colorado, injuring thirty-six of
the seventy occupants of the car. The
car was almost completely wrecked,
the engine of the special freight
ploughing its way fully fifteen feet
into it. Of the thirty-six men Injured,
none were fatally hurt. About half a
dozen sustained broken bones, the re
mainder escaping with bruises and lac
erated flesh.
The occupants of the ear were the
steel gang that has been located at
Castle Rock for the past week relay
ing rails and making general repairs
along the line. The ear they were
seated In was a chair ear used by the
road to transport the men from place
to place.
The engine of the special freight
which ran into the car was not badly
Injured. The engineer and fireman saw
the car coining down the grade to-
I wards them and jumi>ed in time to es
cape lieing injured when the collision
occurred. The head lirakeman of the
freight was unable to get off quick (
enough, and sustained a few bruises, i
The most seriously injured men were i
taken to Sedalia. where half a dozen j
physicians set tlielr fractured bones ;
and bound up tlielr cuts and lacera
tions. Those that were not badly In
jured caught the uortli-liound train No.
4 and went to their respective homes
in the small towns between here and
Castle Rock.
The accident was a peculiar one.
That half the men In the ear were not
killed outright was one of those mime- |
ulous escapes that often falls to the (
K>t of a railroad man. When the crash i
came, the runaway car was going not [
less than thirty-five miles an hour 1
down a gentle incline. Increasing its 1
momentum the farther it went. The j
special freight was not going very fast,
as It was climbing tlie grade.
Before jumping, the engineer shut off
steam and applied the air and steam ;
brakes. The double cheek brought the I
train almost to a stop liefore the car |
came bounding down upon it. Had j
this train been going as rapidly ns the '
car was. not half the men in the car j
would have survived the collision.
About 0:30 o’clock the steel gang
boarded the chair car, waiting for the
freight train, which was to take it to
Sedalia. to be made up. The ear was
switched hack and forth several times
in the yards opposite to the depot.
Presently the car started towards D•li
ver, and the men on the inside thought
the train had been made up and that
they were on their way to Sedalia. Con
sequently they paid uo attention to the
rapid way the ear ran. The truth was :
that the coupling pin connecting it
with the car ahead of it snapped as ,
the freight train gave a sudden Jerk \
forward, and started to roll down the .
track, ns there is a gentle grade for .
many miles north of Castle Rock.
The men. all unconscious of their per- \
ilous condition, chatted and laughed '
with each other, not realizing that each
minute carried them nearer and near
er to a special train coming iti the op
posite direction on the same track. It
was not until after the crash came,
and those that escaped Injury crawled
out of the wrecked car and sized up
[ the situation, that they realized the
true condition of affairs.
Every chair in the passenger car had
been wrenched from its fastenings to
the floor, and had fallen over In a con
fused mass. The wreck of the interior
of the car was complete. The special
freight had completely shattered the
car. throwing splinters in all directions,
covering the confused mass of groan
ing and crying men and damaged
chairs.
GAME WARDENS EXONERATED.
Inveatlratine Con»ml«»lon Thought They
Wire JiMt Itlrd In shunting Indiana.
Denver. Dec. 22.—D. C. Beaman,
Charles E. Noble and Joshua Wnl
bridge. the commissioners appointed by
Governor Adams :«* investigate the
trouble between the Ute Indians and
the game wardens in Lily Park on Oc
tober 24th. liave made their report to
the chief executive. It exonerates the
game wardens from blame on account
of the killing of the Indians.
The conditions prior to the tight nre
rehearsed by the report. Reck and
State Game Commissioner Swan had
directed the Indians not to violate the
Colorado game laws. No passes were
to Im* issued for Inuring in Colorado.
A White River Ute. Unguslieone Starr,
however, got a permit, to bunt horses
in Brown's park. Colorado, thirty
miles from Lily park. lie was accom
panied by Snake Pete, eight other
bucks and eighteen squaws and child
ren. They pitched their tepees and be
gan to hunt deer.
Hearing that then* were Indians
near Lily park. Game Warden Wilcox
j and a special deputy set out to inves
' tlgate. Having learned :lmt more
than forty Indians were killing deer,
he summoned assistance from Craig.
On October 23rd the whites assembled
at Vauglm’s ranch on Rear river.
Next morning the party set out for
the Indian camps. Word was sent to
the Indians that the game wardens
were coming peaceably to talk with
them. The messengers had scarcely
started when Starr and another Indian
luisscd the camp of the game wardens
and tried to get away to their camp.
Starr was caught, but the other Indian
escaped.
Snake Pete and some of the others
were not in camp when the wardens
arrived. Some of the wardens traded
with the squaws for trinkets. Others
found fifty green deer hides, drie'd
meat and two fresh deer carcasses.
Wilcox told the Indians they were
violating the law and lie would be com
pelled to put them under arrest. The
guns which some of the bucks had
were taken away.
Nearly four hours were spent in the
talk with the Indians. Two Indians
escaped from the camp. Wilcox for
bade the wardens to shoot at them.
Finally Wilcox, fearing that reinforce
ments might arrived from the adjacent
camp, told the bucks they would have
to go with him. Starr refused to stay
upon bis horse. Wilcox called for
ropes to tie him there. An Indian
grabbed a Winchester, which he aimed
at Warden Shaw. It was knocked
aside and the bullet wounded a squaw
on the scalp. At once another Indian
struck at a warden with a butcher
knife, leaving a scratch ou his neck.
The first Indian clubbed Warden Shaw
into Insensibility with the stock of his
gun. A squaw tried to grab Wilcox’s
revolver and another Indian was about
to knife him. A second squaw opened
up ou the wardens with a revolver.
Then she was shot in the arms with a
revolver handled by a warden. Starr
and other Indians did some shooting.
■ The wardens returned the tire of the
bucks. Two Indians were killed .'.ml
two squaws were wounded. The rest
escaped.
These facts were testified to by
eleven citizens of Routt county, two of
whom were in m* way concerned in the
affair.
The Indians denied the material facts
except the killing and wounding, the
time consumed Uy the parley and the
purciiase of bend purses from the
squaws. Photographs taken durlug
the parley refute the claims of the In
dians that during the parley the war
dens were hostile to the Indians.
Other testimony of the Indians in re
gard to what meat they had in camp
is contradicted by whites who were
friendly to them. The wardens are,
therefore, exonerated from blame.
Ine commissioners recommend that
the settlers be assured of tranquility.
To do this the Indians will liave to be
kept out of the state.
In any event federal and the state
governments are advised to adopt some
additional measures which will prevent
the Indians from ever returning to
Colorado.
PROSPECTS FOR ANNEXATION.
Sentiment of the Semite Note Said to He
More Favorable.
Chicago, Dec. 20.—The Washington
correspondent of tlie Record says:
There has been a decided change m
the situation of the Hawaiian treaty
within the last few days, and the inem
! hers of the committee on foreign rela
! tions are now quite confident of its
1 ratification. Senator Hoar, who has
! been coquetting with the delegation of
Hawaiian monarchists and presented
their petition in the Senate, explains
that his i>osition lias been misrepre
sented, and evidently light has entered
ids soul. He says that he is not op
, posed to the annexation of the Ha
waiian islands ns a territory, provided
j the rights of natives are thoroughly
protected. He is. however, opposed to
Hawaii as a state, and will resist any
attempt to deprive the natives of a fail
share in the responsibilities and the
privileges of government. As nobody
ever proposed to make the islands a
state and as all their inhabitants will
Ik? place<l on an equality, the same as
the citizens of Arizona or Oklahoma,
in case they are admitted as a terri
tory. Mr. Hoar has been fighting a
windmill and lias wasted a great deal
of anxiety.
Senator Morrill of Vermont has also
been a skeptic on the Hawaiian ques
tion and was eouut«*d against ratifica
tion, but. like Mr. Iloar. lie is coming
around nil right again. Mr. Hale, who
was also counted with the opposition.
Is quite indignant, because lie has
never wavered. This leaves Mr. Pet
tigrew as tlie only Republican senator
opposed to annexation, and it Is said
that ids opposition is due to the fnet
that Ids colleague. Senator Kyle, is on
the other side. Senators Gorman, Mor
gan and Money have commenced ac
tive operations on the Democratic side
and are making a thorough canvass in
behalf of ratification. Gorman and
Morgan arc the strongest Democrats
in the Senate when it comes to legis
lation. and together win exert a pow
erful influence. The action of the
Democratic members of tin* House in
caucus in leaving tlie Hawaiian ques
tion open for each man to vote accord
ing to Ids own judgment takes It out
of the list of political Issues and makes
it easier for Mr. Morgan and Mr. Gor
man to secure votes. Although the
fate of tlie treaty lias seemed doubtful
ever since the assembling of Congress,
the prospect is now more hopeful than
it ever has been.
Speaker Jleed is opposed to ancxn
tion on principle. He always has been,
just as lie has lieen opposed to reciproc
ity and other articles in the Repub
lican creed. He got started wrong and
never changes his mind. While in* re
fuses to discuss tlie question, his inti
mate friends are jMisitivc that he will
offer no resistance to legislation that
may be proposed to carry out the
terms of the treaty, and Senator Frye,
who is the most ardent annexationist
in Congress, vouches for Mr. Dinglcy.
They are neighbors in the town of
Lewiston, live at tlie same hotel in
Washington and are very close friends.
PINGREE GOT ONLY AN OPTION.
Will Not Be Able to Buy tin Aapluilt Mine
In Vene/.uelM After All.
New York. Dec. 21.—A dispatch to
the World from Caracas. Venezuela,
says: In October Governor Pingrhe of
Michigan came here to obtain an op
tion on the Pederlnnd asphalt mine,
near the mouth of the* Orinoco. He
left here greatly pleased to have ob
tained it, as he thought.
Governor Pingree does not speak
Spanish, and did not discover that the
option sold tc* him to buy the mine for
SBO,OOO was subject to the approval of
the general meeting of the sharehold
ers, who refused later to recognize the
documents signed by their president
A party composed of Colonel Eli S.
Sutton, secretary for Governor Pingree.
Edward P. Ilackett, a banker of Mil
waukee. and two engineers, came to
Caracas with letters of credit and full
power to close the deal immediately.
They were stupefied when they were
told that the shareholders of the as
phalt mine demanded sll*o.ooo for the
property instead or tin* SBO,OOO stipu
lated in the option sold to Governor
Pingree. Protests were of no avail.
Mitny Building IIIIIh.
Washington. Dim l . 20.— Then* are bills
1 before the committee on public build
ings and grounds for the erection of
custom houses and postottiees in more
I than 200 cities of the United States,
and for the extension or enlargement
j of existing buildings in fifty other cit
! les. During the Inst three or four
| years, while there lias been a deficit
! in the treasury. Congress has passed
| very few such bills, but there is going
to be a determined effort this session
upon the part of representatives who
' need buildings in their districts to so
j cure authority for tlielr erection and a
I small appropriation to pay the expense
of making plans, leaving the bulk of
the cost to l>e appropriated when the
government receipts recover their nor
mal condition. It is proposed to make
an omnibus bill, after the manner of
that for rivers and harbors, in which
all the members interested may pool
their issues and stand to win or lose
together.
Trouble In Scamlinnvlii.
London. Dec. 22.—A dispatch from
Christiania to the Daily Chronicle says
the political situation since the failure
of the unit«*d committee on foreign af
fairs has become critical, and It is
feared that Sweden will seek an oc
casion for armed Intervention in Nor
way. The dispatch adds that the Swed
ish press hopes for assistance from
Emperor William.
The admiral of the German squadron
which has just left Christiania, at a
dinner of Norwegian officers, made a
speech, which, if not openly menacing,
conveyed an implied threat. The Nor
wegian officials were much disgusted.
NO MORE SEAL SKINS.
RADICAL MEASURE IN THE NEW
BILL.
tl Will Strike m Blovr at Greet Britain
end Cenede by Preventing Them From
KeUing the Sklne In the United States.
' Washington, Dec. 19.—It lias been
developed that the bill relating to pe
lagic sealing, which has Just passed
both branches of Congress, and is be
fore the President, contains a provis
ion of far-reaching importance, which
has thus far escaped attention. This
places an absolute prohibition on the
further bringing of sealskins into the
United States from any source what
ever. As the United States Is the larg
est market in the world for sealskins,
this complete stoppage of the trade in I
this country will be a severe measure
against the Rritisli and Canadian in
dustries, which take and cure the kinds
and then dis]>ose of them largely In the
United States.
When the bill was proposed it was
generally supi>osed that its only pur-
I>ose was to prohibit American citizens
from carrying on pelagic scaling. This
feature was tlie only one to attract
attention during tlie discussion.
At the elpse of the hill, however, is
a section which is not restricted to
Americans, but applies to sealskins In
general. “Taken in the waters men
tioned in this act,” which Includes the
whole Pacific ocean. The provision is
as follows:
“Section 9—That the itiqiortatioii into [
the United States by any person what
soever of fur sealskins taken In the <
waters mentioned in this act. whether
raw. dressed, dyed or manufactured, i
is hereby prohibited, and all such arti
cles imported after tills act shall take I
effect shall not be i>ermittcd to Ik* ex- !
ported, but shall be seized and de- \
stroyed by tin* proper officers of tlu
United States."
Those who are thoroughly familiar
with the bill say tills provision is of far '
more importance in its effect than tlie !
prohibition against pelagic sealing by j
Americans.
The correspondence which has pass- ;
ed between Sir Wilfrid I.aurier. tlie;
Canadian premier, and General Fos- i
ter. the American negotiator, touching
the seal negotiations, since the Wash
ington conference last month, lias just
been made public. It consists of two
letters.
In tlie first, dated Ottawa. November
24tli. Sir Wilfrid Laurier passes upon
the proposition of our government
which was taken back to Canada by
him at the conclusion of the confer- '
cnee. He says lie is willing to enter at i
once upon a review of the whole seal !
question, though' the Paris award was
made revisable only at the end of five i
years, provided the other questions of j
importance to tlie two countries—immi- ’
gration. reciprocity, fish protection, l
etc.—shall be considered at the same j
time. He declines, however, to suspend '
sealing meantime, as the fleet would !
be dissipated entirely: that the owners
of vessels would be entitled to compen
sation beyond the disposition of Par
liament to vote. and. finally, that, as
shown by tlie experts’ report, there is
now a tendency toward equilibrium in
the maintenance of the seal herd. He
suggests that if a joint commission to i
consider all questions at issue. Includ- i
ing this, bo at once appointed, it would !
bo possible to secure tlie necessary leg- '
islation from Parliament at tlie Feb- ;
ruary session, and from Congress dur
ing the present session, to insure the J
execution of any recommendation with
regard to Bering sea next season.
Tlie second letter Is from General
Foster to Sir Wilfrid, dated Washing
ton, December 2*1. General Foster says
that Sir Wilfrid’s answer amounts to a
declination of his proposition and a
renewal of tlie Canadian proposition
made at the conference, and tiiat the
President declines to reverse ills posi
tion on that point. Should the herd
reach tin* equilibrium pointed out by
Sir Wilfrid, it will have passed the pe
riod when negotiations will be of any
avail, besides, as the United State's
will be put to the expense of $150,000
to maintain the patrol next year, pe
lagic sealing ought to he voluntarily
given up. because it is unnelghborly
and inhuman.
General Foster expresses regret that
Sir Wilfrid’s visit to Washington gives
so little of promise to satisfactory re
sults. but entertains the hope that it
may yet bear good fruits.
A STATE CONFERENCE.
Important Meet in*; of People Intercutril
In C'harltieM to Be Held.
Denver, Colo., Dec. 20.—The State
Board of Charities and Correc
tions, consisting of Mrs. S. S.
Platt, president, Governor Adams, Rev.
Father Malone, Chancellor McDowell.
Dr. I. N. Beaver and Mr. J. S. Appel
of Denver, and W. W. Sullivan of Fort
Collins, have called a meeeting of the
people of the state interested in this do-1
partnien: of the state government, to j
be held in Colorado Springs, January
9-11. IS9S. State officials, members of
the legislative and judicial branches, 1
county commissioners and sheriffs,
boards of county visitors, municipal of
ficers. heads of state institutions and
all people interested iu charitable, pe
nal and reformatory work arc expect
ed to attend tlu* conference and partici
pate in tlu* discussions. The confer
ence opens Sunday evening, in the
First Presbyterian Church, where ad
dresses will be made by the president
nnd Governor Adams, and the confer
ence sermon will be delivered by a dis
tinguished divine from SL Paul, who 1
has been invited for tlie occasion. The
remaining sessions will be held in Co
burn library of Colorado College,
which has been generously tendered
the conference by President Slocum.
The topics to be discussed will In
clude “Charity Organization and Asso
ciation,” “The Care of the County and
City Poor,” “Prison Labor and Indus
trial Training of Convicts,” “Child Sav
ing and Reformatory Industrial
Schools,” "The Care of the Insane and
Feeble Minded," “The Financial
Phases of Institutional Work in Colo
rado." and kindred topics of practical
value to the people of this state. There
will be interesting papers by well
known citizens of the state upon these
topics, and efforts will be made to have
a general discussion on all subjects
considered by tin* conference. Mr. 11.
11. Dart, secretary of the National Con
ference of Charities and Corrections;
Miss Jane Addams of Hull House.
Chicago, will be the invited guests to
address the conference. Favorable
railroad rates have been secured and
a very general attendance of the state,
counties and cities Is expected.
Colorado Appointment*,
Washington, Dec. 19.—President
McKinley yesterday sent the following
Colorado appointments to the Senate:
Richard Le Bert, Denver, surveyor
general.
James A. Layton, Grand Junction,
register Montrose lnnd office.
George H. Moulton, Colorado
Springs, consul at Dcmcraru.
LEFT DAWSON IN NOVEMBER.
Eight IYandred Men lU»e Gone to Fort
Yukon for Free Food.
Victoria, B. C.. Dec. 17—W. Kast
ner and George McLnchlan, who left
Dawson City on November 3rd, ar
rived at Victoria this evening on the
steamer Corona. They'bring news
that 800 men have accepted the ofTet
of the Alaska Commercial Company
and the Canadian government to sup
ply them with food free at Fort Yu
kon and have gone for It. About thir
ty men were passed on the trails com
ing out, all were shy of provisions and
suffering severely from the cold, which
ranged from 50 to 70 degrees below
zero.
Major Walsh, administrator of the
Yukon, was found encnmi>od at Big
Salmon* awaiting relief from Skag
uay. He had lost two l>onts and much
of his provisions. The remaining i>or
tlon was spoiled, and unless relief ar
rives soon he will Ik* without focal.
Kastuer says he cannot reach Dawson
tills winter. One of his party. Free
man, was drowned on Thanksgiving
Day. Two of the party of live who
left Dawson shortly liefore Kastuer.
are In a bad predicament. They have
l>een separated from their compan
ions and are without food. Kastncr
says people will starve in Dawson this
winter, as there is not enough food.
About 1.000 are talking of coming out
on the first ice. Kastner and McLnch
lan had a rough time coining out.
They started with four sleds, but had
to discard these and all unnecessary
luggage. For four days before reach
ing Little Telly they were on short ra
tions, and nil the way had to sleep In
the open beside a fire. The weather
was cold all the time. The police are
now stopping all men going In, ns it
is next to impossible to make the trip.
THE INDIAN INVEST GAT ON.
Return of the Coin nil**loner* Appointed by
Governor Adam*.
Denver, Dec. 17.—D. C. Beaman, on**
of the three commissioners appointed
by Governor Adams several weeks ago
to investigate the Indian troubles
which occurred several weeks ago in
the vicinity of Lily Park, returned to
Denver last evening. lie was nccom
panied by Joshua Wnlbrldge of Steam
l>oat Springs, the* second member of
the commission. They are both regis
tered at the Albany hotel. They ennu*
in aliout 9 o'clock last night, and went
immediately to their rooms, leaving
word not to allow anyone to disturb
them, as they were thoroughly tired
out and wanted to rest.
After the commissioners have filed
their report with the governor he will
look It over and determine whether
the Indians or the game warden were
to blame for the killing. If the report
shows that the Indians were fired up
on without provocation, arrests are
liable to follow. If the game wardens
were justified in shooting, the matter
will rest where it is ns far ns the state
taking any action is concerned. A fed
eral official from Washington is still
supposed to be In that part of the state
looking into the matter.
BUTTER VS. BUTTERINE.
The Tight Haw Dinruptc<i the Chicago Pro.
(luce Exchange.
! Chicago, Dec. 15. —After nu existence
| of nearly a quarter of a century the
Produce Exchange is on the verge of
dissolution. At the end of a long and
stormy meeting it was decided to dis
| tribute the money in the treasury
; among the members, which action was
taken to mean that the doom of the
organization was sealed. A controver
sy among the members of the ex
change is at the liottom of the trouble.
The beginning of this fight was in
the action of some butter men. who
several weeks ago introduced a resolu
tion in the exchange to appropriate
$2,500 of tlie funds of the exchange in
securing a strict enforcement of the
law which regulates the sale of butter
ine. This aroused the opposition of the
dealers in the latter product and
brought about the action just taken.
Civil Service Reform League.
Cincinnati. Dec. 17.—The sixteenth
annual meeting of the National Civil
Service Reform League began a ses
sion of two days here to-day, with
Hon. Carl Sohtirz presiding. Tho
torenoon session was occupied by a
joint meeting of the general and ex
ecutive committees, with closed doors.
During the afternoon session Secre
tary George McAneny submitted a
verbal report, in which he praised
President McKinley as having con
sistently observed the civil service
law, and referred to the assault now
being made upon the law in Congress.
He stated that a letter had been ad
dressed to Congressman Grosvenor an
swering certain charges recently made
by the Ohio congressman. The sec
retary recommended the extension of
j the law to the Pongressional Library
and the Census Bureau, and predicted
; mat fourth-class postmasters would
I soon be included,
j Carl Schurz spoke to-night.
Working Hour* Reduced.
I Omaha, Neb., Dec. 17.—This morning
notices were posted in the Union I’a
! cific shops of a reduction of working
days from five to four a week, and of
hours from eight to seven. The re
duction is effective in all shops on the
: system, and takes place at once. The
notice was unexpected, and came so
suddenly that the men were called off
I work at 4 o’clock this afternoon, in
! stead of at 5, ns has been the case. The
reduction amounts to a virtual reduc
, tion of thirty per cent, in wages,
i An official says that the reduction is
a saving of $20,000 a month to the
company, and was caused by a slump
in business.
Hig Four Resume* Dividends.
! New York. Dec. 15.—The directors of
the Cleveland. Cincinnati, Chicago &
St. Louis railroad have declared a div
idend of one and a quarter per cent, on
preferred stock, payable January 20th.
This is a resumption of the regular
quarterly dividend rate up to April,
1S07. the July and October dividends
having been omitted.
Farmers who have no means of
quick protection against fire should
provide something that can lie used
in an emergency. Hand grenades, the
simplest form of fire extinguisher,
can be made at home cheaply and
easily, and it is well to have at hand
a simple contrivance for extinguish
ing a small fire at its start. Take
twenty pounds of common salt and
ten pounds of sal ammoniac, to be had
of any druggist, and dissolve in seven
gallons of water. Procure quart bot
tles of thin glass, such as are used by
■ druggists, and till with this, corking
| tightly and sealing to prevent evapora-
I tion. In case of fire throw so ns to
break in or near the flame. If the
tire is in such a place as to prevent the
j bottle from breaking knock off tne
i neck and scatter the contents. The
i breaking of the bottle liberates a cer
1 tain amount of gas and the heat of the
' fire generates more, thus working its
• own destruction.
WOLCOTT EXPLAINS
SAYS HE IS STILL HOPEFUL.'
i
He Will Explain Farther After ChrUtmai !
—The ConimUsloa Has Not Reported
|
Washington. Dec. 17.—Mr. Wolcotl j
of Colorado, chairman of the com- j
mission appointed by President Mc-
Kinley to secure, if jiossible. the co
operation of foreign countries in an
International conference upon the sil
ver question, made a brief statement
in the Senate. It was made in con
nection with the d -mission of Mr.
Allen’s resolution calling upon the
President for information about the
instructions given to the International
Monetary Commission and the report
made to him by the commission.
Mr. Wolcott said that the commis
sion had not made a report to the Pres
ident. The English government, he
added, has published a resume of the
proceedings of the commission in
Great Britain. That document will
soon lie here, and, as it covers the sub
ject fully, it will l>e valuable to sena
tors and others.
“I hope soon,” said Mr. Wolcott, “to
make a statement concerning the work
of the monetary commission. Quite
naturally, the statement I shall make
will be unofficial, but it will contain
some information that may be of in
terest and value to the Senate.
"As I have been absent from the
country about nine months, I have not
since my return, on account of an ac
cumulation of business, been able to
prepare such a statement as I should
like to make to the Senate. If the
senator from Nebraska (Allen) will
permit, the question might go over un
til after the recess, when, about the
middle of next month, I shall be able
1 to discuss the subject.”
Mr. Wolcott asked, and the Senate
ordered printed, a speech delivered
by M. Mcline in the French Chamber
of Deputies on the 20th of November
last, in which he dealt at considerable
length with all subjects bearing upon
bimetallism. “M. Meline shows.” said
Mr. Wolcott, "that the steady depre
ciation of prices of agricultural prod
ucts is due solely to competition be
tween gold and silver countries.”
; Mr. Stewart of Nevada said he had
' been satisfied from the first that the
' efforts of the commission would fail,
j lie had always advocated independent
action by the United States to secure
bimetallism and he thought that the
! effort to secure the co-ojieration of
j foreign nations would not only be un
necessary, but dangerous. He said
that the co-operation of France with
our commissioners was more than he
had had reason to hope for. but lie
was perfectly satisfied that England
1 could not be brought to agree to the
free coinage of silver. In the course
of his remarks, Mr. Stewart said that
the utterances of the President and
the secretary of the treasury proved
that this was a gold standard adminis-
I t ration.
| This statement brought Mr. Chandler
jof New Hampshire to his feet. He
said that Secretary Gage had never
J announced that the present adminis
; t ration was in favor of a gold stan
j dard, and ho did not believe that the
senator from Nevada desired to mis
represent the administration.
Mr. Stewart disclaimed any inten
tion to misrepresent President McKin
ley or Secretary Gage, but he insisted
I that the words and actions of the see
| rotary established the truthfulness of
i his statement.
' Mr. Allen of Nebraska, the author
' of the resolution, said he was not dis
posed to press it at this time if the
senator from Colorado (Mr. Wolcott)
desired to speak upon it at a later
date, but he thought that the matter
, ought to bo cleared away.
| In response to an inquiry Mr. Wol
! cott said he did not think the commis
sion had any intention of making a
report at this time, and as a matter of
fact he did not know when the report
I would be made.
j “There is no desire upon the part of
I anybody,” said Mr. Wolcott, “to pro
| long negotiations after all hope of suc
j cess has disappeared. No member of
' the commission would delay for an
hour the announcement of its decis
ion after a decision one way or the
other shall have been reached.”
Mr. Allen said he had always been
satisfied that international bimetallism
was a dream—an ideality that would
never be attained, but he was willing
to afford the commission all reasona
ble latitude. He asked that the reso
lution go over until the 15th of next
month, and it was so agreed to.
A resolution directing the secretary
of war to send supplies to Americans
and other sufferers in the Klondike re-
I gion was passed.
I The House yesterday passed a bill
j appropriating $175,000 for the relief of
; i lie people who are in the Yukon river
j country, and also the bill passed by
| lhe Senate yesterday to prohibit pe
i lagic sealing by American citizens.
! The former bill encountered practical
ly no opposition. As passed the sum
I -arrled by it is to be expended under
he direction of the secretary of war
Ter the purchase, transportation and
distribution of subsistence stores. It
provides that these subsistence stores
may Im> sold at prices fixed by the
secretary of war or donated where the
people are unable to pay for them,
it empowers him to purchase reindeers
and employ drivers not citizens of the
United States, and afterwards to dis
pose of the reindeer.
COLONISTS COMING.
Large and Small Parties of I.hihl Seeker*.
j Denver. Dec. li\—U. <!. Osborn, sec
i ’etary of the Animas River Land and
Irrigation Company of New Mexico,
is in the city, says the Republican,
'ooking after the interests of ids com
>any, which intends establishing a col
>ny of New York people in the south
westem part of Montrose county, Colo
-ado. The company expects to bring
several thousand men. women and
•hildren west next spring and settle i
.hem on some -0,000 acres of govern- 1
nent land, which will be Irrigated by a i
large ditch now being built. Some 1
time in March the first aggregation
svill arrive, numbering about 1.000. It
s the intention of the company to es
tablish a complete community in Mont
*ose county, with stores, factories, etc.
No colonists will be allowed to come
west unless the family lias at least
S3OO in cash.
Thirty-two men have been sent io
toe Shenandoah valley, between Saw
Miguel and Montrose county, by tli *
Croatian Colonization Society of New
iork, which is going to establish a
lettlement there. The Colonists took
with them two freight carloads of
uerchandise. farming implements, etc.
The Gulf, Midland and other Colo
rado roads are constantly handling
rniall parties of colonists who are set
ling in various parts o. the state, but
is the winter season advanced the
traffic greatly diminished, but In the
spring the Influx Is expected to in
crease in such proportions ns to eclipse
my year In the history of the state. I
DIPHTHERIA IN WISCONSIN.
Fifty-Three Deaths in One Small
I Town In Less Then Four Week*.
A preventive and cure for diphtheria,
• croup, tonsilitls, quinsy and all
! throat troubles recently placed up
on the market has achieved such
. marvelous success as to greatly
I stir up the medical fraternity. Its
1 power over diphtheria seems almost
miraculous, as it stops its spread as
if by magic.
Grantsburg, Wisconsin, population
less than four hundred, was visited by
a terrible epidemic of diphtheria, dur
ing which fifty-three of its inhabitants
died in less than four weekß. After
much urging by the friends of Muco-
Solvent, the authorities decided to uss
it, and thereupon telegraphed for a
large supply, which arrived the next
day at 4 o’clock, and by 6 o’clock every
man, woman and child in Grantsburg
were taking Muco-Solvent, with the re
sult that not another death oc
curred, whereas, up to the very
hour Its use was commenced, not
a day, for two weeks, had passed
without from one to five deaths. Many
other epidemics have been quickly
stamped out by Muco-Solvent, not
ably at Madison. Polar, Winneconne
and Neenah. Wisconsin.
We earnestly advise every mother to
procure Muco-Solvent and keep it in
the house ready for prompt use for
every ill, however slight, especially if
accompanied with sore throat, cough
or cold, and thus, in many instances,
prevent diphtheria or some other se
rious ailment the presence of which is
not even suspected. Pleasant to
take. It can be procured by
sending the price SI.OO per bot
tle) to the Muco-Solvent Company,
356 Dearborn street, Chicago, upon
receipt of which they will send It,
charges prepaid.
They will upon application, send free
a book of forty pages entitled "Chats
with Mothers,” which every mother
should read. They desire agents
and the right person (woman preferred)
can secure exclusive agency in their
town.--Chicago Opinion.
"Down town this morning « woman agent
talked to me half an hour, recommending
ln-.-iitii foods." "Wei!, what <*f itV” "Then
she asked me what was good for Indigestion
said she was suffering dreadfully.”
"So you are going away. Mrs. Ituslier?"
"Yes- we are going to move t<> Kentucky
for a'few weeks until my husband gets t.»
be called ‘colonel.’ and then we shall go to
Washington to live."
“My husband says those married men up
In Alaska are having an easy time this win
ter.” "Why?" "They don't have to get
out of bed in the middle f*« the night to
see If the front door Is locked.”
The Levy & Lewin Mercantile Co..
10th and Larimer Sts. Denver, carry
the finest line of Pure Wines and Liq
uors for Medicinal aml Family use. in
the state. When In need of straight
goods in their line, it will pay you to
order from them. Send for price list.
Prices are reasonable and mail orders
promptly attended to.
“Mrs. Jinks Is the most courageous woman
I know.” "Why?" "Site goes over and uses
Dr. Blank's telephone to call up another
doctor.”
Everybody Says So.
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Please buy and try a box of C. C. C. to-day; 10.
25. 50 cent. Sold and guaranteed to cure by all
druggists.
"He sad be wasn't good enough for me—”
“Well?" “And when I asked him whether
he gambled or drank he got mad and went
away.”
How's This!
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We, the undersigned, have known F.
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him perfectly honorable In all business
transactions anil financially able to carry
out any obligations made by their firm.
West Ac Truax, Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo. O.; Waldlng. Klnnan & Marvin,
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acting directly upon the blood and mu
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by all druggists.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
"We have corn broad all the time now.”
“Why?” "My husband lost so much on
wheat that It makes him weep to see a bis
cuit "
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Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever.
10c. 25c. If C. C. C. fail, druggists refund money.
“Doctors say now that deadly germs come
home with our packages from the laundry."
“Great Scott! Have we got to quit wearing
clean clothes?”
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take Laxative Ilromo Quinine Tablets. All
Druggists refund tho money if It falls tocure. 250
"Stubbs has written a popular novel. 1
didn't know he was so clever." "He has
done better than that: ho lias married n rich
widow."
Rheumatism
Hood’s Sarsaparilla Gives Complete
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“I was troubled with rheumatism and
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friends advised mo to try Hood’s Sarsapa
rilla, which I did. After taking six bot
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