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Elbert Goilnty Tribune
J. E. Pope, Editor and Publisher.
ELBERT, - - - COLORADO.
Can the bartender be called a
make charmer?
You may blow your own horn, but
ton't toot your whistle.
The Servian relgnmakers may be
useless In a drought district.
You never hoar anybody appla* *•
tnc the Industry of the mosquito.
If the problems solved by the grad
uates this month would only remain
solved!
What good will it do us If they
have found the smallpox germ? We
didn't lose him.
Aquatic Harvard Is beginning to
realize that the amateur coach needs
* let of coaching.
New York city has 1.320 million
aires. nearly all of them weak-chested,
dyspeptic and Irritable.
Whether or not ho gets the cup
Blr Thomas Is evidently going to give
us a good scare this time.
The powers have evidently decided
to let Pete have the job as long as
be Is fool enough to risk it.
Give a map what he wants most of
anything in the world and in six
months be will ho tired of iL
Irish members of the British parlia
* vent have almost forgotten how to
get themselves put out of the house.
Independence Hall Is in Philadel
phia. It is about the only sign of In
dependence that Pennsylvania has
left.
"Women,” says Judge Crane of Now
York, "should be made to think.” The
Judge seems to be a man of extrema
views.
"John L. Sullivan's diamond belt Is
In pawn again," states an exchange.
Then John himself Is also onco more
"In soak.”
The biggest hypocrite In this world
Is he who says grace over a three
pound roast thaA be has no intention
•f paying for.
If Australians had road the Kansas
newspapers during the last ten years
they would not ho subscribing money
to the rainmakers.
King Edward's grief over the
death of Alexander Is pathetic, but
liia friends hope It will not serve to
pull him down much.
B. Burdette, whose automobile
raced the Pennsylvania flyer, doesn't
take after bis namesake, Bob, for beat
ing the flyer Is no Joke.
Another wonderful boy violinist
from Hungarla Is now In this country.
Hid name Is Kun Arpad. It sounds us
If he ought to be a corker.*
Not having expected much, the con
stituents who got tho short govern
* neat packages of third-rate seeds
were not greatly disappointed.
Why doeß the government go ex
perimenting around with all kinds of
new-fangled guns for the army when
It can get toy plßtols at such low
rates?
A jealous Now York lover shot his
sweetheart. but her corset stayed the
bullet. This Is one of the worst
knocks ever handed out to Dr. Mary
Walker.
Rigid economy Is being practised In
San Domingo. In choosing Gen. Gil
as their president tho people have
shown that they have no intention of
vnstlng words.
One who remembers Emerson now
recalls that when rallied on his fond
ness for pie. the sage replied, “What
Is pie made for if not to be eaten?”
fciow paradoxical, yet how true!
The Argentine government has put
a price on tho heads of natlvos, the
government paying $5 for each head
delivered. There are heads In this
■country that would be dear at that
price.
Pleasure 1b not all pleasure. Every
victory has a dozen defeats hack of It.
The recollection of other disappoint
ments Is bound to have a tinge of
bitterness, however sweet tne gath
ered fruit may be.
The police In Providence have
found In a vacant lot a dress-suit case
packed with both masculine and femi
nine apparel, and containing also a
marriuge certificate. Now they are
looking for the bride and groom.
A Boston policeman spelled a cltl
aen's name “Jerymler” while making
up a list of voters. And now they
don't know whether to banish him to
Chelsea or to use the new spelling as
the nucleus for a universal language.
Miss Sophie Hankß, now the happy
Pride of Marshall P. Wilder, the hu
morist, says that she didn't feel
obliged to get her father's consent to
her marriage, because her father had
remarried about two years ago with
out consulting ter. That's recipro
city.
COLORADO STATE AFFAIRS AND
DOINGS AT THE CAPITAL CITY
State Engineer Carpenter says that
there have been some reservoirs In the
state too full for the safety of the peo
ple lu their vicinity This was espe
cially so In the Poudre valley, where
two reservoirs were filled much above
the safety mark. H. L. Reid was sent
to Investigate the matter. He has made
his report to the office and there is no
longei any danger anticipated from
this source. Terry’s lake, at Fort Col
lins. waa another lake which was not
considered safe, und while no one In
the State Engineer’s office would say
that the lake was unsafe, still it was
stated that the lake had not been In
spected for several years and It might
not bo In good shape. Professor Car
penter proposes to examine all of the
dams and reservoirs In the state, but
he stater, that he Is handicapped be
cause of the lack of funds.
The State Land Board bus decided
that the Colorado Fuel and Iron Com
pany must obey the instructions of
Mineral Superintendent Cowdy or lose
the famous Forbes coal mine. This
mine which is near Trinidad. Is of al
most Incalculable value to this com
pany, for It furnlshcß practically all of
the coal used In the company's fur
paces In Pueblo, and the cancellation
of this lease would cause the plant
there to suspend business perhaps for
months. The trouble arose over a ques
tion of the best way of mining. The
company wished to leave large
.amounts of coal in the various drifts
to serve as braces. Mr. Cowdy insisted
that this coal be removed and Its place
taken by wooden uprights. The com
pany refused to do this and the order
issued by the land board Is the out
come.
According to Denver reports Adjt.
flen. Sherman Bell Is said to have
gone to Oyster Bay to see President
Roosevelt and Induce him to Issue or
ders for the holding of army maneu
vers at Fort Russell, Wyoming, as
planned early In the year. Orders were
received some days ago from the War
Department by General Baldwin of the
Department of the Colorado to the ef
fect that the War department hail de
cided not to hold any maneuvers in
this department this year. General
Bell was much exercised over the can
cellation of the program, as he had
spent much time in getting the na
tional guard of the state ready for the
event. He announced at the time that
he would not give up hope of Inducing
the War Department to change Its
mind, and both he and Governor Pea
body have been using every effort In
their power toward this end.
In a brief filed in the Court of Ap
peals by District Attorney Llndsley,
Judge Moses Ilallett of the United
States Court Is designated as a tax
dodger. The suit was started In 1899
when the County Assessor of Arapahoe
county insisted on Judge Hallett pay
ing taxes on $350,000 worth of prop
erty. This the judge refused to do and
suit was brought to compel the pay
ment. "If it was his purpose to do the
equitable thing as a citizen.” the brief
says in closing, “why did not the plain
tiff prepare a statement showing pre
cisely what money, notes and credits
he did own. and actually paying Into
court all the taxes thus shown to be
due? Until he does this he knows as
we all know, that ho can have no
standing In any circumstances to en
join the collection of that part of the
tax which nmy be shown to have been
erroneously charged agninst him.”
The coming week, says the Denver
News of July 27th, will be the last one
for the public library of Denver In Its
present quarters. It will be closed
down next Saturday evening and on
the following Monday the stupendous
task of moving nearly 100,000 volumes,
to say nothing of the tons and tons of
magazines, newspapers, pamphlets and
other matter, will begin. No more
books will be loaned after Saturday,
but the present quarters will be open
each day from 9 o'clock In the morning
until 9 at night, for the purpose of re
ceiving books. It Is expected that the
moving will be completed by Septem
ber Ist. The new quarters include the
four houses In La Veto, place which
Htaudß on the corner of West Colfax
avenue and South Fourteenth street.
All tho partitions have been removed
In these houses, but the brick walls
have been left for the purpose of
strength. The result Is a series of large,
airy, sunny rooms, much superior in
every respect to those In the present
building.
At the meeting of the State Laud
Board July 22d Register Woodruff
made public his report of collections
made of money due the state from the
sale and lease of lands. When the pres
ent board went into office it was fonnd
that during the preceding administra
tion apparently no effort had been
made to collect money due the state in
many instances. The amount due on
certificates of purchase was $94,642.76.
Of this amount the register has col
lected $22,738.05. and has completed ar
rangements for the payment of $17,-
033.98. Delinquent rentals on school
land leases prior to March Ist of this
year was $35,073.23. The present ad
ministration has collected $4,184.83 of
fids sum. and $1,284.35 of the sum of
$7,181.84 due on state land leases. Dur
ing the four months that Mr. Woodruff
has been in office the gain in acreage
rented has been for school
lands and tho Increase of revenue
amounts to $3,687.96. The acreage of
state land leased during the same
period was $14,061.68; the increased
revenue was $1,268.38. He made 134 ap
praisements during the four months
he lias been in office and nil the old
business which had accumulated dur
ing other administrations has been
cleared away.
The Colorado National Guard will
have an encampment, according to the
News, whether the government man
euvers aro carried out at Fort Russell 1
or not. The adjutant general's office is
still In communication with Washing
ton. and it is thought that some ar
rangement can be made whereby an
encampment can be held although that
which was planned to take place at
Fort Russell has l>een abandoned. The
army authorities have already notified
Adjutant General Bell that the soldiers
at Fort Logan can participate in an
encampment, and if it Is found impos
sible to hold the department maneuvers
Jills alternative jrlll be accepted.
Court Modifies Tie Injunction.
The opinion in the case of the Den
! ver & Rio Grande Railroad **t al., ap
j pellants. vs. the (Jolted States of Amer
ica, appellee, has Just been filed lu the
United States Circuit Court of Appeals.
The case is appealed from the Circuit
Court of the United States for the Dis
trict of Colorado, and gives a decision
on the justness of some of the provis
ions of an Injunction‘issued out or the
lower court restraining the Denver &
Rio Grande Railroad Company from
cutting certain treee belonging to the
government
The opinion states that it is not the
purpose of a temporary injunction to
punish for violations of the law. but is
merely for tho purpose of protecting
and preserving the rights of the parties
until tho controversies between them
can be heard and determined.
The opinion then proceeds to remove
tho inhibition preventing the company
from using saw mills or other devices
of this nature, claiming that it makes
no difference to the government, what
may be the method used after the tim
ber is obtained, but that the difference
to the government comes tr, the tak
ing of the timber in the first place and
that is the Important part of the whole
matter. This Inhibition is for this rea
son removed.
Then again It Is stated that the tem
porary Injunction attempts to say In
what, way the company shull be
charged for the lumber it takes,
whether at the rate of the manufac
tured ties ,or the value of the Umber
first taken. This the court claims
should be left to the determination of
the court which decides on the other
questions Involved In the case.
The order prohibits the taking of
timber for the purpose of building over
narrow-gauge roads Into standard
gauge road with this Umber. The court
also removes this, claiming that the
company can amply pay for the tipiber
Uiat it uses in this fashion, and that
the government is not the loser be
cause of this. The court also removes
the restriction In the temporary Injunc
tion which prevents the using of this
timber on certain other branch roads
not specified in the act. giving us Its
reason that this can be removed with
out damage to either party until the
final hearing of the case.
The court also states that the order
compelling the company not to trans
port tho timber by rails is too strict
and the Injunction can safely bo modi
fied In this particular, os It makes no
difference to the government whether
the ties are hauled in wagons or by
rail.
The Injunction is modified by the
court so that the railroad company can
take ties at a distance of six miles lat
erally from the right of way. majr use
tho surplus In the repair of its Hues
not necessarily enumerated In the con
gressional act. Tho company Is com
pelled to report the quantity of timber
so cut.
The judgment of the lower court is
affirmed with regard to the temporary
injunction with the excepUons already
rftated.
Campers Must Have Licenses.
J. M. Woodward, state gamo com
missioner, returned to Denver recently
from the western part of tho state,
where he went to look at the condition
of affairs over there and especially the
condition of the trout In the streams
of the state. He stated that ho had
placed 900,000 spawn In the fish hatch
ery at Steamboat Springs. He said that
while the trout In the state were not
healthy at thlß time they were much
better than they had been. He stated
that during the Bpawning season the
fish ate tut little, and became very
poor, but that from now on they would.
Improve and before u month was over
they would be in excellent condition.
Mr. Woodward stated that he had
come to the conclusion that it was a
part of the duty of his office to look
after the forest reserve. Especially did
it come under his province when It
came to granting licenses for camping.
"There has been a law on the statute
books," said Mr. Woodward, "since
1901, which BtAtcd that every party in
the state that goes camping should
have a camping license. I do not be
lieve that one party In fifty gets one of
these when they go out. I discovered
something over thirty of these parties
while I was out on my last trip over
the state and I failed to find a single
license.
"I am going after this matter and I
am going to see that the law is en
forced or dropped, one of the two. The
state ought to have the money for
these licenses and the law ought to be
enforced. Then, too, if all campers bad
to get licenses and did get them. It
would be certain that we would not
have Irresponsible parties in the for
ests of the state who set fire to the re
serves. I consider that this much of
preserving the forests of the state be
longs tcs this department as well as to
the land board.”
Large Water Interests Concerned.
Interests involving millions of dol
lars and the completion of several
large water works depends upon the
decision of Attorney General Miller,
says the Denver News.
The opinion has been requested by
Senator Taylor, who recently bought
the four oldest water rights on L.vide
creek. In Garfield county. There were
fifty-five respondents, and every one
objected to the transfer. The court
granted the petition, and this parly ap
pealed.
The question Attorney General Mil
ler has to determine Is whether an ap
peal to the Supreme Court arrests tho
‘decree of a district judge regarding the
change lu the point of division in a
water right.
If the attorney general decides In the
atliriuatlve It will tie up many munici
pal and corporate enterprises of magni
tude, besides the transfer of a large
number of smaller and private water
right*.
COLORADO BRIEFS.
The Fraternal Order of Eagles will
bold a big street carnival at Victor
some time in September.
Clark Dunn has been appointed
ruraLletter carrier at Hotchkiss, Col
orado, and William I. Barrow was
named as substitute, to commence
service September Ist.
At the election held at Pueblo July
23d In Park district No. 2 the proposi
tion to vote $175,000 bonds for the en
largement of Brunner park and the
purchase of Carlile park was carried
by 274 votes, 319 votes being casL
The Colorado Telephone Company
proposes to have Hot Sulphur Springs
connected with Denver by telephone
within the next ninety days. After the
line will be extended to Kremmling
and next season a branch will be con
structed to Grand lake.
Col. Charles L. Cooper, commandant
at Fort Logan, has received notice
from tho War Department of his pro
motion to a brigadier generalship and
his retirement. Colonel Wheeler of tho
Second Infantry succeeds General
Cooper as commandant at the post.
The Democratic Club of Denver is
making arrangements for a great pic
uic August Bth, at which Mayor Carter
H. Harrison of Chicago will be pres
ent. The gathering is likely to be a
very large one. as Mr. Harrison is
among the presidential possibilities.
The Judges of the Fourth judicial
district, which Included El Paso coun
ty, have appointed Henry C. Cassidy
examiner of titles and legal adviser to
the registrar, this appointment being
called for by the new Torrens law gov
erning the registering of land titles.
Tho decision of tho Epworth League
to meet at Denver in 1905 has aroused
new Interest in the matter of a suit
able auditorium for the accommodation
of large crowds. If Denver wishes to
be known as a convention city it will
be necessary for the people to evince
some public spirit.
The annual national encampment of
the Grand Army of the Republic will
be held at San Francisco and a large
number of the veterans will pass
through Colorado, going and coming.
A party numbering 208, over the
Northwestern, is expected In Denver
August 12th to remain over for a day.
John B. Frasher committed suicide
at Telluride July 20th by shooting him
self through the heart while seated on
the grave of his wife, who died seven
years ago. He leaves four children.
Mr. Frasher was postmaster In Tellu
ride during both of Cleveland's admin
istrations and later served as county
treasurer.
An unknown young man deliberately
stepped before a Santa Fe passenger
train at Pueblo July 2lßt and was
I killed. He had light brown hair and a
! light mustache, and was much emacl
-1 ated, apparently by reason of hunger.
| There were two cards lu his pocket,
one bearing the name of John Beffey
and the other that of Vincent Mussell.
On July 23d M. L. McClaflln’s barn
near Hygiene, in Boulder county, waa
Btruck by lightning and totally de
stroyed by fire, along with one horse.
The fire burned a granary nearby and
the total loss Is estimated at $2,000,
with no Insurance. A man employed on
the place came out of the barn a few
moments before the lightning struck.
Denver rejoices in a lowering of the
death rate. In June there were but
192 deaths, an average of 12 for each
I, of population per annum. With
out considering the deaths from im
ported cases of tuberculosis, the death
rate is only ten per 1,000 per annum.
In June, 1902, there were 223 deaths.
The city is now free from typhoid
fever.
Owing to the rush of prospectors
Into the new gold camp at Bowerman,
the Colorado and Southern has decided
to revive its service on the Gunnison
division to Pitkin, which was aban
doned four years ago. The train will
leave Denver at 8:15 n. m. and arrive
at Pitkin at 6:55 p. m.. and Gunnison
at- 8:15 p. m. 'The route will be via
Como, over the Alpine pass.
The twenty-eight miles of oil pipe
line that was laid by the Rocky Moun
tain Oil Company between its fields at
Florence and the Overton refinery fif
teen years ago, has just been taken up.
It was laid for the purpose of pumping
the oil through to thte refinery, but
.from the start the process was not a
success, so tho company closed the re
finery. It has since been sold to a Boul
der syndicate to be taken to Boulder
and rebuilt.
Attorney E. L. Regennltter of Idaho
Springs has received an appointment
from Judge A. H. DeFrance of the Dis
trict Court as examiner of titles and
one of the committee of thirteen to
adopt the uniform system of blanks
and records for use In the registration
of titles under the Torrens act. His
appointment Is lor the First judicial
district, consisting of the counties of
Grand. Clear Creek, Gilpin, Jefferson
fcnd South Arapahoe.
Announccmnt is made at Boulder of
the organization of the Hadley Health
Company, capitalized at SIOO,OOO. The
officers are Dr. Howard F. Rand, presi
dent; A. S. Miller, vice president: H.
H. Hadley, superintendent, and secre
tary. The company has purchased land
on Boulder creek, between Four Mild
and the Coburn mill at the foot of Mag
nolia hill, and will erect two health
camps, which will be known as the
Hadley Health Community. One of
these camps is to be devoted to tho
rescue of consumptives and no other
patients will be accepted. The other
will be a pleasure and health resort
open to all.
Tho Presbyterians of Fort Collins.
Greeley and Fort Morgan, have organ
ized what is called "Presbyterian As
sembly Association” and elected offi
cers as follows; E. J. Gregory, presi
dent; C. Ferris, secretary and treasu
rer; W. H. Schureman, superintendent.
The association is incorporated with a
capital stock of SIO,OOO. It owns 640
acres of land, twenty-five miles west of
Loveland on the headwaters of the Big
Thompson. Cabins are being built and
tents put up. The purpose of those pro
moting tho encampment is to gradu
ally build up a summer school where
Presbyterians can enjoy the benefits of
light instruction, lectures and musical
programs on similar lines to that at
Glen .Park, Colorado.
UNITED STATES LEADS WHOLE
WORLD IN AMOUNT OF EXPORTS
Washington, July 28. That the]
United States probably leads the world
in exports is shown by a statement 1
presented by the Department of Com
merce and Labor through its bureau
of statistics. During the year ending
June 30, 1903. the total exports of the
United States amounted to $1,392,087,- ,
872.
In a few exceptional cases the fig
ures presented are those of not only
domestic products, but Include foreign
and colonial products re-exported, but
this is only the case in a few of the
smaller countries, which do not show
their domestic exports separately from
the local exports, and In these cases
the share which foreign products re
exported forms of the total is so small
as not to materially affect the state
ment. Here it is:
1870 1880 18S0 ISOS
Country— , - - Millions >
United States . ... $377 * 824 $ 845 $1,802
United Kingdom .. 971 1,085 1.282 1,279
Germany 652 6H7 792 LU*
France Ml 659 724 818
Netherlands 164 231 425 696
India 255 272 347 408
Austria-Hungary .. 192 275 309 288
Belgium 133 235 277 368
Russia 216 248 388 369
Italy 146 213 173 2X4
Brasil 89 97 141 197
Switzerland 129 139 169
PANAMA SITUATION APPEARS
LIKELY TO PROVE SERIOUS
Washington, July 28. —Consul Gener
al Gudger, at Panama, yesterday made
the following report by cable to the
State Department of the episode at
that city:
"Last night about 10 o’clock soldiers,
headed by the commander-in-chief,
searched the governor’s house. The
governor escaped and tried to reach
the consulate, but was intercepted. He
took refuge at the house of an Ameri
can. The streets were lined with sol
diers, who arrested the secretary of
state and departmental employes. The
department has money.”
Another dispatch yesterday from Mr.
Gudger says the governorship had
been tendered, but it Is npt known to
whom. It is added that the situation
is grave. Acting Secretary Loomis
has decided to await further advices
before taking action. It happens that
the navy Is weak on the Pacific side
at this moment, owing to the absence
of the Pacific squadron in Alaskan wa
ters. But In case of need either the
Bancroft or tho Panther could be
speedily dispatched to Colon and a de
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RELIANCE CHOSEN
TO DEFEND CUP
Newport, July 28.—After yesterday’s
race between the Reliance, Columbia
and Constitution, in which tho former
again demonstrated her superiority
over the other two. the challenge com
mittee of the New York Yacht Club
selected the Reliance as the defehder
of the America’s cup. It was also de
cided to discontinue the trial races.
Messrs. Morgan of the Columbia and
Belmont of the Constitution were per
fectly satisfied with the choice of the
committee. They are botlj of tho opin
ion that the Reliance Is tho fastest of
the trio. From the showing of the
three boats during the season, the Re
liance is fairly entitled to bo the de
fending vessel. In every race she has
crossed the line ahead, and has lost
but few events on time allowance. It
is probable that the defender will pro
ceed to Bristol for a thorough over
hauling.
The three yachts raced over & lee
w’ard and windward course yesterday.
There was a puffy northwester of fif
teen miles' strength blowing when the
starting signal was given at 11:30. The
Reliance was first across tho line, the
Constitution crossed soon after, and
the Columbia followed a couple of sec
onds behind the handicap gun, at
11:32.
The Reliance ran by the Constitu
tion soon after the start and at 11:40,
when the Columbia was almost on even
terms with her, the Reliance set the
spinnaker flying on the starboard
hand. The new boat felt the effect
Immediately and slowly regained the
stretch of water that separated her
from the Constitution. A mile from
the turn the Reliance got by the Con
stitution and turned the mark just
ahead of her. Meantime the Columbia
had fallen away in the rear. The
yachts turned the outmark as follows:
Reliance 1:01:06
Constitution 1:10:37
Columbia 1:14:38
Hauling sheets around the mark, the
Reliance began beating out to weather
of Constitution. They went about on
tho port tack about 2:10 and after that
the new boat drew ahead and to wind
ward steadily. The Columbia sailed a
fast race to windward, and by a for
tunate slant of wind close under the
Newport shore, hauled up so much on
the Constitution that the latter barely
beat her across the finish line.
Summary: Elapsed
Start. Finish. Time.
Reliance 11:30:06 3:04:09 3:33:43
Columbia .... 11:32:00 3:10:11 3:38:11
Constitution . 11:30:37 3:09:16 3:38:39
Thirteen Prisoners Escape.
Sacramento, Cal., July 28. —Thirteen
desperate prisoners confined in. Fo
lsom penitentiary made a break at the
breakfast hour yesterday morning.
They seized Warden Wilkinson, his
grandson. Harry Wilkinson, Captain of
the Guard R. J. Murphy and several
other officers and guards, and, using
them as a shield against the fire of the
gatling guns, fatally wounded a guard,
went to tho armory post, overcame a
guard who sought to stay them, armed
themselves with rifles and pistols and
escaped across the prison ranch into
El Dorado county, dressed in clothing
taken from guards.
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[ W A study of this table shows that th*
! United States, which occupied fourth
! place In the list of exporting countries
I in 1870, now show* a larger total in
the final column, which represents the
[ latest available year, than does any
, other country in the world.
The United Kingdom. France and
; Germany showed In 1870 a larger total
r of domestic exports than did the Unit
-1 ed States. By 1880 the domestic ex
‘ ports of the United States exceeded
[ those of France and Germany, but
were still below those of the United
' Kingdom. The United States in 1890
occupied a similar relation.
In 1902, the latest available year for
* which the figures of the United King
» dora, Germany and France are avail
| able, the figures of domestic exports
3 stood: „
* United Kingdom, $1,379,000,000; Ger
\ many. $1,113,000,000; France, $818,000.-
> 000; while those of the Uflited States
‘ for the twelve months ending June 30,
, 1903, are. $1,392,087,872.
tachment of marines sent by rail to
Panama.
Dr. Herran, Colombian charge d’af
faires here, having received no official
Information from his government re
garding the troubles at Panama, was
not prepared to-day to express an
opinion aa to the situation there.
With reference to the report from
Bogota to the effect that the Colom
bian Congress was discussing the ques
tion of creation of mints and the adop
tion of the gold standard, he added:
"The question of the establishing of
mints and the adoption of the gold
standard do not appear among the sub
jects mentioned by President Marro
quln In convening Congress in extraor
dinary session, and 1 am at a loss to
understand why they should he taken
up. In fact, there are already three
mints In Colombia.”
An opinion expressed outside* of the
Colombian legation concerning the af
fair at Panama is to the effect that the
government at Bogota had determined
to obtain a firm bold on the Isthmus,
In view or the rumors of a feeling of
unrest there due to the %ncertainty as
to the tate of the treaty.
BELFAST GREETS
KING AND QUEEN
Belfast, July 28.—The welcome ex
tended to King Edward aud Queen Al
exandra at the capital of Ulster was
marked by the same enthusiasm which
has followed their progress through
Ireland. The city was elaborately dec
orated and thronged, and the streets
were lined by 10,000 troops, 2,000 blue
jackets and 5,000 police. The lord
mayor and corporation awaited their
majesties at the rnilroad station and
j presented them with an Up
j wards of fifty other addresses were
' made.
j The King in reply said his highest
I ambition was to follow In the foot
, steps of his mother and make the well
being of his people, the prosperity of
! Ireland and the maintenance of the
! peace of all nations his constant aim.
The royal procession was then
formed and traversed the streets to
the city hall, where the King unveiled
j a statue erected in honor of Queen Vic
: toria.
I A serious accident occurred while
their majesties were subsequently driv
ing to the Victoria hospital, which
they opened yesterday. A peasant
woman succeeded in passing the cord
on of troops and rushed toward the
royal carriage. She was knocked down
and, falling between the wheels, was
badly injured. She was taken to the
hospital.
After the unveiling, their majesties
lunched with the lord mayor and visit
ed the agricultural show at Balmoral.
I-ater they went to Bangor, wherethelr
reception was most demonstrative.
About 1.400 children sang the national
anthem. The channel fleet saluted
their majesties as they embarked on
the royal yacht Victoria and Albert, on
which they will proceed to London
derry.
Kearsarge’s Great Run.
ncdridrgc > uredi nun.
Washington. July 28.—The Navy
Department received a report to-day
from Captain Hemphill, giving some
Interesting details of the run of the
big battleship Kearsarge across the At
lantic. Captain Hemphills’ dispatch.
; dated Bar Harbor to-day, reads aa fol
l lows:
I "Kearsarge steamed 2,885 nautical
1 miles in nine days, four and one-lialf
! hours; average speed. 13.10. Experi
-1 once variable, head winds, force three
| to eight; slower four hours on account
j of taking seas over turrets; slowed to
ten knots on account of fogs and ice
bergs; consumed 1,148 tons of coal; av
erage daily consumption. 125V6 for all
purposes; average speed tor engines,
13.60.”
It is explained that the winds ex
perienced. the force of which is given
from 4 to 8, amounted to almost a gale.
Mexican Railroad Rates Raised.
Mexico City, July 28.—The govern
ment has issued a decree granting to
the railroads such an increase in their
passenger and freight rates as will
practically put them on the same ba
sis as though their receipts were in
50-cent dollars. The decree was is-
Bucd In response to a request from the
Mexican Central and the Mexican In
ternational railways that they be per
mitted to Increase their rates on ac
count of continued depreciation of sil
ver.