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Elbert Goilnty Tribune
J. E. Pop*, Editor and Publisher.
ELBERT, • • COLORADO.
Sultan T.ohoon should have his name
changed to Toosooil.
Geronimo probably has confMMd
that he was an old chief •>( sinners.
Jamaica should ho n good market
for cyclone cellar* during the next few
months.
"I Bleep like a babe, says Corbett.
.'What poetic language those hard-flst
e-d fighters use!
Apparently Mount Vesuvius’ grudge
•gainst the existing order of tbinga
is deep and lasting.
The new college of Journalism is
primarily Intended, however, to pro
duce neanpapiT men.
Undoubtedly Kursia and Japan are
merely binding. Neither has begun
to Invest In Missouri mules. a
It would be well worth going many
miles to see Mr. Jeffries and a good
swift red devil collide head-on.
Thomas Cooksey Ward. “The Sago
of Maryland," Is dead at the age of
311. It takes a sage to reach tbut age.
A St. Paul girl tried the old reli
able teat to discover If they were
mushrooms or toadstools. It worked.
Calltnrnla regrets to rejiort that she
has not prunes enough this year to
create trouble in even the Hungarian
diet.
Literary people should live as near
as-possible to naturo without getting
100 far away from the publishers.—
Puck.
Perhaps if they had allowed Mr.
Corbett to take an ax into the ring
with him the result might have been
different.
Prof. should not he discour*
aged. If his machine will not tty per
haps it will be a success as a sub
marine bout.
A Chicago professor lias undertaken
the task of writing six large books
about money. That’s his scheme for
getting money.
If a mttn will only keep on making
•love to a woman after he has married
her they can keep on fooling them
•elves Indefinitely.
Live shells were fired at a French
warship without any apparent effect
sipon it. However, Dewey’s men were
net behind the guns.
Unfortunately the people the
world would like most to he rid of arc
never the ones who get mixed up in
those tunnel accidents.
Lawrence. Kas.. had a wind storm
the other day that made some of the
old settlers think for the moment that
Quantrell had come again.
How would It do for the nations, be
fore further increasing their navies,
to have a few of the rocks dug out
of the oceans, so the boats will have
room?
"The sheep which wore imprisoned
in the turret of the French cruiser
Suffern"—that’s Just what they were
doing, even if they were not seriously
injured.
It Is generally known that potatoes
contain a large percentage of alcohol
but are we to Infer that this is most
Benorously liberated in the process of
mashing?
There is a nmn at Laurel, L. 1., who
claims that In the sixty years of his
life he has »aten 87,000 pancakes.
Sonic people don’t seem to have any
sense of shame.
Representative Ilaker of Brooklyn,
who will neither accept railroad
passes nor appoint cadets to Annapo
lis. must have got iuto politics by mis
take —Buffalo Express.
That man in Mount Vernon who let
his wife compel him to sleep for a
month In the chicken coop has shown
unconsciously that It takes a wife to
measure accurately the dimensions of
her husband.
The San Francisco earthquake and
the eruption of Mt. Colima, following
the outburst from Vesuvius, afford am
ple evidence that the disturbance In
«tde the great round ball on which we
live has not been settled yet.
*’lf you are bitten by a rattlesnake."
cays an authority, "and can’t get
whisky, eat tobacco—a pound if nec
essary It will cure you.” Life Is
»;weet. and there are men. doubtless,
who would pay even this price for it.
The Toledo Blade says: "Miss Fairy
Tltmarsh has a pair of calves that can
not be heat in this section of our
glorious republic." Perhaps somebody
will write a poem about them, as
somebody did about Mary’s- little
Jamb.
Some immense waterspouts have
been seen in Nome, am! it has been
hailing Mocks of ice in Colorado, hut
not a solitary sea-serpent has shown
up at any of the seaside resorts this
Hummer. The sea-serpent liar must be
taking a vacation this year.
COLORADO STATE AFFAIRS AND
DOINGS AT THE CAPITAL CITY
J. J. Armstrong, superintendent of
irrigation, is preparing to conduct the
trial of Samuel F» Couch, water com
missioner in district No. X Couch was
charged by Horace (}. Clark with ne
glect of duty in allowing the High Line
ditch to get water to which It was not
entitled.
State Lalxir Commissioner W. H.
Montgomery hns received a letter from
President Jerome of the Overland
cotton mills, asking him to make a
thorough investigation of the condition ,
of the laborers at the mills. He In
vites the closest Inspection o£ the ]
workings of the mill and the treatment (
of the employes. Some time ago Mr.
Montgomery received complaint* con- j
cernlng the laborers at the mills. He \
looked into the situation and he found ,
that there was no cause for complaint.
Curator W. W. Fnrgsson of the war
relic room at the Capitol building has I
received pictures of all the Union gen- j
oral* who took part In the Civil War.
He has also received a number of pic- i
tores of the chief battles of the war. |
He expects to have all the pictures that I
are published of battles in the war. but j
it will be some time before he can se- j
cure all of them. These pictures will be ,
placed on the walls of the relic room j
and will add much to the already val
uable collection.
Early in the next term of the Su- i
promo Court that body will be called l
upon to determine the rights of the
parties In the case of the Humane so- i
ciety against the Overland cotton mills '
at Denver. The case was first tried In :
the County court of Arapahoe county
and the company was fined SSO for al
leged abuses. Attorney General N. C
Miller on August 29th filed a brief in
the Supreme Court stating that the
State has the right to impose a fine on
a cor|K>ration and that the State can.
for i ausc, cancel the charter of such ,
a corporation.
The first case involving the game j
laws of the state taken to the Court !
uf Appeals, was filed September 3rd
with the clerk of the court. The case
is entitled E. W. Horn beck against C.
M. White, and is appealed from the !
District Court of Mesa county. Horn
beck. it is claimed., had 300 hides
which were unlawfully In his posses
sion. White, us deputy game warden,
seised the hides, and Horn beck sued
to recover them in the court below. 1
The jury returned for the game war
den The case is appealed on assign
ments of error.
Register Woodruff of the State Land J
Board on the 3rd Inst, deposited the
funds of tiie Land Board for the month
of August with the state treasurer. The
amount is a trifle less than is usauily
turned over at the end of each month.
The total sum was $16,692.53. The j
school fuud’s share of this amounts to
$10,741.45. Secretary of State James (
Cowie also deposited the money re- :
celved through his office with the treas
urer. The totnl was $9,300.15. This is
for Incorporation and other fees. The
amount shown is about the same as
that of last month.
There probably will be no law suits j
between the Board of State Capitol j
Managers and the city and county of j
Denver. There has been no end of dis- .
pute over the question of whether the
board should pay a share of the ex- !
penses of paving the streets in the vl- |
cinity of the stnte house, the city al
leging that the share of the state was
$20,000. Rather than have any trouble
with the city, the board has decided to
pay Its share without. Interest. The )
board voted to pay the $18,170.75 now
due. but not to pay $1,058 Interest
charged up by the city.
The State Land Board, at its meet- ■
ing September 3rd. decided to cancel j
the land leases of Tabor and Skinner ,
and put the land up for public bids on I
October Ist. The firm of Tabor and
Skinner leased over 36,000 acres of
land In south El Paso and north Pu
eblo counties, in 1898. It is claimed
by the land board that $5,514 is due
the state for back rent. Demand has
been made for this money, but it is
claimed that no effort hns been made
on the part of the firm to pay It. If
the company does not decide to pay
the state its back rent, then suit will
be brought by the land board for $21.-
000, which is asserted to be the total
amount due for rent since 1890. when
the company took possession of the
land.
The list of successful applicants for
admission to tho Colorado State Bar
has been completed. Those who passed
the examination held at the capitol
June 20th and 27tli. are: J. Garfield
Buell, William B. Thomas. Jr.; Fred
erick W. Clark. A. H. Romans. Fran
cis Davy, Walter Stickncy, Omar E.
Garwood. Benjamin Bass-1. James W.
Gault, Roscoe Tracy York, J. Milton
Collins. Frank K. Baldwin, Joseph C.
Ewing. Samuel J. Snckett. Charles C.
Sackmann, Cecil E. Snyder, Leroy J.
William:;. Henley Anderson Calvert,
William A. Riner. Henry C. Teller.
George C. Deltz, John Washburn, John
F. Truesdell. Clyde Herbert Stewart. E.
Earle Cooley. Warren M. Cox, Gobin
Stair. Charles W. Rustall, Clay Tail
man. James R. Patterson, Harry E.
Robinson, John F. Rotrueh, D. Steele
Do Lappe gnd Charles L. Faust. A few
other names are held in abeyance by
the State Board of Examiners as the
palters have not. yet been decided upon.
Governor Peabody has appointed ad
ditional attorneys in the Kansas-Colo
rndo water suit. Tltese attorneys are
Charles D. Hayt and Clyde C. Dawson
and Rogers. Sliatroth & Gregg. The
! first two attorneys are to receive $3,000
i lor their retainer an*l the later firm
i $2,500. These sums are fixed by the
[ governor and the attorney general not
[ ns the entire compensation for them,
j hut to apply to the sum total of their
j charges, iu the executive order ap
i pointing those attorneys the reason is
i given for this that the course of the lit
| Igntlon and its duration are uncertain,
j Tin* order recites that amended
contplnint of Kansas hns been filed
I with the Supreme Court of the United
| States, and that additional counsel is
necessary. The appointments are made
j on the recommendation of the attorney
general by virtue of section 1764. Mills’
I Annotated Statutes. The attorneys
were appointed to take the placeiLt
• Charles S. Thomas auad Luthejfj.
Goddard.
Work of Pardoning Board.
Bert Keenan, who wan sentenced w
the penitentiary from Arapahoe county
: In September. IMS, for the reception
of Stolen goods, wax pardoned on the
4th Inxt. by the state board of pai
1 dona. Florence Thurman, who stole
the ftoods. wax sent to the peniten
! tlary for the offense and nerved her
j time, of one year. As noon an she wax
| out sh*- began to circulate the story
that Keenan was not to blumc This
fact was presented to the board of
pardons .trlth such force that it de
i elded to pardon the man.
, John Hetman had his sentence com
' muted to three years from ten. Evi
dence presented to the l»oard showed
| that Heiman was only partly respon
sible for the crime charged up again tt
him, that of passing counterfeit noon
ey In Pueblo. He was accused of arid
I sentenced because of the passing of a
50-cent counterfeit, piece.
Pardon was refused by the board iu
I the cases of Otto Ixthman. Joseph Par
] ry and H. DeLovell, and the cases of
Spencer Dicks und John P. Black were
postponed for further Investigation,
i Contracts have been lot by Seer'
I tary Lenders of the state board of cap
i Ital managers for the renovating ami
j repairing of room 18 In the state house.
which Is now used ns a store room. A
i now floor will be put in and the walls
l of the room will be decorated. This is
the room which was used by Con
! tractor Peter Gumry when the bulld
| ing was in course of construction, in
this room the first floor was laid in
I the building for the convenience of Mr.
■-hanged since that time and the room
lias been used as a Btorcroom ever
i since.
State Treasurer's Report.
Slate Treasurer Newton on Sept
4th transmitted to Governor Peabody
‘ his financial report for the sciui-an
nual biennial period, ending August 81.
It shows that up to September 1st the
different state departments had prac
tically used all of the funds appro
priated for their use during the year, oi
all the funds there was any llkclihoou
of their getting, owing to the deficit lu
the revenues.
The board of health, the human
society and practically all of the minor
departments have absolutely no funds
at. their disposal for the expenses of
the next four months. The executive
departments are in nearly as bad u
position.
The decrease In the total valuation
of state property will hardly exceeu
f 17.000.000. if it is that much. Ab
stracts of assessments have been tiled
in the auditor's office from forty-seven
of the fifty-nine counties, and. al
though practically all of them show a
slight decrease, the total Is not nearly
, hair of what It was estimated by Audl
! tor Holiuberg a week ago.
At that time less than forty counties
had been heard from. and. basin* his
calculations on what had already come
In. Mr. Holmberg said that the total
valuation of the property would prob
i ably be about $300,000,000. instead of
S the $358,000,000 on which they esti
> mated.
The forty-seven counties that have
1 sent in their abstracts show a total of
I $232,503,811. If the remaining twelve
I counties show even the same valuation
as last year, which was a little more
than $104,596,163. the total valuation
of the state will run up to $337,099,974.
leaving a shortage of $16,902,527.
May Legislate for Denver.
The eoraplnint filed against the City
, and County of Denver by Thomas J.
! Maloney, in which he asked a perenip
i lory writ of niaudamusorderingthe de
1 fendanf-* to furnish him record books
| and supplies for the transcribing of the
j records of old Arapahoe county,
came up fc hearing September 2nd.
before Judge Carpenter in the District
Court. A demurrer, tiled by the City
ami County of Denver, was overruled,
and fifteen days were allowed the de
fendants to again demur to the com
plaint.
The demurrer stated that, the com
plaint did not stale facts sufficient to
support "he cause of action. The con
tract which was given to Maloney by
Clerk Alchele came under a provision
of the Legislature passed at the sanm
time with Article XX. for the traus
j eribing of the old Arapahoe county
I records. The contention of the coun
ty attorney was tha< the Legislature
j had not the right to legislate locally.
Judge Carpenter, however, held that
j the sovereignty if the people of thn
i state over the City and County of
j Denver was not abdicated by the
| adoption of the home rule amendment,
i The opinion holds that the effect of
j the amendment is not to give homo
I rule to the city and county to the ex
clusion of state legislation. As a
| county, it stands in no different tela
tions to the state than any other coun
ty. and is subject to the control and
authority of the state to the same ex
tent as they. The fact that Denver
was '>stablished by the constitution
aud the other counties by legislative
enactment, tHe court holds, mak s ab
solutely no difference.
Illff School Trustees.
The separation of the Illff Schoool of
Theology from the Colorado Seminary,
j (University of Denver.) und th- plan
l to conduct It as an Independent ib-part
ment of the university work, has made
necessary the appointment of a Hoard
of Trustees to control its affairs. Owing
to Bishop and Mrs. Warren's departure
for India and the Philippines, jt wa s
deemed best to appoint this board at
i once, so ax to leave the affairs of the
school in definite hands. The board
consists of twenty-live members, a
! number of them residing outside of
Denver. Bishop Warren is president:
K H. Boggs, vice president; F W.
J Ireland, secretary, and J. W. Gilluly.
I treasurer.
j Other members are Mitchell Bene
dict, J. 3. Brown, Rev. C. F. Rcisncr of
- Grace M. E. Church, Rev. Mar us D.
| Born heck of Grant Avenue M E.
, Church. Rev. E. K. Bean, William S.
Illff. Miss Liuise Illff. w. R. Shattuc.
Edward L Shannon, and William Len
nox of Colorado Springs.
No arrangements have been made for
the opening of the school, which may
not occur for a year or two.
COLORADO BRIEFS.
Charles H. Hagan, for many years
a prominent labor leader of Denver,
died Sept. 4th of hemorrhage of the
brain.
The Colorado Springs base ball club
is still playing a close second to the
Milwaukee club, which leads in the
Western league.
The Colorado Federation of Women's
Mobs will hold its ninth annual con
vention at Colorado Springs September
28th to October Ist.
The ten days' conference meeting of
Seventh-Day Adventists of Colorado
and New Mexico at Saiida, which closed
August 30th, was largely attended.
The Agricultural college football
'••am will be coached this fall by W.
H. Caley, who was for many years a
Muling member of the Michigan team.
Rev. Daniel H. Fleming of Leadvllle
has been appointed a chaplain iu the
army. He was chaplain of the First
Colorado Volunteers in the Philip
pines. Mr. Fleming is an Episco
palian.
The public library at Denver has
been opened at its new quarters in La
Veta Place. The new Carnegie library
building is said to be assured, but work
cannot be commenced for several
months.
Edward B. Clayton died at Denver
Sept. 4th at the age of 65. leaving it is
said, a considerable fortune. He was
the brother of George W. Clayton, who
left some two million dollars to found
a boys’ school In Denver.
Denver brick manufacturers have
raised the price of hard brick, deliv
ered, to $8 per thousand. It was for
merly $7.5u. The manufacturers stand
in with the bricklayers and there Is no
appeal from their decision.
William C. Whitney of New York,
formerly secretary of the navy, passed
through Denver Sept. 4th with a party
of friends on their way to Rifle. Colo.,
where they had arranged to take the
stage for a sojourn in the White River
country hunting big game.
The Poatofflce Department has adver
tised for bids for carrying the mall
Trom Loveland to Moraine park and Es
tes park six times a week, over the new
road to Estes park. Bids will be re
ceived until September 15th and service
wid begin October Ist.
Mr. Jacob Shndtt, the instructor of
physical culture in the public schools
of Denver has received an invitation
from James E. Sullivan, the chief of
the physical culture department of the
Olympian games next year, to act as
a member of the honorary committee
of the Turners in connection with the
games.
A dispatch from San Diego. Calif.,
says that Dr. G. E. Cowell of Grand
Junction. Colo., suddenly became in
sane on the morning of Sept. Ist, and
was taken in charge by the authorities
on request of his wife. On examina
tion before the superior court he was
ordered committed to the asplum at
Highlands.
One hundred and sixty-two building
permits were issued in Denver during
the month of August, providing for the
erection of buildings to the aggregate
value of $308,810. The permits include
seventy-six dwellings, eight terraces
ami six business blocks. There is one
factory and one hotel, each of which is
to cost $20,000.
The pay roll for the C. F. &. I. for
August beats the record of previous
amounts paid out for one month's
work, by more than SIO,OOO. tho total
being $330,039.30. Of this amount $24,-
000 was paid to the Colorado & Wyom
ing railway employes, the rest being
paid to the wuge earners In the C. F
& I. plant at Pueblo.
The comptroler of the eureney at
Washington has approved the applica
tion for permission to organize the
Citizens' National Bank at Glen wood
Springs, with a capital of $25,000, by
the following named incorporators: B.
T. Napier, H. G. Hammerick. Frank
Walter, George Edinger, George Yule
and E. E. Drach.
The Victor Fuel Company, which
owns and operates the coal mines at
Chandler, six miles south of Canon
City, and which has been employing
negro coal miners, has changed its sys
tem and within the past few clays has
discharged all of the colored miners,
furnishing them transportation to their
former homes in Missouri and Tennes
see. The company lias secured miners
from among the people in the vicinity.
A Louisville. Kentucky, dispatch
says that Father John H. Cushing de
nies the story emanating from Denver
that he bad been ordered to (iethse
mane. there to remain practically n
prisoner for life, because of his long
fight upon Bishop Matz. Father Cush
ing says he has been sent in-retreat at
the Trapplst monastery for a month or
less by Archbishop Falconlo, and im
mediately thereafter will return to his
diocese in Denver.
Joseph Scott, the sinelternian who
was sentenced to sixty days in the Den
ver county jail by Judge Dixon for
contempt of court In violating an in
junction issued against the union, has
been remanded to the county Jail by
Judge Mullins, who decided that he had
no Jurisdiction on a writ of habeas cor
pus in a case where the prisoner was
sentenced by another Judge in the* same
court. Scott seems likely to serve out
his full sentence.
The Galveston Business Men's
League Is urging Mayor Wright of
Denver to aid In a big celebration of
the arrival of the cruiser Denver in
the Galveston port a few months hence.
The league is also urging the navy de
partment to defer the presentation of
the silver service and toll bell by Den
ver until the vessel arrives at Galves
ton. The Texans desire to arrange a
celebration that may be attended
largely l>y people of all the mountain
states.
Under date of August 29th the Den
ver News’ Rocky Ford correspondent
says: The cantaloupe shipping season
has begun in earnest, and the prices so
far received break the record. The first
car shipped to Chicago brought $2,010.
The second car brought $2,100 and the
third car SI,BOO. The first car netted
the owner $4.70 per crate; the second,
$4.05; the third car. $3.90. Before the
car shipments began nil standard crates
brought $lO in Chicago and New York,
which netted tho grower $7.60.
RELIANCE DEFEATS UPTON’S
YACHT AND WINS AMERICA’S CUP
New York. September 4.—The Reli
ance, the American cup defender, yes
terday won the third and final race !
and the series for that famous sea '
trophy, the American cup. In a dense
fog which prevented vision beyond 200
yards, she finished the rare at 5:30:02
amid the acclamations of the assem- \
bled fleet.
The Shamrock 111., after running for j
more than an hour in the fog. missed 1
the finish line, passed by it and then
returned to It from the opposite dfrec- !
tion.
As the Reliance was being towed 1
through the fleets, the yacht's ensign
fluttering from her truck and spread- j
era in celebration of her victory, the |
Shamrock 111. did not cross the finish
line.
As often said of the historic race :
when the America won the cup, there •
was no second.
The successful result was achieved '
only after four futile attempts to sail
off the final race, and after the out- 1
come had been admlted by even Sir ;
Thomas to be % foregone conclusion.
Yesterday's was the eighth attempt |
to sail a race. After one fluke tho Re- 1
Banco won tbs two following races,one
by seven minutes and three seconds j
and the other by one minute and nine- '
ten seconds. A week ago yesterday !
the first attempt to sail the third race i
MELON DAY AT ROCKY FORD
WAS BIGGEST KIND OF SUCCESS
Denver, Sept. 4 -A News special i
from Rocky Ford last night says:
Rocky Ford's big melon day is over
again, and so far as crowd Is con
cerned it broke all records. The coun
ty populace turned out en masse and
the special and regular trains brought !
in Increased numbers from each town, j
The three big grand stands were•
packed and the Fair Association says I
that 17,000 people passed through the j
gates. This is about 2,000 more than
last year.
Immediately after the crowd got i
through with the melon pile there was j
a parade of live stock in front of the
Judges’ stand, after which the races !
began.
The first racing event was a free-for- j
all trot or pace. Belle Star, owned by
A. E. Beecher of Colorado Springs, j
took first money. Raymond M.. owned i
by Lockhart &. Co. of Rocky Ford, sec- |
ond money, and Dora Delpha. owned
by S. S. Bernard of Colorado Springs, I
LOVELAND CORN
ROAST A SUCCESS
|
IVnwr, September 4.—A Republican •
Special from Loveland last night says: j
Loveland entertained the largest crowd j
of visitors at the corn roast to-day in j
the history of tho town. Two excur- j
sion tralus in addition to the regular!
trains came in loaded to the guards, j
and the town was literally full of car
riages. so that it was difficult to esti- j
mate the size of the crowd which must j
have been 5,000 people told. Corn |
by the wagon loads was roasted and j
sandwiches furnished to the hungry'
multitude, who ate as though they en
joyed their dinner. Coffee, apples and
watermelons completed the menu.
Fully 2,000 people were served to a
free dinner and still there was corn to
spare.
The Modern Woodmen held their cel
ebration on the East ward school cam
pus, where a programme of music ami
speaking was carried out during the
forenoon. After dinn ir the Phoenix
and Enterprise camps of Denver and
Boulder camp entered into a competi- ,
tive drill. The Judges were Capt.
Bough ton and Lieut. Baker of com- j
pany G.. C. N. G., and Capt. E. J ;
Clark of Denver, who awarded the |
cash prizes as follows: Phoenix, first; :
Enterprise, second, and Boulder, third, j
| The banner was alr.o awarded to the
Phoenix team.
The Columbine camp of Royal ]
Neighbors of Denver and the Violet
camp of Boulder then entered the drill :
contest, first prize being awarded to
Boulder.
At the close of this programme, the I
center of attraction shifted to the race j
track, where some good races were j
put on by local horsemen. In the
free-for-all trot. Blue Bell, owned by !
C. W. Pulliam, took first money and i
Big Jim. owned by W. C. Austin, see- ■
ond. There were eight starters in the j
novelty race, and the first place was j
easily taken by Sister Dllley, with j
Fred Derby as rider. The matched j
race between Blue Bell and Betty B. :
was decided in favor of Blue Bell. The |
farmers’ races were won by Lin Ed
moads ar.d Charles Bangston.
In the evening the National Guard !
appeared on dress parade in charge of j
Captain E. J. Boughton and Adjutant :
E. J. Clark. The Woodmen gave a ;
I dance In the opera house In honor of'
their visiting neighbors.
As a whole, the celebration was
pronounced a success.
Ocean to Ocean Flyer.
Omaha. Sept. 4.—Backed by the
Union and Southern Pacific, North- j
western, New York Central and Lake
Shore, a plan is now on foot to run a 1
train from coast to coast, and for the
purpose a company is being organized :
with a capital of $1,000,000 to furnish
the equipment and handle the train.
It is understood that all of the stock i
iu the new company will be held by
the roads mentioned, over whose track]
the train will run.
The train will not only be a through !
train from New York City to San .
Francisco, but it will, it is calculated. >
make the Journey from ocean!
to ocean in from ten to twelve j
hours less than it can be done with i
ti e best connections at present.
foiled, and attempts have been mad*
| every day this week,
i On these occasions the Reliance led
the Shamrock 111. to the finish line by
! two miles, but failed to reach It before
the expiration fo the tlmo limit of five
and a half hours. Yesterday s victory
means that the cup Is destined to re-
I main in America until England is
able to produce a genius equal to Her-
J reshoff in yacht designing.
’ Rarely, if ever, has there l>*en a
more spectacular finish thsn the Rell
! ance's yesterday.
i After racing for more than au hour
at terrific speed through a blinding
fog, the Reliance burst through the
j wall of mist, upon the vision of the
i spectators on the fleet assembled at
the finish line, and heeling under a
great bellying balloon Jib topsail until
: her lee rail was awash, flew across the
' finish Hue almost before the spectators
■ ould determine for a certainty that
lit was she. Once more the Yankee
; boat, had added to the long string of
| victories in contests for the honored
old silver trophy that carried with it
I the blue ribbon of the sea.
i The whistles of every craft In the
\ fleet opened wide In recognition of
her achievement. The delighted
yachtsmen danced about the deck of
! J. P. Morgan's big black steam yacht,
| the Corsair, and hilariously congratu
j lated one another.
| third money. Time, 2:23. Purse, S3OO.
Tho second event was a free-for-all
trot, purse S3OO. Ed. Winship woo
first, Nancy K. second. C. K. W. third.
Time. 2:20)4.
The five-mils cowboy relay race was
! the exciting event of the afternoon,
und to allow the visitors time to wit
! ness it Superintendent Driscoll of the
Santa Fe held the trains until 0:50, for
which lie lias the thanks of the Fair
J Association as well as the visitors.
Taken nil In all, yesterday was a
i great day The people were all in a
; good humor and seemed to have a good
time. There was not an accident of
! any kind reported and tho police had
i little to do. Melon Day is such a pop
j ular event with Colorado people that
Rocky Ford's enterprising people are
j already planning a Melon Day for next
| year on a larger scale than ever before.
To-day is the last day of the fair, and
I many of the visitors remain to witness
I the races.
GRAND PARADE OF
PHILIPPINE ARMY
St. Paul, Sept. 4.—The day for the
j parade of the Army of the Philippines
' dawned with cloudy and threatening
j skies, and shortly before tho hour set
j for the start a drizzle of rain began to
i fall. Nevertheless the program was
j carried out and. headed, by Gen. McC.
: Reeve as grand marshal, a column
about 3,000 strong marched through the
j down-town streets. The parade was
i led by a platoon of mounted policemen
| Then came the Twenty-first Infantry,
under Major Hunter Leggitt, followed
by the Tenth field battery, under Cap
tain Ridgeway.
Two little squads of G. A. R. men
called forth the greatest applause ac
corded any organization. The third dl
’ vision consisted of the. First infantry.
Minnesota National Guard. The fourth
division also consisted of the State Na
tional Guard. Then came u dozen car
riages containing Governor Van Sant
ami start and several officers connected
with the army headquarters.
Next followed what was perhaps the
most beautiful feature of the parade—
I a living flag, composed mostly of little
school girls.
j The Society of the Army of the Phil-
I ippines. under command of Brigadier
j General Hale, was the la.»t division, but
: by far the most imposing. At the head
| rode General Hale General King and
1 Colbnel Metcalf. The men inarched
well and were greeled with cheers and
j waving hats all along tho line.
At the business session Wednesday
: afternoon officers were elected as fol-
' 1 lows:
President, General Charles King,
• Wisconsin; first, vice president, Co!. J.
’ I W. Pope, Colorado; second vice prosi
■ | dent. Capt. C. E. Locke. Colorado;
third vice president, F. M. Schustte.
' St. Paul; fourth rice president, Capt
II- A. Crowe. Pennsylvania; fifth
vice president. Col. W. S. Metcalf. Kan
j sas; secretary. A. K. Fonts, Missouri;
j treasurer. J. E. White. Illinois; chap
j lain, Capt. James M. Mallley, Nebraska.
Insane Woman Commits Murder.
I bvmmiu lYiuracr.
Denver, Sept. 4.—Driven by an in
sane infatuation for c man who was al
ready married. Mrs. Katel'lAhanyMen
j ier yesterday shot and killed Mrs.
! Theodore Kruse. The sho*y*in« oecnr
| red at 9 o’clock In the morning at the
Kruse residence at Nr. 950 Vest Scv
enth avenue. Tho husbiad, who is cm
* ployed at the Merchants’ Publishing
Company, had gone to his work. • For
some time past Ho had b«en ro»»o»*dby
Mrs. Menier. who had sho«u signs of
I being mentally unbalance* 4 .. Kruse was
1 afraid that the woman resort to
] violence and had warned ids wife to
look out for her.
1 Yesterday Mrs. Meir.er time to the
' | house, where she had be»a the day bc
: fore, but had not gained admittance.
In answer to her ring Mr*. Kruse loft
her 8-xnonths-old baby in the kitchen
and went to the door. £Le n* Mrs
Menier she attempted to lauh the
j screen door, but the o!r*.*r. without n
i word, shot her through the screen with
a revolver. Death te»u!t«r, ahmit two
I minutes later. Mrs. MenHr m*dc an
j attempt to escape, but wi-s qutckly
I taken and removed to the fail,
j where she was enteted on :he charge
iof murder. There she gave unmiata-
J kable signs of insanity.