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Elbert Godnty Tribune
X E. Pop*, Editor and Publisher.
BLBEJRT, • • • COLORADO.
This large output of boy bandits
will yet raiso up apologists for King
Herod.
Salt River, Arts., Is about to be
dammed. Anti-profanity paragraphers
please keep off.
Whitaker Wright would have saved
a lot of trouble if he had committed
* suicide a dozen years ago.
A woman is pretty sure she could
economize more in the coal bill If she
oouid haro SI,OOO worth of furs.
Woman's ear la so perversely
mathematical that forty-nine cents
sounds only half as big as half a dol
lar.
Girls at a cooking school In Berlin
site some of their own salads. The
date of the funerals will bo announced
later.
When London says “Hello, there!"
to Plymouth Rock, we realize how
much the hand of Father Time has
made smooth.
Daniel J. Sully's profits in cotton
are reckoned from six to fifteen mil
lions, and ho escaped all the worry of
the boll weevil.
With some misgivings the people
have tolerated. If not accepted, “mur
conlgram," but thero Is a limit. “Pig
gottgram" will not dq.
As long ns Mr. Morgan believes
that he has got tho original manu
script of Byron’s "Corsair,’’ he la hap
py, whether It really is or not.
There is nothing to Indicate that the
old bachelors are taking to tho woods.
It may be so long since the last leap
year that they have forgotten the dan
ger.
The University of Berlin has given
an American girl the degree of Ph. D.
Could even a crowd of German profes
sors refuse an American girl any
thing?
Spain thinks of building another
navy. When sho gets ready to spend
tho money let us hope she will havo
the good Judgment to patronize our
shipyards.
No better evidence of the gentle and
forgiving disposition of Pope Pius X. ]
need be brought forward than the fact |
that he blessed a friend's fountain pen i
the other day. i
1
A New Jersey family has been polr 1
oned by succotash. Now If It cm 1
only bo shown that prunes are dangei J
ous there may still be hope for U» * v
man who boards. r c
Three sisters were operated on In t
Georgia the other day for appendicitis. (
The society reporters fail to say what <
the favors were or what kind of re- 1
freshments were served. r
Count Zephelln of Germany, deslr- j
tng to build an airship, has taken up
a collection aggregating $112,500. At ,
least as a financier bo is in the class
ot our own Prof. Langley.
At a teachers' convention the ques
tion, "How to Interest the Young in
the Sunday School" was discussed. ,
Perhaps having a Christmas tree ev
ery week would help some.
A Kansas paper tells of a collision
"between a freight train and a heav
ily loaded passenger." When a pas
senger gets heavily loaded he should
not walk on the railroad tracks.
It used to be said that the man who
bad got together his first SI,OOO was
bound to bo rich. Nowadays a man
Isn’t sure of being rich even after be
has got together his first $1,000,000.
Gen. Jltnlnez Is reported to have
won an important victory In Santo
Domingo. He has lured away the only
private In the army, leaving the gov
ernment with none but officers on its
hands.
Prof. Vincent, who says that •’melo
dramas strengthen morals." may bo
right, but if a wrathful desire to throw
things at the stage Is immoral he
should qualify his remarks as to some
of them.
And yet it Is sad to see the Pil
grims on two sides of the ocean
pledging each other’s healths in cock
tails. particularly In view of the fact
that they don’t know how to mix them
in London.
If the scientist who disseminated
the theory that money was full of
microbes had nny Idea that It would
lead people to come around and un
load their paper dollars upon him he
knows better by this time.
A correspondent for an eastern pa
per has just discovered that Uncle
Sam's motto, "E Plurlbus Unum," has
thirteen letters in It. There is no de
nying that it has been generally found
unlucky for anybody to meddle with
that motto,.
The principal of the Brooklyn
public schools want the right to pun
ish bad boys restored to them, and
suggests that the necessary spanking
be done with a short piece of rubber
hose. Ah. the good old days In the
•choolhouse an the hill!
EVENTS IN WASHINGTON AND
TRANSACTIONS OF CONGRESS
Three hundred cases of typhoid fe
ver are reported In Washington.
The general land office has ordered
the temporary withdrawal of 130,000
acres of land In the San Francisco land
district, pending an investigation of the
feasibility of the establishment of the
proposed Monterey reserve.
The House bill authorizing the di
rector of the census to co-operate with
the state of Michigan in taking the
census of manufacturers of that state
was passed by the Senate. The bill
also provides for a like co-operation In
other states.
Announcement has been made at the
Navy Department of the retirement at
his own request of Rear Admiral
Charles S. Cotton, commander-in-chief
of tho European station. He will prob
ably be succeeded by Rear Admiral
French E. Chadwick.
The President recently issued an ex
ecutive order revoking thoso of Presi
dent McKinley, allowing gifts from of
ficers of the army and navy and the
civic establishment In Porto Rico,
Cuba, the Philippines, etc., to bo ad
mitted Into the United States freo of
duty. The privilege had been abused
of late.
Tho fortification appropriation bill
was reported to the House on the 16th
Ir.st. from the appropriations commit
tee. It carries a totul appropriation of
$7,131.11)2, which is less by $447,224
than was appropriated for fortifications
nf the last session of Congress. The
estimates on which tho bill Is based
aggregates $21,573,197.
The House committee on postofflceß
and postroads agreed to the report of
a sub-committee raising the salaries
of rural free delivery carriers to a
maximum of $720 per annum. Instead
of S6OO, as at present. The report
agreed to take away from such car
riers the express and news agency
privileges which they now have.
Senator Carmack has introduced an
amendment to the bill regulating ship
ping trade between ports of the United
titates and ports or places in tho Phil
ippine archipelago. The amendment Is
for the purpose of extending the time
of the application of the coastwise lawH
of the United States to the Philippine
archipelago from July 1, 1904, to July
1, 1909.
The Indian appropriation bill as
agreed on by the House comitte© on
Indian affairs carries a total of $7,610,-
811, based on estimates amounting to
$7,732,252. The amount of the last bill ,
was $8,621,306. For current oxpenses
the bill carries $722,400; fulfilling
treaty obligations. $2,077,764; gratui
ties, $566,000; Incidental expenses, $76.- ,
900; miscellaneous, $615,868; schools,
$2,551,868.
Vice President Valle of the Denver &
Rio Grande company, wua given a hear- '
ing by the House committee on Inter- <
state and foreign commerce In favor of I
a bill exempting narrow-gauge roads <
from the application of the safety ap- '
pllance law, insofar as such law re- 1
quires the use of air brakes on loco- i
motives. Mr. Valle wishes authority
to equip locomotives at his rood with '
water brakes, using air for the remain- *
der of tho train.
Several bills were introduced In the
Senate February 20th for the Increase
of soldiers' and sailors’ pensions In ,
case of serious disability. Senator
Burrows proposed an Increase to $75
a month for the loss of both legs or 1
deafness In both ears. Senator Hoar
proposed an Increase to SIOO a month
for total blindness and Senator Gallln
ger proposed an Increase to S2O a 1
month for all survivors of the Mexican
war.
Senator Hansbrough has Introduced
a bill providing that in case of unper
fected claims being Included In a for
est reserve, the owner may relinquish
and be entitled to receive payment In
money of a sum to be agreed upon by
the Interior Department and posses
sion relinquished, after examination
and appraisement by officers of the
department. It provides also that
hereafter forest reserves created shall
not include land grants and that ex
changes of land shall only be for land
of like character.
If the effort which 1b being made In
Congress to transfer tho control of
the forestry reserves from the Depart
ment of the Interior to the Depart
ment of Agriculture are successful, the
enormous area of 62,264,965 acres now
Included In the reserves will be placed
In charge of Gifford Plnchot. chief for
ester of the Department of Agricul
ture. Mr. Plnchot-was deliberately ed
ucated for the career of a forester.
He graduated from Yale In 1889, then
studied forestry In France, Germauy,
Switzerland and Austria. He worked
ns a practical forester on the Vander
bilt estate at B lit more, North Carolina,
and became forester In the Depart
ment of Agriculture In 1898.
The House on the 18th Instant
passed the fortifications appropria
tion bill. The Philippine question was
the subject of a brief but spirited dis
cussion while the bill was under con
sideration. An Item in the bill pro
vided for fortifications in the insular
possessions. Mr. Smith (Dem., Ken
tucky). proposed an amendment to
preclude the use of any part of tho ap
propriations fur fortifications In the
Philippines, holding that an expendi
ture of the sum necessary properly to
fortify the islands was not warranted
until the future of the archipelago
shall have been determined. A party
alignment on tho proposition Inline
i!lately followed. Mr. Williams or Mis
sissippi. the minority leader, taking up
the fight for the amendment. By a
strict party vote of 80 to 82 tho Smith
amendment was lost. The general de
bate on the bill developed Into a polit
ical discussion. When the system of
coast fortifications now under way la
completed, at a cost of $140,000,000.
said Mr. Llttauer. nn annual charge of
$18,000,000 to maintain and man the
'efenses t*jll be required. Mr. Robin
on (Ind.) asked If the bill should not
be amended so as to prohibit further
experiments with Hie Ijingley aero
drome. Mr. Llttauer said Congress
should have confidence In the govern
ment's board of experts In the expen
diture of the sum appropriated for ex
perimental purposes.
Postoffice Appropriation*.
The House committee on poetoffloe*
1 and postroads has completed the post'
1 office appropriation bill, which carriee
$199,997,588. The appropriation last
year was $153,500,000.
The total appropriation for rural
froe delivery service is $21,000,000.
Last year this Item was |12.flOQ,000.
The salaries of rural free delivery car
rlers is Increased from $600 to $720.
This provision regarding rural car
riers Is inserted in. the bill:
“On and after July 1, 1904, carriers
shall not solicit business or recelvo or
ders of any kind for any person, firm
or corporation, and shall not, during
their hours of employment, carry any
merchandise for hire.”
A provision is also placed in the bill
for the* appointment by the President
of a purchasing agent for the Postof
flee Department. This change contem
plates consolidating all four ‘‘supply"
divisions now maintained under one
head, and is Intended as a measure of
reform.
The fast mail subsidy of $25,000 be
tween Kansas City and Newton, Kan
sas, is continued.
The Item for railway transportation
amounts to $45,000,000, which Is an In
crease of about threo per cent.
The bill will be considered In tho
House soon.
Deficiency Bill Passed.
All differences between the Senate
and House on the urgent deficiency bill
were adjusted in the conference re
port agreed to by the House. By this
report the time In which the commltteo '
on international exchange shall report j
Is fixed at November 1, 1904, instead of
July 1st. The Senate amendment for
a consul at Dalny, Manchuria, was ac- i
cepted. The substitute provision of |
tho House regarding tho Louisiana
Purchase loan was agreed to. The Sen
nte provisions for the purchase of a
site at Los Angeles for a postoffice was
stricken out.
The Senate's provision for submarine
cahjo lines to Alaska was struck out.
Tho Senate provision to survey the
boundaries of Yellowstone Park was
accepted. The Senate appropriation of
$5,000 for a Spanish treaty claims com
mission was accepted.
Tho bill as finally agreed upon carriee
a total appropriation of $16,130,111, be
ing an increase of $5,103,916 over the
amount carried by the measure as it
passed the House. The principal Item
of increase In tho bill by the Senate
was the $4,600,000 loan to the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition Company, to
which the House concurred before the
conference was asked.
Admiral Evans, commanding the
Asiatic station, has notified the Navy
Deportment that he has dispatched
three of the cruiser squadron to North
China ports, where they will be held
In readiness to serve as dispatch boats
or for the succor of the refugees, or for
similar purposes during the progreai
of the war. The New Orleans has
started from Cavite for Chee Foo, the
nearest neutral point to the theater
of war. The Raleigh and Frolic have
started from Cavite for Shanghai.
All European governments having
diplomatic representatives at Washing
ton. with the exception of Turkey and
Spain, have now recognized Panama.
Otj the day of Senator Hanna’s fun
eral President Roosevelt called on
Mrs. Hanna at 4 o’clock to pay his re
spects and to offer his condolences.
11s remained In the family apartments
of the Arlington for nearly an hour,
conversing with Mrs. Hanna and other
members of the family. While there
he was shown the casta of the death
mask made of Senator Hanna by U. S.
G. Dunbar, tho sculptor. He agreed
with the members of tho Hanna family
that the likeness was notably fine.
In tho Senate on the 15th Inst the
bill for the payment of $200,000 to ex-
Queen LUluokalant was taken up and
the roll was again called on the motion
of Mr. Spooner to recommit the meas
ure to the committee on Pacific is
lands. the call of Friday previous hav
ing failed to develop a quorum. The
vote resulted 23 ayes, 27 nays. The
bill was amended so as to reduce the
appropriation to $150,000. The ayes
and noes were demanded on the final
passage of the bill, and It was defeated,
26 to 26. a tie vote.
Tho secretary of the Interior has de
cided the famous homestead contest
case of Virginia D. MeClurg of Colo
rado Springe vs. Mrs. William Corbett,
involving the title to a homestead on
which are located the famous Gran
Qulvlra ruins in Socorro county. Mrs.
Corbett Is a resident of Washington.
D. C.. and la blind. Her husband had
Hied on tho land while searching for
the fabled treasures of the Gran Qulv
lra. Tho secretary of the interior has
reversed tho decision of the general
land office and has allowed the Corbett
entry to be approved fo* patent.
The Interstate Commerce Commis
sion has announced that as a result
of Its investigations of tho feasibility
of requiring railroads to publish the
tariffs for the movement of export and
import traffic, tho same as domestic
traffic, It has decided to leave the mat
ter In abeyance for a time. If the In
terstate commerce act 1b not amended
within a reasonable time, so as to re
lievo the commission of the necessity
of requiring such publication, the com
mission bolds that It will be lls duty
to enforce the publication of Import
and export rates in the manner now
provided by law, but so for not com
piled with.
Ine Japanese minister has received
a cable message from his government
accepting the offer made by Dr. Anita
Newcomb McGee of Washington. D.
C., to take to Japan a party of trained
nurses who have seen field service In
the camps and hospitals of tho United
states army. No one is eligible to Join
the party except graduate women
nurses who have been in the army.
The first party will sail early in March
and proceed to Osaka. Japan, the port
on the Inland sea which Is tho base to
which disabled troops will come when
sent from the battlefield. The num
ber of nurses to go will depend on vol
untary contributions to defray ex
penses of equipment and transporta
tion of the nurses.
COLORADO BRIEFS,
The University of Colorado at Boul
der will conduct a six weeks' summer
school, beginning on the 20th of next
June.
Idea has been broached In sev
eral quarters of a semi-centennial cele
bration of the founding of Colorado, to
be held In 1909.
The amalgamated assembly of labor
unions and the building trades council
will unite In establishing a co-opera
tive store In Denver.
George Waybrigift, deputy city mar
shal at Hastings, was assaulted and
badly Injured by striking Italian min
ora at Aguilar February 20th.
It is reported that many members of
the National Guard of Colorado are se
riously considering the Idea of going
east to enlist in the army of Japan.
An attempt to change the date of
tho meeting of tho Republican State
Central Committee did not succeed. It
will be April 2d, as at first announced.
Two hundred lawyers wero present
at tho annual banquet of tho Denver
Bar Association on the night of I*eb
ruary 20th at the Brown Palace hotel.
Pueblo is to have an open air am
phitheater at tho corner of Sixth and
Malu streets that will seat 4,000 people.
It Is proposed to complete the structure
by June Ist.
Tho Colorado Promotion and Publi
city Committee has collected 117 dif
ferent publications about Colorado at
its rooms In Denver. Its aim Is to have
every county in the state fully repre
sented.
Paul J. Sours, the new Denver post
master took charge of the office Feb
uary 15th. John Corcoran Is assistant
postmaster. Mrs. ina K. Thompson,
cashier, and Mrs. Edith P. Baggs finan
cial clerk.
The Denver city and county govern
ment Is sadly short of money to pay
expenses principally because the pub
lic utility corporations claim that their
property has been over-assessed and re
fuse to pay their taxes.
Samuel Raugb, one of the principal
ranch and horse owners of the Platte
valley, died at Brush. February 17th.
He was the owner of the "NH" brand,
and had been a resident of this valley
for over thirty-live years.
Rufus Wall, janitor at the city hall
at Pueblo has been selected as steward
of the Colorado building at the World’s
fair. Wall is a prominent colored citi
zen of Pueblo county where he has
lived for twenty-five years.
Mabel Joseph, three-year-old daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. I. W. Joseph of
Pueblo, died February 19th as the re
sult of burns received a few days be
fore. Her clothing caught firo whllo
playing near a firo In an ailey.
Dr. John T. Bass, a Denver osteo
pathic practioner, is suelng tho state
board of Medical examiners for alleged
false imprisonment. Dr. Baas was
arrested for practicing without a li
cense and tho district attorney dis
missed the case.
Judge Voorhees, In tho District
Court at Pueblo, condemned attaches
of tho sheriff's office and police de
partment for permitting the Increase
of houses of ill repute and saloons of
a questionable character in certain dis
tricts of the city.
The explosion of an acetylene gas
plant In the Mossman hotel at Walden
on the night of the 12th Inst, blew Mr.
Mossman, the proprietor and Mr. Sny
der, a waiter out through a window.
The fire was soon put out, but consider
able damage was done.
W. A. Savllle, United States mechan
ical engineer, has come to Denver to
assume charge of the mechanical equip
ment of the new mint. Under his di
rection the placing of the machinery
for the electric lighting, heating, etc.,
of the building will begin at once.
Tunnel No. 8 on tho Moffat line Is
about completed. It is thirty miles
from Denver and Is 722 feet In length,
being one of the first long tunnels on
the road. This will make the eighth
tunnel finished, the track having al
ready been laid through seven of them.
Two Methodist ministers who for
merly lived In Denver and who havo
many friends in Colorado, are now In
Korea and some concern Is felt as to
their safety. They are Rev. Phillip
Gillette and Rev. W. B. McGill, tho lat
ter a graduate of the Iliff School of
Theology.
Pat Dermott, one of the pioneers of
Cripple Creek, who was credited with
having been the locator of the Last
Dollar mine, was found dead In his
cabin at Independence on Tuesday, tho
16th Inst. Ho had not been seen Blnce
Saturday and it is supposed that ho
died Sunday.
The Pueblo Title & Trust company,
which became insolvent three months
ago, has paid 50 per cent, to all depos
itors who filed claims In accordance
with tho law. Two thousand depos
itors had filed claims and on the 16th
Inst. $159,000 which had been collected
was distributed among them.
There was a large attendance at the
meeting of the Bent and Prowers Coun
ties Cattle and Horse Growers’ Asso
ciation at Las Aninias February 16th.
The following officers were elected for
the ensuing year: M. H. Murray, presi
dent; A. N. Parrish, first vice presi
dent; J. C. Johnson, second vice presi
dent; P. O. Scott, treasurer; M. J. Mc-
Millan. secretary.
Tho Ouray correspondent of the
Denver News, under date of February
17th, says: From seventy-five to
eighty-five deported miners of the Tel
lurido district arrived on the passenger
train from Montrose this evening, in
charge of President Frank Smeltzer of
the San Juan district union. The de
ported men will stop at tho SL Elmo
hotel in this city, and expect to remain
here for an indefinite period.
A tooth weighing eight pounds, evi
dently that of a mastodon, has been
found near Golden. The discovery
was made by T. O. Gleason of Denver,
who has been directing the work on a
new electric line at that point. While
a gang of men were digging some
twelve feet under the surface, the
relic was found. An unsuccessful
search was made for other bones. The
tooth Is more than half a foot long
and the same In width. It has three
"grinders" and is in good condition.
STARTLING REPORT OF DENVER
LEAGUE FOR HONEST ELECTIONS
Denver, Feb. 21. —The League for
Honest Elections last evening Issued
the following statement:
“To the Citizens of Denver: The re
cent scene in the House of Representa
tives should stir the soul of every citi
zen of Denver. The atten6bn of the
Nation was called to our condition In
a most dramatic manner. If any citi
zen has had his doubts aa to the meth
od of conducting recent elections In our
city, that doubt must now be removed.
We stand convicted before the people
of the Nation, a conviction resulting
from a plea of guilty. Never before has
a member of Congress been forced to
rc-elgn bis seat because the proof of
fraud was so overwhelming that he
himself was forced to admit it.
"Shall these conditions continue?
The League for Honest Elections is do
ing all that it can to bring them to a
close. We have an organization that
is permanent, that Is becoming more
and more efficient, and a membership
that is growing every day. It is thor
oughly non-partisan—our executive
committee being equally divided be
tween the two leading parties —and It
has but the single aim of landing In
the penitentiary every one connected
with election frauds in the city of
Denver. We will be in the field before,
during and after every election.
“We understand that the evidence In
the Shafroth case demonstrated that
4,000 to 6,000 fraudulent votes were
cast at the election In November, 1902.
Compared with recent elections, that
was a modest performance. That was
only about ten per cent, of the total
vote cast.
"The league makes the deliberate
statement that at the recent election
for charter delegates In the city of
Denver, not less than 10,000 fraudulent
or fictitious votes were cast, or a little
more than one-third of the total vote.
At the judicial election on November
3rd, almost tho same percentage of
fraud prevailed, and at the charter elec
tion of September 22d, an equal amount
of fraud was committe. This state
ment le made as the result of a careful
canvass of tho conditions made before
CONSUL SKINNER’S REPORT ON
HIS MISSION TO ABYSSINIA
Washington, Feb. 22. —How tho
United States has come Into trade rela
tions with a new region containing 10,-
000,000 of people is briefly and modestly
told in the report of Mr. Loomis, the
assistant secretary of state, of Robert
P. Skinner, the American consul
general at Marseilles. FYance.
on his highly successful special
mission to Abyssinia. last No
vember, for the purpose of negotiat
ing with King Menelik a trade treaty
and to collect Informat lan about the
commercial resources of that country.
As a result of this mission. Mr. Skin
ner negotiated a treaty which, If ac
ceptable. will secure for the United
States the most favored nation privi
leges in Ethiopia and will guarantee
to American citizens and merchandise
immunity from discrimination in rates
on all public roads and lines of com
munication.
In addition. Mr. Skinner prevailed
upon King Menelik to accept an Invi
tation for his country to participate
In the St. Louis Exposition, and pre
liminary arrangements for a compre
hensive exhibit at St. Louis have been
made. The King will send during the
coming summer a commission of dis
tinguished and representative men who
will have charge of the exhibits.
Mr. Skinner, after narrating these
facts, says:
“Acting in behalf of the Agricultural
SCHOOL OF MINES
STUDENT DROWNED
Denver, Feb. 21.—A special from
Golden to the News last night says:
Howard Snyder, a freshman at the
School of Mines, was drowned in the
Coors Ice pond about 9:15 this even
ing.
Snyder was one of a skating party
who were skating on the pond. The
other members of tho party were For
rest Head, School of Mines student:
Charles H. Driscoll, member of the
School of Mines freshman class; Miss
Maud Morrill and Joseph Morrill,
children of Mr. M. P. Morrill of Gol
den; Miss Cora De France, daughter
of Judge De France.
The Ice was known to be thin, but
was thought to be perfectly safe.
At the time the accident occurred the
party was skating in a line and the
concentrated weight proved too much
for the thin Ice, which broke and pre
cipitated the entire party Into the wa
ter of tho pond, which, at the point
where the accident occurred is about
eight feet deep.
All of the party except Snyder suc
ceeded In holding to the edges of the
ice or otherwise saving themselves.
Misses Do France and Morrill were
rescued from their perilous position by
the night watchman and engineer at
tho brewery, and, although Buffering
from the nervous shock, their condi
tion is not serious.
The dead boy was not seen by any
of the party after the Ice broke, and
it is supposed that he was carried un
der, and, therefore, unable to save
himself.
The novffl of the tragedy has caused
tremendous excitement. Scores of
men dragged the lake. Young Sny
der was a Golden boy, a graduate of
last year’s class at the Golden high
school and a member of tho present
freshman class at the School of Mines.
He was a quiet lad, cxceptlonally
bright and popular, and a son of Mr.
B. F. Snyder, a respected pioneer citi
zen of Golden and a prominent Grand
Army man.
At 12 o'clock the body of Snyder was
found.
• and after the elections and from the
[ evidence fathered In recent triala be
fore Judge Johnson.
“Do the people know what this
means? It means the utter disfran
chisement of every citizen in Denver.
The little bend of criminals intrenched
» at the City hall can continue in power
i forever. They can make or unmake
• charters, control, rob or destroy cor
• poratlons, elevate or ruin individuals
■ or annihilate property. In on* year the
. fraudulent votes have gone from ten
> per cent of the total to thirty-three
: and one-third per cent It is Just a*
i easy to make it fifty per cent, and out
i vote every decent man and woman In
! the community. But a gang that con
> trols one-third or one-fourth or one
flifth of the votes cast can always carry
’ an election any way It desires, as the
honest people divide up between them
i selves.
"How long will this condition last?
■ Just as long as the citizens of Denver
i remain Indifferent. Just as long as we
think things cannot be made better. Just
i as long as our best citizens smile com
placently. Just as long as wo try to
. think this cry of fraud Is politics. In
stead of being the truth. Just as long
[ as we try to cover the Bore spots and
’ hush the evidence, Instead of rising up
, like men and stamping out the plague.
"The league will Issue bulletins from
time to time, beginning next week, giv
. ing the evidence we have and telling
i of the progress we are making. They
will bo mailed to any citizen who Is In
terested.
"THE LEAGUE FOR HONEST ELEC
TIONS,
“W. H. BRYANT.
"President.
“JAMES H. CAUSEY,
“Secretary.”
The executive board of the league 1»
composed of the following men:
Charles D. Hayt. Harry K. Brown,
Ralph Voorees, James H. Causey,
Frank McDonough. Moses Hallett, R.
H. Beggs, Dennis Murto, Ralph Talbot,
Guy Leßoy Stevlck, Andrew D. Wilson,
J. K. Mullen, John S. Flower. J. S.
Temple, W. H. Bryant and Lucius W.
Hoyt, attorney.
Department, I have secured a collection
of the seeds of more important crops
peculiar to Ethiopia, a number of
which may be found valuable In the
exploitation of the uncultivated west
ern lands of tho United States now be
ing made available by tho extension ot
our Irrigation system. I have also In
hand material for a report on the agri
cultural resources of Abyssinia. The
Agricultural Department particularly
desired to secure a collection of wild
coffee seeds for experimental purpose*.
Those could not be obtained during my
visit, but have been ordered, and ulti
mately will be forwarded. Such a col
lection could be found only In Kaffa,
a remote province, access to which In
volves a long and expensive Journey.
"The experts of the Agricultural De
partment .%ve a theory that the degen
eration of the modern coffee plantation
i 3 due to the fact that coffee culture
has been based on seed originally Im
ported from Arabia, and that by get
ting back to the wild coffee plant, the
habitat ofw hcih is the province ot
Kaffa, a new variety may be created,
the value of which may be incalcul
able.
"My endeavor to obtain a large pair
of zebras for cross breeding was also in
vain. These animals are rare and dif
ficult to capture alive. I have left In
structions, however. In regard to this
matter, and trust to be able to supply
two of these animals.”
KUROPATKIN TO
TAKE COMMAND
St. Petersburg, Feb. 21.—The ap
pointment of General Kuropatkin, who
was yesterday relieved of his function*
as minister, of war, .to tho chief com
mand of the Russian army In the Far
East, was gazetted this morning.
With the possible exception of Gen
eral Dragomiroff, formerly governor
general of Kleff anjl later member of
the council of state, General Kuropat
kin Is the most popular man In the
Russian army. As a bluff old soldier
who has fought his way up from the
bottom to be minister of war, he is tho
Ideal of the enlisted men. Not one In
the Czar's army has seen more fight
ing, and no one can tell a story better.
There Is never a dull moment in his
company, for ho Intermingles tho hu
morous Incidents of his campaign with
tales of tho self-sacrifice of the men
whom he led, with Skobeleff, over the
parched wastes of Geoktepe, or over
the Icy slopes of Plevna.
No one meeting tho short, grizzled
warrior In his charming home on the
: sunny side of the Moika would guess
the extent of his power or the burden
of responsibility weighing on his
shoulders. As minister of war he was
considered a Just chief, who gave ro
“urds and administered punishment
without fear or favor. It is small won
der, therefore, that the Russian army
adores him.
The appointment of General Kuro
patkin to direct command in the field
has been received with enthusiasm,
and his leadership inspires complete'
• confidence that Russian arms will be
carried to success on land.
General Kuropatkin will be accom
panied to the front by the Grand
Dukes Boris, Alexis, Nicholas and Mi
chael Nlkolalevlch.
Alexis paid a memorably pleasant
visit to the United States when a
young man. His career as high ad
miral Is well known and brilliant, and
he has always surrounded himself with
a notable staff.