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The Bessemer indicator., 1894-09-08
BEFORE THE BATTLE.
Indications of IA Hot Time In the Popuii.t
Convention.

Denver, Sept IA special TO the
Times Sun from Pueblo says.
Thomas NJ. Patterson dawned
through the smoke of battle early this
morning. arriving Mt 6 n. III. from Den
yer and registering mt the Grand
hotel. There he established head
quarters, and there the Pattersonian
campaign was in process of being
formed nll morning. The convention
WAS set to begin ut = p. m, and there
fore the leader of tile opposition
against Waite had several hours to
size up the situation. 1t was not en-
couragng 10 him. The nuti-Waites
lacked n candidate. Pence wants the
nomination for governor. but IL afraid
to make the fight againt Waite. Judge
Bailey of Canon City was the only
anti-Waite candidate at all prominent
during the early hours of the day. but
he, too, showed little inclination to
make the fight
A general Pattersonian caucus Mt the
city hall is now In session that Is eN-
pected to clear the atmosphere. Their
candidate for temporary chairman will
be decided upon. rs well as the plan of
campaign.
On the assembling of the convention.
besides the contesting Arapahoc dele
cations, there are two from Las AMI
mas for one and the other against Ba-
rela for state treasurer, and the other
contests are being incubnted by Pat
terson 1t Is evident that the organ
ization OF the convention will be
stormy and long drawn out Possibly
but little progress will be made In ac-
complishing the work on hand until
late tonight. A bolt in any event Ia
almost certain, and the signs are that
two Populist state tickets will be plac-
ed before the voters of Colorado.
At II o'clock the Pattcrsoninus We're
disheartencd and disoreanized. Their
caucus was hzzlc. as no champion
could bc found TO rally around.
At noon the aspect of affairs had
changed somewhat. 1t was then M.
nounccd that Waite and DIR. Coleman,
chairman Of the state central commit
tee. had lad nn interview and 1t was
rumored that truce had been patched
up. AS Il wire puller the governor has
no equal on the ground. and the editor
ofs the News is beside himself with
rage.
If the governor has the chairman OF
the state committee with him 1t por-
tends that the last obstacle 10 his nom-
nation has been removed. j. Warner
Mills has suddenly appeared on the
horizon as Il likely nominee for the su.
preme bench. While Ajax Rogers is
not idc In his own behalf for this high
and honorable position.
The delegates from Ouray, IIinsdalc,
Gunnison and all the San Luis valley
counties were in caucus all the fore.
noon and agreed to net as a unit on all
points except for governor, OH which
they failed to agree. 1t was hoped by
the opposition that they could be
drawn from Waite, but 1t could not be
manipulated. This Is another pointer
that the Grand Old Man is grnndly
coming to the fore
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FORTUNATE FAINT.

A Woman Il Spared by nn AuG y
Lion. as she Seemed to BE Dead.
"A fainting flt Is something not usunl-
ly to be desired" remarked Marcus L.
Wilson, of Athens, Ga, "but recall an
instance where swOon proved to be
about the best thing that could have
happened to certain young lady, a. II
probably was the means of saving her
life.
During the street parade Of a circus.
n few years ngo, u full-grown lion man
aged In some way to break the fastcn-
ings Of his cage and bounded out in the
midst Of the crowd of people who were
collected on the street. OF course, the
people were frightened nearly ont of
their wits, and fed In every direction.
One woman was 10 badly terrified TINT
she sank to the ground In a dead faint
not more than ten feet from where the
lion stood lashing his tail and glaring
about him. No one dared to approach
the woman to benr her to placs Of
safety, neither was there gun nor pis-
tol handy with which to kill the bsast.
All at once the lion turned bis gaze
on the prostrate form Of the woman,
and with an awful roar reached her s6de
with one bound. The spectAtors were
horrined. expecting the next moment to
see the poor woman torn limb nom
Limb. To the great astonishmeut ok ".
cry one, the Non. instead of nAngllue
the body, simply sui6ed 1t 4 tuEned 4
ovH wffh bis pawn and. aftee efelne y
suepaeloaaay, walled swsy. H tIsaant
~ WOMAN VA 6eoA. A1o8 ocy1 0ns
sss : - ss' = ,sssss = - "a
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BURIED BY HUNDREDS.
Bodies .of Victims Of the Forest Fire
Laid to Best,

St Paul. MINI. Sept. "a Pioneer
Press special from Pine City SAYS:
Buried AT Iiincklcy and vicinity. 22J
Al sandstone. 60.
Al Pokegama, -.
At Miller. L.
Estimate of dead not found, 20.
Total. 3Ig
The Hincklcy horror Is dawning in
Its awful magnitude,
There are now lying in the desolatr
cemetery. under shallow covering of
sand. or in the rude rough boxes which
take the places of caskcts. ZIG bodies.
+. j. Wcbr. of Pine City. who has had
entire charge of the intormcni has had
his work well in hand and has kept
most accurate accounts of the bodies.
These figures are his and include those
buried by their friends. Four trenches
in all have been opened, separated by
about four feet. commencing on The
south, in the first trench. are u uu-
boxed corpscs. In the trench No. =
are ~ boxes. nlany containing from
rwo TO five bodies In the third are -
boxes like the others. The fourth
trench is not yet in Use. but there are
piled up 10 boxes which will be put in
tomorrow morning.
The foreman of The Duluth construc-
rion train reported 10 Coroner Cowan
this afternoon that on the hill at the
north end of the bridge across the
Grindstone We're nine bodies, so com
pletcly incincra,ed that the sex could
not be distinguished. A few rods west
Of where the Duluth depot stood was
found The body of Il woman. To this
must be added the few bodies shipped
out. the two buried by Jim Hunts par
ty OF cruisers. four inferred by another
explorer. making the total of about 22J
accounted for in Hincklcy and vicini
ty Amazing large estimates are be
ing made. but there is no foundation
for them. There We're undoubtedly
settlers and men in the lumber camps
whose bodies have not yet been dis
covered. A search for them will be
prosecuted with visor. and they Will
be buried where they lie. There is an
unknown number of dead in the mill
pond. 1t is as yet unapproximated
The bank was covered with sawdlIst
and edgings. and not far away was the
Brennan mill and lumber yard. A
number OF persons were seen to g0 to
the pond, No ono came out alive, and
70 bot IL the ire still burning tAere II
msY q . dAy q TIVE befoes thls ppQ|
n eoeW ee9 n SoMS4eA
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pERlLs OF BULL FIGHTING.
An English Writer Denies Certain
Oft-Repeated Statements Regard
ing the sport.

An English Writer Denies Certain
Oft-Repeated Statements Regard
ing the sport.
The terrible death of n promising
young torero In the bull ring has once
ngain attracted the attention of tho
English public to the Spanish national
sport, says the London Graphic. One Is
accustomed to hear bull fighting de-
nounced rs both cruel and cowardly-
cruel because of the suffering 1t in
fiicts upon animals, cowardly because
the risk run by the bull fighter Is In
finiteslnal. The first charge is ab-
solutcly true. so far, at least as con-
Germs the unfortunate horses. The Sec
ond is equally false, as the tragic
death of Espartero the other day
should serve to show the amateur crit
ics who, for the most part, have never
seen the spectacle they denounca in
such unqualified terms. II the Span
iards would only revive the original
form Of the sport they borrowed from
the Moors-tliat is to say. he riding,
not OF wretchcd cab horses. only fit for
the knncker, md mounted by profes-
slornl plcadOres, but OF valuable horses
with Owners up" who would, Of
course, exercise their skill In trying to
save their morrnts-there would be
little to be said against bull fighting
on the score of cruelty.
As to the current sncers at tile cow
ardice of the bull fighters, they nre
the outcome of sheer ignorance One
has but to witness the entry into the
ring of fresh caught Andalusinn bull,
twice the size and weight If lion,
fully as fierce and almost rs active,
to understand that every man In the
ring carries his life In his hand, and
that IL imomentary loss OF nerve, of
Judgment, or of footing will probably
mean instant death That terrible
fighting 'spcar'-a Spaniard never
talks Of a bulls "horn" any more than
an Engllshman of fox's "tail'-would
make short work of any man who had
not devoted the flower Of his age to
the study Of the most perilous of all
kinds of sport. Those who have seen
such daring and accomplished toreros
MS Lagnrtijo or Frascuelo take the
cloak from the lnnd of subordinate
md play with the infurinted beast as
child might with kitten, knowing
MI the time that the slightest mistake
would he fatal. cannot, If they speak
the truth, refuse to admit that the
combination of skill and courage Is un-
paralleled. The perils Of the plaza re-
deem the sport from the charge of
cowardice, though not, as 1t is at pres
ent conducted, from that Of cruelty.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-09-08

A NEW instrument for the use of
Davigators is now being tested on
the North German Lloyd steamer
Weimar. 1t is called the solar.
meter, and is intended to supplant
the compass. and enable a vessel 5
course to be determined without the
necessity of mathematical computa.
tion. 1t is placed in the water and
foated on mercury. thus to avoid
any vibration. 1t is promised to
overcome the difficulties experienced
by the deviations of the magnetic
needle when in close proximity to
iron or steel
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-09-08
VIEWING Potato FIELDS.
Delegates Take . Trip - Greeley ans
viriAify.

Denver. Sept. 5.-The visitors TO the
national Irrigation Congress were
treated to II surprise yesterday. Two
hundred OF them were taken on an
excursion around the horn on the
Union Pacific and the Union Pacific.
Denver 4 Gulf railroads. They visited
Greeley, Fort Collins, Longmont and
Boulder and spent enough time In
each town to learn something OF 1t and
to be entertained by the people ms best
they could under the circumstances.
The result WIS the creation of conf
gates to the congress and All impress
sion that after all there ase few states
like Colorado.
The train returned to Denver In the
evening and night session was held.
According 10 the programme three
addresses were made by Senor Ro-
mandc Yborela of Mexico aud Messrs.
Pcarce and Dennis of Canada. This
was known as the foreign programme.
Don Iborel0 read n paper on "lrri-
cation In Mexico and International Re-
n,ious' lie gave n historical review
of the irrigation movement In the re-
public of Mexico. The high dams and
long canals made by the religious or
ders were commented favorably upon.
The speaker had sly thrust ut the
American visitor TO Mexico. who went
to the City OF Mexico. saw the cathc-
dral, the museum. and other places OF
interest, took his breakfast. luncheon.
dinner and tea in the railroad cars,
didn't speak or understand Spanish.
discussed New York or Boston stocks,
and then went back and said he had
seen Mexico"
The Importance of irrigation by the
Rio Grandc and Colorado rivers was
dwelt upon by the representative of
the Mexican government in an able
and exhaustive manner. lie WIS fire.
qucntly applaudcd during the delivery
of his address. which was couched in
eloquent language.
William Pcarcc of Canada followed
with an extended paper on "lrrigation
in the Canadian Northwest" The two
principal points urged by the Canadian
representative We're that i'm canada
both land and water were under one
control. that of the federal govern
ment, while in this country the land
was in the hands of the federal gov
ernmcnt and the water in those of the
state The Canadian system. Mr..
Pearce contcndcd. was superior mas
much rs 1t avoided conflict of authori
ty.
OF 10000 square miles. or J0.O000O0
acres requiring irrigation. Mr.. Pearce
estimated that with proper storage fa-
cilities about s.opo.0oO acrcs can be lr
rigated. lie said that grasses OF all
kinds. fruits and vegetables and small
fruits can be easily raised and In some
of the sheltered localities the more del
icate fruits. such as apricots and pos
sibiy peaches may be cultivated.
Mr.. Dennis of cnnadn read II paper
oil "frrigntion Laws OF Canada" The
paper dealt with Canadian legal en-
actmenis in favor Of irrigation and
was Il valuable contribution to the lit
erat,le of The evening.
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State University Opens.

Boulder, Colo. Sept. 4.-The univer-
sity opened to-day with an increased
attendance. All the classes nrc larger
than they have been before. despite
the fact that one class was put into
the Boulder preparatory department.
This latter department is so evercrowd.
ed that more and larger rooms must
be secured. The Hale scientific build
ing was used for the first time to-day.
and several classes will be heard there
hencefortb. The chemical department
has been moved from the old building
to Kent hnll, and the library has been
taken from the second to the third
focr OF the old building. Everything
l00ss very encouraging aud professors
ant studsuts have taken bold win
Meee tAaa WuM taseey,
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Single Tax Conference.

New York. Sept. 4.-Slnglc takers
from all over the state met at Cooper
Union yesterday 10 discuss whether
political action should he taken by
them during the coming campaign
Conspicuous among those present were
congressman James V. Maguire OF
California. Rev. Edward. McGIynn.
James II. Hearn. the actor; Benjamin
Robier and Charles +, Adams, the po-
litical reformer of Brooklyn. Henry
George was not present. He Is said
to bc opposed to any political action
by single takers this year and disap
proved of the conference. The meet
ing will not commit itself in advance
to any party. Mrs. Rogers of Brook
lyn is one of the committee on perlna-
ncnt organization.
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sPAiN WILL RETALiATE.
The Iteciproeity Treaty Cancelled In View
of Onr Inrin Law.

Washington. ID. C.. Sept. A ca
blegram from Madrid says: The Ga
zctte published to-day IL decree can
ceiling the reciprocity treaty between
the United States and Cuba. the can
collation. TO take effect the moment
the United States applies the new Gus.
toms tariff" Instructions have been
sent to the Spanish colonies that car
goes cleared from the United States
before the new tariff went into effect
are to pay the old rate of duty. Nego-
tiations are now progressing for n new
commercial treaty between the United
States and the Spanish colonies.
At the state department it was stated
nothing had been undertaken by the
department relating to further trenty
negotiations. 1t is possible the Span
ish government may have indicated TO
the United States minister at Madrid
that il was desirable TO enter into new
treaty relations since the new tariff
abrogated the treaties made under the
Mckinley law, but it is said no initia-
tive steps have been taken by this
government.
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RIOT BY oREcrAN SOLDIERS.
They Mob the ONCE of an Offending
Sewspaper,


Athens. Sept 3.-Much excitement
has been occnsioned here by sum
mary act of vengeance against Il news
paper published in this city. For some
time past the AlTopolis has been pub
fishing II series of articles derogatory
to the army. The articles excited
much Indignation in the army and the
matter was heatedly discussed. Final
ly il was decided to put stop TO fur
ther adverse criticism on the part of
the paper One hundred and thirty
officers and men of all arms proceeded
to the newspaper Office yesterday and
wrecked the place. Nearly all the at
tacktng party We're armed with axes.
with which the presses, type and type
cases We're destroyed. The library
WIS then attacked. the books therein
being torn TO pieces and everything of
value hacked TO bits. The debris was
thrown into the street.
Intiamed with their success at the
office. 1t was proposed to attack the
edihcc of the editor of the paper. This
proposal was Immediately acted upon.
the soldiers marching in body TO
their objective point. Arrived at the
house the men burst in the doors and
destroyed all the household effects.
Twenty soldiers have been arrested.
The outrage is everywhere denounced
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tho other things. II came up and
suuck me with considerable force, but
hoanced nicely on top of the stream,
which now flattencd ont rather more,
and I soon retired, placing the duck
on the foot of the bed. l slept quite
well. though woke up nce or twice,
| possibly from the novelty Of the sur
roundings.
1.-THE days which followed were mucl,
like the first My meals were sent up
regularly. together with books and pa
pers. and spent most of my time In
reading and teaching the duck many In
teresting tricks. People came for miles
to see me in my odd position. and 1
was an immense boon to local photo
graphers. i also wrote a series Of mr.
ticles for the Territorial Ayriculturist
on The Artesian Well Outlook and
others on How the Farmer May Rise
In the World md Ups and Downs of
Duck Culture / may sny that these
met with much favor, and were wide
ly quoted and commented upon.
Friends have sometimes chided me for
not devoting more Of my time to work
with the pen"
Jones stopped abruptly md gazed
into the fire.
WELL" said Smith, nfter a pause,
you forget that yon are down now"
"Yes, that's so; am. But stayed
up there six weeks. 1t was in the
latter part of October when went up.
Early In December there came a cold
snap and frozc the column of water
solid Tossing my duck of, which
readily few to the ground, / took
rope previously sent up, tied 1t to my
cot, which was frozen on top Of the
stream. and slid to terra flrma, and re-
ccived the congratulations of my
friends. That, think. Is all."
jackson Peters moved about unensily
in his chair for few moments. Then
he said:
well. your duck farm was success.
suppose?"
"A decided one, Jackson. Next sum
mer the ducks soon learned to hop into
the stream. ride up, fly of. and repeat
the performance They thus avoided
the work of swimming. and turned the
energy 20 saved to the production Of
feathers and eggs. There was pro-
cession Of ducks going up the column of
water and fiutterlng on the top nll
day long. as II 1t Were duck volcano.
A correspondent Of New York paIsar
a somewhat superficial observer
conceived 1t with slight help from mel
to be such In reality. and sent an IN
teresting dispatch to his sheet. entitled.
Great Duck Geyser.-Immense Vein
OF Natural Ducks Tapped IN Dakota
A Discharge of Three Hunired Prime
Live Fowls per Minute-Proposcd Pipe
Line to Tide-Wnter.'
Yes. Jackson. my duck-fnrm was n
success; and IL you embark In the bust
ness, advise you to go TO the arid belt.
But nvoid leaning over your arteslnn
well. unless you are interested In the
study Of the upper atmospheric strata"
--Hnrper's Weekly.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-09-08
LOST LOVE-

Who wins his love shall lose her,
Who loses her shall gain,
For still the spirit woos her,
A soul without stain.
And memory still pursucs her
with longings not In vainl
He loses her who gains her,
Who watches day by day
The dust OF time that stains her,
The griefs that leave her gray,
The flesh that yet enchnins her,
whose grace hath passed away!
Oh. happier he who gains not
The love some seem to gain;
The JOY that custom stains not
Shall still with him remain,
The loneliness that wnnes not.
The love that ne'er can wnne.
He dreams she grows not older
The land OF dreams among.
Though all the world wax colder,
Though NIL the songs be sung,
In dreams doth he behold her
Still fair and kind and young.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-09-08

The brief span between yesterday
and today. between the time when
there were no railroads across the
Alleghanies and when dozen or
more lines cross them, was made con
spicuous the other day when David
Hahn. the old Allegheny stage coach
driver died. Hahn was the Allegheny
,jehu when General jackson and Hen
ry Clay and President William Henry
Harrison crossed the Alleghanies go.
ing to and from the national capital.
In those days a steam railroad climb
ing lofty mountains was regarded US
among the impossibilities.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-09-08
THE PUBLIC DEBT STATEMENT.
Decrease OF si,II3,65i Recorded Dur
Ing August,

In. august.
Washington, sept 2-The monthly
statement of public debt issued by the
treasury department yesterday shows
decrease in the public debt of ST.
1864. including certificates and treas
ury notes offset by an equal amount Of
cash in the treasury. Including the
certificates and treasury notes the de
crease was sol ,y1I. ON Aug, 81 1894.
the interest bearing debt Nas S,siJ.-
D42 go an increGsc for the month of
$50. The debt on which interest has
ceased since maturity was 81 ,s3l ,15O,
n decrease for the month Of 50, 100.
The debt bearing no interest amounted
to 1913, S6I ,5y3. decrease of SS2, 81.
Certificates and treasury notes out
standing offset by an equal amount of
cash in the treasury We're SGl5.25o.j 81
decrease for the month of 81 62l .1J7.
The aggregate debt Aug. 81 was 81.
$50 ,992, ,5s5
The several items of cash in the
treasury are given as follows. Gold
coins and bars, Si2O $50 500; silver,
S513. .16TT $50; paper, Sl3o.sl9, ,eGo; bonds
and minor coins, SlT,330, ,s9T. aggrogat-
ing S1Sl. .7OS, ,3J1 against which there
are demand liabilities amounting to
SGJi .J35 260, leaving cash balance of
So, ,i4s.O91. OF which S!5,21G.9o0 Is
gold reserve. The increase in the cash
during the month was $, ,S02, 40.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-09-08

! THOSE villagers who revel in the
cultivation OF beautiful lawns will be
interested in the announcement that
the department Of agriculture has
appointed J. Lambert Scribner, an
,agrostologist. to start a grass gar
den In Wash 'ngton for the purpose
OF demonstrating what kinds OF grass
are best adapted to the various soils
,of the country. Agriculturists en-
gagged in hay culture Will also watch
Professor Scribner's work with inter
est " 10 tho purpose OF the depart.
msut 70 tseus tree bulletins dsscrip
~ ~ fssslts = W ss3s.sHests
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-09-08
SHOT GUN OR JUSTICE.
The Subject of Mrs. Gouger's Address at
statan Island.

New York, Aug 2.-Fully 1000 men
and women listened to au address by
Mrs. Helen VI. Gouger Of Indiana at
the Auditorium in Prohibition Park
Staten Island, this afternoon. The an
nounccd subject was "The Shotgun or
JusticeI Which shall the laboring
classes have in the settlement Of
strikes and battles between capital
and labor Referring TO poverty in
the great cities and the suffering in the
grcat tenement house district of tho
cities, Mrs. Gouger said there were
thousands Of acres of land in the sub
mbs Of New York held idle for speeu
lative purposes, and added: IF were
The Almighty for only five minutes. |
would take all this property from the
land spectators and give to Gods chill
drcn in the tenement houses of New
York n place upon this earth and some
OF the gospel of fresh air and sun.
shine
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-09-08

A NICE neighborly surprise party
OF tho good o.d sort is one of the
latest social events in Newport A
quilting bee may be looked for next.
There is nothing so infections as
the rel apse into simplicity of one
family OF the fashionables. All the
rest wish to have try at it