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The San Juan times. (Farmington, N.M.) 1891-1900, 1898-06-10
THROWN FROM THE FEuRx.
Frank Coolidge Was Drowned While

tFhih coolidge was DTOWncu While
Crossing the san Juan River,
Monday evening about 6 o'clock the
word was received here that Frank
Coolidge of Olio, one of our most re-
spected citizens, had been drowned In
the San Juan river near Fruitland.
Arthur Coolidge, a brother, who was
in Pennington accompanied by Geo.
Griffin, immediately started for the
scene Of the accident, Searching par.
ties have been stationed along the
river since to recover tho body, but to
the hour of going to press their search
had been unsuccessful,
We received the following particu-
lars of tho drowning from our Fruit
land corresp ondent:
The deceased, who had started
with load OF merchandise for T. G.
Bryan's trading post at Sheep Springs,
was crossing one of his horses upon
the ferry boat, and when they were in
mid stream the animal became rest
less and in plunging around slipped
off the boat, sweeping Mr. Coolidge
into the water. He swan maguin-
Gently for quarter of a mile. but final.
ly sank, parties running along the
bank endeavoring to render him as.
sistance, without avail"
Frank Coolidge was born in Tloga
county, Penn, Oct, 10Th, 1860. He
lived Oh the old homestead till Fobru-
aro, 1885, when he removed to this
county. On March 18th, 1888, he was
married to Fannie j. English, who
with two children, Cora, aged IA, and
Leland, aged Z, are left to mourn his
untimely death.
Upon Mr., Coolidge's arrival in this
county he became associated with his
brothers, Dr., j, W. Coolidge of Scran
ton, Pa, and A. D, Coolidge OF Olio,
in the construction of the Animas, La
Plata and San Juan Irrigating Canal
Companies ditches, locally known as
the Coolidge ditch, which haa re-
claimed from 2 desert state about u. .
OOO acres Of land on the San Juan
river in tho Olio, Fruitland aud Jewett
soctions, Frank Coolidge was one Of
the leading splrita In this enterprise,
and the local manager, and to his oner-
gy and perseverance, much Of the sue
cess OF the venture is due Mr., Cool
idge also homesteGded 100 acres Of land
near Olio, which he placed IN n fine
state Of cultivation. There are on this
ranch fifty acres of the finest orchard
In the county, which has Just begun to
bear. Like great many of the build.
cr5 OF empires in tho west, MIR. Cool
idgo's energies wero not directed to
selfish ends, but to tho upbuilding OF
the community, and wLilo he can
never reap the rewards of his labors
the fruits OF his efforts will ever re-
main monument TO hls memory.
Deceased was truo to his fcionda, 6
kind father and loving husband
The sympathy OF the TIMES and the
entire community 60 out to his family
IN this their hour Of BOrroW,
The San Juan times. (Farmington, N.M.) 1891-1900, 1898-06-10
CONDENSED PARAGRAPHS.
Last Saturday Phillip d. Armour
presented to the Armour Institute at
Chicago, his check for $500000.

Last Saturday Phillip d. Armour
presented to the Armour Institute at
Chicago, his check for $50O000.
TIE British gunboat Swift reporta
that the insurgents have cut the rail
ways and advance 20 within four miles
OF Manila,
Admiral Dewey reports that the in-
surgents have won several victories,
taking 1900 men and SO officers of the
Spanish troops mot natives) prisoners.
At Clarksvillo,, Mo, on the 9Th inst,
City Marshal W. A. Mclean, whilo try
ing to quell row among negro excur-
sionists vas fatally shot. The citizens
lynched two of the negroes.
I'VE have known BILLY" Mclean
since our boyhood days and are very
sorry to hear OF his untimely death" !"
Editor.
On the 4th inst, four negroes es-
capped from Jail at Georgetown, KY.
The jailer was attracted by mock
fight and, entering the Jail he was
knocked down be the negroes. who
took the keys, locked the jailer in and
escaped Efforts arc being made to
release the jailor without breaking il
the doors.
Naval officials now calculate that
Hawaii has become an ally Of the
United States in the war with Spain,
by allowing the Charleston to take on
coal and other supplics at Honolulu,
thus casting away all semblanco Of
neutrality in the present contest. 1t
will now be the duty of the United
States to protect the little republic
from Spain.
Pious John Wannamaker is becom.
ing disgusted with Boss Quay. In a
letter of withdrawal from the guberna-
torial contest denounced the methods
of the dominant faction Of the Repub-
llcan party of Pennsylvania, and threw
his strength to @. w. Stone who was
short nomination by three votes.
William A. Jones of the Quay faction
was nominated governor Of Pennsyl-
Vania.
The seashore bellies express the fear
that men may be scarce at the resorts
this season, but their fears are ground
less. The fellows who wear immacu-
late duck suits and patent leather
shoes and write silly things in the
sands of the beach with the ends of
their canes for the goosey-goosey girls
to read and the restless waves to wipe
away are not the sort that Uncle Sam
is choosing to help him out in this
trouble. Post.
Those who have read "Doniphan's g
Expedition to Mexico" will no doubt
remember that Clay county man was
detailed at the battle of Sacramento to
hold horses. That man was Uncle
John Shouse Of Washington township,
and when he found out he had to hold
horses he said to Colonel Doniphan:
"See here, Colonel, did core out
here to hold horses?" The colonel
replied: 'Yes, sir, if you are detailed
for that purpose" Hold hell" said
Shouse; mot in fight" and he turned
the horses loose and went to fighting.
~-Excelsior Springs (Mo.) Review,
The San Juan times. (Farmington, N.M.) 1891-1900, 1898-06-10

Capt. Chas V. Gridley, former com.
mander Of Admiral Dewey's flagship,
and who achieved distinction at The
battle of Manila bay, died on the 9th
inst. from njuries received at that bat.
tie. He was brave man.
The San Juan times. (Farmington, N.M.) 1891-1900, 1898-06-10

Admiral Dewey reports that the in
surgents have won several victories,
taking 1,SOO men and SO officers of the
Spanish troops mot natives) prisoners.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-07-01
LABOR AND INDUSTRY
SOME ITEMS OF INTEREST TO
UNION WORKMEN.
Some Lessons from the War-Private
Contracts Embarrassing the War De-
partmont-The Late Edward Boliamy
His Attractions.


CWritten by Arthur Joseph Munby, an
English lawyer who has published sew
eral volumes OF poems. Mr.. Munby was
born sixty-nine years ago. We publish
Doris" by request.)
sat with Doris, the shepherd maiden;
Her crook was laden with wreathed
flowers;
/ sat and wooed her. through sunlight
wheeling
And shadows stealing, for hours and
hours.
And she. my Doris, whose lap encloses
Wild summer roses of sweet perfume,
The while / sued her kept hushed and
hearkened
Till shades had darkened from gloss to
She touched my shoulder with fearful fin
She said: I'VE linger; we must not
stay;
My flocks in danger. my sheep will wan
der;
Behold them yonder. how far they
stray"
answered holder, Nay, let me hear
And still be near you, and still adore!
No wolf nor stranger will touch one year.
ling,
Ali stay, my darling. moment more"
She whispered, signing, There will be
sorrow
Beyond tomorrow, If l lose to-day:
My fold unguarded. my flock unfolded.
l shall be scolded and sent away"
Said /, denying, IF they do miss you.
They ought to kiss you when you get
home:
And we'll rewarded my friend and neigh
Dor
Should be the labor from which you
come"
"They might remember" she answered,
meekly.
THAT lambs are weakly, and sheep are
wild;
But If they love me, it's none so fervent;
/ am the servant, and not child"
Then each hot ember glowed quick with
in me,
And love did win me to swift reply;
"Ah. do but prove me; and none shall
bind you
Nor fray nor find you, until l die"
She blushed and started; stood await
ing,
AS if debating in dreams divine;
But Gid brave them; told her plainly
She doubted vainly-she must be mine.
So we, twin-hearted, from all the valley
Did rouse and rally her nibbling ewes;
And homeward drave them, we two to-
gether.
Through blooming heather and gleam-
ing dews.
That simple duty fresh grace did lend
her,
My Doris tender, my Doris true;
That l, her warder, did always bless her,
And often press her to take her due.
And now in beauty she fills my dwelling,
With love excelling and undefiled;
And love doth guard her, both fast and
fervent,
No more servant, nor yet child.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-07-01
Carnival of Contract.


There is not the least PROJECT that
the present carnival of contract in con-
nection with the war will come to an
end. Consider the single item of army
uniforms. The contracts were distrib-
uted among the firms that had a pusi
with the administration, and the charge
is freely made that bribery fund of
$4,000 did its work in connection with
one large order of uniforms. A single
firm in this city noted for its sweat
shops and for its dubious methods in
buying seconds" at the cloth mills, has
captured a large uniform contract af-
ter having spent large sum in Wash
ington. Indeed, some Of the stories re-
garding these clothing contracts fairly
surpass belief. Nor is this the worst
feature of this business. Nearly all the
firms that have captured contracts are
noted for their tyranny to their work.
people. Union labor received very lit
tie recognition and we do not think it
any exaggeration to say that scab Ia
Dor will be employed upon three
fourths of the uniforms to be made for
our troops. Perhaps the proportion
will be even greater than this.-Ex.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-07-01

Speaking of private enterprise brings
us to the subject Of the gunpowder. All
civilized governments OF the earth
have discarded the old red and black
gunpowder and adopted the new smoke
less kind-all except our own govern
ment, which does not make its gun
powder, but leaves the manufacture
thereof to private enterprise. But as il
costs money to equip a plant for the
manufacture of smokeless powder, our
private enterprises refused to be at the
expense and our government, always
alive to the blessings Of private enter
prise, kindly consented to make use OF
the old kind. The result is that such
modern guns as we have and which re-
quire the smokeless powder cannot be
supplied except from abroad. There
are no facilities in this country for the
manufacture of smokeless gunpowder,
and we could not make pound of it
without first equipping plant, and
that would take time. AS the corpora
tons engaged in the manufacture OF
Notwithstanding the Dupont
works-have pull" we have no mod
ern powder.-Twentieth Century.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-07-01

Since the war broke out we have had
some very amusing illustrations of the
depths of popular ignorance in Spain.
The Spaniards have been left in such
an illiterate and uneducated condition
by their rulers that they have no idea
whatever of the strength and resources
of the United States. Thus there is
general belief among the Spaniards
that our whole fighting strength is 25,-
600 men. There is also an impression
among them that all the states of the
American union are simply so many
parishes or districts. In word. to
quote the expressive phrase of Fight
ing Bob" Evans, they do not know
what they are up against" These
facts regarding SPANS ignorance show
the peril the exploiters of the masses
expose themselves to in times of crises.
They must keep the masses in igno-
rance in order to exploit them, but this
very ignorance proves the ruin of the
exploiters when the country enters a
grave crisis like that which now con-
fronts Spain.-Ex.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-07-01

Mr.. Bellamy was one of those men
concerning whom there are necessarily
two opinions. We are all sufficiently
familiar with the voice of detraction,
SO far as it made itself heard with ref
erence to his work. He was called an
accident" His masterpiece was de-
clared 10 have been written simply as
a. pot boiler" and with no intention
whatever of contributing anything 10
the sum of human knowledge. No one,
we are told, was more surprised than
himself at the vogue attained by mis-
book, and he at once set about carrying
out its leading principles, although
himself destitute of any training that
would fit him for such task. Final
ly there is the fact that influential so
cialists have begun to find fault with
works of character known as Utopian.
Utopian works, they say, are calculated
to inspire false hope and propagate
grotesque ideas, thereby discrediting
the whole socialist movement.
1t was, perhaps, the greatest of Ed
ward Bellamy's attributes that de-
traction of this sort had no effect
whatever upon him. He did not look
upon himself as the heaven-sent saw
ior of mankind. He did not think that
his system was the last stage of per-
lection. He did not put his work to-
gether in violent hurry. He worked
slowly, studied hard and thought
much. But it is superfuous to dwell
upon these details of well-known and
universally respected character.
In his personal traits Mr." Bellamy
was one of the most charming of men.
Disease had for years been pressing
him hard, but he did not bend his back
under the burden. Pain was his con-
slant companion during the latter part
of his life, but so we'll did he endure
it that the world had no suspicion Of
his condition until the end had come.
Now that the end has come, the whole
world seems to perceive that Edward
Belamy was, after all, one of the
worlds great men. He ceased to ne
an accident" He will always be
placed among the immortals. His rank
will be that of the first. Generations
hence, when the ideas for which he
battled have prevailed, posterity may
crown him the prince of seers-the one
reader of the future.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-07-01

Under the above heading the Wash.
ngton Post of May 16, 1898, informs
us that Fl. H. Hanna, chairman OF the
indianapolis gold-conspiracy cabal, ap-
groves the currency bill of the repub-
,can members of the house of repre-
;ertatives. He is confident that it will
lroduce parity of all moneys by redue-
ing all moneys to one money-gold-
and seriously contends that gold OF the
anne weight and fineness can, with
proper legislation, be maintained at a
1arity with itself The dishonesty OF
pretending that parity between all full
egal tender money in circulation will
not always exist is too absurd for con-
sideration, says the Silver Knight
Waterman. Money in circulation
which will perform the same service is
Ill we want or expect.
These goldite parityites never allude
TO the only parity which is Of the
slightest consequence; that is, parity
of money with property If money is
to measure property and services, it
ought to measure them right, and it
only measures them right when it
measures them the same at all times.
This can only be done when the supply
of money as compared with the de-
mand is substantially the same at all
times. If you cut off half the supply of
money the remaining half will buy as
much property as the whole would be-
fore the reduction. Such change is a
swindle on the owners of property and
the producers of wealth, for the benefit
Of those who have money and bonds.
II the goldites would make little
effort to maintain the parity between
the products Of labor and the volume
of money they would be benefactors
but their advocacy Of parity between
dollars and disparity between property
and money is wicked. Their design is
to enhance the value of their property
gold, by diminishing the supply, and
thereby to destroy the value OF every
thing produced by labor Justice and
equality are the hope and aspiration OF
humanity, but equality between dollars
themselves and inequality between dol
lars and everything else is the most
ubiquitous doctrine taught by the usur-
ers of London and New York.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-07-01

BY Bolton Hall: Lucius Delmonico,
the great restaurant keeper, used to
say that the profits of restaurant
20 into the swill barrel" The profits
of labor papers go into the scrap bas-
ket, and it is reformers who put them
there. l am not less busy than most
men either in money grubbing or in
real work, but / never let piece Of
literature which could make anyone
disconnected or show anyone the real
remedy of discomfort be wasted. If
possible, l mark an appropriate or
striking paragraph and send or give it
TO someone. If not, leave 1t in bar
her shop, restaurant, car or letter box.
So anarchist, single-tax, socialist
or Populist papers find their way into
hands that would never get them other
wise.
If all reformers would adopt this SIM
pie plan we would double the useful
ness and shortly the circulation and
advertisements of the agitating press.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-07-01
Editorial from the New Y-rk Journal.

William Waldorf Astor owns mag
nificent estate on the Thames river 1T
was bought from the Duke of Westmin-
ster, cost vast fortune, and, unlike
other Aston real estate, brings in no
rents. Mr.. Astor has been forced by
English public opinion to open his es-
tate to the common people. Any man
streets nearby may now picnic on the
English Aston grass. To keep up that
place for Londoners' picnics costs As
tor great many thousands per year.
The thousands are supplied by the COM
mon people who live in crowded streets
over here and send their rents to As
tor in England. We hope and trust and
do not believe that it will cheer those
that are crowded here to know that
their rents provide breathing room for
the unfortunate of London.
AS a matter of fact, we do not care
very much about Aston. In the prog
ress of the nation he is about as i'm
portant as the stray mouse gnawing the
new building before it is finished. When
we get around to it traps will be found
for our mice, and they will be caught,
even if they go abroad. In this Aston
incident the pleasing thing is the COM
mon sense of the English people. Any
body over here can fence in anything
and we never think of complaining.
Astor is said to have opened his
grounds on the Thames in obedience
to suggestion from the queen. That
is a pretty wise old lady. She knows,
having one predecessor minus head,
that it is a pretty good thing for rul-
ers to keep the people contented. AS
tor belongs to new breed of rulers, to
the cheap breed that rises from LAND
speculation as mosquitoes rise from
swamp, and he has not yet been COM
PEELED to think about the views Of 9TH
ers. He will probably die without
knowing that a time will come when
men will no longer be quite such idiots
as they are now. He probably believes
that the little English Astors for gen
erations and generations will be per-
mitted to draw five millions or so a
year from this country and spend 1t in
England But we know they will be
allowed to do no such thing.
How do we know it? Because we
have seen it tried in Ireland. Various
things happened to the absentee land
lords over there, including at last the
practical confiscation of their lands by
the British government for the benefit
of the tenants. We know that there is
enough Irish blood in this country, and
more than enough American blood, to
attend to absentee landlordism or alb
sentee trustism when that shall be-
come necessary. Mr.. Aston is having
all the fun and immunity Of an original
experimenter. Those who come after
him, look out.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-07-01

In troublous times the wisest and
best of men and women are preserved
from inward disturbance and insanity
because they fully believe in the silent
activity and supremacy of truth and
goodness. They see that in this human
world of ours there is great deal going
on besides disorder and corruption, vio-
lence and misery. The late Doctor Fur
ness Of Philadelphia, once said to a
friend, "The devil makes much noise
and show with his work, and alarms us
all; but God is silently busy all the time
in a world He has made to His own
hand; and He does infinitely more,
while we think nothing about it,"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-07-01

It is estimated that the earth re-
ceives not more than one thousand mil
lionth part Of the total radiation Of
the suns rays. If any considerable
proportion of this heat were concen-
trated upon the earth, it would not on
ly become uninhabitable, but become
speedily consumed. If the great ac-
emulation of ice at the North Pole
were placed at point where this tre-
mendous heat could be focused, it
would melt at the rate of 100000, 900
cubic miles of solid ice per second;
and the heat is estimated, as mechan-
ical energy, at the rate of about 10000
horse power to every square foot CT
surface.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-07-01

time away down South. But the gov
eminent does not own these things and
the contractors coolly tell us that we
must wait until autumn before our
armies can move. This is the true ex'
PLANTATION Of all the delay, and it can
not be concealed from the people very
much longer. AS the British army Of
ficer said the other day, it is lucky for
us that we are fighting an inferior and
bankrupt nation. If we were now fac
ing Germany or France, with their
government supply shops and powder
and bullet plants, our population would
be dying off like sheep.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-07-01
A Doubling Thomas.

Sound said the pedagogue, lis
that a person can hear but
connot see or feel"
Il don't know!" exclaimed the boy at
the foot of the class" Il think can
prove that you are off in your theory"
Very well, Thomas, go ahead and
prove it then" retorted the man of
learning.
"only yesterday you gave me a
sound thrashing, said Thomas, II sup
pose the other pupils saw it and don't
you ever believe didn't feel it," Chi
cago News.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-07-01

OF the colonies established by the
Salvation Army, Commander Booth
Tucker said, in a recent interview:
I'VE now have three colonization
farms, which, for the sake of preserv-
ing the military Technology, we call
forts The first is Fort Romie, in CAL
ifornia, where we have settled twenty
families, including eighty persons; the
second is Fort Sells, in Colorado, where
We have settled fifteen families, in
Guiding seventy persons, SO many OF
whom are from Chicago that they call
1t a. suburb of Chicago. The number
of people in this colony is limited only
by the amount of capital at our dispo-
sal. Our third farm iscalled Fort Her.
rick, after Colonel Myron T. .Herrick
of Cleveland. one Of the most liberal
patrons. The farm which is known as
the James Pacnalee place is situated
one mile from the lake and two miles
from Mentor, the home of President
Garfield. 1t contains 1856 acres Oh fine
farming land and will provide homes
for fifty families. The purpose is to
divide most of this farm up into FIVE
acre lots and to erect on each of them
a cottage containing two or three
rooms. These little homesteads we will
rent to city families for, say, 81 a
week. to enable them to embark in
the business Of market gardening. We
rent to no one but agriculturalists, who
have moved to the city, have lost their
grip and want to get back to the coun-
try"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-07-01

War is rapidly making the United
States a cosmopolitan nation. War is
always quick educator. Whatever
else it does, it sharpens the wits and
broadens the minds of nations. The
present war has already made the
United States a nation of students of
history, geography and international
relations. The nation has learned more
Of the world in the last few months
thanyears of peace would have brought
II.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-07-01
Electric Fans In Sleeping Cars.

The Baltimore and Ohio Southwest
ern Railway officials have solved the
problem of cooling sleeping cars in
stations at night. At Cincinnati. Louis
vile and St. Louis this line has sleep
ing cars placed in the stations at 10
p. M, which do not depart until after
midnight. and in order to make them
comfortable and cool have placed L.
inch rotary electric fans in each end OF
the sleepers, thus removing the heated
and impure air from all parts of the
car. The fans have been in, operation
about two weeks, and have been the
subject of many favorable comments
from the travelling public.