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Cañon City record., 1899-02-16

Buy your bread and anything in
the bakery line at FRED RIEDE's.
Can sell you four room house,
lot 44x120, with good barn, etc, for
$1,000. Ask Hodges at RECORD
office.
The C. C. NJ. club spent a delightful
evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
C. W. Burrage Tuesday evening. 1t
was a valentine party.
A private letter from Carey Ed
wards states that he has entered upon
his studies at Kirksville. Missouri,
and is much pleased with the work.
Lloyd II. Smith came down from
Bare Hills Tuesday evening. He re-
ports the recent cold snap very severe
at that altitude with plenty of snow.
W. d. Combs went to Cripple Creek
the first of the week to look after
his company's lease on the Specimen,
in which a big strike was recently
made.
The most complete line and lowest
prices at Whipple's. 2
Rev. C. N. Wester will preach on a
special subject at the Baptist church
Sunday morning. Those who have
heard the sermon claim no one can
afford to miss it.
Miss Alvira Cleghorn of South Fork,
who has been visiting for a week
with her brother, Warden Cleghorn,
and sister, Mrs. Jas. E. Hasbrouck,
left Tuesday for Denver for short
visit.
E. L. Lowell has given up the agency
for the Singer Sewing Machine COM
pany and will devote himself to other
branches of the sewing machine busi-
ness. A new man is on the ground
for the Singer company.
Under the auspices of the Friends
in Council Mrs. Margaret Graybill of
Denver last Saturday addressed about
twenty-five ladies at the A. 0. U. W.
hall. The talk extended over an hour
and was very interesting. y
Mr.. Pollard, member of the firm of
Biggs, Pollard & Groves, Espanola,
New Mexico, was the guest of the
senior member of the firm, Clinton A.
Biggs, over Sunday. Both gentlemen
left Sunday evening for Denver.
At the rates the new telephone
company proposes to put in instru-
ments ($1.50 per month for residences
and $500 for business houses) every
body in the county can afford to be
on easy talking terms with his neigh
bor.
In honor of the thirteenth birthday
anniversary of their daughter Gretchen
Mr.. and Mrs. 7. M. Harding last Sat-
urday entertained the Misses Claudia
and Vera Teape, Ruth Lewis, Rose
Beecher, Ethel Gibson, Cora and Jes-
sic Peabody at ! o'clock luncheon.
W. H. Davie, proprietor Of the
Palace Pharmacy at Florence, was in
Canon Tuesday. He dropped around
to the RECORD Office and ordered the
paper and Cosmopolitan magazine sent
TO his address for year. Mr.. Davie
reports business conditions rapidly
'esuming the normal at Florence.
Cañon City record., 1899-02-16
THE TORCH TO POWDER.

Touch lighted torch to the
contents of a powder mill and
up it goes But
Cañon City record., 1899-02-16

Rev. E. W. Sibbald spent portion
of last week in Colorado Springs.
Distilled water, SC per gallon.
Free to invalids, Canon Steam Laundry.
DR.. ]. M. Bradbury was among the
passengers to Cripple Creek Monday.
B. G. Woodford, Notary Public,
with Woodford & Dawson, RECORD
Office. n
The 81 Perkins company is playing
to good audiences at the opera house
this week.
Wanted-Fouror five room fur
nished house, close in. DR.. Geiger,
Handy & McGee block. 7tf
Editor C. w. Bowman of the Clip
per is rallying from two weeks tus-
sci with the grippe.
Mayor ]. J. Cone went Monday to
Cripple Creek to look after interests
connected with the Doctor mine.
Lessons given in painting and draw
ing. Studio No. 8, Harding block.
47-tf MRS. BRADLEY.
Mercury fell 20 degrees in %
minutes Friday afternoon. 1t wasn't
very cold either-50 above at 1o'clock.
Miss Eta Harris has accepted
position as correspondent for an
eastern paper with headquarters at
Denver.
Do you want to buy nice four
room brick house and lot 37a 120
feet for $1,000? See Hodges at the
RECORD Office.
Mrs. Tina Hardenburh, whose hus-
band died in Goldfield last week, is
quite i'll with la grippe. Mrs. Sarah
Hardenburgh is attending her.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-14
The Chicago Conference.

The Chicago Trust Conference opens
breezfIy and II Is to be hoped II may con-
tinue breczily to the end The meeting Is
for discussion. There is a good deal of feel
ing throughout the country on the subject
more feeling just now indeed. than u De-
standing. Those who favor Trusts ms st
that they are not only benefit but a neces-
sity IT is insisted moreover, that no law
having their restraint for It's che an be
executed except to the injury OF business in
general. Those who oppose Trusts see In
them a very serious menace to a i'g l.
mate competition In business. and I'll re-
fore a public enemy which In some way
must in the publ'c's interests. be PVT In
restraint. And those who take this
have not as yet drawn any distinction as to
sucn combinations of capital All TrGs
look alike to them.
Experience teaches that we may ok for
the truth between these two extremes.
There are Trusts-the Sugar Trust l. ia
doubtedly one SuCh-whtch exercise de-
moralizing influence on business. They ar
rcgate to themselves. and exercise. in
tluences which no creature OF thu law
should be permitted to exercise. T e. are
not only blight competiS Oh. but they
assume even to dictate pablo policy. They
are no sooner breeched Than they get to he
too big for their bree ,hes. he SUgIr
Trust. it will be remembered, went - FAR
as to try to defeat the annexation Of Ha
wall; and it's activity in trying % p"eve3t
Interference in the matter Of Cioa was "a
open as it dared indulge n.
There are on the other hand. bus ness
combinations which have as yet incurred II,
such reproach and show no pu4 pose 10
misuse the charters under whi,h hey la,e
been formed. They repi esent large sums of
money, and they are opera ing on a very
large scale. Their transa '."ns are almost
country wide in scope. The men vino .ep
resent these Trusts or comb ma. ons obj CT
to having them bracketed with sucn
Trusts and combinations a nave shown
both monopolistic spirit AID am. a..d a
disposition to meddie with leg dtlou-sta. e
and national
As We are in want and search of Informal
ton, therefore, an excellent way to Sc 1t
Is to encourage the extremists on c Their
side OF the question to speak out funy ID
even partlsanly. In VIM verta5. Anl
likewise is truth 10 he found wlen nen
speak under the exhiiarat.ns influences Of
the wine of personal !nleIests. or OF eX
IRENE solicitude for public interests These
conferences do not ieg.slIte. They may
hope at best to supply raw material for
state legislatures and Tor Congress; and
this of course will undergo the sorting
process essential in the bus ness of manu-
facture of laws. And the Ie,is.ati e h, ii 5
will he the better prepaI ed to act effec,.,e-
ly and with wise conseryat. SIN af,er L
case, pro and con, has been extremely sat
sd.
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TaGaf pettifOrmcry

The Filipino so-called congress has re-
Jected the American proposals OF autonomy
because II IS feared the Americans do not
ike the natives. In consequence of this
apprehension which leads to the be ief that
American rule in the archipelago would he
harShly oppressive. the Insurgents prefer
to so 1t alone and take their chances in a
war Nothing coud be desired to disclose
more completely the absurd.ty of the pre-
torse of Aguinaldo and his colleagues that
they are working in the interests of their
beloved people. rather than their own
After reasserting the old fiction that the
Americans We're the aggresSors in the cam
palen' the Filipino rep proceeds:
Notwithstanding the foregoing we could
orly if we had not seen by The h.bavi,r
OF the Americans in the beginning that
they we're strongly opposed 10 us throngn
race prejudice. and the high-handed meth
Cd OF deainS with us MADE US fear for the
future in your hands Finally. we thank
you for your offers of autonomy under
sovereignty
Unless this be naive Malay simplicity II
IL pettifoggery of the worst kind. The
Americans appeared at Manila under stress
of extraordinary circumstances They had
beaten the SpaniRrds IN the bay. and by
the terms of the protocol OF prov:s onal
peace they were held beyond the city of
Manila. On the enc sile were the Span
iards, on the other the schoming natives
There was no time or opportunity for
marked politeness to either side. There
were many occasions for sharp repressive
measures. The situation required a firm
hand and 1t was applied. though not a.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-14

France. averring that the verdict rendered
at Rennes was solely the result of the
chorus Of condemnation for the generals
and their methods which arose from the
world outside of France from the beginning
of the trial.
Rennes because five of the seven judges
were too completely blinded and deafened
by prejudice against the prisoner and by
admiration and perhaps fear of the prose-
cutting generals to discern the inadequacy
of the testimony to prove guilt. 1t is pos
of the outside world intensified the preju-
dices of these five officers They may hay e
been the more logged In Their determ ma
ton to convict the accused because Dreyfus
acted the natural role of an honest man
and Labor pers.s ed in punetur ny tie evil
dence of the generals. But it Is not me- es-
sary to rely upon these factors to under
stand the verdict Itself. lola is evidently
correct when he declares that justice for
Dreyfus Is not to be obtained from a
French court-martial. If 1t can only be had
now by the silence of the world in consider
alton for the lacerated feelings of a con-
science stricken France, 1t were far better
for the France of the future and the well
fare of the world that Dreyfus be sacri-
iced-if necessary-whi,e the voice Of the
world continues to sound In depreciation
and reproach.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-14

The hundreds of visitors from other COM
i!unit!es who thronged the streets of Wash
ington today saw the most beautiful city
of America under glorious auspices. They
could well be forgiven any feeling OF envy.
Under a sky, across whose blue canopy
sped the feecy cohorts of summer in fun
retreat southwark before the first autumn
breeze, the town lay resplendent In its
beauty. The wide asnhalted streets,
stretching away for miles invited one to
walk ride, their ample areas. virginly
innocent of trolley poles. arrested only by
some equestrian statue or public structure
Of noble architecture.
The forests of shade trees bordering each
street, still outrageous as in the prime of
summer, arrested the too-searching mid
day sun and rustied to the whistling of the
crisp north wind. In the parks and pubic
gardens the extensive beds of flowers gave
a touch of briliancy to the scene and lent
dash of healthy color to the day. Foun-
tain and lawn embelished the Landscape
in every direction. Duh must have been
the man whose eye did not brighten as he
took in the sights Of this garden spot of
the land and whose lungs did not expand
as he breathed the delicious atmosphere
about him Washington as a summer re-
sort is only excelled by Washington as an
autumn resort
When the visitor tired of contemplating
the beauties of the city, he might have
noted some accessories of the ideal munich
pality. There was for one the finest street
car system In the country; no trolley poles,
Clean end attractive cars operating on
ccnvenia nt schedule and manned by at
tentive employees, with low fares and al
most unlimited transfers. He would have
observed a notable absence of overhead
light and telegraph wires. compared with
some other cities, and could have noted the
results Of the rapid extension of under
ground conduits.
II the visitor could have had access to
the inner workings of the city government
he would have found this great municipal
system working upon clean, honest and
economical basis, squandering not a penny
Of the peoples money and keeping down
unnecessary taxes. And all this in a loca
tion whose geographical bounds and sur
roundings make for advantage The
thoughtful man must have acknowledged
in his heart that Washington is the ideal
place of residence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-14

vigorously as it would have been had it not
been desired by the authorities in this city
to give the natives unnecessary offenSe.
There was a long delay in the formula
ton of definite policy toward the islands.
The peace commissioners at Paris were
slow in reaching a conclusion, owing to
the procrastination of the Spaniards. who
hagge ed over every proposition. When the
treaty was framed it was held up in the
Senate by the American allies of the Fill
pinos. Thus for weeks and months the
American forces were obliged to hesitate
between varying courses of conduct. while
the malicious leaders of the Tagals were
concocting schemes and gradually assum-
ing an offensive attitude. The conquerors
were in duty bound to keep the Tagals
from attacking the Spaniards, and their
Tcpressive measures naturally engendered
some hard feelings which under the cir
cumstances We're unavoidable.
There may have been some indscreet,
foolish displays of petty prejudice on the
part of few of the American soldiers dur
ing the early days of our occupancy of
Manila, but assuredly none that could
justly have been interpreted as indicative
Of an official or popular prejudice against
the natives The .'high-handcd method Of
consequence of their own aggressveness
and malicious conspiracies against the
American sovereignty. The whole case is
stnipy that of a misguided people led by
crafty men into suspicion of their benefac-
tors. After the Islands have been pacified
and American rule has been thoroughly
and permanently established in all quar-
tiers, with liberal degree of seif-govern-
ment by the natives. those leaders and their
unfortunate followers will perhaps be able
to figure up the relative disadvantages OF
accepting American sovereignty In the be-
ginning, despite the necessary Rightly of
the first occupation. and the losses of the
unsuccessful instruction precipitated by
themselves 1t matters nothing now wheth-
er the Filipino congress accept or rel ct
{ he offer of autonomy. Autonomy Of a prac-
teal. liberal character will, in any event be
extended to these people, and under circum-
stances which will show that the only
prejudice on the part of the Americans -
against those few among the natives who
have lied to their people and led them into
a useless sacrifice of blood
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-14

The local welcome of Admiral Dewey will
occur two weeks from next Monday. The
work OF preparing for that event is being
pressed all sides with a vigor charac-
teristic of the national capital The time
however. is short for some purposes. All
the money necessary to defray the una
voIdaoie expenses is not yet in hand or
guaranteed. Owing to the absence of many
citizens from home there has been some
delay in getting the canvassing sub-com-
mittees in the field. But meanwhile a con-
siderable amount of money has been re-
ceiyed. almost entirely without solicitation,
leaving a balance to be raised in the com
ing TWO weeks, either by this same process
or by dnt of systematic canvassing. 1t
would produce most gratifying record if
all OF those who have not yet given and
propose to give were to send in their sub
scriptionS at once. without waiting to be
called upon for their contributions to the
fund. If this were done the finances of
The Dewey reception enterprise would stand
a demonstration of the spontaneous lib
crafty of the people of the capital. Let
every intending subscriber write his check
and send 1t in at
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Superb uOux Theories.

Some of the Paris correspondents are ad-
vancing theories to explain the absurdity
of the Rennes verdict which are entirely
superfuous in view of the well-underst God
facts One declares that the condemnati n
was the result of Dreyfus' own stiff atti-
tude before his judges. piquing their army
prejudices and leading them to believe hat
he ought to be punished for his failure to
be Dramatically plain:ive Another sugges-
ton is taat N. Labori irritated the judges
by his disposition to pillory the gene ais
who testified against his client while De-
mango came very near ofsetting this un-
fortunate effect by persuading two of the
judges by his soft methods that the gem
erals were perhaps honestly mistaken, AMI
almost brought a third over to his way of
thinking by this same insinuating conduct.
The NEST remarkable proposition come
now from NJ. Blouet. MAX ORen." who
bcseeches the sympathizers with Dreyfus
in the other countries to stop criticising
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-14

The Atkinsonians are again busy with an
utterance which they attribute TO General
LaWt0n. Soon after that sturdy and ac-
cUmplished soldier landed In the Philip
pines he was quoted as saying in a tone of
surprise and disgust that it would require
a hundred thousand men to put down the
revolt He was represented as be.ittling all
that had been done by General Otis and as
intimating that the United States had lob
ON hand almost beyond It's powers TO &C
compiish Every Atknsonian made the
story the text for fling at the admins
tration. When the truth finally came out
1t showed that what General Lawton had
said was not in the slightest degree sus-
ceptble of the construction that had thus
been put upon it
The latest story is that General Iawton
has spoken of this accursed war" and the
Atkinsonians point out how meighty that
Characterization ought to be n this co n
try. 1t comes, they say. from a man
who is on the scene; who knows what war
is; who would not speak thus II he did not
feel in his soul the utmost adherence for
the miserable work he has been set to 40
And thus they attempt to bolster up their
attacks on the administration. and CON
tinue as though with their policy indorsed,
the giving of aid to Aguinaldo.
1t is not difficult to imagine the disgust
that General Lawton will feel when he
discovers the appratsement these men have
put upon him, and the use they have been
making of his name. His character as a
soldier is distinguished for courage faith
fulnesS to duty and loyalty to his chief
NO officer of the army stands higher He
Is not of the sort who would rather fight
than eat That somewhat coarse compii-
ment does not fit him But he IS a thor
ough soldier, and when fghtins Is to be
done he wants, and usually secures. his
fun share; and he does his part well.
The Atkinsonians must be as deficient in
humor as they are in patriotism or they
would see the absurdity OF picturirs this
trained soldier of forty years service as a
public sabber against his chief, and pub
lie raiier against the policy of his country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-14

From a consraulatoIy letter from Editor Hearst
of the New York Journal to the Anaconda (Moat }
Standard the occasion Of Its tenth anniversary.
There are some twenty newspapers that
regularly come to my desk-papers thor
oughly representing their districts and con-
tanning such editorial thoughts and news
paper ideas AS it pays newspaperman to
study. The Standard is one OF these and
I have been indebted to it for valuable
suggestions. She Standard has one tre-
mendous advantage, to which it's notable
character is largely due. Like such papers
as The Washington Star or the San Fran
cisco Examiner. 1t entirely dominates its
field, and thus it can afford to produce
issues expensive and excellent beyond what
one would naturally expect.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-14
The Thpater,

The graceful player-fo,k would ply
Their arts in vain. Each pose seemed fiat
There was but one who claimed his eye;
The lady with the monstrous hat.
Each uttered some sonorous word
Which straight the auditor forgot.
For through it all, he only heard
The man nearby who told the plot.
Fen when the music played. in sooth
There were no joys in waiting there.
He only heard the rhythmic youth,
Whose foot beat time against his chair.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-14
Chance to Mind Our Own Business
From the New York Journal.

Mr.. Bourke Cochran has written to Pres
iuent Mckinley suggesting that he should
make proffer of friendly mediation ito
delay. If not prevent. the threatened in
vasion of the Transvaal."
The Journal respectfully suggests that
the best thing President Mckinley can do
is to mind his own business We have moth
ing to do with the Beers or the Trans
vaal. It is none of our affair We do not
want suggestions from England; she does
not need them from us. We should con-
fine ourselves to the control of all America
and the Philippines. and whatever other
territory we may actually have right to
manage.
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For Benefit of Germany and Russia

From the Chicago Inter-Ocean.
The Cramps have notified the government
at Washington that there is a strike in
their shipyard. and this notification. in ac-
cordance with clause in their contract
with the government. exempts them from
all penalties for not getting out their work
on specified time. The trouble which has
interfered with work at Cramps has stop
ped work in the Nixon shipyard, and as
it Is national. will probably stop work in
all our shipyards and locomotive works.
1t was a similar trouble in England and
the stoppage of work there which gave the
United States its present position the
greatest producer of iron and steel manu-
features in the world.
The strike which has now been inau-
gurated in two shipyards. and which
threatens to extend to al iron works. will
undoubtedly change national position
as producers of iron and steel and their
manufactures. and give Germany and Rus
STA a chance to come to the front. The
American striking Workmen should under
stand the probable consequences of the
policy upon which they have entered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-14

"Ha!' exclaimed the Paris plotter. He
thought was at the end Of my resources!"
He says your demonstrations have not
affected him in the slightest degree and he
defes you
He does not know what 1 have in store.
l am going to call off the mob and send
grand chorus of street pianos to play in
front Of his house,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-14

Isn't it awe-inspiring!' said the youth
with tendencies toward the sublime, ito
think of this earth rushing forever forward
on it's track. superior to all human direc-
ton and beyond all restraint"
Yes answered the fair girl softly after
a long pause. ut makes me think Of my
new automobile"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-14

President Mckinley will remain In Wash
ington and participate In the welcome home
to Dewey. New York may safely be in
trusted without assistance with the duty
of meeting the admiral at the wharf.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-14

Mrs. Terry McGovern managed to see
her husband win the recent prize fight.
but did not get near enough to claim a
share in the victory by giving him advice
on how to damage Mr.. Palmer's stats.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-14

Senator Hanna may suffer some personal
annoyance. but he is proceeding in a man.
ner which indicates that there will be no
rheumatic joints in his campaign.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-14

General Otis finds scant consolation in
rejecting that the newspaper comments on
him are not as varied as they might have
been If he had not censored the news from
Manila,
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SHOOTING STARS.
Had Not Studied Details.

'Of what is the prisoner accused?' asked
one Of the men who were to be judges in a
French court martial
Il don't know anything about the case
answered the other, excepting that the
prisoner is guilty"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-14

From the Boston Transcript.

In one of the new regiments As per cent
of the men saw service in the Spanish war
in the volunteers and per cent in the
regulars This would appear to indicate
that all our volunteers did not suffer so
much in the war they did in the news
paDerS