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The VICTOR FIRE,

Loss in Excess of $500. 900 Insurance ov. r
One and Three-Qusrter Millions.
The FIRE at Victor started at I:l5 .. m.
and burned less than four hours. The
water supply failed in an hour.
About fourteen blocks were burned
over.
The loss is about s., 100000; insurance
not over 100000 to 100000.
The fire started in disreputable house
in Paradise alley
The burned district extends from Port
land avenue to the Midland Terminal
track and from First to Fifth street.
The best residence portion of the city
was saved.
Rebuilding will commence at once.
Material and stocks of goods were wired
for while the fire was burning
The new Victor will be largely of stone
and brick and far superior to the Victor
thai is gone.
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Hobeon I'M New Roll

Lieutenant Hobson. who FIRST sprang
into fame by sinking the Merrimac in
the passage leading from Santiago har
Dor, without successfully closing the
passage, has been quietly pla, ing new
role Of late by raising and repairing three
of the Spanish warships sunk by Dewey
in Manila bay. The vessels selected Tor
this experiment were the lsla de Cuba,
the lsla de Luzon and the Don Juan de
Austria. Lieutenant Hobson has just
made his first report 20 the government,
in which he estimates the work of repair
to be abou, So per cent completed. He
says the vessels can be made ready for
| sea within six weeks after the arrival at
Hong Kong OF their armament and
electrical plant. He tu,,her estimates
the vessels and machinery to be worth
S6Io COZ; cost of raising and re6tting
$4,000; profit to the government
$4,000.
Hobson's report upon tn. success o
his work in restoring the sunken wa,
vessels contains one suggestion which
the navy department will do well to con
slider long while before adopting /,
1t is that Of establishing yard of equip
ment and repair at Manila. 1, is no
likely we will have another sunken flee
in Manila bay worth raising. and our owr
war vessels should be built and repaired
at home. We have acquired the Philip
pines as an incident of the Spanish war
but We should not make our new acqui
sition the base of operations for war
with o,her nations, and unless We intsnt
to do this. we will have no use for nav,
yard at Manila. Hobson deserves du,
credit for restoring the disabled Spanisl
war vessels to a condition of usefulness
bu, it is not worth while for the Amer
can government TO go into the business
of constructing and repairing warship
at such long range.-Philadelphia Times
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SS,SlI,olI
REVENUE PLANS.

House Finance Committee Discuss Meas
ures to be lntrodu uced at Special Session.
A meeting of the house finance com
mi,tee was held in Denver yesterday tc
discuss possible revenue measures to be
introduced at the special session of the
legislature. The members present were
Jay Byron of Boulder county, James
Dunlavy of Las Animas county. Frank
Kcndrick of Lake county and William
Taylor of San Miguel county. Speake,
Smith had Auditor Temple and Calvin
E. Reed called in. Thomas Tulley rep,
resented Governor Thomas. AT the
close OF the meeting an adjournmen,
was taken until next Monday when the
governor will be present.
An income tax bill and the Hollenbeck.
Ball,nger assessors bill will DC two i'm.
portant measures introduced. The
News says OF the meeting:
Judging by the doings Of the mem.
bers yesterday. almost the same ideas
will be proposed as confronted the regu.
lar session. The inheritance tax will be
revived. as will also the county levy bill
for amendment. the bill for the taxation
Of the liquor traffic and the increase oi
the insurance premium tax"
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Free Silver VIII
Be The S|0Q01
BRYAN'S CAMPAIGN.
Gre.t Democratic Leader Outlines tn.
Issues Of 1900,

Gre.t Democratic Leader Outlines the
Issues Of 1900.
New York. Aug. 22-Colonel William
Jennings Bryan in an interview in the
Journal outlines the campaign Of 1890.
He declares unequivocally in favor OF
the free coinage of silver at the ratio of
I6 to 1. He says that the prospects OF
Democratic success are becoming MOI e
and more certain. The old issues Of the
party. he says, are stronger than they
were three years ago. the sentiment for
arbitration and the income tax being
stronger than ever. The people better
understand the necessity for bimetallism
and the danger that would result from
the control Of paper currency by the
national banks. On new questions he
declares sentiment is rapidly develop
ing. Many Of the Republican party thai
did not see the menace by the trusts in
1896 are becoming alarmeu at the grea,
danger which threatens the country
through the industrial arstocracy secur
ing control Of the prices Of raw material.
They now look to the Democratic party
for relief from this source of danger.
The qIes,ion Of Imperialism is meeting
with growing opposition and the oppo-
si,ion will grow still more WHEN il is OBJ.
served how the policy is fastening itself
upon the republic.
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'B|lI01| Appe0|
For D|Cy|uS
lABORI ON DECK.
He Makes Brilliant Defense In Behalf of
Dreyfus,


Rennes, Aug. 22-M. Labor was pres.
ent at the Dreyfus court martial tod ~
for the first time since the would-be
assassin's bullet laid him low. His ap.
pearance was greeted by the greatest
applause and his presence made de-
cided effect on the case. He picked TO
pieces the testimony of the various wit.
nesses, especially that OF General Mer-
cier. AT noon when court adjourned for
the day, Dreyfus with beaming counte.
nance rushed to his attorney and thanked
him for his brilliant efforts in his de
tense. The attorney was greeted with
acclamation by the great crowd gathered
on the streets.
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REED RESIGNS.

The Gar Of the House Retires From Pub
lie into Private Life.
Washington. Aug. 22-The resigna
tion of Thomas B. Reed as member oi
congress was received here today. The
resignation goes into effect imme dia,ely,
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Pleasure Yacht Missing.

Marionette. Wis, Aug. 72.-Great an.
xiety is felt for the safety OF the yach,
Ingersoll, which started on a dayligh,
excursion on Sunday with eight promi-
nent citizens on board. The vessel did
not return and nothing has been heard
Of her.
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Silver uuotAt,on

New York. Aug. 2e-Silver is quoted
At soH today.
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Gu.r,u st,,, Holds Ont.

Paris. Aug. 77.-M, Guer,n. the anti
Semitic leader. has not yet been disturb
ed in his stronghold. The police. how
ever. believe that he will soon be fore,
to surrender for lack of food. The city
is calm. the show of force being suffici.
ent to keep the mob in subjection.
Daily camera., 1899-08-22
EDDY COMES HOME.

Regarding Colorado.
Denver. Aug. Ex-senator Wolcott ar.
rived today and proceeded at once TO
his residence. Wolhurst, near Littleton
In formal interview he stated that hc
would remain In Colorado until congress
convenes. He said that he would in the
meantlrre make thorough canvass Of
the state and expected to turn Colorado
over to the Republican party a, the
coming election.
Daily camera., 1899-08-22
WANT MILITIA.
Victor Authorities Make a R~que.t tor
State Troops.

State Troops.
Denver, Aug. 22.-The city authorities
OF Victor applied today to the governor
for three companies of the national
guard to police the burned district of the
city to prevent disorder and pillaging.
Governor Carney declined the request,
on the grounds that The militia can not
be called out except for defense and to
suppress disorder.
The captain of the Victor militia com
pany ordered out his company this morn
ing. and he will likely be court mar,lalled
for taking action without orders from the
adjutant general.
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ENJoYiNG THEMSELVES.
CAiti. rata Making the Colorado Troops
Ierfectiy at Home.

CAita rais Making the Colorado Troop.
Ierfectly at Home.
San Francisco. Aug. Ex-Governor
Thomas. before he left for Colorado last
ev. ming. stated that he left the Colorado
regiment in good physical health and
enjoying life to the fullest extent. He
said that his only regret was that be was
not able to hasten the mastering out Of
the troops.
The Colorado troops were last nigh,
the free guests of the theatres. At one
theatre attended by FIVE hundred OF the
regiment, free beer was served. but the
privilege was not abused
Daily camera., 1899-08-22
Circus Tent Coiiap.~..

Winchester, Va. Aug. 77.-A terrific
storm which occurred here today over.
threw the main tent Of Rob,nson's circus
burying 5000 people. A panic ensued
in which 20 were injured, two seriously
When the panic was at its height thieve.
rifled their victims OF much plunder.
Daily camera., 1899-08-22
Dewey At VILE rr.nche.

Washington. Aug. 71-A dispatch
from Admiral Dewey received today by
the war department announces his arriv-
al at Vile Franche. where he will re.
main one week.
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Hanged for Murder.

Easton. Pa, Aug. 22.-Llewellyn Stout
was hanged this morning for the murder
Of Harry Worcester last January. The
murder was committed for the purpose
Of robbery.
Daily camera., 1899-08-22
HALE ARRIVES.

Gallant Commander of American Irosp,
In Manila Reaches San Franc,sco.
San Francisco. Aug. 2,.-The steame,
Doric with Bigadier General Irving
Hale on board arrived from the orien,
TO-DAY
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p..n.ylv..i.n. Mustered Ont.

San Francisco, Aug. 22.-The 10th
Pennsylvania regiment Of volunteers
were mustered out today. The regimen,
leaves Oakland for home at op m.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-23
IN THE coPPeRs.

Copper has made another new high
record in London, and is exceedingly
firm in this country. All the way from
1891 to 20 cents is quoted, 1914 cents
was heard yesterday and the 20 cents
price seems reasonable to expect be-
fore long, as predicted by the compiler
of the statistics of American produc-
ton and exports The various shares
have strengthened this week, and still
more new companies have come before
the public. The combination" seems
about ready to combine; the benefits
of the great advance in price of the
metal are apparent in increased divi-
dends paid by the old companies, the
Montana this week increasing its
quarterly disbursement to Sc, while
the appetite for new promotions faileth
not. The rs most prominent of the new
"prospects''-that is, companies not
yet producers, and lately foated, We're
placed at an average subscription price
of less than $40; at current prices on
the exchange or on the curb, the aver
age is $20-just double. The total mar
ket value of these rs companies is
$56,000,000, against $29,000,000 at which
they were placed on the market, or
subscribed for.
elimination of the big copper combine
increase. Mr.. Lawson has been very
much absorbed in the horse show last
week, as the copper share market
seemed to Indicate. But Friday night
he could not witness the whole eve
ming performance greatly as it inter-
ested him. He was called away by
an imperative message and the mes
sage had to do with the combination
plan. On this topic Corey, Milliken &
Co said yesterday morning: 1--WE be-
lieve the present quiet is that which
precedes the storm, and that within
the next two weeks there will be an
outburst of copper share activity
which viii carry the various securities
to a higher price level than has yet
been witnessed. The so-called Stand
ard Oil party has apparently had
purpose of late in keeping down these
stocks; they VIII soon be arrayed on
the bull side of the market"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-23
Eleventh Day Of May, 1899,


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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-23
MARKET NOTES.

1t is noticeable that on all fractional
declines, good buying orders appear.
1t is said that the National Steel, Tin
Plate and the Steel Hoop Company will
in the near future be put together I'M
der a single charter, capitalization
about 5000. 100000
1t is reported that large independ-
ent tobacco plant, with NJ. c. Wetmore
as president, will soon be started.
Bank clearings of five principal cities
for days this week were 81, All 664 OPS,
against S73S,399,9S6 last year, increase
1878 264 ,039.
Within three days. prices of steel
wire products advanced from 81 to So
per ton. This is the seventh advance
made by A. Steel and Wire since it's
organization.
The quiet market the last few days
is admitted to have strengthened the
bull position materially, inasmuch as it
has contracted loans and eased the
money market
Summarizing all reports from Atchi-
son officials. the total damage to the
wheat crop in Kansas as far as Atchi-
son IS concerned. is not much over 80
per cent
A State street man says: There is
more to the advance in New Haven
stock than investment buying. l
should not be surprised if New Haven
directors gave stockholders a plum
through the New England stockhold-
ngs. | do not believe New Haven will
ever advance its dividend rate above
3 per cent, but stockholders will be
given rights from time to time which
VIII more than make up the 10 per cent
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-23
THE MARKET ELSEWHERE.

New York, April 22.-The market to-
day was almost wholly professional
and the net changes were trivial al
though in the way Of Improvement.
The expected favorable bank statement
was discounted and on it's appearance
general realizing followed, a supply of
stock from large holders apparently
giving encouragement to the bears to
put out short lines and, the market
closed with a raid in progress. The
bank statement showed a large de-
crease in loans and deposits and
consequent heavy gain in surplus re-
serve.
London sold freely of Louisville
Southern preferred and Denver and
Rio Grande, but those stocks We're very
well taken and all closed at good ad-
vances. Norfolk and Western was the
only other particularly strong railway.
Sugar was strong throughout and
gained ~. Brooklyn Transit moved
irregularly slightly above yesterdays
figures. Among other specialties Con-
tinental Tobacco was pressed for sale
early on the increased capitalization.
but rallied on supporting orders and
closed with a gain of two points. Ten
nessee Coal and Iron was weak losing
a point.
New Jersey Central was helped by
the announcement that certain high
rate bonds would be refunded by the
issuance of stock to be subscribed for
by the present stockholders The mar
ket closed weak
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-23
LEGISLATURE HAPPENINGS,
This Week at the state House Promises
Some Lively Contests.

Boston, April 22.-About four weeks
of life are allowed the present Legislature
by those who have watched it's prog
ress. The optimists among those who
incline to the belief that long session
of the great and general court is not
conducive to the prosperity Of the com
monwealth are confident that by May
30 all will be over and some of the more
sanguine hold that the dissolution date
will be a few days earlier.
There will be debates galore next
week and some hard lighting over mea-
sures. On Tuesday the bill to place tele-
phone companies under the control of
the gas and electric light commission
ers comes up for engrossment and a
battle royal is anticipated The tele-
phone people are fighting the bill tooth
and nail. 1t will be remembered that
when the bill came up for its third
reading it passed by only one vote, that
of Mr.. Driscoll of Chicopee The oppon-
ents Of the bill now boast they have in
duced enough members to change to
insure its defeat when it comes up for
engrossment, Tuesday.
The majority of the representatives
from the city of Worcester went on
record as favoring the bill.
Mr.. Hagberg of Worcester has his
fighting blood up on the bill before the
committee on military affairs, to give
the soldiers of the Spanish war the
same privileges as to exemption from
civil service rules as the veterans of
the civil war At first the committee,
a majority of which are Grand Army
men, would not listen to the idea of
such a bill, but this week overtures
for a compromise have been made to
Mr.. Hagberg. 1t is proposed to give
the Spanish war soldiers such exemp-
ton after five years from the close of
the war, the argument of the oppo-
nents of the bill being that the Grand
Army men had to wait % or 30 years
for their exemption, and that the
Spanish wsr veterans ought to be will
ing to wait five years for a similar
discrimination in their favor.
Another lively fight which will prob
ably come next week is that on the bill
for an assessment of a part of the
cost of street watering in the city of
Worcester upon the street railway
companies. 1t will be fought bitterly
by the corporation men in the House,
and the keynote of the opposition was
sounded Friday by Mr.. Hayes of Low
ELL who sounded the rallying cry
against the bill. characterizing it an
attempt to impose additional burdens
upon street railway companies. The
lobby has been doing a little quiet
work against the bill, as the street
railway companies of the state believe
that if Worcester obtains the right to
get something from the companies.
other cities and towns will follow suit
next year. The bill for an excise tax
on street railway locations comes up
Thursday, and this means another big
fight.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-23
CRIPPLE CREEK.
Massachusetts Men to
Develop Its
Resources.

The Boston Globe of Saturday even
ing publishes the following dispatch
from Colorado Springs, Col:
President T. jefferson Coolidge of the
Old Colony Trust Company, George Won
L. Meyer, a director of the same, and
ex-President Mai. futile of the Bos-
ton and Maine Railway Company, are
among the incorporators of the Cripple
Creek Railway Company, with CAPT
talization of $2OOO,OOO.
The company is incorporated under
the laws of Arizona, but necessary pa
pers were filed today with the secre-
tary of state of Colorado and in Teller
and Fremont counties, where the COM
pany will operate.
Other incorporators include Henry M.
Twombley and George H. Proctor Of
New York city, and A. II. Crocker and
F. F. Brett, representing Marshall
Field & Co. of Chicago.
The object of the company is to Dulld
and operate a 90-mile steam road from
Cripple Creek, the great gold camp, to
Canon City on the Denver and Rio
Grande and Santa Fe roads, 80 miles
south Mr. Croker, formerly of the
Santa Fe and Burlington, has been en-
gagged, and the road will be rushed to
early completion.
Acting in cooperation with the rail-
way company the Finance, a separate
Incorporation of So 900, 900 capitalization,
will erect at the junction of the three
roads, four miles out from Canon City,
a chlorination plant of 1000 tons daily
capacity the largest of it's character
in the world.
A hotel to cost $25O,OO0 has also been
contracted for to be erected there i'm
mediately. Material for both will be
on the ground as soon as it can be
bought and conveyed.
The immense plant will treat the low
grade ore with which the surrounding
country abounds by a new process at
from 50 to 81 a ton. Vast coal fields
abound at Canon City, securing the
plant the minimum cost of fuel. The
great electric power plant now operat-
ing Cripple Creeks big mines is also
located at Canon City.
Dawson City gold camp, which prom
ises to be big producer, is six miles
distant Close by, at Salida, on the
Denver and Rio Grande road, is Colo
RADIOS only exclusive copper camp, in
Guiding the Sadalia mine recently
bought by Boston capitalists.
The Importance of the new road APP
pears further from it's connections.
Joining it on the south is the South
Park branch of the Colorado Southern,
which runs to Silver Cliff, 100 miles
through undeveloped country marvel
ously rich in gold and copper, as. once
in silver.
At Cripple Creek the Midland Ter
minal road is reached. This road in
connection with the Florence and Grip
pie Creek. was sold last week to Lon
doners for $S,000000. It's former own
ers. D. H. Moffitt and Eben Smith, rep
resenting Denver bankers, will build a
60-mile branch from the Terminals
northern terminus at Divide to the I'm
ion Pacific's Leadville branch, thus
creating direct line 300 miles long
from Denver to Silver Cliff via Cripple
Greek. through a region justly rated
the most wonderful in the world for
gold, and quite rich in silver and cop
per. Silver Cliff is near the Sangre
de Cristo gold fields recently opened
by Bostonians.
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cHoward. Crosby & Co.'S Boston Letter

Wheat opened at little better than
last nights close. Liverpool cables at
Sd lower, not being considered as fully
rejecting our break of yesterday and it
looked as though some of the recent loss
would be regained, but fine weather
throughout the west caused considerable
realizing. and commission houses had
many selling orders, which resulted in
selling the market down 11zc. below the
opening price, and the closing was at
low point for the day. London reported
wheat inactive, quiet on passage, with
very little disposition to buy.
Wheat was also weaker at San Fran
cisco yesterday. The worlds wheat ship
ments for Monday were predicted at
around 100000 bushels. of which Brad
streets report gvies the United States
contribution at only 2,932, 959. The weather
map showed extremely faborable tenn
peratures over the entire wheat country.
with the exception of a portion of Kan
sas, which still claimed a lack of rain.
The changing from May to July con-
tfnues. and caused temporary. dullness.
which is likely to continue throughout
the coming week which probably means
a scalping market, with wheat a pur-
chase on all breaks. The bank statement
was favorable. showing an increase in
the reserve of $4,704,S75, and decrease in
loans of s7,73b5O0. The stock market
opened dull and firm. and sold off under
professional realizing. the heaviness be-
ing due entirely to the narrowness of the
market
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-23
A CLEAR FIELD.
President Brannon Wants All Streets De-
creed, But Not Worked, Disposed or

There will be an important meeting
of the committee on streets on the part
Of the city council, Tuesday evening at
7.sO o'clock. Henry Brannon, president
of the board of aldermen, has asked the
city clerk to prepare a list of all streets
which have been decreed and not
worked, and hopes to have the whole
lot, some 20 in number disposed Of in
some way.
Mr.. Brannon believes in cleaning up
whatever may have come down to the
committee as a legacy from former
bodies and getting the matters out of
the way so as to leave a clear field at
the end of the year. He viii also pro-
pose that the board OF aldermen ac-
companied by the committee on streets
on the part of the common council, take
an entire day this week to view differ
ent streets about the city where i'm
proyements have been asked or are
contemplated