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UNIVERSITY NOTES.

Mr.. L. J. Campbell has charge of the
chapel talks this week. He spoke yes.
terday on the advantages 10 be found in
earnest work in debate and other meth
DDS of studying expression.
Miss Maud Eden. who has been
teaching for six months at Eldora. has
returned to the university to resume her
studies for the second semester.
Mr.. Max ]. Gerdes of Louisville, a
studen. In the sophomore medical class.
mourns the death of a five months old
boy. Pneumonia was the cause OF the
death. Mr.. R. J. Gregerson went over
10 Louisville today to represent Mr..
Gerdes class at the funeral.
AT the last meeting of the college
faculty measures were passed by which
students can complete the college and
medical courses in seven years. The
senior year work in the college may be
replaced by the freshman work IN the
medical school on the same plan that
the first year law work Is now accepted
as equivalent to the senior years work
in the college. The plan met such gen.
eral approval in the case of the law
school that it was demanded by the
medical school.
Mr.. J. c. Bailar has been appointed in
structor in assaying under DR.. Palmer in
the department of chemistry.
Mr.. Wayne senior law. is this semester
giving the students of the engineering
school a short course in contracts.
President Baker went to Denver yes.
terday to let the contract for the new
catalogue which will be issued in a
couple Of months.
| The university has just published 5000
small pamphlets containing fourteen ol
DR.. Brackets views of the university
campus, Boulder and the surrounding
country. 1t is the neatest and best thing
of its kind that the university has evel
issued. The plan is to send them eas
where they will be placed in the hand:
of those who intend to come to Colorado
for climatic advantages. The bookle
contains only two pages of printed mat
ter, all the rest being taken up with th'
views. 1t will certainly serve we'll il
advertising the state university. Boulder
and the Chautauqua.
DR.. Allin has returned from an extend
ed trip through the southern and west
ern part of the state. He visited all the
high schools of the section and delivered
lectures at many of the important points
The various classes of the un,versit.
and the fraternities will this week hav'
pictures taken for publication in the an
pual. The annual has been named th'
Coloradoan.
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PREFER THE FiLIPINOS.

spanish Residents of Manila Favor the In
dependence of Islands.
Barcelona, Jan. GEL Diario prints
Manila advices Stating that Spanish resi-
dents prefer independence of Filipinos
to American annexation. Notwithstand.
ing native cruelty, hatred of Americans
is supreme. The Americans, Dlario says.
are confident of the power of their
cannons and warships and are calmly
waiting for reinforcements to give the
natives lesson. The revolutionists are
tired of American promises and want
acts.
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FOUR MEN KILLED.

A Fatal Boiler Explosion in a Cotton Oil
Factory.
Shreveport, La, Jan. GA boiler in
the Shreveport cotton oil company's
works exploded this morning instantly
killing the engineer, 6remen and two
coal passers and wrecking the engine
and boiler rooms.
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Womsu's Suffrage q Success.

Denver, Jan. 3I-The senate this
morning passed resolution pronouncing
woman's suffrage a tremendous success
in this state.
A Denver charter bill was introduced
in the house and occasioned warm de
bate. Routine business occupied the at
tention of both houses all day. T
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City Dads Miss the sports,

Chicago, Jan 3I-The council has in.
structed the police 10 allow no boxing
matches on Monday nights. AS the
council meets these nights, the members
were missing some rare events.
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GOMEZ HAS PLANS.
MI Insi.t on Gift of $50, 900. 900 from

Will Insist on Gift of SEC, 900. 900 from
the United States.
Washington, Jan 3I-Gen. Gomez de.
mands 500, from the United
States before he will disband the Cuban
army. He repudiates Garcia's agree
ment to accept 100000 for payment
of Cuban troops. He is urging the
Cubans to refuse office and to fema,n
under arms until his demands are met.
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Troops Recalled from Cuba.

Washington, Jan. 31-An order was is.
sued by the war department for the re
call and mastering out of the 9th Illinois,
22d Kansas, 47th New York and 9th
Illinois now in Cuba.
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Pe|n0pS [og01
Won | Be Fired
WILL GET ClEMENCY.

General Esgsn will Merely be Suspended
Until Retirement.
Washington. Jan. 31-The impression
is growing that executive clemency will
be extended in General Eagan's case
1t is likely that he will merely be sus-
pended until the time of his retirement
in IoO2
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Voluntarily Raise Wages

Houghton. Mich. Jan. 3I-The Lake
Superior copper mining companies
have announced a voluntary raise of
wages of workmen of ten per cent for the
near future.
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Russian Military Evolution Planned

Russian Military Evolution Planned
ST. Petersburg, Jan. GIN military
circles it is talked that as soon as the
seasons permit, there will be combined
military evolutions carried out in Rus
sian China.
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Alger is Still in Boston.

Washington, Jan. 31-Secretary Alger
is still in Boston with his son who broke
his leg at Harvard last week.
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Army Bill
Goes T[IOlQ1
PASSED ARMY BILL.
House Engages In Warm Debate But the
Measure Goes Through.

Measure Goes Through.
Washington, Jan. 3I-The house con.
vened at III a. m. and took up the Hull
army reorganization bill. A sharp de.
bate continued all day but despite the
opposition of the Democrats and the
anti administration Republicans the bill
was passed by vote of I66 to l25. The
mouse also passed the resolution favor,
ing the election of United States Sena ors
by the people.
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BLIZZARD ABATiNG.
Railroads. slowly Emerging from Their
Banks of Snow.

Denver, Jan. 3I-The blizzard endt d
at daybreak. Trains which were stalled
everywhere in the state are :being dug
out. The Rio Grande expects to re-
sumo tonight. The Midland still aband
ons all traffic. The South Park has 600
men and rotary plows at work. The
thermometer which was II below here
this morning, was ~ above at noon.
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Colorado BOYS
1 De0tl [IS|.
DEATHS AT MANILA.
Two Colorado boys Numbered Among tho
Small Pox Victims.

Small POx Victims.
Washington, Jan. 3I-Gen. Otis cables
that 10 deaths occurred within lo days
ending Jan. ~. Among the small pox
victims, of which there were ID, were
VIM. H. Bell, CO. C.and Harry {. Faulk.
enburg, musician, First Colorado voiun-
teers. The report has caused no little
uneasiness among officials here.
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No Decision in George Case.

Canton, O., Jan. 3I-On account of ILL
ness of defendants counsel. Judge ray.
lor did not Land down decision in Mrs
Georges case today.
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silver OuOtAttOn,

New York, Jan. 31-Silve1 Is quoted
at 5oH TODAY.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-07-21
The Duke ARGOS Comes from One Of the Oldest Families
Of Europe, But His Wife Is An American

Don Jose Brunetti y Gayoso, Duke
d'Arcos, the newly appointed minister
from Spain, is bowling Iberian swell.
His ancestors were famous people a
century before Columbus was born; in
fact, the family is one of the most an
cient in Europe In the National Mu-
scum one may see a geographical
globe, made in Germany about the year
1853, which, for obvious reasons, has
no America on it at all, but only a
blank of blue ocean instead. All the
provinces and principal towns of Spain,
however, are carefully delineated on
this interesting sphere, which is Of
large size, and one of the cities shown
Is Cadiz, which, by the way, was given
by royal grant to a forebear of Don
Jose's, "for his good and loyal services
In the war against the Moors."
Thus it will be seen that the new
Spanish minister, who is expected to
arrive in Washington next week, is a
parsonage provided by birthright with
a background Of hoary antiquity The
Oldest American families are mere
mushrooms compared with his ancient
line, and the supplementary titles he
enjoys are so numerous that he is able
to take only few of them with him
when he goes out in society. For ex-
ample, he is Marquis of Zahara, as we'll
as Marquis Of Cadiz, and incidentally is
Obliged to uphold the dignity of Count
of Coasarez.
In the course of so many centuries
Don Jose was obliged to accumulate
quite large number of ancestors, and
to one of these, in 1869, the town OF
ARGOS was given by the then king OF
Spain. Those were the good old times
when monarchs were accustomed to
give away town or two whenever they
felt in good humor toward anybody
1t was much as If President Mckinley
If he were an unlimited potentate
should make a present of Trenton, N
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-07-21
Chance for Low Grade Ores,

A new process for the treatment of
low grade gold ores has just had a
practical test at Colorado Springs. 1t
is said to work satisfactorily and
prOfitably on ore running as low as
SO ton. We don't suppose that means
that the mill would pile up a great
fortune for its owner in few months
on 50 ore, but If it will work rock
carrying so low a value as that and
not lose money by the operation, the
new discovery will be of great value
to this section of the country, because
there are vast volumes of ores in the
mountains of New Mexico running
from SIS to $40 a ton, but not being
free" ores they cannot be worked by
stamps, and the values are not suf-
ticient to pay for smelling. According
to this process, as We understand It,
all such ores can be worked on the
ground, and there will he nothing to
ship but the values. The new plan
seems to be very much the same as
the cyanide process, which is now
working satisfactorily wherever it has
been tried. The new arrangement,
however, has a number Of improve
ments which, it is said, render it much
superior. In the main, however, the
operation is the same. The ore is first
pulverized very thoroughly, and placed
in watts in chemical solution (the com.
position of which is the real inven.
tom, and after it has been in this
bath fOrty-eight hours it is drawn of
and passed over a series of copper
plates which, it is claimed, retain prac-
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zaniello, elated by his success, lost his
han one. A reaction, cleverly en-
yineered by the duke, set in, and the
upshot Of it was that the fsherman's S
head was cut off and carried to the
viceregal palace, amid the applause or
the very pOpulace of which not long pc
fore he had been the idol.
Quite naturally, their family being
so famous, wealthy and conspicuous
the men of the d'Accos name have been
prominent in public life, generation al
ter generation. Thus it came about
that Don Jose Brunetti, while as yet
lacking the ducal title, entered the
diplomatic service of his government
He was appointed diplomatic super
numerary" in the foreign office at Ma
drid in 1862 and two years later was
sent as attache to the Spanish legation
at Vienna. After filling various other
minor diplomatic posts in Europe ne
was made first secretary of the Spanish
legation at Washington in 1876. Since
then he has been minister resident at
Caracas and Montevideo, minister plen-
ipotentiary to Chilli, and minister plen-
ipotentiary to Mexico, holding this last
Office from 1894 until recently. His ap-
pointment to Washington. Of course, Is
promotion.
1t so happened at the time when
Count Brunetti, as he was known, be-
came first secretary Of the Spanish le-
cation at Washington twenty-three
years ago, very beautiful and charm
ing girl had been newly introduced to
the society of the capital Her name
was Virginia Woodbury. Lowery, and
she was the only daughter of Archibald
Lowery. conspicuous Washingtonian'
who enjoyed through inheritance the
possession of large means. Miss Low
ery's mother was herself a daughter OF
one of New Hampshire's most famous
men, Levi Woodbury., who was mem
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Longevity in Animals.

The elephant sometimes undoubtedly
attains the age OF $50 years. AS a
basis for this opinion we have the
famous Bheemsuttee, owned by his
highness the Maharajah Of Mysore.
This elephant was captured in 1905,
when about 8 years old. In 1875 she
was in excellent health and showed no
evidence of great age. The natives of
some of the Indian tribes believe that
an elephant never dies, for the reason
that they have never found dead one.
The Singhalese believe that the ele-
phant has a certain place-a deep val
ley which no man has ever seen-to
which they retreat when about to die.
The whale is undoubtedly long-lived
animal, and is accredited with CEN
tury Of life. A quiet, uneventful life,
without great exertion, Is conducive to
longevity, which perhaps explains why
the turtle attains such great age. In
1921 there died tortoise which had
lived in the Bishops gardens at Peter
borough for over a century, and from
the records and account Of it, kept
from time to time, 1t was estimated to
have attained the ripe old age Of 223
years. In 1925 a friend presented
Archbishop Laud with tortoise which
he placed in the grounds Of Lambeth
Palace, where it lived until 1853, or
1913 years, dying then, not from old
age, but on account Of the neglect Of
the gardener. An interesting case of
longevity was seen in a turtle brought
from the Seychelles in 1868 by the
Chevalier Marion du Fresno. He de-
livered it to the authorities of the
Mauritius, who kept 1t until 1853, when
Sir Charles Colville, then governor of
the island, sent it to the London Zoo
logical Gardens. This gave the tor
toise known age Of 67 years, and as
it was fully grown when first brought
to Mauritius it may easily have been
centenarian. Fish are known to at
tain great age, and Instances of fishes
living twenty and thirty years are not
uncommon. 1t is supposed that some
Of the golden carp in the parks about
Paris are over 100 years old, and pike
in an English pond had a silver tag to
the effect that it was 80 years old.
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SOME QUEER BOOKMARKS.

Librarian Could Stock Museum with
These Curious Articles.
To some people anything Is good
enough for a bookmark, says the New
York Telegraph. In a good many in
stances they forget to remove them
book. That is the reason why so many
odd things find their way to the pub
lie libraries. A librarian was talking
about this thing the other day. He
said: II could stock museum with
the queer things l have found in our
Of bills, grocery bills, gas bills and the
like; hair pins. fancy and plain and Of
all metals, and hair ornaments of every
design and material; love letters ga
lore, some Of which make one blush
reading; locks OF hair, bits Of lace, dress
and-ink, pencil, crayon and water
color sketches; postal orders and post
age stamps; and I have also a dried
human ear, which found in book on
surgery, borrowed by medical stu
dent probably, as hear they carry all
sorts OF uncanny things about with
them. Photographs. too, figure large
ly in my collection. l once found an
insurance policy in a book, but it was
quickly claimed. 1t Is purely the re-
suit of Observation-Disclosures A person
deeply engrossed in book and sud
denly called away from 1t would
dreamingly put his hand out and take
the first thing he saw to use as a book
mark, then go away and forget all
about It. The time allowed for bor-
rowing the book might expire on that
or the following day and probably a
member of the family might casually
pick the volume up and return it to
the library without thinking Of exam
lining the interior. The receiving clerk
at the library counter is supposed to
turn over the pages of returned books
in the presence OF the borrower, but
whether this Is always done largely
depends upon the humor of the assist
ant In crush returned volumes are
laid aside for future examination. The
artful advertiser cannot let even Ii.
brary books alone. Somebody Is an
agent for a certain patent medicine
He takes out half a dozen books tC
anybody else's one, not that thew are
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j., or Chester, Pa, with the inhabitants

j., or Chester, Pa, with the inhabitants
thereunto appertaining, to Senator
Billy Mason or Representative Hender-
son. This was very jolly old custom
indeed, and pity 'tis that it should have
fallen into desuetude. Anyway, the
facts quoted explain how the family
title of the Duke d'Arcos originated.
With Cadiz for city property and
ARGOS for a country place, the family OF
the new Spanish minister felt itself
pretty adequately provided for terrl-
torially, but, unfortunately, there came
time, in 1493-one year after the dis
covery of America-when their most
Catholic majesties, Ferdinand and lsa-
bella, decided that they required the
seaport of Cadiz in their business
This business was the trade with the
East Indies, which part of the world
had then newly loomed up, not merely
in a geographical but also in COM
mercial sense. There was no resisting
the royal demand, and SO the then
Duke d'Arcos gave up the title deeds
to the property, receiving in exchange
a brand-new collection of titles and
other equivalents.
Few ancient families are without at
least one wicked ancestor, and to this
rule the noble line Of ARGOS is no excep-
ton. It is recorded in history that IN
1646 Don Rodrigue Pons de Lecn, Duke
dArcos, was sent by the king of Spain
to govern Naples as viceroy. This was
exceedingly rough on Naples, as Is
proved by his record while acting in
that administrative capacity. How
ever. it may not have been SO much
his fault as that of his government,
which at that time needed money very
badly to carry on wars with France and
Portugal. He was instructed to grind
out of the people every peseta they
could be persuaded to give up, and
these orders he carried out to the let
ter. His agents did their duty pitiless-
ly, and the duke closed his ears to the
complaints of the unhappy victims OF
his exactions In one case certain un-
fortunates had the impudence to de-
clare that they had not money enough
to buy a bed, and the tax collector re-
piled, "Why, then, do you not sell your
wives and daughters?"
This course OF procedure finally pro-
voked a rebellion in 1647, which quick
ly assumed most formidable proper
tions. The uprising was headed by a
fisherman named Manzaniello, and was
so far successful that the viceroy was
finally compelled to yield and to grant
all the demands of the revolutionists
including equal rights for the people
and the nobility and the abolition Of
the excessive taxes Unhappily, Man.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-07-21
Mining Notes,

Work will be begun shortly on the
Gold Queen, near Amizett. This claim
belongs to Thomas Crow. and has pro-
duced ore which runs $500 to the ton.
The Holden lixiviation works at AS
pen, erected several years ago at Il
cost of more than 100000, were sold
by United States Marshal Bailey,
Tuesday, to satisfy a judgment in
| favor of the receiver of the Union
National Bank of Denver. The prop
erty brought only $1,15O, just enough
to cover the judgment and court ex-
penses.
An English company has reOpened
some of the ancient Roman mines in
the Monte Rosa district, in the South
ern Alps. These mines were worked
more than 5000 years ago, but have
long ceased to be profitable on account
of the expense of operating under old
methods. 1t is thought that they can
be made to pay by the application of
modern machinery. They were the
chief source of gold supply for the old
Roman republic and were operated by
the captives of the army and slaves
bought for the purpose.
The Home Mining Company of
Leadville has at last commenced ship.
ments Of the high grade ore which was
encountered some time ago. The
streak of mineral when first entered
was only eighteen inches wide, but as
development proceeded 1t opened out
to six feet, and during the past week
about 100 tons of ore carrying fifty
ounces silver and 25 per cent. lead
has been hOisted. The company ex-
poets to be able to ship from fifteen
to twenty tons a day. Some of the
very rich chlorides is being sacked for
shipment.
From now on the Franklin placer
three miles above Red River City, will
pay dividends. The property includes
600 acres, and has been worked every
summer since 1893. Among the i'm
provements which have been made are
two and one-guarter miles of ditching,
1,G5O feet Of sluice boxes, 800 feet of
fume five feet wide, 200 feet two feet
wide and 600 feet of twenty inch pipe.
The ditch has 21O-fOOt fall, and the
hydraulic pressure is eighty-four
pounds to the square inch. Colorado
and Pennsylvania capitalists compose
the company.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-07-21
New Gold Fields In Lower California

Within the last few weeks gold
fields have been discovered in Lower
California, one Of the provinces Of
Mexico, which fairly rivals the Klon-
dixie in richness. In one day Don
Emilliano Ybarra, Mexican, assisted
by a number of laborers, took out gold
to the value Of $15O,OOO. The gold is
found in the Santa Clara mountains,
which lie twenty-four miles from the
coast. San Diego, Cal, is the point
of departure for the new Ell Dorado.
Steamers run at regular intervals from
that city to Point San Rogue, dis
tance Of $50 miles. The gold placers
cover territory twenty-eight miles
long by sixteen wide. Some Of the
dirt runs 500 to the yard and the gra-
vel is full of nuggets. The rush from
California to the new diggings has
commenced, several chartered vessels
having started with miners on board.
The greatest disadvantage in the new
fields is the almost total absence Of
water.-Chicago Tribune.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-07-21
THE NEW SPANISH MINISTER.
THE MYSTERY OF DREAMS,
Case in Which the Condolences We're
Rema rlx "A ile

Remarkable.
On an occasion during the civil wal
I dreamed that was standing beside
road when there came marching along
1t strong column of prisoners with
guards at intervals on the flanks.
asked one of these guards who the
prisoners were and where they had
been captured. He informed me that
they had beeii taken in an engagement
with the enemy on the day before, and
that there were nineteen hundred OF
them. l then asked some l., stander
what day of the month it was and was
told that 1t was such day Of a cer-
tain month, some six weeks later than
the date of the dream. The whole
dream was extremely distinct and it
made strong impression on me.
related it to number Of my comrades
within the next few days, and then
thought of it no more. Six weeks later,
on the morning Of the very day that
had been mentioned in the dream as
the date when the column Of prisoners
had passed before me, was on picket
two miles distant from the point where
l seemed to be when l saw them. II
was soon after breakfast, and l was
standing by the side of the road at the
fire, talking to the officer of the pick
ct, when an aide to the commanding
general came riding down the road. He
had been a schoolfellow of our officers
at West Point and reined up when he
recognized his friend. He told us that
he had good news, that there had been
a sharp engagement with the enemy
the day before and that our people had
captured nineteen hundred prisoners
who had just passed the headquarters
that morning on their way to the rear.
New York Post.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-07-21
Latest from Cuba,

The Spanish police reporter for the
Cuba Times gathered the following in
teresting items the other day: Fine
The inspector Of the Fifth precinct Of
police general, Calixto Enarmorado.
put fine on the lady Soma Terrado,
living at Campanario No. -, for
emptying her slops into the street on a
gentleman's head. Detailed-Finding
the gentleman Don Lorenzo Carbonell
inebriate and making noise he was
arrested A Mule-In Marina street
there was found a mule running loose
without knowing his owner. He was
sent (the mule) to the Fosos, subject to
the disposition Of the second lieutenant
Of the Alcalde.