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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-07-31
A Record To Be Proud OF.

The Republican party is the
party of Lincoln and Grant, whose
work in their respective spheres
saved republicanism not alone in
America, but for all the world,
The rebellion was the crucial test
of the ability of self-governing
nation to stand the strain of inter
necine strife. The cost of saving
the Union was fearful. The land
was hillocked with graves, the
blood of heroes flowed on a hun
dred battlefelds, the nation was
exhausted, but the flag was not
furled, and not single star was
lost from its azure field. The re-
suit, however, was worth all it cost.
1t was a struggle for integrity of
empire, and yet it was struggle
against imperialism. The triumph
of the North made thrones across
the sea rock on their old found
ations, and some, indeed, have
fallen, while those which still re-
main have only been able to endure
by granting a larger measure of
self-government to their subjects.
Manhood has become a royal thing
due to the efforts of the Republican
party to dignity and verify the
sovereignty of manhood. Power
has drifted down to the masses,
who became conscious of their
power through the work of such
men us Lincoln, Grant, Garfield,
Harrison and Mckinley, who, in
camp, in battle and in the councils
of the nation have made our coun-
try the envy of the world. The
policy of the Republican party has
gone on in advance of the flag,
carrying some of the blessings of
liberty to peoples and countries
who have never seen the banner of
glory and freedom. To charge
imperialism to the party which
was conceived by freemen, was
rocked by liberty and grew to Wig
orous maturity on the strong meat
of personal sovereignty, is to dis
tort history, deny the truth and be-
tray the fact that the opponents of
the party think falsehood is bet
ter than the truth for campaign
purposes.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-07-31
A New Empire.
purposes

1t is officially announced through
the passenger department of the
Rock Island road, that its new
branch line running from Chick
asha westward to Granite, is COM
pleted and ready for business.
This new line is So miles long and
is built through the heart of the
Washita valley. Thus located, the
line throughout nearly its entire
length, lies within the Kiowa,
Comanche and Apache reservation.
Already several towns are located
on this new branch, the chief ones
being Anadarko, Mountain View,
Kiowa and Granite, which is at
present the terminus of the road
and is situated just across the line
in Greer county, Oklahoma.
Much interest is being mani
tested, especially in the west over
the Kiowa, Comanche and Apache
reservation being opened up to
settlement. Much has been written
about this new land and the papers
generally both east and west have
contained many write ups, concern
ing the resources and its value both
as an agricultural and mining
district. Probably nowhere in the
Indian Territories, is there such a
valuable tract of land as is this
Kiowa, Comanche and Apache
reservation, and it is the last of the
large tracts of land to be opened
up to settlement. 1t contains up
wards of two millions of acres,
which will be thrown open to the
public, as soon as the President
issues his proclamation to that
effect.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-07-31
vious years

New Orleans continues to be
the worst governed city in the
Urited States. A few years ago
the Malta riots had that city in a
chaotic state, and now we have the
particulars of several days rioting
in which number of innocent
colored people were either killed
or injured. The preservation OF
order, the enforcement of law and
a decent respect for humanity are
necessary elements of civilization
anywhere, and such disgraceful
happenings as those which trans
pired in the Crescent City are none
the less shameful and uncivilized
because they happen i'll this coun-
try, than they would be if they
happened in China.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-07-31
Notice For Republication.

First pub. June 5, 1900 Last pub. Aug. I, iso
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-07-31
From Cape Nome.

A letter from Tom Swan, who
went up to Cape Nome, Alaska,
early in the spring denounces that
region as fake pure and simple
in so far as any profitable gold
mining is concerned. He says:
''The gold that was reputed to be
on the beach here has either been
all taken out or the high tides have
washed it away, for there is little
or none here now. The best any
of the men can do at present is
about 81 per day, and that won't
pay in this climate. 1t is about
the same as going through big
dime museum to go along the beach
and see the different kinds of gold
saving machines in use. Every
man has something of his own
manufacture, and there are hun
dreds of steam and gasoline en-
gines with centrifugal pumps and
dredges scattered all along. Those
who have set up their machines
and tried the sand find out to their
sorrow that there is nothing in it
for them, and they are consequent
ly ready to sell out and go back to
the states without u bushel of dust.
The small, inexpensive machines
are all left where they were used
last, for they cannot be sold at any
price. A common rocker is the
only thing the old miner uses on
the beach. Anvil, Snow and Dex-
ter are the only creeks that have
any pay dirt on them, and they are
very limited in extent. Wages are
small here, being only $3.50 per
day. Carpenters are the only
craftsmen who have been kept
busy, some receiving as high as
$1.5O per hour. About 500 frame
buildings have been erected dur
ing the past two weeks. The main
street is about three miles long
and is quite busy place. 1t is
about twenty feet wide in the wild
est place and is always crowded
with people and teams. Saloons,
dance halls and bum theaters oc-
cupy the majority of the best
buildings. Nome has population
of $4,000 people and 90 per cent.
of them are disgusted with the
place. The transportation com
panies are roundly berated on all
sides for booming the country on
nothing. All those possessing the
price of return ticket are in luck
and are going out as fast as they
came in. Some of the steamers
leave here with more passengers
than they brought in. There are
hundreds of men penniless, with
no opportunity for earning any
money, and as the winters are long
and cold and no timber near with
which to build cabins, the surplus
population will have to be taken
back to the states by some means,
because they will both freeze and
starve if left here"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-07-31

The Republican state convention
: will be held in Denver on Septem-
Der 7, and it will doutless be the
most important gathering held by
the party in this state for many
years, for q great deal will depend
on the result of its deliberations
and upon its choice of candidates,
The strongest argument that can
be made for Republican success in
the state election is the record OF
the Democratic fusion officeholders.
That argumentca only be enforced
and made the most of, if the per-
sonnel of the Republican ticket is
above criticism. The people of
Colorado look to the Republican
party to furnish them with a ticket
which shall be on its face a guar
antee of good government, official
competency and sincere devotion to
the peoples interests. That this
will be the result of the conven-
tion's work is the belief of Repub-
licans throughout the state, and the
earnest desire of many who have
mot recently been voting with the
PARTY,
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-07-31
The Kentucky Democratic con

The Kentucky Democratic con-
vention apologies for the infamous
Goebel election law. The conven-
ton nominated for governor j. G.
w. Beckham, usurper of that office
by force of the public crime COM
mitted by the Goebelite Legislative
majority. The Goebel law plank
in the platform is probably the
most humiliating and clumsy apol-
ogy for an infamous statute ever
made by political party. 1t re-
calls the adage, "EIe who excuses
himself accuses himself" 1t is
what lawyers call "a plea OF con-
fession and avoidance. Kentucky
Republicans have every reason to
feel encouraged and every motive
l to put forth their most strenuous
lAxertions. The Gobelites are quail
ing before the storm raised by their
usurpation of the peoples right to
choose their state officers.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-07-31
At Crested Butte.
GuSS1soN NEWS.

GUNNIsoN NEWS.
Crested Butte is in its usual
stage of prosperity. Besides the
five or six hundred men working in
the coal mines in town and at Ruby
and Anthracite, number of
miners are busy in the surrounding
hills prospecting for the precious
metals. This town always appears
active and prosperous and it's citir
zens contented About one hun
dred cars of coal and coke are
shipped out of town every day.
The Adam Miller concentrator has
been running on the Keystone
mine ore, and is turning out val
liable product.
The various mines in and around
Gothic and Irwin are receiving un-
usual attention and are showing
fine. Several new properties which
are being operated by eastern CAPT
tai. give evidence of soon becoming
shippers. Crested Butte and it's
surrounding camps look better than
they have for years and the pros
poets for them are very promising.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-07-31
Timber Land, Act June 3, 1878.
Notice For Publication.
United States Land Office,
Guunisou, Colorado,

Gunnison, Colorado
May 81, 1909.
Notice is hereby givcn that in compliance
with the provisions OF the act of Congress OF
,Jupe g. 1873, entitled AN act for the sale OF
timber lands in the States of California, Ore
gon Nevada, and Washington Territory, rs
extended to other states containing public
lands by act of August 1, 1892, Newell ~ stan
lev of Crested Butte, County of Gunnison,
State of Colorado. has this day filed in this
office his sworn statement No. S for the pur-
chase of the VIZ of n. VIZ of Sec. No. i6; n.
E.I of n. El4 OF Sec. No. II, and ): t. of ;.
Ell of Section no. <, in Township No. u, South
Range No. Sc W. 9Th. P. NJ, and will offer, proof
to show that the land sought Is more valuable
for its timber or stone than for agricultural
purposes, and to establish his claim to said
land before the Register aud Receiver of this
office at Gunnison, Colorado, on Wednesday
the sth, day of August, 1900.
He names as witnosses Sherman Dodge,
of Crested Butte. Colo, V. +. Axtell OF Crested
Butte, Colo. Arthur l.. Stanley, OF jacks Cab
in Colo, Samuel Smith, of Crested Butte, Colo
Any and all persons claiming Adversely tho
above-describcd lands are requested to file their
claims in this Office ON or before said sth. day
of August, 1900.
Register.
First pub June 5, 1900 Last pub. Aug. 7, 1900.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-07-31
United States Land Office,


Notice is hereby, given. that the following
named settler has fled notice of his intention
to make final proof in support OF his claim and
that said proof will be made before the Register
and Receiver at Gunnison, Colorado. on August
81 1900 viz: JOSEPH SOKACST, Il. A. No. 2ls
for the n. VIZ of 5. VIZ, 81 of N. W., S.
WI n. Ell Sec. 27 T. IL S. r. IS ". 9Th P. NJ.
He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation of
said land viz;
John A, Steel, of Gunnison, Colorado.
Jerry O'Regan, of Gunnison, Colorado.
Smith Whip, of Gunnison, Colorado.
Don. Harris, of Crested Butte, Colorado.
Any person who desires to protest against the
allowance of such proof or who knows, of any
substantial reason, under the law and the regu-
lations of the Interior Department, why such
proof should not be allowed, will be given an
opportunity at the above mentioned time and
place to cross-examine the witnesses of said
claimant. and to offer evidence in rebuttal of
that submitted by claimant.
C. F. HAMLTN Register.
First pub. July 81, 1900 Last pub. Aug. IS, 1900.
XAyANTED-S SEVERAL PERSONS FOR DIS
w trict Office Managers in this state to rep
resent me in their own and surrounding conn
ties willing to pay yearly $500, payable weekly.
Desirable EN- ployment with unusual opportun-
ities. References exchanged. Enclose self-ad-
dressed stamped envelope. S. A. PARK, 80 Cax-
ton Bldg. Chicago.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-07-31
Republican National Ticket.

In the wheat crop there is a
partial failure in some states, but
the deficiency will be made up by
unusual crops elsewhere, and as the
ruling price continues high the
total value of American wheat will
not fall below the record of pre-
vious years.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-07-31

In order to maintain the price of
wooden goods abroad, Consul Wor-
man, of Munich, reports that the
German, Swiss, Austrian and Rus
sian manufacturers have agreed to
reduce production 10y 20 per cent.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-07-31

With an additional $7,00O,O0O
to increase the Navy, we should
see some good results in that
branch of the United States de-
fense force of which the American
people are SO justly proud
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-07-31
State Ore SampGng Co
Denver, Colo

Denver, Colo.
We buy Gold, Silver, Lead, Cop
per, Bismuth, Uranium, Wolfram
ite, Cobalt, Molybdenite, and Anti
mony ores.
We have modern mills for samp-
ling ore. We also test ores for the
new processes of reduction.
Our long experience in the mar
ket enables US to pay the highest
cash prices for all marketable ores.
Write for our reference Book. "
Send analysis of your ore for prices
and information.
BALLY g. MOVN/C. Managers.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-07-31

Salida won the ball game in
Gunnison Sunday by score of Is
to IL.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-09-13
DEWET WILL FIGHT ON.

He Has Nothing to Live For but to
Contest Invasion.
Gen. Dewct has informed n prominent
citizen Of Bloemfontein that he intends
tn fight on to~tlie end lie says lie has
nothing for which he ea:as 10 live except
10 continue to oppose the invaders Of his
country. His sons have beer killed in
the war and his wife has died heartbrok-
ell.
The siege of I.sdy brand has been rails
cd after several desperate attempts 10
capture the town and its little garrison
of 40 British troops. The Beers who
attacked Ladybrand are estimated TO
hars numbered over 1000 ,,c:i The
British were summoned TO surrender, but
refused, and from that time on were sub
jected to continual! cannon and rifle fire.
The burghcrS twice tried to rush the
British position. Probably the approach
OF relief force saved the i!t:le garrison.
4 dispatch from London says that the
war Office received a dispatch from Lord
Rob,@ $ giving an account Of u slight en-
gaScment north Of Pretoria. in which the
Beers were driven off, losing hundred
rifles and large supply Of ammunition
and a few prisoners. About the same
time party Of Beers mnde an nnsuccess-
full attack on the Johannesburg water
works. More serious fighting took place
on Monday in the mountain passes near
Lydenbers, where Gen. Butler was fight
ing Botha all day. The burshers were
about 1000 strong. with several guns.
and they seem to have held the British
in check, since the position was not car
ricd by nightfall and n column was sent
by Gen. Roberts TO assist Butler.
The Transvanl Republic. like the Or
anSc Free State. has been annexed by
proclamation to the British Empire. AZ
Ter mn heroic struggle against overwheln-
ing numbers the Bocrs find themselves
without n country. A republic has been
crashed. The proclamation Of annexation
io..> not mean that the war has ended
1t means that hereafter the Beers, who
have been fighting for independence, with
all the rights OF belligerents. are to he
regarded rs rebels against British au-
thority. The burghers. who decided elev-
en- months ago to fight for their homes
and :heir fatherland, have lost all.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-09-13
oUrRAoES BY CIVILIZATION.
Horrible Orgies of Piunder and slaugh
ter by Soldiers In China.

Horrible Orgies of Pluuder and Slaughs
ter by Soldiers In China.
The story told by the Associated Press
Of the scenes enacted by some Of the for
eign troops ON the road between Tien-tsin
and Pekin is not only shocking in its de-
tails but disgrace to Western civiliza-
ton. The wors A)utrages charged against
the Boxers are mild in comparison with
the enormities practiced by the Russian
and French soldiers, who were left. unre-
strained to loot and slaughter unoffending
natives at will. 1t is to the credit of the
Germans, English, Japanese and Ameri-
cans that they behaved themselves with
some regard TO discipline and humanity
and that the officers of the last two ex-
erted themselves successfully to protect
property and life.
1t was not so. however. with the Rus
slams and French, according to the As
sociated Press correspondent. They en-
gagged in an orgy of plunder and slaugh-
ter and left behind them a wake Of de-
vastation in the Pei-Ho valley. The
homes of the people and their food pro-
ducts We're ruthlessly destroyed. The
shops were looted, and what could not be
carried away was trampled under foot
and smashed. Villages were burned. The
inhuman Cossacks butchered inoffensive
men. women and children for sport. Ma
tives trying to get back to their homes
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The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-09-13
AND CANAL IN SHANGHAI

sidered to be seriously i'll. He had been
advised by his physician as early as last
June to rest. and be attended the Demo-
cratic national convention in July against
the advice of his doctor. He appeared to
have suffered no il, effects from the jour
ney. however, and was passing the sum-
mer quietly at Small Point when the
fatal stroke seized him. The unconscious
ness which followed the attack contin-
ned until death came.
Arthur Sewall. shipbuilder and ship
owner. Democratic candidate Of 1896 for
the vice-presidency, was born in Bath.
Me-, Nov. %, 1885. He was the son Of
William d. Sewall. who in 1923, began in
Bath the business of shipbuilding. The
family was noted in New England for
several generations. OF this family was
Judge Samuel Sewall. conspicuous in the
early annals of Boston. Through large
part Of this century the firm at Bath
were the chief constructors Of the '.mer-
chant marine" in this country.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-09-13
NOVEL swlNDLING SCHEME.
c. o. D. Express Package Plan that Sue
cecdad In California.

c. o. D. Express Package Plan that Sue
ceeded In California.
A novel swindling scheme, evidently
planned to embrace the continent. has
just been brought to light. Recently the
head office of Wells. Fargo Il Co.'S ex-
press in San Francisco received from its
agents in the interior numerous letters
and telegrams asking for instructions iei-
ative to the disposition of certain pack
ages of valuable certificates" expressed
from Grcenville Junction, Me-, on each
of which there was G. o. ID. charge of
$S. In each place the chief of police
or constable has received a letter signed
Douglass w. Hill. chief inspector Of pO-
lice, Halifax. y. s.. containing IN order
for the package and statement that it
had been sent to NJ. ID. Byrnes, an alb
scondcr. For the capture of Byrnes. of
whom complete description was given,
a reward of $3.50 was offered, and for the
recovery of the express package an addi-
tional reward Of 500 would lie paid. In
several cases the police officer paid the
IS and secured the worthless package.
The express agent had orders to send this
to Frederick Brewster, attorney at law,
New York. The scheme is known to have
been worked with more or less success in
at least dozen California towns
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-09-13
EMPRESS Is DEFIANT.
lMPERIALEDICTURGES REVENGE
ON FOREIGNERS.
Chinese Viccroys Ordered to AvenEc
the Wrongs Done to Their Country
Royal Court Fled for Fear Christians
Would Kill the Emperor.

The Dowager Empress of China defies
the allied army of Europe. She will have
no peace. She is for war and a war Of
vengeance. An edict Of defiance signed
by the Empress at Tai Yuan-Fu has np-
pcarcd at Shanghai. In it the viceroys
are eXhorted to unite to avenge the
wrongs of China. They are ordered to
enroll troops in order 10 prosecute war
upon the allies The whole edict breathes
defiance and undyins hatred of the for
cigners. 1t explains to the viceroys that
the court fled from Pckin because it was
feared that the Christians would kill the
Emperor.
1t is believed, the correspondents say,
that the defiance of the Empress is in
spired by Viceroy Y,lat Tui Tuan Flu. in
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lMpEalALlsM VS.. oEMocRAcN.


Filipino Text-Book.
At the sociological conference recent
II held at Lake Bluff. Wis. Judge VIII
lam Prentiss, of Chicago. spoke In part
as follows:
at Is strange to me that any one In
the twentieth century should discuss
Imperialism. If any one four years ago
pretended to discuss imperialism No 1
would have been put aside as mad-N
man and would not have been listened
to patiently.
THE principles of Democracy teach
that all men have equal rights and
should be free and left TO govern them
selves with their own consent Inc
principles of Imperialism teach thsr the
great majority of men are incapaiie OF
governing themselves. and pre9cnes
the old doctrine of taking frors him
that has little, and giving that htfle to
him that has much
what crime have the Filipinos COM
mitted?: When we went to war with
Spain they did not dream that the
American soldier would ever visit their
shores except to benefit and uplift
them, free them from their bondage
and help them gain their liberty.
''WhO will say that the Philippine
Islanders shall be citizens and have
granted them al rights Of citizens7 By
legislation we have built wall strong
er aud harder to knock down than the
wall Of China against the Filipinos be
coming citizens. We have said they are
not like us. In preparing for his strug-
gle with Spain. what did Aguinaldo
take for textbooks? The Declaration
of Independence, the Constitution Of
the United States, the Emancipation
Proclamation and the last speech Of
Washington. These are what he took
and taught his people. and they believ-
ed and followed him. and for two years
have been fighting for liberty. and yet
some sag they are unfit to govern them
selves. Are not people who are able to
fight for their liberty able to govern
themselves?
"imperialism teaches avarice. greed.