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The state herald., 1900-11-23
GREAT DENVER MASS.MEETING
CONDEMNS BURNING OF PORTER

upon criminal differ from that which
melted Indians to practice similar tor
lures for centuries before the advent
of the Christian civilization, or from
that which marked the fearful execu-
tions OF ancient Rome?
"Werecognize the usual orderly char
acter of..the people Of LImon and VI
cinity. We appreciate the fact that
their act was the result Of excitement
and passion, which overturned their
reason and Judgment. But we must.
nevertheless, express our abhorrence OF
the extreme measures to which they
resOrted, and we protest to the world
that their course OF procedure Ia not
for one moment countenanced by the
sober Judgment OF the Intelligent and
representative citizens Of Denver and
Colorado
"This IL not the time or the occasion
to censure either our laws or our Of
flcers of justice, but II IL our solemn
hope that effective punishment will
speedily by law be enacted for crimes
OF the class which melted this tor
ture; that officers of justice will here
after render resort to lynch law I'M
possible in our state; and that In
time to come any citizen OF Colorado
inficting torture like this, no matter
under what provOcation, shall be
brought to speedy and adequate pun
ishment.
FINALLY we desire to record our
Judgment that vengeance Is not the end
of penal suffering. No crime justifies
crime. Deeds OF this sort brutnllze hui
manity us with savages and with an
cient Rome. Processing to make an
awful example they are themselves q
far more awful example"
The state herald., 1900-11-23
Chinese Terms Not Settled.

Pckln, Nov. IL. via Shanghai, Nov
1s.-The preliminary note has not yel
been presented. Its terms are not com
plcted. and there Will probably he fur
thcr delay, but the belief that the noic
OF the powers TO the Chinese commits
sioncrs Will he completed soon Is
strengthened 10y the results Of the re-
cent Informal conferences OF the min.
listers Of the powers.
Mr.. Congcr, United States minister
said:
''rhc situation Is apparently very n
yorabln to the early beginning Of nego.
tiations for n preliminary settlement. |
believe that the next meeting OF thc
foreign cnvoys viii virtually settle NIL
points of difference between the repre-,
sentatiyes of the powers, who will los
no time In presenting the demands.
what the result win he II Is impos
slblc To foretell. Events have placed
China In very critical position
Whether she will he able TO preseryc
relations with the rest OF the world
VIII depend upon what the powers de-.
mnnd IN the final settlement and upon
her Willingness 10 accept promptly the
conditions proposed.
''lt Is quite unlikely. II not Imposs
bile. that the Chinese court VIII return
to Pckln before next spring. but I Do
not anticipate any serious delay In fhc
progress Of the negotiations with thr
Chinese commissioners, ms they are In
tclegraphic communication with the
court"
The state herald., 1900-11-23
To Raise IIor.. Itadi.h.

The fall Is good time to begin pre-
pnrntlons for n horse rndlsh bed. A
spot should he selected where the soil
is deep and strong aud contains fair
amount OF moisture like n slough or
seepage from ditch. Al this time OF
year the soil should bc pulyerized 10 n
depth OF two feet or thirty inches. This
IL necessary ms the root requires good
deal Of room IN which 10 develop. In.
TO this soil bnrnyari manure should be
worked 10 the depth of n foot or more.
We notice that some say well.roitnn
hnrnynrd mnnurc. hut unro,,cd manure
N good II II does not contain TOO great
n proportion OF straw. II the manure
II put IN fresh this fail II VIII have be-
come largely Incorporated with the soil
by spring. when the cuttings OF the
horse rndish plants nrc To bc put In.
These cuttings should bc three or four
Inches long nni br plncei eighteen
inches apart we'll below the surface.
Use mn Iron rod IN mike the holes aud
drop In the plcccs-top cnd down.
wards
The state herald., 1900-11-23
Filipino. sun Fighting.

Manila. Noy. 1s.-n'lrst unccnsurcd
news 10y cahlcgram since the American
occupatlOn.l.Iast week witnessed n
very considerable Increase In rebel and
American activity In the field. Many
sklrinishcs occurred nnd several small
engagements In northern ana southern
LuEon. The termination Of the rains
permits n resumption of operations IN
both Sides.
The Americans ARE making series
Of aggressive movements against the
Insurgents. notably on the Island OF IA.
mnr, with IN" exception Of three coast
towns. each of which II rarrisoncd by
Two companies Of the Twenty.nlnih
and n platoon of artillery.
The rebels nrr continually Shooting
Into the gnrflsonrd Ia vns aud our
forces have not been sufficient Ia rr-
tnlinic effectively. Commerce In Samnr
has been NJ n sinndstlll, and most of
the influential Inhabitants have lie.
parted, General Hare Inns arrived there
with 80 men. lie VIII bring eight
companies of the Second infantry from
the island ~ Mnrlnduluc. aud Will pro.
cccd rncrgcticnliy io crush General
lnkhnh. Meanwhile Eunhont viii ia.
lrol the coast to prevent the escape ~
the ln-nrgrni leader. i.ukhnn Nlll
holds three members ~ the forty,thlrd
regiment prisoners
Mllllnry operations nrr virtually nj
n Htnnhsiill The Gormnn aud linllnn
expeditions norihwnrd passed through
the Nnnkin nnsH unonpOscd.
The state herald., 1900-11-23
DROP In STRATTON'S
INDEPENDENCE

London. Nov. i0.-Tbc sensational
drop of $40 n share In the price OF
Strntton's Independence stock within
n few weeks has been the feature OF
the mining division Of the stock mar
ket. A few weeks ago the shares were
selling nt Si5. To-day they got down
To 81 mud the pressure 10 unload was
heavy.
According to the best Informed min
Ing experts. The decline In the stock Is
due TO revision of oplnion ms to the
Wine's prospects.
property, In April. when Mr.. Strattou
received the last payment of the $40.
0oc.OOO for which he Ind contracted 20
deliver the property. Mr. 7. A. Rick
ard. the consulting engineer of the CON-
pany. mnde n statement IN whlcl he
said there was upward of Si3,000,0J) IN
gold IN sight
This hns now been revised. and II IL
said that only S2O0o.0oo To S3.Oo0o00
In In sight
As TO the output. Mr.. l,ickard said;
UP to May. 1870. the yield wns ST..
OTi ,s'io. ont III which x2,5It.iGd was
pront. rh. production FOR the first
y.nr OF the English company. ending
this month Aprib. win he s3.0o0.OO0.
out ~ which S2.1OO.OoO win be de.
clnred IN dividends. This mine hns
yielded n grand total of xi.UDO,DD and
and proiit of xi.5o1.61."
Upon such prospects the shares were
eagerly bought nni the revised figures
nrc n severe blow Ia the stockholders.
London, Nov. ~. Frederick Baker Of
STATIONS Independence mud +. A.
itickarl " the Venture corporation rc.
turned her. "Wednesday from Colorado.
where they visited the mine with John
Hays Hammond. The English invest.
ors have lost lot of money In strni.
tons Independence. aud there Is gen.
.rnl belief ihnt The mine IN about
played out.
On the other hand, there II mn opln.
ion IN certain quarters thu, Wnrnher.
i,oli n CO.. the South African miners.
have become benf- In STATIONS for
the purpose Of getting control of the
mine NJ n small ilHurr.
Alfred ltolt II bent on buying Amcri,
cnn gold mines, nnd n win not he long
before he hns n pnri of his fortune IN,
vested IN the sih,cA.
The state herald., 1900-11-23
WILL ABSORB ERIE
AND WABASH

London, Nov. 1g.-tNcw York Herald
Special PLANS are maturing for the
absorption of the Erie and Wabash sys-
tvins by the New York Central. The
Erie is the last great trunk line east
of the Mississippi to come into tho
Vanderbilt fold.
William X Vanderbilt has been lul-
etly buying Erie stock In the open mar
ket and has also been gathering up
Pennsylvania shares. Whether the New
York Central Is TO acquire the Erie by
purchase or by lease is not yet known.
One of these two methods will be
adopted.
For n long time the acquisition of the
Wabash has been under consideration
by the Nanderhilts. The chief obstacle
has been the disinclinniion of the Van.
derbilts to take over lines west Of the
Mississippi. but negotiations are now
pending for turning over the Wabash
lines between the Mississippi and Kan.
sas City TO the Santa Fc system.
The Santa Fe now has line out OF
Chicago TO Kansas City, but not 10 ST.
Louis. II lost 81. Louis when the ST.
Louis X San Francisco railway Was
taken out OF the Santa Fc system.
by acquiring the Wabash line west of
the Mississippi the Santa Fc will again
have ST. Louis on It's map.
The state herald., 1900-11-23
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SUPREME COURT ON
STATE INDEBTEDNESS

Denver. Colo. Nov. 2O.-By decis-
ion Of the Supreme Court yesterday
the question of the validity of the war
rants issued br the state in 1889 must
be settled by the Legislature and not
by the state treasurer. Under existing
circumstances, the court finds. the out
standing warrants, amounting to about
S5Do.ocp. must await this decision OF
the Legislature. the legal as well as the
Illegal in the meantime sharing the
same fate. There Is now. 1t is said.
about SSo.OOc In the treasury credited
to the year 1889, hut none of this can
he paid out until the question Of valid
ity is settled. when the warrants de-
clarcd legal must he paid in regular
order.
The decision Is made In the case Of
the American Savings bank against the
former state treasurer. and the court
In It's opinion, says the decision will
have force with some thirteen Other
cases along the same line. The de
cision Is a reversal of the lower court
which decided that the treasurer must
pay the warrants. Chief Justice Camp
bell says In his opinion:
That this warrant Is valid debt OF
the state Is unquestloned: that II should
he paid is clear; that II has not been
paid long ago Is reflection on the
financial Integrity Of the state or its
dllatoriness In paying It's debts. II may
he that many outstanding state war
rants issued In 1889 are Illegal. be-
cause In excess of the constitutional
limit, but II would seem that some L.
gal ones are unpaid An adequate
method OF ascertalnlng which are legal
and which void should bc adopted by
our general assembly, II none such now
exists, and II there Is money In the
treasury from the revenues Of 1889
properly applicable to the payment Of
the valid warrants. or some of them
issued during that fiscal period. they
should he taken up aud Interest there
on saved. Meanwhile. II Is too much
10 demand that the treasurer at his
peril make this asceriainmant for him.
self"
The state herald., 1900-11-23
AMERICAN SHIPPING INTERESTS
SHOW A PROSPEROUS YEAR

Washington, Nov. 10.-rhe report OF
Commissioner of Navigation Chamber
lain, made public to-day, says the past
fiscal year has been the most prosper
Gus period known to American ship
ping for some years. Returns for the
current fiscal year promises an even
more satisfactory condition.
For the, first time since the Civil War
the documented Tonnage of the United
States exceeds 5.000.0O0 gross tons.
June 30, 1900, American documented
tonnage comprised 23,333 vessels of
5,1G4 $40 gross tons, an increase of 3OO,-
900 tons over the previous years. Our
maximum tonnage was J,539,S13 tons
in 1861. Our shipping, the report adds,
in 1861, was larger than previous and
nearly cqualed the British empires.
British shipping now amounts to H.
261 900 gross tons. American vessels
are almost wholly confined to the coast
ing trade. which employed last year
4,33S, 1lJ tons, or more than the total
tonnage of Germany and France. Our
tonnage In the foreign trade was only
S16,T95 tons. and carried last year only
0 per cent. Of our exports and imports.
A century ago, American shipping reg
tons, while this tonnage now In thir-
teen original states amounts TO 1890
tons.
The report says that by reason OF Sc
rious competition with foreign nations
In the ocean-carrying trade we are
practically restricted to % registered
steamships OF over 1000 tons, aggre-
eating 2iO.325 tons. Single foreign
steamship corporations own greater
tonnage. Japan has eighty-three ocean
steamships OF over 1000 tons, aggre-
eating 2S02O0 tons. Besides these
steamships We have 10 registered
square rugged sail vessels. over 1000
tons each, for the deep sea trade. More
than half OF these are over twenty
years old. and ms such vessels disap-
pear their places are not supplied by
construction.
Our tonnage is distributed as follows:
Between the Atlantic and Gulf coasts,
2,721 .Sb2 gross tons; great lakes. 49,
5SI tons; Pacific coast. Including Ha-
wall. Gl2,9Ol tons; Mississippi and trib-
utary rivers, 25S. .I56 tons.
The increase In our shipping during
the decade was 7I0.3i2 tons. OF which
1St.5l2 tons was ON the Pacific coast
anu WIS uuc inhiniy ~ NihskaH anu
Hawaiian trade. The effective carry
Ing power Of the worlds merchants
fleets has increased sixty per cent
The most notable change In the
worlds shipping has been In the size
OF steamships. In 1890, there were
112s ocean steamships OF 1000 tons or
over. while now $50 such steamships.
aggregaiing 5.60o.O0O tons. constitute
one-fourih of the worlds steam ton
mage. Increased speed. though great.
has been less noteworthy.
Concentration Of the worlds ship
owning has been notable. The thirty
principal steamship companies OF the
world own 1900 steamships. or one
fourth In tonnage and more than one.
The state herald., 1900-11-23

Denver, Colo, Nov. 20.-John Hays
Hammond arrived in Denver yesterday
from Utah, says this mornings Repub-
lican, where he has been making n per-
sOnal examination of some of Captain
DE la Mars mines, and last night left
for Cripple Greek, to take charge of
Stratton's Independence mine for the
Venture Corporation. Mr.. Hammond
will first make n thorough examination
of the big gold mine, and upon the re-
suit of his findings will depend the fn-
ture working of the mine. Mr.. Ham.
mond spent the afternoon with Thom-
ns Il. Walsh discussing with the owner
the affairs of the Camp Bird mine.
which Mr.. Hammond examined few
weeks ago.
Mr.. Hammond has been asked by
shareholders in STATIONS lndepend-
ence mine to take complete charge of
the property, n task which he has
promised TO undertake provided he is
put in full charge, TO act as consulting
engineer with the powers of local
board of directors invested in him. He
has asked for authority to conduct the
mine In manner according to his own
Judgment; to do dead" work, or devel-
opment, and cut down the dividends, or
pass them altogether for a few months,
until the property could be developed
and made to show what its capabilities
are.
THE trouble with the mine now Is
that 1t has been squeezed TO pay the
big dividends that the company has
promised shareholders" said Mr.. Ham,
mond yesterday. ut is n state of af
fairs that has been known to us here
for some time. hut has Just now be-
come known to the English holders Of
the shares, and the information has
caused the present drop in the stock.
II nm no better able than any one
else to say now what are the future
possibilities of the mine" continued
Mr.. Hammond, in answer to n request
10 tell what would be the policy of the
company. 1T Is TO try 10 determine
what can be done that am going down
II consider that Mr.. Richards first
estimate of the ore In sight was con-
scrvative, telling only what seemed at
least to be the truth. His further esti-
mates were based principally on the re-
ports of subordinatcs. which he also be-
lieved. He was thoroughly honest in
all that he said. But Mr.. Rickard was
handicapped by not having complete
access to the mine. II was n great sur
prise TO both Mr.. liickard and Mr.. Ba
kcr when they returned here and
found that the ore body was not what
1t had been reported, and they at once
made the English investors acquainted
with the fact. There was no attempt
10 conceal anything, and know for
fact that Mr.. Rickard had such faith
in his report that he bought blocks of
the shares at f2 IS, which he still
holds, He did not ATTEMPT TO unload
The state herald., 1900-11-23

PREPARING BILLS TO
BENEFIT COLORADO

Washington. ID. c., Nov. 20.-Repre
sentative Shafroth is in Washington
making preparations with view 10
drafting a bill TO be introduced upon
the convening of Congress, which will
provide for the irrigation and reclama-
tion of the arid lands in all arid land
states. He has not yet determined on
the particular features OF his bill. for
he realizes the many intricacles of the
irrigation question and the liability of
arousing opposition 10 bills which are
not universally just in their provisions,
In fact, TO obliterate some of the OBJ
jections, Mr.. Shafroth will probably in
troduce n separate hill wlheh Will make
an appropriation to cover eAs expense
OF an examination of different reser-
yolr sites in Colorado and other states
with n view TO determining the mos,
available site In each state. This ou
OF the way. he viii probably frame hi,
irrigation bill with il view to havlnl
an equal sum for reservoirs appropri
ated for each arid land state. and II
possible have the lump sum turned
over to the respective states. Such \
bill MS this will have the support of III,
solid delegations from all the arid land
states.
Another hill which Mr.. Shafroth will
strongly urge mt the coming session IL
the bill already passed by the Senate
providing for the establishment of a
soldiers home at Denver. This hill is
now on the House calendar and II any
soldiers home bills are taken mp. Mr.
Shnfroth has the promise OF the first
recommendation.
third measure is that making an
additional appropriation Of $4,000 for
the Lendville public building Public
building bills are generally passed M
the short session, those increasing pre-
yious small and insufficient nppropria.
tions generally having the preference
II Is probable that the Leadville bill
Will pass both houses at the coming ses.
sion.
Mr.. Shafroth has again taken up his
residence In Mount Pleasant and cx,
poets TO remain In Washington
throughout the session.
The state herald., 1900-11-23
G. A. R. ENCAMPMENT
RATE STILL OPEN

Denver, Colo, Nov. 19.-It is denied
by railroad officials in Denver that the
Western Passenger Association has
cent a mile rate for the G. A. II. Ma.
tional Encampment at Denver.
In connection with this statement
was the report that George ii. Heaf
ford, formerly passenger agent of the
Chicago. Milwaukee n st. Paul road
had been actively opposed to the low
rate. Not willing to be misrepresented,
Mr.. Heafford has written the follow
ing letter for publications:
Chicago. Nov. 10, 190O.--My atten
ton has been called to items recently
published to the effect that while !
was general passenger agent Of the
Chicago, Milwaukee Il st. Paul rail
way l worked against the efforts of
Denver to secure Il one cent per mile
railway excursion rate for the Grand
Army of the Republic in 1901. The
genial liar who made this statement to
the newspaper reporters undoubtedly
belongs to some road competitive with
the Milwaukee, and his memory Is
bad. For had severed my connection
with the c., NJ. Il st. u. railway long
before l could have been afforded an
opportunity to even express an opinion
on the question of transportation rates,
or the selection of place for the next
grand encampment.
although |. am now out of railway
service (and must pay fare when
traveD, it is my understanding that all
roads leading to Denver are members
of one or more hide-bound passenger
associations. and to those associations
must be submitted the question Of ex-
cursion fares and arrangements before
any road can take action.
II have no authority to spenk for tne
present general passenger agent of the
he thinks-as | do-that the railroads
of this country can and should give the
old soldiers reasonably low excursion
rates, whether the cncampments be
held in Denver, Cleveland or Oshkosh.
Being an old soldier myself am in
favor of a railroad fare of one cent Il
mile, or less Of the railroads can afford
III, with no free passes or dead-h,ad
tickets for Grand Army officials. If
any one Is to be carried free, let II be
the private soldicrs-the men behind
the guns. hope Denver will entertain
the boys in blue in 1901, and will see
that we do not return home penniless
because of 'over-taxation' by railroads,
hotels, boarding houses, theaters, hack
drivers, bar rooms and other places and
things. Yours truly.
GEORGE II. HEAFFORD."
The state herald., 1900-11-23
Opening Railway To Pesin.

Taku. Nov. 2o-Through communIca.
ton by railroad between Pekin and
Tien.rSin viii be complete by the end
Of this month. Arrangements have
been made To bring the terminus at the
Chinese city close 10 the temple OF
heaven. This viii he great improve
ment, ms the former terminus was out.
side the city walls and about four
miles from the legation buildings
The edict inillc,lng punishment on
guilty officials is milicr than the first
reports suggested. Prince 1unn aud
Prince Chwnng are only banlshed. aud
not imprisoned. Duke Ian Is merely
dismissed. The foreign enyoys cannot
accept the cdlet, owing TO the lnnde.
quncy Of the punishmcniS.
Count Won Wnldcrscc officially an.
nounccs that he has stopped lootlng
and restored peace In the province OF
Chi IL
The state herald., 1900-11-23
When To Cut s.,op.,

scione may bc cut NJ amy time after
the leaves fall and before they begin
To shoot nrnln In the spring. provided
they mr.. not fruxrn NJ the time Of cut.
ting. Many advise enfly cutting and
while ih.r" IL M objection To II nnj the
work " done early IN more certain 10
lie donni H,cc"Hsful grating does M,
depend nn II, nnd NJ good results rnn
be secured with aclonH cut amy time
during the winter provided they nrr
cut during warm spell when there II
no frost IN the wnud. II II important
however 10 take good cnfr NJ them nfi.
cr they mr." cut nnd especially TO keep
them from drying oui, A very good
way To preserve ihcm Is 10 gather the
Hcionr Into bunrhcs nnd pnrk them In
a box with mOlut snwiuai iiioruushly
shnh,n through ihcin, The nim should
he TO have tho snw,lnst about M damp
NJ the snppy woOd ao That tho -clons
VIII neither take oi moisture nor ir,
oui. A bos thus packed cnn he nailed
~ nnd placed IN 4 cuol cellar until the
sclons ARE t0 be used,
The state herald., 1900-11-23

Denver, Colo. Nov. ia great gath
ering of people of all classes, parties
and denominations was held at the
First Baptist church In this city yes
terday to- condemn the-tUrture Of John
Porter, who was burned to death at
LimOn by n mob of infurlated citizens
In revenge for his horrible crime In
ravishlng and numbering little Louise
Frost. G. NJ. Hobbs of the Y. M. @.
A. presided.
Among the speakers and those taking
part in the meeting were Governor @.
$. Thomas, Mayor Johnson. Joel f.
Vale, Rev. II. +. Coyle Of the Central
Presbyterian church. Rev. ID. N. Beach
of the First Congregational church,
Rev. G. b. VOsburg Of the First Bap-
tist church, Rev. John ii. Houghton
and others.
The following resolutions were adopt
ed:
1--WE, citizens of Denver and Colora-
do, In mass meeting this day assem-
bled, desire to express to the world our
horror and detestatlon of the crime
committed In the burning alive of the
negro, Porter.
"rhe crime of which the negro him
self was guilty is one which cannot
be adequately characterized, and In the
presence of such n crime every heart
stands appalled,. This crime. however.
was the act of one man, and good citi-
zens may honestly differ as to the most
effective means by which such evil
minded persons may he adequately
punished or restrained. However
much the negro by his crime merlted
death, no such crime can justify re-
course to barbaric methods Of punish-
ment Wherein can the spirit which
impels men to visit such retributlon
The state herald., 1900-11-23
To Ward on FROST.

Not only In Florida. but In California.
orange orchards or groves are liable 10
injury from frost. and experiments OF
various kinds are being made TO pro
tect them. At the famous Riverside. IN
California. the thermometer falls nj
times to freezing point. For protcc-
tion grower Mt that place constructed
hot water boiler, at a cost OF 500.
TO run hot water along open burrows.
The water passed from the boiler nj
cighiy-nyc degrees when the outside
temperature WIS thlrty.two degrees.
the earth nj GSi feet from the boiler
was found To he thiriy-siS degrees. and
the vapor arising from the warmed
earth protected the plants.