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The Lamar register., 1900-10-24
Especial Correspondence, ,

Denver. Colo, Oct. 2O.-The first poll
of the state has been taken. and very
completely. and thoroughly In most
counties. 1t is possible now for the
state committee to form some estimate
of the possible results. The commit
tee is not OF course giving out exact
figures. but it may he safely said that
the poll shows II minority for the Re
publicans. Doubtless the Democratic
poll shows II majority for the fusion
lists: preliminary cnnvasses are always
cOlorcd more or less by the preferences
OF the canvassers. even though they
may try to be as exact ns possible. 1t
Is safe to assume ut least that the Re
publican canvassers are as accurate
ns the fllsionists'. and on this aSsump-
tiOn the state Is very close. The tide.
however. Is still running toward the
Republicans. and in the two weeks re-
manning before election day II Is prob
able that the doubtful voters will
come more and more to the Republican
side.
Probably the most interesting coun-
ty to the whole state. ns well as to It,
self. because it Is the largest county
and Its vote may be decisive. is Arap-
ahoc. The results of the registration
show Republican majority In this
this the fusionists are relying upon the
police force. upon their trained force
of reporters. and upon fraud in the
count. The Republican managers are
fully aware of this. and have taken
measures which they believe will be
entirely effective to meet any Demo
cratic force or fraud. They are sure
that there will he fair vote and hon
est count on election day. They feel
confident. therefore. that the county
will be carried by the Republican can
didates. \ straw which may serve to
show how the political wind is blow
ing is furnished by the fnct that one
of the well-known gamblers of Denver
has offered $1,000 even that the Re-
pubiicnns will carry the county. What
ever sympathy the gamblers may have
are supposed to be with Governor
Thomas and his party: but when it
comes to betting gamblers are cold
blooded: they regard It as business
proposition and do not allow their sym
pathy to influence their pockets any
more than they can help.
The speaking campaign has gone on
during the past week with great Wig
or. and will continue practically until
election day. Senator Wolcott has
been speaking in the southern part of
the state, and has met with very
cordial reception and very large audi
enccs. The dates for coming speeches.
so far ms they are scheduled at this
writing. are as follows:
Hon. Frank c. Goudy. candidate for
govcrnor-Aspen. October 25th: Lead
vile. October Goth: Alma. October 9th:
Elbert. October 29th; Trinidad, Octo-
ber Both.
Hon. II. w. RonynGc. Candidate for
Congress in the First District-Erie.
October 2Ith: Atwood. October Goth:
lliT. October 9th: IIolyoke. October
10Th: Brush. October :,0th.
Hon. ii. NJ. IIogg. Candidate for Con
grcss in the Second District-Aspen.
October 25th: Florence. October 26tl:
Crccde and Monte Vista. October 2Tth:
Idaho Springs. October 10Th; Central
City. Octobe: 30th.
The Lamar register., 1900-10-24
ANGLO-GERMAN
EASTERN ALLIANCE

London. Oct. 22.-Gcrmany and Eng
land have formed an alliance to main
tain the territorial integrity of China
and to keep the ports open.
The terms Of this agreement. which
was arrived at October 1G between
Lord Salisbury and Count Won HAITI
feldt. German ambassador to England,
are officially given out as follows:
"Thc German government and her
British majcsty's government being
desirous to maintain their interests in
China and their rights under existing
treaties. have agreed to observe the
following principles regarding mu-
tual policy in China:
Firstly. 1t Is n matter of joint perma-
nent International interest that the
ports OH the rivers and laterals of Chi
M should remain free and open to
trade and to every other legitimate
form of economic activity for the peo-
pies of all countries. without distinc-
tiOn. and the two governments agree
on their part to uphold the same for all
Chinese territory, rs far as they can
exercise influence.
SECONDLY. both governments agree
that they will not on their part make
use OF the present complication to oh
tain for themselves any territorial ad-
vantage in Chinese dominion, and will
direct their policy tOwnrd maintaining
undlminished the territorial condition
of the Chinese empire.
Thirdly. in case of another power
making use of the complications in Chi
ma. in order to obtain under any form
whatever such territorial advantages
the two contracting parties reserve to
themselves the right to come to pre-
liminary understanding regarding the
eventual step to be taken for the pro-
lection of their own interests In China.
"Fourthly. the two governments will
communicate this agreement to the
other powers interested, especially
Austria. Hungary. France. Italy. Jap
an Russia and the United States. and
invite them to accept the principles re-
corded in it,
The Lamar register., 1900-10-24
WILL NEGOTIATE
WITH CHINA

Washington, Oct. 19.-Thc Chinese
government has made n rcuuest upon
Secretary Hay that negotiations begin
tomorrow at Pekin looking to a set
tlement of the Chinese question. 1t is
said at the State Department that Mr..
Congcr's instructions are sufficient in
breadth to enable him to proceed with
negotiations without further orders
from the department.
However, as the Chinese counter pro-
posals received yesterday through Mr.
Congcr appear to warrant further in
structions from the President and See
retary Hay. Mr.. Congcr will be wired
to-day an outline of the course he Is
to pursue in furthcrancc of the plans
already committed to his care Our
government does not regard the Chi
nesc tender as sufficient to meet the
necessities of the case. 1t Is not indi-
Gated in what respect they fall short
the Chinese agreeing according to their
note. TO express regret. admit liability
for indemnity, and yield anything in
the way OF treaties, in consideration of
the withdrawal of the troops and an
armistice. 1t is inferred that our Oh
lection Is based on lack of guaran-
7 tees for the present safety of American
citizens at the legation in China. as
well as for the protection of the mis-
sionary and trade interests in the fu-
ture.
The message of the Chinese en-
peror to the President urging early nc
Gotiations for settlement and the
Presidents reply therefor, were made
public to-day.
| The cabinet meeting to-day was de
voted principally to the consideration
of the Chinese situation. After the
meeting the members seemed i'm
pressed with the favorable turn mat
tiers had taken and the prospect of n
satisfactory adjustment. The govern
ment has received the proposals of Ii
Hung Chang and Prince Ching, offer
Ing indemnity and guarantees for the
future and they have been accepted
] in good faith.
The Lamar register., 1900-10-24

Rejane. the actress. is trying to
protect her name against the aggres-
sion of dressmaking establishment
that calls itself Mime. Rejane." She
has written to the newspapers and
may take the matter into the courts.
The question of proprietorship will be
a puzzling one. for though none of the
dressmaking partners has name at
all like Rejane, the actress herself
also assumed the name, as she was le-
gally Gabrielle Reju before she be-
came Nine. Porei.
The Lamar register., 1900-10-24

To whatever extent the failure of
the Paris exhibition to attract any
large number of visitors from this side
of the channel may be attributed to
the brutalities OF the Anglophobe
press. there seems to be little doubt
(writes a correspondent of the Lon
don Chronicle) that some of the
French watering places have suffered
considerably from the anti-British
feeling. The people of Dieppe, for in
stance, are complaining bitterly of the
results of their season. In spite of the
counter-attraction in Paris, French
visitors are plentiful as ever. but judg-
ing from estimates Of well informed
tradesmen and hotel keepers, it ap-
pears that the number Of English Wis
itors has been only about thirty per
cent of the average OF the past FIVE
years.
The Lamar register., 1900-10-24
DENVER LETTER.
RESULTS OF THE CANVASS UP TO THE
PRESENT TIME.


tenant Govcrlor-Lcadville, October
10Th; Alma. October 27th: Elhert, Oc
tober 10Th; Trinidad. October 3nth. y
Hon. II. Y. Yaaman. Candidate foi
Attorney General T. Cheyenne Wells
october 25th: Florence. October 26th.
Canon City. October 2Tth: Trinidad
October Both.
Hon. +. X Schoonmakcr-Pueblo
October 25th.
Mrs. 4. j. Pcavcy-AIanitou. October
25th: Lamar. October 26th; Rocky
Ford, October 9th.
Mr.. G. w. St"phenson-Kremm
October 25th: Yampa. October 26th
Steamboat Springs, October 2Ith: Hay
den. October 10Th: Craig. October Both
Mr.. Lyman II. IIenry-Cheyennt
Wells. October 18th; Lake City. Octo
bcr 27th: idaho Springs. October 29th
Central City. October both.
Hon. Robert Kerr-Aspen. Octobei
25th: Edith. October 2ith: Crecde nnt
Monte Vista. October 2Ith.
Hon. J. Il. McNcely-Como. October
25th: Fairplay, october 2Gth: Alma
October 9th.
Hon. a. NJ. Stcvcnson-pitkin. Gun
nison county. October 2Ith.
This is the only speech Mr.. Steven
SOL VIII utllNtT. II VIII Dt IeSlbohst
to an invitation from his old friend
and neighbors in Gunnison county.
The campaign at large Is progressing
as favornbly ms could he expected
The Republican national committee
has issued an estimate which is deem
ed to he conservative. giving Mckinley
and Roosevelt 25G electoral votes sure
with thirty-four doubtful but more
likely to he carried by the Republicans
than the Democrats. My own estimat,
has not varied for the last four week.
that Mckinley and Roosevelt will
probably have not less than 300 elec
toral votes.
Mr.. Bryan has been invading the en-
cmy's country again and Tammany
Hall got up lively demonstration fol
him in New York city. which doubt
less convinced him that the state woult
surely give him its vote. In hi,
speeches Mr.. Bryan has been going
from bad to worse. lie talks very lit
tie now on imperialism. not Mt all Of
silver. and not very much on trusts
his sole reliance in these latter days OF
the campaign seems to be upon excit
ing class hatred. He makes n speecl
Mt summer resort and deplorcs til,
that 20 many working people are moi
able to take long summer vacations
and intimates If he We're elected presi
dent things would he different: he sees
n woman in the audience dressed in
shabby clothes. and takes occasion IL
remind her that there are great man!
women who wear better clothes, ant
that II is the fault of the Republican
party that the rich are rich and tht
poor are poor. This sort of stuff II
causing II great many Republicans who
formerly had high respect for Mr.
Bryan personally to come reluctantly
to the conclusion that he is now no
thing more than Il demagogue. TIL,
shadow of coming defeat seems tC
have rendered him desperate. All pre-
tense of sincerity or consistency has
been east aside. He Is no longer tho
inspired prophet of great cause; he
is simply modern Wat Tyler.
w A r
The Lamar register., 1900-10-24

The total number of deserters from
the French army is. since Jan. l, far
more considerable than in former
years. It amounts to nearly 1000. The
colonial and foreign legions stand first
on the list, combined with escapes
from military penitentiaries. In the
regular army desertions are most fire.
quent in the light Algerian infantry
and sharpshooters. The artillery regi-
ments come next. The report to the
French ministry of war hints that in
many instances foreign agents have
clandestinely melted the deserters,
and that some of these may be found
among the troops of Lord Roberts in
South Africa.
The Lamar register., 1900-10-24

Hay-fever patients in Germany are
increasing in numbers, and the doc
tors are advising their afflicted patients
to try the island Of Helgoland as a
refuge from their tormenting NAL
ady. There are islands on our coast
where a similar immunity, or at least
important relief, is secured. Even
there land-breeze may work mis-
chief with the sufferers; but in gen.
eral the comfort is decided and the
change for the better often remarkable.
The sources OF human happiness are
varied. For large class, at certain
seasons. bliss would consist in be-
ing twelve miles from sneeZe.
The Lamar register., 1900-10-24

Some Porto Ricans. who have lived
in Baltimore more than n year. have
sought to become voters, on the
ground that they are citizens of the
United States. The general counsel
of the board of supervisors of cleo
tions. to whom the question was sub
mitted. has delivered an exhaustive
opinion. holding that they are Ameri-
can citizens and must be permitted to
register and exercise the franchise.
The Lamar register., 1900-10-24

According to the eighty-fourth an
nual report OF the American Bible So
c!ety, Just issued. for 1S99-19O0. the to-
tai issues for the year at home and
abroad amounted to 1,406.s01 copies;
of these S32.497 were distributed out
side OF the United States, More than
one-half OF the issues we're manufac-
tured at the Bible house, New York,
ana of the rest large part was
printed in China, Japan, Syria and
Turkey.
The Lamar register., 1900-10-24

A Paris correspondent says that
Maisons- Laffitte has been the scene Of
a terrible tragedy. which has caused
intense excitement in the neighbor-
hood. NJ Muret, an old man of nearly
20. some time ago took a girl of 16.
named Georgette Brunei. into his
service. In a fit of jealousy NJ. Muret
took a pickaxe and, after having bat
tered out her brains, hanged himself
over the body of his victim.
The Lamar register., 1900-10-24
Another Texas Tornado.

Atlanta. Tex. Oct. 22.-A lorna
do struck about half mile west of
Lodi, and fifteen miles west of here
yesterday. sweeping everything for 200
feet wide before 1t. One house in the
center of its path. occupied by colored
people, was destroyed. six people be-
ing killed outright. Three others are
missing.
The Lamar register., 1900-10-24

The need of educational and mission
work in Cuba is emphasized by the re-
suits of the recent census. According
to that census only 2S per cent of the
inhabitants can read and write, while
of the children of school age only
about 35 per cent of the inhabitants
living in marital relations are unmar-
ried.
The Lamar register., 1900-10-24

This is the season OF the year when
ly cheap.
The Lamar register., 1900-10-24

sign of bad weather. When women use
washes for their complications it's a
sign that the beauty of the day is
gone.
The Lamar register., 1900-10-24

Photographs are seldom true to ma
ture. No one ever saw small boy
as clean as he appears in picture.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-02-23
The Girl's Ambitions.

MANY girls will have noticed, ! am
sure, that as our lives advance our am
billions are apt to become more sim
pie" writes Helen Spencer in the cur-
rent Ladies' Home Journal. The
great plans We had as girls of thirteen
or fourteen settle gradually into sim
pier ambitions. We learn gradually To
know that in smaller duties better fit
ed to our hands lies the greatest hap
piness, and the possibility for fullest
and richest development. Almost every
girl, when she first begins 10 realize
hat she will probably never fulfill all
ler girlish ambitions because they are
many of them beyond her possibilities,
will have the inclination to give up
as the children say. This is apt to be
he beginning-of real discomfort, and
Il ought to be battled with. Let a girl
Once try to fully realize what it means
10 be the inspiration of some one per-
sons life, the sunshine in the dark
ened lives of some one or two people
and she will then understand how II
may fiji her life almost to the brim
with happiness"
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-02-23
New Estimate OF Geologic Time.

An ingenious theory for the estitna-
ton of the time of the various geo.
lOgica! periods has been %prOpounded by
an engineer whose work on Western
railroads takes him into primitive
country. He says that in one great
depression in Wyoming the trees have
been recording the rate of erosion OF
the slopes for about 300 years so ac-
curately that the data to be obtained
by "A careful study of them will be a
factor Of extreme importance in onab-
ling scientists to convert geological
time into years. While he has not yet
had time to collect those data prop
crly he makes the rough deduction
that, according to their records, the
Pliocene and PleistOcene periods would
represent about II and one-half mil
lions of years, and that, on this basis,
the Cenizoic time would he about four
millions of years. This would mean
that all geological time from the be-
ginning Of the Cambrian epoch would
be siXty-fOur millions of years.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-02-23
A FERRY.
1t Is sun Used for Crossing the AR
kansas River.

\ primitive ferry, such as was used
operation at the crossing of the Ar
kansas river, between Muskogee and
Fort Gibson, in the Indian territory.
1t is a hand ferry" and is probably the
only one OF its kind in the great south
west. At the point where the stage
road crosses the broad Arkansas. the
river Is very shallow at most seasons
OF the year. but its bottom is quick
sand and a horse will bog in it very
quickly. For this reason the stream
cannot he forded without the use OF
the ferry. The ferry is a platform,
wide enough for an ordinary freight
wagon or stage, and is surrounded by
a heavy railing. When teams are driv-
IN on ii the ferrymen-four negroes,
take up long poles and push the boat
from the bank. propelling il across the
stream by prodding the poles into the
sand near the forward end of the boat
and walking towards the stern. Some
times the current of the river is swift:
but these ferrymen are SO skillful that
they are able 10 land the boat at the
proper point on the opposite side OF
the river without mishap. The ferry
makes from six to ten trips a day, car
rying the stages and freight wagons
hat go from Muskogee into the Chero-
kee nation.-Kansas City Star.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-02-23

was gratifying, Bullets Clipped along
like rain, and the hat flew high into
the air, Down went the poor straw
man as If shot dead, only to reappear a
niue further along the line to be killed
again The Beers fired at him relig-
'oosly all day long, and "A spy report
eu 10 the British that night that they
were Jubllant at the immense amount
VI loss mat they had inflicted on the
enemy On the neXt day, when they
discovered the imposition. they were
So angry that they loosed a field gun
at the figure, firing three shells before
their wrath diminished enough to show
thsm how %grievously injudlclous it was,
10 waste serious ammunition on a
straw joke,
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-02-23

Even when men are under fire they
must have a little fun. This picture.
drawn in the trenches by a war artist.
shows a favorite trick af the Fifth
Lancers in Ladysmith,
At first they achieved much success
with a more simple eNpedicnt the time
honored one OF raising "A helmet on a
stick. over and over again the eager
Boer sharpshooters would waste much
valuable time, ammunition and energy
on 1t. But finally the freshness was
worn ont and no shots followed the
raising of the riddled helmet. The
Lancers bound to continue their rather
grim sport, then made a man of straw.
put a soft felt hat on the figure and
elevated it OF a long pole. The result
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-02-23

The little boys represented the leaves
and grasses in green satin dress coats
with long tails, green gloves and shoes.
Several represented bees and butter
flies. and "A few were Cupids, who in
their tights and gold wings We're
charming as they danced with the
fairies.
The little maidens were perfect
dreams of beauty and dalntiness. Sew
eral represented fairies in innumer-
able white tarlatan skirts, making YER
liable sprites with their gauze wings
and ribbon wound wands.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-02-23
MME CALVES |"OPHELIA."

for fun. All the gayety has developed
within a few years. Fifteen years ago
a shrewd man opened a big hotel at
Grindelwald in winter and the inhabi-
tants around about were filled with
amazement at the wild idea, for nobody
ever imagined 1t would be anything but
a big failure. Yet last winter guests
had to be turned away. New roads are
being built. new hotels s%pringing up
for the express accommodation OF the
winter travellers. Skating and tobog-
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-02-23
Winter In Switzerland.

There is no doubt that the plan OF
taking a winter holiday in Switzerland
is being more largely adopted of late
years, for all who try il discover the
country is more lovely in winter than
in summer. During December, Janu-
AIRY and February in the high Swiss al
titudes there are never any stormy
days. and winter sports. such as tobog-
gaming, skating, hockey on ice and
sleighing all offer ample opportunity
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-02-23

her tones To meet the emotion OF the
words. Listen to her singing in the
second act OF Carmen Note how
the quality OF one changes when she
ceases to storm at Don Jose and begs
him TO fly with her to the gypsy camp.
There n finds an art OF song that
lies far beyond the methods OF the
schools.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-02-23

to accommodate from 800 to 400 wor-
shippers. in addition to the ONE
for whom a gallery will be provided.
1t is expected that when once. tn"
mosque is established in the metropolis
Mohammedans. students in particular,
will flock there from all parts OF the
world.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-02-23

What Is more charming than chill
dren and flowers? Nothing, Conse-
~auently, can any one imagine a p%rettier
sight than a children's flower ball, at
which the little tots are dressed to
represent flowers? Such a party was
lately given by a fond 10 her
charming daughter. A large room was
cleared of its furniture and decorated
with flowers in every conceivable way,
the walls being hung with garlands OF
evergreen. among which various kinds
of flowers were mingled
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-02-23

gaming on the Engadine have become
famous and the growth in popularity Of
st. Moritz is marvellous. Anything
more beautiful than the lake there
after the first frost before the snow
has fallen cannot he imagined, while
the ice-tobogganing is the fastest in
the world.-Chicago News.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-02-23

Here is a very cute" little baby lion
who, though just four months old. is
quite willing TO pose for his picture.
He is at present an inmate OF Sanger's
menagerie. and is known by the name
of King George. Just at present he is
n very docile little fellow. whose IA
vorite playmates are two nervous
looking cats. who fly from the caresses
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-02-23
His mimi Called.

Mr.. Qnilts-"No, | shall never marry
4 girl who will not accept an opal en-
gagement ring" Miss Eager-"My
father Is a member OF the Thirteen
tluk s-Jewelers' Weekly.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-02-23
The Great Actress Has Made a Triumph
in the Mad Scene.

viduality. The very quality Of her
voice Is in itself embodiment Of her
warm and magnetic personality. And
Nine. Calye possesses in a marked de-
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-02-23
Hons In Gold StOraga.

A novelty is the cold storage of hops.
This is done in several places. Sew
eral systems are employed. notably tho
Linde, Pontifex and De la Vergne.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-02-23

Though the Mohammedans in Lon
don number no more than 200. they are
building a mosque. at a cost of $50. 600,
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-02-23
Never Rains Tbere.

Rain has never been known to fall in
that part of Egypt between the two
lower falls of the Nile.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-02-23
WORDSOFGREATM MEN.
DEATH MESSAGES BREATHING
LOVE OF COUNTRY.

Battlefield - Prolific source OF Mis-
sives which Have Become Historic
and an Inspiration for Future GEN
erations.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-02-23

Most of the gowns were OF tulle, with
artificial or real flowers for trimming,
One charming costume represented the
violet. The skirt was OF accordion
plated tulle; each plat had the edge
sewn with vlolets, The bodice was OF
violet leaves, entirely overlapping each
other, and the sleeves We're Just puffs
of tulle. A beautiful yellow tulle rep
resented a double buttercup, and there
We're several girlies who represented
pansies.-Home Magazine.