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, 1900-11-15

Denver. Colo. Nov. 1.-THE Denver
detectives seem TO hold the following
theory in regard to the murder of lit
tie Louise Frost:
The crime was committed by some
man who was acquainted with Louise
Frost. lie knew the tim she passed
along the lonely road on her way from
school and the p%ostoflice. He waited
for her. She knew him. When she
came along Thursday evening he stop
ped her. Perhaps he had done so be-
fore. They talked for n few moments
II upon some reasonable preteAt he
couNcd her out of the buggy. She
wrapped tine lines around the whip and
threw the laprObc forward across the
dashboard. When driving she had her
mail upon the seat by her side. When
she left the buggy she naturally picked
up the mail and holding it in her
hands cliInbed out of the buggy and
went TO her death unsuspcctingly. 1t
is possible that as soon as the man had
cOaNcd her away from the buggy he
struck her down and that falling she
dropped the mail. Then he caught her
up in his arms and carried her into the
tall weeds thnt border the roadside.
that she struggled to save herself is
shown by the trampled condition of
the weeds. After the commission of
the crime he beat and stabbed her to
death, for she knew him and he knew
that he would not be safe from de
lection and %retributiOn as long as she
lived. Near the point is II deep gulch
in which the murderer doubtless took
refuge after the deed was done. He
could follow it for n mile without de
lection from anyone passing in the
lonely rOad In the gulch he could re.
main until wight II under the cover
of darkness make his escape. The
horse, waiting for its driver. becoming
tired. walked slowly home, with the
line still wrapped around the whip and
the laprobe across the dashboard, just
rs the girl had left them.
, 1900-11-15
THE THANKSGIVING


Denver, Colo, Nov. 1O.-Goyernor
Thomas has issued the following
proclamation naming Thursday, No
vember 10Th, as n day of thanksgiving.
1t reads:
with the strife and bitterness of a
great political contest behind us, with
universal acqulesence in the lawfully
registered majority. with our faces
toward the future and with gratitude
for the manifold blessings of the year.
we dcvoutly approach the day of
thanksgiving.
The nation has enjoyed n season
OF material prosperity M progress.
Harvests ave been abundant and com
merce has tiourished apace. Pestilence
and famine have avoided our shores,
The arts and Industries of the people
have moved forward, and enterprise
has been crowned with reward.
W. have drifted perilously neal
shoals and reefs in the political sea,
Ion since charted and located by the
tathers IL have not yet grounded
upon them. We have raised armies
and navies for conquest, but the or.
ganic law of the Republic is still shell
tered in the hearts and consciences of
our people. The war of dominion over
distant lands has been continued, bur
our soldiers and sailors have been pre-
served from undue, casualty and dis
ease. For these things let us give
praise.
IN obedience, therefore, to custom
and Ii law, ana in compliance with
the proclamation of the President of
the United States, |, Charles $. Thorn.
as, governor of the state of Colorado.
pursuant TO the authority in me vest
ed, do hereby recommend and apDoint
Thursday, the 10Th day of November,
as a day of public and general thanks.
giving. and l hereby enjoin upOn and
recommend TO the the people of the
state Il due observance thereof as n
public holiday; that they refrain from
their usual secular pursuits and. as
semDling in their usual places of wor-
snip II elsewhere, render due nc
acknowledgement and grateful thanks TO
Ii Universal Father for the manifold
blessings vouchsafed INTO us.
Il also recommend that no higher
or better testimonial of gratitude to
the Givcr of all Good can be offered
than a oOuntiful and substantial CON
sldefation of the poor, and sympathy
WIN these who suffer and sorrow.
In testimony whereof | have here
unto set my hand and caused to be af-
hAed the great seal of the state. Done
at Denver this Sth day of November.
in the year of our Lord 1900.
by tie governor,
CHARLES s. THOMAS"
, 1900-11-15
CABINET DISCUSSION
OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Washington. Nov 12.-At the meet
ing of the Cabinet, two of the three
hours that the session lasted We're oc-
cupied in a discussion of foreign at-
fairs, necessitated in part by the fact
that the President intends to exhaust
lively treat this subject in his forthcom-
ing message to Congress. Reference
WAS made 10 the expressions in por-
tions of the European press that the
United States policy regarding hin
would undergo marked changes imme-
diately after the election.
1t is authoritativcly announced that,
after Il most exhaustive review of ev-
cry step of the Chinese difficulty. from
its inception up to the present moment,
delivered by Secretary Hay, the Cabl-
net ratified every detail, and, more
over, unanimously expressed its Judg
mcnt that the policy 50 far pursued
should he continued without change to
its logical conclusion. Accordingly, the
present legation guard at Pekin Will
be maintained, and such troops as yet
remain TO be Withdrawn, according TO
the original program, will he shipped
to Manila.
With this addition to his force, Gen
eral Macarthur is expected to renew
the campaign against the rebelllous
FilpinOs with the greatest energy. Adj
miniStration officials here think that as
sOOn as the result of the election be
comes known throughout the Philip
pines the resistance to the authority
of the United States will be easily
overcome.
, 1900-11-15

Denver. Colo, Nov. 1.-THE funeral
of Louise Frost. the little girl who was
outraged and murdered ut Limon in
Lincoln county, was held in this city
yesterday, the intcrment being in Fair
mount cemetery.
In Ii same grave with Louise
Frost yesterday afternoon We're buried
the bodies of her three-year-old sister,
Fay, who died W. years ugO. and that
of Mary Bass, the six year-old daugh-
ter of DIR. and Mrs. Bass, who died
seven years ago and who was Louise
FrOst'S dearest child friend. 1t had
been the wish, often expressed, of
Louise that she might he buried be
side her friend and her sister, and this
wish was faithfully carried out. AS
little children Louise and Mary were
almost "inseparable companions. The
body of Fay has beer resting in the
cemetery ut Limon, and that of Mary
in Paramount.
Although many arrests have been
made on suspicion. among them that
of Preston Porter, ColOred. and his two
sons, Arthur and John Porter. the au-
thorities have been unable to secure
any reliable clue to the identity of the
real murderer.
II. W. Frost, the father Of the dead
girl, after her funeral, visited police
headquarters and said:
Il have but one ambition in life. and
that is to find the nan who killed my
little girl. / shall never be cOntented
until justice is done. / trust that |
shall live long enough To look into his
dead face, and when | have done that
will be content then 10 die myself"
, 1900-11-15

New York, Nov. 10.-A severe storm
began night before last and continued
yesterday with the wind rising to a
gale. 1t is also much colder than YES
terday, and in northern New York
showstorms are reported. Throughout
me district and In Sara
toga there was more than an inch of
ON the ground ut noon.
On Ii coast the wind became so high
nat the marine observer in the Sandy
Hook tower was forced To leave his
post because the building waved so
much that he feared it would %collapse
A sloop lying Inside Sandy Hook
dropped her anchor and was driven
inside tie beach.
, 1900-11-15

Omaha. Ncb., Nov. 11.-With but two
counties to hear from in the state. ON
the face of the unofficial returns Diet
rich, Republican, is elected governor
by n plurality of go oycr Governor
Poyntcr.
The remainder of the state ticket is
likely 10 Ice Republican.
There is no change in the Legislative
situntion, the result depending on
Douglas county, Omaha
Congressman Robertson, Fusionist. is
elected in the Third district by 12T pIu-
rality. This makes the representation
Of Nebraska In Congress unchanged.
four FusiOnists, I'VE POpulists, two
Democrats and two Republicans.
M~ckinley's plurality in Nebraska is
1900.
, 1900-11-15

New Zealand has been consulting as
ITO the best a of defending itself
Sagainst such enemies as may assail
athat outpost of the empire; and he
report of the defense committee rec
ommends an expenditure of about
t459,000 a year. Guns of the latest
pattern at Auckland. Wellington ara
other vulnerable points are, of course.
suggested, and an imperial reserve.
towards the payment of which the aid
)of the imperial authorities may be in
{Voked, is proposed.
, 1900-11-15

Washington, Nov. 9.-President Me
kinley today answered Mr.. organs
message Ct congratulation in the for
lowing dispatch:
Hon. William j. Bryan, Lincoln, NeDi
81 acknowledge with cordial thanks
your message of cong|ratulation anu
extend to you my good wishes.
civilian MCKINLEY.
Mr.. Bryan's message to the Fres-
dent reached Canton after Mr.. Mckin,,
ley had started for Washington anu
was forwarded to him here.
, 1900-11-15

Edgar Saltus in a newspaper article
refers to the avalanches of dry goods
and groceries that cataract from the
book shelves of the department stores
>as submerging the real novelist. This.
ut must be submitted. is rough on
the real fiction-producers. but CON
-cerning no a few of the latter a sub
1mergence, even by means of dry goods
and groceries. would be n good thing
for the general public. OF course, as
ito Mr.. Saltus-but we will let readers
draw their own conclusion.
, 1900-11-15

A treasury warrant for l cent. Ger
Titled with all the customary solem-
nifty, was sent by the auditor for the
lpostofice department to Frank II.
lynch as his salary for carrying the
mails during the last fiscal year.
Lynch carries the mails from Mineral
Point, Iowa county, Wis, to Dodge
ryille, daily. He drives a stage and
makes a fairly good living of his
passenger and traffic trade. He was
iafraid someone would underbid him
flor carrying the mails. so a year ago
he contracted with the government to
perform this service for four years for
II cent per year.
, 1900-11-15

The last surviving member of the
family of Rossini, the illustrious com
poser of William Tell" and of other
equally popular operas. and who was
invested with the title of count by
the last Grand Duke of Tuscany. has
lust committed suicide at Milan. There
seems to have been a species of mania
an the Rossini family. for the elderly
lady who hurled herself to death from
a fourth floor, the other day, at Mi
Ian, was the ninth suicide in the fam
lily.
, 1900-11-15

At present the greatest distance
over which electrical power Is being
Transmitted by wire is eighty-fve
miles, being carried from a waterfall
at Redlands, Cal, to the city of Los
Angeles to run a street railway, to
light the city and to furnish power
for several municipal undertakings.
The plant was set up in 1897. 1t has
a capacity OF 1000 horsepower and
$500 volts.
, 1900-11-15

By a recent postohce regulation in
France, it is decreed to be n serious
offense for a postofice employee to read
what is written on the back of post
cards-a very excellent order. But by
another article in the same reggie
ment' the p%ostofHce employee is also
prohibited from forwarding any post
card on which is written anything
abusive or indecent. Now what is
the postal clerk to do?
, 1900-11-15

New York, Nov. 9.-The Evening
journal prints the following Telegram
from William j. Bryan:
Lincoln, New, Nov. S
Journal. You may say Officially
that under no circumstances would
accept the office of United States sena'
tor, even were 1t rendered me. l made
my night for the presidency and l lost
am not going to take other mems po'
sitions FROM them.
(SignedJ civilian j. BRYAN.
, 1900-11-15

Boise, Idaho, Nov. 0.-About four
ffths of the vote Of Idaho has been re-
ported. Bryan has a plurality of 1,33O.
Glenn, fusion, for Congress, has sg2.
n Hunt. fusion, for governor. l,4II.
ne fusiOnists have forty-two mem
bers OF he Legislature, the Republi-
cans twenty-five and with three unre-
ported. This will retire George l..
shoup from the United Staten ssnat.
, 1900-11-15

W. X. Vanderbilt has given Nissan
a TO the university at Nashville,
but as it is a c-oeducational institution
the boys probably had not waited for
that.
, 1900-11-15

"A goodly portion of what the world
calls good luck is composed of ninety
nine parts OF ambition and one part of
talent
, 1900-11-15
WynmIng's Population.

The population of the state of Wyo-
ming as officially announced by the di-
rector of Ii census is 92,53l, against
60, I0J in 1890. These figures show
an incfet.se in population since 1890 of
31,S2G, or 52.4 per cent.
The population in 1850 was 2O.TSO.
showing an increase of 39.9lG. or 1920
per cent. from 1880 TO 1890. The popu
lntiOn by counties fnlInus.
, 1900-11-15

"A word to the wise may be sufficient,
but he is sometimes wiser who doesn't
speak 1t.
, 1900-11-15

Prof. Harrington, curator of the
Field Museum, II professor of geol-
ogy at the university, has lately re-
turned from a tour of the Indiana
caves with 800 specimens OF stalactites.
Ais most interesting find was a stalac-
ttite broker of and marked by a party
fof scientists in 1850, which has grown
three-fifths of an inch since that date.
HE brought home with him a column
3siX feet high and one foot in diameter.
which is the largest specimen ever OBJ
Gained for "A museum. Figuring from
the basis of the one which was meas
ured, it required about 5,4OO years for
1t TO grow to its present size. On the
same basis, the professor thinks, he
will be able to figure out how long 1t
has taken for the st. Louis limestone
TO form.
, 1900-11-15

Prince Inkathar Of Cambodia has
had to pawn his jewels for ready
money. This indicates that the prince
is already married. Otherwise he
would have come over with his Jewels
on and married an American girl.
, 1900-11-15

"a "
were badly crippled by the storm.
The gale caused high tides at Coney
island, said to be the highest ever
known there. The water extended TO
Ii old Gravesend road, fully one mile
from Coney Island. The spray dashed
nigh over the strong bulkheads in front
of the Brighton Beach hotel, but no
great damage was done there. Sleeps.
head bay was also flooded.
The wind attained its highest yeloci.
~ in this city at 1:55 p. m, when It
plew at the rate of seventy-two miles
an hour from the northwest.
d Palmer Probably Elected.
Denver, Colo, Nov. 1O.-The election
OF every Fusion candidate in Arapahoe
county is conceded, with the possible
exception of Judge Palmer. The News
this morning says il has checked over
the returns from every precinct in
Aranaaoe county on the vote between
Judge Palmer, who was Il candidate
on the Fusion ticket. and George p.
steele, who was n candidate on the Re.
puDllcSn ticket for the district bench.
Judge Palmer ran behind his ticket
ana MT. Steele raj ahead of his ticket.
The result remains the same as an
hounceG yesterday morning, the add
tion;'l precincts received making no
change of Importance. Judge Palmer
mas a safe plurality of 637.
The vote by precincts is given below,
and the vote by districts is tabulated
mere Tor convenience, as follows:
, 1900-11-15

Details Of the defense of the lega-
tons in Pekln give a picture of war
in its most luxurious form. The be-
sieged defended themselves behind
sand-bags made of silk brocade and
similar valuable tufts. Their IN
munition was eked out with missiles
made of metal from candlestlcks and
parlor ornaments. One gun was con
structed from two cylinders forming
part OF a dre-eXtinguisher. Somewhat
ancient history was represented by
Crimean guns, from the Russian lie
cation, which must have been a dis
tinct monaco of the nttackcrs-
, 1900-11-15

Al The International prison congress,
held this year at Brussels. no papers
were read aloud They were all print
ed In advance. so hat the delegates
might read them and go into the con
Eress prepared to discuss them. Short
cuts to knowledge seem to be a ne
cessity OF the present day.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-06-21
Porcelain Tower.

This was one of the architectural
boasts of Nankin, China. 1t was reared
in the ninth century before Christ by
King Avon, and has been twice rebuilt
once in the fourth century Of the
Christian era and again in 1413 by
Hoang-li-Tai. The tower originally at
tained height of $50 feet 1t consisted
Of nine stories surmounted by a great
mast bounded by a spiral cage and
crowned by an immense globe. A hun
dred and flfty-two large bells were hung
from the roofs of the nine stories,
which were ornamented also with IDS
lamps. The cost of the original edifice
was estimated at between $4,000, 000
and $40.OO0.000. 1t was made of white
brick and the walls and roofs were
brilliantly ornamented with porcelain.
The great porcelain tower was destroy
ed In 1858, during the Tae Ping occupa-
ton of the city.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-06-21
Shaved without Arms.

American men think It q very merito.
rious and remarkable accomplishment
to be able to shave themselves. Yet
Charles Francis Felu, the armless Bel
CLAN artist who has Just died IN bis
SEVENTEEN year. performed this ardu-
GUS office every morning for himself.
and did not consider that he was do
ing anything unusual.
When a baby Felu related how he
used to sit In the garden with his
mother during the long summer days
while she taught him to pluck with his
little toes the bright colored flowers
with which their garden abounded. For
titled by this practice his baby feet be-
came daily more flexible and useful to
their little master, and when he had
reached the age of he could do almost
as much with them as his little com
panions and playmates could do with
their hands.
In later years, when he commenced
the study and pursuit Of his favorite
art, painting, 1t was a wonderfully In
teresting sight to watch the gifted bog
at work.
He always held his palette with the
great toe of his left foot and manipu
lated the different brushes, crayons and
pencils with the toes Of his right foot
Always when at table he skillfully
managed his knife and fork.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-06-21
A Painter In a swamp.

Wishing to make a study of por-
ton of the swamp near El Akewa, In
Egypt, / set up my easel on the edge
of a pool where the ground seemed a
little firmer than the rest. Quickly
becoming engrossed in my work, did
not notice that | was slowly sinking
until l found that my sketching stool
had nearly disappeared and my legs
were imbedded in the mud almost up
to my knees. With the breaking Of
the surface crust the black slime gave
out most horrible odors, and small
singing flies, liberated from the earth,
quickly covered me, crawling up my
legs and arms, while the mosquitoes,
combining in the attack, eventually
drove me from my half finished work.
Though really quite clear, the water
was so alive with mosquito grubs as
to appear almost Opaque. By thou
sands every moment the grubs would
come to the surface, either crawling
up the rushes or floating, and the outer
shells soon cracking in the sun left the
little insects at liberty. A few sec
onds sufiiced to dry their wings and
give them life and strength, and then
with hum and buzz they Joined their
brothers in the air, lowering in thou
sands like cloud of black smoke over
the stagnant pond from which they
sprang. Then was discovered-a rare
bonnie bouche for those parts-and a
rapid retreat became imperative.-R.
Talbot, Kelly In Century.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-06-21
The Irony of Fate.

Speaking Of the queer flukes Of luck
In the goldfields of Alaska, writer In
Ainslee's Magazine says:
"Often after the pile is made acci-
dent disease or death steps In to pre-
vent its legitimate enjoyment
zone man dropped dead when at the
weighing of the first clean up he found
himself rich man. There was some
thing wrong with his heart. He had
the physical strength to make the fight
against bad food and water, to endure
the back breaking toll Of developing
and working out and all the strain of
the uncertainty that went before. The
supreme moment of success was more
than he could stand, and the use Of
the gold passed from him with its &C.
quirement.
"a certain James Meade lay down
with typhoid fever in an outlying camp
just as he was starting for home with
the accumulations of the year, and he
and his bag of dust entered Dawson
together on a litter. 1t took six men
to bring him in-alternating four to
carry and two TO rest-and he paid
each man SIS day. Once In Dawson
Meade seemed to grow better, and
when his sailing day came he walked
to the boat. He reached the wharf and
fell dead as he was about to so
aboard"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-06-21
SUCCESS GAME TOO LATE.
Death Robs a Southern Claimant Just
When His Hopes Are Realized.

Death Robs a Southern Claimant Just
When His Hopes Are Realized.
1.-The big cotton claim which was left
rs legacy to the Touro lnfirmary anu
jewish Orphans home reminds me OF
curious story" said prominent New
Orleans lawyer to a Times Democrat
writer. lone of the many people who
lost cotton through confiscatlon during
the war was a Mississippi planter,
whose name l would rather not men
ton for fear of hurting the feelings or
somebody now living. He had been
rich man, but after peace was declared
his bill against the government Tor his
cotton was practically all he had left.
and he went on to the capital to press
the matter personally.
"He found 1t bigger job than he
anticipated. and eventually he became
one of the great army of chronic claim
ants who form such n pathetic element
in Washington life. | used TO encoun-
ter him during the occasional visits,
and he always assured me that he was
on the point Of securing settlement. |
think he had small income from the
remnant of his estate-jnst enough to
keep soul and body together-and
was easy to see that he was desperate
ly poor, but he was gentleman to his
finger tips, and he never made the
slightest reference TO his straitened
circumstances.
"Fully fifteen years went by In hope
deferred. and the old man was begin
ming to fail rapidly in health, when at
last, in 1884, a special commission APP
pointed by President Arthur ordered
compromise of his claim at $4,000
cash. That was less than a fifth of
what he asked, but he Immediately
drew the entire amount in currency
at the treasury. suppose he wanted
to feel the actual money in his hands,
and If so 1t was the only good It ever
did him, for that very evening, while
he was unlocking his bedroom door In
a cheap Washington boarding house.
he dropped dead Of heart failure. To,
cap the climax of utter futility. the
money for which he had waited so pa
tiently and bravely for so many years
was stolen In the confusion that fol-
lowed, and never recovered.
'Poor old fellow Whenever I think
about the case 1t seems TO me that des-
tiny went to work deliberately to per-
petrate a grim practical joke"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-06-21

When you open up your newspaper,
1t may cause you to feel some wonder
IL you know that In all probability
yours are the first hands that have
ever touched Its inside pages. The
reason for this Is that the paper Is
made from wood pulp. The woodman
cuts down a spruce tree. 1t is hauled
TO the mill. There machinery strips off
the bark, reduces the wood to pulp and
makes 1t into paper.
At every turn cranes, derricks,
chains, cogs. rollers, steel teeth and
other mechanical contrivances keep the
material out of human hands. The
immense rolls are wound by machines,
loaded into car and wagon by ma
chinery, put into pressroom and on
presses by other machinery and finally
printed and folded without having been
directly touched by any human hand.
This is a mechanical marvel Of to-
day which is no doubt duplicated in
other branches of industry. 1t is very
striking In the newspaper industry.
which stands in the very front rank Of
mechanical perfection.-St Louis Post
Dispatch.