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La Junta tribune., 1900-12-26
Notice Of Ann.., Meeting.

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
~ annual meeting Of the shareholders Of
The La Jun,A State Bank. viii be held at its
banking off,ce in La Junia, Colorado. on Mon
day, January 1901, at 10 o'cissk a. m for the
purpo-. Of eiceting board Of directors for
the ensuing year. aud the transaction of such
other business as may properly come before
the meeting.
II. A. STEEN Pn,.xide nj
La Junta tribune., 1900-12-26
FOR Sale.

Improved five-acre tract near La
Junta; will take COWS or good farm
wagon in part payment; balance
on time at per cent intesest. In
quire of
G.. A. KmcoRE.
La Junta tribune., 1900-12-26
ss~s,e Of cevntsnsIss.

G.. A. KILooRE.
The evening times., 1900-02-10
4 Row Over Lay Figures,
From the Pall Mall CaletleD


\ foreign consul at Havre has ior neigi,hor
tailor. and between him and the tailor there has
long existed a mortal feud. In vain the juge de
pIN has sought to mediate between the two
belgerents: his efforts at conciation have def
i;eiy failed and tie quarrel is about to be fought
out III the law courts In certain respects it is no
Ordinary quarrel. One and the same garden walk
heads up to the consulate and 10 the tailor shop,
which stand side by side in contiguous buildings.
erected on the same plot OF land. To attract Gus
toners this tailor is wont to install st the com
mon gate row OF dummies, clad in samples OF
the sartOrial maryels to he obtained in his esab-
lishment. The consul objects to this ls-emblage
lay figures. He is OF the opinion that the pres
ence at his entrance OF wooden Young men wear
ing cheap reach me downs and fixed smile is
preiudicial to the dignity OF his uiicist residence
And anybody not a tailor must synpathize with
him.
As TO the HavTe tailor he is naturally obdurate
Sooner than withdraw his manikinS he even
leaves them exposed 10 the risk OF being mall
treated He AYERS that hilsriOus and cernbative
sailors, on visit to the consulate, have before
toppled over his dummies like many nine
pins. and even used them as weapons in an I'M
provsed battle. to the destruction of their fash
ienpate attire. For this certainly serious outrage
he demands redress while he also has grievance
touching the escutcheon of the consulate, which
he affirms is too prominent. and might mislead
people into thinking that his tailoring business is
really the property of a foreign government,
confusion that would suffice TO away all
patriots in need of clothes, be the dmmieS ever so
aluring Thus stands the quarrel for the mo-
meDf Fiat justitia,
The evening times., 1900-02-10
The --latest British Reverse.

Enough seems to be developed in The
news from Natal this morning. indefinite
as il is in some respects. to indicate that
Sir eedyers Buller's third attempt TO
break through the Boer containing lines
aro'tn1 i.adysmith, has failed. Just hoH
serious the reverse may be we are not
sufficiently informed Of the facts to Judge
Reports from Boer sources assert that on
Thursday Major General Hildyard re-
treated from Krautz KlooI recrcssing The
Tugr,s st Molons Drift the point by
which hr advanced on Monday. As The
Mar Office in London does not deny the
story there can be little doubt of its cor
Iectuess. As far as we can make de-
ducjious from the dispatches it does not
spPeor that Butler has been compelled 10
make any general backward movement or
thsj The check at krantz Kloof necessi-
tates any immediate change in his line. as
1t existed last Sunday There may have
been fighting otherwhere than on his right
centre which may possibly have been of
disastrous nature, but nothing Of the kind
is reported. The small action in front of
Cheyeley resulting in the retreat of Brit
ash recornoitring column seems to have
been unimportant The real gravity Of the
reverse lies in the strong evidence IL pre-
sents that the relief of Ladysmith prob
ably cannot be effected with The force ard
guns which Buller has at his command.
There is nothing surprising in the news
that Eiildyard was unable to hold Krantz
i1loof The public should have been quite
prepared for that in view Of The statement
made by General Butler on Tuesday. that
the position was enfladed by the Boer ar
tillery on Spion hop and Doom Kop. Krantz
KloOf lying between them. On yesterday
we ventured the opinion that the chance of
holding the ridge depended upon Buffers
ability 10 omplace guns heavy enough to
silence enfiad,ng batteries; and today we
learn that this could not be done as the
British ordnance had not sufficient range TO
reach The siX-inch Creusot and other mod
e-R artillery on Spion Kop. This furnishes
fresh commentary on War Office meth
ods. Ia spite of all that has been done
since war broke out TO supply the army
with liP-to-datc artillery. in This respect il
is YET completely outclassed by the Boer
armament. On the strength Of what we
are permitted 10 know OF the situation. the
conclusion is unavoidable that Butler has
been fought to a standstill Although some
doubt exists as TO his numerical force. IL
appears 10 be less than the London militia
ry writer's credited him with couple of
weeks sgo-probably not more than thirty
TWO thousand men. With this strength
and considering his inferiority in gun DOW
cr and mobility, it is difficult TO see auv
immediate future for him cthcr than to
go into camp and keep his adversary In
force and busy watching him. with an ad-
ditienal fifteen thousand troops be might
attempt 10 turn Joubert's right BY Acton
Homes with reasonable chances for success.
In present circumstances he probably could
not expect to accomplish anything in that
direction. Spion Kop and Krantz Kloof ap-
pear conclusive of the futility Of trying to
drive the British centre in between the
The evening times., 1900-02-10
Low Wages and the Fee System.

There is a certain significance in the
announcement by the Pullman Company
that there is to be cut of twenty per
cent in the wages of its sleeping car con-
ductors. This will probably be followed by
q corresponding reduction in the wages of
the portors. simultaneously with this news
comes the information that "a monumental
school is to be established at the town OF
Pullman in honor of its founder
These two actions are so thoroughly
typical of The class of capitalists who fur
nish the advocates of socialism with most
of their arguments. that it may be worth
while TO mediate upon them. In the first
place, when wages for personal service drop
below certain point, the inevitable re-
suit is the tipping system. Now and then
the tipping is the cause of the lowering of
wages. though only indirectly: for, if the
practice of fleeing walters in hotel for
example. becomes general, employees will
underbid one another until the fee becomes
a necessary part of the living wages. No
one needs TO be told that this is a bad
condition of things-bad from every pos
sibIe point of view. II is inconvenient for
the puDlc because those who cannot afford
to pay from one TO five extra dollars for
proper service are. subjected to needless
annoyance. while the very rich increase the
amount OF their fees till the price paid
for a meal becomes exorbitant Everyone
who has been accustomed to society
where no fees are required for proper
serving. and has gone to a place where
other customs prevail has declared the
feeling system a nuisance. Here and there
one may find some individual in whom a
benevolent glow is created by the con-
sciousaess of having bestowed quarter of
a dollar on > bowing, obsequious recipient,
but i; canSot be argued that this feeling
is very desirable one to have To a
person OF. ordinary self-respect and con-
siderstion for his fellow beings, there is
something Painful. IL not pathetic, in sec
The evening times., 1900-02-10
q hc English Navy.

The weakness OF Great Britain's mil
itary establishment in time of war. which
was shown when hostilities began in South
Africa was surprising enough, considering
the business capacity and general long
headednesS of The British character. But
much more astonishing thing has just
developed in connection with the condition
Of Her Najesty's Navy. which the world
has been taught TO look upon as the most
perfect lighting aud defensive machine in
existence.
Today half The newspapers in the United
Kingdom are commenting bitterly upon
me fact. bur recently discovered. that six
teen bsttleships and eight armored cruis-
ers both rated at the head of their classes,
are armed with obsolete muzzle- loading
guns of limited range, and thus could be
attacked and sunk 10y vessels of the iowa
or Brooklyn types. armed with modern
rifles. without The slightest danger to the
British ordnance
If such a prePosterous infcriority is
true of considerable proportion of Eng
lands first line Of naval defence" in
the matter of armament the suspicion is
eNcusable that perhaps it does not cover
all the faults Of system and a service
hitherto considered above criticism. If
many OF Englands best ships are unfit to
encounter modern adversaries of equal
rating on the books il is quite possible
that her second and third raters are not
all -hey should be. In short. it may be
true that invulneTable and world dOmi-
mating as the British Navy appears on
paper. it may not in truth be more than
q match for The combined navies of France
and Russia as they exist today.
We should be careful to investigate
such matters before putting ourselves and
our Continental interests under the con-
troll and protection of Great Britain. That
Government might not be as able to per-
form the obligations of suzerainty, in
Central America and elsewhere, as our
authorities perhaps have assumed.
The evening times., 1900-02-10

Perhaps the fact has not occurred TO
our State Department authorities. but II Is
one nevertheless. that while Great Bri-
tain forbids us to fortify or defend The Mic
sragua Canal. that benign Suzerain power
has practically been doing - for
wears We may not build fortidcatiOns
commanding the canal or adjacent wa
ters.~ but those adjacent waters" are al
ready aud amply commanded by the Brit
ism forts and batteries on the Island Of
Jamaica. the nearest hand ia the Antilles,
and on the islands of st. kits. Dominica
s. Lucia. Barbados, and St Vincent
The whole British fleet could mobilize
coal aud provision at these places far
nearer TO the Nicaraguan coast than any
naval base possessed by the United States.
England. in short, has fortified The canal,
and intends such forJiheations TO be eN-
elusive.
Americans have universally looked for
ward 10 a time when an American 18th
mian canal would furnish our country with
q link 10 connect its Atlantic and Pacific
Coast lines. thus opening a new and rec
Eastern and Western productions,
but far more important as ? sua-
tegic base for our Navy IN tine Of war.
Under the Hay-Pauncefoje treaty, IT is
true that The commercial avenue would be
available during times OF peace; but only
in the same way and 10 The same extent
LhaJ the Straits of Gibraltar are free 10
4 h af IN Z haf
il. strictly at the option OF Great Britain.
That power would not hesitate 10 close
either and use il Tor her own
military purposes al the first sign
OF trouble with Us or with any other nation.
according 10 the circumstances. Ii is
90 be noted. further that he Hay Paunce-
foJy Treaty. would prevent us from mob
ilzng fleet on either side of the canal
within our own territorial waters-ours be
cause under the rules adopted and applied
b. European governments in their leased
coasl portions on the Chinese mainland
sovereignty by the lessee is exercised over
the shore waters for the distance of the
customary marine league. But Great
Britain has made the most ample and elab-
crate preparations to mobilize against and
to uccupy the canal when the inevitable
lime shall come
sun The United States gains the mag
niticeHt concession of a privilege to build
pay for. and own" the Nicaragua Canal,
for The benefit OF whom concerned. that
expression meaning England. This 'splen-
did diplomatic victory must feel like a
crown VI glory TO the newly established
house of Messrs. Hay q Co. by special
appointment Canal Builders to Her Ma
jesty the Queen.
The evening times., 1900-02-10

Boer wings and as to the eastern end of
the line at Cheyeley. there is little ground
for belief that a serious attack from that
flank would result in anything but defeat.
The impression then is inevitable that
the Ladysmith garrison will necessarily be
left 10 its fate
Following Hildyard's retirement from
Krantz Kloof. which must be greatly ex-
hilarating to the Boer forces and depress-
ing TO the British soldiery. it is a fair
military assumption that Joubert will at
once attack Sir George White and very
likely again try 10 take Ladysmith by as
sau1t What power of resistance may be
remaining in the garrison we do not know
but it must be steadily diminishing. and
possibly is al a very low ebb already. One
general assault might end it. or might not
Under present conditions the terrible sac
rihce of life which would occur in such an
engagement would appear useless. If the
place cannot be relieved, White would
probably be justified in captivating 1t
may be said. however, that he is not the
man TO think of such thing except in the
most hopeless circumstances.
More than little doubt enshrouds the
Ranking or reconnoitring movement of Sir
Hector Macdonald on the extreme left of
the British position north of Modder
River Last nights dispatches made it
appear hat Macdonald had been attacked
at koodoosberg Drift. and had called for
re-enforcements; that BabiDgton's brigade
had been sent TO his assistance, had not
in a tagged condition; and that Lord
MethueE had ordered the combined force
10 fall back on the river. Today we have
a message dated late last night, which
would indicate that Macdonald had Lot
then retired and was holding his own with
advantage. 1t is possible, of course, that
the date of this latest despatch has been
Otiscd. One hardly knows what to think
about it, Ii Macdonald's movement was
intended only as a reconnaissance, then
his recall is not surprising. There are sug-
gestiye circumstances, however. which are
calculated 10 create an impression that it
was really designed as a tentative fianking
movement Macdonald found the passage
OF The drift al koodoosberg feasible and
took and held it. He may or may not have
been ordered back; the chances are that he
has been.
Perhaps il may have been Methuen's 5
idea to attempt a turn by koodoosberg TO
Wimbledon. close 90 Kimberley, and The
strategic conception may not have suited
Lord Roberts who is within consulting dis
tance. If net by his time actually in Mod
der River Camp. There have been mill
taIy reasons for the theory that Roberts
general plan Of campaign would include
the Ranking Of General Cronjes line in the
other direcJion-st Jacobsdal. The South
African war problem is getting too COM
plicattd. and its movements are too scien-
tilcally suppressed or confused by the cen
~orship. TO afford much opportunity for in
telligeut current comment at the other
side Of the world. based on anything but
fats accomplis.
The evening times., 1900-02-10
AVENGED LAWTON'S DEATH.
IN Indian " rites That lie KILLED the
Generals slayer.

CARLISLE Pa. Feb. 16-Wiliiam
Colombo. an Indian graduate Of he Carl
isle School is a member OF Troop I.
Fourth Cavalry, and was near General
Lantcn when be- Rss killed. In letter 20
Major Pratt he says:
We fought three long hours and hard
before we made the blacks run from their
breast works AMI. above all. we had to cross
a river before we could reach ,he town.
After we got into the town We had 10 fgtt
oar way to the other end Cf i5.
The blacks fOughJ hard We lest eighteen
men iu that fight. General LswtOn was
killed about twenty yards from where
stood firing at a Who was shooting
from q tree and he Has the very man wto
killed The General. I kept shooting until
b. fell from the tree.
1t is hard on this island. Sometimes
We do uOt get anything to eat for three or
four days
Il don't understand why the Filipinos
don't quit sighting. because SO many Of
them get killed in every fight they go into.
II always thought that war was fun. but
there is no fun in il When men are falling
all around ne
The evening times., 1900-02-10
JapHn's Institutions.
From the InternationaI Monthly


Many of the institutions which Japan is sup
posed to have copied from the West are rather
country than bald limitations OF Western institu-
tions. For instance. banking in rGdimentary a.
was well understood in feudal Japan. and was
carried in the commercial cities OF the Empire
notably Osaka. InConveTtible notes had been Is
sued by the clan governments long before the
advent of Commodore Perry.
1t has already been mentioned that the begin
nings OF representative government existed in the
agricultural and urban districts. \ postal system
for the conveyance OF Cover nment dispatches was
carefully organized. Institutions of learning were
established in very early. times. and Aourished
in many parts of the Empire during the Tokuwaga
regimen. Military training developed to an
extraordinary degree of perfection under The sue
cessiYe dynasties which had governed the country
in the name of the Emperor down 30 the period
Of the Restoration. In all the higher realms OF
thought and feeling. in poetry. painting. religion.
and ~ven in science, the Japanese seem to have
accomplished wcnders when we consider their re-
moteness from the stimulating influences OF all
nations except China. In the development at
highly organized and balanced order of society.
they showed something akin to genius under the
peaceful rule of the Tokugawas.
The evening times., 1900-02-10
The PrOIOngatian Of Life
(From the Forum.1


There is one characteristic which distinguishes
the nineteenth century from all other centuries
a characteristic which has become too common
TO attract the attention which it deserves al
though it really measures all the rest: this is
longevity. During the past 100 years the length
of life of the average man in the United States
and in the more civilized parts OF Europe has
increased from little over thirty to about forty
years. A multitude of causes. mostly physical.
have contributed to this result Foremost among
these should be placed % whatever may be in
cluded under the general term sanitation; (2) i'm
proved methods in medicine. and go the more
regular habits of living which the direct out
come OF industrial life large scale
These are some Of the evident means by which
life has been heightened. Inventions which have
made production cheap and the transportation
OF all products cheap aud easy. have had an in.
fuence too great TO be computed. And no doubt
much has been due to a general improvement in
methods of government although, in the main
there has been much less progress in practical
government than is commonly supposed But
whatever governments have done left undoue
the fact to be insisted here is that the average
man today lives almost ten years longer than
his grandfather lived. Indisputahly therefore
the year 1900 finds conditions more conducive 10
longevity than existed century ago. This is
true beyond question for the masses who feel
Immediately the effects of plenty, hunger, and
cold
The evening times., 1900-02-10
THE FRICK DEAL DENIED.
President " Gods Says the Mary land
Works Have Not Been sold.

BALTIMORE. Md. Feb. l0.-Out -Of-tOwn
newspapers continue 10 ir-sist tha, H. G.
Frick of Pittsburg is negotiating for III
purchase Of the Maryland steel Works. at
Spsrows Point. which are owned By the
Pennsylvania Steel Company, but II. C..
Woods OF the Maryland works denies a6-
soluiely that there is any foundation Tor
the story report was current yesterday
that Mr.. Frick had come to Baltimore to
inspect the plant. If he was here he kept
his whereab bouts a mystery. and he had
not appeared at the Maryland Steel Com
pany. at Spdrrows Point, up 10 a late hour
today
The works of the Maryland Steel Com
pany at Sparruws Point are running TO
their full capacity. Every department O.
the plant is in operation and employment
is furnished to 2000 men. The company
is exporting great quantities of material.
The export business is constantly growing
and the outlook President Woods said. Is
unusually bright.
The evening times., 1900-02-10

1t is announced from Europe that the
mutiny of the Egyptian troops at khar-
tum has assumed serious proportions
which is bad thing for Great Britain. If
a serious rebellion were to break out in
the Sudan at this time, which seems like
ly it would be hard to find the troops to
quell it, and in such circumstances it
would not be strange if France we're to re-
new pressure to bring the British occupa
tion of Egypt TO an end. A few more de-
feats in South Africa. and we may expect
to see that French purpose revived in any
case.
The evening times., 1900-02-10
EUROPEAN DEMAND FOR COAL.
Number of Factorfe. CIosea By the
Scarcity of Coal


Simon w. Hanauer. Vice Consul General
of the United States at Frankfort. Ger
many, has written to the Department OF
State as follows:
"Since my previous report on this sub
ject appeared, several enquiries have reach
ed me from American coal mining and ex-
porting companies asking for addresses OF
German coal dealers and industrial works
which are large consumers of this staple
have had interviews with some of these
and learn as follows:
There is a scarcity of and great demand
for coal and coke, not only in Germany
but also in all other continental countries
including the manufacturing districts of
Russia This amounts almost 10 a crisis.
Several industrial establishments in Co
logne, owing to the want OF coal. were
lately obliged TO stop work; one OF these
employed 500 hands who now are idle.
The scarcity in coke is most severely felt.
and the iron and steel establishments,
which paid $3.50 per 2.20i.6 pounds this
year on contract. must pay for additional
requirements-to be satisfied in the open
market-s9.99 per ton.
Dealers and consumers would be glad
to supply their wants from outside sources,
with the German coal syndicate of the
Ruhr district not 10 use any foreign coal or
coke. The penalties Of the contract cover
ing this stipulation are heavy; besides. il
il were infringed the syndicate. which has
watchers employed at the ports Of arrival
and railroad stations TO report the receipt
Of coal. would decline to fill existing con
tracts for delivery 70 anyone who gets sup
plies from mining companies moi members
of the combination.
There appears to be great indignation
among consumers and dealers because OF
the arbitrary and exacting course Of the
German coal trust and strong desire 10
escape from the present situation. But
exports of American ccal to Europe can be
effectually inaugurated and gain permanent
footing only if organized on large scale.
Trade cannot be done b. opening CORES
pOndence with dealers who are dependent
on the coal trust. Even il the latter were
TO shut eye 10 the purchase of a few
thousand tons when il cannot eli the de
mand. il could stop the trade al any time.
Isolated attempts TO inaugurate this
trade would only delay expansion Uf our
commerce in this important staple. with
which We can supply Continental Europe
as well as we supply IL with grain and
meat