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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-15
The windfnll of "A Bright Boy.

A strange incident is reported from South
Auburn. Two gentlemen. strangers, driv-
ing through the country apparently for
pleasure, called at farmhouse and asked
a little girl standing at the threshold for
drink of water. The child brought out
two glasses OF water. and each of the gen.
tlemen gave the child Is cents. AS they
were about driving away one OF the family
asked II the gentlemen would like to hear
the little boy ''recite piece" "Of course
we would" they replied. The lad recitad
his "piece" with admirable effect. and one
Of the gentlemen was so pleased that he
said, handing the boy bank bill: Here's
little something for your education"
The lad ran In to his mother and the gen.
tlemen turned to drive away, when the
lad. running breathlessly after them, ex-
claimed: Look a'here-you've made a
mistakel That was $50 bill!" GAN right"
said the stranger, that's no mistake; it
may go a little piece toward your educa-
tion." and the gentlemen drove away in
the direction Of Lewiston. Now every
body is guessing ami nobody knows who
they were.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-15

II ever a man Is entitled to live in the
actual present, unmindful OF the past and
Indifferent to the future. II is surely when
he is away upon his honeymoon; and, as
that Elysian holiday was spent amid the
absorbing gayeties of the French capital
Il vii readily be believed that all thoughts
OF tie convict prison away amid lis pre-
historic tors was entirely engulfed. Nor
when we returned TO our new home In
Denbigh Street southwest had they much
better chance of lifting their heads above
water; for there was our house 10 arrange,
our pictures to hang our lat home" days
to beeomingly engineer, and above al
oh, far above aili-our wedding presents
TO examine. admire, and locate. Among
these-though comparison of wedding
presents Is ooubly odious@was solid sill
yer tea urn Of very great rarity of design,
and consequently especially valued by US.
II was a gift of my wife's aunt, an eccen-
trio cd lady with whom she had been
brought up. In Difference TO this fact we
had Il placed at the head Of the list Of our
wedding presents.
Talking of that list. by the way, recalls
20 my mind a reflection OF mine when i
read down Its glittering items. ] never
fully grasped the number or value OF cur
presents till / saw them in Print. They
looked nothing in comparison when ar
ranged for inspection In the reception
room Solid silver sugar litter. the gift
Of the Misses Fairbrother." looks magnifi-
cent: but the insignificance OF the actIai
little utility itself when It was at last
identified upon the table. AZ concealed
by set OF laced dolijes. was very olsen
chanting.
Nov, my wife had never resided In Lon
don before. and consequently she was
deeply imbued with the provincial notion
that every house In the wicked metropolis
as broken into and robbed at least once a
fortnight.
THE list OF our presents In the Morn
oag Post would be sure to attract G good
The daily sentinel., 1900-05-25
Quo Vadis.

The great realistic play of the age,
"Quo Vadis," will be given at the Park
opera house Modday June 4th.
The company presenting it has created
a great impression everywhere-at Chic
ago, Kansas City, Des Moines and Den
yer the press speaks in glowing terms Of
the production.
Although this is the first time this
season that the company has played q
one nights engagement, the manage
ment positively guarantees that all the
massive scenery of the company will be
used, eight scenes, comprising the Gar
den OF Petronius, the Exterior Of Nero's
Palace, the Garden of Aulus. Petronius
Villa, the Burning of Rome, the Nam
entine Prison, and the great Arena
scene, showing the interior and exterior
Of the Colosseum Of Rome will positively
be shown,
This will be the event of the season.
The daily sentinel., 1900-05-25
D. & R. G. Special Rates.

Philadelphia, Pa, one fare for round
trip June ID to 10.
Chicago, ILL., .one fare round trip June
"a to 25.
Missouri river points, st. Paul, Duluth,
Minneapolis, st. Louis and Chicago one
fare plus 800. Selling days June II
and IL. Return limit Oct. 81. Four
through trains daily. Tickets good on
standard or union guage lines. For
other information call on s. G. HUM
city agent.
Via d. & r. G. to Gleenwood and re-
turn Sunday $3.50. S. G. HUM agent.
The daily sentinel., 1900-05-25

The high five" is about the low
est quintette in the deck when that
master manipulation of the paste-
boards. Ed Wolcott, comes over
from Washington and sits in the
game. The 'eads of the 'aughty
are 'umbled when is 'ighness as
cends to his throne; the great be-
come small, there's a livling OF all
when King Edward comes back to
his own.
The daily sentinel., 1900-05-25
Administrators Notice.
Estate of Clarence B. CT

Estate Of Clarence B. Grouse, de.
ceased.
The undersigned. having been ap-
pointed administrator with the will an
nexed OF the estate of Clarence B.
Grouse. late of the county Of Onlda, and
state OF New York, deceased, hereby
gives notice that he will appear before
the County court of Mesa county, at the
court house in Grand junction at the
March term, on the last Monday in May
claims against said estate are notified
and requested to attend for the purpose
OF having the same adjusted. All per
sons indebted to said estate are request
ed to make immediate payment to the
undersigned. Dated this Both day OF
April A. D. 1900.
SAMUEL G MCMULLEN,
Administrator.
The daily sentinel., 1900-05-25

An old miner was heard to res
mark the other day that he didn't
believe there was dollars worth
of gold in all of Cape Nome. The
gentleman, no doubt, was preju>
diced. There may be fully a dollar
and half's worth there.
The daily sentinel., 1900-05-25

Aside from politics, Kentucky
has completed good job in GUST
ing Taylor from the governorship.
He is unworthy to be associated
with any political party, and the
assassination Of Goebel lies very
close to his door, if direct evidence
is to be relied upon.
The daily sentinel., 1900-05-25

1t is alleged that the republican
party proposes to "grapple with the
trusts" This would be like a
wrestling match between the Siam
csc twins, who were born together
walked through life together, and
together were gathered to their
fathers.
The daily sentinel., 1900-05-25
Special Rates.

Milwaukee Wis. and return June and
1880.
Cincinnati, Ohio and return July 10
and IL. 4S.50.
For tickets and further information
call at Colorado Midland city ticket
office. w. r. Peck, city agent.
The daily sentinel., 1900-05-25

The Britons are shouting them>
selves black in the face because
they have a few half starved Beers
on the run. Wonder what these
valiant Englishmen would do should
their nation ever chance to lick
somebody OF her own size.
The daily sentinel., 1900-05-25

A single year of war in the
Philippines has cost the govern
ment S7o,ooo,ooo, and we cannot
see that we are any nearer the end
than were we at the beginning
The daily sentinel., 1900-05-25

Amid the hubbub Of political
strife and speculation Of what the
future will bring forth. William J.
Bryan serenely saws his wood and
hoes his corn.
The daily sentinel., 1900-05-25
NOT UP TO DATE.

Daniel Webster once said:
"In the part which l have
acted in public life it has been
my purpose to maintain the
people of the United States
what the constitution designed
them-one people, one in in
terest, one in character, and
one in political feeling. Ar
bitrary governments may have
distant possessions, because ar
bitrary governments may rule
them by different laws and
different systems. We can do
no such thing. They must be
of us, part of us, or else
strangers.
But then the McKinleyites would
probably inform you that Dan was
an old fogy and not in it as a
statesman alongside of Hanna, Nc
Ed Wolcott and Henry
Brady.
The daily sentinel., 1900-05-25
VALUE OF THE EXCHANGE.

The able editor of the Colorado
Springs Gazette, Hon. | N. Stevens,
may be new to newspaper work
and does not suit US in politics,
nevertheless he has already dis
covered what the conductors OF
the big Denver papers either have
overlooked or contemptuously ig-
nored.
That is to say, the Gazette shows
a daily interest in the state at large.
1t realizes the importance of its
exchange list. 1t is getting into
touch with the country editors,
and this the Denver dailies never
have done.
The metropolitan newspapers
may be we'll supplied with CORE
spondents, but these have their
limitations. They telegraph to
their papers, briefly as possible,
the important happenings OF their
communities, and there their duties
end. The atmosphere which the
home paper imparts is utterly lacks
ing. The material progress of the
various communities of the state,
going on day by day and year by
year, their political, social and edu-
cational evolution, find but a fleet>
ing. glimpse Of themselves in an
occasional editorial in the Denver
press, or an unsatisfactory clipping
at stated periods.
One of the most valuable features
of the Galveston and Dallas News
and the Houston Post is the column
which each devotes daily to the
utterances of the Texas press. The
position OF exchange editor is
usually filled by the ablest and
best posted member OF the staff
not by the office boy or Office cat,
as seems to be the rule with the
Denver dailies. He is thoroughly
informed regarding the states re-
sources, and is able to make perti>
nent and valuable suggestions in
line with the editorial expressions
sifted from the country exchanges
This column is daily feature, not
an occasional space filler; the se>
lections are culled with discrimina>
ton, not because they happen to be
short and shallow, as is the custom
OF the Denver exchange mutilator
AS result, when you pick up one
Of these Texas papers you find the
entire state represented, not one
small section of it.
We believe if the Denver news
papers followed this example they
would benefit themselves and the
state as we'll. A column or two o.
good, fresh state news every day
would prove more pleasant ano
profitable to the average reader
than pages of "sidelights," or "men
and women in the public eye" OF
"short and sloppy stories of the
day"
The daily sentinel., 1900-05-25

The taxpayer has right to
think war is hell" when he comes
to pay the pension bills, which grow
larger and larger as the roster OF
civil war veterans grows smaller
and smaller.
The daily sentinel., 1900-05-25

The health authorities of this
country should remember that there
is no protective tariff against the
importation of the bubonic plague.
The daily sentinel., 1900-05-25

We wonder what Dewey'll do
since he interviewed the southern
pulse.
The daily sentinel., 1900-05-25

Advertised Letters.
Bruner, Thos Baker, G w
Brown. VIM II Chandler, M d
Cumming, DIM Cissna, A B
Estes, Mrs Geo Finch, Joel
Frink, Fred George, M
Holland, j P johnson, A N
jackson, Nv Moorland, N B
Nelson, Walter National Hotel
Osias, e r Powers, w @
Rogers, Luke M
Edwin Price, P. M.
The age-herald., 1900-04-13
WHY SHE DIDN'T MARRY

From the Baltimore Sun.
 Miss Catherine Goggin, president of the Grade Teachers Federation in Chicago read a paper before the Catholic Women S National League the other day to explain why she is single. She gave nine reasons the first eight, however, being somewhat superfluous. The argument was in the na- ture of that made by a naval captain who was charged by the admiral with not hay ing fired a salute required by the regula- tions: T have twenty good reasons" said the captain, flor not having fired the sal ute. The first is I had no powder" The admiral at once excused him from giving the other nineteen reasons Miss Goggins S ninth reason for remaining in single bless edness and emitting to change a name which might be changed to advantage is that no one had ever proposed to her That excuse might have been accepted as suf- ficient without putting the lady to the trouble of giving the other eight Never theless some of the other eight reasons are good and sufficient and some are frivolous. For instance. she says she will not marry even if asked because her husband might take to parting his hair in the middle demurrer to lflS plea WOulu De ruled good by any court in Christendom, provided the judges are married men. They would know that shortly after entering the married state the man would probably have no hair to part, and that in the meantime the wife would comb his head for him. Another plea which Miss Goggin makes is equally weak and shows that she knows nothing of mankind and is no fit judge of them. She is afraid to get married, she says, be- cause the man might like tides. If this single lady had studied man., and we are told that it is the noblest study of man. kind, she would have known long ago that there is only one thing in the world a man hates worse than a tidy, and that is a pill low sham. The third reason in the list is equally groundless, and that is she fears her husband might call her pet names. She had heard the husband of one of her friends call her his ''Duckie." This she rightly thinks would be upbearable, but taking into consideration all the circum- stances of the case we are forced to con- clude that this is a false alarm, and that Miss Goggin would have made a stronger case. or one at least as strong, if she had let it rest on the ninth reason alone, name 1y, that she did not get married because no one had asked her.
The age-herald., 1900-04-13
No L0nqer a Republic.

The passage of the Porto Rico bill makes the United States an empire with ono colony assured and a score more in sight. The colony of Porto Rico is to have a legislature, but the upper house of that legislature is to be truly aristocratic and probably plutocratic. It is to be appointed by Mark Hanna himself, who is the cen. tral figure and representative of all the trusts that depend upon federal legislation nnd protection.
 Such a bill radically changing the na- ture of this government should make the people stop and think. To say, as the re- publicans do, that it is to last two years only, is to assert what is palpably untrue. The trusts accept two years at the start, believing they can in that insidious way control the rum and sugar and tobacco in- terests without limit of time. Rum, sugar and tobacco are to be cared for, paying tribute for such care to Mark Hanna s campaign fund. MT. William Mckinley is the chief beneficiary after all but he con- trives to put the odium on Mark Hanna.
 It will be strange indeed if this reyoiu-
The age-herald., 1900-04-13

tionary and unconstitutional bill does not arouse the doubtful states to action next fall. A change of forty-eight electoral votes would have elected MT. Bryan in 1896. The country knows he will get 29 ad- ditional votes this year in Maryland, West Virginia, Delaware and Kentucky, leay- ing 17 votes to be secured in Indiana, Illi- nois New York, Michigan and California. The political condition of the five states last named is unsettled, and unpromising to the republicans, who go into the can vass loaded up with unpopular issues, the chief of which is the Porto Rico bill. II the people see the Porto Rico bill as it is for it is but an entering wedge-they will drive the republicans out, and drive i'm perialism out also and restore the repuo- lie as the fathers planned it in the con stitution There is no authority in that instrument for a colonial system.
The age-herald., 1900-04-13
SHORT STORIES
 OF THE DAY
Getting Used to DoubIe-Fntry

Judge James Fitzgerald, of the New York supreme court is an excellent ex- ample of what perseverance and single ness of purpose will accomplish, relates
 the Saturday Evening Post The judge, who is about 40 years old supported not only himself but helped his family while serving as a cash-boy in a store and at night he attended Cooper Union Later he
 read law at night and managed to be ad- mitted to the bar the same age that most young men begin practice. The judge has
 had more than fair sailing though, since he became a lawyer. He is powerful
 man physically, ruddy, and as active as a lynx. To his native Irish wit is added a power of speech that nearly approaches | eloquence. He soon took a prominent part
 in politics and was for years a member | of the legislature.
 | Several years ago he was appointed an additional assistant district attorney at the l comfortable salary of S,500 a year. Before | taking office he married and went on prolonged wedding tour. When he returned | a months pay was due him. and he went | to the office for it. During his honeymoon | he had travelled over a good part of this | country, and as his funds were low, he went direct from the train to the office. Here is your money, counselor" said l the pay clerk, deferentially, after his l kind.
 "Al right" replied Mir. Fitzgerald, pock- eting the roll of bills. Sign the payroll please" continued the clerk.
 "Of course" responded the bridegroom, and, absent -mndedly, he wrote as follows: James Fitzgerald and wife, And the entry is on the city books to this day.
The age-herald., 1900-04-13
FOR GOyERNoR OF ALABAMA

From the Rome (Ga.) Tribune.
 Among the five candidates for governor of Alabama there is strong rivalry, but the indications are that Hon. John w. Tomlinson, of Birmingham, is the most ac- ceptable candidate to the people.
 Next Saturday Jefferson county will hold its primary, and from a preliminary can- vanss made it seems assured that MT. Tomlinson will get three-fourths of the votes cast We are glad to note that the Birmingham district is so overwhelmingly for MT. Tomlinson, because we do not be- lieve Alabama could select a better man for governor of that rich and resourceful state. We agree with an Alabama ex- change which ''is thoroughly of the opin- ion that the democracy of the state would make the wisest possible selection in nam ing MT. Tomlinson as it's nominee for gov ernor. In party councils, in loyalty, and in executive ability Mr. Tomlinson ranks among the ablest young men in the dem- ocratic party of this country He is so rec ognized abroad as well as at home. The fact that he will carry Jefferson county overwhelmingly will make him the strong est of the candidates before the state con- vention, and should make him the next governor of Alabama"
 Mr. Tomlinson has the interests of all the people thoroughly at heart His views on the school book question and all other leading topics concerning the welfare of the people are for their best interests All abama will make no mistake in selecting him as her next governor.
The age-herald., 1900-04-13
A SOUTHERN PROBLEM

From the Cincinnati Times-Star.
 In early May a conference will be held in Montgomery, Ala, that will honestly discuss questions pertaining to the racial question in the south. The systematic ar- engagement of the causes that have con- tributed to the question insures a fair and comprehensive understanding of the prob lem that has become national in discuss ion, if not in effect. The holding of the meeting in the south and the selection of southern educators, editors and jurists to debate the causes and remedies, Bourke Cochran being the only man from the north who will address the conference, brings the question directly before the people mostly interested by the represen- tative men of the section. The leadership of opinion and action belongs to the south It is the south's problem and the south must find the solution. The proposed con- ference will inaugurate series of annual meetings and the men interested propose to make earnest efforts to understand and have understood the several phases of the negro question. With the knowledge and experience that residence has given them arrive at intelligent and helpful conclu- sions that will be valuably suggestive in the enactment of necessary laws and their enforcement.
The age-herald., 1900-04-13
A PALACE FOR HORSES
[. Letter in Pittsburg Dispatch.

N. Y. Letter in Pittsburg Dispatch.
 Frank Gould's horses are to have a $90,- 900 building in which to take indoor exer- else. He has bought for the purpose plot of ground in the most aristocratic neigh borhood of New York, fronting 50 feet on West Fifty-seventh street, and running back 100 feet toward Fifty-eighth street, where it fronts MT. Gould's stable. The price of it was $SO,OOO. The new purchase will connect with the stable by sheltered driveway. On the site will be erected a structure for the exercising ring at a cost exceeding $100OO. The building will be of brick and terra cotta, and the foundation will be cement, with a tanbark covering. It will have a handsome front forty feet high. MT. Gould's horses are at Irvington now, but when their exercising ring in New York is finished, they will be brought to the city and kept here most of the time.
The age-herald., 1900-04-13
vERITABLE SEA SERPENT

From the Grand Rapids Herald
 The fishermen who have for the last week lined the shores of the river netting suckers in their nets below the dam had a scare yesterday. The nets are all over 100 feet below the dam but access to them is over the canal bridge. which is in line with the dam. One of the men was cross- ing the bridge and glanced down at the of nearly three feet. Out of the yellow mixture rose a serpent's head, behind which stretched out awful lengths of slimy coils. The man threw up his hands and his actions called several of his associates, who also saw the strange animal.
 Spears were brought and several lunges made, but the points of the weapons ap- peared to have no effect on the skin of the monster, which seemed to be about twelve feet long and at least five inches in diame- ter The head was small, but the body seemed to increase in size to the middle where it began to taper to the tail Crowds gathered and watched the vain en- deavors of the fisermen to spear the crea- ture, which was apparently attempting to lift itself over the dam. The animal was of a light gray in color and appeared to possess great strength The men who lunged at it with the spears said that they could feel it wriggle away from the points, which seemed to have no effect on it. The animal afforded sport for the spectators for several hours, darkness finally putting stop to the excitement. The ma iority of opinion among the old fishermen classed the animal as an eel. These fish occasion ally reach great size. and have been caught in the river as long as fifteen feet.
The age-herald., 1900-04-13
GOLD STATUE WRANGLE

New York Letter in the Chicago Tribune.
 Marcus Daly, the copper king, and politi- cal rival of United States Senator William A. Clark of Montana, has been sued by F. T. Higbee, vice president of the American Gold Statue company of this city, for $1OO,- 900 for alleged libel The suit is the out come of the bitter fight the company has waged to procure space for the gold statue of Maud Adams at the Paris exposition. The process servers have not yet located MT. Daily It turned out today that in spite of the edict issued by Commissioner General Peck barring the Adams statue from the grounds, the image will be ex- hibited. Unknown to the commissioner, the company sent one of it's men to Paris and prevailed upon the French government to allot space in the Palais de L'Optique. The contract was signed months ago, but the matter was kept quiet.
 The story of the difficulty was told by MT. Higbee. He said:
 Tn 1893 I designed and carried out the plans for the Ada Rehan silver statue which was a part of the Montana exhibit at the Worlds fair. ". A. Clark, now United States senator from Montana put a large sum of money into the venture. Immediately his political rival, Marcus Daily, through his paper, the Anaconda Standard, declared the statue to be joke.
 Marcus Daly saw my name connected with the American Gold Statue company. His paper-the Anaconda (Mont) Stand ard-immediately branded the statue as fake and warned the public against hay ing anything to- do with it. For this have sued him for $10O,0OO for libel.
 "A man whose name I will not give at present saw the statements in the Ana conda Standard and cabled to Peck that the statue was to be plated"