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Gilpin observer., 1901-04-25
COLLEGE PRESIDENTS
AT CANDLELIGHT CLUB

Denver, Colo, April 20.-The News
thus characterizes the meeting and
banquet of the Denver Candlelight
Club at the Brown Palace hotel last
night:
There were famous men. we'll
known men, orators, meu who are
directly in line for fame, and those
who didn't speak. didn't care to, who
were satisfied at 1.-THE feast of reason
and the flow of SOUL" the silvery
words of men of the great educational
institutions of the country and state, of
the Church and the professions.
1T is n dinner that will go down
into history. Its rhetorical sky
rockets went off in the mellow glow of
the wax candles, for, as the name sig
nfies, the candle was the only means
of illumination; the electroliers We're
turned out when the toasts began.
ut was the nineteenth meeting of
the club and q menu-intellectual-o
rare delight had been prepared.
Princeton and Dartmouth men We're at
the Brown in large number, having
gathered from all parts of Colorado
and surrounding states to greet the
presidents of their alma matters. And
when Presidents Patton and Tucker
were introduced they all felt that they
We're boys again and privileged to yell
to their hearts content"
The principal speakers were Presi-
dent Francis l.. Patton of Princeton
University, President William j.
Tucker of Dartmouth. President Will
lam +. Slocum of Colorado College, and
Rabbi Friedman of Denver.
Among the guests We're the following
distinguished college presidents and
educators: President James ii. Baker
of the University of Colorado. Chancel-
lor Henry A. Buchtel of the University
Of Denver. President Regis Chauvenet
Of the State School of Mines, Superin-
tendent Aaron Cove of the Denver
schools.
The meeting was enllvened by the
college yells of the alumni Of Princeton
and Dartmouth. who were present in
considerable numbers.
The subject discussed was. "rhc
Modern University and Its Relation
ship to American Citizenship" The
CONSENSUS of opinion Of the distin-
gulshed educators was that the univer-
sity as n teacher of pure science Is in
dispensable To the healthful develop
ment Of civilization and the greatest
good Of the state.
Gilpin observer., 1901-04-25
STEEL TRUST TO HAVE
STRONG COMPETITOR

Detroit. April 2O.-The Evening
News says:
Final arrangements We're made yes
terday for the building of n steel and
iron plant at Sault Ste Marie, on the
Canadian side, which will employ 1O,-
600 men and be capitalized at $5O,OOO,-
600.
The plant will be operated in connec-
ton with the great power canal being
constructed at the Canadian 500 by
+. III. Clergue and his associates of the
Coo Power corporation. The financ-
cling of the project is in the hands of
A. r. Hovey of Liverpool, WELL
known English promoter, who has en-
listed American, English and Cana
dian capital in the desired amount.
When asked how soon it was expected
to have the plant in operation, Mr..
Hovey said:
"An enormous project like this takes
time. However, we are so advanced
that part of the mill will be running
inside of six months and the entire
plant within year and n half. Then
we shall employ 10000 men Mt least.
1t is our intention to have mills on
both sides of the 500 river, in the
United States and Canada"
The International Steel. Iron ard
Pipe Company will be organized to To-
cate immense steel mills on both the
Canadian and the United States sides
of the 500 canal. with capacity Of
100000 tons annually and employing
about 10000 men. The Consolidated
Lake Superior Power Company, of
which Mr.. Clergue is vice president,
it is understood, will take large
block of the $50,0O0,0OO stock of the
new company.
AS an outcome Of the establishing
of the steel works at the 500. 1t is said
that blast furnace will be estab-
lished In Detroit with n capacity Of
loo tons of pig iron per day, en-
ploylng 1000 men.
1t was intimated by those interested
that the new company would be an act
i've competitor of the recently formed
steel combine in the United States.
Gilpin observer., 1901-04-25

Manila, April 23.-A representative
Of the Associated Press visited Emilio
Aguinaldo this afternoon at SO Solano
street, where he was removed from the
Malacanan, and found him in a large
room up stairs, furnished with table,
typewriting machine, four settees and
twenty chairs. His wife, who was en-
tertaining a number of Filipino woman
friends, sat at one end of the room,
while Aguinaldo, smoking cigar and
chatting with Benito Legardo, occupied
the opposite corner.
Others present We're Lieutenant-C Colo
mel John S. Mallory, Forty-first infant
ry, who has charge of Aguinaldo; Lieu
tenant Gilbert A. Youngberg, Third ar
tillery, and Mr. Fisher, General Mac
Arthur's private secretary.
Aguinaldo, whose bearing was court
eous and dignitied, was dressed in
white, looked well and altogether made
an excellent impression. Legardo,
who but recently returned from the
United States. talked of the trip, and
Aguinaldo, who seemed greatly inter-
ested, smiled and asked numerous
questions. He inquired particularly as
to what President Mckinley said, and
seemed anxious to know what was
thought of him in the United States.
He was rather reluctant to talk for
publication and considered every Ques-
ton particularly before answering. He
said he was doing all he could to assist
in the pacitication of the Filipinos, and
expressed himself as surprised at what
the Americans had accomplished.
When he was first captured, he went
on to say, he was greatly astonished to
find that majority of the Filipinos
entertained the opinion that American
sovereignty was preferable to indepen-
dence, but now he was inclined to be-
lieve that way himself. He explained
Gilpin observer., 1901-04-25
GOVERNOR ORMAN VETOES
FIRE INSURANCE BILL

Denver, Colo, April 2O-Governor
Orman exercised his veto power for
the first time Thursday, vetoing House
Bill No. 166 (Ballinger), fixing the liza
bility of fire insurance companies at
the full face value of the policy i'll
the destruction of real estate. The
governor declares that the measure is
premium on incendiarism and vicious
class legislation. Governor Thomas,
two years ago, vetoed n similar bill.
His action met the approval of the in
surance commissioner. Following is
a portion of the governors veto:
In all probability, the main object
of law of this character, and the
principal argument advanced in sup
port of a measure of this kind, is the
desire to compel insurance companies
to adjust and settle losses without be-
ing compelled to resort to litigation,
in order that the true amount of the
loss may be determined. 1t is argued
by reason of the fact that insurance
companies are often dilatory, and
many times arbitrary, in making prop
er adjustment with legitimate claim
ants, that some such measure as this
is necessary in order to protect policy
holders from being compelled to ad-
just their losses on the basis offered
by the insurers, or be compelled TO re-
sort to the courts for an adjudication,
which adds an increased burden upon
the insured and also entails great de-
Gilpin observer., 1901-04-25
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AGUINALDO'S PROCLAMATION
TO THE FILIPINO INSURGENTS

tion the Filipino people will attain all
those promised liberties which they are
beginning to enjoy.
THE country has declared unmistak-
ably in favor of peace. So be it. There
has been enough blood, enough tears,
and enough desolation.
'Ths wish cannot be ignored by the
men still in arms if they are animated
by desire to serve our noble people,
which has thus clearly manifested its
will So do l respect this will, now
that it is known TO me.
.After mature deliberation 1 reso-
lutely proclaim to the world that l can
not refuse to heed the voice of peo-
pie longing for peace, nor the lamenta-
tionS of thousands of families yearning
to see their dear ones enjoying the lib
erty and the promised generosity of
the great American nation.
by acknowledging and accepting
the sovereignty of the United States
throughout the Philippine archipelago,
as do now. and without ny.reserva-
ton whatsoever, l believe that / am
serving thee, my beloved country. May
happiness be thine"
To signalize this important step in
the pacification of the country General
Macarthur orders the release, on
swearing allegiance to the United
States, of one thousand insurgent pris-
onerS.
Gilpin observer., 1901-04-25

lay in the final adjustment of his
claims.
"While there is much foundation for
an argument of this character, still l
am convinced that a measure of this
nature should not be allowed to be-
come a law and should have no place
upon our statute books.
1--WE have the advantage of the ex-
perience gained by other states where
such n law has been enacted and be-
come operative, and the universal tes-
timony is that it has materially in
creased the rate of insurance and the
ratio of losses has become vastly larg-
er, giving rise to the supposition that
such law operates in favor of the in
cendiary and to the detriment of the
honest man, thereby compelling the
honest men to pay for the frauds per-
petrated by the dishonest man. The
bill is also vulnerable to the objection
that it is class legislation. in that it
applies only to improvements upon
real property and not to personal prop
erty, for it specifically says any i'm
provements upon real property Civ
ing the owner of that class of proper
ty undue advantage over the owner of
personal property, who. without
doubt, would be required to pay the
same rate for protection as the owner
of real property. although not receiv-
ing the same indemnity or remunera-
ton in case of loss"
Gilpin observer., 1901-04-25

Manila, April 2O.-Following is Ag-
uinaldo's address to the Filipino peo-
pie, made public last evening:
II believe 1 am not in error in pre-
suming that the unhappy fate to which
my adverse fortune has led me is not a
surprise to those who have been IA
miliar with the progress of the war.
The lessons taught with full mean
ing and which have recently come to
my knowledge. suggest with irresist-
ible force that n complete termination
of hostilities and lasting peace are not
only desirable, but absolutely essen
tial to the welfare of the Philippine
islands.
"The Filipinos have never been dis
mayed at their weakness, nor have
they faltered in following the path
pointed out by their fortitude and cour-
age.
1.-The time has come, however. in
which they find their advance along
this path to be impeded by an irresist-
ible force, which, while it restrains
them, yet enlightens their minds and
opens to them another course, present
ing them the cause of peace.
This cause has been joyfully en-
braced by the majority of my fellow
countrymen, who have already united
around the glorious sovereign banner
Of the United States
"In this banner they repose their
trust and belief that under its protec-
Gilpin observer., 1901-04-25
MISSOURI PACIFIC TO
ABSORB RIO GRANDE

New York, April 23.-The directors
of the Missouri Pacific railroad, at n
meeting to-day authorized an increase
of S3O,OO000O in the capital stock,
making the total authorized 100000
600. A stockholders meeting will be
held shortly to ratify this action.
1t was reputed that II large part of
the new stock would be available for
taking up Denver X Rio Grande pre-
ferred and common shares. lnforma-
tion as to the price of issue or other
details could not be obtained from the
company's office.
The Missouri Pacifc's present out
| standing capital Is S5O,432,OOO. The
authorized amount was increased to
S7O,0OO,000 about year ago but 1t
was then stated that the increase was
made because Missouri laws required
n certain ratio between the bonds and
stocks of corporations to be main-
tained. The new stock then author
/ lied has not been authorized up to the
present time.
The Denver & Rio GrGnde stock out
standing Is S3O.O0OO0O common and
S23, ,G5O, 900 preferred. The latter issue,
however. will be increased to Sl4 ,OOO,-
600 at the special shareholders meet
| ing called for May 10Th to provide for
the Rio Grande Western purchase. or
this new stock Si2,500,0OO Is TO be is
sued at once for cash. for the Rio
Grnnde Western common shares. and
presumably the greater share of the
amount reserved will be held for ex-
changing Rio Grande Western pre-
ferred stock.
If the Missouri Pacific proposed TO
completely absorb the Denver X Rio
| Grandc railroad. therefore. the greater
part of the unissucd stock would be
required for that purpose.
Gilpin observer., 1901-04-25
Steel Trust Invades England.

New York, April 20.-The World
says:
That the United States steel corpora
ton Is about to invade the foreign field
with all possible dispatch is shown by
n contract just made by the Carnegie
steel Company for 10000 tons of steel
plates for the llarlard & Wolf Ship
building Company of Belfast. Ireland.
This is the largest contract ever placed
In this country for steel plates.
a majority of the Clyde ship build
ing concerns have recently made con-
tracts with American mills for their
steel plate requirements for many
months ahead. The contracts are be-
Ing placed now for fear that the United
states Steel Corporation will shortly
advance prices.
Gilpin observer., 1901-04-25
Libel Case VIII he Tried.

Denver. Colo. April 23.-Judge John
l. Mullins of the fifth division of the
District Court yesterday denied the
motion to quash in each Of the cases
of T.. NJ. Patterson against William
Stapleton and Crawford Hill editor
and publisher. respectively. of tho
Denver Republican, for criminal libel.
The cases will go to trial by Il jury
on May 18th.
In the meantime the court will hear
motion to quash the information
against the Republican Publishing
Company, as n corporation.
Messrs. Hill and Stapeton each en-
tered Il plea of not guilty yesterday.
Gilpin observer., 1901-04-25

A new bond of sympathy between
the public school children OF the Unit
ed States and their newly acquired
brothers and sisters of Hawaii was Gre
ated by ceremony which recently
took place in that far-off group of is
lands. The occasion was the raising
of the stars and stripes over the Kau-
pakalua school. The pole from which
it flies is no slim staff of pine or
spruce, but towering palm tree; yet
the flag is the same which hutters
over the thousands of little school,
houses in this country, and 1t was
raised to the sound of the same Amer
ica" and "Star-Spangled Banner and
with the same exercises. Let us hope
that 1t will represent the same loyalty
and devotion there as here.
Gilpin observer., 1901-04-25
Death of George Coppeii

Denver, Colo, April 2O.-A New
York dispatch says that George Cop
pell, senior partner of the firm of
Maitland, Coppell Il Co., president Of
the Wisconsin Central Railroad Com
pany, and flnnncier prominent in
many railroads and other corpora
tions, died yesterday at his home in
New York. He was fifty-four years
old.
Mr.. Coppell. ms chairman of the
board of directors of the Denver X
Rio Grandc, was well known In Colo
RADIO. He was interested In mines and
other property mt several points In the
state, and made visit to Colorado at
least once very year. He had been
for many years connected with the Rio
Grandf
Gilpin observer., 1901-04-25

The approach of Arbor day prompts
The Companion to offer suggestion.
There is hardly town in the land
which does no. cherish the recollec-
tion of some citizen whose life was an
honor to his place and generation. Is
there a suitable monument to MS
memory? If not, what better way Is
there of showing that he is not for
gotten than by planting memorial
free in his name? We cannot all en-
dow hospitals or fornd public libraries
lint we can all do this. A. tree thus
plontod will bless those who come az
ter as well as commemorate him VINO
has gone before. 1t viii be Detter
monument than SHAFT or granite
or marble. and 1t will call for nothing
but n few minutes labor and little
nublic spirlt. The boys and girls or
the public schools have here noble
onnortun.ty to render great service.
NJ. Ferand, who died recently in Par
Ia belonged to family closely identi-
fed with the revolutionary history or
France. His great-uncle was mem
ber of the convention which condemn
ed to the guillotine the unfortunate
Louis XVI. and shared the fate of the
royal victim. his head being stuck ut
the end OF n pike and thrust In the
face OF the president, Boissy d'Anglas.
N. de Goulard, the minister OF finance
In 1871, who raised the loan OF Ave
milliards. the famous war indemnity
TO the Germans, was NJ. Ferands
brother-in-law.
Gilpin observer., 1901-04-25

Everybody" says THE Lewiston
(Me) Journal" has read of the splen-
did fittings and fine furnishings of the
monster schooners built in Maine in
the last three years. The sixmaster
George Wells, built at Camden last
summer, has a grand piano in his cab
in, and there is plenty of room for it,
too. Several fivemasters carry pianos
most of them uprights, and others
have cabinet organs. Not many ship
masters know how to play, but their
wives and daughters do, and it is to
make the women contented at sea that
the instruments are put in. Some OF
the largest ships and barques in long
distance trades also carry pianos"
Gilpin observer., 1901-04-25

A discovery of much interest was re-
Gently made at Concord, Mass. There
was found in the>attic of the house in
which Thoreau lived quantity of lead
pencils stamped "Thoreau and Son. 1t
was then remembered that the great
naturalist and his father once earned
their bread by the manufacture of such
pencils. Those that were discovered
the other day are naturally in great de-
mand and have probably fetched high
er prices than were paid at any time
to the makers themselves.
Gilpin observer., 1901-04-25

But a little more than an eighth of
the sum annually paid by the govern
ment for pensions goes to the south.
There are nearly 100000 pensioners
of the civil war, and last year 1858
were residents of the Is southern
states, including Maryland and Mis-
souri,. The southern states themselves,
however, pay not inconsiderable sums
as pensions for those who fought in
"the lost cause"
Gilpin observer., 1901-04-25
DEATH OF EDWIN s. NETTLETON
PIONEER COLORADO ENGINEER

Denver, Colo, April 23.-Edwin S.
state, died of heart disease at eight
o'clock last evening at the Homeop-
pathic hospital, after an illness of two
weeks. During the greater part of
that time he persisted in going ahead
with his business. He was irrigation
expert in the Investigations of the
United States Department of Agricu-
ture, Last Wednesday he was com
PEELED to give up and was brought
from Cheyenne to Denver by c. T..
johnson.
Edwin S. Nettleton was born in Me-
dina, Ohio, in 1882 His first study
was engineering and when he grew
up to manhood his first work was in
the oil fields of Pennsylvania, which
he knew thoroughly. Later he re-
moved to Michigan. and while there
heard of the Greeley colony, then be-
ing organized by n. G. Meeker. He
became a member of the colony and
laid out the city of Greeley. He at
once turned his attention to irrigation
engineering, building both of the col
Ony's irrigating canals. He was also
interested in the Fort Collins Land
and Improvement Company, which
laid out the town of Fort Collins:
He laid out Colorado Springs, which
was founded by colony, and Mani
tou, and part of Pueblo. He was in
charge of the construction of the Lar
liner and Weld canal, now having one
of the largest system of reservoirs in
the West, and also of what is known
as the English ditch near Denver,
built by the Duff Improvement Com
pany. His connection with these enter
Gilpin observer., 1901-04-25

1t is reported from st. Petersburg
that the people belonging to the relig-
ius sect called DuchoborZens have left
the Caucasus and found new home in
Canada. The Molukanes, another Rus
sian sect residing in Transcaucasia,
also wish to emigrate to North Ameri-
ca They number about $4,000, and are
located in Tiflis, Jelisawetpol, Baku,
and Kars. They are known as indus
trious agriculturists and are prompt
ed to emigrate on account of lack of
land and increased taxation.
Gilpin observer., 1901-04-25

An Italian medical paper describes
the results of an expedition sent out
by the government to study the mos
quito theory of malaria. They went
to one of the most malarious regions
in the kingdom, but as all wore pro-
tective masks only one man out Of
1O4 got malaria, and he, it was discov-
cred, was in the habit of displacing
the mask at night in order to smoke.
Gilpin observer., 1901-04-25
Missouri Riycr Einnd

st. Joseph, Mo-. April 23.-The pres
cnt rise of the Missouri river is Great
Ing havoc on the Kansas side and the
towns of Wathena and Elwood are in
danger of being swept away. The river
has shifted to the west fully mile,
causing great losses to bottom farm
lands that have never heretofore been
under water.
Gilpin observer., 1901-04-25

Among the newest constructions OF
the Russian navy to engage the ener-
gies of the ship building plant at Nico-
laieff will be new cruiser of $4,000
tons, 1900 horse power and eighteen
knots speed. Besides this, the same
yards will launch protected cruiser
of 6,4O0 tons, 1880 horse power and
twenty-three knots speed.
Gilpin observer., 1901-04-25
THE OBSERVER.
CENTRAL CITY. COLORADO.

The Indian natives mistrust the SOW
ereign, and will have none. of it as
cash. In Madras, however, they are
beginning to wear sovereigns as neck
laces, and goldsmiths in Calcutta are
melting down the coin for clients who
want their sweethearts' bangles to be
made of something guaranteed by the
government.
Gilpin observer., 1901-04-25
MmrtYrch MlnslnnnrIcs.

Washington, April 23.-Figures re-
ccived at the State Department. COM
piled by j. w. Stephenson, director Of
the Chinese inland mission. show that
the total number of foreign mission
aries killed in China during the recent
disturbances, including children. was
1856. or these twenty-cight adults and
eight children were Americans.
Gilpin observer., 1901-04-25
Freezing To Death nj Nome

Seattle, Wash, April 20.-The Skng-
way News of April 18th brings sensa-
tional reports of wholesale deaths by
freezing along the coast. Two hundred
persons died from exposure or freezing
before the middle OF January mt vari.
Gus points up and down the coast.
Gilpin observer., 1901-04-25

o. Excel of Chicago, who will have
charge of the music.
Preparations have been made fully
by the people of Colorado Springs to
take care of all delegates. A fine
chorus is being trained to assist Prof.
Excel.
Every Sunday school in the state Is
entitled to send one delegate for each
fifty of its membership. Pastors Of
churches and superintendent of Sun
day schools are delegates at large. All
railroads have made reduced rates
for the convention on basis of one and
one-tifth fare for the round trip, on
the certificate plan.
The present officers of this associa-
tion are $. ii. Atwater, president, and
Anson S. Rudd, field secretary, both
Of Canon City. The other officers are
from Denver, and include w. II.
Sweet, vice president; Mrs. Jean f.
Webb, secretary; ii. p. Spencer, treas
urer; Mrs. ]. A. Walker, primary SUI
perintendent; Rev. B. B. Tyler, normal
superintendent. Rev. X. A. n. Wilson
of Pueblo has charge of home depart
ment work