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The Lamar register., 1901-07-10
TELLURIDE STRIKE SETTLED
BY A WRITTEN AGREEMENT

the Western Federation Of Miners OF
the county of San Miguel and state OF
Colorado, witnesseth:
"That the differences heretofore ex-
isting between the parties hereto have
been amlcably adjusted on the follow
Ing basis, tO-wit:
"First-The union expresses its en-
tire disapproval of the recent out
RACES.
"SecOnd-The company agrees not to
discriminate against the union nor the
members thereof, and the union and
the members thereof undertake to not
interefer with nor molest non-uniOn
men.
"Third-The company agrees to let
the secretary or president of the local
union have full access to Its surface
property at all reasonable hours: pro-
vided, that the work of the men Is not
lnterfered with.
"Fourth-The union agrees to use all
Its influences to stop the Illicit selling
OF liquor In Marshall basin or around
the mine.
"FifthDrhe company is to have the
right to let contracts to any men who
wish to take them. All such contracts
to be on printed forms, which are here
after to be drafted by !. IL Murphy.
representing the union, and Jacob
Fillius, representing the company.
Such contracts are to be for the per-
iOd of one month, at the end of which
time the work done under the terms
thereof shall be measured up. and II
1t shall appear that the contractor has
not earned $3 or more per shift, the
company undertakes or agrees either
to pay OF the contractor ut the con-
tractor at the contract rate or to raise
the contract price pro rata. This is to
say, the price for the work will be
raised so as to make 1t equivalent to
So per shift for future work of the
same character.
"Sixth-If the president of secretary
of the union shall at any time repre-
sent to the management of the mine
that any contractor is inefficient or
dangerous to the safety Of other work
men, or unable to carry out the re
quirements OF the contract or agree
ment, the management agrees to, ut
once. measure up the amount OF work
already done by such contractor and
in the event of such amount of work
being less than mt the rate of So per
shift, the company will pay him as is
provided in paragraph five Of this
memorandum of agreement.
I'm witness whereof the Smuggler-
Union Mining Company hns caused its
named to be fixed by its general man.
ager under the seal thereof, and the
local union, No. G3, has authorized Its
president and secretary to execute this
agreement on It's behalf and to afiix
hereto the seal of the union.
Done in the city of Telluride, San
Miguel county, state of Colorado, this
9th day of July, A. ID. 1901"
The Lamar register., 1901-07-10

Agents of the German government
are securing Arizona for horses for
use in the army. Several days ago they
closed deal with ranchers in the
northern and central parts Of the ter
ritory for several hundred head. and
will buy as many more. The Arizona
range horse is peculiarly adapted to
hard campaigning. The stock comes
of excellent blood. Indeed of such
quality is the Arizona horse that United
States army buyers prefer him when
he can be secured. to the product Of
any other region. The heavy demand.
however, Of the past three years has
drawn heavily on the Arizona horse
ranges, and prices have risen. Army
buyers are paying from $25 to $55 and
getting horses from three to five years
old.
The Lamar register., 1901-07-10

Pennsylvania is the latest state that
is trying to encourage and regulate
marriage by new methods. Represen-
tative Roth of Lehigh. introduced bill
in the state legislature lately which
provides that male citizen OF Penn
sylvania over forty years old, making
application for marriage license shall
pay to the clerk of courts a license of
500. This is to be turned Into the
state treasury for the purpose OF main
tanning homes for women over forty
years old, who have not had a suitable
opportunity or offer of marriage and
have not means sufficient to keep
themselves in clothes and spending
money. Any bachelor over forty years
old who shall go outside of the state
for wife shall pay 500 into the
state treasury. The act is irrevocab,e
and can never be repealed without the
consent of the majority of the old wo-
men who have been regularly admitted
to the homes established for them.
The Lamar register., 1901-07-10
Excludes GIFT Periodicals.

Washington July S.-Postmaster
General Smith has decided to debar
from second-class mail privileges the
large class of periodical publications
which depend largely on gift enter
prises, guessing contests or nominal
subscription rates for their circula-
ton.
BY the new regulations vast
amount of printed matter that now
pays for transmission at the rate of 1
cent will be charged 8 cents pound.
The second-class matter has grown
until it now embraces nearly three
fourths of the entire weight of all mail
matter handled by the government.
and yet it brings in revenue of less
than $4.OO0.000 a year, out of the en-
tire postal revenue of more than $110,-
100000.
The Lamar register., 1901-07-10
Jessie morrison sentenced.

Eldorado. Kan. July 7.-Jessie Nor
rison. convicted of manslaughter IN
the second degree for the murder of
Mrs. Clara Wiley Castle. on June %,
1900. was yesterday sentenced to five
years in the penitentiary in close con-
finement at hard labor.
Miss Morrison took the sentence
calmly. and returned to her cell with
steady step. She will be taken to
Lansing at once. Judge Aikman over
ruled successfully motions for a new
trial, for postponement of sentence
and for arrest of judgment. Court ad-
journed to September. when Miss Nor
rison's attorneys will file bill of ex-
ceptions and take an appeal to the
State Supreme Court.
The Lamar register., 1901-07-10

The board Of health OF the city of
Galveston is arranging for large sup
ply of oil from the Beaumont wells to
be used in fighting mosquitoes. The oil
will be distributed in all the stagnant
pools in the city. sprinkled on the sur
face of water in the cutters, and dis
tributed free to owners OF open els
terms for use in destroying mosquitoes
and the fever breeding germs which
collect In the ponds. Experiments
made by the board Of health have DEM
onstrated the virtue of crude oil as a
sanitary measure II properly used and
petroleum water as healthful and
nourishing for drinking purposes.
The Lamar register., 1901-07-10

| Denver, July 1.-THE strike ut Tel
luride Is over and the operation Of the
Smuggler- Union mine is to be resumed
at once.
Telegraphic dispatches to that effect
were received by Governor Orman
yesterday afternoon shortly before 8
O'Clock at his residence, 1910 Pennsyl-
yania avenue, about an hour after he
left his desk Mt the state house.
The Information that the strike is to
be declared on was telegraphed to him
in n message signed by Lieutenant
Governor ID. G. Coates, Judge Theron
Stevens Of Ouray, judge OF the Sew
enth judicial district, in which Tellu-
ride is located. and ANhur l.. Collins,
manager of the Smuggler- Union mine.
The first two were members of the spe-
cial committee sent to Telluride the
night of July 4th by Governor Orman,
to effect an amicable settlement of the
trouble II possible.
The first message giving notice that
the trouble was all over, read as fol-
lows:
Telluride, Colo, July @. 1891.
Governor James b. Orman. Denver,
Colorado.
Conference just closed and agree
ment made which ends entire trouble
satisfactorily. Strike will be officially
declared of and operation of mine ut
once resumed.
ID. C. COATES,
THERON STEVENS,
ARTHUR l.. COLLINS.
To-day has been one of anxiety with
the permanent population OF Tellu-
ride, but the strain was relieved about
5 o'clock in the afternoon, when men,
bers of the citizens committee who
had been in consultation with T. J.
Sullivan and o. NJ. Carpenter, on be-
half Of the union, and Manager Ar
thur l.. Collins of the Smuggler-U Union
mines, in one of the rooms of the Sher-
idan hotel, came down to the office and
announced that an agreement satIsfac-
tory to both sides had been reached
The joyful news spread quickly
throughout the city, and 1t was re-
ceived with great enthusiasm, espe-
cially among business men and prop
erty owners, who recognized the seri-
Gus consequences to the town should
ties than the Smuggler close down, as
has been threatened.
The band was summoned to the
front Of the hotel, where 1t dIscoursed
patriotic music for couple OF hours,
and there was general rejoicing.
The full text of the agreement, re-
duced to writing and signed by repre-
sentntives Of both parties, is as fol-
lows:
Telluride, Colo, July G.-This
memorandum of agreement on this 9th
day of July, A. d. 1901, entered into
between the Smuggler- Union Mining
Company and Local Union No. 63 OF
i. J. <.y.
The Lamar register., 1901-07-10

The negro population of the United
States is not diminishing, as many
suppose. but is on the gain. The per-
centage of increase since 1890, accord
ing to the census of 1900, is 1878.
which is a greater percentage Of in
crease than that of the previous dec
ade. The actual figures, according to
the latest census are as follows: Col
ored population. s,500,OOO: increase.
1.O29,96 That is the largest increase
shown by any census since 1890, ex-
cepting that of 1880, when the gain
was 1,700,7S4.
The Lamar register., 1901-07-10

The king Of Italy has just asquired
the island of Monte Cristo. the scene of
Dumas thrilling romance. as hunt
ing ground. 1t is about six miles in
extent, and abounds in fur and feather.
There are to be found the wild boar.
the wild goat, the moufIlon. hare and
pheasant. When he was Prince of Ma
pies the king used to often go hunting
on the island, which then belonged to
this Marquis de Ginori-Lesci.
The Lamar register., 1901-07-10

A passenger train on the Mime
apolis. st. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie
Railroad was recently delayed an hour
by heaps of Russian thistles which had
been blown upon the track by heavy
winds. The thistles were caught on
the wire fences along the right of way.
where they collected in punches in
much the same manner in which snow
drifts into railroad cuts.
The Lamar register., 1901-07-10

been written TO repel some injurious
rumors that the places In the civil SER
vice were going by favor 1t does that
very successfully. 1t is as evidently
candid as 1t Is explicit. 1t sets forth
that all the places In the civil govern
ment, except those of the provincial
governors, have been and will. be sub
jected to competitive examinations;
that is to say, that some test OF merit
is to be applied, and that favor is not
to count Mt all.
Judge Taft's letter is of particular
Importance as showing the depth Of
his own interest in the subject. As
governor general of the Islands. 1t
would be In his power to do much to-
ward turning into farces any regula-
tlons he might desire to disregard. But
he shows that he partakes the opinion
Of those Americans who have all
along considered that the real test of
our capacity to administer colonial
possessions would come after the
troops had been withdrawn, or put in
subjection to the civil authorities. In
the officers of the army We have u
class OF public servants who have al
ready for years been undergoing a
searching competitive examination. In
putting them professionally in charge
Of civic matters we have complied
with the advice of Mr.. Kipling to
"send forth the best we breed But
there was distinct danger that, In
filling the civil offices we should be in
danger, "because of their importuii.
bred. A man who has been n success
mt home is not apt to be looking for an
office in the archipelago. a man who
has been n failure Mt home is n much
likelier applicant. II the appoint
ment were to go by favor, he would
have the Influence" in his behalf of
all those who had carried the burden
OF supporting him, and who hoped by
shipping him to Manila ut the public
cost, to get rid of him once for all.
competitive examination is the only
effective barrier against him. And 1t
Is evident that Governor General Taft
will not lower 1t to please anybody.
Indeed, he would be a fool IL he did.
But 1t seems from his letter, as we
should have expected, that his official
superiors, the President and the Sec
retary of war, have warmly sympa-
thized with his efforts to get rid alto
f,ethcr Of the element of ''Dull' In man.
ming the new government.
The testing of merit is even more
necessary in the Philippine civil SER
vice than in that at home, because the
American applicants have no "neish-
borhood repute'' out there, and their
reputation at home is liable to be fal-
sified, in the manner and for the pur-
pose we have suggested. AS to the
Filipinos who are to be admitted, ac-
cording to the Presidents promise, to
"the largest possible participation" in
their own government, their examina-
tiOns will doubtless consist largely of
an ascertainment Of what their stand
ing among their neIghbors really is.
But, at any rate, we seem to have
made It certain that the government
OF the archipelago will be admins
tered by the men who have shown the
most promising indications Of being
able and fit to administer it. That is
n great point gained, and great dan
ger escaped.
The Lamar register., 1901-07-10

Colonel James G. Miner. once assist
ant secretary of the confederate navy.
when he died at Milford, O., on Tues
day. had In his trunk a million dollars
in confederate bonds and money. Had
he sold these to collectors he would
not have been SO poor that his wife's
burial and his own need be at the
charge OF friends. as was the case.
Colonel Miners wife, so years old.
died three weeks before him; neigh
bor then took him to her home. where
the desolate man died at the age Of 50.
The Lamar register., 1901-07-10

The numerous islands of the Pata-
gonia archipelago are covered with
evergreen forests capable of supplying
immense quantities of valuable timber.
while the mountain ranges. being of
the same geological formation as those
of Chilli and Peru, are probably rich
in mineral resources.
The Lamar register., 1901-07-10
Great Educator Dead.

San Francisco. July Professor
LIE Conte, of the University of Califor-
mia, died yesterday in the Yosemite
valley, where he had gone for brief
outing. His death was the result of
heart failure. Professor LIE Conte was
one of the Oldest instructors in the
university. and had national reputa-
tion as an instructor in philosophy,
history and the sciences,
The Lamar register., 1901-07-10

Pope Leo XIII. has just reorganized
his historic bodyguard. These gentle-
men always accompany the pope in his
walks and attend him at all public
functions. Leo XIII. has increased the
corps from eighty to $40 in number.
and has placed them at the head Of the
Vatican troops. .H44- ~
The Lamar register., 1901-07-10

The heaviest precious stone is the
zircon. which is four and one-half
times heavier than an equal amount
of water; the lightest is the opal. only
twice as heavy as water. 6H
The Lamar register., 1901-07-10
The Pn,,,pp,ne c,v., Service.

Nothing, in Its way, could be more
explicit and gratifying than the letter
of Judge Taft to Mr.. Foulke of H.
dianapolis. respecting the civil service
in the Philippines. 1t appears to have
The Lamar register., 1901-07-10

The 3sth anniversary of the estab-
lishment of n territorial government
for Arizona was marked by the dedi-
cation of the new capital at Phoenix.
Governor Murphy presided. -..
The Lamar register., 1901-07-10

Enteric fever is calculated to have
killed ten Britishers in South Africa
for each one who has fallen victim
to Boer bullets.
The Lamar register., 1901-07-10

IilieS IL SlIlDotI TbHu. anu auto
mobile 100 miles.
Cheyenne dispatch says: 1t is re-
ported that rich gold and copper bear
ing ore has been discovered near Dia-
mond Peak. just over the line in Colo
RADIO. and between the headwaters OF
the Cache la Poudre and Big Laramie
rivers. 1t is said that the ore at the
grass roots carries $40 in gold ana
copper There has been rush of wy
oTning miners to the scene.
Thomas f. Armstrong. prominent
ranchman from near Franktown. in
Douglas county, has been adjudged in
sane by the County Court and com.
mitted to the asylum at Pueblo. Arm
strong has for many years been n re-
spected citizen, but during the pasr
few months has been suffering from n
religious mania in a violent form. His
trouble is believed to have been caused
by an attack of the grip five years ago.
A Castle Rock dispatch to the Den
yer Republican of July 2nd says: Cor
oner Hackett tonight received a tel
egram from Parker. seventeen miles
northeast of here. that Raymond S.
Hobrick, Il section hand. and n strane-
er in the county. had been struck by
lightning and instantly killed. He has
gone to the scene. At the Hathaway
stone quarry, three miles from Castle
Rock. a bolt of lightning came down
a chimney, striking Mrs. Mary Haley,
who was standing by the kitchen
stove, badly crippling her County As.
SCISSOR Taylor lost several head on
horses by lightning in his pasture, a
mile from town.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-24

popular in this academic stronghold of
the New England Theocracy''
War gradually grew a sterner and near
er thing, however than forensic debate
or even the orations OF great patriot like
Otis The Massachusetts Committee of
Safety ordered the students to be removed
from the college in order that the build
ings might be used as barracks for the
militia which was gathering before Bos-
ton. A little later the library and philo-
sophical apparatus were sent to Andover
to be out of harms way. Massachusetts,
and Hollis Halls, of those yet standing,
were used for the soldiers. Massachusetts
contains now only lecture rooms, but
Hollis is still dormtory. Edward Ever
EFT, William Kicking Prescott. Ralph
Waldo Emerson. Charles Francis Adams,
Charles Sumner, Wendell Phillips, and
Henry ID. ThoTeau are among the stu
dents who have lived in 1t at one period
or another of their college life-not to
mention the later student (of the class of
1888, Charles Angler by name, whose Ia
BILE, We are told, was always supplied
with wine, brandy, and crackers, Of which
his friends were at liberty to partake at
kept green by the pen of John Holmes, the
quict-living brother of Oliver Wendell.
Naturally the soldiers were not too
careful of their new quarters. But the
General Court saw to il that the college
was no loser by its sacrifice. An appro-
priation was made 20 put in order the va
rious buildings. The bill for repairs on
Massachusetts, was as follows:
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-24
Her Weight Was Great.

IRON the Brooklyn Eagle)
In the upper portion of Brooklyn there
dwells young woman who thinks she is
too fleshy. She began to think so some
time ago, but for while the vigorous de-
probation of the idea by her friends
served to quell her mental disturbance
Lately it broke out again and this time
the young woman decided upon a vigorous
course of training, calculated, so medical
and other advisers informed her, to re-
duce weight with dizzy rapidity This is
how she describes her experiences after
an adequate test:
1t was a good deal easier at the start
to do those things which l ought to do
than ii was to leave undone those things
which ! should not do. Lots of things
liked TO eat heroically abstained from and
worked hard in other directions. too.
Joined a gymnasium and pulled weights
and tossed dumbbells for hours at a time
! took cold baths in the plunge. / took
hot baths at home and simply parboiled
in liquid temperature of lis degrees,
gradually raised from 1872. ! took Turk
ish baths, because the proprietor Of the
establishment solemnly assured me that
there was nothing like a Turkish bath to
reduce weight. and / took long walks. !
have walked down town TO the stores and
back, and that from where / live is 10
jolly amusement, and l have even been
known to walk to Fulton Ferry. Then in
addition to this l didn't neglect the diet
ing. started enthusiastically upon a
diet which my doctor declared had re-
duced the flesh Of a prominent clergy
man s wife eighteen pounds in two weeks,
and drank quarts Of vichy and kissengen.
''Yes"-wearily, Il did all these things
and sometimes more. and do you know
what happened? ! gained two pounds-O,
dear"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-24

under the huge belIy-coiled and slid and
scraped, till they bore the weight of the
mass above. The painted tail swished Off
fly from the striped side-and swished
again.
But-the cobra answered him. movement
for movement-perhaps unnouced by the
tiger. The rigid column that had lain like
a piece of black rubber began 10 coil and
coil at its lower extremity. Soon half its
length was cOiled. With an almost i'm
perceptible CULVER the other half raised IT.
self slightly, as If feeling the support OF
its solid base-then gently relapsed along
the ground in confidence. Only the hooded
head, the forked tongue, the giistenine
eyes marked the extreme tension at which
tn bolt rested, ready to be shot into the
air.
mass loomed above in a black touchdown,
down it came upon me-my glazed eyes re-
fused to close over my death agony.
He Bhugwani What was that? Like
holt from a cruss-bow the cobra sprang
from the unfolding coil-met the tigers
throat in mid-air. The unwinding coil
coiled anew around the tigers neck. With
a heavy thud both reached the earth, not
a yard from my head.
\ cloud OF dest obscured the scene. The
tiger rolling along the ground. clawius
frantically at his throat, was all ] saw;
low. gurEilug, choking sound was all I
heard. ] waited for no more: with one SUI
preme effort. / tottered to my feet and fell
heldl0ng over the tall grass-Outside the
arena. \ sudden gIsh of blood from my
wounded arm, and 7 remembered no more.
The last recollection / had was that of a
vague, mingled sound of tearing grass and
cracking twigs, Of rending flesh and
stihed groans. Then | remembered no
more.
When I came to myself the cool dew Of
night was lying thick upon me and the
bright moonlight playing upon the scene.
\ vague, indefinable emotion surged in my
heart as consciousness grew upon me-a
feeling of true thankfulness indeed, and
vet Of mingled pain and anguish The
battle-picture stood before me-suddenly I
remembered my black cobra. my love my
only love. A horrible fear clutched at my
heart q deep, Overmastering anxiety
swept over me. In frantic haste | arose
and tottered-cra wled-to the arena
My worst apnrehensions were fulfilled
The tiger indeed was dead: he lay on his
back his feet in the air. Already he was
a blackened. putrid corpse. The poison
indeed had done its work.
But in that terrible. frantic struggle tho
tigers claws had torn the cobra's body
into shreds of ribbon. had torn and mang-
led them piecemeal. till they hung i'm
strings from his claws and strewed his
chest. Only ore piece remained. The cob
ra's head though cut OF at the neck by
the tiers claws. still lay buried deem in
the tigers throat Not all the savage
strength of the gigantic brute could tear
away that fatal grip. II lay there. jaw 20
Jaw fang to fang. embedded In the now
putrid flesh-all that remained of my once
beautif'l black cobra.
No. sahib. / could not rear this one to
take her place. Her soul still lives, And
they are iealors-Nke womeni With a
hasty saiaau1 the 'ati figure Vanished into
the darkness-A. Sarath Kumar Ghosh in
the Strand Magazine.