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, 1901-06-20
SINGLE RAIL ELECTRIC LINES.
Some Advantages the New English sched-
ules VIII Have.

Some Advantages the New English sched-
ules VIII Have.
The British Parliament has been pc
titioned to grant its approval of the
construction of an electric railway be-
tween Liverpool and Manchester.
which will make the fastest time on
record, The single rail system. which
1t is proposed to introduce on this line,
will bring changes in other respects
than that of speed. For m thing one
cannot journey by This method of To-
comotion and speak to his fellow trav-
elers at the same time. The noise
caused by the running wheels would
effectually drown the most vociferous
efforts. Again, reading will be out OF
the question. The vibration is abnor-
NAL and the rapid motion by which
the passenger is whisked along at the
terrific rate of 10 miles ar Jour pre-
cludes the possibility of such a thing.
Even on the Irish line. where the
speed rarely reaches sixty miles an
hour, reading is a practical impossi-
bility. The great recommendation of
the system, as shown in its working
in Kerry. rests in the fact that it is
practically impossible to derail the en-
gines or carriages.
, 1901-06-20
SUCCESSFUL coLoREp MEN


goulder, Colorado, the Home of Two Who
Have Won High Positions.
BOULDER. CSiCradJ. las the distinc-
tion of being the home of the only
chief telegraph operator of a railway
in the United States who is a colored
man, says the Denver News. 5. b.
Mackey, the chief operator of h o
orado & Northwestern railway, not
only fills the position or head OF the
telegraph department OF the a put
he is equally efficient as train dis
patcher and private secretary to Gen
eral Manager Culbertson. He is a
stenographer and typewriter of special
ability and his gentlemanly Address
and ability in everything he under
takes have made him highly popular
among citizens of Boulder.
Mackey is a native or Greenville,
Pennsylvania, where he was educated
in the public schools. After gradual
ing from the high school he pursued
a special course of studies at Teal col
lege. Since arriving at Boulder he
has found time to study Latin n
French and next fall he will enter
upon a special course in the State
university. He 10 now t~wenty-e1ght
years of age. active. energetic and
wide awake to the intrests of his en-
ployers. Recently he undertook the
issuance of an elegantly illustrated
pamphlet upon Boulder county. The
title of the publication is picturesque
Boulder and Gems of Boulder County"
Boulder has another colored man
who is gaining wide reputation on &C
count of special ability. His name is
o. T. Jackson. Las ear when the
board of directors of the Chautauqua
looked about for a man to take charge
Of the Chautauqua dining hall and
cafe. Jackson was selected for the po-
sition. He filed it so well that he is
in charge for the approaching session.
He employs sixty or seventy-five per-
sons to assist in the work and his au-
thority is supreme.
, 1901-06-20
WILLIAM H. NEWMAN.

ticket agent on the Texas and Pacific.
In three years he had been promoted
to the post of general freight agent,
and he was next made third vice-presi-
dent. The Chicago and Northwestern
offered him a similar post, which he
at once accepted, and in 1896 the
Great Northern road elected him its
second vice-president. Three years g
he was elected president Of the Lake
Shore, in which position he was serv-
ing when called to the presidency of
the New York Central. His knowl-
edge takes in all departments of a
railway.
, 1901-06-20

Jus before Professor Mead lost his
arm by falling under a street car he
testified before the industrial commits
sion In Washington. He said that ir-
rlgation is necessary in two-ffths of
the area of the United States to make
farming profitable. To those inclined
TO consider 1t n sectional question he
would say that irrigation within the
past few years had redeemed an area
In Louisiana and Texas larger than
some New England states, causing an
increase in the value of land from 81
TO from $50 to 800 an acre. He said
that Irrigation Is becoming a necessary
adjunct to make gardening successful
along the atlantic coast. He estimate
ed that there are not fewer than 75.OO0
irrigation bitches in the United States
costing n total Of less than 5000 OOO.-
600, and possibly much more. He ad-
vocated government aid under certain
restrictions In reclaiming some sec
lions of the country by irrigation.
The Indian bureau h about complet-
Ing plans for an entire new school
plant at the MoQui Indian reservation.
Arizona, to be erected In Keams can
on. The new plant, consisting of two
dormltorlcs. a school building, laundry.
warehouse, mess hall. Kitchen and en-
ployes' quarters, VIII accommodate 1GO
pupils.
, 1901-06-20
Eagle Fishing In a City.

A handsome bald eagle spends two
or three hours every morning catching
fish at a place within the city limits in
plain view of the passengers on a troll,
ley car line, says the Portland Ore.
gonian. He perches on an oak tree
near the shore of a lake in which carr
and catfish are plentiful. When his
eagle eye" espies a fish in the shall.
low water near the shore down he
swoops, and, selling the fish in his
talons. flies back to the tree, where he
eats. and then watches for another vic.
tim. The bird of freedom has chosen
the position well. as the tree is on the
extreme end of a long peninsula,
winch no one car approach without
being visible for half a mile.
, 1901-06-20
The Metz ExpIoSiJe.

II he claims made by officials of
the war department concerning the eff
ficacy of a new explosive are borne
out by subsequent tests, the United
States may possess a secret which will
have important bearing on the inter-
national politics of the future.
Warshlps and Notifications which
have heretofore been regarded impreg-
nable will be at the mercy of Amer,
lean guns. 1t has been demonstrated
that the thickest Harveyized armor
will not Withstand the new projecti.e
when hurled by one of the great guns
and, what is more important, that the
explosive with which the projectile is
loaded will be discharged Immediately
the armor is pierced.
Maximite, this new death-dealing ex-
plosive, is called after Mr.. Hiram
Maxim, its inventor. Mr.. Maxim is
the inventor OF smokeless powder and
has made a specially of high explo-
siyes. 1t is announced by the officials
in charge of the tests which have been
made on the Sandy Hook proving
grounds that the results far surpass
anything heretofore attained in apy
country. Experts express the opinion
that the building of battleshlps and
Notifications may be re~volutionized
as the result of the discoveries made
by Mr.. Maxim.
, 1901-06-20
Affirmation for Chino.

If the international tribunal estab-
lished by the conference at The Hague
has any practical usefulness the dis
pute among the powers at Pekin af-
fords an opportunity to pun it to the
test. The suggestion Of the United
States to refer the question of in
demnity to this tribunal is worthy of
a civilized nation. Its adoption is
scarcely probable unless the powers
should find it impossible to reach an
agreement in any other way.
, 1901-06-20
The ..sbamreek, counfess.

The beautiful countess of Limerick
has well earned the title of The
Shamrock Countess for, thanks to
her efforts, one of the British war
funds has acquired this spring a sub
stantial addition to its funds owing
to the sale of the dear little sham
rock SO cleverly organized by the
mistress of Dromore castle. The young
countess-before her marriage Miss
Burke-Irwin, the daughter of one OF
.1reland's most popular sportsmen, and
herself, both as a girl and since her
marriage, one of the straightest rid
ers to hounds in the Emerald isle
, 1901-06-20
All Oycr a Potter.

Is it possible to be driven insane by
a poster? This is a question which
is being much debated at present in
Des Moines. la. Miss Bertha Atkinson
of that city believes that she will go
mad il a poster opposite her window
is not removed. So real, so vital. SO
appalling has become her horror of
the painted placard that her friends
have come to share in the a%pprehen-
sion. Accordingly a protest has been
made to the municipal authorities, and
, 1901-06-20

Ain English literary writer says that
''the time Is fully ripe for the advent
of a sailor poet and the marine engi-
neer poet. Whether they write in
terms of rhyme or no l care not. A
virgin field awaits them. a noble in,
heritance. maturing for ages They
can, II they come, utterly refute the
false and foolish prattle of the arm.
chair philosophers and prove triumph
antly that so far from the romance
and poetry of the e being dead 1t has
hardly yet been given any adequate
expression whatever"
, 1901-06-20
COUNTESS OF LIMERICK.

early Joined the group of those ener-
getic peeresses who do all in their
power to improve the lot of their poor-
er friends and neighbors. The Sham
rock League has succeeded beyond the
widest dreams of its promoters, and
during the days which preceded March
IL Lady Limerick and her friends
worked hard all day tying up tiny
nosegays of Ireland's national green
blossom and dispatching it to all cor
ners of the world.
, 1901-06-20
Pr-lidenf of Metz York Central

Pr-Sidenf of Metz York Central
William H. Newman, who has just
actively entered upon the duties OF
his e post as president of the New
York Central and Hudson River rail-
road. is. as may easily be imagined,
one of the cleverest and most thor
oughly trained railroad men in Amer
lea. He has worked his way up prac-
tically from the bottom. 1t is more
than thirty years g since he began
his career in his profession as local
, 1901-06-20
NEW FAST TRAIN TO COLORADO


Via MIssouri PaolHc RhHWFy'
The Missouri Pacific Railway is now
operating double daily service from st.
Louis and Kansas City to points In
Colorado, Utah and the Pacific coast.
Trains leave st. Louis 9 a. M, and
1910 D. m, Kansas City 6 p. m. and 10
a. m, carrying through sleeping cars
between 81. Louis and San Francisco
without change. Excursion tickets
now on sale. For further Information
address Company's agents.
n C TOWNSEND.
, 1901-06-20
CAUSE cELEBRE IN LONDON
Suit of Minionaires Against Edward Mark
ham Stirs Public.

The SANDER suit of Wernher, Belt &
Co, the South African multi-million-
aires, against Edward Markham, men,
Der Of Parliament, for stigmatizing
them as rogues and swindlers, Is the
cause celebre of the year. The CORE
spOndent of the Chicago Chronicle
hears that Markham intends TO base
justification of his accusation upon
Wernher-Beit's alleged big transaction
in Illicit diamond buying or the secret
purchase of diamonds stolen from the
mines by natives and others. An
American, now in London, will be the
principal witness in behalf of Mark
ham in sustaining these charges.
, 1901-06-20

All successful business men agree
that good advertising pays. Good al
vertising means interesting announce
ments placed in newspapers which
reach a large proportion Of the people.
Probably most experienced advertis-
ers would say that to make the merits
OF a single commodity the feature of
nm "ad" is the most direct and effect
tive way of getting peoples attention
fixed on an Observation-Disclosures
phia Record.
, 1901-06-20

said the queen mother will retain her
power for another year. Within Il few
weeks it is expected that King AL
phonso will start out on a grand tour
OF the capitals of Europe. On this tour
he is expected to select a bride to
snare with him the ancient throne of
spain. and royal mammas with mar
'laEeable daughters are Consequently
, 1901-06-20

The President who succeeds in getting
this measure through Congress-, will hole
a high place in the esteem of the people
but no higher perhaps, than the esteem In
which everybody holds Hostetter's Storp'
ach Bitters. This medicine gets at the
starting point of disease by acting on this
stomach, helping that q in its duty OF
ton, constipation. stimulates the kidneys
and strengthens the nerves. Be sure tc
try 1t.
, 1901-06-20
LadIe. Can Wear Shoes.

One size smaller after usingAllen's Foot
Ease, a powder. 1t makes tight or new
shoes easy. Cures swollen, hot, sweating,
aching feet, ingrowing nails, corns and
bunions. All dru ygists and shoe stores,
Csc. Trial package FREE by mail. Ad-
dress Allen S. Olmsted, lie Roy. n. Y.
, 1901-06-20

day of AL
phonso was
C e Q b rated
last month.
According to
the Spanish
law, a boy
comes of age
when he has
C o m p leted
fifteen years
of life, so
that the lit
tie boy king
is now prac-
tically h | 8
oW master,
though 1t is
, 1901-06-20

If any witch has survived the nine
teenth century she will doubtless here
after ride n carpet sweeper instead OF
a broomstick, in order to be up to
date,
, 1901-06-20
G.. P. G. T. Agent. st. Louis. Mo.

Senator she asked, do you be-
lieve in the survival of the fittest?''
II do" he r~eplied-'as long as the
fittest has the patronage to distrib-
ME
, 1901-06-20

Teacher-Name something of impor.
lance existing today that was not in ex
istence 100 years ago. Small Pupil-Me-
, 1901-06-20
Hairs Cntarrh Cure
Is taken internally. Price, T5c.

One reason why there are so mnny
bachelors now Is that men are never
asked any more to hold skelns OF yarn
while the girls wind.
, 1901-06-20

Lives OF great men all remind US
But u memories fragile out,
80 We can't recall. to save us,
What they make us think about.
, 1901-06-20

liaVlng hitched your wagon to a star
Keep your eye peeled lest the star RIM
49, Win your wagon before you have
, 1901-06-20

Always use Russ Bleaching Blue. the
tamous bag blue, one package equals two
OF any other bag blue.
, 1901-06-20

Have you had any fresh garden sauce
yet? Yes: ever since We hired our new
, 1901-06-20

Pain, suffering. Wizard OIL could not
live together, so pain and suffering
moved out. Ask YOU druggist about it.
, 1901-06-20

To have your napkins and table liner
that delicate, clear white so desirable. use
Russ Bleaching Blue. the modern bag blu
, 1901-06-20

A Denver girl has two beaus. He
winter beau Is n nice young man VIII,
sells coal and her summer beau is a.
ice man.
, 1901-06-20

Piho's Cure for Consumption Is an infaiiible
medicine for coughs and coldS-N. w. SAMUEL,
Ocean Grove, N. j.. Feb. II. 1900.
, 1901-06-20

It is the only cure for Swollen,
smarting, Burning, Sweating Feet,
Corns and Bunions. Ask for Aliens
Foot-Ease, a powder to be shaken into
the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe
Stores, csc. Sample sent FREE. Ad-
dress. Allen s. Olmsted. Leroy. N. Y.
, 1901-06-20

One thing Mr.. Howells seems to hav
against the historical novel is that /
sells.
, 1901-06-20

Maitland, Nova Scotia. was a wood
en- shipbuilding center many years 9
ago, and It is said that the industr /,
to be revived again.
, 1901-06-20

MRS. Winsiow's Soothing syrur.
ror children teething. softens the gums, reduces I'm
Examination. allays pain cures wind collie. aSc = bottia
, 1901-06-20

The island of Chios, in the Aegean
sea. has an oak the age of which is
believed to be twenty-five centuries.
much excited, while all the subjects
of the youthful monarch are greatly
interested. When he leaves Madrid
King Alphonso will go first to Rome
to receive the blessing of his venerable
godfather, Pope Leo. He will then
proceed in state from one capital city
to another. Already, it is said, prep
arations have been begun to receive
him. In Paris, especially, a series of
magnificent fetes will be given in his
honor, though France has no royal
princess to offer as a candidate for
queenly honors. The only contingency
which may delay or ever prevent the
coming tour is the fact that both the
Carlists and the Republicans are
watching for an opportunity to rise.
for when the first of the saloonkeep-
ers arrested was called up for trial
the other day he promptly pleaded
guilty, and was assessed a heavy fine.
Miss Berry says she will continue her
work until all the saloons of the town
are closed on Sunday and are kept
closed.
Maitland, Nova Scotia. was a wood
on ghfpbtiilding CENTER muuvy aara ogn
, 1901-06-20

Boy King Looks for Bride.
This is a pretty picture of the little
boy king of Spain and his queen moth
er, taken shortly before the 10th birth
, 1901-06-20

The island of Chios. in the Aegean
sea. has an oak the age OF which is
believed to be twenty-five centuries.
, 1901-06-20

for EXAMINATION beror, paying for same CataIos-
ues free. All goods stamped FRED MUELLER,
l4l3-l5 Larimer Street.. Denver, Colorado.
, 1901-06-20
Denver Directory.
SADDLES and HARNESS


with brsDo nj nz
for az; 80 5teot
Horn Stock sad
die for SO. $50
steel Horn saddle
double chincha
fOr si5- DO not
be deoel we'd by
worthless imita-
tons but send
your d dlrecs
10 rs and get thr
best genui no nj
in n llrn0a
, 1901-06-20
BROWN PALACE, HOTEL 4,!I! H. S. II ! &: ~ Z

THE COLORADO TENT & AWNING CO, Robert
i =. Gutshall. Pres. Largest manufacturers In the
West Write for cat'IR. l6l7-23 Lawrence St, Denvef
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-30
BLAZE AT GOODWATER
THE LOSSES WILL AMOUNT TO
 $25, ,ooo.
For Time It Seemed That the En- tire Town Was Doomed to De- struction-Flames Gotten
 Under Control.

Goodwater. Ala. Nov. 29,-Fire tonight destroyed a great part of the business portion of the town, and did damage es- timated at $25,O00. For a time 1t seemed that the entire town was doomed to de- struction, and 1t was only by the hardest kind of work that the flames were fin- ally extinguished. The blaze was first discovered at 10 o'clock, and 1t was nearly 12 before it was gotten under con- trol.
 Many thousands of dollars worth of goods were piled in the streets, and much damage will be done to them. It has not yet been learned how the con migration originated. An attempt was made to blow up the store of J. M. Rob- inson with dynamite in order to prevent the further spread of the flames. There was only a small amount of insurance on the property destroyed.
 The losses, as far as now known, are as follows:
 |, Pruett Pruett, $3.5Oo; Franklin & Will Hams, $4.OO0; Caldwell Hotel, 5000; R. Argro saloon, $2,OO0; A. Caldwell, $500; Major Alten. dry goods, 5000: A. A. Al- len, saloon. $5.000; l.. A. Grogan, $500; J. T. Manhld's building. $l.5OO. The store of H. M Smitherman. G.. J. Corley. D.. W. Baker and J. M. Robinson and the Argo Drug Store are all damaged.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-30
THE coRoNER's INQUEST.
Conductor Trowl Tells of the Seneca
 Wreck.

Adrian, Mich, Nov. @.-Just before the cOroner's inquest into the Wabash
 Railroad wreck adjourned late today Conductor TrowI of the immigrant train testified that there were l90 passengers no board. When he was ordered to meet the Continental Limited he was at Hol- loway and received his order from Operator Martindale. He read the order in the presence of the operator and took three copies, giving two to the two en- gineers of his train and retaining one himself The engineer of engine 15l re- ceived the order first In each instance when the order was delivered by him, the fireman was present.
 He understood his train was to side track at Seneca for the other If the train had passed Seneca he would have set the automatic brake. Had the brake been set it would have required one-eight of a mile to stop the train. He had no warning that anything was wrong until he felt the shock. At that time he was seated in the rear coach. When he had gotten out fire had started in the head coach and others were busy getting the injured out of the wreck. He hurried down the track to Sand Creek to get an engine to pull away what cars could be saved, and three sleepers were hauled away.
 Conductor Trowl said: 'I made list of as many as l could find who were saved. I got the names of 8S. A number of passengers got away whose names did not get. Aside from this record have no means of knowing how many were killed"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-30
KNOX WARNS OFFICIALS.
ofaceholder Must Keep Out of
 Politics.

Kansas City, Nov. 29.-The United States Marshal and District Attorney to- day received copies of circular from United States Attorney General Knox
 which calls the attention of all officers and employees of the Department of Jus
 tice to a circular issued August 20, 1900. forbidding any executive or employe to solicit or receive any political contribu- tIons from any employe of the United States.
 The following further directions on this subject are added to the new circular:
 ''Rule No. 3 of the civil service rules provides that no person in the executive civil service shall use his official infiu- ence or office for the purpose of interfer- ing with an election or controlling the re- suit thereof. The spirit of civil service laws and rules renders it highly undesir- able for Federal officers and employees to take an active part in political con ventions or in the direction of other parts of political machinery. Persons in the government service under this depart ment should not act as chairman of po- litical organizations nor make themselves unduly prominent in local political mat ters.'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-30
THE NEWCOMER ESTATE. Contest Over Will of New Orleans w. A. nJ~~.~ v1rlr Courts.

Woman in New York Courts
 New York, Nov. 29.-The Herald says that the heirs of Mrs. Josephine Louise Newcombe have a controversy pending in the Surrogates Court as to WneIher she died a resident of this city or or New Orleans, and whether her estate shall pc brought before Surrogate Thomas today on an duplication for the revocation of latters testamentary to Joseph A. Hincks and Brandt V. B. Dixon of New Orleans, executors appointed under her will, wnich was admitted to probate there.
 Mrs. Newcombe was the widow or Warren Newcombe. She had spent years in the endowment and maintenance or q college in New Orleans for the educa- tional advancement of young women Tn memory of her dead daughter. It was while north, more than a year ago, that she was taken i'll and died at the resi- dence of her friends, Dr. and Mrs. Chamberlain.
 But a few days after her death. a will, executed on May 12. 1S9s In New Orleans was offered for probate there. In 1t she bequeathed the entire residuary property of her estate to the administra- tors of the Tulane Educational fund or New Orleans. She appointed her cousin Joseph A. Hincks and B. V. Dickson' President of the Memorial College execu- tors and trustees of her estate.
 It is in the interest of Victorine S.. Mccarthy, a niece; Howard L.. Tender son, a nephey; Silas M. Henderson, grand nephew, and Marguerite F. Hen derson. a grand niece all of Louisville, Ky.. and William H. Henderson. a nephew, and William V. Henderson, grand nephew both of New Orleans that the present application will be made. They assert that Mrs. Newcombe. was a resident of this city. They will ask that letters of administration be granted on the estate to William H. Henderson, and the United States Mortgage and Trust Company on the ground that she died intestate.