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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-12-31
LOCAL OBSERVANCE OF XMAS.

The band gave the people a
musical treat during Christmas
afternoon by driving around town
in the bus sleigh and discoursing
popular airs.
The ST. Mary society, headed by
the band, marched to the Catholic
church Christmas morning to at
tend services. The men made a
handsome appearance in their neat
dress and military bearing.
The Catholic church Sunday
school observed Christmas in a
very appropriate manner on We'd
nesday afternoon. A pretty song
and recitative program preceded
the distribution of the presents
placed upon finely decorated tree.
The masquerade ball given at
the City Hall on Christmas eve was
attended by very large crowd OF
spectators as well as maskers and
everybody present thoroughly en-
joyed the event. An orchestra of
four pieces furnished excellent
music and the maskers made the
occasion carnival of fun for all.
The net receipts, amounting to $3l,
were presented to the James fami-
ly.
The tree and exercises at the q.
G. church Christmas eve drew
big crowd and provided delightful
entertainment for the grown folks
as well as the children. Upon the
conclusion of well-rendered mu-
steal and literary program appro-
pirate to the occasion, the beauti-
full tree was divested of it's burden
of presents, after which boxes of
candy and oranges were distributed
to each child present.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-12-31

Mrs. g. l.. Ross is spending the
week visiting friends in Gunnison.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-12-31

w. A. Welch came over from
Salida early last week and remain
ed until Friday.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-12-31

M. Welch & Co., quote some
very low prices on meats in their
advertisement. Read it.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-12-31

Many sleighing parties are TAX
ing advantage of the fine roads and
delightful weather.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-12-31

Jos. Ball and @. Fl. Stevenson,
G. F. & I. Co., officials, are here on
company business.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-12-31
TUESDAY, DEC. 81, 1901.

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I LOCAL LORE.
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A daughter was born to the wife
of Frank Wilson Sunday.
Mrs. @. l.. Ross is spending the
week visiting friends in Gunnison.
Mrs. F. E. Songer visited rela-
tives in Gunnison Sunday and
Monday.
Mrs. G. I. Lawrence went down
to Gunnison today with the Spen-
Ger children.
j. w. Furphy has gone over to
Elko to act as chef for the Brook
lyn Mining Co.
w. A. Welch came over from
Salida early last week and remain
ed until Friday.
Many sleighing parties are tax
ing advantage of the fine roads and
delightful weather.
Jos. Ball and @. Fl. Stevenson,
G. F. & I. Co., officials, are here on
company business.
M. Welch & Co., quote some
very low prices on meats in their
advertisement. Read it.
Chas. j. Kramer has forsaken
Tres Piedras, N. M, for return
to his former location at Amethyst.
Saverio Vecchio was called to
Gunnison Monday to attend to
some business before the county
court.
Mrs. Agnes Kerr's little daughter
Maggie drew the handsome big
doll given away Christmas eve by
Ross & Son.
The Colorado Supply company
has inaupurated n sensational cut
Sharp County record., 1901-09-20
CLEVELAND'S COMMENT.

"This is dreadful news, and
the more cruel because it strikes
down the confident and comfort
ing expectation which all our
people were encouraged to enter
tain that their President would be
saved from death. In the afflic-
tive gloom surrounding this third
presidential murder within the
memory of men not yet Did, we
can scarcely keep out of mind a
feeling of stunning amazement
that in free America, blessed with
a government consecrated to
popular welfare and contentment,
the danger of assassination should
ever encompass the faithful dis
charge of the highest official du-
w. 1t is hard at such time as
this to calmly and patiently await
the unfolding of the purpose of
Cod"
Sharp County record., 1901-09-20
THE REPUBLICAN, TOUCH UP,

Editor Matthews in retiring
from the State Republican sends
some hot shot into the camp Of
the Republican bosses. Among
other things he says: "The self
respecting man Of opinions has
no business trying to help make
the party a winner, because he is
so handicapped that such a re-
suit is impossible. From Powell
Clayton down to Will Holt there
is not one who would have success
at the polls if they could. 1t is
all a bluff and bluster to make
a showing at Washington suf-
ficient Ito bring the loaves and
fishes, and damned be the man
who dares to get in the way of
the rotten old band wagon Of Ar
kansas republicanism." Doc
Sharp County record., 1901-09-20
THE ANARCHIST CODE.

/. Destruction of existing class
domination through inexorable
revolution and international ac-
tivity.
2. The building Of free society
on communistic organization or
productions.
3. Free exchange of equivalent
products through the productive
organization without jobbing and
profit-making.
4. Organization of the edu-
cational system upon a non-re-
ligious, a scientific and an equal
basis for both sexes.
5. Equal rights for all without
distinction Of sex or race.
6, The regulation of public af-
fairs through agreement between
Sharp County record., 1901-09-20
MCKiNLEY'S CAREER.

January 20, 1843-Born at
Niles, Trumbull county, Ohio.
January 30, 1860-Entered AL
legheny College, Meadville, Pa.
June II, 1861-Enlisted as pri-
vate, Company E, Twenty third
Ohio Volunteer infantry.
September "a, 1862-Promoted
from commissary sergeant to Sec
ond lieutenant for bravery at bat
ties of South Mountain AMI An
tietam.
February 7, 1863-Commis-
stoned first lieutenant.
July 25, 1864-Promoted cap
tain, battle of Kernstown.
March IA, 1865-Brevetted
major by President Lincoln for
gallant service.
July 26, 1S65-Mustered out Of
service.
March, 1867-Admitted to the
bar at Warren, Ohio, after study
ing law at Albany, N. Y.
March, 1869-Elected prose-
cutting attorney, Stark county,
Ohio.
November, 1876-Elected to
congress.
November, 1888-Re- elected to
congress for the seventh time.
January II, 1892-Inaugurated
governor Of Ohio.
November 8, 1896--Electeo
president of the United States.
November 6, 1900-Re- elected
president Of the United States.
September 6, 1901-Shot by
Leon Czolgosz, anarchist, a
Sharp County record., 1901-09-20
THE RECORD,
BY CLAUDE L. COGER.

News of the death of VIM. Nc
Kinley at2:I5 a. m, last Saturday
came as a stunning blow to the
people of the United States, more
so as the corps Of physicians who
were attending the wounded
president had all along given out
most favorable reports, even
going so far as to announce that
recovery was certain. The cause
of death as announced by the
physicians was gangrene, as a
result of the wound in the stom-
ach. Friday morning President
Mckinley began to fail and in a
few hours it was realized that his
case was hopeless. The wounded
man also realized his danger and
a few hours before death asked
for his wife. The final farewell
between the dying statesman and
his faithful wife is described as
the saddest scene imaginable.
The President shortly after re-
lapsed into unconsciousness and
then it was that relatives, mem
bers Of the cabinet and other dis
tlnguished personages took the
last look at him whom they had
long known and loved. Some
took his hand, while many others
went no farther than the door OF
the sick-room where they could
see his face, Several members
of the cabinet broke down and
sobbed oonvulsively. The presi-
dents death was painless and
peaceful. Thus ended the life of
the nations third chief executive
who has fallen victim to the as
sassin's bullet. The burial took
place at Canton, Ohio, yesterday.
Sharp County record., 1901-09-20

the independent communes and
confederacies.
Whenever a man or a set OF
men in this free country proclaim
the purpose to reform society by
means of "inexorable revolution
and international activity" it is
high time to adopt stringent
measures Of repression. "Inex-
orable revolution" means mur-
der and assassination. Here is a
fine field for the rightful exercise
of government by injunction. "
Arkansas Democrat,
Sharp County record., 1901-09-20
Pearls Wanted!

Residing in one Of the Best
Pearl Markets in the United
States we wish to establish our
selves in the Pearl Business at
once; can therefore pay the high
est prices for all kinds Of Pearls
and slugs. Send them to us by
registered mail, priced, and check
will be promptly returned if we
can accept. Try us with a few.
Highest reference as to reliabil-
ity.
+. D. Wallace & Co.,
Sm,thville, Tenn.
Sharp County record., 1901-09-20
OH for fkBGs
Children.

Give them oil-cod-liver oil.
It's curious to see the result.
Give it to the peevish, fret
full child, and he laughs. Give
it to the pale, anemic child,
and his face becomes rosy and
full of health. Take a flat
chested child, or a child that
has stopped growing, give him
the oil, and he will grow big
and strong like the rest.
This is not a new scheme.
1t has been done for years.
Of course you must use the
right oil. SCOTS Emulsion
is the one.
SCOTS Emulsion neither
looks nor tastes like oil because
we are SO careful in making it
pleasant to take.
Send for fire. sample.
SCOTT & BOVINE, Chemists, 400 Pearl st., N. Y.
soc and SLooi al. druggists,
Sharp County record., 1901-09-20
MCKINLEYs LAST SPEECH.

McKinley's last words to the
American people were delivered
at Buffalo. In an address at
Buffalo only a few hours before
he was stricken down he said, IN
conclusion:
Gentlemen, let US remember
that our interest is in accord, not
conflict; and that our real emil
nence rests in the victories Of
peace, not those of war. Our
earnest prayer is that God will
graciously vouchsafe prosperity
happiness and peace to all our
neighbors, and like blessings to
all the peoples and powers OF
earth"
Sharp County record., 1901-09-20
WILL CONTINUE MCklNLEY'S
POLICY.

Immediately after being sworn
into office President Roosevelt
said: 81 wish to state that it
shall be my aim to continue alb
solutely unbroken the policy OF
President Mckinley for the peace,
the prosperity and the honor OF
our beloved country"
Sharp County record., 1901-09-20
CENTER CHUTES.

The corn mill is grinding again
Dry and getting dryer in these
parts.
Mrs. D. 7. Leonard is down
near Evening Shade on a visit.
DR.. Johnston visits Highland
almost every Sunday. We will
not say why.
Thornt Kent and Marion
Thomas are building a stack
chimney for S. P. Murphy.
Mrs. Helena Schales, mother OF
P. J. Schales, has been up from
Jackson county on a visit. Mrs
Henry Kunkle of Maxville has
also been visiting Mr.. Schales,
who is her brother.
People are going south by the
wagon load. 1t is estimated that
there have been two hundred
wagons passed through our TOW
in the last two months, with an
average of five persons to the
wagon, 1000 persons in all.
Two couples have embarked in
matrimony since our last report:
Sam spurlock and Miss Mollie
Schales, and Henry Butts and
Miss Nancy Hurst. May their
sail be lovely and smooth all the
way to the last landing place.
Corn is all cut and most Of it
housed in the dry. Cotton pick
ing has commenced and if it
rains soon wheat sowing will be
in order. The army worms are
eating everything that is left in
the fields in the way of grass and
weeds.
The Evening Shade and Pough-
keepsie company passed up about
the first to the annual camp and
hunting grounds. They returned
in three or four days, after mur-
dering seven old bucks and some
turkeys. We hear that two of
the champions shot eleven times
at one buck. If that is not mur-
der in the first degree, we don't
know what to call it. No deer
have been killed in our midst yet,
but some turkeys have kicked the
bucket. Marshall Causby and
Monroe Schales are ahead yet on
turkeys, with only two each.
Henry Williams has been over,
but made dry haul.
Sharp County record., 1901-09-20
GOOD ARGUMEr

Our neighbor Ii. N
Herald puts some sOri
into the following:
James K, Jones is u
man of the Democratir. II
of the United States y
and chairman of tbs \
cratic national COMFY
Because James K, Jon.' \
senator Of Arkansas, Al
sas leads the Democr,ar|
the senate and the NJ
And through Senator \
Arkansas always le,i,j
the right direction. y N
folly it would be to sn,'.1
him with a man utterj,
known to the senate III
the country at large,
elected to the senate n
P. Clarke would be j
PEELED, by senatorial cut'
that is rigidly eniorcei
take a place upon The l
insignificant committee,
to sit silent in his seat I
he has served his appre,5
ship. Arkansas will uct'
unfairly quit her lead,r5
and fall in with the 81,
glers at the tail.end Of
procession.
Sharp County record., 1901-09-20

81 see no reason for regretting
McKinley's death" says Emma
Goldman, the Anarchist leader.
Is the country safe while it con-
tains such characters?
Sharp County record., 1901-09-20
Secretary Of War Elihu Roc

Secretary of War Elihu Root
twenty years ago witnessed the
ceremonies which made Arthur
president after the death of Gar
field. Saturday he witnessed
Roosevelt's ascension to The
presidency after the death of
Mckinley,
Sharp County record., 1901-09-20

TIE Paducah, (Ky.) Democrat
speaks the sentiments Of the en-
tire country when it says: "One
drop Of blood from William Nc
Kinley's veins is worth all the
anarchists that ever cursed this
or any other fair land"
Sharp County record., 1901-09-20
QUICK RELIEF FOR ASTHv

Miss Maude Dickens, Pn Irt
Kan, writes: Il suffered ~
years with asthma in It's wOri
| had several attacks during IN
year and was not expected h IL
through them, | began usrg e.
ey's Honey and Tar and 1t has
failed to give immediate nj n
Williams & Edwards.
Conceit may puff a man us %
it is not a good prop, u
Norris Silver, North StsHin
N. H: 81 purchased a beth. ar
One Minute Cough Cure ID
suffering with a cough dM
told me was incurable. One =
tie relieved me, the second u
third almost cured. To.daylk
a we'll man." W. A. Edwam
Presumption is the daughR 3,
ignorance. b
Edward Huss, a well known II
ness man of Salisbury, No. TR
81 wish to say for the benef
others, that l was a sufferer
Iumbago and kidney trouble, Mi 4
the remedies | took gave me 70
lief. | was induced to try Ed
Kidney Cure, and after the used
bottles | am cured" WlllBH
Edwards.
The truly benevolent man ~
er boasts of it.
u Cure a Cold IL one Day
Take Laxative Bromo'QlNT
Tablets. All druggists refund
money If it fails to cure T.
Groves signature is on ea'A
% cents,
A real case of kidnappH!-F
child asleep.
A. O. Blanchard, West D%
N. Y, says; 81 have been Nv l'''I' \
with kidney disease for toe i, @ w.,
years. Have doctored WIN |. i, s"i ',
physicians and | got no nIn', Is.ls' S
used two bottles of Foieys NJ
uey Cure" Williams d S''A'
The oculist is in an eye aV'''
business.
Sharp County record., 1901-09-20

Mckinley endeared himself to
the south in a larger degree when
he spoke in favor Of the govern
ment caring for the graves Of the
Confederate dead.
Sharp County record., 1901-09-20
4 shocking Caia"., ~,

Lately befeIl a railroad >, w'inaI viii
writes Dr., A. Kelle't, o, ~, ,rp.bs
Ark. "lI,s foot was Oad'y 'oultI
bn, Buok!en's Arnr'' saw "a. vopi,rI
cured him." It's SIMPLY :, Al i
for bnrns, borIs. piles aDT .,d,s chl'
oruptions. It's the ~or'u ~,o",ssl. y
pion healer. Cure gaa'.n.t g,an,,t,
Sold by Snow, the d''ss''''
Sharp County record., 1901-09-20

Editor Murray of the Pine
Bluff Press-Eagle is enjoying a
huge luxury in the shape of a
$40, 900 damage suit.
Sharp County record., 1901-09-20
MCKINLEYS LAST WORDS.

"Nearer my God, to thee
Good-by, all; good-by. 1t is
Gods way. His will be done,
not ours"
Sharp County record., 1901-09-20

President Mckinley was buried
September 10. President Car
field died September 19.
Sharp County record., 1901-09-20

The case against Czolgosz will
be On in fifteen days, say the au-
thorities.
Sharp County record., 1901-09-20

America rejoices in the fact
that it was no son Of hers who
killed the president.
Sharp County record., 1901-09-20

An Ohio editor was mobbed for
referring disrespectfully to the
dead president.
Sharp County record., 1901-09-20

Jones and Clarke are out sayin'
their pieces.
Sharp County record., 1901-09-20

seems to be very i'll, probably be-
cause he couldn't feed at the pie
counter.
Sharp County record., 1901-09-20

Pan-American Exposition, Buf-
falo.
September IA, 1901-Died at
Buffalo.
Sharp County record., 1901-09-20
@MAvv

f1's faxsfiVe ,'s1iyTe' BrOmo.Quinine '.ss 49,
the remedy that cures q cold ID '"
Musical critics should Do '"''
judges. ,,., am,
IS Smiths Sure Kidney Cure !. 4 4
druggist will refund money aes no, n (
taking one bottle you ,,,. n,' TI, 5n
tirely satisfied with reS"'''' a,
We now have the ''''''
bathing suit. v,
Geo. W. Lane, Pewan0' W. D1sasp mp
writes: "Your Kodol J., D'iiSr iSr
dinestion Gere tie M and stomach ,,s,r u,s
that I ever used. FOR !S y ii tt
suffered s,1iai from dyspepsia, a. sed b' !,
Compelling me to stay l.n1' II, VI I
causing me untold la ag2ISSor g%nSSol D
completely cured by hUupe
pepsia Cure. In .,,t@or rTop''ifrtell from
It to friends who Sulleaf sffor /,
digestion I always yTbna U,ln far / b
never paid" w. A. nu~
Sharp County record., 1901-09-20

1t has showed up in Minnesota
The Sunday globe., 1901-07-07
TRIBUTE TO MR.. FUNK.
Discredited as a Vanderlip BOOtlick.
His NepOtiSm, Etc.

EDITOR OF THE SUNDAY GLOBE:
The hard working, hoGest clerks in
the Treasury Department feel very
grateful to you lJr the gallant fight
your paper is making against the un-
scrupulous and immoral officials, and
particularly the crusade you are max
ing against Lee W. Funk, chief of the
Indian Division, auditor for the In
terror Department ,his man Funk
is a creature Of Vanderbilt. He was
never heard of until VanderHp under
the supervisorship of the Bona Issue,
and requested the various heads of
Divisions to send so many CLERKS, and
every chief invariably sent their worst
clerks, so Funk met the Asst stant Sec,
retary while employed on this work
He commenced At once to boOtlick the
Assistant Secretary, and thereby gain
ed his favor, and was afterwards made
chief OF the Indian Division, thus dis
placing an efficient and trustworthy
chief without any cause whatsoever
only to make place for this bootlick
Funk, as is well known, was employed
on the temporary force in the Office of
the Auditor of the War Department,
and there lac had trouble with Auditor
Brown who refused to recommend him
for a promotion and afterwards he
went to the Assistant Secretary with
all sorts Of tales about Auditor Brown.
The Sunday globe., 1901-07-07
THE PATENT OFFICE
The Promotions and Reductions by
Commissioner Moore,

The recent changes in the personnel
Of the clerical force Of the Patent
Office indicates that Assistant COM
missioner Moore has formed himself
into a committee of one to investigate
whether the employees drawing higher
salaries have the requisite pollucal IN
nuence. Most competent clerks nave
been reduced in pay, some OF them
nearly one half. Many of these men
and women have been in otllce Tor
wears and are not incompetent, but MI
Moore has, since his advent ON the pay
r lis of the Patent Office, made study,
so it is alleged, of the most potent
method to secure Advancement. Per
sonally, these men who have been the
victims of The pruning knife are not
distastefu to Moore. II is not thought
he has any motive Of personal spite
against them, but he is ambitious, ana
Commissioners do not remain in the
Patent Office for life. Moore Is COM
paratively young, and it is not bad
political policy to recognize the men
aud women who have live political
backing, which in turn might be used
for Moore's advantage when the op
portu ity arrives.
Old employees of the office. men
skilled in the knowledge Of patent
law and practice, will tell you that be
fore the days of the arcical Civil Serv-
ice reform, the examiners Were, as a
rule, competent and experienced. 1t
was seldom that man of Moore's cali
ber landed in the position of "A Deputy
CommssiOnprship. That the Patent
Office has not the corps of examiners
Of brains and knOwlefe of their bust
ness for which il was once noted, Is
palpal le to every attorney having busi-
ness before the Office, Where they are
not proteges Of some political influence
they nre beardless ships just out Of
college grounded in theory and lack
ing in experience and common sense.
The Globe has no motive In these
remarks relative to MOore's methods,
but II IS due to the inventors of the
country who foot the bill i'm Govern
ment fees for their applications for
patents that the Patent ONCE be re-
moved from the p ssibility Of getting
into such incompetent hands.
Il the foregoing statement IS not sus-
ceptible proof, let Assistant Commis-
sioner Moore do the proper thing
publish the names Of the men and
women whom he has seen fit to reduce
i'm salary and give the reasons for the
reductions Mr. Moore won't do thi, .
he can't do it, and tell the truthful
reason for The reduction,
At another time we may tell few
things Of chow Mr.. Moore got there.
The Sunday globe., 1901-07-07
A HIGH OFFICIAL
Imports a Wife to Perfect Him in
the French Language.

EDITOR GLOBE: Can you blame them
The ladies in the Agricultural De-
partment decline to congratulate their
fellow-worker, Mr.. Blank, on his mar
riage recently to a petite and pretty bit
of French femininity, who they assert,
came over from gay Pahree with the
fixed determination of leading Blank
to the altar.
Blank, with a sublime egotism that
only he is capable Of, attributes their
conduct to pique, but tue ladies eX-
plain it in quite a different way. They
say they can not de eide whether he is
subject for congratulation or condo
lence. Besides, they have not been for.
mally notified Of the happy event;
that is, they have received no an.
nouncements. Their knowledge of the
affair is only through hearsay.
OF course, they are familiar with the
little French woman who, alone and
unknown, arrived in Washington about
a month ago, and, although she could
utter no syllable of English, found her
way with apparent ease to the big red
brick building in the Mall, and even
located the very room occupied by
Blank and his stenographer. Her Wis
its grew frequent and more frequent,
and when they suddenly ceased 1t
seemed to the clerks that one of their
own number had Unexpectedly dropped
out of the service. Then it leaked out
that Mademoisele and Blank were
married; that he had explained to the
Secretary and a few of the big chiefs
tuat his trip to France last winter
at Government expense, and ostensibly
to study the fora of the country
would benefit America i'm more ways
than one. He had possessed himself
Of all the t'renChman's knowledge of
the grape industry and other agriCul-
tural pursuits, and then, with a view
to cementing the friendly relations of
the two republic, turned his attention
to the French tongue. He put himself
under the instruction Of Mademoiselle,
who frankly told MIN IL would take
her a lifetime to finish the task She
h. come to America for that purpose
and he had decided to facilitate her
labor by marrying her.
Blank has always affected to treat
the ladies i'm the Department with in
difference or disdain, Notwithstanding
the fact that he recently made desper-
ate love to one Of them. and has paid
marked attentions to another OF Wash
ington's pretty girls and in his inter
course with the men ne has ever
sought to cloak Inherent stupidity with
an air of Owish wisdom No one,
therefore, is surprised at his deter
mination to conhne the knowledge of
this international wedding to a select
few. JNDERsTUDY.