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The Delta independent., 1901-06-28

Denver. June 2o.-The Capitol hill
slugg.r has changed his base Of Oper-
ations to the North side of the city in
Denver.
Shortly after o o'clock last night
Celestine Coleman, the seventeen-ycar-
old daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Coleman
OF 1929 Alcott street, was struck in
the head by piece Of One-inch gas
pipe two feet In length, In the hands
of man of whom the girl could give
but a meager description. The blud-
geOn used was found In vacant lot
near the scene Of the assault on West
Thirty-ninth avenue between Goss
and Forest streets by Detective O'Con-
nor. The weapon Is In the hands J.,
the police.
Miss Coleman was knocked senseless
by the blow and was carried into ihe
home Of John W. Few Mt 39OS Forest
street, where she regained conscious
ness before DIR. DE Peyre arrived. Her
left ear was split and the left side Of
her head badly bruised. Four stitch
es We're taken In the young wOman's
ear. The attending physician says
that he does not think there was con.
fusion or fracture and that unless
unforeseen complications arise Miss
Coleman will be all right In few
days.
The assault was witnessed by John
w. Few and his wife. They were
seated In their yard when Miss Cole
man passed and saw the man approach
her from the opposite direction In
which the girl was proceeding on
West ThIrty-ninth avenue. They
heard dull blow and heard Miss
Coleman utter u piercing shrek. An
instant later they saw man run
through a vacant lot and disappear In
the alley. Mr.. Few realizing what
had happened, cried at the top OF his
voice for help. but the man had made
good his escape before men In the
neighborhood could gather.
Mrs. Margaret Day OF 1922 Forest
street and Mrs. ]. Valentine OF 39oI
Goss street heard the blow and saw
the assailnnt run through the vacant
lot.
Miss Coleman. accompanied by Mrs
Cecil DufYy. the latter OF 1898 Goss
street. had been to De Peyre's drug
store at Forty-first and Goss streets 10
do some shopping. They started
home about o o'clock. The two girls
separated at Miss Duffy's home, and
The Delta independent., 1901-06-28
Building Blown Up

Denver, June 24.-By nm explosion
the one-story building ut the corner Of
Nineteenth and Champa streets, con.
tanning four stores, was utterly de-
stroyed last night at 11:13 o'clock. A
large part OF the structure went sky
wards and the explosion was heard all
over the center Of the city. The ruins
instantly caught fire. The damage is
estimated at $4,000. The building Is
owned in the East and the Crescent
Realty and Rental Company of this city
Is the agent. 1t WAS completed last
spring and was very substantial
structure, that portion destroyed cost
ing about $4,000.
The police nre inclined to the theory
that either gasoline or Illuminating gas
caused the wreck, although the fire,
men say that gasoline would not work
such havoc.
The Delta independent., 1901-06-28

The British congress on tuberculosis
will be held in London next month,
ito exchange the information and ex-
perience gained throughout the world
as to methods available for stamping
out this disease" 1t is expected to
adopt practical resolutions which will
indicate the public and private meas
ures best adapted for the suppression
Of tuberculosis" The means of sup
pressing 1t are gradually becoming
known. When the general public shares
this knowledge and seriously acts
SDon 1t. consumption will cease to be
the universal scourge 1t Ii.
The Delta independent., 1901-06-28
STEAMER ERIC TO SEEK
PEARY'S POLAR PARTY

New York. June 25.-The Peary Arc
tic Club. OF which President Morris X.
Jesup OF the chamber OF commerce In
president md President Henry w.
Cannon OF the Chase National Bank
treasurer. hns entrusted to Its secre-
tary. Herbert l.. Bridgemnn. the COM
mnnd OF Its expedition OF 1901, the
fourth series since Mr.. Penry departed
on his attempt to attain the pole.
DR. Frederick A. Cook OF Brooklyn.
surgeon OF the first Peary expedition In
1891, and Of the Belgium Antarctic ex-
pedition, has accepted the position Of
surgeon. The clubs chartered stenm-
or, Eric, IL now on her wny from Lon
don to st. Johns, n. r.. where the cap
thin md crew will he shipped and
whence she will proceed to Sydney, G..
b.. for coal and supplies. tnking her de-
pnrture from that port direct for the
north about the middle of next month.
The Eric will take stores for one year.
to guard against any possible deten-
tion, and will, with authority from the
ROynl Greenland Trndlng Company to
land, cnlI nt the most northern stations
for my possible Information OF Pcnry.
The summer OF 1901 In likely to mark
the elimination OF the work Of the
Peary Club, though its members. coll
fident as they have been from the out
set In Mr.. pcnry's success. are pledged
to stand by him unfnlteringly to the
end
Three years have elapsed since Mr..
Peary left America and two full sea-
sons work In to be learned upon the re-
turn of the Eric. More interesting In
a personal and dramatic wny thnn the
geographical work Of MIR. Peary IL the,
fate of his wife and daughter and Of
the steamer Windward, from which
The Delta independent., 1901-06-28

LIST. md ms II would be impossible for
me to Insert my firsa notice much b..
fore the latter part Of July the roaja
In the mandnmus proceedings have
about four weeks In which TO get ont
the injunction. However, I will net
stop my preparations for advertising
until the papers are served upon me-"
II was conceded mt the state house
yesterday that the writ would 20
straight to the Supreme Court from
the District Court mt Pueblo. and In
that connection the fact was brought to
light TINT perhaps the Supreme Court
would not consider Il until October,
when Chief Justice Campbell will have
returned from Europe. where he Is
now.
II the Judges now In Denver prefer
to wait the return Of the chief Justice
II means the tying up OF the fiat tax
revenues until October. aud much en-
barrns&ment for the stale officials, FOR
they will be prevented by the writ
and the injunction from prpctssiinS
with the collection and disbursement
Of the nat tax. ..t.
There II no question In the minds
of the state officials but that Governor
Ormnn will call special session OF
the Legislature II the Supreme Court
holds the new revenue bill invalid.
There will be nothing else for him 10
do, they contend. because money will
he short In the stnte treasury and som.
step must he taken TO raise funds at
once.
Going on tile supposition that tho
Supreme Court holds the revenue law
valid the present suit will have no fur
thcr action on state finances than to
delay the collection ot aat tnx until the
suit Is decided. While that will prove
annoying to the state officials, Il will
have no other bad effect than To per.
bnps delay. for month or two the
paying OF some Of the lower class mp
printions.
The Delta independent., 1901-06-28

The Germans are now conquering
Paris more effectually than they did
in days Of Bismarck, William and Won
Moltke. The Germans are gradually
edging in everywhere in the French
capital. They are in finance, banking,
exploitation, commercial houses, pro-
fessional houses. In their tenacious
way they are gradually ousting
Frenchmen from many of the best in
vestments and employments right in
the center of France.
The Delta independent., 1901-06-28

In Hawaii enormous quantities of
ducks are raised by the Chinese upon
the edges Of the ocean. Twice day.
within restricted areas, they are per-
mitted to eat the young fish which
swim in the inclosed coves. Fish are
reported to be growing scarcer every
year, and by some this diminution is
attributed to the wholesale destruction
Of the young fry by the Chinese.
The Delta independent., 1901-06-28
Cotton Heed rru.t.

Philadelphia, June 22.--The North
American says n syndicate OF capYtal-
lists Is planning combination with
500 100000 capital, to control the en-
tire production and sale within the
United States Of the various products
and by-products Of cotton seed. There
are 400 cotton oil plants in the United
States, of which the American Cotton
OIL Company, with capital Of $780,
100000. owns forty-fve. and the South
ern Cotton OIL Company, with head Of
flee in this city, owns ten. The others
are operated largely by cotton planters.
The Delta independent., 1901-06-28

A special committee appointed by
the Chicago Public Library board re-
ports that the books Of the library
ought to be Immediately sterilized on
account Of the large number Of bacilli,
representing q hundred different pois-
ons and disease germs, found in them.
Doctor Kuaewski reports that all Of
the 80 books submitted tohim for ex-
animation were more or less infected.
The dry process Of sterilization. he
thinks. will serve the required purpose.
The Delta independent., 1901-06-28

The recent panic in Wall street was
relieved by one delightful incident. A
countryman who heard of the excite
ment and had evidently read Of the
scenes, wanted to see the stock ex-
change. Some one directed him to the
old building. which is in process OF
demolition. "Plumb wrecked! Clean
destroyed! Well, well, that beats mel"
was his comment.
The Delta independent., 1901-06-28
al sue.plnx Iniunc,lon.

Milwaukee. June 24.-In the Circuit
Court of Milwaukee, June 22nd, q
sweeping Injunction Of widespread
scope and Importance was issued to
the Vitter Manufacturing Company rel
ative to the strike Of mnchinists.
The order prevents the strikers from
in any way interfering with the work.
men that are employed at the vlttef
works, from gathering about the works
In any way, from posting pickets. from
combining for the purpose Of prevent
have refused to quit, and from doing
to result in damage to the Vitter com.
.pany.
The Delta independent., 1901-06-28
Mrs. McK,n,.y Ma;ch better.

washington. June 26.-For the first
time since shc was brought home from
California In feeble condition. Mrs.
Mckinley wns able to go down stairs
and join the President while the latter
was at luncheon. She remained Mt thu
tnble for some little time; and then re-
turned to her room. having enjoyed the
break In the daily routine of life for
the past month. Mrs. McISipley's con.
ditl0n continues fnvoraDie.
The Delta independent., 1901-06-28

nothing has been heard since her de-
parture from God Haven, Greenland.
August 20 1900. Expectations and In
structlons then were that the Wind
wnrd. with Mrs. Peary and Miss Pcary
would return In the autumn and the
hope now IL that their detention was
due to Mr.. Penry's orders and for rea-
SONS which were satisfactory to him.
The Delta independent., 1901-06-28
The Delta Independent.
c. II. MARTIN, Editor and Publisher.
DELTA, .-. COLORADO.

Golden and diamond weddings were
celebrated by GA couples in Prussia
last year, and the state contributed
medals to each husband and wife.
The Delta independent., 1901-06-28

The soil in Dawn, Mo-, seems to be
prolific OF surprises. A farmer there,
who recently struck a natural gas well
while boring for water, has now found
q three-foot vein of coal fifty feet
away,
The Delta independent., 1901-06-28

Mr.. Morrill,, ex-governor of Kansas.
is preparing in Kansas an orchard that
will be the largest in the world. He
Il planting $4,000 apple trees in the
orchard, which Is $50 acres in extent.
The Delta independent., 1901-06-28
Former Consul Hay Killed.

New Haven. Conn. June 22-Adel.
bert 8. Hay, former consul at Pretoria
and son of the secretary Of state, fell
from third story window Of the New
Haven house and was killed last Sat.
urday night.
1t is believed that Hay became Ill
and went to the window for air, was
overcome by fit of dizziness and fell
to the ground below.
Adelbert s. Hay was about twenty
two years of age. He was appointed
consul to Pretoria early in 1900 to sue
ceed Charles Macrum of Ohio. He ar
rived Mt his post Of duty March /, 1900,
and after serving during the critical
period Of hostilities in South Africa he
resigned his position and returned to
this country. reaching here about ths
beginning of March.
The Delta independent., 1901-06-28

was unable to proceed further. The
waters reached such O depth that the
coaches had to be abandoned, the pas-
sengers being rescued by means Of
ropes strung from the windows Of
coaches to the tops of remaining coke
ovens some distance away. Between
Elkhorn and Vivian Yard. a distance
of ten miles, 100 cars are said to be
washed from the tracks, and many Of
them were carried down the stream.
A rough estimate places the num-
ber of bridges washed away between
Bluefelds and Vivian Yard, q distance
of twenty-eight miles, at from fifteen
to twenty, and from present indica-
tions 1t will be impossible to run trains
through to Vivian and points west Of
there under a week or ten days. This
will render 1t impossible to get relief
into the stricken districts and with
those who escaped with their lives,
homeless and without food, indescrib-
able suffering Is inevitable.
On the Clinch Valley branch of The
Norfolk & Western railway, between
this city and Norton, communication
Is entirely severed west Of Tazwell,
Virginia. Reports come from that
point Of great loss Of life and property
throughout that entire section.
In Shakerag, a negro settlement on
the outskirts of Tazwell, the water
stands to the depth of six to eight
feet in the streets and houses, all Of
the occupants having been removed to
points of safety by means Of a boat
Three miles west of Tazwell, on the
Higginbotham farm, the home of Par.
Is Vandike, a farm hand. was swept
away, carrying with 1t Mrs. Vandike
and her four children, two OF the VAN
dixie children, John, seventeen, and
Charles, five. being drowned. Mrs.
Vandike, with the two remaining
children, Edgar and Laura. were found
at 0 O'Clock this morning In a dying
condition one mile from where their
home stood. by Mr.. Vandike, who was
absent from home at the time OF tho
cloudburst.
While the rescuing party were
searching for the Vandike family they
found the body Of white woman,
well clad. floating down Plum creek.
No one thus far has been able to
Identify her and It Is supposed to he
a body that had been washed down
some distance.
A report comes from Wittens Mill,
small station between Blueficlds and
Tazwell. that three children, Christian
names unknown, belonging to RelIsh
Brush. were drowned early yesterday
morning. There is no telegraph sta
ton at Wittens Mil and 1t is impos-
sible to ascertain particulars. The
railroad and telegraph companies are
working between 1000 and 1,5OO men
day and night. officials are on the
ground pushing the work Of construct.
ing lines and repairing the road and
hope to be able to communicate with
both the storm-swept districts by noon
Monday. Nothing whatever has been
heard from the section Of country be-
tween Vivian and Williamson other
than the river is reported as being en-
tirely over its banks and higher than
ever known by the oldest nhnbitants.
The town Of WEIGH. county seat Of
Mcdowell county. must have suffered
seriously and number Of the large
lumber plants situated along the banks
Of Tug river no doubt are entirely
washed away.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-02-19
sheen reoa,nr In Nsnra. ,,..

In recent experiment, eight lots OF
lambs were fed. Alfalfa and prairie
hay were used as roughness, four lots
being fed ON each. Seven lots had a
protected yard and shed for she ter.
Lot had only an open yard with no
shed for shelter. The lambs weighed
an average of so pounds when the ex-
pertinent commenced on November rs,
1889, and sold in Omaha 100 days later,
weighing an average of 7S pounds.
Four different grain rations were fed
to the four lots on prairie hay and
three grain rations to the four lots Ga
alfalfa hay.
Lot l, ON alfalfa hay and corn, gain
ed SO pounds in 100 days and paid
profit of s205 per lamb.
Lot 2, on alfalfa hay and a grain
ration Of three-fourths corn and one
fourth oats, gained 80 pounds in Zoe
days, and gave profit of s1.9S per
lamb
Lot 3, on alfalfa hay and a grain
retion of three-fourths corn and one
fourth bsaa, made gain of 80 pounds
each, and gave profit of s1.90 per
lamb.
Lot s was fed In an open yard with
no shelter. 1t received alfalfa hay
and grain ration Of three-fourths
corn and one-fourth bran, making a
gain of "a pounds per head in 100 days
and gave profit of s1.94 per lamb.
Lot was fed on prairie hay aud
corn. making gain of 10 pounds FER
head in 100 days and gave profit OF
SLAB per lamb
Lot was fed on prairie hay and a
grain ration OF corn with 16 per cei.
linseed meal, making a gain of "a
pounds per head in 100 days and gave
profit of $3.50 per lamb.
Lot was fed prairie hay and a
grain ration of three-fourths corn and
one-fourth oats. making q gain Of 10
pounds per head in 100 days and gave
profit of $l.32 per head.
Lot was fed prairie hay and grain
ration OF three-fourths corn and one
fourth oats, making gain of 10
pounds in 100 days and gave a profit
of $3.50 per lamb.
Counting all losses and all expenses
against the sheep fed. they made an
average profit of $1.60 per lamb. Tho
alfalfa hay fed lambs consumed 1884
pounds OF hay and pound of grain
each per day, against .SS pounds of
hay and $50 pounds of grain consumed
by the prairie hay fed lambs. The al
falfa hay fed lambs on difrerant yratn
rations made So per cent greater gains
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-02-19
AIu.cles and brain.

In one of his recent lectures al
Clark University. Prof. Angelo Mosso
Of Turin averred that Physical edu-
cation and gymnastics serve not only
for the development of the muscles,
but for that of the brain as we'll" 1t
is becoming evident, he said, that as
much time should be devoted to mus.
cular exercise as to intellectual exer-
ciRs, and children should begin read
Ing eRd writing only after they are
nine years old. Muscular fatigue ex-
hibits phenomena identical with in
tellectual fatigue. Nerve cells show
on the average every ten seconds a
tendency to rest. 1t is probable that
only part of the brain is active at tho
time; the various parts relieve each
other The more mobile any animals
extremeties are, the more intelligent,
other things being equal, he is.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-02-19

lish cross gave and tho Danes s~0k
the hint and began to import what is
known in England as the Large
White" 1t was a wise move on the
part of the Danish farmers, and in
seven or eight years England had be-
como the largest buyer OF Danish
bacon. At the present time the Danes
are endeavoring to develop a fixed
breed out OF their mixed herds and
propose to call 1t the native" breed.
They will doubtless succeed in this.
but II they try to get their breed and
themselves into state of eternal
fxedness they may awake some morn
ing to find that the bacon market has
slipped out Of their grasp. The no
lions that govern market demands
change, and the producer must always
be ready to change with them.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-02-19
China.s Coal Fields.

China contains some of the richest
coal deposits in the world. Last fall
Professor Drake of Tientsin visited the
coal fields in the province of Shansi.
which were examined by Baron Won
Richthofen in 1870, and found that
they are of immense extent. The coal
area is said to be greater than that OF
pennsylvania, and the anthracite coal
alone contained in these fields has
been estimated at 6SO.OOO.OOO tons.
The Shansi coal beds are so thick and
lie SO uniformly in a horizontal posi-
ton that the practicability has bsen
suggested of running long lines OF
railroad tunnels through the beds sc
that the cars can be loaded in the
mines all ready for distant transpor-
tation.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-02-19
Tho pani.n I,acon Hog.

There are good many things that
We can learn from the Danes, and
among them we might name readiness
to adapt ourselves to new circum-
stances. When about forty years ago
the Danes turned to butter producing
from grain and stock raising. they
found 1t necessary to create q way to
dispose OF the by-products OF their
diaries. Naturally the way out was
found in the hog. But the native hog
was not just the kind of an animal
that would make the most out OF his
food and so they imported a better hog
from Holstein. When they investi-
gated this better hog they found that
he had been created partly by an in
fusion of blood from imported Eng
lish hogs. So the Danes went to i'm
porting English hogs to be used with
their own. A good many of these i'm
ported hogs we're Berksnires and some
wore what are known as Middle
Whites. 1t Ia said that by 1870 nearly
half OF the bears in use in Denmark
were OF English origin. Most OF the
bacon had been consumed by II Q
Danes or by the Germans, but by 1880
the English had begun to appreciate
the high quality of Danish bacon. The
English public, however. demanded a
longer side than the Danish and Eng
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-02-19
wonderful Variable Star

In studying the variations In the
iight OF certain stars in the cluster
known as "Messier g." Professor Ball
ey has found one star whose changes
are So rapid that in thirty minutes 1t
gains more than an entire magnitude:
In other words. becomes more than
TWO and half times as bright as it
was at the beginning. Several others
vary with rapidity almost equally
starting Their entire period of vari-
ABILITY from one maximum to the next
is about half day. but they gain light
much quicker than they lose it. 1t
seems impossible to regard such stars
as suns in the sense of our sun.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-02-19
no rrotect enc Grent nel,rona..

1t was reported at the recent meet
ing of the American Association for
the Advancement of Science that the
redwood forests of the Pacific coast
are now practically ali in the hands of
private owners who hold them for
numbering purposes. Since the red
wood rivals the gigantic sequoia in
size and interest, it is deemed a mat
Ter OF scientific Importance that It
should bs preserved. and the associa-
ton approved the action of its botani-
cal section in favoring the purchase
and preservation of public park in
the santa Cruz mountains covering
more than $4,000 acres, and occupied
largely by the primeval redwood for
est.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-02-19
cANAprAN sErpIxa DEVICE.

The sowing OF grass and other fne
grain evenly is a difficult task when
attempted by haLd and most Of the
patent seeders offered for sale are to-
costly for the average farmer to In
vest in, especially when it is taken
into consideration that the seeder VIII
only be used once or twice a year.
With the idea of providing a cheap and
simple apparatus, which will SOW the
seed rapidly and evenly, Canadian in.
ventor has designed the applratus
illustrated above. 1t consists OF clotl
sack suspended from the shoulder and
provided at its single lower corner
with a funnel leading into the distri-
buting tube. The funnel has an in
ternal gate to limit the amount Of
grain passing through. In the outer
end of the tube is arranged a series OF
DETECTING fingers, which aid materi-
ally in the distribution of the grain
which is accomplished By swing ne
the tube from side to side while held in
slanting position. the grain falling
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-02-19

A regimental physician in tho
French army has investigated the o.
feet upon soldiers of regular marchinr
In disciplined bodies. The uniformity
of the soldiers step causes the indef-
mite repetition OF a shock Of the brain
and bones, and consequently ths mode
of motion is far more deletersous than
an irregular walk. He attributes the
peculiar aches and pains OF the men to
the fact that the same parts OF the
body receive the series OF shocks.
What does the doctor suggest by way
of relief? Experiments have shown that
his plan Is efilcacious. The device IN
simple: A rubber heel for all military
boots. The brain-jar and other I'M
favorable sensations are so diminished
as to give the infantrymen a new lease
of activity. The relative efficiency O,
the army may thus be increased bv
what might be considered an unimpor-
tant change. The scale might he
turned in long and close contest in
favor of the rubber-heeled men. ana
the map Of Europe altered.