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The Lamar register., 1901-07-17

In giving general details of the cf-
feet of the strike now being ordered,
President Shaffer said that the first
order only went to the mills of the
three companies that have been carry
ing on negotiations. 1t was Thought
best that this should he the case. The
order for the others TO be called out
Is to follow in circular letter sent to
every lodge of the Amalgamated asso-
citation in the country where there are
mills of the United Steel Corporation
in operation. 1t would include the
mills of the Federal Steel Company.
National Steel Company, National
Tube Company, and wherever there
We're organized men employed In nom
union plants of the first mentioned
companies.
He could not give the total number of
men that would be thus rendered idle
but estimated them at 10000 directly.
1t was his Intention to have the strike
ns general as possible ut the earliest
possible moment. SO as to force II set
Element of the dispute the quickest.
As soon us the mills shut down, the
shipment of raw material and coal and
coke for the various plants will cease.
1t Is said the depression in this respect
Is looked upon as threatening more
serious results than the simple clos
ing of the mills of the United States
Steel Corporation.
The Lamar register., 1901-07-17
DENVER TRAMWAY TO
ENTER COAL FIELDS

Denver, July 15.-The Denver News
says: The Denver Tramway Ccinpany
now throws down the gauntlet to the
Colorado 4 Southern road' and the
Northern Coal Company. The tilmway
management has decided to go into the
coal traffic and to transport the coal
which 1t will mine. Plans have been
made to develop properties which 1t is
estimated will produce 5O0,OOO tons of
coal year. This product is to be
placed oil the Denver market.
A tract of land comprising 2.G4O
acres ten miles northwest of Denver,
was recently secured under lease and
bond with privilege of purchase any
time within two years. The options
were made out In the name of J. ii.
Simpson. Assignment of the bond and
lease has been made to s. n. Perry.
president of the Denver & Northwest
ern Railway Company IA tramway ell
terprise).
The tract OF land supposed to be un-
derlaid with high class Ignite coal. is
embraced in the Faragher. Bunney,
Stepp, NJ. A. Tucker and Thomas Il.
Tucker farms The theory is that sew
erai blanket veins of coal will be found
within n reasonable depth Mt dist
mce Of two or three miles from the
mountains. Along the hogbacks four
veins of coal are exposed, all standing
perpendicular. The uplift of the noun
tains raised the horizontal layers of
coal, but 1t is believed that within a
short distance of the range the coal
will be found in its original position.
This Is to be determined by.-the drill,
and complete drilling outfit was yes
terday set up on the Faragher farm
and work will be commenced this
morning. 1t is proposed to explore
the ground thoroughly and start sew
eral shafts as soon as the value of the
coal deposit is determined. If the
tramway company does not purchase
the land it will have the privilege of
working the mines upon royalty fol
a period of twenty-five years.
The line is to be built into the coal
fields, and the coal delivered by cleo
tric power to coal stations in Denver
whose locations have ms yet not beer
announced. The tramway company
will supply itself with coal. ana as the
company uses 10000 tons year 1t is
estimated that the saving will be many
thousands of dollars. The new power
plant of the company mt the north end
of the Fourteenth street viaduct is be-
ing rapidly pushed.
The Lamar register., 1901-07-17

with MI, Bryan in consideration or
Aguinsatlo's s9er to contribute $780,
600 t6sthe DSnocratic campaign fund.
sThis tllrowe light upon the char
acter 9f Aguinnldo which even in Mr..
Atkinspn's outnion must depyive him
of all resemblance to George Washing
ton. Bribed himself, according to the
report, by the Spanish authorities, he
seems to have thought that resort 10
that method, of dealing witt, leaders
was entirely proper. II was not the
patriot fighting for his country and
risking nll that IT might be free, but
the schemingi politician trying to in
veigle the leader OF n political party to
come to his assistance.
Mr.. Bryan showed his good sense in
refusing to hive anything to do with
the ngents of Aguinnldo or even TO re-
ceive them. The offer of ,$1OO.OOO to be
contributed to the Democratic cam
paign fund did not tempt him. He
had brains enough to see that any
thing bearing the appearance of CON
nlvance with the Filipino leader would
have been disastrous to his own cause.
Mr.. Atkinson, however was willing 10
aid AguinaldO to the utmost of his
ability.
AguinaldO's declaration subsequent
to his capture that he had not under
stood the liberal character of the terms
offered by the United States and his
advice to his followers to throw down
their arms and submit was in itself u
reb,lke TO Edward Atkinson and his
associates who were opposing the pol
ley of the government In the Philip
pines. Emphasis Is given to this by
the revelation of the fact that Agui-
nnldo tried TO bribe Mr.. Bryan.
Mr.. Bryan is, however, not without
blame. Having learned, as he did
something OF the character of Agui-
nnldo. he should not now be trying to
infuse life and strength into the cause
of "anti-imperiaiism," that cause being
nothing but an attempt to defeat the
policy OF the government I'm the Phil
ippine islands. He certainly cannol
believe that the cause of liberty and
good government In those islands
would be safe in the hands of leader
like Agulnnldo.-Denver Republican.
The Lamar register., 1901-07-17
CONTINUED HEAT AND DROUTh
: COMBINE TO DESTROY CROPS

went to sleep in the sun and Gied from
the heat. New Ulm. Minnesota, re-
ports temperature of 1O4, with
number of prostrations.
The state agricultural experimental
farm reports that the hot weather Is
doing great damage to whent i'll south
ern Minnesota. and that chlnch bugs
are numerous and are contributing TO
the destruction.
Omaha, Neb., July 14.-This state
has had very torrid day. The ther-
mometer here registered 104. The at
mosphere was fresh. however. with
an absence of anything that tended 10
hot winds. Reports almost UNIVERSAL
ly from the state are 10 the effect thnt
rain is needed, but with the absence
of hot winds the crop will stand CON
siderable hot weather. Spring wheat
and oats in Nebraska are well high Il
| failure.
Burlington. Iowa, July 14.-To-day
was the sixth day in succession tllat
the mercury went to 100 ana over.
There are no signs of relief.
Wichita, Kan. July 1+.-To-day was
fhe hottest of the season in southern
Kansas, the temperature registering
as high as 11S in the sun. This after
noon special prayer services for rain
were held at all of the churches here.
Two thousand people crowded into
the Roman Catholic Church TO pray.
Hundreds of cattle are reported to
have died of the heat and thirst III
western Kansas. :.
Jefferson City. No.. July 14.-At all
| the churches to-day prayers were
| made for rain. 1t is cloudy tonight,
with favorable Indications for rain.
The Lamar register., 1901-07-17

.
The United States is steadily acquir-
ing land from the European powers.
The territory annexed is not gained
by conquest or purchase and is In
voluntary addition to our country. 1t
comes to America in the form OF bal
last and for the most part in Amer
lean ships. One thousand tons OF
Scotch soil were imported into New
York in one week q short time ago.
1t came of the Allan State Line steam
er Laurentian. Scarcely a week passes
without similar importation by the
boats of this or some other line. 1t
is estimated that millions OF tons OF
European soil has been imported and
dumped about New York. Much of
this is used for making land" about
the harbor. r..t .-s
The Lamar register., 1901-07-17

Discussions in the British parlia-
ment have recently brought out most
strikingly the backwardness of Eng
land. as compared with the rest of the
civilized world, in providing free pub
lie school education. In Germany, tax
ing the average OF the different prov
inces, a child must attend school until
he is sixteen years old; in America he
goes until he is fifteen, and in many
states still longer; but in England
only until he is twelve. The English
child is released from school earlier.
and, at best, is educated fewer years
at the expense of the state than are the
children of any other nation of the
first class except Russia. The discus
sions in parliament have been directed
toward finding a remedy for this
backwardness.
The Lamar register., 1901-07-17
C. f. & 1. co. READY
TO SPEND $4,000, 900

Denver, July 15.-Ten millions of
dollars will be spent by the Colorado
Fuel and Iron Company mt OIce on its
various establishments throughout the
state. A large portion of this amount
will be expended in enlarging the steel
plant at Pueblo. The rest Will he spent
in the purchase of improved machin-
cry and other facilities for the forty
or more mines the company OWNS In
the state.
The additional money for the i'm
provements is to be procured by the
sale of S1O.OOO.OOO worth of five per
cent gold debentures, the issuance of
which was yesterday authorized at Il
meeting Of the stockholders of the
company. The stockholders voted to
increase the capitalization from 250,-
600 shares to 100000 shares. These are
worth at par 500 each, which makes
fhe present capitalization S4O.OoOOOo.
But two-thirds of the increase of
capital stock will be sold ut present.
The debentures mature in ten years
and are convertible into stock at any
time within five years after 1902. At
| the meeting yesterday 23G,0O0 shares
of the former total issue of 2J0,OOO
We're Represented.
The certificate of increased capitali-
Zation was filed yesterday morning
! with the secretary of state the COM
pany paying fee of $3.G53. No pro-
, test was made to paying the tax,
though 1t Is considerably increased on
account of the new revenue law. The
Increase of capitalization makes the
: largest of the Independent steel and
iron companies in the United States.
Contracts have already been let for
, some of the improvements to be made
through the new appropriation. They
include additional furnaces, railroad
facilities and the erection of several
complete minor plants at Pueblo.
The Lamar register., 1901-07-17

Kansas City, July 14.-No relief
same to-day to break the almost unpre-
cedented drouth in the Southwest.
The day was repetition Of the past
two weeks, with reports for many
places In western Missouri, Kansas
md the territories of temperatures
over the 100 mark.
At most places the sun shone merci-
lessly, with not even n titful cloud to
break its rays, nor slight breeze. In
Kansas City last night proved more
bearable, n breeze from the north al
leviating the conditions, but Il day of
Intense heat followed.
Tonight there Is Il prospect of rain
In Oklahoma, but there are no indica-
tions of a change from any other part
of the Southwest.
With no relief in sight. the fears for
the crops that have been experienced
daily are fnst becoming realities, and
the scarcity Of water and generally
dry conditions make the element of
fire almost n serious one.
What the real damage to corn, the
crop most affected, will be is problem
atlcal. but 1t Is Aprobably safe to say
that half the crop will be lost.
The supply of water is short in al
most every direction and the shipment
of cattle and hogs to this market to
save them must continue.
In Kansas City to-day the govern
ment thermometer registered 1O2 and
at Maryville, Kansas, 1O4 was re-
corded, against 100 yesterday. There
were three prOstratiOns NJ Maryville.
st Paul, Aiinn, July 1.-THE hot
wave continues throughout Minnesota
and the Dak0tas- At Huron child
The Lamar register., 1901-07-17

II Mr.. Edison's recently developed
improvements in electric storage bat
teries. by which the weight and the
cost of operating them are reduced more
than one-half. should turn out as we'll
as is now believed, the automobile
business may be expected to grow rap
idly. It is probable that in the cities
motors will displace horses for heavy
trucking. In the country, where the
keeping of horses costs less, the change
will be longer in coming. f
The Lamar register., 1901-07-17

f. James Hamilton Lewis is the lead
ing incorporation at Tacoma of a new
match company. capitalized at $1,25O,.
O0o.-Hartford Times '''''' -a.
ss.Nnotheri good lman gone; another
Tribune of the People who had dSrather
be caught by the Octopus than catch
it. But We warn the fire ins,lrancc
companies that the Hon. Jim sHam's
pink streameTs should not be. Sllowed
inside of his match factory.-New
York Sun.
The Lamar register., 1901-07-17

A literary discovery of interest. If
not of moment, is reported from the
Bodleian Library at Oxford. Some
poems Of James l.. in the kings own
hand, have been found in the collec-
tion and are to be duly edited. 1t is
not expected that the monarch's poeti-
cal reputation will be greatly enhanced
by the newly found manuscripts. The
right to refrain from reading them is a
part of the freedom which Englishmen
enjoy.
The Lamar register., 1901-07-17

Working girls In cities, who have to
swelter through the summer In one
stuffy room, would be fortunate indeed
II rich women generally adopted a plan
which Boston woman is preparing to
put into practice for the second time.
She has a beautiful home, and when
she went to her country house last
year she offered five girls the use of the
city place. together with board and the
services of her cook, for four dollars a
week each. Imagine the delight with
which they exchanged hall.'bedrooms
and cheap restaurants for a large, airy
house and perfectly appointed table!
"Isthink!' said one of the eirlssat the
. end the three months. that this .is
the very first summer in my whola life
that have fully enjoyed myself
These were girls who would have re-
sented any kind of help that savored
of Charity" butfthe gracious dead that
SO carefully guarded their. .'independ-
ence and their selfrespect will be a
happy. helpful memory all their lives
long. Country folk would say that
such an action wasy'ineighborlyr Per-
haps at n higher stage of civilization
people will see the truth more clearly,
and call it simply Christian.
The Lamar register., 1901-07-17

Barney Morris. Brooklyn's best
known centenarian, celebrated the
109th anniversary of his birth the 9TH
er day by,getting to work In Prospect
Park. where he is employed. a little
earlier than usual. says the New York
Evening Post. He is as active as. a
man of so years and enjoys his outdoor
work. He used to be a hackman, and
in his day he was an athlete. He never
misses Sunday at church and goes to
sleep at . p. IN. The present Mrs.
Morris is his third wife. 1000
The Lamar register., 1901-07-17
Bryan Democrat. secede.

Cleveland. Ohio. July 1I.--On July
31st Ohio Democrats who believe in
Bryan and the issues which he repre-
sents. which the recent convention ig-
nored, will assembly III Columbus and
make up q state ticket. Ten men met
to-day In this city and decided that a
bolt should be made and a new party
should enter the field of Ohio politics.
The Lamar register., 1901-07-17
Come. o. 'Arn,n.,...sslon.

1t is significant. because II is cor
roborative of all that has reached this
country of the best thought among
both Conservatives and Radicals in
Cuba, that General Gomez and Gen
eral Palma should agree That the ul-
timnte destiny of that island is annex
alton to the United States. That law
Of political ami economic gravitation
has been recognized by American
statesmen since the time of Jefferson.
1t could not receive favorable consid-
Grafton in Cuba while that island was
ruled by Spain as source of revenue
only. But released from bondage to
the transatlantic. peninsula, the
tendency of the island and Its people
toward more intimate association with
the United States becomes daily more
apparent iii'liA~ lI \
There are two potent causes Of this
growing tendency on the part of the
people OF, Cubn. One cause is political,
the other economic. The taxpayers OF
the island have had before their eyes
for two years the object lesson of
American administration of public af.
fairs. A military government is never
popular, but ours in Cuba has been
clean, efficient, honest. In direct con-
trast has been the local conduct of the
municipal civil administrations. entire
iy in Cuban hands. The result has
neen a dread by. owners of property
aud by heads of families who wish to
see their children educated. of the day
when American protection shall be
withdrawn. api'iii 'n'i' NiHf
The other influence is the desire to
enter the American market. Perhaps
this influence Is deeper and will prove
to he stronger than the desire for n
clean and economic administration.
But 1t appears already in the move.
ment for concessions in duties on Gu.
ban products l, eHfa-Hu ,I-..
Ite is probable ; that such men rs
Gomez and Palma understand well
that as time passes 1t will become
more and more evident that the de.
sire for annexation is far more ardent
| in. Cuba than, iii Is ip the United. States.
1t must be the people of Culm who
will entreat admission in the family
of the Union, whenever that time
slpll come, it viii l,e for the United
.s,ates tosdetermihe the terms and con-
ditions of annexation. But that prob
lem may safely be left to the future.
The outlook for the present is jvisibly
| Driehtened by the warm expressions
of gratitude and friendship uttered by
| the ssrizzled patriot, who declares once
more that there must be n Cuba liDre.
even .fof o limited period, and who
recognizes the essential dependence of
the islapd upon its fostering nsighbor
rcpublic.-AIail and Express. sH'
The Lamar register., 1901-07-17

The state of Montana owns more
than one-eighth of its area. for the
government granted to the state two
sections In each township for the bene-
fit Of the public schools and an aggre-
gate of 66S.000 acres for the various
state institutions.
The Lamar register., 1901-07-17

The biggest man living is said to be
Lewis wilkins, who was born near ST.
Paul. MINI, in 1874. When but ten
years old he measured feet in height,
and now has grown to 107K inches
Just three-quarters of an Inch less
than nine feet-and weighs 1854
pounds,
The Lamar register., 1901-07-17

A man in Tennsssee gossfour cord;
of wood, three gallons OF honey and
five coons from single tree. Take
care of the fore SITS, If You want..to get,
rich," comments the local paper which
announces the mans good luck.
The Lamar register., 1901-07-17

The total annual production of tim
ber and firewood of the German for
ests is estimated at Ss.o0o,00 tons. and
this is supplemented by an import of
1900, GOO tons. The material progress
OF the country w6tAd not bs'possible
had 1t not the large home production
to fall back upon.
The Lamar register., 1901-07-17

At least one-third of the 100000 IN
habitants of Buenos Ayres are Italians.
They own nearly half the commercial
FIRMS -of-the city, with q capital of
$150,000. .000.0
The Lamar register., 1901-07-17

Poor Edward Atkinson must be in n
drehd dful IflAmc If niind siidtv that the
fact aos Refn dkchse1 Shat Aguinal-
dos agents tried to bribe Mr.. Bryan
during tss prssilsptial campaign last
fall The Representatives of the Fill
pino leader wanted TO make terms
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-13
THE SULTAN A COWARD.

Though Abdul Hamid outdoes most personageS of history either in cunning or cruelty, yet any drama with him in the principal role would not be drama or either of these, says Eugene P Lyle in Everybody's Magazine. It would be a drama of cowardice, and the most fearful of dramas at that. Terror of man, of disease, of the caIamities of nature, of aught spelling death" is the trait in the Sultan's character that dominates all others.
 One day NJ. Vambery. the Hungarian Orientalist, was received formally at the palace This was not an unusual thing. as Professor Vambery had been Abdul's tutor, and since then almost an intimate. Quite naturally. then. the Sultan turned to the one guard in the apartment and ordered him to re- tire The guard took step back wards and halted as rigid as before. Abdul repeated the order, same result. Once more he had to command, and this time the man obeyed
 Professor Vambrey was astonished at his evidence of absolute power in the Sultan's private household Ab- dul smiled and explained. It happen ed often that he wished to show faith in guest, that is, only apparently. He would order the guard to retire. the guard would remain, and Abdul would go on with the conversation. seemingly under the impression that the guard had really gone. Only the third command was to be taken lit orally.
 When the Sultan had finished this little confidence. he invited the pro- lessor to sit opposite him at little table and have some tea Now the Sultan does not take sugar, so he for got to offer the visitor any. The bowl was at the Sultan's elbow, but the pro- lessor was not used to asking mon- archs to wait an him. Still he could not drink the tea as it was, and he leaned over the table to reach for the sugar All in flash the Sultan was on his feet, his hand at his pocket, his face pallid. The gesture of the harmless old sayant looked to him like assassination.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-13
BAD STATE FOR TRAMPS.
xansas Farmers Method of Securing Hands for Harvest Work Is
 Intense.

There is positive dearth of hands for the wheat harvest in Kansas, and ! posse is at once sent after every tramp who is incautious enough to enter the state. The old farmers watch every train that passes through their sections for help. They assemble in squads at the depot each morning and evening, and when the trains stop they dash through them looking for people who want to work. It is a great Scramble at near ly every station in the wheat belt, says the Kansas City Journal. The rush reminds one of football game between two college teams. Out in Pratt county every train is stopped by the farmers and searched for la borers. If a man is on the bumpers he is dragged off and put to work. Tn order to be sure that the imported harvest hands do not leave under cover of darkness, the old farmer puts his regular hired man on guard with Winchester. The work of saw ing the big crop is a serious problem with the farmers, and they are not taking any chances.
 | Women and children are also being drafted into service. They usually
 run the binders. On every hand can
 be seen a woman driving from three to four horses to self binder, while
 the old men and the children are
 shocking the sheaves. The rush of
 work will not end with the cutting of the wheat. The thrashing is yet to do, and it takes almost as many
 hands to thrash crop as it does to | reap it.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-13
Mortearing the Bad Lands.

In consequence of the abandonment of lands in the arid region there is now a deserted belt, on which are sit uated empty towns and vacant home steads. New England, which has lent most of the money for the building of the west, lost enormous sums by the desertion of these farms. The shrewd New Englanders lad for so long pe- riod found excellsnt security and high interest-paying investments in vest ern farm mortgages that, being igno- rant of arid-land conditions, they readily offered their cash to help the settlers of the plains. In many cases clever swindlers, realizing what was sure to happen, took up homesteads merely for the purpose of putting mortgages on them, after which they abandoned them.-Saturday Evening Post.