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Gilpin observer., 1901-10-24
WYOMING INDUSTRIAL
CONVENTION CALLED

Cheyenne, Wyo., Oct. 19.-The fol-
lowing call has been issued for the
Wyoming Industrial Convention:
Whereas, the time has come when
Wyoming must move rapidly forward
to take position among the great
states of the Transmississippi;
Whereas, our rich and varied re-
sources are as yet in the infancy Of
their development, and in large meas
ure unknown to the outside world;
Whereas, there are many. questions
of absorbing interest to the present
population Of the state, and of even
greater moment to the generations to
come, to-wit: The intelligent develop
ment of our. oil and mineral resources,
the promotion of irrigation, the intro
duction Of the beet sugar industry, the
manufacture of our wool into finished
product the growing sheep and cattle
business, and, the improvement in the
breed. of live stock, the encourage
ment of railroad building, the matter
of adequate representation at the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition in 1903
at ST. Louis and. in order to afford
each county an opportunity to set forth
its advantages for investment and set
tlement, as we'll as the attracting to
our commonwealth of good citizens
and settlers from other and less fav-
ored sections, we the undersigned COM
mittee, in pursuance of a resolution
adopted by the. Wyoming Editorial As
sociation in Cheyenne, August %, 1901,
empowering Us to act, do hereby call
a state meeting to be known as the
Wyoming Industrial Convention, to be
held at Laramie, December 18th and
fo cd,
the line above suggested.
The representation at said conyen-
tion shall be ten delegates at large
from each county. in the state. to be
selected as the Newspaper editors in
each county seat may direct, ten dele
gates to be appointed by each mayor
of an incorporated town, ten dele.
gates to be named by the president
of each Board of Trade or business
mems organization, and every active
newspaper man in the state shall be a
delegate ex-officio.
To the end that the said industrial
convention may be a practical success,
the earnest cooperation of every citi-
zen of Wyoming, whether a delegate
or not, is not only invited but urged,
This can be made an occasion fraught
with results If those directly and indi-
rectly interested lend a helping hand
Therefore, this committee respect
fully requests that all join at this
time in pushing forward the welfare
Of Wyoming.
Let the watchword be 'On to Lara
mie."
DE FOREST RICHARDS,
w. II. HOLIDAY,
Il. a. SLACK,
G. G. COUTANT,
w. Il. CHAPLIN,
w. G. DEMING.
Gilpin observer., 1901-10-24
Peculiar Bankruptcy Decision.

Atlanta, Ca, Oct. 2O.-Judge w. T.
Newman Of the United States District
Court has handed down an opinion Of
interest to the mercantile community
and the legal profession at large.
The Supreme Court of the United
States has decided, under section Of
the bankruptcy law, that payment
within four months preceding the al.
ing of the petition in bankruptcy must
be surrendered before the creditor
shall be allowed to prove his claim in
bankruptcy.
Another section of the bankruptcy
act authorizes Il preference for the
amount of goods which has been sold to
the bankrupt subsequent to the pay
ment received, IL the goods entered into
and became part of the bankrupt es-
tate.
The question before Judge Newman
was as to whether such u set-on would
be allowed In the case Of a creditor
whose preference was not knowingly
received.
Judge Newman holds that the set-one
should be allowed as well as In cases
where the payment was innocently re-
ceived, rs in cases where 1t was not.
Judge Newman subsequently passed
an order authorizing the trustee to take
the case to the Circuit Court of appeals
ut New Orleans for review.
Gilpin observer., 1901-10-24
NEW WIRELESS UNDERGROUND
TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE

London, Oct. pa formidable rival
of the London Marconi system prom
ises to invade the field of wireless tel
egraphy. This is the Armoral system
for electrical transmission Of energy,
by which effects similar to Marconi's
system, with several additions, can be
transmitted without the aid of wires.
Ariel Orling, a young Swede, is the dis
coverer of this novel development of
electrical science, and associated with
him is ]. L. Armstrong, an English
electrician, at whose country residence
In Buckinghamshire experiments have
been in progress for the past year, the
result of which is that they submitted
to a demonstration yesterday.
Briefly, the new system, besides
transmitting ordinary dot and dash
messages, will carry sound like the
telephone and will carry energy suffi-
cient to steer a torpedo, all the time
under control of the operator, besides
doing away with the necessity for the
tall poles used in the Marconi system
The whole mechanism at each end is
not more bulky than the ordinary tele-
graph instrument, while the only in
stallation required consists of sticking
two ends of ground wires into the
earth, whereon the apparatus is ready
to receive or to transmit messages.
Perhaps the most unearthly expert
ment was telephoning to distant tent
,k,i.A 49, - As y. - y
Gilpin observer., 1901-10-24
TEXT OF THE AUSTRALASlAN
LAND TAX AMENDMENT

Denver, Oct. 21.-Among the pro-
posed constitutional amendments that
will come before the people of Colorado
for ratification or rejection in Noyem-
ber, 1902, and which should neither be
adopted nor voted down without intel
ligent consideration, is the Australia
sian land tax amendment
The Twelfth General Assembly ap-
pointed revenue commission to inves-
tigate the revenue laws of Australia
sia; the chairman Of that commission
was Senator James w. Bucklin Of
Grand Junction; he paid his own ex-
penses and spent three months on his
tour and gathered all the data and Of
ficial information obtainable and then
gave a report of what he found; that
report may be had by addressing the
Australasian Tax League, p. o. Box
1O17, Denver, Colorado.
AS q result of this report and at the
suggestion Of the commission con-
stitutiOnal amendment was passed by
the Thirteenth General Assembly and
Is now before the people for considera-
tiOn. The proposed amendment reads
as follows:
"Sec. 9.-Once in four years, but not
oftener, the voters of any county in the
state may, by a vote at any general
election, exempt or refuse to exempt
from all taxation for county, city, town
school, road and other local purposes,
any or all personal property and i'm
provements on land; but neither the
whole nor any part of the full cash
value of any rights of way, franchises
in public ways, or land, exclusive of
the improvements thereon, shall be so
exempted; Provided, however, that
such question be submitted to the vot-
ers by virtue of petition therefor,
signed and sworn to by not less than
one hundred resident taxpayers of such
county, and filed with the county clerk
and recorder, not less than thirty nor
more than ninety days before the day
of election"
"Sec. IL. The rate of taxation on
property for state purposes shall never
exceed four mills on each dollar of
valuation; but the provisions of this
section shall not Apply to rights of way,
franchises in public ways, or land, the
full cash value of which may he taxed
at such additional rate, not exceeding
two mills on each dollar Of assessed
valuation, as shall be provided by law.
after exempting all personal property
and improvements thereon from such
additional rate of taxation"
The idea underlying this system of
taxation, according to its advocates,
may be illustrated by the following ex-
ample, -'given by ]. Il. Herman. in
Georges Weekly. In the southwest
part of the state the government is sur
veying for proposed tunnel that will
tap the Gunnison river and water n
large trace of the old Ute reservation
Gilpin observer., 1901-10-24

in a five-acre field, whittier a group of
spectators plodded over the marshy
ground, oblivious Of their personal dis
comfort, in amazement at the wonder
full results. Fastened to q pole in the
middle Of the tent was an ordinary
telephone receiver, connected with a
small boxed-up apparatus in a shed be-
low the railway signal box. The tele-
phone mouthpiece was fixed against
the wall. The telephone between these
two stations was therefore only capa-
BILE Of transmitting messages one way.
This circumstance added perhaps to
the mysterious character of the experl-
ment.
To listen in the telephone receiver
and hear voices coming apparently
from the sodden grass field with no
sign of n wire or overhead apparatus
within sight, strained the belief of the
spectators in the marvellous. Nobody
could explain it.
A similar experiment was made
showing how sounds could be trans
mitted from ship to ship or from shore
to ship, without any apparent connec-
tion beyond the fact that at each end
one of those mysterious boxes was con-
nected with battery ON one side with
two ground wires ON the ather.
Everybody present is now prepared
to believe the new system Is capable
of anything.
Gilpin observer., 1901-10-24
WESTERN CONTINENT
CONGRESS ASSEMBLIES

Washington, D. c., Oct. 20.-Provided
with instructions from their respective
governments enjoining upon them the
promotion of harmonious relations be-
tween the republics of the western
hemisphere, the Pan-American dele
gates who left Washington October
18th arrived yesterday at the City of
Mexico, where they will assemble as
the congress on October 22d.
En- route to their destination, they
stopped at ST. Louis as the guests of
the st. Louis fair commission. , This
stop was only for a day and the train
then sped on its way to the capital of
Mexico. President Diaz and Senior
Mariscal, the eMeXicansminister for for
eign affairs, received the. delegates and
will welcome the remaining delegates,
who are preceding directly from the
countries they represent. The delegates
who reached Mexico City yesterday on
the Washington special and those who
accompanied them include: y.,.
Argentine Republic-Senor Don Mar
tin Gdrcia Morou, q. -E:and NJ. p, del
egate.i '-ss' = - rs > .-.
Brazil-Senor Don. Jose Hygino- Per-
eiEa.. Senior Don Luis Guemaraes, Sen
or Don A. Fentoura Xavier, Senior Xa-
vier.
Chile-Senor Don Alberto Blest
Cana, delegate; Sonora Cana, Senior
: Don Augtisto Matte.*-i : .,'et7 =.
:. Colombia-Senor Don Carlos Marti-
nez Silva, Il. Il. and NJ. p, delegate;
General. Rafael Reyes, Senor Rafael
Reyes, Jr.
Costa Rica-Senor Don joaquin Ber-
pardo Calvo, e. Il. and NJ. p, delegate.
& Guatemala-Senor Antonio l.. Arria-
ga
Haiti-Senor Don Luis r. Corea, =.
q. and NJ. p, delegate.
Nicaragua-SenOr Don Luis +. Corea,
e. e. and NJ. p, delegate.
p Peru-Senor Don Isaac AlZamora,
delegate; Senor Don Alberto Gilmore,
Sonora Gilmore, Senor Don Manuel de
Calderon, e. Z. and NJ. P, delegate;
Sonora Calderon and two children; Sen.
orita Calderon, Senorita Rosa Calder,
on, Senior Don Juan de Osma, Senior
Don p. Davalos Lisson.
/. United States-Mr. Henry G.. Davis.
delegate; Mrs. Davis; Mrs. Katherine
Brown, Miss Brown, Mr.. w. L. Bu-
chanan, Mr.. Charles NJ. Pepper, Miss
Pepper, Mr.. Volney w. Foster, Mr..
John Barrett, Mr. J. c. Williams, sec
retary; Mrs. Williams and two chill
dren.
Uruguay-Dr. Juan Cuestas. T.. T..
and M. p, delegate; Senor Juan Etche-
garraZ.
Venezuela-senor Don Jose NJ. For
toul.
international Union Of American Re-
publics-Mr. William G. Fox. secretary
and acting director; Mrs. Fox, Miss
Fox.
Gilpin observer., 1901-10-24
Norma, school Acou,.,,,on.

Denver. Oct. 22-The Greeley CORE
spondent OF the Republican tele-
graphs that the big and beautiful book
of Audubon's Birds OF North Ameri-
ca" the largest book ever made In
Amerlcn, has arrived and been placed
In the library Mt the State Normal
School. This book was found by DR..
Snyder In Denver secondhand book
store. 1t Is four feet long and three
feet wide and one of the limited edition
OF 200 published in 1860. The price
paid for the volume was $3.50. 1t now
reposes under n glass case and has n
page turned daily SO that nll of the
students may have an opportunity OF
seeing the rare pictures In the book.
These pictures will be photographed
ana made suitable for lantern slides
and used In illustrating lectures to be
given on bird life, at the school.
Gilpin observer., 1901-10-24

that is now worthless. To build this
canal all the people of the state will be
taxed hundreds Of thousands Of dol
lars and the general government will
also be called upon to assist. The en-
terprise seems laudable enough, In
view of the fact that thousands Of poor
people are now seeking homes, but the
extremely poor man cannot expect to
be benefited from that source, for at
present the land will not return any
thing for labor expended on 1t and no
poor man can waste part of five years
in order to homestead; so, much Of 1t
will be entered by poor men hired by
rich men, and as no one but the conf
missiOnerS will know just which way
the canal will be led they will have the
inside track to the best of 1t, and the
railroad companies will secure the
most valuable land by getting the
townsites, and the poor man, as usual,
Will be the man to fot the bill-to
build the canal and the rich man will
reap the harvest.
1t must be so plain that "he who
runs may read" that under our general
property tax, in this case we are build
ing gigantic special privilege, and
what may be said of this Illustration
prOvements, such as school houses and
courts Of justice, and police protection,
but the idea underlying the Australia
sian system, which is now satisfactor-
lily in operation in several countries of
Australasia is this: 1t must be plain
that In case of the canal cited above
that it is the government, pure and
simple, that will make this desert sud-
denly become worth 500 per acre.
Now If the government made the value
of that land, why should not the users
of that land pay the government for
the value the government conferred
upon it, or in other words, If the canal
made the value of the land, why
should not those who wish to use the
land pay for the canal? Under our
general property tax this cannot be
done, but with the above amendment
ratified any county or town may or
may not apply the Australasian system
under which, IL rich corporation de-
sires to monopoliZe the land it would
be no injustice to the community; any
monopoly may own all the land it
chooses provided it pays taxes in pro-
portion to the benefits conferred by
government. but 1t is needless to say
there would be no object in monopoliZ-
ing land under this system. and il Il
poor man wishes TO use the land Ii
would fall equally just with him for
he would simply be paying for value
received, the same as water rent, and
all that he produced over and above
what value the government made for
him would be his-not even his crops
or improvements or his labor in any
way would be taxed.
Gilpin observer., 1901-10-24
ONLY TWO NIGHTS OUT
NEW YORK TO DENVER

Chicago, Oct. 22.-The New York
Central and Lake Shore railroads are
preparing to take advantage of the
vast improvements which have been
made in the physical condition of the
Chicago & Northwestern and the
Union Pacific. November 3rd these two
roads will place in service a new ocean
to ocean flyer, giving an additional llm-
tied train clear across the continent.
1t is stated that the new flyer will
ieave New York at S:45 a. M. and will
arrive at Chicago Mt 7:5O O'clock the
following morning, making the dis
lance practically in twenty-four hours
The time given Is that of the present
fast mail and the train Will run on the
fast malls present schedule. When the
change Is effected the fast mail will
probably be run as the second section
Of the flyer.
The new train will be vestibuled,
with n dining car and buffet and IL
brary cars, new equipment, and be n
strictly limited train. The new train
will be run to connect with train No
5 of the Northwestern, which leaves
Chicago at 10 o'clock every morning
and which will be through San Fran
cisco train on and after November 3rd.
The New York Central trains have
connections from Boston, so that the
new service will be two nights out
from New York or Boston to Denver
:hree nights out to Salt Lake and four
oights to San francisco and Portland.
Gilpin observer., 1901-10-24
BISON KILLING CASE
AT LEADVILLE FAILS

Denver, Oct. 20.-A Republicn spe-
cial from Leadville yesterday says:
State Game Warden Harris of Dem
YER, who has been working so faithful
ly on the case against the Bartlett
brothers and others, for slaughtering
bison, received an unexpected shock
which resulted in the dismissal of the
case in the District Court to-day.
Frank A. Bartlett, c. A. Bartlett, J.
IL. Webb and w. Il. Mcclure were the
defendants in the case. The latter was
not supposed to have had anything to
do with the killing of the buffalo, but
1t was through him that the sale was
to be made, and he was putting
through the sale when the arrests were
made by Harris.
Much to the surprise OF the prosecu-
ton, and also to Judge Overs OF the
District Court. the defendants after
hearing all the evidence of the state,
asked that the case be dismissed and
that they be discharged, on the
ground that the case was brought un-
der the act of 1897, which made such
an otfense n misdemeanor, and that
said act was now practically repealed,
for the reason that the Legislature in
1890 passed an act making such an Of
Tense felony, thus destroying the
previous act, and in view Of the fact
that the said bison were captured pre-
vious TO 1897 by the parties from
which they were purchased. that there
fore the defendants should be dis
charged.
The request came like n bomb In the
court room and Judge Overs censuwed
the defendants attorney severely for
allowing 'he case TO proceed as far as
II did before making their motion. He
believed from the evidence introduced
that the state had very strong case,
and he wanted the defendants to con-
tinuc with the trial, but they pressed
their point, Introducing much law on
their side, and both the district attor-
ncy and the judge finally admitted
that there was nothing to do but dis
charge the defendants.
Gilpin observer., 1901-10-24

The percentage of foreigners in va
rious states is the subject of frequent
comment, and often the cause of
gloomy forebodings in regard to the
future OF the country. 1t is rather
surprising to find that among the very
large allen population of New York
and New Jersey the ratio of illiteracy
Is comparatively small. In both states
the number of foreign-born but
naturalized citizens who cannot read
and write is less than seven per cent.
Even among those who have taken
out only their first papers"-and this
they can do as soon as they land in
the United States-the number of il
literates is only about twelve per cent.
The ability to read and write is no
guarantee that man will be a good
citizen, but it is at least a presump-
tion that he will be a better one than
the man who cannot.
Gilpin observer., 1901-10-24
ALASKA VISITED BY
STORM AND DISASTER

Port Townsend, Wash, Oct. 20.-Tne
steamer Centennial, reported ashore
near Teller City, arrived last night
bringing 450 passengers. The Centen-
nial sailed from Nome October 9th.
Among her passengers were thirty who
were destitute and were brought down
by the steamer free of charge. The
Centenniars passengers report that
at st. Michaels winter had practically
set in and that the streets were frozen
and snow had commenced to fall.
Skagway and vicinity have been Wis
tied by disastrous rain storms, causing
considerable loss Of property. October
18th torrent of water rushed down
the valley carrying destruction in its
wake. Three bridges were wrecked,
the roadbed Of the White Pass & Yu-
kon railroad was washed away in pla-
ces and the water front between
Broadway and the bluff was inun-
dated.
A big slide occurred near Pennington
and the snow sheds just erected were
wrecked. Three days Is the minimum
time that will pass before trains can
be moved on the road. The loss will
easily foot up to $4,000.
When the waters began to make
their appearance around the doors Of
houses in Skagway in the low ground,
considerable excitement prevailed, and
as the rain continued In torrents, all
made preparations to move. Captain
jerks of the army ordered the mill
tary out and they rendered assistance
in saving both life and property.
Carrying away Of bridges along the
railroad means n great losss to men at
Dawson who were shipping In machin-
cry for winter mining purposes, as the
machinery now at Skagway cannot be
moved until the road is repaired, and
by that time the river will be frozen
80 that the machinery cannot reach
Dawson until spring.
Gilpin observer., 1901-10-24
Philippine Telegraph Lines.

London, Oct. 22.-BrIgndler General
A. w. Greedy, chief OF the United
States signal Office, IL here after flve
months spent In Japan and the Philip
pines, inspecting the army and navy
telegraphs and cables. After making
some official Investigations in London
In connection with the cnble service,
he will return to Washington.
The general is greatly pleased with
the efficiency Of the 5000 miles Of cable
and telegraph lines now working In
the Philippines. He considers thnt the
country and people both offer great
possibilities. and he Ii enthusiastic
ov0r the japanese telegraphlc systems.
Gilpin observer., 1901-10-24
Big Gypsum Combine.

Chicago. Oct. 22.-The new gypsum
combine. which Is to be Incorporated
under the name of the United States
Plaster Company, will be In operation
In December. Nearly forty plaster
mills and ndamant plnnts. II Is said,
are under contract for purchase by the
new company. The present output OF
these plants Is about 10000 tons nm
nunlly. The new company viii control,
80 It Is said. 10000 acres Of gypsuiD
land In the United States.
Gilpin observer., 1901-10-24
ROUNDS EIFFEL TOWER
in A BALLOON

Paris, Oct. 2O-M. Santos Dumont
yesterday sailed around the Diffel tow
er in his airship from the Pare
dAerostation, near st. Cloud, dis
tance of eleven kilometers (seven
miles), in % minutes 80 seconds, an
average rate of IAN miles per hour.
The airship sailed with the wind to
the tower, a distance Of three and one
half miles, in nine minutes and eight
seconds, equivalent to rate of twen-
ty-three miles per hour.
Returning against the wind, which
was blowing about thirteen and one
half miles per hour, took twenty min
utes thirty seconds, equivalent to q
rate of ten and One-half miles per
hour.
But instead of descending immedi-
ately Santos-Dumont made a broad
sweep over the Aero Club grounds,
with the result that another minute
and twenty-five seconds were con-
sumed before the workmen seized the
guide rope. Thus technically Santos
Dumont exceeded the time limit by
forty seconds.
The enormous crowd which had
grounds gave the aeronaut tremen-
dous ovation. AS his basket came
within speaking distance Santos-D
mont leaned over the side and asked:
Have I won the prize?'
Hundreds of spectators shouted:
Eyes, yes" but the Count de Dion, a
member Of the committee, approached
and threw n damper ON the enthusi-
asm by saying:
my friend, you have lost the prize
by forty seconds"
Numbers of the onlookers protested
against this announcement in lively
terms, but the Count de Dion said:
THAT Is the decision of the COM
mittee, in accordance with the rules
of the contest"
The aeronaut, after protesting
against the decision Of the committee,
finally shrugged his shoulders and re-
marked:
Anyway, do not care personally
for the 100000 francs. l intended to
give it to the poor"
The crowd persisted in declaring
that Santos-Dumont had won. A num-
ber of ladies who were present threw
flowers over the aeronaut. Others Of
fered him bouquets, and one admirer,
to the amusement of the Onlookers,
even presented him with little white
rabbit.
At this moment NJ. Deutsch himself,
the giver of the prize, arrived at the
club ground, having only shortly be-
fore that moment reached Paris from
Biarritz. He advanced, embraced San
tos-Dumont, shook hands with him
and said:
For my part. I consider that you
have won the prize"
The crowd then gave the two men
a great ovation, cheering heartily for
Santos-Dumont and Deutsch.
Santos-Dumont claims that he won
the prize because he reached the park
within the time, and that the original
rules governing the contest made no
mention of having to touch the ground
within the thirty minutes.