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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-11-25
Left Fortune to Charity.

Walla Walla, Wash. Nov. 21.-By
the provisions of the will of the late
Joseph l.. Stubblefeld the bulk of his
estate is to be invested Gnd the income
derived therodrom set aside for the
maintenance of an orphans home, to
be located in or near this city.
The clause OF the will relating to the
inmates of the horhe says: For the
support of home for the fatherless
or motherless aud INDECENT children
residents OF the states of Oregon and
Washington, and worthy elderly indi-
gent widows, residents of Oregon and
Washington. and to their maintenance
and to the giving of common school
education aGd the teaching of some
useful trade or occupation to the chill
dren inmates"
The estate is valued at about
100000.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-11-25
POWER COMPANIES
CONSOLIDATED

Pueblo. Colo. Nov. 2O.-Consolida-
ton of the Pueblo Lighting and Trac-
tion Company and the Pixies Peak
Power Company was effected to-day.
The capitalization of the new concern
is S3,50O000 and the directors for the
first year are NJ. d. Thatcher. John F.
Vail II. e. Woods. T. II. Devine, +, NJ.
Woods and Warren Woods.
The deal is the outcome of negotia-
tions that have been in progress for
some time between the Woods Invest
ment Company of Colorado Springs
and Victor and the traction company
of this city. Articles of incorporation
were filed in Denver to-day and with
the county clerk in this city. The
new concern will be known as the Pu-
eblo and Suburban Traction and
Lighting Company.
BY the amalgamation of the two
companies power will be furnished for
operating the street railway and light
ing the city from the big power plant
of the Pixies Peak Power Company at
Beaver Creek. thirty-five miles from
this city and a few miles east of Vic
tor. Surveyors and linemen will be
put to work at once constructing a
line from Pueblo to Beaver Creek over
which to transmit the power and the
work of improvement begun some time
ago by the traction company will pro-
coed.
One of the principal difficulties en-
countered by the traction company
was a shortage of power, which could
not be overcome without a large out
lay of capital. This will be done away
with by the transmission of power
from Beaver Creek, the plant at this
place at present furnishing five towns
in the Cripple Creek district with
power and there is more than enough
in addition to supply the city of Pu-
eblo.
The charter permits the new consol-
idation or the partnership company to
operate in Otero and Fremont coun-
ties, showing that it is designed to
greatly extend its operations up and
down the river.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-11-25

Southern Pacific company. with the
entire road. and since then many i'm
provements have been made. Within
the last six months the company has
built another slip and added improve
ments to the extent of $500
The origin of the blaze is a mystery.
Superintendent Worthington says he
has not the slightest idea how it start
ed. but said the matter would be thor
oughly Investigated. He admitted that
a coal oil lamp was left burning on the
north side of the building, near where
the flames were first seen.
1t is the theory of the employees of
the road that this lamp exploded.
thereby causing the disastrous con-
flagration.
Other theories. however, are that
lighted cigarette or cigar stump
thrown by passenger on the last
train may have lain smouldering until
the oily woodwork burst into flames.
A theory that the blaze was of in
cendiary origin Is not considered ser
iously by the railroad officials.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-11-25
ALAMEDA MOLE DESTROYED
WITH FORTY-SEVEN COACHES

Oakland, Cal. Nov. 21.-Fire de-
stroyed the ferry building at the Ala
media mole early this morning and
nine men who were asleep in the bunk
house narrowly escaped with their
lives. Forty-seven passenger coaches
were burned.
The fire started on the north side
of the building and almost two hours
later It had burned to the waters
edge. portion of the floor, held up
evidently by the network of tracks,
still remains, and upon these tracks
are the warped and twisted iron work
of the passenger coaches which were
destroyed.
OF the forty-seven coaches that were
lost, sixteen were broad gauge and
thirty-one narrow gauge.
1t is estimated that the loss. includ-
ing coaches and buildings. will amount
to 100000.
The building was erected in 1888 and
cost originally $4,000. Three years
later it passed into the hands of the
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-11-25

Hon. David MeelSison is well known
not only in his own State, but through
out America. He was elected to the
Fifty-tifth Congress by a very large
majority and is the ack knowledged leader
of his party in his section of the State.
Only one flaw marred the otherwise
complete success of this rising states
man. Catarrh with its insidious ap-
proach and tenacious grasp, was his
only unconquered foe For thirty years
he waged unsuccessful warfare against
this personal enemy. At last Peruna
came to the rescue. He writes:
"I have used several bottles of Pc
rnna and / feel greatly benefited there
by from my cafarrh of the head. I
feel encouraged TO believe that HI use
1t a Short time longer viii be fully able
to eradicate the disease of thirty years
standing. "-David Meekison, Member
of Congress.
If you donot derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to DIR. Hartman, giving
full statement of your case and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable ad-
vice gratis.
Address DIR. Hartman. President OF
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-11-25
GOVERNORS PRIVATE SECRE.
ThRY.
SECRE.
John Nj. Maxwell of Leadville Is
Selected.

Denver. Nov. 21.-John NJ. Maxwell
of Leadville, prominent attorney and
one of the leaders of the Republican
party in Colorado, will be Governor
Peabody's private secretary. The an
nouncement of his appointment was
made last night by Mr.. Peabody
through State Chairman Fairley. Mr..
Maxwell will begin his work within a
few days and will help and advise
Governor Peabody in the trying days
of the establishment of the admins.
tration.
Mr.. Maxwell was invited by Mr.
Peabody to take the position before
the election and made the offer any
thing but conditional. and Mr.. Max
well was not able to decide until yes
terday whether he would accept.
John NJ. Maxwell was born in 1919,
at Mansfield. Ohio. and is fiftv-three
years old. He came to Colorado in
1876 and located at Leadville in the
early days, building up a good practice
there. He has been leader in his
party locally for the last twenty years
and is always a figure at state conven-
tions. He is a strong personal friend
of Governor Peabody, a Mason and a
faYorite socially.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-11-25
CORNER STONE OF STRATTON
HALL DEDICATED AT GOLDEN

Denver. junior grand warden; w. B.
Benedict of Golden, deputy grand
treasurer; w. d. Todd of Denver, dep
uty grand secretary; Andrew Arm
strong. grand chaplain; e. l.. Foster,
senior grand deacon, and Arthur E.
Jones, junior grand deacon.
The ceremony commenced with an
invocation by Grand Chaplain Arm
strong. At the conclusion of the ritu-
anstic work DR.. ralmer, president OF
the faculty, after explaining what the
new building will mean to the School
of Mines and the credit due the late
W. S. Stratton lor his gift that made
its construction possible at this time,
introduced Governor Orman. The gov
ernor said
1T gives me great pleasure to be
present at the laying of the corner
stone of the new building for the State
School of Mines. | am proud of all
our state institutions and this school
is one of the best. | want to congratu-
late President Palmer, the board of
trustees and the entire faculty for the
work they are doing"
II Buchtel was then introduced and
spoke.
1Ao invited guests tnen adjourned to
the chemical laboratory of the school
where a collation. was served. 1t was
a strictly informal affair. greatly en-
joyed by all who partook, and Presi-
dent Palmer and his associates of the
faculty made their guests feel free ana
perfectly at home.
The new Stratton Hall of lletallurgy
and Engineering will be a fine struc-
ture when completed and will cost
about $4,000. 1t will be 65x100 feet on
the ground. The basement will be
twenty feet deep with two full stories
above this. AL the walls, including
partitions, are to be of pressed brick.
Walter Atchison of Colorado Springs
has the contract for the work and is TO
have it completed by June l, 1903. The
building was made possible by the late
w. S. Stratton. who. before his death,
gave the school s25 900.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-11-25
READY TO LAY
PACIFIC CABLE

Washington, Nov. 21.--Clarence w.
Mackay, president of the Commercial
Cable Company; George G. Ward, vice
president, and William w. Cook. gem
eral counsel for the company, had an
interview to-day with the attorney
general with respect to the conditions
prescribed by President Roosevelt for
constructing a trans-Pacifc cable.
These conditions were approved by the
President in July last, since which.
time the Pacific Gable Company has
not officially notified the government
of its intention or willingness to ac-
cept them.
To-day, however, Mr.. Mackay ex-
planned to the attorney general that
the delay was caused by protracted ne
gotiations which have only been
brought to a conclusion within the last
few days. to secure landing place in
China to comply with the Presidents
condition that an Independent Ameri-
can line should be constructed from
Manila to Hong Kong, thus giving an
all-American through line to the Ash
attic continent 1t was this condition
that was supposed to be the one that
the cable company would be unwilling
or unable to comply with. 1t now an
nounces its ability and intention to
construct a line from Manila to Shang-
hal, distance of about 1.200 miles,
and to have the same completed with
in year.
Owing to the claim by the Pacific
cable people that, as they read one of
the other conditions, it will practically
prevent the necessary relations with
existing lines in China to secure the
transmission of American messages to
interior points. that provision is being
recast to obviate misunderstanding
and will be submitted to the President
in a modified form within few days.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-11-25
Gunboat Crew in Irons.

Washington, Nov. 21.-The Isla De
Luzon. one of the Spanish gunboats
captured at Manila by Admiral Dewey.
is en- route to New York with forty
eight of her men in irons.
The vessel, which has been doing
guard duty in the Philippines for aboui
three years. started recently for New
ork. proceeding from Manila via
Singapore. Advices received at the
war department indicate that on the
trip to Singapore some of the machin-
cry on the boat shifted badly. CAUSING
a panic among the crew and causing a
substantial mutiny. The result was
the placing of forty-eight OF her crew
in irons.
After her capture, the Luzon was re
paired at Hong Kong and IL is said
that the repairs were not properly
made.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-11-25
A Further Triumph for Marconi.

North Sydney. Nova Scotia, Nov. 20.
From Cornwall to Nova Scotia the
Carlo Alberto, an Italian cruiser made
the Transatlantic voyage without once
breaking communication with the
shore. Wireless signals were ex-
changed from midocean with both the
new and old worlds. Finally signals
were exchanged between the Marconi
stations at Poldhu, Cornwall, and
Tablehead, Nova Scotia.
Messages Of congratulation have
been received by Marconi from all
over the world. and he has sent to
the king of Italy a message announc-
ing what has been accomplished and
complimenting hfis majesty upon the
part Italy has played in the undertak-
ing
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-11-25
THE euATEMALAN VOLCANO.
Further Reports of Great Damage
Done to Plantations.

Done to Plantations.
San Francisco, Nov. 21.-The first of
the refugees from the devastated lands
of Guatemala arrived to-day by
steamer. They came from the districts
far inland from the sea and travelled
over a country laid waste by sand,
ashes and pumice before reaching a
railway station. Thence they made
the journey by rail to Champerico and
there took the steamer to San Fran
cisco. They sailed November 7th.
when the volcano was still smoking
and rumblings of thunder and flashes
of lightning gave evidence of more
eruptions to come.
These people fled from their planta-
tions in fear for Their lives. They es-
capped to the seaside with little more
than the clothing they wore, transpor-
tation being so difficult as to preclude
the carrying of baggage.
The refugees confirm stories of loss
of life. They say that the victims are
for the most part Indians They had
not heard of any white people being
lost. Thousands of Indians were as
phyNiated or buried in the sand. Miles
of plantations are under ashes and alb
solute ruin is the lot Of many planters.
whose all was invested in the Fincas.
Word had been received from MaZat-
enango. on the outskirts of the ruined
territory. stating that October cath. at
about o'clock in the evening, Santa
Maria opened a crater on the west side
near its base and not far from Helve-
tia. and all that night it belched forth
volumes of ashes and lava over Fol-
hutz and Costa Cuca. Saturday morn
ing it was noted that several more era
ters in the neighborhood of the noun
tain had opened up and they are all
spouting volcanic debris over the plan
tations of the district.
These fresh craters were further to
tine west and for over twentyfour
hours they were in constant eruption.
The earth was in continual commo-
tion. shaking down buildings and caus-
ing much destruction from the quak-
ing. All the territory about Palmar,
san Felipe. Pueblo Nuevo and Retail
hulen was buried under ashes. Many
of the plantations were buried under
from five to seven feet of debris, and
all hope of ever retaining them had
been given up. The whore neighbor-
hood for miles was a burning wilder
ness.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-11-25

Inasmuch as a corruption fund OF
$40. 1000 for use in the city council has
been discovered in Havana there ap-
pears to be some mistake in the re-
ports that the Cubans are not fitted
to conduct modern. up-to-date gov
ernmeLt
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-11-25

California will produce 1OO,OOO.O0O
pounds of prunes this year. which is
tip to married folks not to break up
Housekeeping Wait until the season
when the crop fails.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-11-25

A lot of Swiss bicyclists are coming
to the United States through the Ca
madam border. The whole people will
now have a chance to do some maneu-
vering.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-11-25

Mrs. Burton Harrison advises wo-
men to talk politics in the family
circle. But Mrs Harrison should un-
derstand that there are times wuen
the masculine worm will tCrn.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-11-25

Mexico has lost its case before the
Hague tribunal, but it should feel
some satisfaction in making the sue
cessful claimant take so large a sum
In Mexican dollars.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-11-25

One magazine has received 10000
unsolicited manusc- lpts within the
year. or course. the burden of re-
.urn postage fell on unappreclate1
genius.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-11-25

Mascagni is learning a lot of new
things concerning the advertising
methods of Americaa mar ayers. His
artistic soul might rebel if it were not
for the handsome p.onts that are ac-
cruing
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-11-25

A Syracuse gentleman named
O'Connor is accused by a widow of be-
ing engaged to both herself and her
mother; that's one way TO solve the
motherin-law problem.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-11-25

The coal operators insisted that
there was nothing to arbitrate. and
the President responded on behalf of
the people that there was also moth
ing to burn. With the one supplied
the other win follow
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-11-25

There is something in name Colo
mel p. b. Hogshead OF Staunton, was
the Virginia delegate at the NEE ing
oil the National | uor Dealers asso-
citation at Washington. MIR. Tank
was not present By lame, but he was
well represented.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-11-25

Rev. BENJAMIN De Costa of New
York. who is reported to have describ-
ed Newport as cakewalk ornament
ed with divorce, has evidently studied
the literary style of the inimiiable Mr..
Watterson.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-11-25

The Women's Federation at Toledo
discussed the ideal woman. Can't tell
you anything about 1t until the model
arrives.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-11-25

1t is difficult to persuade yourself
that a man is a liar when he says
nice things about you.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-11-25

Sir Thomas Upton is going to
shorten the Shamrock. She will be
short enough at the conclusion of the
race.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-11-25

Col. Taylor of Chicago has fallen
heir to a castle in Germany. He win
find that it costs more to maintain /.
than a castle in Spain.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-11-25

New Jersey should change her coat
Of arms and should adopt as the cen
terpiece of her new one an octopus
couchant
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-11-25

A stafr of enumerators in New Jer-
sey is asking each family in Essex
county: Have you Bible of your
own" The question should be added:
III SO. do you know where it is?"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-11-25

There is nothing small about Mon
tana. where a man is accused Of Of
fering a bribe of S2.500,00O.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-11-25

Religious conditions in Chicago must
be peculiar when a clergyman's mind
turns to the invention of bullet-proof
vest
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-11-25

Mary MacLane received 100 oEe-s
of marriage while she was in the East.
No wonder Mary thinks the East IS "e
crazy old Face"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-11-25

President Eliot of Harvard says
gambling is a vice of savages. The
gentlemanly Fiji islanders in Wall
street will please take dee.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-11-25

Hall Caine Has no complaints to en-
ter against the sleeping car system in
this country. It is averred that he
kangs up his hat and turns in vita
his clothes on.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-11-25

Irs a woman's privilege to cnange
obey.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-11-25

Just stand in the middle of Main
street ara holler Carrie Nation!"
Then listen to the rapid slamming of
saloon doors the full length of the
street.-Houston (TeXas) Post.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-11-25

1t appears probable that President
Castro will have to do it all over
again. So tiresome,
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-11-25

temperance and is playing to big
business.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-11-25

1t is simply wasting man like Mr..
WI to take him back to China and
hold him there.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-11-25
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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-11-25

Tor examination before paying for same. Catalog-
nes free. All goods stamped FRED MUELLER
islS-lb Larimer Street, Denver, Colorado.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-11-25

The well-known mining authority,
Ores and Metals, has been sold by Mr..
P. A. Leonard to Messrs. Atkins and
Gently been one of the owners and the
editor of the Cripple Creek Times-Cit-
iZen, and is one of the best known
newspaper men of the state. Mr.. Sill
versparre comes from Chicago, where
he has had a large experience on a
number of publications. Mr.. Leonard
remains with the paper as associate ed
itor. The paper has been published
eleven years and has acquired a large
influence in mining circles. The new
owners promise to make improvements
which will still further add to its use
fulness and value.
Five hundred students OF the Univer-
slIy of Colorado are on strike. They
have revolted over lessons during the
quart rto-centennial celebration. There
were only two or three that reported for
lessons in each class Thursday and none
Friday The revolt is unique in that it
is the first tine i'll history that stu
dents of state university have unani-
mously refused to attend classes and
have themselves declared HOLIDAYS
There is some talk of President Baker
taking the revolt up and adopting dras-
tic measures with the leaders as an ex-
ample of discipline. However. as every
student is involved. it is generally be-
lleved that he will take no action, but
Will treat it as prank.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-27

and resented the employment of any for eieners in the mills, to such an extent Sthat A strike was started in one of the Gowell mills owing to the employment of an Irish woman as scrub woman.
 That the operatives at first were or very intelligent class was evidenced py their conducting a newspaper called the offering. of which Lucy Larcom was @' one time the editor.
 The advent of the civil war caused all overturn of conditions and many foreleh- CTS entered into mill life to stay. Ihe Immigrants from England first ecureu a foothold in the textile estaollshIileiiI and were followed by Irish, Geriiohs i,as and French. Practically all the unskllieu i'5l labor today in cotton and wooleh hliIis Is being performed by Armenian anu Greek laborers. -,., .o
 In the past no attention was gwen lo the question of ventilation. ana when the air became vitiated, which was pracu- calIv it's normal condition, a broken pane of glass was a godsend in the winter time. The operatives would drlhK Ill through the opening some fresh air and return to his work refreshed.
 At the present time the question of Ven- tiIatIon iN one of the most important mat ters of mill management as the oper- active will turn out more and better work if the air of the room is pure.
 In many factories it was the custom for the proprietor to go among the male help and sell them a drink of rum, de- ducting the cost from their pay. Such
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-27

wrested the banners from their hands, surrounded them with night by raising clouds of dust, so that they could not see each other, dashed right and left with It's lightning scourges, drowned with it's thunder that of the cannon, changed into rivers the brooks between the contending parties, wiped out the battle plan sketch ed by the hand of man. and howled into the ears of both parties: Let there be an end to this!' Neither party could call itself victorious: third power possessed the field. y~
 Further fighting was .out of the ques- ton. All thought only of saving them selves. Some troops had to rely on their good fortune to gain fcopAection with the retiring army. The rain streamed down, and the lightning flashes revealed the landscape with groups of people hurrying in all directions, like a surgfng sea; and when the lightning ceased here and there flaming, red glare flashed on one end of the battlefield. The two armies, in the darkness of night. and in pouring rain, continue the struggle of human wrath, without caring for the wrath of God; and beyond the hills a burning city casts It's glare upon the restless sky. The flourish of drums and trumpets and the howiing of troops mingled with. the thunder.
 Manasseh's battalion also was obliged to fly. The night was dark. the roads ir- tertwined, and the fugitives could decide only by the direction of the wind as to which was backward or forward for them. At one time the course of the wind changed, and the battalion, fatigued and weakened by hunger, reached a place where a few campires were protected from the storm; they thought they had arrived home.
 But 1t was the camp of the enemy.