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The Elbert County tribune., 1902-12-18
GENERAL LEE DECLARES CUBA
SHOULD HAVE BEEN ANNEXED

string me up to the nearest lamp post
and still others to tie me to a horses
tail and drag me around the streets OF
Havana. Five Spanish women called
at my Office one afternoon and handed
me a letter from some Spanish officers
in which they threatened to come to
my office. tie me hand and foot, put me
aboard the Maine and drive me out Of
the harbor. / received reports that
even the Cubans wanted to kill me
because they believed that by doing SO
war with the United States would
surely result.
when some of these reports were
current. a man came into my Office one
day with the purpose. as | thought. OF
killing me. He moved toward me inch
by inch and as he came within reach
| had him covered with my gun
asked him what he wanted. and TO my
surprise. he said. In English: I have
Just come from General Gomez's camp,
suffering from n wound in the thigh.
want to leave Cuba. | want TO go
back to the United States | asked him
where he came from. and he said, in
the drawliest kind of way. From Kan
sas.' That man was Gen. Frederick X
Funston. So you see had much to do
with the latter capturing Aguinaldo.'
General Lee then recited the Incl
dents of the blowing up of the Maine
and told of General Blanco's action al
ter the catastrophe.
Il want TO say here and for all
time" he continued. that General
Blanco and his officers had no more
to do with the blowing up OF the
Maine than had the people of New
York City. 1t is my belief that some
of the young officers left in the arsenal
by General Weyler blew up the Maine.
II was they. | am sure. who planted
the mine that sent the Maine to its de-
stf-1ctiou -
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-12-18
MOFFAT HAS MONEY TO BUILD
HIS GREAT WESTERN ROAD

tion of the railway and will let con-
tracts at once for grading the sur
veyed portion. The work of surveying
the route west of the range Will be
pushed along rapidly.
THE railway viii open TO develop
ment and to trade with Denver mer-
chants new and rich territory not
now reached by any railway. and its
construction should be Of great benefit
to all the railways now reaching Den
yer. as well as to the city itself. Yet
in making our financial arrangements
we have met with active opposition
from the strong financial combination
controlling the roads north OF Denver.
This, however. win not prevent
the building Of the road. The people
OF Denver are bound together in sup
port of the enterprise by their own in
terest. and opposition of the railways
to our project will accomplish nothing
but injury to themselves.
NO set of men Is strong enough TO
shut off from development a rich ter
ritory larger than the state of Penn
sylvania, nor to bottle up and control
the trade and growth of n city like
Denver"
Mr. Moffat was asked to confirm the
story that George ]. Gould was inter
ested in the railroad, but declined TO
discuss that question. 81 have said
all l want to say now" said Mr.. Mof-
fat
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-12-18
RAPID PROGRESS
OF PACIFIC CABLE

San Francisco. Dec. 13.-The com
merciai bodies of this city held a re-
ception at the Palace hotel Thursday
in honor of Clarence II. Mackay. G. w.
Ward. William II. Baker and Edgar c.
Bradley of the Postal Telegraph Com
pany. The gentlemen are here to wit
ness the commencement of the laying
of the new cable between this city
and Honolulu.
Mr.. Ward in an address said:
"You can form some opinion of the
extent of this great work. when tell
you that the length OF this cable will
be three and one.half times that of
an Atlantic cable. When this is com
pleted our system will reach from
England and France to China. three
fourths of the distance around the
globe. And | venture to predict that
we shall be able to beat Puck's proph-
ecy of girdling the earth in forty
minutes by sending a message from
San Francisco in one-fourth of that
time.
.'The first section, now about to be
completed. will probably be completed
first OF January. The remaining sec
tons, starting from Honolulu. touch
ing at Midway and Guam. to Mayla
5000 miles of which have already
been manufactured. will be laid and
in operation, I hope, by the first of
June next. The whole length OF the
line will be about 10000 nautical
miles"
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-12-18

Denver. Dec. 12.-The Republican,
this morning says;
A reiteration of the announcement
made by David II. Moffat several
weeks ago that the money for the CON
struction of the Denver, Northwestern
& Pacific railroad had been secured
was made last night by Mr.. Moffat on
his return from New York City. where
he has been to complete the details
for the financing of the big project.
Mr.. Moffat made the trip direct from
New York City. He left New York
Wednesday night Mrs. Monat came
with him and w. G. Evans was also
in the party In addition to the an
nouncement that the funds for the
road had been pledged. Mr.. Moffat
also, for the first timo. made public
reference to the opposition which he
has encountered from Mr.. Hartman
and other financiers who control the
roads north of Denver.
But their opposition to our project
will accomplish nothing but injury to
themselves" said Mr.. Moffat.
"You may say" said Mr.. Moffat.
that we have now completed our sur
veys on that part of the route of our
railway which is east of the cent?
mental divide. and have secured the
best crossing of the main range in
Colorado.
I'VE have succeeded In securing the
money to proceed with the construc-
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-12-18
GERMAN AND ENGLISH SHIPS
BOMBARD VENEZUELAN FORT

from the custom house. saying II this
satisfaction was not forthcoming In
two hours. MT o'clock the, fortress
and the custom house would bc bonn
harded on receipt of this demand tho
authorities sent n message to PreSi-
dent Castro asking for Instructions
A committee Of the merchants OF
Puerto Cabello then approached the
American consul here. petitioning him
to intervene The consul accepted this
mission and visited the cruisers, but
he could obtain no alteration In the
decision OF the allies.
At a quarter before 8 a reply was
received from President Castro, who
authorized the chief Official here to
give the British commodore ample sat
isfaction. Before this answer could be
communicated 10 the American consul
the hour stipulated for the reply ar
rived The cruisers Immediately
opened fire on the fortress. The fire
was returned from Fort Splano and
Castle LIhertador, but the Venezuelan
guns were soon silenced. Wbue the
firing continued there was intense ex-
citemcnt In this port. Every house In
town was closed.
Tho people of Puerto Cahello cannot
account for this precipitate action on
1 the part OF the allies. which they CON
slider to be proof that Great Britain
and Germany intend forcing war upon
Venezuela.
The British marines propose TO
make use of the cannon in Castle LIB
crtador. No damage was done TO the
town. The excitement OF the people
Ia eubuldfuQ
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-12-18
DEATH OF MRS. u. S. GRANT
AT HER HOME In WASHINGTON

daughter, all OF whom arc living. Miss
Nellie, the daughter. who became the
wife OF Alsernon Sartoris In 1874, haa
lived in Washington with her mother
for several years. Frederick Dent
Grant. the oldest son. Is in the army.
and two other sons. Jease and Ulysses
Sherman. live ut san Diego. California.
During recent years, since General
Grants death. Mrs. Grant has spent
most OF her winters In this city. living
at 2i2l q street. while during the sum
mor she usually lived at Saratoga.
Manchester by-the-Sea and other popu-
lar resorts. until the last two summers.
when she resided with her daughter.
Mrs. SnrtoriB. at Coburg. Canada. She.
also made several visits TO her sons in
California during the last few years.
She was OF domestic temperament. and
devoted most of her time to her homo
and children. She cared little for so
ciety. and always avoided public notice
as much as possible. Her devotion to
her husband was remarkable. and dur
Ing the latter's unsuccessful years be-
fore the Civil War. and when hia for
tune wns swept away shortly before his
death Mira. Grant always bore herself
bravely and was an inspiration to him
For several years Mrs. Grant has been
80 feeble that IL was impossible for her
to accept social engagements. She suf-
fored from rheumatism and was corn
PEELED to walk with cane or with the
assistance OF an attendant She was
scventy-slx years Of ngc at the time of
her death.
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-12-18
silver Question In MEXICO.

Mexico City. Dec. 15-The silver
question continue to be one of tho
great topics of public discussion. IL
Is now certain that the silver miners
and farming classes will make com
mon cause against the adoption Of the
gold standard. The miners argue that
silver mines in gold standard conn
tries will have TO shut down al tho
present price of silver. while Mexican
mines can continue to be operated.
also that silver mining and agriculture
are interests with more claim on the
protection of the government than
railroads or merchants. Meantime all
prices are being raised and there IL
much anxietey among the middle
classes, especially wage earners and
salaried men. The cost OF living is
considered IN be out Of proportion to
incomes.
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-12-18

Puerto cabello. Doc. 1.-THE Brit
ish cruiser ChnrybdIs and the German
cruiser vincta bombarded the fortress
here at 8 o'clock yesterday afternoon
pnd quickly silenced II. The lombard
ment lasted for forty-fivc minutes. The
fortress Is composed OF Fort Solano
and the Castle Libertador. After the
firing ceased the Chnrybdis sent ma
rincs to occupy the castle
The fortress was almost demolished.
II is probable that only n few persons
were injured by the ahclling. The COM
mander OF Castle Libertador has been
taken prisoner. The cruisers are still
here.
At o'clock yesterday morning the
Charybdis and the vineta arrived here
searching for Venezuelan gunboats.
The two crulscrs sent their boats In
to the inner port. but finding no gum
boats, the boats returned. The cap
tain of the British merchant steamer
Topaz. which was seized by the mob
last Wednesday. then visited the Brit
ish commodore ON board the Charybcis
and lodged protest against the viola
ton of his ship. The British captain
returned an hour later with n detach-
ment of fifty marines. who took charge
of the Topaz. Tho populace was great
ly excited at this incident and raised
the cry ito arms" but there was no
disorder.
The British commodore then sent a
message to the authorities nj Puerto
Cabello demanding immediate salts
/ faction for the action of the mob In
having hauled down the British flag
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-12-18
Philippine Trade Advancing.

Washington, Dec. 1.-THE Bureau
OF Insular Affairs of the War Depart
ment has issued the following com
parative summary of the commerce OF
the Philippine islands for the seven
months ending July 81. 1902. and 1901.
The total value of merchandise. ex-
elusive of gold and silver. imported
during the seven months ended July
81, 1902. was $19.310,437. as against
17,132.2 .205 for the same period of
1901. The principal increase in 1902
was in foodstuffs, the purchase of rice
alone exceeding the figures for 1901
by nearly S1,50o.000. =
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-12-18
ReeIprocIty treaty stoned.

Havana. Dec 13.-A definite treaty
of commercial reciprocity between
Cuba and the United States was
signed at IL o'clock Thursday night
by General Bliss and Secretaries 1al-
do and Monies. 1t lacks only. the sig
natures of Secretary Hay and Senior
Quesada and the approval of the Unit
ed States and Cuban Senates to make
1t operative.
Although the treaty provides for a
uniform reduction of twenty per cent.
from the present tariff charges on Gu
ban products entering the United
States, a parallel list of products bas
been drawn up in which is set forth
the reduction OF each item made by
Cuba and the United States respec-
lively. 1t is impossible now to make
any material change in this list
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-12-18
BANDITS LOOT A
NEW NEXICO BANK

Albuquerque. N NJ. Dec 13--The
Sierra County bank at Hillsboro,
mining town south of here. was held
up by two cowboys at 2:so pm We'd
nesday and robbed of practically all
the gold and silver currency in the
vaults, said TO have amounted to over
$4,000. News of the robbery was
brought to Albuquerque this after
noon Hillsboro is several miles from
a railroad, the nearest point being
Lake Valley.
Two men rode up to the bank, tied
their horses and entered. when only
the manager. w. II. Bucher, and bank
clerks were in the building. Each
was armed with n Winchester and re
volvers. They covered the bank en-
ployes and demanded the money in the
vaults. While one bandit stood guard
the other emptied all the. gold and
currency in sight into a sack. Back
ing out they mounted and rode rapid
ly toward the mountains. heading
north toward Kingston. They fired
few shots behind them, but were out
of range before the bank employees
got their weapons and returned the
fire.
The bank, of which John w. collars
is president and Pennsylvania bank
ers the other stockholders, is the larg-
est banking institution in Sierra coun-
ty and does big business with the
mining and cattle companies. Cattle
men, 1t IL said, had just deposited
$50 900, and OF this fact the bandits
evidently were cognizant- The bank
building is a substantial adobe struct-
ure, well protected. No robberies have
ever occurred in that immediate sec
ton, and the onslaught OF the robbers
In broad daylight came as an entire
surprise.
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-12-18
TRIED TO ESCAPE
FROM CANON CITY

Denver. Dec. IA News special
from Canon City says;
Five convicts made n desperate at
tempt to escape from the penitentiary
this morning, but were frustrated by
the vigilance OF Night Captain Emile
Stockdorf The prisoners implicated
are James Armstrong. Harry Russell.
Frank t"Kid"D Wallace, !. +. Din
woody and Thomas Stimson. Arm
strong aud Russell had succeeded in
liberating themselves from their cells,
and by using key in their possession
to the lower tier of cells In cell house
No. 3. let Wallace out.
The trio then bound and gagged
Cell House Keeper J. l.. Palmer. and
locked him in the call vacated by Wal
lace. with the cell house keeper out
OF the way they forced ]. F. Dinwoody,
convicted OF murder at Antonito, and
committed to the penitentiary yester-
day, to Join them. The bar to the rear
window of the cell house was then
sawed away. and Armstrong essayed
to drop to the ground, but the hole
being smaller than he had calculated,
he was caught and was unable TO Ell
ther lower himself or crawl back into
tho cell house, and II was in this posi-
tion, suspended between the caves and
the ground. that the night captain dis
covered him.
One Of the ironclad rules at the PEN
ftentiary since Capt. William Rooney
was killed. is that all cell house keep
ers must ring in to the night captains
office every half-hour. Palmer's fail
ure to observe this rule caused Stock
dorf TO take alarm. and he went TO in
vestigate. Without taking any chances
OF meeting the fate OF Rooney, Stock
dorf turned In an emergency call to
Deputy Warden Burkhart. who re
sponded promptly with two dozen
armed guards.
The prisoners who sought to escape
were soon cornered. and with the ex-
ception of Armstrong returned to
their cells without remonstrance.
Armstrong, however, showed fight,
and was forced into his cell. where he
was kept until about o'clock. when
severe cbastisement was admins
tered
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-12-18

New York. Dec. 13.-Gen. Fitzhugh
Lee addressed the members of the Pa
tria Club last night on The United
States and Cuba" He said in part:
Cuba never was so we'll governed
by Spain as she is to-day Congress
wearied of the wars In Cuba and
passed resolutions recognizing the
right OF beiligerency OF the revolution
lists. Then came the war.
Il want to say that | reported to
President Cleveland the exact condi-
ton Of affairs that existed there. l
reported the rebellion. with all It's bru-
taiities and horrors. and told him that
it would continue for several genera
tions IL not brought TO a speedy end.
Mr.. Cleveland gave no attention to my
reports. and 1t was not until that great
man now sleeping his last sleep in
Canton. Ohio. took charge OF affairs in
Washington that these atrocious con-
ditiols were brought to an end.
Cuba is well worthy the attention
of the American people 1t is the rich
est spot on Gods green earth. No
country can ever rival Cuba in its
products. If we had not sacrificed wis
dom for sentiment we would own Cuba
to-day. When we did have Cuba we
should have held onto 1t. but some of
the people wanted to show the world
that they were acting for humanity's 8
sake and not for the possession of ter
ritory.
Prior to the war with Spain. when
| was consul general in Cuba. there
were repeated attempts to assassinate
me. Wherever | went | had to sit
with my back the wall and my
hand on my six-shooter- | received
twenty and thirty letters day in
which | was threatened with all man
ner Of deaths. Some threatened to
waylay and strangle me; others to
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-12-18

Washington. Dec. 1i.-Mrs Ulysses
s. Grant died at her residence in this
city at l1:17 o'clock tonight. Death
was due to heart failure. Mrs. Grant
having suffered for years from vaivnlnr
disease of the heart. which was aggra-
vated by a severe attack of bronchitis
Her age prevented her from rnllying
from the attacks. Her daughter, Nell
lie Grant Sartorls. was the only one Of
her children with her at the time OF her
death. her three sons who had been
summoned here. all being orh of the
city.
There were also present at the bod
side when the end came Miss Rose
Mary Sartoris. granddaughter. DR..
Bishop, one of the attending physi-
clans, and two trained nurses. Death
was peaceful the sufferer retaining
consciousness practically to the end.
Word has come from Jesse and u. s.
Grant, Jr., two of the sons In Califor-
mia. that they have started on their
way to Washington. The other son.
Gen. Fred Grant Is in Texas, and he
will hasten here as coon MS he receives
message telling him of his mothers
death The remains Of Mrs. Grant Will
be deposited In the tomb at Riverside
| park, New York, where those of her
husband now repose. Whether they
will be taken there Immediately or this
ceremony will be postponed for time
could not be asccrtnincd tonight
Four children were born to General
and Mrs. Grant, three sons and one
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-12-18
COLORADO FINANCES.
Biennial Report of State Treasurer
Chipiey.

Denver, Dec. 12.-The biennial re-
port of State Treasurer Chipley. is
sued yesterday shows a balance on
hand of s2.0S6.994. From liquor H.
senses he has collected $105.350; from
interest on state funds s29. .670.5S. and
from court and license fees s2S. .302.65.
There are more than 1900 persons
selling liquor without licenses. The
total disbursements were $685.
294.27.
The incoming Legislature is asked
to appropriate all the surplus from
the revenues of 1901 and 1902 to the
payment OF all outstanding deficiency
claims. certificates of Indebtedness,
and the warrants of 1891. 1892. 1898,
1894 and 1897. He thought there
would be fund OF 100000 availa-
BILE.
The adverse criticism against his
paying the warrants of the so-called
"robber Seventh" assembly he an
swers In these words:
THE state saved by that action
three and one-half per cent. per an
mum on the amount, or in figures over
$4,000 per year, the difference be-
tween the interest OF two and one-half
per cent. the money was drawing and
the six per cent. the warrants were
drawing, and while this action caused
some criticism at the time, / believed
then and do now that | was acting for
the best interest of the state in the
redemption of the warrants to which
applied this money"
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-12-18
Maneuvers of the Fleet.

Washington, Dec. 13. = Admiral
Dewey, in a cablegram received at the
Navy Department to-day, dated San
Juan, December 11th. announces the
progress of the feet maneuvers by
the combined squadrons under his
command. The cablegram follows;
1.-The combined sduadrons are now
assembled of Culebra, engaged in
maneuvers. The search problem is
completed. the squadrons under Rear
Admiral Sumner having been success
full"
Forty men-of-war are participating
In the exercises. The operations are
being watched by official representa-
tives from the Navy and War De
partments and will continue until
some time in January.
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-12-18
Sheep.
Grain.

Wheat. choice milling. per 100 lbs.
s1.22; rye. Colorado. bulk, per 100 lbs.
90c: oats. bulk. Nebraska, new, white.
s1.10; mixed, s1.0s; in sack. Colorado.
white, s1.15; corn in bulk. soc; corn
chop, sacked, SIC; Colorado corn and
oat chops. sacked. $1.25; bran, Colo
RADIO. per 100 lbs, s1.05.
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-12-18
aoodIer Gets Eour Yeara.

st. Louis, Dec. 13.-John II. Schnet-
tier, former member of the House OF
Delegates, was yesterday convicted OF
bribery In connection with the Sub
urban franchise deal and given four
years in the penitel nary. This is the
ninth Doodle case diA sosed Of thus far.
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-12-18

Frank II. Wheeler. Democratic cam
didate for representative from Hins-
dale and mineral counties. has filed
an expense account with the secretary
of state, setting forth the fact that he
Hpent $50 in the effort to be elected
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-12-18

Upland. per ton, 1880; second bot
tom. choice to fancy, s10.50G 100;
good to choice. $3.50; timothy. $1,000;
timothy and clover. S11.00Gl1.50; al
falfa. prime, $1,000; straw, $500;
South Park wire grass. $500.
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-12-18
Butter.
Eggs.

Eggs, fresh. loss off. per doz
Eggs. fresh, case count, per
dozen .......-....
April storage, per doz. ...-..
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-12-18
Hogs.

The following quotations represent
the prices paid on this market;
Light and mixed pack
er5 .-.-...-..--.-. -fp-JV Wp.vt y
Choice heavy ....... 5.97h@6.o5
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-12-18
DENVER MARKETS
Cattle
Cattle

Comparative Receipts:
Month to December II ....-- lo.s4o
Same period last year s,6oe
Increase ............-. b.3iz
Year to date ...-..........S1 .S1s,Il
Same period last year .......-- 20, 6sS
Increase ................- 99,VSc
The following quotations represent
the range of prices paid on this mar
ket:
Beef steers. choice grassers.
i.l00 to 1880 lbs. ..--.-.s 81 -25Hf.9o
Beef steers. medium TO good,
1000 to !. 100 lbs. ........ 3.75H4.2o
Beef steers, common TO
1dr ..+-..--. o-S"HS.sS
Cows and heifers. choice
grassers. 600 to LOO lbs. 3,0ou3-5O
Cows and helfers. common
to good grassers =. ...... 2-25M2.to
Gamers ...... 1.506i2 90
Calves. veal. choice ..... 4O0ei4.z5
Bulls. stays. etc -. .......--. l50M2.o0
Feeders. 800 to i.15o lbs.
good to choice. f. P. r. J.. 350Mi.o0
Feeders, GOO to 900 lbs.
common to fair. f. p II. =. 3-25m3.5o
Stockers. choice. +. p. Il. -. 3.5OM4.0o
Stockers. fair to good ..... 3.00f3.oV