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Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-09-20
This Looks Good.

The following letter from Mr. Merrill, OF
the Big Five Association this week would
indicate that there is something doing" IN
the hotel line and we certainly hope there is
A portion of the letter is used although Mr.
Merrill did not suggest that it could be :
made public The news is too good to keep,
however, SO use use it:
"I have just received letter from Mr. !
Joseph G. Tayler, who is apparently the
owner of the Beebee hotel property, and he
says as follows
'''I am now negotiating with some parties
here to build 100 room hotel, and hope to
make the deal l am heavily interested in :
mining property at Idaho Springs, and ex-
pect eventually, to go there to reside, and
see the necessity of better hotel accommoda- !
tions in that camp. In this am confident =.
YOU will agree with me-.
This is about the best thing l have heard
for Idaho Springs lately, and if he will only ,
get at it and put up the hotel this fall and
winter it will be a great thing for the town
We need four or five such hotels there, each
connecting for the best business, and then
there would be reason in building grand
hotel, such as we have been contemplating. I
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-09-20
Struck By 7 rain.

John Tearney, hod carrier, who has been em-
|oved in this city for some time had narrow es-
|ape from death Tuesday afternoon.
The train which leaves for Denver at 80 came
round the bend near the Newhouse tunnel and for
me reason Tearney did not get off the track. He
VS. he heard the whistle but could not get out of
4 e way.
AS soon as the engineer saw that the man had
ZEN struck he reversed the lever and backed up.
|hen picked up Tearney was found to have a
|ushed foot, broken ankle, besides bruises about
| e head and face, He was taken to the office OF
II Atchison where the wounds were dressed.
In the afternoon Tearney was taken to st. JOS
| his hospital.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-09-20

orado as well acquainted with Mr. Haggott as the
people of Clear Greek county his election would be
by one of the largest majorities received by any
candidate. While he is enthusiastic lodge man
he is careful that his connection with these organ-
cations shall not be used to further any ambition
he might have. He is past high priest in the Royal
Arch and also member of Idaho Springs camp,
Woodmen of the World.
During his residence i'll the county he has been
employer of men and has always insisted that
they should be accorded proper treatment because
he has toiled all his life himself and has fellow
feeling for the man who works.
He stands squarely the Republican platform
this year and has always been believer in and
an earnest advocate of the eght-hour law for min
In his mine eight hours has always constituted
a day and he has insisted upon the hour at noon.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-09-20

is in every sense a strong candidate and against
whom not word of reproacb has been
uttered.
Mr.. Holmberg candidate for auditor, is of
the most popular in Colorado He holds one
of the highest offices in the Redmen and is of
the exceptionally popular Swedsh-Americans of
Colorado. His nomination was unanimous
N. {. Miller Republican candidate for attorney
general, is the representative of the western slope
and strong candidate in every sense. Every man
on the ticket was selected because of his fitness for
the position and not because gag rule employed
in the convention.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-09-20
REPUBLICAN TICKET.

FOR CONGRESSMAN-AT-LARGE-
Franklin E. Brooks.
FOR CONGRESSMAN, 2ND DISTRICT
Henry NJ. Hogg.
FOR GOVERNOR
James H. Peabody.
FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
Warren A. Haggott.
FOR SECRETARY OF STATE:
James Gowie.
FOR AUDITOR:
John A. Holmberg.
FOR STATE TREASURER
Whitney Newton.
FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL:
Nathan c. Miller
FOR SUPERINTENDENT PUBLIC
ms rRUCTION:
Mrs Anna p. Brandt
FOR REGENTS STATE UNIVERSITY
DR.. o. ]. Pfeiffer.
w. J. King.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-09-20

following
Nevadavle.
extended
Could old California which
Illinois the Gold Coin, Hidden
American Flag, the Vendome,
mill Considerable devoted Lun this be-
believe the richly substantial propositions
district will properties
of they will unload their Clear and will also
the richest sections the district will been opened
will add the body
DDS of
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-09-20
Where They Hoist Earth's Richest NUGGETS

will the multiplication of
additional of
1t will that will be opened
old idle where the hostngo
cana
Cripple district the time They realize the oppo
unie district and investing their energy
public
respect of
of this
ton that speaks for itself
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-09-20
County Convention.

One week from to-day the Republicans will hold
their county convention in Georgetown and it will
be of the representative political gatherings of
the year. The candidates for commissioner and
representative will be named at this convention
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-01-15
PACIFIC CABLE HEARING.
Commercial Company Explains Its Plans
for Laying Line "a Manila.

WASHINGTON. Jan. l4-George q. Ward
vice-president and general manager Of
the Commercial Cable Company and the
Commercial Pacific Cable Company. and
William W Cook. counse for the two cor
porations, were before the senate Naval
Affairs Committee in explanation Of plans
Of the company to lay a cable across the
Pacific. Tt.e contract. they said. had al
ready been let and the cable was in process
Of manufacture. II would be completed
TO Hawaii by November next and TO Manila
in two years. The company was operat-
ing under the general law of 1895 and needed
no additional legis lation.
All they wished was that no obstacles
be- placed In their way and that the Govern
ment should not put down a cable Of its
own. John foord, secretary of the Amer
ican-Asiatic Association, aud F Is Thur
Der of the American Export Association
indorsed the plans Of the company.
The officers Of the company were eI-
amined az some length by Chairman Hale
and other members OF the committee as TO
the ability Of the company to carry out is
plans and rs to the laws under which II
was proceeding
just as the Senators were preparing 20
leave Representative Corliss Of Michigan.
who j. the author ~ q till for a Govern
ment cable from San Francisco To Manila.
came into the committee room and In a
ioftlbIr NfFFtn OF Ten minutes represented
that the Commercial Cable Company was
engaged In an undertaking that would
eventually place the commercial interests
Of this countTy at the mercy Of az English
cable monopoly. 81 which the Commercial
Gable Company is only a feeder, but never
thelc-- a valuable adjunct In completing
a break Ia the cable chain with which the
older corporation h. engaged In girdling the
world Mr. tori-s earnestly requested
M" Senators to probe the matter thor
oughly h"for" act'ng He told the com
mittee hoW the company had defed the
Government la the past In laying Gables
without the permission Of the President,
a pfe-"dent established under the FIRST
admiui-t ration ~ President Grant
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committee by Nj MaId. said NJ Corliss
and 'lrsN l'te by John Narkay President
OF the commercial tah'r company, aud
hlr company b. preparing 90 Law q Parihc
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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-01-15

The Hon. ARTHUR PUE GoRMAN OF
Maryland was swept out OF the seat he
had long held In the United States Senate
by the political sentiment which dreaded
BRYAN and free silver and brought
Maryland into the Republican column.
That danger having passed, GoRMAN
comes back again, having been chosen
yesterday by the unanimous vote OF
the Democratic majority in the Legis-
lature Of his State. We believe that he
is the first Of the more eminent leaders
Of his party so displaced to reappear.
With GoRMAN thus returned TO the
Senate the question Of Democratic
restoration takes on a somewhat new
aspect at least. In the Democratic
National Convention of 1892 he was the
Maryland candidate for President. It
is to be doubted il the revived states
man regards that proposition now any
less seriously than he regarded it ten
years ago.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-01-15

One OF the first announcements made by
Commissioner PARTRIDGE OF the Depart
ment Of Police was that the wardmen =
must go. The Second Deputy commits
sioner. Major EBsTEIN, made on Monday tho
beginning of a redemption OF this promise
Of his chief Two men who had been de-
tailed by Commissioner MURPHY as ward
men to the captain Of the Coney Island
precinct were sent back to their work as
uniformed patrollers OF the sidewalk. and
the announcement was made that Major
EBsTEIN had discovered no sanction in the
rules OF the department for the use Of the
designation = wardman."
What then was this office, to which
policemen were assigned without warrant.
and which was esteemed rather greater
In privileges than any office In the depart
ment below the rank OF captain2 Unless
some specific function can be described
which absolutely requires his continuance.
the wardman must 20.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-01-15
Electric Elevated Trains.

The electric elevated train for public
service is nov being operated On the
Second avenue line, browning with sue
cess years Of costly experiment. AS
soon as IL Is practicable similar motor
trains will be placed on all the lines OF
the Manhattan company and the little
putting steam engines will be retired.
The new system, we are assured,
will give cleaner. less noisy and
more rapid transit. The train put
in commission on Monday night con
sisted of three cars, a motor car at either
end and a trailer between them. 1t is
proposed to run with the new motors,
instead Of the usual. five that are now
hauled by steam engines. Each such
train will be made up Of four motor cars
and W t~railers, giving a horse power
Of ZOO. BY way of comparison it is
interesting 70 note that the total weight
Of the four motors will be only 5000
pounds as against the $1,000 of the pres
ent steam engine that develops only
about one-quarter Of the horse power.
The motors will operate heavier trains
at a higher average of speed than the
steam locomotives. They are capable
of hauling a train on a level track forty
or fifty miles an hour.
Another noticeable improvement is the
smoothness with which these motor
trains may be operated because the
power is distributed throughout the
train. thus doing away with the jerking
and humping that used to be common
incidents Of starting and stopping.
One motorman with the controller at
the front of the first car manages the
motors for the entire train. We are
happy TO state that the train now in
operation on the Second avenue line
runs very much more quietly than do
the Boston motor trains.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-01-15
The Liquor Law.

Y The proposition made on Monday
afternoon by the committee OF tho
Reform Club that the Raines law be
amended TO provide for the sale OF
LIQUOR in restaurants a in hotels, was
virtually to open the saloons.
i The hotel clause in the Raines law
was founded on the scarcely disputed
conviction that the Sunday sale OF
liquor in hotels was an absolute neces-
sity to any civilized community, and on
a desire, also, to make the Sunday law
more liberal. The hotel clause was a
very hinge Of the law. In the opinion
OF THE Sun. arrived at after very pro-
ionged and dispassionate reflection,
the Sunday law should be liberalized
stiIi further. But that is for the Legis-
faturei Meanwhile, the existing state
of affairs in this city very pressingly
demands attention.
In the news Of Monday morning
was the ominous rumor that the irregu-
Tar license fee imposed within police
circles upon saloons desiring to sell
liquor on Sunday, the +" rake-of, y as II
Is known technically, had been raised.
Whether this be true or not of the past.
IL is inevitable for the future, II 1t is
a fact that the new Police admins
tration proposes TO sanction violations
of the Sunday selling law.
That. policy would make the police
captain a greater autocrat than ever.
II would relax the restraint which the
law places upon him now, but it would
Ia no wise diminish his authority over
the liquor sellers in his district. II is
not 10 be supposed that when he brought
q s~aloonkeeper into court for violation
of the Excise law, his unhappy victim
would find there the Police Commits
'eioner prepared openly TO defend him.
Il In the process of turning Tammany
Hall out Of Office, one of the most effec-
tive arguments was that it was lawless.
Remove that charge by transferring IL
to the opposition, and the status Of
Tammany Hall before the community
will be vastly altered.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-01-15
The Chicago Club women

Or do YOU say ~clubwomen7 II IL
reckoned that there are "a many OF them
in Chicago, in proportion TO the popula-
ton, as in Indianapolis, the capital Of
female clubdom They continue to
be busy and happy, albeit anonymous
letters have raised a great pother in
one Of the most august of them lately.
The range Of their activities II immense
For instance Tuesday two members
Of the Industrial Committee 81 the llli-
nois Federation u Women's Clubs who
have been investigating sveatshops
addressed the Moodlawn Noman's Club,
to-day Wednesday the literary round
table Of the Culture club meets Friday
the Archie club will keep Costum" Day
aud consider the styles and changes an
woman's dress IN the last century
Mr. HEENAN HAL. saws the Inter
Ocsan will drs'rib" the graceful
styls- 81 the fmpirr and Directory pc
NODE Mrs ions & Hrsslth all out
line the development M woman p dress
from IA. quaint fashions ~ 1880 through
the hoop skirt I~u"d and Mrs ihaNk
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10 dr-.s from 1910 a. the present timo
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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-01-15

The Virginia Constitutional Convention
has the gift Of perpetual motion. 1t can
talk, We gods, how 1t can talkl Virginia is
beginning TO believe that the convention
will sit forever. Men growing old will give
themselves ar air OF dignity by saying
that they remember well the day When
the convention met. Little boys now IN
knickerbockers will com to reverence
and the silver hair and tell their grand
children that the convention is the first
thing that they can remember. II may
be that airships will be cleaving the ether
long before the convention shows a mind
to adjourn, What has the convention done
so farf Nothing. What does it seem
likely to do' The same. But there Is
plenty Of time In Virginia.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-01-15
CANAL WITH A 7-MILE TUNNEL.
Two New Jersey Corporations That Have
an Isthn,ian plan TO submit.

Plans for a new ship canal will be pre-
sented next Thursday before the Senate
Commission on Canals by Gen. Edward ".
Serrell for the American Isthmus Ship
Canal Company and the lsthmus Company,
both corporations Of New Jersey. The
route for the cana proposed Is from the
Gulf of San Bias to the Pacific Ocean be-
hind the Pearl Islands. and is called the
Mandigo route.
1t will be proposed that the company
build the work under the supervision aud
protection of the Government without any
cost to the United States, which will be
asked to guarantee the bonds Of the COM
pany. The company will propose that the
Government have the use of the canal free
Of charge for all Government vessels and
IL at any time the company does not do IA
agreed tho Government shall take posses
sion of the canal. The ompany asserts
that IL has secured a right Of way.
The newly-suggested route is less than
thirty miles long and is therefore shorter
han any other SO far proposed No
engineering difficulties are encountered,
Andes Is reached This mountain chain
must be pierced by a tunnel seven miles
long and the plans state that IL will be go
feet high, $50 feet wide and deep enough
for the largest ship which would go through
the canal. The rock through which the
tunnel YOU lie cut Is said to ba solid
granite. In the tunnel a trolley appliance
would tow the ships.
Gen. Serrell, who IL at the head OF the
scheme. was engineer OF the Panama Rail
road and has acted ar engineer for tho
Government. The late X. ?. Rothwell,
who at one time was President Of the
Society OF Mining Engineers and editor Of
the Mining Journal thought the schem"
entirely feasible and was heartily In sym
patty with II at the time OF his death.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-01-15
P4NAMA COMPANY'S OFFER.
". Iampre IrIes u win the Interoceanic
canal Commission

WASHINGTON, Jan. II 1t was said al the
headquarters Of the Intcroccanic Cana.
Commission In the Corcoran Building this
morning that the first meeting Of the rom
mission 10 consider a suppl %eneutary re-
port on the Panama cana route would b.
held next Thursday
NJ Iamprc, the representative ~ tho
Panama Company, to-day filed with 'L5
commission COPIES Of the cable cortsSpur.
drnoe with himself and the officials .f f..
company. including the formal ufrr
the company to sell their p property .. 'H
[ nited States A copy ~ thl . offer Va- u.
liyered To Admiral Walker -yrra ia
The SeGate COMMITTEE" on l@n'rruH.h
CAuals to-day authorized Chairman hHfI..
g. call on Admiral MHlkrf. Chairman
the l-thmiau ana tutumI--IHI aHd a- u
tain hoW soon the supplemental r.f.T
the commission ur ihr u1'I ~ ''' IH.a.
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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-01-15

the laws Of Canada. Instead Of that
the Judicial Committee seems to have
gone out Of It's way. and judged the case
according to the English common law.
which has no force in the premises. The
legislation OF the Province Of Quebec Ia
based on the old French law, and guaran-
teed in it's validity by the British Crown
in the act Of capitulation by which the
people Of Canada placed themselves
under il.
These facts explain the alarm that Is
felt in the Province Of Quebec, where
the unexpected decision by the Judicial
Committee in England, and still more
the reasons for it, given by the Lord
Chancellor in rendering his judgment,
are looked on as the beginning OF a
general attack on the French element
in Canada in all that they most value.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-01-15
DIR. FUNK TO BISHOP POTTER.
All for the Actual Statistics" Alleged
BY the bishop to Exist.

To THE EDITOR OF The SuN-Sir: A
fortnight has elapsed, and Bishop Potter
has not explained, given proof OF. or apoi-
ogized for his astounding statement at the
Church Club. on Dec. 80. that:
Wherever prohibition has triumphed It has edu-
Gated a race OF frauds and hypocrtes. In Maine.
New Hampshire and Vermont to day. by actual
statistics. the of certain preparations
containing from II to Of per cent. OF alcohol. while
claret contains only 10 per cent. is larger than any.
where else In the country. and great multitudes OF
people who are sworn prohibitionists are the con-
sumers.
! have personally requested Bishop
P~otter-as courteously as / knew how
to let me know where these actual sta
%tistics' can be seen. Many others have
asked him this same question through the
press. He remains silent.
| have written to United States Senator
Frye Of Maine. asking whether the Bishops
statements are true. This is the Senator'S
reply:
UNITED STATES SENATE.
WAUIIsoToS. ID. C., Jan. .. 1902.
Ny DEAR SIR: never heard Of the statistics
referred to by Bishop Potter. nor do ] believe that
they exist.
The Prohibitory law has not educated q race
OF frauds and hypocrites.- . In the rural
parts Of the state there Is very little use OF intoIi-
eating liquors, There are several hundred nsh.
Ing and hunting guides In the northern part OF our
state with whom ! am entirely familiar, and ! do
not know a drunkArd among them. Can Bishop
Potter say the same as TO the Adirondack guides'
For the last year g law has been enforced IN our
largest city. Portland. and ] am Informed by good
authority that II has been very enectual In suppress.
Ing the sale ~ofliquor, II Bishop Potter were right,
It SecnlS to me the people Of Maine would gladly
repeal the law. In my opinion. any attempt 10
do so would be defeated by a very large majority.
WILLIAM +. FIYs.
asked the same question Of the Governor
Of Maine. His private secretary, n. y.
Purinton, writes, Jan. o:
The statements Of Bishop Potter are false,
No one here Is aware Of such actual statistics"
As the Bishop refers TO.
The Mayor of the city Of Portland denies
the statements of Bishop Potter with a
strong emphasis, and the President OF the
State Board of Health of Vermont writes
that he knows of no trustworthy statistics
States OF proprietary medicines containing
alcohol.
Now, il Is certainly up hard to the
Bishop 10 speak. When he made his
speech he either knew thai such actual
statistics" existed, or he did not know
il. If he knew IL. he can easily say where
they are; if he did not know II, then
ne was guilty Of an awful libel against
entire States az noble as any in the Union.
A true Bishop is eye. conscience. lift to a
community, a finger that points upward,
a hand that leads, a chief seer. II the eye
Is that of a seer who sees straight and true,
the whole body has light. |. X. FUN
NEW YORK, Jan, 10.