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The Lamar register., 1902-01-01

Denver, Dec. 2S.-A Victor special of
last night to the Denver Republican
gives the following account OF hor-
rible crime at that place:
Lured Into an abandoned shaft house
to be foully murdered and his body
thrown into tho shaft of 600 feet depth
was the fate of Martin G. Gleason, one
of the best known mine superintend-
ents of the district.
Gleason's body was found few
minutes after s o'clock this morning
at the bottom of the Kalamazoo shaft.
The top of the. skull was almost COM
pletely cut Off by having come in con-
tact with Il tramway rail. Both legs
were broken Mt the thighs and bullet
hole in the head told the story of the
murder. II murder which in the annals
of crime in the gold camp has not been
excelled, If equaled, in cold-blOOded,
calculating brutality.
Gleason was manager for four COM
panies controlled by the Woods Invest
ment Company, and made his head
quarters at the Wild Horse mine on
Bull hill, of which he was superintend-
ent. He lived with his family in Vic
tor and was in the habit of taking his
nOon-day luncheon mt Altman. Yes
terday noon Gleason went to the Alt
man restaurant with Il. ii. Beebe, as
sistant superintendent of the Wild
Horse, and they lunched together Az
ter lunch they parted on the main
street of Altman, Beebe going to the
Deadwood mine, south of Altman, and
Gleason taking the trail leading west
from Altman to the Wild Horse mine.
This was the last seen of Gleason
by his friends. His absence from the
mine during the afternoon did not ex-
cite apprehension, 1t having been pre-
sumed that he had gone TO some of the
other properties of the company ON
business. but when he failed to appear
at his home last night the family be-
came uneasy, although still comforting
themselves with the ,snSght that he
had been detained on duty. This morn
ing when Gleasons son, Thomas, went
to the Wild Horse he asked Beebe:
What did you do with father yester-
day?" Beebe, upon learning that Mr.
Gleason had not been ut home during
the night inquired by phone of all the
other Woods properties and learned
that none of them had heard of the
missing man.
met with trouble. searching party,
headed by Becbe, set out to see il any
trace of him could be found They
took the trail leading to the place
where Gleason had last been seen. Ar
ter going short distance they came
upon the abandoned Kalamazoo shaft
house. They made an examination of
the building ut once, and upon opening
The Lamar register., 1902-01-01
America Leads tho World.

LONDON. Dec. 2T.-The New in an
editorial discussing William r. aad's
pamphlet on 1.-THE Americanizauon of
the World" admits that Mr.. Glad
stones prophecy that the United States
would replace Great Britain as the pre-
mier nation, has been, on the whole,
realized but 1t declared it to be utter
ly impossible that Great Britain, as
Mr.. Stead extravagantly suggests,
should ever enter an American union
except after n series of disasters rem
dering separate existence impossible.
The paper considers any kind of an
Anglo-American federation equally un-
likely, owing to the Briton's insati-
able love of cast, which led Golden to
insist that Englishmen were aristo-
Gratis rather than democrats. For the
rest, it confesses the enormous infiu-
ence which the United States wields
over British colonies and that a major
ity of 1rishmen would vote for fedora
ton with the United States.
The article further says 1t would be
interesting to see what might happen
if the United States should dLop their
protectionist policy and should offer -
Jamaica, Canadn or even Australasia
the immense bribe of admission on re-
ciprocal terms to their vast, ever-ex-
tending markets
The Lamar register., 1902-01-01
RICH PRIZES GIVEN IN
SWEDEN AND NORWAY

Washington. Dec. 27.-United States
Minister Thomas has reported to the
state department that events of unusu-
nj importance and interest took place
December 10th at Stockholm and
Christiana in connection with the
first award of the Nobel prizes. AL
fred Nobel, the discovcrer of dyna-
mite, who died five years ago, left
substantially the whole of his vast for
tune for the benefit of mankind, and
in his will directed that it be divided
into prizes, without regard to nation
ality, the worthiest to be awarded q
prize, whether he be Scandinavian
or not.
These prizes consisted of five allot-
ments, each of more than $4,000. The
awards were as follows:
In Physics to Wilhelm Conrad
Roentgen, professor at the University
of Munich, the discoverer Of the
Roentgen rays; in chemistry to Jnco-
bus Henricus Want Hoff, professor at
the University of Berlin; in medicine
to Emil Won Bshring, professor ut
Halle. the dfscoverer of diphtheria Sc
rum; in literature to Sully Prudhomme,
member of tht French Academy; the
works of peace prizes were divided be-
tween Frederick Passy national econ
OInlst OF FRANCE, ana HEM Dunant~
Switzerland, the leading spirit in
bringing about the Geneva Convention
and instituting the societies of the
Red Cross.
The prize diplomas were awarded by
the crown prince in person at Stock
holm, in the presence of n great gath
ering Of distinguished people, and at
Christiana the award was made by the
Norwegian Stortbing, convened In SOL
emn session. Sully-Prudhomme was
| unable to attend because of sickness.
The Lamar register., 1902-01-01
PANAMA ROUTE SEEMS LIKELY
TO BE FAVORED BY CONGRESS

Panama is the better route and that II
any offer to sell at the commissions
valuation is received 1t will get favor
able attention.
An important development of the
day is the discovery that the Isthmian
canal commission may be induced to
change its recommendation for the
Nicaragua to the Panama route. II
the French company submits an offer
of sale at $40.000.000, and that offer Is
referred by the President to the COM
mission. the chances are in favor of re-
versal of its attitude by the commits
sion. 1t is equally certain that the
commission Will not consider favora-
bly, an offer at higher price than the
amount 1t fixed as the value of the
property.
1t can be stateL that the commission
recommended the Nicaragua route be-
cause 1t had no choice. as the Panama
people would not meet the situatioV
Should the commission not change its
recommendation from Nicaragua to
Panama. it is pretty certain that the
Senate would follow the commission.
The Lamar register., 1902-01-01

Chicago. Dec. 27.-The Record-Her-
aid publishes the following from
Washington:
1t may be Panama after all. AS soon
as the holidays are over and Congress
returns to town the battle of canals
is expected to rage with great fury.
The Nicaragua route still has the ad-
vantage. but 1t is not to be permitted
to carry off the honors without a strug-
gle. Panama is developing unlocked
for strength. Private kilograms from
Paris indicate that the new Panama
Canal Company is prepared TO submit
q definite offer of sale at the value set
by the Walker commfssion-$40 .000,-
900. If the Panama company does SUBJ
init such an offer and includes all its
property. there is chance that the
strong tide now running in favor of
Nicaragua may be stemmed.
In the House 1t is believed that the
Panama route at any price would re-
ceive scant consideration, but in the
Senate a strong Panama party is de-
veloping. Influential senators say pri-
vately that they are convinced the
The Lamar register., 1902-01-01
WOMEN GAIN RIGHTS
IN METHODIST CHURCH

Chicago, Dec. 2S.-The announce
ment Is made here that the new consti-
tuition of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, which was adopted at the last
general conference of that denomina-
tion, held at the Auditorium in 1900
and referred to the various confer
ences throughout the country, has
finally been approved by the three
quarters vote required. The vote is rs
follows: Ayes, S,96S; nays, 2,231. The
element which opposed the new organ
ic law of the church because it provid-
ed for the admission of women US dele
gates to the general conference made
war on the new constitution all along
the line. but met with defeat. One
hundred and twenty-one annual confer
ences voted on the question. Il total of
10,T09 ballots being cast by delegates.
The principal changes provided for in
the new constitution are:
1t gives women the right to sit rs
delegates in the general conference.
1t gives lnymen's electoral meetings
authority to vote on constitutional
questions.
1t changes the vote necessary in the
general conference to amend the con-
stitution from three~fourths to two
thirds.
The Lamar register., 1902-01-01
HAHN'S PEAK ROAD
TO BE BUILT RAPIDLY

Denver, Dec. 27.-It is officially
given out, says a Laramie dispatch.
that it is the intention of the Laramie,
Hahn's Peak & Pacific Railroad Com
pany, owing to the many important
mining discoveries and developments
of the present year. to build about 600
miles of line. and that the system will
be strictly independent of any other
railroad. The first 100 miles, for
which the contract has been let to Nils
Callahan, will be built on common
stock basis, that is. when built and in
operation there will not be one dollar
of Indebtedness against it.
The graders have now reached the
Little Laramie, twenty-one miles west
of this city.
Upon leaving Centennial the rail-
road builders will follow the line of
survey to the Rambler mine in the
Douglass creek district, and thence to
Gold Hill, eighteen miles from Centen-
tennial, and very little further on ac-
count of the change in the original sur
vey required to take in the Rambler.
From Gold Hill the road will push on
into the Platte valley country. the En-
campment and Battle Lake districts.
Other points to be reached as fast as
circumstances will Justify are Baggs,
Wyoming, and the North park, Hahn's s
peak and Steamboat Springs districts
in Colorado. This Is the route as far
as laid out. The line will tap the great
coal measures of the North park and
will pass within mile of the import
ant coal deposits in the Centennial
valley in this county, which the own
ers are now taking steps to open up.
The Interstate Townsite company.
financed by the firm of Isaac Van Horn
& Co., is now pushing the erection of
a magnificent office building in Lara
mie, which will be the general head
quarters of the railroad company and
the home of all the associated corpor-
atoms. 1t will be ready for occupancy
about April list.
The Lamar register., 1902-01-01
COLORADO SCHOOL TEACHERS
MEET in ANNUAL CONVENTION

i, on exhibition, poked until 1t laughs
and then punished when 1t cries, that
child will be nervous and irritable
as it grows older. They are tossed in
the air, patted on the back and gener-
ally misused until their internal func-
tions are thoroughly disorganized.
What should be done with them Is to
let them alone. They come into a new
world and there is II great deal for
them to learn, and in their youth they
require very little assistance. Let them
sleep as much of the time as they will
and omit the baby talk, the harmful
attempt at amusement and the pat
ting"
In n paper on advanced Study Of
Teachers" L. w. Elder of the East
Denver high school spoke on the neces-
sity Of teachers keeping thoroughly in
formed in regard to the new phases of
their work. He urged upon school au-
thOrities the necessity of giving the
teachers time to devote to study Of
their profession.
DIR. Howe OF Denver University gave
talk on Il new method which he has
devised for making astronomical cal
culations and j. Il. Keating of Pueblo
gave an address on the necessity Of
manual training in the school. At the
superintendent's round table DR.. 2. x
Snyder of the State Normal school out<
lined the work recently accomplished-
by the child study section.
Colin A. Scott of the State Normal
school read n paper on shall We So
cialize the SCHOOL," which caused con-
siderable discussion among the teach
ers. Professor Edward s. Parsons Of
Colorado college led the discussion.
Last evening DIR. A. Il. Winship, editor
of the Boston journal of Education. de-
livered an address upon "Rascals and
Saints"
The Lamar register., 1902-01-01

Denver, Dec. 27.-The twenty-sev-
enth annual convention of the Colorado
State Teachers Association was called
to order in the East Denver High
School yesterday morning, with Presi-
dent c. S. Palmer in the chair. There
We're 1856 teachers present from differ
ent parts of the state and among them
We're numbered the most prominent ed
ucators in Colorado. The opening ses-
sion of the convention was held in the
main auditorium of the high school and
before the sessions We're concluded at
least 45O teachers would be enrolled.
All the proceedings of the convention
were very serious and the teachers evil
IDENTIFY realized that the result of their
deliberations might have n very i'm
portant effect upon the coming genera
ton. After the opening exercises, in
which Mr.. Palmer made n general ad-
dress of welcome, the different divi-
sions of the organization were annOunc-
ed, together with their meeting places
and the subjects which We're to be dis
cussed.
The greatest interest was manifested
in the talk given by DIR. L. l. Lancaster
of Colorado College, who spoke before
the kindergarten section in the high
school auditorium. The subject of DR..
Lancaster's talk was NERVOUS and De-
fective Children" and in his address
he developed some novel ideas which
were listened to by the teachers with
polite surprise. DIR. Lancaster stated
that the first cause of nervousness in
children was the sOlicitude of parents,
who gave too much heed to their ba-
bies.
Most nervous children are simply
spoiled children" said DR.. Lancaster
1.-The training of Il child must COM
mence soon after Its birth If it is to be
effective. If the child is petted, placed
The Lamar register., 1902-01-01

Washington, Dec 2S.-The gathering
of German warships In the vicinity of
Venezuela, and the presence in the
same locality of the American, British,
French and other foreign warships, is
directing attention to the imminence of
the naval demonstration Germany is
about to make agains Venezuela.
Thus far the German government has
not made known the exact details OF
her purposed move. the official COM
munlcation to the United States being
confined to an inquiry as to the atti-
tude of this government on the ques-
ton of n demonstration in view of the
purpose on the part of Germany not to
acquire any permanent foothold in Ven
ezuela. The answer of this govern
ment was entirely satisfactory to the
German authorities, who since have
proceeded with the execution of their
plans for coercing Venezuela.
1t is said to be probable that the
first move made by Germany will be
the establishment of IL blockade of
Venezuelan ports, so as to prevent the
Introduction of food products into Ven
ezuela, and thus starye the besieged in
to submission. Venezuela, it is said, is
entirely dependent on the outside world
for Its supply of corn, which is u staple
among the VeneZuelans.
The Germans are expected to occupy
one or more of the main ports of Ven
ezuela, probably La Guayra and Mara
caibo. In this connection most posi-
tive assurances have been given to the
United States government that the oc-
cupation is to be temporary, and for
only such length of time as will permit
the collection of the debt due to the
Germans, thus disposing of the report
that there Is any Interior motive to es-
tablish n German coaling station on
Venezuelan soil.
On the part of Venezuela, it is semi
officially understood TINT President
Castro has made known that he is pre-
pared for any eventuality. There is
complete silence, however, rs to the de-
The Lamar register., 1902-01-01
Denies Russia's Claims.

London Dec. 27.-The Times this
morning publishes an editorial article
on the pretensions of continental news
papers that it was Russia, not Eng
land, that prevented European inter
vention in the Hispano-American war.
The Times thinks that the moment
has arrived for the production of doc
umentary evidence regarding the atti-
tude of Great Britain on that occasion,
sin order to nip in the bud the growth
of an ingenious legend of kind from
which we have suffered before now"
The Lamar register., 1902-01-01
rc,n. Live Stock Convention.

Fort Worth, Tex. Dec. 2S-Secre-
tary ]. G. Loving of the Texas Live
Stock Association of this city has just
made public the program of the forth
coming convention of the association
to be held in Ell Paso on January 18th
and 10th.
Papers on the following important
subjects will be read: what Consti-
tutes a Good Beef Animal?" How
Can Texas Cattle Growers Remove the
Existing Prejudices Against the Texas
Steer in the Markets of the World?''
Texas Feed Products the Best in the
World for Fattening Cattle" 1.-The Re-
vival Of the Horse Industry" and 1.-THE
Sheep and Goat Industry" Governor
Joseph Sayers will address the conven-
tion. The next or twelfth annual con-
vention of this association will be held
in Fort Worth.
The Lamar register., 1902-01-01

Mrs. Ormsby of Chicago. of course,
sues for a divorce, and. therefore, may
be set down as considering marriage a
bowling failure. Yet fourteen children
were born to the marriage, of which
three came singly, four came in two of
a kind, three came at one time, and the
last result showed up in fours. Under
the circumstances it was more probably
q failure of the flour barrel rather than
of the marriage.
The Lamar register., 1902-01-01
PreparlnE for Peace.

Buenos Ayres, Dec 2S.-It is gener-
ally admitted that the difficulties be-
tween Argentine and Chilli have been
ended. 1t is true that word in the
protocol was changed before the text
of the document was made public at
Santiago, but Senior Portela. the Argen-
tina minister, protested against the al
teration and the Gillian foreign min
lister promptly ordered rectifica = N
to be made.
The Lamar register., 1902-01-01
Death of Governor Rogers.

Olympia, WASH, Dec. Ex-Governor
John II. Rogers died at s o'clock last
night, after a brief illness from pneu-
monia. His successor will be Henry
G. Mcbride. Governor Rogers was n
Populist and was elected on the fusion
ticket. Mcbride was the Republican
candidate for lieutenant governor and
was elected.
The Lamar register., 1902-01-01

The fact that twenty-three men have
been killed or wounded in the Adiron-
daclss this year by hunters who mis-
took them for deer has created a de-
mand for the suppression of the long
range rifle. At distance of two miles
n man may look like deer or mon
key or anything else in the animal cre-
alton.
The Lamar register., 1902-01-01

1t is something cheerful to read of
the condition of Italys finances. which
show a surplus for the year. 1t re-
minds one of the financial condition
of about all the other European ma
tions, because 1t is SO different.
The Lamar register., 1902-01-01

The passing of the historical novel
is foreshadowed and few readers Of
fiction will mourn the loss of the
swashbucklirg, bloodthirsty heroes
familiar to the public for the last five
years. TIE demand for modern wooers
of up-to-date girls has already been
felt and business men are likely to
get chance to do little love-making
in the pages of the stories of 1902.
The golf stick is to take the place
of the sword and the automobile is to
supplant the fiery war horse.
The Lamar register., 1902-01-01

Senator Hoar suggests limiting the
circulation of fanatical doctrines" II
seems to us that would seriously inter
fere with the output of New England
ideas.
The Lamar register., 1902-01-01

Mr.. Carnegie might be invited to
help out on the scheme to establish n
religious daily in Japan.
The Lamar register., 1902-01-01

A Chicago policeman shot at dog
and hit himself. This is a distinct
improvement on the well-known prac-
tice OF shooting at dog and hitting
some inoffensive citizen or innocent
child.
The Lamar register., 1902-01-01

1t begins to look as If it might be
necessary to get out a search warrant
for Colonel Arthur Lynch. NJ. p. for
Galway.
The Lamar register., 1902-01-01

Pardon the suggestion. ladies'. but
when pretty little Wilhelmina asks her
subjects to be as forgiving to her un-
worthy husband as she. herself is, does
she wink her other eye-just a little:
The Lamar register., 1902-01-01

The NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. winu on the
Pacific coast began before congress
got down to business. This much in
Justice to that much maligned body.
The Lamar register., 1902-01-01

The German national game of "Skat''
is said to require thought, culture and
deliberation. The Yankee cat fees at
the mere name of the thing.
The Lamar register., 1902-01-01

John Long married Miss Belle Loud
in Tennessee the other day. Well,
Long and Loud ought to be able to
make themselves heard
The Lamar register., 1902-01-01

Mike Sullivan. who was profes-
sional baseball pitcher few years ago,
is now member of the Massachusetts
legislature. Mike must have put in
some of his spare moments not leaning
against the bar.
The Lamar register., 1902-01-01

The new navy of Mexico is to be
built In the United States. Uncle Sam
can accommodate the world either in
building navies or in smashing them.
Apply at the worlds workshop.
The Lamar register., 1902-01-01

Since his retirement from military
life time is said to hang heavy on Gen.
Butler He ought to be able to make a
good hand at bridge whist.
The Lamar register., 1902-01-01

The heirs OF Anneke Jams are inaug-
urating another determined movement
to obtain possession of millions of dol
lars worth of property held by the
Trinity church corporation of New
York for centuries. At a Philadelphia
meeting they raised s2.6S to pay a
lawyer.
The Lamar register., 1902-01-01

Lord Kitchener is fencing in the
Beers but wnat will happen when his
troops get chased up against the fence!
The Lamar register., 1902-01-01

membership of 16QO.in the Harvard
Club of New York would seem to
show that the metropolis and Cam
bridge are within easy reaching dis
tance of each other.
The Lamar register., 1902-01-01

The empress dowager of China has
conferred the two-eyed peacock feather
on General Yung-Lu, the Boxer leader.
This ought to tickle the foreign powers
half to death.
The Lamar register., 1902-01-01

doesn't matter half so much as what
we think of ourselves after making
T. per cent deduction for proper self
esteem.
The Lamar register., 1902-01-01

The American speculator is every
where. He now wants to rescue Miss
Stone for one-sixth of what the bandits
ask.
The Lamar register., 1902-01-01

Cuba's health authorities have de-
cided that the dissemination of yellow
fever is entirely due to mosquitoes.
The Lamar register., 1902-01-01

Nine. Nordica must be preparing for
green old age II she expects to collect
that $4,00O,000 from Uncle Sam.
The Lamar register., 1902-01-01

uSiauAt ia thS pay VI ioSoto anu
quit the business when the expose
came. The company has just gone
into the hands of a receiver, with lia-
bilities far in excess of assets. Un-
precedented hailstorms in four counties
of Colorado, and the drowning of crops
in five counties of South Dakota By
rain are the reasons given by the off,
cials of the company for so suddenly
going out of business. The real rea-
son is that Commissioner How, after
an investigation, satisfied himself that
the company was n fraudulent one,
and forced them out of business to pro-
tect the citizens of the state from fur
ther imposition at thir hands.
Governor Orman has received the re-
ports of the Soldiers and Sailors
Home, at Monte Vista. President H.
v. Smith makes n plea for more room
and says that the hospital facilities
there especially need enlarging and i'm
proving. "Much embarrassment" he
says, twas experienced in regard to the
finances Of the home from the uncer-
tainty about revenues until October,
the appropriation of the last General
Assembly of $4,000 being unavaila-
ble." An assembly room, chapel and
officers headquarters are especially
needed, he says. He also urges that
quarters for the wives of veterans be
provided. The general health of the
inmates of the institution has been
good. There have been nine deaths,
including one suicide, in the last year.
The daily average of attendance for
the year was 139, the average cost per
man a month being S6.S5 and a day
% 2-3 cents. The total expenditures
for the year We're $27,09G. The total
-.
1900, was 141, and last November Both,
1874. Members admitted during the
year numbered thirty-three, while
twenty-five were discharged.