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Gilpin observer., 1902-12-11

ing no information except a statement
Of taxes RENTED to the state treasur-
er. The report recommends a travel
ing auditor to investigate the different.
county and state institutions. 1t rec
ommends that .ae money accruing
from the game fund be held intact for
appropriation, or turned into the gen.
eral revehue fund for the redemption
of warrants.
1t is further recommended that the
fees collected by the boiler inspector
be turned into the treasury The cor
poration license tax department has
been a source of disappointment so far
as the amount of revenue derived is
concerned. Since the act was amend
ed and taxation lowered, the income
has been insignificant in comparison
with other departments. Mr.. Crouter
recommends that the taxation be
changed to the original fee, or the de-
partment abolished. The report speaks
OF the salary of the auditor. $500, and
recommends an increase to $4,000.
Because the large corporations re-
fused to pay taxes upon their 1901 as
sessments, except in few counties
where a compromise has been effected.
the auditor finds It difficult to make ac-
crrate estimate OF the excess revenues
that will accrue to the general revenue
fund for 1901 and 1902. Should the
corporations pay fifty per cent. of the
taxes charged against them. the report
estimates an excess revenue OF about
5000 900 for the biennial period, after
having paid all the appropriations.
The auditor recommends an appropria-
tion of this money for the payment of
deficiency claims of previous admins
trations and the redemption of out
standing warrants of previous
years.
Mr.. Crou,cr calls attention to the ex-
cellent record of the insurance depart
ment. and reports an increase of $42,-
92357 The floating debt of the state
has been decreased over 100000 in the
last two years. Should this record be
maintained. it will be only few years
before the state will be on a cash basis.
Gilpin observer., 1902-12-11
DEATH OF EX.SPEAKER REED
AFTER A SHORT ILLNESS

gress, where he remained until his re-
tirement
With the final adjournment of the
Fifty-fifth Congress, March 4, 1899, it
was supposed that for a few months
the National Legislature would not be
topic of immediate prominence. The
Republicans had an assured, though
not large majority, in the Fifty-fifth
Congress, and it was morally certain
that Thomas B. Reed would be re-elect-
ed speaker without serious opposition.
In the middle of April, however, the
political world was set agog by the
news that Mr.. Reed had finally de-
termined to resign his seat in Congress
and retire from politics, in order to be-
come a member of a law firm in New
York City under circumstances which
gave him the assurance of very large
income. Since that time Mr. Reed has
been connected with many of the most
important cases in the country.
II he had concluded to serve through
the term for which he was last elected,
he would have been in the House of
Representatives for twenty-four con-
secutive years. The highest praise of
his probity and ability as speaker of
the House was expressed by all. 1t
was the prevailing opinion that Mr..
Reeds retirement was due to the feel
ing that he owed it to his family to
make some money. There are men,
some of whom the Mazet inquiry in
New York brought to light, who grow
rich through their connection with
politics. but who could not earn very
much money by legitimate private eff
fort. Mr.. Reed was of exactly the op-
posite sort. When in public Office, he
gave energy to public affairs, although
at any time, by considering his pocket
book first and his constituents after
wards, he could have entered the path
that leads to riches.
Gilpin observer., 1902-12-11

The state OF Colorado has five pros
porous beet sugar communities. The
farmers receive in the neighborhood
of $5 a ton for their beets, varying
according to the percentage of sugar
contained. They raise twelve. fifteen,
twenty and even thirty tons Of beets
to the acre. irrigating usually three
times. One man in Otero county this
season raised thirty-two tons to the
acre and the beets ran seventeen per
cent. of saccharlne. OF course. the
question Of transportation of the beets
is an important one. The process Of
slicing the beets and extracting the
Juice is comparatively simple. One
common drawback Is the difficulty Of
unloading beets from cars at the fac.
tories. In Greeley as many as thirty
cars are often left standing on the
sidetrack awaiting turn at the dump
and 1t keeps one yard engine busy In
ATTENDING to this work. At Loveland
1926 cars and more than 400 wagon
'loads Of beets have been received
daily and It keeps the deck hands
busy in handling this immense ton.
'naGe.-Field and Farm.
Gilpin observer., 1902-12-11
FOUR PARTIES
HOLD THE BONDS

Denver. Dec. s.-The Republican this
morning says:
Definite information received in Den
yer yesterday as to the plan Of financ-
ing the new Denver. Northwestern &
Pacific railroad discloses the fact that
George J. Gould, owner of the control
ling interest in the Rio Grande rail-
road system and one OF the great lead
ers in the western and southern rail-
road world, has a one-quarter interest
in the new trunk line which will tap
one OF the richest undeveloped districts
in the West and will place Denver di-
rectly on the great transcontinental
railroad highway. or the 500. .000.0 900
of bonds issued for the construction of
the new railroad. $5.000.000 worth has
been taken by Mr. Gould. The total
amount has been subscribed for as fol-
lows:
George ]. Gould, $5,000.000.
G. M. Boissevain & Sons. IS. .000. 900.
ID. II. Moffat and associates. $5,OO0,-
900.
M. J. Perry of Providence. Rhode
Island, and associates, $5.000.0 900.
The action taken by Mr.. Gould is
considered clever financial coup and
will materially strengthen his interests
in the West and South. The report OF
his investment in the new Moffat line
revives the rumor that the central
branch OF the Missouri Pacific Is to be
extended from Hoxie, Kansas, into
Denver, q distance of about 300 miles,
thus afrording the Gould lines a direct
entrance into the city and affording an
outlet via that route for the Moffat
road to Chicago In connection with the
Wabash and to the entire South by
the various lines which Mr.. Gould con-
trolls In that section.
The reports that Mr.. Moffat plans to
extend the Denver-Salt Lake line on to
the Pacific coast are now considered as
more substantial than mere rumors In
view Of yesterdays developments a.
to who is interested In the financing
of the Colorado Utah phort line.
Gilpin observer., 1902-12-11

Washington, Dec. 7-Thomas Brack-
EFT Reed, former speaker of the House
of Representatives and for many years
prominent in public life, died here at
IL: 10 o'clock this morning in his apart
ments at the Arlington. The immedi-
ate cause of death was uraemia.
Mr.. Reed came here last Sunday on
business before the Supreme Court and
remained to attend the opening of Con-
gress. He first became indisposed Mon
day night and the next day was confined
to what proved to be his deathbed.
Unfavorable symptoms had devel-
Oped daily since he took to his bed and
a change for the worse was noted in
Mr.. Reeds condition early yesterday
morning. At $3.50 o'clock he was given
a subcutaneous saline TRANSMISSION in
order to stimulate his kidneys, which
were failing to perform their proper
functions. At 5 o'clock yesterday af-
ternoon the saline solution was again
administered, about three quarts Of
fluid being used. The heart became
weaker and weaker. but the patient re-
tanned consciousness until II o'clock
last night, when compiete coma came
on.
AT Jne DeuSlue WHeH ne uleu were
Mrs. Reed and Miss Katherine Reed,
Drs. Gardner, Mcdonald. Bishop and
Goodnow and the nurses.
Mr.. Reed graduated at Bowdoin COL
lege In his 21st year, began to practice
law at Portland four or five years later,
and before he was thirty years of age
he had fairly entered upon a career of
honorable public Office that ended only
with his voluntary retirement to pri-
vate life.
He was in the State Legislature for
three years, otter which he was city So
licitor for Portland for four years un-
til 1877. At that time he entered Con-
Gilpin observer., 1902-12-11
STATE AUDITOR CROUTER ON
THE FINANCES OF COLORADO

Denver, Dec. S.-The biennial report
of State Auditor Crouter calls atten-
tion of the deficiencies incurred in
previous years. and says that ir will pe
the duty of the Fourteenth General As
sembly TO provide for them. Thanks
to the revenue law, he says the appro-
priations of the present year have all
been paid, and he predicts that the HI
ennial period will show excess revenue
of approximately 5000, 900, after having
paid all the appropriations
The report says, in part:
AT the time of assuming the duties
of this Office, the financial affairs of
the state were in n most deplorable
condition. The various institutions
were calling loudly for increased ap-
preparations. Estimates of revenue
to be received for the fiscal years of
1900 and 1902 would not Justify the
Legislature in making an increased
appropriation. Through the present
revenue law, all state institutions have
been ,aid in full every appropriation
allowed by the Thirteenth General AS
sembly, the same being greatly in ex-
cess of those allowed in previous years.
This has relieved the situation so
far as present needs of the institutions
in former years were not provided for
by the last Legislature, and it now be-
comes an important duty of the Four
teenth General Assembly to provide
for payment of all deficiencies brought
forward from previous years"
These deficiencies are named as fol-
lows:
Penitentiary ......s 32. 900 90
University ...... 100000
Insane asylum .. 100000
Certificates of Indebtedness. 23,44613
Stock destroyed by order of
veterinary board. etc.. 10000
Total .S143, ,046 90
Tho auditor complains of the difficult
ties Of getting reports of the states
finances from the counties. and says
that the office frequently receives
statements from county clerks contain
Gilpin observer., 1902-12-11

The auditor complains of the difhcul-
ties Of getting reports of the states
finances from the counties, and says
that the office frequently receives
statements from county clerks contain
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1902-03-27

the front teps Of the burning house.
A fireman dashed after him, but was
driven back by sheet OF fame. Page
was inside. He'll get nothing but
death there was the thought weighing
on every heart. Ii seemed an age, but
il probably wasn't forty seconds be-
fore out from the shrouding smoke and
leaping flame the bibliophile appeared
holding 4 little book tightly 10 his
breast. His hai; and clothing were
ablaze and he was frightfully burned.
= 1.-The firemen picked up Old Page
tenderly and carried him to an alnbu-
lance. He held tight the volume he
had sayed. I have got the Voltaire,'
ne said. and despite the feebleness OF
lis voice there was Il ring Of triumph
it. They look him to the hospital
| did what they could for him, but
had inhaled fame. and death was
" question OF 4 few days. They
,aght he was unconscious at one
lie. and one or the nurses attempted
} remove the book which Page had
saved from the flames. Eiercely he
2aid. Leave it,
Then with sort Of renewed
strength he lifted the volume and
opened it. He stared at it almost
biankly for minute, and then an as
tonishment came into his face. l do
not know whether Page, bibliopniie
and atheist, saw the hand Of God in it
or not, but the book that lie had saved
ut the cost OF his own life, but let re
say to the salvation Of his soul, was
not Il rare edition of Voltaire, but a
cheap copy Of the priceless Gospel of
Jesus Christ.
suffering as lie was. he read the
book for the first time in his life and
believed. baptized him one hour be-
fore he died. He called in al his
atheist friends TO witness the Sacra-
ment o, yes. Old Page had the cour-
age OF his convictions. Edward B.
Clark, in the Chicago Record Herald.
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ToTake No Exhibit.

Harrisburg, Pa. Special.-A meeting
of the committee Of the Pennsylvania
commission to the Charleston Exposi-
tion was held here and it was decided
to make no State agricultural exhibit
at the exposition which closes June l.
The last Legislature appropriated So
900 for an agricultural display and
VIM. F. Hill, OF Meadville, master Of
the State Grange, was recently chosen
to arrange for it. Mr. Hill reported to
the commission that the time was too
short in which to prepare an exhibit
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1902-03-27

led him to read absolutely atheiStical
works, and finally his book-collecting
mania turned toward volumes of that
class. Old Page probably had the
finest collection of Shelley, Foltairc.
Paine and the skeptic scientists books
that We're ever held By the book shelves
Of any private house. Do you know
that it was Pages boast that he had
never read religious work in his
life; that he had never turned the
pages of a Bible nor seen the inside
Of 4 common bool; OF prayer: He
chose everything except what l, in
humble imitation, call che best part.
Page would go without food if ii were
necessary 10 buy some rare first edition
of WORK with 4 faith undermining
tendency. There was clergyman ono
day boldeI than the resi- who went 70
the bibliophile and SAID. why don't
you collect and read both sides, Mr..
Page:'
The reason is. parsoD.' said Page.
that there IS Cnly on, side
That answer showed better than
anything else the bent Of the mans
mind. You may have heard. perhaps,
that he Was 4 great friend OF Evarts,
another collector, but who bought and
brought together books OF al kinds IL
respective Of the nature Of tic teach
ings which they contained. 1t was
Pages wont to snee: & little at he mis-
sails. the Old Fathers. the Bracches
Bible and the rest that Evarts had on
his shelves cneek by jowl. so to speak,
With Voltaire and cur other unbelicv-
ing friends. Now Page knew EVart's
library and the lay of the books IS
well as did the owner himself. Page
used to go to his friends home. take
cut certain copy OF Noltai"e ana
look AZ it ycaTGi0g!y end lovingly 70:
hours at time. Il was tha Cp;y Vol
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1902-03-27
IN CONGRESS-.
Detailed Doings of Our NatioraILa
makers.
HOUSE.

Sevepty-Ninth Day.-The House
made fair progress with the river and
harbor bill. After. the close of general
debate 81 Of the 116 pages Of the bill
we're disposed of. No amendments
we're adopted. The general debate was
featureless. Several members took
advantage of the latitude allowed in
general debate to discuss other topics.
Mr.. Lewis, of Georgia, spoke in faTor
Of tariff revision. Mr.. Small, of North
Carolina. protested against the failure
of the committee to provide properly
for improvements in his State, and
Mr.. Gaines. CT Tennessee, explained
.he scheme for the improvement OF
he Cumberland river.
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t3ire which lie himself Gid not possess.
He knew this little book WAS tie first
ore of the series OF atheist:c and ag-
nostic volumes in Evarts' possession.
The book next il at the let was the
last one Of the religious and theOiOg-
ical volumes When Page picked up
this particular Noltaire he would care
fully brush OF the left-baNd cover with
his handkerchief to remove contain
ination. Yes, he was q consistent attic
ist all right. lie told Evarts once that
he would give his right arm to possess
that Voltaire and that he thought IL
pressed for more payment that he'd
sacrifice his right leg along with tie
arI2.
We'll. you know it was only two
weeks ago that EvartS' house caught
fire. The flames started in the base
mcnt and spread rapidly. The old
frame structure was like tindcr. Page
lived only Il block from his friends
house ard he reached the scene Of the
fire as quickly. as did the tiremen.
The flames had eaten from the base
ment through the flooring into the
library. The bo9lroom was furnace.
Evarts stood outside in the street with
q look OF pathetic misery in his face.
and with his thoughts fixed on his
burning books. Page graspcd his arm
and fairly ,howied in his ear, That
Voltaire will he lost
I'm another instant and before he
could be detained, Page had darted u
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TWO SINGERS AND TWO SONGS.

"A poet sang in lofty strains.
Proclaimirg failn he did not know;
His measure was iauitless one.
His lines were splendid in their flow;
But they that read forgot the words,
Or scoffed at what he hai to say,
And left the poet ali unknown
To vainly preach and fret away.
A rustic. all uncouth. u1tauGht.
In limping measures. sang a song
A song CT faith, full from his heGr:.
And heard it echoed by the throng;
The lines were rough, but truth was
wrought
Within the fabric OF his rhyme,
Wherefore the world agreed to make
The singer and his song sublime:
S. T.. kiser.
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Represents Ngpoleon's Army.

An interesting gift has been added
to the Musee dArmcc. Paris; In five
great cases are placed 1900 figures
OF soldiers. about two inches high, al
branches of the army being Represent
cd with the utmost cxactitude regard
ing uniform and arms.. The toy army,
marching past Napoleon, has for, set
ting a village with the populace in the
street cheering the soldiers. This pic
turesque work occupied the lifetime Of
an old Alsatian who fought under the
Little Corporal"
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=;
Demands Refused.

New Orleans. Special. The street rail-
way union filed its demands. The clause
which creates most objection outside or
the nine hour and 20 per cent advance
,nroyides for a Union committee OF two
for each road to consider cases OF dis
mlssal for short fares. The railroad
companies will consider the demands
and agree on an answer. TIE demands
will be unanimously refused. The out
come is uncertain. depending upon
wheth er further conferences can be ar
ranged.
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llTIHEHE was man" said

Hci.E was 4 man. Salu
the skep;:c. Who was
seated II from; Of TIE
open fire at the club.
%who had the courage OF his convic-
tions. There was no scare in him even
when death bccloHed' and finally
gripped him
Yes assentcd thc halfway skep-
tic at tie o;.2c:. SIZE c; the fireplace,
"Oid Page was certainly consistent
atheist. l did not hear anything about
his death bed. but suppose be died
in the spirit in which hc lived. He
was built that way"
A man with 2l ascctic face and
with coat OF clerical cut STOOD be-
tween the speakers. he is the rector
OF a little Episcopal church slowed
away in povcrty-Strickcn district of
the city. lie is Z cub member and
moves il the sl2a2t set when he isn't
workifiS away in tie slums. The
smart set and the club get about one
tenth OF his tine. though, as he often
eoDfessGS, he believes that they stand
in sharper reed of missionary work
than 60 nest O, the dT-cllcls IL b" dis
trict in which he casts nine tcnths of
his lot.
You say. Nelson" said the rector.
addressing the first speaker, that Old
Page a. death had the courage of his
convictions. You never said truer
word in your life; he did have | know
something about it. because the hospi-
tai where lie died is in my district and
on my daily visiting list. Neither of
you has lived here very long and don't
know the whole story Of Pages life.
I know all about ii.
"You see, Old Page was bibliophile
from the day he first saw the letter A
in his picture alphabet as baby. The
man was actually book crazy. Some
of the first books that he read and
loved We're agHos4c in tendency. This
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1902-03-27
EunSary's Big Towns.

Hungary has eleven towns Of 10000
iphabitant Or more, according to the
recen: census. Budapest has $4,000,
SZcSedin 10000, Maria Theresiopol
So. 600, Debrecz.n $4,000, PreSburg G5,-
O00. I-oimeroyaSarnely G1,000. Keis-
kemet 5000. Arad $4,000, Temesyar
.G.G0G, G::cSwGYGein and KlaUSenb"rs
I9,Cn0 carh. AGram, IN Croatia, has
81, 600 ,uh3n.t&nts.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-02-01
IRlsHMEN IN FRANCE.
Many Names Have Figured with High
est Nobility OF the Nstion.

Many Names Have Figured with High
est Nobility OF the Nssion.
The Irish soldiers at Fontenoy be-
oueathed to their beloved France
names which became 30 many syn
onyms for honor and worth and fidel-
ity. The Lallys and the billions have
evsr since figured with the highest no.
biSty Of the nation. We find more
than one Dillon raised to the dignity
of an archbishop; another Dillon. who
was married to a cousin Of the future
Empress Josephine. fought in America
with Lafayette, and later. during the
Reign of Terror in 1894. when he was
commander in chief OF the French
army of the north, persisted on the
guillotine. Again we find another
Irish descendant, Clarke, selected by
Napoleon as his minister Of war and
given the title of Duke of Feltre. We
find a Cuilliaume Meagher, occupying
one Of the most prominent posts in the
East Indian troubles; later still. in the
early days Of the now spent century.
we find an Able Mccarthy, famous as
q courted preacher Of such extraordi-
nary merit that an eminent authority.
NJ. Icard, for many years the taciturn
superior of the Seminary Of st. Sulpice,
declared him to be head and shoulders
above Lacordaire; we find Macdon-
aid, Of Highland ancestry. but Of Irish
Brigade school, ''the type OF French
honor" as Bourrienne calls him. Gre
ated a marshal of France by the great
emperor upon the battlefield at Wa
gram. 1.-THE general opinion was" con-
t,nued the secretary Of Napoleon. that
the elevation of Macdonald added less
to the marshars military reputation
than 1t redounded to the honor Of the
emperor" Just half century after
Wagram We find MacMahon winning
the battle Of Magenta, receiving In re-
compense the honor Of dukedom. and
destined later on to fill the highest
magistracy In the gift Of the French
republic magazine.
a,- -00X TUE roAlA
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-02-01

Each physician in the United States
has 655. persons to look to for his
support, for / to 656 is the proportion.
according to the latest government
statistics. California stands at the bot
tom-or top, depending on the view
Of the list, for there are only 41e actual
and prospective patients for each M.
D., while in Alaska 2.349 persons have
to depend on, or take chances with,
one doctor. New York is near the aver
age, with 603 persons for each physi-
clan to look after, and Pennsylvania
comes nearer the average than any
other state, with 662. Lying partially
between these great states comes New
Jersey, where the number Of medical
practitioners falls off until one has tc
care for &c persOnS
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-02-01
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