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The Delta independent., 1902-07-11
Life Sentence for Miller.

Colorado Springs. Colo. July I.-lu
the criminal division of the District
Court last night the jury brought i'll
Il verdict of murder in the first degree
against Charles \. Miller. charged with
the murder of William HUM, col
orcd porter in n Colorado City saloon.
On the morning of June 18th. The jury
recommended in their verdict that the
sentence of the court be imprisonment
for life When the verdict was an
uounced the prisoner heaved Il sigh of
relief and expressed his opinion in Jail
last night that he was satisfied with
the verdict. About : o'clock. when it
became known that the jury had ar
rived ut verdict, crowds of curious
people, most of whom We're coloreSl.
thruuycd the court room.
The Delta independent., 1902-07-11
81. LOUIS EXPOSITION.
Postponed Until 1904 BY the Presi.
dents Proclamation.

Washington, July 4.-T'he President
has issued a proclamation in accord
ance with the act OF Congress, an.
nouncing to the world the postpone
ment until April 30, 1904, Of the open
ing of the Louisiana Purchase Exposi-
ton. The proclamation says:
whereas, 1t was declared and pro-
claimed by the President in his pro-
clamation of August 20. 1901. that
such international exhibition would be
opened in the city of st. Louis not
later than the first day of December
thereafter; and,
Whereas, Section of the act of
Congress approved June 2S. 1902, en-
titled An Act Making Appropriations
for Sundry Civil Expenses of the Gov
ernment for the Fiscal Year Ending
June 80, 1903. and for Other Purposes
fixes a subsequent date for the holding
Of said international exhibition and
specifically states that said commits
sion shall provide for the dedication of
the buildings Of the Louisiana Pur-
chase Exposition in said city of st.
Louis not later than the Both day of
April, 1904. with appropriate cere-
monies, and thereafter said exposition
shall be opened to visitors at such
company. subject to the approval of
said commission not later than the
first day of May. 1904, and shall be
closed at such time as the national
commission may determine. subject to
the approval Of said company. but not
later than the first day Of December
thereafter:
Now. therefore, I. Theodore Roose-
welt. President OF the United States.
do hereby declare and proclaim the
aforesaid provision of law to the end
that 1t may definitely and formally be
known that such international exhibi-
ton will be opened in the city OF ST.
Louis, in the state of Missouri not
lated than May l. 1904, and will be
closed not later than December 1st OF
that year"
The Delta independent., 1902-07-11
CORONATION DATE FIXED.
King and Queen Will Be Crowned
About the Middle of AUGUST.

London. July Skiing Edward
passed favora BILE day yesterday and
the verbal report given out last night
was that his majesty is still doing
we'll
King Edward will be crowned be-
tween August l1th and August 18th.
His recovery has been SO rapid and
satisfactory that the above decision
was arrived at to-day. No official an
nouncement of the fact has yet been
made. The pageant through the streets
and the ceremony ut Westminster Alb
hey will be much curtailed from the
original plan. Their majestieS will
drive from buckingham palace to the
Abbey through the Mall to Whitehall
and thence to the Abbey. the same
route as taken at the opening of Par
lament.
The Delta independent., 1902-07-11
REMAINS A SOCIALIST.
Lieutenant Governor Coates Says de
Will Adhere to the New Party.

Denver. July S.-Lieut. Gov. David c.
Coates sad last night that he was still
a member of the Socialist party. and
had in fact never left it. He said: Il
have not yet decided what action +
shall take in regard TO my membership
in the Socialist party. 1'he local chap
ter of the Socialist party Will nect on
Thursday and then l will decide
whether or no l will remain with the
party. l do not yet know whether l
will take an active interest in the af-
fairs of the Socialist party. but it is
probable that l will remain with the
party, though 1t may develop that l
will not take the active part that l had
anticipated.
"A large number Of the members of
the Socialist party have been tc see me
to-day. asking that l pass over the
Colorado Springs incident and remain
with the party. You know that the
convention itself repudiated its own ac.
tion just after l left the hall. Under
the ruling of that convention l can still
remain in the party and retain the Of
flee of lieutenant governor. for l en-
tered the party after their ruling had
been made Yes am still Il socialist"
4 committee composed of representa-
tive members fro the various S0cialis-
tic societies of Denver called upon Mr..
Coates Yesterday. and asked him TO re-
main member of their party. AT
the head of this committee We're r. A.
SouthworIh and Mrs. NJ. I Maynard.
The conference between the committee
and Mr. Coates continued for an hour
and at the end OF that time Mr.. Coates
told the committee that he was still a
member of the party. and that in all
probability he would continue with ii.
The Delta independent., 1902-07-11
Lord kitchener's Valedictory.

Pretoria. July S.-Lord Kitchener's
valedictory to the troops, dated June
~, after eNtolling the conduct of the
British soldiers in the face of great
mrdshipS and difficulties and against
dangerous and elusive antagonists.
commendS the kindly and humane
spirit displayed in all ranks and con-
clrides as follows:
This message would he incomplete
were no reference made to the sol
dierly qualities throughout the cam
paign by our Iuondam enemies and the
admirable spirit displayed in carrying
out the surrender. Many of those VIII,
contended until the end have expressed
the hope that they may have. in the
future. an opportunity to serve side by
side with his majesty's focces."
The Delta independent., 1902-07-11
Moros Are Troublesome.

Manila, July S-A large body of Mo
ros from Masieu. island of Mindanao,
armed with twenty one rifles. recently
planned to ambush pack train of the
Lake Lanac columns, but. the Ameri-
rans We're warned In time and antict
rated the attack. One shell from a
mounted gun dispersed the Moros.
The Moros in the towns OF Masicu
and vocolod are growing more aggres-
sivc. Chaffee has advised General Da-
Wis to disregard the insulting letter re-
crived from the Sultan of Rocolod and
to remain unaggrcssive unless attack
ed, or In the event OF an overt act be-
ting committed.
The Delta independent., 1902-07-11
FARMING MATTERS.

The House joint resolution calling
upon the director of the census to-
complete statistics on irrigation in the
United States up to the cop year of
1902 was passed by the senate. The
resolution authorizes him to obtain q
complete figures pertaining TO irriSa-
ton, including the area and value Of
lands reclaimed and the cost and value
Of irrigation works
The Delta independent., 1902-07-11
Antl.Eusionists Win.

Topeka. Kan, July S.-Thc anti
fusion element of the Populist party
won in the orEanizat ton of the state
central committee last uight. W. J..
Rabb Of Wichita, one OF the most pro-
nouncetl anti-fisionists in the party,
was chosen chairman. John Curran
secretary and A. NJ. Harvey treasurer,
The recent ropulist convention de-
clared In favor Of fusion.
The Delta independent., 1902-07-11
Terrible Accldent N New YORK

Utica, n. Y. July 5.--on the electric
railroad near &obeville last pight
there was II collision between two cars
crowded with passengers, by which
fifteen persons were killed and twenty
niue injured
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COLLEGE OF JAPAN.
That Has Been of Great Value
to the Nation.

The United States staff college is
now an established part of our mill
tary educational system, and in the
opinion of the army it is one of the
greatest of all the great improvements
effected by the present secretary of
war, says a Washington report.
In this connection it is interesting
to note that Japan, in spite of the fact
that she entered the international
arena in competition with the worlds
great nations only within a decade or
two, has possessed staff college
since 1882.
Prussian staff college, and has had
some prominent German officers on
duty as instructors. Three years after
its organization the great German au-
thority on tactics, Maj. (now Maj.
GEM Nickel came in that capac-
ity and remained for four years, dur
ing which time he placed the institu-
ton on firm foundation and intro
duced Kriegsspiel and general staff
rides of instruction, besides reorgan-
izing the entire Japanese army. He
was followed by the two German Off
GERS who afterward rose to the rank
Of major general.
It's directors have also been prom
inent men in the japanese army;
among them, the present minister of
war and governor general of Formosa,
the late Chief of the General Staff
Kawakami, the present commanders
of the Eighth and Ninth divisions, and
the present assistant chief of the gen.
eral staff.
The course is three years and orig
inally only Is lieutenants were admit
ted in class, but this number has
been gradually eased, until to-day
50 are admitted annually.
One of the important features is the
return of staff officers and students to
line duty. The course each year begins
on December 1 and ends early in June.
out from August till the end of Octo-
Ger the students are sent to the va
rious arms of the service to learn the
duties of branches other than their
own and to take part in the fall ma
leuvers, besides doing duty at forti-
ications and artillery target practice
and on battleships. At the end of the
three years course all the students
take part in the general staff rides of
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instruction. and are then ordered back
to their own arm of the service
The graduates receive medal worn,
like an order, on the uniform, and the
first five or six are presented by the
emperor with a sword of honor.
Even the military instructors are or
dered to serve for time with the va
rious arms of the service.
After years service with troops
the best of the graduates are ordered
to duty in the general staff, and after
one or two years are permanently as
signed to the general staff corps.
The subjects of study are tactics Tin
GLIDING naval tactics). military his
tory, general staff duty Organization.
maneuvers, mobilization, supply of
armies, transportation of troops, etc.,
military geography. artillery and
small arms, Notifications, attack and
defense of fortified tons, administra-
ton, military hygiene, law, riding.
languages, general history, general
geography, mathema tics and topog-
raphy, and sketching.
The general staff rides cover 40 or
so miles.
The interest taken in this school is
evidenced by the fact that, although
only officers of at least two years serv-
ice with their regiments are eligible,
and then only upon the recommends
ton of their immediate superiors, at
least 100 come up annually for the en-
trance examinations, although only Is
can enter.
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ROYAL RIVALS MEET.
Italy Renew Acquaintance After
Several Years.

For the first time in many years
Helena of Montenegro, now queen of
Italy, and the empress of all The
Russias met at the state banquet
given by Emperor Nicholas to the
visiting sovereigns- of Italy on the
evening of July IA. The last pre-
vious meeting was upon the occasion
of the marriage of the young en-
peror to/Princess Alix of Hesse
That King Victor Emmanuel should
commence his visits to the foreign
courts by going to st. Petersburg is
probably owing to the fact that his
wife is sort of adopted daughter of
the dowager czarina of Russia, under
whose maternal care and at whose
expense she was educated at the
Muscovite court. Moreover, it was
the car who furnished her with that
sine qua non of all royal brides, a
dowry, upon her marriage to the
prince of Naples. For Queen Helena
compensation for the disappoint.
ment and humiliation she was com.
PEELED to undergo when Alix of Hesse
took the place on the Muscovite
throne she had been brought up to
regard as her own. Indeed, while 9
young girl at ST. Petersburg she was
regarded by court and the royal fam
lily alike as the future czarina. To
the now widowed empress she has al
ways been an object of peculiar af-
lection and solicitude on this ac-
count, while the late car was i'm
mensely fond of his ''little Monte
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MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
Cast iron articles were first made
in England in the wear 100.

Cast iron articles were first made
in England in the year 100.
Four persons cross the Atlantic in
the steerage to each cabin passenger.
The mum Der of ships in the American
whaling feet has fallen in the past IL
years from 81 to 40, and much the same
is the case with the Scotch whaling
industry.
In water of II fathoms or under a
three-quarters knot speed compared
with her pace when travelling in water
30 fathoms or over.
Henri Houriet. a Swiss matchmaker,
has recently completed a watch made
entirelys'out of the ivory taken from
billiard ball-works and case COM
plete. 1t keeps good time.
The radiations of radium have
proved to be of rare value in medicine.
1t is found that metallic screen in
terpOsed between the eye and a vial
containing radium in no way prevents
the healthy eye from seeing it. If the
retina of a blind person be healthy, it
will be effected by radium rays even
though the cornea be opaque to light
rays. Consequently the radiations
from radium can be used to discover
whether or not the retina of blind
person is healthy.
The South Kensington museum,
London, has been presented with the
famous Walsingham collection of
micro-lepidoptera. consisting of 2OO,-
600 specimens, and upon the collection
ct which Lord Walsingham has been
engaged for 80 years. The Walsing-
ham collection is the largest and the
most important in existence. 1t in
cludes among others the famous Zeller
collection, and also those formed by
Holman and Christoph. The speci-
mems embrace many of the originals
selected as standard types by various
authorities who have written on the
subject
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-10-08
How Assa.sins Increa.e-

July 30 is the second anniversary of
the murder of King Humbert. of Italy.
the last of the IL chiefs of state
who were assassinated in the last CEN
fury. 1t is a noteworthy sign of the
growing tendency to these crimes that.
while in the first half of the nineteenth
century Car Paul was the only VIC
tim, in the third quarter rulers of Par
ma, Montenegro, the United States and
Servia were so removed" and in the
last quarter no less than seven thus
perished-rulers of Turkey, Russia,
the United States, France, Persia, Aus
tria and Italy. And this, be it OBJ
served. in spite of the fact that the.
number of states has diminished con-
siderably. Further, the first year of
the present century was marked by the
murder of President Mckinley, as was
1901, by that Of Gar Paul.-London
Chronicle.
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SURE DEATH TO wooDCHUCKS.
Canada's Department of Agriculture
Tells How to Do Away with
the Pests.

In many parts of Canada a good deal
of damage is annually done in grain.
hay and pasture fields by the common
woodchuck, or grounding. Not only
is a considerable amount of grain or
fodder consumed by these animals,
but much more is trampled upon and
destroyed, while the open burrows are
occasionally responsible for accidents
to horses employed in harvesting.
Many ways of destroying these ami
mails have been devised, but ordinary
methods frequently fail to keep them
in check. Probably the simplest and
most satisfactory method is that of
the use of bisulphide of carbon, an in
flammable liquid which, on exposure
to air, volatilizes into vapor that is
very destructive to animal life. A bull
letin has been issued by the depart
ment of agriculture, telling how to APP
ply the remedy, reports the Toronto
Star. One special advantage of carbon
bisulphide is that it's vapor is more
than twice as heavy as air, so that in
woodchuck burrow it will follow
along the hole until it reaches the bot
tom, crowding the air above it to the
top. AS the animal is likely to be in
the lower part of the burrow, it is al
most certain to inhale the poisonous
vapor and be killed.
The equipment necessary for this
sort of woodchuck hunt consists of
bottle of carbon bisulphide, a bundle
of old cotton or other cloth. pail and a
spade. The pail is filled with dirt and
set near the hole ready to turn in; then
piece of cloth is held between thumb
and finger. saturated with about an
ounce of the liquid, and Immediately
thrown as far into the burrow as
possible. The pail of dirt is quickly
thrown into the hole, and the. entrance
carefully closed. If there is more
than one entrance. all but one should
be filled in before the treatment This
method not only kills the old wood
chuck, but destroys in humane man.
ner the young in the burrow. 1t has.
too, the additional advantage that the
animal is not only killed but is buried,
and the hole is filled, so that consider
able time is thus saved.
1t should be distinctly understood
by everyone who uses carbon bisul-
phide for any purpose that it is high
~ volatile, infiammable and poisonous,
and it is also highly explosive. With
any reasonable care in its use. how
ever. out of doors. no i'll results can
follow.
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negron savage" whom he treated
with the same elephantine playful
ness and kindness he bestowed upon
his own daughter Xenia. Helena and
Aenla were as devoted to each other
as sisters, and no one resents more
bitterly the ''usurpation," as she
terms it, of the Hessian princess
than the imperious and high-spiriteJ
daughter of Alexander III.
When the moment came, however
for Nicholas to fulfill the projects OF
his parents, he raised such strenuous
objections that the cherished plar
of the car had to be given up. He
had paid visit to his aunt at Co
burg, and fallen under the fascina
ton of her niece by marriage
Princess Alix. For more than a year
after the marriage of Nicholas
Princess Helena lived in the seclu
sion of her fathers palace in the
little capital of Montenegro. 1t was
not until two years after that she
gave her hand to Italy's present king
The empress of Russia is calico
the most beautiful royal woman ir
all the courts of the old world, but
her loneliness and splendid state have
brought her very little happiness
Through no fault of her own she is
unloved by her people, and though
she has served them faithfully, they
are set against her as an English and
German alien. The fact that in a
land where women rulers are de.
n6 hn
daughters tells sadly against her
The three principal parties of the
empire, the powerful clerical party
the military party, at whose head is
Grand Duke Vladimir, and the fac.
ton headed by the dowager czarina
are all bitterly against her, though
she has used every effort to win their
kindness. And yet the czarina is a
woman of the marked ability and lib
eral culture that one would expect
of granddaughter of Queen Vic.
toria; but she is a sad. unhappy
woman, whose pomp and splendor
are bitter irony to her real lone
illness among those whose show of
frlendliness masks a deep-rooted dis.
like, not to say hatred.
Upon her right hand at the ban.
quet which followed the reception of
the royal guests there sat the won.
an who by some curious trick of fate
had missed the throne and the bus.
band hat brought nothing but sor
row to Alix of Hesse. An expres.
sion of deep melancholy has long
since settled down upon the beauti-
full face of the empress, while all
visitors to Rome comment upon
Queen Helena's radiant beauty; it is
we'll known that she has found fan
more happiness with Victor Emman-
uel than usually falls to the lot of
royal consort. Truly. it would ap-
pear that most royal lives have more
than their share of trageey.-Detroit
Free Press.
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Like for Like

The ragged customer passed into the
cheap hash emporium with such as
surance that his order was promptly
Forthcoming and even more promptly
eaten.
Here, here!" yelled the cashier at
his departing form ''this coin you gave
me is no good!"
Neither was your meal" floated
back on the breeze as he faded from
Herald.
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They Had and They Would.

Paterfamilias-And could you sup
port my daughter, sir?
Her Lover-I have two strong arms.
Pathrfamilias-But can they sup
port her?
Her Lover-They often have, sir
Tit Bits
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-10-08
BASEBALL
A Game for the People
BY PATRICK T. POWERS,
President of the National Association of Base
ball Leagues, and the Eastern League
of Professional Baseball Teams.
Golf! Possible only for the rich
Baseball! A game that will last

Golf! Possible only for the rich. fz,1stt E%1H
Baseball! A game that will last.
Why the salaries paid leagues those paid
the National league few The the pro-
ssona rapidly growing For the history
OF the signing their advance
BASEBALL HAS EVERY REASON TO BE POPULAR r.
outodoor exercise 1t furnishes exciting for colleges
and clubs Above ALL is CLEAN GAME 90 TO oam.
for recreation They take their weetea there
is cheap game to see and to play afford
just at present the baseball world be less
turmoil War has been declared National and
leagues Zach covers the territory seeks the trade
OF the other This cannot forever the putants
get together and settle their differences the baseball inter-
ssts. -
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American Railway.

Railway mileage in the United States
has passed the 100000 mark, which is
considerably more than two-fifths of
the entire railway mileage of the
world.-Railway News.
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chance for a higher education
there remains the athletic club
team. Even girls play it! Every
one understands the game; every
one enjoys it; it is game for the
people.
Ping-pong! A whim of So
ciety.
Basketball! But few are in.
terested.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-10-08

Everybody plays baseball What young PLAYED it.
either at high school in college? For has not the
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Vapores que Sc esperan

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procedente de Hahana esoalas ? Sc
guifk para Oanalias , Il Peninsula.
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is al 1S del Corriente Tecslsla { este
puerto procedente de Pto Plata esca
las, confinuando visje para St Thomas
y Europs.
Cub "JDlisn : Pfoeedente de Hlbs
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puerto del u a 20 dsl oQrispte'
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DR.. CHEVREMONT

Procedente de la isls ha entrade hoy ID
una de Ia tarde, el vapor "Harry Lnckem
BACH"
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