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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-07-03
COMMISSIONER THATCHER IS
SHORN OF POWER BY BOARD

Denver. June :s.-Thc Republicans
this morning says: After pos;ponins
the inevitable for over two weeks.
George ". Thatcher. eommissioner-ln-
chief Of the Worlds Fair Board. called
on Governor Peabody yesterday morn
ins. In answer to tn. iattcrs' ultimat-
um ordering him To appear at 10
o'clock to make accounting for some Of
his alleged sins Of omission and COM
mission.
Contrary to the belief In some quar-
ters. Captain Thatchrr's bearing was
no, meek. when the governor made n
formal demand ON him for the sum In
question. $3.50. Thatcher refused to pay
II. and further dcf~d the governor to
deposr him or -xpci him from the
board. lie was armed with n legal opin-
lon to the effect that under the law
which created the board. he could not
be removed by the governor until his
time expires. December II. 1903. He
seemed to be OF the opinion that he
held n better hand than his exccilcncy.
and after making few remarks hav-
Ing no bearin. on the case. departed.
Instead OF giving up the nIh'. the
governor consulted n Few more people.
and the result was that he issued n
call for special meeting OF the board
yesterday afternoon at o'clock. Cap
tain Thatcher did not attend the meet
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-07-03
NEGRO DENOUNcES
THE WHITE RACE

Wilmington. Del. June .S.-The Rev.
Montrosc W. Thornton. coIorcd. pastor
OF the First A. NJ. y. Church OF this
city. preached n sensational sermon to
his congregation tonight. He said. in
part:
'''The white man. In the face OF his
boosted civilization. stands before
my eyes tonight as the demon OF the
worlds races. monster incarnate.
and In so far us the negro race is con-
ter. The white man IN n heather.
Il fiend. n monstrosity before God. and
IL equal to any act in the category OF
crime. | would sooner trust myself In
den OF hyena than In his arms.
With court. law and officers OF law In
his hands. the despised negro can ex-
pect no mercy. justice or protection.
The negro is unsafe anywhere in this
country. He is the open prey at all
times of barbarians who know no re-
straint and will not be restrained.
There Is but one part left for the
prosecuted negro when charged with
crimes and when innocent. Be law
unto yourselves. You are taught by
this lesson of Outrage to save your
selves from torture at the hands of the
blood-seeking public. Save your race
from insult and shame. Be your own
sheriff. court and jury. as was the out
law. Tracy. Die in your tracks. per-
haps drinking the blood of your pur-
suers! Booker T. Washington's char
ity. humanity. advice of forgiveness
love and industry. and SO on. will never
be reciprocated by white men,"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-07-03
Kansas Extra Session Adiourns.

Topeka. Kan. June 2S.-The extra
session of the Kansas Legislature end
ed Friday. Over fifty bills were passed
only two of which were of a general
nature. Most of them gave Kansas
counties the right to restore bridges
that had been washed away by the
flood. County commissioners are auth
orized to aid flood sufferers from the
county fund to any extent that seems
best to them. Toward the last. an eff
fort was made to pass bill appropriat-
ing money for the relief of the suffer-
ers. but it was defeated.
Governor Bailey. in a statement to-
day. explained his attitude toward re-
lief appropriation, in the course OF
which he said:
II feel that the criticism of my at
titude in this manner is unjust. There
is very little If any destitution in the
flood district. Whatever destitution
there is has been or will be relieved by
the lo,sl authorities. the local chari-
ties and the assistance which comes
freely from the outside The need is
great through the Kaw valley. but the
cases of destitution are few. The Leg
islature has enacted nearly fifty laws
to enable cities and towns to take care
of the situation and they are going to
do it."
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-07-03
WOULD TAP ELECTRICAL ETHER
FROM SUMMIT OF Pixies PEAK

Denver. June 2s.-F. Y. Sehoonmak-
sr arrived m Denver yesterday as the
representative of the Whitney Eieetri-
cal Development Company. commits
stoned 10 make experiments from the
top OF Pixies peak with view To de-
yeloping electricity for commercial
purposes from the upper stratas of the
atmosphere by what Is known as the
Whitney electric aerial ladder. Mr..
Sehoonnaker will stop at the Brown,
Ills presence in the state promises Ia
attract much attention ON account OF
the extraordinary mission assigned
him. The proposed tests are scientific
To the highest degree. The promoters
believe that IL they are successful they
Will Tevoluiionize the entire electrical
business.
The proposed demonstration is called
for by III. governments OF Germany
and France. the request from the lat
ter being practically a request from the
French Academy OF Sciences.
Briefly explained. the promoters Of
the enterprise believe that at a dis
tanee above the earth which can he at
tained there is a vast quantity OF elee-
trieity. II IL is possible to reach this
the power that could be furnished for
commercial purposes would b- prac-
ueaiiy unlimited and could be fur
pishsd AT very slight cost.
To penetrate this zone. or strata OF
electricity. a high power cannon will be
used. This Will be taken To the highest
point attainabie-probabiy to the top of
Pixies peak IL arrangements can be
made with the cog road to provide
transportation.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-07-03
Larger Than Their Parents.

A prominent bicycle manufacturer In
quoted ms saying: bicycling is tho
grandcst and most hcaithfhi ofrsports.
II makes each successive generation
healthier and stronger and longer
lived. In young womcn's seminary
recently the teacher asked nil the girls
In the class who were taller than their
mothers. to stand up. and all the girls
stood up. Next she asked for all those
who were taller than their fathers to
stand up. and half the class got on its
feet. Finally. she asked for all those
who rode bicycles to get mp. and again
the whole class arose. Then she told
them that they were bigger and
stronger than their parents because
they got plenty OF outdoor exercise.
and that their children would be bigger
and stronger than they"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-07-03

/ From these the shot will be fired,
The projeeiile will be in the nature oi
a magnet. TO which will be attached The
wire through which il is proposed 10
bring the electricity To the earth.
The inventor has obtained patents ia
all the countries of The world. lie Is
also said to have secured the eo-opera-
tion OF the leading scientific bodies.
having explained his plan TO them al
length.
The Whitney electricians claim To
have demonstrated that II a magnet Is
projected far enough from the earth u
ceases TO have any weight, being
pulled away from the earth by great
central mass OF electricity.
The purpose OF the whitney aerial
ladder is To project masneti1si OBJ
ieet up into space until IL reaches the
pull OF the force Of center Of ethereal
space. IL the object can be projected
to that point IL would continue To go
toward the eentsd of the ethereal mass
II attached to IL there were wire
capable o. conducting electricity. and
this wire should reach TO the earth, IL
would conduct down enough electricity
To magE~tixe a larger wire and free u
from the pull OF the earih's force OF
center and lift IL into space. thus fur
nishinE a conductor Of greater eapaei-
~. Upon the supposition that this can
be done IL is easily seen how the Whit
ney ladder would enable man Ia put an
electrical conduit out into the great
mass OF ether. or electricity. and obtain
from IL a. large supply as he desired.
instead of getting II by the modern
churhins process within the atmos-
ph-T~.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-07-03
Monetary Commission.

Paris, June 27-Finance Minister
Ruvier to-day announces the names OF
the members of the French commission
appointed to confer with the United
States and Mexican International Ex-
change Commissions. The meeting will
begin tomorrow at the Bank OF
France. The Americans to-day called
on Premier Combes and NJ. Rouvier.
The latter said he hoped the project
would result in establishing stable
monetary system for China and secur-
ing uniformity in the French and other
silver-using colonies in the East in
their exchanges with gold standard
countries.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-07-03
VESUviUS WAS UGLY.
APPEARANCE OF 7Hs ERUPTION
Columns Of Smoke and stesm-es-
piosions Sounded Like Musketry
Fire-spouts Of Lava Were Terri
BILE But Beautiful.


Bile But Beautiful.
Fortunately for Naples and the sur
rounding country. the recent violent
spasms Of Mount Vssuyins fell short ct
expectations and fhe threatened eTup-
tion resulted only in the distribution
for a short distance OF light showers
OF ashes and the dissemination oI CON
siderable suiphrroDs smoke. A letter
writer who visited the scene pictures II
yiyidiy. lie had climbed To what is
known as the smoke PLATFORM. be
yond which his guides would not ven
ture.
We were here surrounded" he says.
''by innumerabIs columns OF dense
smoke and steam. which shot up from
cracks in the earth and rose in long
spirals to lose themselves in the clouds
above.
The explosions from the volcano be-
came more rapid. following each other.
indeed. SO rapidly as to resemble con
tinual muskstry fire, From the crater
above US a perfect mountain of smoke
arose from time To time. spreading it,
self out like a pine tree and falling
back fanwise toward Pompeli. With
this there came dense shower OF nEo
balls. stones and seoria. shot up
straight into the air and then rolling
down the mountain sides In thousands
OF flaming fragments. Al ten minutes
to I an unusually loud ruInbiing at
nounced a new outbuTs'.
An enormous pin. tree OF smoke
was sent zoo feet up into the air and
fell back on the mountain top in mil
lions OF little curls Of smoke. One OF
my companions told me that the dens!-
~ Of this explosion could only be ae-
counted for by iandsiip OF n small
part OF the crater"
The correspondent then describes
how a fortnight before his ascent We
suylur had begun to rumble and threw
out showers Of ashes. Four days later
the explosions became like great ;hun-
dcrciaps and the ashes changed to In
eandeseent lava. which was thrown up
TO n great height and then fell into the
crater. the upper parts OF which IL has
now completely niled.
These spouts OF lava were terribly
beautiful to sec and the top of III.
mountain looked ns II IL were crowned
with Ion. rays OF nrc. Between the lava
came showers OF stone and the rumb-
ling and explosions became 30 violent
that IL was feared tina; u new and Sc
rious phase OF the eruption was begin
ming. Hut gradually the noise and tho
showers diminished. TIL they suddenly
Increased again with great violence
last week. Tht guides who are aecus-
toned TO the volcano say that nothing
II to be feared from the present crup-
tion comparable with what happened In
1900. when the roof Of one OF the eicc-
iric railway stations was broken by n
large stone from the crater. No for
eisncrs or unauthorized persons. how
ever. are allowed further up than tho
lower zone OF the volcano.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-07-03

The inability of the secretary of
last Legislature printed because the
funds for this purpose are tied up by
the trouble over the appropriation bill.
may cause trouble in the courts of out
side counties within few weeks. Sew
eral bills passed by the last Legislature
become operative next month, but 1t is
feared that they will remain inoper-
ative If the justices of the peace in the
various counties do not secure copies
of the laws. which at the present time
they can only do by sending to the sec
retary of the state for certified copies.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-07-03
Doctor Gets Free Advertising.

Boston. Mass. June 29.-The lnsti-
tute of Homeopathy last week unani-
mously expelled DIR. William A. Shep-
sional and unethical conduct The
charges did not suffice for those who
knew nothing of the case. and they
Insisted ON knowing the facts. With
out comment. there was displayed a
poster taken from street car. 1t was
in black and red type and contained in
the center large portrait of DIR.
Shepard. No further argument was
made.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-07-03
Hens compe,Ina for honor,.

Twenty.one OF the best hens in this
country have sailed from San Fran.
cisco to engage In an egg.laying con-
test with Australian hens. which will
continue for one year. Their expenses
were paid by the Australian govern.
ment. which will buy the six best at
s25 apiece. The others will be sold
there at public auction.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-07-03

Those Russians will not really know
what they are up against until the
Standard oil company begins the usual
exercise of gently boosting the price
of oil at about the rate of a cent n
gallon n month.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-07-03

After having been engaged to col.
lcge professor for week n Chicago
girl ran away with brakeman. Chi.
cago's professors are themselves In.
fnitely more surprising than this bi,
of news.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-07-03

The minister who wants women to
solve the aervant girl problem by
doing the housework themselves must
be one of those unfortunate people
who never have had chance to know
many women well.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-07-03

A German professor has discovered
an infallible cure for insomnia 1t is
to be hoped that the cure will make It
unnecessary in the future for certain
people to go to church for the purpose
of getting little sleep.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-07-03

Rumor has 1t that Mrs. Potter Pal.
mcr is casting about for No. . and
that the Prince OF Monaco is looking
for No. J. Both would do well to have
n care for No. l.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-07-03

The Times, the News and the Bee of
Toledo have been consolidated. The
new managers now have an excellent
opportunity not to call the new paper
the TImes.News.Bee
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-07-03

II you don't believe that time Is
money. take glance n, the bill OF
the dreEsmaker who has been holding
your wifc's new gown back for three
weeks.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-07-03

A peculiar merit of the proposed
Swedish system OF fat taxation Is that
st would be impossible for the tax
payer to hide his taxable embonpoint
from the assessors.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-07-03

The price of ice has again advanced
In New York. This is doubtless due to
the same immutablc natural law that
raised the price of coal throughout the
country.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-07-03

Somewhere behind cloud OF dus,
Rudyard Kiplins is laundering down
the international highway with u poem
that Will contain n ryhme for Kishl.
ncn.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-07-03

Reading OF the celebration of all the
birthday anniversaries Of good people
should remind yon to celebrate your
wifc's birihday,thc next time IL comes
around.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-07-03

has placed ban on the telephone be-
cause 1t gives offense. Some member
of the order must have overheard a
busy man trying to get central.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-07-03

Denver is to have a new military
company, and strong effort is being
made to have 1t the banner organiZa-
ton of its kind in the state. By spe-
cial orders No 116, issued by Adjutant
General Bell Major A. H. Williams, as
sistant adjutant general, First brigade.
will muster in the company Monday
evening, July 9th.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-07-03

!, may be that the French do no, In.
tend TO settle in Morocco. but they
are giving n correct Imitation OF ma.
tion with such intentions.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-07-03

The state auditor recently issued
certificate of Indebtedness for 81, 100 due
to grovery firms for groceries furnished
the state troops during the late trou
bles at Colorado City. He will issue
number of others, amounting to
about $4,000, as soon as he receives
the vouchers. These certificates draw
interest at four per cent. year. and
cannot be paid untii the Legislature
meets two years hence, when appro-
priations may be made.
State Game Warden Woodard has re-
received word that Special Game War
den W. +. Givens has secured the con-
viction at Florence of two men for
shooting doves out of season. Each
was fined S25 and costs. Deputy Civ
ems is the first special officer of the
game warden's office, out of l3O who
has ever secured IA conviction The
open season for doves is the month OF
August, and Mr. Woodland has received
word at various times that the law in
regard to doves has been violated. The
conviction of the two men at Florence,
he thinks. will have the proper effect
| on othc.o who are inclined to break the
law.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-07-03

II vIolinist Kocian has tears to shed
over n mere fiddle. what would he do
n he had 10 start up furnace along
about the first of Juncy
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-07-03

Instead of drawing and quartering
the cartoonist," says Senator Dcpew.
81 would take him out to dinner" And
inflict bunch of jokes on the unfor-
tunate wretch afterward, presumably.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-07-03

Perhaps In cxpclilns the London
Times correspondent, Russia Just want.
cd to show the world that IL was still
n lap ahead OF Pennsylvania.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-07-03

When Mark Twain declared there
were but seven fundamental jokes. he
omitted TO name the other six.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-07-03

The girl with the shovel hst appears
10 be scooping all before her,
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-07-03

An anonymous ben.faetor has sent
the Cooper union ssso.0oc. Uncle
Russell Sage heads :he lis, OF sus
poets
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-07-03

/ Every baby is the sweetest baby in
the world. You were once considered
the sweetest thing in the world
although you may not look 1t now.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-07-03

Hetty Green has sl2,500 automo-
bile. The probabilities are. however,
that it won't be worth tlirty cents
when the tax assessor comes around.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-07-03

The Bashi-Iiazonks continue To lise
up TO the horrible name they bear.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-07-03

We don't know whether Il Is true
that Strawberries are eur. for rheu'
matism or not. W. eat them as u
preventive.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-07-03

Spain stlll controls the Cuban shoe
market. though she no longer has ANY
footing in the island.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-07-03

Also. a little common sense Judi.
eiously applied would often prove a
valuable prophylscilo against the dl.
sorcc fever.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-07-03

As rule the young man OF whom it
IS said that "a college education un.
fitted him for business" would never
have been fit for 1t anyway.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-07-03

Since Sir Thomas has SO much TO
say about "lif,ing" the cup. why don't
he call his yacht the Derrick:
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-07-03

The man who knows when he Is
well OF ought To know enough also
TO keep stiii about il.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-07-03

The report that William Waldorf
Astor recently received a suastroke
IS denied. Mr.. Astor hasn't even re
ccived an earldom or dukedom.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-07-03

Concerning the alleged spelling re-
form II is hard To say which Is tn.
more esEspefatins-''thru' or -thro."
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-07-03

In the light Of recent events. the
automobile would confer favor By
committing race suicide.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-07-03

"Mareonisraph" is a frightfully
clumsy word TO Indicate so speedy u
process.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-07-03
Pardon BY eovernor peabody.

Although the board OF pardons on
March Ord refused the petition OF Emil
Baeder. serving a sentence In the pcni-
tentiary OF twenty-five years for the
killing OF A. II. Austin. for pardon or
commutation of sentence. Governor
Peabody exercised his pardoning pow
ers in the case on May 27th. and cum
muted Baeder's sentence to ten years.
AS he was sentenced on February 70.
1887. the time allowed for good conduct
made him a free man.
In December. 1896. Bacder shot and
killed Prof. A. II. Austin. u graduate OF
the University OF oxford. and man
well known in educational circles Of
the state. on the street at Central City
for an alleged insult which Eaeder
claimed Austin had inflicted oa his
wife. According to the story told Mt
the time. Mr.. and Mrs. Baeder were
living in the house next to the one
occupied by Professor Austin.
Mrs. Baeder strung n clothes line
in front of Austin's window and hung
some clothes on 1t. Austin asked Mrs.
Baeder to take IL down. and when she
refused. he cut II down. at the same
time telling her she was no lady. Mrs.
Baeder told her husband this, and he
demanded an apology. A war of words
followed and Austin struck Baeder on
the nose. breaking 1t. as was after
wards learned. Then Baeder drew n
revolver and shot Austin through the
brain, killing him instantly.
Baeder was found guilty of murder
in the second degree and sentenced to
twenty-five years Imprisonment by
Judge La France.
Baeder's petition for executive elem
ency bore the signatures of nine of the
Jurors who had convicted him. 1t was
also stated that Baeder was IN the din
ing room of the penitentiary on the
night that Night Captain Rooney was
killed, and rendered service by giving
the alarm at the risk of his own life.
In his own statement Baeder said that
at the time he killed Austin he was
under the influence of morphine and
was scarcely responsible. He is a bar
tender, and his wife and family are
now in this city.
Governor Peabody felt that in view
of the circumstances Baeder had been
punished sufficiently and accordingly
commuted his sentence last month.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-07-03

'See here. young man." said the min
lister. you never paid me that fee for
marrying you You're mighty lucky
| haven't sued you for damages!"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-07-03
Eirs. Come. Firs, Served.

We would rather sell our fine San
Luis valley lands 10 Colorado farmers.
Best water rights, fertile soil, low
prices. easy terms. II easterners come
first-and they're coming fast-we will
sell to them. Of course. Send for our
new booklet and see what you're miss
ing. The Colorado Bureau of Immigra-
tion, GIG Majestic Bldg. Denver, Colo.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-07-03
MODERN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

18Th and Curtis Streets, Denver, Colo.
tments:-Telegraphy, bookkeeping (the
famous Bliss System Of Actual Business)
Shorthand tGraham and Gregg systems) Type
writing (Touch method y. Penmanship and
English. POSITIONS GUARANTEED to
students completing the comb bined course Ex-
perenced teachers In every department. Fall
term opens Sept. I, 1908. Send for free
Illustrated catalogue. A. NJ. kEARNS. Pres.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1903-11-26
Fertilizers for Grass.

Several of the experiment stations report
good results from the use of commercial
fertilizers AS a top dressing for meadows.
As a rule the essential plant foods were
all used but in varying proportions. 1t is
interesting to note in all of these reports
that where nitrogen was used in consid-
cradle quantity the yield was proportions
ately large, showing ~conclusiyely the need
for nitrogen by most grasses. In the ex-
periments of the writer this plan Of top
dressing has been carried on successfully
and the best results have been wien wood
ashes were used every third year. Dur
plan of top dressing is to use 800 pounds
of nitrate of soda, 45O pounds Of acid
phosphate and $50 pounds of muriate of
potash; every third year this is changed
by increasing the nitrate of soda by 100
pounds and using 400 pounds Of wood ashes
in place of the muriate of potash. 1t pays
to top dress meadows, and If the CONNER
cial fertilizers cannot be used, stable ma
nure should take their place.