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Gilpin observer., 1903-08-06
GOVERNOR PEABODY'S REPLY TO
APPEAL OF BANISHED MINERS

"The constitution Of this state guar
antees to all that courts of justice
shall be open to every person and a
speedy remedy afforded for every in
jury to person, property or character;
and that right and justice should be ad-
ministered without sale, denial or de-
lay. Your claim of the right of being
heard before legal tribunal is, there
fore, amply provided for
"By the constitution it is expressly
provided that the powers Of the gov
eminent OF this state are divided into
three distinct departments, the legisla-
tive, executive and judicial, and no per-
son or collection of persons, charged
with the exercise of powers properly
belonging to one of these departments
shall exercise any power properly be-
longing to the either of the others. ex-
cept as by the constitution expressly
directed and permitted.
ANY action on my part would,
therefore, be in violation of the consti
tuition as an attempt by the executive
department to exercise the powers OF
the judiciary.
by another provision of the same
constitution it is also expressly stated
that the military shall always be in
strict subordination to the civil power,
and until the civil power has been ex-
hausted and found incapable of pre-
serving order and protecting persons
and property. and the fact is made to
appear to the governor by the sheriff of
the particular county, or the mayor OF
the particular city or town, the gov
ernor is not empowered to call out the
militia.
you will, therefore, readily see, as
no such fact has been made TO appear
to me by such authorities. that l have
no authority to furnish military pro-
lection, as your communication posi-
bly, suggests, and that your remedy is
to be found in the Institution and
prosecution of proper action in the To-
cal courts.
You will also appreciate the chaos
and anarchy that would result if every
person upon his statement of false i'm
prisonment, had the right to apply to
the governor for military interference.
Il have, therefore, to inform you that
under the constitution and laws of this
stae, l am vested with no right, power
or authority to act in the matters re-
ferred to in your communication. Re
spectfully yours,
JAMES H. PEABODY.
Goyern0ro
Gilpin observer., 1903-08-06

August. 1740. Cardinal Lambertini
tBenedict XIV was elected Pope in
the evening. but that the conclave post
poned the proclamation of his cleo
tion until the next morning. keeping
the fact of his election secret, even
from the conclavists. On that occasion
the head which was to wear the
crown was uneasy. Cardinal Lamber-
tint could not sleep and his conclavist
hearing him moving restlessly several
times. inquired the cause of his ner-
vousness. At last the cardinal, no
longer able to contain himself, shout
ed:
Il am Pope. Now can you sleep?
Just try"
One of the daily sights in the vati-
can now is the arrival of the nun
whom Cardinal Vaszary primate of
Hungary. brought with him from
Hungary to act as his cook. Cardinal
Vaszary is the wealthiest of the cardi-
nails, and Is reputed to have an in
come of 100000 annually. He desired
to have his cook enter the conclave.
But, the presence OF women being for
hidden by all the rules, he arranged to
have her cook his dinner outside and
bring it daily to the Sistine chapel.
Gilpin observer., 1903-08-06
IMPRESSIVE SCENES AT ROME
DURING CARDINALS CONCLAVE

Rome, August 2.-The scene at St.
Peters tonight was by far the most
impressive that has occurred in Rome
since the late pope became ill. After
the fruitless morning ballot belief
spread that a new pontiff would surely
be elected this evening. All roads dur
ing the afternoon, therefore, led to the
vatican. Carriages and vehicles of
every description ratified into the pi-
azza Of st. Peters. The regular Sun
day leisure was forgotten in the anx-
iety to see the new holy see. The
streets converging into st. Peters pi-
azza were black with the thousands
who entered the square with the cease
less regularity of an incoming tide
From the barracks came large rein
forcements of troops who marched
across the piazza and lined up at the
foot of the steps of the basilica, leaving
Gilpin observer., 1903-08-06
Anti-Merser Case Decision.

st. Paul, Mimi. Aug. Judge Lo-
chern yesterday in the United States
Circuit Court handed down his decision
in the case Of the state of Minnesota
against the Northern Securities Conn
pany, the Great Northern Railway
Company, the Northern Pacific Rail-
way Company, and James J. Hill. as
president of the Northern Securities
Company. and individually, in which
he sustained the contentious Of the
defendants and dismissed the bill of
complaint of the state. The Judge re-
fused the iniunctions asked by tho
state of Minnesota, to restrain the Se-
curities company from voting the stock
OF the two railroad companies, or eth
er Of them.
This decision affects the results of
the federal governments victory In
the Circuit court in no way whatever.
The federal suit involved the same de-
PENDANTS and the same general state
of facts. but was based on a totally
different contention of law. The fed
eral suit. In which the Securities COM
pany was beaten, was prosecution for
violation of the Sherman antitrust
law passed by the federal congress.
The state suit. in which the Securi-
ties company wins. was based on an
allegation that the defendants violat-
ed acts of the Minnesota Legislature,
forbidding the consolidation of paral-
lei and competing lines of railway.
Gilpin observer., 1903-08-06
Close Of the Royal Visit.

Queenstown. Aug. 2.-The King and
Queen returned to Queenstown yester-
day. where they received further ad-
dresses. The King then made his
farewell reply. saying the people could
rest assured that he had the interest
of Ireland at heart. which remark
ELECTED vociferous cheering and much
waving of flags and hats. The royal
visit to Ireland was thus brought to n
successful close.
The King and Queen are both en-
chanted with the tour. which is admit
ted on all hands has achieved more to-
ward the settlement of the existing
Irish grievances than legislation could
hope to achieve. When their majesties
re-embarked on the royal yacht for
Cowes. the strains of Come Back to
Erin" mingled with the salute OF
guns.
Gilpin observer., 1903-08-06

A movement is on foot among the
Santa Cruz county (Arizona) cattle
men to get rid of the great superfiuity
of horses upon the ranges (which
tramp down more grass than they eat)
by selling them to shippers who will
convey them to the eastern markets.
The state dairy and food commits
sioner of Pennsylvania reports that
Philadelphia retail grocers have recent
ly received among the orders for
canned tomatoes, packages which. up
on close examination, proved to be a
miscellaneous assortment of vegetables,
including a few green tomatoes covered
with red paint, the whole having the
appearance of ripe tomatoes. Agents
detailed to investigate found that the
red paint was used to a great extent
in coloring worthless and unripe to-
matoes and that other coloring matter
was also used to give a ripe appear
ance to worthless canned vegetables OF
various kinds.
Returns from hard winter wheat
territory of Kansas. Nebraska and Ok
lahoma indicate yield not altogether
up to highest expectations entertained
heretofore In quantity. but excellent in
quality. Returns show the yield per
acre in Oklahoma runs from twelve to
twenty eight bushels. and Kansas
from ten to twenty-five. From Ne
braska most replies refer to prospec-
tive yield. as threshing has Just begun,
the promise generally being good.
Farmers are inclined to hold wheat
for better prices, but free movement
II looked for a little later. Regarding
soft winter wheat. there Is nothing In
threshing returns or movement to In
dicate enlargement Of previous esti.
mate Of yield.
Gilpin observer., 1903-08-06

only small space between the COM
panies in order to prevent a sudden
rush to get inside St. Peters to wit
ness the new Pope give his blessing to
the Catholic world.
A strong force of cavalry was pick
eted near by in case of riot, and more
than 1000 soldiers were posted in the
square. But the troops made only an
insignificant, thin. blue line compared
with the vast multitude around them.
By o'clock it was estimated that 50.
900 people occupied the vast amphithe-
ater. From the steps of the basilica,
which were black with those standing
or sitting. across to the outside of the
square, there stretched as far as the
eye could see an undulating sea Of
humanity with every face riveted on
the Sistine chapel, waiting for the
smoke of the ballots.
Gilpin observer., 1903-08-06
FARMING MATTERS,
The Passing of Large Herds.

The visit of State Veterinary Lamb
to this valley and his remarks upon
the NANCY condition of the cattle run
ming on the range in eastern Colorado
and the prevalency of scab in sheep
throughout the state, says the Mont-
rose Press, emphasizes the fact that
the day of large herds OF cattle left to,
rustic for themselves on barren plainss
Is past; and that the only way to-
make sheep raising success is to run
them in small bands and have COW
cred corrals provided to protect them
from the inclemency of the weather.
Cattlemen can no longer depend on
branding-iron and nature to increase
their herds and make fortune
for them while they spend their
time in idleness and luxury. Nature
is hard taskmistress, and will not for
long allow her laws to be trampled un-
tion unmercifully.
palmiest days was overstocked with
large herds. These grazed down the
buffalo and gramagrass and blue-stem
to the bare ground. and left their
roots burning in the sun. AS result
of this, weeds and plants poisonous or
non-nutritious now cover the uncultI-
vated lands, and the herds roam, half
starved, over the burning plains.
A starved condition in either ami
mails or men breaks down the vitality
and leaves the constitution subject to
be undermined by any disease or
scourge that may chance to overtake
them. Nature is as certain to deal
out vengeance to the stockman who
starves and neglects his herds. as the
flood is to sweep away the innocent
that chance to be in it's course.
II the stockmen of the arid West
hope to much longer remain in their
chosen calling they must soon learn
the one great lesson of life, namely:
that prosperity only attends faithfully
to the end upon those who diligently
labor to adjust their environments to
the exigency of the natural require
ments. They must cause grass to grow
where weeds and poisonous herbs now
flourish or they must cut down their
herds to the size that will permit of
them being cared for with the same
painstaking that makes the thrifty
eastern farmer a successful stock rails
er.
Gilpin observer., 1903-08-06
Colorado Farming Bonanzas.

The Colorado farmer never knows
when he may strike it rich" In the
last five years there have been half a
dozen bonanzas discovered. each opa
of which has proved to be of as much
Importance to the state as the finding
of a new mining camp might have
been.
The millions of dollars that have
been made by growing sugar beets and
the manufacture of sugar in the last
three years have marked a new epoch
in agricultural history. But in the
same period almost as much money has
been made by men who realized what
material for wealth lies in alfalfa as
a fat-making food. The lamb feeding
industry of northern Colorado has
opened the way for cattle and hog
feeding enterprises on which will be
based large packing industries. in the
near future.
Few people, even in Colorado. real
ize that for the digestible food con-
tents, ton of alfalfa hay is worth
three times as much as a ton of the
best timothy. Alfalfa has been
described aptly as the spoiled child of
irrigation.t Colorado is just the right
distance north and the right distance
south to make the best crop.
A few years ago some farmers in the
San Luis valley began to experiment
with field peas. There was something
about the air and the soil and the wa
ter of that region to which the pea re-
sponded as it never had before any
where else in the world. And now the
farmers in the valley have a crop
which, by one of the magic processes
of nature. makes the soil richer for
having grown in it. and which pro-
duces rich, sweet hay and a grain"
crop which much more than takes the
place of corn. So that the valley cat
tlemen. instead of shipping feeders"
to the eastern corn fields, will now
place on the market finished" beef and
pork. absolutely the best in the United
States.
The enlargement of the supposed
fruit belt until it includes most OF
the irrigated region of the state. the
development of the dairying and cheese
making industry. and the building of
large canneries are other developments
which have recently added to the finan-
cial resources of the most prosperous
farmers in the world. and even now tb2
agricultural development in the state
seems to have only just begun.-Den-
yer Republican.
Gilpin observer., 1903-08-06

Denver, Aug. 4-"Under the consti-
tuition the military is at all times sub
servient to the civil power" said Gov
ernor Peabody yesterday, land l can
not send troops to Idaho Springs to
protect the miners or anyone else until
tho petitioners have exhausted the civil
power and then only on the request of
the civil authorities. / am forbidden
by the constitution to call out the mill
tia upon the petition of individuals"
Asked wherein the remedy of the
banished miners lay, he said: Let
them get an Injunction from the courts
and If the authorities are powerless to
enforce the Injunction, then let them
apply to the state for aid"
The governor gave this interview
when asked regarding the answer
which he had sent to the five petition
ers who were banished from Idaho
Springs by citizens committee on the
ground that their presence there was
detrimental to the interests of the
city. The answer is as follows:
''Mr. Thomas Walsh Mr.. Howard
Tressider, Mr.. Albert d. Olcott, Mr..
George Decker, Mr.. Levi T. Bender,
Committee, Denver, Colorado.
"Gentlemen-I have your communi
cation of the 31st ultimo, stating that
you have been arrested, imprisoned and
banished from your homes, without
warrant or due process of law, and that
you have committed no violations of
law and claim the right of being heard
before legal tribunal, and requesting
OF me, as governor, that l afford you
the protection that is guaranteed to
every citizen under the constitution of
the state.
II have given the matter my most
careful consideration and, in reply, /
would say that the injuries of which
you complain are such as the courts
have been given by the constitution full
power of redress.
"If you have been falsely and wrong
fully imprisoned. without warrant or
due process of law. your right of action
against the person or persons so false
1y or wrongly having imprisoned you,
is clear.
Il am informed that you have, before
applying to me, employed able attor-
neys to bring such suits and prosecute
such actions as they deem wise, to pro-
tect your interests and enforce your
rights in the premises. and | am conf
dent that you have acted wisely in that
matter. and they will be found compe-
tent to accomplish all that is neces-
sary.
Gilpin observer., 1903-08-06
PROHIBITION VERY
STRONG IN TEXAS

Austin, Tex, August 4.-Prohibition
has secured a most remarkable grip
upon the state of Texas. and the cam
paign has been carried on so quietly
that the liquor interests took no alarm
until 1t was too late. The Lone Star
State offers the peculiar anomaly of a
prohibition state that is Democratic at
the same time. Already 150 counties
are absolutely dry. fifty where the sale
of liquor Is limited to the cities and
the remainder are threatened with cap
ture by the prohibitionists.
Preliminary canvass of the vote Sat
county shows that 1t has gone over
whelmingly prohibitionist. There are
243 organized counties in the state,
and twenty-four unorganized counties,
the latter being attached to organized
counties for judicial purposes only.
The counties that are entirely wet"
number only eleven. and to these can
be added. those with some wet and
some dry" precincts to the number Of
ffty-fve. These counties contain all
the large cities OF the state, places
which always vote against n prohibi-
ton law.
Thus in a nutshell is presented the
results OF untiring work upon the part
OF the prohibitionists in Texas. cover
ing a period OF five years OF active
work. They have been unrelenting
In their warfare. and loudly proclaim
that they will not cease their efforts
until the entire state has gone prohibi-
tion.
Some years ago the prohibitionists
forced state election and lost the
battle by big majority. This cured
them of presenting the issue as a state
one They rested few years and then
began the quiet work Of carrying pre-
cinct elections. This plan was car
ried out without attracting any special
attention, and before 1t was known
quite a number OF precincts as we'll
az counties In the state had been car
ried for prohibition.
Gilpin observer., 1903-08-06
Death Of "calamity jane"

Deadwood, S. D., Aug 2.--The noted
female character, Calamity Jane"
who has figured on the frontier since
1870. died yesterday at Terry, eight
miles from Deadwood. of Inflammation
OF the bowels.
She requested that she be buried In
Mount Morris cemetery. at Deadwood,
beside her former consort. wild Bilr
Hickock, who was murdered here In
1876. Her name was Mrs. Jane Burke.
and her last husband, who Is much
younger than she was. IL in Denver.
A married daughter lives in North Da-
kota. but the dying woman refused to
give her address, and referred to an
estrangement She said yesterday AZ
ternoon she was going to cssh In"
Gilpin observer., 1903-08-06
Mrs. Rich Released in Mexico.

Chicago. July 30.-A dispatch to the
Tribune from El Paso. Texas. says:
Mrs. Matte d. Rich of Chicago. who
was sentenced in 1900 by Mexican
courts to fifteen years Imprisonment
In the penitentiary In Chihuahua for
the murder of her husband, John ID.
Rich. in Juarez, April 81, 1899. has
been released. Her release was or
dered on the ground OF insufilciency Of
evidence.
The case of Mrs. Rich was one OF
the most notable in the history OF the
courts Of chihuahua and Texas. as she
took refuge on this side OF the river
after the death OF her husband. and
was extradited.
Gilpin observer., 1903-08-06
GraIn.

Wheat. choice milling. per 100 lbs.
95c.; rye, Colorado, bulk, per 100
lbs. s1O0; oats. bulk, Nebraska,
new, white. s1.1S mixed, $1.15: in
sack, Colorado, white, 81 25: corn,
in bulk, sec; corn chop. sacked, 4
&c.; Colorado corn and oat chops.
sacked, s1.25; bran. Colorado per 100
lbs, soc.
Gilpin observer., 1903-08-06
Hay.

Upland, per ton. s12.0o@13o0; sec
ond bottom, choice to fancy, $500
@10.00; good to choice, $7.00@S.00:
timothy. sl20o; timothy and clover.
sl1.00; alfalfa, prime. $500; straw.
$500 a 900; South Park wire grass,
$1,000.
Gilpin observer., 1903-08-06
street, Of Three Stories.

There are three-stUried streets in
New York. where the underground.
surface and elevated street railways
come together.
Gilpin observer., 1903-08-06
cess and renovated goods
Eggs.

Eggs. fresh, loss off. doz. ...... II
Eggs, fresh, case count, doz. =. /:
Gilpin observer., 1903-08-06

King Edward. while at Dublin. do
mated 5000 to the poor Of the city.
Gilpin observer., 1903-08-06
DENVER MARKETS
Cattle.


Comparative Receipts:
Month to July 31st ........... 19, 1888
Same period last year ........ 16, 446
Increase .......... 2,942
lear 10 udte .LUo,SUl
Same period last year ........ .204 ,006
Increase Observation-Disclosures. 1896
The following quotations represent
the range OF prices paid on this mar
ket:
Beef steers, choice corn fed. .$4.50Q4.8 80
Beef steers, fair to good, corn
fed ................ 4.25@4.5O
Cows, choice, corn fed ...... 4.006l4.25
Cows, fair to good. corn fed. 3.50@4.00
Beef steers, choice hay fed.
LOO to 1,250 lbs. ........ 4.25@4.50
Beef steers, medium to good,
1000 to LOO lbs. ......... :. 4OO@4.25
Beef steers. common to fair. 3.75Q4.00
Cows and heifers, choice
hay fed, 1000 to LOO lbs. 350@4.00
Cows and heifers. common
to good, hay fed ......... 2.75@3.25
Gamers ............. 1.50n2.25
Calves, veal, choice ........ 5.00M7.00
Bulls, stays, etc. ........ 1.50M3.00
Feeders, 900 to 1150 lbs,
good to choice, F.P.R. -. 4.00@4.25
Feeders, 600 to 900 lbs,
common to fair. F.P.R. :. 3.50@4.00
Stockers, choice, FPR. .... 4.00td4.25
Stockers, fair to good ...... 3.00Q3.75
Gilpin observer., 1903-08-06
Live Poultry.
Butter.

Elgin. firm ................. 1871
Creameries, extras. Colorado. 10
Creameries. extras. eastern. =. 1920
Creameries. firsts, Colorado and
eastern .................. Is
Process and renovated goods,
lb. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. II
Store packed . . .............. 11M12
Cooking butter ......... 9@10
Gilpin observer., 1903-08-06
Hogs.

Hogs.
Comparative Receipts:
Month to July 31st ........... S,O25
Same period last year ......... 4,S43
Increase 1882
Year to date ................. S1,025
Same period last year ...... 54,9S9
Increase .............. 26,O36
The following quotations represent
the prices paid on this market:
Choice heavy "a .90M5.00
Light and mixed packers :. 5.0O@5.10
Gilpin observer., 1903-08-06
Sheep.

Sheep.
Comparative Receipts:
Month to July 3lst ...... 1873
Same period last year ........ 12,S49
Decrease 2S4
Year to date ......10 .101 ,508
Same period last year. .. 69, $40
Increase 81, ,688
The following quotations represent
the prices paid on this market for
fat sheep:
Wethers, grass muttons .... $3.25@3.50
Ewes, grass muttons .... 3.0O@3.25
Feeder wethers, F.P.R go. 3.00@3.25
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-08-05
STATE TAX LEVY REDUCED.
Executive Council Increases Assessment
Valuation and Reduces Levy. Malt
a Mill Lower Than Last Year.

The Executive Council of the state
Of Iowa completed It's work Of adjust
ing the assessment valuations and
making the tax levy for the state last
Saturday evening. The result shows
an increase of over IS. 600. 900 in the
railway assessment and an increase in
the taxable value Of all property in
the state of over $65. 900, ,OO0 The tax
levy was fixed at three mills. one.half
mill less than it was made a year ago.
The council made several changes
in the returns of the county auditors
in the values of farm lands, raising
some and lowering others, placing the
actual value of all farm lands in Iowa
at 81 ,457, ,54S, 130, raise of S2,024, 703
over than reported by the county audit
ors. The aggregate actual value of all
the real property of the state as re-
ported by the assessors, less exemp-
tions, is 81, ,S64, 364, sci, and the
equalized value as fixed by the coun-
Gil is 81, ,S66, 3S9. 264. The actual value
of the personal property of the state
as reported and unchanged, is $44S,
865,674. The actual value of the rail-
road property of the state as fixed by
the council, is 1926. 149, 1873, assessed
value $50, ,537, ,297. The aggregate
actual value of the telegraph, tele-
phone. express. sleeping car equip.
ment, and interurban railway property
as fixed is $1l, 226, 1872, assessed value
81, 806, $50. The total assessed value
of the taxable property in the state is
$637, 9S5. .369
AS is we'll known over the state,
the council made an attempt to
equalize the value of the farm lands
in the various counties, which has more
especially occupied the attention of
the people. The value per acre of
farm lands in all but seven counties
was changed, Winnesheik being among
the seven unchanged counties. The
extremes were Palo Alto county,
which was raised IA per cent, and
Winnebago county, which was lowered
II per cent.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-08-05

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