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The Lamar register., 1903-12-02
STEEL PLANT is
ENTIRELY CLOSED

Pueblo. Colo. Nov. 29.-With the
closing down of the wire mill of the
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company s
steel plant and the blast furnaces the
last of the producing departments of
the steel plant has ceased operation.
Not another pound of steel or other
product will be made at present.
1t is understood that the company
will take advantage of conditions in
cident to the strike to rejuvenate the
entire plant. With all the departments
shut down. only few hundred men
will be employed where short time
ago 5000 men drew wages. The ma
chinists. the watchers. a few gangs OF
roustabout men cleaning up the yards
engineers and fremen who will keep
the blast furnaces warm. are about all
the men who will find employment, in
the great plant.
An effort was made last night to
learn just how long the departments
will be closed down. but the superin-
tendents of the different departments
would not commit themselves and said
that they did not know when. The
wire mill closed down last night. the
men were given to understand that
there would be resumption of that
department soon after the list of Jan
uary. II is expected that when the
works start again there will be- COM
plete reorganization. e
The Lamar register., 1903-12-02

Denver. Nov. 29.-By an overwhelm-
ing majority the local unions in the
northern coal fields yesterday decided
to accept the proposition of the oper-
ators. and the strikers will return to
work tomorrow morning on the new
schedule with an eight hour day. The
meetings of the unions were well at
tended and the men seemed perfectly
satisfied by the vote, which will be
canvassed to-day by the sub-district
board. The vote. which was 574 in ia
vor of returning to work to 1l2 against
was the direct result of telegram from
strike headquarters in District 10.
signed by President Howells and the
national organizers in Colorado. The
telegram is supposed to have resulted
from peremptory telegraphic instruc-
tions from President John Mitchell of
the United Mine Workers of America
to settle the strike in the northern
fields.
All the northern plants will resume
Monday. everything being in readiness
The district produces 5000 tons of coal
per day. seventy per cent. of which is
shipped to Denver. and this amount is
fully ample to supply the demands of
the city. No attempt will be made to
regulate the price of coal until the men
S.A - .. 4 = \ =. - l.. e a a. 4 q \ .. 4
The Lamar register., 1903-12-02
PRESIDENT REVIEWS REPORT
REGARDING POSTOFFICE FRAUDS

York postofice August. 1886; re-
moved October .21, 1908.
Charles Hedges, superintendent city
free delivery service; appointed as
sistant superintendent free delivery
service July /, 1898; removed July
%, 1903.
james w. Irwin. assistant superin-
tendent free delivery service; ap-
pointed postofiice inspector June 27,
1887; removed September 16. 1903;
indicted once.
"W. Scott Towers. superintendent Sta
ton C. Washington. d. c.; appointed
clerk. Washington postoffice. Novem-
Der, 1890; removed October l, 1903;
indicted three times.
"Otto +. Weis, assistant superintend-
ent registry division, New York post
office; appointed clerk. New York
postoffice. June, 1890; removed Octo-
ber 21. 1908
"T. W. McGregor. clerk. free delivery
division, in charge of supplies; ap-
pointed postoffice inspector. March
II, 1891; removed June 8, 1903; in
dicted twice.
sc. E. Upton. clerk, free delivery di-
vision: appointed July 1. 1900; re-
moved June 8. 1903; indicted once.
m. w. Louis. superintendent supply
division; appointed Kansas City
postofiice April Z, 1897; removed Oc-
tober 81. 1903.
Charles b Terry. clerk, supply divis-
ion; appointed September 20, 1900:
removed October 81. 1903.
las shown in Mr. Brfstow's report.
and as partially indicated by the ac-
tions in the several cases. these cases
show widely varying degrees of culpa-
bility.
Among outsiders, indictments have
also been found against:
III. ]. Barrett, formerly in the Post
office Department from May IL, 1889,
to September 20. 1893. and from June 1.
1897, to December 81. 1900; George E.
Green, Diller B. and Samuel A. Groff; ;
William C. Long. formerly in the Post
Office Department from April II. 1890,
to August 15. 1893: Isaac S. Mcclellan;
George II. Huntington; George e. Lor-
enz, formerly postmaster at Toledo.
Ohio. from August 3, 1886. to July 8,
1890; Martha ]. Lorenz; John T. Cup
per; II. C. Hallenbeck: w d. Dore-
mus; Eugene d. Scheble; William G..
Crawford, deputy auditor Postoffice De-
partment from June IL. 1893, to Sep
tember 15 1897: Maurice Runkle; Nor
man r. Metcalf; Leopold ]. Stern; Ed
mund II. briggs; George F. Miller; Jo-
seph NJ Johns.
Several OF the above have been in
dicted two. three. or five times each.
THE three chief offenders in the gov
ernment service were Tyner. Machen
and Beavers"
The Lamar register., 1903-12-02

Washington Nov. 30.-The report of
fourth Assistant Postmaster General
j. L. Bristow on the postal investiga-
tion has been made public. The evil
dence against alleged grating in the
departments was all made public at the
time of the exposures. The report OF
Mr.. Bristow is followed by a memoran-
dun by President Roosevelt, which Is
published for the first time.
In this document the President not
only names the accused and sum
marizes the charges against them. but
takes occasion to severely denounce
their work, saying that crimes of off,
cials deserve the severest punishment.
He says:
1.-The following is the list of the four
teen postoffice employees in the service
at the time this investigation was be-
gun. who are apparently most serious
ly implicated in the wrong-doing. to-
gether with the account of the steps
that have been taken by the govern
ment in each case and statement OF
the original appointment of each man
In the service.
("The case of ex-First Assistant Post
master Heath. who had left the service.
July 81 1900. is set forth in the report
VI MI DIlStoWJ
James N. Tyner, assistant attorney
general for Postoffice Department;
appointed special agent. Postoffice
Department March Z. 1861; with in
tervals of few years he has been in
the service ever since. and was post
master general under President
Grant for several months; he was re-
moved April 22. 1903; he has since
been indicted three times.
"a. w. Machen. general superintend-
ent free delivery system; appointed
clerk in postofIice at Toledo. Ohio.
March /. 1887; continuously in SER
vice ever since save for three years;
removed May 27, 1903; has since been
indicted fourteen times.
George w. Beavers. general superin-
tendent of salaries and allowances;
appointed to clerkship in New York
postoifice January. 1881. continuous
service ever since; resignation ac-
cepted to take effect March 81. 1903;
has since been indicted eight times.
James r. Metcalf, superintendent
money order system; appointed post
Office inspector February 2, 1882; has
been in postal service ever since; re-
moved June II, 1903; has been in
dicted once.
Daniel V. Miller. assistant attorney
Postofce Department: appointed
July /. 1902; removed May 25. 1903;
indicted once; after one mistrial was
retired and acquitted.
Louis Kempner. superintendent regis
try system; appointed clerk in New
4 =. 4 \ - A = 4 /. 4 q 4 :. =
The Lamar register., 1903-12-02
Strikers Denied an Injunction.

Trinidad. Nov. 29.-County Judge
Lindsey yesterday denied the applica-
ton of the United Mine Workers
for an injunction to restrain tho
Victor Fuel Company from preventing
them going through its towns. Hast
lngs and Delagua. Attorneys for the
strikers question the authority of the
court to dismiss the case. and this
will be brought at once before Judge
Nor.bcutt of the District Court.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-02
COAL MINERS VOTE TO RESUME
WORK in NORTHERN COLORADO

have returned to work and the operat-
ors determine the increased cost of
production under the new management.
John l.. Campbell at Lafayette re-
ceived the telegraphic message to settle
the strike at 2:27 yesterday afternoon.
This telegram read as follows:
Trinidad, Nov. 2S.-John l.. Camp
bell. for Local Union. Lafayette Colo
rado.-We. the undersigned. after a
careful discussion of the general situa-
ton. believe that it would be wise for
the men to accept the. scale offered to
them on November 2lst and return to
work next Monday. (Signed) John +.
Ream; William Howells: John Simp-
son; James Mooney; James Kennedy"
John F. Reams is the personal rep
resentative of President John Mitchell
of the United Mine Workers of America
and had been contending for a settle
ment of the troubles in the northern
coal fields ever since the operators con-
ceded all the demands of the miners.
William Howells is president of Dis
trict 10. and. with Mother" Jones, Wig
orously opposed the plan to return to
work and prevented the ending of the
strike a week earlier. Simpson is the
secretary of the District union, while
Mooney and Kennedy are national Or
ganiZers.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-02
Dreyfuss VIII Be Heard.

Paris. Nov 29.-The efforts of Alfred
Dreyfus to secure a judicial examina-
ton of his case have at last been
crowned with success. After examin-
ing the dossier in the case submitted to
him by General Andre, minister of war,
Minister of Justice Vale has transmit
ted that document. together with the
petion of NJ Dreyfus for a revis-
ion CT his sentence. to NJ. Durand. pres
ident Of commission instituted by the
ministry of justice. This commission
will pronounce upon the admissibility
of the request for the revision of the
sentence.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-02
No Need for Regulars.

Washington. Nov. 29.-Acting Adju-
tant General Hills yesterday received
a telegram from Major General Bates
commanding the Department of the
Lakes. saying that he has completed
his investigation of the labor troubles
in Colorado, and that he was about to
return TO his regular station at Chica-
GO He said that in his Judgment there
WIS nothing in the present situation
to call for the use of federal troops.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-02
Date for Cuban Bill Vote.

The Republican and Democratic lead
ers of the Senate held a conference on
the question of fixing a time for vote
on the Cuban reciprocity bill and, so
far as they were empowered to do So
entered into an agreement to take the
final vote December 10Th. or a little
more than a week after the convening &
OF the regular session of Congress-.
There was no opportunity to consu;
some of the Democratic senators WHO
desire to speak on the bill but it was
not doubted that they will assent to
the arrangement.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-02

We are a democratic and modest
people and therefore merely mention
the fact that the pallbearers at the
funeral of w. l.. EllSins represented
SO 900 900, 900. In some countries Civ
Ell to ostentation this would be played
up as a feature.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-02
Left Thirty-five Millions.

New York. Nov. 29.-The appraisal
of the estate of Coils P. Huntington.
who died August 13, 1900, shows that
he left a net real and personal estate
in this state valued at $2S.301.765.
The chief beneficiaries under the will
are Mrs. Huntington. whose share
amounts to s15.025. 600; He lry E. Hunt
ington. a nephew of Mr.. Huntington.
who receives s9.239.734; the Princess
Clara E. Hatfield, his adopted daugh-
ter. for whom $EOOO.O0G was left in
trust. and Archer NJ. Huntington. his
adopted son. who receives bequest of
$3.50. 900. besides contingent interest
in a portion of the estate.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-02
SANTOS pumont comina.

Paris. Nov 29.-Santos Dumont an
nounces that December 18th he will
start for New York. where he will ar
range for his participation in the aero
nautic competition to be held at the
st. Louis Exposition. Upon his return
to France he will conduct a series OF
experiments with view to solving
the question of equilibrium.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-02

Kaiser Wilhelm should rest assured
that. if he wishes to challenge, Uncle
Sam will find as much pleasure in
taking the cup away from aim as
from any one whom he happens just
now to call to mind.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-02

A Portland man has been cured Of
swearing through watching the peace
ful pigeons of the city. Let him never
attempt to cultivate garden or the
suburban chickens will undo all The
work of their cooling cousins.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-02

1t is not stated whether the Chicago
man who combined 1000 gallons of
cider with carbolic acid gas, old bot
ties and counterfeit labels, and sold
the produce to the Chicagoese for
champagne at 81 a quart. came origi-
naily from Connecticut.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-02

What seemed the utterly incredible
story that man had laughed himself
to death over joke in New York
theater is now explained. The joke
was told him behind the scenes by a
stage hand.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-02

Governor Ferguson of Oklahoma in
his annual report to the secretary of
the Interior, estimates the present pop
ulation of the territory at 900 and
the actual value of taxable property at
practically 100000, although only $S4,
1874. 472 is returned by the assessors for
1908. The territorial Indebtedness is
S461. .766.
Secretary Wilson has presented tc
the President and Cabinet specimens OF
fine dates grown in Arizona -Four
years ago one of the scientists of the
Department of Agriculture was sent
several hundred miles into the interior
of Africa. He discovered date palms
growing luxurianuy. A year ago the
department had several hundred of the
trees brought out to the coast through
the desert of Sahara and shipped to
this country. They were transplante5)
in specially cultivated land in Altoona.
Secretary Wilson pronounces the fruit
from the transplanted trees the finest
of its kind ever grown.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-02

German physician has discovered
that rheumatism is contagious and has
built an isolation hospital for his pa
tients. What he has discovered is
nothing new. All vice and all virtue
are contagious.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-02

1t appears that some of the men,
bers of the British parliament do not
know that New York state and New
York city are not one and the same
thing. And New York is so English.
too, don't you know!
The Lamar register., 1903-12-02
Riot of smelter Strikers.

Denver. Nov. 29.-Arger against the
strike breakers at Globeville, the site
of the Globe smelter heightened by a
mass meeting of the strikers wives
yesterday morning in Max Malichs sa-
loon at Globeville. and by the arrival
of forty strikers from the beet fields.
where they had been thrown out of
work. resulted yesterday evening at
5: 80 o'clock in a concentrated attack
on one of the wagons bringing men
employed at the smelter from their
work A general melee ensued, during
which Policeman Cannon, the only Of
ficer on the scene at the time, was held
by man. while woman filled his
eyes with red pepper. Peter Swanson.
a smelter employe, was dragged from
his bicycle and probably fatally beaten
and John Chopyack. striker. was
struck on the head by Sergeant Dougal
for resistance.
Seventeen arrests were made. Chief
of Police Armstrong stated last night
that as result of this riot and others
which have preceded it. all the saloons
in Globeville will be closed and the po-
lice force there will be increased to
nine men. The saloons are considered
as the hot-beds where trouble is in
cited.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-02

At Penrhyn in North Wales, WORK
men who struck three years ago have
just returned to work without obtain
ing a single concession from their
employer, Lord Penrhyn. Great suf-
fering among their families caused
the men to give up. The noble lord
probably considers this another tr-
umph for civilization
The Lamar register., 1903-12-02

Premier Balfour thinks there is no
danger of war between Russia and
Japan. In that case let's hurry and
get excited again over the situation in
the Balkans
The Lamar register., 1903-12-02

The cable Announces that Russia and
Japan have settled their differences.
This perhaps means that Russia
settles Manchuria and Japan settles
Corea.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-02

Still. in spite of all this unprece-
dented record breaking. it will prob
ably be some time before the one
minute horse gets here.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-02

Even IL the man in Washington
wanted to complain to the President
that he was being pursued by air
ships is right about it. Prof. Langley
can easily prove an alibi.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-02

A Cleveland company proposes to
insure bank depositors against loss.
Is not this rather an uncertain way
TO increase the stability of our finan-
cial institutions?
The Lamar register., 1903-12-02

When Paris apes Newport by doing
''smart set" honors to trained
monkey imitation ceases to be fiat
terry.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-02

All the newspapers in New York but
one supported Low, but the one mod
cstly remarks that 1t has more readers
than all the others put together.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-02

The nature of the compromise" in
the Alaskan boundary decision ap-
pears to be that the United States got
the hide and Canada the tail.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-02

Prince Cupid says that the way to
pronounce his name is "KaEe-auy-o-a-
Ia" 1t sounds good deal like a col
lege yell.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-02

The people of Boston want their
harbor made wider. But that would
only make it easier for the cnemy's
war ships to get in.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-02

Another girl has found husband
by writing her name on an egg. That's
cheaper than paying railway fare out
TO Seattle.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-02

Any automobile can be stopped IN
its own length, If what it runs into
is strong enough
The Lamar register., 1903-12-02

1T takes a mighty good memory"
remarked the philosopher. ito be able
to forget the things one don't want
to remember"
The Lamar register., 1903-12-02

three times may he a pessimist now,
but he wasn't little while ago.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-02

About the only open-work stockings
that are being worn now are those
that need to be darned.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-02

After having observed the conduct
of the New York women at a swell
wedding it seems only fair to take
back some of the hard things that
have oeen said about football games
The Lamar register., 1903-12-02

The man who writes sixteen.page
love letters before he is married thinks
a ten-word telegram is very long after
ward.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-02

1t is Just like mother to do her
sons problems in algeria for him, and
then to be proud of him for it.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-02

johannesburg. Transvaal, Nov. 20
Prince Arthur of Connaught. who is
a lieutenant of hussars. is suffering
from dysentery and is in the military
hospital at Krugersdorp.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-02

And the man who paid 5000 for a
first edition of Shelley in London is
named Wise.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-02

All a person has to do with his
troubles these days is to get outdoors
and forget them.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-02

Thinking about work is enough to
make some people tired.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-02

A soft answer turneth away wrath,
and sometimes bill collectors.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1903-12-25
MONEY IN THE SCRAP HEAP
An Economy Intro, 80 - he Rail-
roads " hich saves lIia..sSnas
of Dollars Yearly.

Many thousands of dollars are saved
70 the railroad companies each year by
detailing men 10 look after and care for
their scrap. the pieces of iron and steel
thar fall of moving cars. that come
from abandoned machinery or from
broken pieces Of equipment. says the
New York Sun
Almost al of the big transportation
companies in the United States main
tain what they call scrap departments.
AT two or three points on The road. GEN
orally whore there are any construction
or extensive repair shops this scrap is
gathered from all paris of the system.
One OF the duties of the track walkers
1nd,repair uancs IS 70 picI, az, and throw
n little heaps along the track all bits
Of iron and steel that may Dc found
s!oas the right OF way or that may be
left wherever any piece of work is com
lletd. Al Irregular intervals a scrap
rain is sent oger the road Tor The pur-
1ose of gathering up these oCGs and
uGs They are taken 10 he gathering
'oinf and there carefully sorted.
Some Ingenious mechanics have de-
ised machinery TO separatc and handle
these scraps After being run through
sort Of hopper tina; divides ths snail
and the large from the other different
sizes. men are put u work 20 pick ont
from The various heaps what NAV again
be utilized Bolts. nuts bars. couplings
and the like. which may be used aeain
are laid aside. later TO be turned again
or worked over for further use Tho
refuse. amounting 10 thousands OF
pounds. is shipped 10 some iron works
that has contract with the company
for using all mis- waste iron and steel.
This plan Of Systematically caring for
he waste iron of railroads is of recent
origin IL is one really OF slow growth
or course. pieces of iron and stcsl. waste
material or the refuse of shops or wrecks
have been taken care OF for years. hut
only in a desultory and haphazard way
Il has remained for modern manage
men;. which is directed eternally 20 dis
covering little. new economies Of opera
ton. 10 unearth this novel idea of say.
ing money
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1903-12-25
soMz FOR THE BUFFALO.
Tor tbe setting Aside of "a Vast
Came Preserve in okiahoma
IL Made.

before il IS too late il weuld be well
for the people OF Oklahona 10 interest
themselves il the scheme q establish q
h;s game reserve il the Wichita noun
Inns saws the Kansas oty Journal.
mere is a great forest Eserye in the
hfns of southwestern Oklabma set aside
~ qoperess many years 40. Il contains
$3.50 acre. of land eXce4nuy adapted
for the big and little gamS hich former
I, was SO plentiful IN Aiorica There
are broad pastures in us reserve and
thlckets of scrub oak, peavy timber.
clear and ever living steams Of water
and rocky Businesses. Vegetation IS
abundant: the climate isaiubrlous. Ap-
,,rently nature has donets best 10 make
tbese 50 600 acres a corenial haunt for
same animals and a @nd. attractive
park for sp0rtsmen annie seekers after
rest and recreation.
MANY of th, bea. t7nd birds which
abounG,d in plain anG'oOd in this coun-
try 4 short time aso fe doomed 20 ar
,arly extinction unlk the state and
federal eoNenmontAake the proper
steps TO assure prolti0n Except for
the few head stiil mainins ~ public
or private rcser,atiis. the buffalo har
been practically VIII out Of existence.
For some naccq table reason civil
iyation took pr.tice TO this noble
animal. It's valuNa, never given q
| fair test until win recent years. Ii
has now been fourlhat the buffalo pro
pagates quickly. sws rapidly is hardy
! and self-susiainiIupon the plains. its
| hide makes fine ither and its flesh is
equal in flavor . strength given quail
titles TO that of binary beef In fact
the buffalo is : native cattle OF thu
country. lust ahe Herefords. the Cal
lowavs and thdOlsteins are the native
cattle Of Euro.
The bufalOa docile creature. easily
domesticatedi ID very probably had We
not been so Ached by custom TO Eu-
ronean thin9e should have developed
il into the tIlar beef producer OF this
country. Vrever it has been inter
| bred with bestic cattle. an improved
product hFesulted. more able 10 re-
.ist diseaAnd Withstand the inclem-
| encies Of lerican weather
The chipurpOse of the men who are
living have the Wichita forest re-
We tuid into a game preserve Is 10
ACE where the remnants ofthC
IS can be collected and saved
aination. II is TO be hoped
obtain favorable action
S in ala of this laudable