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The Holly chieftain., 1903-01-09
REPORT FROM
GOVERNOR TAFT

Washington. Jan. 5.-The annual re-
port OF the Philippine commission and
a separate report by Gov. w. II. Taft,
made public at the War Department to-
day, gives a review of the results dur
ing the year of the work Of the commits
sion and contains recommendations for
legislative action by Congress deemed
essential to the welfare OF the islands.
The Moros, he says, do not under
stand popular government and do not
desire it, preferring control by the dat
tos. Possibly far in the future he
says, control by the 'dattos may
cease. For the present, however, 1t Is
necessary only to provide strong but
sympathetic government for these FOL
lowers Of Mohammed."
Governor Taft tells of the conditions
that have made the islands purchase
about SIS. 600 900 of food and of the ef-
fects war has had upon agriculture, al
most the only source of wealth in the
islands. The greatest blow to agricul-
ture. he says, is the destruction OF
about ninety per cent. of water buffalo,
on which the cultivation of rice is al
most wholly dependent. After speaking
of the rayages of Asiatic cholera, Gov
ernor Taft says:
THE bane of Philippine civilization
IN the past was ladronism and the pres
ent conditions are most favorable Tor
its growth and maintenance. 1t is not
certain whether in the depressed state
of agriculture with the temptations to
ladronism, that the constabulary Will
be able without the assistance OF the
military to stamp 1t Out"
Since the civil government was COM
pletely established in the Philippine
provinces throughout the archipelago
in July of last year, the governor says
an American soldier has not been called
on once to fire gun, the country hav-
ing been policed by the constabulary,
force of five or six thousand men.
at may be-" says Governor Taft,
that as the conditions grow worse. for
they are likely to do SO before they
grow better. 1t will be necessary in a
province like Cavite, where ladronism
seems inbred in the people. to proclaim
martial law and even to call in the mil
itary finally to suppress 1t, but 1t Is still
hoped that this may be avoided"
The ladrones OF lloilo are character
lied as an organized band of cattle
thieves They are being rapidly stamped
out. Governor Taft says that unless
water buffalo can be replaced or other
methods Of agriculture substituted
which will prevent these animals being
indispensable hereafter. the future for
several years has a gloomy outlook.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-01-09
-Four convicts Pardoned.

Denver, Jan. IA long list of ap-
plications for pardon was presented to
the board of pardons at its meeting
last night. Four pardons were grant
ed. William P. Kinnaird was par
doned after having served nine of the
ten years of his sentence. He was
sentenced from Ell Paso county when
twenty-one years old, charged with
placing spikes on track with the
intention of wrecking freight train.
Though convicted he has steadily pro-
tested his innocence.
AS soon as he receives the pardon
which was granted him last night,
George Burgess will be taken from
the penitentiary and placed in a Sol
diers' home in an eastern state Bur
CESS, who is seventy years old, was
sentenced in 1899 from Fremont coun.
ty charged with murder.
Because the police and detectives
believe him innocent, T. J. Carr. SEN
fenced from Arapahoe to from four
to five years for burglary. was par
doned. Carr was sentenced December
81, 1901.
After serving one of the five months
OF his sentence Joseph Shields has
been pardoned. Shields was accused
of assault. He was pardoned at the
request Of the trial judge.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-01-09
Denver University Fund.

Denver, Jan. 5.-Eastern dispatches
in regard to the great Methodist $780,
900 900 jubilee fund having led many
to suppose that the University of Den
yer is about to receive special dona-
tion from that fund, Bishop Warren
has published the following letter:
For the sake of perfect clarity OF
statement permit me a word concern
ing the dispatch from Springfield,
Massachusetts, in reference to the
$50. 100000 thank Offering fund and its
relation to the University Of Denver.
There Is no general fund to be dis
tributed, but each institution has gone
In to collect what 1t could for itself.
THE University of Denver owed, a
year ago, 315O,O00. To entirely relieve
1t Of that incubus Mrs. Warren offered
TO give $25,O0O mot $75,000) and Of
fered to give $4,000 and raise 100000
outside of Colorado. This money has
been waiting a long time for all Colo
RADIO to pay the remaining $4,000.
twenty-five thousand Is yet lacking to
make up the amount. 1t Is confidently
expected that the friends Of education
will soon make a red letter day for
the university, by issuing a proclama-
tion of Its emancipation from that
debt. HENRY W. WARREN"
The Holly chieftain., 1903-01-09
LAMAR SURE OF A
SUGAR FACTORY

Denver. Jan. GA Lamar special to
the Republican last night says:
A sugar factory for Lamar for the
season Of 1804.is now assured. The
organization Of the company was COM
pleted to-day by electfng A. e. Bent
president, w. c. Gould hrst vice presi-
dent. N. B. Novels second vice presi-
dent. L. Writ Markham secretary and
G. G. Huddleston treasurer. Three
eastern companies have made PROPOSE
tions to build factory for the 1904
crop. and two more have notified the
Lamar people that their propositions
will be laid before them In o few days.
One Of the five propositions will be ac-
cepted by the local company and pre-
paratiOns begun at once for the erec-
ton OF the factory.
Arrangements are being made by To-
cal contractors to manufacture the
large quantity of brick which will be
needed in the buildings. A large acre
age OF new ground will be placed under
cultivation near Lamar this season
with the special object of getting the
ground In condition for the growing
Of sugar beets next year. The acreage
already In beets here ,is sufficient to
support factory, but It can be doubled
easily.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-01-09

Denver. Jan. 6.-The sixth biennial
report Of the State Board of Charities
and Correction was filed yesterday
with Governor Orman. The report
makes numerous recommendations for
legislative action. it advises per diem
instead OF a stated salary as at present
for boards of control, trustees and com
missioners of the various institutions.
1t asks special appropriation for the
improvement of the sanitary conditlon
of the Soldiers and Sailors Home. and
commends the work for the School for
Deaf and Blind. 1t recommends new
hospital for the insane to be built in
the northern part of the state. and for
that reason does not recommend the
buildings asked for by the lunacY COM
mission at Pueblo. for male patients,
but does ask for $50, 900 for the compile
ton of the building for women patients
at Pueblo 1t recommends an appro-
priation of $1SO.O00 for maintenance OF
the Pueblo asylum, besides one OF $685.
600 for repairs and improvements. 1t
urges also a general revision OF the
laws relating to the commitment and
discharge of insane patients.
The board asks that 100000 be ap-
propriated for the State Home for De
pendent Children, $4,000 of which
shall be put into permanent buildings.
1t asks that $52,700 be given to the In
dustrial School for Girls.
In reference to the Industrial School
for Boys the board suggests that Wig
orous. central, authoritative admins
tration of the institution is required
An appropriation of 5000 is recon-
mended with which to purchase fifty
acres of adjoining land for garden;
$4,000 for running expenses. and $25,-
900 for permanent Improvements.
With reference to the reformatory
at Buena Vista the board said:
I'VE desire to renew what we said
two years ago regarding the unsatis-
factory conditions of this institution.
1t is in no sense reformatory and
until 1t can be organized on proper
basis we cannot recommend additional
appropriations for buildings. There
fore. the only recommendations that
we would make at this time regarding
appropriations is that a maintenance
fund of 100000 be granted and an ad-
The Holly chieftain., 1903-01-09

enough to lay eighty miles Of track.
The company expects the grading con-
tractors to have made sufficient prog
ress by the opening of spring to permit
track laying. This will be begun at
Leyden Junction the present terminus
OF that portion Of the road already
built. Further grading contracts 1t is
expected will be let before spring. and
the rest Of the steel rails will be ready
in time for use upon this extension.
Several of the principal steel COM
panies Of the country offered to furnish
the company with rails. and, it is said.
there was active competition in the ef-
fort to get the order. The Colorado
Fuel and Iron Company is furnishing
the greater portion OF trackage ma
terial for other western roads which
enter Colorado
The rail specified by the construc-
tion company in the contract is the
heaviest used by railroads in the coun-
try, and Is similar to that which the
Denver & Rio Grande Is using in relay
ing the tracks on the main lines of the
system and In replacing the narrow
gauge. Transcontinental roads running
into Denver use somewhat lighter
rail.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-01-09
STEEL RAIL CONTRACTS LET
FOR EIGHTY MILES OF TRACK

Denver, Jan 6.-The Colorado-Utah
Construction Company, which is build
ing the Moffat road, yesterday let a
contract for 10000 tons of eighty
pound steel rails for use on the first
division of the road now under con-
struction. The contract was awarded
to the Colorado Fuel and Iron Com
pany, and under its terms the rails are
to be delivered at any time when called
for by the construction company, with
in this year, the first delivery to be
made in April. The contract price was
not stated, but is understood to be in
the neighborhood of 100000. The
present market price for steel rails is
from $2S to $50 a ton.
The letting of this contract marks
the second step In the 1903 compaign of
the new route. Operations under the
grading contracts let for the first thir-
ty-six miles of the road began with the
opening of the new year. and the cir
cumstances surrounding the letting of
yesterdays contract for rails show
what progress the road builders expect
to make during the ensuing twelve
months.
The rails contracted for are about
The Holly chieftain., 1903-01-09
Catholic. Mus. Us. til. Courts.

Manila. Jan. 5.-Solicitor General
Arenota, in a written opinion. sustains
Governor Taft's contention that he Is
not in position to intervene regard
ing the possession of Roman Catholic
property seized by Independent Cath.
olics. and that the courts must settle
the question.
The adherents of the Independent
Catholic church have seized several
churches and convents, and In some
instances native parish priests have
seeded. continuing In possession of
the churches and have defed the new
pastors appointed by the Roman Cath.
Ole authorities. Archbishop Guidi,
papal delegate, has formally requested
Governor Taft to dispossess the inde-
pendent Catholics and restore the Ro-
man Catholics. and to use the con-
stabulary in SO doing. II necessary.
But the governor has declined to do
80. holding that such action Is beyond
the powers Of the executive. ="
The Holly chieftain., 1903-01-09
DEMOCRATS PLAN
TO RETALIATE

Denver, Jan. 4-The following res
oution was unanimously adopted last
night by the Democratic state central
committee:
Be it unanimously resolved. by the
Democratic state central committee OF
the state of Colorado, that it is the
duty of the Democratic party and of
its senators and representatives to re-
sort to all means within their power,
and to utilize all the authority given
by the constitution and the laws, to
neutralize and defeat the pending Re-
publican conspiracy to overthrow the
Democratic majority on joint ballot
in the Fourteenth General Assembly.
Resolved further, that inasmuch as
the said majority cannot be over
thrown save by the arbitrary exercise
of the right to unseat members of the
House of Representatives. 1t is our
opinion that 1t is the right and duty
of the Senate to utilize the same con-
stitutional right and authority to re-
store the equilibrium.
Resolved further, that a standing
committee of ten be appointed by this
committee to represent and act for it
in conjunction with our senators and
representatives at all times, hereby
clothing it with all the power and au-
thority of the committee in the prem
ises.
Resolved further, that said commit
tee be authorized to prepare and pub
lish in the name of the central COM
mittee an address to the people OF this
state, giving the reasons and causes
for our said action.
Resolved further. that all Democratic
senators and representatives be re-
quested to meet and appoint special
committee to act with our said special
committee. with all convenient speed,
to determine II possible upon some
general course of action.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-01-09
SUICIDE OF PRESIDENT ROBIN
OF THE BANK OF S[LVERTON

The only opinion entertained to-
night is that Mr. Robin was insane.
Cause for his arrangement is not ap-
parent, unless it be ascribed to worry
over expenses OF the past year, with
reduction of income, and as climax.
failure to carry out the financial
scheme to which he had devoted his
whole energy.
The venture in which MIR. Robin was
wrapped up was the development and
sale of his Silver Ledge mine to the
Guggenheim syndicate. During the
past year Mr. Robin had spent $4,000.
practically all his available cash. in
the erection of mill and extensive de-
velopment OF the Silver Ledge, which
he counted his largest asset. His plan
was to make great showing and eff
feet sale to the Guggenheims. This
transfer was thought to have been ar
ranged. when the prospective purchas-
ers sent an engineer to make final
report. This is said to have been ad-
verse and negotiations were terminal
ed
The Silver Ledge mill began opera
tions to-day upon the vast ore reserves
of the mine The mill cost 100000 and
it is estimated that the ore in sight is
sufficient to keep it running for years.
Conservative mining men rate the
property as the most valuable asset OF
the Robin estate Though the profit
will not be large, it is considered a
sure money maker.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-01-09
REPORT OF IRISH
LAND CONFERENCE

London, Jan. 6.-The Irish land con-
ference issued a voluminous report Of
its deliberations. in which 1t Is de-
clared that the. only satisfactory set
tlement of the existing land question
is the substitution of an occupying. or
proprietary ownership of land for the
existing dual ownership. As the pro
cess of direct state interference In
purchase and resale would be gener-
ally tedious and unsatisfactory, there.
fore, except where owners or half oc.
cupiers SO desire and except in those
districts under the congested districts
board, the report recommends that
the settlement should be made be-
tween the owner and the occupier sub
ject to the necessary investigation by
the state as to title, rent and security.
The report emphasizes the desira-
bility Of inducing landlords to con-
tinue to reside in Ireland. and with
this purpose in view 1t says an equi-
table price should be paid to owners.
based upon income, and that provision
ought to be made for the resale to
owners of mansion houses and de-
mesnes. The purchase price should
either be assurance by the state Of
such income. or the payment of cap
ital sum producing 1t at three per
cent or three and one-fourth per cent.
II guaranteed by the state tenants re.
payments should be expended for q
term Of years. securing reduction OF
from fifteen to twenty-five DER cent,
on rents. To do this may involve
some assurance from the state beyond
the use Of its credit, and the report
considers that such assistance would
be justified fully in the future welfare
Of Ireland and the settlement Of this
vexed nroblem.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-01-09

Denver. Jan. "A Republican spe-
cial from Silverton yesterday says:
At Z O'Clock this morning the body
of James II. Robin. president of the
Bank of Silyerton. was discovered by
the train crew of the early freight
from Durango. when it stopped Tor va
ter al the tank. three miles south OF
Silyerton. 1t was lying on the bank
not far from the track, with bullet
hole in the temple. .4l-callber re-
yolyer. the property of Cashier Mum
dee of the bank. which had been
missed since Mr.. Robin disappeared
Thursday night, was still clutched IN
the right hand.
The train crew came to Silverton
and notified Acting Coroner w. D..
Watson. who brought the body here
and held an inquest. The jury re-
turned verdict that Mr.. Robin COM
mit,ed suicide.
B. B. Calvin. the bank cashier who
represented depositors in an examina-
ton Of the books of the bank OF Silver
ton, as well as Cashier and Secretary
Mundee, announced tonight that de
positors will be paid dollar for dollar.
Deposits amount to approximately
$3.50 900. and of this amount, 1t is an
nounced, eighty per cent. can be paid
on demand from the cash available
II is expected that receiver VIII be
appointed and the bank reopened i'm
mediately.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-01-09
WyomIna sh.ep Men E.eit.a.

Omaha, Neb.. Jan. CA special to
the World-Herald from Cody. Wyo-
ming. says the sheepmen OF that vicin-
ity are up In arms over the creation
OF forest reserve embracing fully
one-seventh Of the area Of the state.
To prevent the sheep from reach
Ing the grazing grounds In the re-
serves the rock trails along the sides
OF the canons have been blasted away
BY the government agents :.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-01-09

Miss Martha Hoy is to marry Mr..
Pierre Rogeskvensky. second secre-
tary of the Russian embassy. After
that it will take her good deal long
er than it does now to write her
name.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-01-09

John l.. Sullivan says that he has
spent million dollars in his lifetime
and doesn't regret cent of It, And
yet some of 1t has been spent In a
way that the next morning usually
brings r.. Z. Morse.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-01-09

The superior Boston Herald permits
itself sneer at Western ideals.
Well, anyway, those ideals reach high
er than a welI-flled platter Of we'll
baked beans.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-01-09

The North Carolina minister who
has Just died, with record Of having
married more than 200 eloping
couples, made a lot Of happiness or a
lot OF misery, whichever way you look
at it.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-01-09

And now it is asserted that the
plumbers have formed trust. This
is the first time the public has sus-
pected that the plumbers did not al
ready possess the earth and the full
ness thereof.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-01-09

Don't go to sleep with the gas
turned down to a tiny fame. II the
pressure is reduced, as it often is, the
gas is likely to go out, and you may
not wake up again.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-01-09

The statement is cabled that King
Leopold's assailant is to be prose-
cuted on two counts. A considerable
weight of public opinion would be in
favor OF making one of the counts
that he is such bad shot.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-01-09

John D Rockefeller is making a
beautiful Italian garden for his wife
on the new River View boulevard in
New York He is not doing the work
himself.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-01-09

A Brooklyn man, after the death
Of his second wife, has just gone back
and married the first, from whom he
vas divorced. Sometimes experience
makes the heart grow fonder.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-01-09

A New Jersey justice Of the peace
has decided that there is no law to
keep a woman from talking in her own
home. Now will the man Of the house
ever be able to get another word in
eGgeways?
The Holly chieftain., 1903-01-09
Venezuelan Revolution Dang erous.

Willemstad. Jan. 5.-The forces Of
the revolutionists are advancing In
three columns on General Castro's
army. At La Guayra there is already
much suffering and hunger and those
who can are fleeing before the ad-
vance guard Of the rebellion.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-01-09

France is going to substitute the au-
tomobile for the locomotive on the
railways. The change is warranted
by the respectable fatality record of
the horseless machines.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-01-09

1t win be pretty hard 10 get peo.
pie who like huckwheat, cakes and
sausage to take up the no-breakfast
fad.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-01-09

Roland Molineux is said to be writ
ing a book. When man begins to go
wrong there seems TO be no escape
from the pen.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-01-09

The Mad Mullah was assassinated
while he was kneeling in prayer An
otner boost for the atheists.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-01-09

Spain is trying 10 buy more wal
ships. Spain must have money u
burn and blow up.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-01-09

The boy who never cared to shove
snow didn't grow up and become
trust magnate.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-01-09

Perhaps it is unnecessary to men
ton it, but experience has shown that
it is easier TO keep cider sweet than
it is to keep sweet cider,
The Holly chieftain., 1903-01-09

King Edward is much inclined tc
take of his coat and show the boys
how to run an empire.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-01-09

The man who doesn't believe in hid.
ing his light under bushel usually
feels that a busael isn't large enough
to hide it.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-01-09

The bears that kept out OF range OF
President Rooseyelts rifle have much
to be thankful for, even ii they don't
know IL
The Holly chieftain., 1903-01-09

Sinking the Venezuela toy navy
promises to live in history side by side
with the bombardment which killed
the mule at Matanzas.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-01-09

In addition to furnishing most of the
armor plate used by other nations,
America keeps the world well supplied
with corsets.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-01-09

King Leopold is about due for an
other scandal of some kind.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-01-09

DR.. Lorenz has cured case of "wry
neck" Not even the Austrian special
ist, however, can cure the rubber
neck"
The Holly chieftain., 1903-01-09

There Is a new counterfeit bin out,
but many OF us are not worrying at
Gil about Ii.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-07-25
CLUB CHAT.

The presence OF number OF women
at o recent meeting OF the city council
OF Pittsburg was something OF an inno-
walton The knowledge that the women
were wen yersed In parliamentary law
r. said TO have been somewhat discon-
certlng, and the acting chairman was
thrown into confusion when several
points OF order were raised. The wo-
men made some rather pointed criti-
Csms OF the proceedings, They were
members Of a patriotic society which Is
interested in the preservation OF the
land around Fort puquesne site.
As a resul, Of garden party given
by the Era club OF Pittsburg, the fol
lowing committees engaged In civic en-
terprises under the direction OF the
civic club Of Allegheny county were
benefited Juvenile court committee,
500. tenement house committee, $50
streets and sewers $40; consumers
league. S25. Fairgrounds and vacation
schools. $50, smoke abatement commit
tee, $40. public baths, SIS: library, $40
An excellent example OF energy ana
good Judgment IN distribution
The swinging sign Of the old Hancock
Tavern In Boston, which bears the por-
trait OF Governor Hancock, has been
loaned TO the Bostonian society ana
now hangs In its rooms In the old state
House. Hancock Tavern II soon TO be
torn down to make way for a modern
business building.