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The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-17
KANSAS WOULD
COMPROMISE SUIT

Topeka, July BE. S. Ashbaugh
and Senator F. D. Smith. Kansas attor-
neys in the irrigation suit against Colo
RADIO to enjoin that state from the use
of the waters of the Arkansas river, are
in Denver trying to compromise the
suit. If their negotiations fail, they
will use the information they gain in
filing a new bill of particulars in the
United States Supreme Court.
Through an agreement made some
time ago. no attempt is made to hinder
the Kansas representatives from OBJ
tanning information in their suit A
similar courtesy is extended to Colo
RADIO attorneys in Kansas.
Both Mr.. Ashbaugh and Mr.. Smith
are inclined to the opinion that the
water suit should be compromised. Mr..
Smith is out there for the purpose of
seeing what can be done in regard to
building irrigation reservoirs. 1t is pos
sible that the Supreme Court may hold
unat such reservoirs should be built. as
a means of compromising the pending
litigation.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-17
Colorado Man in Boston.

Boston, July 13.-Interviews pub
lished here yesterday with leading ed
ucators at the just closed convention
of the National Educational Associa-
ton. contain some juicy opinions Of
Boston.
Said Zachariah Nenophon Snyder,
president of the Colorado State Nor
nal school at Greeley:
ut is difficult for me to say what
particular civic feature of Boston has
impressed me most strongly, but l
think that the one which, perhaps, at
tracted my attention first, and caused
me to remark upon it. is the cleanli-
ness of Boston streets.
1.-TWO other things have also greatly
impressed me. The politeness of your
car conductors and motormen and po-
licemen. and the absence of offensive
evidence of liquor selling"
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-17
Colorado Range Outlook.

It has been the general impression
that Colorado would have but light
run from the ranges in this state this
season. This idea has been based
upon the fact that the run last year
was exceedingly heavy and the winter
was long and hard, In addition to this
there were comparatively few cattle
sent into the western part of this
state this season. However. reports
coming from the western part of the
state from those who have been in
vestigating, would indicate that the
run will be nearly, if not quite, as
heavy this fall as last. While the run
last fall was heavy. it was not nearly
as heavy at it might have been if the
railroads could have taken care of the
cattle. This season the grass is good
and larger percentage of the cat
tie will be fit for beef than usual. On
top Of this there is none too much hay
In sight anywhere and majority of
the cattlemen are preparing to ship
out as closely as possible.
One feature indicated is an unusual
~ large number of cows~for'slaugfter. er.
The exact cause of this is not clear.
but there seems to be disposition to
clean up all the old stock this season
and by December there will be fewer
cattle in western Colorado than there
have been in yearS
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-17
Booker Washington's Views.

Atlanta. Ga, July 14.-Booker r.
Washington last night addressed an
immense audience at the Peoples Tab
ernacle on the thirty-siXth anniversary
of the First Congregational Church
(colored). Mr.. Washington spoke in
part as follows:
"The time has come. here in the
South. when believe the very highest
type of southern white men and women
are going more and more to take a
hand in the elevation Of the blacks at
their DOORS Whites and blacks are to
reside together in this country perma-
nently. and we should lose no opportu-
nifty to cultivate in every manly way
the greatest harmony between the
races. Whoever. North or South, black
or white, stirs up strife needlessly, by
word or deed. is an enemy to both
races and to his country"
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-17
THE BIG ENDEAVOR
= TENT BLOWN DOWN

Denver, July 14.-Without mo-
ment's warning yesterday afternoon
the great Tent Endeavor was blown
down at 4:10 o'clock. The most re-
markable feature of the disaster is that
no one was seriously hurt. At the
time the tent collapsed there were
fully 5000 people under it. When the
wind came up from the West they
were listening to Rev. S. J. Horsefield
of Bristol. Eng. who was telling what
America might learn from England.
The bell was rung as soon as the wind
sprang up and the ushers were at their
places in moment to pull up the sides
of the tent. but it was too late, and
before an attempt was made to pull up
the sides the tent had fallen and the
thousands were buried under the folds
of canvas.
Percy Foster. the leader of the sing
ing, held his place on the platform and
shouted to the people to keep their
seats and be calm, and he was ably as
sisted by others on the platform and
throughout the assembly.
Fourteen were more or less injured
and taken to the hospital tent, but it
was found that no one had been even
seriously hurt. Mrs. Thornberg of Den
Yer, living at 1926 South Fourteenth
street, received the worst injuries. She
was hit across the forehead by one of
the. electric lights as it fell. A few
stitches had to be taken in the wound,
but she was able to go home in a car
riage and will recover in a few days.
Others were more frightened than in
jured. All either went home in a car
riage or were taken to their homes or
rooming places.
The tent was valued at about $4,000
and the loss will be heavy.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-17
DEATH OF R.W. WOODBURY., PUBLIC
SPIRITED DENVER PIONEER

for a large public library in Denver.
During the Civil War General Wood
bury was captain in the Third New
Hampshire infantry and won honor
able distinction.
Coming to Colorado in the spring of
1866, General Woodbury. was first at
tracted to the mining regions, and will
ling to take the first employment
which came to hand. he engaged in
placer work in the go!d-bearing
gulches of Summit county and re-
mained for several months in that sit
uation. Leaving the diggings in the
fall of that year. he came down to
Golden and worked as a composltor on
the Transcript. then recently started,
and later in the same capacity on the
Denver Daily Tribune in the beginning
of its brilliant career. In short time
General Woodbury. became local editor
Of the Tribune and later was managing
editor and part proprietor of tht paper.
He continued as manager until the
end of 1871, when he sold his interest
and in the summer of 1872 purchased
the Denver daily Times, which Sas
started originally as a theater pro-
gramme and was not only small al
fair, but reflected much of the crudity
of the early typographical art in the
far West But General Woodbury.
built the little sheet into one OF the
most influential papers of its time. and
remained its proprietor and manager
until 1882.
General Woodbury. was elected pres
ident of the Union Bank of Denver in
the fall of 1856 and continued as its
chief officer up to the time of the panic
of 1893, when, by force OF circum-
stances unforeseen by the wisest nm
anciers of the country, that institution
was forced to succumb to rae tide OF
disaster which engulfed seven out OF
the eleven national banks of Denver.
At the time of his death, General
Woodbury. was president of the Cali
fornia Eastern Railway Company. and
president of the Cochiti Reduction and
Improvement Company OF Denver.
which owns rich properties In New
Mexico.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-17
Condition, July 1st:

The average condition of w.lter
wheat on July 1st was 1873 as com
pared with S2.2 last month. II on July
J.. 1902, SS.3 on July !, 1901, and
ten-year average of 1872
The average condition Of spring
wheat on July 1st was S2.5, as com
pared with 95.9 last month, 92.4 on
July !, 1902. 95.G on. july |. 1901. and
4 ten-year average of $50
The average condition on July 1st
Of spring and winter wheat combined
was so as compared with. S2.9 on July
1, 1902. and GIL on July l, 1901.
The amount of grain in the hands of
farmers on July 1st is estimated at
about 42,500,000 bushels. equivalent to
about SO per cent. of the crop of last
year.
The average condition of the oat
crop on July 1st was S4.3:as compared
with s5.5 one month ago, 92.l on July
l. 1902, s3.7 on July /. 1901, and ten
year average of SIS.
The average condition of barley is
86.8 against 91.5. one month ago, 93.7'
on July /, 1902, 91.3.
At the corresponding date in 1901,
and ten-year average of 1913
lie average COuulllpu VI NlnleT rye
Is 90,2 on July l., 1902. 93.6 at the cor
responding date in 1901, and ten
year average of $50:
The average condition of spring rye
Is 88.3 as compared with 1913 on July
1, 1902, 933 at the corresponding date
in 1901 and a ten-year average of S7.5.
The acreage of flax is about 500, 900
acres, or 1875 per cent. less than that
Of last year, and the condition is SG2
The acreage of tobacco is about
1000 acres, or OF per cent. greater
than that of last year, and the CON
dition is S5.1.
The acreage of potatoes. excluding
sweet potatoes, is about $4,000 acres
or 1.6 per cent. less than that of last
year The average condition of pota-
toes on July LIST was SSl as compared
with 92.9 on July /, 1902. S7.4 at the
corresponding date in 1901, and a ten
year average of 92.6.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-17
Terrible Floods in SiIesia.

Berlin. July 14-The highest floods
known IN the region for many years
are reported from Silesa Nearly the
whole town of Troppau was under wa
Ter The crops of the entire district
were destroyed and traffic at several
points interrupted. owing to the de-
struc.lon of bridges and embankments.
In the Sudeten valley all the villages
We're flooded so rapidly that 30 of the
inhabitants were drowned. Fifty houses
were destroyed. Even the town of Bres-
lau is reported to be in danger and the
hremen have been called out to repair
the dykes protecting the city from the
overflowing river Oder. Terrible hail
storms have devastated the country
along the lower Rhine. The damage to
TO the wine crop is incalculable. Sew
eral persons were killed by lightning.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-17
GEORGE GOULD PREDICTS THAT
PRESENT PROSPERITY WILL LAST

with which to keep affairs moving for
a year or more.
He said reports he had received dur
ing his tour Of inspection were very
encouraging, more so in Pittsburg than
in any other section. While he had
been acquainted in manner with the
resources of this territory, he now be-
gins to realize that they were greater
than he had ever known. Talks he
had with manufacturers, especially
those in the coal, coke and steel indus
tries, led him to believe it will require
several years before the demand for
improvements and extensions ceases.
Continuing, he said 81 can not
agree with tinanciers who believe that
the nation has reached its zenith OF
prosperity. There is much work to
be done and it is only by travelling
over the country that the enormous
undertakings which, together with the
smaller ones that must necessarily be
overlooked, impress one with the mag
nitude of the work to be done"
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-17
GLOBE SHELTER
RESUMES SLOWLY

Denver, July 1.-THE union leaders
now say that furnaces of the Globe
plant are frozen so seriously that
weeks will be required to clear them
OF the Stag. The tops of the roasters,
declare the former employees. cracked
open when they cooled. and the tops,
fell in. The leaders of the union say
also that bricklayers will be required
TO rebuild the roasters, and that non
union bricklayers cannot be secured to
do the work, while union bricklayers
will never accept the employment while
the smeltermen are on strike THE re-
construction of the roasters and the
chiseling out OF the furnaces will re
quire fully three months" said a vet
eran smelterman last night. even when
as large forces of men as can be oper-
ated are secured by the company"
Carpenters union No 55 last night
passed resolutions indorsing the smell
termens S strike and assuring the metal
lllerous miners support financially and
morally In their movementfor an eight
hour day throughout Colorado.
On account of the slow progress made
In clearing the furnaces of the frozen
metal and Stag. the smelling company
mas not been able to give as many peo-
pie employment as had been expected
at the Globe plant.
Yesterday it was thought the plant
would be smelling ore in several fur
haces and men were on hand to go to
work, but as only few men can find
room to work chiselng the frozen ma
terlal left in the furnaces when the
workmen were forced out. the time
given to repairs had to be extended.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-17

Pittsburg, Pa, July 13.-George
Gould spent the day here looking over
the work on the Wabash system. He
was also taken in a steam launch up
the Monongahela river and saw the
greatest tonnage producing district in
the world for the first time. This dis
trict he proposes to tap for freight.
MIR. Gould said the story that he is
Interested in an ocean to ocean" rail-
road scheme was absurd.
Mr.. Gould said the Wabash system
between Toledo and Pittsburg will be
completed in eighteen months. He
will then devote his energies toward
extending the system to Baltimore.
Mr.. Gould was questioned relative
TO his idea of the future OF business.
He said he could not see any signs Of
cessation. He understood, from what
he had gathered. that lull was immi-
nent. but by fall he looked for re-
sumption Of the boom which had kept
the country strained to find money
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-17

| ogniZed those around the bedside. but
obviously his vitality was at the low
ebb. The change for the worse began
early yesterday morning.
The Pope's heart hitherto strong.
considering the circumstances, became
perilously weak and there were symp-
toms of paralysis. All the evening evi-
dences of life could be said to be so
scanty that the arrival of death would
make scarcely any visible change in
the appearance of the physical shell OF
the pontiff.
1t was reported that the physicians
were relying for prolongation OF the
patients life wholly upon the use OF
stimulants. The result of the analysis
OF the fluid extracted from the Pope's
thorax was kept secret. The report
that IT was to be published was denied.
1t Is understood, however. that nothing
was found to indicate the presence OF
cancer or tuberculosis
There Is much comment in Rome be-
cause the bulletins of the condition are
appearing without Dr. Rossoni's name.
1t was publicly explained that this was
due to his illness from fever. 1t was
reported, however, that the real reason
was that on Friday evening Rossoni.
who has been the least hopeful of the
physicians. protested against the indi-
rectness and vagueness of the bulletins.
Doctors Lapponi and Mazzoni de-
clined to change their policy, and Ros-
soni. 1t Is understood. withdrew His
return to the vatican last night, it was
asserted. was secured only upon the ur-
gent pleading of Cardinal Rampola and
others.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-17
DOCTORS FINALLY ABANDON
ALL HOPE OF POPE'S RECOVERY

Rome Tuesday, July 14.-In the
darkene6 apartments in the vatican,
where the aged Pope Leo XIII. main
tanned day after day his marvellous
battle for life, hope died hours ago.
Swiftly the remnants of the brave pa
tents extraordinary vitality were
stolen away during the day and even
Ing For the first time since he was
stricken the -pontiff had had periods Of
feeting delirium. His sleep was fitful.
frequently unconscious.
Shortly after midnight the crisis ar
rived. The physicians felt that there
could be but one outcome, and in haste
they summoned to the vatican all of
Leos relatives and called to the sick
room Cardinals Rampollo and Gotti
and other church digntaries.
Another indication late last night Of
the closeness of the pontiff to death
was the urgent calling of DR.. Rossoni
to the vatican by DR.. Lapponi, in spite
of the fact that the former physician
was i'll of fever. The need of an imme-
diate consultation was considered i'm
perative.
Among the watchers about the vati-
can the belief was general last night
that the Pope could not last another
day. While the nights bulletins stated
that the pontiff was not in immediate
danger. there was ample reason to be-
lieve that the end was not far off. At
noon yesterday the pontiff sank into a
ccmatose condition. and continued in
sensible for hours with rare intervals
of lucidity.
= During these periods the patient rec
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-17
Crop Conditions on July 1st.

Preliminary returns to the chief of
the bureau of statistics of the Depart
uent Of Agriculture shows the acre
age of corn planted to be about So
100000 acres, decrease of about
100000 acres, or AS per cent. from
the area planted last year, as revised
In December.
The average condition of the grow
ing crop on July lst was 79.4 as com
pared with S7.5 on July l, 1902; Sl.3
at the corresponding date in 1901. and
a ten-year average of S9.S.
The following table shows for each
Of the twenty principal corn states the
acreage compared with that of last
year on percentage basis and the
condition on July 1st in each of the
last three years with the ten-year July
average:
Condition july 1St:
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-17

Denver. July 13.-General Roger
Williams Woodbury., one of the found
ers of Denver and one of the best
known and most influential men in the
state, died from heart trouble. at =
o'clock Saturday evening at the de Stat
ford ranch, a short distance east Of
6edalia
Mr.. de Stafford was an old friend.
and it had been General Woodbury's
custom to go to the Sedalia ranch occa-
sionally to spend a night with his
friend. General Woodbury. spent Fri
day night with Mr. de Stafford, return
Cd to Denver over Saturday, and again
went to the ranch on Saturday night.
he was apparently well and strong
when. according to his custom, he
started to retire early. He was in his
bedroom when seized with the attack
of heart failure which ended fatally
Everything possible was done to save
his life. but without avail. General
Woodhury's son. Frank. was notified
of his fathers death at l o'clock Sum
day morning and the body was brought
to Denver late in the day.
General Woodbury. was 62 years of
age. and up to about year ago had al
ways tuJUStu tANClleHl utdllu AZ lAdl
time he suffered a severe attack of
pneumonia, which left his heart in a
weakened condition, and he could not
undergo excitement or exertion without
painful results.
Funeral arrangements will be COM
pleted to-day and announced later.
Both the Masons, of which organiZa-
ton General Woodbury. was high Off
Ger. and the Grand Army of the Re
public will participate in the exercises.
General Woodbury. is survived by one
son. Frank, who is connected with the
First National bank.
Individually General Woodbury. was
as important as any one man
who had to do with the
founding Of and upbuilding OF the
city of Denver and of the state of
Colorado. He was one of the founders
of the city library, and later it was
through his efforts that Andrew Car
negie was induced to pledge his gift
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-17
SIX THOUSAND TELEPHONES
CHANGED IN THREE MINUTES

telephone is installed. means service
for about II 900 subscribers. The now
exchange Is more than twice as large
as the old one on Lawrence street. Sec
ton "A" of the new main board 10 80
feet long. and section "B." which com
municates with the York. South and
other branch exchanges. is twenty-five
feet long. The two boards accommo-
date sixty operators and supervisors.
In an adjoining room is the new board
for the toll lines. extending all over
the state
The main feature of the new system
inaugurated by the opening Of the
Champa street exchange is the doing
away with the inconvenience of ringing
for central" The only necessary op
Grafton now is to take the receiver of
the hook. This action lights a small
electric bulb In the central switchboard
indicating the number calling. The en-
tire system of calling and supervising
is done with lights, instead .of bells and
numbered traps. There is a series OF
Supervisory" lamps. in addition to the
subscribers line lamp. by which the
operator ran tell at glance whether
the line is busy, whether one OF the
persons talking has finished and hung
up" or whether both are through.
The new building contains handsome
modern facilities for the telephone
girls. including retiring rooms. a res
taurant, an emergency hospital. mod
ern wire lockers for each employe and
other conveniences The Offices OF the
officials of the company are the hand
soonest of any in the city and have
been fitted up with an elaboration ap-
preaching positive gorgeousness.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-17

Denver. July 1.-THE heart OF Den
ser's telephone system, operating at
present nearly 5000 instruments in Of
ices and residences throughout the city
and toll lines which exterd all over the
state, was changed in just three min
ntes Sunday morning from the old ex-
change on Champa street
The transfer, which involved the
sudden abandonment of hundreds OF
thousands of wires. relays. switches
and calling board mechanisms, and the
instant transfer to an entire new set
n a building three blocks distant, was
accomplished without single COM
plant or delay or trouble from tele-
phone subscriber The celerity and
success with which the. "cut-over" was
made was as much Of a surprise to the
telephone company officials as 1t was
20 the public, which never knew that
the change had taken place until the
lines were individually tested after
ward to make sure they We're working
perfectly
A small army of experts had been
working to prepare for the change for
several months. in charge of j. S. Mof-
Mt of the Western Electric Company.
They installed what is probably one Of
the most complete telephone exchanges
In the world. The cost of the switch
board alone was over quarter Of a
million dollars. while the new building
In which it was placed, and which Is
said to be absolutely tireproof, cost up
wards OF 100000
The capacity of the new main ex-
change is 10000 lines, which. counting
those lines on which more than one
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-17
Athletes as Harvest Hands.

New York, July l2.-Forty young
men from the universities, including
Yale, Harvard. Princeton, Cornell. Co.
lumbia and Lafayette, who are going
into the West to aid the farmers in
the harvest fields, left yesterday, in a
special car bound for Kansas. Said
one Of them:
Our intention in going West is to
get the invigorating exercise and life
in the pure, fresh air. that will put us
in the best possible condition for the
fall work In athletics"
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-17

few guinea fowls are better than
any burglar alarm to have about the
yard and chicken house Nothing
strange can come onto the place with
out their knowledge and full warning
is then given. When even small
mouse enters the roosting place at
night they give vent to loud cries
They frequently corner such enemies OF
the barnyard as snakes or sEunks, and
will keep all hawks at a distance.
Without flourish of trumpets or
avant courier to announce his coming,
an agent Of the United States govern
ment is now in Colorado for the pur-
pose of investigating the state forest
lands. in response to a recent request
from the State Land Board that the
government take possession of them
and give the commonwealth agricultul-
tural lands in lieu thereof. The object
of the land board in making the propo-
sition of a trade is that the govern
ment has much better facilities for SUI
pervising and protecting the forests
and Furnishing all violators of the law
conserving them. The government has
its regularly organized force of men
who patrol the forests and has the
funds at its command to protect them
as they should be protected; and. fur
thermore, lawbreakers are much less
liable to rub up against the govern
ment officers than those OF the state.
The government examination of the
wooded districts Of the state is in pro-
gress under the direction of T.. T. Al
Pen, field assistant Of the Bureau of
Forestry.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-17
New Comet Now in Sight.

Denver, July 12.-Dr. Herbert A.
Howe. professor of astronomy at the
University of Denver and director of
the Chamberlin observatory, calls at
tention to a new comet which is trav-
cling rapidly across the heavens and
is bright enough to be seen with the
naked eye, 1t may be seen in the
northeast at about Q O'Clock at night,
looking nearer east than north. about
half way from, the horizon to the
zenith, but is moving five degrees a
day.