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Gilpin observer., 1903-06-25
EPWORTH LEAGUE CONVENTION
INVADES THE SLUMS OF DENVER

Denver, June 21.-The first effort Of
the kind at convention of the Ep-
worth League was made last night
when both men and women delegates
invaded the lower purlieus of the city,
and with nothing more deadly than
printed slips of paper, induced the dis
solute deniZens to lay aside their de-
bauchery for a night, and come to the
Mission of the Living Waters at 1896
Larimer street. where Happy Harry"
Ottinger of Colorado Springs admins
tered to both spiritual and material
needs by means of a free dinner and
preaching from Bible texts.
President b. F. Schribner. of the
League, and Thomas F. Graham of
the Mission. led the crusade. and en-
tered the lowest haunts OF Denver.
where, by means OF the cards and the
promise of free lunch. they persuaded
men and women who had not seen the
inside of church for years. to attend
the services at the Mission and after
ward to partake of the free dinner
This meal consisted of beef. potatoes
and soup, given to all who would come
to the services.
Nor was the attendance at the meet
ing and the giving of the dinner the
tanned for their nights work. With the
inducement of the dinner. both men
and women fiocked to the Mission. and
as result of the inspiring talks of
Happy Harry and President Scrib-
ner crowded the front of the building
near the platform, and after joining in
Gilpin observer., 1903-06-25

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lain of Seattle. chairman Of the fin
ance committee, has been in charge OF
the financial arrangements, which are
now definitely concluded. The Cen
tral trust company Of Illinois is trus-
tee for the bondholders
The chief engineer of construction
is A. w. Swanitz of Chicago. repre-
senting directly some of the financial
interests behind the enterprise. He
has been in charge of large railroad
construction in New York, New Or
leans and Chicago. having recently
completed the terminal clearing yards
Of Chicago.
The southern harbor OF the Alaska
Central is open every day of the year
Owing to the influence of the Japan
current the weather there never falls
to zero in winter. The route of the
railway. which was surveyed last sum-
mer, is through a valley heavily tim
in gold and copper. The northern ter
mana gold fields. many times more ex-
tensive than the Klondike.
The road will make interior Alaska
accessible every day in the year and
save three weeks of travel now neces-
sary to interior points by the circuit
GUS routes up Yukon river. The pro-
jectors say that the building of the
Alaska Central will increase the an
nual gold production of Alaska from
the present output of $30.000,000 to
s200,000,000, and attract an increased
immigration of scores OF thousands.
Gilpin observer., 1903-06-25

the singing, asked for prayers. and
promised to lead a different life.
Mr.. Graham approached man at
the corner of Twenty-second and Mar
ket streets. and after presenting the
card, invited him to attend the meet
ening. The man asked how much it
would cost, and was informed that it
was free to all. He replied that he
had never eaten a charity meal in his
life and was not going to begin. Then
came in the persuasive eloquence of
Mr.. Scribner He showed that man
that, far from eating charity meal. he
would be comforting favor by attend
ing the meeting. and he came and
brought with him four Others
In a dance hall further down on Mar
ket street the invaders met with a re-
buff. and 1t looked as If things might
go hard with them. when one of the
habitues of the place suddenly took
their part. and joined his request with
that of Mr.. Graham. with the result
that the saloon was depopulated with
in five minutes after the entrance OF
the members of the Epworth League.
President Scribner stated last night
that it was one of the greatest sue
cesses of its kind that had ever been
attained. and advocated repetition of
the programme tonight. The services
and the free dinner lasted until day
light this morning. when the members
of the Epworth League went home to
get a few hours sleep before the COM
mencement of their Sunday proceed
ings
Gilpin observer., 1903-06-25
WEATHER BUREAU OFFICIAL
PRAISES CLIMATE OF DENVER

Denver, June 23.-The following ar
ticle was prepared at the request Of
the Denver Chamber of Commerce
and Commercial club. by F. H. Bran
denburg, district forecast official Unit
ed States Department OF Agriculture,
and may be depended upon as being
accurate:
much has been written regarding
the climate OF the Rocky mountain re-
gian, and especially regarding the eli
mate of Denver The temperature,
rainfall and other elements have been
fully discussed. shall, therefore. aim
to bring out only such features as
have been overlooked, and, as an aid
in making clear the conditions that
obtain, some comparisons will be
made with similar data from Wash
ington, Boston, Chicago, st. Louis and
Jacksonville. Unless otherwise stat
ed, the data used are for the years
1897-1901, inclusive.
"Discarding fractions Of a degree,
the mean annual temperature at Den
yer is so degrees. as against 4S at
Chicago, 40 at Boston, 55 at Wash
ington Sc at st. Louis and So at Jack
sonville. During the last thirty-two
years 100 or higher has been touched
just thirteen times in Denver-seven
times in July and six in August
While these high temperatures were
maintained only for a few minutes,
readings in the 90s are common dur
ing every summer month. For July,
the warmest month, the average tenn
perature is 72 degrees, and the aver
age daily maximum, or afternoon read
fwx<x L., l.. I'll IA T..
true, but on the other hand, the av-
erage minimum, or night temperature,
for July is SO degrees, which all will
agree is very comfortable for midsum-
mer.
Here, as elsewhere over the great
er part of the United States, the
coolest month is January, with an av-
erage temperature of 20 degrees.
Zero or lower has been noted in one
fourth of the Novembers, one-third of
the Marches, two-thirds of the Decem-
bers and Februarys and seven-eighths
of the Januarys-in all 343 times in
thirty-two years. These readings are
night temperatures, and are not to be
confounded with the mean temDera-
ture, nor with the maximum tempera-
ture, for the days on which the tenn
perature did not rise above zero have
been exceedingly rare. The records
show that such extreme weather has
been experienced on only ten days in
thirty-two years. five times in Janu-
ary and five times in February. The
lowest ever recorded was 30 degrees
below zero.
THE annual precipitation. which
includes rain, snow, sleet and hail. is
14.0O inches. Chicago. 34.s; st. Louis.
ALL; Washington, 44.S; Boston. $50,
and Jacksonville, 54.1. Fortunately
for agricultural interests the seasonal
distribution in the vicinity of Denver
is generally favorable, that is to say.
as a rule we have the greater part of
fhe annual fall during the warmer
Gilpin observer., 1903-06-25
CONVICTS AT CANON CITY MAKE
DESPERATE EFFORT TO ESCAPE

Gate Keeper Goldstein. when he saw
the prisoners approaching. backed to-
ward the outside of the prison, locking
the gate as he went. Before reaching
the outside he was approached by a
convict and asked to give up the COM
bination to the armory, which he re-
fused to do, and Immediately ran
through the outside gate and locked it
behind him.
When the first charge was placed at
the lock of the inner door the convicts
ran back into the prison yard, drag
ging Mrs. Cleghorn with them.
On reaching the inside they wasted
little time in exploration and proceed
ed at once to the front gate. where
more nitro-glycerine was exploded,
which blew the lock off and the door
was opened. and for the time being
freedom was obtained.
Still keeping Mrs. Gleghorn with
them. with drawn knives held over her,
they started across the ground leading
toward the railway tracks in front OF
the prison, some 100 yards distant.
Warden Cleghorn at this time re-
turned from the city. word having been
telephoned by Antoine Wood, the boy
murderer. The warden ordered tire
guard who had come from the rear of
the prison to fire on the convicts. being
careful not to hit his wife. At the first
discharge of the gun Mrs. Cleghorn
tainted, when she was left by the con-
victs. who proceeded across the tracks
towards the river.
Here occurred the death of Kuyken-
dali. He stood up and yelled to the
guards: III never be taken alive
lIll never go back in that -
hole; shoot and do your - -"
fardmaster John Clark. when within
thirty feet of Kuykendall, fired. strik-
ing him in the left side of the mouth.
The ball passed through the head, kill
ing him instantly.
Kuykendall was sent to prison from
Cripple Creek for thirteen to fourteen
years for felonious assault.
Following is a list of the other pris-
oners engaged in the outbreak:
James Armstrong. burglary. Flor
ence. three years; captured by VIII
Clcghorn and James Peabody. Jr.
Thomas Fisher. assault to kill. Den
yer. ten to twelve years; captured by
j. b. Lentz.
Thomas Fallon robbery. Denver; ten
to fourteen years: captured by Guard
Knight and others.
Cuaz Cordova, assault to murder. Las
Animas two to four years; shot by
Clyde Davis and captured by Dali De-
Weese and Steward j. e. Keefe.
Robert Cain. murder. Gunnison. life;
captured by Dali DeWeese and Steward
J. T.. Keefe.
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French Fillbusters In Africa.
Paris, June PA report from Tene-
rife says that Jacques Lebaudy. a well
known Paris millionaire, has landed a
well armed expedition on the west Ar
rican coast between Cape Bogador and
Cape JUDY. and occupies territory in
habited by Moorish independent tribes.
Gilpin observer., 1903-06-25
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JUDGE LINDSEY
TELLS ABOUT BOYS

Denver, June 22.-Yesterday was
fhe last day of the convention of the
state Epworth League. which began
on Tuesday, June 18th. Despite the
all-night session on Larimer street
Saturday night, the delegates were up
and working early yesterday morning
The morning was almost entirely CIV
en- over to work at the county jail.
whare meetings were conducted by
Happy Harry" Ottinger OF Colorado
Springs, who conducted the meeting
on Larimer street Saturday night. At
10:30 in the morning the convention
sermon, "Our Country and Our Duties
Thereto" was delivered by Bishop
Henry W. Warren.
Judge Lindsey. who addressed both
sessions Of the convention yesterday
afternoon, arraigned the methods of
treating juvenile offenders in vogue
in the police departments of the coun-
try. He said the first thing boy is
impressed with when he falls into the
clutches of the police is fear. and that
under It's influence he will lie and
probably be accused OF doing things
he has never done. with the result
that when he Is freed he is filled with
feeling of resentment which leads
him to go back and do over again the
things for which he<has been arrested.
Boys lie almost constantly in or
der to get out of scrapes," said Judge
Lindsey, "and they stick to their fab
relations. but on that account / do
not count them either liars or per-
jurers. Fear is what makes boy
lie. Self preservation is the first law
Of nature. Danish fear from the heart
of boy and you have him where you
want him.
Judge Lindsey then went on to give
the history OF the worst case which
had ever come under his observation
which was that of young man with
in two months OF the age when he
would be out OF the Jurisdiction OF the
juvenile court This fellow was a
skilled burglar. had been in jail eight
times, but never in the juvenile court
and had made his escape twice, once
by means of a skylight and the other
time through sewer.
The Judge said he got hold OF this
boy and talked to him for two hours,
and finally decided not to send him
to the reformatory. though he said
he was visited by delegation from
police headquarters who pointed out
to him the error OF his way in letting
the boy go. The judge. however. had
his way, and said that the young man
had ever since led a sober and honest
life.
Kansas Wants Harvest Hands.
Topeka. Kan. June 22.-T. D. Gerow.
director OF the state free employment
bureau. has received Anal estimates as
to the number Of outside harvest hands
TO be needed this year. The total num-
har frnt nm tn 29 100
Gilpin observer., 1903-06-25

Denver. June 23.-A Republican spe-
cial from Canon City yesterday gives
the following details of the prison re-
volt:
The most desperate preconcerted at
tempt of prisoners to escar2 from the
Colorado penitentiary known to the
history of that institution occurred at
exactly 8 o'clock this morning, and re-
suited In the death of one convict, Sc
rious wounding of two others and re-
capture within an hour and a half af-
ter the first alarm of the entire half
dozen engaged in the attempt.
The break for liberty was started
from cell house No. 3. DR.. Thomas ID.
Palmer was the first man assaulted.
He. in company with James H. McDan-
iels, hospital steward. was making the
morning rounds and attending to the
sick.
Kirch Kuykendall called on the doc
tor. asking relief for illness. and when
the doctor started to make an examina-
tion the prisoner drew bottle. sup
posed to contain nitroglycerine. and or
dered him and the steward to throw up
their hands. Cell House Keeper Clar-
ence Cleghorn was also overpowered,
Kuykendall being joined by five other
undressed and the convicts attired
themselves in their clothes.
The convicts proceeded from the cell
house to the dining room, where Stew
ard John Z. Keefe was overpowered.
Then they proceeded toward the front
Office.
While these events had been trans
piring in the cell house. Mrs. Cleghorn.
wife of the warden. had come inside
the wall en- route to the female prison.
where she was going to have some
dressmaking done. but was halted by a
tower guard and refused admittance.
At this point convict came running
up to Mrs. Cleghorn and informed her
o break was in progress among the
convicts. She again asked the tower
guard to admit her inside the female
department walls, and was again re-
fused.
Mrs. Cleghorn turned then to go to
the prison entrance and on the road
was met by kuykendall. attired in a
guards uniform. He told her he would
escort her to the front Office she fol-
lowed for few feet until she noticed
his convict's shirt underneath his
guards coat. when she refused to go
farther. The convict drew a knife, and
grabbing her by the arm forced her to
accompany him until other convicts
who had DR.. Palmer in charge met
them, and they proceeded to the front
gate. where some nitro-glycerine was
inserted in the lock and it was blown
out of place. allowing entrance to the
front office.
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Grasshoppers In Montana.
Livingston. Montana. June Coon
sternation prevails among ranchers Of
the Bridger creek country overa threat
encd grasshopper plague. At the pres
ent rate these pests are multiplying
1t bids fair to be without precedent In
Gilpin observer., 1903-06-25

A new-fangled sealed package for
holding pound bricks Is coming into
mute general use among the creamer-
les around Denver. The package is
made OF imnervious parafTlne sheets
and the label seals II alright before
leaving the creamery The butter.
wrapped as 1t is in parchment. Is thus
protected from all communicating in
fluences and the formation OF deleteri-
Gus bacteria Is delayed. The cartons
cost $3.50 thousand In the fat
Gilpin observer., 1903-06-25
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French Fillbusters In Africa.

Paris. June pa report from Tene-
rine says that Jacques Lebaudy. a well
known Paris millionaire, has landed a
well armed expedition on the west Ar
rican coast between Cape Bogador and
Cape JUDY. and occupies territory in
habited by Moorish independent tribes.
Gilpin observer., 1903-06-25
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Grasshoppers In Montana.

Livingston, Montana. June 22.-Con-
sternation prevails among ranchers OF
the Bridger creek country overa threat
encd grasshopper plague. At the pres
ent rate these pests are multiplying
1t bids fair to be without precedent In
Montana.
Gilpin observer., 1903-06-25
Kaneas Wante Harveet Hand1

Topeka. Kan. June z2.-T. d. Gerow.
director OF the state free employment
bureau. has received Anal estimates as
to the number Of outside harvest hands
10 be needed this year. The total num-
ber fcnt up to 2S.100.
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A CASE OF TIT FOR TAT.
How Cyrus Leland Replied to Ex-
Governor Stanley.

The following story started in Mus
cogee, 1T: Ex-Governor W. e. STAN
ley is a member of the Dawes commits
sion, which has charge of the allot-
ment work here. Cyrus Leland is one
of the receivers of the Kansas Mutual
Life Insurance Company. Stanley is q
policy holder of that company The
other day he had occasion to writ Lee
land and wound up his letter: by the
way Cy., can't you receivers get to-
gether and wind up the business Of the
Kansas Mutual soon SO that there will
be something left for the policy hold
ers?'
In his reply Leland said that if the
receivers hadn't taken charge of the
Kansas Mutual when they did there
would soon have been nothing left for
the policy holders to fight over, but as
it was the receivers would pull the pol~
icy holders out all right. Then he
grew sarcastic and said:
by the way, governor, the Dawes
commission has been at work now
about six years among the Indians.
Can't you get together and wind up the
business of the commission this fall 50
that the Indians will have at least d
blanket left?'
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The King Snakes Prowess.

The most relentless exterminator of
reptiles is member of the family it
seIf-the beautiful, 1.-the, yellow and
black king snake. the friend of man and
the avowed enemy, of anything that
creeps or crawls, regardless of size or
poison fang. A native of our own south.
the king snake is between five and eight
feet long and no thicker around than
and bone for speed and tremendous con-
stricting power, there is not another
snake on earth that can Withstand his
assault. He is immune to the poison
of the cobra and CT the RATHER alike, and
the strength of a 30 foot python has no
terrors for him. Within FIVE minutes
from the opening of the fight the king
snake could kill the biggest python that
ever lived. Ferocious as Ire little con-
strictor is toward his own kind. toward
man he is friendly, and rarely tries to
escape when met afield.-McClures
Magazine.
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THEY AID A WIDOW.
Emporia Unions Help Build a
Home Free of Charge.

Emporia. July S.-The movement
among the Emporia unions for the aid
of Mrs. Creason of rs Mechanic street
is eommendable one. The carpenters
started in and decided to help Mrs.
Creason by building her a home with
out charge for their work. Then the
teamsters' union, and the painters,
masons and plasterers took up the
cause and each union decided to do it's
part in building the home. The team
STEERS will haul the rock, the masons will
lay the foundation, the painters will
do the painting of the house, all free
of charge, Mrs. Creason furnishing only
the material. AS yet the work for the
excavation for the foundation has not
been promised to be done free and I'M
less the laborers' union takes up the
helping hand movement and does this
free, the excavation and the material
for the house will be the only things
Mrs. Creason will have to buy.
A short time ago Mrs. Creasons fell
heir to small sum of money after the
death of a relative in Missouri. The
money is just enough to buy the ma
terial for home and this is why the
unions are going to do the rest free.
Mrs. Creason is a widow with five small
children. Her husband was a carpenter
and his death left her poor
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Sues for Breach of Promise.

Kansas City. July s--Miss Ida May
Cook of Spring Hill, Kas., this after
noon filed breach of promise suit for
1000 against George f. Walker, a
decorator in the employ of William A.
Pitrat of this city Miss Cook repre-
sents that she became engaged to mar
ry Walker in about November, 1898.
while he was in Spring Hill on a bust
ness visit. After that he visited her d
number of times and wrote frequent
letters, she says. The plaintiff asserts,
however. to have learned about a year
ago that Walker was already a married
man and was living with his wife at
the time of the courtship She asks
so 900 DANA ges.
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To Build Five New Bridges.

Atchison, KAN. July S.-Contracts for
five new bridges were awarded by the
county commissioners yesterday, as fol-
lows: Bridge at the old fair grounds,
west of Atchison, to Henry Wagner
S420; bridge in shannon township. west
of old fair grounds, to Mcclure & Col
lier, 1920: bridge in Center township, to
A. D. Clark. 1920; bridge in Kapiona
township, to Mcguire & Collier. $167;
bridge near Parnell, to MCGUIRE & Col
lier, $3.50. Four bridges advertised were
not let because all bids therefor We're
over the estimate.
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He Fleeced His Ron.

Atchison. July s.-A painter giving
his name as Frank McI.ane is said TO
have heeced a number of Atchison men
and skipped to St. Joe. Among them
are Judge Hudson, W. V Ingham,
Rlieh. Niize & Sillirnan and several
painters who worked for him. He
signed a contract to paint Judge Hud-
sons house. and drew $40 Friday night
to pay off his painters which he failed
10 do.
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Colored Masons meeting.

Emporia, Kan, July S.-The colored
Masons of Kansas will meet in Emporia
the last week in August. The Prince
Hal grand lodge of the Royal Arch and
Knights Templar will have it's session
August "a and 25, and on the three days.
August 26, 81 and %, the Blue lodge of
the Prince Hal grand lodge of Masons
win hold its meetings. There will be
delegates here from the lodges in Kan
sas and this Jurisdiction.
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Patents Grantad Kansana.

Washington, July s.-These patents have
been issued: Kansas-Robert F. Arm
strong, Effingham, fishing and trapping
device: Thomas ]. Carlton, lola, compost
ton of matter used for protecting the
walls of retorts. etc. Philip Chapman,
Newton. mechanical movement; Ulysses S.
King. Cherokee. motor. Jesse Lines Sa-
betha. scale. Wilson r. Pratt. Topeka,
clrinr essad air lnconlatiNe hsater.
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MAY Die from Kick of Horse.

Newton Kan, July San accident to
the 1e-year-Cld son of Henry Louft, a
farmer living ten miles east of Newton
will probably cost the boy his life. He
was at work in the harvest field with a
binder when he was kicked on the fore
head by one of the horses he was driving,
The frontal bone was fractured.
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Trying to Drain Old Bed of Saline.

Salina. Kan. July s.-The city has start
ed to sink 30 wells in the old river bed in
East Salina to try and effect a means of
escape for the surplus water which has
been in the cid river bed since the flood.
BY sinking the wells down to quicksand it
is believed that the river can be drained
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Emporia, Kan. July Sat a most I'M
expected minute the police walked in
Henry Rees' livery barn, $40 Mechanic
street, to see what they could find in
the way of Illegal wet goods" Numer-
GUS empty bottles were scattered about
promiscuously and after short search
the coppers uncovered a lot of cold
ones" in a tub partly filed with ice. in
a secluded place. Several bottles of beer
were taken and Mr.. Rees gave notice
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Death Of A. L. Bell.

Eureka, Kan, July S--Arnbrose L. Bell
an old soldier and pioneer settler. died at
the home of his daughter near Pond Creek,
Ok, yesterday. The remains were brought
to Eureka. Intermeflt will be made today.
The deceased was 81 years old and sue
cupbed from a stroke of paralysis.
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that he would stand trial Mr. Rees
says he was not doing a joint business,
but the stock was for the mems use.
The stock of wet goods is still in the
hands of the police and is being used
as evidence against the owner.