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The Lamar register., 1903-09-16
state VS.. strat.on Executors.

The Denver Republican says: Some
question has been raised in regard TO
the right of the State of Colorado to
demand the Stratton estate, because
of the fact that the Will OF the late
w. s. Stratton was not followed out
by the executors of the estate. II is
contended that the state has no right
to step In until year after the death
of the man making his will. and until
the executors have settled the debts
of the estate. Mr. Stratton died Sep
tember "A. 1862. but the executors were
not appointed officially until after the
will contest. This would mean then
that the state would have 10 wait
some time before 1t couit file bill in
the state. The provision of the laws
of the state relative TO the settlement
Of the debts Of the estate. however. is
said not to apply to the Stratton estate
as the estate had practically no debts
This is the contention OF the attorney
general.
Attorney general Miller stated Sat
Lrday that for this reason he thought
that the state OF Colorado would file
bill in the case some time during the
latter part OF this month. Il do not
believe" said Mr.. Miller, that this
law applies to the Stratton estate with
any force. ard for that reason we
shall file bill anyway. The fact that
we have already commenced the inner
itance tax case will not prejudice our
case in any way, and we shall proceed
to file the bill for the claim of the
state to the whole of the estate. re-
gardIess of the fact that we have al
ready commenced another suit on the
estate"
Attorney General Miller has not yet
settled who the attorneys in the case
will be. as he has been occupied with
the Kansas-Colorado water suit. These
will be made public at later time.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-16
San Juan.ouraY Road.

The commission or board which will
have charge OF the building of the
Ouray-San Juan road has been organ
lied The board consists OF the
county commissioners of Ouray county
one commissioner from San Juan
county and the state engineer The
road has been surveyed. Bids will
be opened for the road on Sept. 81
and the contract for the building of
the road will be awarded as soon as
possible thereafter.
This road" said State Engineer
Carpenter. is to connect with the old
Red mountain road. and is to be one
of the best In the state"
Prof Carpenter is now making. for
the first time in the history of the
state engineers office. an attempt to
learn the exact percentage OF water
that Is lost through transmission in
the open air and through the rivers
of the state. The water of Twin lakes
is being let ont of the lake and along
the Arkansas river at certain inter
walls are stationed men who are meas
uring the flow. There is man at the
lake. one at Grant. one at Salida, one
at Canon City. one at Pueblo, and one
at the Bob Creek ditch.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-16
TURKISH TROOPS ARE BUSY
SLAUGHTERING BULGARIANS

active spectators OF the massacre OF
their brethren, the current OF popular
feeling may easily become too strong
for any government to Withstand.
Even in tho Bulgarian army and ad-
mipistration there is strong sympathy
for the Macedonians, and in these ser
vices there is also a large percentage
of Macedonians. Hitherto. by promis-
ing European Intervention and sup
pressing the details of the Turkish
atrocities, the government has succeed
ed in allaying popular Indignation put
such temporary expedients can NO
longer avail. and nothing short oil IN
ternational intervention can dispel the
storm clouds now fast gathering.
Sofia, Sept. 1.-THE revolutionary
Headquarters here have received from
Burgas news of fearful atrocities com
mitted by the Turkish and Albanian
soldiers in the vilayet of Adrianople.
A squadron of Turkish cavalry inter
cepted and slaughtered fugitives at
tempting to cross into Bulgaria. Sixty
Bulgarians were killed within three
kilometers of the frontier.
The whole district of Lozengrad is
filled with Albanian troops who are
burning villages and numbering the
inhabitants. They have killed NIFTY
persons in Evekeleer. eighteen families
at Taspeta. and twenty families at As
madgik. Eighty families fleeing from
various villages toward the frontier
have been literally cut to pieces by
Turkish soldiers during the last few
days.
Further details of the village burn
ings and massacres committed in the
vilayet of Monastir have reached here
from reliable sources. The names are
given of thirty-four villages in the
Kaza and Okrida districts which have
been burned by the Turks.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-16
eax.-nor Peabody Threatened.

I've been getting anonymous let
ters every day for month. all threat
ening my life, but they have got too
strong in the last two days and now
I'm ready for business" Governor
Peabody was the speaker. says the
Denver News of September 9Th. and
when he had finished he dropped his
hand in an open drawer of his desk
and the next instant large army pat
tern Colts revolver of A caliber was
pointed across his desk.
Il paid no attention to them at
first: they simply hinted at what
might be done if didn't do SO and so,
but since / ordered the troops out,
they come right out and say that my
life will be the forfeit.
Il received one this morning which
was the worst of all; then | sent down
to the adjutant generals Office and got
this revolver.
Il hardly think will ever have oc-
casion to use it, but just the same, /
don't want to take any chances. 1t
would be too late to send out for gun
II any one did try to assassinate me.
But things are serious. and 1t may be
that some maniac may attempt 1t, so |
think It best TO be prepared"
The letter Governor Peabody re-
ferred to came in on yesterday morn
ing's mail. 1t was dated from Cripple
Creek and was postmarked at 4
O'Clock Friday afternoon. There was
only one sheet of paper. and 1t had
evidently been torn from cheap tab
let. The handwriting was evidently
that OF man who was fairly well ed
ucate5.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-16
MORE INDICTMENTS
FOR POSTAL FRAUDS

Washington. Sept. 12.-United States
District Attorney Beach to-day an
nounced that the six persons named in
the grand jury last Tuesday were:
George w. Beavers. former chief of
the division of salaries and allow
ances, Postofficc Department; August
w. Machen, former general superin
tendent of the free delivery SYSTEM, +,
Postoff1ce Department; James w. Err
win, former postofflce inspector. with
headquarters in San Francisco; George
II. Huntington and Isaac Mcclellan.
both of New York City, owners of the
Columbia Supply Company of that
city, and Eugene D. Schebel of Toledo.
Ohio, dentist, and interested in the
firm of Maybury & Ellis of Detroit,
Michigan letter box manufacturers.
Some sensational charges are made.
The indictment against Beavers, Ma
chen and Erwin alleges that the Pos
tai Device and Improvement Company
of San Francisco, formerly the Mon
tague Indicator and Letter Box Com
pany. was composed almost entirely of
western postal employees; that in 1889
1t set aside 900 shares of stock for
forwarding its interests" and that
armed with this authority its president,
Daniel $. Richardson, and Inspector
Erwin came TO Washington. saw Beav
ers. AIachen, Heath and others, and
got an order for equipping 2,0S9 letter
boxes with their device.
The Indictment says the company
was systematically relieved of its obli-
cations in the way of paying freight,
Grating, painting and printing cards
for the devices il was furnishing. The
Indictment charges that Beavers and
Machen owned stock under assumed
names. Most of the thousand shares
of stock set aside. the indictment says,
went to different postoffice officials and
again President Richardson came to
Washington and following an increase
in the contract price he got for the
company, dividends were paid on the
stock
The Lamar register., 1903-09-16
DELEGATES TO MINING CONGRESS
VISIT THE HOMESTAKE MINE

islation tending to further restrict tho
use of silver as real money or depress
its value in the market; that a COM
mittee of five active members of the
congress be selected by the chairman
to devise means by which suitable
men may be employed TO visit all min
ing camps and organize local mining
bodies and solicit cooperation with
this congress and obtain members,
against fake" mining companies and
exploitation of mining stocks based
solely upon options for the purchase
of leases of mining properties. and
calling upon the several states and ter
ritories to pass such legislation as will
remedy the evil and protect organizers
Of and investors in legitimate mining
companies.
The chief event yesterday was the
stoppage of operations and throwing
open for inspection the various mines
and plants of the Homestake company
at Lead. This had not been done be-
fore in twenty-five years. and great
number OF both visitors and residents
took advantage of the courtesy, many
going into the lower levels of the prin-
cipal shafts. which have attained
depth of 100 feet.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-16

LeAu, S. D., Sept. 12.-The adoption
of a constitution and bylaws, the
adoption of a resolution asking Con-
gress TO pass a law for the establish
ment Of a Department OF Mines and
Mining. with representative in the
Cabinet, and the reading of a letter
from Senator Morgan or Alabama in
response to an invitation to attend the
congress. We're the principal features
CT to days session of the Mining Con-
gress,
Among the resolutions favorably re-
ported and adopted, in addition to the
one concerning a department of mines
and mining were:
Relating to the collection of mineral
statistics and asking that the work
remain IN the hands of the Geological
Survey: asking aid of the government
in the establishment of good roads;
condemnihg the subversion of the tim
ber and stone act; approving the pur-
chase by the government of silver in
the open market. and cooperation
with the committee appointed by the
Mexican and other governments with
reference to fixing the ratio of silver
and gold; protesting against any leg
The Lamar register., 1903-09-16
COLORADO STATE AFFAIRS AND
DOINGS AT THE CAPITAL CITY
Denver Grand Jury Report.

The special grand Jury in the Dis
trict Court at Denver handed in its
final report Saturday, Aug. 8. The
work accomplished was as follows:
Julius Aichele. city and county clerk
and recorder. indicted on twenty
counts charging grant larceny by EN-
bezzlement. two counts charging de-
struction OF the records of the city and
county. one count for receiving . bribe
from r. J. Maloney.
! w. II. Nice, former clerk Of the
West Side Criminal Court. indicted on
four counts-three counts charging
grand larceny and one count charging
malfeasance in Office.
Thomas j. Maloney, indicted for
Offering and giving a bribe.
Charles w. Crouter, former state
auditor. indicted on eight counts for
embeZzlement and Withholding state
funds.
w. Carey Munsell. fiat tax clerk, in
state auditors office. under Crouter.
indicted on nine counts charging EN-;
bezzlement and defacing records.
Indictments against eighteen Hun
garlans for rioting and melting riot at
the Globe and Grant smelter.
Information filed against Charles T.
Carnahan for assault to commit muir
der upon Hugh Swearingen.
One additional bill of indictment
was found against County Clerk and
Recorder Julius Aichele for receiving
a bribe from Thomas j. Maloney for
the contract to transcribe the records
OF the former county of Arapahoe. A
capias was at once issued and was
served by Under Sheriff Leonard De
Lue. who notified Aichele to appear
and give bond Monday.
The fine of 800 and costs assessed
upon Juror William Scott Lee for re-
vealing the secrets of the jury was re-
mitted by Judge johnson. upon special
joint request of the jury and District
Attorney Lindsey.
Compliments were showered on the
jury by Mr.. Lindsley. who character
lied the body as exceptionally sincere.
honest and painstaking. He said the
jurors. at great personal sacrifice. set
aside their own business and worked
with an eye single to compliance with
the courts instructions. He thanked
one and all for the hearty support they
had given him.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-16
Settle Boundary Dispute.

Washington, d. c.. Sept. 12.-The
appointment of a British
boundary commission to determine the
boundary lines of the coast of Borneo
separating the possessions in those
waters of the islands belonging to the
two countries may be the eventual So
luton of the inquiry which the Lon
don government has addressed to the
State Department as to ;he sovereign
ty over certain of those islands. The
communication received from the
British charge daffaires regarding
the control to be exercised over these
islands, which have frequently been
the resoT of pirates. is still under con-
sderation at the State Department and
Acting Secretary Adee will consult
with the secretary of the navy before
replying
The Lamar register., 1903-09-16
Work of Pardonino Board.

Bert Feenan. who was sentenced to
the penireniiary from Arapahoe county
in September. 1902. for the reception
of stolen goods. was pardoned on the
4ih inst. by the state board of par
dons. Florence Thurman. who stole
the goods. was sent to the peniten-
tiary for the offense and served her
time of one year. AS soon as she was
out she began to circulate the story
that Feenan was not to blame This
fact was presented TO The board of
pardons with such force that il de-
cided to pardon the man.
John Heiman had his sentence COM
muted 10 three years from ten Evil
dence presented 10 the board showed
that lieiman was only partly rcspon-
sible for the crime charged up against
him. that of passing counterfeit mon-
ey in Pueblo. lie was accused of and
sentenced because of the passing of a
50-cent counterfeit piece
Pardon was refused by the board in
the cases of Otto Lehman. Joseph Par
ry and II. DeLovell. and the cases of
Spencer Dicks and John p Black were
postponed for further investigation.
Contracts have been let by Secre-
tary Leuders of the state board of cap
ital managers for the renovating and
repairing of room is in the state house,
which is now used as a store room. A
new floor will be put in and the walls
of the room will be decorated This is
the room which was used by Con-
tractor Peter Gumry when the build
ing was in course of construction. In
this room the first floor was laid in
the building for the convenience OF Mr..
changed since that time and the room
has been used as storeroom ever
since.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-16
State Treasurer's Report.

state Treasurer Newton on Sept.
4th transmitted to Governor Peabody
his financial report for the. semi-an-
nual biennial period, ending August 81 4.
II shows that up 10 September LIST the
different state departments had prac-
tically used all of the funds appro-
priated for their use during the year. or
all the funds there was any likelihood
of their getting. owing 10 the deficit in
the revenues.
The board of health the humane
society and practically all OF the minor
departments have absolutely no funds
at their disposal for the expenses OF
the next four months. The executive
departments are in nearly Gs bad a
position.
The decrease in the total valuation
of state properly will hardly exceed
$17.00U,O00. ii il is that much. Alb
stracts OF assessments have been filed
in the auditors Office from forty-seven
of the fiftynine counties, and. al
though practically all of them show a
slight decrease. the total is not nearly
half of what IL was estimated by Audi
tor Holmberg a week ago.
AT that time less than forty counties
had been heard from. and, basing his
calculations on what had already come
in. MIR. Holmberg said that the total
valuation OF the property would prob
ably he about $500 100000 instead of
the $35S ,O00, 600 ON which they esti-
mated
The forty-seven counties that have
sent in their abstracts show total OF
1922 .503.Sll. II the remaining twelve
counties show even the same valuation
as last year. which was a little more
than $l04 4,59G.1G3. the total valuation
OF the state will run up to 1897 ,099 ,974.
leaving a shortage OF $l6,902,5 ,527.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-16

London. Sept 12-The powers are
Constantinople and Sofia TO avert a
Turko- Bulgarian war. apparently with
some temporary success. but meantime
an increasingly terrible tale of atroci-
ties committed in Macedonia shows
that the situation is daily becoming
aggravated.
The temper of the Bulgarian people
and government. according to tele-
grams from Sofia, is rising to the dan
ger peint. All indications tend to show
that however Loyalty the government
desires to observe neutral attitude,
it will be forced ere long by pressure
from the people into formal declara-
tion of sympathy with the Macedonian
Christians.
Premier Petrof's informal intima-
ton to the diplomats in Sofia that un-
less some means of restraining Tur-
keys terrible measures to suppress the
uprising in Macedonia is taken by the
powers, Bulgaria will be forced to de-
part from strict neutrality, is regard
ed as a warning in this sense to the
powers.
The Telegraph's correspondent at
Sofia, in long resume OF the situa-
ton, points out that Bulgaria does not
possess sufficient troops to properly
Gordon the frontier. She has only
posts of five men each at points three
miles distant from each other, and as
the Turkish frontier guards always
retire when they see Bulgarian bands
crossing. the latter have an easy task.
The correspondent thinks this points
to the conclusion that the Ottoman
government desires to keep the insur-
rection alive as pretext for the ami
hilation of the Christians. and as the
Bulgarians are unlikely to remain in
The Lamar register., 1903-09-16
NEW JERSEY BUB-
BLES ARE BURSTING

Trenton. n. j., Sept 1.-THE corpo-
ration bubble in New Jersey has burst.
leaving nothing to show for forty-five
corporations that year ago paid
taxes to the state on a capitalization
of over $50, 100000. Since January 1st
of this year these two score and five
concerns have been placed in the
hands of receivers and nearly every
week the list is added to.
On what flimsy basis these watery
capital concerns did business can be
judged from the fact that so far as
shown in the figures presented to the
concerns are nearly fourteen times the
assets.
The state authorities are 10th to ad-
nit that the corporation business is
falling off. but it is. markedly. The
banner year vas 1901, when the filing
fees for twelve months amounted to
$SS7 479.67 The following year they
fell to $465. .0S9. 80. Up to September
1st of this year they have amounted to
$22S.s92 90, with a gradual decline
since May. In that month the fees
amounted to $5s,20S .65. Last month
they amounted to $40. 620.25.
1t is safe to say that in large ma
jority of the cases the stockholders
will not get ten cents on the dollar of
their investment. There is little doubt
tnat in many CRses land and personal
property are entered among the assets
at valuation ridiculously large.
For instance, the White Mountain
Paper Company. capitalized at $15,-
900, 900, has liabilities amounting to
$11, ,944 ,O0s, and its assets are reported
as not known. The truth is that the
assets of the company are $4,000 OF
book accounts, and the material on
hand.
In the case of the Purity Ice Com
pany. capitalized for 500. 900. there are
liabilities amounting to $31 BLISS.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-16

Washington. Sept. 12.-The Agricul-
tural Department is making strong ef
forts to keep out of the country all i'm
ported goods. the entry of which is in
hibited under the pure food act.
Stree August LIST, when the act went
into effect, approximately 600 ship
ments of meats. wines, olive oil. etc,
have been held up pending the exami-
nation as to their purity, or the deter
mination OF the question whether their
use Is prohibited in the country whence
they are imported into the United
States. Up to this time only one ship
nent. consisting of a number of cases
of white wine. has been refused entry.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-16
Testimonial to Upton Proposed.

Denver, Sept. 12.-Mayor Wright
yesterday received a letter from the Sir
Thomas Upton Testimonial Associa-
tion of New York. announcing plans
for presenting the famous English
yachtsman a silver service. The mayor
is asked to act as chairman of the COM
mitteo on collections and contributions
in this city. He announced that he
would be glad to receive contributions
from Coloradoans desiring to partici-
patio in raising the fund Clifford
Wayne Hartridge is secretary of the
association. and the Western Bank of
New York City is treasurer.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-16

Sheriff Morrissey." says the North
Adams Transcript. has secured the
knife with which Michael Blair sawed
his way out of steel cell in the base
ment of the town hall, the man,
where l.; he?
The Lamar register., 1903-09-16
Brutality in German Army Punished ID


Berlin, Sept 12--Paragrapns similar
to the following appear almost daily in
tho provincial press:
"Cologne-The court martial of the
fifteenth division has sentenced Ser
geant School to a year in prison and
degradation for fiogg!ng privates and
horsewhipping and kicking them.
Twelve artillerymen were sentenced to
short terms for assisting him."
There have been eighty convictions
of sergeants for abuse of privates dur
ing the last three months. and about
200 courtsmartial are pending.
1t has long been the theory of mill
tary men that little rough treatment
was good for privates and cultivated
manhood in Them. The Emperor never
shared these views, nor countenanced
the cruelties practiced in nearly every
regiment. He issued an order most
absolutely forbidding the ill-treatment
of privates. and ordering the prosecu-
tior and severe punishment of those
guilty of such ill-treatment
The Lamar register., 1903-09-16

A Chicago man has given his rela-
tives 100000 because he wants to
see what they will do with it. Let us
hope the fun will be worth the price
and that this form of amusement may
become popular.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-16

The Connecticut bulldog that walk.
ed into the family sittingroom. wag-
ging his tail, after he had been shot.
poisoned and decently buried. Ger.
tainly had the laugh on the rest of
the folks, besides doing a good deal
to prove that cats aren't the only
creatures blessed with more than one
life
The Lamar register., 1903-09-16

In a divorce trial it is testified that
when n bell boy put his arm around
the woman in the case she only
laughed. Some people are so quick to
catch the point of joke.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-16

And now Champion Jeffries offers
Jack Munroe $4,000 If he will stay
four rounds with him. Unless every
minute of Mr.. Munroe's time is profit.
ably occupied, it would seem as If he
ought 10 try to arrange to stay.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-16

II the people of Naples only had a
little American enterprise, perhaps
they would harness Mt. Vesuvius and
utilize all this waste of hot air to warm
the city with next winter.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-16

When you use strong language. 1t
doesn't make so much difference what
you say as what you mean. She also
swears sometimes who only says 20,
fudge."
The Lamar register., 1903-09-16

King Pete of Servia wants to Dor
row s1,O00,000. If he gets it the gold
lrick artists will no doubt be willing
TO pay well to have him divulge the
name of the lender.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-16

Sir Thomas Upton was born in Scot
land. of Irish parentage. He lives in
England. transacts business in India
and gets left in America.-St Louis
Globe-Democrat.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-16

II Rev. Cotton Mather had foreseen
the bicycle girl with low shoes and
openwork stockings, what wouldn't he
have said,
The Lamar register., 1903-09-16

A Lew York surgeon has just per-
formed the appendicitis operation on
Princess Rupprecht 81 Bavaria. That's
one way to get into good society.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-16

OF course you are shocked to hear
that the Bashi.Bazouks have been
turned loose in Macedonia. even
though your knowledge of what the
Bashi Bazouks are is confined to the
idea that they are something terrible
The Lamar register., 1903-09-16

Bulgaria has bought Is .0O0.00 cart
ridges, and It isn't likely that she in
tends to use them merely for making a
noise either.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-16

Mrs Langtry says that disrobing on
the stage is not so much of n shock as
that sometimes seen in the boxes. A
good many of the common folk who
sit down in the orchestra and up in
the galleries will be disposed to agree
with her.