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The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-29

Pittsburg. Jan. 26-From all that
can be gathered at this hour, between
$50 and 100 men are lying dead in the
headings and passageways of the Har-
wick mine Of the Allegheny Coal Com
pany at Cheswick. the result OF terri
fic explosion yesterday.
Cage after cage has gone down into
the mine and come up again. but only
one miner of all those that went down
to work yesterday morning has been
brought to the surface. The rescued
man is Adolph Gunia, and he still is
in semi-conscious condition at the
temporary hospital at the rude school
hense on the hillside above the mine.
Pittsburg. Jan. 26-2:30 a. ma re-
port by rescuers an hour ago was to
the effect that many were alive was
rudely shattered at 2:25 a. m. when
the body Of Selwyn Taylor was brought
to the surface. He had evidently been
dead for several hours and now hopes
for the other imprisoned men have
been abandoned
The rescuers are being brought out
coated with ice, drenched Do the skin
and unable to walk.
They report that dead are scattered
one abovs the other as thick as pine
needles.
Water is fast pouring into the mine,
covering the corpses with shroud of
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-29
BY
STATE UNIVERSITY

Denver. Jan. 26.-An important pub
lication consisting of some twenty-five
pages has just been issued from the
University of Colorado containing
complete statement OF the revised ad-
mission requirements which have been
adopted as the outcome of the Uni
versity and High School conferences
which took place in Boulder last
month. The new requirements are in
conformity with the recommendations
of the North Cenra Association OF
Colleges and Secondary Schools. The
statement contains q complete resume
of the high school curriculum and em-
bodies comprehensive outline of all
OF the high school subjects of study.
The State University, as did the State
School of Mines, adopted as its stand
ard of requirements, sixteen units, eI-
ceptionally exacting the average num-
Der of units in preparatory study re-
quired by the leading universities be-
ing fifteen.
another step OF great importance re
Gently taken by the university is i'm
piled in the decision to confer only the
one degree, the standard Bachelor Of
Arts. and to drop the degrees OF Bach
elor OF Science and Bachelor OF Philos
ophy. Hitherto the university has re-
Quired Greek for the A b. degree. but
this requirement has been given up by
many of the older institutions and it
seemed advisable for the University of
Colorado TO align itself with the gen
eral movement Henceforth English
will be the only subject absolutely re
CURED from student. but in his 9TH
er work he must include two years OF
consistent work in chosen depart
ment
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-29
NEW COAL FIELD
NEAR DENVER

Denver. Jan. o5.-The Republican
this morning says: Another coal field
which seemingly surpasses in extent
the Leyden field may soon be opened
up within fourteen miles OF Denver,
An enormous vein of excellent Ignite
coal is said to have been cut and the
persons interested in the venture are
busily engaged in acquiring all the
land in the vicinity OF the new field.
They have approximately 5000 acres
now and are after more. They say
they have the coal and expect TO get
oil. The announcement OF the OPEN
ing up of the proposition is one OF con-
siderable importance TO the people OF
Denver.
5 A Rhodes. a Chicago capitalist
and business man, is one of those IN
Ierested in the coal land He is at the
Brown Palace hotel. He has been in
Denver three or four days III connec-
ton with the enterprise and visited the
place where the coal has been opened
up yesterday in company with few
other persons who are associated with
him in the project.
The coal is Ignite. smooth and free
from dust and slate. 1t is certainly an
excellent furnace coal. judging from
the samples which have been brought
in.
II is understood that the vein was
cut at a depth OF less than fifty feet.
,rS - &c -v,a.r,,-y--4f,-a foot Zy-ifa iviirlr =
ing that the field is OF great extent Mr..
Rhodes has Denver associates in the
scheme.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-29

Sar Francisco. Jan. ci.-Former
Sovernor William II. Taft OF the Phil
lppines arrived here yesterday morn
ing ON the steamer Korea. He was
accompanied by Mrs. Taft. their two
children. r. A. Carpenter. his private
secretary. and Carson Taylor. secre-
tary OF the Philippine st. Louis Expo
sittnn commission. Immediately upon
arRy1 In the harbor Governor Taft
and party were transferred TO the
government tug Slocum. which pro-
ceeded with all dispatch to the Oak
land mole. where the Atlantic express
was held in readiness to start the mo-
ment the distinguished passenger was
on board
In conversation with a representa-
tive OF the Associated Press. comment
ing upon the existing situation OF af-
fairs In the Philippines. Governor Taft
said that conditions there were better
than ever before. and he doubted il
greater tranquility ever prevailed even
under the Spanish administration.
We are now looking forward" he
said. 'to a period of great activity, IN
railroad building. throughout the ISL
Ands English and Belgian capitalists
have so far controlled the field. but the
peoplo OF the islands are anxious for
the introduction Of American capital,
which so far has not been Forthcoming.
This may be due to the fact that 1t
is too much occupied in other branches
OF industry or perhaps investors in this
country are too afraid. lacking the ex-
perience OF English promoters in deal
ing with financial matters In the ORR
ent.
One American syndicate. headed by
q MIR. Swift Of Detroit, is now engaged
in the construction of electric railroads
Eridironing the streets OF Manila. with
tho object in view Of extensions which
will connect the suburban points.
Two new branch lines have Just
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-29

Washington. Jan. 25.-The United
State again stands, at the close OF the
calendar year 1908. at the head OF the
list OF worlds exporting nations. so
far as relates to the expectation OF DO
mestic products. This fact Is shown
tg a series of tables Just presented
by the Department of Commerce and
Labor through its bureau OF stats
tics.
There are only three "eillion-dollar
countries considered from the stand
point of expectation of domestic pro
ducts, and they are, in the order OF the
magnitude OF their exports. the United
States, the United Kingdom and Ger
many. In the calendar year lsoS the
exports of domestic products We're.
From the United States. S1,45I ,oeo.'sa
in value; from the United Kingdom
$l.45.6l7.5a2: from Germany the fig
ures for the full year have not been
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-29
CONDITIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES
DESCRIBED BY GOVERNOR TAFT

| been authorized by the government
one OF thirty-tise miles and another OF
| thirty-one miles, on hhe Iifre OF the
road now running for a distance OF f2O
miles from Manila to Dagupan. This
road was originally built by the Span
| ish
English capitalists are now seeking
franchises in other directions. and Sec
retary Root has had surveys for two
or three trunk lines which have al
ready been published and for which es
Inmates have been asked,
The greatest need of the hour in the
islands Is railroads. The opportunity
for their construction Is not limited to
any particular island. although just
now they are confined to Luzon. Every
island in the group can support rail-
road running for fifty miles along the
coast to handle supplies and country
produce. American capital. II is hoped.
will appreciate this opportunity and Sc
cure the roads.
The census will be published in Oc-
tober next and on that date. provided
tho country Is tranquil. as at present.
the government will authorize the cleo
ton OF an assembly OF not less than
fifty nor more than 100 members. This
assembly will be a legislative body. CO.
ordinate with the commission. passing
all enactments for the government OF
the territory. II will be provided. how
ever. that should they fail at any time
to pass the necessary appropriations.
the governor and treasurer will have
power to do So This assembly will
also be regarded in the light OF an edu-
cational institution,
This will give the present Philip
pine commissioners two and a half
years more in which to complete their
arrangements for the government OF
the islands, and the enactment OF what
they may consider necessary legisla-
tiDn "
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-29

Chicago. Jan. 26.-The coroner's Jury
which for three weeks has been listen
Ing to evidence relating TO the fire in
the IroQuois theater. last night re-
turned verdict by which the follow
Ing persons are held to await the ac-
ton OF the grand fury:
Carter H. Harrison, mayor Of Chica-
20.
Will J. Davis. proprietor in part. and
manager Of the theater.
George Williams. building commas
sioner Of the city.
William H. Musham. fire marshal.
Ed. Laughlin. building inspector un-
der Williams.
William Sallers. fireman in the thea
ter.
James E. Cummings, stage carpenter.
William McMulleu. who had charge
OF the lights that caused the fire.
The findings were as follows:
The cause Of the fire was drapery
coming in contact with a flood or arc
light. City laws were not complied
With relating to building ordinances.
regulating fire alarm boxes. fire appa-
ratus. hampers or flues on and over the
stage and fly galleries. requiring fire.
proof1ng scenery and all wood work on
and about the stage. The asbestos cur
tain. which was wholly inadequate, was
entirely destroyed
The building ordinances we're violat-
ed In that aisles were enclosed on each
side OF the lower boxes, that fire appa-
ratus was absent from the orchestra
hoor; and that there was no fire appa-
ratus In the gallery or first balcony.
VIII J. Davis was held responsible. A.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-29
Negro Specially Invited.

Rochester. n. V. Jan 26.-John W
thompson. negro and leader OF his
race in Monroe county. has received a
personal invitation from Governor
odeal to attend the Thursday reception
at the executive mansion. in Albany
Thompson is said to be the first negro
to receive such an honor He Is popu-
lar with both races and he Is said to be
friend OF both the governor and Pres
tdent Roosevelt.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-29
Intense Cold in New York.

New York. Jan. 20.-Intelsely cold
weather Monday night and yesterday
caused intense suffering all over
city among the homeless and poor.
and the temperature below zero
brought conditions of extreme d!scom-
fort for all whose duties called them
into the open air. The police were kept
busy caring for uufO-tulates. seyera.
Of whom I-are found unconscious. one
N dying condition.
Dispatches from all over the state
report extremely cold weather. The
theEuoCe.ev -oing to forty degrees be-
low zero - - central par: Of the
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-29
VIII Hasten Trial.

Washington. Jan. Ex-senator Bur
ton OF Kansas. against whom a federal
jury on Saturday returned an indict-
men: for accepting a bribe from the Ri
alto Grain Company. has indicated 10
his friends his intention OF waving all
his rights as a Unite,l States senator
and accepting service in the case at
once
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-29
Election judges Arrested.

Denver. Jan. 20.-Ffve election
judges and clerks who are charged
with violating the election laws and
ballot box stuffing were arrested and
brought before Judge johnson yester-
cay. Ali OF whom gave bonds II the
sum OF $500 for their appearance be
fore the court on Saturday. January
-
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-29
GRAIN.

Wheat. choice milling. per 100 lbs
$1l5: rye, Colorado, bulk. per 100 lbs,
75c oats. bulk. Nebraska, new, white.
3l.25: mixed, $1.2l; in sack. Colorado,
white, $40; corn. in bulk, SAC. corn
chop. sacked. 9lc. Colorado corn and
oat chops. sacked. 3l25; bran, Colo
ado. per 100 lbs. soc.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-29
Butter.
Eggs.

Eggs. fresh. loss off. doz. -.
Eggs, fresh. case count, doz..
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-29
Hay.

Upland, per ION. $l2. 2.oo@lo so: second
bottom. choice to fancy. $S.00@s 90,
good to choice. S6o097.50: timothy
Sl2.Oe; timothy and clover. $11.O0; al
falfa. prime. $3.50; straw. $4.00'd5 .o0
South Park wire grass, $500.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-29
DENVER MARKETS
Cattle.

Cattle.
Comparative Receipts:
Year to January I'D 1I1I6
| Same period last year .. lOO2i
Increase | 0ga
The following quotations represeut
the range of prices paid ON this ma
ket:
Beef steers. corn fed. good TO
choice ...................$ s. 20a4 4y
Beef steers, choice graSsers,
l.l00 to l,250 lbs. ...... 3.5oa3. T.
Beef steers, medium TO good
1000 to 100 lbs. ... 3.25M3 40
Beef steers. common to fair. 3.0O43. 20
Cows and heifers. choice
grassers. 1000 to LOO
lbs, ........:.......-.... 2.7543.2s
Cows and heiters. common
TO good grassers ......... 2.0OG25 50
Gamers ................... 1.5042. %
Calves. veal. choice ... 35UU5 90
Bulls. stays. etc. ............ l.50q2 So
Feeders. 900 to l.l5O lbs,
good to choice. F.P.R. 80. 34Om3. -
Feeders. 600 to 900 lbs.
common to fair, F.P.R. .. 3.OOM3. 40
Stockers. choice, FPR. ... 3.5Ur3. r.
Stockers. fair to good .. 2.75dI3 %
Hogs.
Comparative Receipts:
Year to January 22d ......... 1880
Same period last year ..... 6,45g
increase OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. S,Si?
The following quotations represeuJ
the prices paid on this market:
Choice heavy .$4.S5@4. IS
Light and mixed packers -. 4.654i.Sy
Sheep.
Comparative Receipts:
Year to January I'D ......... S.642
Same period last year ......... l4.12S
The following quotations represeu,
the prices paid on this market for
fat sheep:
Wethers, muttOps ......... So. 1904 %
Ewes. muttons ...,..... 3OOa3.25
Feoder wsthels, F.P.R. .... 300GI3.25
Feeder .ambs .......... 375@4.o5
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-28
CAST OFT TIE pEViL."
Peace Finally Secured by Wearied
Travellers in Korea,

Peace Finally Secured by Wearied
Travellers in Korea.
In his new book, "Kcrea," Mr.. AZ.
gus Hamilton gives an interesting pic.
ture of the land which is now attract.
ing the eyes cf the civilized world.
Here in his account Of q night spent
in the village Of Wha-ding: 1T was
impossible to stand; it was impossi.
BILE to sit; sleep was out OF the ques-
ton. We shook our clothes; we
bathed and washed and powdered.
Every effort was torture, and each
precaution Increased the irOnieS Of
the situation. To add to the plaques
OF this accursed place, we were deaf.
ened by the ear,sp]iLtting incantSations
OF sorcerer: whc' had been hired by
the proprietor CT the village inn to
exercise devil that had bewitched
him. We wondered afterwards wEcth-
er this accounted for the ce3seless
activity among t:ie ver1nin. After a.
futile attempt to cOnfe to terlflJ with
the magician by bribery and corrup-
ton through the medium OF my in
terpreter it was arranged that one Of
the grooms should represent the evil
spirit. He passed out into the desola
tion of the night and hOwied plain
lively, while we, having, cQliee.ted It! the
elders and the necycmancer, s0lemnly
fired our revolve,s into the darkness
at the departing spirit. Unfortunate
ly,, we did ncc convince the wizard
that the devil had been expelled. 1t
was not until. losing 10y temper and
my reason together, j dropped hi:
gongs and sy1nhals down d we'll, de.
posting hin, il ii after them that we
were rid CT the agonies of this addi
tiOnal nuisance
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-28

For ten years Mr.. G.. Heming Magnus
Of Philadelphia had been writer for
The lesser magazines. He wrote short
the editors in the hopes they would
be accepted. His stamp bill was
large. Still, perseverance. a mild in
tention and knowledge dug from the
encyclopedias will tell in time. His
accepted manuscripts increased in
number. This perked him up. He
started bank account of moderate d.
mensions. Nothing makes man so
Grave as bank account. He was a
slender man, with dropping shoulders,
mild blue eyes and a sandy Vandyke
beard. When "lionized'" he used to
twist this beard into sharp point and
stab himself upon his narrow shirt
front. Though his legs were wobbly
and his feet large, his "heart was in
The right place. This he knew from
the fact that when startled by sud-
lien noise it beat thick and quick, like
a madman on drum
A boisterous doctor came up behind
him, slapped him on the shoulder and
howled:
''Maggy, old man, how're the brutal
editor men,"
The heart, which vas in the right
place, began humping. Magnus wheel
ed and faced him, wrath in his pale
eyes.
Il do so hate to be called 'Maggy.' :"
ae snapped. 1T really is not my
aame." Then his thin, delicate ha:4d
went to his left side.
Its all right, Magnus,' the doctor
said. BEG pardon. You looked over
worked. Take a bit of free advice:
Go away somewhere and rest
1t was early summer and the men,
bers of the literary clubs, the fashion
ables and the preachers were fitting
The bank account was healthy. Mag
nus looked over the papers. Among a
thousand advertisements of places
with all the comforts of home,' his
eye was caught by mention of Har-
per's Ferry, Virginia. He asked about
it and was told it was a good coun-
try, with pure air. farm foods, trout
fishing and cheapness. That seemed
to suit Next afternoon he alighted
from a dilapidated buggy in front of
"Grassdene' farmhouse. Shadows lay
deep on the alley The Potomac
rolled grandly to the SOUTH Looking
from his window over the sweeping
river, Magnus said
Here is rest. DO not want human
mpanionship. A cultivated mind
needs only itself. Surrounded by these
eternal hills, amid which dwell a sim.
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-28

old man became too feeble to carry
the sacks of wheat on his back to the
shanty. All he could do was tie the
full sacks with strips of cotton, darn
holes in those that were empty and
unsafe, and mend the sifters where
the wire netting had broken.
Every week wagon came and took
away the golden harvest, which was
sold to rich people on the highlands
They fed it to chickens and mixed it
in bran for the COWS. But l never
suspected what price it brought, nor
cared to ask. We made the balance
into bread and had enough. The old
man-no, will call him a miser-used
to say that when the mine had clear ed
up hundred times as many sacks as
! his age, then he would die and l should
be heiress of the marshes. l set no
store by his oft-repeated promise, for
getting how many thousand bushels Of
grain ore had gone to the make-be-
lleve assayer. Still l humored mis-
Whlm and even said l would marry
the nomad of the main line who risked
his job SO many times to make US
| wealthy.
Yes, my love had made his plea
a plea without plan. And that
Know is for loves own sake. But
somehow l fancied he watched little
Wistfully at times the faces that sped
by at the windows of the through ex-
press. And now I am afraid it was
my anxious gaze down the track at
sunset that helped the old man 10
think some day our track walker would
turn his face the other way and we
would not see him again.
My benefactor became watcher as
| we'll as l. Often after days work we
have climbed up into the signal tower
by the Y and looked for the solitary
tgure' coming nearer and nearer on
| the double tracks. Then we would
| wave hands to him, shout goodnight
when he approached and passed, and
go home together-the old man and
happy as the wild ducks that fly
over the marsh.
Hes good boy" the old man
would say simply.
My heart leaped to thank him, but
some thing held my tongue. Perhaps
it would only have made the old man
brood more deeply over the purpose l
was unconscious Of
One day as he limped over the half
frozen ground I remembered that he
said, "Ah, my child, it is a terrible
thing to be DID,
shall never forget the sadness in
that voice or the look in those deep
set eyes. .:.: .:.s.<y - + -
One other time have seen: him that
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-28

During the trial of suit to enforce
the payment of alimony recently, a
witness in the case gave the most
damaging evidence against the defend
ant in the suit, once the husband OF
very prepossessing blonde. With
very great frankness he told how the
defendant had mistreated his wife in
almost every imaginable way, and
how on one occasion he (the witness)
had interfered to save the poor WON
an from beating.
"Oh, you acted the part of peace
maker, did your" said the defendants
attorney when the voluble witness
was turned over to him for cross
examination. You rushed to the res
cue of fair damsel in distress.'
Il did, said the witness, proudly
"and l succeeded in saving her,
We'll, WE'LL" sarcastically returned
the lawyer, then you did not meet
the fate commonly accredited to the
peacemaker?'
mot just then," said the witness
Il did later. I married the fair dam
sci after she got her divorce"
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-28
A "Potomac rose"

thing more than itself. He was bored.
Furthermore, his conscience oppressed
him. He told himself that he was
ungenerous in Withholding himself
from these two lonely women, who
knew nothing Of books, society, cities
or the great world without. He was
not conscious of desire to alleviate
the loneliness OF Mrs. Loudoun, but
he thought the girl would improve
nightly by converse with a man of
his cultivated abilities and expert
ences. She was plump, and her weight
in the boat made the rowing more diff
ficult, but he endured the extra labor
for the pleasure of watching her in
tellect expand like flower. She list
ened to his talk of books with every
appearance of interest. He found
all her comments apt, and some of
them shrewd. He felt the unconscious
charm of her innocence.
One evening, three weeks after the
beginning of their friendship, she as
sumed guidance of the conversation.
1t was done in spirit of mischief but
the eyes of G. Heming Magnus did
not see it. He lacked the percep-
tive faculty. She astonished him much
by sound, if not brilliant, monologue
upon the Elizabethan poets as COM
pared with those of the earlier era
and, in mild discussion of the re.
puted authorship of the Shakesperean
plays, worsted him badly. She said
they were the work of Sir Walter Raj
elgh during his eighteen years of con-
tlnement in the Tower of London.
Next day she invited him into part
of the house he had not visited. in.
troduced him to sitting-rocm. fur
nished plainly but in perfect taste,
seated herself at an old but tuneful
piano and played for him, with feel
ing and force, selections from Beetho-
ven, Mozart, Mendelssohn. Chopin,
Verdi, Donizetti, Wagner, De Koven,
Millard, Sullivan and Dave" Bra.
ham.
The Philadelphian dimly recognized
that he might possibly have been
guilty of Understanding the simple
IdI1uluS 1d1u1Iy. "a 41CI1c 1dIeI lie De'
gan to hold her in his thoughts and to
speak of her, when on his rambles, as
a Potomac rose" This was a bad
sign. In all his thirty years he had
seen no one like her, SO simple, so un.
affected, so sympathetic, so beautiful.
This was worse sign. He measured
mentally the height of his bank &C.
count and found it sufficient. This
was the worst sign of all.
1t was late in the September Of 1898.
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-28

way; his eyes wide opeH with far
away stare, as if trying to see where
the snow fakes began their internin-
able journey.
l am sure it was a sudden great
blow to my guardian when he heard
the track walker was discharged. He
came to tell us how it happened and
to say good-by, stopping first at the
grain cars on the Y, which he had
never done before My sweetheart is
young and brave, so he only laughed.
But had no heart to 60 on with my
sitting. accompanied him across
the marsh to talk it over with the old
man.
For the first time in winter the door
of the shanty stood wide open, creak-
ing it's hinges ,mournfuAy on 4the sea-
ward side. The old man was not
within. A ha]f-measure of grain was
on the floor and beside it a measure
half full of gold and silver coins pour
ed out of canvas sack; and scat
tered over the carpet]ess planks were
a few grains of sound wheat
His foot tracks led off from the lone
ly path into the .Cne]ier thicket, and
some of the reeds were broken down
as if peering through the morbid,
whistling growth, while on one Of the
tallest cattails was caught q strip OF
cotton-sucf' a strip as he used to tie
the sifted sacks of wheat-and it was
beckoning furiously in the winter
blast