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The Grit-advocate., 1904-02-05

dIligent inquiry respecting the tnvesti-
CATION then in progress. | ascertained
that a coroner's jury had been empan-
eled and that an inquest was being con
Quoted In a manner that precludsd the
possibility OF arriving at the true facts
concerning the Independence disaster.
Is this sentence correctly quoted7
A No. sir: it is not entirely correct.
1t is in part.
@: Who interrogated you, Mr..
White7
A: | could not say who the man
was.
The coroner then read the second
paragraph. which referred to the Jurors
as selected on account of their atti-
tude in existing labor troubles. and in
answer to the question "Is this cor
rectly stated?" Mr.. White replied:
Il do not think made any such
statement as that. I want to compare
that with the notes have. l have kept
a record of it,
O.: Would you make such state
ment as that. Mr.. White?
A.: No. sir; I would not.
Mr.. White then said in substance
that he did not think the men selected
by the coroner as jurors were unrell-
able men. biased or prejudiced. He fur
ther denied fatty that he had made the
statements that counsel representing
private interests were permitted to be
present and cross-eXamine witnesses
and that questions were propounded to
witnesses by the Jurors to determine
criminal responsibility rather than to
ascertain the facts"
In answer to practically every ques-
ton Of the coroner Mr.. White replied
that he was not correctly quoted and
that the statement was not made by
him. In reply to Coroner Doran's ques-
ton. do you believe. Mr.. White. that
selected men who are biased or pre-
JUDGED against the employees and the
management of the company MIR.
White replied:
Il believe. Mr.. Doran. that | have
answered that question. but | will an
swer it again. | certainly think you
have selected men of good judgment;
as ! before stated, | have known most
of them for a number OF years and I
believe them to be fair and impartial"
After Mr.. White left the room Hous-
ton Tayor, a reporter for the Cripple
Creek Times and Denver Post, swore
that the article in question was identi-
cal in substance with a written state
ment by Commissioner White which he
(Taylor) received from General F. M.
Reardon at his office and which was
signed by Wr. White. Mr.. Taylor said
he saw Whites statement and that 1t
was the same as the copy furnished to
him in Mr.. Whites presence in General
ReardOn'S office
The Grit-advocate., 1904-02-05
SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS MADE
in THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.

dissolute, drunken and lawless Ameri
cans who are willing to associate with
low Filipino women and live on the
proceeds of their labor. To rid the
country of this class Of Americans the
commission passed what is known as
the "dissolute American and vagrancy
acts"
There has been a great increase in
school attendance in all the provinces
but one. Still. only about 10000, or
ten per cent. of the population OF school
age. are receiving public instruction
Teachers and school houses are among
the crying needs of the islands. Gov
ernor Taft says several million dollars
could be well expended In the erection
Of large. airy and healthy school
houses. and that the number of teach
ers well might be multiplied by seven
Governor Taft says the Sultan Of Jolo
long since has violated the Bates
agreement and has forfeited all hts
rights under it. Governor Taft pro-
nounces him a gambler and an In
triguer. without spark Of courage CT
patriotic and fraternal interest in his
people, one who runs his whole system
of government solely for the exaction
of taxes.
General Wood says force seems to be
the only method of reaching the Moros
and placing civilized restraints upon
them.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-02-05
Y, M, c. A. Building for Denver.

Denver, January 3l.-The reception
and banquet rendered to Jacob A. Riis.
at the Adams hotel last night, devel-
oped into boom for Il building for
the Young Mems Christian Association.
1t was the launching of movement
that bids fair to result in building for
the local branch.
Rev Robert +. Coyle of Central
Presbyterian Church announced that
he had pledges of $4,000 from friend
whose name he could not divulge, and
President w. f. Sweet reported that
the board of directors have pledged
sll 900. and pledges from other sources
amount to $500. making a total
pledged of s2S,500. President Sweet
ventured the opinion that the 100000
the minimum sum required for the
erection of the contemplated building
can be secured and said that the SILL
600 pledged by the directors represents
but one-half of what the board will
subscribe, if the support CT the citizens
of Denver is secured.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-02-05
FARMING MATTERS.
Farm Education.

| 4 The recent meeting of the Coloia-
.J State Grange at Fort Collins the
| Glowing report of the educational
eJmmittee was adopted:
our committee on education beg
cave to submit the following report
Whereas, The education of a vast
uajority Of the future farmers of this
late will end with the public school.
and the advancement OF the age de-
nands acquaintance with the laws of
nature in order TO successfully prac-
ice agriculture; therefore be it
Resolved. That we favor the
'eaching the elementary principles OF
aETiculture, and what is usually known
as nature studies in all the public
7UnOols Of the state, and we believe
nat after two years from this date.
every teacher should be required to
pass a creditable examination in these
subjects.
Resolved, That we favor the pur-
rhasing of school books by the board
nj directors of the state, as it establish
IS a uniform course of study, at least
expense.
RESOLVED, That we fully and most
heartily approve of the work that the
agricultural college is doing for the
farming interests of the state and es-
pecially for that richest of all products
for which we are noted-our boys and
girls. We would further approve of
the short course in agriculture. which
rNey are about to establish for the
special benefit of adult farmesr and
their wives. and would urge the farm
ers of the state, and especially our
grangers to take advantage of this val
liable feature in our college work
Resolved. That we favor a reading
course under supervision of the state
agricultural college, for the farmers of
this state And we favor the use and
study of the bulletins issued by the col
ege in our oranges. They are gotten
mp tor the benefit of the farmers and
we cannot get the intended benefit
unless we carefully study them. We
think that much more good could be
gotten from them if we would take
them up and discuss them as part of
our regular grange work We urge the
local grangers to arrange for farmers
Institutes in their different communi-
ties. both for the cultivation OF local
talent and to avail themselves of the
lectures of the agricultural college. who
are always willing to come without
charge and give from one to three or
more lectures and hold consultations
and visit such farms as present i'm
portant problems"
The Grit-advocate., 1904-02-05

Washington, Feb. 2.-The Presi dent
yesterday sent to the Senate the annual
report OF the Philippine Commission.
including the report OF the civil gov
ernment Of the Philippines and the re-
ports of the heads OF the executive de-
partments, for the period ended Decem-
ber 23, 1908. The report OF the COM
mission contains a detailed statement
by the auditor for the islands of ex-
penditures under the appropriation OF
$3,0O0,000 for the relief of distress in
the islands.
Governor Taft says the year was one
OF much suffering among the people
Of the Philippines. on account of a
short food supply, but that the worst is
passed. While he does not consider the
future as bright as it might be, he be-
lieves we are beginning an era in the
history Of the islands which. with the
assistance of proper tariff reduction in
the United States and proper naviga-
tion laws. will be one of decided ma
terial developments.
Speaking of the conditions in the is
lands, Governor Taft says that no time
has there been less ladronism than
when the report was written, December
10; 1903.
One OF the greatest obstacles with
which the government has had to con-
tend. he says, has been the presence or
The Grit-advocate., 1904-02-05
SUDDEN DEATH OF
RICH NEW r1EXICAN

Albuquerque, N. NJ. Feb. mariana
Otero, the wealthest native in this ter
ritory, died at his residence yesterday
morning at A.: 80 O'Clock from apoplexy.
He was in excellent health all day Sun
day, having spent the afternoon at the
Commercial Club. where he played
cards with several friends, and was
unusually good natured. At 3:20
o'clock yesterday morning he awoke
his wife and complained of severe
headache. Mrs. Otero went after
smelling salts. and on her return to
him he said Il am going, l am dy-
ing" He lapsed into uncOnsciousness
and before a physician could reach the
home he was dead
Mr.. Otero was q Republican leader
for thirty years, and represented this
territory as a delegate in Congress in
the term following the election of 1878
He ran again in 1890 and was defeated
by Antonio Joseph. Democrat He had
been county commissioner and probate
Judge of this county for several terms.
Born in Peralta, Valencia county,
August 2S. 1874, Mr.. Otero was educat-
ed in St. Louis and at Notre Dame. He
married a daughter of Jose LeandrO
Perea, who at the time of his death
was considered the wealthiest Spaniard
in the Southwest.
Mr.. Otero was president and direc-
tor of the Bank of Commerce and was
vice president and director of the Com
mercial Club. He practically owned
half a dozen or more land grants.
among them the Baca location, consid-
cred the finest timber lands in New
Mexico, and the TETON grant, upon
which are located the famous Hogan
coal fields. He owned about $4,000
sheep, and half dozen immense sheep
ranges in this, Sandoval and Socorro
counties. He owned the land grants
upon which are located the Jcmez and
| Sulphur hot springs resort. and re-
Gently put in operation an immense
| plant for the manufacture of sulphur
at the Sulphur Hot Springs.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-02-05
WIND AND FIRE
Ar FORT COLLINS

Denver, Feb. q special dispatch
from Fort Collins yesterday says:
Fort Collins was panic-stricken for
an hour to-day. Early in the morning
a roar of wind was heard several miles
west of here in the mountains. Short
" after o'clock it struck town and
few minutes afterward the city was
filed with dust. flying boards. limbs OF
trees and other loose objects. Barns
and outbuildings were wrecked all
over the city Wagons and buggies
we're rolled away, overturned and
wrecked.
r. A. Trimble, weather observer at
the college, reports the velocity OF the
wind from 7:3O to 12 O'Clock as aver
aging eighty-fve miles an hour. The
force of the wind was so great at
times that many of the large plate
glass windows in downtown stores
were forced in and much damage done
by dust. Windows were broken all
over the city by missiles carried
through the air.
Several small fires occurred in the
city, the most serious being in the
Loomis addition, where the home OF
Russell Barckley was licked up by
flames. On the adjoining lot barn.
team OF horses and two wagons We're
burned The fire spread from this
place to a vacant lot. but before it
could reach the town a force of fire
fighters checked it.
At O'Clock Senator w. a. Drake,
who lives three miles south of Fort
Collins, telephoned to send men re-
gardless of cost to fight a fire that had
started west of his farm and threat
ened the whole Harmony district.
About fifty men responded and sue
ceeded in getting the flames under con-
troll, but not until a granary contain
ing 700 bushels of grain and corrals
and stables had been burned to the
ground and an orchard. barn and feed
pen belonging to Henry Franz had
| been destroyed.
Will Daffin's barn. near Wellington,
! twelve miles north of here, was lifted
! into the air and carried over two
! fences without damaging them in the
least While in the air. however, the
barn came in contact with five tele
| phone wires twenty-five feet from the
| ground, broke them and shut off tele
phone communication between Fort
Collins and Cheyenne. In the same
| neighborhoOd about a dozen haystacks
| were burned. Other fires are reported
from Wellington. but all wires are
down and the total damage is not
known.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-02-05
Dead in the Desert.

Salt Lake. Feb. 1.-The bodies OF be-
tween twenty and thirty men who per
ished from thirst while attempting to
cross the desert between Moapa and Los
Vegas, Nevada, have been found by sur
vs,ors within 4 few weeks. according
to adv1ces received from the latter
place. The men. it is believed We're
mostly tramps, who attempted to
make the long journey on foot without
sufficient supplies Of food and water to
carry them across. Many Of the bodies
found were without clothing and it is
believed that the victims had gone in
sane from thirst and had wandered
about IN nude condition in search of
water. Some of the victims are sup
posed to have drank water from dead
mans well" which is located almost in
tho center of the desert. The water
from this well, while temporarily allie
WAITING thirst, is sure death Ia
those who drink it.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-02-05
Will Inspect Gi!Iett's Mines.

Kansas City. Feb. l.-Cirant c. Gill
lett, the former Kansas cattle plunger
who fed to Mexico three years ago,
has made definite move to settle with
his creditors, to whom he owes an ag-
gregate sum estimated at Sl.oOO.OOO.
Local creditors have received draft
from Giliett for a sum sufficient to pay
the expenses of committee to go to
Mexico and inspect the eN-kansan S
mining holdings. by the disposition OF
which he hopes to pay his debts, The
committee will start for Mexico about
February 18th.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-02-05

Z from Denver with extra passenger
coaches. passing this city about i
O'Clock There was number of poles
down on the track and wires were re-
paired. The daily freight train turned
back from Lawson because OF the Sc
verify of the blow.
| The storm was very severe at
Georgetown. and for a time after the
news OF the accident intense excite
ment prevailed Considerable damage
was done to property in Georgetown
and vicinity. The roof was blown of
the Catholic church. and severa! houses
suffered similar fate.
Among the passengers on the train
Who received a severe shaking up. but
were not seriously injured, were G. J.
Wolf of Georgetown. county commits
sioner: Thomas Coppard Of Idaho
Springs. County Clerk A. o. Walker OF
Georgetown. J. d. Cummings, a travel
ing salesman of Denver; |. ID. Cannon
of Denver, representing the New York
Life Insurance Company. and Rev. f.
j. Wilcox of Denver, manager of the
Waldorf mining properties. The &C
cident occurred about 1.50O feet below
the Georgetown station. 1t is a rathe.
singular coincidence that on February
4, 1885 an accident occurred at the ev-
act spot. which was indentical with the
one of to-day, except that in the for
mer case the engine and tender were
Overturned with the cars. This is tho
third time cars have been blown from
the track at nearly the same point.
The accident was caused by forma-
ton of the mountains where strong
currents of wind are peculiar to this
season of the year. Engineer Allen had
charge of the train.
Conductor Pat O'Mara, discussing the
accident. said: I'VE had just passed
over the sand hill that has caused so
much trouble in the past and the wind
was so severe that the train had to be
stopped. We were standing dead still
when the train blew over. The side Of
the engine was badly battered where II
had been pelted by rocks while standing
>on the track during the storm"
The Grit-advocate., 1904-02-05
CORONER'S JURY FINDS VERDICT
AND CONFRONTS COMMISSIONER

Victor. Colo. Jan. sl-The coroner's
jury in the mine disaster inquest yes
terday returned the following verdict:
We. the jury find that the deceased
lying there dead. came to their end in
the STATIONS Independence. Limited
mine. on Tuesday morning. January
26th. through Frank T. Gillice's losing
control Of the engine. the.e in use. and
pulling the cage into the sheaye wheel
thereby parting the cable and precipi-
tating the cage, loaded with the above
named men, down the shaft to their
death. And We further find If the man
agement had not neglected the usual
precautions, the said casualty might
have been reduced. If not avoided.
The usual precautions that were not
taken are as follows:
First, no man is required to preside
At the collar of the shaft while hoisting
.men.
Second. no safety device was in use
on the cables to prevent the overwind-
ing Of the same.
Third, men were loaded and unload
ed without placing the cage on chairs.
Fourth the disc brakes on the hoist
ing engine were detached from their
usual position and therefore useless.
I'VE. the jury, would recommend
that all safety appliances and precau-
fions herein named and recommended
be adopted and used. not only by the
Strattons Independence mine. but by
tall mines in this district not now using
the same. thereby reducing to a mini
mum the danger to life and limb that
lmen working in mines are subjected to.
We further recommend that a com
ipetent extra man should stand near the
engineer while he is hoisting or lower
ing men, whose duty should be to rem
der any assistance needed"
The coroner and members of the jury
were very indignant aver the reputed
statement OF the mine commissioner
published In the Cripple Creek Times
and Denver papers. A subpoena was
Immediately issued for Commissioner
Lyman White and he was informed
that the statement was n gross insult
to the jurors and that they proposed
to do all in their power to have his ac-
tons investigated by grand jury.
The commissioner was then sworn
land testified as follows
The Coroner: Wr. White, we do not
object in the least to what the object
CS your investigating committee may
Ibe: we simply want to know whether
or not the statement as published in
The Cripple Creek Times is correct as
given by you.
, Mr.. White: No, sir. 1t is not cor
rect.
O.: Is this your statement: Upon
my arrival at Victor and after making
The Grit-advocate., 1904-02-05
MRS. r1AYBRICk is
NOW AT LIBERTY

London. Jan. 31-Lloyd's Weekly
Newspaper says this morning that Mrs.
Florence Maybrick. the American
woman who was serving life SEN
tence for having poisoned her husband,
was released from Aylesbury female
convict prison at 6:45 o'clock on the
morning of January 25th on special IL
icense Her mother. the paper says.
had visited her Saturday. January 23d,
and evidently WAS the bearer OF i'm
iportant news. On the 25th Mrs. May
brick, accompanied by one Of the pris-
on matroDs, entered a closed carriage
and drove to Aylesbury station. where
she took train for London. She drove
from Euston station and from there
twans-te :. private house not far from
the metropolis. She will remain there
,for a short period in order to recuper-
ate and to await the completion of GER
,rain formalities which will give her
freedom Of movement not allowed per-
sons on ordinary ticket-of-leave.
Mrs. Maybrick, the paper concludes.
during the last few months in prison.
'NES ia tii' 'ShNS'S wa 49, 49,
reward for good conduct,
Mrs. Maybrick's case has been one of
international interest The daughter
iof a banker of Mobile, Alabama, she
was educated in France and Germany
and married at the age of seventeen
10 James Maybrick. a rich London cot
ton broker. She lived with him nine
years and had two children. In 1889
i1hey had several quarrels and May
brick objected to the fact that she at
ltended the races with Albert Briefly
who was staying at the same hotel
with them. Maybrick, who was addict
ed to the use of arsenic to quiet his
nerves, died after an illness OF two
weeks with symptoms of arsenlcaI
poisoning. Poison was later found IN
Mrs Maybrick's room. She was ac-
icused of murder. tried, convicted and
sentenced to death. which sentence was
,afterward commuted to Imprisonment
for life She has been in prison since
1889, although great efforts have beer
made in America and in England tc
secure her release or a new trial.
Her present Liberation is attributed
to the good offices of Sir Thomas Lip
ton. who is said to have made a per
,sonal appeal to King Edward.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-02-05

greater part Of the honey sold in
this country never saw the inside OF q
beehive. A little deXtro-gluccse, 1T
tie water. and a little leVo-glucose
makes pure, select table honey. This
is quicker than bee Can make the
. 625 900 cells necessary to gathering a
pound of honey.
Within the next four months it is
MANNED by the government to place
fourteen federal inspectors of cattle
in Colorado and neighboring states. to
stop the shipping of cattle infected
with "cattlescab," or mango These
officials will at once mark out the
herds that are infected with mango
and if any attempt is Eade TO ship
such stock the shipments will be
stopped unless the cattle axe first
dipped
The following sentence from a recent
! bulletin of the Department OF Agrlcul-
ture teaches that fertilizers are un-
necessary on any farm land: 1T ap-
! pears that practically all soils contain
sufficient plant food for good crop
Weld. that this supply will be indefi-
! nitely maintained, and that this actual
! Weld OF plants auapteu W tlt sui he-
nends mainly, under favorable climatic
conditions, upon the cultureal methods
and suitable crop rotation
colorado is determined to be in the
heef finishing list of states and is pal
nably dissatisfied with its present posi-
tion. Contention has been strenuously
made that the mountain region pos
| sesses the ability at least TO finish
enough beef to supply local needs. ant
TO demonstrate this Eugene Grubb ant
". l.. Carlyle. representing the Colo,
RADIO Agricultural College are in Wash
ington bent on securing an appropria
tiou. If cattle are to be fattened il
the inter-mountain country, small
Grain must be the main reliance of thu
feeder. Already Colorado is a NUT
ton making state. but depends on Ne
hraska for the corn. without which
fedders have not yet managed to sue
cessfullp finish their stock. The eli
mate of the mountain country makes
it an ideal feed lot location. Can tn
experimenters at Fort Collins DO th
rest?-Live stock World.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-02-05
War Expected by China.

Pekin, Feb. 2.-The Korean minis
ter here has been recalled and will
leave Pekin in a few days. The ko-
rean legation continues to receive dis
quieting news regarding the conditions
in Korea.
The Japanese in Pekin discredit the
reports, intimating that peaceful
settlement will be arrived at, espe-
cially in view OF Russia's immediate
warlike preparations.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-02-05
Battleships Sail.

New York. Feb 1.-The United States
ha.t,ps$,hs Iowa and Maine left the
Brooklyn navy yard late yesterday
The Iowa goes direct to Cnlebra to loin
the North Atlantic squadron. After
stopping at Hampton Roads to have
her torpedo tubes tested. the Name VIII
proceed to Culebra. where she 1s 10 be,
come the flagship OF Rear Admiral
Barker, commanding the North Amerl-
can squadron
The Grit-advocate., 1904-02-05
DENVER MARKETS
Cattle.

Comparative Receipts
Year to January 29th. ........ 14.334
Same period last year. .......... 1881
Increase ..... l.743
The following quotations represent
the range OF prices paid on this mar
ket:
Beef steers. corn fed, 100 to
loo lbs. ................$4 .$4.3oIi4 G5
Beef steers, corn fed. $50 to
1.1O0 lbs. ............... 4.00l4. 80
Beef steers. hay fed, LOO to
1.20O lbs. ...-.......... 3.75M4.OO
Beef steers. hay fed, $50 to
1.loO lbs. .............. 3.5O@3.75
Cows and heifers. choice
corn fed. Observation-Disclosures. 3.25ds.75
Cows and heifers. medium to
good. corn fed ........... 2.75ds.25 25
Cows and heifers choice bay
fed. -, .................... 3OO93.25
Cows and heifers, medium to
good. hay fed ............. 2.4O13. 90
Gamers. ................. 1.50u2 90
Calves, veal, choice ........ 350tI5 90
Bulls. stays. etc ....-....... 1.5O42.5O
Feeders, 800 to 1,150 lbs,
good to choice. F. p. H.. 3.5Otd3 80
Feeders, 500 to 800 lbs,
common to fair. F. P r.. 32Oa3. so
Stockers. choice, F. P. r.. 3.5O43.75
Stockers. fair to good. d....... 3.OO4325