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Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-10-01
PARkER's FAvoRITE POEM.


tAItoa 2. Parker |: very fond Of the p.
Note-)
Uncie David Bennett Hilrs At Parker,
house to stay,
To help him FIX his fences an to tell hin,
what to say:
David says: BE keerful, now you srs
candidate,
Or else they'll git the best Of yea-that',
jest as sure As fate.
Now don't sand any telegrama, ereatia
further doubt.
Or Roosevelt II beat you,
ef you
don't watch
-Wunst they was a candidate at thought
he'd have a chance
II he'd tell the people what he knew
about finance:
Went about tn country with a boiler an
whoop-
derneath the soup.
Stick to what | tell you, or you'll arr,lAs
up the spout.
Fer Roosevelt II beat you.
ef you
doa't watch
out
"Wunst I wore a feather plume: I ~,
Democrat VI
Till a cyclone from tn west jest blew
away my hat
When they asst me what I was, | an
swered cool an cam.
With another feather plume which read:
L Guess / Am
Bet your life that David knows les,
what he is about
Az Roosevelt II beat you,
ef you
don't watch
Best be .pnrty keerful how you talk
about tn trusts
II you want TO roast one, better welt
until ii busts
An tn money question-don'f have VERY
much to say
As to lutycrats-xremember Henry Gas
sawayi
Stick right to a whisper. don't you never
dare TO shout.
Or Roosevelt II beat you,
ef you
don't wa&cA
out.
Have your picture taken-out be keerrui
what you wear
Put on all tn overalls en- look Ike
county fair
Take your little plunge into tk1 Huison
every day.
Keep below the water when you've any
thing to say.
Mind your Uncle David-his saSsesSioaI
never fout-
For Roosevelt II beat yos,
EFF YOU
DON'T WATCH
OUTg
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-10-01
Democracy. B.d Record.

When the veterans of the Civil War
were with Gen. Grant before Richmond
or with Sherman marching to the sea, a
Democratic national convention declared
the war a failure and demanded q dis
honorable peace. When the business
men. the wage-earners and honest men
OF all classes were battling for sound
money and the gold standard the Demo
crauc party. as an organization, was
clamoring for free silver at 10 to ].
When the Republican party was contend.
ing Tor protection to American manufac.
tnrers and workmen. its opponents were
advocating policy destructive to both
What good thing has the Democratic
party ever done, anyhowr
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-10-01
TRIBUlATl0NS OF A GREAT
GRANDFATHER. y
tover Teddr.s Lrtfrr.l

Eikins. w. Va. sept. IS. 1904
Dear sonny-Ive Just finished readin'
Teddy's letter and haven't had SO mnrh
fun since I was foss'd In n blanket ths
year that grand old rough rider. Andy Jack
tosses Us up so high that II seesss as Il
we'd never come down
never did see paper so full of IN
terrogation points as that letter. and ever
derned one Of them Ike jolt on the solar
piexns that Steve Is 80 fond Of talkiu'
abont.
breakfast this morn.o'. the nrst time Sine
posed as Methuselah piekim' the sho.
strings out Of his eyes. "Nunky." says hs.
why does Teddy's letter remind you Of .
corduroy roadr'
.Beeau.e IT'S 20 full Of bumps." says /.
gnessin his connndrum the first crack
lecfuas.
No wonder you thought II q mile long.
short piece Of road like that goes a long
way when your wagon hasn't any springs
or straw on the bottom. an your old hams
lack fat Ike mine
I tell you. Alton, that's the matter with
US. The Democratic bard wagon hasn't
got any springs nor straw for cushions and
I'm gettin all fired tired furnishin' all the
This letter Of Teddy's DOESN'T ruu On
rubber tires He may. mean we'll, but what
right has he pryin' into our conv' rtIouss
What business Is II of his II We are llks
the man stealth ride on the end OF
train who never sees anything until rs
AZ nc was as old as i nfD. BE 4
bless his stars IL he could see anything.
behind or before.
This hayin' foresight is all a Republleaa
gfft- We Democrats haven't got IT. Wee
always srckin' the hind teat.
We never saw anything In infant indus
tries TILL the Republicans adopted the
fonndiin' and brought 1t up on protection
milk !.
We never saw that the Union had to D
preserved. II there were to be enour y
Offices to go round. until the RepubiI,N.s
saved II and flled the Offices for nigh ANo
forty years.
We never saw that two fhinrs could not
occupy the same place at the same time
until the Republicans adopted the gold
standard and left holding the bag be-
tween bimetailism and free and unlimited
silver.
tell you. we've no faculty for fore
sfght-and. as far as I can see, mighty
little for hind-sight. either. No wonder he
donkey Is our party emblem. Do yos
know. I've been lokin' In mothers lookin'
glass lately. and ! swan n my chin whs-
kers Amt grown Ike goats and my ears
are gettin' SO long they droop. Steve saTs
It's only optical halluelnafIen superiB-
duced by too much broodiug over Repub
iican cartoons.
But. say. Aiton-on the qutcf-have you
consulted your glass since you made that
speech to Charlie Knapp and the other
Charlie horsesy
Donkeys have this advantage over men:
they can get their ears to the ground with
out crawiin' their bellies
Waitin' to see you put Teddy ep the grid
iron, your old uncle
HENRY GAssowAY.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-10-01
Not the OnI, Import.nt Oue..io,.

Admitting that the gold standard is '.ir-
evocably fxed." as Judge Parker says.
though he did not help fix il. that is only
one OF many important financial ques-
tons that may come up in relation to
financial matters The question of the
preservation and extension Of our sys-
TEN OF banking and currency; the refund
ing OF our national debt as it may. from
time to time, become due. and many 9th
er questions Of Ike Importance may
arise. To place the settlement of these
Questions In unfrieadly hands might re-
suit IN such disturbance OF business as
would shock the whole country.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-10-01
Parker would B. u...fe.

Without questioning the sincerity OF
Jrdge Parker's expressions on the
money question he was, BY his swn state
inenta. more devoted to his party. IN
lS)0. than be was to his sincere cor
victions Of right That being the casa
We have right to assume that he m ~
e an extreme moment, again surreLee
lis principles Tor the sake OF his party.
Such man cannot b held up - safs
candidate for ths Aighesf yositioo In tss
govsrnmenk.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-10-01
A sign Of Pro.peri.x.

There is no better criterion Of general
prosperity than the postal business.
When times are good the postal revenue
Increases. and vice versa. The report OF
the Postmaster General shows that for
the year ending July l. 1895, the receipts
from postal revenue were $40.
For the year ending July 1. 1902, they
we're $il9.9oS.229. an increase Of 81 per
cent during seven years of continuous
Republican rule During the year ending
July I. 1905. the receipts from the money
order business were SS12.o3S: for. the
yesr ending July l. 1902. they we're 81
SS9.SI7. an increase of 1873 Der cent dur
ing seven years Of Republicans prosperity.
The Postmaster General in his annual
report for l9Ug said: THE incrsaM \
the postal revenues attests tie wsnder-
fui prosperity Of the peopIe anA fAs ae-
uvity ee business isterssts thseashDu9
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-10-01
PARTY Recaeda

In every national campaign for forty
years past the Republican party has
stood upon its record Of things done, OF
laws enacted, Of policies esta hlished un-
der which the country has progressed
and prospered. The record Of the Dem
ocratic party made in two administra-
tions was 30 full of disaster. of CONNER
cial shipwreck. of Industrial paralysis
and business failures that its chief busi-
ness In recent years has been to get ~
far away from its record a. possible.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-10-01
Personal Abu.. win No, win.

The Democratic party has been 10
long In the opposition and its every, day
work has 20 long been criticism, that il
forgets that no battle was ever won
BY swearing at the enemy. Abuse Of
Mr.. Roosevelt viii make votes for him.
he Is a very popular man. Personal
criticism will not draw away from him
any man who admires him. but It will
stir his admirers to the more earnest SUP
port Of him.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-10-01

the country IL would not have been
proper for the Postmaster General in an
official report to attribute this wonder
fa prosperity in 1902 TO the operation OF
the Dingley tariff law and other Repub-
hcan measures, but such was the fact.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-10-01

ism!" There is no '-Imperialism." We
are but brothers who are going 20 as
sist In feeding the rest of our brothers
of the world: to give them the benefits of
X all and 10 reap ourselves the benefits
Of II all. To submit TO anything else
would be silly. IL is but 4 problem of
common sense
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-10-01

According to the Bankers Monthly for
August there are 1905, ,22S individual
depositors in the savings banks of tn.
United States. and it is safe to say tha;
10000 will vote for the Republican n
ticket. at least all who are legal voter.
will.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-10-01

great promoter of trade known as swift
and regular transportation
The complement Of this transportation
is a steady and reliable flow of freight
Here irrigation comes into play lrri-
cation lnsures regular crops and there
fore a fixed volume Of freight: even a.
. reliable transportation insures regular
trade. These phases OF national life are
part and parcel Of the evolutionary pro
cess that has made the United States the
trade leader Of the world. The acfiyi-
ties of the country are rising 20 the new
economic standard. lie who f4.is to see
this should seek new perspective.
To the ordinary man the term Aslafic
trade lacks special significance. He
knows it relates TO trade with Asia.
and that we are constantly exporting to
aud importing from Asia. lie does not
realize that all the leading Countries of
the earth are competing for fhe trade OF
several hundred million Asiafics. and that
this trade j. really the greatest CONNER
ciai prize Of the day. lie does not realize
that this trade may be the ma ding OF his
own trade, calling or business.
Your Personal Interest.
Farmers. ranchers, miners i1mbermen.
merchants, laborers OF the West, do not
vote against your own interests. that OF
your family: and yours and fheir future.
Vote for Roosevelt and Fairbanks. They
have brought you glad tsiinss In the na-
fional irrigation act Its wsrxings have
already begun. Under it, operation there
viii be tendency TO balance interests
and thus help in powerful way to keep
the government steady. IL VIII settle the
beef question. every acre irri=ated would
produce more than thirty times as much
~ Is now produced on any # our wild
arid lands. Ii will produce new towns
II moderate size. where all me vocations
u trade. of learning. literature and re-
Igion will flourish. Ii viii change the
face OF the earth. IL VIII change the
face OF the sky. II viii nIslify the at
| mosphere II will change the climate.
IL will give life. health, JOY and pros
perity to the people.
Work for Republican Party.
When we come to contemplate the
whole field OF natural western re-
sources, available for food. Cor industry
| and for commerce. when We attempt to
grasp in one act OF thonsht the length
| aud breadth and depth Of the riches with
| which Providence has loaded this sec
| ton; when We try to realize how every
| possible want. every material aspiration
| OF man can be bountifuily provided for:
| when we consider how mea snreiess are
| the values which will spring into being
| at the touch OF modern Industry. and
| how these values, when oace created.
are solid and real and become incorpo-
rated into the enduring structure Of hu-
| man society. We may begin to es-
| innate properly the measure Of re-
sponsibility which rests upon this ma
tion and its chosen rulers This II not
mercy to preserve unharmei the price
| less boom OF civil liberty which leaves
| the individual citizen free to do his share
| in work Of development. but TO adopt
such measures as will prevent the waste
of natural resources. clear the way OF
| progress and promote the triumph Of CIV
ilization- The record Of the Republican
party shows IT to be party Of progress.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-10-01

"No more I'm pertant question cau an.
Raxe our attention. sBd none shou IA
receive more earuess and thou xhtfui
c"assderaeions than one which seeks 10
e.aro ana preserve the high stand . I'd
OF our popuiatioa and eitizenship.s-
Senator Fairbanks 10 the Senate J.nu.rvI1 ~
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-10-01

The passage Of the National Irrieatie,,
Acf marked new era for the West
Its effect upon actual settlement may not
unfnrly be compared to that OF the
Homestead law. signed By Presideuf
Lincoln In 1862.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-10-01

Under the Wilson low tariff exports IN
creased $9l-000,OO0; In three years an
der the Dinsiey tan6 thsy hcreoeed
t155.000.OOO.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-10-01
President RooseveIt's National Irrigation Act to
Be Wonder Worker
MILLIONS OF CHEERFUL. HAPPY HOMES
Avenue of Relief to Congested Cities-HeaIth,
Prosperity and Patriotism Fostered by
Contact with Soil-RepubIican
Party Leads the Way.
Danger in cong-.ted cities.

I plies ani resources as no one govern
ment in the world ever had before.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-10-01

The transportation issue II settling
itself. The trans-continental railway :
companies face . globe circlinx competi-
tion that forces them to raise the en-
cheney OF their systems, west OF Chi
caxo. The stcam lines Of the Pacific
ocean are meeting the transporta ton de-
mands. Thus the American commerce
with ths Asiss3c EAse = Insured By that
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-06
HARD TASK FOR JAPAN.
Port Arthur's Capture Will Mean Sac
rifice of Thousands of Men.

ST. PETERSBURG, June 5.-W. S.
Smith, a brother of Samuel Smith,
United States Consul at MOSCOW, has
arrived here from Port Arthur. Smith
expresses confidence that Port Arthur
will never be taken, unless the Japa-
nese sacrifice thousands of men. Said
he:
The Russians had $4,000 men at
Port Arthur at the time l left there
and every man is hale and hearty and
is prepared to fight to the death to
prevent the capture of the fortress.
All the surrounding heights are
strongly fortified by entertainments.
embankments and gun emplacements,
scientifically disposed. :.
Rarely a night passed at Port Ar
thur without cannonading by the Jap
anese. The fire always opened at
about 2 o'clock and stopped at s
o'clock. Now / awaken regularly at
2 o'clock and cannot sleep again for
four hours.
For a time after the war began
the battleships Retvizan and Care
witch were used as floating fortresses
to guard the mouth of the harbor.
The Russians have ample stores of
provisions for four and a half years.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-06
SLAVS AND JAPANESE IN A SERIES
OF ENCOUNTERS NEAR PULANTIEN|
VICTORY GOES
TO ISLANDERS
IN COMBATS
Brown Cavalry Drives Off
Large Force of Russian
Rough Riders.

TOXIC, June 5.-The japanese and
Russian forces located north of Pulan-
tien, which were in a series of brushes
during the early part of last week,
had another encounter on Friday, June
3, near Chuchiatun. On that day the
Japanese cavalry met the Russians at
noon. The Russians numbered 20O0
men and were composed of infantry,
detachments of cavalry and artillery.
They were pressing the japanese cav
airy, when the Japanese assembled
their entire force and engaged the
enemy. The Russians drew off grad
ually, and at half past five in the after
noon they retired TO Telissu. The Jap
anese had four men killed and four
men wounded in this fighting.
A report has been received here from
General Kuroh, saying that on Friday
last a detachment was dispatched from
Aiyangcheng northeast of Fengwang-
ckeng) to make reconnaissance toward
Saimatsza (35 miles north of Feng
wangcheng). This detachment encount-
cred 800 Cossacks, and after a brisk en-
gagement the Russians retreated. Gen
eral Kuroki reports that the Russian
loss was heavy. The japanese had one
man killed and three wounded.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-06
POPULAR CLUB
MAN DIES AT AN
ADVANCED AGE

Word was received here yesterday
that Henry Marshall died at the resi-
dence of his sister, Mrs. George Wads-
worth, in Buffalo, N. Y, yesterday
morning Mr.. Marshall left San Fran
cisco two weeks ago. His health had
been failing for several months and
his friends had some apprehension that
he might not be able to stand the trip
across the continent. Mr.. Marshall
was born in New York State 73 years
ago, and was we'll known in public
life in New York City in the early
fifties He was one of Walkers SOL
diers in the famous Nicaraguan fill
buster expedition and was wounded in
one of the engagements. -.
He was chief deputy in the Tax Col
lector's office during the reign of Alex
ander Austin. At one time he was
quite well off, but subsequently sus-
tanned financial reverses IN quicksilver
mines. He went with Herman Lenson
TO establish pearl fisheries on the Gulf
of California. He was a man of many
accomplishments and splendid quail
ties OF character and mind, and was
a great reader. He was one of the
founders Of the Bohemian Club, being
the first member chosen after the or
ganization of the club on Sacramento
street. He was always one of it's most
popular members and great grief is
felt at his loss.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-06
PHIPPS REACHES
DENVER HOME
Steel Magnate Arrives With
His Two Daughters and
Their Party of Servants
CONSULTS HIS ATTORNEY
Millionaire Denies That He
Used Force to Get Pos
session of His Children
Special Dispatch to The Call.


DENVER, Colo, June 5.-Law-
renee c. Phipps. millionaire, former
steel magnate and nephew of Henry
G. Phipps, arrived in Denver this
afternoon on the regular Union Pa
clf1c train, accompanied by his two
young daughters, Dorothy and Helen,
whom he kidnapped from his wife in
the Holland Hotel, New York, on Fri
day afternoon. The party had made
quickN trip from the metropolis and
was Joined at Chicago by six servants
from the Phipps house at Pittsburg.
There were no friends at the train to
meet them. A group of newspaper
men, to whom Phipps refused to talk,
were there.
The party entered two public car
riages and went at once TO the Phipps
mansion at Colfax and Marion streets.
Shortly after the arrival at his home
Phipps sent for Gerald Hughes, who
with his father Charles ]. Hughes Jr..
is Phipps' local attorney. Young
Hughes is the man Tilted b. Cornelia
Baxter when she married Hugh Tevis.
Phipps and Hughes were in consulta-
tion all afternoon and about dinner
time 1t was announced that PhiPps had
prepared a statement for the press.
Beyond the statement Phipps had
nothing to say.
Ihe statement is as follows: Il
deeply regret the publicity given my
family affairs, particularly as there
should have been no occasion for it.
For reasons which I am not ready 10
state l went to New York. 1 went
to remove my children from a hotel
and bring them home to me. This I
have done by going to one of their
rooms and quietly walking out of the
hotel with them. No force of any
kind was resorted to, nor was there
any occasion or intention of doing so.
/ request the newspapers to kindly re-
frain from publishing any more on the
subject and will appreciate their
action in complying with my wishes"
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-06
RUSSIA TAKES
GLOOMY VIEW
OF SITUATION
Prospect of Port Arthur's Fall
Increases Depression.
Of Populace.

LONDON, June 6.-The curtain is
drawn again in view of the progress
of the war, probably indicating that
important events are impending or
afoot. The explosions heard at Port
Arthur suggests that the Russians
have renewed their attempts to re-
move distractions in the mouth of the
harbor. All kinds of rumors are cur
rent, few of which appear to have any
reliable basis. :;
Various special correspondents in
st. Petersburg report increasing de-
preston in Russia over the prospect
of the fall of Port Arthur and say
that wild reports are in circulation as
to dissensions between the generals
and the highest officials over questions
of policy and strategy. The Daily Man
gives great prominence to statement
from a Russian correspondent" de-
claring that Russia will stand or fall
with Port Arthur, as far as the Gov
ernment's prestige with the lower
classes is concerned.
internal troubles are Inevitable"
the correspondent says, should the
fortress fall. Count Lamsdorff dis
plays a strong personality, but his
position is precarious and he is likely
to be sacrificed as a scapegoat to
war has been conducted. Although
it is said that General Kuropatkin has
lost favor at court, no change in the
commandership of the army is con-
templated."
The st. Petersburg correspondent of
Reuters Telegram Agency says that
increasing anxiety is felt over the rest
lessness of Chinese troops on the Man
churian frontier.
d0f
in ST. Petersburg goes so far as to. say
that Russia is preparing to cope with
a serious Chinese invasion.
dispatch to the Standard from st.
Petersburg asserts that no prepara-
tions whatever are being or have been
made to organize a transport service
down the great waterways of the Sum
gari and Amur rivers. Great indigna-
,tion is felt over the discovery that
several wealthy Russian firms secret
ly assisted in the recent japanese
loan"
A dispatch to the Morning Post
from Shanghai says that some of the
warshpis at Port Arthur have been
beached and their guns removed to
the landworks.
The Shanghai correspondent also
says that Field Marshal Yamagata has
been appointed Viceroy of the terri
tory Japan mas occupied since tne war
began. This is the only reference this
morning to the statement of the Daily
Express on Saturday morning that
Field Marshal Yamagata had been ap-
pointed commander-in-chief of the
japanese army of invasion.
The Standards Tientain correspond
ent reports that the Russian forces
are being withdrawn gradually north
ward, the Russians being aware that
a strong force of Japanese is gather
ing in the passes northeast of Mukden.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-06
MACKAY'S CHUM
IN POORHOUSE
Man Who Says He Gave
Money That Made Bonanza
King Rich Is Now INDECENT
WIFE CHARITY SUBJECT
Aged Miner Declares He
Saved the Late Magnate'S
Property From Being Sold
Special Dispatch to The CAN.

HOLYOKE, Mass, June 5.-John
Bagley. who asserts that he gave the
late Bonanza King John w. Mackay
s. SO that saved his mining property
and made him a millionaire, has gone
10 the Holyoke poorhouse and his wife
has been admitted 10 a home for aged
women.
1t was while working in the mines
al Virginia City that l first met Mac
kay" said Bagley. He was then
poor miner like myself and earned a
living by picking over rocks for gold
on the mountains. All the money he
earned he spent in purchasing shares
in mines Of the vicinity from 20 TO
80 cents each. I Cften bought him
a meal ard me day he came TO me
and said: John. I've got TO lose my
interest in the mines as an assessment
is levie- on my shares and l can't pay
UP. I'm broke Having plenty or
money at the time I lent him s. so that
he needed and the very mines that /
saved his interest in made him rich
man. I didnt ,hink at the time that
Macksy would be a millionaire and
that / would die in poor house.
Bagley is willing TO make affidavit 10
this story.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-06
BRAVE KUROKI
BATTLES WITH
TYPHUS FEVER
Commander of Japan's Yalu
Army Now Recovering
From Illness.

PARIS, June 6.-The st. Petersburg
correspondent of the Echo de Paris
says:
According to information received
here, General Kuroki has been suffer-
ing from mild attack of typhus
fever, but he has now recovered.
THE general belief is that General
Kuropatkin will not advance to the
relief of port Arthur. In any case,
orders to do so have not yet been
transmitted. ss%
+. Il learn that England has obtained
from Japan in behalf OF Russia, as
surances that the Japanese will not
destroy seals in Bering Sea. during the
war.
1t is -runTored that the army corps
of the st. Petersburg district will be
modified soon. l have reason to be-
lieve that two other army corps in the
central districts also will be mobi-
liZed."