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The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-29
DENVER MARKETS

Denver Union Stock Yards.-Trade
on this market during the week just
passed was very uneven. There was
a fair supply of cattle on hand. re
ceipts being about $1,000 head. or half
as many as came the week before.
The market was very much on the dull
order during the first few days and
prices were lower on everything. Late
trading. however, had a much better
tone and the loss Of the fore part OF
the week was all regained and good
cattle closed strong to little higher
than a week ago. Beef steers were in
light supply all week. The demand
was fair, but by no means heavy, as
packers were pretty we'll supplied and
the demand from the trade was not
large. One steer sold at $500. with
others at $425, and bulk OF the bust
ness around $3.50 to $3.50. Cows were
In very good supply and fair demand.
but prices were lower early in the
week on account OF the general decline
Later all of the loss was regained and
OFFICES ClOSeu d ItllC HiShCi. bCot
cows sold at $3.1O and prices ranged
down to $1.5O for Gamers, with bulk OF
the fair to good at $2.35 to $500. Bulls
were about steady and veals also un-
changed. Feeder and stOcker trade
was dull early In the week, but there
was a very good demand towards the
close and prices were strong to
higher. Bulk of the weeks business
was done around $3.25 to $3.75, with
choice dehorned heavy steers up to
$500, freight paid.
Hog supply was liberal. but they
were all sold readily and more could
have been used. Prices advanced
about Is cents during the week, tops
now selling around $5.021. to $5-o5.
The sheep supply was not heavy,
but bulk of those received were sold
here. Prices were very satisfactory.
but a little lower than the preceding
week on account of the decline east.
There IS a very good demand here for
all kinds.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-29

To beat O'Brien on points was a very
difficult matter, and it became more
so the longer he continued in the
game. for he kept right on learning,
growing better and better with every
added year.
Finally he met Tommy Ryan in a
queer bout, and then he boxed Kid
Mccoy, the man from whom he learn
ed much of his cleverness. Before
this bout was half over it was appar-
ent to all who knew anything about
boxing that it was an exhibition and
not contest.
First Meeting With Ftz.
Then O'Brien faced Bob Fitzsim-
mons for six rounds. proving to the
satisfaction of all that he could out
box the daddy of them all' even If
he could not Outright him. The con-
test was cut short half minute to
prevent brutality. Fitz having artisti-
cally knocked Jack down with a little
left on the chin late in the sixth
round. In this bout O'Brien seemed
to do the best of which he was capa-
BILE. Fitzsimmons did the same, bar
ring putting more steam behind his
blows. Both later claimed they did
not.
Once Fitz worked on O'Brien the
same shift with which he has won SO
many battles, and had he let it go
O'Brien must have followed Sharkey,
Corbett, Rubin, and other of Fitz'
victims, for no one who gets it comes
back for more. But for some reason
best known to himself Bob did not
put his power behind the blow, and
merely touched O'Brien's stomach as
he rushed into the trap.
In time O'Brien's fakes became so
apparent that he was no longer a
great drawing card with any one
whom he had already met, and as
there were no new ones in sight he
took the trip to the Klondike, and
then worked down into California,
where he meat and defeated in an ap-
parently honest match AL Kaufman,
a young Hercules who had just grad
uated from the amateur ranks Then
came the announcement of his Sec
: ond match with Fitzsimmons.
O'Brien has all along declared that
he would be the recognized champion
of the country, if not of the world,
some time. and has said that he could
and would hit hard as his strength
and weight increased.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-29
IRRIGATION PLANS FOR INDIA.
Conservation of Rainfall Would Put
End to Eanjnes

SS"oei Sdt'Sn OF HdInTdlI WouId Put
End to Famines.
lndia's sunny fountains are mainly
sealed fountains. The Hindoo has
tried to remedy natures parslmony in
trrigating his native land, but it has
required the brain of an Englishman
to show him a better plan. The diff
Guilty has been not only to fertilize
barren lands, but to conserve the
wealth of rain which falls inoppor
tunely in many parts. While a map
Of India may be dotted and patched
with sites of tanks, reservoirs, weirs,
dams, inundation canals, and vast del.
ia systems, such works only succeed
in utilizing small proportion of the
water supply for the benefit of man.
Some experts have pointed out that it
Is possible to do more. OF the gross
rainfall SO per cent is estimated to
evaporate from the ground or is abb
sorbed to sustain plant life 35 per cent
is discharged into the sea by the riv-
ers, and only the remaining 6 per
cent is employed in irrigation. The
proportion sent to the sea is in some
sense wasted. No small measure of
such flow, it is thought, might be d.
verted to the land or stored in reser-
voirs for future use; while where the
rainfall is abundant the surplus of one
tract might be withdrawn to supply
the deficiencies of another.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-29
SAILOR DAYS OF KING HAAkon.
Royal Prince Lived Identical Life Of
Other APPRENTICES,

HOy1I fflnCc IVSo lOCntICdi Lire OF
Other Apprentices.
Norway's new king was once an
apprentice in the Danish navy. In
the mess to which he belonged he
was called by his first name-that is,
Karl in Danish-and he had to eat
the same grub and stand the same
hardships as all the other appren-
tices. Although everybody knew him
to be prince of the realm, no differ
ence whatever was paid him as such.
On the contrary. he was "hazed' and
made miserable in good old midshlp-
man style. He took his medicine
braveIS enough. On board ship he
had to mend his own clothes, darn
his socks, sew on buttons and keep
his weapons and accountrements in
order He slept in q regulation sailor
hammock, with his clothes rolled up
under his head for pillow, without
a nightshirt and wearing only a sail
or's woolen striped undershirt and
bundled up in a wooden blanket some
times with his sea boots dangling by
the hammock rope. He used to make
the big brass pinnacle flash like sill
yer mail. He could never quite get
used to chewing tot acco, which in
the eyes of every .rue apprentice is
one of the cardinal virtues, and when
ever he was seasick, which often hap
pened, he used to sit in the gangway
on a bucket and chew rye bread.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-29
Has a erudoe AGAINST Doo.

The supervisors report shows near
ly 5000 paid by the country within
twelve months for sheep killed by
dogs. These worthless. hungry,
NANCY, vermin-eaten, bow-legged, lop-
sided. snarling, sneaking. night-prowl-
ing, noisy, low-lived, swift-footed, an
noying, shot-dodging, oath-provoking,
poison-defying- backsliding, sorry ours
ought to be annihilated totally and
forever and let the sheep have a
chance. Let the work Of extermina-
tion go on day and night, including
Sunday.-Clinch Valley, Va, News.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-29
Suicide of Bankers Wife.

Denver.-With a Christmas tree.
which she had ordered and was pre-
pairing to decorate. lying in the back
yard of the residence at 1917 Tenny-
son street, Mrs. Hazel Booth, wife of
Assistant Cashier Walter Booth of the
Denver National Bank shot and killed
herself Wednesday afternoon.
1t is generally believed by the neigh
bors that Mrs. Booth. who was in i'll
health, was temporarily insane at the
time. For years she had been a suf-
ferer from nervous trouble, which re-
suited in frequent attacks and terrible
pains in the back of her head
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-29
Viceroy Sent to Shanghai.

Peking-The dowager empress has
issued an edict commanding the vice
roy of Chilli province, Yuan-Shi-Ka
commander of the Chinese army, to
proceed to Shanghai, investigate the
disturbances. secure the punishment
of those implicated and impeach the
civil and military officials responsible
for the maintenance of order.
! The success of the boycott in secur-
ing concessions in the new treaty from
the American government undoubtedly
encouraged the Chinese to engage in
the recent demonstrations.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-29
STATE LAND SALES.
Action Taken by Colorado state Land
0oard.

Denver-Because OF alleged frauds
in connection with the Grand county
state land sale. the State Land Board
Wednesday passed resolutions asking
for the resignation of L. r. Smith, the
timber warden, and will reprimand
Axel Swanson the land appraiser The
sale of the section to Frank Gyllen-
sten also is declared illegal and action
will be taken to cancel it, The resO-
lutions follow:
That q reception book be kept as
to applications, giving the date and
number in which they are received.
by whom made. for what purpose, de-
scription and disposition, and that the
register be instructed to present the
application to the board in order in
which they are entered upon the re-
ception book.
"All applications for indemnity for
lands shall be entered in special
book for that purpose and shall be pre-
sented to the board for consideration,
and notice given the applicants of
hearing and after selection shall be
leased only after advertisement for
four consecutive weeks, to the highest
bidder.
"All new applications shall lie over
two weeks before final action thereon
by the board, unless otherwise ordered
by the board, and shall be referred by
the presiding officer to some member
Of the board for examination and re-
port.
"All advertisements shall be pub.
lished in the newspaper of the incor-
porated town or city nearest the land
concerned, measured by airline, unless
the law directs otherwise, in which
event the statutory publication shall
be made, and the board may direct the
publication to be also made In a paper
near the land affected.
"At the meeting of the board on the
first Wednesday of each month the
register and deputy are to report in
writing the cash receipts during the
past month, and disposition of same.
and present Herewith duplicate re.
ceipt from the state treasurer ack-
nowledging receipt of same. In the
absence of the register the deputy reg
lister shall have control of the business
of the Office and the employees"
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-29

Philadelphia Jack O'Brien, the con-
queror of Robert Fitzsimmons-his
real name is Joseph Frank Hagan-
began his boxing career poorly, and
those who witnessed his early bouts
never expected to see his name cou-
pied with that of such a noted pugi-
list as Fitzsimmons, who was at that
time regarded as the greatest fighter
OF his weight this or any country had
ever known.
When O'Brien began boxing he was
neither strong nor rugged, although
very active. Lacking the ability to
nit hard. he was not regarded as
dangerous proposition for men of his
weight. But his improvement was
rapid. and he was soon able to out
point the chaps who met him, his one
weakness being his inability to ad-
minister punishment to his opponents.
Jack coald not hit hard enough to
be considered seriously.
But the boy had an idea that he
could fight. and he stuck to his work
manfully. Being always ready to learn,
he picked up something from every
man he encountered, and never lost
an opportunity to attend the bouts be-
tween the really great fighters of that
day. carefully studying their every
movement with great thoroughness.
Crafty Business Manager.
Selecting his opponents with great
care. he made many trips about the
country, and met many boxers of his
own weight. This gave him a reputa-
tion which enabled him to meet some
Of the best English exponents of the
,istic art when he crossed the pond
to win several important battles. His
style was SO fast that he carried the
slower Britons off their feet by his
skill, winning out on points by such
large margin that the spectators
had no doubts as to which was the
better man.
Returning with the English cham.
pionship. O'Brien set to work to make
money by meeting all the boxers of
note in his home city, Philadelphia.
One by one he faced them all, great
and small. excepting only Corbett and
,Jeffries. and was always there at the
finish. Some of the bouts looked like
ihippodromes, and it was openly said
that O'Brien tied his men up by for
feits SO effectually that they dared
not knock him out, but they were at
liberty to outpoint him if they could.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-29
Relief for a Burn.

Scrape raw white potato, after re.
moving the peel, and place thick
layer of 1t over burn. 1t will stop
the pain instantly, removing the heat,
and prove healing, SO that not the
sign of blister forms, and in a day
or two all trace of the burn will have
Disappeared; this applies to surface
burns" only and not the wounds
where both skins have been injured.
These require the service Of physi.
clan since they are apt to prove very
serious.-What to Eat.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-29
Great Fire in New York,

New York.-Fire Wednesday dc
stroyed fully half of the immense rail-
road terminal holdings at the foot OF
West Twenty-third street, on the HID.
son river. The loss was estimated at
s550,000. The fire started in a paint
shop in the Lackawanna building, pre-
sumably from defective electric wire
The new ferry houses of the Della
ware I.ackawanna & Western and Jer
sey Central railroads were almost to-
tai losses. They were the newest ferry
terminals in the city, the Lackawanna
building still undergoing its finishing
touches and the Jersey Central having
been completed only two months ago.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-29
The Blessing Of the Blizzard.

Even 4 blizzard, blowing at the
rate OF sixty miles an hour may be a
blessing in disguise. And here's a
story that proves it:
"The blizzard'blowed him clean from
tEe valley to the top of the highest
hill, where he landed with such force
that he made hole in the ground.
and in scrambling out he kicked up
and picked up three gold nuggets. and
the very next day he sold the hill to
a mining syndicate for comfortable
fortune" Atlanta Constitution.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-29
"An agricultural college is the mos

"An agricultural college is the most
democratic place In the world, and Col
orado's school in particular. The boys
are uniformed in military suit. and
therefore are all on the same social
level. in school hours at least 1t Is
an agricultural community and the at
mosphere is right for the boy or girl
Just coming away from a farm home
for the first time. The school is
founded on honest toll. The girl who
can learn to make the best bread Is
rewarded. and no one gains any glory
by being afraid to get out and soil his
ho9aN"
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-29
Sheep.
Grain.

Wheat. choice milling, per 100 lbs,
$1.25. Rye. Colorado bulk, per 100
lbs, Soc Oats, bulk, Nebraska. No 3,
white, $1.10; same in sack $1.1S; Col
orado white, in sack, SIPS. Corn, in
bulk, S5c Corn chop, sacked, 93c.
Bran, Colorado, per 100 lbs, soc.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-29
Hay.

Upland, per ton, s1O5O@12.0O: sec
ond bottom, $S5OM1O; timothy. $1,000
@13.O0; timothy and clover. $11; al
@4.5O; South Park wire grass, $1,000.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-29
Live Poultry.
Butter.

Elgin, firm ............... 24k
Creameries, extra, Colo... 2GM II
Creameries, extra, eastern 26@ 27
Creameries, firsts, Colorado
and eastern ............ 230 "a
Process and renovated
goods, lb. .......... %
Dairy fancy single make, ID 800 20
Roll, lb. ................. 1G@ II
Packing stock, fresh ..... 15@ 1G
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Considered con separately, but before closing,
will discuss the question OF. the number
OF men engaged. AS this has been z, ], 4. q
card the monthly reports OF each army.
and quote the testimony OF the chief
commanders themselves, and their off
as ao11a IN and for
TO his side. as s
Sheridan Reports Again.
General Sheridan reporting to Grant,
October Is. 1864, six days after the battle,
says "We have only about $4,000 infan-.
he places at 5, tid5 his artillery reported a
4,G9i. and his cavalry. which amounted to
5000. we hane 40,356 men. This omits Pow
Ell at Front Royal. who So sald ne 7 ha ,,s
took command. y
Again, General Crook says his cons
mand, the Eighth Corps, numbering only
1000 muskets at Cedar Greek; he climi
mates from this number 37s men that he
said were guarding cattle at Mlddletown,l
27l who were throwing up breastWork
and 2S7 on picket, some Of whom We cap
tured. November, the 2sth, General
Wright making u special report Of his
command Qle Sixth Corps places Its
numbers at 1920. II we add to this its
losses at Cedar Creek, o,l2G, we have IA
$40 men FOL. this corps at that battle. lust
before the battle Of Winchester, General
Emory. Its commander reported the
Nineteenth Corps as having 1900 men
/ we deduct from this Its losses IN that
battle, 1000 we have 1000 men for that
corps at Cedar Creek. The artillery, IN
every report. Is put Mt 4G01 men, anu
there were 5000 cavalry on the fleiu, con-t
sisting OF twelve regiments under Mar
| rift and eleven under Custer. Of 35O men
each. Major Nettleton, Of the Second Olno
Cavalry, says: 81.
'"rhe divisions Of Merritt and Custer
numbered 5000 Of The best mounted troops
| In the world"
The sum OF these figures is 40,o36.
Pennsylvania Governor Fright
ened,
On October the 18th, two days before
| tho battle, Governor Curtin, or Pennsyl-
yania, fearing Il raid, telegraphed Pres-
dent Lincoln that no heard that sherl-
dams force had been reduced to 1900
| men; "Tho Sixth and Nineteenth Gorps
having been ordered to Grant at city
Point" President Lincoln replied the
same day that lie was mistaken. that no
troops had left Sheridan, Colonel ana
! Aide dc Camp Nh Chapman, at Har-,
| per's Ferry. August the shth 1861, tele-
graphing Secretary Of War Stantcit
| ssys Mo
! tThe impression In our army and y
| seems to have reached the enemy, is that
| our, force numbers $4,000 men. The adj
! ynntages are now all with us as they
we're all with Ecar!y Sheridan really has
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A WAR DOCUMENT
ORIGINAL REPORT
----------------
Exactly What the Fifth Virginia
Regiment Did al First
Manassas.
.HARpER's OFFICIAL GU STORY
His Report Sent in to General
Jackson the Day After
the Battle.
HARpER's OFFICIAL STORY

present below O very valuable and
never before published paper. 1t Is the
report Of Colonel Kcnton Harper, Of tho
Fifth Virginia Infantry, Jackson.s Bril-
gade, of the first battle of Manassas.
In General Jacksons report. which ap-
pears on the war records, no speaks OF
the reports Of regimental commanders
as enclosed. His regiments and COM
manders were Second Virginia. Colonel
Allen: Fourth Colonel ], j.. Preston:
Fifth, Colonel Kenton Harper; Twenty
seventh. i4ieutehant- l;s,luuei .jahr s.ci.Gla.
and Thlrty-third Colonel Arthur Cum
mings. However, the reports do not
appear, and not one of them has ever
before been discovered. This report was
sent me by Captain James Bumgardner,
Of Staunton, Va. who at the first battle
of Manassas was adjutant of Colonel
Harper's regiment, and he obtained copy
with which he supplied mo from MIR. l..
D. Hooper. n grandson OF Colonel Harper,
who very gracously allowed him to
have it.
The report, it seems, was found
amongst the papers Of Colonel Harper,
who has been many years deceased. He
was a captain In the Mexican war and
Il general in our State forces. and he,
then an old man, led his regiment at
Manassas in a manner that was dis
tinction for himself, and made it's Inn
preston on sthe fortunes Of the field
The article of Captain Bunlgnrdner in
The Times Dispatch on the Fifth Vir-
GINA Infantry at Manassas attracted
the attention of MI! Hooper and brought
about the production of this report. Tc
Captain Bumgardner, as well MS to Mr.
Hooper, am much indebted; and it is
to be hoped that the efforts Of Tho
Times-D Dispatch TO rescue Virginia his
tory from neglect, will be farther sue
cessful in similar ways.
JOHN W. DANIEL. 4
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/ ep-operation which was promptly given
4 My owl, men on the right being nearer
\ to the battery reached 1t first, driving the
enemy by their fire In advancing upon
4 the pieces. Two Of my men were wound
ed nj the guns.
Immediately called upon my COM
| inand to know whether any of them
/ coud manage them and receiving no re-
sponse, advanced my regiment to u
| hill on the right where Colonel Robert
| Preston's regiment was stationed.
There being no enemy, ..owever, In
| that direction against whom we could
operate, orders were received from Gem
eral Beaurcgar1 to move towards Centre
vile by way of tho stone bridge, While
passing BY the battery, l found 1t ope-
rating against the retiring enemy In the
distance. This, am Informed. was dono
by order of colonel James T.. Preston, Of
our brigade who It appears had been CO.
operating with me with n portion OF his
command
After passing beyond the stonc bridge
the troops were halted and held togeth-
or until near sunset when my command
was marched back to Manassas juno
ton
have only to add tho expression OF
my warm acknowledgements to Lieuten-
ont Colonels Hartman and Baylor for
Etnelr earnest anu nearly Co-opeihIioii
throughout the protractcd conflict, as
well us to the adjutnnt and officers and
men generally of the command.
The loss of my regiment was six killed,
5forty-seven wounded and thirteen miss
ing.
With high respect,
Your obedient servant.
(Signed) KENYON HARPER, 81
Colonel Fifth Infantry.
GEM, r. J. JACKSON,
Cong. First Va. Brigade, "
Official.
Generals:
Colonel Harper. Of the Fifth Virginia
Regiment respectfully REQUESTS that tho
wounded of his regiment, residing In
stanton, be sent thithers, at once, for
treatment and attention Of their rela-
tlves.
Respectfully Your Obcdient Servant.
tSigned) KENTON HARPER,
,9as Col. Fifth Va Infantry.
July %, 1861.
For General Beauregard. Approved: (
(sIgned) G. 7. BEAUREGARD. .5l
General,
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Il Before she changed her dress for dinner
Mt tho little writing table In her bedroom
and wrote note. 1t was to Ralph Byrne.
z so the following afternoon found Ralph
Byrne In possession of.the quaint Dutch
arrived to keep the tryst,
Something has happenedY" he said to
E her -.
eyes, everything has happened. It's no
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d 4
Cedar Creek, flowing south. crosses the
main valley pike about three miles be-
low strasburg and flows into the river
about the same distance east OF Stras-
burg. The Federal Army, as said above
occupied the north or east bank OF this
creek. as It's course Is somewhat of n
crescent which at Its mouth had high
bluffs on that side, and these were ,oc-
cupied with artillery by the enemy. The
Federal right, facing south, and on the
line OF this creek, was In an open coun-
try and held by q large cavalry force,
nearly as large as the.whole Confederate
Army: with no cavalry on their left.
except at Front Royal, eight or ten miles
away and there opposed by u Confederate
force OF cavalry under General Lomnxi
neither Ut these forces were In the battle
or. came within several miles OF the field.
and so no account Is taken Of either OF
them In anything that il said about It.
1t was determined To send column OF
five thousand men under General John
L. Gordon to cross over the river into
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victorH. who gained the success OF
"a day?
fell at Thermopylae's tryst?
A or the Persians and xerxes? His Judges
or Socrates? PLATE or Christi
P. j.. WHITE,
Formerly of the Fifth Virginia Cav
airy, Payne's Brigade.