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The Holly chieftain., 1905-11-24
MINING CONGRESS CLOSES.
Place for Next Meeting Left With Ex
ecutive Committee.

FL Paso, Tex.-The eighth annual
session OF the American Mining Con
gress closed at noon Saturday. The pre-
viOus action of the congress in recon-
mending that the executive commit.
tee select Phoenix, AriZ., as the next
meeting place was unanimously re-
scinded and the matter left with the
executive committee. 1t will doubt,
less select Denver.
Directors were elected as follows:
For one year, j. H Richards of Idaho
Thomas Ewing of San Francisco nud
Frank ]. Watson of Oregon: for ,%n
years, John Dern of Utah, George L
Dorsey of Nebraska and E. R. Buckley
of Missouri; for three years E. A. Col
burn of Colorado, C. NJ Shannon OF
Arizona and j. w. Malcomson of FL
Paso.
The executive committee elected
H. Richards of Idaho, president;
Thomas Ewing of San Francisco, first
vice president; E. R. Buckley Of Rolla,
Missouri, second vice president; E. A.
Colburn of Colorado, third vice presi
dent, and ]. H. Calbreath secretary. II
Is a reelection for all except Colburn
The selection of the next meeting
place was postponed until the next
meeting of the board
Before adjournment the convention
endorsed the move of the Salt Lake
Chamber of Commerce for a conven
tion to stem the tide of tourist travel
to Europe and turn 1t to the West; en-
dorsed FL Paso's plea for Texas
state school OF mines; thanked Presi
dent Richards for his services and en-.
dorsed him for secretary of the new
department of mines and mining
should the same be created, and en-.
dorsed the Mexican association. re-
Gently formed for giving information
on that country known as the Inter
national Financial Association. 1t is
semi-official bureau and its purposes
are to give Americans accurate infor-
nation Of any sort about Mexico.
The Holly chieftain., 1905-11-24
SEA LEVEL BEST
ENoiNGGRs FAVOR IT FOR THE
PANAMA CANAL.
BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE

Report Will Be Made by Canal Com
rnission-Loek Canal Would De
Cheaper, But Not So Satisfactory.
Washington,-The board of consult
ing engineers of the Isthmian Cana.
Commission has declared itself by s
large majority in favor of a sea-leveI
canal.
The conclusion was reached after
conferences since the beginning o:
September and trip to the isthmus to
enable the members to form a better
idea of the physical difficulties.
The members Of the board are men
OF the greatest reputation in their line
Of work. France, Germany and Hol-
land sent their most eminent special
lists at the request of this government.
At the beginning it was evident that
a majority of the members were In
favor OF a sea-level canal. Their point
OF view was that even if it cost more
than a lock canal and wolld take
longer In the building, it would ulti-
mately be Of greater use, as it would
enable ships to make much shorter
trip than II they were obliged to go
through three or four locks. The mi
nority wanted to see the canal built
in as short a time as possible and
with the least cost, declaring that
few hours longer for the trip through
the isthmus made little OF no differ
ence.
OLe Of the members gave this eX.
PLANTATION for his way of voting: IL:
may be that several of US will not see
the sea-level canal finished in our life
time, as 1t will take considerably
longer than ten years. But, then, we
have the satisfaction to know that fof
all the generations to follow we have
made the shortest and most practical
way of communication between the Pa
cific and Atlantic, and as long as we
had to decide on a question for all time
we do not think that few years more
or less makes a very important diff
ference. That is the way our party
thought about it, and whatever may
be said in favor or againstt 1t, we have,
after the most careful study, given an
opinion as we saw our way to do It,"
No Official statement will be given
out before the report of the commits
sion reaches President Roosevelt,
which will be about January.
The Holly chieftain., 1905-11-24
Heir to Throne Dies.

Brussels.-The Count Of Flanders,
brother Of King Leopold and heir to
the throne, died Friday morning.
Death was due to inflammation Of the
respiratory organs. The count was
born in 1887. The new heir to the
throne of Belgium is Prince Albert Of
Flanders, only son of the late Count Of
Flanders. He is thirty years Of age.
The Holly chieftain., 1905-11-24

A little boy gave as his reason why
there are no men angels, you don't
see any Of them in pictures wearing
pants" That ends the discussion
paint an angel with pants-and be ar
rested for lunacy.
The Holly chieftain., 1905-11-24

The wise farmer will cut plenty of
cord wood this winter. Then he will
have plenty of dry cord wood to sell
next winter if there is coal strike
in the spring.
The Holly chieftain., 1905-11-24

Perhaps the man who declares that
most voices sound snappy and dis
agreeable over the telephone has been
asking his acquaintances to make him
a small loan Of $40.
The Holly chieftain., 1905-11-24

College girls at Cleveland were dis
covered playing poker. This may have
peen the class in applied society.
The Holly chieftain., 1905-11-24

Reports from Sofia say that "a lady
bandit" is operating in the Caucasus.
She is foolish for operating where
money is SO scarce when she might
come over here and have booth at a
charity fair.
The Holly chieftain., 1905-11-24

Since they made Raisuli provincial
governor in Morocco he has been cut
ting up fatter than ever. Well, that's
the way some American governors do
when they are legalized.
The Holly chieftain., 1905-11-24

A Chicago professor advises young
men to make friends. This is GER
tainly better than to make enemies.
The Holly chieftain., 1905-11-24

It Is said that a prima donna's voice
canned a storm at sea. Probably the
storm gave up in despair.
The Holly chieftain., 1905-11-24

The president of San Domingo has
ordered printed 5000 copies of Wag-
ner's Simple Life" for distribution
among the people 1t may encourage
the natives to wear shirt.
The Holly chieftain., 1905-11-24

Some female colleges have adopted
tne football game. but they don't play
in company.
The Holly chieftain., 1905-11-24

For several reasons the disappear
ance OF Pobiedonostseff's name from
the public prints will be a welcome re-
The Holly chieftain., 1905-11-24

Admiral Train might have avoided
all trouble II he had claimed that he
mistook that Chinese lady for a deer
The Holly chieftain., 1905-11-24

Sir Henry Irving changed the name
to which he was born to one more to
his liking, but he would have made
any name illustrious.-Boston Tran
script.
The Holly chieftain., 1905-11-24

An ''entertaining conversationalist," !"
child, is person who says a lot of
things that agree with what you
think. but which you cannot remem-
ber.
The Holly chieftain., 1905-11-24

Julian Hawthorne is authority for
the statement: Very little that is
really worth remembering is said or
thought after midnight" And Mr..
Hawthorne is married man, at that
The Holly chieftain., 1905-11-24

So Lady Hartopp is to marry Earl
Cowley, who was the correspondent
in her divorce suit. Having had the
game, she insists on the candle.
The Holly chieftain., 1905-11-24

1t is estimated that s2o,0oo.0Oo Is
spent annually for silk hosiery by
women who fear that they may figure
ir wreck.
The Holly chieftain., 1905-11-24

An Eastern man has had five bullets
cut out of him and is still able to take
nourishment. II he lives long enough
he will be human sieve.
The Holly chieftain., 1905-11-24

The comment Is made that King Al
fonso is taking long time to pick out
wife, but all married folks will agree
that that is the wisest way.
The Holly chieftain., 1905-11-24
Speaking Of goats. could the import
co variety be described as a butter
in?

Wen. IL the worst happens the car
can go into vaudeville and get $500
. week
The Holly chieftain., 1905-11-24

There are reports of revolution in
Astrakhan, and the curly coats will
be high in price this winter. as they
are every winter
The Holly chieftain., 1905-11-24

Sir Thomas Upton is going after
that cup again. He realizes that ad-
vertising is a waste Of money unless
you stick to 1t perslstently.
The Holly chieftain., 1905-11-24

There is really an uncomfortable
condition in the relations between
Germany and Great Britain. Each
nation is trying to govern its tongue.
The Holly chieftain., 1905-11-24

At Baltimore city ofiiclal protest
ed against having his salary raised.
He evidently believes 1t is worth good
money to be advertised.
The Holly chieftain., 1905-11-24

When heart words" can be bought
for cent column, who will be so
unfeeling as to refuse to indulge in
few throbs?
The Holly chieftain., 1905-11-24

INT HOLLY CuIEFTAN
II. W. Misssrd. evbIlshss.
HOLLY. COLORADO.
speaking Of goats. could the import
co variety be described as a butter
in?
wen. IL the worst happens the car
can go into vaudeville and get $500
. week.
some female colleges have adopted
tne football game. but they don't play
In company.
IL ,s said that a prima donna's voice
canned storm At sea. Probably the
storm gave up in despair.
College girls at Cleveland were dis
covered playing poker. This may have
Deen the class in applied society.
A Chicago professor advises young
men to make friends. This is GER
tainiy better than to make enemies.
Admiral Train might have avoided
all trouble II he had claimed that he
mistook that Chinese lady for deer.
For several reasons the disappear
.AnCe tnHn
the public prints will be welcome re-
lief.
1t is estimated that 100000 Is
spent annually for silk hosiery by
women who fear that they may figure
ir wreck.
When heart words" can be bought
for cent column, who will be so
unfeeling as to refuse to indulge in
few throbs?
There are reports of revolution in
Astrakhan, and the curly coats will
be high in price this winter, as they
are every winter.
At Baltimore a city ofiicial protest.
ed against having his salary raised.
He evidently believes it is worth good
money to be advertised.
An Eastern man has had five bullets
cut out of him and is still able to take
nourishment II he lives long enough
he will be human sieve.
Sir Thomas Upton is going after
that cup again. He realizes that ad-
vertising is a waste Of money unless
you stick to 1t perslstently.
The comment Is made that King AL
fonso is taking a long time to pick out
wife. but all married folks will agree
that that is the wisest way.
So Lady Hartopp is to marry Earl
Cowley. who was the correspondent
in her divorce suit. Having had the
game, she insists on the candle.
There is really an uncomfortable
condition in the relations between
Germany and Great Britain. Each
nation is trying to govern It's tongue.
An "entertaining conversationalist,'' z
child, is a person who says lot of
things that agree with what you
think. but which you cannot remem-
ber.
-------
Sir Henry Irving changed the name
to which he was born to one more to
his liking, but he would have made
any name llustrious.-Boston Tran
script.
The wise farmer will cut plenty of
cord wood this winter. Then he will
have plenty of dry cord wood to sell
next winter if there is coal strike
in the spring.
Perhaps the man who declares that
most voices sound snappy and dis
agreeable over the telephone has been
asking his acquaintances to make him
a small loan Of SO.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1905-09-16
BENNETT CASE SETTLED.
Payments to he Made Ont of Estate
Submitted by Bryan.

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Sept. IL
Rev. Alexander f. Irvine Of this city
has just received letter from Will
liam j. Bryan, executor of the estate
Of Philo S. Bennett, the well known
New York merchant who was killed in
the west nearly three years ago, saying
that the estate over which there had
been great deal of litigation has been
settled.
Mr.. Bryan submity list of the pay
ments to be made out of the estate,
including the Bennett prize fund, Mr..
Bryan's fund for poor boys and his
fund for poor girls, each of the three
amounting to $4,000. Mr. Bryan's
funds are distributed among normal
schools and colleges throughout the
south and west and are given to aid
girls and boys in securing an educa-
ton.
The Bennett prize fund is shared by
several colleges and universities
throughout the country. Mr.. Bryan
announces that he shall not use any
OF the executors fees for himself, but
that he has divided them up into small
charitable donations. The provisions
of the "sealed letter." over which there
was contest by the reslduary lega-
tees, have been lived up to according
to the executors report, the whole
amount stipulated for Mr.. Bryan, $780,
600, being distributed to educational
and charitable institutions. Nearly all
the court proceedings over the settle
ment Of the estate were fought out In
this city.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1905-09-16
Child with Two Heads.

CALUMET, Mich, Sept 11.-One of
natures prodigies, Wilton Thomas
Rowe. a baby with two heads, was re
vealed to the public the other day. AT
the end of the right elbow instead of
a forearm and hand is a little head
perfectly formed, with nose, mouth
and eye sockets, but no eyes. On the
left hand are thumb and two fingers,
the fingers grown together i'm one. The
joints instead of being on the back of
the hand are on the palm, and as a re-
suit the hand closes outwardly Where
the right leg should be is only Il stump,
and protruding from the knee is a
foot with three toes. The child, which
is nine months old, is bright, intelli.
gent and otherwise normal.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1905-09-16

ness and endurance displayed by the
two boxers, made the fight one of great
interest to followers of fighting.
1t was the success of strong. endur.
ing fighter against clever, cool boxer
From the first of the fight until Referee
Graney finished the count of ten sec.
onds Nelson forced the fighting. Though
suffering many bruising blows on the
face and body and being at times very
tired, Nelson never gave ground. He
came back after every attack by Britt
always ready to exchange blows. For
the rushing, forcing, persistent tactics
of Nelson, Britt could find no offensive
counter. The Californian tried every
blow known to him to stop his tireless
opponent. In every way Britt failed
although he punished Nelson severely
knocking him down once and stagger
ing him several times.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1905-09-16
splinter Caused chiId,s Death.

SUNOL, Sept. ia splinter in his
big toe caused the death of Claud
Chamberlain, the two-year-old son of
w. W. Chamberlain. The child was
playing in his bare feet a few days
ago, when, on stubbing his toe, he ran
a silver under the nail DIR. j. Wells
was called and the piece of redwood
removed. The incident was thought
no more Of by the child's mother until
the following day, when the boy COM
planned of pains in his limbs. Again
the physician was sent for, but blood
poisoning had set in, and he was I'M
able to save the child's life.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1905-09-16
NEW Works. CENSUS FIGURES.
Secretary of State O'Brien's warning
Against False Reports.

ALBANY, n. Y, Sept. 9.--In answer
to the demand for census figures that
is coming from nearly every county in
the state Secretary of State OBrien
gave warning against accepting as of.
fetal the premature counts that have
been announced in several quarters
with the exception of the figures for
Albany, which are still subject to re-
vision" said the secretary, this office
has not completed or given out the
count for any county, city or town. We
are still gathering returns from insti-
tutions whose inmates we credit to the
locality from which they were commit
ted. The tabulatlons we have made
thus far are carefully guarded and will
not be made public until complete The
danger in giving out anything like a
preliminary estimate is that such fig
ures may get Incorporated in gazet-
teers, aliases and similar publications,
where they will be likely to remain.
II notice that several newspaper rep
resentatives are preparing to estimate
the population of New York and GER
tain other cities on the basis of the av-
erage increase shown by the federal
censuses of 1870, 1880, 1890 and 1900
and by a comparison of the voting pop
ulation. Results obtained in this way
are, of course, inaccurate and absolute
ly unofficial. 1t will probably be a
week or more before we can announce
any figures"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1905-09-16
Duties ON our Products removed.

OYSTER BAY, N. Y, Sept. 11.--At
the conference between President
Roosevelt and the Russian peace en-
voys M. White, by direction of the en-
peror Of Russia, presented to the pres
ident the following communication
Some years ago. in consequence of a
misunderstanding in the Interpretation
of the most favored nation clause, there
were established In Russia on several
articles of American production Gus
toms duties on higher scale than
those levied on the same articles when
imported from other countries. His
majesty the emperor of Russia has
commanded me TO inform the president
of the United States that he has been
pleased to order the discontinuance OF
the levying of such higher duties on
American products In order that hence
forth the American manufacturers
should pay the same duties as import
ers from other countries"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1905-09-16
RATTLERs FOLLOW HIM.
Wisconsin Hunter Trained Them 60
Take StroIIS with Him

TREMPLEAU, Wis. Sept H. =
Hunting rattlesnakes for their skins
has furnished new and hazardous oc-
cupation for many men who reside
among the hills and rocky BLUFFS of the
upper Missouri valley, where the rat.
tier attains perfection as to size ana
color. The snake must be taken alive
and decapitated before he has an OPP
portunity to strike himself, for once
the deadly poison is injected the skin
loses luster aud value.
The price paid for perfect tanned
skins is about 81 Zach, and in addition
the oil obtained from the snake com.
mands a high price from Its supposed
value as cure for rheumatism and
kindred diseases. Each RATHER captur-
ed alive means about $3.50 TO the
hunter.
Among the most successful hunters
is Alfred Johnson OF this place, who
possesses many large and beautiful
skins. His latest capture was nearly
seven feet long and carried nineteen
rattlers. Mr.. Johnson has succeeded
in demonstrating large number of
young rattlers, which allow him to han
die them as he viii and follow at his
call like well trained puppies.
The idea occurred to Mr.. Johnson
that by obtaining small snakes and
getting them accustomed to his pres
ence he could largely increase his prof
its and reduce the hazards of his occu-
patton. Following out this reasoning,
be has now colony of nearly thirty
rattlers, all of which seem to bid him
a welcome whenever he appears, but
they have no welcome for strangers.
On bright, sunshlny afternoons Mr..
Johnson and his snakes may be seen
taking stroll In the vicinity of his
home, and it is needless to add that
they are given entire possession of the
immediate neighborhood and are undis-
turbed. In fact, these outings are be.
coming the source of considerable com
plant from citizens who fail to see
any attraction in the colony, and the
probabilities are that he will soon be
obliged to seek more secluded spot
for his snake farm
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1905-09-16
FEEDING CANAL MEN
j. E. Markell Gets Contract
From Government.
HE WILL ESTABLISH TEN HOTELS
Each of Them to Accommodate From
$50 to $50 Lodgers and Twice as
Many Diners - Temporary Re-
frfgerntfnr Plant at Colon.

NEW YORK, Sept. 8. - Chairman
Shonts of the Panama canal commits
sion announced that he had awarded
concession for feeding and housing the
greater part Of the canal employees to
J. t. Markell of Omaha, Neb. Follow
ing a months visit to Panama, Mr.
Markell has worked out a comprehen-
sive scheme which includes the early
establishment of ten hotels along the
canal and railroad, each of them to
accommodate from 100 to go dodgers
and twice as many diners. These ho-
tells, it is declared, will compare ia
vorably with the better class of COM
mercial hotels in this country and
will be used chiefly by the higher sal
arled employees. The average rate for
board and lodgings will be about $36
a month.
For the laborers employed on the
canal or in any way identified with
that project the concesslonaire will at
first establish twenty commissary
camps and later 100 additional ones,
each with kitchen and dining room.
Laborers will have the privilege of
buying their food cooked or uncooked
at these camps and in either case will
be furnished with the necessary table
appointments. The average rate to la
borers for cooked food will be about
S14 month.
Part of the contract provides for
transportation at cost of all food sup
plies and materials used by the con-
cessionaire, also for his employees.
The government is building a tempo
rary refrigerating plant at Colon, Of
which the concessionaire is to have
part use for his supplies.
1t is the intention of the concession
aire to run a train across the isthmus
every day from Colon, supplying the
proposed hotels and camps with fresh
meats, fruits, vegetables, bread and
laundry; also daily supplies of ice.
The amount involved in the contract,
which covers period of five years and
will become operative as soon as Mr..
Markell concludes certain prelimina-
ries, is not disclosed, but runs into
millions of dollars.