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The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-01-06
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There is nothing that
costs so little, both money
and work, and that goes so
far if it has the chance.
The Washington times., 1905-12-31
QUEER PLEAS FOR PENSIONS.

United States pension clerks frequent-
" find that applicants for pensions have
queed ideas Of the duty of the Govern
ment toward the individual.
Here is a letter from a woman who
describes her husbands condition with
an exactness which makes the epistle
worthy a paragraph in medical jour
nal:
MY husband was terribel bloated.
He couldn't stoop over and straighten
up without helping himself. To ham.
beans. perk. mashed potatoes, eggs,
veal cabbage. his stomach was repul-
sive When he died his legs burst from
pressure He was swelied up as big as
a barrel all over. j ask that he be TAXI
en- up and reoDened-
''P. S--When my husband came back
from the war ! supported him on my
needle I'll Re died
Yet another gave sad hint of mar
ital infelicity. This claimant. with the
alleged disability of blood poisoning,
having had his claim rejected by the
pension office aperaled 10 the Secretary
of the Interior. His bloOd-poisOning, he
said. was caused by some ones throwing
an ancient egg at him. Just why he
considered this catastrophe Il .-dsabil-
ity incurred IN line of service" is hard
TO see However. he continued. in case
the pension rras9ranted MIN he wanted
il so arranged that his wife could not
obtain u pension after his death be-
cause lit was her that threw the egg!''
-Lippincotts.
The Washington times., 1905-12-31

Michel. whose stormy and turbulent
career drew to a close just as the
year now dying stood atiptoe upon
it's threshold? Few women have fill
ed life so full as she. The illegiti-
mate daughter of a Partisan cham
bermaid, a worshiper at the shrine
of Victor Hugo-as politician rather
than as literary leader-She grew to
womanhood a confirmed enemy of
society and the most whole hearted
of anarchists. Her assumption Of
mems clothes that she might fight
the better behind the barricades OF
the Commune. was but one touch
of that picturesqueness which mark
ed all her yeaTs-down to those lat
est weeks when she kept in London
a school for anarchists children.
Once she was transported as a crimi-
nal for loOting the Paris bakeries,
but she had led the raid that her
fellow-poOT might have bread. And
the woman whom no danger could
daunt was the same who once said
10 Henri Rochefort. as he met her in
the Boulevards: BE careful when
you take my arm you don't crush
the little blind kitten in my pocket.
The Washington times., 1905-12-31

Susan Bibsen, late OF Jazz wn,
Pa, was one of the "inno< snts
abroad" Martin Barth, late of Nc
Kenzie, Tenn, was the man who
gave Andrew Carnegie his first
Job Abraham B. Lincoln was sec
ond cousin to the martyred Presi-
dent, and Virginia Henry Beasley
was the mu~h more than the penni-
less beneficiary of the Ithaca, N. Y,
Old Ladies's Home. in that she was
own grandchiid of the man who
helped light the fire of American
freedom with his: Give me liberty.
or give me DEATH James Gentry,
of Rockport, Ind, had played with
the boy Lincoln; George D. Farrar,
CT Great harrington, Mass, had
crossed the continent with Kit
Carson; Eli s. Baptist, of Springfield,
Ill. had stood close at the side of
Brown OF Ossawatomie.
These, too, are now numbered with
those greater dead with whom they
once lived their parts here-as well
as Mary Bogie, who had known
Walter Scott and Thomas Moore,
and Mrs. Mary Smith, who had talk
ed with Napoleon during the dreary
months OF his ST Helena banish-
ment: and that famous old Count
Bertrand, who, though a mere boy
at the time, shared that same his
toric exile. and could tell OF the
day when the aforetime autocrat Of
all Europe had ridden him humping
" upon the Bonapartian knee
Isitnot possible that Condorcet had
been thinking of some such careers
as these names recall when he said:
Even as 1 must judge man by his
usuai and not his extraordinary acts,
so should l judge life best by the
lives of its lesser, not its largest,
citizens"
The Washington times., 1905-12-31

Continued from Sixth Page)
the other in the opening days of
May.
At the other end of the roll fall
two names. each honored with the
dignity which is lent to title-the
Grand Duchess of SAKE Weimar was
barely twenty. when her broken
heart refused longer to beat againsr
unloving surroundings, while the
tiny Infanta Ferdinand was not VET
two. He was heir presumptive tn
the Spanish throne-and be il also
recalled that another heir TO king
ly power has this year laid by for
ever all the pomp of such circum-
stance, the Count of Flanders, appar-
ent successor to Leopold of Belgium.
OF the ages between these ex-
tremes, only six OF those on the roll
were in their thirties, twenty-five
were in their forties, thirty-four in
their fifties. and ninety-two in their
sixties. One hundred and sixty
seven had passed the three score and
ten-the fifteen already enumerated
who had left ninety behind, sixty
six, who were in their eighties, and
eighty-six in their seventies. The
average age (of alb at death Was
sixty-eight years seven months.
The work of this great world will
never lack for men to take il in
hand. Now ii is veteran, hitherto
unnoticed, and now raw recruit
with whole heart In his labor, who
springs forth 10 fill the vacant place
in the line-but those vacancies are
always filled. This is the certain
comfort which comes with every
The Washington times., 1905-12-31
Two Household Names.

Africa, too. has lost "the Mufti"
and Tippoo lib. Not so long ago
these were household names, but the
world moves quickly, and the school
boy Of the present asks: And who
were they?" Yet Tippoo Tib has
been of large use to the causes of
progress, in spite of his slave trad
ing past, for it was he who stood
by the side of Henry NJ Stanley,
during some of the darkest days of
that splendid career. In looks, a
patriarch of Biblical times; In dis
position, an autocratic tyrant; in
ability, a born leader and organizer
OF men-the venerable Congoese
leaves a vacancy in the ranks Of
present-day workers not easily fill-
ed.
And the Mufti?" He was truly
the grand old man of Egypt" A
relic of a yesterday wnen North
African home rule" was still a
hope he had adapted himself to Eng
lish government, had grown to be
one of the foremost in support of
the Cromer policies. had risen to be
the wise head of the lands educa-
tional system, had fairly out
Spencered Herbert Spencer in his
studies and writings, and yet, at last
for he was also the typical prophet
dishonored by his own country-had
passed over to the silent majority all
bat ignored by the thousands he had
helped.
Tippoo Tib and the Mufti well de-
served their titles to fame.
The Washington times., 1905-12-31

ANNIE c. WALTERS, who was the
last surviving member of the
band of prisoners taken dur
ing the Kabui experiences in
1841.
Should not these last two names
fall properly with those OF the hero
ines who have this year left the
scenes of their brave deeds? And
with such are not also to be placed
Jessie Ransome, the deaconess whose
name is forever associated with the
Pekin legation, where she labored
so self-sacrifcingly during the
gloomy day Of 1900? And Sonora
The Washington times., 1905-12-31
Some "FirSts" and LASTS. .

OOmG TUSLS UHU LASTS.
Each year sees the passing of sew
eral whose titles to remembrance are
written in that they were the first"
this, or the last" that, and 1906 has
seen enrolled upon it's neurology six
teen such names:
JOHN O'REILLY. who in 1867, first
drew attention TO the South
African diamond fields.
AUGUSTA CHAPLIN, the first woman
to win TO the title of doctor of
divinity.
DAVID STROTHER, the first negro
to cast a vote under American
suffrage.
EMILY d. WILCOX, grandniece Of
Andrew Jackson, and the first
white child born in the Exec
utiye Mansion.
THOMAS 3. VAIL. last survivor
of the crew OF the Monitor.
P. A FITZPATRICK. last OF the
department heads who made
the Tribune in the days of
Horace Greeley.
THOMAS NICHOLL. last survivor
Of the Perry expedition to
Japan of 1850
GEN. w. T. WILSON. the last but
one of those who met in Ohio's
first State Republican conven-
ton in 1855.
BETSY B. BLACKMAN, last survi-
vor of the Sandemanians.
HIRAM CRONK, lust survivor of the
war OF 1912.
GEORGE LOWTHER and JOHN
CALDER, the last TO survive
OF the Franklin relief expedi-
ton of 1850.
JOHN H. REAGAN. last surviving
member of the cabinet Of the
Confederacy.
SERBAIX DE SONNAZ. last sur
vtving general Of the struggle
for italian independence.
MRS. BARNWELL, the last of those
women who lived through the
fearful days of the Lucknow
siege.
The Washington times., 1905-12-31
EXCEPT NOW AND THEN.

Ais quiet along the Neva tonight,
Except now and then a stray bomb
Is heard as II drops on barrack room
roof
Where the Cossacas are sleeping in
calm,
Except now and then a policeman or spv
The head of a zemstvoist tunks,
W hile an arsenal fired by a populist
mob
Ascends to the heavens in chunks;
Except now and then comes a MuscOvite
oath,
y polysyllabiCal swear,
And you know that nihilist's hot in
pursuit
OF an admiral over the square;
Except now and then comes a volley or
two,
And a Gatling guns firecracker roll,
As horsemen. all scratches. bring CORY
dispatches
OF treason from Sebastopol
Except now and then they yell. Call
cut the guard"
Or Turn In n fire alarm, quicki'
As the midnight resounds 10 the sibilant
cries
OF some nobleman lodging a brick:
Except now and then comes a wire from
the Car.
My trunk is all ready. Say when,"
And hurry-up answer from Sergius de
Wit,e.
Don't move or you'll start EN-
againr'
AIS quiet along the Neva tonight.
And any observer can see.
If the place didn't sound like Inferno
on fire,
How awfulIy stiIl It would be.
Wallace Irwin, in New York Globe.
The Washington times., 1905-12-31
In the Public Eye.

sense of loss in those good men and
great, who have ceased to labor
here, but in recalling them it, none
theless, is true that one realizes
anew that ancient truth
What we have we prize not to the
worth.
Whiles we enjoy IT, but being lacked
and lost.
Why. then we rack the value. then we
find
The virtue that possession would not
show us
Whiles IL was our
The Washington times., 1905-12-31
Reflected GioYfes.

Such as she were IN the eye OF the
world more truly than such less
unusual public servants as Rebecca
Bracken, the only woman train dis
patcher in the world. or that Mrs.
Clara Curtis. who served as Cimar-
ron's CKan) mayor for three full
terms, saving the town from bank
ruptcy through her executive and
financial skill
Last upon the record fall the
names of those who have lived in
the light of reflected glories. Mrs.
The Washington times., 1905-12-31


up the famous dead who
have passed on TO the great beyond
during this latest closed twelve
month. There is little danger that
one will forget any of the great
figures-but there is scant thought
for that other company, less famous
now but full as interesting, whose
records have been brought to the
final period. At the best, four
line notice has dismissed some life
whose earlier days have run free
with color and adventure and all
that goes to make up the pic
turesque
Fallen royalties are among these
great forgotten" and heroines of
times of stress which now seem al
most ancient history; some have
shone in the glory reflected from the
now past days and doings of their
own prime OF life; others have link
ed this present to times even older
than the busy worlds yesterday.
Surely these are worthy of the word
of remembrance which speeds the
parting guest.
The Washington times., 1905-12-31
DOGS LONG JOURNEY HOME.

An instance of the hOming instinct In
dogs Is reported from Buckinghamshire
Constable Atkinson. having been trans
ferred recently from Wrayshury to Long
Crendon, took his retriever dog with him
while or night duty. He missed the dog
and on the following morning il was
found in as old home. BY tlle most di-
rect route -he Journey is over fifty miles,
NJ, .1,.', ba,,, ~ tte more
The Washington times., 1905-12-31
FIFTY MILLIONS FOR CHARITY
EUROPE'S RECORD FOR 1905

continued - with such interesting
items. for instance. as the $4,000 given
the New Hampshire charities by the
departing japanese peace commission
ers last August-bUt enough has been
said both TO answer queries and 10
demonstrate that EurOpe's annual CIV
ing. if less in total than that Of the
United States. is stil broadly extern
siVe. Yours very truly.
WARWICK JAMES PRICE,
Philadelphia December 20. 1905
The Washington times., 1905-12-31
Titles PLus "Humnn Interest. .

Take five other titles from the roll
of 19O5's dead. and consider the
human interest" which lies behind
each:
RAIN-IN-THE-FACE, "the man who
killed Custer" whose pathetic
fortune it had been to see his
time pass and become a men,
ory; TO have fallen from the
place of a leading warrior
among a yet unconquered peo-
pie 10 become mere circus
exhibit for the curious.
ALEXANDER OF LIPPE-DET-
MOLD, the handsome old
prince who died within the
walls Of an asylum, still pos
sessed of the belief that he
was a sovereign of a world
power.
The Washington times., 1905-12-31
Links With the Past.

There, FOR instance, was William
Thompson, of Shelbyville, Ind, who
died only the other day He begged
scarcely an inch of newspaper space,
but il was ne who used once to be
known half the country over as 1.-The
man who sold gold at s2.75." He
had amassed S3,1OO when the yellow
metal was most wildly fiuctuating
under the civil war financial panics
and he sold out at a net profit of
s7,525.
The stirring days of the struggle
between the States may be recalled.
TOO, in the brief death notices of
such men as w. S. Withers and John
Matthews and Emil Petorius. for the
one was leading the Ford's Theater
orchestra the night when President
Lincoln was assassinated; the sec
ond, an actor of the cast. was for
time suspected Of completely in the
plot: and the third was one of those
earliest enthusiasts who took the
stump. in behalf of "the great eman-
cipator"
Captain O'Shea, who broke up the
Irish Nationalist party by running
the reputation of Parnell, its leader;
Louis Carmichael. who placed the
name OF Greeley before the conven-
ton of 1872: J. r. Coombes. who
founded the Ku-Klux Clan; Capt.
Thomas Anderson, who, more than
any other one man, broke up the vii
lainous Molly Maguires;" and Mrs.
Mary II. Hunt. that ''grande dame"
OF New York, who had ridden on the
first railway train TO run in this
land-these were others OF the links
with the long past yesterday"
The Washington times., 1905-12-31

To the Editor Of The Washington Times:
my Dear Sir; Since the publication
lEs in your issue of December "a. Of
my article tabulating the benefac-
ton OF 1905. l have several times
been asked if my figures included any
gifts made by foreigners. l had thought
TO make clear in the very first para
graph that no record had been taken
Of the years donations from any sources
other than from individual citizens of
the United States. but in asking the
courtesy Of your space to reiterate that
statement here. il may be of interest
TO add that the total of 1865 gifts from
English givers alone would have been
great enough to add from a third TO
possibly a half as much again 10 Amer
ica's 81, ,O0O, coo.
If II is not always easy. however, TO
get hold Of accurate figures OF the benc-
factions made in this country even OF
a minimum value of S, 600. il is much
more difficult 10 compile trustworthy
tables of such giving on the Continent
ana IN Europe Enough may De gath
cred together. however TO prove that
the small donations are not SO much
less In the aggregate than those OF
america as might be supposed. while
the record of the larger gifts is inva-
ri0bly splendid one. In some support
of the statement that foreign benefac-
tiOns during % were probably not less
in total than $50. 600. 600 (naking the
worlds charities for the past year at
least $4,000. .000) allow me 10 quote a
dozen items, each of S250,0OO or more.
Baron Nathan de RothSchild
10 various charities. ............. s. .6OO. 900
Frederick Arlington, OF Leeds,
Eng, TO London missions. 1850 0O0
Sir William Macdonald, 10 Can
adian schools .-.-..........--... 1000 0C1
Mrs. NJ A Whiteneld. 10 the
Leeds. Eng, Hospital. 100000
Lord MOunt-Stephen. to the
Kings hospital fund .......-.. loo. 600
John lnresS. 10 various British
CHARITIES -.-....-...----.-..--.-.- lOOO. .OJo
MechIslas Welsel OF Poland
10 the cause of music. 650.OOJ
The late Duke of AIechlen-
burg-Strelitz. TO the blind COO.OOo
!. Holmes Lucking. TO nine
London hospitals and homes. az, 600
+. J, Bawden. of London,
to various charitable causes. 5aOOeO
Sir John WilloX, 10 six great
London charities '...-..--..-.... CO.. .O90
George Palmer NJ p. 10 The
Reading. Eng, University. 250OGC
saO.000.ooc
Such figures might be generously
The Washington times., 1905-12-31
LEOPOLD OF HOHENZOLLERN.

LEOPOLD OF HOHENZOLLERN.
whose name goes down
through history as the prince
whose claim upon the Spanish
throne (made in Germany
had brought on the conflict
of 1870 between the father
land and the French republic.
PRINCE MIKHAi4L STEPANOFF,
the Russian dandy who put
Bean Brummel to shame in his
costuming foppery. squander-
ing a fortune upon women
fayorites, yet leaving $3.50, ,000
TO found a school Of physical
beauty for aged gentlemen"
CECIL PAGET. MARQUIS OF AN
GLESEY, the diamond and
butterfly scion of a noble
English house, whose raiment
and theatrical absurdities and
divorces and extravagances
in general had for years anus
ed an astOnished world
''Eccentrics" were these men, and
If one overlook the lack of title in
two others OF the past years odd
dead, with them should be ranked
that August Englehardt, last sur
vivor of the sect of naked. fruit-eat-
ing sun-woTshipers, which he had
himself initiated in a South Pacific
"Eveless Eden;' and that Frank
CoWan, 'anthIopological Christian"
who wished his dead body 10 be
borne TO sea on an ebbing tide, the
boat 70 carry it being first set fire
TO. Let it be added that this strange
Viking rite was not carried out. for
the doctors" remains rest quietly
today in the little Greensburg, Pa.
cemetery, where they were laid last
February.
The Washington times., 1905-12-31
Up-and Down Ladder.

Up-dnd DOWn the Ladder.
The Princess Pierre Bonaparte,
too, was one of these. Arriving in
the world under the humble roof OF
a Partisan plumber. she left it from
the palatial home of a titled son, the
long years of social ostracism and
royal boycott which had fallen be-
tween these extremes, in large meas
ure compensated for by the luxury
and pomp which filled her latter
days. On the other hand, former
royalties fallen in estate. were rep
resented in the years neurology by
The Washington times., 1905-12-31
NOT COUNTING THE PRESIDENT

According TO the latest government
blue book Uncle Sam pays salaries ag-
gregating S27. .l45. 70S 20 p, 4Sl persons n
Washington.-Detroit Neu%-
The Washington times., 1905-12-31
Fallen Royalties, URheTalded FIerones, and
Those Who Have Linked the Past 10 the
Present Are Among the Picturesque Fig
Wes Whose Names Appear on the Death
List Of the Dying Year X " ~

Mrs. Anna Brin, who, born a princess
in far away Africa, daughter to King
Nonan of one of the dark continents
central tribes. died in Camden lust
an American queen" and John
Merkowitsch, of New York, upon
whose coffin, when he was carried
10 his last long rest in November,
read plate: Prince John, of Bel
grade, Servia' In his case noble
blood had been no bar to a happy
marriage and successfully republi-
can career.
If such as these had. to outward
seeming, descended life's ladder, as
truly had Meyer Guggenheim and
Menshawi Pacha climbed its rungs.
The one had come to the country
a penniless boy; he has laid by his
broad commercial activities and his
works of open-handed philanthropy
one of the richest of Americans The
other, born a fellah and beginning
his career under the lash along the
Suez canal diggings. died the largest
landholder in all Egypt. On either
text might be preached a sermon or
built a romance
The Washington times., 1905-12-31

Miranda. a conspicuous figure in
Mexico's long struggle for independ-
ence? And Mrs. Eliza Anderson,
widow of Sumter's defender. who,
disguised, won her way to her hus-
bands side in the besieged fortress
to share his danger? And Augusta
Graeber, whose courage and devo-
tion to the wounded in the wars Of
1864 and 1866 had made her loved
throughout Germany.
:. :.
In the Public Eye.
But where shall be placed in such
q roll as this the name of Louis
The Washington times., 1905-12-31
The SILENT REAPER'.S
HARVEST OF THE GREAT

Continued from Sixth Page.)
The Washington times., 1905-12-31

world is balancing its
books. Men of leisurely
u mode of life and statistical
u turn of mind are counting
The Washington times., 1905-12-31

Such figures might be generously i:iS
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-23
THE IRON TRADE

lReported by Rogers Brown E. co1
NEW YORK, Jan. 21.-Confidence in fha
strength of the present position Of fhe iron
trade received confirmation by the fip,,res
shown for the past month. sTo meet fhs ne
insistent demands production has heen in in
fmum. At the same time our slender
stocks have decreased
The extent of the consnm r+,va da,,,.,,a
thus indica ted surpasses our expectafions
although its existence could NOT he do,,htaS
in face of the imperative calls for shin
ments on orders Specifications for an.
tshed material on contract continue at a
for railroad equipment have been an
nounced and heavy sales of cast iron nine
are reported f,-fS -
Transactions in foundry pig iron have
continued lipht oItbo,,ol,s :, -, % -
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-23
WEEK OPENS ON TOP.
CLOSES ON BOT TOM
Poor Cash Demand Starts Ball
Rolling and Bears Keep
1t Going

minneapolis Chamber Of Commerce, Jan
Ut has been great week for the bears
and poor one for the bulls The bulls
OPENING. and for few minutes 1t looked
as though they would be successful in ad-
vancing prices But this was about the.
last look in. they have had during the
week, It has been steady decline with
scarcely any rallying power FRIDAYS
market was about the only one where pllr-
cneses would have shown little profit If
and even then they only had a few minutes
In which they were able to sell out and
take their profits, which very few did.
own Inc voes bears .a having had everything their
press their advantage the coming week
unless something very bullish turns up.
me buIk of the selling has been by houses,
with Wall street connections and with
Chicago. and rumor credits the Wall street
crowd with having sold out the bulk of
their holdings during the past ten days
as they are not letting any one into their
commence. Whether they have Or not,
there has been a world of long wheat COM
Ing on the market all the week. 1t has
not been supposed that any large interests
outside of the Wall street crowd were
very heavily interested on the long side of
the market. 1t may be that they have had
suit them, and that this is simply q. big
shake out to get rid Of that class of the
trade, and again, 1t may be that they, not
being ready to start a big bull campaign
just now. are scalping the market on an
enormous scale, and will replace their lines
at lower level. It is certainly a hard
market to guess just now.
+. the liberal receipts here during the week
has had a very depressing effect on bull
courage. The bulk of these offerings now
coming in are being applied on sales made
to arrive last week when the market was
around the top figure. Another fact to be
noted Is that most of these sales made to
arrive have been by country and line ele-
vators, and while they are temporarily
bearish, will in the end be bullish, as they
are depicting the interior elevators of Just
that much wheat. The fact that the cash
wheat demand has been SO poor during the
week is attributable to the fact that mill
ers were the best buyers Of wheat to ar
rive last week. and consequently are not
in the market to any extent. as they are
using these sales to fill their requirements.
The flour demand this week has been poor
and shows a heavy falling Off from the
week before, despite the decline in prices.
The bears have been using the increased
Argentine shipments of wheat as one of
their trump cars. but a glance over the
table below will recall the rapid rate of
increase at this time last year for the first