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The Ordway new era., 1905-07-14
SPEED RECORD BROKEN
BY MILLIONAIRE spEnDrARIFr
Newly Rich Bonanza Miner Blows In
His Cash on Santa Fe Railway
Less Than Forty-five Hours from
Los Angeles to Chicago,

Chicago. July 12.-When Walter
Scot. the miner millionaire. arrived in
Chicago on his record.breaking train
at noon yesterday. a furious riot broke
out in the Polk street depot. The blue.
shirted Crgsus and his yellow dog had
to escape to the Great Northern hotel
In bombproof express wagon.
He had broken all records for train
travel. He came from Los Angeles,
2.265 miles, In just forty-four hours
and fifty-four minutes. The best previ-
Gus record was fifty-two hours and
forty-nine minutes. made by Henry v.
Lowe last August.
Scott had run at the rate OF over los
miles an hour. His fastest time was
made on the last division. coming into
Chicago. Scott kept on breaking rec.
ords all day. He broke his own record
by going to bed at s o'clock tonight.
All drinking records were broken by
him during the afternoon In entertain
Ing his friends in the bridal suite of
the Great Northern. At nightfall he
tumbled into bed to save himself from
of able-bodied men.
Scotts stay In Chicago Is indefinite.
He may be here another hour. or u
year. He doesn't know himself what
he will do.
His one desire to-day was to go from
Chicago to New York in thirteen
hours. None of the score OF railroad
managers who solicited his business
today would promise any such fright.
ful speed. This is the only reason
Scott stayed In Chicago over night.
Thirteen hours to New York. or
nothing" he said. I'm buying speed.
and It's everything in the world
want"
Cranks and parasites by the score
hovered around the young spender
from the moment he arrived until he
went to bed. The door OF his elegant
suite was open to all. with no ques.
tons asked: champagne and whisky
were as free as water. and the smiling
host welcomed all to the drink.laden
tables and silken easy chairs.
He was prosecuted with schcmers of
wanted to sell him stock. They asked
him to back their enterprises. claimed
kindred through being westerners or
old sports. "Scotty" gave no sign oil
noticing their appeals. He crumpled
their prospectuses, papers or cards IN
his hand and answered all the same:
I'm buying nothing but speed.
"Tve got nothing to sell. I've got
mine. and am paying my way. so Ill
60 Us | please"
The Ordway new era., 1905-07-14
Barred from Malls.

Washington. July 10.-Postmaster
General Cortelyou last night ordered
the Issuance of fraud order against
the Peoples United States Bank OF st.
Louis, its officers and agents and. +. c.
Lewis. n publisher. effective July 9th.
The action bars the company from the
use OF mails. after an investigation by
the postal authorities as to the details
of the business of the institution. The
postmaster general In his announce
ment says:
at is understood that the funds Of
the bank which have not been bor-
rowed by Mr.. Lewis and his enter
prises, amounting to about two-thirds
Of the total amount remitted. are de-
posted in banks and will be available
toward reimbursement of the stock
holders who number upwards Of $4,000.
It is the intention of the officers of the
Postofflce Department to cooperate
with the secretary Of state in Missouri
in every proper way fer the interests
Of the investors and depositors."
The Ordway new era., 1905-07-14
China Not Wanted.

Washington. July l0.-China's re.
quest TO be represented in the Wash
ington conference. on the ground that
she is vitality interested in its proceed
ings. has been received by the Presi-
dent and informally transmitted to the
belligerents.
, Whether tn. President has received
the formal replies cannot be learned.
but It can be stated that. while Russia
10 inclined to favor the suggestion.
Japan will not consent to II. Japan nj.
ready has made public her assurance
that Manchuria is TO be restored to
China. That is one of the principles
for which she says she has been fight
ing.
Japan regards herself as fully capa.
Bile OF executing this promise without
the assistance of China. and In view
Of China's inability before the war TO
cope with Russia in Manchuria, the
japanese government is unable to see
what possible service a Chinese repre-
sentative would be in the Washington
conference.
The Ordway new era., 1905-07-14
Admiral Kruger in Possession.

Kustenji. Roumania. July 9.-Ad-
miral Kruger this afternoon boarded
and took possession OF the Russian bat
tleship Knaiz Potemkine. King Charles
Of Roumania having sent instructions
10 the commander OF the Roumanian
squadron that the vessel be delivered
to the Russian authorities without
raising difficulties. The torpedo boat
which accompanied the Kniaz Potem.
kline. however. left for Odessa without
surrendering. declaring that she had
not mutinied. but that the Kniaz Potem-
kline had forced her to follow.
Admiral Kruger arrived with his
squadron this morning and after eS-
changing the customary salutes inti-
mated that he had come to arrange for
the transfer OF the Kninz Potemkine.
Admiral kolinsky. commander OF the
Roumanian squadron, boarded the Rus
sian battleship Tichesme and informed
Admiral Kruger that King Charles had
ordered him to turn the vessel over to
the Russian admiral. The formalitirs
Of the transfer were completed this nj.
ternoon. and Admiral Kruger boarded
the kniaz Potemkine.
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viii Meet a, Por,smou.h. .

Washington. ID. c., July 11.-Assist-
ant Secretary Peirce yesterday an.
nounced that the plenipotentiaries OF
Russia and Japan had agreed upon
Portsmouth. New Hampshire. as the
meeting place for the sessions OF the
peace conference to be held outside OF
Washington. The sessions will be held
in the government navy yard at Ports
mouth. in the new 100000 building
just completed there.
Third Assistant Secretary OF State
Peirce has been specially commits
stoned by the President to make all ar
rangements for the meeting OF the
plenipotentiaries at Portsmouth and
is preparing to leave for that place to
confer with the commandant OF the
navy yard. The meeting will be held
in the general store house.
Orders have been issued for the
Mayfiower to join the Dolphin at Oys-
ter Bay early in Auyust to receive the
plenipotentiaries. With the ENJOYS
aboard the two vessels. under the es-
cort of small cruiser. they will pro-
ceed to Portsmouth. The plenipoten-
tiaries will assemble at New York
early in August and be taken to Oys-
ter Bay on two protected cruisers OF
the Cleveland type. to pay their re-
spects to to the President and be for
mally presented by him to each other.
The Ordway new era., 1905-07-14
STOPS PASSENGER TRAFFIC.
Midland Terminal viii Haul Nothing
But Freight.

Denver, July 12.-The Republican
this morning says: An official an
nouncement was given out In Cripple
Creek yesterday that all passenger
trifiic would cease on the Midland Ter
minal line on July 10th. The Midland
Terminal is part Of the Cripple Greek
Central railroad. The announcement
OF the cessation came from the Office
OF the Colorado 4 Southern merger at
Cripple Creek. Yet II Is given out that
there Is no merger or combine or trust
In the Cripple Creek transportation
lines and that the constitution has not
been violated nor the statute dis
obcyed.
From what has already taken place
Il is evident that the Colorado & South
ern syndicate having absolute posses
sion OF all the roads In the district in
tend to transact the main business
through the Colorado Springs Short
Line" which 1t purchased from the
mine managers that built 1t. and let the
other roads go to the trust. Now II
either owns these roads outright or IL
is in n pool with them whereby the
roads are to secure percentage OF the
Colorado & Southern's earnings for ly-
ing idle.
But the Midland Terminal. which has
been for all practical purposes aban-
doned. is the feeder for the Colorado
Midland road. The Colorado Springs
"Short Line" is not In connection with
the Colorado Midland. This latest
piece Of information regarding the
merger is only additional proof that
the Denver & Rio Grande. the Colorado
Midland and the Colorado Southern
are all together intertwined and not
to be separated and that In plain truth
Colorado is in the hands Of gigantic
railroad trust run from Wall street.
The stoppage OF trains on line by Or
ders of the foreign syndicate will not
long apply solely to Cripple Creek.
The News says: Further evidence
of the intention OF the Colorado q
southern to shut the Denver 4 Rio
Grande out of the Cripple Creek dis.
trict was furnished yesterday by news
from Cripple Creek that the G. ..
has ordered all passenger trains on the
Midland Terminal abandoned.
..The announcement was made ex'
clusiyely by the News few days ago
that the C. & 8. Intended to shut the D.
q r, q. out of the Cripple Creek dis
frict by absorbing the lines OF the
tyripple Creek Central. 1t was also
stated mt the time by the News that the
n = r.. q. would probably build q new
road from Colorado Springs to Cripple
Creek for the purpose OF wasing wss
ON the c. & 8. The changes ordered
yesterday by the G. Z 8. ID taken oy
railroad men to be the beginning OF the
shutting out process."
The Ordway new era., 1905-07-14
Cody Drops Divorce Suit.

Omaha. July lin a cablegram to
his foster brother and business man
ager. DIR. ID. Frank Powell (White
Beaver) Of Cody. Wyoming. received
here yesterday. Col. W. F. Cody tBuf-
falo BID requests that steps be taken
Immediately 20 dismiss the appeal In
his suit for divorce.
Colonel Cody dismisses the appeal"
said DR.. Powell, "at the earnest request
of his only living child. the wife OF
Lieut.. Clarence Armstrong Stott OF
Fort Thomas. Georgia. He does 1t to
please her. and TO please her only"
II is well known TO their friends that
no reconciliation has been effected be-
tween the colonel and Mrs. Cody and
that they will not live together again as
husband and wife. The dismissal OF the
appeal in the divorce suit Is not the
result OF any change in their relations.
but Is the result OF the efforts Mrs.
Stott has made to bring her parents
together. Before Colonel Cody's eldest
daughter. Arta, died last year she
pleaded with him not to begin divorce
proceedings. and after the petition
had been filed she begged him to dis.
miss the suit. Colonel Cody was deeply
moved. his friends say. by the appeal
Of his facorte child. but he was deter
mined to get divorce II possible and
prosecute the suit. II Is said that since
then he often has alluded to his daugh.
ter's dying request with much feeling
and they suspect that he has more
than once regretted on her account
hat he filed the divorce suit.
The Ordway new era., 1905-07-14
BOARD OF PARDoNs
Grants cIemeney to Four Prison erssat
Canon City.

Denver, July 9.-Peter Miller and
Thomas Dowd, Denver election fraud
convicts. will have to go to the State
Penitentiary for a year at least. The
State Board of Pardons divided on its
yoto on the applications of the men
for pardons. The rule being that the
cases may not be brought up again
for a year.
A large number OF applications were
acted upon by the board Friday, but
only four received clemency in any
form.
George Bond. who killed his sweet
heart in Denver in 1898, will be able
to leave the prison next month. His
term was ten to twenty years, and
this was reduced to nine to twenty
years. 1t was represented that he
had been a good prisoner and that in
wounding himself at the time he killed
The girl terrible injuries were inflicted
from which he has suffered much.
Daniel Randolph. siXteen-year-old
boy. who was sentenced in Denver to
from thirteen to fourteen years in the
penitentiary for robbery. was released.
.Ie Is now nineteen years old and can
try to make new start. Father Ma.
lone made plea for him.
John X. Smith, sentenced from Routt
county. had his time commuted so
that he will be out in Il month. He
was sentenced for an attempt to blow
up house with dynamite.
Robert +. Rowe. sentenced in 1902
from Denver county TO n term OF from
five to ten years, had his sentence
commuted to three to ten years. He
was convicted in Judge Malone's court
OF the crime OF forgery.
The Ordway new era., 1905-07-14
EN- COLORADO DAYS,
AND CLARK EXPOSITION
Week for Seventeen Colorado
Especial Colorado Day Aug
h 22d-Named by Cover
nor's Proclamation.

Ter. July 12.-Governor McDon-
sterday issued proclamation.
upon the people OF the state to
greater interest In the Portland
htion and to attend the celebra-
incident to Colorado week. I'm
htely the week chosen by the
nd management Is that in which
fand Army encampment is to be
4 this city. The governors proc
hon is as follows:
OF Colorado. Executive Cham
Denver.
| the people OF Colorado: The
kement OF the Lewis and Clark
hnial Exposition has set aside u
I'm which the various municipali-
! Colorado may celebrate special
This week has been designated
kado Cities Week" and will com.
Monday. September 4. 1905. The
|for the various cities are as fol-
Snday. September 4.-Denver.
kr. Fort Collins. Greeley.
esday. September 5.-Colorado
Is. Trinidad.
kdnesday. September 6.-Pueblo.
nrsday. September 7.-Cripple
Victor. Canon City. Florence.
|day. September S.-Leadyille.
Grand Junction.
kurday. September 9.-Telluride.
5go. Silyerton.
Earnestly hope that the people of
kdo will avail themselves OF this
Aunlty TO visit great exposition
the same time see the wonder
yancement made In the progress
Northwest country.
krything possible has been done
ke the exposition a success. II Is
beautifully located. and the
|pdge gained by an inspection of
thlbits IL well worth the expense
nt TO the trip. Those contem.
IS u trip TO this section OF our
b cannot do better than to ar.
to make their visit upon the
mentioned above.
this connection desire to call
ion to the fact that August 22d
kcn designated as Colorado Day.
Testimony whereof. have here
BET my hand this llth day OF July
lg05.
JESSE F. MCDONALD.
Governor"
The Ordway new era., 1905-07-14
muTiNeeRs SURRENDER.
Crew Of the kniax Potemkine Deliver
Ship to Roumanian Officers.

Kustenii. Roumania, July Sine
flag OF st. Andrew once again floats
over the battleship Potemkine and the
torpedo boat. which have proved such
terrors to the Black sea communities
for a couple of weeks past.
The formal surrender OF the mutin-
Gus crews actually occurred ut 1 o'clock
yesterday afternoon after a series of
discussions and negotiations between
the Roumanian authorities and tho
leaders OF the mutineers.
The Roumanian officers who boarded
the battleship on her arrival here called
upon the crew to surrender, in which
case they would be treated as foreign
deserters, or else leave the port forth
with.
1t speedily became apparent that the
Russian vessels returned to this port
with the intention of giving themselves
up to foreign government and the
crews soon announced their acceptance
of the Roumanian terms.
The mutineers wanted to take on the
treasure which was on board the kniaz
Potemkine, but the authorities de-
clined to acQuiesce.
The Russians gradually will be con-
veyed to any frontier they may select
and will be liberated, the local officials
having given an understanding to this
effect.
The Roumanian nag has been hoisted
over the Russian war vessels - well
~ the Russian 30 n to prevent any At
tack on them In Roumanian waters BY
the vessels Of the Russian squadron.
which are reported to b In pursuit Of
the mut1nooro.
The Ordway new era., 1905-07-14
DROWNED OR SHOT.
Irous Negro Loses His Life While
Evadins Officers.

bvcr. July IA Republican spe.
Nicholls. n colored laborer Mt tho
(side coal mine. met tragic
while attempting to swim the Ar.
y river TO elude capture by deputy
j. for an all but fatal assault on
Easter mechanic OF the mine. As
Ulcers fred upon the fugitive. he
from sight In the water aid the
has not been recovered.
4day evening Nichols assaulted
attempted to kill James McPher-
haster mechanic at the Brookside
hine. by beating him over the
with n heavy club. After doing
nd being frightened away by wit
,. Nichols left the country and
Dot seen again until last evening.
pgh diligent search was kept
the officers.
)tcrday Sheriff Esser detailed
y Shcriffs John Jones and Payton
to search for the fugitive. Soon
the officers left the train. which
carried them to Portland In the
they caught sight OF Nichols hid.
the tall weeds near the Arkan.
rer bridge. When they advanced
d him. Nichols started to make
e nearby hills. The officers called
l times on the man to halt. but
FUSED TO do so. The officers
n fire, but II a bullet struck him
no effect, as he continued to
almost the speed OF horse.
POLLS headed for the Rio Grande
with the evident intention Of
|ng freight train and leaving the
~. Allen also ran down the track
preceded In heading of the man.
Is juncture Nichols saw that his
e was only matter OF moments
[iid not pursue another course, SO
dc to the river and jumped In.
nearly succeeded In swimming
to the opposite bank when Al
gan firing upon him. Whether
OTIS were effective Is not known.
icholls. after making a few des-
atrnggles. sank to the bottom.
OFT has SO far been made to re.
the body.
hersop. the injured man, Is in a
condition. Nichols struck him
nc head with q big club and
nave succeeded in killing him
ot the club broken.
herson is the father Of Mrs. Al.
nose husband did the shooting.
re seems to be some question in
n9s OF the officers whether Mich.
as killed by the bullets.
The Ordway new era., 1905-07-14
CHANGE OF OFFICERS
REPUBLICANS DUST DEMOCRATS,
Supreme Court Order Partly obeyed Inf
penver-Rehearing In the
Case is Denied.

Denver, July 11.-Following is the,
action OF the Supreme Court of Colo.
RADIO in the controversy over the Den
yer county Offices:
Denied petition of the ousted Demo.
cratic county officials for a rehearing.
Issued an order declaring them
usurpers and not legally entitled to act
as county officers.
Declared that Charles w. Badgley is
treasurer of the city and county of
Denver. and that Christopher C. Gird
Is the assessor for the city and county
of Denver.
Modified its original order so as to
enter Judgment in the Supreme Court,
thus taking the entire matter out OF
the hands of the District Court and
having its orders served by its own
bailiff.
Order affects all the county officers
with the exception OF county judge. in
whose case a petition for rehearing
was not filed with the others, and the
offices OF county superintendent OF
schools, county surveyor and coroner,
over which cases are now pending.
Sheriff Hamilton Armstrong, Asses
sor Schuyler II. Alexander and Clerk
and Recorder Robert J. Byrne yester-
day afternoon turned over their Offices
at the court house. upon demand, to
Alexander Nisbet, C. c. Gird and A. G.
Vickery, respectively, their successors
In Office. as a result OF the Supreme
Court decision.
City and County Treasurer c. S. II
der turned over the county books. fur
niture and rooms to c. w. Badgley. but
declined TO surrender the city tax rolls
and the rooms in the court house where
city business is transacted.
Republican guards were scattered
through every Office in the court house
last night, and guards representing
both parties were placed in the dis
puted treasurer's office.
Treasurer Elder will likely be cited
for contempt by the Supreme Court
this afternoon. and the court will then
be called upon to decide whether the
Offices of city and county treasurer are
separate or consolidated Offices.
The Ordway new era., 1905-07-14
Cotton Statistic. Scandal.

Washington, n. c.. July 9.-victor
H. Olmsted has been appopinted asso-
ciate statistician OF the Department OF
Agriculture to succeed Edwin 8.
Holmes, who was ordered removed to-
day by Secretary Wilson for giving out
information in advance on cotton crop
conditions.
Secretary Wilson has made public =
statement OF the discoveries made BY
secret service men involving Holmes
and New York brokers.
One Of the brokers involved says he
secured Information and gave It to the
government to aid In stopping the
practice. The other denies knowing
f3elmaA.
The Ordway new era., 1905-07-14
British Army Poorly Trained.

London, July 11.-Field Marshal
Lord Roberts created a sensation In
the House Of Lords yesterday when in
a lengthy and well-considered speech.
he deliberately expressed his opinion
as a practical soldier that the military
force OF Great Britain was inadequate.
imperfectly trained and totally uuflt
to uphold Great Britain as nrst-class
power. Lord Roberts did not blame the
government, which, he said. was actu-
ated by . national feeling. but ho-
scathingly attacked the people Of Eng
land, who, he said. showed no national
feeling toward the military until ean.
ger arose.
The Ordway new era., 1905-07-14
rra'l show. clo.. poor..

land. Ore. July 1.-Two Of the
ATTRACTIONS ON the Trail At the
and Clark Centennial Exposition
ceased operations. Il II alleged
nc shows have been operating
neavy financial loss, owing to
lusal Of the exposition manage.
% permit the Trail to open Sun.
na that owing to the stipulated
" twenty-five per cent. Of the
receipts collected BY the fair
cement. II was impossible 70 eoa-
profitable seasoa.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-08-30
CheerfuIness During Illness.

There is a great restorative force
in cheerfulness. 1t is a sovereign
remedy. The physician who can
inspire expectancy of something
better to come, who can give you
confidence in your power to over
come disease and can make you
feel that it is a shame for a man
made to do a great work in the
world to be ailing, has very little
use for drugs.
Sick people do not realize how
much their faith and confidence in
the physician have to do with their
cure. If he is cheerful, happy,
hopeful they feel buoyed up, sus-
tanned by his very presence. They
feel thrill of his splendid vitality,
and gather strength from his cour-
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-08-30

in my ways to learn how to put
them on and feel at home in them.
Why did the fates so persistently
kept me from all these things,
refuse me the kindness of making
me callous to the blows ones self
consciousness must suffer by rea-
son of such shortcomings! But I'm
going to stay, because you've
worked like the mischief ever since
we were left alone in the world,
to give me the sort of education
you hungered for in your girlhood.
I'm going to see if brains will
count against clothes. I'm sorry
I'm not there to take all the heavy
work of your hands. My muscles
fairly ache to be doing something
difficult. Don't let Pedro shirk
on you. If he does, I'll break
every bone in his body when 1
come home. If could only have
left my strength at home for youl
/ seem not to need it here. Maybe
I'll get used to this sort of life, and
maybe / won't. Lovingly, Ez."
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-08-30
A Freshman's First Letter Home,

sStrikland w. Gillian, president
OF the Association of American
Humorists, contributes a clever
short story TO Success Magazine"
for September, entitled "A Fresno
Freshman. The following letter
of the freshman. written a few
days after his arrival at college is
taken from it:
Dear Nom: I'd like to tell
you everything's pleasant here,
but 1 guess it's better for me to
tell the truth-I'd feel better if /
do. The cruel. ha-d life we've
lived all these years, skimping on
everything and crowding the entire
income from cherry trees, vine
yards and cows into my head, to
the utter neglect of everything
outside of il, has fitted me for
college in a way. My studies are
easy. But, mother. it's downright
.crucihxion TO be so glaringly un-
kempt and ungainly. know just
how I look. I'm different from
other people. The things that
seem to come natural to them, in
the way of neatnesS and dresSiness,
look 10 me as if could not, in a
whole lifetime, cultivate; and the
clothes they seem to be used to
seem out of reach of the best I
have ever even hoped to own-at
least until I'm too old or too set