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The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1905-09-01
Detroit Tunnel BEGUN.

Detroit, Aug. 26.-Work on the rail-
road tunnel which is to be constructed
under the Detroit river between Wind
sor and Detroit began yesterday when
q force of workmen commenced sink
ing the initial shaft on the American
side. A similar shaft will shortly be
sunk on the tunnel line on the Cana
dian side. While there is still much
preliminary surveying and testing to
be done. the location of the tunnel ia
practically decided upon.
The actual length of the under
ground portion of the tunnel will be
two and six-tenths miles and the dis
lance from surface to surface almost
exactly three miles. It is estimated
that between two and three years will
be occupied in the construction.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1905-09-01
Western Pacific Bond Issue.

San Francisco, Aug. 26.-The stock
holders Of the Western Pacific rail-
road have met here and formally voted
to increase the capital stock Of the
company from $50,00O,00O to $75, 00O,-
900. w. ]. Bartnett. Judge ]. F. Vaille
Of Denver and several local parties
held the stock proxies of George J.
Gould and other fasteners to vote at
the meeting. Mr.. Bartuett is first vice
president and chief counsel Of the com
pany. Mr.. Vaille is chief counsel Of
Gould's Denver & Rio Grande rsilrosd
system.
Representatives Of the New York
banking Arms which recently took up
the $50, 1000. 900 bond issue of the COM
pany were present at the meeting. The
contracts for grading the roadbed are
to be let within few days.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1905-09-01
TO PROBE EQUITABLE
rvLL lNvEsrlqATIoN SOUGHT
Company JeIns etsts In Asking Ths
IL Affairs D oubjset %
Careful Rawln>w

Company Jeins otsts In Asking inst
It, Affairs D oubjset -
Careful Review.
New York, Aug. 1s.1The Equitable
Life Assurance Society to-day Joined
with the state OF New York In asking
for . full Investigation In court of its
wrong-doings In managing the moneys
Of the society.
The document which announced this
determination was the answer OF the
forty-nine Equitable directors to
charges made against them In connec-
ti0n with q suit brought against the
Equitable society by the state.
Admission IL made that some ON
eials Of the Equitable have been guilty
Of improper and Illegal acts. In all
thirteen charges are answered by the
directors. Among these answers they
admit the $250.000 loan to the Depew
Investment Company.
They admit the $685.. 900 loan Of the
Mercantile Trust Company. but waive
responsibility in this loan so far IS the
board Of directors is concerned, and
indicate Messrs. Alexander, Jordan and
Deming as the persons having the most
intimate knowledge Of these transac.
tionA
The charge that excessive salaries
were paid to officers of the Equitable
II not directly answered, but admission
u made that under guise Of salaries
excessive fees were given to certain
Equitable officials who were also d.
rectors in other companies. In defense
the answer states that these practices
were not known to the whole board of
directors.
Outlining their belief as to the best
policy to pursue in fixing the blame for
the Equitable scandals, the directors
say first that the blame for alleged
cases Of misconduct will be found to
rest on individual officers, and not
upon the directors as a body. Having
made this explanation, the answer then
admits in a general way the wrong
doing charged.
The first charge specifically an
swered ia that premises ON Broadway
were let at Inadequate rentals to the
Mercantile Safe Deposit Company.
This is admitted. but 1t is denied that
at the time this lease was made James
H. Hyde, James w. Alexander, William
Alexander, Gage e. Tarbell, Valentine
p. Snyder, Thomas d. Jordan, Charles
B. Alexander, Henry r. Winthrop. Al
vim w. Krech and William H. McIn-
tyre were stockholders and directors In
the Mercantile Safe Deposit Company.
As to excessive and unwarranted
loans to agents, the reply admits that
they were made.
The $10.000.0OO surplus held by the
Equitable society Is the final item con-
sidered by the directors, and in sub
stance their reply on this charge is
that they do not know precisely what
their rights are regarding the surplus,
and that they are willing to leave this
matter for the courts to decide.
In conclusion, the answer says:
Wherefore, this defendant joins in
the prayer Of the plaintiff in this &C.
ton, and thereon submits its rights and
interests In the matters in question to
the judgment of the court"
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1905-09-01
kisehsnsr-curzon Quarrel.

Simla, Aug. 26.-The publication Of
. strongly worded protest by Lord
Kitchener. commander-in-chief Of the
forces in India, against the alleged mis-
representation Of his views by Lord
Curzon to the home government. and
. detailed reply by the viceroy, main
tanning the accuracy Of his statements
and reiterating that Lord Kitshener's
reorganization scheme would eonoen.
trate all the power at army headauar-
tiers. has created fresh sensation and
still further embittered the feeling be-
tween the two opposing factions.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1905-09-01
To Sell Boycotted Goods.

Shanghai, Aug. 2s.-The Chinese for
eign board has appointed a special
commissioner to assist Chinese mer-
chants here to dispose of the enor-
nous quantity of American goods con-
tracted for before the boycott was an.
nounced, hoping thus to avert imam
cial panic.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1905-09-01

Lord Byron's record swim to the
island of Lido in Venice has been beat
en- by Prof. zennaro. but II Prof. Zen
marc IL wise he won't undertake to
beat Lord Byron's other records.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1905-09-01

That Massachusetts, Judge who says
IN umbrella 10 private property doubt
less win forget all about It when he
hsppens to be out on rainy day.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1905-09-01

King Edward IL said to be annoyed
when beautiful women enter into open
rivalry for his smiles. He might avoid
the annoyance by making them form
q line.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1905-09-01

A railroad charged q consignee hvs
cents for demurrage; the latter de-
INJURED to paying the sum; the road
IL suing the consignee, who will.
doubtless. demurely enter q demurrer
to the demand.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1905-09-01

Japan's use Of the word lobster" in
. complimentary sense Is commend
able. In this country the name Is
often applied in . way that is grossly
unjust to the respectable crustacean
properly entitled to It,
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1905-09-01

women, according to the declara-
don Of New York preacher. are
largely responsible for the rascality Of
the times, This Il true, undoubtedly.
Il there were no women We are posi-
i've mat not another rascal would
Gvof b born.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1905-09-01

An eastern paper is discussing "the
origin Of pie" 1t may be observed.
in passing. that everybody knows what
the destiny of pie Is.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1905-09-01

A Buffalo Judge fined . man 1920
for stealing kiss from a girl Of that
city which is evidence that they are
stin charging Pan-American prices
there. So don't let them put you OF. I"
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1905-09-01

Prof. Ross says Americans are ZEN
sulfed in sea Of fads." One of our
fads II listening to queer remarks
from college professors.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1905-09-01

A Jersey City girl slapped man
because he called her . Nan Patter-
son. She h probably sorry for It now.
though. Only one New York paper
published . picture Of hen.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1905-09-01

II win be hard to make thu expert
enced boy believe that q pie-making
machine with capacity Of forty pies
. minute can turn cat the kind that
mother makes.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1905-09-01

The playful idiots who put APPLE
pack IN . can Of church lemonade
should have another kind Of stick ap-
piled to them externally.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1905-09-01

A defunct sea serpent may not be
much to contribute to civilization, but
Nevada trusts civilization will take
the will for the deed.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1905-09-01

Quinine candy is said to be q nov
city that the children cry for. What
We need now Is . pill that doesn't
have to be swallowed.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1905-09-01

The valued New York Herald 70
ports: Fatal Deaths In New Orleans.
Forty-seven." Yellow Jack seems to
be more virulent than ever this time.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1905-09-01

The house in which Juliet is sup
posed to have lived 1t the time Ro-
meo used to sing under her window
has been bought BY the city Of Verona
for $500. The cable does not say
Why J. Pierpont Morgan didn't bid
e IN.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1905-09-01

Luther Burbank suggests that men
Ne cultivated ~ plants are cultivated.
Men would hardly be worth the trou-
BILE. Plants have no innate depravity.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1905-09-01

"A man may wear what he wants
to-" says J. Pierpont Morgan. 80
long as he pays his tailor" In that
harsh. Qualifying clause is found the
reason Why . large number Of men
don't wear what they want to.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1905-09-01

Russell Sage attributes his longev-
fly to his sticking to work. Clipping
coupons must be q healthful ~ well as
. pleasurable exercise.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1905-09-01

War has broken out between the Hip
Sing Tongs and the On Leong Tongs
In New York. They ought To be
p(nched.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1905-09-01

p. Mammalian. the Hindu mission
ary, says wealth II the American peril.
He doubtless comes to remove a.
much Of the peril % he can.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1905-09-01

Al long as J. p. Morgan likes the
companionship of that small grand
daughter. you can't make people be-
lieve he's bad.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1905-09-01

Edmund Clarence 6tedman says
~there isn't much money in poetry."
Nor in prose either, for that matter.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1905-09-01

Any fool can start . war. but wise
men are needed when II comes to
deciding on the indemnity.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1905-09-01

Even the president Of . glue com
pany could mot stick to his place. It
II filled by new man
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1905-09-01

Judge Blizzard 10 running for once
IN West Virginia. He should be . good
heated-term candidate.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1905-09-01

An American bank has failed IN
Manila This shows that It b not .
natter of climate.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1905-09-01

loo1rs come hisA h New York's -
e1ety. but II feels It must have u least
- liAs q thsn-
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1905-09-01

On8rle8 rIauClS ADAMS OF 6OBLOu
has offered to sell the city OF Trinidad
North lake. the finest reservoir site in,
southern Colorado. for storage use by
the city waterworks. The lake is To-
Gated forty miles west on the North
fork Of the Purgatory river. It has
capacity Of 1000. 100000 gallons, es-
timated to be enough for ten years
supply for the city. He wants $4,000.
The publisher Of the new city d.
rectory Of Boulder, Just out, states that
the 1905 directory contains the names
pf over $500 people. Counting two
people to each name. the names of
children under eighteen not being
printed, the population Of the city is
over 1900. The directory OF 1901 had
$500 names, representing $500 souls.
This shows that the increase in popu-
lation in four years was 5000.
The jury Of awards Of the late Louisi-
ana Purchase Exposition at st. Louis
have applied to Mrs. Martha A. Shute.
secretary OF the Colorado State Board
OF Horticulture, ut Denver, for the
present addresses Of number of ex-
hibitors who won prizes at tho exposi-
ton. but who have not claimed them.
and whose present address IL I'M
known. Following is the list and for.
mer addresses: Harry Terry. Pueblo;
John ]. Williams. Jerry Quinn, Monte
Vista; C. r. johnson, g. w. HELMS.
Caldwell Brooks. ]. B. Bowers, Long
mont; G. q. Payne, Monte Vista; Chas.
Brown. o. W. Gumerson. H. p. Nelson.
r. r. storm, 8. A. Armstrong, Greeley:
]. r. franklin, Newcastle; J. 8. Steele.
Fl Collins.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-23

am partial among the later novel;
lists to Henry Seton Merryman,
(whose real name is ScotD, who died
in his prime within a year or so. He
was really a capital writer and very
interesting. His post humors
novel, THE Last Hope is praised in
England and this country by the best
critics. The able New York Evening
Post, high authority in letters, says
that this novel will be reckoned
among the best books of this year,
and that the clever author was not
only gifted with a remarkable style,
but he knew how to tell story as
few writer's know in these days"
The scholarly New York Outlook
says that the last novel has intense
interest, and again proves Mr.. Scott
had in pre-eminent measure that pow
er of fastening and holding the read
er'S attention which is quite indefina-
able and marks the born story-teller.
Pierre Lotto. a noted French author,
writes Of the Japanese in the Paris
Reveu des, DeuX Mondes, after visit
ing Japan in 1902, that they are "a
Quarrelsome people, pulled up with
pride, envious of others, and handling
with cruelty and skill the machines
and explosives whose secrets have
been revealed to them" He says that
they will foment nothing but hatred
among the large yellow family toward
the white races, and they will be the
instigators of future inVasions and
bloOd-shed.
A German writer says that in the
war against the Beers that one Irish
soldier in every 200 died of drunken
ness.
Wilmington, N. c.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-23

a drama of more regularity and inter
est he called Martin Luther, but 1t is
not one of Werner's best dramatic pro"
auctions. 1t is said that his portrait
of the great Reformer-the Inquire OF
Luther-"haS in it features OF an
austere, loneliness, a mild yet awful
beauty" His writings and character
have been very strikingly presented by
Thomas Carlyle, in his review or hlm
published in 1928. | make one quo
tation near the close of his paper OF
some sixty pages, which is summary
and presents a figure not particularly
engaging, although many Germans
held in the past that he was a writer
of genius with a character OF many at
fractions. Says Carlyle: The truth
is, his defects as a writer were also
his defects as a man: he was feeple
and without volition in life, as III
poetry his endowments fell into con-
fusion his character relaxed Itself on
all sides into incoherent expansion
his activity became gigantic endeaVor
followed by most dWarflsh perform
ance." Although he exposed the
many imperfcctions of Popery, its
frauds and gross corruptions, ne
vet changed his religious views sui
ficiently to become a Romanist. He
was never soundly Protestant, how
ever, for he "scoffed in infidel style
at it's truths But he never recanted
his attacks upon Rome and was very
diSSOlute.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-23

Dogs are better judges of men thar
men are of women.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-23

A noticeable new work of criticism,
l suppose, is Literary Portraits, by
Charles whitley. 1t is concerned win
the leading French authors OF three
hundred years ago. 1t Is stated that
his paper on Rabelais, great genius
of the long ago. is the best of his dis
cussion. Radicals was a sceptlc ana
scoffer, one of the most dlsgusnng
writer's in French literature. Blu;
there is no discounting his remarka-
BILE intellectual resources and his bril-
liancy and wit His "GargaVtua" and
"Pantagruep' have made him I'M
mortal. | saw it mentioned recently
that the great Samuel Taylor Coleridge
classed him with the creative minds
of the World-Shakesp Dante and
CerVantes," and he is credited with
having been one of the chief agents
and forces in the revival of learning.
He was born in Touraine, the Province
of Descartes and Balzac in 1883. |
would not advise any pure minded
person to read his productions de
will make you laugh, but he will
disgust you.
Prince Kropotkin is a writer OF
ability and is often instructive In
| his latest book he calls Russian Lit
erature," he makes a statement that
will surprise many intelligent readers
of literature of his country. For in
stance. he writes: "In no other coun-
| try does literature occupy so infiuen-
| tial a position as it does in Russia
| Nowhere else does it exercise so pro
| found, so direct an influence upon
| the development of the younger gener-
alton. There are novels of Turgenieff
| and even of the less-knoWn writer's
| that have been real stepping stones IL
| the development of Russian youth
| during the last thirty years.
Here is something worth, reading
and observing. 1t is called To-day
and is signed T. S. p, and is taker
from the Charlotte Presbyterian
| Standard:
What is the Bible, the world is read
ing?
Your daily life and mine.
| What are the sermons, the world !
! needing?
| Your daily life and mine.
What are the creeds. the world il
/ needing
True lives yours and mine.
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1905-10-25
Kentucky State News Items
SAM HIsLE EXECUTED.
He Confessed That He Was Guilty Of
the Assault.

Winchester, KY, Oct. 90 - Sam
Hisle, colored. was hanged in the jail
yard here. He went to the scaffold
with a firm step and without assist
ance. He stated that he was guilty of
the crime for which he was about to
suffer death and that he freely forgave
all who had part in his execution.
He asked the assistance of the officers
and the white people to root out the
colored dens of inquiry which had led
to his ruin and to help the colored
people to higher plane of life. His
neck was broken and he died with
little struggling. The crime for which
he was executed was an atrocious one.
On August IA he went to the house Of
Mrs. Bond and tried to assault her, but
she escaped. He then went to the
home of Mrs. Jasper Case, and finding
her alone, assaulted her and fed. He
was captured at Paris and taken to
Lexington for safekeeping. When
brought here for trial mob was form
ed TO lynch him, but the sheriff and
circuit judge by strenuous efforts sue
ceeded in preventing it.
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1905-10-25
GAS TO PRoPEL VESSELS.
Day OF Steamship Is Believed to Be
Passing Away-May Be
Called ''Gasser."

st. LOuis.-If a vessel propelled by
steam power is called a steamer"
should a vessel in which. the motive
power is gas be called "gasser?" The
query is prompted by the possibility
that in the not far distant future ma
rlne propulsion will be largely effect
ed by means of explosion engines.
whose fuel will be gas generated on
board.
For stationary purposes, plants of
this description have already been
erected on large scale, and more than
one firm of engineers is said to be en-
gagged in perfecting a combined plant,
consisting of engine and gas genera
tor. which shall be lighter and oc-
crpy less space than the present COM
binatiOn of steam boilers and engine,
power for power. The gas used is
known as producer gas. and is to all
intents and purposes, steam or water
yapor passed through incandescent
coke in a special form of furnace. The
resultant gas is a combination of car
bon monOxide, hydrogen and nitro
gen.
Utilizing the fuel in this manner is
claimed to effect a very appreciative
economy as compared with burning
it under a boiler to generate steam.
Indeed. it has been estimated that one
pound of fuel will thus go as far as
three pounds in the latter method.
This on long voyage not only means
the reduction Of the coal bill, but also
a corresponding increase in cargo
space or passenger accommodation.
Experts say it behooves steamship
companies 10 pause before adopting the
steam turbine in a wholesale manner.
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1905-10-25
BARS FLIRTING IN CHURCH
Sioux City, Ia, Y. M. C. A. Secretary
Claps Ban on Chats Behind
Hymn Books.

Sioux City, Ia.-No more tender
messages and exchange of condolences
will be permitted between Pretty Sue
and Gallant Joe, behind sheltering
hymn books in Sioux City churches,
If the suggestion of Secretary He'll.
man, of the Y. NJ. c. A, to the minis
terial association is followed out.
Secretary Hellman was defending
the Y. NJ. c. A. against the general
charge that the association does not
fulfill its mission in that it fails to get
a greater number of young men into
the churches.
Would you think Of putting a new
ly-bOrn babe into an ice box?" in
quired the secretary with asperity.
That is what it would be like for
young men to go to the churches as
they are now generally conducted
We got 14,000 young men into our as
sociation rooms last year and threw
about them good influences and got
them to attend our Sunday meetings.
What the church should do is to
have its representatives at our
building to show our young men that
the churches are attractive.
THE young men you have attend
ing your churches are usually accom-
panied by young women, and tell
you a young man is not susceptible
to religious teaching when he sits be-
side young woman and has the op-
portunity TO visit with her. They
ought to be free from this temptation
and the churches should look after
the young men and not complain be-
cause the Y. NJ. C. A. does not do it
all"