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The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-11-04
AN OLD CANNON BALI.
Found on the City's Property in
 Middle River District.

Found on the City's Property in
 Middle River District.
 An old six pound cannon ball, which is undoubtedly another Revolutionary relic, was found yesterday in the Mid- dle River district where the ground has been dug up on account of the new reservoir.
 The ball was found on the Butler farm, recently purchased by the city, where new road is being built to take the place of the strip which will be flooded by the filling of the new reser- voir. It was buried about four feet under the surface. The ground was ex- cavated at that point to make the road of the proper grade. The ball was old and rusty, and weighed five pounds and thirteen ounces. D. w. McNamara, su- perintendent of public works. took pcs- session of the relic.-Danbury News.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-09-21
Thanks President and People.

Oyster Bay, Sept. 15.-Baron Rosen,
the Russian ambassador and associate
of M. Witte as Russian peace plenipo-
tentiary at the Portsmouth conference.
was a guest Wednesday of the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Roosevelt at luncheon.
On the eve of his departure from
America, M. Witte, the Russian peace
envoy, extended to President, Roose-
welt by telegraph his heartfelt thanks
for the cordial welcome and the uni
form courtesy given to the ENJOYS by
the American government and people.
The text of M. Whites message to the
President follows:
New York. Sept. 12, 1905.
president Roosevelt-Before leav-
ing the hospitable soil of the United
States beg In my own name and in
behalf of my fellow workers to offer
my heartful thanks to you, Mr.. Presi-
dent, to the government of the Unitel
States and to the whole American ma
tion for the cordial welcome given to
us on our arrival and the uniform cour-
tesy shown us during our sojourn here,
the memory of which will live in our
hearts forever. WITTE."
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-09-21
Patent Office Business.

Washington, Sept. 1S.-According to
the annual report of the Commissioner
of Patents, the receipts for the fiscal
year ended June S0th last were ST.
737.344 and the expenditures were
s1.472.467. the surplus being turned
into the treasury. The business of last
year is said to be the largest for any
single year.
There were 3O.246 patents granted.
including reissues and designs, and
1,420 trademarks. 1,02S labels and BAG
prints were registered.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-09-21
Robber Tortures AM old Man.

Denver. Sept. 15.-For twenty-four
hours Frederick Miller, aged seventy
years, an inmate of the county poor
farm fifteen miles from Denver on the
Brighton road, has been unconscious
from a horrible beating administered
to him by robber who entered the
institution and tortured miller in an
attempt to compel him to deliver $40
that the old man had saved from his
salary of IS month as the poor farm
butcher. Miller Is not expected to live.
He is In the constant care of DIR. Nc
Gregor of Brighton, who was called as
soon as the crime was discovered
II. P. Hamlin, alias Harry Kelly,
alias Perry. porter in the institution
under the recent Democratic regime,
was arrested late yesterday afternoon
by Sheriff Nisbet, charged with the
crime. The charge as 1t now stands
against Hamlin is assault to kill, burg
larry, and attempted robbery. 1t is be-
lieved by those who have seen the con-
dition of Mr.. Miller that the assault
to kill charge will have to be changed
to one of murder.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-09-21
NEW RAILROAD SURVEY.
Mystery Connected with Projected
Line Over Sangre de Crsto
Rance.

Denver. Sept. 17.-San Luis valley
people, says the Republican, are much
interested in some mysterious survey
ing which is being carried on in their
country, with the evident purpose in
view of building a railroad which will
cross the continental divide in a new
place.
The surveyors, who refuse to state
their connection with any railroad,
started some time ago from Durango
and have worked up the San Juan river
to the neighborhood of Platoro, cross
ing near the head of the Conejos river
and some twenty miles north of Ala
mosa. A one and one-half per cent
grade was located up Mosca pass. but
that was made up largely of bridges
and tunnels and was afterwards aban.
doned. Then another grade was made
up Medano pass in the Sangre de Girls.
to mountains. The survey then ex-
tends down through the Wet Mountain
valley to the St. Charles river and
over toward Beulah.
Several theories have been advanced
as TO the nature of the work and who
is behind it. 1t has been charged to
the Rock Island and the Denver & Rio
Grande roads, neither of which will ad-
init their connection with it. That the
work is to be made permanent. how
ever. seems certain. The surveyors
are buying more horses and outfits all
the time and evidently have no inten-
tion of ceasing work.
The San Luis valley people generally
think the survey is being conducted by
the Rock Island railroad, and that the
present work is to establish a new
crossing of the great divide. Later, it
is claimed. the Rock Island will build
from the st. Charles river to Pueblo
and at the Durango terminal will be-
gin the long task of building on west
ward to Los Angeles 1t is contended
that some one has finally figured out
way of getting through the
grand canon of the Colorado to the
west. feat which has puzzled railway
engineers for many years.
In favor of the Rock Island theory it
is said that the coal regions of Dur
ango have long needed an outlet to
the coast and that this system has
been desirous of furnishing it. Theor-
etical railroad building has long been
charged up to the Rock Island route.
Another theory is that the surveying
being done has particular reference to
the Wet Mountain district and its prod
ucts. Denver railroad men generally
say they know nothing of the work be-
ing done and scout at all theories pre-
sented.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-09-21
Rioting at Yokohama.

Toxic. Sept. 14.-A riot occurred n.
Yokohama shortly after midnight Tues
day. The mob was divided into two
bodies, numbering about $500. mostly
coolies, boatman and outcasts. Eight
police boxes were demolished and
burned. The mob directed its attack
against three objects: The police sta
tions, the residences of the custom Of
ficers and the large commercial houses.
Four hundred troops were ordered sent
from Toxic on a special train, little
before dawn, and soldiers are now
guarding the consulates, the ware
houses containing explosives and the
oil tanks.
The meeting held at theater yes
terday to protest against the terms of
the peace treaty was followed by an
anti-police demonstration Fourteen
police boxes were burned, forty police
men injured and two civilians severely
hurt.
Tie police say that the meeting was
the private spec ulation of a profess
sional agitator who charged an admis-
sion fee. The promise that there would
be popular speakers was unauthorized,
according to the police, and the disap-
pointed audience denounced the swim
die and demanded the return of their
money.
The trouble finally developed into
rowdyism outside the theater.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-09-21
FOREIGN MISSIONS.
Congregational Church Board Meeting
at Seattle.

Seattle, WASH, Sept. 16.-The ninety
sixth annual meeting of the American
Board of Commissioners for Foreign
Missions of the Congregational Church
opened here Thursday.
Treasurer Frank H. Wiggin read the
report OF the treasury department as
follows:
The total receipts for the year end
ing Aug. 31st were $752, ,149. Not in
cluded in this amount, because given
for a specified purpose, was the gift of
$4,000 from John ID. Rockefeller in
part payment of pledge of 100000
for educational work for institutions
allied with the board. Treated In the
same way was gift of $4,000 from Mr.
frank Vanderpool for a new building
in connection with st. Poul's Insti-
tute at Tarsus. If these two sums
were added, the total amount from
the receipts would be SS12,149.
The total disbursements, including
the gift of Mr.. Rockefeller and Mr..
Vanderpool were s905.939, and the ex-
cess of expenditures above receipts
Was $153, 100, which added to the debt
of the previous year of $22,737, makes
debt carried over to the account of
the new year of S176,527
The cost of maintaining the work
abroad has been materially increased,
the necessity for part of the increase
being unavoidable, as it could not be
foreseen.
The amount of conditional gifts re-
ceived was s34.730. the conditional gift
fund, now amounting to s491,7f3 a
growth of s29430. The twentieth CEN
tury fund now amounts to s13617S,
and unpaid pledges are in hand which
will swell 1t to about 900.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-09-21
Tuberculosis Congress.

New York. Sept. 16.-Great prepara-
tions are being made. says Herald
dispatch from Paris. for the tuberculo-
sis congress, which will be attended
by delegates from all the nations of
Europe and America. The sessions
will be open from October I'd to Octo-
ber 7th-
There will be an exposition of food
products permitted and recommended
by physicians in tuberculosis cases.
Rooms will be fitted up like those in
sanatoriums, of three classes, those
designated for rich patients, those for
middle classes and those for the poor.
Special exhibits will be made of phar-
macy for tuberculosis and of house
furnishings such as armchairs and
baths for patients. Cleansing and dis
injecting apparatus will be displayed.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-09-21
PACKING HOUSE SALE
TRUST TO BUY DENVER PLANTS
Reported Negotiations for Purchase OF
Denver stockyards and Packing
House Plants.


Denver, Sept. 1S.-Denver is to be
the great packing and distributing
point for the entire Western country.
II a persistent report Is confirmed
This report connects the names OF the
big combination known as the packing
trust with the purchase of the two
Denver packing plants and the Denver
stock yards. Stockholders of the
Denver plants deny that they have
been sold, but that is not final, because
1t is customary for business men while
conducting negotiations Of the magni-
tude of this one, to keep their own
council. The deal II concluded in
wolves more than million dollars and
will make Denver the big stock center
of the West.
The Combination known as the pack
ing trust Is composed of the Nelson
Morris Company. the Armour Com
pany. Swift e. Company, and Swartz-
child & Sulzberger. They have es-
tablished large plants at Chicago.
Omaha, Kansas City and st. Joseph.
1t is known that for a good many years
they have been considering the advisa-
bility of getting foothold in Denver,
because of the advantage offered as
a shipping point. At present the COM
panies ship stock the 500 miles be-
tween here and Missouri river points.
slaughter it and then ship the meat
back. They are thus compelled to
maintain double cold storage plants
as well as meeting the freight each
way.
Denver has two large packing es-
tablisments. The oldest is the Colo
RADIO Packing Company, established
some fifteen years ago. which has
gradually been growing until 1t has a
plant of considerable capacity. The
size of plant is estimated by its stor-
age capacity. This plant has a ca
pacity of 300 cattle and 1900 hogs and
perhaps half as many sheep per day
A conservative estimate puts the value
of the plant, with buildings and stock
on hand at s750,000. The large stock
holders are Henry Gebhard. Dennis
Sullivan, Alfred Buffers, j. A. Thatcher
and other local capitalists.
Several years ago the Western Pack
ing Company came into the field, or
ganized and built new from the ground
up. 1t was created by Colorado men
who thought they saw field for an in
dependent company at this point.
They built modern plant at cost Of
$750,000 which has since increased.
Among those who put in their money
were Charles Boettcher, Col. ID. G.
Dodge, Charles J. Hughes, Jr., and
others. That their judgment was cor
rect is proved by the fact that the
plant has made money.
The Western Packing Company has
capacity of 1000 hogs. 5000 cattle
and 1000 sheep, slaughtered and
stored per day. The plant consists
of two large buildings for slaughter
ing, Il cold storage plant five stories
in height. an expensive ice plant, fer
tilizing house, etc.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-09-21
HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS
WELCOMES DENVER EXCURSION.
Opening Of Moffat Road Celebrated by
Advent Of Hundreds Of De-
lighted Visitors.


Denver, Sept. 16.-It required two
long trains. heavily laden, to TRANSPORT
the large crowd of excursionists over
the : Moffat road to Hot Sulphur
Springs yesterday to be present at the
exercises in honor of the advent of
the Noffat road into the Springs. 1t
was a most representative crowd and
each and every one of them were IN
the best of spirits.
The Second Regiment Band accom-
panied the excursion and during the
wait for the train 1t played number
of popular airs much to the delight of
the crowd. There were a large num-
ber of the fair sex in the crowd and all
were animated in the expectation of en-
gaging in a SNOWFALL fight in midsum-
mer at the summit of the continental
divide where the trains stopped for a
short interval to allow the passengers
to indulge themselves.
On the first train there was one car
that did not carry passenger, but
nevertheless 1t was well loaded, 1t
carried the provisions to augment the
barbecue that awaited the excursion
lists on their arrival at Hot Springs
The provisions were supplied by the
Chamber OF Commerce, under whose
auspices the days functions were held.
1t was estimated that fully 1000 per
sons sat down to the barbecue.
The energetic citizens of the honored
city were full of enthusiasm. 1t could
not be expressed in an ordinary way,
but had to be brought out quick and
strong. Dynamite was the only re-
source in this emergency So when
the smiling visitors came gliding over
the bright, new rails into the place
they were greeted with the resounding
roar of high explosives. Some of them
were badly frightened, not being ao-
customed to the unrestrained fervor of
a new city. A window glass In the
excursion train crashed to pieces. but
this was the only serious outcome OF
the joyous welcome.
The visitors were escorted imme-
diately to the barbecue, where they
were feasted upon roast oxen and
other substantial edibles.
The day was not only a memorable
one for the people of Grand county, but
also for the officials of the Moffat road,
Tor 1t marked another milestone in
the history Of the road. 1t was their
entrance into Hot Sulphur Springs on
their way to Salt Lake. Construction
gangs have been working on the road
bed all summer and they worked
through country that heard the toot
of the locomotive for almost the first
time yesterday.
Hot Sulphur Springs is twenty-four
miles beyond Arrowhead, the former
terminus of the road, and 110 miles
from Denver by rail. The springs
there have wonderful medicinal quail.
ties and it is expected that 1t will be-
come a great resort. 1t will also be a
great railroad town as it will be the
end of the first division on the Moffat
road. No wonder then the people of
that place went wild with joy over the
advent of the first train.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-09-21
Panama Hotel Contract.

Oyster Bay. Sept. 15.--A contract
for the hotel and subsistence conces-
sion on the Panama canal zone,
awarded to Jacob e. Markell of Omaha
by President Shonts of the Panama
Railroad Company, will stand. This,
in effect, is the decision of President
Roosevelt, who to-day approved a re-
port on the subject made TO him by
Mr.. Shonts.
The contract amounts, in the aggre-
gate, to many millions of dollars, but
Mr.. Shonts' report indicates that it
mya be abrogated at the will of the
government, which actually will own
the permanent plant used by Mr.. Mar
kel in filling the terms of his contract.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-09-21
Ministers Applaud a Play.

Chicago. Sept. ia ministerial
matinee was held at Mcvicker's Thea
tire here yesterday by invitation of viii
liam A. Brady and Joseph R. Glismer,
for the ministers OF all denominations to
witness performance of "As Ye Sow"
written by Rev. John Snyder, and the
first play written by a minister ever
presented on an American stage.
There was over 1000 ministers at the
matinee, which was given exclusively
for them, the theater being closed to
the paying public. The play was
warmly received.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-09-21
Weld County Beet Crop.

Denver. Colo. Sept. IA Greeley
dispatch says: The Greeley sugar
factory will start slicing beets Mon
day. September 25th. The first orders
to the farmers to dig beets were sent
out from the Office to-day. The farm
ers are to commence work next Mon
day morning. This unusually early
start is made to forestall a possible
congestion of beets during the month
OF November. By far the largest crop
ever grown will be handled by the
Weld county facories. Eighteen thou
sand acres were planted, and from
tnese about 100000 tons wero raised.
Tor which the farmers will be paid
sl,000,00O.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-09-21
LIQUOR LICENSE LAWS
APPLY TO PATENT MEDICINES.
Ruling Of Internal Revenue Commits
sion that Alcohol in Medicines viii
Subject Druggists and Other Deal
ers to Payment Of Liquor License.


Washington, Sept 15.-The commits
sioner of internal revenue to-day rem
dered decision that will seriously af-
feet number OF patent medicines
composed largely of distilled liquors.
He has reversed a ruling of his depart
ment made many years ago and now
decides that the manufacturers of
these medicines must take out Ii
censes as rectifiers and liquor dealers
and that druggists and others handling
them will have to pay the usual retail
liquor dealers license.
The commissioner in a letter of in
struction to collectors of internal rev.
enue says that there are number of
compounds on the market going under
the names of medicines that are com
posed chiefly of distilled spirits, with
out the addition of drugs or medicines
in sufficient quantities to change ma
terially the character of the whisky.
He authorizes collectors to impose the
special tax on manufacturers of every
compound composed of distilled spirits,
even though drugs have been declared
to have been added thereto. when
their presence is not discoverable by
chemical analysis or 1t is found that
the quantity of drugs in the prepara-
tion is SO small as to have no appre-
ciable effect on the liquor"
THE same ruling" declares the COM
missioner. applies to every alcoholic
compound labeled as a remedy for dis
eases and containing in addition to dis
titled spirits only substances of ingre-
dents which, however large their
quantity, are not OF character to i'm
part any medicinal qualities to the
compound"
To prevent injustice being done, the
ruling will not be put into effect until
December l, 1905.
Some of the medicines are said to
have immense sales in prohibition
communities. figures collected in Mas
sachusetts recently showing. it is said,
that one such advertised compound
with high percentage of whisky had
been bought to the extent of 100000
bottles in one year in prohibition COM
munities of one New England state.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-09-21
Russian ENJOYS Start for Home.

New York. Sept. 1.-THE Russian
commissioners who successfully con-
cluded a treaty Of peace with the en-
voys of Japan at Portsmouth, New
hampshire. started on the return to
st. Petersburg Tuesday. The party.
headed BY Sergius Witte. sailed on the
steamer Kaiser Wilhelm ii. at
o'clock
Before leaving the city. NJ. witte and
Baron Rosen made farewell call upon
the Japanese diplomats, who expect to
leave for home later in the week.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-09-21
Low Rate on Potatoes.

Denver, Sept. ia joint rate of rs
cents per hundred on San Luis valley
potatoes to Los Angeles and other Cal
ifornia points has been made by the
Santa Fe and Rio Grande railroads
This rate may prove very profitable to
producers in years when there is po-
tato shortage in California and an
abundance in this state, which fre-
Quently happens.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-09-21
Toxic Rioters subside.

Paris, Sept. 15.-The foreign Office
has received dispatch from the
French minister at Toxic saying that
calm has been re-established, but the
legation as precautionary measure
continues under military guard.
The dispatch does not mention the
rumored attack upon the family of
Baron Komura, which is construed by
the officials here as showing that the
report was unfounded.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-09-21

Somebody has made the interesting
discovery that blushing is sign of
genus. If one bushes and is bald
headed and has an inclination to do
absurd things there can be no room
for doubt. for even If one never ac-
complishes anything for the worlds
profit or amusement.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-09-21

Science is doing the best it can in
New Orleans. but the inhabitants
can't help asking the watchman on the
tower II he sees anything of a soli-
tary horseman approaching who looks
like Jack Frost.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-09-21

A Pennsylvania man but 40 years
old is the father of twenty-three chill
dren. He is now a section boss, but
as soon as the President hears about
it probably he will be invited to take
a seat in the cabinet.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-09-21

New York state reports a shortage
in the schoolma'am crop. but 1t is
not likely that serious hardships will
follow. Massachusetts, stands ready
to help out.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-09-21

The fact that 1000 Smiths gathered
in reunion in New Jersey the other
day is a reminder that the Young
family once expected ia be the biggest
ir the world-but it was interfered
with.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-09-21

The United States produces barrel
of salt for every four inhabitants
every year. And yet we all know
lot of people who are altogether too
fresh.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-09-21

Blushing may be a sign of genius,
as one of these "knowledgeous' writ
ers aver, but are you not personally
acquainted with many people who can
blush. yet exhibit no other sign OF gen.
ius?
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-09-21

The profits of play writing are so
great that nearly all the successful
novel writers are deserting to the
drama. viii this give some of the
embryo novclists chance? Let US
prepare for the worst
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-09-21

From New York comes hint to
those who have the instincts of high
waymen without the courage. Get
few hives of bees and install them on
the roof Of some house near candy
factory.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-09-21

It is announced that the dowager
empress of China will issue decree
for the establishment of a parliament
twelve years hence. She seems to
think that China will he different
twelve years from now.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-09-21

Peace, however, was worth some
sacrifices. Hold on to your Japanese
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-09-21

A rejected lover in st. Louis is now
suing the girl to get his presents
back. Still, there are persons who
pretend to believe that the age of ro-
nance is dead.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-09-21

A Chicago physician has told the
school board that he has method by
which poor spoilers can be cured.
He has noticed in his practice that
when people have bad spells they go
to the doctor.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-09-21

Why doesn't George AIDE buy the
Standard Oil company if he has so
much money as all that? He could
give away fable with each gallon OF
oil and thus make the people happy
while he was collecting tribute.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-09-21

Another ridiculous thing about mon
arches is that the King is a man who,
II he were turned loose on his own
hook to make living would starve to
death.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-09-21

Mrs. Fleming OF the Harvard OBJ
servatory. who has Just discovered a
new star. is star astronomer her.
self.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-09-21

Seeing au automobile stop short and
refuse to bulge reminds one that the
non-autoist has joys that the autoist
knows not Of
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-09-21

For years some persons have earn
estly practiced the theory that the
vegetable juices" of corn are cure
for almost everything.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-09-21

However. the Gear is not the first
man who has made hit for while
by standing pat on pair of deuces.