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The Glenwood post. (Glenwood Springs, Colo.) 1897-current, 1905-01-28
HENRY GEORGE CELEBRATION.
Twenty-ffth Anniversary Of the Pub
LEGATION of Progress and Poverty.

New York, Jan. 26.-The twenty-tifth
anniversary of the publication Of
Henry Georges Progress and Pow
erty" was commemorated Tuesday
night. Representative speakers re-
viewed the influence of the book and
considered the probable future trend
of public thought and action on eco
nomic subjects. Hamlin Garland pre-
sided and the other speakers on the
subject of labor and poverty were VIII
liam ]. Bryan, Louis F. Post, William
Lloyd Garrison and Henry George, .Jr.
Hamlin Garland, in introducing VIII
liam Lloyd Garrison, said;
THE man who insists on justice in
season and out of season is thorn in
the flesh of greed, a stone in the pilltS
of wrong Such man was William
Lloyd Garrison of Boston before the
Civil War-and it is because the Will
liam Lloyd Garrison of to-day has in
herited the same hatred of injustice
and an equal love of liberty that your
committee has invited him to respond
to the toast, 1t is something grander
than benevolence, something more aug
ust than charity: it is justice herself
that demands you to right these
wrongs ! present Mr.. Garrison"
Mr.. Garrison said:
with all my heart | respond to the
toast allotted me. Holding with the
newly-elected governor of Missouri
that where no principles are invoyled
there is nothing to fight for | contend
that the paramount, overshadowing is
sue underlying the teachings of Prog
ress and Poverty is the clear principle
of human Justice. However eloquently
and wisely Henry George had dis
coursed upon the fiscal perfection OF
his scheme, without his insistent, lofty
plea for equity his book would now be
gathering dust on neglected shelves.
Because it touched the primal need
of mans nature, basing its plea upon
the sense of abstract right in every en-
liGhtened soul, 1t has entered into the
vital circulation of the worlds thought.
Never more alive than to-day, 1t Is as
fresh in spirit and matter as at the
hour Of its birth.
Its law of parallels stands intact;
for while material progress has
marched with accelerated stride, pow
erty, close as the shadow to the sub
stance, has held an equal pace"
Mr.. Garrison was followed by Henry
George Jr.. who recounted his fathers
experiences in New York, the writing
of his famous book. Progress and Pow
erty," and the hard struggle to get 1t
into print. He said that 100000
copies of the book had been circulated
and probably 100000 copies of his
fathers other works had been printed
and sold.
The Glenwood post. (Glenwood Springs, Colo.) 1897-current, 1905-01-28
CHAPTER |.
| Win What | Care Not For.

! WIN Wndt ! care MOT r or.
"An' it please you. Lord Felton,"
said |, ito vary the sameness of
thlngs-all pleasurable excitement
being with you and your friends
suppose we change the dice?"
do you mean to IMPLY" he began.
81 imply nothing but what you wish
implied" l interrupted. Il have still
a small estate in Essex county-why
not add that, also, to your winnings?"
And | pointed to the gold stacked at
his elbow.
LAS you will" he replied with a
shrug of the shoulders which set his
long wig a-bobbing.
Gill; l called to my man. who
leaned across the board opposite us,
throw me the dice you have"
Lord FELTON, was as tenacious as a
miser, and fought for each piece Of
gold, for now the conditions were re-
versed, as | supposed they would be
upon the change of dice, yet he would
not. could not, stop; the gambling
fever gripped him hard. | won and
won until there seemed nothing else
to win. Nothing else?" said |. My
Lord FELTON, had many resources.
Il will stake the hand of Lady Mary
FELTON, against all" he Kissed, as he
flung his hand out upon the table,
while his fingers twitched The all
indicated was the wealth worth a less
er kings realm piled before me.
His words produced a momentary
hush Of establishment even among his
followers. A hat belonging to some
one was pushed from the table. The
brooch fastening its plume struck the
floor with a slight noise, but it sound
ed as loud to our strained ears as an
explosion. We started, though they
who knew him ought to have been sur
prised at nothing he might either say
or do.
You will not say it is too little?"
he said. Then his eyes like a basi.
lisk's swept the lowering faces of the
The Glenwood post. (Glenwood Springs, Colo.) 1897-current, 1905-01-28

men. Some covered and shrank
back; others assumed an Indifference
quite at variance with their previous
agitation. Sir Raoul Dwight glowered
back at him. He had dared take their
idol and treat it as clay, and in that
he had dared much.
Recovering from my surprise, l muir
INJURED something trite enough about
being most happy to risk all and more
for the happiness of obtaining the
lady's hand. A mental brought him
quill and an ink horn. He wrote an
acknowledgment deliberately, and
sprinkled it with sand. He dallied
doing it, as though he gloated over
the deed, and dared anyone to take
umbrage either at it or him. When
he had the paper to his satisfaction
he placed it in the center of the table.
l pushed the gold beside it.
The light from innumerable candles
shone down upon the long table black
with age; 1t passed through the bot
ties filled with liquor, and made
splashes Of red upon the dark grain
of the wood; it played upon the gold
lHdI SCllllllldleu anu span hieu ilhc tuo
tight in womans eye.
The hunting feast was long over.
The board had been cleared and the
men grouped about it were in charac-
teristic attitudes, gaming. 1t was the
usual ending to a days sport. Gil
and myself had ridden over from Long
Haul fer the hunt at the bidding of
Master Arnold and as was expected
we stayed for the gaming. Not that
expectations or contumelious lips
would have held us, had we not been
as fond of a game OF chance as any
one of the gay bloods from London
town who made up the party.
1t HAD been a day of rare sport.
Time had not been wasted in our de-
sire to kill, and as a result many deer
and hoars lay low that yesterday
bounded through the forest. All
showed upon their person how furi-
ously they had come jowl against
earth's bushes, brambles and dirt.
One fellow sat with broken arm in
sling dicing with his left hand, while
Harcourt Nym had his coat on with
the wrong side faced out. Whether to
keep 1t from soilure (there was no
need), Or to propitiate that Janus
faced damsel Fortune (there was
self. Othnrs had turned the lace back
from their hands, and here and there
wig lay tossed of in the heat and
excitement Of the game.
Ths room where we sat was long
The Glenwood post. (Glenwood Springs, Colo.) 1897-current, 1905-01-28
THE CARS PLEA
ATTEMPT TO PAcIFY STRIKERS

Proclamation by Governor General
Trepoff Promises to Shorten the
Hours Of Labor and Make Other
Reforms.
St Petersburg, Jan. Ex-Governor
General Trepoff and Minister of Fin
ance koskovseff issued a proclama.
ton last night which reveals the gov
ernments plan for breaking the
strike, not only here, but throughout
Russia. The proclamation is con
ceived in paternal tone and points
out that honest workmen who want to
better their condition should have
brought their demands to the govern
ment instead of being misled by agi-
tators into affiliating with movement
which is not confined to economic as
pirations. 1t invites them to return
to work promising them, in the En-
peror's name. revision of the general
law so as to restrict the hours of la
Dor, the institution of a plan for state
insurance and otherwise to meet their
demands so far as the law will permit
and guarantees them protection
against interference by agitators.
This document will be followed eli.
ther by an imperial manifesto along
the same lines. in the hope of prevent
ing the spread of the strike, or by
specific proclamations by the local au.
thorities wherever strikes are in prog
ress. By promising to yield the ques
ton of the hours of labor. which are
now legally eleven in Russia. the au
thorities believe they will meet the
main grievance of the workmen. This
together with the guarantee of protec
ton, the authorities hope, will induce
those strikers who are Indifferent &c
political demands. and which class
they declare constitutes the great
bulk OF the men. to resume work.
1t is certain many strikers were
forced out against their wishes, but
I the general effect Of the proclamation
is still problematical.
Though the strikes have beer
spreading to various towns, the situa
ton tonight. while disquieting, is no
acute anywhere. The great demon
stration, with an accompaniment o
bloodshed. which was anticipated il
| Moscow yesterday, did not occur, ant
the strike in the ancient capital ha:
not spread rapidly, only about 2O,OO'
workmen being out, according to th'
latest reports. Cossacks charged anC
dispersed a crowd of 5000 workmen
and reports were circulated in St Pc
tersburg that many were killed, bu
| advices direct from Moscow at mid
night deny this. the best information
| being that only few blank volley!
were fired The Moscow military ha!
received orders to avoid repetition o
I aynI tAf n
The Glenwood post. (Glenwood Springs, Colo.) 1897-current, 1905-01-28

and narrow The narrow part was
broadened somewhat by many dia-
mond-shaped panes of glass set OPP
fire of logs burned. The smoke from
the pipes of the men foated there to
be sucked up by its red mouth.
Lord FELTON, had only joined us upon
our reaching the Lodge. Hunting was
too strenuous an exercise for him.
while feasting and gaming were the
elixir of his life. He had chosen me,
a stranger, for his partner in the
evenings sport. Why l should have
it was that the Londoners familiar
with his reputation, and more than
one having good cause, stunned him,
or. perhaps he had heard that the cot
fers of the house of Long Haul were
not depleted of their treasures.
At first | had looked at him with
curiosity. He was small as woman
and as slender. Everything about
him was minute except his wig-an
enormous affair. 1t hung about his
shoulders in many ringlets, and made
his mead seem out OF all proportion
to his body. His features were clear
cut as a cameo. His eyes were of
that cold grey from which all the blue
was washed, but they held you. He
was the dandy and the exquisite. His
ways were caressing and his manner
| quite irresistible. He had one pecu
liarity. While his face never lacked
repose as though he habitually
masked his thoughts lest you read
them, in his fingers he gave them full
vent; his weaknesses were exposed
Hands small and soft and white
hands with long flexile fingers-hands
perpetually in motion.
Twas said that he could cheat. ca
jole, or win ones fortune from one
as easily as the turning of a hanc
over, and the matter of it was thai
one never quite understood how he
had accomplished it, being at the tins
so carried away by his destinations
! or all the dissipated men of the day
The Glenwood post. (Glenwood Springs, Colo.) 1897-current, 1905-01-28
To Save Yosemite,

President Roosevelt has discovered
a suspicious bill which had made it's
way successfully through both the
House and the Senate. and has taken
the necessary measures to prevent its
further progress. 1t was a bill taking
off part of the Yosemite National Park
ostensibly to be added to the forest
reservation. but, according TO well-in-
formed persons, really to be added to
the property OF the Atchison, Topeka
G. Santa Fe railway.
When it first became known that the
bill was to be vetoed the reason as
signed was that a grove of fine big Sc
quota trees was threatened by Its pass
sage and it was decided that the pres
ervation of the trees was of para
mount Importance.
The bill takes from the Yosemite
park and adds to the forest reserve
some lands containing valuable OF.
and mining properties. Private inter
ests cannot get any land out of the park
but they can get it out of the forest
reserve. and that was the purpose OF
the bill. 1t slipped through the House
without debate and through the Senate
with hardly any notice. Mr.. Perkins
signed it as acting president in the
absence OF Mr.. Frye, and it went to tho
Senate.
What excited Mr.. Roosevelt's suspi-
cion was the discovery that the lands
to be turned into the forest reserve
had already been decided by commits
sion appointed by himself to be part
of the park. The President investi-
gated and found that railroad men
and others had been lobbying for
the bill He discovered its real pur-
pose, sent for a member of the Cali
fornia delegation. examined him about
it. md announced his purpose Of veto
ing the measure.
The Glenwood post. (Glenwood Springs, Colo.) 1897-current, 1905-01-28
Two Cattlemen Shot.

Denver, Jan. ga Republican sne-
cial from Telluride last night says:
About 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon
Ed Pitts of Paradox valley shot VIII
Young and Richard Williams. Pitts is
said to have lain in wait for them and
shot the men as they rode past him.
The scene of the crime was a point
about two miles from Young's ranch.
Williams was shot in the right arm
below the elbow. the bullet breaking
the bone Williams horse was shot
from Under him. Young was the most
seriously wounded. as he received a
shot in the left side. near the groin.
and another passed through his left
arm. 1t is believed that his injuries
will prove fatal
The Glenwood post. (Glenwood Springs, Colo.) 1897-current, 1905-01-28

he was considered the most danger
Gus. But this | learned afterwards.
He began by winning-that should
have taught him caution. How slight
thing will sometimes change the
course of events, A mental in filling
the glass of my neighbor logged my
elbow. looked up as he mumbled
his excuses, and caught the warning
sent to me by Gil. Then | let my
eyes roam casually from: face to face
read upon them what made me
pull myself together witt. jerk and
throw off the spell had been under:
the spell of limpid tongue discours-
ing the gay doinss Of fashionable
world of which | then knew little.
These gay sparks from London, and
especially this old dissolute one would
bleed me: they thought me novice
1t was laughable! l knew cards and
dice as | knew my sword Many a
night Gil and | had made of gaming
a pastime. 1t had been his part in
my education. and he had not found
me a dullard.
saw with narrowed eyes the pile
of which my Lord Eel
ton had stacked at his right; | saw
the men for the most part given up
their play to watch a deeper game
cupidity in their eyes waiting anx-
iously their turn at the poor dupe-
and | realized that unknown to my
self | had occupied the center of the
stage 1t was then when | saw the
SuDerciliouS looks and widap,nr 81
lips, which owners cared not to hide
that the blood Of an ancestor who had
once staked his life on throw of
a dice, thrust itself to the front driv-
ing back the more cautious blood of
the Hadleys. 1t was then that had
proposed the change of dice.
Now | must plead that the passion
OF gaming was strong upon me also
| cared no more for Lord Felton's
daughter Mary than TO. any village
maid. She was no more to me. True.
l had heard OF her-who had not? OF
her beauty, her conquests. the duels
fought for love of her-and more.
Although she had been IN London but
few years she had set all hearts
agog; feminine ones with envy, mas
cuine ones with desire. 1t was said
that she possessed all the fascination
of her father without his dissolute.
ness-a rare thing in King Charles
court.
When the men recovered from the
momentary CONSERVATION into which
Lord Felton's words had thrown them.
and my lord himself had drained his
The Glenwood post. (Glenwood Springs, Colo.) 1897-current, 1905-01-28
Civil Service Report.

The civil service commission. in its
annual report. says that during the
year the civil service act has been
made increasingly effective and that
need has arisen for no further legisla-
ton beyond what is required to meet
the added expense of conducting the
examining work of the commission.
The number Of persons examined
was 133,069. an increase of fifteen per
cent. over the previous year. Tho
number appointed was 50,s30, an In
crease of twenty per cent. The great
est increase was in the examinations
for rural carrier. stenographer and
typewriter. and for the navy yard ser
vice.
The Glenwood post. (Glenwood Springs, Colo.) 1897-current, 1905-01-28
TWO MOST CURIOUS LAKES.
One In Asia Has Water Of Rose Color,
Another Is Of Pitch

N'oe'St 10 VI FltCn.
In central Asia, near the Caspian
sea. is a lake of beautiful rose color,
while the banks are covered with salt
crystals rs white as snow. From the
waters of this lake there arises q
flowerlike odor. The color and the
odor are supposed to be caused by
vegetable matter in the depths.
One Of the most singular lakes in
the world is the celebrated Pitch lake
of the island of Trinidad. This lake
spreads over an area of ninety-nine
acres and its surface is composed OF
one great floating mass of asphaltum,
scanned with veins of clear water.
There is a similar lake in Venezuela.
The Pitch lake is a hideous place as
far as smells are concerned, for the
air all about it Is heavy with noxious
vapors. and from the center OF the
lake gushes a fountain Of liquid as
phaltum, in which there float and
break bubbles containing most hor-
rible gases.
The workmen go out on the surface
of this lake and cut great slabs of as
phaltum, which are carried away But
the next morning the hole they left is
filed up again with the pitch which
has risen during the night, so that the
supply seems to be inexhaustible.
This curious lake was discovered by
Sir Walter Raleigh when he landed in
Trinidad in 1895 on his way to the
mouth of the Orinoco in search of Ell
Dorado.
The Glenwood post. (Glenwood Springs, Colo.) 1897-current, 1905-01-28
Bars Cruelty to Animals.

King Frederick Augustus OF Saxony.
on his ascension to the throne. pro-
claimed an amnesty for all minor Of
lenses except that Of cruelty to AMI.
mails.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-10-17
FIRE DESTROYED
BIG AuTo' THAT WON FAME IN
"a, THE CUP RACE. " 4.
Match careIessly Dropped In Gasoline
Tsnk---owner. Beside Himself
With Grief.

Glenwood, L. l., Oct. 15.--To see his
big 80 horsepower Darracq racing car,
In which he had just won fame and the
William X. Vanderbilt, Jr., cup over
the Long Island circuit burn to a total
wreck was the fate today of August
Hemery, the daring ,Frenchman, who
hurled his machine over the cup race
track In the record time of hours, 36
minutes and seconds.
Hemery was sitting on bench with
In few feet Of the car, when flames
spurted from the gasolene tank, which
his machinist had been cleaning pre-.
. TO be shipped back to France. Almost
beside himself with desperation, Hem
cry made frantic but futile efforts to
: quench the flames and was severely
burned.
Hemerys machinist early in the day
had been Instructed to prepare the
!, Darracq car for shipment back to
France. He had gone all over the in
.tricate parts Of the car cleaning them
and removing the dust and CRIME.
When he came to the gasolene tank he
started to empty It,
. In some unaccountable manner a
match was dropped In the tank. In an
instant the dregs Of oil flashed up and
the machinist dropped his tools and
started back, narrowly escaping a
fash of flame In the face.
HENRY was almost beside himself
with grief and desperation. He darted
again and again toward the seething
car In an effort to extinguish the fire.
but 30 hot were the flames that he
could get neither near enough to put
out the blaze nor aid in moving the
machine.
rs, With tears In his eyes and wringing
his hands, Hemery was finally COM
PEELED to stand by and hopelessly
watch his treasured machine burn
from end to end and become total
wreck.
Another Darracq car that started in
the cup race and driven by Wagner.
and which dropped out of, the race af-
ter the third round, was standing near
by. the Hemery machine and also was
to be cleaned and prepared for ship
ping back to France.
So hot became the flames from the
winning Darracq that the two rear
wheels of the other caught fire and
the tires exploded. Workmen, how
ever, were able to get that machine out
of the way before 1t was damaged to
any great extent SIX
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-10-17
SEVEN SHOTS
RECEIVED BY THE MAJOR IN THE
BACK OF THE HEAD.
Treats the Incident as Joke and
Claims the Pistol Went OF
by Accident,

Washington, Oct. 15.-Major Charles
J. F. Pierce, who received seven shots
in the back of the head some time Sat
urday morning will live to tell his
story of the way the shooting occurred.
Major Pierce says that he was in his
room at the Everett Hotel, when he
found a revolver OF ancient design.
Standing at window and looking to-
ward the moonlit hills of Virginia, he
idly twirled the pistol and enjoyed the
view. The next thing he knew he was
awakened several hours later to find
his head In pool of blood.
Although Major Pierce adheres to .his
version of the accident. the doctors
who have picked pellets of lead out, of
his skull say thatlthey are unable to ac-
cept the theory. They are wondering
how seven shots could have been
placed so neatly within space the
size of dollar on the back of the
majors head. The police are satisfied
with calling the case an attempted sui
eide.
Provided the police are correct in
their view, the doctors say that Major
Pierece is phyical wonder. AT the
hospital he smoked cigarettes and
makes light of the entire incident
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-10-17
WITHOUT CLOTHING
WELL KNOWN DOCTOR FOUND ON
TOP OF FREIGHT CAR,
In Critical Condition From Exposure
and Can Give No Account "
of Affair.

New York, Oct. 15.-Dr. Arthur st.
ward and City clubs, and socially well
known In this city, was found today
without his clothing on top of car
of a freight train on the N. Y. G. II.
r.. this side of the city limits of YonlS-
ers He was taken Immediately to st.
Josephs hospital, as he was suffering
from exposure and in a critical condi-
tion. All the information the physi-
clans could get out of him was that the
last thing he remembered he was riding
in cab In Broadway, New York. He
said he had just returned from a trip
to Japan.
About the same time that the physi-
clan was picked up a policeman of the
West 1921 street station house found
clothing said to be his lying on the
grass alongside the Speedway, under
the Washington bridge. He gathered It
up hastily and took 1t to the station.
At first 1t was thought that the owner
of the clothing had committed suicide
by jumping from the bridge and the
sergeant so reported to police head
quarters, but later a communication
from the hospital established the con-
nectlon between the finding of the man
on the freight train and the clothing.
The police Of this city and Yonkers
are greatly puzzled over the case and
say 1t Is one of the most mysterious
they have had to deal with In long
time. Various theories are advanced to
account for the Doctors condition, One
of them is that he may have been
drugged, taken in cab to the lonely
spot where his clothing was found,
stripped of his attire and then thrown
into the river. Brought to conscious
ness by the cold water, 1t is thought
he may have struggled to the other
side, climbed on the bank and then
got on to passing freight train.
When taken to the hospital DR..
Kundsen was in O serious condition
and II was half an hour before he could
tell who he was. and could throw no
light on his plight.
""The last thing | remember" he
gasped, weakly. was riding In cab in
Broadway. / have just returned from
Japan" Then he lapsed into uncon-
sciousness.