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The Glenwood post., 1905-12-16
Famous Western Play Coming

One of the most splendidly equip
ped companies of the season will pre-
sent f. j. Carpenters great drama.
:" AT Cripple Creek, at the Glenwood
Opera house Dec 1s, Monday evening
This drama of roughipg it in the
Rocky Mountains presents unusual
scenic possibilities. The managers
have taken every advantage of the
wealth of picturesque scenery abound
ing in that region and novel stage
sets of surprising beauty are the re.
suits. Interest of most absorbing
nature centers in the four acts. The
first shows the interior Of Martin Ma
sons den, known as the Temple of
David The second shows the ex-
terror of Joe Msy6eld's cabin at Rift
Canyon the third act the depths of
the Last Dollar" mine. The last
one is in Joe Mayfield's cabin the day
of his marriage to Belle Gordon.
From first act to last the feelings Of
the bearers are SO played upon that
the interest of all classes of playgoers
is held at the highest tension.
The drama abounds in periods of
breathless suspense and startling eli
ma>es. Martin Mason, the leader of
a desperate gang of outlaws, furnishes
the villiany Of the plot. Among his
The Glenwood post., 1905-12-16
They Feel ThaakfvI

The management of the County
Fair" wish to thank the public for
their very hearty support. Our sue
cess exceeded by far our expectations.
The proceeds, $40, insures the read.
ing room in the near future.
We wish to thank all who 30 gen.
erously assisted us either as perform
srs or as supporters. and we bespeak
as hearty cooperation in the future as
you gave US in the County Fair"
COMMITTEE.
The Glenwood post., 1905-12-16

Prof. George W. Watson. who has
jnst completed lecture tour of West.
ern Colorado. arrived in Glenwood
Friday morning to visit with Mrs.
Watson who with her sister has spent
the past two months in this place
Mrs Watson will leave in a day or
two for San Diego. California, but
says she does not expect to find any
where 4 more delightful spot than
Glenwood Springs.
The Glenwood post., 1905-12-16
Land office Recommendation

Washington, Dec. lin mis- annu-
al report for the fiscal year ended,
June 30, 1905, the commissioner of
the general land officer recommends
that the Office of receiver Of public
moneys in the 107 local land Offices be
abolished, as it Ia deemed unnecessary
to have two officers Of coordinate jur.
isdiction in local land Offices.
The proposed action, It 10 stated.
would result in an estimated saving
Of $3.50. 900 per annum and an I'm
provement in the handling oe Tie
public business In local land o0ces,
The Glenwood post., 1905-12-16

Mr.. and Mrs. Richard c. Hughes
will leave this morning for Rifle
where they will reside while Mr..
Hughes work keeps him in that
vicinity. They will then probably
make their home in Denver but If
Mrs. Hughes health does not improve
will be forced to seek lower alti-
tude
The Glenwood post., 1905-12-16

Two wards are being built at the
Glenwood sanitarium. one for ladies,
with six beds, and one for men. with
eight beds. Thus enlarged the sani
"a patients.
The Glenwood post., 1905-12-16

Clinton II. Martin is now the edit
or and proprietor Of the Grand June
tion Herald. Mr.. Martin, since he
disposed Of the Palisade Tribune, has
been located at Lewiston, Idaho. but
he found no place equal to Colorado
in climate and possibilities, hence has
returned to bis first love.
The Glenwood post., 1905-12-16
SHUN MUTUAL
FIRE POLICIES
Reasons Given Why So-Called hu-
tudI fire Insurance Is UaSlfe
and Deceptive

The first installment of from three
hundred to four hundred law suits. to
be instituted by the Iowa Merchants
Mutual Insurance company of Sioux
City, has just been commenced against
the policy holders to collect $25. 900 to
$50, 900 worth of premium notes out.
standing when the company failed
Here is the old familiar story of a
mass of premium notes given as a
mere formality for the sake of securing
cheap insurance and with no proper
realization of the obligations which
they we're assuming. The very object
of those notes was to provide against
the contingency which has necessitated
their collection. But the makers
never expected to be called on for their
payment. They signed them as they
would surety bond, and are up in
arms because they are called on to
carry out their contracts For more
than sixty years the mutual obliga-
tions assumed by the members of these
corporations have proved to be the
curse of the business. 1t is but few
weeks since CO operative fire com.
pany in New York state was in the
courts, seeking through its receiver to
collect on the obligations of its mem
bers. The penalty which they had
unwittingly imposed on themselves
| w 1ruSfir THAT 1;oh
were not restricted to any premium
notes. They had unwittingly Joined
themselves together rs unlimited
partners, and each and all were liable
to the extent of all their resources for
the debts Of the concern. Those who
were unable to pay their share simply
left the larger burden for those who
could pay. According to the court.
the debts can be collected 30 long az
single policy holder who is solvent
remains. He can be assessed and 70.
assessed until the deficiency has been
made good. l-r ..
No cheapness in the cost will atone
for the mental suffering involved in
those ca, res. The basis Of the trouble
is the misconception under which the
mem bership is secured. Premium
notes are given, or, as in this case,
contracts taken out under conditions
which are but little understood. The
laws permitting their formation have
been too lax
Mutuality in life insurance is of a
different character. 1t is limited to
a sharing OF the profits. The premium
itself is paid in cash, and is the end
of the policyholder obligations. He
may even default in it's payment and
suffer no other loss than that of his
contract rights. He may quit when
he elects. and all the obligations Of
this membership are at an end. In
the fire company it is apt to be the
reverse. The member cannot relieve
himself of the liability by declining
to pay, while he must suffer the loss
Of his contract rights while he re-
mains in default.
1t is among the farming and village
communities that the mutual life
company has its hold. They are the
people whose dollars are hard earned,
who are least able to meet the de.
mands of a receivership, and for more
than fifty years the courts have been
burdened with their tales of woe
Insurance Monitor.
The Glenwood post., 1905-12-16

Matt Carroll, one of Glenwood s
pioneers and at one time on our police
force, is taking a course of Glenwood
baths which he claims are the best in
the world. Matt is now located in
Florence where he has tiourishing
business.
The Glenwood post., 1905-12-16

Joe Claudon left yesterday morning
for Eagle where he is working on the
telephone line Mr.. Parkison is build
ing into the Burns Hole country
The Glenwood post., 1905-12-16

A new time card was put into
effect by the railroads last Sunday
and the revised schedules of both
roads are published elsewhere in this
issue.
The Glenwood post., 1905-12-16

Mrs. A. D. Beaman of Redstone,
who has been here for several week.
under the care of DR.. Hotopp, has re
covered sufficiently from her operation
to be out again.
The Glenwood post., 1905-12-16
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS

w. H. Jack Jr is now employed in
the county assessors Office.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1905-12-08
REBATAQC THE CHARGE
Traffic Manager for Large Packing
Concern Fined Last Fall Puts Gov
ernment in Possession of lnforma.
tion Long Desired.
[By Associated Pressl

Chicago, Dec. 7.-Indictments are
expected within few days from the
federal grand jury involving railroad
officials and at least. one railroad
B. s. Cusey, traffic manager of the
SchwarZchild & Sulzberger packing
concern, was before the inquisitorial
body today for several hours. At the
conclusion of his testimony it was
said that certain railroads and officials
would be indicted on charges of ex-
tending rebates to the packing COM
pany in violation of the law which
provides that one shipper shall not
be preferred above another by the
granting of rebates in the guise of
damage claims.
Last summer Mr.. Cusey was indict-
ed and pleaded guilty to charge of
receiving railway rebates for which
he paid a fine of $4,000.
Told by Cusey.
Later Cusey testified in the case of
the interstate commerce commission
against several railways to compel
them to comply with the orders of the
commission. At that time he was
asked concerning rebates alleged to
have been granted by certain rail-
roads. He presented figures showing
that one railroad alone had paid his
firm more than $4,000 in damage
claims in three years. These, he de-
clared, were legitimate.
The government took this as
nucleus for an investigation, which re-
suited in several interviews between
Mr.. Cusey and District Attorney G. d.
Morrison Cusey, it is said, told the
district attorney that there was more
to the story of claims paid to the pack
ing company that he had testified to,
and with this knowledge the govern
ment took Mr.. Cusey before the grand
jury.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1905-12-08

him to reach this port? And is he
skillful enough to earn that surplus. I
want no better Testimony than that. If
/ owned America and was running it
as a business operation, would not
only look for that man but | would
give every man of that kind premium
to come here and consider it the best
bargain that had ever made in my
life. Taking the value of a man,
woman or child in this republic as low
as slave, and that was an average of
about $1,000, so years ago, and you
are getting 100000 a year, which
means $44O,OOO,OOO cash value. Fur
thermore, every man who comes here
is a consumer and 80 per cent of all
the earnings of even the most saving
goes to employ other labor of some
kind.
ut is not purity of blood you want,
1t is the mingling of different bloods
that makes Americans"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1905-12-08
Unable to Cope with Ever Increasing
Dangers Rising On All Sides.
[By Associated Pressl

fear that the government can be
forced to suspend gold payments in
creRses daily. This would be the
croWning achievement Of the revolu-
tionists, who are satisfied that with
the attending financial crash, the
whole house would come tumbling
down. The chances of driving the
country into bankruptcy they profess
to Bbelieve would be materially iE-
creased il the confidence of the for
elgh holders of Russian obligations
wa& undermined, and the news thai
the French investors, who hold four
/ Cfifths OF Russia's immense foreign in,
debtedness, were unloading was re-
ceived with jubilation by the revolu-
tionists. At the same time it created
a veritable panic on the bourse, i'm
perial fours falling to "a, fives to 941s
and the government lotteries to 295.
Banking and industrial shares went
down with a rush. Putiloff going from
SO to 86 and iron shares like Kolomo
and Moscow, which a month ago
were quoted at $50, closing at $50.
che Savings bank was subjected to
run and at the State bank long line
of nervous men and women waited for
hours to exchange paper money for
gold. The bank officials lid not az
tempt to dissuade Them and exchang-
ed piles of gold for bills as fast as the
latter were presented.
At the ministry of finance it is esti-
mated that about S5O,00O,O00 has thus
far been withdrawn from the State
hank. The balance of gold in the
treasury and abroad now stands at
586,500,O0O and the outstanding pa
per totals $3.50 100000, leaving the
government a margin of legally issu-
eLle paper of about 45,O00,O00.
lnteric" in DevoIt.
1t is alleged tnat the strikers are
securing information from the inte-
rior towns. Dispatches published to-
day are said to have been received
by the council of workmen's delegates.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1905-12-08
CARNEGIE WOULD PAY PREMIUM
TO IMMIGRANTS COMING HERE
[By Associated Pressl

New York, Dec. ANDREW Carne-
gle said today that if he owned Amer
lea he would give premium to immi-
grants for coming here. Mr.. Carne-
gle was speaking on the immigration
question before the National Civic Fed
Grafton and said:
sour country has more than one SER
ious problem, but immigration is not
among them. We have solved the
question in the present, but somewhat
too drastic law that we have enacted.
1t is not a problem for us. 1t is the
problem for the poor, unfortunate
countries, from which we are draining
the best blood.
"Now hold that the prime test and
the only test we should enact is this
HAS man the ambition to enjoy
the rights of an American citizen and
has he the habits of sobriety and
frugality to save the sum necessary for
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1905-12-08
RESTS WITH CONGRESS
Secretary Bonaparte's Laconic Reply
to Request for Preservation of FRI
gate Constitution.
[By Associated Pressl

Washington, Dec. 7.-secretary
Bonaparte today received the follow
ing telegram from A. e. Pillsbury,
former attorney general for Massa-
chusetts:
MAY not say to meeting to pre-
serve Constitution that she will not
be destroyed?"
Secretary Bonaparte's attitude re-
garding the fate of the historic old
frigate is outlined in this telegram,
which he sent in reply:
"Fate of Constitution in hands Of
congress. Personally wish to see
her rise like phoenix, but am too
loyal to other constitution to take
unauthorized liberties with this one.'
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1905-12-08

According to these dispatches mutt
neers have seized the arsenal at Ekat-
erinodar and secured 10000 rifles,
which have been distributed at Ekat-
erinodar and Novorossiyk. 1t is also
said that a revolt has broken out at
Elizabethpol and that the insurrec-
tionary troops are masters of the sit
uation at Novorossiysk.
The situation at Kieff is described
as being an extremely serious one.
Some accounts say that massacre
has taken place in which 1900 per-
sons were killed.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1905-12-08
HE WANTS A COPY
jerome Inquiries AS To When He May
Have Committees Report For Exam
ination-Ryan Ready To Give Testi-
mony Concerning Equitable Matters
More Grating in Mutual Reserve
Is Exposed.
[By Associated Press1

New York, Dec. 7-Attention was
directed to the possibility of criminal
action growing out of the investigation
of life insurance methods by a visit
paid by District Attorney Jerome to
the legislative committee while it was
holding it's hearing in the city hall,
today. Mr.. Jerome said that he want
ed to find out when he could get pos
session of a copy of the report of the
committee. Chairman Armstrong
already has said that he hopes to have
it ready for the legislature when it
meets, next January.
Counsel for Thomas F. Ryan, who
bought the James HI. Hyde stock Of
the Equitable Life Assurance society,
conferred with Charles e. Hughes,
counsel for the investigating commit
tee, today, and said afterward that Mr..
Ryan was holding himself in readiness
to testify before the committee.
Drain on Resources.
One Of the points brought out by
Mr.. Hughes in today's hearing was the
fact that the Mutual Reserve Life In
surance company had paid $134,O00 to
the widow of Edward B. Harper, the
former president of the company, since
Harpers death, in 1895. The money is
derived from commissions which Har-
per drew on all business written by
the company. His widow, who has
since remarked, continues to receive
the commissions.
Incident to this inquiry Mr.. Hughes
discovered an instance in which $4,000
had been paid to President Frederick
A. Barnham, of the company in 1896
and concerning which Vice President
George d. Eldredge of that company
testified that he knew nothing. The
bookkeeper, who made the payment
from the contingent fund, said he did
not know what it was paid for.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1905-12-08
ORDERS ARE CONFUSED
Mistake on Part of Conductor and En-
eineer Results in Ten Dead and
Nineteen lnjured-Five Bodies
Burned Beyond Recognition in Fire
That Destroys Cars.
[By Associated Pressl

Omaha, Neb., Dec. 7.-One of the
worst railway wrecks which has oc-
Cured on the Union Pacific for years
resulted from head-on collision be-
tween a freight train and the Over
land Limited, No. passenger, east
bound, five miles west Of Rock
Springs, Wyo., at 3 o'clock this morn
ing. Ten persons were killed and
10 injured, II of them railway en-
ployes and eight passengers. Five of
the dead were burned beyond recogni-
tion in the fire which destroyed the
mail car, the combination baggage
car and the dining car. Two of these
are known to be mail clerks and the
other three were cooks, who were
sleeping in the diner.
The mail and dining cars were the
scenes of the greater fatality, three
mail clerks and three cooks being
killed outright and one other clerk
being, perhaps, fatally injured, his
skull being fractured. Electrician
Stigers and his assistant, Frank Nc
Kenna, were in the baggage car, i'm
mediately following the engine, and
were also killed outright.
Misunderstood Orders.
From the Union Pacific it is official
ly announced that the wreck was caus-
ed by the engineer and conductor of
the freight confusing their orders.
They had received orders to meet
four passenger trains, the last of
which was the Overland Limited at
All Say, a siding five miles west of
Rock Springs. The freight took the
siding and when three of the trains,
all of which were running close to-
gether, had passed, the freight started
for the west without waiting for the
Overland Limited. This latter train
and the freight came together head-on,
one and one-half miles west of An
Say.
Engineer Brink of the freight is
among the killed and his fireman, Os-
car Peterson, was seriously injured.
Conductor Roy Darrell of the freight
admitted that he had been confused,
thinking that all the trains which
he expected to meet at All Say had
passed.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1905-12-08

that they had ever exchanged blows
1t is said also that McClaren made the
statement in a well known saloon the
day of his departure that he "hated to
go out with those fellows. I know
they will fix me some way if they get
a chance" he is reported as saying.
Physicians say that McClaren could
not have lived more than three min
utes fater receiving the wound
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1905-12-08
pEERAeE FOR SIR HENRY.
[By Associated Pressl

London, Dec. Tt is now under
stood from the best informed quarters
that Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
will be elevated to the peerage, so that
he may become the leader of his party
in the house of lords. In such an
event Herbert Henry Asquith will be-
come first lord of the treasury and
the leader of the party in the house of
commons.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1905-12-08
DESERT SINKING SHIP.
Prominent Military Commanders Re-
questinq Permission to Resign.
TBy Associated Press1

'LBy Assoclated PressJ
London, Dec. 1.-THE correspondent
of the Daily Mail in st. Petersburg in
a dispatch sent by way of Eydtkuhnen,
East Prussia, says:
Prominent military commanders
everywhere are requesting permission
to resign. The minister of war him
self, Lieutenant General Rudiger, has
asked the emperor to allow him to re-
tire. The minister of the interior, M.
Durnovo, and others have followed the
example of the minister of war. Count
Witte stands alone, but even he is
losing heart"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1905-12-08

st. Petersburg, Wednesday night,
Dec. 6, via Eydkuhnen, East Prussia,
Dec. 7.-Public confidence in the gov
ernment's ability to weather the grow
ing storm is waning fast Premier
Witte seems powerless to cope with
the new elements of danger which the
revolution is raising on very hand.
New mutinies among the troops are
constantly reported and lawlessness
in the country is increasing.
Whenever the dreaded workmen's s
organizations present a united front,
as they did last night, the premier is
compelled to strike his colors.
1t now appears that the comrades
of Sokoloff, the railroad engineer in
Samara, whose condemnation to death
threatened the government with a gen.
eral strike, independently organized
the strike on the trans-Caspian line
from Alexandrovsk to Tashkend. The
governor general of Kurshki, who ex-
ercises plenary powers on the Afghan
frontier without consulting with the
st. Petersburg authorities, convened
a court martial and sentenced Soko-
loft to death. The premier, as re-
suit of the action of the executive
committee of the railroad employees
union in preparing for a general
strike, unless the sentence was re-
versed before midnight, December s.,
was compelled to get M. Nenechaiff.
the minister of communications, to
employ the railroad telegraph to for
ward stay of execution, which, for
tnnately, arrived in time. Had the
man been shot, nothing would have
prevented a universal strike. This
danger for the moment has again
passed, but the weapon always hangs
over the head of the government as
a threat against any new arbitrary
act.
Country's Credit Endangered.
The immediate danger confronting
the government is a concerted attack
on the country's credit. The public
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1905-12-08
MUST SERVE SENTENCE.
[By Associated Pressl

Buffalo Dec. 7.-Assistant District
Attorney Abbott received a telegram
stating that Judge Dickey of Brooklyn
had denied the application of A. J.
Whiteman for certificate of reason
able doubt. Consequently Whiteman
will be taken to Auburn prison to serve
his sentence of eight years for grand
larceny.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1905-12-08
SAFE BLOWERS BIG HAUL.
[By Associated Press1

Spokane, Wash.-Dec. 7.-It is as
serted today that $4,000 worth of non
negotiable securities were stolen from
the store of the Coey Mercantile com.
pany at Rockford by three safe blow
ers, who made the raid last Tuesday
morning. They also got about $2,1G0
cash.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1905-12-08
coNsPIRAToRs FRUSTRATED.
[By Associated P,ress1

London, Dec. 1.-THE Toxic cores
pondent of the Daily Telegraph reports
that secret meeting at Chinampho of
the leaders of a conspiracy to assassin
ate all the Korean ministers who sign
ed the treaty with Japan, was surpris-
ed by Japanese troops, who arrested
10 of the conspirators.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1905-12-08
HEAVY LOSS TO CODY.
All Horses Belonging to "WiId West"
Show Killed.
[By Associated Press1

[By Associated Press1
Marseilles, France, Dec. 7.--All the
horses belonging to the wild West
show of Colonel VIM. F. Cody were
killed here today. Although the gov.
ernment veterinarians had certified
that glanders had been entirely eradi.
Gated from the stud, Cody and his
partner, James A. Bailey, decided on
his radical measure in order to allay
the fears of the farmers regarding the
spread of the disease.
The saddles, brides and other arti.
les of the equipment, as well as the
clothing of the stablemen, were burn.
I'd and the railroad cars belonging to
the show disinfected.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1905-12-08
HERMIT INcINERATED.
by Associated PressI

Warsaw, N. Y, Dec. flames L.
Blodgett, the hermit banker of Herm-
itage, Wyoming county, was burned to
death today in his house, which burned
to the ground. He was estimated to
be worth a million dollars.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1905-12-08

country's Credit Endangered.
The immediate danger confronting
the government is concerted attack
on the country's credit. The public