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The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-22
NO END OF HORRORS.
Russia Still AfIame With Bloody In
surrectjons,

St. Petersburg-The situation in the
Beltic shows no sign of relief. A re-
public established there openly dcfies
the Cars government. The railway
between Orloff and Riga has been de-
stroyed, which has compelled the rein
forcement sent thither 10 march the
whole distance.
Troops are being concentrated
against Riga, and 10000 will be sent.
bul fully 100000 rebels are fully armed
and splendidly organized in the prov
inceS.
An attempt was made Sunday night
outside of is. Petersburg to wreck a
treasure train with G12,000,0OO aboard,
destined for the payment Of interest on
the Russian loans. The attempt failed.
The treasure, it is said, was addre1ed
to the Russian grand dukes at Cannes.
Eight thousand infantry and an arti
lery detachment with twenty machine
guns surround ST. Petersburg and
Paul's fortress, where $50 prominent
revOlutionaries are imprisoned, for.
fear of attempts to release them.
1t is expected a ukase will be issuedI
shortly granting 100000 acres of
arabic land to the peasants.
Bucharest luSltlFeS report IefrlDloI
Jewish massacres at Odessa. Nlncty1
five shops were destroyed Friday and
many occupants murdered. A numbeI
of Jews Sunday while crossing pruth
were massacred by Cossacks.
Bessarabian troops joined the revo-
lutionists while at kishineff. Fighting
between Cossacks and revolutionists
is imminent. A general massacre of
Jews is announced for Christmas
During the street fighting at Mitau,
the capital of Courtland. 800 persons
were killed.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-22
RECLAMATION WORK.
Enterprises in Hand to Reclaim 1,3o3,-
6C0 Acres of Arid Land.

WashingtOn.-The secretary of the
interior has recently approved two
new reclamation projects. One. which
will be partly in Texas and partly in
New Mexico, is called the Rio Grandc
project; the other, which will be
wholly in New Mexico. will be called
the Carlsbad project. The Two addl-
tional projects will bring the num-
Der OF reclamation schemes up to TWEEN
ty-four. OF these eleven are well un-
der way. They provide for the recla-
nation OF 1,3O3,600 acres of arid lands
at cost of $37,02S,571. These are big
figures and they represent big projects.
On June 80, 1905. the total cost of
construction and engineering work per-
formed by the reclamation service, to-
gether with the administration ex-
penses. amounted to $5,462, 1853 On
that date the reclamation fund had
reached a total of $2S,02s,571. 1t was
estimated at that time that the re-
ceipts for the fiscal years 19O6-190S
would amount to $9,0O0.O0O. SO that
the sum OF money available for recla-
nation purposes up to the end of 1908
will be $37O2S,57l.
Since the work of reclamation began
n miles of main canals have been con
structed and "a miles of distributing
canals, as well as 1856 miles of bitches
and lat bridges. Over 9,35O,O0O cubic
yards of earth have been excavated
and three and one-half miles of tunnel
driven. The telephone lines installed
have measured $50 miles and the roads
built have covered 1876 miles. 1t has
been necessary to erect fifty Offices
and other buildings. One cement mill
has been constructed. the product OF
which already amounts to $4,000 bar
rels. Besides the cement manufac-
tured by the reclamation service, use
has been found for $4,000 additional
barrels of cement, which were pur.
chased in open market. Over 2,8S0,000
feet B. NJ. of lumber have been sawed
for the work of construction and 1885,
900 feet b. NJ. in addition have been
purchased. The concrete completed
amounts to 10000 cubic yards, the pud-
ding done to $500 cubic yards, and
the rip-rap completed to $1,000 cubic
yards, and the paving to 100000 square
feet. The railroad iron used amounts
to 100000 pounds, the structural steel
to 100000 pounds. the cast iron to 6O0,-
900 pounds. The sheet piling driven
feet, the bearing piles to 10000 lineal
feet.
These figures will give some idea of
the gigantic size of the enterprise
which the engineers of the reclamation
service have in hand in the reclama-
tion of 1,303,600 acres of arid land.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-22
Plan to Import Brides.

Meeteetse, Wyo.-The Grey Bull
Club of this place has undertaken an
unique task, that of importing large
number of marriageable females from
the East to the small towns of the Big
Horn Basin. 1t is pointed cut that
the state census, just completed, re-
veals only 11S unmarried females over
twenty-one years of age, to 1,2G2 sin
gle men of voting age.
The Grey Bull Club has issued call
for special meeting of the executive
committee, at which ways and means
will be devised to bring large num-
ber of young women here. A fund will
be created and used to defray the ex-
pense of advertising in the eastern
daily papers. The advertisements will
call attention to the condition existing
here, the small number of marriage
able women, school teachers, domes-
tics and clerks. and the large number
of bachelors. 1t is expected this
method will bring results.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-22
WISE MEN FROM THE EAST.
Will Come From China to Study Our
Form Of Government.

New York.-AccordinS TO cable ad-
vices received by 4. w. Bash. who has
extensive business interests in China,
the two divisions of imperial Chinese
commission appointed by the empress
dowager to study the governments OF
Japan, Germany, Austria, France, Eng
land and the United States will arrive
in this country in February.
One of the divisions will journey
leisurely across the American conu-
nent from Seattle and take steamer
here for Europe. The other division
will make an extended stay in America,
expecting to spend at least two months
in Washington
The party which will remain in
America to study the form of govern
ment here is headed by Tuang Fong,
governor of the province Of Human, and
will arrive about February 25th at San
Francisco.
The party bound for Europe will ar
rive at Seattle about the time the other
reaches San Francisco. 1t is headed by
Prince Tsai Chai, accompanied by
Grand Counsellor Hsu Kwon Chi. This
party's trip east has been planned with
view Of showing the commissioners
as much as possible of the country in
the brief time they will have before de-
parting for Europe.
Coming east the party will visit st.
Paul and Minneapolis and inspect the
great -four mills. OF Minneapolis. Sew
eral days will be spent in Chicago, dur
ing which a study Of municipal affairs
will be made. A stop will be made at
Niagara Falls and West Point will at
tract the Chinese visitors for day,
and then they will go to Washington to
spend few days and see Congress in
session.
Leaving Washington the commits
sioners will visit the ship yards at
Philadelphia, and after spending sew
eral days in the city will sail for Eu-
rope to carry out their investigations
there.
When the commission first started
on its journey, coming by way of Japan,
it was rumored that the United States
would be avoided on account of its ex-
clusion Of Chinese laborers and the al
legged i'll treatment of students and
other Chinese travellers at several
American ports.
The plan of crossing the continent
through Canada was abandoned, how
ever, when 1t was realized that study
of American form of government would
be one of the most important features
of the commissions labOrs, which, it is
declared, may form the basis for con-
stitutiOnal form of government In
China within the next twelve years.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-22
Senate Passes Panama Bill.

Washington.-The Senate Saturday
passed the Panama canal emergency
bill, but the result was not attained
until the debate had been continued
the greater part of the day, to the ex-
clusion of practically all other bust
ness. Mr.. Newlands expressed the
opinion that the construction of the
canal should have been entrusted to
the Geological Survey.
substitute for Mr.. Bacon's amend
ment offered by Mr.. Hale was ac-
cepted. 1t specifically requires that
Congress shall be supplied with regu-
lar estimates of all salaries except
those rAid to laborers. skilled or un-
skilled. Otherwise the bill was passed
as reported from the committee.
During the discussion Mr.. Hale made
the statement that Mr.. Bishops duties
as press agent" would be discon-
tinued
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-22
EMPLOYING PRINTERS.
Issue Statement in Regard to Ex-
pected Eiqht-Hour Strike.


New York.-Announceme that
preparations to handle the big print
ers' strike have been completed by the
employing printers Of New York was
made by the Typothetae of this city.
The eight-hour work day. which the
International union has declared shall
60 into effect January 1, 1906, is de-
clared to be the cause for Issuing this
statement, which is in part as fol
lows:
"The closed shop and the eight-hour
day demanded. by typographical
union No. cannot and will not be
granted.
THE members of the Typothatae
are prepared to install competent
non-union machine operators and
other printers in their various COM
posing rooms. These printers have
been obtained by canvass of the
various parts of the United States and
also graduates of schools for machine
operators in New York, Philadelphia,
Boston, Chicago, Kansas City, Omaha
and elsewhere
The publishers of the leading mag
azines of the country have completed
most of their magazines for two or
three months ahead in anticipation Of
the strike and will therefore be SUBJ
jected to little or no Inconvenience.
Not only are the publishers supporting
us in our stand. but the manufacture
ers throughout the country are
actively cooperating with u.s.
There will be no lockout in the
printing trades. Competent men en-
tering our employ after January 1st
next will be paid full wages according
to the union scale, whether they are
union men or not"
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-22
Distribution of Seeds.

The seed dealers of the country are
up in arms against the practice of the
government OF making a free distribu-
ton of seeds each year. They claim,
with some show of reason, that the
practice Is restraint of trade. 1t is
also pointed cut that the original inten-
ton was to distribute rare seeds of
new varieties, which would be of bene-
fit to the farmer. AS it is now the
commonest of garden seeds are sent
out in the mail.
In theory the seed dealers are right,
inasmuch as it is no more the business
of the government to distribute free
seeds than 1t is to give away plows or
harvesters or sewing machines, but in
practice the results are so different as
to go far to justify the custom. In the
first place, persons who seek equity
should do equity, and the seed dealers
do not come into court with clean
hands. In most countries in Europe
seeds are required to be treated in a
government laboratory and sold under
a guaranty of purity, while in this
country the adulteration of seeds is
common practice. Grass and clover
seeds are commonly mixed with more
valuable seeds, and often dead seeds,
sand and weed seeds are used to swell
the quantity Of a package. Some OF
the most troublesome weeds have been
widely introduced in this country by
unscrupulous dealers who sell them to
innocent purchasers under another
label. And so if the Department of Ag-
riculture is unfairly competing with
the seed dealers by reducing the de-
mand for their seeds it is only another
instance of their own sins, like chick
ems, coming home to roost. 1t is pity
that the wholesale adulterations that
prevail in other branches of COM
merce," such as foods and drink, can
not be restricted in the same way
The real remedy, however, is for the
government to establish laboratories
for testing seeds, as is done abroad,
where the prime Importance of good
seed is recognized, and the quality of
seed is subject of governmental con-
troll. AT these laboratories a small fee
is charged for testing and certifying
to the quality Of seeds. The fee is paid
by the dealer, and the planter is usu-
ally allowed free re-eXamination if he
Is not satisfied with the seeds when
purchased. Due precautions are taken
against substitution by the purchaser,
and the rights of the dealers are rig.
orously enforced.
1t is likely, however. that any such
requirement would be vigorously re-
sented by the seed dealers as being "in
restraint of trade" that is to say, un-
constitutional in free America, where
the seller is generally free to swindle
the purchaser If he can. At all events
the custom of cultivating their con-
stituents by the free distribution of
garden seeds is too dear to the hearts
of congressman to be abolished without
a struggle, and if the seed dealers can,
not find better remedy they had bet.
ter get elected to Congress themselves
and corner the MARKET. .eadville
Herald-Democrat.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-22
DOWIE ABDICATES.
Turns Over Control Of Zion to Three
Trustees.

Chicago.-John Alexander Dowie,
head of the Christian Catholic church,
has given up his rule and will soon
leave for one of the islands of the Car
ibbean sea, there to remain until spring
in hopes of regaining his health. An
nouncement of this was made to-day.
Saturday Mr.. Dowie made it known
that he would transfer all authority
over the church unreservedly to a tri-
umvirate and leave for the south as
soon as he could arrange his affairs,
and at to-days meeting of his followers
formal announcement was made that
the control of the church had been
placed in the hands of Overseer
Speicher, Judge d. V. Barnes and Dea-
con Alex Granger, who, it is stated,
have been given full and unreserved
authority over the affairs Of the
church.
1.-The finances of the Zion City insti-
tuition will be reorganized immedi-
ately," said Overseer Speicher to-day.
ut will work a radical change in the
administration of the financial and in
dustrial institutions of Zion City. The
change will not affect the ecclesiasti.
cal, educational or political depart
ments, but there will be complete
revolution in the industrial and finan-
cial methods
These reorganizations will be placed
in the hands of C. J. Barnard and will
involve separation of the various In
stitutions which under the present
plan have had their earnings and ex.
penses pooled.
While on trip to Mexico a few
weeks ago President Dowie suffered a
slight stroke of paralysis and although
it was announced that he had com.
pletely recovered from this, yet in the
recent number of the church publica-
tion President Dowie stated that his
health was far from good and that it
was necessary for him to "go apart
and rest awhile" President Dowie's
definite destination was not given out.
Mr.. Dowie, it is stated, expects to
resume his authority upon his return.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-22
Melting Silver Dollars.

San Francisco.-The continued high
prices of silver, between IS and 66
cents per ounce is causing heavy ship
ments Of Mexican dollars melted into
bullion through this port, Seattle and
Vancouver to the Orient. The ship
ments are being sent from Mexican
points under heavy guard in the ex-
press company's cars. 1t is said that
during the past sixteen days $13O00-
900 in silver bullion has been brought
of Mexico for shipment to the far East
fro mthis coast
In financial circles predictions are
heard that silver is going to 70 cents
because the surplus production is lin
tied, while demand is constantly grow
ing.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-22
Rover the World Over.

Colorado Springs, Colo.-One of
the dogs exhibited at the joint
poultry and dog show in Temple Thea,
ter is Rover, the noted Scotch Collie
English terrier, owned by Luke Rus.
sell. The dog is fully 20 years of age,
is deaf. nearly blind and has a broken
back. Mr.. Russell fears that the ami
NAL will not live a month longer.
Rover was born in Australia and has
travelled with its owner through Aus.
tralia, New Zealand, Tasmania, the
Fiji islands. Hawaiian islands. Samoan
islands, Canada, all the western states,
has explored the Yosemite valley, as
cended Mount Hood, Mount Shasta and
other high peaks.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-22
Awful Armenian Massacre.

Paris.-A dispatch from Trebizonde,
Asia Minor, dated December
14th DISORDERS the atrocities COM
mitted at Elizabethpol in the
early part of December. 1t
says that the Tartars attacked the
Armenians December I'd. The latter
offered resistance and endeavored to
send their families away. but all the
fugitives wer massacred. Street fight
ing followed and then came house to
house conflicts which lasted for sew
eral days. Finally the Tartars set fire
to the town, which is now mass of
ruins The dispatch says it is impos-
sible to count the dead, the number Of
which is estimated at 1000.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-22
Cruisers Ordered to Libau.

st. Petersburg.-Two torpedo boats
and two cruisers have been ordered to
Libau to retake the city at all costs.
They are ordered to lombard If the
revolutionists do not surrender Or
ders have been issued to disarm the
Manchurian troops before they begin
their homeward journey. The leading
sCuadrons already have arrived in
Moscow in a condition of great disaf-
lection. The government magazine at
Baleokoski, Siberia, has been blown up
by the revolutionaries.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-22
SCHOOL OF MINES.
Faculty and Students Will Honor Gov.
ernor-Graduate.


Golden. Colo-At regular meeting
of the school of mines trustees held on
the 14th inst, the Henberger property,
adjoining the heating and power plant
on the west, was purchased for $4,000.
This gives the school the entire block
on which this plant and Stratton hall
are located. The new Guggenheim
building was inspected and the mem
bers expressed themselves as being
wei satisfied with the work, which is
progressing rapidly.
The following resolution was
adopted:
BE it Resolved by the board of trus-
tees of the Colorado School of Mines,
that members of said board, accom-
panied by members of the faculty and
alumni of the school residing in or
near Dsnverr and the entire student
body, attend the reception of his ex-
cellency, Governor Jesse F. McDon-
aid, January /, 1906, in celebration Of
the fact that mining engineer hold
ing his degree from the Colorado
School of Mines is the chief executive
of the commonwealth.
Further, that President Anderson Of
the faculty and Messrs. Jaffa and
Lewis of the board be named as a spe
cial committee to arrange for the oc-
casion."
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-22
Preparing for New States.

Washington.-The Republican mem
bers of the House in caucus friday
unanimously declared in favor of ad-
hitting Oklahoma and the Indian Ter
ritory as one state, and by vote Of
40 to G5 declared in favor of admitting
Arizona and New Mexico as one state.
Both statehood questions are to be con-
tanned in one bill. The conference
which resulted in this action occupied
an hour and half. The only opposi
tion to the program was directed
against joining Arizona and New Mex
leo, and it was understood that Mr..
Adams Of Wisconsin and Mr.. Ta'Yney
OF Minnesota were the only speakers
on this side.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-22
New Swiss President.

Berne, SwitZerland.-Th national
council and the state council, assem-
bled as federal assembly Friday.
elected NJ Forrer, the vice president Of
the federal council and a Radical, to be
president of the Swiss confederation.
in succession to NJ. Ruchet. NJ. Null
Ter was elected vice president.
NJ. Forrer is 60 years old. He was
born at Winter Thur, which he rep.
resented in parliament. He Is a for
mer railroad manager: he is known as
one of the best Radical Democrat ora
tors, and Is principally associated with
the scheme to provide compensation
for injured workmen.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-22
Trouble in Shanuhai,

Washington-The State Department
has news from Shanghai that serious
situation exists there. Two cable
grams received at the department over
night state that the trouble arose
through strike and was increased by
ia dispute growing out of some cases
being tried before the consular courts.
Two foreigners have been killed and
many wounded. Naval forces, sup
iposedly from the British squadron
which Is there, are guarding the
streets. Police stations have been
burned. No Americans have thus fan
been injured. Two American cruisers
are on their way to Shanghai.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-22
CRAzED BANKING
FRENZIEO FINANCIER'S MANIA
FOR STARTING BANKS.
WANTED THEM EVERYWHERE
Eighteen or Twenty Banks and Trust
companies-certific cashed of
Institutions That Never Opened
Their Doors

SOOT8.
Denvef-C. b. Whitley. former presi-
dent of the Denver Savings Bank, con.
| tinued his testimony Friday. In COM
menting on it the Republican says;
From the mania which urged Leonard
Jmboden to create banks. an obsesson
as binding on him apparently as is the
instinct of cell life to reproduce and
hold to life, the bank creator could not
save himself 1t came out yesterday
that while he was maintaining his race
to keep up with Oklahoma and Indian
Territory in their sweeping develop
ments Of the last two years, his deter
mination being to have an lmboden
bank in every town and city and as
many trust companies as possible he
formed banks that never even opened
their doors. But Notwithstanding, they
are creditors to the defunct Denver
Savings Bank.
In justice to this king among balA =
kiters, 1t should be said that this wa
merely an oversight on his part, what
ever it might have been with his COM
rades in the bank building business.
He would have ordered the doors
thrown open and invited business, had
he thought of it; whereas, his part
ners, the missing II. l.. Hull in partic-
ular, were willing to have the tiatter-
ingly engraved certificates on hand,
and satisfied to have near by the eX-
pensive linen glazed letter heads and
envelopes, which did not contain the
name Of Imboden, however. OF all the
banks and trust companies formed
through the Unsuitable desire of the
man with the American Bankers As
sociation brand upon him, some eight
cen or twenty in all, not one had his
name emblazoned on windows, doors
or stationery.
The evidence OF yesterday went to
show that Imboden and Hill and the
Hulls drew as high as 100000 from the
Denver Savings Bank, depositing
therefor the gaudy certificates Of the
bank stock of banks and trust compa-
MES that We're never in actual exist
ence. The defendants must have put
the money in their pockets. But I'm
boden did SO simply because he could
not keep track of his many ventures in
trust companies, railroads, elevators,
gas well, coal companies and what not.
III WOulu nave DeCn more DfOntdDlc 10
have allowed the banks to accept de-
posits, although this procedure was not
all essential in the Imboden- -Hill-Hull
enterprises.
Charles B. Whitley, one of the prin
cipal witnesses for the prosecution, a
former president of the Denver Saw
ings Bank under the Imboden regime,
made confession of guilt yesterday
AS discovered by the receiver of the
Denver bank, and as given to the
grand jury called to investigate the af-
fairs of the bank, Wilfey made loans
on commissions. which he pocketed
and bought bonds and charged the
bank higher prices than they cost him
and such like.
But Wiley gave damniDg evidence
against Hill and Imboden, before they
had opportunity to boast of his own
discontinue. Whitley was shown
draft and certificate Of deposit for
the benefit of Imboden institutions.
which contained a forgery of his name
and of e. E. Hull's name, he declared.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-22

Washington.-A report of the bureau
of statistics on the sugar brought into
the United States during the year 1905
shows that of the $3.50 100000 worth of
sugar brought in during that period,
100000 worth came from Hawaii,
Porto Rico and the Philippines. This
shows a decided increase above previ-
GUS years. The value of sugar i'm
ported from Cuba this year is also far
higher than the value of the amount
imported last year, though the quantity
was about 100000 pounds less. In pre-.
Sious years only a small quantity of the
beet sugar was imported and Cuba
again is far In the lead of all nations In
production of sugar cane.