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The Grit-advocate., 1906-04-20
Conference of Charities.

Denver-If all the appointees serve,
twenty-five persons Interested in char
table and correctional work will rep
resent Colorado at the National Confer
ence of Charities and Correction to be
held at Philadelphia May 9th to 18th.
Governor Mcdonald has announced the
appointment of the following dele
gates:
Rabbi William S. Friedman, Denver;
DR.. II. w. Corwin, Pueblo; John Cleg-
horn, Canon City; A. c. butcher,
Buena Vista; Mrs. Seraphine Pisko,
Denver; r. H. Dougan, Denver; E. X.
Whitehead, Denver; William Thomas,
Breckenridge; Mrs. Henry Van kleeck,
Denver; DR.. Charles +. Andrew, Long
mont; Judge Ben B. Lindsey. Denver;
Mrs Izetta George, Denver; Gen. I. }.
Downen, Pueblo; William Reasoner,
Colorado Springs; Henry l.. White.
Canon City; Clarence f. Hagar, Den
yer; Mrs. Ida l.. Gregory, Denver; Mrs.
Harriet f. Williams, Boulder; DR..
Eleanor Lawney, Denver; Alfred Null
Ter, Denver; Mrs. Nettie E. Casper,
Denver; Mrs. Mary S. Mcdonald, Pu-
cblo; Charles Mum, Ouray; Rev. T. II.
Malone, Denver, and Mrs. J. P. Wright,
Denver.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-04-20
TIMBER AND GRAZING.
Gales and Fees Will Reach Half ;
Million,

Washingtcn.-1n response to the
Hepburn resolution calling for informa-
tion concerning receipts of the forest
service from sales of timber and rental
of reservation lands and disposition of
funds, the secretary of agriculture has
sent a statement to the Senate show
ing receipts from February. 1905, when
the forest control was placed In the
Agricultural Department, to March 81
1906.
The total amount collected from
sales of timber, fines for timber tres
pass, grazing on forest reserves and
for concessions was S317,S75.
Expenditures for wages of rangers,
care and preservation of forests, s44,-
512, leaving available in the forest re-
serve service fund $273,363.
Receipts during the period named
from Utah We're $11, 200 from sales of
timber, and s3,4O2 from grazing fees;
Colorado, $77,2G9 from sales Of tim.
Der, and s2,5S7 from grazing fees;
Idaho, $3.50 from sales of timber, and
$3,422 from grazing fees; Wyoming,
s23,132 from sales of timber, and $64i
from grazing fees.
The secretary estimates that the en-.
tire receipts for the current fiscal year
will be: From sales of timber, $215,-
900, and from grazing fees $306,500.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-04-20

that they made it their permanent
home after they had left public life.
Ex-senators and ex-members of the
house can be met with by the score
on Washington streets. Most of them
are wealthy or have dropped into
good departmental practice SO they
can live in the best circles and keep
up their old acquaintance made when
they were part of the government.
There are great number of widows
Of former officials and senators who
have elected to make Washington their
permanent home Mrs. Mark Hanna
is to become a permanent resident
here, leaving her beautiful home in
Cleveland where she and her distin.
guished husband lived for SO many
years.
Besides Mrs. Hanna, there are liv.
ing here a great part Of the year, Mrs.
Hobart, widow Of the late vice presi-
dent, and Mrs. Payne, widow of the
late postmaster general. Mrs. Dan
Manning, widow of President Cleve
lands first secretary of the treasury,
also spends part of the winter here.
Other widows of distinguished men
who now make Washington their per.
manent home are: Mrs. Stanley Mat
thews, whose husband was an associ
ate justice of the supreme court; Mrs.
T. Dewitt Talmadge, Mrs. John Hay,
Mrs John A. Logan. Mrs. M. S. Quay
and Mrs. Phil Sheridan.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-04-20

his intention 1t would be almost i'm
possible for him to decline this great
honor, in view of his lifelong amb-
tions and In view of the traditions
and history of his family. 1t Is
natural for the Taft family to become
engaged in the legal profession. 1t
comes to them by right of inheritance.
Secretary Taft's father was noted
lawyer. and he was attorney general
as well as aecretary of war. the posi-
tion now held ty his son. Like his
son, he always cherished an ambi-
ton to become a member of the su-
preme court, but the opportunity
never came. The Oldest brother of
the secretary, Henry w. Taft, is an
eminent jurist in New York. Mrs.
Taft is the daughter of Judge Her
ron, of Cincinnati, one of the promi-
nent jurists of Ohio, who has sat on
all the courts Of that state. The
whole environment of Secretary Taft
has been that of the law. He was
born to it, married into it, and his
children have elected to go into it
after him. The secretary's eldest son
declared, at the mature age of five,
that he intended to be a lawyer and
now at the age Of II he is preparing,
under his uncle, to enter Yale. his
fathers alma mater. The second son
also has declared in favor of the law.
For awhile 1t looked as though. Sec
retary Taft might yield to the allure
ments of q prestseatial boom, and
many "bf his friends advised him to
consider the possibility Of his nomina-
tion in 1908 very carefully before CIV
ing an answer to the offer of the seat
upon the supreme bench. He did con-
slider the proposition long enough to
say that If the certainty of election
to the presidency-were held out in
one hand and seat upon the supreme
bench in the other he would choose
the woolsack.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-04-20
Suffering from Hunger.

Naples.-No such scenes have pre-
vailed in modern times as those wit.
messed on the streets of Naples and en-
virons within the last forty-eight hours
Fugitives from the villages of Otta,
jano, Boso Case. and others, de.
stroyed or partially destroyed by the
eruption, have made their way to Ma.
pies. Most of them are without other
resources than the clothing on their
backs. Naples at all times, as Ameri
can tourists well know, has horde OF
beggars, but now the well-to-do vii.
layers of yesterday are begging for
bread. 1t is estimated that 25O,O00
peope are homeless aud destitute.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-04-20
COMMISSION COMPANY.
Organized by Stock Growers on Co
OperatiVe Plan.

Denver-After a two days confer
ence of committees and represents
tives from the national live stock
bodies to inaugurate Il fight against
the trust exchanges at the packing
centers, the following resolutions were
adopted:
Resolved, That commission COM
pany be organized On cooperative prln-
ciples, viz: that after payment of a
reasonable dividend on the stock, the
balance of the profits be divided among
the patrons of said COMPANY; that 1t
have a capital stock of 100000, in
shares of par value of $40 each; that
said stock be subscribed for and owned
by actual live stock producers and
feeders, and that no Stockholder be
permitted to subscribe for or own more
than fifty shares; that said company
when organized shall charge the fol,
lowing commissions for the sale of live
stock: Sheep and hogs, single-decli
cars, Sc; sheep and hogs, double-deck
cars, $40; cattle, so cents per head,
with a maximum Of $40 per car; the
rates for the sale of calves and mixed
carloads, and for purchase of feeders
to be subsequently determined.
"Resolved, That in order to carry
out the purposes of the foregoing reso-
luton and to perfect the necessary de-
tails, committee, consisting of Murdo
Mackenzie, president of the American
National Live Stock Association; DR..
J. NJ. Wilson, vice president of the Ma
tional Wool Growers Association, and
A. l.. Ames, president of the Corn Belt
Meat Producers Association, be
hereby appointed, with full power to
name subcommittee to assist them
in their duties"
The committee is toreport May 29th
when the stock association will meet
in Denver.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-04-20
RIOTERS KILLED
CONFLICT WITH STRIKING COAL
MINERS.
ATTACK DEPUTY SHERIFF
Twenty Rioters Arrested and Put in
JaiI-Mob of Foreigners Tries to Re-
lease Them-DePuties Fire on Them
and Kill Three.

Johnstown. Pa-Three men have
been shot dead, a boy fatally wounded
and a mining engineer, Eugene De-
Ianey, seriously injured in a riot at
Windber among the striking coal min
rrs tonight. The dead men We're Pie
tro Martini, Paul Zills, leader of the
rioters, and Antonio Mazuca. The boy
who was fatally wounded is Charles
Foster twelve years of age.
An eye witness of the riot in deScrib-
ing the affair said the trouble started
et o'clock, when Deputy Sheriff w.
II. McMulin went to mass meeting
held by the striking miners in wood
at the edge Of the town. Many of the
miners had been drinking and the sight
of the deputy made them furious.
The Office; was quickly surrounded
by miners who threatened to kill him.
'IcMul!in, realizing that his situation
was desperate. fled for his life, finding
refuge in the house of Councilman
Charles Davis. Practically every man
who had gone to the mass meeting
joined in the chase after the fleeing
deputy. and soon after the latter had
entered the Davis house it was sur
rounded by a mob of 1000 shouting.
cursing miners. who challenged Nc
Mullin to come ont.
When McMullin failed to appear
ehe mob attacked the house and liter
ally wrecked it, The deputy sheriff
was roughly handled. but again man
aged to escape The members Of the
Davis family fed to the homes of near
by neighOors for shelter. Other dep
utics who had been on duty guarding
the property OF the coal company had
been notified of the trouble by this
time and twenty of the rioters were
landed in the lookup at Windber. The
mob. headed by Paul Zills, then
marched to the center of the town and
prepared to storm the Jail and release
the rioters. The deputy sheriffs fixed
bayonets to their rifles and sur
rounded the Jail to keep it from the
| mobs possession if possible, The,
members of the fire department were
also called out to help restore order.
The foreigners were urged to be Or
Derby and leave the town, but inAamed
by liquor, they refused to listen. greet
ing the efforts to pacify them with
boots and peers. At signal the mob
began to close in on the Jail, shouting
to the deputies to throw away their
guns and give up the prisoners.
The officers first tried to keep back
The mob with bayonets, but the effort
| was Intellectual and when it became
certain that the little band of deputies
| and firemen could not stand before
the bowling, infuriated mob they
opened fire.
| Those of the foreigners who were
closest to the Jail had already begun
| using knives in the attempt to disarm
the deputies, while others tourished
! revolvers. The deputies fired but one
vollcy. when the foreigners broke and
| fed in wild disorder, leaving three of
their number dead in front of the jail.
The wounded who were able to walk
were hurried to their homes, while
an ambulance took the more seriously
hurt to the Windsor hospital.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-04-20
eATTLESHIP ACCIDENT.
Three Bags Of Powder Explode on the
kearsarqe.

Washington.-Two years to day
later than the fatal Missouri disaster, as
every sailor Immediately recalled, on
Friday and the 18th of the month,
two officers and five men were done to
death in the forward turret of the bat
tleship kearsarge by one of those ac-
cidents which acquire additional terror
for sailors because of their obscure
origin and almost impossibility of pre-
vention.
Eight seamen were severely and six
slightly injured.
The men killed are:
Lieut.. John NJ. Hudgins of Virginia.
turret officer.
Lieut.. James NJ. Crane, gun umpire.
of Pennsylvania.
Norberg. Peter. gunners mate, third
class; residence, New York, New York.
next Of kin, Margaret Norberg,
mother. Sandaval, Sweden.
Naegley. Theodore, seaman; resi-
dence, Elizabeth, New Jersey; Louis
Graefe, guardian, Elizabeth, New Jer.
sey.
Thorsen. Anton Olas, ordinary sea.
man; residence, New York, New York :;
next of kin, Elias Thorsen, New York.
koester, julius Alfred, turrent cap
tain, first class; residence, Chicago;
next of kin, John Peterson, uncle, Chi
cago.
Athey, Ellis Homer. seaman; resi-
dence, Parkersburg, West Virginia;
next of kin, w. Athey, father, Parkers
burg, West Virginia.
Dangerously injured, with recovery
doubtful:
King, William. seaman: residence
Appleton City, Missouri next of kin
Mrs. Alice Cox, Appleton City, Mis-
souri,.
The dead will be buried at Guanta
namo. The vessel was not injured by
the explosion.
The Kearsarge's forward turret is OF
the super-imposed type; in other
words, an eight-inch gun turret sat
upon the top of the thirteen-inch gun
tuTet. where the accident occurred
In the lower turret were twcnty-foul
men and in the upper turret sixteen
men.
An ammunition hoist connected the
two and had the powder in the lower
hoist exploded probably every man In
the two turrCts would have been
killed.
The full charge of powder for thir
teen-inch gun is too large to be hand
led by any one man, SO it is divided
into sections in canvas bags. and i
was three of these, probably JUS
enough to fill one compartment in the
ammunition hoist which ignited.
The ignition is attributed to smolder
ing canvas bagging from the last dis
charge.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-04-20
Judoc Lewis Successor.

Denver.-John w. Sheafor assistant
district attorney at Colorado Springs,
has been appointed by Gov. Jesse F.
Mcdonald judge of the Fourth judi
cial district, to fill the uncxpired term
of Judge Robert +. Lewis. Judge
Lewis was appointed Judge of the
UniSd States Court by President
Roosevelt, and will assume his duties
on May 1st, when the formal oath will
be administered. The resignation OF
Judge Lewis from the bench of the
Fourth circuit reached the hands OF
Governor Mcdonald Monday, though 1t
was forwarded by Judge Lewis on Sat
urday. Governor Mcdonald was out OF
the city and Monday was the first day
on which action could be taken. Tho
resignation of Judge Lewis was ac.
cepted and the appoia' ment OF Mr..
Sheafor made.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-04-20
sLUGGER SENTENCED.
Recorder Goff Denounces Strike VIC
lence.

New York-Recorder Con, in the
Court of General Sessions, sentenced
Frank Hawkins TO the penitentiary for
one year Thursday. and gave strikers
in general some advice. Hawkins, VINO
is an iron worker and was at one time
associated with Sam Parks, was con-
victed Of assaulting Samuel Anderson.
In passing sentence Recorder Gon
said:
LAS a Judge, l deem it important to
say TO you that the evidence in this
case clearly points to a conspiracy of
which you were one of the conspira-
tors to take this man Anderson, and to
assault him because he was working
instead of the men on strike. That he
was assaulted and brutally beaten and
perhaps permanently injured, there
can be no question.
THAT man Anderson has just as
much freedom and right to work as
you had to refuse TO work, and while 1t
is in evidence that you showed that
this man took the bread out OF your
children's mouths, you took the bread
out of his children's mouths, and his
children were just as dear to him as
yours were to you.
You disabled him, practically speaks
ing, from earning bread for his chill
dren, and surely you, as man, can
not claim that he loved his children
less than you love yours.
THE law gives you and every work
ingman the right to organize for the
betterment of your condition; the right
to sell your labor to the highest bid
der; the right to refuse to labor for
anyone that you don't like; the right
to withhold your work except on condi,
tions that are agreeable to you.
The law even goes SO far as to ex-
tend to you the right to persuade other
men to adopt the same course, but
when men representing organized la
Dor step over the very broad and gen
erous provisions of the law and use
violence as an argument to enforce
their views, for their fellow men, then
the law is violated and not only the
rights of the individual are trampled
upon, but the peace and safety OF the
community are in danger
The Grit-advocate., 1906-04-20
EIiuht Of Castro's Friends.

Willemstadt, Curacoa.-A great sen.
sation has been caused in Caracas,
Venezuela, by the announcement or
the engagement for passage for Eu'
rope by all of the late President Cas-
trOs favorites, known as the get-rlch-
quick" crowd. In fact, there Is pre-
cipitate flight Of all the friends OF the
former administration. 1t is rumored
that former President Castro may ac-
company his friends to Europe. Ihis
exodus began Monday with the depar-
ture of Dr. Jose Torres Cardenas, gen
eral secretary of the government, and
of Senior Corano. the business agent,
who left on the steamship Caracas, for
New York.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-04-20
KANSAS TORNADO
Destroys Church and Many Dwelling
Houses,

Wichita, KAMA special to the Ea.
gle says that tornado occurred at
5 o'clock Friday evening at Stafford.
Several persons were injured, seven
houses and church were destroyed
and many other buildings were dam
aged.
The storm came from the southwest,
passed over the business part of the
town without damage, first striking
two blocks east of Main street. Here
the home of Fred Tanner and the par
sonage of the Congregational church
were demolished.
The Quaker church was blown down,
the debris falling upon the home of
Mrs. Ella Granger, which was also de-
stroyed. Mrs. Granger was injured,
but not seriously.
Another tornado is reported at Bush
ton, thirty miles north of Stafford.
Several residences and other buildings
were blown down. No one was re-
ported injured. Wires are down and
little information can be obtained
from Bushton.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-04-20

en- being ostracised for what the stern.
er sex would denominate "welching'
on debts incurred at the card table.
Old ladies'. middle-aged ladies' ant
young ladies are all infected with the
gambling virus. The games played In
good" society are not childs game.
by any means. and checks running
into the hundreds and sometimes
thousands of dollars are required to
settle the score at the end Of the
game.
Not only are these whist tables 60
ing during the week days, but Sun.
day afternoons are devoted to the Sc
ductive game. This disregard for the
American Sabbath was brought into
Washington by the foreign diplomats
who set the pace in good many
things for the smart set here Count.
ess Cassini, who presided for q mum.
Der of years over the Russian en-
bassy. was instrumental in introduc.
ing continental customs in Washing.
ton to the horror of the church-going,
Sabbath-loving people. She had card
parties on Sunday afternoons with
champagne suppers and Russian ciga,
rettes.
At the Austrian embassy there Is
the same wide open sort of perform.
ance on Sunday. There cards at all
times are the favorite means of diver
sion. II dinner or dance is given
there are always card rooms open
where those SO inclined can try their
luck. The favorite game in diplomatic
circles, strange to say, is the old
American game Of draw poker. The
foreigners take to this game with
avidity because they can get quick
action for their money, much quicker
than they get at whist and other more
fashionable games. The gambling IN
Washington is not confined to the
women by any means. Despite drastic
laws against it there are some smash.
ing big games of poker going on
among statesmen whose names are ia
miliar to the whole country. Most OF
these games are played with the
bride off" and checks in five figures
are needed in settlement.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-04-20
Three Philippine Railways.

on.-Preparations are be
ing made for the early beginning OF
work on the railroads to be built in the
islands of Panay, Negros and Cebu, in
the Philippines, concessions for the
construction of which were recently
granted to syndicate. According to
information reaching the War Depart
ment, engineers and force of mer
will e'sent to the Philippines on one
of the vessels leaving the Pacific
coast for Manila at an early date. The
concession provides for about 10C
miles of railroad on each of the three
islands ramed. 1t is expected that ma
tive labor will be utilized to the great
est possible extent.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-04-20
Trains Reach Silverton.

Denver. - A Republican special
from Slverton Saturday says: Once
more Silverton is in touch with the
world. At ! O'Clock to-day a train of
eight freight cars and two passenger
coaches arrived and within a few hours
six freight double-headers followed,
bringing in fiftyone cars of merchan-
disc. Six collins and ten barrels of
whisky were the first articles un-
loaded. A striking novelty is the snow
tunnel, four miles below this place, and
running up to the snow sheds. The
great slide which came down month
ago has become solid mass of ice and
the railroad was compelled to bore
through 1t.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-04-20

and for extra help necessary to keep
up these buildings, enough each year
to pay the interest on $35,O00,O0O. II
one-half of that 35,OOO,O0O was spent
in the erection of suitable buildings,
every department would be we'll
housed and ample room would be at.
forded for half century to come. AS
it is, thousands of government clerks
are compelled to work every day In
unsanitary and often dangerous build
ings while the general government Is
paying out this enormous annual sum
fer rents.
The visitor to Washington only sees
the few big buildings that are the
show places Of the city, and he thinks
that they are where all the govern
ment business is transacted. 1t will
surprise him to learn that great part
Of the work is done in make-shift
buildings. 1t is rather startling to find
out that the treasury department Is
scattered about in six buildings; the
war department in nine buildings; tho
post office department in five; the ag-
ricultural department in 20; the de-
partment Of commerce and labor in
six; the department of Justice in six
and the district government In nine
buildings. There is an annual outlay
for rent Of these buildings o: $3.50. 900
and an outlay for extra help, light
and fuel of s2o7,ooo. making = total
annual expense 10 the Covernmsnt Of
S647, 900.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-04-20

tAdI Aeul lS Ou, Wlleu lue more pubic
social functions like big dinners,
dances, etc., are tabooed, the smart set
and society generally have resorted to
cards and bridge whist is the order
morning, noon and night. 1t is the
custom for the most exclusive. and
therefore the most reckless. clubs, to
meet at ten o'clock in the morning,
play until luncheon, and after lunch
con play the rubber. Some of the
ladies do quit in time to attend a brief
vesper service of five o'clock.
There are some very racy tales be-
ing told about the indulgence Of this
fashionable vice. For instance, there
is the wife Of a naval officer whose
husband only has the rank of COM
mander, and who is now of at sea,
who has astounded the best circles
this winter by the gorgeousness of her
gowns and the smartness Of her turn.
outs. Everybody knows that she has
no fortune and that her husband has
nothing but his salary, which is en-
tirely inadequate to such style as she
puts on. The secret Of her fine
dresses and carriages is said to- lie in
cleverness at bridge and phenomenal
luck at any gambling game of cards.
The wife Of very prominent and
wealthy ex-senator and her daughter
tame to Washington for the season.
They had their allowance, which was
very liberal, but the husband and
father having learned by experience
not to give them unlimited credit at
his bank, did not count on their
gambling debts. The two ladies left
Washington a few days ago absolute
ly broke, and have returned to their
home in nearby state to rest and re-
cuperate their finances. Bridge whist
was too much for them.