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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-07-21
PHILADELPHIA WINS.
Next Elks' Convention Goes to the
Quaker City.

DEMONSTRATING one of the most ex
citing campaigns ever waged within
the ranks of the Elks, Philadelphia
was finally chosen Wednesday as the
meeting place Of the grand lodge in
1907. The result of the vote as 1t was
officially announced shortly before
noon yesterday stood: Philadelphia.
i95; Baltimore, 2G5.
All the forenoon was occupied in
Weighing the two cities in the balance,
and II was not until nearly noon that
final result OF the contest was an
nounced. For just second after the
teller had given the figures there was
breathless silence. Then the crowd
broke loose. With a roar which shook
the windows OF the building they gave
a mighty cheer:
"Hurrah for Philadelphia!
Then another rousing shout, and the
Philadelphia delegates and their boost
ers arose and filed out Of the room. The
word had preceded them to the street
in front OF the opera house, however.
and already Cooks Drum corps had
struck up the tune; "There'll Be Hot
time in the Old Town Tonight"
The Philadelphia bunch Of boosters
were all there, some OF them being
compelled to await the glad tidings on
the outside. But when 1t did come they
proceeded with their part with alac-
ri,y. With Cooks Drum Corps at the
head of the procession the entire dele
cation, men and women, numbering
$50, paraded the business streets, ring
ing their Liberty bells and proclaiming
to all the world that There are no
slow Elks in Philadelphia"
The occasion was inGeed joyous
one for the Quakers. Philadelphia
was "it" throughout the rest of the
day, and the members were smiling
slyly but happily as they received the
concentrations of their brothers.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-07-21
PRESIDENT MAKES HAY.
Handles Pitchfork to Save Hay From
Thunderstorm.

Oyster Bay, N. Y.-President Roose.
welt camped on the shores OF Colo
Spring harbor Tuesday night. With
him were his sons Quentin and Archie,
their cousins Philip and George Roose-
welt. DR.. Alexander Lambert OF New
York. the Presidents personal physi-
clan. and Lieutenant Bulmer, comman-
der OF the yacht Sylph.
The President and his party went 10
Eaton's Neck on the Sylph before
dark. The beach was found the most
available place to pitch camp and a1ter
the usual jolly evening around the nre
and sleep time came, the party rolled
M in summer coverings and went to
sleep.
Then came the rain. The Sylph's
landing boats had been pulled up on
the shore and overturned, sailor-like
When the rain came the boys were
the firnt to wake. They hurriedly beat
a retreat to the overturned boats
where they remained during the storm.
The President, DR.. Lambert and Lieu
tenant Bulmer had no shelter and sim
ply rolled tighter in their blankets and
took the wetting.
President Roosevelt Tuesday did
some good hard farming. He pitched
and moved q load Of hay just in time
to save 1t from terrific thunderstorm
which swept Long Island.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-07-21
Denver Policeman Shot.

Oenver.-In fight with an unknown
noldup Policeman Henry Barr. twenty
five years old, was shot and seriously
wounded by the thug whom he was at
tempting to arrest, shortly before mid
night Monday night. In front OF tne
chile parlor Of Frank Baldwin, at eoo
Santa Fe avenue, where the omcer nao
been eating. The bullet entered tne
Eeshy part Of the stomach, tnree
inches to the left of the right MP ana
emerged near the spine. shortly aitef
Barr was shot Patrolman Patrick ken-
nedy, in attempting to arrest sus,
pect in the Barr case, shot ana Killeo
Erank Moody, a fourteen-yearold boy.
who was sleeping in an outhouse back
Of Myles' saloon at Twelfth and santa
Fe avenues.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-07-21
DEATH OF LADY CURZON.
Wife Of Former viceroy Of India Dies
in London.

London.-I.ady Curzon of Kedles-
ton. wife of the former viceroy of In
dia, who had been ill for some days,
died at 5:40 O'Clock Wednesday even
ing. She never quite recovered from
her serious illness at Walmer castle,
Kent, in 1904, and the recent hot
weather brought on a pronounced at
tack of general debility.
Lady Curzon was miss Mary Letter
daughter of the late Levi 4. Letter
of Chicago
Lady CurZon was in her own right
the possessor of So 100000. From Chi
cago the Letter family moved to Wash
ington and later travelled extensively
and entertained lavishly. During her
stay in England, Miss Letter met
George y. CurZon, eldest son of the
Rev. Alfred Nathaniel Holden Curzon,
fourth baron of Scarsdale. They were
married in 1895, after Curzon had held
the Offices of assistant private secre-
tary to the Marquis Of Salisbury un-
der secretary of state for India and un-
der secretary of state for foreign af-
fairs.
In 1898, CurZon was created first
baron CurZon of kedleston and in 1899
was appointed viceroy and governor
general Of India, which post he re-
signed in August. 1905, and was sue
ceeded by the Earl Of Minto.
Daisy Letter, one of the sisters OF
Lady Curzon was married to the Earl
of Suffolk and Berkshire in Washing
ton, December &c. 1904
Nancy Letter. another sister, was
married in Washington November 29.
1904, to Maj. c. p. Campbell of the
British army.
Lady CurZon leaves two daughters.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-07-21
MODERN cRoEsUs DIES.
Richest Englishman Succumbs to
Stroke Of ApopIexy.

London. - Alfred Belt, the we'll
known South African financier, died
Monday. He had been in bad health
for some time. Early in 1903 Belt had
an apopleptic stroke while at Johan-
nesburg and 1t appears that he never
fully regained his health. Since that
time he had lived in London.
Belt, who is said to have been the
richest man In London and who con-
trolled the output of gold in South At
rica. was at one time alleged to be
forming gold trust" in which the
names Of prominent American finan-
iciers were mentioned. He gave large
sums OF money to the Red Cross and
other institutions and recently donated
$500, 900 to found university at Ham
burg. $50 -==--.-f
Bit was born in 1853 at Hamburg.
He was a life governor of the De Beers
Consolidated mines, . partner in the
firm Of Wernher, Belt & Co., and a di-
rector of the Rand mines. Rhodes1a
railways. Bechuanaland railway trust,
Consolidated company, Bultfonetein
mine and British Chartered South AT
,rican company.
He controlled the output and price Of
the worlds diamond industry, had a
great distate for notoriety. was popu-
lar with his intimates and was usually
referred to as the little man."
Belt, Who was a stanch friend Of
Cecil Rhodes, arrived in South Africa
several years ahead Of the latter and
when he died was by far the largest in
dividaal owner Of mines and lands in
South Africa.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-07-21
LAND LOTTERY.
Registration Begins for shoshooe Res.
ervatien Lands.

NheSenne. Wyoming. - Registration
ior lands in the shoshone or Wind
hifer Indian reservation commenced
al Shoshoni, Lander, Thermopolis and
"orland at O'Clock Monday. The
weather was perfect Large crowds
were in attendance at all booths and
upward of 1900 persons had registered
when the books were closed at 6
o'clock last night
OF this number 500 were at Sho-
shoni. coo at Worland. 800 at Landen
and about 100 at Thermopolis. The
first person to register at Shoshoni was
Miss Matte Fuhrmann of Denver, who
was followed by Edwin Burke of Lost
Cabin, Wyoming The first person to
register at Worland was Miss Anna
Patton OF Minnetaka, Illinois, who was
followed by Miss Christiana Gerber of
Worland.
The registration at Shoshoni Is be-
Ing conducted under the personal SUI
pervision OF w. A. Richards, commits
sioner general OF the land Office at
Washington. d. c. He will visit Ian
Ger, Thermopolis and Worland later
he is assisted at Shoshoni by F. w.
Staley and a large force of clerks from
Washington. AT Worland Chief Clerk
Mayer is in charge and is assisted by
several clerks.
AT Shoshoni the crowd was so large
early in the day that Commissioner
richards formed the applicants in a
line. All of the registration towns are
we'll policed. No trouble has occurred
ana none is anticipated
The railroads are assisting the citl-
zens in entertaining the crowds The
Chicago & Northwestern officials esti-
mate that between thirty and forty
thousand home seekers will pass over
that road to Shoshoni and Lander AS
sistant General Passenger Agent Buck
ingham OF the Burlington says that his
road will haul 10000 people to Wor-
land. The Burlington will run two pas
senger trains into Worland daily, and
the Northwestern will run at least
three and possibly four trains daily.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-07-21
SocoRRo EARTHQUAKE.
New Mexican Town Gets Severe Shak-
ing Up.

FL PaSo, Texas.-Socorro, New Mex
leo, south Of Santa Fe, has been BADLY
damaged by an earthquake. Fifty-two
shocks have been felt since Sunday
morning up to Wednesday night. The
court house is wrecked. The build
ings OF the School of Mines are cracked
and nearly every residence in the city
is crumbling or wrecked
More than two-thirds of them at
least are damaged or destroyed. The
court house, which is largely Of adobe
and brick, is almost shaken to pieces.
The people are fleeing but no one has
been killed. The Atchison. Topeka 4
Santa Fe Railway has sent box cars to
SOcorro to take people away. and
many have fed already TO other towns.
Huge boulders have Jared down on
the railroad track and trains cannot
enter the town. They stop several
miles outside the place
The water in the hot springs near
Socorro has increased several degrees
in temperature and the inhabitants
fear that the ancient extinct volcano
ten miles from the town will break
out and begin squirting lava again.
The people are fleeing without any
thing. locking up their houses and get
ting out as soon as they can. The
entire surrounding country has felt
the shocks and much damage has been
done, especially at San Marcia and
Magdalena, but not SO severely as So
corro.
A cloudburst occurred near Carls-
bad, New Mexico, Wednesday, and
three inches of rain fell in an hour.
All streams and canons are overflow
ing and there will be much damage
to crops and fields
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-07-21
LIFE IN OCEAN.
Professor Of Cambridge CEng) Una-
versity Tells Some New apA
Interesting Facts.

]. Stanley Gardiner. OF Cambridge
university. has been exploring the
Indian ocean and gives it as his opin-
ion that at one time there was land
connection between Ceylon and Mad
agascar. But il is in describing the
wonders OF the deep that his report
grows most interesting. "A very con
siderable variety OF deepsea Ssh was
brought up he says. AT least half
the number we secured seemed quite
new specimens, and. | believe, are
not described in any textbook. Some
OF these had enormous eyes. some
only rudimentary eyes. the size of
a pins head. while some had no
eyes at all.
"One of the most interesting dis
coveries we made was that floating
life is exceedingly abundant at all
depths down to about l.200 fathoms
in seas $500 fathoms deep. By float
ing life | mean animals which form
the food of whales and deep-ocean
fish, and which up to the present
have been believed to live on or very
close to the surface. A variety of
enormous Squids was fished out as
we'll as jelly fish and gigantic prawns
fully six inches long. Some of these
latter were blind, while others had
huge eyes, but nearly all of them
had phosphorescent organs. which
would naturally be due to the fact
that they live at a depth where al
most total darkness prevails.
The blind varieties had enormous
feelers, or tentacles, some of them
extending to twice the length OF
their own bodies. Some forms, such
as the water flea. which is only about
the size OF pins head in surface
water. we discovered six or ten times
that size in COO or 700 fathoms.'
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-07-21
Land Board Proceedings.

Denver.-The State Land Board . s
passed a resolution which gives to the
city OF Denver for all time a strip of
land to be used as an esplanade at City
park. The board granted the Arkan-
sas Valley Railway Company right OF
way through state lands in part of
Otero county. Seven tracts of state
land are to be crossed by the railway
which is to open new sugar beet dis
trict. The application of Harry w. An
derson for lease upon 240 acres OF
coal land belonging to the state in Las
Animal county was turned down. This
land belongs to the State Agricultural
College.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-07-21
gLkS WELCOMED.
OfFieial Ceremonies At Tabor Opera
House in Denver.

House in Denver.
Den~r.-Members Of the great or
ganization, Benevolent Protective Or
der of Elks, have been ofncially vel
coined to Denver and the state OF Col
oIado Ever since they first began arriv-
ing they have been made to feel that
they are welcome. Now they have been
told 80 by the governor Of the state.
the mayor OF the city and the ofhcial
representatives of Denver lodge. This
formality occurred Monday night At
the Tabor Grand opera house In the
presence of a mighty audience.
In a few hours OF the morning the
buntings that had been disarranged by
the rains were quickly put In order
and the decorating of houses and
stores went on at . rapid rate. The
streets were packed and jammed with
people from an early hour until well
into night.
By the chairman of the Elks' recep'
tion committee at the depot, who has
made q special effort to keep count on
the number Of arrivals, it was stated
at 10 O'Clock Monday night that 10000
people had passed through the city's
gates since Friday. This was his es-
innate OF the number of visitors who
had come to Denver to attend the con
yention. Other estimates place the
number at $4,000, and this may be re-
garded as conservative.
In the opinion OF those who have
been assigned to the depot. 1t is stated
that approximately 10000 visitors will
be brought to Denver for the conven-
ton. as the rush Of visitors will not
,o,so until after Thursday night, at
the latest.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-07-21
TUNNEL HEADINGS MEET.
cunnIson Tunnel Penetrates Masses Of
Sea Shells.

Washington.-The reclamation SER
vice heard Tuesday that headings 8
and 4 Of the Gunnison tunnel have
been brought together finally. The
most disagreeable part of the work is
now over.
This is the portion under the broad
valley of Cedar creek, where the tun-
mel has been for nearly a mile in the
river sands and gravels and soft shale.
Heading No. was driven from an out
let in the valley and No. from shaft
mile away.
The completion of this portion Of the
work leaves 1t possible to concentrate
on headings No. and No. 2. which are
under the main portion OF the noun
tain, In No. the material Is hard red
cish quartz or coarse granite, chang
ing to mica schist. Iii this portion
progress has been upwards OF twelve
feet a day, while In the softer black
shale in heading No. 2 progress has
been more than twenty-five feet day.
An another section work is being de
layed by a curious condition. The tun-
mel. now more than mile under
ground, has been driven rapidly
through hard black shale. The head
ing now has advanced to point where
it is passing through great accumula-
ton of sea shells. Thousands upon
thousands of them imbedded in rock
are being dug out, some OF them OK gl'
gantic size, upwards OF three feet or
even more in diameter.
The process Of excavating the sheiis
In easy but for the fact that they ren.
der the ground treacherous. A Iew OF
the large ones imbedded in the ROOF
make a point OF weakness, and without
warning a mass OF a hundred pounds
or even several tons of black shale
carving shells may be precipitated
,non tho wOrkmen.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-07-21
Miss Muude MorrIs

They do not realize that the back 10
the handspring of womans organism,
and quickly indicates by aching dis
eased condition of the female organs
or kidneys, and that the aches and
pains will continue until the cause il
removed
lydia Z. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound has been for many years the
one and only effective remedy in such
cases. 1t speedily cures female and
kidney disorders and restores the fe-
male organs to a healthy condition.
81 have suffered with female troubles for
over two years, suffering intense pain each
month. my back ached until it seemed as
though it would break. and felt so weak all
over that did not find strength to attend to
my work but had to stay in bed large part
of the first two or three days every month
l would have sleepless nights, bad dreams and
severe headaches. All this undermined my
health.
1--WE consulted an old family physician, who
advised that try Lydia +. Pinkhams Vege-
table Compound l began taking it regularly
and SC n found that l could sleep and eat
better unan had done for months. Within
two months became regular and no longer
suffer from backache or pain, Miss Maude
Morris, Sec Ladies' Aid and Mission Society,
IS E. Hunter St, Atlanta, Ga.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-07-21

Laundry work at home would be
much more satisfactory If the right
Starch were used In order to get the
desired stiffness, It is usually neces-
sary to use so much starch that the
beauty and fineness of the fabric is
hidden behind paste of varying
thickness, which not only destroys the
appearance, but also affects the wear
ing quality of the goods. This trouble
can be entirely overcome by using De-
fiance Starch, as 1t can be applied
much more thinly because of its great-
er strength than other makes.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-07-21
ELECTED BY ELkS
MELVIN OF CALIFORNIA GRAND
EXALTED RULER.
OLD OFFICERS RETAINED
Immense Crowds Throns Streets Of
Oenvsr-onfeiaI Registration Of Viz
iting Elks Reaches Nearly Twenty
Thousand.

Denver-The Elks' convention elect
ed grand lodge oficers Tuesday, as fol-
lows:
Grand Exalted Ruler-Henry A. Mel
vim Of Oakland, California
Grand Esteemed Leading knight
Robert L. Queisser of GAINESVILLE, Ohio
Grand Esteemed Loyal knight-Ed
ward Mclaughlin Of Boston.
Grand Esteemed Lecturlng Knight
". w. McClelland of Pittsburg.
Grand Secretary-Fred c. Robinson
OF Dubuque, Iowa.
Grand Treasurer-John X. Tener OF
Charleroi. Pennsylvania.
Grand Trustee-W. r. Haviland OF
Butte, Montana
Grand Tyler-Bayard L. Gray OF
Goshen. Indiana.
The Offices of grand esquire, grand
chaplain, grand inner and outer guards
are appointive Offices to be named by
the incoming grand exalted ruler
Without single exception the cleo
ton Of grand lodge officers OF the Elks
went through according TO the slate at
the first business session OF the grand
lodge held in the Tabor Grand opera
house Tuesday afternoon. Many OF
the old officers were retained ano re
elected Dy aCcldIndllOn. IN only three
instances were there more than one
candidate. These were for grand es,
teemed leading knight, grand esteemed
royal knight and grand esteemed lee
turing knight.
Contrary to expectations, Judge
Judge Henry A. Melvin of Oakland
California. had no opposition in his
candidacy for the office of grand ex
alted ruler. 1t was expected that the
friends of DR.. w. H. Haviland of Butte,
Montana, would name their faTorite
when the nominations for the office
were called for. but the doctor had sue
cessfully spiked his friends enthus
iasm and Judge Melvin was elected by
acclamation.
Figures compiled by the registration
committee at headquarters at 10
o'clock Tuesday night, showed that
5000 Elks had registered their names
during the day. This makes the total
number on the registration list to date,
approximately 10000 Elks alone.
With the 10000 registered names Of
Elks at the Stout street headquarters.
there is also list of the names OF
wives and daughters of the antlcred
brothers, which last night numbered
$500. 1t can be safely said that in
cluding Elks and others, there are now
10000 visitors in Denver, which num-
ber will be largely increased within the
next two days.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-07-21
New Fruit of Value.

new fruit that seems likely to
prove OF considerable value has been
developed by the cultivation of the
very familiar "maypop." a plan: which
is very familiar in the southern states,
quite ornamental! easily grown from
seeds and affords handsome cover for
arbors and verandas. 1t Is known to
botanists as passiflora incarnata. The
fruit in it's improved form is somewhat
bigger than hens egg and decidedly
palatable. 1t looks like May apple.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-07-21
Wants international Observatory

Prof Edward c. Pickering, OF the
Harvard observatory, proposes to es-
tablish an international observatory.
His committee is to be composed Of the
eminent astronomers OF the world,
who are to raise a sum Of money, have
a gigantic telescope built and placed
on the most suitable spot on earth. and
all to go to work.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-07-21
What is a BackaChe?
IT IS NATURES WARNlK6 TO WOMEN
Diseases Of Woman's Organism Cured ane
Consequent Pain stopped by lydA {.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.

1T seems as though my back would
break Women utter these words
over and over again but continue to
drag along and suffer with aches in the
small of the back, pain low down in
the side, " bearing down" pains. ner'
yousnesS and no ambition for any task
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-07-21
British Colonial Order.

The order OF St. Michael and st
George, the chapel Of which was dedi-
Gated in St. Paul's cathedral, London
the other day, is the order conferred on
British colonists, distinguished or 9th
erwise. The lowest rank in the order
carries the letters c. NJ. G. after the
owners name. Flippant Londoners
translate this Colonial Made Gentle
men"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-07-21

The extraordinary popularity Of fine
white goods this summer makes the
choice of Starch matter of great i'm
portance. Defiance Starch, being free
from all injurious chemicals, is the
only one which is safe to use on fine
fabrics. Its great strength as a stiff
ener makes half the usual quantity of
Starch necessary, with the result OF
perfect finish, equal to that when the
goods were new.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-07-21

Some people regard collection plate
as a slot machine In which they drop a
dime In the hope Of getting 4 dollar s
worth Of religion.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-07-21
Plans for Channel Tunnel.

London-Sir Douglas Fox, past pres
ident Of the Institute of Civil Engi-
neers. has been invited to prepare
plans for a channel tunnel. Parlia-
mentary sanction for the scheme will
be sought at the next session.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-07-21

Give Defiance Starch a far trial.
try ii for both hot and cold starching.
and if you don't think you do better
work, in less time and at smaller cost,
return it and your grocer Will give
you back your money.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-07-21

woman suspects that the butcher
Is trying to cheat her il his account eX-
actly balances with the one she has
kept.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-07-21

says the Manayunk Philosopher.
The wife struggles to keep mp ap-
pearances and the husband stfuggie1
to keep down expenses"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-07-21

The up-to-date girl does all he
blushing for the mistakes OF he
friends.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-07-21

Mrs. wiLEIoW's Soothing syrup.
FOR chi dren teetang, suftens the gums reduces ~
--mnatioa altays pain, cures wind cole, 25c bottle.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-07-21

He never says anything who never
has anything to unsay.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-07-21

There's no need to hunt for trouble;
1t will find you just as quick.