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The Colorado statesman., 1906-08-11
Miscellaneous.

Capt. A. B. Drum, for the past IA
years superintendent Of the Airing
ton National cemetery, is dead.
Samuel Untermyer has declined to
be a candidate for trustee of the
Mutual Life Insurance company and
the New York Life Insurance com
pany.
N. c. Rathburn, the son of a farmer
living near Downs, Kan, drowned
while bathing in the South Salmon
river.
The republican and democratic ter
ritorial committees of Arizona have
met and combined by the appointment
of a joint committee against state
hood.
1t is stated that all insurance COM
panies which have not previously had
the earthquake clause in their poll
cies will henceforth insert it in all
policies written on the Pacific coast.
c. w. Bowman, former treasurer
Of Phillips county. Ken, charged with
embezzling $4,000 While holding that
office has been arrested at BOULDER,
Colo.
The statement that 800 of the Cron-
stadt mutineers have been executed
is semi-officially denied
Military disorders have broken oat
at Reval. Russia.
The Italian steamship Sirio was
wrecked off Hormigas islands with 800
passengers on board, all but 300 of
whom made their escape in the Ships
boats, the balance being drowned.
President Roosevelt in a letter to
the president of National Audubon So
cieties has expressed hearty sympa-
thy with the efforts the society is maxi
ing to prevent the sale and use of
White Heron plumes commonly known
as "aigrettes" which are worn on
womens hats.
The little town of Assaria, Kan,
suffered a Loss of $4,000 by fire
recently.
Twenty persons were injured in a
head-end collision between a passen-
ger and freight train on the Frisco
road at st. Genevieve. Mo.
Gen. Markgraffsky. chief of the
w
Nearly 200 police officers of that city
have been killed within year.
The Michigan democrats recently
nominated Charles Fl. Kinimerle. of
Cassopolis, for governor. William ].
Bryan was indorsed.
The crew of the Russian cruiser
Asia, which was sent to Abo. has
captured the vessel, hoisted the red
flag and put to sea.
Fay Templeton, the actress was
married recently near Philadelphia TO
William Patterson of Pittsburg, Pa.
The navy department is nearly
swamped with applications of minis
ters who want to be chaplains on war
ships.
During the fiscal year ended June 30
the people of the United States smoke d
more than 7.0OO,0OO.OOo cigars and b.
783, ,266. .213 cigarettes.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-08-11
Always Staunch
And True

The Denver Republican has al
ways avoided the fallacies and
knaveries of yellow journalism,
and its steadily increasing Circula-
ton proves conclusively that its
policy of telling the plain Truth
without exaggeration or misrepre-
sentation, standing fast for the
Right, is heartily approved with
growing force by the intelligent
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To read it is a liberal Education,
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to his family, and to the commu-
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Information, instruction and en-
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The Colorado statesman., 1906-08-11
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Most Important Happenings Of tho
Past Seven Days.
Interesting Items Gathered from All
parts of the World CeHdenseA
Xnto Small Space for the
Benent of Our Readsrs.
Personal.

Personal.
Because Of the death OF Admiral
Train, the command OF the Asiatic
station of the navy devolves upon
Rear Admiral Dayton until the arriv-
al at Chefoo of Rear Admiral Brown
son with fleet of armored cruisers.
Senator Millard of Nebraska, chair
man of the committee on oceanic can
ais has been invited by President
Roosevelt to become a member of the
presidents party to visit Panama and
inspect the canal in November.
Charles W. Bickle, one of the best
known republican politicians of West
ern Oklahoma, recently jumped from
the window of a hospital at Guthrie
while delirious and sustained injuries
that caused his death.
Charles Hudson, for 80 years chief
clerk of the American embassy in
London, is dead. He had served under
eight ministers and ambassadors and
was an intimate friend Of James Rus
sell Lowell.
Mayor Johnson, of Cleveland, o.,
has been acquitted of the charge OF
contempt of court in connection with
the tearing up of the Electric Railway
campany's tracks recently.
Orders have been issued by the war
department transferring Maj. Gen. A.
w. Greely from San Francisco to St.
Louis
Rear Admiral Charles ]. Train, COM
mander-in-chief of the United States
Asiatic fleet, died recently in Chefoo,
China, of uraemia. He was 81 years
of age and would have retired from
active service in May of next year.
Cecil Bay, the heaviest man in Kan
sas, died in Leavenworth recently.
He weighed 450 pounds.
| Ex-Gov. Van SAINT, of Minnesota,
has been appointed chief marshal of
G. A. r. parade at the Minneapolis
encampment.
| Gen. Arthur Macarthur, who recent
ly returned from an 1S-months' tour
of the Orient, has resumed command
of the department of the Pacific with
headquarters at San Francisco.
Gov. Folk, of Missouri has accepted
an invitation to deliver an address
at the Labor day celebration in Tulsa,
I. T., on September 8.
E. A. Gage, a son of former Secre-
tary of the Treasury Gage committed
suicide recently in a Seattle, Wash.
hotel.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-04
, WE'LL, THIS rs A GOOD ONE
William J. Bryan in the Light Of thu
Savior of America.

journal Special Service. ..
New York, Aug. 4.-Former Repre-
sentative Baker Of Brooklyn has been
selected as member of the committee
appointed to receive Colonel William j.
Bryan with fitting chonors. Mr.. Baker
sent the following letter: '<.<
"I gladly accept the invitation to
serve on. the Bryan reception commit
tee. In thus honoring Mr.. Bryan we
not only give expression to a deep
seated conviction that he was ten years
ago corruptly deprived Of the presi-
dency, but we testify to the awaken.
ing among the people Of real American
ism in place Of the spurious kind which
has been rampant for the past decade
"For to William Jennings Bryan i'm.
measurably more than to any other man
must be given the credit for bringing
the American people back to compre
hension Of the genesis Of our institu
sion.'
Tickets Of admission are to be ISSUED
for seats on the main floor of Madison
Square garden and the amphitheater il
not to. be thrown opeen, TO the public tt
hear. Nj. Bryan. Z .klS%~ =,
The name of David B. Hill has beer
added to the executive committee to
gether with those of former Senato
Edward Murphy, Jr., former Governo
Garvin of Rhode Island, Clifton Breck
inridge Of Arkansas and J. Hamilton
Lewis of Chicago.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-04
SOME BAD men
AMONG PILGRIMS
Early Fathers Did Their Neigh.
bors and We're Wicked in
Other Ways. =
Journal Special Service.

Journal Special Service. ~. y ..aaE
Boston, Aug. 4;-Former Secretary of
land aghast when he said in a speech at
Plymouth on Wednesday that the saints
among the Pilgrim Fathers could be
kinds of vice were rampant in the. ear
ly days Of the town. Mr.. Long said:
eyes, I was correctly quoted. I
stand by what I said. It is all mat
ter Of history. If anybody wants cor
rgboration, let him 60 to the statehouse
library and study Bradford's journal.
AS a matter Of fact, the Pilgrim colo.
the next. The main concern was bea-
yer. skins, clapboards and the counter
acting Of impositions in trade by it's
partners in it's business ventures. 1t
is amusing to read the loving scrlptural
phrase0logy under the guise of which
the Pilgrim father would thrust the
knife in a shrewd dicker under his
"But let me not be misunderstood.
I IN making no wholesale denunciation
of the Pilgrims, for good prevailed
over evil, and it prevails with us and
always will prevail. ~, .. F.
The point I wished to make was
that while many Of the. Pilgrims were
the salt of the earth, the colony had
unworthy and dangerous elements, just
as we have today. In other words, hu
man nature was the same as It IS now
The present age, with all it's perils ane
crimes, is not a new revelation of the
| evil of human nature. Social vices
such as drunkenness, slander and licen
tiousness, do not detract from the mer
it. of the Pilgrim fathers, for in spite
Of them all, they planted the seed fo1
the best growth the world has ever
| SCENT 81. .
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-04
SOCIETY WOMAN
DONE TO DEATH
Mysterious Case Of Mrs. John
Hofling of San Gabriel, Cal.
.~r :. p, Relatives, Accused.

Journal Special Service.
Marietta, Ohio, Aug. 4.-The death
OF Mrs. John Hofing Of San Gabriel,
CAL, prominent in society and very
we'll known, carries with it a mystery.
The body has been exhumed and an
autopsy is likely to show that she was
murdered.
On May 25 a letter was mailed at
San Gabriel by the stepmother and hus-
band Of the woman, saying that she
had died very suddenly, and it was
thought had committed suicide. Three
weeks later letter was received from
Mrs. Hof1ing herself. She spoke of the
good time she was having Friends and
relatives were. surprised to I hear that
she was alive, and one Of them sent
the suicide letter to her and com.
mented on it.
AS quick as the mails could bring it
9 second letter was received from Mrs
Hofing, in which she stated that she
had never entertained such an idea as
suicide. She spoke in the letter of the
feeling against her of her stepmother
and also made some indirect charges
against her husband, but said it made
no difference to her what they did, sht
would never commit suicide.
When these matters are taken int
consideration and the fact she diet
pearly six weeks later, the same deatl
her husband and stepmother had writ
ten them about, her relatives began t,
ask questions.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-04
MINNESOTA NAVY
PUTS OUT TO SEA
Gallant Old Gopher with the Du.
luth Seadogs Aboard to Join
aat>e-.-s..- "a a Cruise. w

Chicago, Aug. 4.-The naval reserves
sofa have planned a cruise together.
The sea forces of Illinois will be rep
resented by division Of men on board
the cruiser Dorothea. Ohio will send
two vessels-the Essex and the Hawk.
Michigan will bring the former gunboat
Yantic. From Minnesota comes the
Gopher, formerly borne on the navy
register as the Fern, which will be
manned by the naval reserves sailing
from Duluth.
That fine old specimen Of obsolete
marine architecture, the wolverine,
formerly known in the regular navy as
the Michigan, will be with this fleet.
Three officers from the North Allan
tic fleet will be detailed to duty with
the naval reserve squadron and possibly
Commander G. E. Vreeland from the
navy department will be present.
It is the intention of the navy
department that Commander Henry
Morrell, commanding the U. 5.
s. Wolverine, shall act as flag officer
of the squadron of naval reserve yes
sells which will rendezvous at South
Manitou island, near the head of Lake
Michigan, on Monday, August, s. Tbs
commanding officers of the ships will
be:
Dorothea-Captain w. F. Purdy.
Essex-Lieutenant Commander A. f
Nicklet.
observation-disclosures T. r. Seamon.
Yantic-Commander +. D. Standish
Gopher-Commander G. A. Eaton.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-04
KIDNAPPING CASE
PUZZLES POLICE
italian Who Disappeared Tuesday
in New York Is Found
=, Bound and Gagged.

New York, Aug. 4.-Pasquale Greco,
35 years old, who was reported several
days ago as having been kidnapped by
a Black Hand gang, was found today in
a hallway on Eleventh street, gagged
and blindfolded and with his feet and
hands tied. .~,-vs..' -.
He told the police that since last
Tuesday night he had been a prisoner OF
several Italians who had given him
; neither food nor water in the eighty
hours of his captivity.s
Eugene Duche, tailor, who notified
the police Of Greco's presence. in the
knowing something of the kidnapping.
Attore Ricco was arrested on Wednes-
day last, charged with accepting bribe
of $500 to prevent the death by Black
Hand methods af Alfonso Schettini, an
italian grocer, and his friend, Greco.
Ricco, too, told the police that Greco
had been kidnapped and detectives were
at once started in search Of him.
Greco told the police today that five
men seized him at Bleecker and Sulli-
van streets about midnight Tuesday
and placed him in a cellar, the location
of which he does not know, and kept
him there until early today, when be
was removed to a hallway, still gagged
three of the men who kidnapped
him.
The suspicious of the police that
Greco's story would not bear investiga
tion were aroused by the manner il
which he was found, the marks of tn.
ropes indicating that he had not long
been a captive. A piece of rope sim
liar to that with which Greco was tiet
was discovered in the pockets of Duche
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-04
LABOR LAW STRUGGLE
IN ENGLISH COMMONS

-. ~ London, Aug. 4.-The labor bill, which
is q direct outcome Of the Taff-Va1e
decision that trades unions funds are
liable for the illegal acts of individual
members Of union, passed the commit
tee stage in the house of commons and
was reported to the house amid minis
terial cheering. M =
There was somewhat extraordinary
scene after midnight, following Prime
Minister Campbell Zimmerman 's refusal
to accept Lord Robert Cecil g motion to
report progress, Lord Robert saying
that the prime minister had pledged
himself that the debate should not CON
tinue after IL CLOCK. =
When the motion was defeated Mr..
Balfour accused the prime minister Of
deliberately. breaking his pledge: He
invited his followers to leave the house.
The invitation was accepted by three
score members amid ironical ministerial,
nationalist and laborite cheering.
The debate then proceeded without
interest to it's close. H. F1' 'f".
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-04
GUARDS DISAFFECTED
Cossacks Sent to Barracks of Moscow
Regiment in Capital.


st; Petersburg, Aug. 4.-It is circum-
dissatisfaction among the soldiers Of
quartered here. The demands formu-
litical. Cossacks have been sent to the
barracks of this regiment.
An incipient mutiny broke out yes
terday on the Russian cruiser Bogatyr
at Helsingfors. It was Immediately
put down with the arrest of 200 sail
ors.
The governor of Samar was instantly
killed yesterday by bomb thrown by
an assassin who was subsequently ar
| rested.
An encounter took place at Kursk
yesterday between peasants and dra-
goons, in which six peasants were killed
and three were wounded II
The strike of the employees of the
street railroads and factories at Hell.
singfors is over. All the leaders of the
Socialist Red Guards have been ar
rested and the organization has been
broken up.
Tho situation at Uzafka is very Sc.
rious. Six thousand strikers at Donet2
marched today singing the "Marseil
laise' to the residence of Governor
General Hartung and demanded the re-
lease of orators arrested at last night 4
meeting. A detachment of dragons
swept down on them with sabers an6
whips, wounding about hundred. More
| than % 900 miners are now on strike
and 1000 of them have organized them
selves into a military body. They ar,
armed with rifles.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-04
Miss Helen Spencer, 1924 Cook Ave.

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Catarrh of the liver is new phrase tc
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very people who say this may be afflicted
with the disease.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-04
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TO Others, '-HeLen Spencer.

A catarrhal condition Of the stomach
may spread to the deodenum and then
continue through the large bile ducts
into the liver.
This partly obstructs the bile ducts
and produces sluggishness of the liver.
Sometimes the ducts are SO obstructed
as to produce a stoppage Of the bile, In
which case the bile is thickened and
forms into concretions called gall stones.
Bilious collie Is the result
Most cases of bilious collie depend upon
catarrh of the liver. For this condition
purgatives are generally used. These
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The correct thing to do is to remove
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Any one troubled with sluggish livel
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The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-04
ITCHING SCALP
FALLING HAIR
Came Out Constant|y-Hair Finally
Hadto Be Cut to Save Any-Sealp
Now In Good Condition and No
Mere ltching-Another Effective
CURE BY THE ~"
CUTlCURA REMEDIES

II will gladly give you all the infor-
nation concerning my case. / used
the Cuticura Soap and Ointment for .
diseased scalp, dandruf, and constant
falling of hair. Finally I had to cut
my hair to save any at all. Just at
that time read about the Cuticura
Remedies. Once every week I sham
pooed my hair with the Cutioura Soap,
and ! used the Ointment twice week.
In two months time my hair was long
enough to do up in French twist. That
Is now Ave years ago, and I have q
lovely head Of hair. The length Is
six inches below my waist line, my
scalp is in very good condition, and
no more dandruf or itching Of the
scalp. I used other remedies that were
recommended to me as good, but with
no results. If you wish to publish
any Of what have written you, you
are welcome TO do 80. I am, respect
fully, Mrs. w. F. Griess, Clay Center,
Neb., Oct. %, 1905"
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-04
TALE OF A WICKED
DEAL IN NEW OATS
Astute Elevator Men Take Ad-
vantage of Regulation to
Skin Brothers.
Journal Special Service.

Journal Special Service. ~'sf
Chicago, Aug. 4.-An innocent look
ing regulation of the state grain inspec-
tion department has started a largo
howl on the Board OF. Trade. The ,regu.
lation governs the grading Of "new
oats' and was designed by the rail
road and warehouse commission to pro-
tect horses against an unexpected at
tack. of collie from switching too sud
denly from the old TO the new crop:
Instead it has resulted in a sinking Of
the bank account Of many; spectators.
The regulation in question reads:
"The word new shall be inserted
in each certificate of inspection of a
newly harvested crop. of oats until the
18th day of August. =: ,t
Under this regulation the Inspector
who discovers a peck, of new oats in q
carload, or even a scoopful in a vessel
iot tsS ss nsw II TSis' y Vas iftt}e point that
the speculator IN oatG overlooked, but
the; astute, elevator pfoprietor was, not
slow to take advantage of it. The old
crop oats were of fine quality, plump
and heavy, while the new oats were
weight and otherwise, undesirable. Old
oats were wanted for shipment an1
large quantities were under contract tt
90 to eastern consumers. >-.
Up to July 26 just 80. carloads of new
| oats were received in Chicago. Sudden
ly the buyers were confronted with de
| liveries Of $4,000 bushels Of new
oats, quantity not, to be contained il
the 80 cars even if the elevator me1
who, delivered the oats had succeeded
bqEn the sntEe snSdenS lot been The Srdnad trad
face to face with an avalanche from
the new. crop and all previous claims o;
shortage had been moonshine and tha
the new crop would have to be paid for
The active speculators speedily stoo,
aside. From SO cents on July Is t
3OA on July 81 was: the record for
crop whose price often moves less thai
cent a week. .
The extent Of the "clean up'' 0
those who profted by the big break il
prices will probably never. be known
but that the interested parties made az
gregate winnings Of at least $4,000
BY it, is considered conservative b.
those familiar with the trade.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-04
GREENE AND GAYNOR AGAIN
Under Conviction They Demand Pay
for Work Done.

New York, Aug. AT the e:request of
Kellogg & Rose, counsel for Greene and
Gaynor, under conviction for embez-
element in connection with harbor i'm
provements at Savannah, Ga., the attor-
ney general Of the United States has
fixed Sept. 81 as the date for the exami-
nation by the government Of Greene
and Gaynor in their claims now pend
ing against the government in the court
Of claims.
logg, "brought by the Atlantic Con-
tracting company, under which named
Greene and Gaynor did business,
against the government to recover dam
ages for breach Of the same contracts
which formed the basis Of the charges
on which they were recently convicted
a Savannah. Our clients claims amount
to .$350,O00 actually earned and certi-
fed by the government officers and ad-
nittedly unpaid for, in addition to over
$5oo,ooo in profits on work remaining
Greene and Gaynor were convicted at
Savannah. They were fined 5000
and sentenced to serve two years each
in prison.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-04
ANONYMOUS BOOKS
AUTHOR DISCOVERED
Journal Special Service.

Joufna1 5pec&a1 5efvtce' =
Louisville, KY, Aug. 4.-The COM
piler Of that pretty little life romance,
'The Lady Of the Decoration, has
come to light and proves to be Alice
Hogan Rice, whose rise in the literary
armament dates back to five years ago,
when she gave to the public "Mrs.
Tie story unfolded in "The Lady of
the Decoration'' is a real flesh and
blood story, and tells of the domestic
tragedy, heroic suffering and final vic.
| tory over all obstacles Of Frances
Caldwell MacAuley, who, as Fannie
| Caldwell, was genuine daughter of
| the bluegrass state, and who is described
in the book as a widow who was not
sorry.''
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-04
PAPA ISI0, BANDIT, (.
COMES TO LIFE AGAIN

Washington, Aug. Papa Isio, the
bandit and religions fanatic who
caused so much trouble in the Philip
pines, is busy again. Twelve followers
are assisting him in preparing for fur
ther revolutionary movements.
Of Papa Isio IS activity, and say he was
unquestionably killed. At the time Of
the famous bandit Is death his head was
reported to have been put in brine for
Identification. "#
The resurrection of Papa Isio adds
another to the long list of revolution
lists. who are credited with many lives.
Pagan, Felizardo and Datto Ali are the
best known Of the other leaders who
alive in spite Of scores Of affdavits
showing when they were killed.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-04
SOCIAL COURT BY
MRS. L0NGW0RTH
The Congressman's Wife, It Is
Said, Will Break Away
from Traditions.
Journal Special Service.

New York, Aug. 4.-If reports from
Washington be true, the. coming win.
ter will see changes in the time-bound
etiquette Of social and official life of
the capital that will make the hair of
the oldtimers rise on end with amaze
ment. 1t seems that Mrs. Longworth
has already mapped out her social cam
palgn, and absolute independence char
acterizes her attitude. ~ ~
AS the case now stands, Mrs. Long.
worth ranks not as the daughter OF
the head Of the nation, but as the wife
Of minor representative in congess
Her duties are mapped out by socia
laws as rigid as those Of the laws Of
the Medes and Persians. But it is
said Mrs. Longworth will emancipate
herself. The gossip is that she hal
determined to set up as the social lead
er ard to hold a court which will equa
in Importance those of her stepmother
Mas: Roosevelt, or of Mrs. Fairbanks
wife Of the vice president. -. = 4