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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-03-02
panama CANAL
PRESIDENT DECIDES AGAINST
USING CONTRACT SYSTEM.
BOARD TO BE ReORcANlZED
Engineer From the Regular Army
Will Be in Charge Of the Work
Stevens Has Resigned


Washington.-By an order addressed
to Chairman Shonts of the Isthmian
Canal Commission Tuesday, President
Roosevelt. as far as lay in his power
| under existing law. transferred to the
engineer branch of the army the re-
sponsibility for the further construc-
ton of the Panama canal
He also formally recorded the aban-
donment, for the present at least, o.
the project of having the canal work
done by contract on the percentage
system.
Another feature was the announce
| ment of the resignation of John F.
Stevens as ensineerin-chief OF canal
construction.
Mr.. Shonts is in New York. where
| he will preside at a meeting of the di-
rectors of the Panama Railroad Com
pany, of which he is president, and
will. it is expected. formally resign
thai position.
The President intends that there
shall be an entire reorganization OF
the commission. with three army Of
| ticers of the engineer corps as its lead
| ing members, who are to have charge
| o; the engineering features of the ca
| nal work.
The chairman and engineer-in-chief
| of the commission will be Maj. G. W.
| Goethals. His associates will be Maj.
| DUB. Gaillard and Mai William l.. 81
| bert, to rank in the order named.
| These officers are all comparatively
young, ambitious and energetic.
| Senator Joseph S c. Blackburn of
! Kentucky, who will retire from the
| United States Senate March 4th, is 10
| ha mo 40 q bpr of the rpnrpaniZpd
commission. The nominations of the
| present commissioners now pending
| before the Senate include Messrs.
| Shonts, Stevens, Haines, Endicott Her
| rod Gorgas and Jackson Smith. Their
| confirmation is desired in order to re
| move obstacles to make way for the
| certain acts they have performed in
| connection with the making OF con-
| tracts. The retirement of Messrs.
| Shonts and Stevens will leave but two
| vacancies, so that there will be TWO
| more obstacles TO may way for the
| army officers and Senator Blackburn
| The President is determined that the
work on the canal shall proceed con
| tinuously and the temporary disioca-
! tions" caused by the designations OF
| higher officials will not be allowed to
| interfere with progress.
The probability is that the admins
| tration may determine to give out the
| work to be done at the isthmus under
contract under the general direction OF
the army engineers. After Major
Goethals and his army associates have
been at the isthmus sufficient time to
become fully acquainted with the work
to be done, they will submit report
on the situation to the President II
| they feel the WORK can be done better
by contract than under the present sys-
ten, the question again will be consid-
cred by the President and the ser
vices of the same high-class contract
| ors whose bids are now rejected, or
others of similar standing, then may De
| ipvoked.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-03-02
Hartman Condemns Fish.

New York-An assertion by E. ii.
Hartman that Stuyvesant Fish was
deposed from the presidency OF the
Illinois Central because OF misconduct
az u the funds of the company was
leading feature OF Tuesdays session
of the Interstate Commerce Commis-
sion. Mr.. Hartman was the only wit
ness Of the day, and the events
brousht out by his testimony make
the hearing a memorable one.
Mr., Fish is preparing statement for
publication and will ask to be heard
by the commission in refutatlon OF
Harriman's statements.
Other features of Mr.. Harriman's tes-
timony follow:
A continued refusal to answer ques-
tions relating to individual stock
transa ctions.
Attempts by the government to show
that the Union Pacific charges unfair
rates, stiles competition in the vast
territory traversed by its lines and that
its dividend OF ten per cent. and its
expenditure of s240, 100000 on better
ments came from an unfair toll on its
patrons.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-03-02
RAILROADS MUST PAY.
Nebraska Counties Win Suits for
Taxes.

Washington. The cases OF the
Union Pacific and Burlington railroad
companies against the various county
treasurers of the state Of Nebraska,
involving the tax rate upon the prop
erty of the railroads, and calling into
question the administration Of the Ne
braska state tax law, were decided ad-
versely to the railroads by the Su-
preme Court OF the United States to-
day. The decision was announced by
Justice Holmes.
Omaha-The decision OF the Su-
preme Court OF Nebraska tax cases
means that the railroads parties to the
suit must pay into the treasures OF the
sixty-one counties interested an aggre-
gate Of about s3,10O,o00 of taxes now
due. including penalties. This includes
the taxes for 1904, 1905 and 1906 the
railroads had rendered about S2,2OO,0OO
as what they considered the proper
amount Of their taxes. SO that the
amount really involved was about
100000. However, the other roads
operating in Nebraska have paid their
taxes under protest, and had these
Cases gone against the state would
have demanded a refund Of about one
tnird OF the amounts paid.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-03-02
Cancer Cured by Herbs

Welsh papers have been telling q
late tales of wonderful cures OF cancos
effected by two brothers named Evans
by means OF herbs at Cardigan, DT.
hugh Biddle was commissioned by the
Daily Mail 70 inve sligate-- He reports:
'tor more than twenty years these
humble practitioners have been treat
ing all kinds of external diseases with
cintments and salves made entirely
from herbs. The brothers live very
uupretentiously on their farm, abous
two miles from Cardigan At present
there are about forty-five persons II
Cardigan under treatment. Far froa
being advertising, quacks with desire
for notoriety, they are deeply relt8&
Gus men"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-03-02
Great English Coliseum.

The athletic stand that will -
erected in England for the Olympic
games next year Will seat 3G1 900 pe0
pie. At Athens the Stadium seated
10000. The English stands will be the
greatest building of the kind ever
erected. 1t will seat four times -
many as the ancient Coliseum at Rome.
At the English derby, the greate09
sporting event of the world they some
times have POO, 900 spectators, but only
a few of these are seated. At leAa
half the number are scattered over
the hills within the race track and fo1
a mile up and down the course. ThA
gigantic preparation for the Olympic
games of 1908 shows how amateur
athleti sports have grown in populA$
ity during the past few years.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-03-02
curbina the Colorado River.

Los Angeles.-The overflow OF the
Colorado river at the Imperial Valley
dam Las been stopped, according TO
statements made by officials. The
dam has stood the test of two weens
and tie officials are satisfied that the
work will proceed without interruption
Until there is absolute assurance
against another outbreak OF the Colo
rado.
1t is believed that the work OF build
ing levees will be finished by about
April 18th at the latest. w. J. Doran
Of the California Development Com
pany said to-day that the cost of the
work on the twentymile levee is
nearly a thousand dollars a day and
that the total expense involved in
rurbing the river will be between three
and four million dollars. This money
has been or will be expended by the
Southern Pacific company, which must
look to Congress for recompense.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-03-02
Use for Hot Potatoes,

Dr.. Herbert Claiborne OF New
York. something of an inventive
genius and noted for good looks as
we'll as for medical skill. suffers from
cold hands in winter, And nothing
will warm his fingers except hot
water, hot fire or a hot potato. He
can be seen almost any frosty morn.
ing marching alone at five miles an
hour with hot potato in each over
coat pocket and his hands graspir g
the tubers. He has two big potatoes
piping hot wrapped in silk handker-
chiefs for this purpose. They will
keep your hands warm for hours un.
less you happen to sit on en-" he
says They are great for football
match or when you go sleigh riding.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-03-02
STATEMENT BY THE GOVERNOR.
He Gives His Views Upon Railroad and
Local Option Legislation.

Denver -Governor BuchteI mas writ
ten the fu,Iuwiu. letter
Statehouse. Feb 81. 1907.
To the Public
l desire 10 define my position on the
local optlCn measures which are now
before the Legislature. 1t is doubtless
well unG' stood that It would be i'm
possible To- make any local option law
too strong 10 sg!t me In a conference
of party leaders have. expressed a
Willingness 70 stand by the KellN. bill,
on condition that II would no. be pos
sible to carry he Drake bin through
the Senate and the House If it is
possible 10 pass So strong a measure
as the Drake bill. OF course | would ha
slad 10 h2He the opportunity 10 approve
tnst bill ard make il a law The pied ge
or TIE republican party on he subject
of local OPTION is as follows:
we pledge our candidates TO the en-
actment OF local option law which
viii! insure 10 ,he people the renewal
or establishment OF saloons In the resi-
dcnce districts"
Inc provisions of the Kelly bill w h
certain strong amendments which were
agreed upon in conference OF part,-
leaders, would make this pledge good
!. hope. however, that the Republicans
or the Senate and the House may be
willing to DO somewhat more than
mofely keep the party pledge on The
question Of local option II the rail
way conn lSsion TO be created is not TO
have authority 10 adjust railway rates,
tier | fear that the plain people
throuShout the state will be disposed
to think that the Republicans haze
scarcely kept their pledge for the ea-
actment ~ law governing the railw '
commeIcc II the state along the lines
of the national rate law In view of
the fact that the party seems disposed
to drop somewhat below the plain lei
ter and spirit of its pledge on the sub
Ject OF the railway rate law. 1t would
seem quite desirable that the party
should 30 beyond its pledge in the en-
actclent OF local option law We
need to remember that the hundred 5
of thousands Of people who do the voJ-
Ing and determine who shall serve
then. in official positions are never ap-
pearing before any committee. The
plain people are always looking at
every political question from the
STANDPOINT of what is best for their
children and for the community in
whic.. they live II is To be understood
therefore, that l favor strongly the
best local option bill which can be
passed | hope the Republicans in the
House and the Senate may be willing
to 10 somewhat beyond the party
pledge i'll the enactment Of a local op
tion law Very sincerely,
HENRY A BUCHTEI..
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-03-02
eeIliaerent States Must Arbitrate.

Washington, Feb. 24.-Unless Mica
ragua and Honduras speedily agree to
arbitrate their difficulties in response
to the suggestion Of the United States
and Mexico, 1t is not improbable that
Intervention will be resorted to in or
der to bring to an end the present
state Of hostilities.
1t became known to-day that within
the last day or two second note was
sent to the president Of Nicaragua
and Honduras, n effect conveying this
threat No replies have been received,
and while in official circles the hope is
expressed that further bloodshed may
be avoided, there is an underlying be-
lief. that It will be necessary for either
the United States or Mexico to step in
and force An arbitration.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-03-02
Railway Expenditures at Kansas City.

Il 1sas City.-An agreement TO
build passenger and freight terminals
at Kansas City at an estimated cost 10
the railways of s50.0O0.000 has been
reaciled at a conference here between
Joha NJ Egan, president of the Kan
sas City Terminal Railway Company.
repFescnting the leading railways en-
ter!rg this city. and a committee of
city officials headed by Mayor II. NJ.
Beardsley
TLe railways are to erect a $1,000
00Q union passenger station near
Grand avenue and Twenty
street, upon the south side: five union
frerht houses along the river front in
the west bottoms and forty street via
ducts and subways, the latter to be
maintained by the railways. The city
agTses to give the railways a fifty-year
grant for their terminals.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-03-02
SCHOOL CHILDREN suFFocArEo
Sixteen Little Ones with Their Teacher
Perish at Montreal

Nortreal.- Principal Sarah Maxwell
and sixteen children perished in fre
on the 26th in the Hochelaga school
of tbe Protestant school commission
The fire was first noticed by work
men employed near by. The teachers
were notified and the work Of getting
the children out of the building began,
The kindergarten department was To-
Gated on the second floor, and it was
mere that the loss of life occurred. The
children were started out, but found
the lower hall full OF smoke and re
fused to descend. They retreated 10
the rooms whence they had come.
The fire by this time was making its
way upward and the smoke growing so
dense that even the experienced fire
men could not stand it, Captain Car
son tried to get Miss Maxwell to go
down the ladder. but she refused and
rushed back into the back part of the
building in search of the children. La
ter she was found lying on the floor
with q child beside her.
The deaths were caused by asphyxia-
ton There were no fire escapes IN
tha building.
Mss Sarah Maxwell, principal OF the
school, was thirty-one years old. The
children who were killed ranged from
three to eight years.
It is asserted at the office OF the
building commissioner that official no.
tice was served on the school commits
sioazrs In November that not only this
schcrr but fifty others in the city, must
be provided with fire escapes at once.
None had been built at the Hochelaga
school. Another point to be explained
is Why the kindergarten class had been
taken to an upper story.
a pupil in the second class said
there was a bell in Miss Maxwell ;
room which was used when fire drill
was giver and could be heard all over
the building This alarm was not
sounded.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-03-02
Paid the Grazing Fee.

Denver.-Says the Republican: Act
ing United States District Attorney
Ralph Hartzell has dismissed the case
Of the federal government against An
drew Novel;, ranchman living in the
neighborhood Of the Park Range forest
reserve.
Proceedings had been begun against
Novel; In the United States District
Court in the federal building on the
[ large Of illegally grazing his cattle
bn the government range and refusin
10 pay the range fee assessed by the
federal government.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-03-02
MRS. THAW FINISHES.
Enc Of the Long Ordeal on the Witness
Stand.

New York-Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit
Thaw's long ordeal on the witness
stand at the trial of her husband for
the killing of Stanford White ended
Tuesday. Mr. Jerome finished his
oss-examination, which had lasted
through nearly FIVE court days, at the
morning session. The redirect and re-
cross examinations this afternoon were
brief.
The district attorney tomorrow
morning will begin his cross-exanina-
ton Of DR.. Brittoa D. Evans, one OF the
defendants alienists. Drs. Wagner
Deemar and Bingaman will be called in
rapid order.
The trial at last seems to be enter
ing on Its dnal stages.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-03-02
FL. HEARNE DEAD
succuMss TO PERiToNITiS AZ.
TER A BRIEF ILLNESS,
HEAD OE The c. F. AND l..
Since Coming to Colorado -Four Years
Ago MIR. Hearne Had Built Up q
Magnificent Business for the Com.
pany,

maGhiiSeht SuSiheSS Tor the Con-
pany.
Denver-Death ended the suffering
OF Col Frank J. Hearne. president Of
the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company,
at 7:i5 O'Clock last Monday night in
his apartments in the Brown Palace
hotel The body will be taken to Kan
sas City tomorrow and the intermeut
Will occur in that city Thursday. Mrs.
Hearne and her son, William. and Mrs
X. B. Armour and Mrs. Edward Smith,
sisters of the deceased, will accom-
pany the body TO Kansas City Colonel
Hearne was sixty years of age when he
died and had been president of the cor
poration named about four years.
Directors Of the Colorado Fuel and
Iron Company will elect a successor to
Colonel Hearne at some date yet to be
announced. J. F. Welborn, vice presi-
dent, will be the executive head of the
company until the successor of Colonel
Hearne is chosen. The deceased was
a wealthy man and leaves an estate
probably worth several million dollars.
lie was a man of high character and
lis associates and employees united in
paying tribute to his worth and gener-
osity last night. Peritonitis. which at
tackled him about a week ago. caused
death. No operation was attempted, as
it was deemed unwise.
The deceased leaves a wife and one
son, William L.. and three sisters re-
siding in Kansas City. Missouri, Mrs.
Kirk Armour, Mrs. Edward Smith and
Mrs. George Nettleton. wife of the
president of the Kansas City, Hanni-
cal & Fort Scott railroad.
The body will be taken to Kansas
City. leaving here at 2:30 Tomorrow
afternoon and arriving there about
$50 Thursday morning. The funeral
will be held from Armour chapel.
During these four years Mr.. Hearne
had remained in active charge Of the
company until some weeks ago when
ne was first stricken with the grip,
and his marvellous executive ability
had built up for the Wall street owners
the largest industrial corporation in
the West. But this zeal on Mr.
Hearnc's rart and the overwork Incl
dent to it broke down his health.
Mr.. Hearne recently purchased the
residence at 1875 Grant avenue. built
by Donald Fletcher and later acquired
by Col. w. E Hughes. Pending the
completion of some alterations or
dered by him the Hearnes were max
ing their home in the Brown Palace
hotel. Mr.. Hearne'5 salary from the
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company is
said to have been $4,000 year.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-03-02
New York's Early Name.

Manhattan island was once named
New Orange for 10 months When
the English took it from the Dutch the
name New Amsterdam was changed to
New York, and then when the Dutch
recaptured it in July 1878. they called
1t New Orange. 1t held that name un-
til the English retook it in November,
1874, when the name New York was
restored and has been retained ever
since
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-03-02
French Vineyarda

The vineyard area of France in 1906
was 4,1s5,5oo acres yielding a wine
production of 1,315,77i,921 gallons.
Production has steadily increased
since 1900, when it WAS 1926 ,56s
gallons.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-03-02
Oats-head. 2 Foot Iona.

The John A. Salzer Seed Co, La Crosse
Wis, are bringing out a new oats thls
year with heads foot long, That S a
wonder. Their catalog tells
Spetz- the greatest cereal hay food
America ever saw, Catalog tells
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-03-02
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Catalog is mailed free to all intending
buyers, or send &c IN stamps and receive
free samples OF new Two Foot Long Oats
and other cereals and big catalog free
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Crosse Wis
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-03-02

Money doesn't always make the InaTO
Go-not if It's bet on the mare, for IN
tha, case the man is likely to mako
the money go.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-03-02
Denver Directory
S22 C.. O. D,

everyu here for se7 IN. send for our free cat
Glogue Of saddles and harness Lowest prices
in Jhe L : The Fred Mueller >addl. & H4F-
meas Co, l413-l9 Iarimer St. Denver. Colo
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-02-06

the fertilizer was applied in the burrows
with the seeds. While this result was not
sontempiated. II was quickly explained
been in the ground two weeks had under
gone the chemical changes already allud-
ed ed to. and It's plant food was ready for
This result suggests that il may may a. Be en-.
pemetnt; IN @ any case. to apply a small
of soda in the same furrow with the cot
with perfect safety with cotton seeds. %
in mmediate % contact 20 wish 1la the ssed nes placed
TIME OF PLANTING.
This may be understood to mean either
refer to the practice OF putting the fer
tilizer IN the furrow with. the seed. In
the latter case. there is always mani
the fertilizer, being SO lightly covered,
may may not d be dissolved and properly dis
follow that the fertilizer being so concen-
trated-en masse. as it were-around the
tender ten rootets Of the young plants that
a not inconsderable danger. The plan
is not advisable. except when very
eepon Is to sf e.
fIrrows and but lightly covered, such % as
pose some soil, or, better deposit the fer
tilizer In one furrow and plant the seeds
In furrow Immediately beside; or, vice
versa, plant the seeds first in the furrow,
and then the fertilizer in a furrow close
beside 1t; But the preferred plan is to
bed on the fertilizer, and then plant the
seeds, after narrowing down the beds.
nave often applied 80 to 100 pounds of
compete" fertilizer per acre in the
furrow with the cotton seeds; but It was
away back" In the late sixties and early
seventies when fertilizers sold at $40 to SEQ
q ton, and very light applications were
g 90 d ~ 1ns noe of wise
fertilizers In those days. and were afraid
70 p"t too much guano on the cotton"
mnae time mas passed and gone, and the
Ss6Itodats s6 Donas. farmer has found that 500 and
properly balanced hish-Rrade fertilizer, to
each acre OF cotton Is not dangerous or
excessive. but simply liberal and judi
eians, r1thot,. Indeed, It Il question of simple
profitable. and It costs no more labor to
cultivate an acre with 600 pounds OF ap-
piled fertilizer. then why not increase
= the g. amount invested in Fertilizers, and,
the labor account? ~.
Now. the well-informed farmer only
wants to know II the fertilizer be proper
iy balanced for the crop he. wishes to
invests literally. Just as he would do in
may sell at profit Of from 80 to 100 per
centum and upward. A high grade hon
There is another Justification for the
time of pIanting-viS., when the farmer
has failed to put In his order at the prop
late than not at aIl"D
put In the FERTILIZER with the seed, or at
the time of planting.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-02-06
The arai.ers In arssnyIIls.

Greenville, Jan. 80. Andrew j,
Williams, a former county commis.
sioner, pleaded guilty in the Court
Of General Sessions yesterday to
charging and receiving more com
pensation than the law allows. VIII.
liams was county commissioner
when the late j. E. SpeegIe was
supervisor, and was implicated by
the committee which investigated
the county's affairs shortly after
Speegle retired from Office. Will
liams wept when the indictment was
read to him. He was given q SEN
tence of 300 aae or three months
imprisonment.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-02-06

Franklin county, Georgia. In '38 he
bought piece of land on Turkey creek,
four aud half miles east of Gainesville,
Ga. In December, 1S49, he moved to
what is now known as South Union, in
Oconee county, 3. c., and settled on q
farm of 997 acres. He was the father :
eleven children, all of whom, except a
son who died at three years, grew to
manhood and womanhood. These chill
dren in older age were: William Thomas,
who, as merchant clerk, died unmar-
ried at Americus, Ca, in 1857; Martha
Elizabeth; Samuel Pinckney, who, as a
member of the Palmetto Sharpshooters,
s. @. ", was killed in the Seven Days
Battle around Richmond, 1862; Francis
Harvey died at three years; Eliza Ann
married Jas. l.. Burriss in 1868; Harriet
Catherine married David #. Mills, now
dead; Nancy Jane married Cromwell l..
Cleveland, now in Texas; John served in
T. III. Russell's company (F), Mounted
Home Guards, during the war; studied
medicine at South Carolina University
and Medical Department of the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania; located at Toccoa,
Ga.s and married Miss Pauline Perfect,
of Oglethorpe county, Ga; Morgan
Henry; Mary eileen married John M.
Dowis; Joseph Buchanan married Lucy
Neville, of Walhalla, s. @.