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The Colorado statesman., 1907-03-09
Count witte Gave Cork Liberty

The mystery surrounding the re.
release from jail of Maxim Gorki, who
was arrested in st. Petersburg as q
revolutionist, is cleared The nov
elist owes his liberty to Count Witte.
president of the council of ministers,
who drew up a report in which the
following passage occurs; "a severe
sentence or a long imprisonment
might deprive the world and Russia
4 creative genius from whom great
things may yet be expected. The I'M
precedented sympathy of which he IS
the object is a proof of the attention
with which the intellectual world fol-
lows the Development of Russia and of
the regard which is felt for the Rus
sian writer outside his own country"
The Colorado statesman., 1907-03-09
General Booth Reaches New York.

New York-Gen William Booth, the
aged leader of the Salvation Army, az:
rived here Tuesday from London. He
will spend two days as the guest of
his daughter, Commander Miss Eva
Booth, who is in charge of the Amer
ican work of the organization, and then
will leav, for Montreal, Toronto, Of
tawa, Vancouver and Seattle, whence
he will sail for Japan. After short
stay in that kingdom he will go to
India, and thence to England. In the
fall he will again come to the United
States, this time for a general tour of
the country. His present visit is
purely private one, and he will make
no public addresses.
General Booth showed a remarkable
vigor for man who on April 10th will
celebrate his 18th birthday He de-
clared he is in perfect health and that
he has enjoyed his voyage. He spoke
enthusiastically of his several coloni-
cation projects, after which he spoke
of the success which has attended the
founding of anti-suicide bureaus in
many cities of England. The first five
weeks of the work in London, he said,
brought 500 cases.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-03-09
MRS. THAW TEsTIFIES.
Not Asked Many Questions.-Treatcd
CourteousIy.

New Ycrk.-Another dramatic chap
ter was added to the history of the
trial of Harry K. Thaw for the murder
of Stanford White on the 9Th, when
the defendants mother took the wit
ness stand to contribute what she
might toward saving her son from the
electric chair.
Mrs. Thaw's stay before the jury was
brief. When Mr.. Delmas had def
nitely limited her examination to the
change she had noted in her sons
condition following his return from
Paris in 1903, after Evelyn Nesbit had
told him her life story, and when Dis
trict Attorney Jerome had with great
consideration conducted a short and in
effectual cross-examination, the mother
love welled strong in Mrs. Thaw, and
she felt she had not done her all. She
was 10th to leave the witness chair.
There is a question of heredity,"
she protested, when both Mr.. Delmas
and Mr.. Jerome told her she might
step down.
81 have asked you, madam, all that
is considered necessary" said Thaw's
attorney, with the utmost Difference.
Mrs. Thaw half rose, hesitated and
was about to sit down again when the
leading counsel for the defense offered
her his land to assist her from the
stand.
Twice during her recital Mrs. Thaw
broke down and was unable to proceed.
Mrs. Thaw said that when Harry
came home in 1903 he seemed de-
pressed and apparently had lost all in
terest in life. He passed sleepless
nights, would often leave the table at
meals and go into the parlor to play
upon the piano, the music growing
softer ard softer until it finally died
away.
"He told me a wicked man-prob-
ably tho wickedest man in all New
York-had ruined his life"
The Colorado statesman., 1907-03-09
Hartman Wants to See Roosevelt.

Washington. "Can President
Roosevelt and Edward II. Hartman
reach an agreement on the relation
ship of the federal government to the
railroads?" is the question that has
been raised by the visit of Mr.. Harri-
man to Washington, and the purpose
of which is now known.
Instead of coming here for a rest,
Mr.. Harriman's visit is, perhaps, the
most important step he has taken
since he acquired operating control of
the Southern Pacific railroad, because
it may have much to do with Mr.. Harri-
mans continuance of control of that
corporation in connection with the I'm
ion Pacific. Mr.. Hartman has been try
ing to reach an understanding with
President Roosevelt regarding the re-
lations of the government to the rail-
roads and to meet the President on
any ground which he may be willing
to occupy for the betterment of rail
road operations for the public in case
1t is possible to reach an agreement.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-03-09
ROYAL GORGE PARK.
Canon City viii at Once Begin to I'M
prove It.

Canon City, Colo, Mar 5.-The city
engineer has been instructed by the
council to make a survey of the Royal
Gorge park and to erect suitable monu-
ments at the corners and along the
outer boundaries, under the direction
of the recently-appointed park commits
sion. This step was taken as required
by the provision of an act, conveying
to the people of Canon City for park
purposes several square miles of terri
tory at the top of the Royal Gorge, on
both sides of the Arkansas river, and
including some of the most picturesque
and natural scenery in the United
States.
Certain mineral and placer claims
aggregating about forty acres, lying in
the midst of the park, at the top of
the gorge, were patented some years
ago in the name of the late F. A. Rey
nolds, and the present owners of these
claims, by asserting their legal rights.
had it in their power to place serious
obstacles in the way of the city's use
of these grounds for pleasure re-
sort. A communication was laid be-
fore the council by George F. Rocka-
fellow, cashier of the Fremont County
National Bank. and Mrs. M. S. Ray
nolds, offering to release this land to
the city for $500, which was promptly
accepted. This action places the
whole park under the direct control
of the city. Arrangements for the
completion of the electric railway in
the park are being pushed, and it is
expected to shortly make this park
one of the most attractive natural re-
sorts in the country.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-03-09
"Fishtins Bob" Took Bio Chances.

During the recent visit of the first
division of the North Atlantic squad
ron to Portland plans fo- entertaining
Read Admiral Evans and his officers
were spoiled by the sudden ;ndisposi-
ton of Fighting Bob" A party Of Ia
dies were exploring the flagship under
the guidance of grizzle5 quartermas.
:er, when one of them, referring to the
awkward circumstances, remarked,
inquiringly:
II suppose you sailors are sorry that
the admiral is sick?"
Indeed we are, num-" said the
quartermaster. But" lowering his
voice confidently, I'VE all knew the
old man was in for it when we saw
him sampling the grub that's served
out to us fellows for'ard."
The Colorado statesman., 1907-03-09

M Won KnOu1 DIR. DAMERON has reduced his
~ AOu NAOV prices for all Dental Work?
$7OO of Teeth for $780, $40 s7Oo; SIS
$1o Gold Crowns only. $500 Gold Teeth, $4Oo; Silver
Filings SOC up Gold and Pana, up Painless Ex
tracting ALBANY DENTAL PARLORS,
A,apahoe street. Opp the P. O. DIR. DAMERON Prop
The Colorado statesman., 1907-03-09
Cars Filled With Natural Gas.

Warren, Pa.-Train No. 33, on the
Western New York and PENNSYLVANIA
division. plunged over a twenty-five
foot embankment, near Irvington, and
nine persons were injured, one fatally
Two cars were thrown from the
rails and down an embankment into
pond of water. Near the railroad track
runs pipe line of the Pennsylvania
Gas Company, carrying ECO pounds
pressure. This pipe line was broken
and the coaches filled with natural gas.
There were four passengers in the rear
coach. which was turned completely
over and they had a narrow escape
from suffocation by gas fumes.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-03-09
ENTERPRISE OF AN UNDERTAKEN
New York Man Who Knows the Value
of Advertisino

of Advertising.
man in clerical garb was handing
out cards to the home-going crowd at
the entrance to the Brooklyn bridge
one evening last week. On the face of
the card was an identification blank,
in case of accidents. The plan looked
easy and convenient, and most per-
sons tucked the cards in their pock-
cts. When they got home they found
on the reverse side the advertisement
of an undertaken who advertised a new
scheme in burials. The Endorsement
o. a clergyman read: His tact and
painstaking preparation at the COM
initial service in the provision of tent,
mating, chains and a patent lowering
oevice, go far toward making the last
moments with the dear departed as
comfortable as possible.-New York
tress.
The Glenwood post., 1907-03-16
Two More Join in the Eddy Suit.

Concord, n. H.-Fred n. Baker OF
EPSON, New Hampshire, second
cousin of Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy,
and DR.. f. j. Foster-Eddy of Water
bury, Vermont, Mrs Eddys adopted
son, have become additional parties
plaintiff as next friends" of Mrs
Eddy, to the bill in equity brought to
secure an accounting of her property
against leaders of the Christian Sci
ence Church.
In joining in the bill in equity Dr.
Foster Eddy says in his petition that
he has become convinced that Mrs
Eddy is and for long time has been
incapable of intelligently conducting
or receiving an account of her business
and property. and that the same is be
ing managed wholly by the defendants
without giving proper accounting
thereof"
The Glenwood post., 1907-03-16

leved her of the candle; and we
went on
You did look funny" she said
Please don't" | begged
Soon we came to bin of cab
bages. l peered in philosophically.
Il might find better head in
there than mine" | suggested.
Now you are trying to be sarcas-
TIC said the girl.
We went on.
Wait a moment" she cried.
Here's bin of nice apples"
Apples, Well, my word, she
was cool one! | picked up one
polished it on my sleeve, and gave it
to her.
I'm hungry" she said, apologet-
ically
And plucky, too l supplemented.
admiringly. Most women would be
in weeping state by this time"
Perhaps l am waiting till it is
all over"
You had better take off your mask"
In fact | felt positive that the sight of
her exquisite face would act like a
tonic upon my nerves.
Il am doing very well with it on.
can at least keep my face clean" She
raised the curtain and took liberal
bite of the apple-so nonchaantly
that | was forced to smile
Here's box" said l.; lets sit
down while we eat. We are safe
enough. If any one had heard the
racket in the coal bin, the cellar
would have been full of police by this
time
And there we sat, calmly munching
the apples, for all the world as if the
iron hand of the law wasn't within
thousand miles of us. 1t was all very
amusing.
"Are-are you the man they are
hunting for?" she asked abruptly.
Il never stole anything more terri
BILE than green apples-and ripe ones"
with nod toward the apple bin.
Pardon me! | feel very guilty in
asking you such question. You
haven't told me your name
Haven't 1? My name is Richard
Comstalk. My friends call me Dicky."
"Dicky,' she murmured. It's a
nice name"
Wont you have another apple?"
asked impulsively.
MY appetite is appeased, thank
YOU"
An idea came to me. Hamilton
The Glenwood post., 1907-03-16
LABOR CONFLICT AT GoLDFiELp.
Possibility of a Riot Between Unions
Seems Imminent

Denver-A dispatch from Goldfeld
Nevada, to the Republican on the 1lth
says:
The labor situation tonight is acute,
with prospects of serious trouble to-
morrow. The citizens are armed and
conflict is certain if break of any
kind is made tomorrow.
This afternoon. representative resi-
dents of Goldfeld met at the Monte
yuma Club and organized what is moth
ing more nor less than vigilance com
mittee.
AT IL n. M. tomorrow, union labor
men opposed to the rule of the leaders
of the Industrial Workers of the World.
and also trades Councilmen, VIII as
semble at Jumbotown, a mile from
Goldfeld, and will march to this city
in demonstration. If there is an act
of lawlessness committed during this
parade there will be serious conse-
quences, and the law will not be in
voked. The entire city is over a pow
der keg, with the fuse lighted Every
one interested in the welfare of the
city is armed tonight. Shotguns are
carried on the streets by many. The
entire question is to be settled to-mor-
row morning or tomorrow night. That
much is certain.
The popular impression is that the
trouble has spent its force but nobody
is taking chances. The carpenters held
big meeting this morning and nomi-
mated a committee to work for har-
mony with one from the citizensi
These committees will meet tomorrow
morning and send word to the Indus
trial Workers of the World that it has
the privilege of sending Il committee
to confer. The purpose is to arbitrate,
If possible.
Circulars were sent out to-day by the
Miners union branding the movement
tomorrow as fostered by scabs and
those opposed to organization princi-
pies. These have been posted all over
the city. Excitement is at fever heat
and conferences are usually in whis-
per. The Miners union has laid in a
supply of ammunition and more will be,
received tomorrow by the citizens
committee.
The Glenwood post., 1907-03-16
CHAPTER v.

There was clicking sound, and
the glare of dark-lantern struck my
blinking eyes.
Pick up the candle, sir" said the
tranquil voice from behind the light
obeyed readily enough Fate was
downright cruel to us. Not a dozen
feet away was liberty; and now we
were back at the beginning again
with the end nowhere in sight
Shall | light it, sir?" l asked, not
to be outdone in the matter of formal
politeness.
Yes. sir, doubtless you will need IT, "
| struck match and touched TIE
candlestick.
Burglar" said I. (For all my ap-
parent coolness, my heartbeats We're
away up in the eightiesD
The girl snuggled close to my side.
could feel her heart beating even
faster than mine.
Burglar" l repeated.
Indeed, no, sir" reproachfully.
Mine is a political job"
"A political job?" thunderstruck.
Yes, sir; l am an inspector of Gel
lars, s,"-grimly. Il couldn't get around
to this here cellar earlier in the day,
sir, and a fellows work must be done
To be Continued.
The Glenwood post., 1907-03-16
Posta! CIer!; on Carpet.

Washington. - Confirmation was
given at the PostofIice Department
Monday to a dispatch from San Fran
cisco stating that Hugh Nj. Shaug,
railway postal clerk who has figured
conspicuously in the organization of
the Brotherhood CT Railway Postal
Clerks, a new organization, has been
given three days to show why he
should not be dismissed. 1t was said,
however, that the charges upon which
this action was based include disobe-
dience of orders and the stirring up of
discomfort among clerks.
1t is stated that the department has
not gone into the question of the broth
erhoOd itself, but is dealing with Shaug
as an individual because it was shown
he presented a physicians certificate
of illness and spenty thirty days in so
icting financial assistance from
among the clerks to influence legisla-
tion favorable to them, in direct viola
tion Of the order of the President; and.
also, that as a result of his interviews
with postal employees, the service has
become more or less demoralized.
The Glenwood post., 1907-03-16

I'll forgive you, but will not
promise to forget"
"Merciful heavens, ycu must
not try that again. Think of the
noise,"
WAS I making any ?"-rub-
bing the perspiration from my fore
head. q had taken off my mask)
Noise? The trump of Judgment
Day will be feeble compared to it.
Surely some one has heard you
Why not lay that board on top of the
coal?"
A good idea. / made use of it at
once. The window was unlatched,
but there was a heavy wire.screen
nailed to the sills outside. There
was no getting out that way. The
gods were evidently busy else
where
Nothing doing" I murmured, bit
discouraged
And even if there was, you really
could not expect me to risk my
neck and dignity by climbing through
a window like that Let us give
up the idea of windows, and seek
the cellar doors. those that give to
the grounds. l declare / shall leave
by no other exit
1t was very kind of you to
let me make an ass of myself like
that. Why didn't you tell me be
forehand?"
Perhaps it's the angle of vision
again. | can see that we shall never
agree. Seriously, l thought that if
y5a got out that way, you might find
tl,s other exit for me. ! am sorry
il my laughter annoyed you"
Not at all, not at all. But wouldn't
1t be wise to save little laughter
to make merry with when we get
out?"
stepped out of the bin and re-
The Glenwood post., 1907-03-16
NOR RCAN'S FEAR.
RAILROAD FiNANciERs ALARMED
AT THE OUTLOOK.
ASKS RO0sEvELI's HELP
Would Rather Have Government Su-
pervision Than to Be Left to Ten
der Mercies of the States.

Washington. Pierpont Morgan of
New York was in conference with
President Roosevelt two hours Mon
day. The financier came here at the
request of certain business men of New
York to discuss the business situation
particularly as affecting the rail
roads. He asked the President to
grant an interview to four rail
road presidents, which request was
granted.
The object of Mr. Morgan's visit was
to urge the President to take some ac-
tion to "allay the public anxiety now
threatening to obstruct railroad in
vestments and construction" Mr.. Nor
gan pointed out to the President that
the financial interests of the country
are greatly alarmed at the attitude Of
the administration toward corpora
tions, and particularly the railroads.
At Mr.. Morgan's earnest request
President Roosevelt has agreed to have
a conference with four leading rail
road presidents. Messrs. McCrea of the
Pennsylvania. Newman of the New
York Central Mellen of New York,
New Haven & Hartford, and Hughitt
of the Chicago & Northwestern. to de
termine if some agreement can be
reached as to the relations between
the railroads and the adminisu alton.
1t is probable that e. II. Hartman,
head of the Hartman lines. may also
participate in the conference, which. IT
is understood, will take place at the
White House the latter part of this
week.
b. F. Yoakum. chairman of the
board os dire ctOrs of the Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific railroad. who had an
interview with Prssident Roosevelt
and members of the Interstate Com
merce Commission regarding the rail
road situation, told President Roose-
welt that the agitation and legislation
In various states regarding two-cent
fares and the reduction in freight rates.
have made it almost impossible for th9
railroads to negotiate loans on their
securities. He declared that tho Tail-
road men are willing that the super
vision of the railroads be centralized
in the national government
THAT" he added, would restore con
fidence and give the people 10 under
stand that the railroads wish to OBJ
serve the laws. and it would stop the
hostile Legislation in many states
The Glenwood post., 1907-03-16
Stuyvesant Fish Goes to Gould.

New York-Wall street was made
cognizant of a re-alignment of rail
road interests when the announcement
was made that Stuyvesant Fish, until
recently president of the Illinois Cen
tral Railroad Company, had cast in
his fortunes with the Gould interes' S
and had been elected director in the
Missouri Pacific board.
He will Immediately become mem
Der Of the executive committee and of
the chief advisers of George j. Gould
in the development of the Missouri
Pacific system, especially the low
grade line from st. Louis to New Or
leans, which, under the direction of
Mr.. Fish, is expected to develop into
formidable rival of the Illinois Cen
ItraI.
The Glenwood post., 1907-03-16
Importation Ct Crude Materials.

Washington.-A statement issued
by the Bureau of Statistics shows that
the importations of manufacturers
materials continue to increase. The
value of the imports of raw materials
for use in manufactures in the seven
months ending with January, 1907,
was 100000 900, against s223,000,000
in the same months of last year, while
manufactures imported for further use
in manufactures amounted to S15S,OOO,
600, against Sl23, 100000 in the corre-
spending period of last year. Crude
materials formed 32.2 per cent. of the
total imports for use in manufactured
and imports for further use in manu-
featuring 1873 per cent. Cement i'm
ports aggregated s47,000,OO0; copper,
1923. 900; raw cotton. SS5OO,OOO;
uncut diamonds. s7.000.O00; diamonds
cut but not set. nearly S15,O0O,OOO;
fiber. $24 ,333 900; hides and skins, Si5,-
100000; India rubber. s32 100000; pig
iron. sS,3OOOO0; silk, s44500,0OO; pig
tin nearly S23,000,000.
The Glenwood post., 1907-03-16
ship BLOWN Up
TERRIBLE SCENES ON A FRENCH
BATTLE SHIP, lena.
EXPLOSION IN The MAGAZINE
Several Officers and Eighty Men
Killed, and Hundreds Wounded
Cause a Mystery.

Toulon.-The powder magazines on
board the French battleship lena blew
up at l;"5 Tuesday afternoon and
as result Captain Adigard, com
mander Of the battleship; Captain Yer
tier, chief Of staff of the Mediterranean
squadron and from seventy to eighty
blue jackets are dead, while Rear Ad
miral Manceron and hundreds of men
are suffering from injuries. Naval cir
cles are aghast and the public is
stunned by the appalling catastrophe,
coming SO soon after the loss of the
French submarine boat l.utin, in which
sixteen men were killed.
The entire after part of the lena
was blown to pieces. The bodies of
the victims were hurled through the
air by succession OF explosions and
panic-stricken workmen at the arsenal
fed for their lives from the vicinity of
the dry dock. Scores on board the
lena jumped overheard onto the stone
quays and sustained serious injuries.
The primary cause of the accident
was the explosion of torpedo. What
originated this is not known. but the
powder magazines We're set on fire
and the resulting explosions practically
destroyed what was considered one of
the best vessels in the French navy.
The lena had just undergone final
inspection of her hull and machinery,
the latter part having been partly over
hauled preparatory to joining the
squadron tomorrow. The crew was in
its full strength. being composed of the
rear adimll twenty-four other officers
and C3O men. The magazines had been
replenished recently, and contained
many tons of powder as well as a num-
ber of charges for torpedoes.
The first shock of the explosion was
extremely violent and shook the vessel
fore and aft. 1t was followed instantly
by other shocks. The crew rushed
wildly about the dock. The men for
ward clambered over the bulwarks and
jumped down, some of them into the
dock and others to the stone quay,
many being fatally hurt.
The hundreds of men below deck
were enshrouded in smoke. and while
they groped their way toward the eN-
its they became the prey of suffOcating
fumes which caused many of them to
fall unconscious.
Shell and charges of explosives in
the MAGAZINES continued to explode,
and masses of metal We're hurled into
the air and fell about the docks and
arsenal These flying missiles demol-
ished The torpedo shed. the engine
works ard the pump house near by,
and constituted IA most serious menace
to the lives of those who made their
way toward the battleship to begin the
work Of rescue. The lena was atlame
from bursting projectiles, and the fire
prevented approach.
1t is declared that for thirty minutes
the authorities were unable to discover
the keys with which to open the lock
ers to flood the dry dock and submerge
the ship. but when they did finally
open the locks the water rushed in on
the lena and the explosions came to
an end.
Amidst masses of dense smoke the
search for the dead and wounded be
gan. The lower decks of the lena were
Uttered with fragments of shattered
and torn bodies. while the surrounding
water was dotted with human frag
mpntS
The Glenwood post., 1907-03-16

that third ten of hearts has gone"
But, listen. How are we to get
back to the trolley? We certainly
can not walk the distance in thes
clothes.
"Oh, that carryall will come to our
rescue. We are weary and are leav-
ing early, don't you know. That part
is simple; the complicated. thing is to
shake the dust of this cellar
What a big furnace," she eX-
claimed, as we came into view of the
huge heating apparatus. And there's
more coal"
man stepped out from behind the
furnace and confronted us. A red
bandana covered the lower part of his
face and his hat was pulled down over
his eyes. But | recognized him in
stantly. 1t was the fellow with the
villainous pipe. Something glittered
ominously at the end of his out
stretched arm.
"lf you make any noise, sir. I'll
have to plug you, sir he said in
polite but muffled tones.
The candle slipped from my fingers,
and the three of us stood in darkness