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The Glenwood post., 1907-05-25
Went Down in Torrent.

Steamboat Springs, Colo.-Waltel
Cary, son and business associate of
John Cary. the wealthy cnd promi-
nent mining man of Denver, was
drowned in Bear River on the Cary
ranch near Hayden and his body has
been lost in the raging torrent. Two
companions, employees on the ranch,
had hairbreadth escapes and are now
in serious condition rs the result of
their experience.
The three men were attempting to
cross the river in boat, when it cap
sized, and they were plunged into the
icy water According to his compan-
ions. Cary uttered but one shrek as
the boat went over. 1t is believed that
his head struck on rock and tl;at he
vas rendered unconscious, having no
opportunity to fight for his life.
Nothing has been seen of the body
since. although persons for miles along
the stream were notified and have kept
close watch for the corpse. 1t is. the
opinion of some that It will be battered
to pieces against the rocks by the swift
waters and may never he recovered.
The Glenwood post., 1907-05-25
Five Burn on Board Boat.

Grand Rapids, Mich.-Four coal
passes Were burned to death and one
passenger, j. NJ. Rhodes of Detroit,
was fatally burned when the Crosby
line steamer Naomi, formerly the Wis
consin, was burned to the waters
edge in the middle of Lake Michigan.
Fifty passengers and all of the crew
except four coal passers were taken
off in small boats by the steamer
Stratford and the Naomi's sister ship,
the Kansas, which was en- route from
Milwaukee TO Grand Haven. The loss
upon the Naomi. which was in com
mand of Capt. Thos. Trail, is estimated
at $225,O0O After the passengers and
crew were rescued barge which had
been attraC-cd to the scene by the fire
put line on the burning hulk and is
now towing her to Grand Haven.
The fire started in the vicinity OF
the kitchen, between decks. and spread
so rapidly that the whole ship was a
seething furnace before the crew
could get the fire apparatus working.
Fire swept the whole length of the
ship and the upper works burned like
tinder. 1t is considered miraculous
that the passengers all escaped. Many
of them were taken off in their night
clothes. while scarcely any one was
more than partly clad.
The Glenwood post., 1907-05-25
Farmers Object to TaiItngs.

Colorado Springs, Colo.-An injunc-
ton suit and actions for damages are
imminent against the various reduction
mills of Colorado City because of the
dumping OF thousands of tons of tail
ings daily in Fountain creek. The farm
ers of Fountain valley between Colo
RADIO Springs and the town of Fountain
have banded themselves "0gether for
protection.
Their contention is that the cyanide
and other chemical solutions are slowly
but surely killing the crops and turn
ing thousands of acres of fertile land
into desert. They also contend that
the mill tailings. which consist wholly
of pulverized granite, contain no plant
food, and Is also running the land.
They claim that the sediment COM
pletely fills their bitches in twenty
four hours, and just now, when water
is badly needed, they cannot get water
on their land. A conference is being
held with the mill managers, and if
this should not prove satisfactory, the
farmers say they will Immediately ap-
peal to the courts.
The Glenwood post., 1907-05-25
Are They Jobbing Ben B.7

Denver.-William C. Blair chiet
clerk Of the House of Representatives,
is standing pat on his record of the
passage of the Juvenile Court BILL
which record does not agree with that
of the Senate with respect to two Sem
ate amendments. His journal shows
that the amendments in question we're
not adopted by the House.
in the Sunday Post, over the sigma
ture of b. B. Lindsey, | notice the fol-
lowing statement concerning House
Bill No. 1872, considered and passed by
both houses of the Sixteenth Assembly
with particular reference to the amend
ment which is part of the enrolled
bill, but which does not appear in the
House journal" said Mr.. Blair today
Some of the Senate officials have
informed me that as a matter of fact
the amendment was transmitted to the
House, but if it was the chief clerk of
the House neglected to publish it in
the journal of the House.
at is a fact, as appears from the
records, that the amendment was sent
to the House by the Senate and en-
rolled in the House bill by the House
enrolment committee, but why the
clerk did not report it in the journal is
difficult to understand"
There can be and there is only one
reason for the amendment not appear
ing in the House journal: The message
from the Senate notifying the House
that the bill had passed the Senate
with certain amendments did not does
not-and from the nature of the con-
struction Of the communication, never
did and could not-contain the amend.
ment referred to and which is claimed
by some to nave passed the Senate.
The records of the House of Repre-
sentatives uf the Sixteenth Assembly
concerning House Bill No. 1872 are alb
solutely correct, and they are correct
on every other bill, matter and thing
considered and acted upon by it."
The Glenwood post., 1907-05-25
SEVEN MEN BURIED ALIVE.
Colorado Miners Caught in Trap and
Are Burned or Suffocated,

Trinidad, Colo.-Seven men, inclad-
ing Superintendent Alex Jacobs, were
either burned to death or suffocated in
the Engleville mine at Engleville,
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company camp
four miles south of Trinidad, some
time on the night of May Goth The
bodies, including that of Superintend-
ent Jacobs, have already been recov-
cred.
The men went to work, and when
they did not come out in the morning
an investigation was started. 1t was
discovered that fire which broke out in
the mine year ago and was still burn
ing in some sections, had suddenly
spread and swept across the incline
tunnel, cutting off the men and pre-
venting them from reaching the out
side.
The point where the flames crossed
the tunnel is fully three miles from the
opening and it was necessary to dig a
temporary tunnel around the fire in
order to reach the bodies of the ill
fated miners.
The names of the other six .ead
cannot be obtained at this time; they
were white miners and had lived at
Engleville for many years.
The Engleville mine is one of the
Oldest coal producers in Colorado, hav-
ing been operated fully thirty years.
AS soon as the bodies We're recov-
cred. telephone message was sent to
Coroner Sipe, who went to the scene
to make an investigation.
The Glenwood post., 1907-05-25
Will Cut His Badness Out.

Omaha, Neb.-Eight -year-old Davy
Markowitz, the boy who simply cannot
be good, is to have surgeons knife
inserted into his head to take the bad
ness out of him. This will be the first
time the Omaha Juvenile Court has or
dered surgical operation to cure the
disease Of delinquency.
Davy has been before the court a
number of times and has been for
given on his promise to be good. When
it came to keeping the promise. how
ever. Davy always failed.
Then physicians discovered that
adenoid growths were pressing upward
from the neck and back of the nose
and, pushing against the brain, con
stricting its growth. The removal of
these is not a dangerous operation
and, it is believed. will remove the
cause of the boys wickedness.
The Glenwood post., 1907-05-25

Through an appeal for funds to com
plete the restoration and repair of the
Church of St. Michael and All Angels,
In the parish of Dartmoor, England,
an almost forgotten bit of history has
been called to light. The church,
standing on the rugged heights of that
wild country which Blackmore made
SO familiar through "Lora Doone," is
the most elevated house of worship in
all England, as the village in which it
stands is the highest inhabited village
in England, and the parish. which
contains 10000 acres of moor and
heath and stream is the largest in
England. But it is in its origin that
the church IL most interesting, says
Youths Companion. Built in the early
years of the nineteenth century, the
stones of which it is made were quar-
ried and put in place by the labor Of
French and American prisoners of war
held there in exile while Europe shook
with the thunders of the Napoleonic
wars. The graves of many of these
exiles still cluster round the old
church.
The Glenwood post., 1907-05-25
Mr.. Bryan Takes Exception.

Lincoln, Neb.-William ]. Bryan
takes pointed exceptions to a press
telegram emanating from Lincoln in
which an anonymous friend pretend
ing to speak for him, represents that
he would not accept nomination from
the Democrats in 1908 il Roosevelt
We're named by the Republicans and
that Bryan favored giving Roosevelt a
clear track.
While declining to make any state
ment as to his own intentions, he die
tated the following population of the
right of unknown friends" to speak
for him, saying:
MIR. Bryans friends do not speak
for him. He does not care to answer
anonymous reports sent from Lincoln
or anywhere else; he has opportunity
enough to say what he cares to say
through his paper. through his
speeches and through interviews, and
newspapers which publish rnauthor-
lied statements by people who claim
themselves friends and yet conceal
their Identity must be in bad way
for news"
The Glenwood post., 1907-05-25
SAVAGE LION NEAR GOLDEN.
Denver Sports Have Narrow Escape
in Fight with Wild Animals.

Denver.-"Never in my life did :.
have such thrilling adventure with
bear as had last Friday about thirty
miles northwest of Ceballa, in Gun.
nison county-whew 1t was Il hot
fight"
This was the way G. Gordon Pickett
of the Tritch Hardware Company
started his story of the biggest bear
fight OF the season. He and Harry
Carpenter, with J. ]. Carpenters fine
string of bear dogs. eight in Number,
started out from Cebella.
But to continue with Mr.. Picketts 8
tale: The dogs jumped good sized
black bear along about 3 o'clock. We
followed him something like three
miles and took a long shot az him,
wounding him in the right foreleg.
We lost sight of him for awhile and
then the dogs got next to him again.
This time they had him corn cred on
the edge of big bluff, at least 10e
feet high.
1T seems that the wound | had
given him made the bear crazy mad.
He nailed two of the dogs, one after
the other and crunched their necks
like so many soda crackers. He
jumped down into cleft of rock,
where there was little platform about
twelve feet square, and beyond that
the precipice.
THE dogs went after him and he
went after them good and proper. He
had already killed Two and it looked
as if he was going to finish the entire
pack TO save the lives of the dogs,
| jumped down onto the little bench,
but not until he had lunged at one of
the best dogs and cuffed him clear
over the cliff.
"Of course, that finished that dog,
and the bear turned He wasn't five
feet from me when | tore the top of
his head off with a quick shot from
my rife. He didn't exactly have me
'buffaloed,' but | think | never in all
my twenty-five years hunting expert
erce came so near being seriously rat
tied. The dogs killed were among the
best fighters in the pack
Another big fight with wild game is
promised as soon rs Charles f.
Hoeckel of Denver returns from trip
to The northern part of the state and
gets his fine pack OF Russian wolf
hounds on tne trall OIL an ihinleuSe
mountain lion which is destroying
sheep and even young calves On the
ranches on the Denver side of the
great plateau near Golden, where the
lion has his lair.
The beast is said TO have held
number of fRrmers ut bay on two or
three occasions and has invariably
made his escape. A big lion hunt will
be organized The animal has COM
mitted his worst depredations at points
scarcely more than nine miles distant
from Denver.
The Glenwood post., 1907-05-25

Alexander Graham Bell, who one
morning when he wasn't very busy
invented the telephone, which has
saved his fellow mortals thousands of
steps and has enabled them to dodge
creditors who called up to say they
were coming, now asserts that it is
only q matter of very short time
until we shall be able to airship to
Europe in 20 hours. That has been
the dream of man ever since he saw
the first balloon ascension, but up to
the present time no one has actually
shown the world how, unless it is
the Wright brothers, and thus far
their invention is protected by pat
ent or high board fence, which is
Just as annoying. OF course, if some
one will just establish the principle
and turn the inventors of the world
loose on it, the machine will be here
soon, ready to back up to your door
and take you to Europe. Africa, Japan
and all intermediate points, but as yet
you must be content to so over on a
liner, unless you get a chance to work
your way on a cattle boat.
The Glenwood post., 1907-05-25
VICE ON ISTHMUS
YOUNG AMERICAN GIRLS HELD IN
SLAVERY AND pIsHoNoR.
SALOON TO EVERY MILE POST
Editor Ferguson Returns From Pan
anna and Tells Some Very Vivid
Stories of Misdoines by Govern
ment Employees.

That young American girls are held
in slavery in disorderly houses in the
Panama canal zone is the charge made
by William P. F. Ferguson, editor OF
paper, who addressed the weekly meet
ing of the Methodist ministers in Den
yer recently.
AS result of his disclosures, there
that will reach Washington in short
time, backed by the churches of the
entire country.
Ferguson spent month on the 18TH
mus looking into conditions of vice,
and his charges are summed up as fol-
! lows:
Land owned by the government is
| leased to owners of disorderly houses,
| for which the property is used.
| Such places are in control of syn
dicate of Americans and Panamians,
who make a business of procuring
young girls from the states.
| One of the largest places of this de-
scription on the isthmus is owned by
ernor of Colon.
One of the leading officials of the
panama railroad, which is owned by
the United States, has just completed a
three-st building in Colon, which is
used for immoral purposes.
Conditions on the isthmus are
shocking" said Mr. Ferguson. Sec
retary Taft, in reply to the arraign-
4 Of pion1nu timp
ago, said there were no immoral
houses in the canal zone. That was
true only rs far as public places are
concerned. / found in my investiga-
| ton that there were many such dens
run under cover, but with the knowl-
edge of the authorities. Outside of the
canal zone the wide-open policy pre-
walls, and can scarcely paint the hor-
rible picture. Vice runs rampant. |
saw American girls who are practically
held in slavery by a syndicate. which
is composed of Americans and Pana-
mians. In more than one town found
such places Immediately adjoining
school houses"
Land owned by the government is
| Under lease to owners of these dens,
and in some cases officials connected
with the government are interested in
| them. For example, an official OF the
Panama railroad has just finished a
three-story house in Colon, which Is
being used as a disorderly house.
In the canal zone there is an aver
age of one saloon to every milepost,
the number being fifty. There were 1O2
saloons, but the number has been cut
down arbitrarily one-half, but there are
still too many.
THE saloons are the only ioafing
| place for the Americans employed in
building the canal, the government
clubhouses not yet being completed.
The Glenwood post., 1907-05-25
WORTH A MILLION
MARY BAKER EDDY HAS MANY
BEAUTIFUL HOMES.
HER FORTUNE IS IN BONDS
Affidavit by Trust Company Official
Saws Founder of Christian Sci.
ence Faith Invested in Government

AffiddvIt py lTuSt SoHpd"y S"'S'si
Saws Founder of Christian Sci
ence Faith Invested in Government
Bonds.
Par value of bonds. ........ $1SS, 1000
Due on promissory note 5e,OOO.OO
Due on three bank books. S.6l4.G4
Alfred Farlows estimate of
saluation of Mrs. Eddy's
real estate holdings $50. $4,000 90
Total 1885, 1884 GA
Bond filed by Mrs. Eddy's
trustees to represent
value of her taxable prop
ertv, $500, 900 90
Concord's assessors assess
ment ............. 269, $50 90
Last wears assessment .... 54,S50.0O
Concord, n. H.-Mary Baker G.
Eddy, high priestess of Christian Sci
ence, is worth nearly s1,000,000, ac-
cording to total of figures filed in y
affidavit relative to her personal prOy
erty, added to Alfred Farlow's valuT
ton of her real estate, $SS,OO6.
In actual figures, this total is 1885,
3S46O. This is the first close figure
of her riches-no longer secret.
Taking it for granted that the bond
of 100000 filed by the three trustees
to whom Mr.. Eddy recently made over
her property represented twice the
value of her taxable property, the Con
cord assessor this year assessed Mrs.
Eddy's property at $269,S5O, practically
five times as great as last year, when
she was assessed for $54,S5O.
George A. Foster the assessor from
Ward 7, said that inasmuch as no re
turn had been made of Mrs. Eddys
taxable property to the Board of AS
SCISSORS. he had gone on the assumption
that the bond of her trustees was
about twice the value of her estate
and fixed the assessment accordingly.
OF the total of $935.3S4.Gl, the value
of the real estate holdings here and in
Boston is, at the far low estimate, $SS,-
600 Her Pleasant View home here
alone is worth anywhere from S35,OOO
to 100000. while her residence stand
ing at 3S7 Commonwealth avenue
stands her at least 5000 to the good.
The remainder of her riches are con
tained in bonds and securities locked
up in the vaults of the Loan and Trust
Savings Bank of this city and worth
a grand total of almost 100000, as dis
closed by the affidavit filed.
In this affidavit, filed by Fred n.
Ladd, treasurer of the Loan and Trust
Company, cath is taken that on the af-
ternoon of March 9th of this year Mrs.
Eddy had in his institution bonds
worth s77S,770. to be exact. He says
he and the trustees-the same trustees
who put up a bond of a half million
went to the bank and saw these secur-
tiles for themselves.
The Glenwood post., 1907-05-25
Fear Dam Isn't Safe.

Marshall, Colo.-A mass meeting OF
the citizens of Marshall and vicinity
was held in Marshall to consider the
report of the committee appointed at
a previous meeting to investigate the
safety of the dam being constructed
by the Denver Land and Reservoir
Company at Marshall lake. The engt.
neer X. T. Richardson of Longmont,
submitted n report of his investigation
and his opinion is that the dam was
safe at the present capacity, but that
il severe cloud burst or wind storm
should occur the structure might be
very unsafe. An attempt was made last
night to induce State Engineer T. w.
JaycoX to come up and examine the
dam personally, but he refused to do
so, claiming that his deputies had been
here on May 10th and had submitted
evidence to him which would substan-
tiate the theory that the dam was safe
at the present time.
The mass meeting seemed to be dis
satisfied with his report, and com
mittee was appointed. consisting of
Frank w. Fehlman, chairman; George
Hogan and Timothy Shannaghan. who
Will go to Denver to investigate the
specifications, quantity of storage wa
ter, etc, which are on file with the
state engineer, and to use all means
in their power to get him to come here
and examine the dam and report to
the people
A feeling of unrest seems to be
among a good many miners here, and
there was some talk of a strike being
inaugurated, but no definite action was
taken
The Glenwood post., 1907-05-25
careIessness on the Farm.

to go wrong when we have too much
to do, says Field and Farm. The burrs
may fall off the bolts in the moving
machine, the axle go ungreased, the
plow left to rust, the double-trees be
forgotten, the spade lost the barn door
left open so that the bull may hook the
colt. The missing pigs may go unno-
ticed at feeding time. The COW is left
out in the storm with her young calf.
likewise the mare and young foal. Such
is the oversight of great many farm
hands and It's result marks the failures
which render 1t almost impossible to
realize profits on place operated by
hired help. The present fertility OF
western lands largely offsets the losses
Of careless farm management.
The Glenwood post., 1907-05-25
Here Is Home Rule!

Mellette, S. D.-The husbands and
fathers of Mellette have arisen in re-
volt against the game of bridge whist
and have passed an ordinance making
1t a misdemeanor for any woman to
play the game, imposing a punishment
of from $50 to 500 fine and several
days in jail.
The men declare their women folk
are so infatuated with bridge that they
are neglecting their house hold duties.
Mothers have even sighted their ba-
bies to play bridge, and their husbands
receive no attention at all. The women
are angry over the passage of the or
dinance. They say they have as much
right to pass the time playing bridge
whist as the men have to play poker.
The town marshal so feared the wrath
of the women that he resigned.
The Glenwood post., 1907-05-25
The Right to the Land.

The rioting in Roumania, with which
tho civil war began last month, grew
out Of the struggle Of the peasantry
for control of the land, struggle sim
liar to that now in progress in Russia
and Ireland. Until 1864 the peasants
of Roumania were serfs. The land
was owned by the church, the monas
teries and the noblemen. The peas
ants cultivated it, and paid 1.-THE
of the product to the proprietors.
They also had grazing and fuel rights
in the pastures and forests of the
proprietors. When, in 1864, the law
was passed for the emancipation of
the serfs by the distribution of the
land among them, the fuel and grazing
rights were extinguished, and the peas
ants. although each household re-
ceived title to from seven to fifteen
acres on easy terms of payment. had
to continue to work for the old pro-
prietors to get money to pay for their
fuel. They were soon at the mercy
of money-lenders, who exacted usuri-
Gus rates of interest. Many attempts
to improve their condition have been
made, either by increasing the amount
OF land which they could own, or by
the establishment of an agricultural
bank to deliver them from the private
money lenders, but these attempts
have not been wholly successful says
Youths Companion. Large tracts of
land have been leased by syndicates
and sublet to tenant farmers at high
rates. and the taxes on the peasant
owners have been heavy. AS re-
suit. great suffering has been caused
among the sons and daughters of those
who were surfs only a generation ago.
The ignorance and improvidence OF
the peasants, combined with the op-
pressions of the money-lenders, have
led to conditions which the peasants
think can be relieved only by resort
to violence. They have been wrought
upon by designing politicians with dis
astrous results. The government has
announced it's purpose to remit some
of the heaviest tax and to reform the
land system.
The Glenwood post., 1907-05-25
Cold Water Kills Boy.

Alton, Colo.-Details have been re-
ceived here of the drowning at Carey.
Idaho, of John Davis, an Alton young
man and son Of Edward Davis.
The young man was enjoying a boat
ride on lake when the boat capsized
and Davis went down. The body was
later recoverd and when found was in
a standing position in the waters with
the hands clasped in front of his breast
In an attitude of prayer. No water was
found in the stomach, and an attend
ing physician stated that the young
man was not drowned. but died sud
denly from heart failure caused by
coming In contact with the cold water.
The Glenwood post., 1907-05-25
Life Imprisonment for Maynard.

Alliance, Neb.-The jury in the case
Of Roy Maynard, a Denver boy who
shot and killed Roy B. Barnes, proprie-
tor of the Burlington eating house,
here last winter, returned a verdict of
life Imprisonment.
The trial began Friday afternoon
and the case was given to the jury Sat
urday night.
1t was alleged by Barnes that May
nard, who had been working for him,
tapped the till and he refused to pay
Maynard nine days wages which was
due him. After discharging Maynard,
Barnes attempted to eject him from the
place. whereupon Maynard opened the
door and chot Barnes three times, in
stantly killing him.