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The Washington herald., 1908-08-05

The ponies are the attraction at Chevy
Chase Lake now. though they are not of the Ben
ung variety. Both admits and Juveniles surround tie
eghtofaile track nightly. tickcts for saddle rides
ard j1uuts IN the cute little h1rro teams selling
like the Troro-al hot cakes The term ridrg track
may raise the question q safety in so-ne quarters
but visit 90 Chevy CEase Lake VIII d;spel r. The
Tracks. for they number tuo. one within the other
are fenced in the whole field being brilliantly
illuminated. while there are numerous attendants
for those who may require thcir attention
Marine Band concerts are also nightly features al
chevy Chase lake The musical programme s.a-ts a.
about 30 continuing until 9. when there j. h-ief
iutermission before the musicians adiourn q the
danoe pavilion Dancing Is none too strenuous excr
else the lake for COOL refreshing breezes always
abound.
Gilpin observer., 1908-05-21
Texas Railroad Law Invalid.

Washington.-In deciding the case
of the Galveston & San Antonio Rail-
way Company VS.. the State of Texas,
involving taxes on that and other Tex
as roads. the Supreme Court Monday
held to be unconstitutional the Texas
law of 1905, fixing the tax rate on rail
roads equal to l per cent. on their
gross earnings when they lie wholly
within the state, ana proportionate
sum when they lie partly within the
state. The opinion was delivered by
Justice Holmes, who held that the law
is an effort to regulate interstate com
merce and that therefore the tax could
not be collected.
The chief justice and Justice Har-
Ian, White and McKenna united in n
dissenting opinion, which was de-
livcred by Justice Harlan. Justice Har-
Ian expressed the opinion that the de-
cision strikes a serious blow at the
taxing law of the state.
Gilpin observer., 1908-05-21
PRESENT MAYOR OF DENVER
GETS ANOTHER FOUR
YEARS TERM.
VERY CLOSE CONTEST
LOCAL OPTION FORCES WIN IN A
CONSIDERABLE NUMBER
OF PRECINCTS.

Denver.-Robert w. Speer has been
elected mayor of Denver for four
year term. He appears to have elected
eleven of the sixteen aldermen, one SUI
pervisor and city clerk, but TO have
lost three members of the board of su-
pervisors, the city treasurer and city
auditor, according to the returns as
compiled Wednesday morning.
The local option forces appear to
have won in the Eighth, Tenth,
Twelfth and Fourteenth wards and in
all the precincts of the Ninth in which
the question was submitted. They lost
out in the Sixth, Eleventh and Six
teenth wares, only carrying the First
precinct of the Sixth. Superintendent
Mclaughlin says he will renew the
fight in future elections.
The main bone of contention be-
tween the local option and saloon fac
tions was the entire Sixth ward. Large
sums of money were spent in this
ward. Addresses were delivered by
prominent speakers and large numbers
of pamphlets were delivered in a
house to house canvass.
Noting TIE special work being done
by the antisaloon faction, the saloon
men bent their energies to overcoming
this work of the opposition. 1t is al
legged by the local optionists that a
considerable amount of the $4,000
fund the saloon men are said to have
spent in their campaign went into the
fight in this section.
More than two months have been
covered by the active campaign of
the Anti-Saloon league for local op-
ton. the activity first taking the form
of the enforcement of the Sunday and
midnight closing laws, and the prose
cution, through the district attorneys
office, of al! violators of these laws.
Scores of saloon keepers and bar
tenders werc arrested and fined before
the movement was successful, but af-
ter two weeks of this the liquor men
took cognizance of the laws. The
campaign caught the attention of the
public ana six weeks ago, while the
question was still fresh, the organiza-
tion of ward and precinct committees
and the circulation of petitions among
the voters was begun by the local op-
tionists.
In the meantime the agents of the
liquor dealers were not idle. but strove
to counteiact the campaign of the local
optionists by quietly sending their
men among the business men with
statements regarding the amount of
taxation saved by the income from the
liquor licenses.
Gilpin observer., 1908-05-21
Another Woman Victim.

La Porte.-The autopsy held Mon
day on the remains of the seven un-
identified dead exhumed from Mrs.
Guinness private burial ground re-
vealed the fact that one of the seven
was a female.
This has aroused new interest in the
story of Emil Greening of Oklahoma
City, Oklahoma, who was employed by
Mrs. Guinness in the fall of 1904. Green
ing worked for Mrs. Guinness at the
time that Jennie Olson disappeared,
and his story was that on Friday in
September a man and a woman came
to the house and that night Mrs. Gun
ness asked Greening to sleep in the
barn, for the couple, who, she said,
were the professor and his wife from
the Los Angeles college which Jennie
was to attend, would spend the night
at the house and would require Green
ings bedroom.
In the morning Greening saw
nothing of Jennie nor the man and
woman, and was informed by Mrs. Gun
ness that they had left on an early
train, taking Jennie along.
This body, which is now declared
to be that of woman, was taken from
the same hole as was that of Jennie
Olsen, and in that hole also were bod
les of Ole Budsberg of lola, Wisconsin.
and remains of male person.
Gilpin observer., 1908-05-21
Heathen Are Too Many.

Hot Springs, Ark.-"Let them die;
there are too many of us now"
This was the answer made to mis-
sionaries in China who appealed to the
wealthy men of that nation for help
while countless millions of their peo.
pie were dying from hunger and lack
of shelter during the terrible famine
Of last year, according to the report
made to the Southern Baptist conven-
tion Monday by T. f. McRae, through
whose hands the s750,000 contributed
by America to purchase food was dis
tributed.
"But the great multitudes OF China
appreciate our help" said the speaker.
China has come to look upon us as
her greatest friends.
The reception rendered Secretary
Taft on his arrival at Shanghai means
more than our people appreciate.
THE greatest people of the nation
came to do him honor and the streets
were filled with hundreds of thousands
who took ar interest in the public re.
ceptions. China violated for the first
time tradition as old as her history
when she permitted her women to be
present at the public functions"
Gilpin observer., 1908-05-21
MARK TWAIN ON MONEY.
Humorist Points Out What He Consld-
ers Some Wrong Conceptions.

Mark Twain said that the financial
panic has caused a wrong idea of the
use and value Of money.
"The spendthrift says that money.
being round. was made to roll. Tho
miser says that. being fiat. it was
made to stack up. Both are wrong.
Strangely wrong, too. in their ideas
about money are the veteran Aus
tralian gold diggers. These simple
old fellows. though worth perhaps .
half million or more. live in the sim
pie dug-outs and shanties of their lean
early days.
Once, lecturing, landed at an Aus
tralian port. There was no porter In
sight to carry my luggage. Seeing .
rough-looking old fellow leaning
against post with his hands in his
pockets. beckoned to him and said:
"'See here, If you carry these bags
up to the hotel I'll give you half .
crown
THE man scowled at me. He took
three or four gold sovereigns from his
pocket. threw them into the sea.
scowled at me again, and walked away
without a word
Gilpin observer., 1908-05-21
Praying Night Riders.

Lacenter, Ky-Kneeling on the
ground in the moonlight, with their
heads bowed, while their leader, his
masked face toward heaven, offered
prayer. band Of night riders last
night destroyed the big tobacco barn
of II. G. Maddox, not far from this
place. The spectacle was witnessed
by young couple who were returning
from party, and who were captured
by the raiders and forced to accom-
pany them TO the prayer meeting and
barn burning After the flames We're
under headway the young people were
instructed to go home, and as they
left the raiders were singing Nearer,
My God, to Thee"
Gilpin observer., 1908-05-21
Western Public Buildings.

Washingto,.-The omnibus public
building bill, which has been presented
In the House by the public buildings
committee, makes the following pro-
visions for the Rocky Mountain re-
gion:
For building and site, Fort Collins,
100000.
Roswell, 100000.
For contn ling construction at Boul-
der. $4,000.
Albuquerque, 100000 for building.
Lander $4,000 for sites.
Grand Junction, Greeley, Rock
Springs, each $4,000.
No provision was made In the bill
for the Denver public building and the
committee In It's report accompanying
the measure called attention to its de-
sire that such cities as Denver, Pitts
burg, Washington and st. Louis, model
working postofflces should be built.
costing not more than 100000 and
devoted solely to postoffice business.
Denver was mentioned by the COM
mittee as being city admirably
adapted for business postoffice OF
this nature, but as It's citizens had ex-
pressed desire for a general public
building. no consideration was given
Denver In this bill.
Gilpin observer., 1908-05-21
TIE
General Demand

of the Well Informed of the World has
always been for simple, pleasant and
efficient liquid laxative remedy of known
value; laxative which physicians could
sanction for family use because its COM
ponent parts are known to them to be
wholesome and truly beneficial in effect,
acceptable to the system and gentle, yet
prompt, in action.
In supplying that demand with its e1-
cellent combination of Syrup of Figs and
Elixir of SIENNA, the California Fig Syrup
Co. proceeds along ethical lines and relies
on the merits Of the laxative for its remark
able success.
That is one of many reasons why
Syrup of Figs and Elixir of SIENNA is given
the preference by the Well-Informed.
To get its beneficial effects always buy
the genuinc-manufacture by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co., only, and for sale
by all leading druggists. Price fifty cents
per bottle.
Gilpin observer., 1908-05-21
PUEBLO MOB
SEEKS NEGRO
HUNDREDS. GATHER AT COUNTY
JAIL TO TRY TO LYNCH
MURDERER.
BY ABSENCE
ONLY DESiST AFTER COMMITTEE
HAS THOROUGHLY SEARCHED
BUILDING.

Denver.-A Pueblo dispatch Monday
night says: Believing that Jim nm,
the negro who last Thursday morning
here at Pueblo murdered Sarah James,
siXteen-year.old white girl, after
which he wounded her mother, is con-
fined in the county Jail here, mob of
400 tonight visited the Jail and de-
manded that Lynn be turned over to
them
The mob after beating down the
outer doors, would not disperse until
Sheriff Mcmillan had allowed two COM
mittees to search every nook and cram
ny of the building.
I The MOP was thoroughly organized,
and evidently desperately in earnest.
Reports have been prevalent all
through the evening that Lynn had
been brought in to the city, and eX-
citement was high.
About 9 O'Clock a man on horseback,
with a rope trailing along the ground,
rode through the streets, calling for
men to accompany him to the jail.
He was quickly accommodated, and
within half an hour a mob surrounded
the place, and was threatening to
storm the building.
Several heavy planks were secured
and used as battering rams. The outer
iron door YVES quickly broken and the
officers, realizing that the door could
not hold much longer, began to parley
The result of the conference was
that a committee of five was appointed
to search the Jail. When it reported,
the members of the mob refused to be-
lieve the report and began threaten
ing to again storm the doors.
Another conference was held and a
committee of twelve was sent through
the building.
When it reported that the man was
not there the mob dispersed.
Lynn is now in Colorado Springs
and will not be brought here until the
excitement has quieted.
Practically all of the county officers
and the police were summoned to the
Jail tonight as result of the mob's
visit. Feeling here is against Lynn
and although his trial has been ar
ranged for June 9th, it is believed to
be unsafe to bring him to Pueblo.
The trial of Lynn, who was ar
rested at Limon Saturday night, will
open here June 9th.
Sarah James, who was killed by the
negro, was buried today, the funeral
being largely attended. Julia James,
her mother, is holding her own at the
hospital and may recover.
Gilpin observer., 1908-05-21
Woman Army officer Dies.

Philadelphia.-Mrs. Emily Il. Wood
ley. who has the distinction, 1t is said,
OF being the only woman ever regular.
ly commissioned an officer in the
United States army and the last OF
thirty-fve young women from this city
who enlisted as nurses In the Civil
War, died at her home here Friday,
aged seventy.three years. For her
bravery and heroic services President
Lincoln conferred upon her commits
sion of captain in the army. She was
also decorated with n gold medal by
Secretary Of War Stanton.
Gilpin observer., 1908-05-21
Aerial Experiments.

Hammondsport, N. Y.-A prelimi-
nary trial was made Sunday of the
aerodrome White Wing, designed by
+. w. Baldwin and constructed by the
Aerial Experiment Association of
which DR.. Graham Bell is chairman,
but no attempt was made to rise in
the air. The Aerial Experiment Asso-
citation, which made its winter head
quarters at Hammondsport, is an as
sociation of experimenters who are
working conjointly to promote the
progress of aviation In America. At
present there are five members-Al-
exander Graham Bell, F. w. Baldwin.
J. A. ID. McCurdy, Glen II. Curtiss and
Thomas Selfridge.
Gilpin observer., 1908-05-21

Small boys who are afraid to go out
into the streets to play lest they should
get run over may be fired by the great
hope that some day they will be
president Of the United States, but the
rough-and-tumble kid has his eye fixed
on q position as pitcher in the cham.
pionship team of one OF the big
leagues. That appears to him to be O
higher position than president or even
floorwalker in department store. As
he pitches the tattered ball in the va.
cant lot his minds eye wanders for.
ward to the time when admiring mul.
titudes will rise up to applaud his
curves, meanwhile saving enough OF
their strength to throw pop bottles at
his adversary of the rival team.
Gilpin observer., 1908-05-21

There have been from time to time
many reported inventions of bullet.
proof coats or undershirts; but some.
how none ever seemed to meet a really
adequate test. Now comes the story
that Russian colonel has devised
garment of this kind which is act.
ually what is claimed. While the
formula for construction is not given
out, the announcement is made that
the materials are three and a half
times as hard as steel and are war.
ranted to ward off Mauser bullet
fired from high-power rifle. Still, it
is not going to be easy to obtain or
wear the bullet-proof coat. The gar.
ment is very costly and weighs five
pounds, and man trotting around in
it must feel something like the armor.
incased knights of old. But, asks the
Troy Times, what are cost and weight
compared TO value as life preserver?
II the coat is truly bullet proof no
doubt there are good many rich and
titled persons in Russia who would
think the garment cheap at ten times
the cost in money and discomfort
Gilpin observer., 1908-05-21
FIT THE GROCER
Wife Made the Suggestion.

A grocer has excellent opportunity
to know the effects of special foods
on his customers. A Cleveland
grocer has a long list of customers
that have been helped in health by
leaving off coffee and using Postum
Food Coffee.
He says, regarding his own expe-
rience: 1.-Two years ago l had been
drinking coffee, and must say that
was almost wrecked in my nerves.
Particularly In the morning I was
so irritable and upset that I could
hardly wait until the coffee was
served. and then had no appetite for
breakfast. and did not feel like at
tending to my store duties.
zone day my wife suggested that
inasmuch as / was selling SO much
Postum there must be some merit in
It and suggested that we try It.
took home a package and she pre-
pared 1t according to directions. The
result was very happy one. My
nervousness gradually disappeared, and
today / am all right. l would advise
everyone afflicted in any way with
nervousness or stomach troubles, to
leave off coffee and use Postum Food
Coffee" There's q Reason" Read
"The Road to Wellville." in pkgs.
Ever read tho above letter. A now
ono appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and Jull Of human In
torest. - ~
Gilpin observer., 1908-05-21

Several plans have been made to es-
tablish national American university.
The idea, recently expressed in a bill
introduced into the house of represent
atives, is as old as the country. Wash
ington, in his address to congress
In 1890, urged the promotion Of
art and science, and recommended
that congress consider whether this
desirable object will be best promoted
by afording aids to seminaries Of
learning already established, by the in
stitution of a national university, or
by any other expedients." The ques-
ton suggested by Washington has not
been finally settled, although it has
been answered in part by the growth
of many colleges and universities
throughout the land. In a country like
ours of wide area there should be
many great centers Of education. 1t
sometimes seems better to strengthen
the colleges we have than to found
new ones. but there is room for others.
national university might have spo-
cial functions such as present institu-
uons are not in position to discharge,
and its official nature would make it a
powerful influence in American higher
education. which is now disorganized
and uncertain in standard.
Gilpin observer., 1908-05-21
His Elusive Memory.

Employer-William, did that man
who called to see me while l was out
leave his name?
Shaggy-Haired Office Boy-Yes, sir:
his name is-is-well. the last part of
It is SHAW"
Employer-What's the first part of
It?
Office Boy (making n strenuous eff.
fort to recall iD-Well, sir. it's either
Grim. or Hawk, or Hen, or Brad, or
Fan. or Ker, or Rick. but to save my
blooh'n' life, Mr.. Townsend, can't
remember which.
Gilpin observer., 1908-05-21
And the Moon Man Laughed.

They were jogging along the old
road ana cupid was so busy that the
young man dropped the lines either
side OF the runabout. 1t was then
that the wise old nag turned lazily
around.
"What are you looking at?" queried
the owl by the roadside.
II am reading between the lines
laughed the old nag as she gave Q
horse laugh and showed her long yel
low teeth.
Gilpin observer., 1908-05-21
La Porte Murderess Surely Dead.

La Porte, Ind.-Sheriff Smut2er and
Miner Shultz, who are sluicing the
ashes in the debris Of the Guinness fire,
have found the upper and lower plates
which came from Mrs. Guinness
mouth, both containing her false teeth.
DR.. p. Norton, who made the lower
plate, Immediately identified them and
also identified the upper plate, fire.
quently having seen It, although 1t
was made before he became her den.
tist. "This proves beyond the shadow
of doubt" said Sheriff Smutzer, that
Mrs. Guinness was burned to death In
the fire."
Gilpin observer., 1908-05-21

Some men are bachelors and some
are bigamists. Between the two is q
,laBs about which executive messages
are never written, or against whom
warrants are rarely issued. It must be
. colorless life.
Gilpin observer., 1908-05-21

A dispatch says that Prince Vladi.
mir Sergejetvitch Kutuzoff and Lis
wife, Warwara Tranovskaja Kutuzufr,
OF Russia. have gone to Doukhobort.
sky. Note to printer: Please put the
letters back in the alphabet after
using.
Gilpin observer., 1908-05-21
THE OBSERVER
CENTRAL CITY. :. COLORADO.
To Cut Down Worlds Fuel Bill.

To Cut Down Worlds Fuel Bill.
LESS than 25 years from now rail-
s0ad locomotives will carry no fuel.
Trains all over the country will be
run by power conveyed by wire from a
dozen great central plants located in
the neighborhood of coal mines. There
will be no smoke, no cinders. to make
journey by rail disagreeable." Thus
Prof. Robert H. Fernald, expert in
charge of the government fuel in
quiry is quoted by Robert Franklin in
the Technical World Magazine. 1t
has been proved practicable, he says,
by the help of gas-producers and gas
engines, to convert the energy of coal
into electricity and transmit 1t by
wire over distances exceeding $50
miles. This means that trains could
be run from a single central plant
over 100000 square miles-an area
nearly four times that of the state of
Illinois-and that ten or twelve such
plants, located at or near mining CEN
ters, could furnish motive power for
all the railroads in the United States.
Nov that it is commercially possible
to transmit electric power 250 miles
or MORE" says Prof. Fernald. 1.-The To-
cation of immense gas-producer plants
at the mines, or within easy reach OF
them, must speedily follow. But 1t
should not be supposed that this power
will be utilized only by the railroads
Of the country. 1t will be supplied to
factories, and employed for all sorts OF
Industrial purposes in cities and
towns. whose populations will be thus
enabled to enjoy cleanliness and free.
dom from the tyranny Of smoky chin.
neys." This is the introduction to a
remarkable article in this magazine.
Gilpin observer., 1908-05-21
HER PROTECTOR.

Here. nurse! Who's that younS
chap that's always following you
around? l he beau of yours?"
"Oh, no, sir. OATS Jimmie Hawk
shaw, de detective. / hires him to pro-
tect me from kidnapers an things!"
The Newtown bee., 1908-02-28

was up in the interest of a new line through East Cornwall and an exten- sion over Cream Hill.
 The main street of the village was gay with the patriotic bunting on the days set aside in memory of Lincoln and Washington.
 A broken frog in the lower switch made it necessary to flag ali the trains on Wednesday evening of last week and gave John Potter an all nights Jot as he represents Barney's section men in this village.
 Mrs Joseph Cole and sons, Benjamil and George, with her daughter, Hattie attended the funeral of Mrs McCann a Torrington, last Friday. Mrs McCanr will be remembered by many of tht townspeople as residing in this villag number of years. Mrs William Bailey is entertaining her parents, MT and Mrs Holmes, iron Syracuse. Last Saturday, MT Bailey sisters, Mrs Smith of Torringford ant Mrs Braman of Cream Hill, were als at her home.
The Newtown bee., 1908-02-28
LITcHFIELD COUNTY
West Cornwall.
A SERIOUS ACCIDENT.

William Chilberg, one of Smith & Sons teamsters, has been laii up tor few days as the result of a teamlng accident, his horses getting away from him while coming down steep rocky road with a load of baled hay. The reach broke, frightening the horses and throwing MT Chilberg to the ground, where the sleigh passed over his body. He was bruised and scratched but no bones broken.
The Newtown bee., 1908-02-28
Greenfield Hill.
PERSONAL AND OTHER NEWS.

PERSONAL AND OTHER NEWS.
 Mrs Henry L. Burr continues quite i'll and is still under the doctors care.
 Mrs Frances Bunnell is confined to her home with the grip. Dr Hetzel of Southport is attending her.
 Master William Jennings, who has been shut in with a painful attack of rheumatism for several days, is now improving nicely.
 Charles A Jennings returned to her duties in Jersey City, Monday, after spending a few days with relatives here.
 Frederick Banks of Weston visited his former home in this place, Sunday.
 H. c. Raymond and family of Black Rock were over Sunday guests of MT and Mrs David Smith.
 Announcement is made of the coming marriage of Miss Nellie Goodsell, daughter of William Goodsell of Cross Highway, to Norman Lockwood o1