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Gilpin observer., 1908-03-26
Pushing Moffat Road Work.

Denver.-There are now fully 500
men at work on the Moffat road driv-
ing it through to the great coal fields
and to Steamboat Springs. On April
30th, twenty miles more of the road
will be opened to travel. This will
take the trains to McCoy's siding. two
and one-half miles from the nearest
point to McCoy's station. This new
mileage will put the Moffat road on the
mail list for the mails to Steamboat
Springs as 1t will cut twenty-five miles
from the stage line running from VOL
colt to Steamboat Springs.
Three miles OF heavy work have to
be done between McCoy's siding and
the springs, involving no less than
eleven tunnels and several bridges In
one mile, but after that there will be
easy sailing. Steamboat Springs will
be reached In October. The road will
be running through n portion Of the
coal beds In the middle OF the summer.
Plans are on foot now for the branches
running north and south to open the
territory.
Gilpin observer., 1908-03-26
Cigars for kinq Edward.

King Edward has come forward
again to enrich American cigarmakers.
He ordered 1000 cigars two years ago
at cost of $4,000, but this time his
Smokes are to cost him proportion
ately more. The order is for 500, says
the Philadelphia Public Ledger, and
the cost will be $1,000. There is no
exaggeration as 70 the price or the ex-
pense incurred in the manufacture"
said one well up on cigars. Three
thousand dollars was actually paid by
King Edward for 1000 cigars, and the
margin of profit even at that unprece-
dented price was exceedingly small.
The manufacturer was eager to gain
the prestige of having served royalty
and went to extraordinary expense
The cigars were eight inches in length
and at the thickest part in the middle
one inch in diameter They wera
made of the finest Vuelta Abajo tobac,
co. The 500 that are to go to England
will have thin bands Of gold on them,
but they will not be wrapped IN silk.
The manufacturer will make nice
profit-much greater than that of the
man who filled the order for the thou
sand two years ago."
Gilpin observer., 1908-03-26

There should be pocket edition au.
tomobile that the chauffeur could
chuck into one pocket of his overcoat
while he pulled his snow-shoes out of
the other. Equipped with the arctic
boots he could sail merrily along,
sliding down inclined places and toll.
ing up the hills. But the main point
is that he would make progress. how.
ever slow. Automobiles are too cum.
bersome. 1t is all right for them to
have weight, IL the owner is going to
patronize the boulevards exclusively.
Still, in an ordinary cross.country run
perhaps he could get away with fences,
barb and rail: but when there is a
bog or snowstorm and he wants to
transport the machine to the nearest re.
pair shop on his shoulder It's weight is
a serious handicap.
Gilpin observer., 1908-03-26
ANARCHIST PAPER BARRED.
President Roosevelt Orders It ExcIud-
ed From the Malls.

Paterson, N. J.-President Roose-
velt states in answer to an appeal
from Mayor Mcbride to exclude La
QUESTION: Sociale" from the mails,
that beside directing that the newspa-
per be denied the use of the mails, he
has requested the department of JUS
tice to make every effort to prosecute
criminally those responsible for the
publication. A copy of the Presidents
letter to the department of justice was
enclosed as the reply to the appeal of
Mayor Mcbride, who made public the
Presidents letter. 1t follows:
TO the Department of Justice:
BY my direction the postmaster
general is to exclude La Questione So
ciale of Paterson, N. j., from the mails,
and it will not be admitted to the mails
unless by order of the court, or unless
you advise me further that it must be
admitted. Please see II. it is not pos
sible to prosecute criminally the men
interested in the sending out of this
anarchistic and murderous publica-
ton.
They are the enemies of mankind,
and every effort should be strained to
hold them accountable for an offense
far more infamous than that of our
ordinary murderer
This matter has been brought to
my attention by the mayor of Pater-
son. l shall, through the secretary OF
state, call the attention of the governor
of New Jersey to the circumstances so
that he may proceed under the state
law, his attention being further drawn
to the fact that the newspaper is cir
culated in other states. After you have
concluded your investigation l wish
fr-rv 70. g..
recommendations by me for action by
Congress.
THE newspaper article in question
advocates murder by dynamite, it spe-
officially advocates the murder of en-
listed men of the United States army
and the officers of the police force, and
the burning of the houses of private
citizens
THE preaching of murder and arson
is certainly as immoral as the circula-
tion of obscene and lascivious litera-
ture and If the practice is not already
forbidden by the law it should be for
hidden.
THE immigration law now prohibits
the entry into the United States of any
person who entertains or advocates the
views expressed in this newspaper arti-
Gle. 1t is. of course, inexcusaBle to
permit those already here to promul-
gate such views. Those who write,
publish and circulate those articles
stand on the level with those who use
the mails for distributing poisons for
the purpose of murder. No law should
require the postmaster general to be-
come an accessory to murder by cir
culating literature of this kind.
"(Signed)
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
Gilpin observer., 1908-03-26

The necessity, which sailors under
stand so well, of making everything
fast on shipboard, was illustrated by g
recent neglect of the precaution on the
steamship Persian. The vessel was
coming up the coast from Philadelphia
to Boston, when a heavy steel safe
broke loose from it's chocks, and for
an hour fought battle with the sail
ors like that which Hugo, in the IA
nous chapter of "Nine:y-three," de-
scribes as taking place on the French
man-of-war. The safe first dashed
frors the captains cabin, and plunging
through the door, started down across
the deck. Fore and aft and from side
to side it lurched and plunged, smash
ing or carrying away everything in its
path, and threatening the lives of the
men at every rush. Finally, by the
aid of ropes, furniture and capstan.
bars, 1t was checked lassoed and made
fast. Those who had a part in the
battle will read Ninety three" with
new insight hereafter.
Gilpin observer., 1908-03-26
THE OBSERVER
CENTRAL CITY, COLORADO.
Good Takers.

Intelligent talking Is one Of the
most beautiful and animating recrea
lions, and a person who understands
the art possesses most useful and
enjoyable accomplishment. No din
ner-table is well appointed without
good takers, and the basis of interest
ing conversation is reality. After a
course of dinners in the British me-
tropolis, Sir Walter Scott said: THE
clergymen and the lawyers talked bet
ter than the wits'-that is, the wits
talked for the sake of talking, while
the representatives of the church and
the law had something to talk about.
Yet specialties and hobbies are not
admissible at a dinner-table, and per-
son who can only talk on his own fad
has no business in society, for any
conversation at the dinner-table that is
strain on the attention or patience
soon becomes irksome; indeed one of
the chief elements of pleasant com.
Tany is a readiness to talk or to be
talked to on any rational subject. The
most charming takers, says the New
York Weekly, let bright listener see
their thoughts in formation, for talk
that has been prepared has ready
made f1atness. 1t is the aerated
thought of the moment that has the
sparkle; and a good talker finds the
right word by instinct, as clever
I, i 1t.
foot in the right place. This fact
makes the good talker also good lis
tener, because his best conversation
will follow brightly and instantly the
lead that others give it, and it pre-
vents, likewise, the worst of all con-
versational faults-the persistent eff
fort to monopoliZe the talk.
Gilpin observer., 1908-03-26
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Most Important Happenings Of the
Past Seven Days.
interesting Items Gathered From all
Parts of the World Condensed
Into Small Space for the BEN
eft of Our Readers.
CONGRESSIONAL.

Senator La Toilette of Wisconsin has
introduced a bill providing for tariff
commission. The body is to be COM
posed of nine members not more than
five from any one political party.
The American Federation of Labor's
statement of grievances has been laid
before the senate.
After a spirited debate the ship sub
sidy bill was passed by the senate
recently.
By a vote of 14S to lis the house
tabled the resolution calling upon the
president to supply the information on
corporations collected by the bureau
of corporations.
Speaker Cannon and Vice President
Fairbanks are authority for the state
ment that a new employers liability
act will be passed at the present ses-
sion of congress.
The conference of labor leaders at
Washington has presented to congress
memorial and protest against the in
difference of that body to the interests
of the producers of the country.
Senator LaFollette of Wisconsin re-
SuLSu Ills SpetCll III lle Seudle vi lue
Aldrich bill recently, declaring that
the recent panic was helped along by
the big insurance companies whose
headquarters are in Wall street.
The pension bill, carrying an appro-
priation of $15O,S6O,6OO, and providing
for one general pension agency at
Washington, has passed the house.
Before the house submarine investi-
eating committee Secretary of the
Navy Metcalf declared that no men,
ber of congress had attempted to in
fluence his department in the matter
of furnishing submarine boats for the
navy.
A bill to create national univer-
sity at Washington has been intro
duced in the house by Representative
Mckinley of Illinois.
The house and senate adjourned
for the day recently out of respect
for the memory of Senator Whyte OF
Maryland.
United States Senator William
Pinckney White of Maryland, died re-
Gently at his home in Baltimore of
erysipelas. He was S4 years old.
Gilpin observer., 1908-03-26
Church Floor Gives WAY.

Denver.-An Evans, CoIOrndO, dis.
patch Tuesday night says: So large
n crowd gathered at the Reformed
Presbyterian church in Evans tonight
to listen to Governor Buchtels address
on temperance, under the auspices of
the Anti.Saloon League, that two sills
in the floor OF the church gave way,
cracking like pistol and throwing the
crowd into n panic. People In the front
of the church rushed to the rear. and
those in the back rushed forward, but
Governor Buchtel and the cooler heads
among the crowd prevented serious ac.
cidents. The governor quieted the peo-
pie SO effectively that not one left the
building.
Gilpin observer., 1908-03-26
Miscellaneous.

The temporary injunction against
the American Federation of Labor en-
joining its mebers from conspiring to
obstruct or destroy the business of the
Bucks Stove and Range company has
been made permanent by order of Chief
Justice Clabaugh of the supreme court
of the District of Columbia.
The supreme court of the United
States has declared the Minnesota
law regulating both freight and pas
senger rates unconstitutional because
of the enormous penalties imposed for
disobedience to it.
Japan has asked China to take such
step as may be necessary to prevent
a boycott on Japanese goods in China
and put an end to the anti-Japanese
agitation growing out of the Tatsu
Maru incident.
The death of Senator Bryan of
Florida makes the seventh member of
that body that has died since the adj
journment of the fifty-ninth congress
March a, a year ago.
The route of the New York to Paris
race has been changed to include Los
Angeles
The taking OF testimony has COM
menced in st. Louis in the investiga-
tion into allegations that combinations
of lumber interests exist in Missouri
in violation of the antitrust laws.
Russian critics call the invitation
extended to the American feet to visit
Japan a shrewd move in diplomacy.
While entering New York harbor the
Atlantic. liner Kronprinz Wilhelm had
a hole ten feet in diameter torn in her
stern by the steamer Crown of CASTLE.
Nobody was injured
The house committee on public
lands has made a favorable report
on the senate resolution authorizing
the attorney general to bring suit to
recover 100000 acres of land granted
to the California and Oregon Rail-
road company on condition that it be
sold to settlers at $3.50 per acre, a
condition with which the road refuses
to comply.
On his plea OF guilty of numbering
ex-Gov. Steunenberg, Harry Orchard
was sentenced to death by Judge Wood
at Caldwell, Idaho, with recommen-
dation to the state pardoning board
that the sentence be commuted.
Atchison has adopted plans for the
finest high school building in Kansas.
Five indictments have been returned
against A. c. Tisdell. whose private
bank in Chicago failed several months
ago.
A shortage OF between $1,000 and
$4,000 has been discovered in the Of
flee of the surveyor of customs ut St.
Louis.
Following a series of conferences
at the White House between the pres
ident. members of congress and rep
resentatives of business interests a
new legislative program is to be at
tempted and will be urged upon con.
gress through special message from
the president.
Abe Hummel, the New York divorce
lawyer, has been released from Sing
Sing after serving n year for suborna
ton of perjury.
The United States steel derelict de-
stroyer Seneca. the first of her type,
was successfully launched at New.
port News recently.
Gilpin observer., 1908-03-26
To Aid Homeste aders.

Washington.-Senato Teller has in.
troduced a bill providing that persons
who have made homestead entries
upon lands to be watered from the
Gunnison tunnel irrigation project may
be given leaves of absence pending
completion of the tunnel. but must re.
sumo occupation of entries within
ninety days after water Is furnished
from the project for irrigation.
Gilpin observer., 1908-03-26

When New York man resigned his
position because he thought he was
paid too much for his services, he wa
promptly locked up as insane. Sui.
that was hardly necessary to prevent
q general movement Of the sort.
Gilpin observer., 1908-03-26

A witty Frenchman was asked IL he
did not think it was high time to stop
putting men to death. YES" he an.
swered, but let the murderers be the
gentlemen to begin" The same rule
applies to all phases OF the warfare
between criminals and society.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-19
TO STIMULATE
ROWING HERE

Invitations are out to each senior
member OF the Young Mems Chris
tian Association TO attend a fish
chowder at the Y. NJ. c. A. Boat
Club Thursday of this week at eight
o'clock. That Peter ScruggS will be
the cook is all that need be said re-
gaTding the ChoWder.
Aside from the social feature of
this event, there is some important
business to be transacted. 1t is the
desire of the Boat Club committee
that interest in rowing shall be slim
ulated.
Pensacola formerly held a high
reputation for OarSmen and there is
as good material now as in former
days. 1t is the purpose of the Boat
Club to organize crews who will
train for races to he held later in
the season and to offer trophies to he
contested for by local oarSmen. If
sufficient material is developed to
warrant so doing. an effort will be
made to bring the Southern Rowing
Association here for its regatta next
season. Officials Of that association
have already intimated that such an
invitation would be favorably re-
ceiVed.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-19
MANY HEARD
THE ADDRESSES
LAST. NIGHT.
Workingnen Bring Cam
paign to Close at Ar
mory Hall.
SPEECHES DELIVERED BY A
NUMBER OF CANDIDATES FOR
VARIOUS oFFlcEs-RAIN PRE-
VENTED THE MEETING BEING
HELD IN SEVILLE SQUARE.

The campaign was brought to
close last night at armory hall, when
a meeting OF the Escambia County
PROTECTIVE Association was held
at that place, instead of at Sc
vile square, made necessary by the
heavy rain, which began falling few
minutes before the hour set for the
parade, to the square.
Armory hall was secured for
meeting place, after it was found
that a meeting could not he heard
in the open, and there the crowd
gathered. filling the hall.
r. z. L. Cresap presided and intro
duced the speakers, who were as
follows: John P. Stokes, J. L. Aber-
crobie, Frank johnson, Chas. H. Hill.
Judge e. d. Beggs, Louis P. Head,
w. A. Blount, Jr. Scott M. LOftin,
Jas. c. Van Pelt and A Zelius
The most interesting Of the ad-
dresses were by w A Blount, Jr and
Scott M Loftin. Mr.. Blount stated
that he was running for the Office on
his own merits, and the fact that
his father is attorney for various
corporations had nothing whatever to
do with his candidacy. He believed
he could fill the office to the salts
faction Of the people. Relative to
MT Iortln and union labor he said
he understood that Mr. LOftin had
employed non-union men in building
some houses. Mr. Blount was ap-
plauded.
Mr.. Loftin followed Mr.. Blount,
and was greeted with applause. Ar
ter stating his position in the cam
paign, and how he had conducted
himself during the period he had
held the office, he produced affidavits
10 refute the charges of Mr.. Blount
that he had employed non-union car
penters. The afidavits were from
men who had been employed to work
upon the buildings, and each stated
that he was a member of the car
penter's union. ~ .
Owing to the latsness of the hour
when the meeting was called to or
der a number of candidates were I'M
able to deliver addresses.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-19
w. B. LAMAR.

His people came to America in 1870
and John WitherspoOn of his family
signed the Declaration OF Independ'
ence, the Articles of Confederation
and was the only clergyman a mem.
Der of the Continental Congress.
His grandfather, Judge Robert Nc
Cottry Witherspoon, came to Florida
from South Carolina in 1S46, and was
a prominent planter in Florida be-
fore the civil war, owning many
slaves, among the the Rev. George
Washington Witherspoon, a negro
who, during the reconstruction Pc
Tiod, was a member of the Florida
legislation from Gadsden and Jeffer-
son counties. was elected to con-
gress and counted ont, and was near
ly elected to the United States sen.
ate. receiving 13 votes in the legisla-
ture, but later was defeated by Hon.
Chas. Jones, Of Pensacola. When
This occurred, Judge WitherSpoon,
with Drew, Perry, BloXham and
others won the democratic victory OF
1876, and forever defeated negro
domination in Florida. An uncle of
Mr.. Phillips commanded the NuIlif-
cation troops under Gov. Hayne dur.
ing the war of nullbfication in South
Carolina, and was lieUtenant COVER
nor of the state. One of MT. Phil
lips ancestors was a brother OF
Lord HIoarstion Nelson, another was
the Rev. William Hammet tho noted
Methodist minister of a century ago,
friend Of John Wesley and foe OF
Bishop Asbury. Lorenzo Dow, and
others who desired to supplant Yves
ley in this country. $50
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-19
WILL INSTRUCT
IN Swimming
Y. M. g. A. Boat Club to In
struCt All at Little
Bayou.

The Y. M c. A. boat club has de-
cided to conduct a swimming school
II Little Bayou, and has made the
following announcement:
The Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation will conduct classes for chill
dren ten years of age and over at the
Y. NJ. c. A Boat Club on Little
Bayou.
Construction will he given under
care of expert swimmers
Space TO be used will be shallow
water carefully rOped off to insure
safety. Special apparatus which
eliminates accidents will be used in
teaching.
Boys and girls classes will he
held on different days. There will
be matron in attendance on girls
classes and parents are invited to
be present on class days.
Each class will be held two days
each week and will begin as soon as
sufficient number of applications
have been received. Days Will De
announced later"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-19
McDAVID.
ny Associates Press

Ry AssocI7ted Press
McDayid, Fla. May 1S.-Mr. z. w
cellars made business trip to Pen
SaCOla Saturday
visited the Sunday school SUNDAY,
and gave the children an interesting
lecture. 1t was very much enjoved
by all and it is desired that Mr..
Crazy come again soon.
Mn. c. S. oBwman and family
have moved to Atmore. Ala.
Miss Bessie Raggett, of Atmore.
visited friends and relatives in Nc
David Sunday and Monday.
Mrs. E. w. Cellars Is expected to
leave here soon to visit friends and
relatives in FlOrala and DeFur.-
Miss Matte Gunter was the guest
Of Miss Carrie Brewton Sunday and
Monday.
Miss Ruth Brewton is visi+frr her
cousin, Myrtle Baegett. this week.
There is to be Children's Day ex-
erclses. baptizing. and preaching at
Rays Chapel Baptist church. the
second Sunday in June. Ererybody
is cordially invited to attend.
Mrs. J. +. Bowman and husband
were shopping in Pensacola Monday.
Master Carl Brewton visited reIa-
tives in Atmore the past week.
Mrs. Nan Tucker, of Pine Barren.
visited Mrs E w. Cellars Sunday.
Miss Leila Baggett is expected 40
arrive here Saturday from Atmore,
where she has been attending school
for several months
Mrs. W. D. McDavid has returned
from Mobile, where she went to
have ian operation performed.
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