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RECEIVED AFTER MAN WAS DEAD
MESSAGE REQUESTING THAT
SUICIDE BE PREVENTED.
Death of William M. Ellis From
Asphyxiation in Hotel at At
lantic City.

ATLANTIC CITY, n. J., November g.
Fifteen minutes after William NJ. Ellis of
Philadelphia was found asphyXiated in
the room of hotel here today the hotel
was called on the long-distance telephone
by a woman from Philadelphia. who said
she was Mrs. James Scott. and requested
the hotel management to take steps to
prevent Ellis from committing suicide.
She said she had received letter from
Ellis. mailed yesterday. in which he an
nounced his purpose Of ending his life.
. A letter addressed to Mrs. Scott was
found i'm the room occupied by the sui
eide. In another letter to the proprietor
of the hotel Ellis apologized for the trou-
ole his death would cause and directed
that 81 of the S33 in his purse be. turned
over to the hotel i'm partial reimbursement
for any expense entailed.
Ellis body. fully dressed. was found on
a bed. In one of the hands was clutched
photograph of a young woman. The
police believe he committed suicide be-
cause of unrequited love for the girl in
the picture The man registered at the
hotel last Thursday night and said his
home was in New York. He appeared de-
pressed, and from the fact that he gave
New York as his residence ii is thought
the suicide was premeditated- He was
about twenty-five years old.
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OF GEORGE WILMER
Services Over Remains at 2 O'Clock
Tuesday Afternoon.

The funeral of George Wilmer, who
died early yesterday morning at his
home. 40 9th street northwest. will take
place at = o'clock Tuesday afternoon
from Trinity German Lutheran Church.
4th and E streets northwest. Brief serv-
ices will be held at the home. Rev
Henock Schroeder. pastor of the church.
will officiate. .
The interment will be in Rock Greek
cemetery. The active pallbearefs will be
nephews of the deceased, while old men,
bers of the church and representatives of
the Association of Oldest Inhabitants of
the District Of Columbia will act as hon.
Orary pallbearerS.
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FUNERAL OF w. II. sPIGNUL.
Was for Forty Years in Business in
This City.

The funeral OF William II. Spignul will
be-. held at . o'clock tomorrow afternoon
from the family residence, 1924 q street.
The interment will be in Glenwood ceme-
terry.
Mr.. Spignul was born in the District
sixty-three years ago. He died Friday
after a short illness. He conducted gro
Gerry and coffee and tea business for
forty years at the corner OF eth and X
streets. being one of the oldest merchants
in that section of Washington. When he
first started in business the Northern
Liberty market was located opposite his
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bride-elect is also engaged in Lutheran
missionary work in that country. Rev.
Mr.. Miller is a son of Rev. DR.. Lewis q.
NJ Miller. a former pastor of Grace
Church. but now connected with the
theological seminary at Charleston. 8. c.
The Martinsburg wv. Va Board Of
Trade decided this week to make an eX-
hibit at the southern commercial con-
gress to be held at the Willard Hotel in
Washington December 6 and :. The ex-
hibit will be an advertisement of the re-
sources of Martinsburg and Berkeley
county. and the apple will predominant.
Fine specimens of the fruit will be wrap
we'd i'm tissue paper and distributed among
the delegates and other visitors.
Mrs. Hugh Wood and daughter are In
dangerous condition at their home in
Page county as the result of being bitten
few days ago by rabid dog. The
animal is still at large.
one of the new members OF the Vir-
ginia house of delegates will be a. III.
Snyder, editor of the Harrisonburg Daily
News, who was elected this week by the
democrats along with Delegate Good to
represent that county in the lower house
of the state legislature.
The fourteenth child i'm the family of
IL. P Armentrout of keeZletOwn, Rock
ingham county. is boy, who arrived a
few DAYS ago, and who tips the scales
at fifteen pounds. His mother weighs
over 300 pounds. The father calls the
new baby John l.. Sullivan Armentrout
Surveying New Railroad.
A force of civil engineers is now at
work surveying for the new railroad
which is to penetrate Highland county
and which will be the only railroad in
that immediate section. 1t Is stated that
the new road is to connect with tie Ches-
apeake and Ohio railway at Clifton Forge
and witt. the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
at or near Elkins. w. Va. j. j. Stouten-
burg. who represents the New York syn
dictate which is financing the new line
is on the ground directing the surveys.
Robert Runion. who mysteriously dis
appeared from his parents home at
Broadway. Va. recently, was found this
week almost frozen on the premises of
w P Lineweaver at HarrisOnburg. He
was daZed and in an exhausted condi-
tion and could only remember that he
fell asleep when the moon was shining.
A reward of $500 has been offered by
the county court of Grant county. w.
Va. for evidence that will lead to the
arrest of the person or PERSONS who re-
Gently murdered Mrs. f.. NJ Reid and her
son at their home at Medley, that coun-
ty, and then burned the house with their
bodies i'm it.
]. Med. Adair of Lexington has re-
ceiyed his commission from President
Taft as supervisor OF the census for the
tenth Virginia district. He will appoint
about l25 enumerators. The appointment
is said to have come unsolicited. Mr..
Adair is a well known merchant Of Lex
ington.
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store in Mount Vernon Square, which was
afterward removed to 9Th and X streets
Mr.. Spignul was educated at Emerson
Institute. conducted by Prof. Young dur
ing the civil war. He was "A member for
many years of numerous Masonic orders
including Lebanon Lodge. Columbia Chap
ter. Washington Commandery and Almas
Temple. He was also member OF the
Board of Trade and the Anglers Club.
His wife. Mrs. Mary Bourne SpignuA a
daughter. Marie A. Spignul; son, Will
liam III. Spignul. jr.; a grandson. William
H. Spignul third. and two sisters. Mrs.
James G. Bowen and Mrs. s. r. Waters
all OF this city. survive him.
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Virginia Girl in Romance.

romance of the Japan mission field is
to eliminate in Nagasaki December % in
the marriage of Miss Daisy Sutton of
Bowling Green. Va, to Rev. Lewis F. q.
Miller of Winchester, who went to Japan
several years ago as a missionary from
Grace Lutheran Church. this city. The
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Funeral Of Huguely Edward Clark.

The funeral of Huguely Edward Clark,
who accidentally shot and fatally wound
ed himself Tuesday while on cunning
trip near Sligo. Nd. and who died at
Garfield Hospital Thursday morning. has
been arranged for 3 o'clock this after
noon. Coroner hewitt gave a certificate
Of accidental death, and the body was
removed to the home of the parents OF
the deceased, Silver Spring. Services
over the remains will be condu~ted at st.
Johns Church, Forest Glen. II is stated
that a cousin of the dead boy was killed
In q similar manner several years ago.
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Auction Sale by Coblens q Co.

Announcement is made that Coblens d
Co.. auctioneers. at 10th and f streets.
have purchased the surplus stock OF the
Conewango Company. consisting of dress
ers. chiffoniers and toilet tables. These
articles are OF the highest standard and
fully guaranteed. They will be offered for
sale tomorrow at IL o'clock am. and
o'clock pm.
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Unitarian Church History.

historical sketch of the Unitarian
Church in Washington will be presented
before the members OF the Columbia
Historical Society at its next meeting,
to be held Tuesday evening IN the BAN
quet hall of the Shcreham Hotel. by Mrs.
Jennie w. Scudder. At the close of the
formal address the subject will be open
to general discussion. Glenn Brown VIII
also speak.
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Miss Harriet q. Brookey. daughter of
Mrs. Theodore Brookey, and William l..
o. Fisher. both of Frederick. Md. went to
Baltimore and were married at the home
Of the Srooms sister, Mrs. George Grahe.
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Augusta. Southern Railway Train % Nv.
Washington 4:15 pm, arrive Augusta
1910 am. Pullman Drawing Room
Sleeping Car. Beginning Monday, No
vember Is. 1909. Drawing Room State
room Gar will be inaugurated to Aiken.
arriving Aiken 1905 am. Southern Rail-
way Dining Cars.-Advt.
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OUTLOOK FOR new HOME GOOD
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS HOPE
FOR CONGRESSIONAL AID.
Encouraging Reports at Meeting Of
Managers-2,16 1872 Meals Served
at c Street Asylum.

ENCOURAGING reports were made last
night at a largely attended meeting OF
the board OF managers OF the Soldiers
and Sailors Temporary Home. 3Oi c
street. anent the prospects Of securing
an appropriation from Congress next win
ter for the erection or purchase OF a
suita BILE building for the home. The
present structure used by the institution
is rented
Col. Thomas $. Hopkins. president OF
the board, who presided, said the out
lock for securing a new building rs
brighter than ever. Other members also
took an optimistic view of the prospects
of securing the necessary appropriation.
Col. Hopkins stated that he had writ
ten to the governor OF the United States
Soldiers Home. out on Brightwood ave-
nue., i'm regard to inmates of that institu-
ton who may be discharged for cause.
The governor was requested TO furnish
the temporary home with a list of such
delinquents. in order that they may not
be given asylum in the home on G street.
Gen. Hawkins. the governor. replied that
he would cheerfully comply with the
request.
Thanksgiving Dinner Plans.
Capt Israel Store. secretary OF the
board. and Capt. a. A. Maxim, superin-
tendent OF the home, were authorized TO
arrange for a Thanksgiving day dinner
for the inmates. The board also author
lied the. purchase of twenty new iron cots
and two sets OF dishes.
Supt Maxim reported that during tile
past month =, 162 free meals We're served
and 969 free lodgings furnished INDECENT
soldiers and sailors. There were thirty
seven original admissions TO the home
and twenty renewals.
The members Of the board of managers
present were: Thomas ). Hopkins. presi-
dent: Benjamin +. Chase, vice president.
Israel w. Stone, secretary; Rev. J. III.
Bradford. chaplain; c. S. Wilder James
f. McCabe, Hazard Wheeler, J. f. Cliff
ford. r. r. Campbell, +. w. Bunyea.
J. W. Andrews, Il. J. Northcott, z. A.
Keller, John III. Hennis, III. w. Burns
and G. <. Rausch.
Gilpin observer., 1909-09-23
fhE TONNAGE INCREASE IS RE.
MARkAsLY GREAT OVER
SIX MONTHS AGO.
FACTORIES RUNNING
ALMOST EVERY COAL PRopUc-
ING COUNTY IN THE'sTATE
SHOWS AN INCREASE.

Denver.-Colorado. during the first
six months of this year, produced
l,S23,412 tons of coal. which repre-.
sents an increase Of 406,936 tons over
the same period of 1908. State Coal
Mine Inspector Jones. who delivered
his semi-annual report to Governor
Shafroth, believes the total tonnage
for the present year will be more than
100000. At an average price of
$3.50. the record shows that the coal
industry in Colorado amounts annu-
ally to upward of $45,0OO,OOO.
A large share of the coal is sold at
prices ranging from Sc to 80 in Ne
braska. Kansas and other points, east
and west of the state, so that the fig
ure given is conservative.
The increase in tonnage" said
Jones, "is a safe indication OF the
manner in which Colorado industries
have resumed operations this year
Factories that we're closed during the
early period of 1908 are running full
time now, and the demand upon the
coal mines is greater. The first six
months Of the year always make the
lighter record in coal consumption,
and hence 1 look for tonnage of
more than 100000 for the year"
With the exception of Jefferson, La
Plata, Montezuma and Weld counties,
every county in the state has shown
an increase. Las Animas leads in pro-
duction. with 2,145,s17 tons, but the
greatest increase is shown in Huer-
fano county, which produced S15,171
tons, an increase of 1898 tons over
1908
Gilpin observer., 1909-09-23
GENERAL NEWS.

The first process of making soda on
an extensive scale was discovered by
Nicholas Leblanc, a French chemist,
in 1891.
Ohio produced 2e,270,639 short tons
of coal last year. a decrease from the
previous years output of about 1927
per cent.
In some OF the public schools of
Connecticut course of agriculture
higher grades.
During the last year the population
of Germany increased by $4,000 per-
sons, to 63,SS6,O00, according to Off
cial statistics.
SKINNED milk has been proved a
valuable food for laying hens, accord
ing to experiments of the Virginia ex-
pertinent station.
Alaska has 1000 miles of waterways
navigable for steamers, of which about
2,7OO miles are included in the Yukon
river and It's tributaries.
Col. George b. NJ, Harvey, president
of Harpers G. Brothers, and editor of
the North American Review and Har-
per's Weekly, was pinned beneath his
overturned two-ton automobile at Man
ahawken, N. j., but escaped with a
broken collar bone.
Holland has no claim on aviation
records, but, according to a report
from Amsterdam, it is the first coun-
try in which an airship has been
seized for debt. 1t is a flying machine
of the Voisin pattern, owned by La
Mouette, Paris aeronaut association.
which was organized to give exhibi-
tions in Holland.
General Porfirio Diaz, president of
Mexico. celebrated his eightieth birth
day September 18th. He received
greetings from many foreign countries.
A body of workmen expressed the hope
that Diaz might rule Mexico for many
years and their enthusiasm moved the
pf, sident to tears. President Diaz has
occupied his office for thirty-two years.
He has been renominated for the term
commencing in 1910 and ending six
years later.
The Rio Janeiro Journal OF Com.
merce in n recent issue said that tele.
graphs from the Pacific coast an.
nounced that an agreement between
Peru and Bolivia on the recent boun
dary dispute, which at one time
threatened to plunge these states into
war. had been. or was on the point OF
being signed.
Imports at the port Of New York
nre growing rapidly, showing an in
crease Of from 35 to so per cent
over the values of a year ago. Re
ceipts Of from $1.000.000 to $1,070,O ,O0C
are not unusual in a day.
Gilpin observer., 1909-09-23
country's Forests Grow Less.

Washington.-A startling situation
has developed as the result of TAX
ing of stock of the country's forest
resources, according to Treadwell
Cleveland, Jr., expert in the bureau
of forestry, in bulletin made public
today entitled THE Status of Forestry
in the United States"
1t has shown, Mr.. Cleveland de-
clares, that the country still is de-
stroying the forest, taking from it
every year three and a half times as
much wood as is added by the new
growth. It has shown that less than
one-third of the growing trees felled
by the lumbermen is ever used at all,
so that two-thirds of all the timber cut
is simply destroyed. 1t has shown
that one-eleventh of Ell the forests is
swept by fires every year and that on
the average since 1870 forest fires
have yearly cost $o0,000,000 in timber
and so lives.
1t has shown, Mr.. Cleveland con
tinues, that over SO per cent. of the
forests in private hands-which com
prise three-fourths of all the forest
land and four-fifths of all the wood
is thus devastated by destructive use
and the sweep OF uncnecked fires
while less than one per cent. is prop
erly handled for successive crops OF
effectively protected from fire. 1t Is
stated Turther that the forest as re
source Is rapidly being obliterated.
Gilpin observer., 1909-09-23
Takes Too Much Nerve Food.

Fort Collins, Colo.-Medicine for
the nerves, of which Mike Barton, a
former city employe. took a whole box
instead of one tablet, at dose, caused
him to suffer hallucinations that ended
in his calling out the fire department
and subsequently spending a night in
the open, barefooted, and attired only
in underclothing.
carton, who is being held in Jail be-
cause of his condition, was rational.
He said he thought that if one tablet
Of nerve restorer was good. the whole
box ought to do wonders for his
nerves. He took so cents worth at
one dose, and in few minutes he
says, 'it was all off," He has no rec
objection of his escapades, and de-
scribed his feelings as those of one
who has just awakened from a sleep
Gilpin observer., 1909-09-23
Rich convicts Must Pay.

Pittsburg. - That rich convicts in
Riverside Penitentiary have been
made victims OF blackmail on the part
of prison guards was a charge made
in the prison investigation. It is
charged that in order to secure good
behavior" marks the wealthy prison
ers have been forced to disgorge to
the guards.
On the other hand 1t was brought
out that the rich convicts. who are
mostly bank wreckers, have been at
tempting to run the prison." War
den Francis broke up the practice, and
as result William Montgomery, for
mer cashier of the Allegheny National
Bank, and Cashier Rinehart. of the
Farmers and Drovers' Bank, OF
Waynesburg. are now doing porter's
work in the prison.
Gilpin observer., 1909-09-23
FREAK IN SEQUOIA FOREST
Tree Trunk That Has Stood for Six
teen Years Severed From
Its Base.

Out n California there is a tree
trunk which has stood for the last 16
years entirely severed from its base.
says the Wide World Magazine. The
stump is 15 feet in diameter, and the
trunk towers rs feet in the air. This
remarkable freak is located near the
Sequoia forest reserve in Tulare coun-
ty, California, and was sawn of by
lumbermen for timber. Through some
miscalculation, when the cut was fin
ished the tree still held its position.
and dynamite was resorted to to bring
1t to the ground, which accounts for
the deep cash on one side. After the
first charge of the explosive had been
ignited the tree still remained stand
ing, and it was discovered that the
entire trunk had been shattered by
the discharge and was therefore use
less for lumber. Accordingly. the
work was stopped and the giant has
remained upright, withstanding some
of the severest wind storms that the
state has known, held in its natural
position by its great weight.
Gilpin observer., 1909-09-23
CONDENSED RECORD OF THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS AT
HOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS, DOING s, ACHIEVE.
MENTs, sUFFERINGs, HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
WESTERN NEWS.

Right Rev. William George McClos-
key, bishop of Louisville, KY, and the
oldest living prelate in the United
States, died. aged eighty-five years.
The 26,0OO ton battleship to be built
by the New York Shipbuilding COM
pany will be known as the Arkansas
and that by William Cramps Sons &
Company as the Wyoming. The con-
tracts for these ships were let several
days ago
Attempting the part of peaoemaker
between w. o. Terry and John Shan
non at Tyrone, N. M, Grant county
mining camp, Thomas Burch received
two bullets and died soon after. Terry,
who fired the fatal shots, is in Jail at
Silver City.
Walter l.. Fisher of Chicago, presi-
dent of the Conservation League of
America, announced completion of
the formation of the National Conser-
vation Association with former Presi-
dent Charles W. Eliot of Harvard as
president.
Eugene Pearson, former chief clerk
in the depot quartermaster's office of
the United States army in San Fran
cisco, was sentenced to one year and
one day in the San Quentin prison,
for embezzling $1,14O from the govern
ment. A motion for new trial was
denied.
The Standard Oil Company has a
deal pending which is recognized by
financial interests as the beginning of
movement to gain control of the en-
tire country's production of natural
gas. This deal, which will go through
within a short time, will give to the
Standard Oil Company entire owner
ship of the Reserve Gas Company,
which controls the gas output of West
Virginia.
Important changes are impending in
the method of handling the advisory
rating bureaus in the various western
states. Considerable dissatisfaction
developed under the arrangement now
in force and recently the Continental
issued notices that it would at once
retire from any state rating bureau
which completed the proposed leases
Several prominent union companies
had also declared themselves as ready
to refuse cooperation, fearing that the
plan might be attacked by some of the
states, and it has been decided, to
abandon it.
Gilpin observer., 1909-09-23
Boosters Are on Their Way.

Denver.-Seventy-fiv Denver boost
ers. all wearing a special brand of
Booster caps and badges, and buttons
bearing the motto of the Colorado
Manufacturers Association, Build up,
Buy Goods Made in Colorado, left
Denver Tuesday on the biggest boost
er excursion ever run by the associa-
ton, which has been in the booster
business for several years.
The association has received letters
from most of the cities on the West
ern slope asking for short stopovers.
and promising the party all kinds of
entertainment. The city of Clifton.
which recently locked horns with
Rocky Ford for the championship Of
the world in the cantaloupe business,
has sent over a protest against the
excursion travelling through the Grand
valley without visiting Clifton. Ar
rangements probably will be made to
pay short visit there.
Gilpin observer., 1909-09-23
ROOM IN WEST
FOR 300,000,000
WHEN IRRIGATION PROJECTS
ARE COMPLETED SURPLUS
OF WORLD MAY COME.
GREAT OPPORTUNITIES
FAR WEST is TEACHING WORLD
HOW TO SAVE THE MA
TloNAL RESOURCES.

Chicago.-"Away with this talk
about America tottering like Rome
into her grave. America is not old,
nor Is she decreplt. She is barely
across the threshold of youth. The
Pilgrim spirit that built homes,
schools and meeting houses in old
New England still lives, and today it
dares and does in the Far West, the
new United States
Thus spoke Rev. A. Eugene Bart
lett in sermon in the Church of the
Redeemer. speaking from his observa-
tions on his recent western tour. Con-
tinuing he said, in part:
THE irresistible courage and in
domitable energy of youth is present
in the farther West, and it is a ma
tional asset that the whole country
may share. This country cannot be
rightly judged by the New Eng
land standard OF culture and con-
servatism, nor by the standard of the
Middle West. The Far West must be
considered as well.
Our country has room for 800, ,000,-
900. When we have finished our great
irrigation projects, We can take care
of the overplus Of population from all
the cities of the world. The prosper
ity that has come to the western farm
ers with the advent of water is yet
scarcely appreciated by those of the
Middle West. You need pity the
western farmers no more. They do
not need your sympathy unless their
automobile breaks down.
1T is the Far West that is teaching
the whole country to save the ma
tional resources. She is aware of the
value of the water and the worth OF
trees. The love of home is very strong
IN the Far West.
''Sectionalism is disappearing. East
and West are every day nearer to-
gether Friendship is growing be-
tween Canada and the United States.
In the last seven years 100000 Ameri-
can farmers have settled in Canada
and they have not forgotten their
birth land.
The 5000 miles of travel and the
two months of study of conditions in
the farther West have removed the
blur from my eyes and the doubts
from my heart America is headed
right. Without bloodshed a new re-
public is merging. When the weaving
is finished, there will be no North, no
South, no East, no West"