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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-11-12

Rev. II. H Clapham of Santa Clara,
Calf. fell dead in his pulpit in the
Episcopal church while reading a
Psalm.
Frank Ellington, farmer. was
killed and Henry Pittman slightly
wounded during three-cornered shot
gun and pistol fight near Belton. Tex.
Jack Pittman. the third party to the
affray, was not wounded.
Michael Coyne. rs years old. who
gained fame in the early days of San
Francisco as one of the chief support
ers of the sand lot" orator, Dennis
Kearney, was burned to death in fire
that destroyed the Columbia hotel in
San Francisco.
At Boston the heroism displayed
when Raynor NJ. Gardiner of Colorado
Springs, q first year man at the Har-
ward law school. leaped into the chilli
waters OF the Charles river and reg
cued Pierce Brown, middle-aged
would-be suicide. from drowning, Is
the talk of the undergraduates of the
university.
Harrison Grey Otis and Harry
Chandler, assistant manager of The
Times were arrested at Los Angeles
charged with criminal libel as the re-
suit OF an article resented by labor
leaders. A similar charge was made a
few days ago and dismissed on &C
count OF a technical error. The charge
is brought by Andrew Gallagher of
San Francisco.
William Miller Graham, one OF Cal
ifornia's oil magnates, is enroute to
New York City to close an oil deal of
immense proportions. He is to meet
with John Hays Hammond and others
OF the Continental Petroleum Compa-
nv, which is struggling to defeat the
Standard Oil Company in its efforts to
control the supply of oil to be used
in the future by transatlantic liners.
The present behavior and past his-
tory Of Great Salt Lake is attracting
more and more attention each Year
and is now the object Of special in
vestigation by the United State geo
LOGICAL survey. The United States
Weather Bureau precipitation records
beginning 1868, present comparative
" accurate record of the levels OF
Great Salt Lake dating back to the
year 1850. In 1850 the lake stood at
3 feet. In 1868 the water rose to IA
feet, dropped to rs feet In 1873 aud
rose again to IA feet In 1877. The
lake then gradually lowered until the
water stood at "a feet In 1902 and 20
feet In 1905. Since 1905 the water has
gradually risen. reaching the 6-foot
mark in May. 1910. The lake 10 now
falling.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-11-12
FOR EIGN.

King George has issued a proclama-
tion fixing the date of the coronation
as June %.
During recent twenty-four hours
nineteen new cases of cholera and six
deaths from the disease have been Of
ficially reported at Rome.
A remarkable discovery, and from
the antiquarian point of view most
valuable one. has just been made in
London, worthy to set beside the IA
nous fragments Of Nero's galley from
Lake Nemi. in the Horniman museum.
1t is nothing less than the well pre-
served remains Of an old Roman boat.
which must have sailed the Thames
about 1000 years ago.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-11-12
SPORT.

The Southwestern baseball tourra-
ment, for prize of $1,000, in which
the Ell Paso Mavericks. the Douglas
(Arizona) Dons and the Cheyenne
(Wyoming) Indians participated, was
won by the Ell Paso team. Nine games
were played, of which El Paso took
five and Douglas four.
Reduction of the number Of called
balls emitting batsman to first base
from four balls to three, and a revival
Of the earned run are among the
changes being considered by baseball
magnates for the betterment Of the
game before another season rolls
around.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-11-12
Broom Corn New Industry.

Greeley-An industry new to Well
county, but which from present ind
cations bids we'll to revolutionize dry
farming, is that of raising broomcorn
for the manufacture of brooms The
growers will not have to go outside o.
Weld county for a market, either. for
d. A. Arnold of Orchard has started a
broom factory on a small scale and
although he has just begun on his
first season, is meeting with such en-.
couragement and success that inside
of two or three years he expects IL
interest large amount of capital,
factory, probably at Greedy.
Mr. Arnold lives on the Isaac
Straus place near Orchard, and this
year put in twenty acres of broom
corn. A few of his neighbors were
persuaded to plant their irrigated land
TO the same crop, with the result that
he has the product of some fifty acres
which he. is making up into brooms.
They are good brooms, too, carefully
made and of superior quality. AL
ready Mr. Arnold has two helpers in
his little factory.
Next year he plans to put in eighty
acres of corn himself and to secure
contracts for enough to make 25o
acres. This can easily be grown on
arid land and will bring $25 per acre
considered excellent returns from land
which costs from $40 to SIS per acre
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-11-12
vii, Discipline Our ex-President.

New Haven, Conn.-Judge Stlmson
E. Baldwin, just elected governor OF
Connecticut. in replying to congratn-
lations of his class OF the Yale law
school. to-day reiterated his intention
OF bringing action against former
President Roosevelt because OF certain
statements reported to have been
made by the latter concerning Judge
Baldwin. In brief reply to the stu
dents Judge Baldwin said:
"In my campaign | was assisted by
a controversy had with certain ex-
President, and | have come TO 'Ne
conclusion that this ex-Presidont
knows less law than you and !, and l
am going to teach him some
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-11-12
COLORADO STATE NEWS

While digging post hole IN his
barn al Montrose. C. r. Smith un-
covered a cigar box which contained
$l52 in bills, 81 in silver and small
diamond The box had been buried
for some time, as the wood was de-
cayed.
That antelope on the plains east OF
Greeley are being ruthlessly. slanght'
cred is a report being investigated by
game wardens. Seeing band OF
antelope pursued and shot at, James
Armstead followed the trail OF the
hunter and was driven back by bullets
fired at him by men supposed to be
killing antelope.
At Boulder a burglar entered the
home of Mrs. A. P. Hart on Mapleton
between the hours of II and $3.50 a.
m. and secured So in cash. He was
evidently an old hand, for he made
himself very much at home and sat
down on the parlor floor to enjoy
dish Of grapes which he found on the
sideboard in the dinning room.
At Glenwood Springs C. S. Burns,
round house foreman for the Rio
Grande, was crushed between two en-
gines and instantly killed. He was
working in the yards and sought to
uncouple two engines fastened togeth-
er with chains. One was dead and
the other had been towing 1t abou.
the yards.
The Grand Junction Orchard Lands
Association has appointed N. A. Glas-
CO, chairman; E. E. Udlock, treasurer.
and Chas A. Smith, secretary of the
committee of three, which will leave
Grand Junction for the Council Bluffs
National Horticultural Congress AMI
Chicago to bring in, flow of land
seekers.
A detachment of engineers of the
Colorado National guard was mustered
into service in Golden Monday night.
by Lieut. E. A. Smith. detailed from
the adjutant generals office. The de.
tachment was organized under favor
able circumstances, 80 members being
mustered into service. Joseph c. Tay-
lor was elected captain and l.. X. Tay-
lor first lieutenant
Miss Katherine Craig, former state
superintendent of schools, and Mrs.
Emma Herey Meyer, former county
superintendent of schools, have been
repapointed as teachers in the public
schools OF Denver by the board Of ed
ucation. Miss Craig has been as
signed to the second grade of the
Twenty-fourth street school. Mrs.
Meyer has been given the fourth grade
of the Columbian school.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-11-12
WEEKS NEWS IN PARAGRAPHS

Plans for an aerial military squad
ron will be presented to Congress. the
number OF the air machines to be pro-
vided being left by the War Depart
ment to the law makers. This has
been announced by Maj. Gen. Leonard
Wood, chief Of staff OF the army.
President Taft personally present
ed to Lieut.. Gordon Johnston of the
Seventh cavalry the medal of honor
awarded to that young officer by Con
gress. Lieut.. Johnston was awarded
the medal for gallantry in action
against the Philippine Moros at Bud
dajo in 1906.
While the number of pensioners on
the rolls of the United States de-
creased during the last fiscal year by
more than $4,000, the average annual
value of each pension at the close of
the year was slightly more than 81
greater than year previously, when
it was $169.S2. according to the an
nual report Of James L. Davenport,
commissioner of pensions, made pub
lie Sunday.
Vital questions concerning the is
sues of stocks and bonds Of railroads
will be Investigated by the Railroad
Securities Commission which will be-
gin public hearings here probably on
Nov. 2s. Other hearings may be held
in several of the larger cities at dates
to be determined later. The commits
sion is headed by President Hadley
of Yale university, who has been
abroad studying European conditions.
After hearing the case argued twice,
the Supreme Court OF the United
States decided that the federal cour.
OF Nevada should proceed to adjud-
icate rival claims to the use of the
waters of the Walker river, flowing
from California into Nevada This de-
cision was based on the conclusion
that although the state courts of Cali.
fornia had concurrent jurisdiction
over the question in dispute, the fed.
eral court, having first taken jurisdic.
ton, should retain it.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-11-12

town. It also has many teamsters
hauling coal who are making $40 u
s12 per day for each four-horse team.
The mine is producing 200 tons per
day. The Norman mine is shippin :
200 or 800 tons per day. and has a
tramway from the mine to the tip
pie, south of town. The Juniper
mine, on Oak creek. about mile from
here. is producing from 300 to $50 ton
per day. The full capacity Of this
plant is over 1000 tons per day. This
company. as well as others. ships
most of its coal to Nebraska and
points east of Denver.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-11-12
Oak Creek Growing Rapidly.

Oak Creek.-Oak Greek, one of the
busiest towns in Routt county. is com
ing to the front. Like many Western
towns, it has had rapid growth. AMI
especially is this true of the last year
The Oak Hills Coal Company, as well
sist the town.
The four large mines about the town
pay the people employed about $685.
600 per month. The Mckinley mine
has large force grading for a rail
road spur to the property, south of
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-11-12
Carey Governor OF Wyoming.

Cheyenne.-The election of a Re-
publican legislature is assured. Also
the return of United States Senator
Clarence D. Clark and the reelection
OF Congressman Frank w. Mondell.
Ex-senator Joseph NJ Carey. insur-
gent Republican-Democra candidate
for governor. is elected by about 5000
majority.
The Republicans have elected Judge
C. n. Potter to the Supreme Court.
while the result on secretary of state,
auditor, treasurer and superintendent
of public instruction is in doubt.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-11-12

The population of FL Paso. Tex. 3d.
279, an increase of 23,373. or 1869
per cent over 1906 in 1900.
A climax in the express strike in
New York is expected and this. in the
opinion of the strike leaders, will be
In the nature of general strike.
strike in New York has been brought
to bear upon the transcontinental
companies by the Merchants associa-
tion of New York
The quarrel between the six trans
continental express companies and
their employees of the Metropolitan
district. New York, has sidled rather
blindly into deadlock.
Phil. o. Parmalee, in q Wright aero.
plane, has made the fastest cross
country flight ever made in a BIZ
plane. Parmalee flew from Dayton to
Columbus, passing over South Charles
ton and London, 65 miles. in sc min
utes.
Horace Vose of Westerly. R. l., who
has furnished holiday turkeys for the
White House since the days of Presi.
dent Grant. is already on the lookout
for the best bird reared in that Sec
ton Of New England to grace the
Thanksgiving table Of President Taft.
Peter Liebach of Pittsburg, Pa, her
NIT, who during years Of solitude
saved 100000 which he will divide
with a bride, has received 952 offers
Of marriage from women, many OF
whom fill his ideas, as the result of a
story published a week ago.
A series OF heavy earth shocks were
recorded Sunday by the seismograph
at Georgetown University observa-
tory; also at st. Louis, Santa Clara.
Calf, and Lawrence. Kan. The dis.
tance from ST. Louis calculated was
4.160 miles. which, it is said, would
place the earthquake shocks in the
Aletion islands. off Alaska.
Francis Tracey Tobin. a prominent
attorney Of Philadelphia. left for
Washington. d. c.. to demand that tho
state department intervene to save DR..
Harvey VALLEY Crippen from death ON
the gallows in England an the ground
that Mrs. Belle Gilmore Crippen il liv.
ing.
The outlook is poor for an early set
tlement Of the garment workers strike
in Chicago. The strikers declined the
proposed agreement offered and
sought the aid Of the Chicago Fedora
| ton OF Labor.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-11-12
eToPPEO abort
Taking Tonlcs, and Built Up ea
Right Food.

The mistake 10 frequently made ol
trying to build up . worn-out nervous
system on so-called tonics-drugs
New material from which to rebuild
wasted nerve cells II what should be
supplied. and this can be obtained
only from proper food.
Two years ago I found myself on
the verge Of . complete nervous col
lapse. due to overwork and study, and
to illness in the family" writes Q Wis
consin young mother.
MY friends became alarmed bo-
cause grew pale and thin and could
not sleep nights. took various tonics
prescribed BY physicians. but their
effects wore OF shortly after !
stopped taking them. My food Aid
not seem to nourish me and l gainod
NO desh nor blood
Reading Of Grape-Nuts, d.
termined to stop the tonics and So
what . change Of diet would do. I
ate oraps-Nuts four times . day,
with cream and drank milk also. went
to bed early afte1 eating Q Aish Of
0rape-Nuts.
In about two wseks I was sleeping
soundV. In short time gained -
pounds fn weight and felt like \
different woman. Ny iittls daughter
whom was obliged to keep out Of
school last spring ON account cl
chronic catarrh has changed from Q
thin. pale. nervous child to . rosy,
healthy girl and has goae beok -
school this fall,
"Grape-Nuts and fresh air we're tho
only agents used 70 accomplish IL
happy results."
Read The Road to WsilvflIass u
pkgs. 'There's . Reason
Ever read ths above Sssssvs A nSv
are geauaAeV tsua. 90 an 0l ha.1sS
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-11-12
Electricity Farm Work.

Platteville.-Mayor Hodgson, pio-
neer farmer of this locality. who has
one of the most productive farms in
Northern Colorado. from now on will
employ electricity to do his hard work.
His house and barn will be illuminated
and his pumps, grind-stone. feed
chopper and other machinery will be
run by electricity while his wife will
do her churning. washing and ironing
with it
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-11-12
Peculiar Custom Of South Observed

Eaton.-A most peculiar custom, OBJ
served by the people in the mountain
at the funeral of Mrs Francis Chance.
an aged woman who died of apoplexy,
when relatives requested, just as the
casket was about to be lowered into
the grave, to know IL the dead woman
was lying perfectly straight. Having
found this to be the case. the burial
was concluded.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-11-12
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An Awful Moment.

The company always included many
delightful women. and l remember the
CONSERVATION caused among them one
day by Burnham. the scout. He e.
planned that he attributed his success
as . scout to the acuteness Of his
sense Of smell; It was like . blood
hounds.
There's no one here today" he
ahirmed, who at any time anywhere
in the future I could not recognise In
the dark. Yes. could tell you. and
you. and you." nodding at an alluring
group In modish apparel. by the way
you smell"
For An awful moment the convorear
ton fagged.-McCluro'A
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-11-12
irriaate Land with Electric Pumps.

Fort Lupton.-With the granting OF
franchise to the Northern Colorado
Power Company to furnish electricity
for light and power here the truck
gardening industry will be revolution
lied. as the land adjoining the town
is flat and only Is feet above water,
making it easy to pump for irriga ton
by electric power.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-11-12
The Test Of Time.

The To6t o. Time.
Benjamin Hapgood Burt and q. g.
Epperson Of Kansas City were motor.
ing in Long Island the other day and
stopped at Evans hotel In Douglaston.
They ordered large quantities Of raw
oysters, some Of which were thrown
aside by the oyster opener.
How do you determine whom an o.
ster is bad?" asked Mr.. Epperson-
you wait q short time and II you
have ptomaine poisoning the oysters
were bad" said Mr.. Burt IT you are
not Ill they were good. That's the
only safe way to tell good oysters
from bad ones"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-11-12

Spider Bite Causes Blood Poisoning.
Erie.-George Wood. recently bitten
by a spider. is in serious condition.
The spider took up its home in
Woods shirt and when he attempted
to put on the garment, bit him on the
arm. The poison has spread over his
body.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-11-12
Mexico Asks for Reparation.

Neutrality-suspicious. vigorously
on behalf Of the Mexican government,
Senior de La Barra, ambassador to
the United States from Mexico, pre-
scented a claim for reparation to the
state department to-day because OF
the lynching Of Antonio Rodriguez at
Rock Springs, Texas. Nov. :.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-11-12

Tokio.-Twenty six persons were
found guilty of plotting the Mikado's
death, including one woman. The
court recommends the severest pen
atty under Clause 70.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-11-12
WASHING GToN.

Postmaster General Hitchcock's
plan requires the magazines to pay In.
creased postage on their advertis inR
pages and will warrant one-cent post
age on first-class mail in the near IN.
ture.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-11-12

Eight are known to be dead and four
more or less seriously injured as re-
suit of freight wreck on the Great
Northern railroad near Chattaroy,
Wash, early Sunday morning.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-11-12
Los Angeles Remarkable Increase.

washington.-The population Of
Los Angeles. Cal, is 319.19s. as COM
pared with 1o2.479 in 1900, as an
nounced by the census bureau. This
is an increase since 1900 OF 216.719, or
Pills per cent.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-11-12
SAVED
FROM AN
OPERATION
ByLydiaE E. Pink kham's
Vegetable Compound
De Forest. Wia

De Forest, Wiz
after An opera
ton four yearS age
I bad pains down
ward In both ddaGL
backachA and Q
weakness. The doc.
tor wanted mo 10
have another OPEN.
ton. I took Lydia 4
PnkhAm's VekOta.
Bile Compound and
I am entirely cured
Of my troubles -
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-11-12
The REGULAR Fare

The Regular Fare
What makes you think that young
man will be success in society3"
The fact that he has such an ex-
traordinary appetite for tea and sal
ads.s
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-11-12
w ESTE RN.

Rev. II. H. Clapham of Santa Clara,
Calf, fell dead in his pulpit in the
Episcopal church while reading a
Psalm.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-06-27

OUPPoSE that you knew you were
genius; that although half
- clothed and half-fed, you willing
ly gave your life to your art; that the
greatest critics declared your works
to be of the highest order and the pub
lie attended your exhibitions audibly
marvelllng at the originality and
beauty of your sculptured conceptions;
and that every year for twenty-four
'years you gave such an exhibition
without making single sale-and
lthcn found yourself dying. leaving
faithful wife penniless?
To you and to her would not that
be the greatest Of llfe-tragedies? Yet
these tragedies are so common that
the great world looks upon them as
''little tragedies of genius"
The foregoing epltomizes the life OF
Henry Linder the sculptor, who re-
Gently died in his tiny cottage in the
suburbs of Brooklyn, N. Y.
when the woman sitting in the lit
Tile house In Brooklyn speaks OF tho
Tragedy, her eyes fall. She can tell
Won OF her own struggles without q
tear. hut she cannot speak of those
a, her husband without stopping to
wine them away.
1--WE had no money" she said, with
sercely trembling lips. But I would
mot disgrace him by shabby clothes.
oae them myself; artists give recep-
l,tors sometimes, and we had to go
|ookirg we'll, that no one might sus-
'pect
"oh. YES. he exhibited and exhibited.
years, and he gave one
|ovorv wear. You wouldn't think 1t.
i,,ould YOU, when you look at these
They are beautiful; !
li,now II l don't say 1t because I'm
|his wife. but because I'm the daughter
-, sculptor, and know. Look at
,h,sand this--and thlsl And he
,,a,.r sold a single piece. No. not one!
.r1ow did we live? I don't know
o,oo IN a while he made a private sale
so--iust enough to keep us from
o,o-y,rp. We've lived-four of us. on
a,,v cents a day.
..t1e was AmerIcan-born, but he
s,u6ied in Lauterecken with my father.
49,, Rock. lie went to Munich, too
"a was under Professor knabel OF the
.aaaemy. After that he had a year In
pome. lie was Always WORKING and
t.n,v,ng and creating from the time no
,'as seventeen years old.
,.rhis is his picture then. Doesn't he
nanny and hopeful2 Isn't It a face
iooN woman would live-thats harder
any a,tre-for2 And look at this It's
'haN act before he died. It's grieved
taEe" ISN'T il? That's the way he got to
,. iaSe' after twenty-four exhibitions. where
r oOn a single piece was sold.
"pld you see his last exhibition It's
s,osed. You went2 I'm glad, for It's
!Ss last we'll--rll ever give for him.
.no w, vou see The RoseT This is the
p"pi The photograph Mrs. LInder held up
not of a slender girl in a swirl OF
Saa,ing drapery with an arch. mocklng
smile smile and one hand toying idly with a
rnse r,,' The intricate folds of loose drap-