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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-08-06
Exposition which will open for twt

Exposition which will open for two
weeks at the Overland grounds in
Denver on September 3, promises to
be the most representative exposition
OF the West ever held in Colorado
The permium list has just been is
sued and not only every county in Col
orado but counties from the adjoining
states will display their progress
There are over $4,000 offered ir
premiums and agriculture is given the
prominent place. The display Of az
riculture and horticulture will be the
largest and most interesting ever
shown in the West. All the space in
the great exposition buildings has al
ready been reserved and the exhibit
will overflow the space into tents and
tmporary buildings.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-08-06
Has Anyone Seen J. 3. Taylor?

Denver-Gov. Shafroth has received
letter from Mrs. Miriam Sophia Rey-
mer OF Brooklyn. n. Y. asking him for
assistance in locating her brother. Jo-
seph Benjamin Taylor. She says
that matters have come up which will
be OF great importance to him. Tay
lor. according to the Letter, is about rs
years of age. il he Is living. Mrs. Rey-
mer's Brooklyn address 10 585 Carlton
avenue.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-08-06
Standley Lake Affairs.

Denver.-The affairs Of the Denver
Reservoir Irrigation Company, which
went into the hands Of receivers June
6, are again in a turmoil and the pres
ent indications are that Henry l.. Doh
erty, president of the Denver Gas and
Electric Company. has practically won
in his efforts to secure control Of the
big irrigation project.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-08-06
Insurgent Republicans Meet.

"insurgent" Republicans OF the state
here Saturday. an opinion" was
agreed to as a sort OF party platform.
NJ. ID. Vincent of Paonia, who seeks the
Republican gubernatorial nomination
next fall. and who is stumping the
state in his own behalf, was present.
1t was decided to circulate this "opin-
ion,' or declaration of principles,
among the Republicans Of the state
for Endorsement. ID. c. Burns Of Den
yer was appointed temporary secretary
and it was announced that all Repub-
licans holding these principles are in
vited to correspond with him.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-08-06

caused y Wcdkuc~
and broken down
condition of the
system. l read so
much hofwhatLydia
E. Pinkham's Veg.
etable Compound
had done for other
suffering women ]
felt sure it would
help me, and must
say it did help me
wonderfully. Ny
pains all left me, ]
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-08-06
Insurgents Victorious In Kansas.

Topeka-The visit of Joseph Can
non, speaker of the House, TO Kansas
during the recent primary. campaign
utterly failed to stem the insurgent
tide, according to Tuesdays returns
The indications are that Kansas Will
have six insurgent Congressman in the
next session, instead of the two in the
last session.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-08-06
Iii-Hsalth Causes Tragedy.

Denver.-Driven insane by failing
health. Mrs. Margaret Eveland Of 334s
Williams street, shot and killed her
husband. Joseph A. Eveland. as he
lay sleeping at her side. then shot her
self in the temple. dying almost in
stAntly.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-08-06
WEEKS NEWS IN PARAGRAPHS

Clifford Pinchot, former chief for
ester under Theodore Roosevelt. has
taken place upon the list of possible
candidates for the Republican nominn-
tion for governor of New York. and
Theodore Roosevelt was asked to sup
port his candidacy.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-08-06
Canadian r. r. Strike Ended.

Ottawa, Ont.-The strike of conduct
ors. trainmen and yardmen which be-
gan on the Grand Trunk and Central
Vermont systems July IS. was official
ly called off Tuesday. Said to be an
increase of 80 per cent in wages.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-08-06
Decorations Tor the Brave.

London-King George at Marlbor-
ough House decorated 62 miners for
conspicuous gallantry in saving life in
colliery disasters, presenting them
with King Edward medals, a decora-
ton instituted by the late king for
heroism in mines.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-08-06
Mathematical Request.

Mathematical Request.
Little Mary, seven years old, was
saying her prayers. And, God" she
petitioned at the close, make seven
times six forty-eight"
Why. Mary. why did you say that?"
asked her mother
cause that the way I wrote 1t In
'zamination in school today. and I
want it to be right"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-08-06
Elevator Accident Fatal,

Denver-While trying to board al
elevator On the third floor of the build
ing at 1889 Arapahoe street, Clifford
Dean, aged 27. was crushed to death
He was dead when Police Surgeon M
Gilliyray arrived.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-08-06
A Blind United States Dist. Attv.

New York.-Biind since he was
eight years old, Raymond G. Brown,
a graduate from the Harvard law
schools. was Tuesday appointed an as
sistant United States district attorney
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-08-06
WASHINGTON.

Owing to the prevalence of infan-
tile paralysis in Washington and else
where throughout the country. q gov
eminent investigation is to be made
into the case of the disease.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-08-06
Oklahoma Prays for Rain.

Mount Scott, Okla.-Fearing that if
rain does not fall in this section soon
the crops will be lost, citizens have
begun united prayer service asking
for downpour
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-08-06

Sacramento Gains Over SO Per Cent.
Washington. The population OF
Sacramento. Calf, is 44,69G This is
an increase OF 15.414 or SIG per cent
as compared with 29.2S2 in 1900.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-08-06
Not His Fault.

Not His Fault.
"Oratory is gift, not an acquire
ment,' said the proud politician. al
he sat down after an hours harangue.
Il understand" said the matter-of-
fact chairman. Were not blamin'
you. You done the best you could"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-08-06
WANTS HER
LETTER
PUBLISHED
For Benefit of Women who
Suffer from Female Ills

Minneapolis, Mimi was great
rnfferer from female troubles which
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-08-06

Squilbob-That fellow over there
would make a splendid magazine poet
Squilligan-A genius, eh?
Squillbob-No but he has dyspepsia
SO bad that he would't get SO hungry
living.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-08-06

A nagging wife makes her husband
forget his other troubles.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-08-06

Dr. Pierce's Pellets small, suea located, easy =
take ~ S candy, regulate and invigorAte stomach
liver and bowels DO not Rripe.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-08-06

The supply of talk always exceeds
the demand.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-08-06

Interstate Fair to Be Representative.
Denver-The Interstate Fair and
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-07-15
CURTIS BREAKS RECORD
FLIES SO MILES IN HOUR AND
u MINUTES.
Sweeps His Machine Up 1900 Feet in
6 Mlnutes-WiII Probably Get
$1,000 Prize for His Efforts.

Atlantic City, N. J.-Glenn Curtiss
set an American record for a fifty
mile flight in an ~aeroplane Monday
afternoon by covering the distance in
fve-mile laps along the beach in l
hour IA minutes and SO seconds. Cur
tiss was in the air one hour and thirty
minutes, and spent one hour twenty
one minutes and five seconds on the
course, six minutes and six seconds
being deducted for the turn at the two
ends Of the two and cne-nalf mile
course.
In the early evening Curtiss set a
new mark for quick climbing by
sweeping his machine 1900 fe4t in
the air in five minutes and ~ffty-one
seconds.
At the end II his flight Curtiss de
clared that his engine worked perfect
ly. and expressed his belief that the
added weight he was forced to carry
in emergency apparatus, in case OF
fallig into the sea and the necessity
Of running partly into the wind to keep
in the course, held him back at least
fifteen miles an hour.
Curtiss' contract ended Monday
night, leaving B%rookins in possession
of the $4,000 altitude prize, won on
Saturday evening. when he made g
worlds record of 6,175 feet, and which
will be given to him tomorrow. The
Wright aviator has not yet announced
whether he will go after the fifty-mile
prize of S. 5000, which will otherwise
go to Curtiss.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-07-15
MOSQUITOES BY THE MILLION
Gulf Coast Swarminq With Insect
Pests.

New Orleans, LATHE entire Gulf
coast of Louisiana and Mississippi is
suffering from a plague of mosquitoes.
Millions of the pests are swarming
over that region, making life almost
u~rbearable to inhabitants. Many New
Orleans families who went to the coast
to spend the summer nave returned
to this city and will spend the re-
mainder Of the season at home. ami
mails are being driven frantic by the
mosquitoes and in some localities the
horses and mules are dying.
Wild animals in the swamps of the
rivers and bayous have been forced to
flee many niles in an effort to outrun
the mosquitoes and in some instances
deer have gone into the cities and
towns in their flight from the winged
pests. In the southwestern part Of
Louisiana several large saw mills and
factories nave closed down because
Their employees have refused to stand
the torture of fighting mosquitoes and
trying to work at the same time.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-07-15
LYNCHED IN HIS OWN SHOP
Lynch Man Who Killed Marshal at
RayVille, La.

Rayville, La. C. Freeman, the
big blacksmith, who killed Town
Marshal c. c. Chenault on June %,
while in a frenzy of rage, Sunday
night vas lynched in his own black
smith shop and his body left swing
ing to and fro on a rafter in the forge.
Pinned to the body was a broad slip
streamer bearing these words: The
outcome Of Attorney Monroe's ap-
peal"
Sheriff w. N. Traylor further en-.
phasized the reason for the lynching
when he ~telephoned the fact to the
attorney at Delhi, saying, Your nan
has been taken to a higher court"
The l%ynching was carried out SO
quietly that few outside of the par
Elephants knew anything of it until
the body was discovered on Monday
morning.
The moi secured the keys o, the
outer door from the sheriff office,
and then broke the door to Freeman's
cell.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-07-15
Mrs. cleveland Has a Frank

Washington, D. Glowing to the
fact that some letters mailed by Mrs.
Frances F. Cleveland, widow OF the
late President Grover Cleveland, have
been charged with postage due at the
postoffce to which they we're ad-
dressed, the postmaster-general has is
sued an order calling attention Of
~postmasters to the bills passed at the
last session Of congress whereby Mrs.
Cleveland's letters, as we'll as those
of Mrs. Mary Lord Harrison, widow Of
the late President Harrison, are en-
titled to transmission free of charge.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-07-15
COUNTRY'S WEALTH IN OIL
Industry That Has Grown to Enor-
nous Proportions Within a Few
Years.

The production of oil in the United
States has grown from nothing at the
time of it's discovery to enormous pro-
portions. Millions Of barrels have been
taken from the country near the west
ern slope of the Alleghenies In west
ern Pennsylvania, and millions more
from the districts IN West Virginia
and Ohio. Indiana has yielded it's
share and Illinois has been productive
beyond the dreams of avariCe.
1t remained, however, for Kansas
and Oklahoma, together with the In
dian Territory, to open the eyes of the
modern driller and capitalists. When
the soil was first tapped in the wild
eating operations of that section
great gushers rewarded the efforts OF
the men who had the courage and cap
ital to engage in the enterprise. The
usual rush followed, but many thou
sands of acres had beer already taken
up and the war for supremacy began.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-07-15
Well, Wasn't He Riuht?

The minister was addressing the
Sunday school. "Children. l want to
talk to you for a few moments about
one of the most wonderful, one of the
most important organs in the whole
world" he said. What Is that that
throbs away, beats away, never stop
ping. never ceasing, whether you
wake or sleep, night or day, week in
and week out, month in and month
out, year in and year out, without any
volftion on you part, hidden away in
the depths, as 1t were, unseen by
you, %throbbing, ~thrObbing rhythmically
all your life long?" During this pause
for oratoricaI effect a small voice was
heard: Il know. It's the gas meter"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-07-15
100000
D~EPOSITORS WILL NOT SUFFER
THROUGH DEFALCATION.
Secretary Ropke Valves Examina.
tion-He Had a Clearing House
System Of Fleeing Bank.

Louisville, Ky.-AdmissiOn that the
shortage of August ROpke, defaultins
secretary Of the Fidelity Trust Com
pany, is very large was made at the
trust offices late Tuesday
afternoon. At the same time 1t was
announced that the directors of the
company have pledged themselves to
an increase Of 81, 900, 900 in the cap
ltal stock if such increase is neces-
5ary.
Ropke's shortage is placed by cur
rent rumor at about 100000. His
case was set for hearing before the
grand jury October 5 and the prisoner
returned to Jail, in default Of $4,000
bail
Although no statement could be Sc
cred on this point, it is said the pee
ulations began between ten and fiji
teen years ago.
The system employed by Ropke is
also as yet unexplained, although it
is generally supposed he manipulated
individual accounts.
1t Is also said he had authority
from several depOsitOrs to check on
their accounts, subject to the super
vision of the trust company officials.
A report was current Tuesday that he
checked on these accounts for large
amounts and Intercepted the checks
upon their return from the clearing
house, SO that the officials of the
would not see the checks.
He is said to have used h money
for his own account, and to have made
entries in the ledger to offset the
amount taken.
The last statement of the Fidelity
Trust Company showed a reserve and
sinking fund, in round numbers, of
81, 300, 900. The capital stock is 81,
OOO, 900 par, and Monday sold on the
local exchange at $50. Tuesday IT
was offered at 3.55.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-07-15
Huce Deal

Lexington, Ky.-The district board OF
the Burley Tobacco Society, WITH rep.
resentatives present from sixty or
more counties. convened here Tues
day to consider, among other Qdes
tians. the prospects for the SAFE OF
the 1909 crop.
Sentiment seems strong for another
pool this year. despite the fac tina;
not a pound of the 1909 crop has We:
been sold. or even graded. Nesotia.
lions are said to be progressing for
the sale of ten million pounds to lids
pendent factories.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-07-15
John D. Talks Relation.

Cleveland, Ohio.-John D. Rockefel-
Ter, speaking before h Euclid Bap-
fist Church Sunday School, aid the
time had come for a universal religion.
Mr.. Rockefeller read an article from
a magazine Of which Theodore ROose-
Welt is associate editor, which pleaded
for a fusion of the Christian churches.
The article quoted a letter from Mon.
s:gnor BOnemelli, addressed to the
worlds missionary conference at Ed.
inburgh, III which the Catholic pre-.
late advocated a union Of all Chris
tan congregations.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-07-15
PENSION LIST GROWS
NUMBER OF PENSIONERS REACH
CLOSE TO MILLION.
All Civil Mar Veterans H~onorabiy
Discharged From Union Service
Entitled to Draw Pensions.

Washington. D. C.-The total sum
allowed by congress for payment ot
pensions during the fiscal year just
closed was $3.50. 600 900. The total
number of Observation-Disclosures sur
vivors. widows, children n relatives
-scrapes the million mark, while the
total o paid in pensions during
the fiscal year ended June 80, 1909,
reached the astounding sum Of $161,
913, 103.77. This was the largest sin
gle year in the history of the pension
system.
Recently compiled figures by the
government show that teh surviving
soldiers Of the Civil War are passing
away at the rate of $4,000 annually
that being the average number
dropped from the pension rolls in the
case of Civil War survivors. During
the past four years 1858 nane5 81
old soldiers n sailors have been
stricken from the rolls by death, yet
ingenious pension legislation and the
special acts of congress have united
to make the number Of persons draw
ing pensions now, forty-ive years after
the Civil War, eight times as large as
the year after the war ended. and
the records show that it is still grow
Ing.
Twenty years ago the total number
of pensioners was 439,725. The last
available public figures are those fol-
June so, 1909, on which late there
were 936,194 pensioners.
The greatest number OF pensioners
on the roll was for the a thai
ended June 80, 1902, when there were
999, 446. The greatest number V e or
the rolls was in 1903, when the tota.
reached 999, 99S-two less than 1000,
600.
In 1890 the laws were so amended
as to allow pensions to soldiers and
sailors honOrably discharged aftel
thirty days service whose disability
was not due to their service.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-07-15
Money Is Plentiful.

New York-There were reports that
the drought in the spring wheat region
had been relieved by rains. There
was an engagement of 2 1000, 900 gold
in London for shipment to New York.
That and the weekly New York bank
statement, published after the stock
market closed Saturday, indicated an
abundance OF money supplies in the
local market. These were sustaining
influences on the price of stocks to
day, and they advanced in response
over the closing level of last week.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-07-15
LOSS FOR COTTON CROP
EXCESSIVE AND LONG CONTIN-
UED RAINS VERY HURTFUL.
Gain in Texas and Oklahoma-North
Carolina and Tennessee Hold
ing Their Own.

Memphis, Tenn.-A comparison of
reports received this week under date
of July Z with those of June % shows
a normal in Oklahoma and Texas and
the cotton crop about maintained it
self in North Carolina and Tennessee,
made small gains as compared with
a normal in Oklahoma and Texas nd
deleriorated sharply in all other
states, the cause Of the deterioration
being excessive and long continued
rains.
Reports show hat during the past
week rains were general east of Texas
and Oklahoma, making practically the
third week Of continuous rainfall.
There are local exceptions and Ten
nessee and North Carolina have not
had as much precipitation as other
states. There are a few good reports
in this, the rainy territory, but they
are the exception and not the rule.
Generally speaking, the fields are
becoming grassy, the plant is show
ing i'll effects from lack of cultivation,
and on the lowlands many fields have
been submerged and there has been
or Will be some abandonment Of acre
age. Some of the damage cannot be
recovered, although it goes without
saying that two weeks of bright wealth
er would work a great improvement.
In Texas and Oklahoma the cotton
has done we'll on a rather limited sup
ply of moisture, and hence a general
rain would help. The fields in these
two states are in excellent condition
and the plant would respond quickly
to moisture.
Weevils are very destructive in
Louisiana and becoming more numer-
Gus in Texas.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-07-15
TO Gust Mayor and Sheriff.

Columbus, Ohio.-GovernOr Harmon
has taken steps looking to to the re-
tirement from office of Mayor Ather-
ton of Newark and Sheriff Linke Of
Licking county as a result of the re-
cent lynching Of a dry" detective.
simultaneously arrangements we're
made at Newark for the empaneling
of a special grand jury to begin a
probe into the lynching, and the New
ark police arrested a negro suspected
of assisting In battering down the
doors of the jail IRON which Etherton
was forcibiy taken
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-07-15
EXPORTS SHOW DECLINE
Wheat Reduction Amounted to 21,'
900, OOU Bushels.

Washington, I. C.-ExpOrts Of
wheat from the United States for the
twelve months ended with June, 1910,
showed a reduction Of about $1,000,
900 bushels in quantity from the ex-
ports Of the corresponding months Of
the previous year.
Corn showed a reduction of about
1000 900 bushels for the same Pc
Rod.
Meat and dairy products declined
in value of exports from $146, 900 900
in 1909 to $1,000 in 1910.
Cotton, while showing a fall Of half
a billion pounds in the quantity ex-
ported developed an increase of thirty
two and two-thirds million dollars in
the value Of exports.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-07-15
NEGROES HELD IN HAVANA
Were Accused Of Attempting to Start
an UPRISING.

Havana.-Col. Jorge Valera, a mu-
lattO, and six other persons, most of
them cOlored men, were arrested by
the secret police today, charged with
conspiring to start an uprising against
the government.
The seven men were on their way
to Vieja Bermeja, in the province Of
Matanzas, to which a trunk containing
arms n ammunition and dynamite
had been shipped from Havan.
Letters and documents found on the
prisoners, who have been brought to
Havana, are believed to implicate
many other persons in the conspiracy.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-07-15
BLANKET OF STEAM LIFTS
Twelve Deaths and Many Prostrations
in New York.

New York.-The blanket of steam
in which the city has p%arboiled for the
last week lifted for a few hours Mon
day afternoon, under the pressure Of
faint airs from the sea, but the slight
drop in the thermometer was not suf-
iceint to effect the continuing drain
on the lowered Vitality, and there we're
deaths Monday than Sunday
twelve against ten-and a longer list
of prostratons. The maximum official
temperature was SO degrees.
For the week ended Sunday the
health department gave out a total
of t~wenty-three deaths, against seven
for the corresponding week last yea-.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-07-15
COTTON MILLS CURTAILED
100000 spindIes at S~partanburg, S.
c., to Be Stopped.

Spartanburg, S. C.-RepOrts show
Ing that 3,622,OOO spindles out Of the
Sill, 900 spindles represented in the
South Carolina Cotton Manufacturers
Association will be stopped at least a
portion Of the time in July and Au-
gust were presented at the meeting
Of the association held here Tuesday
morning. Some of the mills repre-
sented in the association are not now,
and never have been, In operation,
thus making the curtailment move
ment practically unanimous.
1t is estimated this Will mean a re-
duction in output amounting to $500
600 pieces Of cloth. A meeting Of the
executive committee has been called
to consider further curtailment, to be
held in the latter part Of August or
early in September.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-07-15
VIII Preserve Texas"

Atlanta, Ga-A resolution for the
state to preserve the ancient engine
Texas" winner in the historic pUr-
suit of the Andrews Raiders CT he
Northern army on the General" dur
ing the Civil War, was adopted by he
senate The General" has been we'll
cared for, being on exhibition at Chat
tanooga, but the Texas" stands neg
lected in the yards of the Western &
Atlantic road in this city.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-07-15
TO ROAST HIS FAMILY
Stone Mason Then Throws Himself In
Front Of Train.

Sandusky, OhiO.-After locking his
wife and three daughters into their
rooms and setting fire to his home,
Andrew Federkiel, 60 years of age, a
stone mason, threw himself in front
Of a Lake Shore train and was cut
in two. The four women were rescued
by n~eighbors, but Mrs. Federico was
so severely burned that she may die,
Federkiel waited until his VIE aud
daughters had retired. He then locked
the doors leading to their rooms, fast
ened them further with copper wire,
ing. having soaked the furniture in
gasoline, set fire to the house. He
has been regarded as eccentric since
two years ago., when he was shot and
seriously injured by his son during a
quarrel.