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The state herald., 1910-07-08
colorado's Fourth.

Denvcr.-lt was about as nearly
perfect an Independence Day as Den
yer ever saw. and this in spite OF the
fact that It was not all noise. Four
lads were injured by giant crackers.
but the safe and sane" celebration
under the auspices Of the Patriotic
League was an unqualified success.
Idaho Springs. than 1900 peo-
pie from the western end OF Clear
Creek county. Central City and Den
yer witnessed the firemcn's races
here Monday. The Star hook and lad
der team OF Georgetown won first
money. making the run In ~ 1916
seconds. Second money wns won by
the Idaho Springs team. whose time
was 25 ii.i5 seconds. The Rough and
Ready team from Central City was
third.
La Junta.-Fcwcr fireworks were
discharged today than on any prcvi'
Gus Fourth OF July In the history OF
the city. There were no casualties,
Manzanoin.-f1ve thousand visitors
from surrounding towns came hero to-
day for the Independence celebration.
There were no accidents.
Grand neutrality-suspicious. Day
was observed quietly mere ana at 9th.
er points In the county IN n pafe and
sane manner. Owing TO the general
order prohibiting the use Of dangerous
explosives and cannon crackers no &c.
cidcntH were recorded.
The state herald., 1910-07-08
GENE RAJ.

Eleven dead from the heat was the
record in Chicago Sunday.
Five men were killed and three In.
jured when . passenger train ran up
on Q gang OF eleven carpenters repair
ing the Baltimore & Ohio railroad. In
Baltimore. Nd. Thursday.
The United States Circuit Court OF
Appeals In New York Thursday denied
the petition OF the Wright company.
asking for a modification OF the deci.
sions in regard to their patents.
Representative Lee o'Neil Browne
and Robert =. Wilson. indicted by the
Sangamon county grand Jury at
Springfield. H.. for conspiracy TO
bride in the legislative Jackpot" in.
vestigation. appeared in court Thurs
day morning and furnished bond in
the sum OF $4,000 each.
Chief Justice Melvihe W. Fuller OF
the United States Supreme Court died
suddenly at his home In Sorrento. Ne.
Monday. Governor Hughes Of New
York Is considered the certain choice
Of President Taft to succeed Fuller.
The late chief Justice ranked third in
point of service. having been on the
bench twenty-five years.
Rioting broke out Monday like prick.
iy heat all over tho country between
whites. angry because Jeffries had lost
the fight At Reno. and negroes 1ubilant
that Johnson had won. A white man
U.s shot ta rL.,s.x m ~ m oagra xva =
fatally wounded at Roanoke. Va. ~
tho night progressed the rioting grew
more serious. In New York disgrun.
tied whites fired n negro tenement; al
Mounds. ILL.,. a negro constable was
killed and another man was MORALLY
wounded: street rioting broke out in
Kansas City and Norfolk. two negroes
were shot in New Orleans. two white
men were stabbed and thirty Others
slightly hurt Mt negro picnic In Puc
bio. Colo. and y riot narrowly was
aycrted In In Juntn. Colo. There were
disturbances also In New York, Pitts
burg and Philadelphia. Atlanta, st
Louis. Little Rock and Houston.
Nineteen persons were killed out
right. three probably fatally hurt snt
half n dozen seriously injured in .
hcad-on collision between u freight nnt
n passenger train ON the Cincinnati
Hamilton 4 Dayton railroad at Middle
town. Ohio. Monday. OF the killed
eighteen were passengers. the othci
victims being members Of the pasHen
ger train crew. The identified deat
were all residents Of Ohio.
The Burlington road will inerear,
the wages OF It's unorgnnixcd cmploye,
between Q and 10 per cent very soon
The state herald., 1910-07-08

Chicago,-Rioting broke out like
prickly heat all over the country be.
tween whites. angry and sore because
Jeffries had lost the fight at Reno, and
negroes jubilant that Johnson had
won.
In New York dlsgruntled whites
nred tenement: at Mounds, ILL.,. a ne,
gro constable was killed and another
man was MORALLY wounded: stree,
siotins broke out In Kansas City, and
Norfolk. and two negroes were shot In
New Orleans.
A white nan was shot In Arkansas
a negro was killed In Illinois and q
negro was fatally wounded at Roanoke
Ma.
There were disturbances In New
York. Pittsburg and Philadelphia, New
Orleans. Atlanta. st. Louis, Little Rocl
and Houston.
The state herald., 1910-07-08

and feel so we'll that my friends keep
asking me what has helped me 80
much, and gladly recommend your
Vegetable Compound. "-MRs.W WILLIE
EDWARDS, Holly Springs, Miss. :
One of the greatest triumphs OF
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound is the conquering Of woman's
dread enemy-tumor. II you have
mysterious pains, inflammation, ulcera-
ton or displacement, don't wait for
time to confirm your fears and 60
through the horrors Of hospital opera
ton, but try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table compound at once.
For thirty years Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made from roots
and herbs, has been the standardremedy
for female ills, and such unquestion-
able testimony as the above proves the
value of this famous remedy, and
should give everyone confidence.
If you would like special advice
about your case write . cOnflden.
tial letter to Mrs. Pinkham, at
Lynn, Mass. Her advice Is free,
and always helpful
The state herald., 1910-07-08
WASHINGTON.

Secretary Ballinger " arranging to
make personal visits a. soon a. prac-
ticable to the various government rec
lamation projects which may be COM
pleted from the 100000 900 fund to be
raised through the issuance of certifi-
Gates of Indebtedness.
Decisions were handed down Wed
nesday by the Interstate Commerce
Commission. countrywide in import
ance. They affect freight rates both
class and commodity ON all transcon-
tinental lines operating between the
Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Extensive
reductions were ordered. u
Freight rates on lumber and forest
products from Omaha, Neb., to points
IN Colorado. Kansas and Nebraska
were reduced Thursday by the Inter
state Commerce Commission. The re-
auctions range from " cent to cents
a hundred pounds, the average being
approximately Ia cents q hundred
pounds. The new rates are ordered
to become effective on September
next. NIrgr
The President has signed proclama-
lions eliminating from the Gunnison
National Forest. Colorado, 11,195
acres; from the Cochetopa forest 5,640
acres. and from the Uncompahgre for
est 45.4S9 acres. The eliminations
are the result OF very careful exam.
nation made by the secretary Of agrl-
culture last summer. which showed
that the areas excluded are not needed
for forest or watershed protection.
A movement against the exhibition
Of the Reno fight pictures in the Dis
trict of Columbia has been started.
Rev. DR.. John Compton Ball. pastor
of the Metropolitan Baptist church.
declared from his pulpit Sunday that
every possible effort would be made
to have the district commissioners
prohibit the exhibition Of the Jeffries-
Johnson fight pictures and all other
moving pictures of prize fights.
President Taft has taken the first
step in his own conservation policy by
signing orders of Withdrawals. cover
ing S.495.731 acres of power site. phos-
phate and petroleum lands. The areas
involved in the power sites withdrawn
are as follows: Arizona, 1O7.55O acres;
California, 47.S19 acres; Colorado, 2O1.-
SAG; Idaho. 230.971; Montana. 1872 SIS:
Nevada, 1861: New Mexico. 1886;
Oregon, 176,721; Utah. 379.912; Wash
ington. 55.439; Wyoming. 103.396 The
phosphate land acreage Withdrawals
are: Florida. 27,4OO; Idaho. 1.102.S17:
Utah. 107.545b; Wyoming. 1.3s1S51
Petroleum land acreage Withdrawals
covered the following: Arizona. $780,
400; California. 2,4s2,750; Colorado. 81.
474: Louisiana. 3l4.720; New Mexico.
41s.9ol; Oregon. 74.s49; Utah, 5sl,564;
255.461.
The state herald., 1910-07-08
CHIEF JUSTICE.
FULLER is DEAD
WAS IN GOOD HEALTH UP TO
SHORT TIME BEFORE
DEATH.
y YEARS IN OFFICE
QUESTIONS OF GREAT MOMENT
ACTED ON SHOWED HIS
GREAT WISDOM.

Bar Earbor. Me.-Chief Justice Mel.
willie w. Fuller Of the United States
Supreme Court died of heart failure at
his summer homo in Sorrento Monday
morning.
The death of the chief Justice was
entirely unexpected. as he had been
in apparently good health lately and
there had been no premonitory symp-
toms or any kind Of trouble. Yester.
day he attended church as usual and
when he retired last night he was to
all appearances in his customary
health.
For twenty-five years Mr.. Fuller
had been chief Justice of the United
States. Probably not since the time
of Chief Justice Marshall. who presid.
ed over the court for twenty.three
The state herald., 1910-07-08

Denvsr.-At the request OF Secre-
larry Of State Pearce. Attorney General
Barnett will hand down final opinion
IN few days regarding the present
status of the State Board Of Capitol
Managers. Under the bill creating the
board 1t was to exist only until the
time when the capitol had been com.
pleted and furnished. following which
4 proclamation was TO be issued TO the
effect that Its duties had been full
,illed.
The state herald., 1910-07-08
Ohio Train Wreck.

Middlotown. ohlo-Twenty per.
sons were killed outright. three proba
bly, fatally hurt and n half dozen were
seriously injured In head.on COLI.
sion between a freight and a passen.
ger train on the Cincinnati. Hamilton
4 Dayton Railroad here today. OF
che killed. eighteen persons were pas,
sengers, the other victims being mem
bcrs OF the passenger train crews.
The Identified dead were all resi-
dents OF Ohio.
The bodies OF three men and one
woman have not been identified.
The state herald., 1910-07-08
VIII Entertain hardware Men.

Observation-Disclosures to the conven-
ion of the National Hardware Mems
Association which meets in Denver
July 10 to IA will be here July II as
guests of the Commercial association.
rhe 400 visitors will be taken over tho
Switzerland trail to Glacier lake. re-
turning about 4:30 p. m. The Motor
stub will then furnish machines for a
ride over the city. ending at the Chau-
.auqua. where supper will be served.
The state herald., 1910-07-08
Railway Mems Convention.

Colorado Springs.-The discussion
81 the report of the committee on han
ding passenger traffic was the prin.
eipal business Of the anuAnl canven-
ton OF the Association of American
Railway Accounting Officers Thurs.
day. The report. which recommended
number Of radical changes In the
handling of interline tickets. was re-
turned to the committee for revision.
No details Of the discussion were Civ.
IN out.
The state herald., 1910-07-08

years. did questions Of such moment
lcome before the court as in the period
when Chief Justice Fuller was its
most prominent figure. II was ne also
who had administered the oath OF Of.
flee to every President At regular in.
augurations since Harrison's day. His
death today recalls his words on such
events expressed at the centenary OF
the court. twenty years ago:
Judges will be appointed" said he.
and will pass away. One generation
irapidly succeeds another. But who.
ever comes and whoever goes. the
court remains keeping alive through
many centuries we shall not see, the
light that burns with 4 constant radi.
ance on the high altar OF American
constitutional Justice"
The state herald., 1910-07-08

Pueblo.-A riot IN the Bessemer City
ark. resulting from difference Of
opinion between white man and ne
gro over the Jeffries-Johnson fight,
Monday night. resulted in two men be-
.ng stabbed in the back by negroes and
free-for-all fight in which twenty or
thirty people received slight injuries.
Almost every policeman in the city
was called to the scene and 1t was sew
sral hours before quiet was restored.
The state herald., 1910-07-08

Denver.-W. w. Shaw, for the past
:hree and a half years the travelling
auditor OF the Denver. Northwestern
q Pacific railroad, Thursday accepted
he same position with the Denver.
Laramie & Northwestern. and will be-
gin his new duties at once. He will be
Iucceeded by Bert Washburn. who has
been assistant travelling auditor Of the
Denver, Northwestern G. Pacific.
The state herald., 1910-07-08
Car Hi. T.Ilyho; FIv. Injured.

Dcnvcr.-fiye persons were scri.
ously injured Monday night when an
Engicwood car crashed Into n tnllyho
carrying thirty.fivc persons. The &C.
cidcnt occurred about 1918 o'clock. At
Fourth and Broadway. Tho injured:
Miss Frances Wharton. ankle broken.
and bruised about tho head: Miss Alice
Okcrrtrom. collar bone broken: Miss
Hazel wcsson. internal injury: Miss
Minnie wcsson. head and face bruised.
CASTOR otcy wilkins. organiut Of 81
Marks Episcopal Church. back
spraincd,
The state herald., 1910-07-08
Get After the Files.
Proapt Relief-. G.,

Get After the Files.
With the warm days dies multiply
amazingly. Now is the time to at
tack them and prevent the breeding
of millions from the few hundreds that
already exist. \
Perhaps the most effective method
Of destroying flies Is by burning
pyrethrum In each room. This stuns
the flies and they can be swept up and
burned.
Flies are dangerous carriers Of dis
ease and an enemy Of humankind. Do
your part toward keeping down the
pest and improving the health Of your
community.
The state herald., 1910-07-08

Delaney Nicoll. lawyer. Is always
. weil-dressed man. and abominates .
slovenly appearance. At the Union
club he said Of q westerner one day:
He has come on to New York for
week and don't believe he has
brought stitch Of luggage with him"
Here Mr.. Nicoll smiled.
Unless. indeed" he added. hes
slowed something in tho large bags
he carries In the knees Of his uou.
sers."
The state herald., 1910-07-08
Northern District censu. Finished.

Denver.-Work ON the census for
The northern Colorado district, was
completed Thursday 30 far as the Den
yer office is concerned. The office
was closed and Supervisor A. B. Nc
iaffey. who has had charge of the CEN
'us work in this district, was present
ed with a silver flask by the force
which has worked in the Denver office
preparing the census.
The state herald., 1910-07-08
LATE
COLORADO

{ v z N T s

Grand Junction.-In searching the
house where his mother formerly lived.
John Snitcel. employed by the Colo
RADIO Fuel and Iron Company at Pu-
eblo, Monday found an old pail con-
tanning 5000. Mrs. Snitcel had been
a county charge for several years.
The state herald., 1910-07-08

Denver.-More than $1,000 in cash
was taken from the safe In the bust
ness office of the Rocky Mountain
News Publishing Company some time
Sunday night by burglars. The pay
envelopes of the employees of the News
and the Times and all the cash that
had been taken in over the counter
Saturday night were stolen.
The state herald., 1910-07-08

Pitisburg.-Pittsburg win control
che United States Coal Company,
which was chartered In Delaware Mon.
day with 100000 capital and $780,.
900 bonds to develop coal properties
In Wyoming.
The state herald., 1910-07-08

yOuIWOuUcIl ulmCue
icines have done for
me. The doctors said
I had q tumor, and I
had an operation,
but was soon as bad
sgainasever.Iwrote
toyouforadvice,an and
began to take Lydia
E. Pink..-am's Veg
etable Compound
as you told me to
do. / am glad to
raw that now / look
The state herald., 1910-07-08

chicago.-vlotory In large capitals
for the advocates OF n quiet and safe
Independence day In tho message tina,
has come from hundreds OF cities.
The state herald., 1910-07-08

Faster.
Teacher-Children. nature Is supe
rior to man in everything. For In.
stance. there Is nothing that travels
SO fast rs the unseen wind.
2 Wiilie-Huh! You ought to hear
what my pa says about a sight draft!
The state herald., 1910-07-08
OF
YEARS
GROWTH
Removed by Lydia E. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound

Holly Springs, Miss. words arc
for me to express what
The state herald., 1910-07-08

Maud-Do you believe in paimistryr
Ehel-ln a way. I've known II to
work splendid ms a starter when tho
young man was shy.
The state herald., 1910-07-08
IT E N 8

The Wiley Journal says the alfalfa
crop has never before had such a uni
formly heavy crop nor matured SO
early.
| Mrs. G. S. Neer of Kersey took car
bolic acid with fatal effect Sunday.
She was Respondent on account OF ILL.,
health.
| A Windsor man has invented beet
topper which local men think enough
of to form a company for its manu-
facture.
Because he refused to drink with
him Lucas Trujillo Monday night shot
and killed John Clay in saloon at
Jansen.
II. l. Hague, miner OF the Green
Canon Coal Company at Aguilar, was
killed Monday morning by falling
rock.
Ell Paso county tax collections for
the first six months of this year are
$15.391.46 more than for the same per-
iod last year.
Denver postal receipts for the fiscal
054,72. an increase over 1909 Of over
II per cent.
Steamboat Springs expects to ship,
5000 crates Of strawberries this year.
The price will be far more satisfactory
than last season.
The Arkansas Valley Fair Associa-
tion has let the contract FOR 4 new
grandstand at Rocky Ford to cost be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000.
The Orchard Mesa project near
Grand Junction. which cost 9 million
snd a half. 10 reported as completed.
II will water 1900 acres.
Routt county estimators figure that
the population Of the county will DO
shown by the census to be ABOUT 1900.
more than twice what II was IN 1900.
Louis Shatcli. q deserter from the
battleship Kentucky. gave himself up
to officers at Colorado Springs Sunday
and will be turned over to the naval
authorities on the coast.
While Mrs. ]. Ashton. wife Of the
owner Of Horseshoe inn at Estes
Park. was out driving Monday her
horse ran away. throwing her and her
ten.months.old baby out. The baby
was killed.
III Van r,v, . w.,,.r, ,,n,or
ur.m.n a, rr,r,h,a vh.r .hn,..a hv
. ,,ya w,r. w.s ,n,ovr 90 an. 49,
ment. sustaining a fracture Of the
skull and q broken shoulder. He died
Wednesday pirht.
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'"po''u many 's
Inc Colorado team CHOSEN 10 take
A. camn Perry Ohio viii ho c.n,a,n.d
by Major c. G. Townssnd of Greeley
The Colorado team last year won a
trophy In the same event.
| N.t,r Va u.r..h r,,,,,.,
OF Kinsman. Ari.. and one of ,be
founders Of tho mini.. c.mn n, Frisco
This .t.te 4. visj,in, Tho .rsn.s n, NJ.
earlv career In summi, county a,,e,
an .hs.nc. =, ,w.n,x-s.y.n vo.,.
Poland s,,rA.,.. ,,w v.. ,,,,
,x . .,.L ,,o.n az. ,.w,,,x 80. ~
a, nj. ,a,h.r. ar.h,,d In v,no,ans
s,nnd.r. was Snnes.a nr,,nsa,.ms
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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-04-25
At
NEW Y AlGA.
BUILDING
Inc I inc lanned
or ls.lrsd
DeIlIIl

reception win Be held Thursday
evening II this week q ttens9 X y
q. Al BliIdfng on Fairmont avenue
honofing the new. secretary M ~: p,
Mack The hours 81 the reception
Vim be from seven to ten o'cioclS and
the public IS cordially invited % at
tend ibis reception and Inspect the
building
The Board Of Directors and the
Building Committee have been Inns
ting with the building lately and nov
have ii in such a state Of completion
that they VIII be glad to have it I'M
spected by the public. on Thursday
evening ali who attend the reception
WIN be shown over the building which
is among the andsomes X n, q; a;
buildings In the State.
The reception IS given Tor the puF-
pose Of acauainting the public with
the building and " tin inc new secIs
tary and getting them interested u
the work Of the organization and
there win be no soliciting Of funds ls
during the evening.
From 40 to s:45 the guests VIII
gather in the lobby. where short ad;
dresses win be given by Mayor A. g,
Martin, Mr., W. 3. Mack, general sec
rotary, MIL: NJ Rice, the State sec;
rotary, Mr. Lgnron L. Pierce Of Pitts
burg, the general secretary, and 9th;
erss During the progress of this exs
ercise no inspections Of the building
Will be held. 81
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-04-25
} n. GENERAL
BU 1IN
THIS TIME re Calls ON So
TOR SCOTT FOR HELP Az
MARTINs6uRG. Is.

q WASHINGTON D. c. April rs:
Apparently settled once. the appoint;
ment Of E, c. Henshaw, to be pdstmas,
ter at Martinsburg, has been held up
again. This time while charges are
being investigated by the postefice
department. Senator Scott obtained
a reconsideration Of the vote BY
which Mr.. Henshaw's appointment
had been confirmed, and his name
now stands as though no action had.
been taken upon II.
Senator Scott explained that his ac
tion was merely at the request Of the
postmaster general. and that he WAS
not opposing Henshaw. The charge s
said to. have been that Henshag was
in deal with the present postmaster
Alex. Clohah, by which the latter
should stay in the Office for 9 certain.
time. It is said there is a poStottice
inspector at Martinsburg now, looking
over the situation.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-04-25
FOUND DEAD
IN WOODSH|IE i
GEORGE WRIGHT COMMITTED
SUICIDE AT HOME OF HIS
DAueHTER, MRS. FLOYD.

Mr.. George Wright q wen known.
resident Of Hoodsville, committed sui.
eide by hanging on Sunday afternoon
at the home Of his daughter MRS.
Ross Floyd. Mr, Wright had come TO
his daughters home on a visit and did
nothing to arouse any suspicion that
he was not in his right mind. About
three o'clock member of theiiamily,
oun going to the Woodshed found his
body suspended from a raftet He
had ben dead btu a few minutes ashe
had been dead but a few minutes ashe
less than a half hour
Deceased was aged 45 years and is.
survived By several children; II has.
been thought for some time that his
mind was slightly deranged.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-04-25
|DARST RObSTS
AUDIT COMP any
WHICH GAVE coNso LlpAg Ed
IN CT IAN slll
Of aEAL

Much attention has been conferred.
in Tie report Of the investigation INTO
stbe atfairs 81 the consolidated Casual;
III Company 81 Charleston and Chi
cago by j. S. patst, of the West VIZ
GINA insurance department.. The
state fgures showed gross IrTsgalaris
ties ii the compilation q reports g 10
die standing OF the COMPANY and
which resuited 81 comtlete re-
Organization 81 the concern BY West
Virginia etIiciaIs, yet the books q the
Consolidated Gasuaitg Company We're
audited by, the Audit eompauy d New
York and announced TO be IN good
THIS Audit company Of
New York Is the same concern that
supplied James Cameron and Robert
hickey, who ccnducted the audit Of the
books Of the Ohio county board of
commissioners and the city Of Wheel
ing. Considering the minute inspec-
ton they made there to find something
wrong with the figures Of city and
county officials It is remarkable that
they found nothing wrong with the
Consolidated Casualty COMPANY OF
the Audit company's work the report
OF Mr.. Darst states:
eAad the shame OF It isi thata sup
reputable audit company make
an audit Of the books Of the company
as Of December 81 1905, and verified
the company's figures.
eThis audit company, in its report
found the companyis stock not only
not impaired, but that the company
was in possession OF 4 surplus to the
amount 81 sss,s5T SO. {
The report Of the State audit show
ed that Of s757, 114.21 collected IN one
year and nine months only $1sljeS7.54
remained. that there were false en-.
tries and the State on It's reorsanizaI
ton found the company only had as
sets Of a little over 100000, including
capital stock and that the surplus I'M
place 81 being ssss57. 1873 was s5iss
617.54s II sSs
Tie Audit Company of. New York
conducted an extensive audit I'M
for an extremist fancy
price and the value Of It has been
questionable ever since. In tho light
Of the recent endorsement Of tho State
auditorof the work for the consolid
ed company BY the audit company,
there is likely to remain some cues,
ton as to the value Of the work,