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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-08-05
Newspaper Union News Service.
COMING EVENTS.

Aug. 7-I1-National Convention Ameri-
-an Poultry observation-disclosures.
Oct 14-21-Second Annual Show.
Colorado Electric Club. Denver.
August 21-26-Powers County Fair.
lamar
Aug. 29.-K. of =. Grand Lodge En-
eampment. Canon City
Aug us.-Thirty-second Triennial Conclave
knights Templar-Denyer.
Aug.-State Federation Of Labor-Coio-
rado Springs.
August 3D-September Fair and
Races, Gleuwood Springs.
september 40 Arkansas NalIey
Fair. Rocky Ford.
September 6-s-Yuma County FAIR.
Wray.
September 1l-Is-Delta County FAIR.
Delta
september 11-16-Fremont County
FAR. Canon city.
Sept. l8-2i-Annual meeting Masonic
Bodies of Coiorado-Denyer
sept 2l-22-Anuual meeting order OF
Eastern Star-Glenmoo Springs.
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SPORT
WESTERN LEAGUE STANDING.

Louie Newman is to meet frankie
White in 15-round go" at Creede,
Colo, August 18th. =.
Lightweight Champion Ad Wolgast
has signed articles to meet Pal Moore
in six-round bout in PhiladelI hia La.
Dor Day.
Matt Wells, the British lightweight,
will meet the winner of the Wolgast-
Mcfarland battle a few weeks after
the September contest in Milwaukee.
Fifty-three days Of horse racing on
the three Kentucky tracks probably
will open September 18th at Lexing.
ton, where ten days meet will be
held.
Arrangements are said to have been
completed in Washington. D. c.,
whereby Harry Atwood, the Massa
chusetts avitor, will make an aero
plane flight from Milwaukee to Chica-
go for purse of $4,000. The start
will be made Aug. 10 and the route
will be along Lake Michigan.
The challenge recently issued by
Captain Duncan c. Ross, champion
swordsman Of the world. to meet any
swordsman in Denver, Colorado, or the
world at large, in a mounted combat
has brought forth so many replies that
a dueling carnival is being arranged
The first acceptance of the challenge
came from Prof. L. 8. Fournier, a Den
yer Frenchman, who agreed to meet
Capt. Ross in both q mounted and foot
combat
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-08-05
FREE LIST BILL
PASSES SENATE
ORIGINAL HOUSE MEASURE VOT.
ED DOWN BY TIE
VOTE.
VERY SLIGHT CHANGE
AS AMENDED BY SENATE BILL
PASSES BY VOTE OF
i8 TO 80.
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Western Newspaper Union News Service
Washing ngton.-The Senate by an
other remarkable coalition of Demo
Gratis and Republican insurgents
passed a farmers free list bill after
voting down the original House meas
cratic senator would have changed the
result and left the entire revision is
sue squarely before the President.
THE unholy alliance" as the combi-
nation of the Republican wing and tha
Democratic party has been called
swept aside a host of amendments. vot-
ed down by tie vote the original
House measure and then carried by
surprising concentration of strength a
measure differing from the House bill
only in comparatively unimportant par
ticulars.
Now the bill goes back to the House
and Democratic Leader Underwood OF
that body confidently asserted that it
will be finally agreed to in confer
ence between the two houses and sent
to President Taft.
1t is not certain that the House
will insist On a conference, for many
prominent Democratic representatives.
believing that the bill has not been ma
terially changed, are urging that the
House accept the Senate bill without
controversy and rush the first OF the
tariff measures up to the President.
Il think the bill will go to Presi-
dent Taft" said Leader Underwood.
Il am not sure it will be sent to
conference; l certainly see nothing 10
prevent the two houses from reaching
an agreement upon its final FORM
Had Senator Bailey OF Texas voted
with his Democratic associates, or
had Governor Hoke Smith Of Georgia,
as the new senator-elect from that
state, been on hand and voted with his
party, the free list bill would have
passed the Senate unchanged, ana
could have been in the hands of Presi-
dent Taft now.
Mr. Bailey announced that he hoped
the privilege of casting the deciding
vote would fall to him in order to
show his opposition. Governor Smith
has insisted all along that he would
not leave Georgia at this time to as
sumo his seat in the Senate.
The House free list bill was beaten
on a tie vote of SO to 80, was then re-
considered, changed by compromise
amendment offered by Senator Kern
OF Indiana, and passed as amended by
vote of As to 80.
Originally the bill provided that
meat products, flour and cereal prod
ucts, from all countries should be ad.
mitted free into the United States
The Kern amendment provides that
this free admission shall apply cnly
to meats. flour and cereal products
coming from any foreign country
with which the United States has a
reciprocal trade agreement and which
shall admit from the United States
free of duty cotton, corn, wheat, oats,
horses, cattle and hogs"
1t is admitted that this provision
applies only to Canada, after the new
reciprocity agreement shall have be-
come effective.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-08-05
Strawberry Growers Facing Loss.

Steamboat Springs-A shortage of
strawberry pickers has put local grow
ers in bad plight and ii is estimated
that more than 1000 crates OF iipe
berries will probably go TO waste un-
less pickers can be found. Neither
the association or growers have been
able to find pickers to harvest the
crop, and in an effort TO secure more
nelp the growers have advanced the
price to pickers "a cents per crate.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-08-05
Texas to Regulate Liquor.

Austin, Tex-The first step OF the
special session OF the Legislature to-
ward stringent saloon regulation in
Texas was taken when a Senate COM
mittee reported favorably a resolution
for closing saloons from at night un-
a quart law The resolution was in
troduced simultaneously in both
Houses.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-08-05
FOREIGN.

According to figures received, the
deaths from the plague in India have
reached the enormous total Of ESQ., 500
fer the half year ended June 80.
opened the campaign in Canada which
will determine the fate of the reci-
procity agreement between the United
States and Canada. 1t was in the
form of an open address to the Cana
dian people.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-08-05
Temporary Segregation OF Land.

Trinidad-A temporary segregation
of $4,000 acres OF land, fourteen miles
from Trinidad, under the Tyrone
Carey act, was granted TO the engi-
neering firm of Allen q Colburn by
the State Land Board. The firm
claims it can get enough water to irri-
gate at least 10000 acres and is con
fident of making good on its project.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-08-05

Telluride. Telluride. The Postoffice
Department has ordered the establish
ment October End OF rural route
from Pierce, Weld county, length
twenty-seyen miles. families to be
served, lis.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-08-05
Fort Collins Fruit Crop.

Fort Collins.-The biggest apple
crop ever grown in Larimer county
will be harvested this year. Crop con-
ditions as regards fruit are very good,
and this is especially true of apples.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-08-05
Peace pact l. Ready,

Washington.-Mr. Taft is expected
to send the arbitration treaty between
the United States and Great Britain,
and probably the treaty with France,
to the Senate before the special ses-
sion adjourned. Final arrangements
have been made for signing the treaty.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-08-05
Man Given Life Sentence.

Canon City.-John Smith, in the
Fremont County District Court, was
found guilty of murder in the first de-
gree for killing Dominick Mangino
near Portland, in this county, on the
night of June 18th. His punishment
was fixed at life Imprisonment.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-08-05
Child Fatally Burned.

niff-Pulling pot OF boiling coffee
upon herself while her mother was
getting dinner. the three-year-old baby
Of Clayton Hamil received burns
which resulted in her death few
hours later.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-08-05
San Bernardino Forest Fires.

San Bernardno, Calif.-The noun
tain fire which for week has been
devastating the slopes of the San Ber-
nardino range north of this city, has
stretched for four miles along the
backbone OF the range and the whole
valley is Illuminated by the glare OF
the burning timber.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-08-05

With the greatest secrecy. without
even the knowledge OF the local union,
the headquarters OF the Retail Clerks
International Protective Association
has been moved from Denver to Lafay-
cite Ind
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-08-05
Greeley Facing Race Suicide.

Greeley.-Greeley is facing race sui
eide if records OF births are complete
'or the last twelve months. These rec
ords at the city clerks office show
l01 births, as against 145 deaths.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-08-05
His Criticism.

An old man stood on the street cor
ner. in Cherryyale when the trolley
stopped and let OF a woman passen-
ger. She had on linen dress, a Pan
anna hat. champagne-colored hose and
strapped pumps. GOSH" exclaimed
the old men. I'D spend less money
on my bonnet and buy some socks"-
Cherryvale (Kan.) Journal.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-08-05
Expert Advice.

How long does 1t take to learn to
run an automobile?'
You'll need about three days to ac-
quaint yo-self with the working parts
OF the machine and a week to master
the vocabulary
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-08-05
Colorado Matters at Washington

Neutrality-suspicious. banks hav-
ing been designated repositories for
postal savings funds are: First Ma
tional, Glenwood Springs, Bank of
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-08-05
Public Debt Increases.

hington.-Finances for July
were practically featureless except for
an increase OF about $25,000,00O in the
public debt.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-08-05
WASHINGTON.

President Taft viii! likely make a
coast-to-coast trip this fail, lasting .
month and a half
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-08-05
By Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Peoria. 1l.-"I wish to let every ono
know what LYDIA E. Pinkham,a rame.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-08-05
W EST ERN.

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-18
DONNELLY, 81 bh AH TSMfI 6WA

floor hundred times before his foot
found the terminal; he might have
lived weeks, months, even a year
but, sooner or later, coincidence would
bring about that pressure of his foot
upon the terminal and Bentley's con.
sequent destruction.
AS to the face which Sewell had
put on the clock, 1t came about In
this wise, as he confessed the day be-
fore his execution. In removing the
front, Sewell had dropped and frec.
tured the piece of porcelain which
bore the lettering of the numerals
He had not dared purchase another
clock, and. since the parts of the
clocks Of the two rival companies
were identical, Sewell had gone 10
his own factory by night, after it had
been forced to close, and, setting T.
the printing dies, had printed ne
front, which he afterward brought
back to the Gordonia and exchange
for the broken portion.
How did you know that. Crewe?"
I asked. What was the difference
between the front that Sewell printed
and that of normal clock-of tic
church tower, for instance"
ut was a singular event." Crewe
answered indirectly, "and' seems to
show that Providence, or rather Ne
mesis, follows closely upon the Grim
inal. Sewell must have seen hun
dreds of clock fronts printed. and
yet, at the supreme moment, the
habit of years deserted him and he
became as helpless as a novice. Lang
ton. take out your watch You have
the Roman numerals. Look at the
fourth hour How is 1t printed?"
-Four strokes" I said
-Four single strokes" said Crewe.
ga deviation from the Roman letter
ing. How would you write the Roman
four in manuscript"
can and "" cried, with sudden
enlightenment.
THAT is precisely how Sewell
printed the face of the 'Once-a-Year.'
| said Crewe.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-18
Lightning Kills Few.

In 1906 lightning killed only 100 peo-
pie in this whole country. Ones
chances of death by lightning are less
than two ia million. The chance O..
death from liver kidney or stomach
trouble is vastly greater. but not Il
Electric Bitters be used, as Robert
Madsen OK West Burlington, Iowa,
proved. Four doctors gave him W
after eight months OF suffering from
virulent liver trouble ami yellow jun
dice He was then completely cured
by Electric Bitters. They're the bes.
stomach, liver. nerve and kidney rem
edy and blood purifier on earth. Only
so cents at all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-18

peered into his face. why did you
change the front of the clock?" he
demanded indolently.
The effect Of this question was
amazing. All the insolence went out
OF Sewell's face He sank back into
his chair and pressed his hand over
his heart. A blush pallor spread
over his features. He could not reply.
Come, Sewell," said Crewe, more
kindly. Tell US the story of how
you killed Mr.. Bentley"
But Sewell's face remained of the
same pallor, and he stared up into
bis inquisitor's countenance. his mouth
partly open. his eyes CLASSY and fixed.
He tried to reply, but instead sighed
| and rolled out of his chair upon the
foor
1t was half an hour before we could
revive him. The strain and tension
of the past month were producing the
reaction at last. While we opened
his collar and dashed water into his
face Crewe went to the mantel and
deftly removed the face of the clock.
Inside. cunningly fixed and COM
| pressed among the mechanism, was a
tiny. gripless pistol, whose muzzle Of
| 20 caliber was in exact alignment
with the winding aperture. Sewell's
eyes lit upon this when he became
conscious.
Crewe went over to him and read a
| brief confession of murder. Putting
forth his hand feebly, Sewell signed
his name. Then We summoned an
ambulance and the two detectives
escorted him to the nearest hospital,
! from which. in course of time, he was
taken to court to stand his trial and,
as 1 have related, found guilty. I
will not dwell upon the details of
the punishment; suffice it to say that
the sentence of the law was duly car
ried into effect.
1t was shown at the trial with what
amazing ingenuity Sewell had worked.
How, having decided that Bentley was
to die by the very instrument which
he had stolen from him, he baited
a trap that could not fail to act
Sewell had had an electricians train
ing, and it was an easy matter to
connect the pistol in the clock with
o certain spot on the floor in such
way that the pressure Of foo;
would complete the circuit and dis
charge the weapon. But he had done
more. That nothing untoward might
mar the success of his scheme he had
somehow become possessed of Bent
ley's exact height and had carried
on long series of experiments unit
he could be sure that the line of the
bullets path would cleave the center
of Bentley's skull. And only wheI
standing in certain exact spot would
Bentley complete the circuit. HI
must have crossed and recrossed thu
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-18

has crushed the mass of the people
until their misery has afforded the
revolutionary agitators convincing
argument that the time has come to
turn out the Manchus and to create
if possible a liberal and more COM
passionate government
The extreme weakness of the CEN
been more marked since 1900 than
before in this generation, gave the
insurgent leaders confidence that
they would be able to make head
way against any force that the i'm
perialists Nigh send against them.
The Chinaman loves the secret So
ciety. Communal feeling, the nee
essity of the individual being sup
ported by his fellows, has been util-
lied by the revolutionaries to the ut
most. The revolutionary secret So
cities extending throughout Southern
China probably include a member
ship of several millions, the control
of them centralizing in a small group
of able men.
The political poster and leaflet has
been largely the means of preparing
the mass of the people for change.
/ The work of the secret societies has
| been directed to circulating single
sheet pamphlets or pasting up little
/ infiamatory posters discrediting the
army, narrating specific instances of
the ruthlessness of the Manchu tax
no 90 he IL
by those who assumed to be paternal
/ benefactors, the weakness of the Pc
king government and hundred
other allegations undermining the
fear and the respect of the people
for their despotic rulers.
i A singular feature has been the
attitude of the student class. Those
educated abroad have been largely
instructed in Japan. They seek to
follow in the footsteps of new Japan,
which succeeded in Kidding the coun.
try OF foreign Intervention and in
becoming great power within the
: term of an ordinary life.
Thousands Of these bright men
and energetic youths are scattered
throughout the country preaching
: the doctrine that China is cursed by
the weakness of it's own government
: yielding to the foreigners and thai
help, progress and security can only
come by upsetting the existing order
and organizing upon the principle Of
China for the Chinese. Strangely al
so these agitators, including al
those educated in Japan, are fur
iously anti-Japanese.
The correspondent will not en-
deavor to predict the result of the
present far-reaching Instruction. Il
seems likely to succeed, but the for
eign observers have a profound dis
trust of the present capacity Of the
Chinese for republican institution:
; in the western sense. Should th'
revolution succeed, the government
will probably be a military dictator
r ship in which perhaps some able anC
2 Just individuality will be in com
' mand. The revolutionary cause ap
pears to have many leaders trul!
3 patriotic and with aims beyond tn,
: passion for piEng up private fortunet
out of the squeeze" common unde
: the present Manchu government.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-18
News From Foreign Lands

AS a result Of the visit and the
show the talk OF the invasion of
american automobiles continues. Onlya
few American cars were on exhibition
at Olympia, but these attracted much
attention. English motor car build
ers have learned with amazement
that one American factory this year
will turn out almost as many cars
as will be made IN the whole of Eng
land. This tremendous production
coupled with the standardizing of the
American cars is causing genuine
concern among British dealers, who
must make radical changes in their
methods If they hope to stem the
tide of invasion. They must make
cheaper car and must turn out
their present cars fully equipped.
With few exceptions the English
makers supply only the chassis and
engine and the bewildeTed buyer
must choose body, tires and all the
other accessories which make up the
complete car.
An institute planned after Tuske-
gee Institute may be established in
the Congo II plans being made by q
number OF foreign Protestant mis-
sionaries prove successful. The
American, British, Swedish and Bel
gian missionaries working in the
Congo, after many conferences, have
come 10 the conclusion that the time
has al rived for their religious activ-
tiles 70 be supplemented by some
form of Industrial enterprise among
the natives. At an important con-
ference held last month on the upper
Congo and attended by a large mum
Der Of American missionaries, reso.
lutions to this effect we're adopted
and are now being considered by the
various foreign missionary societie:
involved. Some Of the most exper
} fenced missionaries have been SEN
} to America and Europe in connection
with the plan.
, The proposal to establish a modi
fed form OF the Tuskegee Institute
contemplates the Industrial, techni
cal and agricultural trimming of The
, young natives, the profits to be &c
voted to the educational needs o.
Congo itself.
: Canton, China-The revolution
long expected and long in prepare
; ton has come. Foreign RESIDENT
, had become so accustomed to reports
% conspiracies and antiimperialis-
movements that even they wer,
amazed when the rising took place il
= great force and under trained leader
I ship.
|, The driving motives of the insur
) rection are economic quite as mucl
r as political The impoverishment o
the Chinese is probably far create
, than II was a generation ago. TIL
: people have been more harried b,
t tax collectors even during the las
r ten years than they were previou
/ TO the Boxer uprising. The pres
: sure of the imperial government anC
the provincial pro-consuls for none,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-18
THE FACE OF THE CLOCK.


let him have my .ob," he concluded.
The boy came IN.
"Mr. Sewell will be here in half an
hour" he said.
"All right" replied the police chief
sit down, Mr.. Langton," he contiu-
ued. You won't mind waiting? All
right; then Mr.. Sewell and me and
you'll go there together"
Sewell was four minutes ahead of
time. had never set eyes on him
before. He was a burly man about
forty years Of age. and carried him.
self with a certain indescribable
nerve" and swagger which, to my
mind, seemed but to accentuate a Ger.
tain inward trepidation. Certainly,
thought, If he were the murderer OF
Bentley. If he had actually come back
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-18

Especial Correspondence of The Argus.)
London-Interest in the Panama
canal continues to grow on this side
OF the water, and its possible effect
on shipping has already, in a meas
ure. passed the speculative stage.
This rs indicated by the number of
orders placed by the big transporta-
ton companies for new steamships.
These orders exceed the usual quota
and Il is believed that they anticipate
participation in the increase of ocean
transportation which is expected to
follow the opening of the new route.
The latest company to order new
ships is the Holland-America line,
which has ordered two big cargo ves-
sells from an English shipyard The
rumor that German firm backed by
the emperor. is planning TO build a
rival canal through Nicaragua has
caused some comment in the English
press. but no one can be found to
stand sponsor for the story.
So successful has the experimental
iron" road proved that. London
hopes to save one million dollars an
nually by the extension OF the sys.
TEN. The Iron" road, SO called be.
cause the process OF making and the
materials used, renders its surface
practically impervious, extends for Z
distance OF three and one-half miles
In 1867, before any portion o.
the iron road was laid, 1879 tom
OF grit and refuse were removed from
the public ways. The quality re
moved in 1910-1911 was 9,03s tons
and there was a saving on the cart
age and disposal of the sweeping
OF $4,000. Composed chiefly of tn,
structure OF the road, each ton 8,
displaced had to be replaced by new
material at a cost moderately esti
mated at $500 pounds a year. A
this rate 1t is calculated that tn
saving in scavenging on roads mad
on the Fulham plan would amour
to not less than one million dollar
a year.
The saving is figured not alone II
money, but in lives, for the dealt
statistics show remarkable declin
in the district of the Iron" road
In diphtheria, disease largely attrih
uted by medical authorities to tn
dust nuisance, the decline is espe
cially striking. From the standpoint
of vehicle users the road promise
to be popular, for II wears tires les
rapidly, tractive effort is reduced an
paint work is made more durable.
The American Society OF Automo
bile Engineers, making a tour O
Europe. left France after spendin
several weeks inspecting the method
and plants OF English motor ca
makers.
The delegates were the guests her
Of the Institute OF Automobile FL
ginors. The Americans arrived Jus
IN tine for the opening of the motto
show NJ Olympia and they were give
2 splendid opportunity Of comparin
the various English and foreign carl
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-18

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( GROCERS
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This lady is not afraid to polish
her range wearing her white dress
no need to be if you use Dom
nelly's Diamond Shine-it's absolute
ly clean and dustless.