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The Springfield herald., 1911-04-07
COLORADO
LEGISLATIVE
n0,M n g
Priority Measure Passes.
o O N q s

After a prolonged debate the Sen
ate, by a vote of twenty-five to thir-
teen, passed on third reading the Car
penter bill with the Parrish amend
ment, which places reservoir rights on
the rule of priority and repeals that
provision of the act Of 1901 prohibit,
ing the owners of reservoirs from i'm
pounding any water from the natural
streams when 1t is required in bitches
for direct irrigation. The amendment
bill will now go to the House for final
enactment or rejection.
Senators Cross, Stephan, Tobin and
Crowley, who have waged vigorous op-
position to the bill and its amendment.
declare that, II the bill is enacted by
the House, petitions to invoke the ref
erendum will be circulated and filed
with the secretary of state within
ninety days OF adjournment Of the
Legislature.
Throughout the debate, which virtu-
ally covered the entire domain Of ir-
rigation jurisprudence. the supporters
of the amended Carpenter bill laid
stress upon the claim that the act Of
1901 is unconstitutional In that 1t SUBJ
ordinates senior reservoir appropria-
tions to Junior ditch appropriations:
while the opponents of the measure
waged their fight against its passage
from the viewpoint that, If enacted.
1t will place the future agricultural de-
velopment Of the state under the con-
troll Of the reservoir companies, will
greatly assist the government in its
of TO TO In,
for use In reclamation projects in 9TH
er states and that the water from the
natural streams of Colorado can be ap.
propriated for agricultural purposes.
impounded in reservoirs and used for
the generation and sale Of power.
The Legislative committee that Is
investigating the charges made against
Judge Greeley w. Whitford by the
State Federation of Labor spent one
day in reviewing the testimony given
by the sixteen coal miners in the con
tempt proceedings which terminated in
their being sentenced to Jail for term
Of one year.
The search and seizure bill intro.
duced by Representative Ardourel OF
Boulder and advocated by the Prohibit
tion people of the state, was defeated
by a vote OF twenty-nine to twenty-six
in the House. This bill, which gave
the same rights to officers to search for
and seize liquor in dry territory that is
given in seizing gambling devices, was
held up by the temperance committee
until report was demanded by mem
bers Of the House.
The Springfield herald., 1911-04-07
Gift Involves Coal Dispute.

Denver.-There are members of the
national administration who seem to
live in mortal terror that the state of
for nothing from the government.
Congress recently turned over to the
state the Indian school at Fort Lewis
and about 700 acres of land to be
used for the support of the school.
In return the state agreed to main
tain the school.
Now some members of the admins
tration. notably the new secretary of
the interior, have discovered that
there is coal under this land and in
letter to the President, the secre-
tary expresses the opinion that this
coal was not given to the state and
that it is still the property of the ma
tional government.
The entire transaction was supposed
to have been closed and the governor
has accepted the land on behalf of
the state. The land was given with
out reservation and, in the opinion of
state officials, now belongs wholly to
the state.
Gov. Shafroth has received copy
of the letter sent by Walter l.. Fisher,
the new secretary of the interior, in
which the opinion is expressed that
coal to the value of S2,00O,00O lies un-
der the land.
Federal officials, however, have
strange and wonderful ideas about
conditions in Colorado and Gov.
Shafroth has written to all of the
Colorado representatives asking that
they use their influence to see that
no effort is made to deprive Colorado
of the land it has received. The
state in taking the land assumed upon
itself grave responsibility in agree
ing to maintain an expensive school
for an indefinite periou.
The Springfield herald., 1911-04-07
WITcHcRAFT DOCTOR PINcHED
Pennsylvanlan Placed Under Arrest
for Practielns the superstitions
Of Century Ago.

Reading, Palmer X. Palm has
been arrested on the charge of prac.
ucing witchcraft- John Madimanp is
the complainant. An infant of Madi-
mann was suffering from marasmus.
and the mother. hearing of Palms rem.
utation, called him in. He prescribed
medicine for the child, but failed to
help it
The doctor" as Palm is called de.
clared that person living in the
house had cast a spell on the baby
The only occupant besides the Madi.
manns is the mother of Mrs. Madi.
mann. Palm also said that he could
break every bone in the body of the
person who had cast the spell on the
child by saying few magic words.
The information that some one in
the house had cast a spell on the
baby preyed on the mind of the moth.
er, and she feared that her family
would be broken up II her husband
learned the facts. The latter. how
ever, took different view of the mat
ter. and caused the arrest Of Palm
The Springfield herald., 1911-04-07

pie and their patient suffering. and she
returned to them. She has been In
their service ever since, nursing them
and pointing out the way to a more
hygienic manner OF life II she has re-
ceived any pay for her services 1t has
been generally in potatoes and garden
truck, for the people of Mitchell coun-
ty. which has been the chief seat of
her labors, are very poor. Primitive
barter prevails for the necessaries Of
life. The cabins, about 16 by Is feet,
are usually of two rooms, where a
family Of from six to ten children eat
and sleep. But the Bible is in eyery
household and the very language
draws its inspiration from the sub
lime English Of that universal font,
In the district where Miss Holman
has been carrying on her work there
are nearly 10000 people In dire need
OF help from the outside world and
In the entire south there are close to
100000 white people similarly
placed. Nurses. doctors and social
workers are urgently needed among
them and these will be furnished as
rapidly as possible through the Hol-
man association. While the center of
activity is still in Mitchell county
the reform move will extend through.
out the state and also in West Vir.
ginia. Tennessee and Kentucky.
The Springfield herald., 1911-04-07
$3.50 RECIPE CURES
WEAK KIDNEYS, FREE
RELIEVES URINARY AND KIDNEY
TROUBLES, BAckAcHE, STRAIN
ING, SWELLING, ETC.
Stops Palm In the Bladder, Kidneys
and Back.

Wouldn't It be nice within q week or 80
to begin to say goodbye forever to the
scalding. dribbling. straining. or too fire.
quent passage of urine: tho forehead and
the back-of- the-head aches: tho stitches
and pains in tho back; the growing mus
cle weakness: spots before the eyes; yell
low skin; sluggish bowels; swollen eye
lids or ankles: leg cramps; unnatural
short breath: sleeplessness and the de-
rpondency7
have q recipe for these troubles that
you can depend on. and II you want to
mako QUICK RECOVERY. you ought
to write and get copy of 1t. Many .
doctor would charge you $50 Just for
writing this prescription. but I have 1t
and will be glad to send 1t to you entire
ly free. Just drop mo a line like this:
DR.. A. E. Robinson. K-2A Luck Building.
Detroit. Mich. and will send 1t by re-
turn mail In a plain envelope. As you will
see when you get It. this recipe contains
only pure harmless remedies. but 1t has
great healing and pain-conauerinE power.
1t will quickly show Its power once you
use 1t. SO I think you had better see what
It IL without delay. I will send you .
copy free-you can use 1t and cure your
self at home.
The Springfield herald., 1911-04-07
AN ANGEL OF MERCY
Miss Holman the Florence Night
ingaIe Of the South.
How One Woman Has Become Foster
Mother to Many Thousands OF
Poor and Needy Southern
Mountaineers.

Raleigh. N. C.-There is a small
slender woman. with quiet manner
and quiet eyes, known to hundreos'
nay thousands of rich and poor IN
this state, who has suddenly found
herself called to become foster moth
er as It were to millions OF peopie
in the United States whom she nas
never seen.
She Is Lydia Holman, a trained
nurse. For several years past she
has been an American Florence Nlsnt
inRale In a wide region OF this stale
Alone in the midst Of the victims OF
hundred years war with the lot
gotten mountaineers and backwoous-
men have waged In the south WIN
natures grim, primeval forces. sne
has fought many narrow local pre1u-
dices and local selflshness to prlns
them the aid which her two traiheo
hands could give In sickness anu IL
manning accidents.
Suddenly, when she had no tnousht
other than that she was destlneo' ny
opportunity and by choice. to go on
indefinitely. doing her lonely best LOT
the alienation of their needs. the oth-
er women of the land discovered ner
and her charges. Within a year
national organization sprang into pow
erful being, planned to meet giganuc
necessity with more than gigantic
means, and bearing her name as lts
watchword.
Miss Holman was practicing her
profession in Philadelphia when a
few days prior to Christmas, lsoo'
she was summoned to Ledger. TINS
state, to attend a patient suffering
from typhoid fever. The patient re-
covered. The mountain folk. who
knew typhoid precisely as they know
death = for the fever invariably
brought death in their section-were
astounded at the miracle. Whatever
prejudices they might have cherished
against women doctors failed to apply
to this one; for doctor they insisted
she must be II she could save the
doomed as summarily as that. They
f1ocked to Miss Holman's dwelling.
were told she was simply nurse,
grinned incredulously and demanded
that she cure them Of every COM
plant the hardy mountaineers had
in stock.
She gave them of her skill and her
remedies for period Of four months
and then returned to Philadelphia
But she could not dispel from her
mind the picture of these simple peo-
The Springfield herald., 1911-04-07
Colorado Water Filings.

Denver.-An examination of the i'll
ings on water rights in Colorado, re-
corded in the office OF the state en-
gineer during the last two years, com
pels the inference that II there is any
thing more valuable than gold in this
state, it must be water. In seventy
water districts, embraced in five di
visions OF the state, there have been
within the last two years. 2,297 ditch
filings, carrying total of 334,297 Gu
bic feet of water per second, and 1.506
new reservoir filings. claiming a total
of 972,617,6 ,612,S47 cubic feet.
The Springfield herald., 1911-04-07
UNCLESAMLO
ALASKA COAL
OVER HUNDRED MILLION DOL
LARS INVOLVED IN
SUIT.
CASE Will Be DROPPED
GOVERNMENT HAS LITTLE HOPE
OF WINNING FUTURE
CASES.

Seattle.-The government lost its
first battle in the effort to punish the
alleged fraudulent locators of Alaska
coal lands.
Judge Cornelius H. Hanford, In the
United States District Court. in over
ruling the motion to instruct the jury
to acquit Charles F. Munday, e. f.
Siegley and Archie Shiels. sustained
all the vital points contended for by
the defendants.
The ground on which the court re-
fused to grant the motion to acquit
was not raised by counsel for either
side in the suit, but by the judge him
self.
1t leaves the government so little
room to stand ond that it is Said to be
practically assured that the prosecu-
ton will be dropped.
The lands in question are the Eng
lish, or Sir Edward Stracey group.
They are the most valuable coal lands
in the world. being richer even than
the Cunningham claims. Estimates of
their value range from one hundred
million dollars to much larger sum.
The defendants, together with Alger-
non Stracey, a brother of Sir Edward
Stracey, were indicted at Tacoma last
fall, charged with conspiracy to de-
fraud the government. Stracey re-
mained in Vancouver, B. c., and avoid
ed arrest. After the jury had been
completed counsel for the defense
moved for Instructions to the jury to
acquit the defendants.
The argument of the attorneys for
the defense was based almost en-
tirely on the contention that the 1904
law applied to Alaska coal claims in
stead of the general land law of 1873.
while the attorneys for the govern
ment insisted that the prohibitions of
the law of 1873 should be read into
the law of 1904. Inasmuch as the
law of 1904 in terms permits the as
signment of coal claims. the defend
ants counsel argued that 1t was not
illegal for the defendants to agree to
assign their coal claims.
Furthermore, defendants counsel
contended that If it were legal for
locator to assign his claim, it was
equally legal for any person to buy
as many of such assignments as he
could pay for, thus removing the very
foundation from the Indictment upon
which the defendants were indicted.
"A foreign corporation" said the
court, cannot lawfully acquire or
hold a coal claim in Alaska, eithet
in its corporate name nor in the
name of any agent or trustee. There
fore, for the reason that the indict-
ment charges a conspiracy to acquire
coal claims or proprietary rights to
coal claims in Alaska for foreign
corporation. 1t must be sustained as
@ valid Indictment and the objection
to the introduction of evidence must
be overruled.
"The court will, however. instruct
the Jury that to Justify conviction
of the defendants under it. the evil
dence must prove that the object OF
the conspiracy, if any. must have
been to perpetrate a fraud by secur-
ing coal claims or proprietary rights
in coal claims in Alaska for the Pa
cific Coal and Oil Company"
The Springfield herald., 1911-04-07
SavIno Trouble,

The husband of fashionable wom-
an, whose gowns are at once the ad-
miration and despair of her feminine
acquaintances, was discussing the
cost of living with friend at the
Union League the other night.
by the way" ventured the friend.
"-er-don't you have good deal of
trouble keeping your wife dressed in
the height of style?"
The woman's husband smiled and
then shook his head, emphatically.
"Oh, no." he said, nothing to speak
of. Nothing-nothing to the trouble
I'd have II / didn't"
The Springfield herald., 1911-04-07
Race Riot in Deleware.

Laurel, Del.-Intense feeling against
the negroes OF the town was evident
among the whites here following the
recent outbreak, when party of des-
perate blacks shot up the town, killing
one man and wounding several, and
further trouble is feared.
The Springfield herald., 1911-04-07
New Railroad Building.

Trinidad.-The division office build
ing of the Colorado & Southern rail-
way, which has been under constric-
ton for several months. is completed
and will be occupied at once. 1t is
handsome brick structure of tive
stories and cost $4,000.
The Springfield herald., 1911-04-07
c. q 8. Ry. Opening Delayed.

Breckenridge.-The Colorado q
Southern will not be able to open its
Breckenridge-Como line until April 10,
on account of the difficulty expert
enced in clearing the line of snow. Sec
tion men and plows have been at work
removing the snow for the last two
weeks, but they have succeeded IN
completing only about two-thirds of
the work.
The Springfield herald., 1911-04-07
Tunnel Shortens Route.

Bern, Switzerland-The boring of
the s15,0OO,OOo tunnel through the
Alps under the Lotschberg, in the
Swiss canton of Oberland, finished
last week, is a work which will short
en- the railway journey from Italy to
London from two to three hours.
The Springfield herald., 1911-04-07
rurkish Revolt Increasing.

Reconsideration received at the
Quirinal indicates that $1,000 Alban-
ians are already in revolt and that CO.
600 more Are preparing to take the
field. Montenegro and Bulgaria are
said to be encouraging the rebels
with the idea of making reprisals
against Turkey
The Springfield herald., 1911-04-07
New eattIeship Commissioned.

Washington.-In accordance with
the plans of Secretary Meyer for the
Atlantic fleet of twenty battleships
after July l, 1911, the battleships
Maine, Missouri and Ohio have been
ordered in commission June l. They
are now in reserve in the navy yards.
The Springfield herald., 1911-04-07
STATE NEWS
OF INTEREST TO
ALL COLORADO
Pc OPlE
stopovers on All Tickets.

Denver-A circular issued by the
Western Passenger Association an
nounces that stopovers will be allowed
on summer tourist tickets this year at
all points within the final limits OF
the tickets. The privilege is extended
to tickets routed east and west.
The Springfield herald., 1911-04-07
AGED Navy Hero Dead.

Philadelphia.-C Edward
B. Latch, U. S. N, retired, died at his
home in Merton. During the Civil war
he served on the Hartford, and was
retired in 1878.
The Springfield herald., 1911-04-07
IS EPILEPSY coNoUEREpf
New York PhysIeIans Have Many
Curea to Their Credit.

Cures to Their Credit.
New York, April 4.--Advices from
every direction fully confirm previous
reports that the remarkable treatment
for epilepsy being administered by the
consulting physicians Of the DR.. Water
man Institute is achieving wonderful
results. Old and stubborn cases have
been greatly benefited and many pa
tients claim to have been entirely
cured.
Persons suffering from epilepsy
should write at once to Dr.. Waterman
Institute, 1872 East 25th st., Branch SO.
New York, for supply of the remedy.
which is being distributed gratuitously.
The Springfield herald., 1911-04-07
The Moffat Tunnel.

Senator Cove is in receipt OF the
following telegram from John A. Por-
ter OF Denver, who Is on the Pacific
coast in reference to the tunnel and
its construction:
1.-THE passage OF pending tunnel bill
Ia Colorado Legislature is certainly OF
the greatest importance to Denver and
the entire state. Judging by many sur
veys made by the Motfat road, 1t would
seenIsvery unwise to limit the length Of
proposed tunnel to five miles when
one approximately a mile longer could
be located at the most advantageous
place considered from both an engin-
eering and financial point Of view. A
tunnel entering the Divide almost in
a direct line from Tolland would avoid
possible competition from deeper
one, would materially shorten distance
and avoid climbing on maximum grade
a winding line from Tolland to mouth
of five-mile tunnel. The state should
not hesitate at additional cost to OBJ
tain a safer and more far-reaching in
vestment.-John A. Porter
The opponents of the tunnel have Sc
cured an amendment to the bill that
would defeat the purpose. requiring
the Moffat road interests to deposit Sc
curities with the state to guarantee
the tunnel bonds. And this in addition
to the provisions already in the meas
ure making the voad itself security for
the cost of construction.
The Springfield herald., 1911-04-07
County Commissioners Liable.

Brighton.-By a ruling of District
Judge Mccall at Brighton county
commissioners or their bondsmen are
liable to the county for any moneys
expended by them in an illegal man
ner
The Springfield herald., 1911-04-07
Major eeorae Rue Dead.

Hamilton. O.-Major George w.
Rue, who is credited with capturing
the guerilla chief. John Morgan, dur
ing the Civil War. is dead.
The Springfield herald., 1911-04-07
Potatoes arina Hiah Price.

Greeley-Potatoes advanced to s1.25
per hundred at Eaton, with the price
at s12O hundred here, and dealers
are expecting these prices to remain
steady.
The Springfield herald., 1911-04-07
Comparison.

What do you think of the idea of
an extra session of congress-"
WELL" replied Farmer Corntossel.
some extry sessions is like some e1-
try newspapers. They amt enough in
'em to justify the hollerin'."
The Springfield herald., 1911-04-07
puebIan Hair to Big Estate.

Colorado Springs.-Henry B. Sny-
er, formerly of this city but now Oh
Pueblo. and resident of Colorado for
fifty-one years. is one of three heirs
to an English estate valued at $6Oo'-
900, according to press dispatches
from Chicago, which Mr.. Snyder cor
roborated.
The Springfield herald., 1911-04-07
Bush Heads Gould Road

New York.-Reports continue that
B. F. Bush, president of the Western
Maryland, is the head of the Missouri
Pacific.
The Springfield herald., 1911-04-07
Trout ErY are Planted.

Greeley.-Of interest to fishermen
of northern Colorado is the news that
40 900 trout fry were planted recently
in the upper Poudre.
The Springfield herald., 1911-04-07

Constipation causes and seriously aggra
Yates many diseases. 1t is thoroughly cured
by DR.. Pierce's Pellets. Tiny sugar-coated
sranules.
The Springfield herald., 1911-04-07

Better general health is sure to follow
field Tea. It corrects constipation.
The Springfield herald., 1911-04-07

Nothing chloroforms church quick
er than a minister dosed with dignity.
The Springfield herald., 1911-04-07

Some sermons come near being DEM
onstrations of eternal punishment.
The Springfield herald., 1911-04-07
preoonderancs of Evidence.

Preponderance Of Evidence.
Sorry" said the constable. but
IA have to arrest ye-you been
drivin' along at the rate OF so miles
an hour"
"You are wrong, my friend" said
the driver. 81 wasn't, and here's .
ten.dollar bill that says l wasn't"
"All right" returned the constable.
pocketing the money. with IL to ono
against me l amt goin' to subject
the county to tn expense of trial.
-Harper's Weekly.
Men astonish themselves far moro
than they astonish their friends
John Oliver Hobbies.
The Springfield herald., 1911-04-07

With the recommendation that they
be placed before the committee of the
whole for favorable consideration and
final passage, the bills making the
State Normal school at Greeley a
teachers college and providing for a
normal school training as condition
to the granting OF certificates by coun-
ty superintendents, were reported by
the Senate committee on education
and educational institutions.
By vote of twenty to fourteen, the
Senate ordered the hybrid bank guar
antee law on the calendar for special
consideration. This bill is mixture
of Senator Gove's measure for rigid
banking code and of Senator Crowley's
bill to enact the mutual bank guar
antee act of Texas. The measure was
reported favorably by the banking
committee three weeks ago. When the
report was made, 1t was stated that a
motion would be made to strike from the
hybrid bill all of the Texas bank guar
antee features and to retain the Cove
provisions which seek to make bank
guarantee rest on sound banking op-
erations.
Edwin McCrillls. secretary Of the
State Board of Live Stock Inspection
Commissioners, was put through a
three hour examination by the joint
legislative committee from the House
and Senate, aided by representatives
from the attorney generals office. The
committee is making thorough inves-
tigation of. the charges made against
the stock board, following which a
public report will be made of the meth
DDS employed by officers and en-
ployes of the board.
The Senate committee on labor re-
portel the Bellesfield bill for a mems
eight-hour law for the favorable con
sideration and passage by the commit
tee of the whole, except that the bill
will exclude cement works and steel
manufacturing plants from the opera
ton of the act. With this amendment,
recommended by the labor committee,
the bill will go on the calendar and
will, If enacted, make an eight-hour
day in all mines and underground
workings, mills, smelters, cyanide and
chlorination processes, and at coke
ovens.
The Springfield herald., 1911-04-07

Vegetable Compound has done for me
during this trying period. Complete
restoration to health means 30 much
to me that for the sake Of other suffer-
ing women am willing to make my
trouble public 30 you may publish
this letter. Mrs. CHAs. BARCLAY,
RED, Graniteville, Vt.
No other medicine for woman's ills
has received such widespread and un-
qualified endorsement. No other med
icine we know of has such a record
of cures as has Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.
For more than 80 years 1t has been
curing woman's ills such as inflamma-
ton, liberation. fibroid tumors, irreg-
ularities, periodic pains and nervous
prostration. and it is unequalled for
carrying women safely through the
period Of change of life.
Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass,
invites all sick women to write
her for advice. Her advice is free,
and always helpful
The Springfield herald., 1911-04-07

has given me much trouble for six
months. 1t was SO bad that l
couldn't walk sometimes for a
week. l tried doctors medicine
and had rubber bandage for my
leg, and bought everything that 1
heard of, but they all did me no
good, until at last was persuaded
to try Sloan's Liniment. The first
application helped it, and in two
weeks my leg was well."-A. l.
HUNTER, of Hunter, Ala,