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    THE OMAHA : DAILY HEE: SATURDAY," BEPTEMRER S. 1903.
FAMOUS MARINE GRAVEYARD
Bird of Ha'.teri tod e.bla Wand a
Tbocuaifll Milei Island.
MISSOURI RIVEtt HAS A REPUTATION j
More Than Tito Haadre lltintMtl
Repose la Its Bed Pathetla
Lament of a Wtittr
Navigator.
"Tou mar talk of Hatterse a marina
raveyard." said an old steamboat man,
"and talk of the big wreck that ornamsAt
the Newfoundland banks and the Coihlsh
coo at, but I'll back the Missouri river
against any of then. Take the stretch
between St. Joe and Bt. Ixmla. for Instance.
It's not very lona and It's not very wide,
and yet the bones of more than 200 steam
boats line It.
AH of them went down, too. In a short
apace of time, for It's been, a lone while
row since the steamboat trade of the river
, fell, like that of the Mlsslntjppl. 'before
the railway. All In all, the river trade
slid n't last much more than a quarter of a
century, but In that time there were more
wrecks than you could count. Steamers
-nt aground on the sand bars, they col
lided with snags; they ran Into .one an
other, they ran ashore, they broke their
backs and they blew up.
' "There was newa of another wreck
almost every day, and things were booming
In the recovery of bodies. The old boats
eed to slam bang up and down, as If
very second counted and It did, too.
They swung ' around tha curves and
plunged Into the bad stretches like demons.
ana me old-time pilots didn't ear
hang whether they reached their wharea
W went to smash.
Wat a Steamboat Loft. "'
'There is not a single steamboat on the
whole stretch of river that even plays at
navigating It.. Its evolution has been com
plete. The Indian with his canoe, the
French ' voyageur with his pirogue, the
American fur trader with his keel boat.
the magnificent passenger steamer each
In turn haa gone up and down, but today,
on what was once the commercial high
way of the west, there now remains only
. the original navigator, the little blue
winged teal. '
: "And yet there . Is much of history still
dinging to the old river. Fifty years ago
fully sixty boats were regularly employed
In the carrying trad between Bt. Louis
and Bt. Joseph, and fully as many more
made Irregular trips to Omaha and Sioux
City and Fort Benton, the head of navt
ration. . At that time no railroad had been
buHt west of the Mississippi, and the en-
. tire commerce of tha Rocky mountain re
gion 'was transported over the Missouri.
The problem of. navigation of the. river
bad been solved In 181 by Bt. Louis men.
Colonel Rector and others, and thereafter
the way was open. .
"The first boat to ascend the river was
- a government steamer, tha Western Engl
. iteer, which was built - expressly to ter
rorise the Indians. 8he was a stem
wneeier, seveniy-nve reel long, with a
13-foot beam, and drew nineteen inchea of
water. On her bow waa the escape pipe,
made in Imitation of a huge serpent, with
Its mouth open and tongue painted md.
I The steam escaped through the mouth at
Intervals, making a nolae like the dying
groans ot a great sea monster. The noise
could be heard tor miles, and the Indians
wrho would venture to the river bank to gaze
upon it fled In terror, convinced that the
Jtanltou had shown himself in a new form
'Twelve "yeara later Improvements made
In the boats enabled them to navigate the
, upper waters. Pierre Chouteau, bead of
the American Fur Trading company, was
the. first man to navigate beyond the Iowa
frontier. In 1831 he built the Tellowatdne.
and In May of that year passed the mouth
of the. Niobrara. in northern Nebraska.
and finally landed at the mouth of Milk
river, In South Dakota.
"In the following year other boats war
launched by this company. One each, year
waa sent to the headwaters, and life on
bos.rd.waa strenuous. Indians loitered on
the river, banks to takeia shot at the boat,
and eagh night It had to be anchored in
midstream to avoid surprises. Fuel - was
acarqe, and while half the crew went Into
the woods to cut' timber the remainder
stood guard with muskets.
la the Uoldea Kre,
'The next era of the river was its golden
roe. With the establishment of military
oats In the northwest the tide of emigre-
- tlun set In. The year 1848 saw the end of
tha fur trade on the upper Missouri. The
ur carrying boata were replaced by stern
wheelers with a single engine, which car-
rl-d all supplies from civilisation.
"By 1850 tha advance in building the
boats had been such that they became pal
aces. Staterooms, cabin rooms and dining
saloons were Introduced. Travel bv boat
rJIcame one of tho pleasures of life. 'Tha
' Missouri river boats were not a whit be-
bind those on the Mississippi, and much
' tha same scenes were witnessed on them.
v"ln place of the rich plantation owner,
ready for fleecing, the gamblers that in
fested the boata had as their prey tha fur
trader and the freighter- 4f the plains.1 won
who made their thousands a month. Poker
was the only game played, and many big
games wsr played. There were tragedies,
too, dark and bloody deeds. Those were
days when to call a man a liar meant a
fight with guns, and to Intimate ttiat he
waa a cheat Invited Immediate assassina
tion. Many of these boats cost from 180.
000 to $"70,000. princely sums for the timt.
The pilot was In those days the auto
- crat of the river the big man on every
boat. He received large wages, sometimes
as much as tl.ooo or 11,509 a month, and
7 b spent1 It like a thoroughbred. The first
"t tabor union organised west of the Missis
sippi was that of the plfots of this river,
and as no man could Jeara the river with
out, long and, careful tutelage the pilots
were well able to dictate their own wegie.
"Piloting In tha Mississippi waa a
science, and the skilful man waa one of
wonderful memory of localities. He had
to know the liver thoroughly, he bad to
know it by night as well as by day.
Bnaggs. bars, rocks and sunken- wrecks
wro a continual . menace, but -despite .all
of bis precaution he would lose a boat
Between 1S10 and imo more than KX boatt
were sunk." New York Herald,
THE
ILLUSTRATED
BEE
FINE WORDS BUTTER NO
PARSNIPS." but when
Una word are backed np By good
buttr. the paranlpa taste all tbe
bett'ir. Tbla la another of the rea
son! why Tbe Illustrated Bee la eo
good. It furnishes, so to spenk.
tbe . parsnips, the butter and
tha fine words each week. In
It columns only the best la found.
Nothing unworthy la ever given
a chance; Its illustrations are
wade from photographs, taken es
pecially for Its use; Its nrtlcles nre
written specially for its columns,
and It Is edited with as much care
as la bestowed on any of tbe high
grade magazines, for the sole and
only reason that its parsnips shall
li served with the dressing of good
butter, aceompnnied by the sauce of
courteous words. It is a pleasure
to be able to offer such a dish each
week to the leaders.
COUNCIL BLUFFS HAD AN UNPLEAS
ANT EXPERIENCE with a torren
tial rain, or, rather, with the re
aults. A Bee ataff photographer
paddled about on a raft through tbe
submerged section of tba city apd
secured some excellent pictures,
showing how the cellars were
pumped out, how the people went
about in boats and high-water
boots, and other Incident that make
a good record of the flood. A page
of these pictures will be found In
The Illustrated Bee on Sunday.
USCtE SAM AS A PUBLISHER :
v :
LargaandVirlad 8tock of Paper, broad fn!r th'" dal.,,r- v?"? th'
, . . r . I will accord with the views of the ed-
whlch they do not wish to accept rrpon-
Iblllty they "rtlb" It out of a foreign
newspaper and publish it without com
ment. There Is supposed to be an editorial
bj the Government.
STAFF OF EDITORS EQUALLY EXTENSIVE
Faets Abaat the Different Publica
tion, Hove They Are Compile!,
Edited sal t Irralatee Tee
He latereets Swbeerved. ,
Tour Uncle Sam Is something of an edi
tor and publisher. Like many' another
who goes Into the business, ha is unable te
figure a profit, but he persists, and all
ths time is getting our dally and weekly
papers and monthly magazines, And send
ing them to a regular Hat of readers in
the remotest pans of this and other coun
tries. Reference is not made to tha Con
gressional Record, that invaluable,- much
abused and over-exploited means of tell
ing those who care to wade through Its
hundreds of pages what the representatives
of the people are saying, aacept where
what they aay has been carefully edited
out for home consumption. - Tha whole
ministration. Uke other dallies once in a
while, it gets Its policy on crooked. This
was the case recently1 when a contributor
sent In and hart published an article whioh
seemed to show that the protective tariff
policy waa a trust Incubator. The fault
lay in the way the matter waa edited In
this oese, as a few words ot explanation
as te the foreign system described would
have pulled tha article Inte line. Quite
apart from the commercial and political
articles are the unique discoveries of for
eigners and the tales of mechanic.! ap
pliances which are expected to work won
ders In foreign lands.
Dry, bat I'sofal.
The Treasury department has a rather
dry, but valuable publication called
"Treasury Decisions." although thla la a
misnomer. It contains special informa
tion Ot all sorts of particular interest to
importers and exporters, tobaooo and
whisky manufacturers, oleomargarine pro
ducers and lawyers and federal officials.
It not only gives the decisions of the cus
toms and Internal revenue offloera, but it
recites at length the opinions of courts
eld covered by the ordinary daily paper whera they have a bearing on treasury"
and the magaalne Is covered by the gov- matters, it needs the addition or a ae-
ernment. Politics, business, weather, in- partmettt covering the thrilling exploits
ternatlonsl snd domestic trad 'and social of revenue agents chasing moonshiners In
movements. Inventions, change! In federal the Tennessee and Georgia mountains to
places, new policies by the government and Un It up and popularise It
of the executive and admlnistrattva de- Chilly in ita name, but useful to a degree
partmenu. changes in personnel and tha nt surpassed by any other periodical of
STATE FAI1S ARE ALWAYS INTEREST
ING. and that of Iowa Is particu
larly so. Last week a staff pho
tographer spent several days at
Des Moines and secured some ex
cellent pictures of groups that,
while they are not to be classed
among the exhibits, are 'much bet
ter to look at t!jin the things that
were gotten up especially to be
ahown. Several of these will be
round In -The Illustrated Bee on
Sunday,
HOW THE TROLLEY HELPS CIVILIZA
TION" la tha caption of a special
article that deals with the growth
and efficiency of the lnterurban
trolley or electric line service of tbe
United States. It Is illustrated
from photographs made In different
parts of the country, and Is of more
than usual interest, and value Just
at this time.
RUSSIA'S READINESS FOR WAR la
told by Frank O. Carpenter's
letter this week, the navy of the
c-sar being Ita topic. Mr. Carpen
ter gives a detailed account of the
strength of the Russian navy, its
conatructlon, equipment, and the
.like, and tells something of how
Japan la fixed In .the same line. Il
lustrations show some of the typ
ical Russian vessels . . .....
OTHER FEATURE ARTICLES Include
one by Dr. Washington Gladden
on "What a City Should Be." In the
Municipal League series; "Britain's
Peacemaker." a biographical aketch
of the enrl of Dudley; one on how
sailors humble the captain when oc
casion demands; another on "Real
Love Lettera from the Tropics ;" the
regular Woman's Department: an
other Installment of the Richard
Voss serial, "The Weary Kings;"
the regular departments, short
stories, personal gossip und chatty
comment, besides a number of In
teresting independent plctnres. If
you are not now a subscriber you
should leave your order with your
newsdealer today.
THE
ILLUSTRATED
BEE
myriad of other things, which the dally
press is wont to believe it monopolises, are
faithfully and accurately covered by the
great publishing concern of Uncle Bam.
His force la organised much aa Is the
force af the dally paper. lie has his
corps of editors, his assistants, his tech
nical or editorial writers, his telegraph edi
tors, his occasional country contributor and
hundreds of telegraphic correspondents.
Thero are the same mailing .room scenes
and tha same enterprise to get. the very
latest news Into the weekly or dally pub
lications and catch the fast mails out 'of
Washington. Tour Uncle Sam has even
emulated the ' example set by syndicates
and other enterprising editor and pub'
Ushers and has established branch .pub'
Unhlng houses in different cities. There he
,For Nervousness
iUSOlUI
Acid
Phosphate
It nourishes and strengthens tba
nervea enricbea tha blood, vitali
ses and Invigorates tha whole sys
tem. Cannes good appetite, perfcvft
digestion aud ruatiul sleep.
A Tonic suxd Nerr Food.
the government la tha "Snow and lee
Bulletin." Thla. is issued only in season,
It is but one of the periodicals edited by
Commander Southerland of the navy and
Issued by, the hydrographlo office. Then
there are "The Monthly Pilot Chart," 'The
Hydrographlo Bulletin" and the "Weekly
Notice to Mariners." They are really In
teresting publications. They give the cur
rent news of the .oceans. There Is a
"Monthly Pilot Chart" for the North At
lantlc ocean, as well as the North Pacific,
and each Is distinct and has a different list
of readers. There Is no dry Information In
any page of these publications. They
tell of wrecks at sea. Of course, many
an Interesting article of thrilling detail Is
omitted, but, more to the point, the exact
lattltude and longitude of the ' floating
caters to local taste and needs and baa a derelict that resulted from the wreck Is
SURVIVES DOUBLE INJURY
California Woman, Strack en Head
y Ballet, Leaps from Tklrd
Msrr Wtaaovr.
LOS ANGELES. Sept. 4. Mrs. Griffith J.
Griffith, wife of Colonel Griffith J. Griffith,
one of Los Angela's park ootnmhviloners
and owner of the large Los Fells ranuh.
lies at the California hospital in a serious
condition aa the result of a bullet wound
in her forehead.
Mrs. Griffith leaped out of the third-story
window 'of a hotel at Santa Monica. 8he
fell a distance ot fifteen feet onto a ver
anda, from whence she crawled into a sec-end-story
window. There wss a bullet
wound 1ft her forhead just above tha light
temple. Colonel Griffith says that In pack
ing their trunks last night his wife picked
up a revolver and accidentally discharged
It. Tha bullet struck her In the forehead
and. he says, she rushed to the window
and leaped out.
la a Class Aloae.
No other pills on earth can equal Dr.
King's New Life Pills for stomach, liver
and kidneya No cure, no pay. 2&c. for
sale by Kuhn Co.
TWO GIRLS BURNED TO DEATH
Kereeeae Caa Explodes aad Tfeelr
Clot alas- U freaked
wltk Oil.
TOPEKA. Kan.. Bept. 4. Sarah and
Gladys Hogan, daughters of Samuel Ha an,
a Jefferson county farmer, fifteen miles
northeast of Topeke, were burned to death
last evening.
Tha eider girl, aged 14, had tha younger
In her arms and waa lighting tbe fire
when the kerosene can exploded, scatter
ing the fl&mes ever the children and burn
ing them fatally.
Hstt v Assessment Aeerevea.
BUr-TALO. N. T., Bept 4.-The method
pursued by the supreme lodge of the An
cten'. Order of Culled Workmen in In
creating the rate of assessment upon 'Its
rtmhre hes been endorsed by the National
Fraternal oongreae, which im an organisa
tion compoMxi of repreeentalivee ot alxty
three fraternal beneficiary societies. The
scanner of apportion merit of the necessary
Increase by the Ancient Order of tinted
Workmen has been criticised at meeting
of members thereof In Buffalo. The local
Ppueliton crystallised at a meeting. held
here on Tuesday, at whirh It was decMed
te forward an appeal to the supreme lodge
te change tae manner of Increasing the
aseewiuent, it being claimed that the su
prae lodre's p4an dlserlaolnatea against
the eider Eusmbsr of th Mass",
local clientele.
Dallies and Weeklies. '
The thing' Is done right. The publica
tions referred to are not hnnd press or
letter "press circulars distributed in franked
envelopea There are daily publications
In connection with the PostofMoe depart
ment, the Department ot Commerce and
Labor Inherited from tha State depart'
ment and the Agricultural department
There are weekly publications In connec
tion with every department Thera are
monthly publications in connection with
the Agricultural, Interior, - Navy, War
and Postofnce departraanta
Of tha dally issues tha ona having tha
largest circulation la the "Daily Weather
Map." That dally, passed .with, indif
ference by most people of small Interests,
Is eagerly awaited by the broker and
financier and the mariner a fid thousands
of other people whose business is affected
by weather conditions, by rising and fall
ing temperature, or by ah) f ting winds. The
"news" It gives is secured from every part
of the country, and Ita telegraphic service
la second to none. About .200 special cor
respondents see that tha very latest 1nfor
matlon Is sent by telegraph right up to
the hour of going to press. Branch pub
lishing houses have been established in
tha larger cities, where local conditions are
covered for local consumption, but each ot
the daily issues covers the wide national
field as well. It has the largest clfcula
tion of a; government dally in Washington,
reaching about 1,000, and - In ' Chicago
about 2,000, St. Louis 1,500 and the smaller
cities In proportion.
Entering into the same genera!, field to a
certain extent Is the "Snow and lea Bui
letln." Issued dally by ths Navy depart'
ment. for which the demand la greatest
at tha ports of the country, but which is
eagerly .sought by the operating depart'
ments of the big railroad systems. The
Agricultural department, which expends
about $1,000,000 every year on printing bills
alone, la much taken with the weekly
newspaper field. Its most popular publl
cation is "The Crop Reporter." This Is not
only sought by the rural resident, but its
contents are mercilessly "cribbed" by spe
clal correspondents located here, who ad
vise financiers and brokers' agents ot Ita
contenta the moment tbe first copy comes
from the presses. On the Information it
contains fortunes are made and lost, and
the precautions taken to prevent any of
lis news being obtained before the copies
come from the presses exceed those ot
any metropolitan publication. The -circu
lation at this time Is 100,000, and the copy
never leaves the editors' hands . until )
o'clock In the afternoon of the day of Is
sue. The first copy is thrown from the
presses at tha Government Printing office
4 twenty minutes later, while . two hours
later tha big trucks are trundling tha first
thousands of copies over to the mailing
rooms. This weekly has the advantage ot
an organised corps of , correspondents
numbering 20.000. Its salaries vary. from
the "glory" of serving the government to
11.200 per annum, the latter paid to some
state correspondents who have charge of
forwarding the .collated Information from
country correspondents. Tha weekly , Is
represented In every county In tha United
States. Not satisfied with covering the
field generally and thus serving special
Information to all interests, ths depart
ment has a season publication, "The
Weekly Crop Bulletin," issued during the
summer, which contains the usual sum
mary of crop and weather conditions and
in addition telegraphic Information from
every crop-raising state In the union' of
conditions at the hour of going to presa
Postal Interaaatlea. "
The dally publications Issued by the Poet
office department contain information ot
principal Interest to the thousands ot postal
employes, but the circulation is by no
means confined to them. Railroad officials,
private publishers, real estate agents, sup
ply houses aad scores of people In all aortr
of callings wait each da to get the Issues
of the Postofnce Bulletin. In It they rind
reports of the cbangea In railway routes,
of the assignment ot clerks, of the appoint
ment or retirement of postmasters or other
I officials, of the restoration or abolishment
of star routes and of rural free delivery
routes, and of the extension of free de
livery to cities. Tha . "editorials" are
usually written by the postmaster general
himself. Mr. Henry C. Payne. They are la
the form of new regulations or orders, or
calling attention to abuses which he wants
corrected, and which not only convey In
formation, but because of the official char
acter of the publication are nottcea to those
Involved that the mandate must be obeyed.
The State department used to run a dally,
but now Mr. Cortelyou Issues It from hi
department It naa the involved and un
expresslve title of Advance Sheets of the
Consular Reports, and If it were as dull
aa Its name It would . neVer be read at
all. But it la really the most gossipy of
ths government publications. Only luat
week It gave the information that the
supremacy of the Missouri mule waa
threatened by the development of a new
animal In Africa which was a cross te
tween a aebra and a South African horse.
Then It contains all sorts of foreign gossip.
The reporters and eorreepondanu for this
dally are the United States consuls. They
are a conservative set of writers. When
they waat te have aaythlag published ter
TROOPS FOR CRIPPLE CREEK
Governor Peabody Decides to Bend Boldien
to Gold Mines.
MINE OWNERS ASK FOR PROTECTION
aertsT Saya Militia Is Net lfeeeaearr
eat Oeveraer Deeldee te tend
Troees After lavestlgatlag
given. There Is accurate and scientific
news aa to tha wind velocity and the passage
or storms. Tiie travels or icebergs are
given with minute detail. The shifting of
sands and the discovery of shoals, the
condition of lights and lighthouses, are all
faithfully reported, with a review of all
changes that may have occurred since the
date of the last Issue. Not a mariner
now leaves a port of the United States
without the last copy of the hydrographlo
publications on board. ,
Limited Free List.
In the Held of the magazines, the Patent
Office Gazette stands pre-eminent among
the government periodicals, and even the
private magatlne publisher might get some
pointers In the way ot excellent mechanical
production. It Is the one publication which
haa a bona fide subscription list and whose
tree list is not out ot all proportion to the
paid list An act of congress placed its
subscription price at 16 per annum, or 10
cents a copy. The free list Is restricted to
members of congress, a limited number of
government officials, and libraries which
have a stated number of volumes, In addi
tion to the government reports, on their
ahelvea The pagea are illustrated, every
one, and between the lines and in the dry
style which is Insisted upon In this maga
tlne the hopes and ambitions and the trials
and labor of years and the expenditure of
much gray matter can be read. The paper
on which it is printed Is of the best qual
ity. The pages are photo-lithographed, and
tha most minute portion of a trade mark
or a drawing is brought out clearly. None
of the theories of Inventors Is permitted to
reach the pages of the Gazette except in
the form In which the government requires
that the applicant shall follow the words
"I claim" of the application blank. J. W.
Babson Is the editor of the Gnsstte, and
during his twenty-five years' connection
with It has seen It grow from a form look
ing most like a popular song sheet to the
present- elogant copies, with their average
of 2S0 pages. . ;
Tour Uncle Sam is something of an editor
and publisher. In support of the claim.
Just glance at this list: Weekly Crop Re
porter, . Dally Weather Map, Monthly
Weather Review, Weekly Snow and Ice
Bulletin, Monthly Summary ot Commerce
and Finance, Treasury Decisions, Dally
Consular Reports, tha Patent Office Ga
aette, Public Health Reports. Monthly
Pilot Chart, Weekly Hydrographlo Bulle
tin, Weekly Notice to Mariners and the
Postal. Bulletin. Washington Post
DENVER, Colo., Bept 4. Governor Pa-
body decided today at noon, after receiving
the report of the committee which he sent
to Cripple Creek to Investigate strike con
ditions there, to dispatch troops to tha gold
camp.
Orders were issued by Adjutant Bell to
the First regiment of Infantry, company H,
of the Second regiment of Infantry, the
First squadron of cavalry, consisting of
troops B, D and C, battery A, and the sig
nal corps and medical corps ot tha Na
tional Guard to proceed to Cripple Creek
forthwith. Brigadier General John Chase
will be. in command of the force, which
will number about 1,000 men.
Troops were asked for by the Mine Own
era' association, but Sheriff Robertson of
Teller county said that he saw no neces
sity for calling out the militia.
No violence haa been reported at Crjpple
Creek since Tuesday night when one non
union carpenter and a Justice -were assaulted
by unknown persons.
President Charles H. Moyer of the Weet
era Federation of Mlnera addressed a let
ter to Governor Peabody today In which
he declares that tha conditions In tbe
Cripple Creek district were not such as to
warrant the calling out of troops. Ha de
clares that such an act by the governor
at this time Is a violation of the law un
der which the executive Is empowered to
call out troopa President Moyer says that
ths members of the federation In the Crip
ple Creek district will help to , maintain
order. j
Officials Make Statements.
Governor Peabody made the following
statement regarding hla action in calling
out the troops:
r k,i trior! tn act with cr'jderce. The
gentlemen who went to Cripple Creek at
my request to Investigate conditions ad
vised mo that the situation was such that
troops ought to be oraerea out.
KhnriiT knhortunn has maintained tiie po
sltion that he took when the matter was
first suggested, and he did not Join in the
requent for. troops. I had hoped that the
necessity for calling out troopa would be
vMiriad and final action was delayed as
i . . ... ,.nnitnt with the uroper
protection of the lives and property of the
people In the Cripple Creek district Judg
ing from reports oi conamons uic.
The report of the governor's commission
follows:
Having visited Cripple Creek and Victor
and after caretui inquiry among remcocnj
ative citizens ana property owners, muuu
lng the mayors of Cripple Creek and Vic
tor, we are of the opinion that the lives
of cltlsens of tho district are In Imm nent
danger and property and personal rights
are in Jeopardy. Prompt action Is impera
tively demanded by the above people to
prolect-he lives and property of the cltl
sens. We find that a reign of terror exisU
in the district which should be relieved at
once. We do not believe that the i clvl au
thorities are able .to cope with the situa
tion. . . ,
This report la signed by John Chase,
brigadier, general; N. C. Mllr, attorney
general, and Tom E. McClelland, assistant
attorney general.
Troops Leave for Cripple Creek.
A part of the troops, in charge ot Adju
tant General Bell, lert Denver over m.
Denver & Rio Grande tor Cripple Creek
at 4 o'clock. It was the Intention to take
h PriDnle Creek Short Line from Colo
rado Springs to Cripple Creek, but ot tha
former place General Bell was Informed
that about thirty strikers leu trippie
Creek soon after It was learned that the
troops were coming by the Short Line.
Thpv followed the line of that road and. al
though they were ostensibly on a fishing
irin. it waa feared that they Intended to
blow up the track or otnerwise mieriere
with the progress of the troops, and the
plans were changed ana tne soiuiers ior-
warded over the Midland Terminal road
They expected to reach Cripple Creek at
It n'clock.
At 10 o'clock Governor Feaoooy receivea
message from General Bell at coioraao
Springs that he had been aeiayea oy
change In .transportation plans saying that
he had been advised by Lieutenant wnann,
commanding the Cripple Creek muma com
pany. that the conditions were becoming
very threatening and was urgea io nasien
the movement of the troopa. -
Comnlssloaers Deaoaaee Goveraer.
pripplb CREEK. Colo., Sept. 4. Tha
A STORE WITH A PRINCIPLE
We Have Always Believed that a Business Insti
tution of Any Kind Was Just as Good or
Just as Bad as Those Who Controlled
' Its Policy,
This la nof a "one man's store," it is not a store
that caters to anj one class of people. It is not a
store that Is confined to any one particular class
of merchandise. It is a store that caters for the
trade of any man or wonian who wants to buy
good merchandise at a reasonable price; a store
that has business enough to "keep buyers in the
market all the time who do nothing but buy mer
chandise; a store that can go into the optm market
and buy any make of goods that is worth buying;.
' but we prefer our own name on every dollar's worth
' of merchandise that we sell, believing that our rep
utation for dealing square is good enough to guar-
' antee it. -
This store had its birth among the. masses
the great tommon people, and has reached its mag
nitude in a few years because it did business on
right principles. If it had done business on prin
ciples partly right and partly wrong it might have
- required thirty or forty years to reach its present'
magnitude if it had reached it at all.
This is an honest store, a store with a heart in
it that beats for tne masses. It is an honest store
..that never allows merchandise to enter its doors
which it cannot conscientiously offer to its army of
customers and guarantee quality in every respect
. If is a store which first took the stand in this com
munity that a trade was not a trade until the cus
tomer was satisfied, arid the strength of its motto
"Satisfaction or your money back" has been amply
verified by being adopted by various other institu
tions. .It is understood all over this western
country that every day in the year on an average
you can buy goods throughout this great store at
a lower range of prices than elsewhere. Every
department in our store is ready with new fall goo3
to show you. We extend to every man, woman
and child a cordial invitation to visit our store.
We'll do our best to make your visit a pleasant and
profitable one. Highest prudence in directing and
instructing how we shall b.nst serve you, sound or
ganization and broad daylight methods are yours
for comfort and pleasure. . ,
m .BBSBS
GEORGE WASHIXGTOX'S l El'E. ,
It Hid a baxarlant Salt of Btratafct
ui Very Dark Hair.
Tha Father of his Country concealed a
luxuriant suit of hair beneath his, queue
wig. Many now wish the old fashion were
In vogue, to conceal thinned hair or bald
ness. Tet no one need have thin hair nor
be bald. If he cure ths dandruff that causes
both. Dandruff cannot be cured by scour
ing the acalp, because It Is a germ disease,
and the getm has to be killed. Newbro's
Herplclde kills the dandruff germ no other
hair preparation will. "Destroy, the cause,
you remove the effect." There's no curs
for dandruff but to kill the germ. Sold by
leading druggists. Send 10c in stamps for
sample to The Herplclde Co., Detroit, Mich.
Sherman McConnell Drug Co., special
agents. - '
.rA nf commissioners of Teller county negro csught In the act of strangling Mrs
m,. .,tnnirl resolutions denouncing tne Margaret uerann, a wnue woman, in nor
-tin r r.nvornnr Peabody In sending home at Armourdale, Kan., this afternoon
troops to the Cripple Creek district, tha escaped to the Kansas river, where he
resolutions declare that there is no need drowned himself rather than run the
. w. and that their presence will chances or being lyncnea. a crown naving
do more harm than good. The belief is I chased him to the bank ot the stream. ne
.r.A ik. it,. tnvMtiiraHon made by woman waa seriously hurt but will re-
.v.. .numir'i commission was not made in cover.
r.t faith. Bherlrt Robertson mis atier " uerann i w
noon made public a statement In which
ha protests against the 'govemoa'a action
declaring It a uaurpstlon of authority and
violation ot the law.
Tleaa Practically Complete.
TELLUniDE, Colo., Sept 4. A commls-
Her husband, who was a packing house
employe, and son were drowned In the
great June flood and she lived alone. Ths
negro, . aged to, called at the house about
noon and, entering stealthily, locke.l Mmself
In. He surprised Mrs. Oerahn at her work
and demanded her money When she ln-
aary and lodging house for Idia miners and slsted that there was none about the house
mill men In this district, waa opened oy tne tbe negro threatened to Kill Mrs. uerann,
varrn Federation ol Miners. Tba num- and seising her by the throat began cnoa
h of men already thrown out of work in lng her. She became unconscious and he
of tha mill men s strike la locked ner in a cioset. vvnrn sne naa re
COTTON MILLS SHUT DOWN
eveateea Corporations of Fall River
x Will Lay OS Talrteea Thee,
aad Employee.
FALL RIVER. Mass., Sept. 4. Seventeen
cotton manufacturing corporations of Fall
River will shut down entirely tomorrow un
til September 14. throwing out of work
nearly 13,000 hands operating 1,800,000
splndlea The curtailment next week is the
most extensive of any here since tha cot
ton situation became unfavorable to mill
owners. This sxtenslve stoppage of ma
chlnery will take mora than 1100.000 out of
circulation through tbe loss of wages.
Eatries for Trl-tlty Haaalcap.
NEW YORK. Sept. 4.-Following the the
entries and weignis for the twin City
handlcab one mile and a Quarter, to be
run at Sheepshrad Uay, Monday, Septem
ber 7:
McChesner. Waterhov. Hermls. 139: Ad
vance Guard. 124; Blues, 126; Gunfire, )20t
Major Danger nua. na; (joidsmun, ill
Colonel Bill, llii: Africander, (irand Opera
115; Agregor, lit: aolden Maxim, Hurler
Kslne. Francesco, 1:2; CaneuawHgna, ill;
Masterman, Roehamptou. The Pltket. 110;
Bonnlbert. Rockwater. 109; Injunction
Short Hose. Igniter. 108: -Whnrler. Santon
Flying Bhlp. 107; Stevedore. 107: Velio tall
104: Glmcrack. 103: Gray Friar, Gold Van
Ills Eminence. 100; Euxenla Hunch, m
Cslve. Tom Kenny. Red Knisht. Mlndora.
lis; Proper. Onatas. Disadvantage, 97: Ser
geant. ; Merry Acrobat, w. K. t onuun,
tt; ToboKxan. Buttons. 3: Sheriff Bell
Thorneyrroft. The Carmelite. (Negative,
so; Adios, M.
gaaltarlam for Aeters.
DENVER, Sept 4. Robert E. Dell. Peter
MiCourt and Horace Phalue have filed In
corporation papers for the Bell sanitarium
for consumptive actors. The papers em
Dower the association to acquire land and
raise money for the purpose of establishing
urn a sanitarium. Trie asnoriation is noi
caultalixnoV The directorate for the Mrs
year consists of Robert E Bell. Peter lo-
C-iurt. Abbev H Pelton. Robert Lvy. td
ward S. Irish, C, M. Vaa Law ana James
11, r taboo.
don't miss
THE MAIN CHANCE
DROWNS TO AVOID A MOB
Unldeatlflee Krgro, Aerated of As-
saaltlos; a Woman, Xads Life
In Kansas Hirer.
KANSAS CITY. 8ept 4.-An unidentified
consequence
about 1.000.
The Federal Labor union, which works
In harmony with the Miners' union, today
called out the cooks and waiters at the
Smuggler-Union mines, and In consequence
nearly 800 miners working In these proper-
ties will be forced to stop work. The
Miners' union would not call out these
men because of an agreement between
them and the company made two years
ago. The Federal unlon'a action makes the
tie-up in this county practically complete.
vlved he dragged her from the closet and
upon her persistent refusal to tell him
whera aha kept her money, the negro re
peatedly choked her. Neighboring women
broke Into the houao after Mrs. Gershn '
had been in the powor of the negro for
three hours and found him standing over
the prostrate woman, sinking his fingers
Into huf throat Tho negro hurried from
the house and ran to tha Kansas river two
blocks distant, where hejilred a boat and
ordered the owner to row quickly to the
Missouri shore. When the boat had reached
'nidetream a crowd of excited men and
boya had gathered at the bank and shouted
o tha owner of the boat to return to
shore . He started to do so, when the negro
stood up in tha boat and with the remark
"I have lived too long to die at the end of
a rope," dived Into the water. He drowned
before people could reach lUm and hla body
disappeared.
Woman Worked y Peddler.
A woman living at Thirty-sixth and Chi
cago called at the police station yesterday
atternoon and reported that she had bought
bottle or stove polish from a peaaier
which proved to bo a poor grade ot gaso
line with a little graphite In it. She end
soms of her neighbors patronized the ped
dler, paying him 126 cents per bottle for the
fake goods. He represented to his patrons
that the polish was newly made una would
not work so well If it was opened st once
bs it It was kept for about thirty days,
The woman, who refused to give her name,
said the peddler was it stayer and could
not be shaken off except by making a purchase.
Thla afternoon and evening will be tha
last opportunities for seeing 'Tba PHnee
of Pllsen" at the Boyd. It realises all that
has been said of it "Florodora," with Ita
catchy musto and pretty stags pictures.
presented by a company 100 strong, with I
Isidore Rush In the lead, comes next lis
engagement begins on Sunday evening aad
continues until after Wednesday, with a
special Labor day matinee on Monday and
tbe regular Wednesday matinee. Seata are
now on sale.
FORMER OFFICERS INDICTED
asocial Grama Jery Iteteras Bills
Aaalast Oae Time Btate Aoalter
x aae Clerk.
DENVER. Sept 4.-The special grand
Jury today reported Indictments against
Charles W. Grouter, formerly state auditor,
and W. Cary Munsell, his chief clerk. Mun-
sell Is accused of embezcllng H.000 of flat
tax money and ths ex-auditor, is charged
wltn making no effort to collect this or to
turn over other flat tax money which he
collected. There are nineteen counts In
the Indictments.
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