Women are rapidly displacing mere
4m teachers in the schools of New
York, according to tbo report of
Charles ~R. Skinner, state ,superintend-
ent of ~blic instruction- During last
year there was a decreeme of 217 in
tim number of men emdp.loyed, while
tim ~number of women .teachers in-
e~msod ~L,073.
(~reat katerest attaches to Andrse'$
will..whiMs has never yet~been proved.
Ti2a was~to have heen~done at the
eleoe,ef ,t/me present year;but Andree's
b~ther, ,W~ho lives at Gothenberg, mad
Is the ,responsible executlc, still ¢llnSJ$
wl~h such pathetic lnsistemca to the
poselbillW~of the e~piorerLbelng alive,
th~ ¢~e ceu~ have granted a further
• }@atl~nement of twelve m~mths.
~r"
A .stste~teetlWer for'the ~wmers' in-
stitutes dt ~L!H$ols has bse~eX~a~bit-
lug ,n ear,0f@=orn alleged lt~ :hav~b~m
/raised last ~ar from seed ~nd in a
1Piece ~f ]pottery in an Indlwn b~zTlng
~rotm~ ,}n A~ansas and th0~ght.tobe
S,000 yeaxs ~ld. The stalks were 15
~et l~h and the first ear grew nearly
10 fm~t from ~he ground so that the
stalk w~s st~g enough to w2thstand
any ,wi$~.
In Osberne,,ceunty, Kan., the~tepub-
llcdtn nominee 2or county commissioner
died suddenly ,at noon election day.
His de~tJa became known, but~t~i¢ Re-
@ublicav~, not Xnowing what' e~e to
do, went ahead and voted for the dead
man and d~reated his Popullst o~pon-
eat by a majority of "fifty-two votes.
The Kansas courts are now called
upon to decide whether that defeat Will
stand, wllether a .dead man can heat
a live man for office.
Some time ago a man died In Bladr
sounty, Pa., leaving an estate amount-
Ing ~ $15.302 and no heirs. It was
escheated to the state., but in the pro-
eem of getting l~o the state's hands.
it was depleted by attorney's ~fees and
audits and other things, ,that all the
stats received wa~ $1,551. It would
have got but $351 if it had not been
for the refusal of one of the parties
~n the handling of It to accept a fee
~f $1.200 assigned him.
Tl~ use of oysters has s~metlmes
~een discouraged on the ground that
they were under certain conditions
da~agerotm mediums of conveying dis-
ease. especially germs of typhoid fever.
Now physicimas are said to have fob-
bidden gnothsr relish nearly as pop-
ular at this time of the year. Celery
has coma under the ban of the doe-
tors, who say that it is equally well
~pted to transmitting tl~ poisonous
element of the soil and ~arrYtng the
germs of typhoid.
Some intermtlng and valuable addi-
tions hays recently been made to the
British zoological gardens. One is a
posae~ing two tails. As is well
known, the lizard avoid~ capture by
ferrying i~ tail in ~J~e b~a~ds of .its
mtptor, tha.#andal al~mdagd ultimat~-
~, gtowlng a~alIL In thia Instvdtce it
that the tall of the lizard be-
~tmo damag~l by sores means, but
not detached. A second extrem-
ity protruded from the wound, which
lmaled, so that now the lizard po~
~sse~ two ta~, Another unique ad-
ditl~ }~ thu three-striped ~3aliforni~
tr~
Two orders to British office~ which
seem mutually contradictory ~ re-
cently /staled, on the same da~ Mili-
tia o~cara in England were com~
mandad to learn and practice sword
m~reise several times a week, Com-
mlselon~l men In South Africa, on the
contrary, were ordered to dispense
with swords in action. A sword makes
.g~ 0~ It Shining mark for the ene-
~tY'a bullees. Thus theory and prac-
tice d/m~rced, as is o~n the ca~.
The flrin~-line test of parade.~o~nd
equipments and dispositions some
Umea leaves, for tha ttmo being, little
the tradiffonal in active service.
The commander who refuses to cut
loose from precedent in an emergency
iS usually an effective ally of him an-
. t~onist.
The advantages that fall to the lot
of a man whose surname occurs eaxly
~n an alphabetical list are well known.
Am a c~udidate for ofllce upon an ~Aus-
italian ballot, for example, a man
named Abbot hM a far better chance
than tha _moSt eminent Zweigler. But
the benefit that" tomes from the pO~r
~SSiO~ of a short name has not bere-
t_afore been generally recc~nised. Not
lmtg a~ the promotion of one of the
w=dit0rs of tll~ Treasury department
~t i~Uhington eraated a ~.ey to
to tkat e~eot, the candidat~
the short~t name, being ais~.!~=~t~
~etent man, was appointed. H~, ek~
d~ty is to affix his signatura to ~-
~mts, and as he needs to m~ke but
six letters in signing, he can do twice
M much in a day as a man who~
~Ame contaBls twelve letters.
Women are rapidly ~llsplaelng men
as teachers in the S~noole of New
York, accordlt~ t~ the rel~rt ~ Cl~l~
R. Sktnner~ s~te supe~/ntau~ of
publi0 instrtiction. Dul~g ~ year
m~l~yed, ,while ~ nan~-
|ti-
AMERICAN ~H,PP,NG.
bill for thc enceu~rage~ent of
American shippin, g ha~ baen be~ore the
Senate during the whale ~f ~.,sesslon
of Congress. The Relmblica~ ,~enators
have;been sincere and earnest,Ln their
des~,e,to pass the mortice. ~s it is
now ~$mended, the bill will certainly do
mndh,to give to this com~tr~ ,the, control
of the. shipping trade which, si~ee the
W~r ~f the Rebellion, has im~sed to
Gre~t .Rritaln and to s~me ,extent to
Geamm~y. It is cer£~LaLy ,de~ir~ble
that ,the great shipping *r~de ~shen~ be
at lea~t partially in ~ hands of
~ans, and that our mexchant ma-
TI~ .~bould take the place "to a~hlch
~ and commerce ~ ,the ,nation
en£ttie R, In its presen£ £erm, .the.bill
is ~ in the interest of a~y man or
c~tlon or combi~£t Is .in ~the
In~t, of the whole Amerlca~ ,people.
~m,y ,times during the d~ oncthis
meas xtve the minority has ~ a~ked
Whether ,it was intended ~a RRbuater
and pr~nt the taking o~ a vote at.this
smmkm;:~nd always the, answer .Ires
been that,there was no intenth~ ,of .fll.
lbmstexl~g, or of preventing a ~te;~that I
all their ~lesire was to have A ~,~d I
full deha~e, and that then a vo£e ~t~1
be lind. Mr. Teller so declar~r]z~,o~en~
sesslon, ~ad other Democrats reltera~ed.~[
the a~sertion. Last week, h@we.ver, J
Mr, Teller, ~erhaps tlred of keeplag ,up
the pretense, perhaps more honest than
hls Democratic colleagues, anaoueeed
plainly that At was the intention of the
minority to v~te at this session. By the
rules of th~ ~enate, there can be no
call for the pnevlous question, and a~F
senator ~ he chooses can delay or pr~-
ven~ the passage of a measure by
bustering.
The result, of ~ourse, will be that the
bill will go over, and probably an extra
session will be ~ecessary; not on ac-
eoun~ of this meamlre alone, but on ac-
count of the neee~Ity for legislation
in regard ~o Cuba and the Philippines,
which has also been delayed and ob-
structed by the opposition.
JOHN M A~SH A LU~[~'~~f-
The general observance "throughout
the United States of the one hundredth
aanlversary of the appointment of John
Marshall as chief Justice of the Unit-
ed States is a gratifying evidence of
the ~egard in which the great jurist is
held; and a remarkable lllu~tratlon also
of the mollifyin~ effects of time. The
Democrats now honor and revere the
memory of Marshall--or pretend to--
hut in his day there was no man more
rancorously hated by them. It was he
who signed the commissions of John
Adams' "midnight Judges," appointed
at the end of Adams' term as President.
It was he who pr~vc~ the most formid-
able--and indeed a~,}nsurmountab~e--
obstable to the enttr~'Jeff~rsonlzlng of
the government. ~e~erson complained
that the Federal party had intrenched
Itself in the Supreme Court as behind a
fortification, and If he could in any
way dislodge the chief justice, he
would have been only too glad to do
It. Jefferson hated Marshall eve~
w'o~han he l~a~ed Adams. Mar, hall
stood for the constitution and for the
Federal interpretation of it, which Jef-
ferson wished to undermine and de-
stroy. And it must not be forgotten
that Marshall had been a partAsan--a
partisan polltieian--a Federal office-
holder. In the Judgment of Democrats
of that day his appointment was dn
otrtrage.
But time alter~ the point of view,
even of Democrats. In his day they
abused Lincoln, as In his day they had
abused Marshall; but now Lincoln is
claimed by them as one of thelr patron
saints. Wh~knows whether some day
~say a hundred years/from now, the
Democrats of the new twenty-first cen-
tur~ may not be claimin$.McKlnley as
one o~ ~their great men? ~,,
Aristocracy of Merit.
The American army is essentially a
democratic instlt;lt4~. Recent,~ pro-
motions announead tii~he service serve
to prove that advancement !n the
American army de,.ends on merit, and
is not determtned~Y personal or pollt.
tcal favoritism. Most of the major
generals and brigadier generals Just ap-
pointed entered the army from" the
ranks of civil life. All began at the
very lowest step of the ladder, three of
them commencing at the very lowest.
These honored three are Generals Chaf-
fee~ Young and Schwan, who beg~u
their splendid careers as privates. Gen-
eral Mfleo and fully more than half of
the others prombted, were engaged in
civil life before entering the army, and
have, through merit, met with succes-
stYe advancement.
Democrats, and theI~ Populist allies
have for sometime acetmed the .army of
harboring and ehertshing an aristocrat.
lc element in its midst. ,~he existence
and growth of thin alleged element, SO
undesir~ble from every~ standpoint of
American military efficiency, they
charge upon West Point, eharging that
the graduates of the Nation~fl Military
Academy form a kind of close corpor-
ation, In the army, appropriating to
th~mmelvesall goo~thin~s to be bad.in
' that b~anch of the public servk~..The
Brya~ttes have not, in set.In in.
| s~anees, he~fltated to'declare ~ acad-
[ ~n~, ~*,meaaee "to republican iimtRu-
| tt6~m, tn~ on ~h~t ground deman,de~ !ti
[ it[~,U~16n, "I~n~ler West• Point domln~
The President's present happy selec-
tions ~r promotions show that these
allega~ms'aml claims are utterly ~th-
~@nt fecundation. Of the sixteen .gemer-
~s ntm~d':byYMr. McKinley for ~ro~o-
tion, ~ o~ty are graduate~ ~m
West Paint. '~I"hese are Brigadier ~i~n-
erals lga~l, 'Grant and B611; the remain-
der eozaing~iato the service frotm ~eivil
life, ~ ~their way tap by sheer
force of ~neritorlous conduct and ~t..
vices. Im ¢~he~:ivil war, however, ~caJ~!Y
all the d~s~inguished generals on both
sides of ~e~onfiiet were grad~tes,of
West P~Int. , Grant, Lee, Shet~an,
Lon~, ,E&erldan, Albert ~ld~y
Johnston, Y~omas, Sloeum~ Bea~me-
gard, Josel~$E. Johnston and most~of
the o,the~_ ,great commanders ef ,tke
world $,gt~test, war had received m~-
tory tral~eg~t West Point. Te
value of Wefts.Point to our military .sys-
tem, General~'Scott, not a graduate of
the academy ~lmself; paid, on o~e oc-
casion, a ~emarkable tribute. ~ha~.'.ll-
lnstrions soldier dec~di after Oxe
Mexican war, 4hat:|t ~S' the excellent
training r~eiv~ed at V*~est Point ~¥
American~o~iMa.s which enabled cur
comparatively zmaall armies in 'that
struggle to win ,signal victories over
overwhelmingly ~superior numbers en-
trenched in postt~ons of undoubted nat-
ural strength.
There is indeed an -aristocracy In
~he American aru~y--an aristocracy~of
!merit~the highest, noblest and mo~t
genuine of all aris~ocracies~ The men
n~v in high commands in o~ army
ha~e nearly all acquired professio al
knowledge in actual .service. The army
~f this Republic is the only ~rmy in the
~v.~r~l presenting the spectacle of con-
~Ixleuous and invariable recognition to
,~e h~ghest degree of soldierly merit,
~tehievsment and ability.--Cinclnnatl
Commercial-Tribune.
~rt~hstlFs Monun~ent.
The constitution having invested the
Supreme Court with Jurisdiction over
"all cases arising under the constitu-
tion and laws of the United States,"
Chief Justice Marshall gave life and
potency to this Important provision.
To determine exactly the limits of the
court'spower, to establish a solid, e~
during-principle og action for Its guid-
ance, to inspire eonfldence in the value
of such action and the wisdom of the
unparalleled and unprecedented pro-
cedure, which 'the entirely new func-
tions of. this extraordinary tribunal in-
augurated, demanddd great lucidity of
mind, wide grasp of intellect and~irxe-
movable strength of character.
In the early discussions on the Leon-
siltation, some of which were very
vigorously condncted, there was little
attention paid to the Suprezne 'Court.
but much to the respective powers
granted the federal and state govern-
ments. To suggest at that. time the
investiture of any court with power to
annul eels of legislative authority
would have at once aroused an oppo-
sition to such a proposal impossible to
overcome. It must ~ be forgotten
that the majority of men in our re vg-
lutlonary epoch were brought___ up |n
the t~rittsh idea of the ~niP@~Zlee
Of
Parliament.
It was only after the people imd ~ab-
mitred to a written constitution and
formed some idea 0f the preelSion
legislative methods and action such an
instrument demanded that they could
readiLY acquiesce in ~the unquestionable
~sdom, the salutary power of chief
Justice Ma]~shail'a irresistlble definition
and stabilitation *~f the JudiClal power
as one of the mo~ Important, elements
in our governmental system, ~With a
lucidltyand force that/:rexadved all
doubt and forbade all ~Iseussion, Mar-
shall laid it down that: "It is a pr~p-
osltion too plain to be contested that
eitherthe constitution controls any leg-
l~!~tive enactment repugnant to It or
t~at the Legislature can alter the con-
siltation by an ordinary act. Between
these atterna~ws there is no middle
ground. The constitution i~ either, a
superi.or, paramount lt~w, unchangea-
ble by ordinary means, or It is on a
level with ordinary legislative acts,
alterable when the Legislature
shall please to alter it. If the former
parlor t l~ alternative be true, then a
legislative act contrary to the eonsti.
ration is not law; ,f the latter pak'tbe
true, then written cons~tttt~10n$,~e
absurd attempts 9n the part of the'~beo-
ple to limit" a power in its own nature
illimitabie." ' ~'~'~
This declaration of principle and
deenitlon of right is ti~ ~o~/ Of
American constitutional law. It is the
safeguard of the constitution. It is the
bulwark of citizenship. It is the guide
of chief magistrates, the safety Of Leg-
lslatures. No higher nor better-deliv-
ered eulogy was ever pronounced upon
any man than that uttered by Abra-
ham Lincoln b!pon John Marshall: "He
found the eow~titution paper and he
made it po~; he found it a Skeleton
and he clothed it with flesh and blood."
When enemies of the constltutio~, thus
transformed and vltaliz~ed b~.! MarshaLl;/
sought to destroy it,,.~y farad a iloi~
in the path in the immortal persunsaity
and power of Lincoln and the lion tri-
COLORADO NOTES.
In the District Co~ ~t ,:Buena Vista,
a five year sentence was g~ven to Col-
lett, the negro wh~ k~ed :D~ve Davl~
at Salida last Augus~ ~
The speaker appointed ,as the com-
mittee to investigate ,~h~biltties of the
clerks of the House: 1Kessrs. Schwei-
gert, Balllnger, Ma~de~a,--, ,,Garcia and
McGuire. t
8aiida is likely to ~bi~ act ~the Pres-
byteriwa college now {located at Del
Notre. The ~alida 4~cademy owns
property to the valuet:o~ $15,000 ~and
the citizens will end~or ,to ,raise,S15,-
000 more.
It is stated that alpine ,~eachers of
Arapahoe county wil~ be ordered by
their school boards i~o attend the
monthly Institutes wql~h Miss herey,
the county superinte~e~t ,~f schools,
has organized.
~tev. J. M. Freem~formerly pastor
of the Central Presb~er~a~ ,Church ,ha
Denver, created quite~t sensation a few
days ago by suddeSy resigning the
pastorate of one of ti~ lariat ,e2mrches
1, Cleveland, Ohio. t
Owing to the ill hqtlth ~f Fxofessor
M. L. Wters the Hlg~ sehool ~f Platte-
,ville was temporaril[ eloped dow~a on
,the llth inst., pendin~ his reoo, ery. I~
Js hoped that he willie able ~ ,resume
~'0rk in a few week~[ at most.
The Chris¢2an cht~ch at Cralg was
,~lestroyed by fire once morning of the
14th inst. Loss about $5,000. No in-
attrance. It was sa~ to be the finest
elmlrch in Routt countY, and was built
~by ~subscrlption fiveyears ago.
0~ March, 5th th~ people of Central
City will vote on a ~roposltion to issue
sol'eel bonds to the~nount of $20,000
for the" purpoee of !reeling two brick
school buildings on l~awrence street,
south of the presen~I~igh school build-
int.
SUMMAI Y OF T H£ WORK OF
THE: £0LORAD0 LEfilSLATUR
]Representative James C. Dunlavy
and Miss Ruth Locke McCoy were mar-
ried at Trinidad on the 14th instant.
It was a church wedding and there was
a large attendance.
Frank Bond, of the office of irriga-
tion invel~tigations, left Cheyenne a few
days ago for Louisiana. where he will
It is stated t, hat Qi~e Warden John-
son ha~ grantbd Ct~ttor Ferril of the ownership at $1.25 per acre. not more
State Natural ttl~rYdSOeiety portals- than a quarter section of the public
sic~ to kill a lone ~ol buffalo in Lost lands on the sections adjoining the en-
order'~ht the hide may be 1 try as pasture or grazlnz lands.
Park,
in
• t~ffed and preser~d in the state ms-I, The apportionment bill was killed in
•eum. the Senate hy indefinite postponement.
Dr. J. H. Kel~gg of the Battle iIt is no~ thought likely any other bill
Creek. Michigan, hnitarium, which is . on tim matter will be introduced this
session, as It could not muster enough
the parent of theBoulder sanitarium, i friends to make a hard fight for it.
lectured at the s~ltarium in Boulder
on the 12th lnsta~ Dr. Kellogg is one Laramie county is hurt the most. as it
of the most distiguished vegetarians :loses two representatives and one sen-
ator by the defeat of the bill.
in the country.
An attrae'dve~ma~u who gave her t In the chamber of the House on the
name as MI~. ;~V~. A. Ward, but who I evening of the 12th last, C. M. Hobbs
destroyed all cl~s of identity, corn= delivered his illustrated lecture on
mitred suicide bSnballng gas at 2432 "Colorado and Switzerland Cont#ast-
Welton street, D~ver, on the 13th inst. ! ed." The grandbst scenery of Switzer-
She was apparetly about thirty-five/ land and then of Colorado was given
in large and naturall~colored stereop-
years of age. ! [ ticon views, which have been seen and
Charles Trube,¢ith a six-horse team, ~ enjoyed in many of the towns of the
drawing coal ¢o~he ~Inp Bird mine, state, and are never stale, no matter
went over a 3~-foot precipice near how often the entertainment may be
Duray on the ~th inst. Trube was repeated.
gaved aider catctng hold of a tree af-
attend the annual meeting of the South.
eru~Rice Growers' Association.
The House passed the bill providing
for ~he pure and unadultered foods,
with regulations to secure the same,
and the bill providing for the con-
struction of a hospital at the State Sol-
diers' and ~tilors' Home at Cheyenne.
The invitation to the Utah Legisla-
ture to visit the "Colorado Legislature
has unco'~ered another plan. That is
for the (3olorado Legislature to visit
the Utah Legislature. The plan may
not be sprung until the Mormon advent
in De~ver.
• 'T~he HouSe passed the Senate bill to
create a commission to adjudicate the
claims of United States citizens against
Snain, which the government of the
United States assumed by the treaty
of ,P.aris. after having amended the bill
so as to refer the claims to the Court of
Claims instead of to a commission.
L. Bailey is forming a stock com-
Ix~ny .~ run a telephone line between
Lander and Casper. It is proposed to
have ~t2te line follow the old stage road
via ~'olton. There will be several sta-
tions along the route. It is estimated
that the line will cost between $12.0(}0
and $15,¢00.
Both 'houses of Congress have passed
the bill permitting settlers owning
homesteads on the Fort Fet~erman res-
ervation. Wyoming, shall be entitled to
river forth Fork, thenup the Valley
umphed.-A31nelnnatl Commercial TrY- to Stcyall, thence to the Ponil park
coUnUwh6re there is an abundance
.une~ '" of exent timber. The Colorado &
• : " ." Wyo~g branch is berg graded, and
Eve thing that has happened in the 1 1 llel th 1
ry w I 1~ e Co orado & Southern
Philippines shlee the November ~lection eg thmt .h. ~ff~ of th_e ~v.er to Wanton
oO. r , the,ue t wnere the
• '~ " ~ ~h"~e bY the ho-- 'o~, m~aa~te , ton tmmpany is "Olm~
was long sept 9 ~ ," ~ , ['~ig ~ge body ~f, coal..
Bryan's election. , , , ~ ~l "
The Senate bill to repeal Cannon's
prize-fight law fa41ed of passage in the
House by a vote of 32 to 24. It was,
shown that the" effect of the repeal
would be to wipe from the statute
books all legislation on the subject,
leaving Colorado with no laws at all
concerning pugilism. On this showing
many voted to strike the enacting
clause from the repealing bill. The
i Cannon law is now before the Supreme
Court. and if that tribunal decides it to
be unconstitutional previous legisla-
tion on the subject will stand.
Mr. Insley's H. B. 92 ought to discour-
age bicycle thieves. It provides that
the ~tealing of'blcy~es shall be deemed
grand larceny. It passed second read-
Ing in the House without any opposi-
tion whatever and it will doubtless pass
third reading in the same\manner,~A
penitentiary sentence will certainly be
a deterrent., The crime is so easily
committed, discovery so difficult and
the penalty so light• that theft of bi-
cycles has become an almost daily oc-
currence in every city of the state, A
law such as is proposed by this bill
will render this particular crime unpop-
ular with the light-fingered gentry.
There are two ways of looking at
things. While speaking on the em-
ployes' liability bill before the labor
committee of the House. D. C. Beaman
I paid his respects to the rule of the
Twelfth General Assembly excluding
lobbyists from the floor. "I have al-
lways understood," said the Judge,
"that the members of the Legislatu~'e
were not only willing but anxious to oe-
!caslonally confer with their constitu-
ents. When a Legislature passes a
rule shutting itself off from all com-
munication with constituents, and mak-
ing itself a sort of exclusive body that
knows more than it can be told, then it
needs close watching."
The committee of the Legislature ap-
peintdd to investigate the coal strike
has divided by mutual consent into
two sub-committees. One committees is
composed of Senator Charles B. Ward,
Senator Tanquary, Reprosentalives
Kennedy and Bradley. It will consid-
er and prepare a general report on the
situato~ in the northern fields. The
~ther committee is composed of Sena-
tor Frank A. Moore and Representa-
tlv'es Martin and Raney. It will pre-
pare the findlngs and dlgested evidence
as to the southern fields. When both
sub-committee reports are ready, the
entire commlttee will meet and com-
blne them in one genera', finding.
Mrs. Heartz~ the only woman in the
Legislature, has introduced two im-
portant bills to further protect the
property rights of women. One of
these is House Bill 192, which reads as
follows: "Section 1. All property ac-
qulred or accumulated after marriage
by either husband or wife, or both, ex.
cept such as may be acquired by de-
scent, devise or request, shall be consid-
ere(] community p~(operty. Sec. 2. Nei-
thor husband nor Wife shall sell, mort-
gage or in&amber community 9roperty
without the written consent of the oth-
er party." In almost every other state
in the Union such rights are protected
and ,tenancy by eourtesy or by a law
defining and protecting community
property, as in this bill.
The Bueklln land tax bill after much
debate was recomended for passage by
the committee of the whole in the Sen-
ate. The author consented to three vi-
tal amendments. The first of these
struck out section 2, the provision that
the Legislature be empowered to put
the syste~ in force in the state, This
leave~:the .bill purely a local option,
or counry, measure. The:second amend-
meat. ,~v:ided that i:'t00 resl den,,, t ~mxt
J tmyer# Instead of 100 voter~, m~ 1
N~a a i~tition befbre a v~te can be
ter rolling son~~ distance. Three of
the horses weretilled.
At a meetin~held in Buena Vista
resolutions wer~dopted to be forward-
ed to tti~ gove~r setting forth that it
is the ~Iestre off large number of the
leading ~l~lzen~f Chaffee county, ir-
respective of p~tics, that A. C. D~teh-
or, present wamn of the reformatory,
be reappointed
The census ~.ummary ~f Colorado
shows a sing]lr coincidence in the
close slmlarit~bf ~ ~i~gures from
three fine toov~.u.up,.the rlyer. TheyI
are: Florence,1728; ~:~@lty, 3,775;:
Sallda, 3,722~~h~ diffei~d~e between
the count in ~renb~alid in Sallda is
six.--Pueblo (~eftait~:( " " "I
Idaho SprlI~ has iSassed tbe 3,000I
mark, and tb,uthorities at Washing-
ton have reqnized this by sending i
the necessar~apers to Secretary of]
State Mills f/filing. In accordance:
with the lawlovernor Orman will is-,
sue the nec~ary proclamation that
Idaho Sprin~is a city of' the third
el fins.
General M&ger A. C. l~dgeway of
the Colorad(~prings & Cripple Creek
Short Line ~tes that at the progress
now being z~le the new road will be
completed t~ameron by the first of
the month, td to Cripple Creek one
month later/Practically all of the
heavy worl~as been done and the
track layin~s being done at a rapid
rate.
J. H. Wei~Iser, cashier of the Fh'st
National b~ of Silverton has sold his
eontrolllng~terest in the Silverton
Electric Lff: and Power Company to
F. C. Ada~ and J. J. Henry of Den-
ver and Jq @. Barnet~ of Ouray, the
conslderat~ being $12,000. The new
company zently received a twenty~
year fran~se from the town board
and will ~atly Itnprove their plant,~
aS $15,000 ill be spent in new and Im-
proved malnery.
The ~o~ose CSunty Cattle and
Horse Gr~rs' Association met at
Montrose ~ the 15th inst. with a large
attendanc{ Sixteen new membe~
were votd n. Delegates to the West-
etm Ran~Stockgrewers' Association
annual: x*tlng were elected as fol-
lowS: Wilin Boot, Harry Russell, M.
F. ~lllerSV~ R. Moore, O, M. Kern,
;I.-W. Trgr and T. W. Monell, The
aseociati~declded to get out a brand
book fori members May 1st.
Colora~Springs has been declared
a ~lty ofae flt~t class. The declara
t/on waaade in an executive order
Issued ~ the governor, auditor of
~tate ant~0retary of state had met as
a board~ consider the official report
~f the ~lfth census of the United
~tates a~r as It related to Colorado.
]?he reds showed that Colorado
Springstd attained a population of
21,085 fibitants, and was, therefore,
entitiedtder the statute to be come a
city of ~ first class. It takes 15.000
popula~ to constitute a city of the
first cl~ while 10,000 Is required fe-
n city the second class,
Worlts begun on the extensibn of
floe ~ado & Southern railway up
the. P~tolre. river= Beglnning at
~n~sno~. spout five tulles west of
: TidnlC~ rails are being laid on an old
grade~e Thompson mine. The road
will bald on the north side of the
taken on the ~luestion in any
] The third amendment makes a 2-mi
limit on the extra taxation of
chises, rights of way, etc.
the bill was ordered reprinted and
ommended for third reading and
passage.
Mrs. Heartz's bill. known as
bill No. 243, which has been
reported to the House, is entitled,
bill for an act requiring the
both husband and wife for the
gaging o~ sale of property exempt
law." It roads as follows: "Section
Any chattel mortgage upon
exempt by law shall be void
both husband and wife Join in
mortgage. Section 2. Any sale
chattel mortgage, pledge, bill of
or otherwise of any personal
which is by law exempt from sale
execution or attachment shall be
unless the same be executed by
wife Jointly with the husband."
bill is urged on the ground that
sonal property most commonly
gaged is that in constant use by
wife and in which she has
superior rights because of her
interest.
Senator Charles B. Ward of
looked at the calendar in the
yesterday and distinctly
that Just thirty-one years ago
day he was born in old Missouri.
went out and purchased a fine stock
cigars, pre-empted a cloak room.
entertained himself and his
with the true story of his life.
he had lived in Missouri long
to "be shown" on all occasions
moved to Texas. From Texas he
to, Colorado, wl~ere he studied for
bar and was admitted to p~actice
years ago. He was elected to the
ate last fall for a term of four years
$7 a day while In session, voted
Thomas M. Patterson for United State~
senator and lived happily ever after~
wards. There is only one member o~
th~ Senate younger than Senator Warc~
and he i~ Senator Hume Lewis of Pu~
eblo. Senator Ward, however, ha~
done nothing to impress upon his fen
low senators the fact that he is s~
young.--Denver Republican.
The proposed Joint memorial to
grass, introduced by Mr.
of Colorado Springs, was defeated
the Senate. The memorial
severely the action of the
in regard to the Philippines, closing
follows: "Your memorialists
that a sim,ple promise of ultimate ind~
pendence would bring about an tmme~
diate and honorable peace and would ia
some measure at least redeem the hid~
eous national blunders of the past twd
years." Lieutenant,Governor
ruled that the memorial should
been introduced within the thirty days
limit as s bill. but that while it wonl
be impossible to introduce a bill at
late date, a memorial could be intr
duced by suspending the Senate
which requires memorials to take
same course as a bill. It would
a two-thirds vote to do this.
ihere were only four votes against
pension, owing to the absence of
members it was impossible to
the .two-thirds of the Senate in its
port.
Legislation is not all play.
it is very hard work. The Denver
publican of the 15th instant
"Chairman Ammons. chairman of
senate finance committee
tative McGuire, chairman of the
appropriations committee,
ed at the state capitol yesterday
lng after the Joint committee had
ed nearly all night and completed
report and had passed upon all the
portant features of the bill. They werq
still there aiding the clerks in making[
ou~ the amendments In proper forui| r
when the committee members again4 v
appeared for the caucus at 9:30 o'elocl~ 7
in the morning, when the entire weft|
was formally agreed to again Just a~lli s
it had been decided upon before add
Journment at 2 o'clock in the
Both men remained hard at work wi~
the committee clerks until late in
afternoon without any sleep
and about 4 o'clock the bill as sent
from the Joint committee was
over to the appropriations committee
the House, according to agreement."
Under the provisions of Mr.
registration bill, elsewhere noted,
voters sign an affidavit setting out
necessary facts. All the data
by the present law is noted. The
cinct books have stubs, which are
off and delivered to party
The books themselves are delivered
the county clerk, who correct~ his
manent registration
bill provides that when a
arises as to who is county or city
man of a political pat~ty, the
chairmap makes final decision.
~cause of opposition of some
from Arapahoe county the bill
amended so it does not apply to
under special charters: The
meat was vigorously opposed
Messrs. Bartels. Cannon and
son, who favored the bill as it
but the amendments prevailed.
measure is urged as one of the.
important In the House, Its
claim that it simplifies
greatly reduces the cost and e
prevents fraudulent registration.
• There was a spirited debate lu
House over amendments to H. B.
which, introdtlced by Mr. Martin
poses radical changes in the
ton of voters. Under the present
voters are registered at great
to parties by a system of vouching~
which not only opens the way fol~
fraud, but sometimes prevents regtst
tlon of voters of the minority pa~ i
After the election the clerk ~ trikes ,
the list the names ~f all who have ]
voted, ,so' that registration must
made again. The system is
and Is claimed, to be Ineffectual.
Martin's bill provides that the
or'eity chairmen of the two
partits shall certify to the county
missioners the names of two
for each precinct to be appointed
istrars. These two take a reglstratio~
book ' especially orepared ' and a !i~
from the permanent books of the coun~
ty clerk. With these they proco~ [
from house to house, ascertain he le~ |
voters there, and each must vo mh wit !
his initials. If a voter modes into.it !
precinct the former address is noted.
