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The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1895-12-20
SOUTH PARK ROAD.
TO BE FoREcLosED AT ONCE
II Is Now Paying Dividends and tho
lsondholdcrs Want to Get It Out of
tho Courts Hands. Receiver Trum-
bull Will Continue to Control It

Dull VIII continue to contfoi y.
no,,.r No, IN r,o porr,,,,or
,h,s morr,ro so,s.
Ann,,,otin,, No., ho,, ,a, q, r,,,,,o
Jo,Iatt NJ tho Irn,tod stotos c,r,u,,
court Ia sol, ,ho D.n,or Iood,,,,,,. G,
Gunnlson railroad for tbc benct,t q, I,s
crcd,tors and ono week. from today sct
for booriny oroumopts uror tho o,,,,i-
cation rho n,ons coptomn,oto an In.
mediate REORGANIZATION or tho rood
Sbould Jud,o U,IIntt occo1o IN Tho "a.
oucst made mon him tho rormo, thirty.
dov odvert,somopt vii, NJ opco oo,,.
menco and tho sale t,ke n,oco ,pmol,.
ately following IFS torminnt,on Tbs
bondbolders vii, Inv tbc road In md
operote If MS nm indencndent cornor,.
tlon and In ts own interests Tbore
was n rumor that such onnIico,ion vas
about to be made early last week. and
that Its receiver, Frank Trumbull,
would be president under the reorgnn-
ization. Yesterday the report OF the
| application for sale under foreclosure
was confirmed by Receiver Trumbull
himself. who has lust returned from
the East. but regarding IT'S future presl-
dency the receiver for Obvious reasons
declined to youcbsafe any information.
However. from the same high authority
which had last Tuesday predicted the
foreclosure II was repeated last mint
that ,,lie bon,fholders of the rdaNNvl
convinced that the man who had pulled
the property from the deficit to the
to head 1t when on its feet again.
Coming on the heels of the rcorganza-
ton of the Rio Grande Southern and
the Santa Fe, and the really wonderful
reports appearing from the auditing de-
partment Of the Colorado Midland rail-
road this Information regarding me
Denver, Leadville " Gunnison' OF 'he
South Park, as 1t Is popularity Lhowh'
must be gratifying.
1t Is not known II there Will be any
opposition manifested to the application
OF the bondholders In court next Mon
day, the South Park attorneys here pre-
ferring to say nothing at all on the mat
ter. III any conflict does arise, tllen IT
Will In all probability come from the
Union Pacific railroad and be third
edition OF the fight 1t waged twice
against Ex-Governor Evans earlier In
the trials of the road. The Union Pa
The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1895-12-20

Mike Schlngowitz left Hankinson, N.
D., last week in search of wife. At
Neenah. Wis, he met. wooed and wed
Miss Sadie Thornton, all in one day.
In few months he will probably be
sorry he spent SO much time in getting
married
The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1895-12-20

Alaska's output OF gold for 1895 In cs.
uma'cd to be 100000. The total sum
originally paid for Alaska was $780,
900. No wonder John Bull wants big
slice OF Alaska. lie also wanted and
expected. once upon a time, TO have all
Of Oregon. and came nearer getting II
than he will come to getting Alaska.
The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1895-12-20

Some OF the New York papers are
calling for fresh men on the police
force. II is is possible to find anyone
fresher than these saEle papers have
represented Roosevelt as being they
have been libeling him.
The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1895-12-20

The legal rate Of interest In Georgla
In per cent A bill now before tho
Legislature makes usury n felony when
more than s per cent IL charged. They
nrc getting after the poor money lend.
crs OF Gcorgia.
The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1895-12-20

The calm unconcern with which Chi
cago sits back and waits for the ma
tional conventions to come to her, signi-
fies that so far as convention cities are
concerned she thinks there are no
others,
The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1895-12-20

The nneducatci japanese cannot recognize
The meaning u u printed character by III,
Eye, but only by the ear. Therefore he must
read nloni. They always hnyo To rcnd tlleii
newspnpern aloud 10 understand them. For.
Icfi, aii the children studied nloni. nni u
irny.ler always. knew when be was W ~.
iitlr ,nlrrz, the same ~ n rnwtniil nr i,olirf
factory, hut the government has prohibited
his IL the public schools. aud the yonns.t.r,
are Taught by sight nnd not by sound ~
these days of modern innovations, bnt ~
he interior you sllll Ind the old fashioned
method of learning IN use.
The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1895-12-20

Atlanta, Gn.. bee. iG.-i'lrc broke on
nj the exposition grounds early this
morning IN n cafe adjoining the Mosi.
cnn village. In which James Thompson
of bombay. India, mn onployc of The
Inst Indian pavilion. lost his life. und
The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1895-12-20

Washington. Dec. lG-Congrcssmnn
Shnfroth today introduced n hill To
change the system Of marking mining
claims, by. requiring marking posts To
be set closer together than tho present
law requires.
The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1895-12-20

A Louisiana prophet predicts that
1897 VIII be a year OF great prosperity.
He has been forecastinR since 1910 and
has never made nm error. Where Ia
there another prophet with such a
rccordf
The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1895-12-20

Now that the football hair crop will
be harvested the mysterious hair cut
ting fiend who is running amuck in Chi
cago will doubtless be driven out Of
business.
The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1895-12-20

The Kentucky papa who took his gun
to the train and captured his clipping
daughter may inspire other papas to
similar feats. 1t begins to look a little
dark for Cupid.
The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1895-12-20

It is to be feared that Corbett In
tends to continue as champion pugilist
after all. 1t is true he has given away
the belt, but there is no evidence that
he has sold his typewriter.
The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1895-12-20

An ex-congressman advertised to
lecture in Savannah, Ga. One ticket
was sold. The Identity of the purchaser
has been considerably kept in the
dark,
The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1895-12-20

Peter Maher. pugilist. is the only war
cloud that is threatening the peace OF
the world He declares that he is
ready to fight anybody.
The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1895-12-20

Hon. u, A, Packard of Phoenix. Ar.
zona, II going To feed 1000 cattle On NJ
fnlfn at Tempe this winter. and his At
ready laid In the hay and secured tho
pasture for this purpose.
The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1895-12-20

Unless Actor Arson makes little
more noise on the coaching lines he will
be in imminent danger of dropping out
Of public mind.
The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1895-12-20

There need be no ferr about dis
membering Turke..'" and dividing 1t
up" There is no chance to make
things worse.
The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1895-12-20

several other occupants Of rooms on
the second floor We're Injured.
The fire was extInguished before 1t
spread to any Of the adjoining build
ings.
The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1895-12-20
Some football players do their hard
est kicking after the game is over.

Enlisting for Cuba is quite busy in
Spain. A quicker way of raising troops
is seen in the insurgents adoption OF
dynamite.
The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1895-12-20

General Monegas was n passenger on
the Classmate, and is In command of
the party which Is reported to have re.
tired to the mountains.
The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1895-12-20

Upton. Tennessee. Is y good place for
restaurant walter to hall from. They all
Ike TO be Upton.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-10-31

the nation, would find in Holmes case
a confirmation of his theory. Here
is the STORY from THE start:
In July of last year a policy of in
Surance for $4,000 ON the life of
Benjamin f. Pietzel was issued by
the Fidelity Mutual Life association
of this city. In September, 1894, the
oharred corpse of a man was found
in the house, No. 1916 CallOWthtII
street, i'm which there had been a ire,
following an explosion of some chemi-
cal. The CalIowhill street house had
been rented by man giving his name
aS b. +. Perry, and the body found
was supposed to be his. Subsequent
ly, however, a claim was made on the
Fidelity company TOR the insurance
of Pietzel's life, and it was paid to
Jeptha Howe, a SIT. Louis lawyer,
who with Pietzel's 13-year-old daugh-
ter, Alice, and Holmes, came to this
City and fully and positively identi-
fed the body as that of Pietzel. The
ablest detectives i'm the country were
put ON the case by THE insurance COM
pany, and in November Holmes was
arrested in the same city day or two
later, and Lawyer Howe was taken
into custody i'm st. Louis. The charge
as first referred was one of conspir-
acy ITO defraud the insurance COM
pany, but the more serious one Of muir
der was soon laid against Holmes.
The country was searched for trace
of Pietzel, who was believed ito have
| been a party to the conspiracy.
Holmes, i'm one of his stories, declared
that he and Pietzel had bought a
! corpse in New York, shipped it to the
CallOWhill street house and started
the fire He persisted that Pieltzel was
still alive and would be produced at
the proper time. All the clues were
carefully worked out, however, and
it is NOW generally believed that THE
body was that of PietZel, and that
| Holmes killed him.
Mrs. Pietzel says that last July her
husband left her in ST. Louis and
went to Chicago. From there he wrote
! that he was going ito Philadelphia,
and from this city he wrote several
letters, saying that he had established
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-10-31

himself in business under the name
of B. f. Perry. Holmes came to her
home and told her story of the bogus
body and coaXed her into collectin g
the $4,000 insurance which was pay
able to her The Fidelity company
wanted identification, and as Mrs.
PietZel was sick she sent her daugh-
ter Alice to Philadelphia with Holmes
and Howe.
A few days after the money had
been paid Holmes returned to st.
Louis and gave Mrs. PietZei $500 Of
the money. and at the same time Sug-
geSted that she go to her home in
Illinois for short time for the pur-
pose of recuperating. He added that
he would relieve her of the care of a
few of the children, and. leaving the
OLDEST and Youngest child in the care
of Mrs. Pietzel. he took charge of the
other three. Little Alice did nee re
turn from Philadelphia, and since she
left st. Louis the mother has not set
eyes on her Nor has she seen either
of the other two children since she
placed them in the care of Holmes.
On promises from Holmes that she
would meet her husband and children.
the woman went to Covington, Ky,
Chicago. Detroit, Ogdensburg. Toron-
to. Canada. and other places. finally
rea ching Burlington. VT. She was
gotten to Boston by means Of decoy
letter Purporting to come from
Holmes. and both We're arrested in
that city and it was not until then
that the supplemented woman real
lied that Holmes had been deceiving
her.
The stories told by Holmes covered
almost every crime i'm the calendar,
including bigamy. The insurance
swirdles in which he figured We're
numerous and his boast of having
swindled two Texas girls. named
Williams. out of considerable money
seems to have some foundation. The
girls lived in Chicago, and Holmes
claimed that one killed the other. Be
that as lit may, both girls disappea red,
and persistent inquiry has failed 20
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-10-31
iMACKEREL FISHING.
On Irelands Southwest Coast the
Fish Are Wonderfully Plenty.

They say that this season the mack
erel fishing is poor one on our coast.
50 much the worse for the CullercoatS
fishermen, and many besides. But
further south they are doing much
better; and | am told that Oh the
southwest coast of Ireland more fish
are being caught than a market can
be found for. The same thing hap
pened last year or the year before,
when thousands of mackerel in that
quarter had to be thrown back into
the sea for want Of buyers.
i have before expressed my opinion
about the extraordinary circumstance
that there should be no continuance
ready to hand whereby large catches
of the fish might be preserved off
hand, as herring are preserved, and
thereby kept in Il marketable cOndi-
ton. On the southwest coast of Ire
land a month or two hence, as in
other parts Of the country, people
will have sufficient difficulty to get
enough to eat of anything. Is there
no means by which the harvest Of the
sea can be preserved against the win
ter months? The mackerel follows
fish of the herring family, devOuring
the fry thereof. 1t is food fish Of
great importance, and though not as
digestible as the whiting, the founder,
the sole, the plaice, and others Of the
less oil food fishes, it has about as
much again of nitrogenOus matter in
its composition as the herring has:
nor is it in this respect far behind
salmon.
1t is notorious that the fish most
easily preserved are those which are
naturally rich in oil or fat; and l do
not see why the mackerel might not
be preserved as easily as the herring,
the anchovy, the pilchard. the sardine.
or the salmon. Mackerel has proper
tionately more fat in it than the herr
ing.-Newcastle Leader.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-10-31
AUTHORITIES BOTHERED.
THEORIES AS TO THE IDENTI
TY OF THE BONES.
Is Mabel Leonh3rd Dead@Quite q
Tangle in Green Bays Latest
SenSa ton.

Green Bay, Wis, Oct. 29.-While
the authorities believe they have
found a clue to the identity of the
skeleton recently unearthed on the
Oneida reservation there are others
who think the officers entirely at sea.
1t was at first thought that the re-
mains might be those of Mrs. Charles
Hartske, who parted from her hus-
band in this city last July and has
not been seen since. Then the theory
was advanced that perhaps the bones
were those of Mrs. DaZkOWski, the
Polish woman who disappeared last
spring after being terribly beaten by
her husband, now in jail awaiting
trial on a charge of murder But the
in the town Of Eaton are too fa1
apart to make that theory tenable
, Lastly, at the inquest in progress al
Seymour over the remains, witnesses
have testified that a man named
Woods, who professed to be a theat
Tical manager or agent, and a CIR
named Leonard, who disappeared
from this city last December and has
not since been heard of, were seen to
gether in that neighborhood anC
stopped at the houses of Indians anC
other persons. By reason of this the
authorities are led to believe tina
! they have discovered Ii clue to The
identity of the remains.
1T is stated, however, by persons
somewhat familiar with the disap
| pearance of the Leonard girl, whose
real name was Mabel Leonhardt, tna
she is not dead. Late last spring {
young woman answering the descrip
ton of Mabel LeOnhardt was married
to a SWede at Rockford, H., and de
serted her newly-made husband the
day of the marriage. This young wO
man was at that time a member of 3:
small transforming theatrical com
pany such as Woods was trying tC
get together here and travelled under
the stage name of Woods. Not Ions
ago she returned to Rockford anf
said she was willing to live with hel
| husband, but he refused to receive
her, having in the meantime institut
ed proceedings for a divorce This
matter will be heard at the October
term of the circuit court at Rockford
! now being held. The thea trica
young woman then returned to The
| home of her mother in Chicago
where Mrs LeOnhardt moved from
I this city.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-10-31

lace, draped with roses and admirably
chiff once; large balloon sleeves of
white poult de sole. brocaded with col
ored roses end foliage: round waist
band, very high, of white satin, con-
fined closely to waist with an antique
buckle in gold and colored stones.
Besides the wonderful lingerie of
white silk and thread-like cambria,
trimmed in pillows of real lace. and
made beautiful with tiny ribbons of
every shade. besides bonnetS. hats and
gloves for every single outdoor gown.
the money spent upon the little be-
longings would support a family a
lifetime. Boxes of gloves at fifty dol.
lars the dozen, boxes of filmy hand
kerchiefS at six dollars and upwards
apiece, parasols and umbrellas. GOV
cred with rutt1es of exquisite lace and
rich with the bejeweled cCrOnet and
monogram; fans and hosiery, and
thread-lace wells, and many more
expensive luXuries which we everyday
people know nothing of, but which
are as absolutely necessary to this
bride as dew is to the flowers OF
honey to the butterflies.
Not counting her jewels, the young
duchess Of Marlborough will carry to
Blenheim palace more than one hun
dred thousand dollars worth of costly
raiment, including, of course, her won.
derful furs and magnificent laces
Most of her trousSeau win await he1
abroad. Mrs. Vanderbilt will spend
the winter abroad and enc of the first
steps of preparation in this direction
was the discharge of her first Chef
which has just been effected.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-10-31
TWAS A MIRAGE.
Chapter l.

Chapter l.
Approaching the Paso del Pinto, fa1'
within tie heart Of the wild Sierra
Madre, is a young man whose hand
some face readily bespeaks him to be
no other than Oscar Cunningham.
The time is early May. 1t is morn
Ing: a time of day which in this dis
tant land of Mexico mostly appeals
to those whose thoughts are of love.
Oscar Cunningham looks about him
YEARLY. The scene is beautiful, but
nevertheless he cares not if he lives
or dies, for his soul can derive no ami
nation from it. Dropping palms and
hanging orchids only bring back to
his memory a recent scene in a
church beyond the Rio Grande.
ooh, Lettuce Outlying, how could
you shake me at the altar in such a
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-10-31
GOV. PECK'S PORTRAIT.
Hung in the Executive Office at Mad
iSon.

The executive Office of the capitol
received a handsome oil painting OF
eX-Gov. George w. Peck Monday
morning 1t was painted by James
r. Stuart. With the exception of
Jerome Uhl's life-size portrait of Gen.
Rusk, the new painting is the best
piece of art that now adornS the
walls of the governors private office.
The G. A. r. button is conspicuous on
the coat lapels of Peck and Rusk.
These are the only portraits in the
chamber that display the button.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-10-31

reveal the slightest clue TO their
Whereabouts. 1t was learned that
Holmes real name was Herman Mud
gett and that he had at least three
wives in various parts of the country.
In relation to the disposition of the
$4,000, Holmes said that 81
100 was paid by the represen-
tative to him, the representative keep
ing $1,000 for his own service. He
paid out S4OO in expenses, and out Of
the $7.10O he gave PietZel 800 and
Mrs. Pietzel $500.
Indictments against Holmes, Mrs.
Pietzel and Lawyer Howe We're
promptly found by the grand jury Of
this city and after several postpone
ments Holmes was arraigned for
trial. The district attorney accepted
his plea of guilty to the Indictment
charging him with conspiracy to de-
fraud, and he is now in Moyamens-
ing prison awaiting sentence. The
Indictment charging him with the
murder Of PietzE is the one he is to
answer to in the present trial.
Howe has not yet been tried, his
case having been postponed until De
| cember. The Indictment charging
Mrs. Pietzel with conspiracy was
quashed.
Holmes was born in Gilmanton, y
H, about thirty-fye years ago. He
began life on a farm. AS a boy he
was sharp, energetic and mischiev0us
and was looked upon as a sort of vii
lage Scrapegrace. When p he left
his wife and baby behind him, and
started for the west A few weeks
! before his arrest he came back with
the title of doctor. He explained his
! Ions absence by stating that the train
on which he was jOurneying to the
west had been wrecked and he haC
! been so seriously injured about the
! head that he lost his reason tempo
rarily. This fiction was swallowed by
| the old folks. AS a matter of fact
! Nludgett, or Holmes, has been asso
! ciated with Pietzel nearly all the in
| teryening years after leaving home
| He is known in Leadville, Denver
/ Chicago, st. Louis. Fort Worth, In
! dianapOlis and many other western
towns. Bodies of children, including
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-10-31

that of Minnie Williams. have been
said to have been found by the de-
tectives in Toronto and Chicago, in
the cellars of houses once rented by
Holmes, but the latter's friends say
they are simply the nests of
Jealous detectives. Holmes defense
is to be an alibi.
When the trial opened Judge
Michael Arnold Vas ON the bench;
District Attorney Geo. S. Graham and
Assistant Thos. w. Barlow appeared
for the prosecution. Two young
lawyers of this city appeared for
Holmes, but after they had made an
pOnement Holmes created a sensation
by dismissing them and assuming
conduct Of his own case.
Only enough people were admitted
to comfortably fill the room. Witness
eS from Canada and different parts
of this country were present. Holmes
was pale and nervous. His counsel
asked for continuance on the plea
that there was not time enough to full
ly prepare the case and that if given
time they would be able to present
evidence which would acQuit Holmes.
The attorney for the commonwealth
demanded that they proceed on the
ground that further continuance
would result in the breaking down OF
the prose cutiOn. He said the indica-
lions were that Mrs. Pietzel, wife of
the murdered man, was breaking
down. Her testimony was most i'm
pOrtant. The court ruled the case to
proceed. Holmes counsel then said
that if this position was irrevocable
they would withdraw from the case.
The judge said a member of the bar
who would withdraw from a murder
case at such a time would have to
show cause why he st-Juld not be
diSbarred for unprofesSiOnal conduct
The court then ordered the jury to
be called, but after one juryman was
admitted by the com m0nWealth.
Holmes created another sensation by
rising in the dock and in a quavering
voice saying that in view of the de-
sire of his counsel to withdraw he
felt his interests to be damaged; he
would thereto discharge them
Judge Arnold Informed him that only
the court could discharge counsel and
he would not permit him to be
separated from the case. Holmes
asked for a continuance till today to
secure other counsel, but the plea
was denied One of Holmes counsel
! then announced that Holmes forbade
| them To examine the jurors and that
! he would take charge Of that matter
! himself. which. with the courts per-
, mission he proceeded to do. He asked
| the first talesnan whether he was
! married man: whether lie was in
good health. so as 10 not run risk of
! delaying the case by sickness: and
! finally challenged him peremptorily
| After one man was accepted by both.
! Holmes counsel arose and said they
| felt obliged tC withdraw from the
| case regardless of consequences. You
! must take the consequences then"
said Judge Arnold. The Judge then
| appointed two young members of til
| bar conditionally for Holmes The
! latter, however, objected to putting
. his life in their hands and asked
| postponement until today that he be
| given time to consult Attorney R. o
| Moon, who was already familiar with
| the case. The judge, however, or
| de,-ed the case to proceed and twelve
| jurors we're selected