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The Elbert County tribune., 1898-12-01
kysTrRY UNRAvELED.
s,et. Abcut n Famous 6outh
Dakota Mine.

"a ruCt- Ab~
Dakota Mine.
r,,v Journal: The mystery CT
=. ~ south Dakota tin mine"
a been solved. The mine In
"a. a good deal talked about
ssuapers a few years ago It
d Be very rich. Great prom
made Of Its assistance in pro
hs Industrial welfare OF the
me when It should begin to
xsaltb to the surface. Tin
M first magnitude were pro-
,be minds of sanguine specu-
consume It's product. The min
4 ,here in great quantities. 1t
a and all that was needed to
N and give all this western
boom was capital. To secure
a capital negotiations We're
m an English syndicate. In
,,es Of its representatives the
Eded I'd tons Of treasure. Hav-
h why was It not worked7
|. tha mystery. There were ya-
Ieculations concerning 1t. The
|Iop that seemed to secure the
1euce was that the English
! had bought the mine were OK
Interested In tin properties
\ and that It was to their in
\ to Increase the production of
( to the extent that It's opera
suld do, and that they would
bre money by keeping Its treas
.eu in the bowels Of the earth
| bringing 1t up to the surface
! DON the price Of tin as It's
(updance threatened to do. Tho
hopped out OF tho public mind.
Y revived and the mystery ex-
|by Charles NJ. Dobson. a min
|neer, who writes a story about
|alting" In the current Cosmo-
MAGAZINE. OF the Black Hills
lion he says: "A tin mine In
Dakota not far from uarney
|as for sale. and some ish
I,s were investigating. my
the finest cassit 'e ere
hn the claim. 1t a. ! in
the better grades cornish
car load was taken to the smell
proved to be all that could be
The property was bought and
ley paid down. sixty tons of cas-
were mined and not an ounce
,r the whole sixty tons had been
selected Cornish ore. then
to the lonely spot, dumped into
l eh and covered up some five
Psore. This. the expert declares,
\ most gigantic case Of mine
o. record. The English In
appear to have quietly charged
Iss up 10 the account of expe.
The transaction is a very COM
fplanation of the mystery why
Ie ras not worked. The owners
prked Instead
The Elbert County tribune., 1898-12-01
EBERT THURSDAY DECEMBER 1885,
Sale Of Delinquent Taxes,
Elbert County, for the Years 1896 81.
STATE OF COLoRADO,)
ELBERr County, s. $.
TREASURER 5 OFFICE.

Public notice is hereby given will according law offer at
puoc sale at the office of the
of Colorado on the 10TH DAY DECEMBER A. D. 1s9s and
succeeding days commencing
d so much OF the following described
which the
sa 10 pay said interest and penalties certificate
Norio-W heever dotted lines Township
of Acres and Valuation taxation they stand
for the same amount as the figures them.-lED1
The Elbert County tribune., 1898-12-01
ROUNDUP OF HORSES.

Owners of horses on the range
between Comanche and Beaver
and Bijou Basin and Bochman
crossing are to-day rounding up
at the ranch of Thos. Mcguire all
the horses running on that range.
1t is estimated 500 horses are on
that range. w. f. Aux and S.
N. West represent the owners of
stock in Elbert.
The Elbert County tribune., 1898-12-01
!. How g Lyle Won ~. ~,

-cy yvnaent Of Kentucky paper
|ea hos -y,e y,e Of the johnson City
btits ,ss, s mean; He bet us a quart
lIs oss.s sss' our bloodhound could NOT
lost bss.r.tO sro boy through a new lot.
assro au.e sauas cy put red pepper on
sos 70 sss,s soy,s feet and most sneezed
| nan Sha ,s,a. In, ,Lynching is too good
deserves s'o :. VIII do a trick like this.
40use twice a month "
The Elbert County tribune., 1898-12-01
Many Land Entries Cancelled.

From the Yuma Pioneer.
A great many timber culture
and homestead entries are now
being Cancelled by the General
Land office for foiIure of claimants
to make final proof within the
time prescribed by law.
Parties interested should take
heed of this, as it may save them
their homes and tree claims as
we'll.
The Elbert County tribune., 1898-12-01
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|4H flnners,. anu Flew.
bed on ~ ", OF New York, made
Et Abou, ,"s 's tre escape the other
Ftsn fen Il, Midnight Chris and the
|slt The he h.s three stories to the
Pant hurt tq ~ s,ayed ! under him and
ssns ARM sra,, % o., amount to much, but It
+ yers'' ''ol,ed So .s all that section O.
The Elbert County tribune., 1898-12-01
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The Elbert County tribune., 1898-12-01

The above original only. To
added
advertising approved By law.
Witness hand seal this 9Th day November, D.
(SEAL) j. H. LDNDY,
County Treasu
The herald., 1898-12-21

MORE COMBINATIONS
OF RAILROADS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY
Vanderbilt System East Of Chicago
to Be Combined With the Union
Pacific

NEW YORK, Dec. 2O.-The Tribune
says:
1t is reported that q combination of the
Vanderbilt system east of Chicago with the
Chicago and Northwestern and the Union
Pacific systems may be under consideration.
The New York Central will, under such a
scheme, exchange its 3k per cent collateral
trust bonds for Chicago and Northwestern
preferred and common at 200 and $50, and
for Union Pacific preferred and common at
100 and 50 respectively. The mileage of the
New York Central system would then stand
at l6,026, with bonded debt of 1892, GOO 900,
$34S, 5000 3M per cent collateral trust and
Sl00,000,00O stock. The grand total OF fixed
charges would be $3l l,355000. According to
The latest published returns and estimates,
the net earnings, after rentals and taxes,
would aggregate QUO for the system,
leaving a balance OF $l4, 900 after fixed
charges, or about l5 per cent on New York
Central stock.
The report that the Vanderbilt lines east
of Chicago might be combined with the
Chicago and Northwestern and the Union
Pacific is by no means new one and seems
to be not improbable, although the joining
OF forces is not likely to be effected for a
good while to come. The consolidati tion OF
the New York Central and Lake Shore
roads, it is understood, has shown results
SO satisfactory to the interests which brought
it about that they are planning to extend
the plan to the Michigan Central and other
lines of the Vanderbilt system. While the
Chicago and Northwestern is not actually Il
part OF that system, the Nanderbits yirtu-
ally control it and their holdings of Union
Pacific securities are so extensive that they
are influential in the direction of that rail
road system. BY increasing their invest
ments in Union Pacific to an extent neccs-
sary to give them control, they would have
fine route to the Far West by the New
York Central and the West Shore to Buf-
falo by the Lake Shore and Michigan South
ern and the Michigan Central, thence to
Chicago, from Chicago to Omaha by the
Chicago and Northwestern, and from Oma-
ha westward by the Union Pacific. The
Union Pacific is still regarded as most like
~ to be the purchaser OF the Chicago and
Alton. If it should take over that road,
its subsequent absorption by The Vanderbilt
system would give the latter an alternative
route between Chicago and the Far West,
as the Alton extends from Chicago to Kan.
sas City. the terminus of the Kansas branch
OF the Union Pacific, which Joins the main
line at Cheyenne
The directors of tho Union Pacific COM
rany met today, but transacted no business
OF public interest. An official of the COM
pany says there is no foundation that the
road has closed a traffic agreement with the
Chicago and Northwestern road. 1t was
also stated on saini-official authority that
the Union Pacific had not bought and does
not intend TO buy the Chicago and Alton
road.
The herald., 1898-12-21
A BOTKIN WITNESS
Refuses to Give Names Desired bv the
ATTORNEYS

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 2o.-When the
trial of Mrs. Cordeiia Botllin was resumed
To-Day, John ?. Dunning, who had spent the
night in. Jail for refusing to diviilge the
names OF women with whom he had been
intimate, was called to the stand. When
asked II he was ready to furnish the desire d
nformatio he replied that he would only
do SO when it was shown that some woman
other than Mrs. Botkin was connected with
the murder of his wife and her sister. Judge
Cook again remanded the witness into the
custody of the sheriff.
Mrs. Louise Seeley, mutual friend of
Mrs. Botkin and Dunning, told of her ac-
quaintance with them. She denied ever
having sent Mrs. Dunning candy or having
written anonymously to Mrs. Dunning.
Mr.: Pennington, father of the deceased,
testified that he had received and read
three anonymous letters sent to his
daughter.
Daniel T. Ames, the writing expert of
New York, testified that he had examined
all the writing in the case, and was con
vinced that the anonymous letters, the adj
dress on the candy. and the note to Mrs.
Dunnings little girl We're all written by
the same person, and that Mrs. Botkin was
the writer.
Carl Eisenschimmel, local handwriting
expert, gave evidence on the same lines as
the testimony of Ames. The court then ad
Journed until tomorrow
The herald., 1898-12-21
A MURDER FOR MONEY
The Chicago Uxoricide Is Also a
Bigamist

CHICAGO, Dec. 20.-Further interesting
developments in the case of Michael Rollin,
geS the big Austrian who is under arrest
charged with numbering and partly cremat-
ing his wife, have disclosed another woman
in the case. When Rollinger, some time
ago, was a cook in Randolph street restaur-
ant, it is said he became enamored of a
waitress named Lena. This woman was after.
wards and until within few days previous
to the tragedy, employed in Rollngers res
taurnt on Milwaukee avenue. and is now
supposed to be in Michigan. The police are
trying to locate her. It develops that two
days bfore Mrs. Rollinger so mysteriously
Disappeared she told friend that her hus
band had threatened to kill her unless She
left him within ten days. 1t has also been
discovered that before the fire Rollinger left
in a nearby saloon valise containing an
insurance policy on Mrs. Rollngers life for
$500, and deeds for $4,000 worth of property
in Austria belonging to her. The police com
ment on the similarity of the case to that
of the Luetgert murder. They have arrived
at the conclusion that Rollnger murdered
his wife in order to get possession of her
property and marry the other woman.
The herald., 1898-12-21
M'PHERsoN's ESTATE
Some Common Law Which Is Not Now
in Force

ST. LOUIS, Dec 2O.-Circuit Judge Wood
has reversed the ruling of the Probate Court
in regard to the administration of the
estate of Mrs. Mary b. Mcpherson, holding
that the common law that gave the husband
absolute right over the person and estate CT
his wife, has ceased to exist.
In his decision, Judge Wood said:
''The common law theory of marriage has
long since ceased to exist everywhere, and
especially in this State, where the law has
long recognized the wife as having separ-
ate existence ard separate rights, and separ-
ate interests
Mrs Mcpherson was at the time of her
death in 1895, and had been for many years
resident of st. Louis. She left no children.
At the time of her death she was preparing
to remove to Rochester, n. Y, the home Of
her husband, VIM. J. Mcpherson. She
made no will and under the laws Of Missouri
her estate should go to her brothers,
Horace b. and VIM. c. Loche of Worcester,
Mass.
Mcpherson contended that the estate
should be settled according to the laws of
New York, on the theory that marriage
made his domicile here. This would make
him sole heir. He took out letters of adj
ministration in New York.
Judge Rassieur, of the Probate Court
held that the domicile of Mrs. Mcpherson
was the same as that of her husband, and
upheld the New York administration. The
matter was appealed to the Circuit Court
Judge Wood orders the assets of the
estate to be turned over to Mrs. McPher-
sons brothers.
The case will be appealed to the Supreme
Court
The herald., 1898-12-21
ANTI-DEBRIS
Suit Ordered Against Hydraulickers
Violating the Law

SACRAMENTO, Cal, Dec. 2O-At q
meeting of the Executive Committee Of the
State Ant-Debris Association held here to
day. resolutions were adopted calling upor
the Congressional representatives to seel
the adoption of the suggestion Of Chairman
Burton of the Committee on Rivers and
,Harbors that the work Of restoring the Sac
ramento river be put on the continuous
contract system.
II was reported by the manager, w. r
Phipps of Mary sville, that certain hydrauli,
mines whose debris flowed into the tribu
tares of the Sacramento river were oper
atng without the permits required b!
law, and the attorney of the Association
was instructed to institute criminal pro
ceedings in the United States courts in Sal
Francisco against such mines.
The herald., 1898-12-21
BIDS WANTED
For Raising Ships Sunk During the
War

NEW YORK, Dec. 2O.-A special to the
Tribune from Washington says:
Secretary Long will soon issue advertise
ments calling for proposals for raising the
Maine and the Cristobal Colon, in accord
ance with the decision of the Board of Com
struction to which the matter had been
referred. The board has under consdera-
tion several propositions from engineers and
wrecking companies, presenting feasible
schemes for raising the vessels and delivering
them to the New York or the Norfolk navy
yards, without involving the government in
any expense unless their efforts were sue
cessful. 1t was, however impossible to make
any selection from the proposals. and in view
OF the fact that so many contractors of appa-
rent trustworthiness were willing to put
their confidence to the test in attempting
to raise the vessels and running the risk of
failure, the members of the board agreed that
it would be advisable to have an open com
petition and award the work to the bidder
who would be willing to accept the most
reasonable compensation, other things be-
ing equal. In the advertisement suggested
by the board, bidders will be informed that
they must furnish to the Navy Department
satisfactory bonds in such amount that the
government will be fully protected against
loss through incompentency or carelessness.
The herald., 1898-12-21
Rev. DR.. Wise Dead

NEW YORK, Dec 2O.-Rev. DR.. Daniel
Wise is dead at his home in Englewood. n
J. He was born in Portsmouth, England,
January 10, 1903, and came to this country
in 1888 and became a minister of the M. =.
Church. For five years Dr. Wise was edi.
became, from 1855 to 1872, corresponding
secretary Of the Methodist Sunday School
Union and Tract Society and editor of the
Sunday School Advocate, and also of the
Temperance and Zion's Herald. He then
became, from 1855 to 1872, corresponding
secretary of the Methodist Sunday School
Union and Tract society, and editor of the
Sunday School Advocate, and also of the
Sunday school and tract publications of
the M. E. Church. DR.. Wise was the au.
thor of more than thirty religious works for
young people. Several of these books have
been translated into other languages. In
his early life he was a strong abolitionist.
The herald., 1898-12-21
Coast Steamers

SAN DIEGO, Cal, Dec 2O.-John D. Far
rell of Seattle, president of the Pacific
Coast Steamship Company, is here on an
inspection tour, with his wife and E. M
Goodall, of the firm of Goodall, Perkins ~
Company, managers of line. President Far
rell says there is no truth in the reports that
the management of the coast steamer line
will be taken from Goodall, Perkins & Com
pany, or that it will be removed from San
Francisco The property of the company
including steamers and railroad feeders, is
all merged into the Pacific Coast Company
The presidents headquarters only will be
at Seattle. No new lines are contemplate
south of San Francisco, and no fight is to
be made against the Southern Pacific or Pa
cific Mail lines
The herald., 1898-12-21
SHERMAN NOT SATISFIED
The Ex-Secretary Objects to Waste of
Money

CHICAGO, Dec. 2O--A special to the
Tribune from Washington says:
Former Secretary of State John Sher-
man, in an interview, tells an interesting
Cabinet secret which, in the days before the
war. was frequently suspected but never
established With considerable emotion the
ex-Secretary said:
81 tried to prevent this foolish war with
Spain. AS. matter of fact negotiations
were already in progress to purchase Cuba
from Spain when the war feeling suddenly
arose and swept everything before it. And
Spain would have accepted the terms.
This is a matter of secret history. And
now what have we got to show for all this
expense! Some islands in the Philippines,
for instance, which are worth about $500,
600 per annum income; increased indebted
ness OF $500, ,0OO,O 900, and a lot of islands in
habited mainly by man-eaters. And the
most distressing feature of the affair is that
we are now about to be called upon to nav
S20,OO0,O00 for territory that we could have
taken without expending dollar"
The herald., 1898-12-21
WON'T RESIGN
General Wilson Will Not Leave the
Army

MACON, Ga, Dee. 2O.-General James
Fl. Wilson, commanding the First Army
Corps in camp here. who made reference to
Carada under the Stars and Stripes in a
speech here yesterday, denies that he will
resign and says the report which appeared
in the papers to that effect is entirely with,
out foundation. His aide, Lieutenant Stew
art, gave out the following today:
The statement that General Wilson in
tends to resign is entirely without founda-
ton. When he left the army before it was
"for the interval of peace which might
elapse between the date of his resignation
and the beginning Of the next war;
When he came back into the army this
time it was to remain so long as his serv-
ices were needed and he has no expectation
of quitting until the government signifies
that it no longer has any use for his serv-
ices. He was not an applicant for the chief
command in Cuba. He would have felt
honored had the assignment been given
him. He has no grievance whatever against
the administration.
The herald., 1898-12-21
ESCAPED The FLAMES
TO DIE ON THE SIDEWALK
BELOW
Two Women Killed and a Man and
Woman injured at New
York Fire

NEW YORK, Dec. 20.-Two women were
killed and another woman and man were
severely injured today at the residence Of
G.. II. Raymond at West End avenue and
Seventy third street Mrs. Underwood, a
sister of Mrs Raymond, leaped from sec
ond-iloor window, her head struck the side
walk and death was instantaneous. William
Doerr, in trying to resuce Mrs. Underwood,
sustained fracture Of the skull which prop
ably will result in death.
Mrs. c.. II. Raymond followed Mrs I'm
derwood out of the window and was picked
up unconscious. Mr.. Raymond was carried
from the house unconscious from smoke.
After the flames were extinguished, the body
of Harriet Fee was found on the third
floor OF the house. She had been overcome
by the smoke.
A superb collection Of pictures and tapes
tries owned by Mr.. Raymond was entirely
destroyed. The fire was discovered by some
one passing on the street. When the fire
men arrived they could not get into the
building as the flames burst out in such
columes that the men were driven back.
MIR. and Mrs. Raymond appeared at the
windows of the third-story front, and Mrs.
Underwood at second-story window.
The fremen ran ladders to the upper
stories and William Doerr, a railroad con
ductor, volunteered to go up. Mrs. Ray
mord and Mrs Underwood could be seen
climbing out of the windows and the fire
men and the crowd begged them to go back.
Doerr was half way up the ladder when
Mrs. Underwood jumped from the window,
striking Doerr full in the breast and carry
ing him with her to the street. Then the
firemen bore away Mrs. Underwood, while
others rescued Doerr. Mrs. Underwood
was dead and Doerr was dying. Their skulls
had been crushed.
Meanwhile Mrs Raymond, who could not
be restrained by her husband, had jumped
out of the window. 1t is feared that she is
fatally hurt. Two firemen who climbed a
ladder to the third story rescued Mr.. Ray
mond lust as he was overcome by the smoke
Ferguson I. Butler escaped by the rear.
His face was badly lacerated by falling while
making his escape. After the fire had been
subdued, the body OF Harriet Fee was found
All the clothing had been burned off and
the corpse was black from the flames.
The loss was $4,000.
Mrs. Underwood had come from Ohio tc
spend the holidays with her sister, Mrs
Raymond.
The herald., 1898-12-21
Crime in Missouri

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 2O.-The Congregational
ministers of st. Louis, in conference, have
decided that the cause of empty pews at
evening church services is caused by fear
of footpads and have appointed a commit
tee of three ministers to render any assist
ance to the police that may be necessary to
suppress the evil. The Rev. DR.. M. Burn
ham, of Pilgrim Church, was selected as
chairman and the Rev. DR.. c. Sargent, of
Central Church, and the Rev. DR.. c. H..
PattonJ of First Church, members. This
committee is authorized to confer with the
might be made with view to suppressing
highway robbery.
The herald., 1898-12-21
Will Resume Business

LONDON, Dec 20-Lady Cook. formerly
Miss Tennessee Clafin of New York, an
nounces that she is going to start the New
Year as stock broker under the nnme of
Lady Cook & Company. In an interview
Lady Cook is quoted as saying that she ex-
poets to get in touch with influential finan-
cal men and thu further her ideas i'm the
direction of redressing social wrongs. She
added: "When my sister Victoria and
were bankers and brokers in Wall street we
often had the market in our hands. We one
rated for Jay Gould, Vanderbilt and Fisk. .
The herald., 1898-12-21
DR.. Hamilton Must Die

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Dec. 2O-At the
Governors office today, telegram was re.
ceived from Elgin saying physicians have
given up hope for the recovery of DR.. John
B. Hamilton, Superintendent of the State
Insane Asylum. DIR. Hamilton was for.
merly Surgeon-General of the United States
Marine Hospital service. He was also
widely known as editor of the American
Educational Association organ. DIR. Hamil-
ton has been suffering for about ten days
from an ailment of the intestines.
The herald., 1898-12-21
Russian Loan Rumors

NEW YORK, Dec. 2O.-William Wins,
formerly City Chamberlain, affirmed the
truth of the st. Petersburg dispatch saying
that on the report of American financers
he had communicated to the Russian Min
istry, through ii. H. d. Piernee, the United
States Charge d'Affaires at St. Petersburg,
sia. Mr.. wins, however, declined to give
the names of the financiers who had au-
thorized him to make the proposal, and said
further that he could not talk on the subject
lust now.
The herald., 1898-12-21
A Chinese Explosion

LONDON, Dec. 20.-A dispatch from
magazine situated in the center of the Chi
meme camp at Hangkow exploded, leveling
square mile of houses. 1t is estimated that
5000 soldiers were killed, including the gen.
eral commanding the forces. The Ameri-
can and French missions are both supposed
to have been damaged, but it is said there
were no fatalities among the Americans.
The herald., 1898-12-21
3I7=325 S. Broadway
Bet Third and Fourth Sis.

international committee and would not al
low the games to be held in Paris.
Baron Coubertin says: "What seems
even more extraordinary is that such tyran-
nous statements should have been brought
before the committee of the Athletic Union
of America. We never asked any help from
that government because we do not believe
in government athletics. We believe in a
committee composed of competent and
wealthy men, determined to make the
games success, who do not seek decora-
tions and pompous titles. Such is our COM
mittee for l900.'
The herald., 1898-12-21
Terre Haute Losses

TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Dec. 20.-The
losses on last nights fire We're: Hadden &
Gidden, $475,O0O; Briggs &. Miller, $4,000;
Parker & Co. clothing stock, S40,0 ,0C0; build
goods, 100000; building, $4,000; Thormar
( Schloss, clothing, $4,000; building, $50,
building, $4,000; United States Banking
Company, Miller Brothers, $4,000. In
slrance was about so per cent of the losses
Caude Herbert, who was acting as Santa
Claus in the Haven & Geddings building
is missing and is supposed to have perishec
in the flames.
About ten persons were severely in
iured