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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-07
WORK OF A FiENo.
Brutal Father Kicks to Death His
Fourvear-old Son fer
Trivial Offense.

Cincinnati. Ohio. Nov, IA special
from lEez. Kentucky, to the Enquirer
says:
Pleasant Sprading. held for the kill
Ing OF his four-year-old son and his
nheen-year-old daughter. is threatened
with iynehing.
Sprading's family consisted OF wife.
three daughters and son. With his
daughters and boy the father was
herdins sheep last Friday. The boy
was unable to keep up with the others.
The father placed him on stone be-
side a spring. telling him to wait until
his return. The hoy. becoming tired OF
sitting siili. began TO peel the loose
bark OF a tree that Oyerhung the
spring. Presently the father returned
ana noticing the bark on the ground.
asked the boy who had done It, The
boy replied that he had.
II would rather have you dead than
raise you to destroy everything ON the
farm" Is the reply the father is said To
have made and then. IL is charged. he
picked up stone and struck the hoy
on the head, knocking him down. Then.
u is alleged. he kicked the PROSTATE
baby In the head until he had killed
him and. turning to his daughters.
threatened them with a like fate II they
ever told what had occurred. After
ward he went home and said the hoy.
while chasing sheep, had run against a
tree and killed himself
becoming alarmed he took his eldest
daughter and went to the mountains.
HIS wife hired neishbors to bury the
body OF the child and then went TO the
home of Judge +, Henslcy. She told
him OF the death OF her son. aud said
she suspected her husband. who told
her he was going into the mountain
woods To hunt squirrels and added that
nj different times he had Threatened to
Nil the whole family. The Judge took
her with TWO younger daughters to his
home and presented the ease to the
Grand Jury. ON. Of the little Girls told
the Jury tha, her father had kicked the
boy To death.
Shortly nfierwari shcrin's posse
captured SpradinE In the mountains.
but his eldest daughter Ii not with him.
The posse is still searching for her.
while he is held ON the charge OF mur-
der.
Spradins's missing daughter turned
up to-day. barcfoot.d and ragged. after
her escape from her father In the noun
tnins. She wns Immediately taken be-
fore the grand jury and testified to how
her father had killed the boy. threat
cncd her III. and that OF her mother.
She testified that he would have
Drained them heretofore but for the In
reference OF neighbour.
Judge HcnHlcy has the jail no strong
ly guarded that there Ia no longer any
danger OF lynching. Sprading will be
given speedy trial.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-07
Gifts to Colorado College Museum.

Colorado Springs, Nov. Snow that
the walls of the new science hall are
really rising. there Is feeling of
eager anticipation for the time when
the large natural history collection.
which the late Mr.. w. S. Stratton pur.
chased for the college, and which lies
stored away in the basement of Co
burn library. can really be put on en-
hibition in the college museum An
other recent gift to Colorado College
is the extensive and carefully ar.
ranged herbarium of the late Edward
Tatnall, its collector. now presented
by his daughter and assistant, Miss
Mary IL. Tatnall. The collection en-
braces some $1,000 species and varie.
ties. belonging to 2,322 genera and
l9o orders: and among the things
which make the collection especially
valuable should be mentioned the cat.
alogue which fills 600.page volume
and overflows into second. The en-
try contains the full name of each
species or variety and gives the year
in which the specimen was obtained,
as well as it's source The collectors
named number sixty-fve and come
from twenty-three different states. be-
side Canada, England and Sweden.
The herbarium illustrates chiefly.
however, the flora of our own coun.
try. and is especially valuable for the
completeness with which 1t covers all
the main groups of the plant world.
AS an aid to the botanical work of
the college and to consulting botan.
lists, the collection will be of great
and permanent value.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-07
Bur. Manager Of Union Pacific.

Omaha. Oct. 31.-Just before the
close of business to-day notice was
posted in the Union Pacific headquar-
ters that Horace G. Burt, commencing
November 1st. would be general man
ager of the road. in addition to his du-
ties of president. 1t was matter of
comment that he was to have the title
as well as performing the duties.
1t is an open secret in railroad cir
cles that Edward Dickinson's resigna-
tion was due to the fact that his au-
thority had been curtailed until he had
nothing to do with any department eX-
cept the operating. all other depart
ments reporting to and being under di'
rect charge of President Burt.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-07
pons Save -Four Lives.

Chicago, Oct. 31.-Two great Dane
dogs saved the lives of four persons
last night, and then were rescued
themselves from a burning building
in Ashland avenue by their grateful
masters.
The dogs became frightened by the
cracking of the flames. and began to
bark The noise they made awakened
Henry and Arthur Hirsch, members
of the Calumet Metal Company. and
J. c. Spokane and Benjamin Barrigan,
who were asleep in the building. AS
they were leaving the building Arthur
Hirsch suggested to his brother that
they ought to save the dogs, SO the
two turned back, and cropping their
way through the smoke, found the two
dogs huddled together almost over
come. The ire caused loss of $685.
600.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-07
moIineux on the Stand.

New York. Oct. 3i.-Roland u. Mol.
ineux went on the witness stand to.
day and denied that he was guilty Of
the murder OF Mrs. Katherine j. Ad.
ans. In his direct examination he
told of his feeling of anger against
Cornish. and OF his leaving the Knick.
erbocker Athletic club because OF
trouble about Cornish. Answering
questions put by former Governor
Black. he declared that he had never
made cyanide OF mercury: that he did
not buy and had never seen the bot
tle.holder in which the poison was
sent: that he did not mail the poison
package. aud finally he asserted his
innocence OF the charge against him.
The cross.examination by Mr.. Os-
borne brought out nothing startling.
Molineux remained calm under Mr.
Osborne's questions.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-07
eui,dino to Northwest Coast.

Butte, Mont. Oct. 31.-Advices from
st. Anthony. Idaho. say that survey
ing corps of the Chicago & Northwest
ern road has completed preliminary
surveys for the extension of the lines
of the Fremont. Elkhorn & Missouri
Valley road from Casper, Wyoming. to
st. Anthony, Idaho.
1t is understood that the construc-
ton of the proposed extension will be
begun in the early spring. From what
is known here 1t is believed that 1t is
the intention of the Northwestern to
push on from st. Anthony to the North
west coast. touching at Portland and
other cities of that section. A line to
Salt Lake Is also mentioned as among
the probabilities.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-07
BLOWN UP BY DYNAMITE.
Tilted Lover seeks to Get Even by
Oynamitira Family Of lnamsrAta.

Chicago, Nov. IA dynamite bomb.
the weapon OF a derangei assassin.
blew up the home OF Joseph kordeck
In Chicago Heights to-day. killing Two
members OF the family outright and in
juring several Others. The house was
set on fire and burned. and that OF a
neighbor caught fire and Was also de-
stroyed, The dead are;
Joseph kordeek. arms and legs
blown on.
Lucy Kordeck. aged two years. body
blown To pieces.
The injured:
Mrs. Lucy Kordeek. flesh blown on
right side. injured internally; may die.
Seven children who escaped were in
Jnred. but not seriously.
The explosion occurred while the
family was asleep. The father and
mother. with the daughter. Lucy: oeeu'
pied a room in the front of the cottage.
On the other side were rooms oecu-
pied by the rest OF the family. The
cottage stood two feet from the
ground. on wooden posts.
The bomb was placed under the
room occupied by the parents. and the
impact OF the explosion tore a hole in
the floor. blew the bed to pieces. dis
membsred Kordeck and scattered into
fragments the body OF Lucy. who WAS
sleeping with her parents, Pieces OF
iiesh the size OF mans hand were
the largest remnants Of the ehild's
body that could be found.
The force of the explosion Was di-
ree,ly upward. and tore piece OF nesh
from Mrs. Kordeck's side. and blew her
through a window. The noise aroused
the rest OF the family. and they had
hardly time To escape from the flames.
which soon destroyed the cottage.
kord.ck's body. torn To shreds. was
found In the debris after III. fr-.
Charles Smith. former board-r at
the kordeck house. who was paying
attention to one of Kordeck's daush-
ters. has been arrested. charged with
the crime. The kordeck Girl was to
have been married to another man
next week. Smith declares he Is inno-
cent. but neighbors declare that he
made threats that II the siri refused
To be his wife he would blow up the
entire family with dynamite. Smith
was absent from his room N, the time
OF the explosion. His roommate.
Thomas kobilinski. claims that Smith
returned to his room greatly excited
shortly after the explosion.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-07
sutfooa,ed by Sewer eas.

Niagara Falls. Oct. 3l.-By sudden
rush of gas. supposed to have been
sulphuretted hydrogen, four men were
killed and three seriously affected near
the Twenty-fourth street heading of
the big tunnel trunk sewer tonight.
Thirteen men. comprising the entire
second shift, were working on the
sewer They had started heading at
a new level and had loaded blast
which was to be discharged.
After loading they walked back
about 225 feet below the heading and
the shaft at Twenty-fourth street. but
before they could reach the shaft. three
of the men fell to the floor of the tun-
mel. over which n considerable stream
of water was flowing.
The others, becoming alarmed.
rushed ahead to the shaft. George
Rhodes was ascending in the bucket
when he was overcome by the gas and
fell from the bucket to the bottom of
the shaft He died as n result of his
injuries.
Nine others succeeded in getting out.
-Four men laid in the tunnel. All wero
dead.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-07
CHARGED WITH CRIME
SENSATIONAL CASE AT BOULDER
Well Known Physician Charged With
Poisoning His Wife to Secure
Life Insurance Money.

Boulder, Colo. Oct. 3i.-Dr. Rudolph
Baird. a well known physician Of Boui-
der, is charged by the verdict OF the
eoroneris jury. returned to-day, with
having poisoned his wife. whose death
here two weeks ago aroused the sus-
pieion of relatives and resulted in theh
coroners Investigation. The verdict
rendered by the eoroner's Jury Is as
follows:
That the said Mamie J. Baird came
TO her death on the 10th day OF October.
1902. by poison administered To her by
her husband. DIR. Rudolph Baird. or by
some one with his knowledge. with
feionious intent"
The circumstances surrounding the
case may make II one OF the famous
poisoning cases In the history OF the
state Mrs. Baird died two days after
having been examined and Initiated IN
to a fraternai order. her husband being
named as beneficiary in the Insurance
policy. DIR. Baird dsmurred when
post mortem WAS proposed. and II was
upon the insistenee OF Miss DIR. Burris
of I.ongmont. sister OF the dead woman.
that the investigation was made,
Mrs. Baird passed Il very satisfactory
physical examination October iith and
vas initiated tina, evening into the Or
der OF Royal Neishbors. Tt" .olIowihs
night about 0 o'clock she was takea
suddenly III. Al midnight her husband
called another physician and told him
that Mrs. Baird was suffering from val
yular disease OF the heart, and tele-
phoned to his witc's sister. Dir. BurFis.
that she was dying.
Apparently every cifor, was made TO
save Mrs. BaIrd's life. but she died on
the afternoon of the 10th.
The fact that Mrs, Baird had been In
perfect health the day before she was
stricken and tina, she h.i domestic in-
feiieitics. together with the allegation
that DIR. Baird had been married the
third or fourth time. caused no little
gossip and the immediate demand OF
Mr.. Baird's sister that an autopsy be
held. has given the eoroner's Inquest
much interest.
The result OF the autopsy. made pub
lie to-day mt the inquest. showed tha'
Mrs. Baird did not die OF natural causes.
The physicians NO expressed their op!n-
ion in decided terms. although they
did not Indicate what particular poison
they think was administered.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-07
WRAPPED IN NIGHT.
Smoke So Dense From Santa Maris
Volcano a. to Shut on Light
Of Sun.

TapachuIa. State OF Chicapas. Mex.
leo. Oct. si.-Thcrc IL continued
alarm here over the eruption OF Santa
Maria mountain. In Guatemala. For
iifty.thrcc hours the city was almost
totally dark. Surrounding coffee plant.
crs have experienced great loss. and
ncross the line In Guatemala many
valuable properties have been de-
stroycd.
Tacnna volcano, near. Mt hand
shows no signs OF breaking out. There
has been no loss OF life. Thieves have
taken advantage OF the terror to steal
cattle from ranches.
On the coast the falling ashes COW
cred the decks Of ships In San Bcnito.
Subtcrranean rumblings have been nj.
most constant here. Tclcsraphic com.
munication has been rc-cstablishcd
with the federal capital. and relief Is
being felt. Business Is distressed.
Ashes fell nbundantly Mt Pnlcnquc.
A message from the superintendent
of the Ocos railroad states that the
Santa Maria volcano has been in con.
tinuous eruption since October 2ith.
and ashes to the depth of twelve
inches have fallen at the terminus of
the line. Mes from points further In
land is anxiously awaited.
When the steamer Colon was lying
In Acajutla. Salvador. October 10th.
there was sudden and violent erup.
tion of the volcano OF lsalco. twenty
miles in the interior OF Salvador.
From the city and port n grea'
cloud of black smoke was seen to
shoot up to great height from 1sal.
cos peak. whence neither smoke nor
fire had come for five or six months.
The natives anticipated earthquakes
and tidal waves. but within few
hours the big black cap OF lsalco had
drifted away and the volcano was
again apparently quiet.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-07
COURTS DECISION FAvcRs
GATES.
Judge sanborn Denied Right Of os9ood
and Fellow Directors to Appeal
From Caidwell's Ruling.


ST. Paul. MINI. Oct. 3i.-John W.
Gates. who. with his associates. had
been engaged in a legal and financial
battle royal with John C. Osgood and
several directors for the control OF the
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company. won
a decisive victory in the United States
Circuit Court OF Appeals to-day.
The petition for leave To appeal from
the decision Of Judge Caldwell of the
Circuit Court made by George =. Bart
lett. stoekhoider. on behalf of osgood
and his fellow directors, was denied ny
Judge Sanborn after few hours ar
sument by counsel in an opinion OF
some length. The decision practically
heads on any legal measures before
the meeting OF the board of directors
in December and will compel the os-
good faction to abide by the appoint
ment of the master in ehaneery. ID. q.
Beaman and A. n. Stevenson. attor-
neys for the petitioners. to-day stated
that further legal aetion would prob
ably not be attempted. Judge SanDorn
delivered his opinion Immediately up
on the closing OF the argument by At
,orney Beaman. The opinion entered
AT length into the legal status OF the
petition for leave TO appeal. Judge
Sanborn briefly reviewed the case IRON
the application for an injunction IN the
state court and III. transfer OF the ae-
ton to the Circuit Court and grant
ing By Judge Caldwell of n master In
chancery. lie concluded for the de-
termination of the cause that the as
sisnment of errors was sufficient for
review of the case. but the question IN
yoiyed was no, the right whether the
petitioner had sufficient cause for an
appeal. but whether an appeal could
b. taken Mt all.
Judge Sanborn denied that the ac-
,ion was appcaiabls ms II was not
final order. He held that III. petion
OF Judge Caldwell In setting day Tor
the annual meeting and appointing
master In chnnccry to preside over the
proceedings was not the continuing OF
an Injunction within the meaning OF
the law. lie dismissed the argument
that appeal could be taken on the
ground that the order was n refusal
TO dissolve nm injunction. saying that
an amendment OF the law creating the
Circuit Court Of Appeals had deprived
tina, court OF Jurisdiction In an appeal
from an order refusing to dissolve nm
Injunction. He further held that
Judge Caldwell. who In also judge
both OF the Circuit Court and Circuit
court OF Appeals. are coordinate In
Authority and Jurisdiction and " has
long been the settled policy OF the
court that such Judges should not re-
view or rcycrHe the decisions OF thcir
equals.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-07
Across Continent In Eighty-Eight
Hours.

Chicago. Oct. 31.-With the inaug-
uration Sunday of the Golden State
Limited between Los Angeles and
Chicago, over the Southern Pacific
and Rock Island railroads, the time
from coast to coast will be reduced to
eighty-eight hours.
The limited will leave Los Angeles
at 2:30 p. M, and will reach Chicago
at 1890 a. m. in good time to connect
with the twenty-hour trains for the At.
lantic seaboard.
The running time from Los Angeles
to Chicago will be only sixty-six hours
and allowing two hours lay-over at
Chicago, through time from coast to
coast will be eighty-eight hours, new
record for the distance.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-07
Devil Fond of Football.

Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 31.-Chancellor
e. Benjamin Andrews has told the stu
dents of the University of Nebraska
that he feared football enthusiasm
and the devil sometimes went hand
in hand. Such condition apparent.
ly, he said, followed the celebration in
Lincoln of Nebraska's victory over
Minnesota when students captured IL
street car and partly dismaut!cd 1t.
That was the DEVILS work. Tho chan.
cellor declared it would have been far
better had the team been defeated
than to have such ~. exhibition.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-07
London Brokers Short Of Mor.v

London. Nov. 2.-The plentifulness
of money which characterized the Oc-
tober market has been succeeded by
conditions. compelling heavy borrow
ing from the bank at four per cent. in
order to meet stock exchange settle
ments and month-end obligations. An
increase in government disbursements
is anticipated this week; this will en-
able borrowers to liquidate some of
their Indebtedness. The bank mean
while has regained control of the
money market and the hardening of
London discount rates has not affected
Continental exchange.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-07

After flfty.six years of married lie.
n Chicago couple advise their friends
to remain single. The surprise of the
matter is that they managed to live
together for fifty.six years in the
Windy City.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-07

Pullman porters have formed an
ant-tipping association. 1t is high
time measures were taken to check
the practice of forcing tips on a
worthy and unassuming class OF clti.
zens.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-07

Some wise observer has discovered
that close proximity to electric lights
will cause badness. How this would
interest the Prophet Elisha and the
late Julius Caesar.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-07

Nearly sixty thousand Italians emil
grated to Argentina last year The
glad sound of the street piano is prob
ably cheering the people of that far.
of land to-day.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-07

A French scientist has discovered
that n man may be alive long after
lis heart has ceased to beat. That's
true. too; our banker is that sort OF
n man.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-07

Fears are entertained on this side
of the water that Count Boni de Cas-.
fellane will get scratched in some of
those French duels resulting from
Zola's death.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-07

Tho kaiscr's tariff commission has
decided that tooth brushes are iuSn'
riea. So are soap. water and towels.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-07

Fire put to flight wedding party
in Hobokcn. Probably there hadn't
been one in the house for so long
that the bride got scared.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-07

This Is the football season. and In
consequence OF the scarcity of coal
nearly everyone is kicking.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-07

Henry James Fitzroy. earl of Graf.
ton. has been declared bankrupt. II
takes lot OF money to live up to n
name like that.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-07

Lieut.. Peary says that the pole can
be reached by sufficient outlay OF
money. But just now Pierpont Nor
gan doesn't need the pole in his busi-
ness.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-07

Steamers coming back from Berlng
sea report poor catch OF seals. Now.
of course. your wife viii insist on n
new sack of skin.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-07

We can't understand how anybody
who lives In the climate OF New Or
leans ever gets up energy enough to
riot
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-07

II has been discovered that light
ming will not strike water. Always
drink your chaser.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-07

Tho Hungarians are actins very
South American.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-07

II people would save up all they sre
saying about coal and put the lar'
guagc In the furnace II would be hot
enough.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-07

. Victory seems to have pcrchcd upon
the banners OF both armies In Vcnc.
'zucia. and II will be necessary to fight
the wnr over.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-07

If John L. Sullivan had the free
dom of as many Scotch cities as An
drew Carnegie has he would know
how to make a much more effective
nse of it than Mr.. Carnegie is making.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-07

An Iron and steel trust has been
formed to operate In China. The
Chinese wall will soon have a coping
of barbcd wire.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-07

Fortunately the Crown Prince of
Siam is pleased with the United
States army. Thus we are relieved
of the necessity Of reorganizinE it.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-07

A Texas professor announces that
he has reduced the production of
poetry to a chemical formula" Had
he reduced it to an lrreducible mini
mum he would have done still better
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-07

What is thisG Girl strikers in n
rio;H Are men to have no rights
whatever that are sacred from the
other scs7
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-07

No woman's sleeve can be out of
style this season, providing it bag
somewhat. Would that such was the
fashionable edict on mems trousers.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-07

The sultan OF Baeolod wants war.
He will get 1t. u la Gen. Sherman.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-07

The Duke OF Marlborough says Re
will never set foot In America again.
Please accept our best thanks.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-07

With beef going up In Germany and
already up In America. the cause OF
y-sc,arIanlsm never has been no
strong.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-07

Russia is preparing a coup ard
Turkey is in H. Thanksgiving Is com
Ing.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-07

1t now transplres that the boxers
are led by a woman. And yet they
say China is backward.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-07

One of the professors has found
that lightning will not touch water.
The thunderbolt should be adopted
as the emblem of Kentucky.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-07

What n terrible lot OF thinking a
man does about himself when he lies
awake Mt nIght!-AtchiSon Globe.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-07

Before betting on the Bogota let's be
sure the Padilla Isn't manned with
Americans too,
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-07

Hall Caine is coming to this coun'
cry. but not. let It be understood. by
request
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-07

A Quaker City court has declared
that craps" is not game of chance
Neither is brace game of faro nor
poker, when played by professionals
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-07

Peary Is thoroughly convinced that
q pole Is there TO be found anyway.