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The Elbert County tribune., 1902-11-06
Settles Labor Trouble.

Chicago. Nov. 2.-The Chicago Fed
Grafton of Labor to-day rescinded its
act OF expulsion against Typographical
Union No. 16 and offered to reinstate
the delegates when they apply for ad-
mission.
The action of the Chicago Federation
is due directly to an order from Presi-
dent Samuel Gompers Of the American
Federation of Labor. who commanded
It to reinstate the Typographical Union
by November 10th or lose its right of
afIiliation with the national body. He,
in turn. was stirred up by the Interna-
tional Typographical Union. which mo-
tilted him that unless he issued the or
der 1t would withdraw from the Ameri-
can Federation OF Labor.
To-day's action terminates a two
year controversy that had its origin in
strike of the newspaper pressmen of
Chicago. When the printers refused to
join the strike or give the strikers
their moral support, maintaining that
to do so would be to violate their FIVE
year contract with the newspaper pub
fishers. their delegates were expelled
from the Federation of Labor.
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-11-06
suffoeated by Sewer Gas.

Niagara Falls. Oct. s1-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 a heading at
n new level and had loaded a 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 a 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 a result OF his
injuries.
Nine others succeeded in getting out
Four men laid In the tunnel. All were
dead.
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-11-06
WRAPPED IN NIGHT.
Smoke So Dense From Santa Maria
Volcano as to Shut of Light
of Sun.

Tapachula. State OF Chicapas. Mex
leo, Oct. 31-There is continued
alarm here over the eruption of Santa
Maria mountain, in Guatemala. For
fifty-three hours the city was almost
totally dark Surrounding coffee plant
ers have experienced great loss. and
across the line in Guatemala many
valuable properties have been de-
stroyed.
Tacana volcano. near. nt 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.
Subterranean rumblings have been al
most constant here. Telegraphic com
munication has been re-established
with the federal capital. and relief is
being felt. Business is distressed
Ashes fell abunoantly at Palenque.
A message from the superintendent
OF the Ocos railroad states that the
Santa Maria volcano has been in con
tinuous eruption since October Gath,
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 Acajptla. Salvador. October 18th.
there was sudden and violent erup-
tion of the volcano of Isalco. twenty
miles in the interior OF Salvador.
From the city and port a grea,
cloud of black smoke was seen to
shoot up to a great height from Isal-
cos peak, whence neither smoke nor
fire had come for five or six months.
The natives anticipated earthquakes
and tidal waves. but within a few
hours the big black cap OF Isalco had
drifted away and the volcano was
again apparently quiet.
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-11-06
MoIlneux on the stand.

..w York. Oct. 31.-Roland B. Mo-
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, and 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.
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-11-06
SWEPT BY FLAMES.
St. Pierre, Miquelon, Suffers Loss OF
s5oo,ooo and Is Almost obliter-
ated by Widespread Fire.

st. Johns N. F.. Nov. 2.-The town
of St Pierre, Miquelon. has been de-
vastated by fire. A destructive con-
fiagration started last night and swept
the main portion of the town. The
governors house. the government
buildings. the court house. the build
ings occupied by the ministry of ma
rine. the Roman Catholic cathedral.
the Presbyterian church. the schools
and number of other buildings were
destroyed.
1t has not yet been learned how
the fire originated. There was no wind
last night. else the entire town would
probably have been completely oblit-
Grated.
Even as it is. the extent of the dis
aster is very far-reaching and tine
financial loss will probably reach half
a million dollars.
There was no loss of life or serious
accident. The rapid spread of the con-
1agration was due to the trifling water
. supply and to the fact that st Pierre
has no adequate fire-fighting appli-
ances.
The town of st. Pierre has been
partly burned down three times before
in 1865, 1867 and 1879.
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-11-06
WORK OF A FiENp.
Brutal Father Kicks to Death His
Four-Year-oId Son for
Trivial Offense.

Cincinnati. Ohio. Nov. "A special
from Inez. Kentucky, to the Enquirer
says:
Pleasant Sprading. held for the kill
Ing OF his four-year-old son and his
| ffteen-year-old daughter. is threatened
with lynching.
Sprading's family consisted of wife,
three daughters and son. With his
daughters and boy the father was
herding sheep last Friday. The boy
was unable to keep up with the others.
The father placed him on stone be-
side spring. telling him to wait until
his return. The boy. becoming tired Of
sitting still, began to peel the loose
bark of tree that overhung the
spring. Presently the father returned
and noticing the bark on the ground.
asked the boy who had done it The
boy replied that he had
u 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 boy
on the head, knocking him down. Then,
1t is alleged. he kicked the PROSTATE
baby in the head until he had killed
him and. turning to his daughters,
threatened them with like fate II they
ever told what had occurred. After
ward he went home and said the boy,
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 neighbors to bury the
body of the child, and then went TO the
home of Judge Il. Hensley. She told
him of the death of her son. and said
she suspected her husband, who told
her he was going into the mountain
woods to hunt squirrels and added that
at different times he had threatened to
kill the whole family. The judge took
her with two younger daughters to his
home and presented the case TO the
| grand jury. One of the little girls told
the jury that her father had kicked the
boy to death.
Shortly afterward n sheriff's posse
captured Sprading in the mountains,
but his eldest daughter is not with him
The posse is stlll searching for her,
while he is held on the charge of mur-
der
Sprading's missing daughter turned
up to-day. barefooted and ragged after
her escape from her father in the noun
tains. She was Immediately taken be-
fore the grand jury and testified to how
her father had killed the boy, threat
ened her life and that of her mother.
She testified that he would have
Drained them heretofore but for the in
reference of neighbors
Judge Hensley has the Jail so strong
ly guarded that there is no longer any
danger of lynching. Sprading will be
given speedy trial.
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-11-06
BLOWN UP eY DYNAMITE.
Tilted Lover Seeks to Get Even by
pynamitlna Family Of inamcrata.

Chicago. Nov. IA dynamite bomb.
the weapon of a deranged 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
neiehbor caught fire and was also de-
stroyed. The dead are:
Joseph Kordeck. arms and legs
blown on.
Lucy Kordeck. aged two years. body
blown to pieces.
The injured:
Mrs, Lucy Kordeck. flesh blown on
right side. injured internally; may die.
Seven children who escaped were in
jured. but not seriously.
The explosion occurred while the
family was asleep. The father and
mother, with the daughter. Lucy. occu-
pied room In the front of the cottage.
On the other side were rooms occu-
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 ot the explosion tore a hole in
the floor, blew the bed to pieces. dis
fragments the body OF Lucy, who was
sleeping with her parents. Pieces of
flesh the size Of mans hand were
the largest remnants OF the childs
body that could be found.
The force of the explosion was di-
recuy upward. and tore piece OF fesh
from Mrs, Nordeck'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.
Kordecb's body torn to shreds. was
found in the debris after the fire
Charles Smith, former boarder at
the kordeck house who was paying
attention to one of Kordeck's dangh-
tiers, 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 u the girl refused
to be his wife he would blow up the
entire family with dynamite. Smith
was absent from his room at the time
of the explosion. His roommate,
Thomas Kobilinskl. claims that Smith
returned to his room greatly excited
shortly after the explosion
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-11-06
CHARGED WITH CRIME
SENSATIONAL CASE AT BOULDER
Well Known Physician Charged With
Poisoning His Wife to Secure
Life Insurance Money.

Boulder, Colo, Oct 3l--Dr. Rudolph
Baird. well known physician OF Boul-
der. is charged by the verdict OF the
coroner's jury. returned to-day. with
having poisoned his wife, whose death
here two weeks ago aroused the sus-
picion of relatives and resulted In theh
coroner's Investigation. The verdict
rendered by the coroner's jury Is as
follows.
That the said Mamie ]. Baird came
to her death on the 10th day of October.
1902. by poison administered TO her by
her husband. DR.. Rudolph Baird. or by
some one with his knowledge. with
felonious intent"
The circumstances surrounding the
case may make Il 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 fraternai order. her husband being
named as beneficiary in the insurance
policy. DR.. Baird demurred when a
post mortem was proposed. and 1t was
upon the insistence OF Miss DR.. Burris
of Longmont. sister OF the dead woman.
that the investigation was made.
Mrs. Baird passed very satisfactory
physical examination October t4th and
was initiated that evening into the Or
night about 3 o'clock she was taken
suddenly i'll. Al midnight her husband
called another physician and told him
that Mrs. Baird was suffering from val
vular disease OF the heart. and tele-
phoned to his wife's sister, DR.. Burris.
that she was dying.
Apparently every effort was made to
save Mrs. Baird's life. but she died in
the afternoon OF the 10th.
The fact that Mrs. Baird had been In
perfect health the day before she was
stricken and that she had domestic in
felicities. together with the allegation
that Dr. 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 coroner's inquest
much interest.
The result of the autopsy, made pub
lie to-day at the inquest. showed that
Mrs Baird did not die of natural causes.
The physicians so expressed their opin-
ion in decided terms. although they
did not indicate what particular poison
they think was administered
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-11-06
FARMING MATTERS.
GROWING Of Macaroni Wheat.

Mark Alfred Carleton. cereaiist in
the United Stntes Department OF Agri-
culture. was recently In Denver Mr..
Carleton is an expert In his line and
Is one OF the most noted men In tho
country on the subject OF small grains.
He has become particularly well known
by the fact that he has introduced tho
macaroni wheat from southern and
western Russia to the United States.
MIR. Carleton has been conducting ex-
periments with this wheat for the past
three years. when II was first exten-
sively introduced into the United
States. His aim is to extend the wheat
belt farther west. and the way he pur-
poses to do this lis by the Introduction
OF drouth resisting cereals. He be-
lieves the wheat belt can be extended
200 miles west OF the Tooth meridian.
beyond which point wheat has not
been grown to any large extent.
THE macaroni wheat" said MIR. Car-
leotn. has been grown In tkis country
for some time. but last year was the
flrst In which the wheat was raised on
commercial basis. About 10000 bush
els were produced then. believe the
crop this year will amount to over
1000 900 bushels. Some growers are 30
sanguine as to believe that tho crop
Will be larger than this. Even that
is a big increase and speaks well for
the future of the grain in this country.
We have been experimenting with
other small grains all over the country.
but my work has been confined chiefly
to this macaroni wheat. There are two
advantages this grain has over the
other wheat. One is that by its use we
are able to extend the wheat area and
the second. we get larger yield to the
acre Macaroni wheat yields fully fifty
per cent. more bushels to the acre than
the ordinary grain and after we have
established a market for 1t. IL brings
about the same price. Although this
season has been n poor one for this
grain. as II has been generally wet. on
land that yielded from twenty-five to
thirty bushels of maearoni wheat to
the acre, but fifteen to twenty bushels
could be raised of the ordinary wheat.
Had the season been drier the contrast
would have been greater.
THE great trouble we have had with
this grain is to And a market for it.
II is not used for bread. | believe It
Will eventually be used so. but II is not
now. It is only used now In making
macaroni. We have succeeded in find
Ing Il market for all that is now raised
and we are having less difficulty on
that score"
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-11-06
FURY OF A WOMAN scoRneo.
Bride Of Seven Weeks Reveals the
Criminal Career Of Neglected.
Husband.

Pueblo. Colo. Nov. Mrs. Lizzie
Myrley, pretty little woman. twenty
years OF age. and a bride OF seven
weeks, tells a startling story about her
husband. who is now under arrest. Ac-
cording to the woman's story her hus-
band is a forger. whose operations
have extended throughout several
cities.
He was apprehended by the police
under peculiar circumstances Friday
last. under the name OF Joseph Meyers.
fIersported to the police that his wife
was missing and with her $500 in cash
and $3.50 diamond He stated that he
did not care particularly about the
woman. but would like to have the
jewelry and money returned.
The next day the woman appeared
at the police station and Stated that
she had been flying from her husband
TO escape his cruelty, which had been
practlced upon her since the day OF
their marriage in jefferson City. Mis-
souri,. September 10th last. on the
strength of the story that she told the
police the husband was arrested and
is being held awaiting investigation OF
the wifes story.
Mrs. Myrley says that she married
the man after knowing him but two
days, and that the Saturday night fol-
lowing the wedding he forced her to
sign several checks with the names he
gave her. She declares that while in
Chicago he raised money by this means
and also operated as forger in St.
Louis.
Her story is substantiated by the
fact that when Myrley was searched by
the police stamping outfit was found
on his person and among his effects
were numerous blank checks and a
number of disguises, indicating that he
had spent n portion of his time in
evading officers of the law Since his
arrest he bss told conflicting stories
and the police are convinced that they
have notorious forger in custody.
She states that she signed more than
twenty checks which Myrley had
brought to her, made out for sums
from s25 to $40. and after taking
checks away he would come home with
pooketful of money. He would also
obtain furniture and other valuable
goods on the installment plan and then
sell the goods.
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-11-06
A Leaaon Of the prouth.

The lesson of the past summers
drouth has come home and many have
eXDerimcnted y learn, II possible. how
to circumvent iBastrous future results
In case OF dry weather. writes B. S.
Miller In Field and Farm. There are
probably as many theories as theorists
in regard to the right way to open
the subsoil. but all agree that this
must be done II the moisture Is to bo
held for plant use when needed. In
order TO make partial success of agri-
culture In the semi-arid regions II is
necessary to stir the subsoil so that all
moisture that falls will be retained.
This requires a subsoil plow which any
blacksmith can make. BY leaning the
snbsoil pillow a little toward the land
slide 1t will easily follow the furrow
horse. In this way all the land Will
be loosened. The advantage OF this
form OF plowing is that II leaves the
subsol loose at the bottom of the fur
row to retain moisture.
There is no doubt that subsoiling is
a great advantage. but the subsoil
plows as made and sold are not rightly
constructed for the firm soil of the Far
West. They turn over too much of the
soil. The shank or upright should be
as sharp as an old-fashioned standing
coulter and set at an angle OF about
forty-flve degrees. The shoe should be
at the heel so IL can be adjusted TO the
kind OF soil. Different soils need DIFF
ferent implements. Our soil is of rich,
black loan and Of various depths, but
there is a brown clay subsoil This liz
hard and needs good instrument to
break and open IL up to the influence
of the moisture. There are other les
sons to learn besides Bubsoiling In re-
gard to retention of moisture and one
is the thorough cultivation of the top
soil, where practicable. We cannot cul-
tiyate wheat after II gets to n certain
stage of growth. but some run ii over
with an antl-weeder or roller after il
is well advanced.
| know one man who runs an anti
weeder machine over wheat when 1t lis
eight to ten inches high and the wheat
Is greatly improved thereby, especially
In a dry season. Some of us know that
the dust blanket is good thing. but
not all of us. This is why the culti-
vator should be used where practicable
as soon as the land is dry enough to
be made light by its use. 1t IL more
detrimental than anything else II used
when the ground is wet. so IL will dry
out In clods. Frequent cultivation to
make the land light and dusty on top
keeps the moisture below, where IL
should be. With the soil loose and
dusty the elements do not have oppor-
tunity to draw the moisture out. An
other point, too. is the fact that the
roots OF plants need air and they can
not get 1t IL the soil is dry and hard on
top,
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-11-06
GIFTS to Colorado colIeo. Museum

Colorado Springs, Nov 3.-Now that
the walls OF the new science hall are
really rising. there is a 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 ex-
hibltion 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 II. Tatnall. The collection en-
braces some 21 900 species and varie-
tics. belonging to 2,322 genera and
1870 orders; and among the things
which make the collection especially
valuable should be mentioned the cat
alogue which fllls a 600-page volume
and oYerfiows into a 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 its source. The collectors
named number slxty-fve and come
from twenty-three different states. he.
side Canada. England and Sweden.
The herbarium illustrates chiefly.
however, the fora OF our own coun.
try. and is especially valuable for the
completeness with which II covers all
the main groups OF the plant world.
As an aid to the botanical work of
the college and to cons llting botan-
lists, the collection will be of great
and permanent value.
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-11-06
Teu Million Dollars for IRRIGATION.

General Land Commissioner Her
mann announces that the receipts
from the sale of public lands has SO
increased that. with the close OF the
last fiscal year. the fund for irrigation
purposes amounts to $9.5OO,OOO. Tho
sale OF public lands last year exceeded
those OF any single year In the history
of the government. The aggregate cash
receipts from this source were In ex-
cess Of s6.500,000.
II was dut to the opening of terri
tory taken from the Indians and to the
general prosperity all over the West
which impels many to move On and in
vest their savings in land. which is
likely to enhance In value. In 1897 the
cash receipts In the general land office
from sales OF land were less than 81
100000. Prior TO that year they were
much lower.
Prof. l.. c. Carpenter of the State
Agricultural College says that "the on
ly danger to the beet sugar Industry
OF Colorado is that factories may be
erected too fast for the farmers to be
ready to supply the beets. A beet su-
gar factory cannot be a success unless
the supply Of beets Is c6ming forward
steadily each year. and farmers are not
In all instances successful In beet rals-
ing "
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-11-06
nuIIdIna to Northwest Coast.

Butte. Mont Oct 3l.-Advices from
81. Anthony. Idaho. say that a survey
ing corps OF the Chicago & Northwest
ern road has completed preliminary
surveys for the extension OF the lines
Of the Fremont. Elkhorn a Missouri
Valley road from Casper Wyoming, to
st. Anthony. Idaho.
1t is understood thar the construc-
tion Of the proposed extension will be
begun In the early spring. From what
is known here II is believed that It 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
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-11-06
nurt Manaaer Of Union pacltlo.

Omaha. Oct. 3l.-Just before the
close OF business to-day notice was
posted in the Union Pacific headquar-
ters that Horace G. Burt. commencing
November lst. would be general man
ager Of the road. in addition to his du-
ties of president It was a 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 eurtailed 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.