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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-01-07
VERDICT OF CORONER'S JURY
In CASE OF HAROLD FRIDBORN

Denver, Jan. 3.-The police We're as
far off the track of the murderer of
Harold Fridborn last night as they
were on the night of the tragedy. Va
rious clues We're furnished the depart
ment by citizens, but all of'them, when
investigated, proved worthless. y
squad OF mounted police were detailed
yesterday TO search the outskirts of
North Denver. They returned last
evening without any news of the muir
derer.
Coroner McGovern conducted an In
quest over the body of Harold Frid-
born yesterday afternoon. The princl-
pal witness was Florence Fridborn,
sixteen years of age, who was assault
ed by the unknown man at the side
of her dead brother. The jury returned
the following verdict:
I'VE, the jury. find that the deceased,
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-01-07

Pueblo, Jan. 3.-Denver Republican
Special)-Lawrence Hex, the negro
convicted of the murder of William
White and Mrs. Lizzie Alley, was yes
terday morning brought into District
Court and sentenced to be hanged dur
ing the week beginning April 18th, the
hour and day to be fixed by the warden
Of the state penitentiary at Canon City.
A motion for Il new trial was denied
by Judge Dixon. While receiving the
sentence the prisoner was surrounded
by Sheriff Beaman and three deputies
When asked if he had anything to say
why sentence should not be passed up
on him, Hex replied calmly, Il did 1t in
self-defense. 1 haven't had fair trial"
Judge Dixon required almost an hour
to pronounce sentence on the prisoner,
and his remarks were eloquent, pathet-
&c and severe. 1t was one of the most
solemn utterances ever heard in n Pu-
eblo court room. IF murder in the
first degree was ever established, it
was in this case. If cold-blooded,
atrocious crime was ever committed, II
was yours. If any man ever deserved
to go to the scaffold, that man is Law
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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-01-07
Miss stones Release Reported,

London, Jan. 3.-The Sofia correspon-
dent of the Telegraph has cabled an
unconfirmed rumor to the effect that
Miss Stone and Nine. Tsilka were liber-
ated in Turkey January 1st and that
the Americans who conducted the ne
gotations resulting in this reported re-
lease agreed. in the presence Of the cap
tives, to maintain absolute silence con-
cerning the captors. If this promise is
broken, concluded the correspondent,
vengeance will be wreaked upon the
American mission.
A dispatch to the Central News from
Vienna says n report has been received
there via Sofia to the effect that Miss
Stone has been released. The report
lacks confirmation.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-01-07
TELLER'S VIEWS ON
LAND TAX AMENDMENT
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Denver. Jan. 3.-State Senator Buck
lin has received n letter from Senator
Henry NJ. Teller in Washington, in
relation to the pending Australasian
land tax amendment to the constitu-
ton of Colorado. Senator Teller writes
as follows:
Dear Sir:-Through your kindness
am in receipt of the proposed amend
ment to our state constitution to be
voted on next fall. l had given no par
ticular attention to this amendment
when l received letter from n party
In Denver asking me If was In favor
of single tax, to which l replied | was
not. l had given no particular atten-
ton to this amendment, and 1t certain
ly cannot be called a single tax propo-
sition-it might well be denominated
a provision for making our tax system
somewhat more flexible than it now is,
and putting it more completely in the
control of the people of the several
counties of the state. 1t appears to
me to make 1t possible for the voters
of any county to determine whether
they would except any particular prop
erty from taxation, and If so, what. 1t
does not do that of itself, but simply
makes provision that the people may
do that If they so desire. 1t is quite
possible that n community may desire
to encourage manufactures or other
enterprises for certain length of time.
/ believe that this cannot be done un-
der our present tax system, and l can
see no objection in giving the people
that opportunity, as this amendment
will.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-01-07

Harold c. Fridborn, came to his death
at the dump at the junction of Lake
avenue and Firth Court on the night
of December 81, 1901, from the effects
of blow upon the head with an ak
in the hands of some person unknown
to this jury, while said deceased was
in the act of defending the honor of his
sister.
'In subscribing to the foregoing YER
dict we desire to express n feeling be-
yond the usual stereotyped verdict Of
n coroner's jury in our hope, as MEM
bers of an already outraged public,
that the perpetrator of this fiendish
crime may be apprehended and Justice
by the proper authorities measured out
to him in like proportion to the enor-
nifty of the crime. G. ii. Elliott. ID. r.
Arnold. z. S. Collins, b. O'Reilly, r.
Bradley. ]. A. Nugent."
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-01-07
A ROUGH INITIATION
LEADS TO DAMAGE SUIT

Denver, Jan. 3.-During his initia-
ton into the Maccabees in this city
August Sth last, David Lieberman, q
blacksmith, claims that the discharge
from firearm used in connection with
the ritual entered his body near the
groin and that the wound may yet
prove fatal. Yesterday he filed suit
in the District Court against the su-
preme tent of the Knights of the Mac
cabees of the World, and also Monte
fore tent No. 20 of the Maccabees, ask
ing SOL, ,OS0 damages.
The action is one of the most un-
usual ever filed in the local courts.
Lieberman says he desired to join the
lodge and inquired as to the inltia tion
ceremony. His friends told him, he
claims, that he would come out all
right, and relying upon their repre-
sentations, he asserts that he duly ap-
piled for membership.
At 0 o'clock on the night of August
Sth, at 1910 Larimer, he swore that he
was blindfolded and that, after a few
mysterious motions and words a fire
arm was discharged close to him in
reckless disregard of his life and
rights"
The discharge penetrated his clothing
and lodged near the groin. He en-
ployed three physicians and one pro-
fessional nurse, he states. and had to
undergo an operation, including the
grating of skin from his arm to the
wounded part He wishes $4,000 dam
ages for injuries; also S1,0S0 for loss
of time and expense incurred in treat
ment Lieberman says he will always
be crippled, and that his injuries may
be fatal.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-01-07

Mrs. Ormsby of Chicago. of course,
sues for a divorce. and. therefore, may
be set down as considering marriage a
bowling failure. Yet fourteen children
were born to the marriage, of which
three came singly. four came in two Of
a kind, three came at one time, and the
last result showed up in fours. Under
the circumstances it was more probably
failure of the flour barrel rather than
of the marriage.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-01-07
Six Thousand Dollars Reward.

Cripple Creek, Jan. 3.-The county
commissioners yesterday offered a re-
ward of $1,000 for the arrest and con-
viction of the murderer or murderers
of Martin Gleason, superintendent of
the Wild Horse, Damon and Deadwood
mines. This amount brings the total
reward up to $4,000. There are no
new developments in the case and no
arrests have been made. The sheriff
states that he has absolutely no news
to give out
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-01-07
Natural Gas at Florence.

Denver, Jan. "a Florence special to
the Denver Republican says
The United Oil Company has struck
an unusually strong flow of gas in well
213 in the southeastern part of the
field. 1t is the heaviest flow ever en-
countered here and its roar can be
heard for nearly mile. If the vol
ume continues, the company will pipe
it into town for Illuminating purposes
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-01-07

The fact that twenty-three men have
been killed or wounded in the Adiron-
dacks this year by hunters who mis-
took them for deer has created de-
mand for the suppression of the long
range rifle. At distance of two miles
a man may look like deer or a mon
key or anything else in the animal ere
alton.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-01-07
VIII Learn From America.

1t is officially announced in Vienna
that, owing to the fact that American
shoes are invading the Austrian mar
ket, the ministry of commerce has
bought number of the latest Ameri-
can shoemaking machines and will
shortly institute series of lectures
and demonstrations for the benefit OF
the Austrian shoe manufacturers and
operatives.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-01-07

A Chicago policeman shot at dog
and hit himself. This is a distinct
improvement on the well-known prac-
tice of shooting at a dog and hitting
some inoffensive citizen or innocent
child.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-01-07

Pardon the suggestion. ladies. but
when pretty little Wilhelmina asks hel
subjects to be as forgiving to her un.
worthy husband as she. herself is. doe,
she wink her other eys-just a little
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-01-07

1t is something cheerful to read of
the condition of Italy's finances, which
show a surplus for the year. 1t re-
minds one of the financial condition
of about all the other European ma
tons, because It is so different
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-01-07

The German national game of 'Skat"
is said to require thought. culture and
deliberation. The Yankee cat fees at
the mere name of the thing.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-01-07

Mike Sullivan. who was profess
sional baseball pitcher few years ago
Is now a member of the Massachusetts
legislature. Mike must have put in
some of his spare moments not leaning
against the bar.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-01-07

Mr.. Carnegie might be invited to
help out on the scheme to establish a
religious daily in Japan.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-01-07

The new navy of Mexico is to be
built in the United States. Uncle Sam
can accommodate the world either in
building navies or in smashing them.
Apply at the worlds workshop.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-01-07

Senator Hoar suggests limiting the
circulation of fanatical doctrines" II
seems to us that would seriously inter
fere with the output OF New England
ideas
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-01-07

John Long married Miss Belle Loud
in Tennessee the other day. Well
Long and Loud ought to be able tc
make them slves heard.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-01-07

Since his retirement from military
life time is said to hang heavy on Gen.
Butler. He ought to be able to make a
good hand at bridge whist.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-01-07

The American speculator is every
where. He now wants to rescue Miss
Stone for one-sixth of what the bandits
ask.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-01-07

doesn't matter half so much as what
we think of ourselves after making
1 per cent deduction for proper self
esteem.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-01-07

It begins to look as If it might be
necessary to get out search warrant
for Colonel Arthur Lynch. NJ. P. fol
Galway
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-01-07

The empress dowager of China has
conferred the two-eyed peacock feather
on General Yung-Lu. the Boxer leader.
This ought to tickle the foreign poweri
half to death.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-01-07

A membership OF 1000 In the Harvard
Club of New York would seem to
show that the metropolis and Cam
bridge are within easy reaching dis
tance of each other.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-01-07

Lord Kitchener is fencing in the
Boer, but wnat will happen when his
troops get chased up against the fence1
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-01-07

When there is n turkey gobbler on
the table there are usually other tur.
key gobblers seated around it.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-01-07

Cuba's health authorities have de-
cided that the dissemination Of yellow
fever is entirely due to mosquitoes.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-01-07

Mime. Nordica must be preparing for
q green old age II she expects to collect
that 100000 from Uncle Sam.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-01-07

The ninety e-an-hour wind on the
Pacific coast began before congress
got down to business. 1nis much in
Justice to that much maligned body.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-01-07

In spite of all opposition. Pat Garrett
Of New Mexico got the Ell Paso collector
ship. Carrots always come on top.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-01-07

The passing of the historical novel
is foreshadowed and few readers Of
fiction will mourn the loss of the
swashbuckling. blood-thirsty heroes
familiar to the public for the last five
years. TIE demand for modern wooers
of up-to-date girls has already been
felt and business men are likely to
get chance to do a little love-making
in the pages of the stories Of 1902.
The golf stick is to take the place
of the sword and the automobile is to
supplant the fiery war horse.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-01-07

The heirs OF Anneke Jams are inaug.
urating another determined movement
to obtain possession of millions of dol
lars worth of property held by the
Trinity church corporation OF New
York for centuries. At Philadelphia
meeting they raised s2.6s to pay
lawyer.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-01-07

If the man who forged a pension am
Savit had been wise enough to shun the
pen he might have kept OUT of the ~
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1902-03-05
TIE sanyasia of India

Popular belief in India still credits
Sanyasis and other holy vagabonds
with miraculous powers. Even the ma
tive journals often chronicle marvels
like the instantaneous cure of incura-
BILE diseases or the feeding of thou
sands out of small measure of rice.
One of these prints gives a description
OF how a sanity Sanyasi saved the
lives of a certain rajah and his escort
from wild elephant. AS the party
was proceeding through the lower
Himalayas monstrous tusker broke
out OF the Jungle and set to trumpet
ing. The raJah and his followers were
considerably scared and were giving
themselves up for lost when a noble
looking Sanyasi appeared and, stand
Ing In front Of the travellers, told them
to shout a certain order to the elephant.
This done, the animal bolted into the
Jungle, while the savior of the rajah
and his party vanished without wait.
Ing to be thanked.
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Says n literary man: IT used to
think that the word sophomore was
made up of tho Greek word signifying
wise and the English word more The
word was thus applicable, l thought,
to the second class In n college because
they were more wise than their fell
lows In their own estimation. But 1t
seems that the word has purer gene
alogy and meaning even less fatter-
ing to the class of collegians to whom
1t is applied. 1t was first used Mt the
University of Cambridge, England. and
In its infancy appeared in the form
'soph NOR 1t was composed of the
word 'soph.' contraction for 'sophis-
ter and a Greek word meaning fool
ish (moros).
1.-THE college course extended over
three years and one term. The respec-
1--WE classes of students were termed
freshmen or first year men, junior
sophs or soph-mors, senior sophs and
questioners. This nomenclature was
transferred to the American higher IN
stitutions of learning, and In the form
freshmen, juniors and seniors. still ex-
lists"
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Peter was dying, and he had been a
friend of mine as long rs l could re-
member. He had gone to work under
ground at the age of seven. He had
never been properly fed. Every day hs
had come sweating to the surface after
q climb of 200 fathoms, had changed
and walked couple of miles to his
clean, cheerless cottage. Now he wat
fifty-hve, and he looked seventy, and
heart and lungs had given out. He
knew that he was near the end and
still kept his philosophy. He was as
honest man as ever lived, and 1t had
often seemed strange that he was al
most the only man In that village of
Me;hodIsts who had no religion. He
lay dy.ls and was content except for
the fact that he could no longer enjoy
tobacco. One day I sat by his bed
when the doctor came. He was a shy
man and very earnest Christian, and
he was fond Of Peter. knew that he
had something he was desperately anx-
fous to say. and l was on the point of
taking my leave when he spoke, drop
ping, as one did with Peter, into the
old caressing dialect:
''Where do zee think you'm goln' to,
Peter, when you do dIe?"
Peter looked up at him with the
ltindllest Of smiles. "Dunnaw, doctor;
but never knew horse yet that
get bit o. grass somewhere"
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The soul of a rajah who had been
released from the cares of this world
and an uncongenial wife presented
himself at the gates of paradise.
'Have you been in purgatory yetT
demanded Brahma.
"No, but l have been married"
ENTER then. 1t ID the same thing"
At this moment another soul arrived
who begged Brahma to allow him also
to enter.
Softly, softly. Have you been In
purgatory yetY'
mo, but neither has that other fel.
low. He died the same day did"
Every true, but he had been mar
ried."
Married, indeed! Why, have been
married three times"
Away, then. to the lower regionsw
said Brahma sternly. Paradise Is not
made for imbeciles."
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THE JAPAN CURRENT.
Kuro siwO PILES Great Loads of
DriftwoOd on AInskn,n Shores

Driftwood ON AInskn's shores.
In one sense the Kuro Siwo, or Japan.
current, is the most interesting In the
world because many oceanographers
believe 1t was the direct means of peo-
pling America. This much at least is
certain: II boat were to be set adrift
on parts of the Asiatic coast and sur
vived all storms, the Japan current
could be depended upon to carry 1t
across the Pacific and deposit 1t on the
American shore. Such a thing has
happened. In 1882 nine Japanese fish
ermen We're left derelict and unable to
find their way back to shore They
went with the current, and after
drift lasting during several months
they We're carried to Hawaii.
Trees torn by storms from the banks
of Asiatic rivers frequently float across
the Pacific TO the American coast. Be-
tween Kakatag and Kyak islands,
about 1900 miles northwest of Seattle,
enormous piles of this driftwood cover
the beaches. There can be no question
of the Asiatic origin Of the timber.
They are the trunks of the camphor
tree, the mango and the mahogany.
Logs 100 feet long and eight feet In d.
ameter are frequently found. Many of
them are seen floating shoreward, with
fantastic roots standing high above the
waves. In places the logs are piled
twenty feet high. They are generally
without bark, which has been peel9N
off by the waves, and most of them
have become white and heavy from
impregnation with salt water. AS they
pile up the sands drift over them, and
gradually they sink out of sight. and
new beaches are formed. This process
has been going on for ages, and the
shore line is being steadily extended.
Excavations along the beach show that
texture of the buried timber gets hard
er and harder the farther in you go,
until In some instances petrifaction has
taken place. Other excavations show.
logs that have turned to coal.
The presence of Siberian driftwOod
on the shores of Greenland convinced
Nansen that his idea OF drifting across
the Polar sea in the Fran was logical.
Great quantities of the wood are an
nually cast on the coasts of Spitz-
bergen and Nova Zembla, and there
are tribes of Greenland Eskimos who
depend for sledge runners and other
wooden implements on the drift from
Siberian forests. For years they de.
pended for iron implements on the
hoops of casks which came to them
over seas.-Theodore Waters In Aims
| lees.
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MARITIME EXPRESSIONS.
esed In n Metaphorical Sense, They
Are Quite Common.

Arc quite Common.
Maritime expressions, used meta
phorically, are, in fact, very common.
We say couple are "spliced," young
man is the "mainstay" of his family,
an intruder puts his oar In" the men,
Der from Wayback steers through"
man Is hard up" sometimes taken
aback" or has "the wind taken out Of
his SAILS" topper is "slewed," loafer
s'spins a yarn" sometimes tries the
other tack" and ruler steers the
ship of state" through troublesome
| times.
This last metaphor is extremely an
Client, by the way. Horace refers to
Rome as ship at sea, and Plutarch
says the Delphic oracle referred to
Athens In the same way. A Tamil
saying embodles like metaphor, 1.-The
soul is the ship, reason is the helm,
the oars are the souls thoughts. and
truth is the port" An old collection
OF English proverbs contains this one:
'The tongue is the rudder of our ship"
A Malay maxim says, 1.-THE boat which
Is swamped at sea may be bailed out,
but the shlpwreck of the affections Is
final"
Aristophanes, Plautus and others use
an expression which comes down to
us as an English saw, ITO row one
way and look another" An old Eng
lish proverb Q614) was, at Is not good
to have an oar In every ones boat
United Service.
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When Anice reached the pavement,
GREATNESS and pale, she could see
down the narrow street a runaway au-
tomobile, with frightened barehead-
ed boy clinging to the seat and scream
ing frantically.
She ran blindly after him, dizzy
with visions of a sickening collision on
the street car line few blocks away.
A buely policeman Joined in the chase,
and recruits swarmed up. seemingly
from the ground.
Suddenly tall young man In a long
ulster appeared around the corner
ahead of the flying White Arrow.
Jam your lever backr' he shouted.
But poor Nose was too frightened to
obey. He only chung tighter to the
controller. pushing II to the third
notch. The carriage shot forward. AS
1t bowled toward the tall young man
he sprang out almost directly In Its
path.
He waited till 1t sped alongside, Their
quick as fash flung himself ON the
rear of the auto. Grasping the pro
jectlng axle, he swung himself up
then reached over the back Of the seat
| and seized the controller.
lift your foot" he commanded.
Nose, with face very white under III
dirt, obeyed meekly.
Now, youngster, where did you gel
this machine?"
The tall young man seated himself
calmly, backed the runabout slowly
and turned 1t around, following the
direction of NOSES trembling finger.
Miss Aniee was waiting to receive
them at the crossing.
"Oh, Harvey-you," she said, then
very dignifedly: "Thank you very
much, DR.. Givins. had no idea"-
81 was down below here to see pa.
tlent." lie bowed gravely as he de-
scended from the carriage.
"In Hester street," she querled.
yes" he said, meeting her glance
unfiinchlngly. II have several In this
region, Ikey Meemsteln among them
He did not deem 1t necessary to ado
that he also had practiced charity only
since October.
"Shall assist you up, Miss-AnlceY
the last as he caught sight of the
faded vlolets.
She followed the direction of his
glance and blushed furlously.
'There was no card with them
she excused weakly
"But you knew they were mine
didn't you, Anice, dear2"
eyes, | thought So" she said very
softly.
Then she bravely flew the flag of un
conditional surrender.
Wont you please take me home
Harvey. l don't think l can manag
the White Arrow very well-yet."
His face lit up joyfully as he swun
into the seat beside her. His left han
was upon the controller, but his RICH
disappeared under her raglan sleeve.
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EN- gIlsb Oaks.

The old parliamentary oak In CLIP
stone park, England, is believed to be
1900 years old. The tallest oak in
that country. called the Dukes Walk
Ing Stick" Is higher than the spire of
Westminster abbey, and the largest is
the "Cowthorpie," which now meas
ures seventy-eight feet in circumfer-
ence and at one time with its branches
covered more than an acre of space.
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Chasing the Fox.

A fox hard pressed by the Warwick
Shire hounds, in England, dashed into
back kitchen at Nailey Hall, the seat
OF the Marquis Of Hartford, where a
woman was washing clothes. Seeking
a place Of concealment, the animal
sprang upon the furnace and dived into
the almost boiling soapsuds, from
which, however. he was quickly out
again and was then captured.--London
Telegraph.