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The Elbert County tribune., 1902-11-13

Quite naturally. much interest is be-
sources of the region to be opened up
by the new Moffat railroad. The fol-
lowing article concerning the coal de-
posits of that section is therefore OF
value. II is taken from the Engineer
ing and Mining Journal of recent date.
and says:
The new railroad line between Dem
yer and Salt Lake City, which Will
pass through Routt county in north
western Colorado. has attracted n
great deal of attention in that coun-
try. Its possibilities are great in all
the agricultural lines. but the main
resources. which will receive the
greatest benefit from the construction
of the new line, are without a doubt
the coal deposits Their exploitation,
which is only attempted In a small
way now, in order to supply the local
demand. will receive a great impetus
when the higher grades OF coal can
reach a larger market.
There are extensive deposits of lig-
nitic coal OF the same quality as that
exploited in the northern coal fields
of the eastern slope Of the Rockies in
Lafayette. Erie, Scranton and the
neighboring towns between Golden
and Boulder. As the output of these
fields could be easily increased, the
coal fields of the western slope. with
an additional freight over the range,
can be only very poor competitor.
However, the home market will be
largely increased with the advent OF
the railroad and demand could be
created in Utah for this grade OF coal.
But the future of the coal fields OF
Routt county is much more in the
tracts of high-grade coal which have
been opened in several localities.
Since the deposition of the coal the
country has been subjected to strong
earth pressure, which has folded up in
long anticlines and synclines the coal
measures with the other formations.
Moreover. the measures have been in
several places cut by dikes and
masses of eruptive rocks. which have
forced their way through. In many
places by their heat and a large out
pouring of steam they have effected
the transformation of the coal from a
Ignite with large percentage OF
volatile matter into bituminous and
coking coal and even into anthracite.
The coal measures in Routt county,
as everywhere else in Wyoming. Coll
orado and New Mexico, are found in
the deposits of the Laramie formation.
They belong to the latest part of the
cretaceous epoch. just before the dawn
of the tertiary. II is soft-water form
alton, deposited In large. shallow la
goons. with a semi-tropical vegetation.
In many cases the marshes were prob
ably more or less in communication
with the open sea. The strata are an
alienation of massive or thick-bedded
sandstones with beds of shale. The
| I 8ts.,. ta 4 4
500 feet thick, with three levels of coal
measures. one at the bottom. another
in the middle and the third one at the
top. Each of these three coal meas
ures has several veins and often sew
eral of workable size. OF a thickness
varying from four to fifteen feet OF
course. veins from a few inches up oc-
cur yet more frequently As rule,
each vein is separated from the next
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-11-13
LINE OF THE MoFFAT ROAD.
An officer Tells of the Advantages of
the Section Traversed.

Denver. Nov. 9.-Oflicers of the Mof-
Fat road were in consultation at head
quarters in the Majestic building dur
Ing the day yesterday. Reports from
the field were carefully gone over and
comparison made of the different
routes that have been surveyed to the
mouth of the tunnel. two miles north
of James peak No final conclusions
were reached as to the route that is to
be selected.
Syl T. Smith. president of the con-
struction company. is not unacquainted
with the region west of the main range.
Sixteen or seventeen years ago Mr..
Smith. in company with Engineer Wig
ellsworth, the well-known railroad
builder. McMurtrie. and party of men
who were familiar with the region.
made trip of two months down the
Yampa river and through the district
which is to be traversed by the new
railroad. The party started from the
mouth of the Roaring Fork and tray-
eled leisurely, examining the country
with special reference to its possibilities
for railroad building.
1T was one of the pleasantest jour-
neys / ever undertook" said Mr..
Smith, in speaking of the trip. THE
Denver & Rio Grande had then reached
tne valley OIL lUt river anu IL
great deal was heard of the productive
ness of northwestern Colorado. The
question was whether the railway
would be built into Routt county. We
found a more productive country than
we expeced and we lived like kings
on the fish and the game. During the
entire journey we did not kill single
deer or elk The settlers of the country
kept up the good. old-fashioned custom
of hanging the carcasses of game in the
trees, after cutting away what was de-
sired for immediate use. We found
plenty of deer hanging from the branch
es and we had all the venison we
wanted without the trouble of hunt
ing for 1t. Many times we came across
herds of deer that were so tame we
drove them away with stones just to
see them kick up their heels and run.
The mountain streams teemed with the
finest trout and the trip was summer
excursion which | shall ever remember
with delight We found immense bod
les of coal and saw evidences of met
alliferous deposits which will no doubt
be worked proftably when the railroad
reaches Routt county. The impression
then made on my mind is so vivid that
It is not necessary for me to visit the
region now in order to appreciate its
possibilities"
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-11-13
Unsuccessful Attempt to Rob a Train

Austin, Tex. Nov. 10.-The st.
Louis flyer to Mexico City over the
International and Great Northern. due
here o o'clock tonight, owes its
safety to the fact that local passen-
ger ahead OF It running two hours and
half behind time crashed into pile
OF debris placed on the track presum-
ably to wreck the flyer.
Five miles from the city, Just on
the edge of the mountain ranges and
near the scene OF three famous hold
ups, the local train smashed into a
big pile of rocks and cross ties that
had been driven between the rails.
The train had slowed up to discharge
passengers and was not derailed- Two
suspicious characters were noticed
near the scene earlier In the day.
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-11-13
THE BOSTON CASE
MASON NAY NOT BE GUILTY.
coiored Boy Says He Pawned the
Watches Of the Murdered Women
and Says He Got Them From
Mason.


Watches Of the Murdered Women
and Says He Got Them From
Mason.
Boston. Nov. e.-The strange case
Involving the murder of two young
women. Agnes McPhee and Clara A
Morton. and the mu-derous assaults on
many others. was a step nearer solu-
ton to-day. for late last night the po-
lice were given the custody OF the
young man who sold or as he thought
pawned. the watches which were taken
by the so-called Jack the Slugger'
from the bodies of his victims.
The person in custody is a light-com-
plexioned negro eighteen years old
His name is George l.. o. Perry He
has confessed that be secured the
watches which he sold from a man in
Central square. Cambridge. He has
given the mans name as Allen G. Ma
SON. While the police are endeavoring
to establish a connection between Per-
ry and Mason. friends of the latter are
equally strenuous in their endeavor to
support their contention that the ne
gro has made false statements.
When they met face to face in Cam
bridge Jail to-day, Mason denied ever
having seen Perry before. The identi-
fication of Mason by Perry. however.
was of such a character that Police
man George Durham says he has no
doubt that the two are acquainted.
Mason is very nervous. more so than
he has been when others have called
to see him. Perry. on the other hand.
was unconcerned. and gazed at Mason
for several seconds. then turned and
went toward the door.
The boy in his statement says that
he met the man, whose name is not
disclosed, in Central square. Cam
bridge. about four weeks ago. After
some conversation they begon to talk
about watches, and the man gave the
boy a small watch. Perry pawned it
with Nemser. and, meeting the man
again, gave him 75 cents of the pro-
ceeds. Last Sunday Perry met him
again, as he says, accidentally. and
again the man showed watch. Perry
says the man seemed anxious to get rid
of it. so he took it and pawned it with
Nemser. gettingx s4. He says he has
not seen the man since.
While Perry maintains that he
bawned two watches found in Nemser's
store, in Cambridge street. and the
writing on slips given to Nemser at
The time corresponds with the hand
writing of Perry, Nemser declares that
Perry is not the person from whom he
purchased the watches, and in saying
This he asserts that he knows Perry
well and is also acquainted with his
mother.
Young Perry has a bad record and
Tells different stories.
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-11-13
chicago Teachers Join the A. F. Of L

Chicago. Nov. 1.-THE Chicago
Teachers Federation. at a special
meeting to-day. voted to affiliate with
the Federation OF Labor. One OF the
reasons assigned for the taking OF
such radical step is that the support
of the voters reached by the Fedora
ttion Of Labor would be Of great ben
eft 10 the teachers In their fight for
better wages and an Improvement In
the conditions surrounding the school
room.
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-11-13
pIattevIIIe Has Sugar Beet Fever.

Platteville. Colo. Nov 10.-A large
Ind enthusiastic meeting was held in
berkley hall Friday evening to take
iteps toward hoving sugar factory
bcated at this place. d.
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-11-13


Irish party in Parliament, was arrest
ed on his arrival at Kingstown Tues
day, and taken to Kilmainham jail.
Mr.. Redmond several months ago
made a speech at Wexford, which was
said to be incendiary. and he was or
dered by the court of the kings bench
to give bail for 81 900 for his future
good behavior. This he refused to do
and the court sentenced him to six
months Imprisonment.
The annual report OF Gen. A. W.
Greedy. chief signal officer of the army.
says the signal corps has built and put
in working order in Alaska 1.12i miles
of land lines and submarine cables
within twenty-four months. He also
calls attention to the necessity of a
Pacific cable and to the necessity for
international cable regulations, and
recommends that the War Department
be represented at the international tel
egraph conference to be held in Lon
don next year.
In connection with the fifteen muir
derous assault cases which have oc-
Cured in Cambridge. Brookline and
Somerville. near Boston. during the
last few months, two of which resulted
fatally, the police have arrested Alan
G. Mason of Boston. well known and
wealthy business man. member OF
the piano manufacturing firm of Ma
son & Hamlin, a prominent club man
and a Harvard graduate. The police
suspect that Mr.. Mason has been in
volved in nearly all the cases referred
to, as the circumstances have been sim
liar. He has been a victim of mental
trouble. for which he was treated at
the Mclean asylum at Wayerly.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-11-07

lone without they was a gun-play
s6rnewhers concealed in zt. Hiven fr-
bid that I shud want anything to
happen 70 those de1r cousins " ours
ecrost tn sea / wuddenr bring = tear
TO tn blu eye ~ lawn Hay. I dcE't
believe in too much foorce but we've
always got TO flavor tn porridge with
IL. I'd have a little conStichcochinaf
agitation an a little foorce. a sthreak
" wan an = sthreak ~ tn other. n
polite request an a punch in tn eye,
an argymint an = kick. = tanial la-ad
IN parlymint with a mellow voice an
4 good gtnteel accint an a boy in
oorduroys behind = rock in tn county
sligo 10 pint IN moral. 1 wud shoot
eff tn mouth wan day an tn blum
dherbuss tn mex, I'd have me frind Tay
Pay stand up IN parlymint an say:
Gentlemen. ye know I'm strongly
again ia use Nv foorce. Tn name fy
dinnynite fills me with abhorrencs an
tn explosion iv a fire cracker gives me
tn Jumps AZ a rale oil English gin
tiemcn in q long oat TO rale Of En-
glish gintlemeR in long coats. a. be-
tween fellow subjlcks ~ tn king. that
dear good man whom ali eyere 7
plead with ye Ia do justice TO tn faiF
Land iv mine which / often see on tn
IA as l come down to tn House. he
says. Go to tn divvil.' says tn Right
Al 9SAt AAA4 SAS4o4 lE1
amt enough justice to go arouni
amongst Us now. an why wud We be
THROWN IL away on n nice polse peo-
like ye.' he says frgot TO add
says lay Pay, that n fr!nd iv mine f.
settin' IN tn Gall'ry with a bag CON
tainin' about thirty pounds w up-wita-
ye,' he says. He has jus wrote me n
note sayin' that his arm les tired an
wud l mind II he tossed tn bag down
TO ye.' he says I'm greatly griev-d
with tn action iy me fellow counthry-
man but his name is O'Brien an I
can't conthrol him. he says so here
l go fr tn fire escape he says. an.
he says, If yell bring tn pa-apers with
ye,' he says. we might discuss tn
terms " IN settlement as We climb
down. he says.
That's MY policy. Hinnissy. an It's
been tn policy lv all other great
statesmen. Niver start a r.v-lution
without u gun. Niver ask Il man fr
anything unless ye can make him
think ye're H-ble To take il anyhow.
My wrongs ARE my wrongs an It's
little We mind thin until they begin 20
hurt We. If I'm sick in me room up
stairs, ye don't are but whin 1 begin
hollerin an jumpin' on tn fiure an
knockin' III plasthrin' down on ye'cr
head. yell sind fr tn doctor. I'd have
all the Numbers iv parlymint wear
oIack coats but they ought to be ready
to peel thin of at a minyit's notice
an show up ready TT business in red
shirts. FIR. Hinnissy. Ireland'u nicr
get anything firm England but a
threaty iv peace"
Il wondher will England liver free
Ireland" asked Mr.. Hennessy.
"Nfver," said Mr.. DooIey. What
Talk have yei No wan wants il tina,
way. England will niver fire.. Ireland
but some day, If we make il intnrestin'
enough fr her. she'll have to free En-
gland iv Ireland. An that'll be all
right"
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lion TEMPERANCE MEETING.
Large Audience in Attendance-The
Political Outlook.
Especial to The Messenger.)

Fayetteville, n. c., November g.
Yesterday morning he congregation of
the Presbyterian church were greatly
edited and instructed by a scholarly,
orthodox, ably considered sermon by
the venerable Rev. DR.. James r. Ora
ham, of Winchester, Va, father of the
pastor. Rev. H. T. Graham, who has
faithfully ministered in his Virginia
passionate for fifty-one years, and was
an intimate friends of Stonewan Jack
son.
It night the Presbyterian church was
filled to overlooking by a union temper
ance meeting, the discourse being deliv-
cred by Rev. H. T. Graham, who was
Revs. DR.. j. r. Graham and T. a. Hall.
the new pastor of the First Baptist
church.
The aldermen have decided to set
the electric light poles in the middle of
the main thoroughfares of the city
Hay. Person, Green, Gillispie, Russell
and Rowan streets, on a bank of turf.
with bicycle paths on each side. Some
like and some dislike the plan, but it is
certain hat it will save the shade
trees, and, If the work is we'll done, will
add to the appearance of the streets.
The outlook in the county for tomor-
row is that of safety for the democrats
If they will all go to the polls; but, as
the majority is small at best, if they are
Indifferent they may bring on them
selves defeat in the legislative and
commissioners tickets.
The new magistrates nominated for
Cross Creek township are Major ]. c..
Vann, Captain j. 3. Smith, Messrs. C.
B. Mcmillan, c. P. Oreby, Frank Glow
er. w. =. Caster.
Rev. I. A. Hall, of Winchester. Va,
has accepted the call to the p~astorate
of the First Baptist church of this city.
Miss Ellen Hollingsworth is a visitoc
to the Wilmington carnival.
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MANY PROMINENT VISITORS.
Hanson Returning Home.
President Spencer Hunting.
Especial to The Messenger.)


Greensboro, y. c., November 3.-Sen-
ator Matt w. Ransom spent last night
here at The Benbow Hotel, returning
home from his western camCaiSn tour,
or Sriumphal march. Although rs years
of age, the grand old man" seems in
spired with life and zeal in behalf of
the cause of good democratic policies
and government. At the station this
morning, after it was known hat he
was in the city, a large %concourse Of
friends nae gathered to shake his
hand and bid him godspeed in mis- flu
ture, as we'll as "a congratulate him
and thank him for his past services to
his state and coul4 y.
Sam'1. w. Spence president &C the
Southern railway, tas here a short
while yesterday W. n a party of in
vited guests on his private car. He IS
having a hunt with them at his game
preserves near Friendship, this county.
He has leased the hunting privileges
on several hundred acres. Sheriff Jor-
dan, a crack shot, went along with the
party to show them no how to
wing a bird without torture or dis
~figuration.
Birds are never plentiful early in the
season as all hunters know. After q
week or two of banging and hunting
they seem to materialize. The pros
pect for this season was never finer,
and there will be an immense crop of
birds, after they come to the surface.
Attorney General r. d. Gilmer spent
yesterday ait the McAdoo house and
went to Taylorsville to speak today.
From there he goes to his home at
WayneSville to vote tomorrow.
Rev. DR.. BrattOn, of st. Mary's, Ra-
leigh, preached excellent ermOns here
yesterday to a large congregation at
st. Andrews in the morning and at
the State Normal and Industrial Col
Loco Of ni0hf
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get that hair dye for you. I've also
got a new supply of your complexion
powder. If you were only a widower
now, you wouldn't look q day over
sixty"
Then Mr.. BowSer would turn forty
kinds of red and white and veal in
the whispered language Of every ma
ton on earth, and one had only to OBJ
serve him to decide that the druggist
had the better of it.
Fifty different times Mr.. Bowser has
entered hat drug store with no other
errand than to pick a fuss. His Gus
tom on such occasions is to walk up
and down the store for three or four
minutes and then suddenly turn on the
druggist with:
"Well, how many men, women and
children have you poisoned off tOdayY'
"None of your business"
perhaps not; but if you ever poison
one Of my family it'll be some of my
business, and don't you forget it."
eff the family numbered one less, it
would be a good thing for this neigh
borhood."
"And there will be one less druggist
above ground if you don't learn the
difference between %paregoric and lau-
danum."
Mrs. Bowser has talked and argued,
but it has done no good. Mr.. Bowser
is a man who never gives up, and the
druggist has an iron jaw. In most
wars there is a truce or a rest now and
then, but there is no let up in this.
Neither of the men ever goes into win
ter quarters. a week ago a mutual
friend conceived the idea of bridging
the chasm, and he called upon Mr..
Bowser first. He had begun to tell
him that it was his duty as a leading
citizen of the neighborhood to meet ad-
vances half way when he was inter-
rupted with:
Say no more; not another word.
That man is too independent and has
got to be humbled. I'll make him
come to time if it takes me ten years.
Aye, I'll bring him low or perish in the
attempt"
1t was hoped to find the druggist
more reasonable, but disappointment
awaited the would be mediator. He
had only mentioned the name Of Bow
ser when the druggist held up his
hands and shouted:
"Never! Never! That Bowser is an
old crank and a burned mean man,
and I'll make him get down and chew
gum if it takes a hundred years to do
it," NJ. QUAD.
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DEATH OF COLONEL WASHINGTON.
Family and n Prominent
federate.

Washington. November 4-ColoneI
L. q. Washington. Of this city. died
here today. Through a collateral
branch Of Ghe Washington family he
related TO George Washington
During the civil war Colonel Wash
lngton entered the confederate military
service. later becoming chief clerk OF
the confederate department OF state.
He was Intimately associated with
Secretaries Hunter and BENJAMIN. OF
the coRfederacy, and toward the close
OF the war became assistant secretary
of state. Colonel Washington's home
here was frequently 4 meeting place
for some OF the most distinguished
men of the country. He was born Ia
this city and va Il years OF age.
Colonel Washington was Tor many
years prominently identified with
newspaper work and achieved a repu-
tation as a correspondent. A meeting
of correspondents has been called TO
take appropriate action on his death.
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1t Was Bound to Come.
"Tell me the worst, Maria"
sour daughters eloped with the
chaufeur."-New York Journal.
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QUARREL ENDS FATALLY.
Hon. Hale Johnson Shot and Killed
in an Alteration With Henry
Harris.

bingham, ILL.,, November 4.-Hon.
Hale Johnson, a prohibition leader of
National prominence, and a vice presi-
Dental candidate IN the prohibition
ticket in 1896, was shot and killed by
Harry Harris, this afternoon at Bogota,
a village in Jasper county, thirty miles
from here. Harris committed suicide in
the county jail tonight by taking pois-
on. Mr.. Johnson who was practicing
law at Newton, the county seat, went
to Bogota to collect an account, on
which judgement already had been rem
dered against Harris. An alteration
occurred between Johnson and Harris
who there upon fired a pistol
at Johnson at close range, the charge
striking Johnson in the face and caus-
ing in 4 n death. Immediately after
the sh"Jting Harris jumped into john
sons buggy n attempted TO make his
escape. but was apprehended by a dep
uty sheriff who had accompanied john
son and who was a witness 70 the
shooting.
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who puts up arsenic for q~uinine.
You'd better turn a hundred prescrip-
lions away than make one blunder."
81 think 1 can run this business" re-
piled the druggist with all proper dig
nifty.
"Well perhaps you can, but it will
be well to keep your eyes open. l shall
trade with you more or less, and if you
make a blunder with me you'll find a
man who'll follow you to your grave"
"You might take your custom else
where"
But 1 don't propose to. This is a
drug store, and you are supposed to be
a druggist. l shall get what l want in
the drug line right here" The drug
gist decided hat Mr.. Bowser was an
old crank and that the less he saw
of him the better, and Mr.. Bowser de-
cided that the druggist needed to be
taken down q few pegs. There was
another drug store only a block away,
but he would do all his buying at this
onszout Of spite. It wasn't three days
beGre he felt aguish and wanted
some quinine. Inc he dropped in to
say:
eff you think you can put up a quar-
ter's worth of two grain Quinine cap
sules. go ahead and do it, but don't
ring in morphine Or strychnine on me-"
"For fear of mistakes you'd better
go elsewhere" replied the druggist.
"TH be hanged if I dor shouted
Mr.. Bowser as he pounded on the
counter. you are either a druggist or
not a druggist. You either know
enough to put up quinine capsules or
you don't. 1 stand on my rights"
The druggist took the bluff and put
up the quinine, but as he closed the
deal he couldn't help saying:
'aThere are folks in this neighbor-
hood who seem to so with a crank"
"And there are druggists around here
who want to haul in their horns If they
expect to keep put Of bankruptcy" re-
piled Mr.. Bowser as he walked out.
This state of affairs has existed for
The last three years, and Mr.. BoWser
enjoys it and wouldn't have it other
wise. There are times when the laun-
dry is locked up and when the butcher
seems in a dangerous mood, but the
drug store is always open and the
druggist always ready to make a fair
fight of it. Mr.. Bowser has been de-
termined to humble that druggist or
perish in the attempt, and the drug
gist has been determined to maintain
his independence If his sales fell off to
a pound of camphor balls per week.
On occasions Mr.. Bowser has dropped
in for a gargle or a cough mixture, and
as he received the bottle he would
shake his head and soberly remark:
"May possibly be all right, but