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Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-06-01

Sandy" Anderson came down from
Siivertun this morning enroute to
Denver. Says the snow keeps getting
deeper and ii will be some time be-
fore mountain trails are opon.
Bert Gartin entertained a company
of ladies' and gentlemen with an auto
mobile ride to Trimblo Springs last
evening. leaving Durango shortly after
seven and returning about midnight.
Miss Pearl Miller, teaching in the
public schools the past winter, max
ing her home with Mrs. J. N. Gallo
way. left this morning for her home
In Denver, FIRST visiting for time In
New Mexico.
Joe Clarke looks much better than
when he left here some time ago for
California. although suffering little
from cold caught at pagosa Springs.
Joe has had n long Siege of II and We
trust his rheumatics viii soon be a
thing of the past
FFtu SitlHtktt II puA'lhS W SN'hAS
time In the mines and we hope he VIII
uncover the yellow metal in paying
quantity Fred ls deserving, II any
one is. having boosted for Durango
and the southwest the past twenty
Ave years.
q. H. Marine. who has been elected
vice president and treasurer of the
Greenlaw Lumber company, departed
yesterday for the mill where he Will
spend the summer He was accom-
panied by his wife,
r. IA. McFndden expects 10 return
To Durango and Red Mountain in June
AS soon as he can get men to work.
Speaking of the snow, he says be
never encountered anything like il.
He says many slides win have to be
shoveled through to operate the Red
Mountain road even in July and that
In places the rails have been carried
down the hillside by the ayalanches
Judge Granville Pendleton came up
from Aztec yesterday afternoon To
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-28
FIRE DAMP ExPLODES.
Seven Miners Believed TO Have
Lost Their Lives.

Latrobe. Pa. Feb. 2S.-The Hostetter.
Connellsvile Coke eompany's mine near
here was the scene of a fire damp ex-
plosion yesterday in which it is thought
seven men lost their lives. Their names:
MICHAEL FLACK
MICHAEL FLACK, JR.
WILLIAM H. BESsER.
STEVE HOODUK
JOHN GAKISH
CHARLES r. BENNY.
JOHN PENZERIC.
The explosion occurred when the full
force of men were at work. and it is
considered almost a miracle that there
were no more fatalities. About 500 men
are employed in the mine, when IS To-
ated four and half miles west OF this
place on the Whitney branch Of the
Pennsylvania railroad.
The cause of the explosion is a nys-
terry. It occurred in what is known as
NO. Z left fiat entry which is near the
eastern end Of the mine and about two
miles from the main entry Most OF
the force of miners at work were in
the vicinity Of the entry in which the
explosion occurred
The explosion was not heard outside
of the mine, and none except those at
work knew anything of it until those
who escaped came rushing to the main
entry and spread the news of the dis
aster. For some time it was thought
that fifty or more of the men had been
caught by the explosion. Gradually
however. the lamp room in which each
miner deposits his safety lamp at the
end of the days work began to fill up.
and it was by this means that the real
number of the missing was ascertained.
Hopes are entertained that the men
may be still living and three rescuins
parties have made efforts to reach
them The first party found two men
unconscious in one of the workings and
they We're revived after being brought
to the surface. 1t has been impossible
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been one of the best stations ever in the
state
Having in 1874 a stud of highly bred
horses Mr. Lee purchased the old Bap-
fist Mission farm as a home for them.
This is located about three and a half
miles from the present limits of To-
peka where q. creek runs into the kan
sas river at spot where the uplands
slope into a sort Of pocket or dell of
bottom land and this suggested the
name Of Prairie Dell as the name for
the farm.
In the center of the land was the
large stone mission building which Mr.
Lee converted into convenient stable
with room for fifty horses. and this is
much the oldest building now standing
in Shawnee county, having been erected
in 1S47 It was on this farm where for
rner Governor Geary was camped when
he issued the first Thanksgiving procla-
nation promulgated for Kansas in the
year 1856
Prairie Dell farm was now a pro
Gsreg0r was bred to the mares bought in
Orange county. and obtaining a great
national reputation from his trotting
performances was, after he was retired
from the track, taken to Lexington. KY.
permanently, and when 10 years old
and standing at a fee of $500, was sold
by Mr.. Lee for $4,000, the highest price
ever paid in America for horse Of his
a~e.
Mr. Lee shipped with him six of his
best brood mares and bred them to the
highest priced and most fashionable
stations in the United States. and Sc
lected the best of their produce for
Prairie Dell farm. and it was by such
selection that this farm now occupies
position as a breeding farm not equaled
by any other farm in the Missouri val
ley, for not only was Robert Mc6Sregor
owned for over seventeen years, but the
dam and grand dam of Paula dam of
Grattan Boy, 2:0S. were bred and raised
there. As was the sire and dams sire of
Pansy McGregor %. 2.233z, world S
champion race yearling. And last year
the champion 4-year-old trotter, Max
inc, 2,0SSz had Prairie Dell farm sire.
his dam and the sires of the dam and
grand dam of this champion being also
bred and owned there. as we'll as long
list Of fast trotters and their dams. and
such great Kansas sires as Fergus Nc
Oregon, Aladdin, COriander. Mountain
Mist, MacCullOm Moore. Monroe. Evan
Dhu Mcleod and many others in tho
past as we'll as the present day stall
lions, Jackdaw. The Shamrock. Flying
Bird, GlenWOOd. and a dozen others. The
present mares and FLIES are the selec-
ton and descendants of selections made
in the last thirty years The blood lines
are of the best in America. and com
prise the get of Baron Wilkes. Jay Bird
Wilton, Robert McGregOr, through him
self and as sire his greatest son,
Fergus Mc(4reROr
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-28

Burglar Theory Has Been
Abandoned by the Police.

Buffalo. Feb. 2S.-The theory at first
advanced that Edwin L. Burdick. presi-
dent of E. l. Burdick & Co, and OF the
Buffalo Envelope company, was muir
dered at his home ON Ashland avenue in
one of the finest residence sections Of
the city by burglar was abandoned
as the police probed deeper into the
case, and while they claim to have sew
eral important clues, no arrest has been
made Mr. Burdick was last seen alive
Thursday night at 1920, when he babe
the other members of the household
good night and started for his room,
apparently with the intention of retiring
for the night. The next morning his
body, clad ia an undershirt. was found
lying on a couch in a small room of the
lower hall used by Mr. Burd1ck as q
smoking room The body was covered
with rug and a number of sofa pill
lows. The couch was saturated with
blood. and the walls and floor Of the
little den were despatched with brains
and blood. The head had been crushed
Detectives Cussciz took charge OF the
case. a thorough examination Of the
house and its occupants was made.
Nothing of value was missing. The
outside door was locked and the spring
lock was in its place when the servants
got up in the morning. The inner door
was ajar. A Kitchen window was part
ly raised. but there We're no marks OIL
the snow O4LclAf OF upon tie WAI00A~
sill to indicate that any one had entered
through the other windows and doors OF
the house which We're securely fastened.
This shattered the theory Of an IN
known intruder
Some interesting discoveries were
made in other parts of the house. To
begin with. no weapon could be found
anywhere. The body was clad in an
undershirt At the foot of the couch
were found the drawers and stockings.
The trousers and other articles of cloth
ing which Nj. Burdick had worn were
in his bedroom on the floor above. The
bed had not been occupied. On the
table in the smoking room the detec-
tives found a bottle partly filed with
whisky and the remains of a light lunch.
Members of the family declare that Mr.
Burdick never partOok of the food Of
which the lunch was composed and
never drank liquor while eating In this
connection Chief Cusack gave out the
following statement:
From what I have made 7 would
conclude that Mr.. Burdick was called
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-28
LEGISLATIVE sIDELIGHTs.

Although it knows that there is not
any time to be lost between now and
the close of the session the senate finds
it very difficult to get together for
night sessions. Friday nights session
was considerably delayed because there
was no quorum at the time set for re-
suming work When Lieutenant Gov
ernor Hanna finally got things started
the senate went into committee of the
whole and recommended five bills for
passage The bills come up on third
reading today
Senator Leidy the school marm's
friend, has bill in which he allows
teachers one dollar per day for attend
ing meetings of the county institutes.
The purpose of the bill is to encour-
age attendance When the bill came
up for discussion Friday night Vincent
started a fight on it and had the pay
provision cut out. Leidy will make an
Other effort to save it when the bill
comes up for passage.
There will be about one more week
of the legislature. Next Saturday
most of the senators as the correct time
for adjournment.
Gaines Gilmore of Atchison. one of
the senate pages. is possessed of a
literary bent. Gaines writes on an
average of three letters a day; in fact
he carries on a correspondence equal
to that of all the other pages combined
In the meanwhile he manages to do his
share Of the work in the senate and is
popular with the senators.
All of Senator Warehouses; excessive
dignity was creased and wrinkllxed by an
injured look when ne rose in the senate
Friday afternoon to enter his protest
against the action of the senator from
Geary in taking advantage of his alb
sence to get the Geary county land
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A FEELING.
Good Food Makes It.

No one so we'll knows the delicious
feeling that comes from being well Sed
as the one who has suffered and then
found food that really would digest and
nourish
Feed the body Alright and see the
change A lady of Latrobe, Pa. writes:
some years ago I had an attack of ner-
vous prostration and my vocation of
music teacher being very trying, the
nervousness affected my digestive or
gans so much that food could not be
eaten without great distress.
This had been my condition for
wears A bout four years ago I had q
heavy cold that went to the weak parts
and caused catarrh of the stomach. 1
took bottle after bottle of medicine, but
nothing seemed to help.
u was always hungry and unsatisfed
but nothing gave me strength and
finally I could not even take a sip Of
cold water without pain and vomiting.
Food distressed me so that I would
throw up mOuthfulS oil slime and
..NVen r had reached that stage of not
caring much to live and still not quite
sick enough to die. when I finally was
induced to try GraDe-Nuts. The food
worked like a charm. There was no
distress after eating and I felt as il
had little hold on life. That was the
beginning of the end of my sickness
The nervousness gradually left me, and
[ became entirely cured OF that dread
full disease. nervous Drostration soon
reeained my usual weight and more
and have more color in my cheeks than
/ have had in years, and ] give Grape
Nuts the credit. I could eat them three
times q day. They are invaluable to
zoe
with a breakfast Of Grape-Nuts and
= of
Postum Coffee 7 feel better and stronger
than on any other food and am better
able to stand my work Name given by
Postum Co, Battle Greek. Mich
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down stairs by a ring or a knock at the
door after he was ready for bed. for he
was clad only in his underclOthing. He
evidently admitted some one he knew
well and took the visitor into the den
for talk and to partake of the lunch
con found there.
There are some signs of struggle
The fact that two of the fingers of Mr..
Burdicks left hand We're broken indi-
Gates that he put up his hand to ward
off a blow which he saw coming. The
body was covered with a rug and sew
eral pillows so that nothing could be
seen but the blood which flowed from
under the body"
The force with which the blows that
killed Mr.. Burdick We're delivered seems
to preclude the possibility that wo-
man delivered them.
Mrs. Burdick, the murdered mans
wife, left home two months ago with
the intention. it is said, of not returning
on December 5 proceedings for d.
vOrce were filed in the county clerks
Office by Mr.. Burdick- It is understood
Mrs Burdick went to Atlantic City
What connection Burdick's domestic
trouble may have had with the crime
the police do not presume to say.
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.


F. H. Foster and wife to ]. w. Davis,
S1100. lots 1-2, Percy street, Ridgeway's
subdivision, Rural Home addition.
Ambrose D. Jones and wife to Chas-
Ruling 81. 500, west half of southeast
quarter 3-11-16.
Sprague Chase and wife to ". G.
Tandy. IS, 000 lots 617-619-621, Buchanan
street, NJ. & D. addition.
Irene Frisbie to c. w Frisbie, $500,
lots 204 and south S feet lot 202, Jeffer-
son street. Holidays addition
P Rorstorf and wife to c. H Rfker,
5000, south half northwest quarter, II
10-15
". Coates and wife to o. NJ. Cromwell
5000. lots 79i-93-5-7-9 and sol Adams
street, Pierce's addition
H. r. Burns to F. II. Hook, $500,
east half northwest quarter 29-12-17.
A Reser to J. II. Reser, $50 part of
southeast quarter S-1G-13.
Chas Woodley and wife to Philip
Worstorf, 81, 700, southwest quarter o
10-15
J. E. SIoneeker to Christ hospital 5000.
Totes 290 to 80 Campbell Court and lots
266-2S2 Tenth avenue, West Park addi-
tor
JOS. ". Priddy to J. NJ Priddy ct al.
81 tract on Gordon street, North To-
peka.
J. r. Mulvane and wife to The Bank
Of Topeka, 81. lot 1862 and south half
$50. Lane street
A T. Daniels ct al to ]. G. Llonecker,
$500. lots in West Park addition.
Tax deed-To H D. Barrett south 5
feet of lot "a. block B. Topeka avenue,
Park addition.
Tax deed=TO Christ hospital, lots IN
West Park addition
Tax deed-TO same same.
Tax deed-TO H F. Anders. lots 466
and 46S Third street, Veale's addition
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AN EMPORIA SCANDAL.
Mrs James Boyd and Two Young
Men Have a Mixup.

EmpOria, Kan. Feb. 2S-For the last
few days there has been much talk here
about allegations which Mrs James
Boyd has made against DR.. H. G. Whit
tlesey. young dentist and a society
leader 1t is said Mrs. Boyd has made
threats against Mr.. Whittlesey, charg-
ing him with improper conduct with hel
daughter
Friday Mrs. Boyd met DR. Whittlesey
on the street near the postofice and at
tempted TO assault him. Howard Crit
fifth interviewed on behalf of Whittlesey,
and after striking Mrs Boyd in the face
ran to the nearest hotel, with Mr.. Boyd,
who had been across the street, in hot
pursuit. Mr. White. proprietor of the
hotel quoted the distur bance Griffith
claims it was in self-defense that he
struck the woman As both Mr. and
Mrs Boyd were said to have threatened
Whittlesey and Griffith warrants We're
issued against them and they are now
in Jail.
Some time ago Mrs. Boyd made
serious charge against DR.. Whittlesey,
and he says that later she offered to
settle the matter for $25. He has EN-
ployed counsel and further proceedings
will be instituted by him.
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Hig Grand Stand Plav.

Senator Wulfekuhler of Leavenworth
is long on grand stand plays. Last
night he introduced the following Teso-
luton, which explains itself.
Whereas 1t frequently has been her
aided to the public through the news
papers that Reed SmOot. senator-elect
from Utah. is disciple of the Nor
mon church and is guilty Of the practice
of polygamy or plural marriage; and
Whereas Such practice is contrary to
law and a disgrace to modern civihza-
ton. and
whereas. The same state elected to
the congress of the United States one
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ACUTE INDIGESTION
CURED BY DR. WILLIAMS PINK PILLS
FOR PALE PEOPLE.
Every Sufferer VIII Recognize the symp-
toms Described by Miss Rolling

Healthy and rosy-cheeked, looking as
though she had never known a sick day,
Miss Helen Rolling has nevertheless
passed through intense suffering. To
reporter who called at her house. No.
267 South Washington street, Columbus.
Ohio. he said:
Two years ago had an attack of
acute indigestion, accompanied by ner-
vous headaches and dizzy spells. I lost
in weight, my complexion became pale
ana sallow, slight eXertion made me
breathe hard and ] could not walk any
distance without getting all tired out.
became alarmed and sought medical
aid but the doctors gave me no lasting
benefit and ] continued to grow worse.
My stomach could not digest even the
simplest and most wholesome food, and
dieting did not seem to help me. And
l was so tired and worn out all the
while.
1T was Dr. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale PEOPLE that cured me. I read an
article somewhere telling. what these
pills had done and 1. began taking them.
Relief come almost Immediately. 1 kept
on taking them and my color came
back l could eat again with relish and
with no fear of distressing consequent
ces- began to feel strong and active
and in a short time was restored to per-
feet health"
What DR. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People did for Miss Rolling they
viii do for others similarly afflicted as
is proved by thousands of cases on file.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills cure stomach
trouble by their tonic action, building
up the digestive organs and enabling
them to do the work that nature in
tended them to do. Artificial ferments
and predigested foods weaken the stOm-
ach in many cases Medicines should
not 10 the stomach's work but should
put it in condition to perform it's nat
ural functions. A diet book giving use
full information viii be sent free on re-
quest by the DR.. Williams Medicine
Company, Schenectady, n. Y.
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Brigham Roberts. who was denied A
seat for the same reason: therefore, be
it
Resolved. BY the senate of the state
of Kansas, the house concurring herein
that we protest on behalf of the people
of this state against the seating of the
senator-elect from Utah: and be it fur
Their
Resolved, That copies of these resolu-
tons be sent to the United States sena-
tors from Kansas and that they be in
structed to use every honorable means
to prevent the seating of Mr.. Smoot in
the senate of the United States.
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Arkansas City, Kan. Feb. 2S-Alvin
Corbin. colored, aged Il years. While at
tempting to board south bound train
on the Santa Fe road. was thrown to
the ground breaking his neck and leg,
killing him instantly
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Usage CITY 30 Bore for on.

Usage City. Kan, Feb. 2S-Citizens of
Usage City met this week and appointed
temporary directors to organize a stock
company to drill IN the vicinity to ascer-
tain if gas. oil any minerals can be
found in paying quantities. It is the pur-
pose of the directors to push the matter
as rapidly as possible
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Revival Closing at Independence.

revival will close Sunday with jubilee
at the First NJ. f. church here This
revival has been in progress for the
last twelve weeks. There have been
$50 converts
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A Columbus Veteran Is Dead.

Columbus Kan, Feb. 2S.-Carlton
Fast, an ex-Union soldier and one of
the Oldest citizens of Cherokee county.
died at his home here Friday of heart
disease. He was wealthy retired
farmer.
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to reach others on account of dense
smoke and after damp.
The mine was owned by PittsburgerS
and the loss viii be about $4,000 from
flooding
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grab bill placed upon the calendar in
opposition to the unfavorable commit
tee report. The bill provides for giving
about eighty sections of Morris county
land to Geary. Morehouse. of Morris.
fought it before the judiciary commit
tee and secured an unfavorable report
upon it. He was out when the report
was made and Mcknight of Geary per
suaded the senate to give the bill
place on the calendar. Morehouse
thinks he can defeat it before the SEN
ate. The bill has received a favorable
report in the house.
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The youngest as well as one of the
brightest pages in the senate is Arthur
Beronius, a diminutive Topeka lad
who landed a job when the session
opened. Beronius is the kind of boy
who can get a job again two years
from now if he wants il.
Senator Codding is fathering a bill
in the legislature which ought to arouse
the interest of all the struggling young
law students in Kansas. If it passes it
will not be necessary for aspirants to
the bar to come to Topeka to take the
examination for admission to practice
in the supreme court of the state.
There is nothing in the bill to prevent
them from doing so if they want to-
Under the provisions of the bill the
members of the supreme court are di-
rected to draw up a set of require
ments W hich every applicant for ad-
mission to practice in Kansas must
meet. The purpose of the bill is to give
uniformity to the requirements of the
various district courts Of the state. A
person who has passed the examina-
ton thus prescribed will be entitled to
practice in any court in Kansas. The
bill has passed the senate.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1903-02-18

The threatened strike of the night
spinners in the mill of the Robinson
Manufacturing Co. at Oxford has been
handled in such business-like way
by the company that the strikers-all
save a few of the leaders-have cheer
fully returned to work at the old scale
Of wages. gael H
Capt. NJ. E. Conley, who stood by the
cradle of the Sheridan Rifles. now
known as Company l. of the Ist Regi-
ment of Infantry of the National
Guard of this State, and who after IA
years of service was recently retired
as major of the Guard, was rendered
a complimentary banquet in Portland,
Monday evening, by the honorary MEM
bers of that company.
Freight train No. 254. express from
Portland for Boston, in charge of Con-
ductor True and Engineer Hamilton,
collided at 1.20 A. NJ. Tuesday, with
freight 249 in charge of Conductor
Brown and Engineer Austen, from Bos-
ton at McIntire's Cut on the Eastern
division of the Boston & Maine Rail-
road about a mile west of Biddeford.
Both engines were derailed, and en-
CINE 249 was badly damaged. The en-
gine crews jumped in time to save
themselves from serious injury.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1903-02-18
POSSIBLE MURDER
BY New York Gang of Italian Life In
surance Swindlers.

New York. Feb. T.-Murder may
have been committed by the gang of
Italians who are charged with swind-
ling the insurance companies. 1t was
learned. today, by Assistant District
Attorney Krotel, who is conducting the
investigation into the frauds, that the
life of Sarah Webber, who died under
suspicious circumstances, had been
threatened by Guerino Cirino if she ex-
posed the operations of the gang. The
police all over the country have been
asked to watch for Cirino as he is said
to have been one of the ringleaders in
the conspiracy.
Miss Webber, who was 20 years old,
became acquainted with Cirino, who
had her insured for $500 without her
knowledge. When she died the insur-
ance was collected by Cirino. 1t was
not until after the exposure of the
frauds that her brother VIM. A. Web
ber, became aware of her death. He
informed Assistant District Attorney
Krotel that his sister, last December,
had told him Cirino had threatened to
kill her. Webber believed his sister
was murdered and he intends to have
the body exhumed.