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The Elbert County tribune., 1903-11-05
GENERAL LAND OFFICE REPORT
ON DISPOSAL OF PUBLIC LANDS

Washington. d. c.. Nov. 3.-The an
nual report OF w. A. Richards. COM
missioner of the general land office.
which was made public to-day. says
that during the past year there was a
large decrease In the number of sup
posedly fraudulent land entries over
the preceding year. He attributes their
decrease mainly to an order of the sec
retary OF the Interior. dated November
12. 1902. directing the investigation of
all entries made in the states of Cali
fornia. Oregon. and Washington. I'm
der this order alone 10000 entries have
been suspended and there are now ff-
teen special agents OF the land Office in
that field ferretlng out the fraudulent
entries Commissioner Richards also
stated that during the year there were
reported 1875 unlawful Enclosures of
public land, covering an area OF 2,605.-
$3.50 acres. Seventy-nlne OF these en-
closures have been removed and pro-
ceedings are pending to compel the re-
moval of the remaining number. He
says. however. that the total number
here mentioned is only a fraction OF
the Enclosures maintained In violation
of the law. special agents having found
1t impossible to give attention to many
others because of the order for spe-
cial investigation of the entries under
the timber and stone act.
Complaint is made of the order of
the act OF March IL. 1902, to facilitate
entries. Referring to this law the
commissioner says:
THE privileges gained by the act
have been greatly abused, particular
iy by United States commissioners. who
have been parties to wholesale frauds
In connection with the entries. AM
davits and entry papers have been
prepared in the names of fictitious
persons. and n number Of other ways
have been devised TO assist parties to
evade compliance with the law"
The report makes n strong plea for
larger force OF special agents.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-11-05
ANOTHER WRECK
ON SANTA FE LINE

Denver. Nov. IA News special
from Trinidad last night says:
While running at the rate of forty
miles an hour. passenger train No. 8.
on the Santa Fc, was wrecked on a
curve this morning. four and one-half
miles east OF Thatcher. thirty-nine
miles east OF Trinidad. William Walk
er. the fireman, of La Junta, was
killed. and Engineer J. Posi- was badly
scalded. 1t is stated that the wreck
was caused by the spreading OF the
rails.
This was the regular Denver-Kansas
express. which since Saturdays wreck
at Fowler. has been coming from Pu-
eblo to Trinidad over the Denver &
Rio Grande and Colorado & Southern,
going from this city over the main
line to La Junta. The engine and four
of the cars left the track. The engine
turned over on Its left side just out of
a cut. The engineer felt the engine
going and applied the air. thus prob
ably saving the balance OF the train.
The fireman was breaking coal in
the front OF the tender, and was
mashed between the boiler head and
the tender. the water and steam pour
ing out on him from the broken pipes.
scaldine the head from the body. He
suffered terrible agony. but died in
about ten minutes. The engineer was
pitched over the top OF the boiler.
falling on the left side OF the cab. and
crawled out from there with his cloth
ing saturated with boiling water.
A Chicago dispatch says; A re-
ward OF 5000 has been offered by the
manage mentof the Santa Fe railroad
for evidence sufficient to convict the
persons guilty of wrecking train No. 6
on October Both This action Is the be-
ginning of campaign by the company
by which it is hoped to make train
boldups a serious matter for those who
attempt them.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-11-05
WYOMING INDIANS AFTER GAME
HAVE BATTLE WITH OFFICERS

The news of the battle was brought
to Lusk to-day by Deputy Stephen
Franklin. who escaped the murderous
fire of the redskins.
Posses were Immediately started out
from Lusk, Douglas. New Castle and
other towns and ranchmen in the vlcI-
nifty are arming and taking the trail of
the Crows. who are said to be fleeing in
the direction Of the bad lands in north
western Nebraska. Once the Indians
reach the bad lands 1t will be difficult
to arrest them. and they know this as
well as the authorities.
II is feared the Indians may have
sent a courier on ahead to notify the
Indians on the reservation of the diff
Guilty and serious trouble is anticipated.
Governor Chatterton has been advis-
ed of the trouble on Lightning creek
and he is now investigating. A hurried
call was received late this evening from
New Castle the home of Sheriff Miller.
for troops, and the companies of infan-
try at Douglas. Buffalo and New Castle
have been ordered to be in readiness TO
take the field at moments notice.
1. i.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-11-05
suIssrisns Mus, Fiabt.

London, Nov. 3.-M. Tzokon, the
new Russian diplomatic agent who
has just arrived here. regards was be-
tween Turkey and Bulgaria as being
practically eneyitabie in the coming
spring. In an outspoken interview he
declares there Is not the slightest real
improvement in the situation in Mace
donia, that the Austro-Reform scheme
is futile. and that owing to the strain
on the Drincipality's resources, aris-
ing from necessity of supporting 1G0.-
900 refugees, Bulgaria viii be forced
to have recourse to war.
The bulgarian agent further declares
that the trade with Bulgaria has abso-
lutely ceased and adds that the Euro
pean banks have stopped the credit OF
the Bulgarian people. This economic
crisis" the agent continues, will be
a hundred fold worse next year, and In
itself must provoke war."
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-11-05

Speaking OF the forest lieu land Sc
lectIons, the commissioner says there
were 5.504 OF them pending the first OF
last July and they involved an approx
innate area OF 1,263, 1856 acres. He re
commends a change In the law permit
ting the exchange OF entries pending
within the reservation for unpatented
land on the outside saying:
while II is considered to be imprac-
ticable to require that only land of like
value shall be taken In exchange for
land In n reserve. II might be provided
that timber land should not be selected
In lieu of such land. Just as mineral
land is DOW excepted from such sclec-
tino'
MIR. Ricards also recommends the
transfes of the control of the forest
reserves to the department OF agricui-
ture. There are at present SO RESERVES.
covering an area OF G2.365. .96b acres
The report continues;
at is a matter OF hrst importance
that these reserves thus far established
should be supplemented by such add
tional ones as are needed to form n
comprehensive reserve. such as VIII In
sure full participation to tho wnter and
timber supplies OF both the Rocky
mountain and Pacific coast regions. AS
yet neither OF the two great ranges OF
these regions has a sufficient chain or
timber protecting its entire longth. nor
has tho matter of reserying as many
sources of water supply as may be-
needed in connection with the irriga-
tion movement been fully determined"
The report notes marked Increase
in the business over 1902. the total re-
ceipts being s1i.f24.423, an increase OF
81, 1872 sic. This increase over 1902 IL
greater. II is stated, than the total re-
ceipts for the year 1899. The total
area OF public lands appropriated dur
ing the year was 29l, ,1S4.293 acres, an
increase of 3.335,7G4 acres over tho
preceding year About half this area
entered was entered under the home
stead law.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-11-05
TOM HORNS STRONG APPEAL
TO GOVERNOR TO SAVE HIS LIFE

Cheyenne, Wyo., Nov. Tom
Horns last appeal for his life was
made yesterday when his chief coun-
sci, Judge John w. Lacey and Judge
T. f. Burke filed with Governor Chat
terton large number of affidavits. to-
gether with letter written by Horn
himself. and all OF the testimony ad-
duced at the coronef's inquest. The
appeal is composed of fifty odd pages
OF typewriter matter, or a total of
about 10000 words. which, with the
testimony OF the inquest, makes doc
ument that will require half a day to
read
A decision cannot be reached before
the middle or last OF the week. as the
governor will be compelled to read
the evidence in the case, and. 1t
being big task, at best, he will have
10 Work hard in order to arrive at a
decision inside of n week.
Ollie Whitman OF Iron Mountain
and Miss Gwendoline Irene Kimmen,
the school teacher. who is now a res
fdent of Kansas City. probably make
the strongest afiidavits in favor of
Horn. both alleging that Victor Miller
confessed to them that he killed VIII
die Nickel.
Whitman says that he met Victor
Miller at Moore's place shortly after
the murder. and that while there Vic
tor confessed that he killed the boy
When asked why he did 1t he said that
his father asked him to do so.
Miss Kimmel. who makes two affi-
davits, says that she is prepared to
come to the second trial and give tes-
timony regarding the killing. In her
second affidavit she says that she over
heard James Miller. the father. and
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-11-05

Victor Miller. the son. discuss the mur-
der on several occasions. She also
says Victor Miller confessed TO her
that he killed the boy.
James Martin. resident of Albany
county. makes affidayit that Joe La
Fors confessed to him that while in
vestigating the killing OF Willie Nick
ell, he QaFors) dug around so close
to James Miller and his boy that he
(Miller) paid him $500 to cease the
Investigations. LaFors said that the
$500 was a part of $500 which Miller
had received. Martin also charges
that LaFors asked him to go in on the
deal to fasten the Nickel crime on
Tom Horn; that It would be an easy
thing to get Horn. while drinking. to
admit that he killed the boy. The
$1,000 reward was to be divided be-
tween LaFors and Martin.
Many other affidavits of a sensation
al character were submitted.
A decided sensation was created yes
terday afternoon when Joe LaFors, ex-
deputy United States marshal, who
trapped Tom Horn. Unexpectedly ap-
peared on the scene. He was sup
posed to be in South American hos
pital. suffering from fever. and he
certhlniy ioohs as IL he hhu pdsSeu
through a siege of illness. When in
formed of the accusations made by
some of the atlantis In behalf of Horn
he was surprised and angry. He will
present his side of the case to the
governor and will then go after Mar
tin and the others. who have charged
him with Irregularities.
Prosecuting Attorney Stoll will also
meet the governor and pregeut the case
for the state.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-11-05

given his liberty. will constitute tho
ground for arraigning the general on
contempt charges.
In efforts to convict the general OF
perjury In the civil court 1t Ia said
his nf1idavits to military documents
without knowledge OF their contents
will he considered. While his friends
have maintained that he signed them.
they have insisted that II was without
intent to do wrong and under the pre-
sumption that they were correctly
made out by other officers.
Whether there will be further work
for the court martial is n doubtful
question. The officials themselves are
non-committal when asked what they
intend doing with the other charges
against General Chase. ,notwithstand
ing the fact that they are known to
have been filed by Colonels KimDall
and Cross.
Judge Advocate Greer declared he
had not read them over and that he
would insist on five days In which to
investigate them before he wOnld con-
sent to take them up before the court.
The governor may approve or disap-
prove of the verdict. or he may change
the punishment. before making 1t pub
lie. In the meantime. It Is expected
that Attorney General Miller will be
asked TO consider the document.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-11-05
Funeral Of Mrs. sooth-Tucker.

New York. Nov. Funeral services
over the remains Of Emma Booth
Tucker. consul OF the Salvation Army
of America. were held this afternoon in
Carnegie hall.
The services. which were conducted
by Col. Z. J. Higgins. chief secretary
of the Salvation Army in America.
were most impressive.
General Ballington Booth of the Vol
unteers of America. did not remain for
the memorial service. Herbert Booth
twice asked permission from Com
mander Booth-Tucker to speak. but
each time 1t was refused.
Commissioner Eva Booth was to
have spoken. but was too overcome by
grief to do so. At the close of the
services, however. she rendered a
prayer. Cablegrams were received
from General William Booth and
Chief Bramwell Booth. of the interna-
tional headquarters in London.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-11-05


Cheyenne. wyo., Nov. 1.-Meagre re-
ports have been received here of a
fierce battle fought late yesterday after
noon on Lightning creek. near its juno
ton with the Cheyenne river. forty-five
miles north of Lusk. in eastern Wyo-
ming. between Sheriff w. H. Miller and
posse of six men from Weston county
and a band of Crow Indians under
Charles Carries Elk. en- route from the
Crow agency in Montana to the Sioux
agency at Pine Ridge.
Deputy Faulkenburg of New Castle
was killed. while Sheriff Miller and an
other deputy were wounded, the sheriff
dangerously.
Three Indians were killed and sever
al wounded.
The Indians had been killing game
and the sheriff and posse raided their
camp and arrested the squaws. The
bucks were absent. and the fight occur
red when the sheriffs posse overlook
them.
Governor Chatterton has troops
ready and will send them out. II neces-
sary. to capture the murderons band.
y
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-11-05
DENVER STARTLED
BY MANY CRIMES

Denver Nov. 3.-Withln the short
space Of twenty-four hours. three men
have met violent deaths in Denver.
One. Trinidad Esquel, Mexican, was
stabbed to death In n saloon row on
Market street ut midnight on Sunday
The second, John Bogotto, an Italian,
was shot and killed by Alexander
Bracci. also IN n saloon quarrel at IL 80
yesterday morning. The third. Charles
Heyn. was shot and killed by Oliver Il.
Tuft, assistant secretary OF the HUI
name Society. at 8: 80 o'clock yester-
day afternoon. while Tuft was en-
gagged in defending his life against
Heyn. who had first wounded the off,
Ger with rifle ball.
Within twelve days i've people have
been killed in Denver. One of these
was a woman. Wilma Knox, slain by
a discarded lover on October .i3t. Tho
second murder occurred Oh October
25th. when Jennie Davis shot and
killed her husband. Beverley Davis,
while defending herself from him. The
other three are named in the order in
which they took place, within twenty
four hours. Three OF them were the
results of whisky taken inliscrimf-
nately, and the quarrels resulting
therefrom. These three murders arc
all said to have been premeditated.
and the authorities believe that the
ones concerned will be found guilty Of
murder In the first degree.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-11-05
Murder at Sugar City.

Denver. Nov. IA Sugar City dis
patch says: AS the result of a fierce
factional fight among the Mexicans in
this city last night one man is dead and
another probably fatally wounded.
Guadaloupe Hermendez. it is alleged
shot and killed NJ. Garcia. and Hermen-
dez in turn was stabbed four times by
other Mexicans. whose names cannot
be learned at this time.
The participants in last night
tragedy are members OF colony oil
Mexicans numbering over 100. employ
ed by the National Sugar Manufacture
ing company here. As near as can be
learned the killing last night is the re-
suit of a feud Of long standing between
the Mexicans from the old country and
those from New Mexico.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-11-05

At Pacific Grove. California. October
gath, Mrs. Louis Iverson. wife of a
machinist. murdered three of her chill
dren "at the dictation.' she said. "of
a higher power" She had shown
signs OF mental arrangement for some
time.
George ]. Gould has been elected
chairman OF the board of directors OF
the Wabash railroad. Although the
Wabash is a dlstinctively Gould prop
erty. Mr.. Gould until now has held no
official position other than that of
director.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-11-05
Fifteen FOOTBALL
PLAYERS KILLED

Indianapolis, Ind, Nov. Fifteen
jured, some fatally, at 1920 O'Clock
yesterday morning. by collision be-
tween a special passenger train on the
Big Four railroad and a freight en-
gine with load Of coal cars. The ac-
cident happened on the edge of the
city. The passenger train OF twelve
coaches was carrying 954 persons.
nearly all of whom were students OF
Purdue university and their friends
from Lafayette to Indianapolis for the
annual football game between the Pur-
due team and the Indiana university
squad for the state championship.
which was to have been fought yester-
day afternoon. In the first coach back
of the engine were the Purdue foot
ball team, substitute players and man
ayers.
Three players, the assistant coach.
trainer and seven substitute players OF
the university were killed and every
one of the fifty-three other persons
in the car we're either fatally or seri-
ously injured.
Rounding curve at the Eighteenth
street cut, Engineer w. H. Schumacher
found directly in front of him the
freight engine and coal cars moving
slowly from a switch leading to a grav-
el pit. He reversed his engine and
jumped.
The crash hurled the passenger en-
CINE and three front coaches against
the s,eel freight cars loaded with coal.
that plowed their way through and
buried under pile Of wreckage weigh
ing many tons fully sixty human be-
ings.
The first car. In which were the play
ers. was completely demolished, the
roof being torn away and falling across
a car of coal, while the body OF the car
was reduced to kindling woord against
the side of the steel freight car. The
second coach, containing brass pand
was partly telescoped and the third
coach was overturned and hurled down
a fifteen-foot embankment. The other
coaches did not leave the track.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-11-05
BUTTE MEDIATORS
FAIL COMPLETELY

Butte. Mont. Nov 1.-The commit
tee on mediation, composed of ]. j..
Hill. Gov Toole and Senators Gibson
and Clark. acting at the request of the
chamber of commerce of Great Falls,
and with the consent OF the representa-
tives of the United Copper Company
and the Amalgamated Copper Com
pany. after session lasting two days.
came to a conclusion yesterday that 1t
could not find any solution of the Butte
shutdown situation.
The statement issued and signed by
the members of the committee says:
I'VE, the undersigned members of
the mediation committee, entered upon
the discharge OF our duties realizing
the magnitude and difficulty of our
task. Nevertheless. we have labored
assidiously TO accomplish the purpose
of our appointment.
I'VE have failed to obtain a stipula-
ton from the parties litigant which
will insure a resumption of work by
the Amalgamated Copper Company.
and have been unable to devise any
plan looking to that end which did not
involve the mutual consent of the par
ties interested.
I'VE regret this exceedingly and hope
some common ground may yet be
found by the parties themselves upon
which they can stand"
There is great disappointment at the
failure of the committee to come to
some agreement with the parties in In
terest. 1t is hoped Governor Toole Will
call an extraordinary session of the
legislature to relieve the situation.
Meanwhile. miners continue to leave
town in groups OF ten to twenty. and
not few are enlisting in the army.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-11-05
Electric Disturbances.

Chicago. Nov. 1.-Serious electric
disturbances. said to be due to the au-
rora borealis, or northern lights caused
great inconvenience to telegraph and
telephone companies yesterday. Tele-
graph wire in all directions from Chi
cago felt the effect. in some localities
causing total cessation of business.
Long distance telephone wires were
similarly affected. communication be-
ing entirely suspended at times. One
report says that huge electric waves
with high force passed through the
earth. paralyzing the strength of the
wires.
The disturbance lasted eight hours.
At its climax there were 675 volts OF
lectricity-enough TO kill a MANN
the wires without the battery at
tached. An hour later the trouble had
virtually disappeared.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-11-05
Sheep.
Grain.

Wheat. choice milling. per 100 lbs,
81 o5; rye. Colorado. bulk. per 100 lbs.
Soc; oats. bulk, Nebraska. new. white.
s1.1S; mixed. 81. 10; in sack. Colorado
white. s1.25: corn, In bulk. S2c.; corn
chop, sacked. sec. Colorado corn and
oat chops. sacked. s1.25; bran, Colo
rado. per 100 lbs. 75c.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-11-05
Earthquake in Persia.

London. Nov. IA dispatch to the
Mail from Simla says terrible earth
quakes have occurred at Tursbiz, near
Haidari, in Pershia. in which
$50 persons were killed and numbers
injured.
One hundred and eighty-four carpet
factories were destroyed and only
thirty-two stalls left standing in the
great bazaar. The entire town was
practically demolished.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-11-05
Pattl Reaehes Amerlca.

New York, Nov. 1.-Adelina Patti.
the Baroness Cederstrom. accompanied
by her husband. landed late last night
from the Etruria. She had q very
rough voyage. during which she was
thrown from her berth and sustained a
slight injury OF the knee.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-11-05

Upland. per ton, 81. .O0d13.00 second
bottom, choice to fancy, s9.00M10.00;
good to choice. $700ms.00; timothy.
fl2.00; timothy and clover. $11.O0; al
lalfa. prime. $3.50; straw. $4.5Od5 90:
South Park wire grass. $1,000.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-11-05

Richard Pearson. formerly United
States consul at Genoa. and now minis
ter to Persia. has been fined $50 and
s15 costs for insulting an Italian rail-
way official last December. previous to
his appointment as minister.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-11-05
Butter.
Eggs.

Eggs, fresh. loss OF. doz. z......
Eggs, fresh. case count. doz.. E.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-06
SUNDAY SPORTS BARRED
New Lease Made for Fair Grounds a
Hutchinson =

HUTCHINSON. NINN.--The Hutchinson Land
and Improvement association. which owns the
fair grounds, has granted the Mcleod County
Agricultural society another lease. with the pro-
vision that ball games and other sports be barred
from the grounds on Sundays
The city council has levied taxes as follows.
General fund mills; road and BRIDE 4: library
2; poor, one-half; railway bonds, mill. The
road and bridge levy was increased to supply
funds for building new steel bridge across the
Crow river, in the city limits, next year.
The city water mains have been extended To
Ansgar college. - ~
Over 81, 800 was paid by the city this year a.
rebates to encourage citizens to build cement
sidewalks.
:. The Silver Lake Telephone company has leased
Its line to P S. Pendergast. =
Seymour r. Olson, foreman of the independent
Times, was married Nov. to Miss Hattie Rob
bins. i'oo
W., F. Krienke has traded his general ner
land - 'e' A'i
The Hutchinson Glove s. Hosiery companv
and the Hutchinson Glove & Mitten COMPANY
have consolidated, the change to take effect
Jan. l. The first named concern manufactures
machine-made and the latter hand made goods
The new company VIII make both. George W.
Decker will be superintendent of the new com
pany. ". W. Merrill will have charge of the