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The Elbert County tribune., 1903-05-14

1t is wonder the people of Den
mark have never risen in their wrath
and thrown vegetables and things at
the stage Dane.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-05-14

A bald-headed mems club has been
formed In Cleveland. Isn't IL about
time for the people who wear glass
eyes TO get together?
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-05-14

Thieves stole statue Weighing a
ton from Chicago office building.
They probably concluded that the
building was old and not worth TAX
fng.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-05-14

The Missouri man who has been
working for twelve years on crazy
quilt must have n mind OF that pat
tern.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-05-14

There is another crisis In the Bal
kans. 1t is the fourth that has come
along since week ago Friday.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-05-14

The Mad Mullah's mother is sought.
Now IL they could catch his mother
fn-law. perhaps he'd quiet down and
live In peace.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-05-14

DR.. Cyrus Edison says that grip is
caught through kissing. And yet a
kiss has caused many man to lose
his grip.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-05-14

Rockefeller is now troubled with in.
somnia as well as dyspepsia. What's
the use of being a multi-millionaire II
you must have sieepless sleeps and
-eatless meals?
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-05-14

There is absolutely no truth in the
story that Harry Lehr barked like
dog on his way home from the Van
derbilt wedding. He may have barked
like a puppy. but not like dog.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-05-14

They have discovered George
washingtons little hatchet. and II
cannot tell lie, for didn't Parsor
Weems invent It?
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-05-14

with racing and baseball In full
bloom spring might as well settle
down to business herself.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-05-14

This is the letter of warning ad-
dressed to Commissioner Greene:
The box with handles is among the
trunks for the steamer Umbria.
Dear Sir-The Malta greets you
and wishes you well. At the Cunard
dock Is box containing 100 pounds
of dynamite. Inside also is a machine
that. properly set. can explode the
stun at any time within thirty-six
hours.
THE society has declared war
against England and has ordered the
destruction of every steamer flying the
British flag sailing out of New York
harbor. The undersigned received Or
ders to begin operations by sinking the
Oceanic, but SO many women and chill
dren took passage on that boat that
the societys plans were changed at
the last minute.
THE machine in the box, the first
made. and crude affair. is inclosed
simply to show how easy 1t is to sink
a steamer and to convince those in
terested that the society is not making
idle threats. The society has under
taken to clear New York harbor OF
British ships. and 1t will succeed.
THE reason for this movement the
society does not wish to disclose. Suf-
fee it to say that the society. to protect
itself, must carry the war into the enc
my's country. 1t proposes to wage the
war as fiercely as it knows how.
This is the societys first and last
warning, and those who propose to pat
ronize British steamers must take their
chance in the future.
THE society asks and gives no quar-
ter so. lay on, lay on. Macduff, and
damned be he that cries hold, enough.
"PIETRO DE MARTINI.
''P. S.-The battery is not attached.
fuse is without caps and lighter not
set. Consequently there is no danger
in handling the box"
Inspector George McClusky of the
detective bureau said tonight: q,
Il am satisfied that this is not the
work of the Malta. or any other secret
society. The fact that the letter re-
ceiyed at headquarters is undoubtedly
the work of an intelligent person and
that the machine itself is the product
OF some intelligent person. may mean
that both were the work of one. All
night we have been working on the as
sumption that 1t was dynamite that
the box contained. Inspector Murray
of the bureau of combustibles reported
to me that 1t was dynamite"
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-05-14

The vanderbilt-Neilson merger goes
into effect under the most fattering
auspices.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-05-14

Is Wisdom Wise when 1t goes to the
revels of Folly? II so. II is foolish
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-05-14
Glbsrt COUNTY Tribune
=. r. POPE. Editor and Pubii.hsr.
hilbert. COLORADO

The latest physIognomicaI wrinkle
is the alum face.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-05-14
Successful Lorenz Operation.

Washington. May 10.-Yesterday the
plaster cast was removed from the
limbs OF eleren-yenr-old Charles VIII
let, who was operated upon last fall by
Dr. Adolph Lorenz. the Austrian spe-
cialist. for an extraordinary case of
club feet. The result is pronounced by
the boys attending surgeon to be a
perfect cure. The boy walks easily
and naturally. The case will be pre-
scented to the Medical Congress which
convenes here this week.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-05-14
Killed by Dynamite.

Denver, May 11.-Martin P. Pels, Jr.,
a member of one of the prominent fam
ilies of Denver. and one of the promis-
Ing young mining men of the state.
was literally blown to pieces by the
explosion of seventy pounds of dyna-
mite at the Green Mountain mine in
Cunningham guleh. near Silverton.
early yesterday morning. The news
reached the city In a telegram to his
father. M. p. Pels. who lives at No.
1177 York street
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-05-14

Denver Denver SAVINGS bank. Denver...... sos
Bank OF Alamosa. Aiamosa 1000
Colorado Springs Trust Co. Colo
Fremont County bank. Canon City 10000
Colorado State bank. Durango--.... 500
Smelter City bank. Durango 500
State bank OF Rocky Ford 5000
Sagnnche County bank .....-....-.. 1000
II. H. Tompkins & Co. West Clin IS 600
Fred Walsen te Son. Waisenburg 1000
Cash on hand. .-......-....-...---.-..-. Lib
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1903-02-21
ENDING THE
CONTROVERSY
BY John Barton
COPYRIGHT, 1902. by the
s. s. Mcclure Company

When Jacob Stansell became a wild
over, there were those who predicted
that he would ask for the hand of the
Widow Tracy. Not only d.1 their farms
Join, but they had known each other
from childhood, and even after both
had married they had always spoken,
OF each other as Jake and Mary. No
one was surprised when, after a year
or so, 1t was announced that the line
FENCES between the farms would soon
be thrown down and all the land be-
come Stansell property. Then incidents
began to happen. Jacobs sister came
on from Illinois to pay him visit and
lawyer in the village cast covetous
eyes on the widow and her lands.
1t was inevitable that with an old
maid on one side and a lawyer on the
other trouble should come. The sister
didn't want the brother to marry again,
and the lawyer didn't want the widow
to wreck her happiness, and SO it came
about that within four weeks the mar
rage was of. They couldn't even be
neighbors after the lawyer and the sis
ter got fairly to work.
The lawyer stood on what he called
the legal aspects of the case-that is,
he called Jacob Stansell a designing
scoundrel who had no other end in view
than securing the widows property.
The old maid sister didn't care for
legal aspects, but she wasn't going to
see Jake harnessed to a woman whose
extravaganza would land him in the
poorhouse.
There had always been question az
to the location of one Of the line
fences. In a good natured way the
Stansells had contended that the fence
was over on their land by three inches.
The matter had rested there for fifteen
years, but the lawyer and the sister
dug it up. Surveyors were engaged,
lines run and the difference of an inch
was disputed over until it ended in a
lawsuit
1t was while the last survey was be-
ing made that Stansell met with a
great loss. He had sold off twenty
head OF cattle to drover and received
the cash in hand, and at the end of
the day had found his wallet missing.
When it was hunted for in vain, the
lawyer charged Jacob with lying about
its loss, and the sister charged the law
yer with having found it and convert
ed the money to his own use. or
course an action at law followed this
assertion, and one day Jake and Mary
awoke to the fact that they had five
or six suits on hand against each 9th
er. to say nothing of two or three ex
ira ones brought by the lawyer and
the sister to keep things from getting
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1903-02-21

sable colored zibeline skirts are most
useful worn with jackets to match, or.
better still. with fur bolero Of the
same shade. Zibeline is almost as
warm us fur and therefore makes an
admirable material of which to make
skirts to wear with fur coats.
White Zibeline is used for reception
frocks and will do duty later on in the
sunny south. 1t fulfills every require
ment for smart winter frock. 1t is
suggestive of lightness combined with
warmth. The rage for white is not
abating in the least, and the best frocks
are in white and gray.
The evening coat in the cut is Of
panne velvet. with n lining of white
satin and rich applications of lace and
chiffon. JUDO CHOLLET.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1903-02-21


slow. The principals would have been
glad to drop the quarrel and ask each
other what it was all about, but they
were not permitted to. 1t had to go on
There had been more trouble over
the hens than anything else. A farm
er's hens are not only given to wan
dering where they please without ref
erenee to line fences, but they refuse
to enter into family quarrels or look
at the legal side Of the question. When
Miss Stansell began throwing hot wa
ter on the Tracy chickens, which came
about the kitchen door In neighboriy
way, the Tracy hired man began shoot
ing the Stansell chickens, which
scratched up the flower beds in the
front yard. Such was the industry on
both sides that in few months only
few scarecrow fowls were left-
When a man or woman feels that his
or her pride or dignity and legal rights
are at stake, it is hard to give in ana
take a sensible view Of things.
It was the widow who finally paved
the way to peace. but in so doing she
aroused all Of Jake's defiance and came
near losing her life.- She was not only
lonesome without her chickens, but she
was tired of buying eggs OF her neigh
bors. Therefore, after the lapse OF a
few months, she purchased dozen
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1903-02-21

me entire back appears Of one depth.
Ivening wraps are extremely smart,
.no tne most elaborate are OF satin or
orocade iavishly appliqued with lace
and trimmed with ruched plaitinas az
chiffon. =
rriiis OF lace Of the guipure type on
net are very effective on coats OF silk
or satin, and the loose sack paletot
form Is much in demand.
The waist In the illustration is of ORR
ental satin trimmed with heavy gui-
pure lace. JUDO CHOLLET.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1903-02-21

hens ana gave the sister opportunity to
say:
Jake, you see how 1t is. That wo-
man defies you. She has bought more
chickens to trespass on our land, and
II you don't get out the shotgun and
kill 'em OF you haven't the backbone of
a fishworm."
"Oh, I'll kill 'em OF fast enough" he
replied as he began hunting for DOW
der and shot 'Just let one of her
chickens cross the line, and he's a dead
bird"
And yet Jacob Stansell felt mean a.
DC shouIdered the loaded gun and went
out to prowl around In hopes to get Z
shot at one Of the Widows chickens
The whole quarrel was q mistake. II
was only that Mary seemed to be defy.
Ing him that kept him from throwing
his gun into the currant bushes.
He reached the disputed line fence,
willing to give up foot of ground If
necessary. but next minute he saw .
sight which drove away all good inten-
tons. All the widows new flock OF
hens, led by sage looking old rooster,
were trespassing on his land. He low.
cred the gun and aimed to kill them all
at once, and when he fred the air was
full Of feathers, the old rooster jumped
high and fell dead, and there was Z
scream from a woman in fright and
pain. The Widow Tracy had come out
to look for her chickens, and q bush had
hidden her from Jacobs sight. He
rushed forward to stumble over his LOST
wallet as a first discovery and to find
Mary lying on the ground as a second
and between the two he was 80 over
come that he had to lean up against the
fence.
Jake, Jake, why did you shoot meY'
walled the widow as she tried to sit
up and fed back.
God forgive me, Mary, but 1 didn't
see your
you've killed me, but don't want
them to hang you for it. 1 don't be
lieve you meant to do it."
you shan't die. If you do, I'll shoot
myself. Here, let me carry you into
the house and send for doctor. The
gun was only loaded with bird shot
and mebbe you won't die"
She didn't. In fact, she didn't come
anywhere near it, though doctor was
busy all the rest of the day picking out
the little pellets of lead When the
last one had been extracted and Jake
had been told that she would continue
to live, he asked:
Mary, where's the lawyerY
why, sent him about his business
three weeks ago." she answered. "Oh
Jake, the lawyer and your sister and
| the chickens and the line fence have
have"-
"Have made fools of usv' he finish
ed
Ten minutes later he appeared at his
| own door to say to his sister:
Hammer, can you pack your buds in
| about fifteen minutesY
"For why?" she asked.
Because I'm going to drive you to
town to catch the train, and after I've
mopped that lawyer all over Grafton
I'm coming back to ask Mary If she
won't be well enough to get married In
! month";
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1903-02-21
FOR EVENING WEAR.
FLUFFY and Elaborate Slcirts-Up TO
Date Trimmings.

FLUFFY and Elaborate Skfrts-Up TO
Date Trimmings.
Many elegant and costly ball gowns
are made of fine silk net resembling
tulle, and there are many frills run
with drawn ribbon.
The frilly skirt is the chief favorite
for dance gowns, and motifs of lace
are also used to powder the skirt and
to head the frillings. Stripes Of lace
and ribbon alternate with grouped
tucks on some skirts and usually finish
with tassels or bows falling loose over
fiounces OF the same description.
Lace embroidery and ribbon. with
the inevitable flowers, are the chief
adornments Of the evening toilet. but
Parisians are again using fringe In
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1903-02-21

Punch publishes these "merciful es-
capes:" In recent account Of election
proceedings in which candidate was
pelted with dirt, mud thrown in the
face of his wife, and his daughter
struck with stick, a daily paper re-
marked that "the police had difficulty
in preventing breach of the peace"
A correspondent sends brief account
of various other episodes, in each Of
which by an equally narrow margin
a contretemps was similarly avoided:
1.-The extensive premises of Messrs.
Blank & Co., oil and tallow merchants,
were completely Quilted by fire last
night, all five stories being ablaze at
once. 1t needed all the efforts of the To-
cal brigade to forestall what promised
TO be confagration." "a motor car,
proceeding along the High street the
other evening, took fright, it is sup
posed, at constable on duty and ex-
ploded, blowing the occupants in va
rious directions over the adjoining
buildings. The policeman is to be con-
graduated upon averting what might
have been serious accident"
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1903-02-21
FANCY DRESS.

ne Elects In Brocades and Quaint
Sutins.
AZ this season of the year there are
Re to be many fancy dress parties.
me of these take the form Of small
nces Last year there was craze
fancy dress dinners. and this gave
{eater scope. as far as dress was con-
med
naturally there are many classical
pcKs and draDeries which look charm
az dinner. but which are rather
practical for dancing.
ernaps the prettiest costumes are
le OF the Louis period. for so many
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1903-02-21
~ INTEREST TO LADIES.

lighted ball, and with such costume
can De worn the coy single ringlet in
tho couture.
Inc cut shows a smart boa and mufr
OF gray fox. The hat is of gray velvet
ana rur. JUDO CHOLLET.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1903-02-21

me time fruits and nuts made of
yet have been the rage, women arc
w beginning to adopt vegetables,
d radishes are not being discarded.
Hats, muffs and pelerines made for
Pddngs and gay occasions are often
kde Of satin and chiffon.
Blues ana green's were always worn
young people, but now that white
lr has become the fashion light blue
b be worn with impunity by elderly
bmen who have a touch Of pink in
BIZ checks. Those whose figures are
III developed should abstain from
3ht shades altogether.
he picture shows smart shirt
list which can lie carried out either
silk or flannel.
JUDO CHOLLET.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1903-02-21
u,,,lo,WINTER MILLINERY.
al. composed of P.rn" violst-'

| composed of Parma VioAess'
Poe pale Tinted Felts'
b.,,obtful models are made up with
'ens .,olets and their leaves. Equal
, ,sh combinations are OF gray
le es,+h cream tinted roses or OF white
..,mmed with pink roses and q
aorf The fur and lace picture
70 are quite irresistible
are a good many novelties in
aaaor Mt this time Of the year. Even
This cold weather we are wearing
u.s. Of ruched tulle, and. while for
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1903-02-21
Those Match Scratches.

If you find scratches on the wood
with slice Of lemon, then with whit
ing, and last Of all with cloth wrung
out in soapy water.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1903-02-21
------ - - --'..-.- - -,
FOR PRESENT WEAR.

Dad9ty Hats-skating and w.lI.-.
Costumes
Headgear is distinctly smart at the
present moment. In fact, it has seldom
known such variety. 1t does much tn
relieve the monotony Of winter garb.
White and pink camellias are still the
rage for decorating fur and beaver
hats, and these will continue the favor.
lite form OF millinery during the next
few weeks.
Some of the leading French houser
are turning their attention toward skat
ing frocks. For this purpose and also
that of walking suits white, black and
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1903-02-21
bidding 1t Up.

When Schomberg Kerr, the devoted
English missionary, was in India, he
very much wanted pony. But that
was the need of all the other English
who were not old residents. Lord Ripon
and his staff had arrived, and the gen.
eral cry was:
'.Where are we to get ponies"
~Oh, that's easily DONE" said an Eng
lishman who knew the ropes. Next
Saturday there's to be an auction sale
Of thirty of the best ponies in India.
Till then you can ride them and try
them"
eventually fixed a covetous eye on two,
Tommy and Bill, which he determined
to buy.
Saturday came, and the auction was
well attended. In due course of time
Tommy was put up, and the missionary
bid 200 rupees.
1.-TWO hundred and fifty" said the
auctioneer.
1.-TWO hundred and seventy-fivev'
"Three hundredI'
These were extravagant prices. but
the bidding went on amid great excite
ment. The missionary reached 500 ru-
pees, which he had resolved should be
his limit, and Tommy was knocked
down at 525.
"Who is the buyer?" asked Kerr.
1.-The Marquis of Ripon," said the
auctioneer. His excellency had or
dered Tommy to be bought for you at
any ice."-Youth's Companion.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-10-10
MRX HM
EMNNRGD
RAINIER HEIGHTS CLUB De
nANps LAND PURCHASE

At the meeting OF the Rainier
Heights improvement Ciab. held laai
night tie question of securing the
Establishment If city park on the
lake shore south % Jackson street
Ras brought un for discussion. T.
=. Hldn. chairman Of ne park
board Counc imam MafI1snu ana
city Engineer THOMPSON wHde short
speeches on the pafk problem, aaVis-
ing the people 81 itainief heights a.
Ia the best course 10 pursue,
The club unanimously endorsed the
ulmsted park pian. especially ia fe
gard o. the proposed tree butaeref
boulevard along i.sku Washington,
bHt the club would also ike "a hatc
Included ia The plan the improve
mem % TIE a. l4hNest shore OF the
take.
The people ~ nainier heights ean-
tend that % " very desirable that
they have place 90 take their fam
Ilea Tor an outing thai u close &C.
their homes They want a park. they
declare. that VIII - iu sHsY reach q
the city. hEt alec one that o. close
10 their own usiHhbofhoad. The e.
labllshmeus ~ park on she south
esat shore "a the lake. would answer
this pufraHs. they believe
4 resolution appointing n ,
,. r. gaHaHd and T. g 0llman a.
= committee 20 request the council
ta ascertain what can be done 10 the
NaY ~ acquiring thr rough and
broken land that r. knawn az Hai-
nisf park was pasEsd.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-10-10
MZXEp M
GRWRW
M4E
PUNT Of PicsRIa WILL BE
HESEo AL OVER TaE EAST
AND WEST THIs AFTERNOON

NEW YORK. oct 10 An she
prominent college football teams are
O. Be seen on the several ETtdifuus
throughout the country this after
nuau. Rud. ~ hilH none II the hiE
teams wtli meet each nthsf the sea
con has Progressed 80 far that GOOD
Tire may be shown on their relative
strength when The days contests
shall have been decided Weak
points are k@rnlf watched for ~ fhr
partiaaua - the teams which AiI
tackle each other later or. ard not
move viii ESCAPE the iyuH-sYrd - q.
perts whe from naW until the sHd
~ the rssaoH viii bend ar their en-
.rFies "a the coaching q their re-
Epeetive teams
Following are the important sames
scheduled for today Columbia and
williams ~ Sea York. Cornell and
Colgate At New York. University ~
Pennsylvania and pehaa3 tvania
State college 81 Phiiadeiphia. Hraup
and Princeton 81 Princeton. Harvard
and. Amherst at Cambridge West
Point cadets and Dickinson al West
Point Naval Cadets and University
- Virginia az Annapolis and Yale
and Struggled Training School al
New Haven.
In the west the University ~ chit
eaKo and Purdue play az chicago.
Iowa and Drake University a. Dee
NalHes. Illinois ard Baah Medical
School AZ mpalNu. Nebraska aud
Denver University az Denver Wis
coualn aud Lawrence University at
Madison. Minnesota and Iowa ARrt-
cultural college a. Minneapolis
Michigan and Heiait AZ Ann Arbar
Northern University and Washing
ton University az Sc Louis Kansas
University #ud Kansas State Normal
at Isawreues. Notrs Dame University
and Lake Forrest University 81
Nairp Dame. Missouri University
aud Griunell College ~ Columbia
Wabash College and Rose Pnivteeh-
nio ~ Terre Hauts. Indiana uuiyer-
FifF Hfff - fffsi ri f7fiVEE al EiUuffIH
inRtqu. Bethany College and ea}o-
rado College ~ Colorado Springs
obeffin and Wooster az 0heflin. and
iowa University and Drake Uuifer-
city az iowa city
THE team ~ ~. rfu.rd states
Naval academy lines up On tho grid
iron ~ Annapolis tbla afternoon for
the first game n their season 'H
schedule The opposing team "a the
eleven ~ the tnifarrity ~ Virginia.
Though the customary wind-up ~
Hhmr between the naval cadets
and the West Pointers ia minus thlH
senaan. the Annapolis eleven has ar
ranged a good schedule and the out