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The Elbert County tribune., 1905-02-02
South From DURANGO.

Denver, Jan. 27.-The Republican
this morning says: Sixty miles of
railroad are to be constructed by the
Denver & Rio Grande through one of
the richest portions of Colorado and
New Mexico now without railway ia
cilities. The line is to run from Du-
range, Colorado, to Pennington, New
Mexico. and construction work will
begin at once. This was decided upon
at a meeting of the directors of the
road held in New York on Wednes-
day. This is said to be only the pre-
lliminary work of opening up the rich
territory now lying idle in that Sec
.tion. Before very long it is expected
that the road will be continued ON
through very rich agricultural sec
ltion which awaits railroad communica-
ition. That the country to be tapped
is valuable is shown by the fact that
several corporations have already
planned to build railroads in the dis
,trict, notably the Phelps-Dodge syndi-
cate. The Denver & Rio Grande ex-
poets to be first in the field
Several lines have made preliminary
surveys from Durango south, but moth
ing definite was decided upon Now
the Denver & Rio Grande has stepped
in and will build at once. Preliminary
surveys have been made but the exact
route has not been selected.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-02-02
Pueblo Tin Plate Mill.

Pueblo, Colo, Jan. 30.-Two large
gangs of men and several train crews
of the Colorado & Wyoming road,
owned by the Colorado Fuel and Iron
Company, have begun grading the
yards south of the new tin plate mill
and laying a series of tracks connect
ing the different railway lines on the
outside with those on the inside of the
works.
This is looked upon as a sure indica.
ton of the early completion of the tin
plate sheet mill, the steel framework
Of which ha sheen completed for more
han a year. 1t is stated that when
this mill is in operation it will employ
more than 1900 additional persons.
There are on the switches in the
works more than eighty carloads OF
machinery for the mill and it is ex-
pected they will be placed in operation
during the summer.
A large steel ore trestle is to be
built alongside the ore bins at the fur.
naces. 1t will be forty feet high and
third of mile long and will be used
for the carrying of 'buggies" loaded
with ore, lime rock and coke for feed
ing the furnaces.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-02-02
G. A. r. Encampment.

Denver. Jan. 30.-It is stated that
the Legislature is to be asked for an
appropriation for $4,000 to assist in
paying the expenses of the grand en-
campment OF the Grand Army of the
Republic, which meets in Denver next
summer A bill has been prepared
and will be introduced IA the House
this week.
While this Is a somewhat unusual
procedure, the Denver veterans upon
whom devolves the financial responsi-
bility of entertaining the encampment
in Denver. claim that precedent in
their favor was established by the
Massachusetts Legislature. which ap-
propriated $4,000 to help entertain
the old veterans at Boston. Colorado
is as patriotic as Massachusetts.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-02-02
BALLOT BOXES cORCED
WITH BOGUS BALLOTS

persons. There are other fraudA
equally as extensive and equally a.
shameless. The Supreme Court WATCH
ers and others testified that ganu Of
repeaters went from one precinct to
another voting fictitious names from
the padded list. Some OF these repeat
ers have testified to this effect and they
have been identified on the stand by
the court watchers and others.
This form OF fraud alone would Jus
tify the rejection of the returns from
the precincts affected. 1t has been
proven that large numbers OF Republi-
cans were impersonated by Demo-
cratic repeaters, that non-residents
we're voted, that ballots cast for Pea
body were afterwards marked for
Adams and finally that over 5000 vot-
ers who voted could not be found at
the addresses given.
Deluge Of Bogus Ballots.
When 1t is remembered that the
bogus ballots written by the Demo
cratic expert" were practically all
placed in the boxes to take the place
of Republican ballots Withdrawn after
the polls were closed and before the
boxes were sent to the court house, It
will be readily conceded that this
process took from Mr.. Peabody over
5000 votes and added the same to Mr..
Adams and the Democratic ticket,
thereby making a difference OF over
10000 votes.
Mr.. Peabody's plurality seems to
have been between 10000 and $4,000
in Denver.
Some one in each precinct had the
bogus ballots which had been prepared
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-02-02
Storm in New York.

New York. Jan. 27.-New York is re
covering from the effects of Wednes-
days storm, which effectually put a
stop to traffic and tied up some lines
of business. Although the day was
bitter cold. $4,000 men were sent out
to remove the snow from the leading
thoroughfares, and aided by the men
of the surface car roads. many ave-
nues of travel are now open.
Funerals have been suspended all
over the city and the conditions at the
cemeteries are such that no funeral
can take place for several days.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-02-02
MoFFAT ROAD SALE.
REPORT OF DANGER uNFouNDED
Syndicate Of Railroads to Supply
Mones for Its Completion
Numerous Enterprises
Planned

Denver, Jan. 29.-The Republican
this morning says: When David H.
Moffat returns from the East within a
brief time. it is believed that he will
be able to announce extensions to the
Moffat Short Line which will be of the
greatest possible advantage to Denver
and the whole state.
1t Is stated on the most reliable au-
thority that Mr.. Moffat has been en-
abled. through possession of the gate
way to a vast empire in the northwest
ern part of Colorado, the great Routt
county coal syndicate, headed by
George J.. Gould of the Denver & Rio
Grande and Missouri Pacific, and Ed
ward E. Hartman of the Union Pa
cific, Southern Pacific and Oregon
Short Line, and other great trunk rail
roads, will continue the work done by
him.
BY this arrangement the Gould lines
will have a share in the Moffat line.
and the Denver & Rio Grande will cut
in at Dotsero, Colorado. BY this ar
rangement the Denver & Rio Grande
will make a great saving of distance
between Denver and Salt Lake.
Mr.. Hartman has entered the field
and his interests, with those of Mr..
Mof.at and Mr.. Gould, for particular
purpose. This is to open up the great
coal fields of Routt county. He will ex-
tend the Moffat road to the coal fields
and then build connection to Granger,
Wyoming. with his Oregon Short Line,
using Colorado coal to supply Puget
Sound and the Orient.
The importance of this combination
of interests to the coal fields of Routt
county and to the entire state, cannot
be overestimated. If any doubt ever
existed as to whether the new road
would traverse the Routt fields as a
whole, that would seem now to be dis
PEELED since the great roadbuilders of
the country have pooled their inter
ests.
An extension will also be built into
the Uintah reservation for gilsonite
and other ore. This territory is also
rich and will prosper and flourish
when it is entered by the railroad.
Mr.. Moffat has made arrangements
which leave the Moffat road from
Denver to its terminus at Salt Lake
absolutely independent and free for
the traffic of all roads. The contract
specifically provides that the original
plans of the road shall be carried to
completion. This fact is adequate de-
nial of the report published frequently
to the effect that Mr.. Moffat would
have to sell his road. There has al
ways been plenty Of money available
for its needs.
By the joint use of the Moffat road
through travel between Denver and the
coast will he prpatly ShOrtenp1 and
freight hauls will be correspondingly
less. The transactions is one of the
greatest in the history of American
railroads as 1t saves some 200 miles in
the midst of the Rocky mountains.
where road building reaches its sever
est test of engineering skill. While
various lines will be allowed to share
in the triumph over distance between
Denver and Salt Lake, they will not
be allowed to interfere with the com
pletion of the road.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-02-02

Denver, Jan. 3O--The amazing dis
closures made before the gubernatorial
contest committee appear TO have
fully Satisfied conservative citizens
that the claims Of the Republicans
regarding the extent and character Of
the Denver frauds have been made
good.
At this writing, without going out
side OF Denver, there has been a sum-
Client number of precincts invalidated
by the evidence brought before the
commission to Justify the rejection OF
the returns from at least a hundred Of
them. which completely wipes out the
plurality Of 9.774 given Mr.. Adams on
the face OF the returns.
The extraordinary number of ballots
written by one person which have
been found in the ballot boxes from
the 100 police precincts has astonished
the Republicans as well as a vast ma
5ority of the Democrats.
The adding of these totals together
and publishing them day after day has
given the false impression among
many that Mr.. Peabody's success
would depend upon the number of bal
lots found to be bogus by the hand
writing experts In these boxes.
This is not the case There Is but
one of several forms Of fraud that
made the election in Denver a bowling
farce.
The Handwriting Experts.
Mr.. Adams lawyers and the Demo
cratic press have an extremely hard
case to try before the bar Of public
opinion. and it is quite natural that
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-02-02

for that precinct, ready to. place in tho
box to replace Republican votes, when
the opportunity offered. When this
could not be done during the day it
was done after the close when the Re-
publican judge was not watching. In
many cases it was done SO hurriedly
that the ballots were not folded up
properly but placed in the box with.
out creasing. The total was always
made to conform with the total vote,
the only change being in the top from
Republican to Democratic.
Democrats in Charge Of Boxes.
Since the day of election the Demo-
cratic watchers and officials have been
in charge of the boxes and no stuffing
could be done unless by them Mr.
Dorsey of the Elections Commission,
the Democrat who has charge of the
boxes, swore to this effect before the
contest committee.
1t is generally believed that the
Democrats will not be able to shake
Mr. Peabody's case, and that Peabody
will be seated. The Republicans will
prove considerable fraud outside of
Denver. The Democrats say they will
do the same, but it is conceded by
those on the inside that their evidence
of fraud in outside counties consists
chiefly of the yarns OF political work
ers and that they can not be verified
by substantial proof.
Never before in the history of the
West have such gross frauds been un-
earthed and such thoroughly organ
, ized conspiracy been disclosed. Who
ever gets the governorship, it is safe
to say that the contest inaugurated by
Mr.. Peabody has done the cause of
clean politics and honest elections
more good than anything that has oc-
CURED for many years. A.P.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-02-02

they should grab at the slightest
straw that would assist them in
spreading the IDEA that they were be-
ing treated uniustly and that the evil
dence produced by Mr.. Peabody was
wholly unreliable.
With this object in view they have
done their utmost to confuse the
handwriting experts and to discredlt
their testimony These experts have
reported finding more than 5000 bal
lots in the boxes opened written in.
the hand of two or three people. The
Democratic attorneys claim that this
total is wrong and should be much
less, nevertheless they admit. and
this is the main point. that an enor-
nous number of these ballots have
been written by two or three people.
The exact number is immaterial SO far
as the law is concerned.
The Republicans have aimed to es-
tablish the fact that there were large
numbers of bogus ballots in the boxes,
and the rankest partisan must admit
that they have substantiated their
claim.
That no two persons would look over
these $4,000 ballots and agree upon
the number found written in one hand
is freely conceded by the Republicans
and the Democrats connected with
the case.
This fact alone is sufficient to JUS
tify the throwing out of these pre-
cincts. because both sides admit that
they could not agree as to the number
of bogus ballots written by this Demo-
cratic ballot writer. The law requires.
when the good and the bad cannot be
separated. that the entire precinct be
thrown out
But Mr.. Peabody did not base his
claims upon the number of ballots that
might be found written by one or two
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-02-02
Russia Cuietinq Down.

st. Petersburg. Jan. 27. a. m-Al-
though the strikes in Riga, Libau, Kief,
Reval. Odessa and few. smaller
places are extending. the situation is
nowhere acute, the worst trouble oc-
curing at Riga to-day. when strikers
attacked troops. An increasing num-
ber of workmen are out at Moscow, but
there is no general tie-up or disorder
there. The whereabouts of Father &C.
pom still remains a mystery, although
1t is believed he is in Moscow.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-02-02

Two Frenchmen fought duel the
other day, in which both were severe
~ wounded. Accidents will happen
even in French duels.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-02-02

Prof Perrine of the Lick observa.
tory h..J discovered a sixth satellite
of Jupiter. but as telescope of 10 tc
~ inches in diameter is needed tc
observe it, comparatively few o us
will ever see it.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-02-02

George Meredith comes out now
with the discouraging declaration that
America has never produced a great
writer. And still America doesn't es.
pecially regret that George Meredith
wasn't born over here.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-02-02

who are most beautiful-large
blondes or small blondes. large bru
nettes or small brunettes?" Well. II
depends more or less on which you
happen to be with.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-02-02

Objection to the marriage of King
Alfonso of Spain and Princess Victo
ria of England has been raised In
some high places. This being the
case. he is pretty sure to marry her
II she will have him.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-02-02

"Woodman. Spare That Tree." is
not enough. Somebody ought to write
new song. Farmer. Plant Tree!"
and teach all the country school chill
dren to sing 1t.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-02-02

A Chicago man says wood alcohol
has an agreeable taste. It is noticed
that when once a man drinks it he
never goes back to the other kind.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-02-02

1t appears that Mrs. Chadwick
smuggled over $4,000 through the
gates of the custom house at New
York. This fact is likely to cause
certain ladies who occupy high social
positions to regard her with admira'
ton rather than contempt.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-02-02

Gov. Pennypacker," says the Pitts
burg Post, will now show whether he
is man or mouse II must be
gratifying to Mr.. Pennypacker to
know thar there is, after the record he
has made, a doubt on the manor
mouse question as it relates to him.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-02-02

But perhaps that St Paul paper that
spoke of the "enormity" of dead mil
'ionaire's estate meant precisely what
1t said.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-02-02

The economical New York editor
who addressed New Years cable tc
the Emperor of Japan. "Mikado, To
kio." might have saved four bits more
II he had cut "Mikado" down to
Mike"
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-02-02

Helen Mathers." the English writer.
who is over here. says that she likes
American women immensely. So do
we.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-02-02

Tom Lawson says he once kept Ad-
dicks from committing suicide. The
strange thing about it is that he
makes the statement boastfully.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-02-02

Ninety years ago the first great bat
tie of New Orleans was fought. Every.
body will recall the fact that the sec.
ond great battle of New Orleans was
between Sullivan and Corbett. many
years later.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-02-02

Perfumed gasoline for automobiles
Is the latest innovation in Paris. The
world will wait with bated breath to
learn how it works
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-02-02

The tax list shows that Mrs. AS.
tors diamond stomacher is not one
Of the permanent institutions OF New
York
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-02-02

Uncle Sans experiments in the
matter OF worlds fair postage stamps
have convinced him that a busy peo-
pie does not take kindly to the idea of
licking an unnecessary area of mucil-
age when about 10 mail a letteL.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-02-02
Klbsrt godnty Yribdns
4 Z psps. EdIter SO puhsslss.
uIB1RT. COLORADO.

Paris doctor says that kissing
is healthful. but how can anything so
pleasant be so?
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-02-02

The biggest sea lobster weighs
eighteen pounds. The species that
travels on land usually weighs about
800 pounds.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-02-02

A noted sporting writer says the
race OF fighters is disappearing Still
the fit survive, so to speak.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-02-02

The Connecticut candidate who
courteously voted for his opponent
and thereby elected him has expert
enced change of manners.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-02-02

new kind of grip germ One unsatis.
factory thing about the new germ is
that it is no improvement on the old
kind.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-02-02

DR.. R. Heber Newton not only cx
presses his faith that the spirits greet
the living. but he declares also that
men possess halos. We all know meL
who think they do.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-02-02

Next we shall be hearing that the
bargain-counter fiends are taking les
sons in the noble art of jiu-jitsu.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-02-02

The valued st. Paul Globe dis
courses pessimistically on Christmas
horrors. Nothing but neckties. match
safes. pen wipers and smoking sets in
its stocking this year?
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-02-02

That movement TO eliminate the
ragtime song may be worthy. but 1t is
somewhat late. The world has passed
the "Bedelia" stage and is now in the
deadly embrace of Teasing"
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-02-02
SAMPLE OF BOGUS BALLOTS.

Fornn Bogus Ballots Written
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-26
JACOB RIIS' LOSS
A SERIOUS one
HIS LATE WIFE WAS A TRUE
HELPMEET.
He Once Wrote that She Convinced
Him that His Boyhood Fancy that
Women Were Angels Was True Pic
ture-Story Of the Romance of Their
Lives.

Mrs Elizabeth Riis, wife Of Jacob
A. Riis, the writer and lecturer on So
cial and civic problems, was true help
meet, and her death will be a heavy
loss to him.
Mrs. Riis was born in Ribe, Denmark,
fifty three years ago. She was married
to Jacob A. Riis there in 1876, he going
back to the city of his birth for the
wedding, after having been in America
for several years. " s. F.
Mrs. Riis was a woman Of consider
able literary ability, and collaborated
with her husband in writing.
Mrs. Riis was Elizabeth Nielsen
daughter of a well-to-do cotton manu-.
facturer of Ribe, on the north Danish
coast. She met the man who was DIES.
tined to be "the most useful citizen in
New York; when she was girl of Il
years. Miss Nielsen would not wed at
so early an age and Jacob Riis sailed
for America. -. ~
Miss Nielsen became engaged to an
officer in the Danish army, but he died
of consumption. In the mean time Mr.
Riis had become fairly successful in
New York city as reporter on one of
the dailies and the early romance was
renewed by letter.
+. In one of his principal works Mr.
Riis pays tribute to his wife. He says:
'When / was a boy [ thought women
were. angels. Now that [ have been
married nineteen years, / know that
they. are. Woman is mans guardian
angel, truly and always his better
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-26
A NOBLE MOTORMAN
Envuld Falsen May or May Not Be a
Count.

Pittsburg papers are giving much
space to a ECount Envuld Falsen,'
who is a motorman on the Pittsburg,
Kennywood & McKeesport railway and
great-grandson of "the founder of
Norway and Sweden.' He is quoted
as saying:
"My great-grandfather framed the
original constitution for Norway and
Sweden when the two monarchies were
made into a republic. He was the first
president. of the republic. Envuld Fsl-
sen is big name in Norway and Swed-
en-. We are the onlv family Of the
name, and I am the last Of the Falsens.
I am 33 years old now, and, as am
not likely to marry, the old name will
probably die
Envuld Falsen, as is we'll known, was
one Of the most Influential members of
the famous assembly at Eidsvold in
1874 which adopted the constitution
for Norway and declared the country s
independence.
1t is, Of course, possible that the
Pittsburg motorman is a descendant OF
the famous Falsen, but if he is cor
rectly quoted he is sadly mixed on Nor
Wegian history.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-26
RAILROADS
WILL DIVIDE NEW
WESTERN COUNTRY
u. P. AND N. P. WILL USE, "A LINE
JOINTLY.
Both Roads Were Hot After the Bust
ness of the Territory Made Available
by the Opening Of the Nez Perces
Reservation, but They Decide to Co.
operate.

An agreement, ratification Of which
has Just been exchanged by represen-
tatives of the Northern Pacific and
Union Pacific executive committee for
the development Of the Nez Perces ter
ritory by the building Of joint line
into the rich farming country on the
borders of Idaho and Washington, in
wolves the construction of about three
hundred miles of road.
When the Nez Perces Indian reser-
walton was thrown open to the public
some years ago, the two systems began
to invade this territory, which since
then has been claimed by each as be-
longing to it exclusively.
The Northern Pacific built railroad
Clearwater. The Union Pacific built
a line as far as Pomeroy, Wash, and
ran steamboat service up the Snake
river into the Clearwater country.
Recently both systems sent surveyors
into the country to map out more lines,
and these surveying parties met. Each
informed it's superiors of the presence
of the other, and when the main Offices
heard Of it they tried to find out as
sible. Mr., Hartman, for the Union
Pacific, finally met Colonel Lamont, rep
resenting the Northern Pacific, and they
talked the matter over, ~ .....
The result was that they agreed that
the building of. two lines was need
less expense, and the agreement to build
one line and use it jointly was decided
upon. It will run from the Clearwater
district to point near Pasco, Wash.
The main line will run along the north
bank Of the Snake from Lewiston to
Riparia. z =
It is probable. that a new company
will be organized to do the work, and
that when the construction is COM
pleted the Union Pacific and the North
ern Pacific will each lease one-half Of
the new road. ".
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-26
DENMARK's LONE DUKE
French Noble Has High Title Which
Originated Thru NAPOLEON. ,..

The only royal duke in Denmark
is the Duke Of Glucksburg, who pre-
fers, however, to be known as the Duke
of Decazes, a French title which has
no legal standing. He holds the office
Of chamberlain to the king Of Den
mark, besides which he is one Of the
honorary gentlemen in waiting Of the
French pretender, the Duke Of Orleans.
The origin of the dukedom Of Decazes
is not altogether savory, for the first
duke, that is to say, the grandfather
of the late duke, started out in life in
a very humble capacity in the house
hold of the Comte de Provence, who,
on succeeding to the French throne, as
Louis. XVIII, after the downfall Of
Napoleon and the restoration of the
Bourbons, in 1915, created him count.
Later on King Louis induced the king
of Denmark to confer upon Decazes
the aDnish dukedom Of Glucksburg,
and year subsequently, on the
strength of this, elevated him to a
French dukedom.