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The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-01
INSURANCE INVESTIGATION.
Report of the New York Legislative
Committee.

New York.-The committee ap'
pointed at the last session of the New
York Legislature to investigate life in
surance has made it's report. The re-
port is extremely voluminous. extend
ing to 319 printed pages. 1t embraces
long review of the testimony taken
by the committee and its recommenda-
ltions and conclusions as to remedial
Legislation. In addition there is a
chapter devoted to the State Insurance
Department.
No substantial amplifcation of the
powers of the department seems neces-
sary, according to the committee,
which holds that most of the evils
which have been disclosed would have
been impossible had there been a Wig
orous performance of the duties al
ready laid upon the insurance depart
ment.
An amendment to the penal code is
recommended to provide that the per
son receiving a rebate should be
equally guilty with the one who gives
1t.
In its detailed report OF the investi-
cation the committee says the accounts
of the Mutual Life Insurance Company
should be thoroughly examined In or.
der that the extent to which moneys
have been misapplied and the respon'
sibility for any misapplication which
may be shown may be determined.
Concerning the New York Life com
pany, the committee found that Its
transactions with Andrew Hamilton
showed extraordinary abuses, and thai
the statement sent from Paris by Ham
ilton was without suitable specifica
tions.
In taking up the Equitable Life AS
surance Society, the committee tells
of the dissensions last February which
resulted in the organization of thai
society and In the disclosures which
brought about the Legislative inquiry
The payment Of 100000 a year tc
| Senator Depew by the Equitable, the
| committee holds, was not warranted
the testimony as to the services ren
,dered by Senator Depew not appearing
| to be sufficient for such payment.
The committee finds that, In spite
of the Irregularities shown. there IL
no reason to question the solvency o.
| the Mutual Life company the New
York Life Insurance Company. or the
Equitable Life Assurance Company.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-01
NEW TOWN OF sWINk.
Starts BrskIy with Sugar Factory
Well Under Way.

Denver-A Rocky Ford special to
dhe Republican says: Regular and
special trains carried nearly $500 peo-
pie to Swink, the new town six miles
east of here Wednesday, where a bar
becue and sale of lots took place. The
first lot sold brought s1.125 and was
purchased by H. w. Potter, a resident
of this vicinity and formerly sheriff of
Otero county. On the first three lots
sold there was a reserve price of $500
by the company. The barbecue was
served at noon and 1t was well patron
lied, three beeves being roasted.
The excavation for the big sugar
factory is completed and work on the
building will be pushed by the Holly
Construction Company. At present
some 300 or 400 people, mostly work
men, are living in tents and the new
town presents a bustling appearance.
The grade of the Holly & Swink rail-
road is completed to the river and
most of it is ready for the ties.
The contract for the bridge across
the Arkansas river has been awarded
to the Bullen Bridge Company. The
town is beautifully located and prom
Uses to become thriving place of at
least 1500 inhabitants.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-01
NEW RAILROAD BILL.
Provides Review of Commerce Com
missions Orders.

Washington.-A new railroad rate
bill was introduced by Mr.. Knox
Thursday. Intense interest in 1t was
shown. 1t broadens the House bill
and contains provision for review
by the courts of the orders of the In
terstate Commerce Commission.
1t provides that all charges of what
ever nature shall be just and reason
able. When rate is unreasonable the
committee shall order it reduced and
when reduced such reduced rate shall
be the maximum to be observed by the
carrier and when the commission shall
order practice to be changed it shall
be observed by the carrier"
The review provision prescribes that
the orders of the commission except
orders for the payment of money shall
take effect within such reasonable
time as shall be prescribed by the
commission and shall continue for
such period of time, not exceeding two
years, as shall be prescribed in the
order of the commission unless sooner
set aside by the commission or sus-
pended or set aside by order of court
In a suit to test the lawfulness of said
order
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-01
RATE BILL REPORTED.
Tiiiman Places Hepburn Bill Before
the Senate.


Washington.-The Hepburn railroad
rate bill was reported to the Senate
Monday by Senator Tillman, in accord
ance with the action of the Senate com
mittee on interstate commerce last
Friday. Large crowds assembled in
the galleries, anticipating field day
of debate, but were disappointed.
There was little of interest in the
proceedings regarding the bill. brief
statement from Mr.. Tillman that the
necessary arrangement for printing
the report would be made later, was
followed by a few remarks from Mr..
Aldrich, showing the position Of the
five Republicans who opposed the bill
as reported.
Mr.. Aldrich indicated that there
would be no unnecessary delay, but
that the bill would be discussed in ac-
cordanace with its Importance.
Mr.. Tillman decided that he was not
prepared to make formal report, and
that it would be more effective to sim
ply report the bill in accordance with
the resolution adopted by the commit
tee, which provides that the members
are left free to exercise individual
judgment concerning amendments
that may be offered in the Senate.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-01
cAAFFEE COUNTY TRAGEDY.
David Morris Shot and Killed by !. p.
Withrow,

Denver.-A Buena Vista special to
the Republican says: /. p. Withrow
shot and instantly killed David Morris,
D section laborer. at Newett, twelve
miles east of this city, about noon
Monday. Withrow gave himself up to
Justice Breithaupt, his preliminary
nearing was held at once and the homi-
eide was declared justifiable. Sheriff
Ankele with a deputy went to the
scene Monday afternoon.
Mr.. Withrow Offered no resistance
and was brought here and lodged in
the county jail. Sheriff Ankele brought
the body of Morris overland in a
wagon.
The cause of the killing, according
to Withrow, was a spree, lasting
nearly a week. during which time,
Withrow says, bad feeling between the
two men steadily increased until
Sunday night when Morris, 1t is al
legged, openly stated to others in the
camp that he would kill Withrow.
The shooting occurred in Withrow's
house, a little three-room cabin, and
was Witnessed by three men, Phil
Hamilton, John Larson and James
Smith, all OF whom were talking to
Morris when the fatal shot was fired.
They are quoted as saying that the
killing was justified and necessary.
The deputy sheriff says that appear
ances at the scene of the tragedy do
not bear out this statement.
The dead man was sitting upright in
his chair. with bullet hole from "A
caliber Winchester through his head.
the only movement made after the
shot was fired being when his head
fell forward on his chest. The bullet
entered the right eye, passed out back
Of the left ear and was embedded in
the wall.
The movements of the little group
Just prior to the time the shot was
fired are more or less shrouded in
mystery, as no one seems to be able
to give a connected account of what
led up to the shooting.
Withrow's Winchester hung in an
adjoining bedroom over the bed. He
was compelled to leave the room to get
1t, and the only shot that was fired, the
officer says, was from the bedroom.
The dead man had not been moved
and sat in the chair when the officers
arrived. He was evidently engaged in
filing his pipe when killed. The
deputy says no weapon of any descrip-
ton was near him. A coroner's in
quest will be held.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-01
Nurse Inherlts Large Fortune.

Colorado Springs. Colo.-Through
the death of an uncle, Miss Ida Beer.
man, a trained nurse at Colorado
Springs, has fallen heir to 100000.
News of her good fortune was CON
veyed to her by a Denver law firm,
but Miss Beerman says IL will make
little difference in her life work as
she will start private hospital and
minister to the sick the same as she
has been doing for several years. Miss
Beerman graduated in her profession
from Mercy hospital at Fort Scott.
Kansas. and since coming to Colorado
Springs has been associated in her
work with the most prominent physi-
clans of the city.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-01
LONG VIGIL OF PRAYER.
Trinidad Man Hoped to Restore His
Dead Wife.

Denver.-A Trinidad dispatch says:
Sitting by the dead body of his wife.
engaged in constant prayer for nearly
twenty-four hours, in the belief that
he would restore her to life, F. w.
Blair finally became exhausted from
weakness and allowed an undertaken
to prepare the body for burial.
Blair's wife died at 9 o'clock Tues
day morning of pneumonia and from
that time until the next morning. he
sat by the body and refused to allow
any of his friends to bring in an un-
dertaker. Blair is member of what
is known as the christian Alliance.
which seeks for the union of all relig-
ious denominations and is firm be-
lever in faith healing. Mr.. Blair is
highly educated and has resided here
eighteen years.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-01
BLOODY EXECUTION.
Murderer Hanged After Cutting His
Own Throat.

Taos, N. M.-After having cut his
throat, John Conley. former Denver
deputy sheriff, was dragged uncon-
scious to the scaffold, where the little
life that remained in him was choked
out by the hemp rope Monday morn
ing. Before attempting to kill him.
self, Conley left letters In one of which
he said:
II die martyr to the inefficient laws
of New Mexico. Only one member of
the jury that condemned me could un-
derstand English. and the interpreter
told them anything he pleased. No rec
ord Of the testimony was kept by the
court. / am innocent, but powerful in
terests demand my life. l want to
cheat Hagerman's official hangman of
his fee"
Early Monday morning Conley, with
penknife he had secreted in his cell,
cut a cash clear acrcss his throat and
severed the windpipe. A surgeon twas
hastily summoned and stanched the
flow of blood. AS soon as practicable
thereafter he was dragged to the gal
lows.
The crime for which Conley paid the
| penalty with his life was the killing
of James Redding and Charles Purdy
at the Guadalupe placer claims. near
| Questa. New Mexico, January 16, 1905.
No one Witnessed the shooting. He
made plea of self-defense. Both of
| the murdered men were under the in
| fiuence of liquor at the time. Conley
was also a hard drinker, but, according
| to his own statement, he had taken no
| liquor on that day, and this was not
| disproved at his trial.
On account of the bitter feeling
against Conley in Taos county among
| the American element, his attorneys
took a change of venue to Santa Fe,
| where the case was tried on the first
indictment for the killing of Redding
| The jury returned the verdict of muir.
| der in the first degree.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-01
WYOMING COLLEGE CASE.
Lander VIII Fight for Asrieultur-i Lo-
cation.

|
Lander, Wyo.-The Lander Board ol
Trustees will carry the Agricultural
college case, which was decided
against them in the State Supreme
Court February LIST. to the United
States Supreme Court. The board
claims that there are three distinct
federal questions open to review by
tho federal court. The case will be
appealed on a writ of error.
The board at Lander contends that
the act of the Wyoming Legislature,
in which the college law was repealed.
impairs the obligation of contract and
Is in violation of vested property
righls, and is for these reasons In vioi
lation of the constitution of the United
States.
That the Hatch and Morrill, laws,
providing for the giving of federal
funds for the support OF an agricul-
tural college, contain an express pro-
vision that said funds are to be paid
bnly to an institution whose leading
object shall be instruction in agricul-
ture and the mechanic arts. They
Is not and never has been such an in
Btitution, and that the payment Of fed
eral funds to 1t is contrary to the pro-
visions of said act of Congress.
That in the act of Wyomings admis-
sion into the Union compact was
made between the state and the
United States in which the govern
ment gave and the state accepted 90,-
900 acres OF land for the support and
maintenance of an agricultural college,
and that having done so the act of the
Legislature in repeating the law and
attempting to destroy the institution
Is in violation of said compact be-
tween the state and the United States.
AS soon as the last Legislature
passed the act repeating the college
law funds were raised by private sub
Bcription to carry the case through the
United States court If necessary.
The Wyoming Agricultural College
was located at Lander in 1892 by a
vote of the people at a regular election
but no appropriation was ever made
by the State Legislature for the pur-
chase OF grounds and erection of build
ings, and according to an act of the
Legislature the federal funds have
gone to the State University at Lara
mie, which will continue to receive
them should the federal court sustain
the decision of the state court.
Philip Weisser, a stockman OF Ian
der, died about three years ago, leav-
ing his entire estate of over $4,000 to
the Agricultural college at Lander.
The Board of Trustees at Lander pur-
chased tract of ground in and adjoin-
ing Lander and had school in actual
operation when the law was repealed.
In the event that the federal court
affirms the state courts decision the
estate OF Weisser will, it seems, be
without a proper authority to lay
claim to 1t, as the will contains a pro-
vision that the gift is made to the col
lege when established at Lander.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-01
Newspaper Defense Fund.

New York.-More than 200 members
of the American Newspaper Publish
eers' Association attended the twen-
tieth annual meeting of that organiza-
ton at the Waldorf-Astoria Wednes-
day. One of the most important pro-
ceedings of the meeting was the adop-
tion of an agreement which was almost
unanimously signed, providing for a
defense fund to meet the eexigency OF
a strike by the linotype machine men
j in newspaper Offices.
The arrangement provides that in
the evenc of strike in any newspaper
Office in the country, all the other pub.
fishers belonging to the association
shall be liable to an assessment to sup
port the newspaper affected until it
ihas achieved victory over the strikers.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-01
immigration Estimate.

New York-The annual forecast OF
immigration for the year was issued
yesterday by Broughton Brandenberg,
president of the National Institute OF
Immigration. This forecast has for
three years estimated the influx within
10000. There will be, Mr.. Branden-
berg thinks, considerable decrease,
about 10000, in immigration into the
United States for 1906. as compared
with the previous year.
There will be an extremely heavy
falling of in the Galician, Russian and
Polish Jew immigration owing to an
increase of solidarity due to recent
events in Russia.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-01
Oil Men Must Answer.

Jefferson City, Mo.-The Supreme
Court has held that witnesses were
compelled to answer questions in tho
standard hearing in ST. Louis. This
decides the point on which II. H..
Rogers declined to answer questions
at the hearing in New York. The st.
Louis hearing was discontinued week
ago until the Supreme Courts decision
upon the point involved should be
handed down.
NThe court lays down the law that
when foreign corporations. as the oil
companies are cited to be. come
into Missouri to do business, they i'm
pliedly agree 70 obey the laws of the
state and that they must obey the
laws.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-01
PACKERS TRUST CASE.
o.rsieia Denies Claim That He Prom
ised Immunity.

Chicago. = Commissioner Garfield
packers case Wednesday and made
positive denials of assertions that have
been made on the stand by the wit
nesses for the packers.
District Attorney Morrison Ques-
toned Mr.. Garfield regarding his con-
versations with Edward Swift, Edward
Morris and various other represen-
tatives of the packers, and the
commissioner stated positively that
he had never told any OF
them that information received
from the packers would be regarded
as confidential, or that If they did not
give up the information desired by his
department, they would be compelled
to do SO.
The opening of the examination was
on the books examined by Mr.. Garfield
when he visited Chicago February 2S,
1905. The books showed the assem-
bling of profits and loss accounts OF
the different packers. He said that he
examined the totals only and that no
figures were taken from the books.
AS per instructions he had given to
his agents prior to the commencement
OI tHe investigation ne Shiu ne toiu
the agents of the department that II ac-
cess was given to the books of the
packers they were to go to the books;
that no detective methods should be
used; that there would be no use of
compulsory powers, or a suggestion of
such a position upon the part OF the
government. II disputes arose they
were to be referred to the commits
sioner for adjustment.
District Attorney Morrison asked
what information had been secured by
the commissioner outside of the books
of the packers. Commissioner Garfield
said that much of 1t had been secured
from the Bureau of Animal Industry,
as well as from cattle raisers, feeders
and commission men. Butchers were
questioned regarding the prices of re-
tail meats.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-01
Jury Panel Discharged.

Denver.-On Friday Judge Peter l..
Palmer discharged the entire jury
panel for the January term of the Dis
itrict Court because of technicality in
the drawing of it, after the jury in
Judge Johnson's division had returned
a verdict against the Denver City
'Tramway Company for $4,000 damages
The plaintiff was Edwin r. Cowan. The
Tramway gave notice of an appeal in
the Cowan case.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-01
Earthquake in Columbia.

New York-A cable dispatch to the
Herald. dated Buenaventura, Column
bia says: An earthquake occurred at
OK minutes to IL the morning of the
o1st lasting about seven minutes. the
movement being from the north to the
south. The town was considers bly,
ebaken. The damage was small, but
HE people were thrown into a panic.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-01
Former Speaker Honored.

Washington.-The death of Former
Speaker David d. Henderson was the
subject of appropriate action in the
House of Representatives Monday
when. after the transaction of less
than days business, resolutions of
regret and esteem were adopted and
adjournment taken as further mark OF
re spect to his memory.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-01

Mark Twain made speech in
which he spoke with much humcr of
the millionaire tax-dodgers of Gotham.
There was even more truth in the
speech than humor.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-01

A biologist prescribes pound of
candy or a dose of cooking soda for
that tired feeling" The young Amer
1can will know which prescription to
take.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-01

A Connecticut minister is authority
for the statement that a half dozen
good apples eaten each day win great
ly assist an inebriate to conquer his
appetite for liquor. OF course. they
must not be taken in the form of
applejack.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-01

A British judge has decided that a
waitress does her full duty II she
passively resists attempts to kiss her.
and that she cannot be discharged for
not resisting actively. An extension
OF the passive resistance movement
may confidently be predicted.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-01

Richard Mansfield advises univers-
icy boys to select some great man as
model, and 1t should not be inferred
that he meant Beau Brummel.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-01

Bob Fitzsimmons has purchased a
rural home" but we have reasonable
doubts whether his Julia will be con-
tent to shoe chickens off the porch
and perform the other duties of ru-
ralist's wife.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-01

1t seems that after paying $500 a
volume for 'Fads and Fancies." New
York's smart set still has money
enough left to pay $1,000 pair for
'medicated boots"
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-01

BY the verdict of P7ooklyn jury. a
dash left out of telegraphic mes
sage will cost the telegraph company
$4,000. Under the circumstances.
the manager might be excused dash
with big, big d before 1t.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-01

Uncle Russell Sage will have to pay
taxes this year on personal property
assessment of $2.c00.000. Are the New
York authorities trying to drive the.
poor old man out of the city?
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-01

The New York physician who
starved himself to death in an at
tempt to show the power of mind
over matter would seem to have given
mind rather rough Jolt.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-01

The Russian revolutionists are not
satisfied to take counsel; they want to
take councillors every time they can
get a shot at them.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-01

A life" sentence in New York is
said to average about ten years. This
is unfair to New York. even consider
ing all that tends to shorten life there
and make 1t disagreeable while it
lasts.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-01

A Richmond. Va. man died. leav
ing two widows and a fiancee. Well
that's an improvement on the Hoch
method. anyway.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-01

One OF the best experiences in this
life is living within ones Income. 1t
may require little sacrifice some
times. but sacrifice is good.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-01

The big revival now in progress in
Philadelphia is expected to cost $780,
900. but it isn't expected that there
will be $4,000 converts.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-01
Ebert County Tribune
;. Z Psps. Esassr a.l p~ssishss.
H8zRr. COLORADO.

n trade note says heavy shoes
move slowly" 1t sounds almost like
. truism.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-01

A. Cincinnati woman has 1000 ca
naries. When we move to Cincin-
natl we shall be careful not to rent the
next fiat.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-01

They are going to build a twenty
four srory skyscraper in Pittsburg.
The top of it ought almost to rise
above the SCOT
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-01

The United States has $40 mountain
peaks over $4,000 feet high, and yet
the country doesn't look SO very
peaked It that.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-01

1t is not true that the motto of M.
Anatole lie Braz. this years French
lecturer at Harvard. is Erin go
lragh."
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-01

Now that man in West Coventry,
Conn. has caught neighbor in a
trap set for chicken thieves, will the
offender be punished by being sent to
Coventry?
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-01

A Boston hen was sold last week for
$3.50. She must have come over in
the Mayfower.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-01

When a woman says she hates to
have her husband out of her sight he
is either a very good husband or
very bad one.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-01

Admiral Togo is coming over here
IN April with two armored cruisers
OIL up your banzais!
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-01

The shah of Persia has granted 9
parliament" and will no doubt run II
entirely to his own satisfaction.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-01

The new king of Denmark is in his
63rd year, and may be considered
thoroughly safe and sane.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-01

1t wouldn't be so embarrassing to
tell folks what you think of them If
they wouldn't return the compliment.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-01

OF the 6.817 new books published in
England last year. probably seventeen
were we'll worth reading.