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The daily sentinel., 1906-11-23
A WOMAN
MONSTER
MURDER INFANTS
Two Daughters Tell of Ter
rible Crimes That Mother
Committed---Burned New
Born Children.

New York, Nov. 23.-The spectacle
eress the woman who brought them
into this world. but whom they re
fused to call mother was witnessed
in the office of the district attorney
today. The women are Mrs. VIII
helmina Ihrig. of this city and Mrs.
Marie schoche. The mother whom
they accused is Mrs. Wilhelmina Eek
hardt, who was arrested yesterday on
n charge of having performed an il
legal operation.
Both Ihrig and Mrs. Sochoch as
serted that they did not wish to be
known as the daughters of Mrs. Eek
hardt. who they said is not worthy
To bear the name of mother" Both
declare that they had oeen Mrs. Eek
hardt kill four infants and dispose
of the babies by burning them in
her kitchen stove. They also said
that they had seen Mrs. Eckhardt per
form criminal operations upon women
Mrs. Schoch asserted that she was
rescued by her grandmother who
raised her and with whom she re
mained until she became woman.
When she came to this country she
found her mother conducting a dis
orderly house and she declared thar
her mother sought to have her b.
come an inmate of the place. She
refused. The first she knew of her
tn, oh. sol n
was when Mrs. Eckhardt's little
adopted son made a discovery in the
house which led to the exposure oi
Mrs. Eckhardt's crimes and her ar
rest. She learned of the little boys
discovery she went to her mother
with 1t. 1t was while in her mother
house, she says she procured evidence
which resulted in Mrs. Eckhardts
arrest.
Mrs. Schoch declared that she saw
her mother perform an operation on
Anna jackson. otherwise Sally Brovn
colored woman. to whom shilo
was born in the house. nn- her
mother told how easy 1t was to XIII u
child and dispose of il by burning ths
body in the stove.
She declared that her mother
did actually kill the baby by
twisting its neck and that afterward
she burned II.
Mrs. Ihrig came here four months
ago from Rogensburg. Germany She
testified that she lived with her
mother after coming here and that ia
August last she saw her mother Dnrn
the bodies of infants.
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%AOO Price :! & Teeple
U4UU Piano
FREE

to the Lodge, Church, School oI
other organization that is voted the
most popular. Contest now open
and closes Dec. "a, 1906, at 1
o. clock p. III. The piano is exhib-
tied at Humphreys confectionery
store, where it may be seen by all.
One vote free with every 25c cash
purchase from any of the mer-
chants named below. Be sure and
get yoNr votes and vote them for
your favorite organization. Ballot
box at Sturtevant & Quist's drug
store Don't wait until the last few
days to get your votes, but get
them every time you buy, and buy
only where you can get votes.
The following merchants issue
votes and donate the piano:
The Fashion-Dry Goods. Shoes, Mil
llnery and Everything In Ladies'
Edwards Mercantile Co.-Groceries &
Meats. Caterers to good eaters.
Lewis & Snllee-Plumbing and Steam
Fitting, 124 North Fifth.
w. II. Bannister-Leading Furniture
house.
The . and 10 cent Store-Notions,
Novelties. Granite, Glass and
Queensware.
Primrose Jewelry & Music Company.
Humphreys Confectionery, Etc, No.
444 Main Street.
l.. Schmidt t& Sons-Everything in
Hardware.
Mesa Paint and Wall Paper Co., No
337 Main Street.
The Star Bakcry-The Oldest and
Best, 316 Main Street.
Pats New Process Steam Laundry
542 Colorado avenue. Save IL
for me-" Phone Mesa 10.
Herbert @. Chapin-Bicycles & Sup
plies, Phonoghaphs.
Rocky Mountain Tea Company-Teas
Coffees and Spices.
Lowe & Coulter-Tinners, tents, AVN
ings, etc.
Windsor Cafe-For good things tC
eat 109 to Ill North Fourth st
J. w. Clary-Barber Shop and Mas
sage parlors.
Sturtevant-Quist Drug Co.-Succes
sors to C. II. Arthur. Leading
Pharmacists.
Modern Taller Slope. T. Kaneen
Manger. Nrncsi:e Postoffice.
The Tibbets c r'CU.-Finest cigar
and confectlo.' billiards and pool
The daily sentinel., 1906-11-23
TO CURE A COLD.
Uncle Allen Sparks Knew of Many
lnfallible Remedies,

Uncle Allen Sparks Knew of Many
Infallihle Remedies.
Uncle Allen" asked the young
man. do you know anything that's
good for a cold?"
Mr. Allen Sparks opened his desk
took from one of tho pfseonhoIes a
large number of newspaper clippings
tied with string. and threw it over
to him
"Dd know OF anything that is good
for "A cold?" he echoed. My boy, ]
know Of six hundred and twenty-seven
infallible ways OF curing a cold. I've
been collecting them for forty-nine
years. You try these, one after the
other, and If they don't do you any
good come back and l will give you
one hundred and sixteen more. Bless
me- added Mr.. Sparks with enthu
siasm, " you can always cure cold II
you go about 1t the right way"
He dug up a bundle of yellow, time
stained clippings out of another pig
eonhole and the visitor hastily left,
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He SOLD HIS HEAD.
Peculiar Condition in Whicn Wealthy
Russian Finds Himself

Peculiar Condition in Whicn Wealthy
Russian Finds Himself.
A curious story comes from Russia
about man who sold his head About
the year 1865 there lived a man at
heff with an enormous head. A Rus
sian scientist, Prof Walker. in order
TO secure the head for scientific pur
poses. bought 1t from its possessor for
500 roubles. The condition of sale
was that IL should only be delivered
after the mans decease: but when
the transaction got abroad great
scandal was created. The professor.
however. stuck TO HIS bargain. and the
big head applied itself to business
Fortune smiled on the latter: he fell
heir TO a big fortune. and then he
began TO feel uncomfortable at the
thought that the head belonged to an
other. He went to the professor. offer
ed him 1000, 1900, even 1000 roubles
II only he would give him back the
absolute ownership OF his headpiece
But the professor held out, and for
aught that is known 10 the contrary ha
is stin holding Pesrson's Week
"
The daily sentinel., 1906-11-23
FllARlA is A NEW DISEASE.
iesponsihle for the Death OF msny
American Soldiers.

issponslbIe for the Death OF msny
American Soldiers.
Capt Charles Kieener. United
states army surgeon. says the Phil
ppines are infested with mosquitoes
uore troublesome aud dangerous from
. medical point OF view than those
nat swarm in the Jersey swamps. A
TRANCE malady known as flaria Is
raced directly 70 them. and Is com.
non among the American soldiers
,uartered on the Islands Soldiers
contract the disease by drinking
water from stagnant pools in which
he mosquitoes have laid their eggs
The first indication OF filaria ap-
loaIs in the form OF worm In the
ictms thorax This develops into
iophautiasis, which causes the pa
lent terrible pains. accompanied by
4 constant cough. The sufferer is
yorst at night. and the patient be.
'omes a prey TO Insomnia.
The only remedy lies In an opera
ion, which in itself Is dangerous and
arely successful II the worm. W lich
a female. is injured and die
arough the operation, its poison get.
uto the blood, the disease is increased
0 thousandiold and the chances Ct ra
uve-y arc small
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Good Word for mosar,to.

The announcement comes from
Washington that the New Jersey mos
quito is really blessing IN disguise
Not only is its bite aot dangerous.
but. it is asserted. 'his voracious in
sect destroys poisonous immigrants
of its genus tho. come from the south
to threaten .'eople with malaria. vel.
low fever and the like. All this may
be true enough. but it is not likely
that ,he long billed New Jersey variety
wH be cultivated as household pets
until some way Is devised TO muzzle
them during their working hours. Few
Of us can stand the loss of blood nee
essary for their salubrity y.-Indianap
oils News
The daily sentinel., 1906-11-23
NsekIaee Awaits an ounsr.

A strange story is told about a dla.
mond necklace which was found at one
of the English court balls some years
ago One OF the late queens ladies'
in-waitins picked up a diamond neck
lace from the floor. A lady came for
ward ind claimed II. The finder. how.
ever declared 1t was hsr duty to give
II ~ 10 the lord chamberlain's ONCE,
as this was the rule with regard to
anything found In the palace. The
lady protested in vain. but the oldest
thing was that this necklace never
was claimed. and is probably still at
the lord chamberlain's office.
The daily sentinel., 1906-11-23
Cats to knl Prairie DOGS.

The owners of an enormous sheep
ranch in Montana suffer so much loss
from the consumption by prairie dogs
Of the tender shoots of grass that
they have determined to import cats
enough to exterminate the dogs. The
arst company of 100 cats is being re
.ruited at St Paul. A faestious writer
IN the New York Post shows anxiety
tor the future OF the cats. their work
oeing accomplished. He says ii they
10 XIII the prairie dogs they Will have
he choice. subsequently. Of starya.
ion, capnibalisH or brigandage.
The daily sentinel., 1906-11-23
Biliousness and Constipation.

For years I was troubled with bill
,Jusness and constipation, whlch
made life miserable for me My ap,
petite failed me. l lost my usuai
force and vitality. Pepsin prepara-
tions and cathartics only made mat,
ters worse. / do not know where
should have been today had l no,
tried Chamberlain's stomach anu ~
Liver Tablets. The tablets reheNe 'It
nj feeling at once, strengthen the dl-
gestive functions, helping the sys-
fem TO do its work naturally.-Mrs.
Rosa Potts, Birmingham. Alabama
These tablets are for sale by 9. u,
smith and Co. Drug Store, Granu
Junction, Fruita and Palisade' COLO
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a asaI Baraain.

In time" said the struggling artist,
that painting will be of great value
All you have to do is to tuck II away
n an attic somewhere and keep 1t
or about 200 years. by which time
will have become one OF the old
masters. Then you can sell II easily
or $4,000. You see. | know the rules.
nut unfortunately l am not in a nnan-
,ial position to carry them out. So
: Won want a real bargain. I'll let you
Isye this little gem for 81 SO"
The daily sentinel., 1906-11-23
A Healthy spot.

The healthfulness Of a certain sum
ner resort Is advertised by this story
Recently q visitor began to talk to
an old resident of the town in question
md asked him his age, whereupon he
aid: Il am just over seventy.
Well" said the visitor. you look as
you had a good many years to live
,et At what age did your father der
Father dead?" said the man. look
ug surprised. Father isn't dead;
Why. he's upstairs Just now putting
Grandfather to bed!'
The daily sentinel., 1906-11-23
plaque of Wolves.

Wolves are still the scourge of the
Russian peasantry. During the present
winter they have succeeded in de
stroying 10000 head of cattle In one
district OF eastern Russia alone. In
The governments of Novgorod, Tver,
.Olonetsk and Archangel and in Fin.
land these animals are met with in
great numbers. The frequently be-
come such a plague that the govern
ment orders them to be hunted down
by entire companies Of soldiers. who
surround the woods in which they
dwell and afterward shoot them down
IN considerable numbers
The daily sentinel., 1906-11-23
Hare as a univsrsaI Provider.

In the economy OF nature the hare
is the one creature that stands be
tween most of the carniyorous animals
and starvation. In the northern woods
where snow lies on the ground for
more than half the year, and where
vegetation ls of slow growth. the hare
serves as a machine for converting
birch twigs into muscular. lean meat,
and providing # in such quantities
hat hawks. owls wildcats. weasels
and foxes can live Ia comparative
,xurv .-n OF hares under favor
~ conditions produce 10000 indl-
yiduals In four years.
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FOR 4 CARNATION
$4,000 is OFFERED

A dispatch from Lafayetteh Ind
states that fifteen thousand dollars
is offered to Frederick and Theodore
Dorner of that city for new carna-
tion that they have produced.
The new variety is called Winona
and is of beautiful pearly pink col
or. Last year the Dorners sold
their carnation Flncee for $lo'Ooo
Florists from all parts of the coun'
try are bidding for the new nora
wonder.
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chanas for every Old ThIna.

Wanted-Mr. Edgar Hogan wants a
wife. He is not particular about "ha'
sind; most any old thing VIII do-an
Did maid or some brisby young miss
ANY unmarried lady that wants to get
husband should write Mr.. Hogan. or
zee him at his office or home. his
,ostofice is Bethany. His Office IS
,nvwhere on the square at Bethany
as home is on Big Greek. five miles
,orth OF Bethany-Bethany IN"
)wl.
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compensation not to exceed the rate
of twelve and one-half cents az "
cents) per kllowatt hour.
Section 5. The rights, privileges
and franchises hereby granted are
granted upon the express condition
that said city of Grand Junction shall
have the right and power to pur-
chase or condemn the works of said
company heretofore and hereafter to
be acquired at the cash value there
of, and at price excluding the value
of the franchise or right of way
through the streets of the city and al
so excluding any value by virtue of
any contract entered into with the
municipality in excess OF the actual
value of the works. provided that
nothing herein shall authorize the
condemnation of such works within
twenty years after their original
erection or construction, except at
Ieriods of ten and fifteen years after
the granting of this franchise there
for, and provided further that in
consideration of the said company
undertaking to extend Its transmits
sion lines and to supply said city
with electric light, the said city binds
itself not to compete with said COM
panv In furnishing, and not TO be
interested In any manner in the furn-
ishlng of, electrical energy In any
part of the city or the additions there
to, except for municipal purposes. un-
less the city shall first acquire the
property of said company by pur-
chase or condemnation as aforesaid.
Section c. Nothing contained In
this ordinance shall in any way affect
the contract now existing between
the city of Grand Junction and the
said The Grand Junction Electric and
Gas company, expiring November /
1910, concerning electric light rent-
ais for strost lighting purposes.
Section Z. The said company, its
successors and assigns. agree to pay
to said city for the rights and privil-
eyes herein granted by this ordin-
onoe n sum equal to three go per
cent OF the gross receipts from the
sale OF electricity curing the life of
this franchise, said sum to be paid 10
said city at the end of every 80 days
from the date of the passage and ap-
provaI Of this ordinance. The said
company shall keep true and accurate
hooks of account and at all times the
same shall be open to inspection dur
ing business hours by an agent of said
city ouly appointed for such purpose
by the city council.
Section S. This ordinance shall
take effect and be in force from and
after its passage and approval. pro-
vided The Grand Junction Electric
and Gas company shall within thirty
days after such approval file with the
city clerk of the city of Grand Junc-
ton its written acceptance of this OIL
dinance and agree to perform and
abide by all the conditions, terms and
provisions herelnabove mentioned.
Passed and adopted this day
of November. A. D., 1906.
The daily sentinel., 1906-11-23
FRUIT GROWERS TAKE NOTICE

On account of the shortage in pear
trees have decided to order coo
De Anjous, 200 Bartlett and 400
Winter Neilis as extra. Anyone
wanting trees of the above kind are
requested to drop me a card at once
stating the number.
T, ]. JACKSON,
COZ Teller Ave. Grand Junction Colo.
Agent Grlesa Nurseries. Lawrence.
Kansas.
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Mayor cleared The Sidewalk Himself.

Mayor Cleared the Sidewalk Himself.
They tell a story of Mayor Stud "
in New Haven that is characters
He was walking along Church s'rs
one day when he found the v.r
blocked by a hog OF a builder VINO
had filled the sidewalk with cemr mrft
and planks. forcing everybody out IN %
the street. The mayor picked up t'e
plauks himself and threw them H. o
the street and rolled the cement attor
thsm. He left word with a nearby TO.
llceman that il that sidewalk was
obstructed again the builder would be
arrested. Some men can do that cor
Of thing without diminishing 'ae;f dig
nifty and greatly to tho increase oi
their popularity. S'ddley is one OF
those Wst~rbury Comm Amer
| lean
The daily sentinel., 1906-11-23

If you want a steam or hot water
plant that will heat, call on Lewis and
sailee, 124 y. 5th street or Phohe
1914 Black.
Lowe and Coulter timers are pre-
pared at all times to meet your re-
auirements in their line. Hot ar
furnaces, galvonized guttering anu
repairing, 126 N. 5th street, Phohe
1853 Black.
The daily sentinel., 1906-11-23

First class meat market at Aeker-
man G Corcorans.
See us about buggy within the
next few days, it might do us both
some good.-Fred Mantey
The daily sentinel., 1906-11-23
ORDINANCE No.

A proposed ordinance introduced
by Alderman Lutes.
The following ordinance has Doeu
introduced and ordered Published by
the city council OF Grand Junction,
Colorado: -
Vff,- TIarl.
The daily sentinel., 1906-11-23
FREE EXAMINATIONS.

For all diseases and operations on
the eyes and the scientific adjustment
of glasses. see Drs. Smith and Agnew
721 Main St
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Mayor,
-Clty Clerk .

Clerk.
| John NJ. Conley. city clerk of the
city of Grand Junction. do hereby
certify that the above proposed or
dinance was duly read at a meeting
of the city council held Wednesday,
November IA, A. D. 1906, and the
same was ordered to be published for
a period of two weeks in the Daily
Sentinel at the expense of the Grand
Junction Electric and Gas company.
JOHN NJ. CONLEY,
City Clerk.
Grand Junction, Colorado.
Dated Nov. IA, A. d. 1906.
The daily sentinel., 1906-11-23
Notice to water Consumers.

Water viii be shut OFF IN Grand
Valley Canal November 30. 1906,
j. $. O'NEIL. Supt.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-07-13
Jim Gillespie Dead.

The S%partanburg Journal says:
Jim Gillespie, colored, who is known
to hundreds Of former Wofford Col.
lege students throughout the state,
Gied Friday In Greenville at the home
OF q relative with whom he resided
since leaving Spartanburg where he
lived for many years. The announce.
ment will cause sincere regret on the
part OF many, especially those mon OF
South Carolina, who have attended
Won I'd College during the past
quarter Of q century. Gillespie for
80 or moro years held the position as
caterer at the we'll known Methodist
institution and in that capacity anne
In daily contact with the student
body. He was an upright, honorable
colored man and was we'll liked by all
The college boys and the faculty. He
was about 81 years Of age"
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-07-13
Died in Tool Chest.

Little Jimmie" McCallum, & years
cid, after playing with his spade 10
the back yard Of bis grandfathor's
home at 35i West Avn street, New
York, %rummaging among some old
boxes and barrels in a corner of the
yard. Finally he pulled out a big tool
chest that was empty. 1t was just
Dig enough for a little playhouse. The
boy olim bed inside and sat down. In
moving about be shook the box and
the lid fell. The hasp dropped over
the staple and when Jimmie" tried
to raise the lid he found it was fast.
The child struggled to raise the lid,
but could not and after q while lie
was stlnad. Jimmie" was not miss
cd for two hours. Then his grandma
started to search for him. He "
not In the house and she went to his
parents home at 500 West 55bn
street, thinking he had gone there.
The nelghborhood was searched IN
vain. Finally al aunt, quite by acct.
dent, lifted the i'll Of tue tool chest.
There she found Jimmie" dead.
Tho child had been dead only a short
while. Several physicians from ROose-
yelt H0Spita! worked over him for an
hour, but 10 was In vain.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-07-13
"A Wore to Wives.

You are a wife. The whole making
or marring OF your husband is in your
hands. A ona can seldom he ele.
waited by q man, but q man seldom
fails to rise or fall to the woman he
loves. Home springs up at your feet
Ike flowers at tho footsteps Of rain
and aunsnlne In the Spring-that Is,
II you are the right kind Of @ wife.
Ten Thousand men, however brave of
heart, noble Of purpose, true Of char.
acter, and generous Of soul, could not
make one home. But one pure, loving,
generous, tactful and Industrious wo.
man can make a home for a Thousand
men. Home making Is husband max
ing and child blessing and this is the
divine distinction that opens before
you as wife and mother. But have
you entered into tho spirit OF this misn
sion With all the depths Of your soul
and all the enthusiasm OF your heart?
This Is the holy Of holies'' OF married
life. You are to lose the consciousness
u your own existence apart from your
husband--you and he are one Never,
after the day Of your marriage hit
you to stink OF speak OF mine" and
yOurS'-all IL now ours,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-07-13
BrOkO HIa Leg.

While playing in q game of base
ball at Saluda Thursday afternoon
Mr.. Smith White, a young nan OF
that town had his left Leg broken
about half way between the knee aud
ankle. The larger bone was broken
squarely Off and the smaller slightly
shattered. He was making . run
from first to second base and Just as
ne was Ia the act of touching second
the ball from the field was delivered
to second baseman and White to avoid
being put out attempted to Aide In
feet foremost but coming In contact
with second basemaD had his left log
doubled under him. The break was
distinctly heard by the umpire and sey-
eral OF the players.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-07-13
Young Man Drowncd.

A dispatch from Greonville says
Ven Cureton, aged % years, proprle-
tor Of q soft drink and qllck lunch
saloon and son Of Mr.. Thomas
Curcton, a we'll known police onlcer
uf the city, was drowned Thursday
morning while in bathing at the lake
at OMick Spring, the fashionable re.
sort near Greenville. The younp
mar drove out to the springs Thurs
day n orning and registered at the
hotel. Later he rented a bathing
suit and went swimming by himself.
Passers-by noticed clothes In one OF
the dressing rooms and no bather in
the water which led to the organiza.
tion OF a searching party, which drag
ged the lake for the body and found
1T. Cureton Is thought to have been
seized with cramps while Ia deep water.
Ills body was brought to the city
Thursday afternoon and prepared for
burial.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-07-13
How to

We are a restless people, says
the editor Of a Kansas exchange,
Every thin woman longs to b fat.
Every fat woman wants to grow thin
Every town man longs for TIL time
when he can retire In the quiet the
country, and every farmer y ste
some day quit %C1- .ssnu &C
town, when he can take III. y.sy.
Country newspaper men would i 0 to
try their hand on q city daily. The
fellows on the big dailies dream ( o
time when they can own 8 pap o,
their own. In youth we long TO ma
turity, In age we yearn for the l.ppy
days OF childhood. There is II ex
cuse for 1t other than that we seem
to be built that way. TIE grass
seems TO be jcst a little bit gr6ener
and thriftier most any directi0n,from
the place you occupy right now, Don.
tentment is as pea to happiness as
you car get In this world"
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-07-13
Long Lawsuit d

The two villages Luceran and LIN
conqIe, in the Alpes Marittmes, have
just held a celebration In honor of the
ending OF a great lawsuit which has
kept the two villages divided ever
since November ID, 1902. The ques.
tion In dispute was the possession Of a
piece Of land at Iowa, which each VII
lage claimed. A few days ago the
court st Nc, definitely settled the
matter by dividing the land equally
between the villages. The total c0st
Of the lawsuit during the 444 years
amounts to about $3.50, 600, while the
value OF the land In dispute was about
81 600. Tue legal documents which
had accumulated IN the course If the
centuries were docketed In l, $50 par
cells, which weighed l8 tons. and were
stored In q large disused church,