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The Grit-advocate., 1907-10-04
Once Prosperous; Now Suicide.

Pueblo.-The dead body of ]. B.
Johnson, formerly II prosperous law
yer, was found in the basement of the
red triangle building at the corner Ol
Grand and Victoria avenues, where il
probably had laid for several days
The dead man held in his hand a re
volver, and a wound in his mouth told
how he died. The body was discov
cred by J. w. Buck. proprietor of d
rooming house in the block. who hap
pened to so to an unused room in the
basement this morning Several days
before he had given Johnson permis
sion to sleep in this room. Twent,
years ago Johnson had good Law
practice and was considered an excel
lent attorney. He allowed drink to ge
the best of him and gradually Wen
down hill. For several years past he
has been spending much time in pros
pecting So far as known. he has NJ
relatives.
The Grit-advocate., 1907-10-04
NEWS OF The WEEK
Most Important Happenings of tbs
Past Seven Days.
inter ssting Items Gathered From al
Parts Of the World Condensed
TITO Small Spscs tor the Ben.
eft OF Our Readers.
Personal.

Personal.
Prof. De Lage. Of Paris. has sue
ceeded in producing life In one hour
with chemicals.
The Roosevelts have returned to
5ourn at Oyster Bay.
Wilbur Glenn Voliva. who succeeded
John Alexander Dowie as head of
Zion City. las been given 80 days
notice to vacate the building occupied
by him there. The option which he
held on land in New Mexico has also
been lost
Mrs. Sarah T. Rohrer. known all
over the United States as an authority
on cooking. has gone into voluntary
bankruptcy in New York
Arthur Male, president Of a coal
company at PittsbGrg. Kansas, was re-
Gently caught under fall Of slate in
his mine and fatally injured.
NJ L. Gray died recently In Holden.
Mo, after having been agent for the
Missouri Pacific at that point AZ
years.
Secretary Taft and party on board
the Minnesota have arrived at Yoko-
hama, Japan.
Vice President Fairbanks was de-
feated as a lay delegate from Indiana
to the quadrennial conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church to be held
in Baltimore.
Eugene F. Ware of Topeka, Kan,
the lawyer poet Of Kansas and for
a brief and troubled season United
States pension commissioner, will
move to Kansas City and become a
member of the law firm of Ware.
Nelson & Ware.
President Roosevelt delivered an ad-
dress at Canton, O., at the dedication
of the Mckinley memorial.
Secretary Root has arrived in Mex
leo and has been given Chapultepec
Castle as his residence while the guest
' of the Mexican government.
The Grit-advocate., 1907-10-04
THE GRIT-ADVOCATE
COLORADO.
A Matter Of Honor.

Ths-reGulations introduced by Secrs
tary Of the Treasury Cortelyou appear
to work to everybodys satisfaction.
Under the new system passengers are
put upon their honor in declaring the
nature and value OF their possessions.
while ample time is given to prepare
and sign the formal declarations to the
customs authorities. and there II no
long delay and tiresome searching Of
personal effects upon landing. The
new system was In full force and ef-
feet when the American line steamer
New York arrived at the city after
which she is named. on Saturday.
The ship had big load Of passengers.
and there was much delight over the
changed arrangements One passen-
ger thus enthusiastically expressed
the feelings Of himself and many
others: Putting a good American
and believe most Of them are pretty
good-on his honor is the best way to
make him better. l have been across
the ocean many times and / certainly
have objected to the corralling of pas
sengers in the saloon and forcing
them to feel as II they were undesira-
BILE citizens by an inquisition that was
not only unpleasant to them but also
TO the acting deputy collectors asking
the questions. You cannot fancy what
a relief it was to be able to come up
the bay out on the deck of the steam
ship instead Of In the close saloon.
Sometimes we never got glimpse Of
the city until we were almost in dock,
and sometimes We never got Whit Of
the air Of the bay except as 1t came
through the ports. l tell you this will
make people want to travel abroad
more and will attract foreign travel
es to our shores" Secretary Cortel-
you In making this innovation, says
The Troy Times, has given new proof
of his realization of public needs. BY
the change thus wrought he has swept
away all cause for complaint that the
government is unduly exacting and in.
luisitorial.
The Grit-advocate., 1907-10-04
CHARGED With HoIdinq.Out.

Casper, Wyo.-Dallas and E. c. Ir.
Won, charged with holding up the sa.
loon Of D. A. Robertson end stealing
$3.50, have been released on bond OF
81 900 each, pending preliminary hear
ing. AS result Of the holdup it is
probable that Goldstein. who has the
gambling concession in the Robertson
saloon, will be prosecuted for violation
of the gambling law, the money Sc
cured by the holdups coming from
gambling games. The complaint re
cites that Goldstein was conducting
games.
The Grit-advocate., 1907-10-04
Knew He Was Doomed.

Portland, Ore.-A special dispatch
from Baker City says that former
Sheriff Harvey X. Brown. who was
made the victim of bomb outrage
very similar to that which killed for
mer Governor Steunenberg of Idaho
died of his injuries. No trace of the
criminal has been discovered.
Brown was the man who arrested
Steve Adams for his alleged crimes in
Idaho and for the past six months has
been engaged in detective work for the
state Of Idaho. He was a witness
against Steve Adams. and expressed
his fear of taking the stand, for it Is
alleged he said he knew he never
would escape alive II he did.
The Grit-advocate., 1907-10-04

The extraordinary popularity Of nne
white goods this summer makes the
choice of Starch matter of great i'm
nortance. Defiance Starch. being free
from all injurious chemicals, Is the
only one which is safe to use on fine
fabrics. Its great strength as stiifener
makes half the usual quantity OF Starch
necessary, with the result OF perfect
finish, equal to that when the goods
we're new.
The Grit-advocate., 1907-10-04
Miscellaneous.

German scientists, with automatic
instruments attached to unnamed
balloons, have discovered that at high
equator and warmest above the poles.
A monster petition signed by hun
dreds of British Columbians, has been
sent to Sir Wilfred Laurier. the Can
adian premier, asking the absolute ex-
clusion of all Orientals.
A royal prescript has been proclaim
ed in New Foundland. suspending all
colonial statutes authorizing officials
to seize American vessels for alleged
! fishery offenses.
President Roosevelt has announced
that he will approve the constitution
recently ratified by the voters in the
new state of Oklahoma when formally
submitted to him.
| Attorney General Hadley says the
statement of the railroads that they
have lost $1,500.O0O in Missouri since
the two-cent fare went into effect is
ridiculous.
\ A general railroad strike is threat.
ened in England as the result Of the
demand OF the Railway Men's union
for the recognition OF their organi-
zation.
The prosecution OF the Santa Fe
Railroad company on the charge OF
/ granting rebates has been commenced
, In Los Angeles, Cal.
, Longshoremen and teamsters a,
, New Orleans to the number OF 500
;, have struck and it is expected that
5000 will become involved
A new turbine cruiser just com
pleted for the German government at
e taincd speed of 25.S knots an houl
e during her trials.
e Many prominent Episcopalians from
I all parts of the world attended a three
days session of the international con
vention of the Brotherhood of St An
drew at Washington. The Lord Bsh
op OF London was a prominent figure
decisive victory was won by the
n state OF Nebraska when fedora
!. Judges T. c. Munger and W. N. Nun
: ger denied an injunction to the rail
s roads to prevent the state from enforc
The Standard OIL company has dis
:. tributed 100000 copies of pamph
- let which declares that the company |:
the victim Of "persIstant and ad
g roit" attack on the part OF the fedora
:. authorities.
J. Eight Greek labOrcrs were recently
s killed in wreck on the Southern
l. Pacific railroad in California. Friends
It Of the victims chased the engineer
II and fireman OF the train into the hills
n and then proceeded to demolish the
ears OF the train.
The big turbine steamer Lusitani;
T. made the return trip to Queenstown
70 from New York In five days foul
,. hours and 10 minutes, or three hour.
4 Ind 25 minutes more than her west
d ward run.
At the New York hearing OF the
Standard OIL suit 1t was developed
L. that the Indiana Pipe Line compan,
y made profit in 1903 of 4.O91 ,O22 OF
/. / total Investment s2,22S.75S.
o The first killing frost of the seaso,
IS lid considerable damage in Iowa re
"a :ently.
o The large conservatories of G. M
Kellogg at Pleasant Hill. Mo, were re
.ently damaged by boiler explosion t.
n. he extent of $5O,O00.
n The head OF big brewery com
y nny has been elected lord mayor o
10 .ondon-
The Grit-advocate., 1907-10-04
hoiskeII's Ointment
Cures Skin Diseases

For half . century Heiskells Ointment has
been used in all cases OF skin disease with
most gratifying results. Many have become
entirely cured who had suffered untold pain
and annoyance for years. One man In New
Baltimore, Pa, writes that It cured him when
he was raw all over. A lady in Philadelphia
cured case Of letter OF six years standing
in fourteen days, while . man in Allentown.
Pa, cured his case of eczema that had trou-
bled him for eleven years with less than two
boxes OF the ointment. These and hundred(
Of others have found that Heiskelrs oint-
mont 10 worth more than it, weight in gold.
Being . purely vegetable preparation, Heis-
kelrs Ointment soothes and heals where
others fail 1t allays the itching and burn
ing com mon to all skin disease, and all Yield
quickly 70 Its magic influence.
There are many varieties OF skin diseases
with confusing titles, but they are all suscep-
tible to one and the same cure-Hsisksll's
Ointment. No one need suffer long ifafilicted
with any skin disease not Of . constitutional
character they will apply this remedy. This
rigo, eczema, milk crust itching piles, scaid-
head. tetter, ,ringworm, blackheads, psoriasis,
pmpt's'; so. In ,ts
to heathy action and the nlood ana
skin disease cures are hastened BY the use Of
Heiskell's Medicinal Soap before applying tho
ointment, and in cleaning up the blood end
liver with Heiskel's Blood and Liver Pills.
Heiskell's Medicinal and Toilet sosp con.
taina IN modified form the medicinal prop
critics OF Heiskelrs Ointment, and IL psfticil-
larry effective in slight disorders OF the skin.
as lash eruptions and sbrasions. 1t cleans
perfectly and In the bath Is great luxury.
Heiskell'a Blood and Liver Pills contain the
active medicinal principles OF various roots
and herbs approved in medical practice.
Remember that there is no case so Obstinate
| tnat deieke ellis Ointment will not cure it. The
nn oihtmeht b,; IS sold at 500 o box. Soap ct &c
You can get them Of any druggist or We
Ttl t sena py mall on receipt of price. Address
nerce St.. Philadelphia. Pa, wa Sona'
The Grit-advocate., 1907-10-04
r.nc;fui Finance.

.u.vep't you loaned that 10 o'o
a rood deal of money
:No. I've let him have = number
OF small sums .,o, vhv Al,
"Knowing his reputation. "ny oid
Won rive him that last fi'e:
'cI .1t vas this way. He said II I'd let
A., 80 II he'd pay me something
on vbat he already owed me-.
"Well?"
"coJ lot him have the five and he
Maid me one dollar on account.
The Grit-advocate., 1907-10-04
Bad Bill to Face Charge.

Cheyenne, Wyo.-Sheriff A. j. Bath
Of Laramie secured at the Governors S
office requisition papers for Cherokee
Bill Cooke. who is wanted at Laramie
for defrauding hotel keeper, and was
held by the Denver police. Cooke is
also wanted at Sterling. Colorado, to
answer to a bigamy charge.
The Grit-advocate., 1907-10-04
Tripped.

Tripped.
cunner-so you think the DeBloH-
.s arc taking about their extended
European tour?
Cuver-I should say so. They said
,bore were so many Americans in
Vanice that many had to walk in the
middle of the street.
Gunner-Well?
Guyer-Why the streets Of Venice
oro cana1s-Chicago Daily News.
The Grit-advocate., 1907-10-04
Fifteen KILLED
IN 4 Wreck
OPERATOR GIVES TRAIN WRoNo
TRACK AND COLLISION 10
RESULT.
EnCINEER'SLEcCU10FF
"epRiNo CHICKEN" THEATRICAL
COMPANY ESCAPE WITH
eHAkEUP.

! Wheeling, w. Va.-Fifteen men were
killed and a score injured, a number
fatally. at Bellaire, Ohio, Saturday al
ternoon. when the Chicago and Wheel.
ing express train on the Baltimore &
Ohio railroad crashed into q freight
train which was moving slowly on
siding. Richard Carle and his musical
comedy organization, 1.-The Spring
Chicken" company, were in the wreck.
| Alfred Dolby musical director Of the
organization, Is among the dead. John
Jamison, manager Of the company, is
also injured.
The killed are:
EDWARD HEINZE. Wheeling.
| WILLIAM SHAW, Wheeling.
KARL BERTRAM, Woodfeld. Ohio.
L. N. GALBRAITH, Newark, Ohio.
F. E. MOTZ, Newark. Ohio.
| T. A. DUNLAP, passenger fireman.
| LIPSCOMB, passenger engineer.
w. ]. johnson, freight engineer.
Newark Ohio.
HARRY ENGLISH, Connorsville.
Ohio
CURTIS LAFFERTY. Cambridge.
Ohio.
H. PETERSON. Hoboken. New Jer.
sey.
JOHN HAWK.
ALFRED DOLBY, New York.
HAROLD ZElTZ, newsboy. Massi'
Ion, Ohio.
TWO UNKNOWN MEN.
List Of Injured.
John Hawk, Pittsburg. chest crushed.
August Meder, New York, body
crushed.
Frank Brown, New York, legs and
back injured.
Forest Jackson, Cambridge. Ohio.
neck badly hurt, legs injured.
Clarence johnson. Cambridge, Ohio.
back and hips injured.
Leo Ralph. Quaker City, Ohio, head
and back crushed.
D. E. Clover, Klee, Ohio, crushed
atout chest and lungs.
William B. Bokodick, Benwood, West
Virginia. hips crushed, one leg ampu-
tated.
William Anderson, Mississippi, prob.
ably internally.
Barney Daily, Pittsburg. right leg
cut of, head crushed.
James Griffin, Bayonne City, New
Jersey. injured about hips.
William Ferrell, Albany, New York.
cut and bruised.
w. c. Besant, chief mail clerk,
GAINESVILLE. Ohio, cut about head and
body; will die.
c. E. Kner, Mt Vernon, Ohio, mall
clerk, head and back injured.
E. G. Blugh, Mt. Vernon. Ohio, head
injured and arm bruised.
Given Wrong Track.
McGann. the signal operator at tho
Bellaire yard Office, gave the freight
the eastbound track instead Of the
westbound. Both engines were de.
molished, portion OF one rolling over
a forty-foot embankment
Nearly all Of the injured were in the
smoker. The dead and injured were
pinioned under the wreckage, which
caught fire. The Richard Carle
Spring Chicken" theatrical company
occupied a parlor car upon the rear OF
the train which was demolished, but
| none of the company was injured.
Engineer Lipscomb, caught under
the wreckage. called piteously. Chop
my leg off, will you?" to members of
the yard force. An axe was secured
| and, with the steam pouring in upon
him, Lipscomb saw them amputate his
leg. He died at the Boone hospital an
hour later.
General Manager Fitzgerald's train
was at Benwood Junction, and was
| converted into relief train, filled with
doctors and nurses, and rushed to the
scene Of the wreck. The dead were re
| moved to undertaking establishments
here and the injured to the Boone hos
pital here and the Glendale hospital a,
The Grit-advocate., 1907-10-04
Beet Train Hits Buggy.

Sugar City, Colo.-J. C. Manning was
Instantly killed and Higsby Gray prob
ably fatally injured by Missouri Pa
ciflc beet train at a crossing four miles
west OF this place Sunday night. Both
are prominent farmers OF the Ordway
dist:c They were returning home,
from a social function at late hour in
a single buggy and attempted to cross
the track In front of the train,
The Grit-advocate., 1907-10-04

:. Marion Crawford has been com.
PEELED to give up his palace in Italy
TO escape from the crowds OF Ameri.
cans who insisted on 1locking there to
admire him. This may be set down rs
one OF the most banefuI OF all the
hardships with which genius has to
contend In an age OF materialism.
The Grit-advocate., 1907-10-04

The empress dowager of China dem.
onstrates her mental superiority over
some prominent male statesmen by
proving that she knows when 1t is time
TO resign.
The Grit-advocate., 1907-10-04

Know how to give without hesital
ton, how to lose without regret. how
to acquire without meanness-GeorGe
Sand.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-15
IMMUNITY FOR RUEF2

From hints that have been let fall by
Prosecutor Heney it seems possible
that. in return for testifying against
Patrick Calhoun and some other emf
nent citizens of San Francisco who are
accused of giving brides, Abe Ruef.
the arch conspirator and criminal. is
to be given absolute immunity. The
Herald has heretofore expressed the
opinion that the man who gives bride
is as bad as the man who accepts a
bride or worse. We have said that in
many cases the man who takes bride
money does 50 because of some press
ing necessity, because he sees in the
dirty money escape, at least temper
arily, from an extraordinary embar-
rassment.
Nor is there any reason for changing
our view on these matters. In com
mon Justice it should be pointed out,
though, that Ruef is no ordinary bride
taker. He is in no sense a victim of
circumstances. He is, on the con-
y.
en- type He is a creator of the cir
cumstances that have led to his arrest
and his confession of guilt. Piece by
piece and bit by bit he built up the
most elaborate machine for municipal
corruption that this country has ever
seen. He was az unblushing and as
impudent in his criminality as though
he were conducting a business that was
perfectly legitimate.
The man was born with criminal in
stincts. He went into politics with a
view TO getting money out of it, Wheth-
err he got the money honestly or not
was OF the smallest Importance to him.
Indeed, from his actions he actually
preferred the unclean to the clean. II
is entirely probable that Schmitz, the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-15

Harlan went to Louisville and was
one of the first lawyers at the bar. In
political campaigns he went on the
stump and was pretty nearly unrivaled
in that capacity. In 1871 he was nom
mated for governor, and the things he
did TO old man Leslie, the Democratic
candidate, were cruelty and torture
Four years later he was the opposing
candidate to McCreary, who. by sheer
pluck, stood up to him, discOmfiting
him at Munfordville
And yet 1 do believe the John NJ
Harlan of thirty years ago was the
most powerful man 1 ever heard on the
stump. 1t was suggested last summer
that he resign from the bench and run
for governor. 1t would have been sui
eide. John NJ. Harlan, playing golf at
Chevy Chase, is yet young. John NJ.
Harlan riding on horseback, forty
miles day, and speaking two hours to
none too select crowds, would not have
lasted till first frost.
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THE MURDER OF FORD.

Yesterday morning the city was
shocked by the story of the fatal
WOunding of Patrolman Charles Ford
by one OF two highwaymen who had
just robbed a saloon on West Second.
South street. The patrolman was Civ
en- no chance whatever for his life. He
saw the murderous thugs run out of
the saloon and started toward them.
AS he did so he was shot down. Al
though he must have felt that his
wound was mortal, Ford. like the cour-
ageous man that he was. drew his re-
volver and fired upon the bandits, but,
unfortunately. without effect. Early
yesterday afternoon he died in St
Marks hospital
Ford was appointed TO a place on the
police force only last Tuesday. He
had served just three days when, in
the pursuance of his duty, he was slain.
That he would, if he had been spared,
have made a valuable and efficient Of
fcer is evidenced by the manner of his
death. To the end OF his short career
on the force he was true to his duty,
and in doing his duty he laid down his
life.
The murder of Ford is the culmina-
ton of a wave Of crime that has been
sweeping over the city. Early yester-
day morning and all day the police
were busy making arrests. The pO-
lice are almost certain one OF the men
who is locked up participated in the
robbery and murder An accurate de-
scriptiOn of the other man is in the
hands OF the police, and it is believed
that he cannot long escape arrest. 1t
is greatly to be hoped that he win be
caught without delay. Owen. the chief
suspect. was arrested some distance
from the scene of the crime and about
an hour after it was committed. He
was in an exhausted condition and had
evidently been running as hard as he
could. There are many reasons for be-
lieving he is guilty.
OF course, If owens guilt is abso-
Iutely shown, and II his comrade is ar
rested and convicted. neither of them
will be executed. Here in Utah we do
not infict capital punishment any
more Besides. the killing OF an officer
or citizen by a highwayman is not re-
garded in Utah as a crime that merits
the extreme penalty provided by the
law. Witness the case of Shoekley,
who killed two street car men while
robbing them, as an example.
The murderous thugs know this and
il makes them holder. They know that
the moment they are condemned 10 die,
and often before. petitions for clemency
will be started; they know that COM
PLEASANT officials viii mitigate their SEN
tence If they are convicted. We will
be told that the thug Owen, for exam
pie, was good while he was in prison,
and that he suffered enough, anyway,
because he was compelled to run so
hard TO get away from the scene of
the murder of Ford.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-15
THE GRAND JURY REPORTS.

After having been in session OF and
on since October 9 the grand jury that
was summoned at the request Of the
salt Lake Real Estate association, pri-
marily TO investigate the alleged food
trust In this city, yesterday submitted
its report. The grand jury does not
return any indictments II finds that
there is no food trust within the mean
ing of the Utah statutes; that there
has been no combination 10 control
prices and in restraint Of competition.
But one effect of the grand jury ses-