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The Elbert County tribune., 1907-05-09
Manganese Discoveries.

ganese in Mysore. but 1t is found in
scattered localities. thus making the
transport of ore to the extracting mills
expensive and difficult. In view of
this the government desires to fix low
royalties in order to encourage the in
dustry and to make regulations fair
to all, The dewan is anxious to place
the industry on a plane on which indi-
viduals and small concerns will be on
an equal footing with large syndicates.
In fact, he seems determined to keep
out monopolies. The opening OF the
manganese mines will be a source of
large revenue to the Mysore state and
of immense benefit to the laborlng
classes of that part of India. | under
stand that an American company has
scientific agent in the Mysore filed
for the purpose of reporting on the OPP
portunities for investment. The min
eral fields of India, feel quite sure.
offer splendid inducements for Ameri-
can knowledge, energy and capital
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-05-09
New Buildings at the University.

In pursuance of the appropriation b,
the last Legislature of 100000 to the
state University the regents OK that
institution have ordered the drawing
OF plans and the bidding of contracts
for $4,000 shop building to be added
to the facilities of the College of En-
gtneering. The location OF the build
ing and its details have already been
decided upon. According to a definite
scheme Of campus arrangement the
new shops will be situated on what is
at present the girls hockey field and
will be modern in every respect There
will be a modified "saw-tooth" roof
which will allow the entrance of plenty
OF light to the wood-turning rooms, the
wood benches, the forge shop. the
foundry, the machine shop, and the
drawing rooms below. In size, 1S1 feet
In length by SO feet in width, the shop
building will be erected SO as to per-
NIT indefinite additions as increases de-
mands. The construction of the new
shops Is a solution of the crowded
conditions caused by the rapid increase
In enrolment in the College of. Engi-
neering and will leave greater space in
the present buildings for the other
courses of the department The shop
work is essentially a first year study
and the new shop building will natur-
ally be devoted largely to the use of
the freshmen. When completed it will
be. SO authorities estimate, the finest
of its kind in any technical school west
of the Mississippi, with the possibility
of one exception. The fact of its erec-
tion is but mark of the growth of the
importance and value of the University
OF Colorado. The regents have also
concluded to erect part OF another
building but more particular an
nouncements regarding it have not
been given to the public.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-05-09
HIS ADS" ARE QUEER.
"snk to the Bottom and Walk Home"
Said One of Them.

Falling Waters. w. Va.-Funny
tricks are being worked to rid folks
here of their money. BENJAMIN Frank
lin has been asked by the government
to explain his methods of getting rich
quick. A New York farmer answered
an advertisement, How TO get moro
eggs" and inclosed the dollar fee.
Franklin's advice was simple, Raise
more hens" Another man complained
that when he sent five dollars to learn
the secret of living without work"
he was advised to. become boarder at
the poorhouse.
When an inquisitlve person tried to
learn the secret of travel free at gov
ernment expense" he received the
valuable advice, Paste a postage
stamp on your back, climb into a
mall box and make noise like a
registered letter"
Don't drown at sea- was another
Franklin "ad' e. 2. Bradford sent his
dollar and asked what should be done
in case of shipwreck. The answer
to this was. Sink until you reach the
bottom and walk home"
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-05-09
Nottingham Residents Encouraged tc
Make Allotment Gardens.

Washington. City residents in
England are encouraged to grow
crops. The activity of the people
along this line is especially noticeable
In Nottingham.
Consul F. w. Mahin writes that
about COO acres within the boundaries
of Nottingham city are devoted to
holders exceeds 1000.
The city owns about third of
these gardens, the rest being con-
trolled by private associations. The
city receives rent averaging one and
one-half cents yard per year. the
size of the allotments being indicated
by the annual rent, which ranges from
four dollars to $25. Rents charged
by the private associations are sub
stantially the same, though some of
these allow the holder to buy his al
lotment. The allotments are rented
or bought mainly by wage earners.
though some are held by business and
professional men who have no gar
den space at their residences.
The city offers prizes each year
for the best results in its gardens,
with the consequence that the allot-
ments are kept in most perfect con-
dition and many are examples OF re-
markable fertility in fruits, flowers
and vegetables. The effect of the
competition prizes is enhanced by the
canceling of the lease IL an allotment
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-05-09
Real "Romeo and JuIlet.r

Huntington. w. Va.-Shakespeare's
tragedy of Romeo and Juliet" was
reenacted to the letter in this city
when two sweethearts committed sui
eide with poison in the same room.
Returning from a trip to Kentucky,
Samuel Rittenour found that Rose
Shears, whom he was to have mar
ried, had killed herself by drinking car
holic acid because she feared he had
deserted her. His failure to advise
the young woman of his movements
had given her this impression.
Going to the room in which his
sweetheart had died. Rittenour drank
the same poison.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-05-09
Wyoming and Colorado Entries.

st. Louis.-Coal land entries in Col.
orado and Wyoming made by citizens
OF st Louis through several Denver
promoters year ago are being inves-
tigated by three federal secret service
agents from Washington. The agents
have gone from here to Milwaukee.
Entries for more than 5000 acres
were obtained here through Frank p.
Fay, connected with the Interstate
Electric Light and Power Company,
recently organized. Fay co-operated
with F. w. Keitel of Denver. a director
of the American Fuel and Iron Com
pany, who spent some time here me-
6otiating the entries.
The land, Fay states, was never Sc
cured by the company, being with
drawn from entry by Secretary Hitch
cock before the people who filed the
entries could perfect their claims
According to Fay. this precludes,
charges of criminal conspiracy
Through former Sheriff Patrick II.
Clarke. fifteen or twenty Of his depu-
ties last year made entries.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-05-09
A WIRELESS UMBRELLA.

along the most Travelled part of the
coast an automatic phonograpn that
VIII be worked by the action of the
waves and that will keep saying
Keep on and give the name of tho
charted rock. so that the mariner win
know at once where he is, turn from
his course and avert disaster
He figures that with receiver in
the pilot house of steamers and near
the wheelman of the coastwise sail
ing craft. TO which is attached a mega.
phone sort of arrangement to increase
the volume of sound which his um-
brellaribbed arrangement will gather
in on passing these Photographic bea-
cons along the coast. every skipper
will be able to tell Just where he is
all the time and can easily Judge the
distance his craft is from the danger
GUS rocks by the volume of sound.
This method will in time possibly sup
plant lights. which so often prove un-
reliable in fog. and bells. which are
sllenced by the groaning and whist
ling winds. In time 1t may do away
with lighthouses and lightships along
the coast and the great lakes, and, in
fact, II successful there will be no
need Of llfesavers. for there will be no
wrecks unless a skipper willfully runs
his craft ashore or does SO while suf-
fering from n "brainstorm
The trouble with wireless teleg-
raphy aboard ships is that 1t swells
the expense and increases the crews.
for at least one operator is required
and some ships carry two. and there
are extraordinary expenses for equip
ment, etc, whereas with the Alden sys-
TEN there is but trivial first cost for
apparatus. Any sailor by this method
can understand what is said through
the telephone and does not have to
take special course at telegraph
ers' college. One coastwise steam
ship company has given Mr. Alden
permission to install his apparatus ON
its boats for experimental purposes
and he is planning the installation of
Photographic warning stations along
the coast.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-05-09
Shame overcomes Him.

ct. Louis.-Overcome with remorse
because in a fit of impatience he had
struck his aged mother and discolored
her eye. Edward Lime skunk in shame
into the basement of his mothers
house and blew out his brains with a
sevolver.
He had native genius for painting,
and working far into the night, when
he should have slept, made him ner-
vous. When, after a night of toll with
the brush, his mother called him in the
morning. he arose from his bed and
struck the aged woman.
He left the house, but returned later
and asked his mothers forgiveness,
weeping like child. His mother read
lily forgave him, but he could not
forgive himself. He went to the cellar
and there shot himself through the
head
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-05-09
teddy MARKED
WouLD-BE ASSASSIN FAILS IN
PLAN OF MURDER.
PRESIDENT ESCAPES BULLET
Opening Of jamestown Exposition
Came Near Recording Cruel
Assassination of President.

Norfolk, Va.-That there was q well
formed plan to assassinate President
Roosevelt at the opening of tho James
town exposition and so repeat in many
respects the national calamity that
threw q shadow over the exposition at
Buffalo. is now not denied.
1t Is also known to the secret ser
vice that the man to cary out tho de-
signs of the anarchists had been Sc
lected. They know him as a desper-
ate and insane fanatic, who would not
hesitate at any crime. So carefully
were the plans for assassination laid
that a method of escape for him after
the deed was committed, was devised.
When the first news of the plot
leaked out the whole machinery of the
secret service was put in motion, not
only to defeat the ends OF the terror
lists, but also to prevent any overt act
that might cause alarm throughout the
Nation.
The most elaborate precaution were
taken to protect the person of the chief
executive during every moment OF his
attendance at the Tercentennial. A
strong force of troops lined the space
IN front of the grandstand, half hun
dred secret service men mixed with
tne crowd and everybody who at
tempted to cross Lees Parade to get
to the stand was stopped.
When the president left the stand
he was hemmed in on every side by
the secret service men and detectives.
who were never more on the alert.
1t was probably due to the excellent
police arrangements that no untoward
event happened to mar the presidents
visit. Just before tho president ar
rived at the exposition grounds, let.
ter which fell into the hands OF the
Washington police contained the infor-
nation that notorious Chicago an
archist of the extreme type whose
name the police refuse to reveal had
left Chicago and was believed to have
gone to the exposition.
Detectives stood at every gateway
and, with a likeness of the anarchist
IN their hands. scanned the faces Of
the crowd as they entered.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-05-09
Many Scattered Deposits Are Un-
earthed in Mysore, India.

Wasbington.-The discovery of new
and large deposits of manganese in
Mysore state, southern India. Consul
General w. II. Michael. of Calcutta,
reports, has aroused activity in pros
pecting and for concessions concern
ing which he writes:
The Mysore gold mining rules have
been found imperative respecting
manganese and it is proposed to form
ulate new rules. The dewan is to hold
manganese mining conference to
consider the area of mining grants. the
royalty that should. be levied and all
other matters that pertain to the new
and growing industry. Representa-
tives from manganese mining syndi-
Gates and companies will be invited to
participate in the deliberations.
There seems abundance of man
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-05-09
Practical Joke May XIII Girl.

Longmont, Colo.-Fay King. aged 1s
years, of Studleigh, Kansas, is dying
ut the home of NJ w. Stiff, from
ptomaine poison, the result of prac-
teal joke.
King arrived from Kansas some
time ago and went to a grading camp
looking for work. Coming from the
Sunfiower state, the men at the camp
thought it would be a good joke to
fill the youth up with alcohol, which
made him very sick.
King returned to the Stiff home and
feeling better, ate some ice cream and
candy. In few hours ptomaine pois-
on developed, the attending physician
rays from the mixing of the ice cream
with the alchohol that still remained
In the young mans system. King is
unconscious and cannot recover.
His mother has been sent, for.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-05-09
Ryan Found Guilty.

Denver.-"We, the jury, find the de,
fondant guilty of murder in the first
degree and fix the punishment at i'm
prisonment for life at hard labor"
This finding of the jury in the West
Side Court, which for two days has lis
tened to the evidence In the trial of
james Ryan for the murder OF Percy
Smith, Jr., in the Novelty bar on the
evening OF January 21st, marks the
last act in one of the most cold-blooded
killings in the history OF Denver and
places a period to the career of the no.
torious Niger Ryan. a man who for
years has escaped punishment for his
offenses against society.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-05-09
YERKEs-MIzNERs TO SEPARATE,
Wilson Miner and His. Aged Wife
Have to Quit.

Chicago.-Mrs. Yerkes-Mizner, widow
o. Charles T. Yerkes. millionaire trac-
tion king, has rung down the final cur
tain on the little comedy surrounding
her marriage to Wilson Miner of San
Francisco and New York According
this afternoon she has filed suit for
absolute divorce frow Wilson Miner,
whom she welded in New York O
short time after the death of the trao-
ton magnate.
This episode in her life caused more
commotion in both Chicago and New
York than some of the great deals in
which her husband was interested. A
private message telling OF the signing
Of her petition for a separation does
hot give details, but It is asserted by
Chicago friends that cruelty is prob
ably the general charge.
1t will be remembered that following
the romantic wedding of Mrs. Yerkes
and Miner much secrecy was main
tanned for several weeks, followed by
his e1ectment from the Fifth avenue
mansion Of Mrs. Yerkes in New York
and her flight to a sanitarium because
CT an Illness that may cost her life.
Then her reconciliation with her hus-
band was followed almost Immediately
ty the separation that it has now been
decided shall be final.
1t is understood, however, that the
declaration will show charges OF deser-
lion and statutory offences.
1t is also declared that a financial
settlement may be made by Mrs.
Miner with her young husband In
lieu of which he will make no opposi-
ton to the divorce proceedings. per-
mitting her to be released from her
marital bonds without a contest.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-05-09
A TERRIBLE DEED
BOY THROWS RED PEPPER IN
EYES OF AGED BRIDE.
PRANK OF CHARIvARI PARn
Mrs. N. S. Vast of Bellevue Raises
Window to Greet the Crowd and
Has Face Filled With Pepper.

Fort Collins, Colo.-The town O,
Bellevue, twelve miles northwest of
Fort Collins, is aroused to fever heat
as the result of an attack made on the
aged bride of n. S. West, a pioneer of
that place, by a member of a charivari
party, and if the identity of the guilty
person is established he will be sum-
marily dealt with Red pepper was
dashed into the eyes of the woman, and
1t is feared she will lose her sight.
The affair is said to be the outcome
of feud between residents of the dis
trict over certain land lines, in which
West was involved. The son of a men,
Der OF the rival faction is suspected
NO warrants have been sworn out
pending an investigation to definitely
establish tho identity of the persons
responsible. West has not decided
whether or not to push the prosecu-
lion, but his friends are determined
that the guilty parties will be brought
10 Justice even If it is necessary to
take the law into their own hands.
Mrs. West war formerly Mrs A. E.
Adams, her husband having died sew
eral years ago. She is fifty years old
and was married to West, who is fifty
three, Saturday night. She is his third
wife.
Last night about o'clock. as the
couple was about to retire, the chari-'
Vari party began the serenade. Little
attention was paid to them until fail
ing to get any response to their noises,
they became boisterous and began to
throuw rocks through the windows.
West requested the boys to leave the
premises, but he was jeered and
hooted until forced to go back into the
house. The throwing of rocks against
the house continued until nearly every
window light was broken. West then
attempted to talk to the youths, but his
voice was drowned by the noise.
Mrs. West leaned through one OF
the broken windows and attempted to
advise the lads. She had spoken but
Few words when one of the number
ran up and threw the pepper into her
face. Her eyes were filled with the
burning substance and so excruciating
was the pain that she almost com.
pletely collapsed.
A physician was hurriedly sum.
moned and spent the entire night in an
effort to relieve the pain. She is still
suffering intensely and the doctors are
unable to say whether or not her sight
can be saved. In the dark, Mrs. West
was unable to see the lad who threw
the pepper, but there is strong suspi.
cion against prominent young man
of the city.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-05-09
John w. Gate. Re,lres.

new fork-After a career that has
reen marked by more spectacular ups
ana downs than has ever fallen to the
iot OF any man in Wall street, John
W GATES has decided to retire to the
simpie life. With him he takes his
son. charles G. Gates. who. in appear
ance and manner. greatly resembles
his distinguished father.
lner going marks the closing out
OF the great brokerage house of
Charies G. Gates & Co, which has been
LOT moro than year the storm CEN
ter OF the hottest financial campaign
ing ot the western world. The loss
of millions-Wall street estimates
that amount at not more than S10,000,-
Ooo-sinee the beginning of the pres
ent year, is believed to be the chief
reason for the disappearance of John
w. Gates.
IT must not be imagined for a mo-
ment that John w. Gates is bankrupt.
1t is believed that he can easily count
on s2,000.000 or s3.000,000 saved from
the disaster but that is almost broke
for Wall street. Those who know
him best and who may be safely taken
at their word, say that the famous
rlunger is still s3,O00.000 to the good.
and that this amount is invested in
gilt-edged securities. That Gates is
loser is evidenced by the fact that in
the face of constantly falling market
he has been consistent bull. Tho
great brokerage house OF which he has
been the principal figure through all
the recent slump kept up an optimistic
tone in their letters of advice, and 1T
Is easy to see that il they followed
them themselves they went sadly to
the bad.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-05-09
Couldn't Stand the spooks.

Grand Junction, Colo.-Elbert N.
Case of Mesa county has filed suit for
divorce against his wife, Ida d. Case.
He charges in the suit that she an
noyed and harassed him with spirit
readings, that she always maintained
that the spirit of an Indian chief was
lowering around them, and she both
cred him with this class of discussions.
He also charges that one night when
he returned home he found her sitting
on the knee Of another man.
She has filed a cross complaint de-
nyinR all Of the charges.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-05-09
Woke Up a Bad Man.

La Junta, Colo.-Crazed by LOSING
money as a result of the San Fran
cisco fire and earthquake, Harry Han
men, a former owner of a five-and-ten-
cent store in the coast city, fired five
shots at Santa Fe Night Watchman
Boyd at the depot in this city, after
the officer asked him to show his
ticket. Boyd's clothing was torn by
the bullets and one shot grazed his
temple. inflicting a slight wound.
The merchant had arrived from the
coast en- route to Coolidge, Kansas
He was scantily dressed as the result
of wandering about the streets of Cali
fornia towns. The train he was to
have taken for the East was late, and
the man, who is seventy-one years old.
being unable to pay for a room. was
sleeping in the depot waiting room.
The watchman, thinking he was a
tramp asked him for his ticket. The
old mans face flushed, and he reached
into his back pocket. Pulling out a
revolver, he aimed 1t at the officer, and,
pressing the trigger, said:
''I'll give you all the ticket you
want" The first shot missed fire. The
madman emptied the remaining five
shots at the watohman, all the while
using profanity. Boyd started back
ward and succeeded IN reaching the
door by the time the pistol was emp
tied Boyd arrested the aged mer-
chant, who was this morning tried on
the charge of carrying concealed weap-
one and sentenced to twelve days in
jail. Boyd will swear to complaint
charging Hannen with attempted muir
der. The old man refuses to give out
any information that would lead to
the knowledge of his relatives or
home.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-05-09
killed Because of own careIessness.

Trinidad, Colo.-The coroner's jury
which investigated the death of Walter
Notman, fire boss in the Midway coal
mine, returned a verdict that he had
been killed because of his own care
lessness. hoffman entered a portion
of the mine where a large pocket of
gas had accumulated with an exposed
light, and an explosion followed. Not
mans body was burned almost beyond
recognition.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-05-09
Killed by Lightning.

Walsenburg. Colo.-Elfldo Trujillo,
aged twenty years. a relative of Felix
Cruz, a wealthy farmer living near
Walsenburg. was struck by a bolt of
lightning on the latter's ranch Monday
afternoon during a snowstorms and in
stantly killed.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-05-09
CROPS IN ENGLISH CITIES.

is not kept up to required standard.
While this is maintained the tenant
Is not disturbed. Some of the allot-
ments have been held by the same
families for half century or more
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-08-28
Paper Going Up.

A dispatch from Appleton, Wis,
says the International Paper Co
is said to be behind the print
paper merger now being bought to
a successful close. It is said that
within IL months the Internation-
al Paper Company, which was in
corporated in New York in Feb
ruary, 1893, with an authorized
capital stock of $118, DOC, 600, will
control the print paper market of
the United States. To do this the
company will expend from 10000
600 to $50, DOC, 900 in buying up
the plants of the west. This means
more trouble for newspapers. The
price of printing paper has ad.
vanoed at least a half cent a pound
within six months land another
advance will be made when the
merger is completed. AS it is not
practicable to advance the subcrlp'
ton price of newspapers. This in
crease in cost of material mean
a net loss to all publishers
Statesvi]le Landmark
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-08-28
NOTICE.

I, the undersigned, have taken
the agency to sell the Greenville
& Funday washing machines for
the Greenville, Michigan, Com
pany. They IRE what the people
want, they r the best washers
made, they give perfect satlsfac-
ton in every respect, they are
guaranteed to wash wristbands
and collars perfectly clean with
out any hard rubbing or wash
board. Wash anything from the
smallest garment to the heaviest
bedding. They r guaranteed to
last twelve years, guaranteed to
give perfect satisfaction in every
respect or money refunded. l
have the right to sell in Rowan
county. [ will keep them on
hand and sell reasonable. For
further information write me or
call. | will canvass the county.
Yours very truly,
DANIEL EAGLE, Agt.,
3m. R. +. D. 2, Richfeld, N. G.