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The Elbert County tribune., 1907-05-09
MANY SENT TO PENITENTIARY.
Denver Courts of Justice Sentence
Half Dozen Convicts.

Denver-Harold McKnaw-Seven to
eight years in the penitentiary.
. William Gilmer-Five to six years
! in the penitentiary.
Clyde Cassidente-Five to six years
in the penitentiary.
Alton e. Hoffses-Six to seven years
in the penitentiary.
Dominic Meskew-Convicted of vol
untary manslaughter-
Judge Shattuck bitterly arraigned
Harold McKnaw previous to sentenc-
ing him. McKnaw had protested his
innocence, and the judge said:
Harold McKnaw, l am sorry that
you beat out the brains of that Jew
with coupling pin. and then tell such
a story. You thought to put the blame
on another boy weaker than yourself.
/ was in hope that you would become
penitent and tell the truth, but l see
that you prefer to 20 to the peniten-
tiary with that lie on your lips"
Judge Garrigue of Greeley imposed
the sentence on Cassidente, who wept
and pleaded to have 1t changed to the
of assault on twelve-year-old Lottie
Rode.
Hoffses, who shot and killed James
Thornton, received his sentence with
immobile countenance.
The attorneys for James Ryan, who
shot and killed Percy Smith and was
found guilty of murder in the first de-
gree, will file a motion Monday for a
new trial.
Harold McKnaw and William Gill
mer killed Teve Bokser and Max
Weissblei, two West Colfax Jews, in a
quarrel which took place at the edge
of the city, on the Denver & inter-
mountain railway, several months ago.
Alton E. Hoffses, who killed James
Thornton last October. has long been
a familiar character among the gam
bling fraternity. The men quarreled
over money matters, Hoffses accusing
Thornton Of being responsible for the
fact that he (Hoffses) could no longer
borrow what he desired from the gam
bling kings, by whom he had long been
employed.
Dominic Meskew, the convicted
slayer of Pegleg Perry, is saloon man
who has conducted a notorious place
in the Tenderloin for many years.
Cassidente, convicted of assault on
Lottie Rode, was at one time we'll
known figure among the Italian poll
ticians, but his influence had been
waning Of late years.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-05-09
Socialists Denounee President.

Seattle, Wash.-President Roose-
velt's designation of Meyer and Hay
woods as undesirable citizens" was
accepted by Washington Socialists as
their own characterization at the state
convention of the Socialist party here.
The convention almost unanimously
passed resolution declaring that il
Meyer and the other accused officials
are undesirable citizens" they wish
to be known in the same way.
The same resolution demanded that
President Roosevelt show proof for his
statement that the officials melted to
riot and bloodshed. A resolution de-
claring that the President himself is
the most undesirable citizen in the
United States to-day" was barely de-
feated, and then only because the con-
vention went on record as refusing to
"bandy epithets used by capitalists.
The Socialist convention has been
marked by the ousting of Walter
Thomas Mills, author of THE Struggle
for Existence" and a very prominent
Elan in the party. He was refused a
seat on the convention floor. He is
now leading the minority faction in an
attempt to gain control of the party in
| this state.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-05-09
MAY Be HUGHES
wATTERsoN SAYS HE CAN NAME
BOTH NOMINEES.
BRYAN THE INEVITABLE
The Kentucky Editor Believes Presi-
dent Roosevelt viii Not Break His
Declaration.

New Yo-k.-Henry Watterson and
American liner Amerika after winter
spent in Spain. Italy and on the RI
veria. Colonel Watterson looked in
the best of health as he came down
the liners gangplank, and he declared
that he had had the best Of good times
while on the other side Of she Atlantic.
He discussed presidential candidates
al some length and declared tnat
Bryan was the only alternative for the
Democratic party in 1903, and that
there was good presidential timber in
Governor Hughes for the Republicans.
81 am taking President Roosevelt at
his word" said Colonel Watterson. "1f
/ remember rightly he said to group
of journalists that he would not ac-
cept another nomination, and that IL
the convention met and nominated him
It would have to reconvene. | say that
I don't think Roosevelt wants the NOM
ination, but II he did take it he could
not win. BY his action he would lose
three New England states.
THE proposition to keep one man In
the White House for life, or even for
three terms, would Mexicanize this
country, just as sure as would 16 to l..
Roosevelt might dodge The nomination
in 1908 and take it in 1912, but that is
looking too far ahead. You might as
well try to state what would happen
leo years from now as to predict what
will happen in politics in this country
within the next eight years"
From Roosevelt and Bryan the colo
mel turned to discussion OF Governor
Hughes. He declared that Hughes was
force to he reckoned with in Repub-
lican politics.
81 predicted last June" he said
that Hughes would succeed Roosevelt
in the White House. At that time
Horace White, Mr.. Hughes and were
at Brown University, where the degree
of LII d. was conferred on each, and
told Hughes that while some Repub-
hcans might not like him, they would
have to select him. l believe Hughes
I will be to the Republican party what
Tilden was to the Democratic. l have
in my pocket ticket in the Paris mu-
tuals calling for 100 to 1 that Hughes
will be the next president of the
United States"
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-05-09
GOVERNOR TALKS
COLORADO CHIEF EXECUTIVE
SAYS PERTINENT THINGS.
50vE OF PEACE IN COLORADO
Says Majority of Citizens Agree With
President Roosevelt That Murder
ers Arc Undesirable Citizens.n

San Diego. Cal.-Governor Buchtel,
who dedicated the First Methodist
Episcopal church here yesterday. said:
I'VE have no vindictive feeling in
Colorado concerning Meyer and Hay
wood. We want them to have a per-
fectly fair trial, with the best defense
possible. II they are found guilty of
the murder of Governor Steunanbuerg,
we want them punished adequately; If
they arc found to be not guilty, we
want them to be set free.
Il think this is fair statement of
the attitude of the vast majority of the
people of Colorado concerning Meyer
and Haywood l think it is also a fact
to-day that the vast majority of the
people of Colorado count these men to
be undesirable citizens. | coincide in
every detail with the opinion of Presi-
dent Roosevelt in this regard. 1t is
generally believed that they have
been at the bottom of an immense
amount of mischief in times, now, hap
PLY ended in Colorado.
I'VE now have industrial peace. Our
mining camps are all prosperous, our
miners ara all happy and contented,
with all the work they can do at high
wages.
THE resson we are coming on so
well in Colorado is generally admitted
to be because Meyer and Haywood and
the w. F. NJ. have been absolutely
eliminated for all time from the labor
problem here.
'In view of these facts, it is per-
fectly natural that sensible and honest
miners should be glad to be out from
under the bitter slavery and plotting
venality to which they were subjected
as members of the w. F. NJ"
Governor Buchtel also ridiculed the
labor movement in New Zealand, stat
ing that the per capita debt there is
1925, while that of Colorado is only Sc,
and that government ownership under
bad labor leaders in New Zealand is
responsible for this deplorable per cap
ita debt, which is a sure criterion of
the failure of government ownership
He also said the appeal to President
Roosevelt to serve another term ought
to be made on the ground of his duty
as patriot
at is the right of the people to make
a demand for service on any citizen in
the Republic. The fact that he stated
that he would not be candidate again
is not a relevant matter when the peo-
pie are making a demand on his time
to serve the Nation as patriot.
at is perfectly true that Secretary
Taft would make a great President,
but We are now in such an important
epoch in the life of the Nation that
President Roosevelt ought to stay in
office in response to the demand of the
people of all political parties"
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-05-09
Good Housekeeplna.

! There is no preservative of love in
married life so sure as good house
keeping; and there is no profession SO
)absorbing, and demanding preparation
land skill, as that of the housewife
When young woman marries she as
ireally enters upon the practice Of a
life profession as does young man
twhen he is admitted to the bar. or
igraduates a physician, after three or
flour years spent in preparation. The
9man is willing to equip himself fully
flor his part of the partnership. Does
VT seem businesslike and good faith.
asks New York Weekly. for woman
ito take the place of the second part
ner with a most Indifferent training,
tor none at all?
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-05-09
Settling Up Eastern Colorado.

Gasoline motor service will be es.
tablished on the Union Pacific's Kan
sas line, between Denver and Hugo,
within ten days or two weeks.
At first only one combination car
will be placed in service, making the
distance of 105 miles to Hugo in less
than four hours, tie running time be-
ing about thirty miles an hour. The
object is to supplement the regular
passenger train service because of the
ing section, which is rapidly filling up.
Less than two years ago interu-5an
traffic from Denver to the east line of
the state was not even thought of, that
section being practically wilderness
devoted to great cattle ranches, with
here and there a small farm in the
valleys.
In the last two months the Union
Pacific has handled ninety-five car
loads of household furniture for points
between here and Hugo, almost ex-
clusively for settlers on small tracts
that have been taken up under the
Campbell sell culture system.
The officials of the road are author
ity for the statement that no less than
500 homesteaders have gone in within
the last few months in addition to hun
dreds who bought decided lands and
settled upon them. 1t is for the ac-
commodation of this large added popu-
lation that more passenger service is
required and the Union Pacific deter
mined upon the scheme to augment
established trains by putting in motor
fars.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-05-09
Held Up, Tries to Get Money Back.

Savannah, Cain order to kill
James Lewis, who had robbed him of
$50 in card game, Henry Manigault
held up a Central passenger train as
it was leaving the depot and fred sew
eral bullets into Lewis.
Lewis and Manigault engaged in a
game of cards in a room over the
Union depot. Luck was with Lewis
end he won $50, all the money Mani
geult had. AS Lewis was raking in
the winnings Manigault accused him
of cheating. Lewis hurriedly boarded
a train and as it started Manigault COW
cred the engineer with rife and or
dered him to stop the train. The engi-
neer paid no attention TO the order
and Manigault sent bullet through
the cab. The engineer then stopped.
Meanwhile Lewis leaped from the
train and ran. Manigault sent three
bullets at the fleeing man, each one
of which took effect. Manigault then
rifled Lewis pockets, securing the $50
which he had lost. Holding the crowd
at bay with the rife, Manigault es-
capped.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-05-09
True Western Friendship.

Cripple Creek, Colo.-The body of
Eben Green, who was killed in an ac-
cident in the Ophir mine, was buried in
Mount Pisgah cemetery, and Frank
Sheafor, brother of District Judge
Sheafor, In an odd way paid his re-
spects to the dead. Sheafor hired and
drove the hearse, and just as the re-
mains were about to be lowered into
the grave he stood over the casket and
said: "Old boy. we were friends for
many years, and this is the last thing
/ can do for you. Goodbye, good bye"
Not desiring to see earth thrown over
the cold form of his friend, Sheafor
quickly left the grave. mounted the
box of the hearse and drove
back to town. Sheafor and
Green became staunch friends
in Pitkin county fourteen years ago.
Acquaintances of the deceased from
Pitidn county were the pallbearers.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-05-09

Columbia university, New York. is
ito have mathematical museum, the
nucleus OF which will be the collec-
ltion of mathematical models pur-
chased for the university by ex-Presl-
dent Seth Low at the worlds Colum--
bian exposition in Chicago in 1898 and
presented by him to the department
of mathematics. Among other things
will be a collection of models con
lstructed by DR.. Martin Schilling OF
Halle, Germany, and also one belong
ing to Prof. Weiner of Darmstadt and
set of mathematical instruments
from the institute of DR.. G. Coradi of
Zurich.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-05-09
ANDREW JOHNSON MUST HANG.
Murderer of Night Marshal Frisbie
at Lamar Convicted.

Lamar. Colo.-To be hanged by the
neck until dead is the fate of Andrew
Johnson, convicted of the murder OF
Night Marshal ]. II. Fris6ie at Lamar.
The jury filed into the court room and
announced that a verdict had been
agreed on. The defendant, cool and
Indifferent, sat by his counsel and eyed
the jury closely as the members an
swered to the call of their names.
When the clerk read the verdict,
handed in by Foreman E. p. Thurston,
I'VE, the jury. find the defendant
guilty of murder in the first de-
gree, and fix the penalty at death. :"
Johnson's swarthy face paled slightly
but he gave no other evidence of feel
ing After Judge Thorne, his counsel,
had moved for rehearing, Judge Hun
ter ordered the prisoner to stand up.
and asked him If he had anything to
say. Nothing at all, - was the response
of Johnson.
Judge Hunter then passed sentence
on Johnson, ordering that he be
hanged during the week beginning Au-
gust goth. At the conclusion of the
judges words Johnson said: Thank
you" and sat down, the coolest man
in the entire court room. Judge Hun
ter, court officials and the spectators,
were deeply moved by the proceed
ings, but Johnson's eyes remained
dry. A few moments later the pris-
oner was laughing and joking with the
| deputies who had him in charge.
The jury was unit in pronouncing
Johnson guilty and the only difference
| that arose in their deliberations was
regarding the punishment to be fixed.
] Sheriff Thomas and Under Sheriff
Lynch left tonight for Canon City to
| deliver Johnson to the warden of the
penitentiary.
Marshal ]. Horace Frisbie, for
whose murder Johnson was convicted,
was killed on the night of December
26th last. He had been shadowing
two suspicious characters and came up
with them at the east corner of the
Union hotel. A few words ensued be-
tween the parties, wnen suddenly a
| shot rang out and the marshal dropped
to the ground, shot through the heart.
| The murderer started northward to an
| alley. with Sheriff Thomas, who had
been attracted by the shooting, in
close pursuit. A pistol duel between
the sheriff and the fugitives ensued,
| but they made their escape in the
darkness.
The following day they were trailed
across the country toward the Missouri
| Pacific railroad. A few days later a
posse from Kiowa county came up
with the men just across the line in
Kansas and finally johnson was cap
| tured.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-05-09
Dark Day for Black Hand.

Wilkesbarre, Pa.-The sealed YER
dict of the jury in the ''black hand"
case was opened in court. Eleven of
the defendants were found guilty as
indicted and two acquitted.
The principal charge was the blow
ing up of the home of an Italian
named Rizza because he refused to
give money to aid the Black Hand so
ciety. The penalty is two years i'm
prisonment.
When the verdict was read counsel
for the eleven convicted men made mo-
tions for a new trial. Judge Halsey
said he would hear arguments on the
motion next Saturday.
District Attorney Salisbury said that
the prisoners would be tried on two
other charges against them, dynamit-
ing and attempting to kill.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-05-09


/ A temperance crusade in England
seems to have taken on much the
same aspect as many famous recent
court trials, inasmuch as it is largely
matter of expert opinion. The tenn
perance leaders were somewhat set
back by manifesto published in The
London Lancet. the great medical
publication of England, in which 16
eminent professors and practitioners
testified, over their own names, that
alcohol has valuable qualities as food
and medicine, giving that article a
lstrong recommendation for usefulness
and merit Now the temperance men
lare trying to get testimonial to the
iopposite effect from the same or n
larger number of equally prominent
professionals. But would not such a
procedure leave the matter just about
where it was before. asks the Troy
Times, with the public compelled to
make up its mind solely on its own
construction of testimony made addi
gtionally confusing because doctors OF
lsuch standing SO utterly disagree?
And where does moral suasion come
lin?
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-05-09
TO MAKE "NEAR CHAMPAGNE
Jury Awards $1,000 to Woman Who
Tells Them How.

New York.-Four gals. California
Reisling wine; lbs. white sugar; 4
lemons; lbs. large fresh seedless
raisins
In the above proportion fill a wine
barrel thoroughly cleaned with sui
phur; lay on side, with bunghole
scaled and a glass tube through stop
per, in warm cellar for two months;
then, when fermentation shows in
tube, draw off into another clean bar
rel; put in cool place on side for one
month, then rack and bottle.
1t all came out in the County Court
before Judge Drake and a jury just
low to make fine, sparkling and alto
gether-to-be-desired champagne. Mrs.
CATH Lang, an elderly woman, who
knew. a great deal about wines and
their making learned from experience
in her native Alsace, told Just how it
vas done.
The jury listened to her story in the
suit being brought against julius
Minck, of the firm of Minck & Co., to
whom she said she sold the secret, and
then awarded her the full amount of
her claim, which was $1,000.
Mrs. Lang said she learned the Sc
cret of making wine in France, and
had made it for over two years before
she came to this country. But since
being here she had been engaged in a
restaurant and had no time to go into
wine making. So. knowing that the
firm of Minck of 1853 Beaver street,
Brooklyn, was large maker of min
eral waters and other beverages, she
went to see Mr.. Minck.
She testified that she had taken with
her all the ingredients to make guam
tity of the near" champagne and she
only stipulated that she be present to
superintend the first production for the
defendant of a beverage that, she de-
clared to him, would deceive even the
best champagne experts. 1t developed
on the trial that she was promised the
sum of $1,000 by the defendant, but
this was denied by him, and then gave
him the recipe. He was TO organize a
company and sell the manufactured
wine, she said.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-05-09
Ebert. County Tribune
LIE. Pope, Editor and Publisher.
ELBERT COLORADO.
A Great. Good Charity.

The latest charitable enterprise Of
Helen Gould is notable not only in IT.
self, but for its suggestion of a way
In which the city slums may be rneas-
iurably cleared OF large class Of per-
lsons who, helpless there, might In
different environment become indus
ltrious and independent. Miss Gould
do. tract of 100000 acres She is
ready to expend 100000 Cor imple-
.ments, seed and fencing. The land Is
Ito be sold in small tracts, and the
buyers who prove themselves worthy
will be allowed easy terms of pay
jment They will have the advantage
Iof instruction, with access to library,
and the sanitation of the tract will be
lsuperintended by skilled and practical
directors. Early in the operation the
lshiftiess will be weeded out. No bet
tier choice of location could have been
lmade. The town of Greeley was set
tied many years ago by colonists
tfrom the east inspired by the advice
toI horace treeiey. rroiH INC pSSih
lining. says Philadelphia Ledger, it has
been conducted in as orderly a fash
ion as any New England village. No
lliquor has ever been sold there; no
trough characters ever found it con-
genial. 1t has developed into a pros
lperous and beautiful little city of we'll
kept streets and neat and luxurious
homes. 1t is in the midst of vast
stretch of fertile land adapted to
grains and fruits, and absolutely un-
equaled for the quality and yield of
its potatoes.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-05-09

The new post office building in the
City of Mexico is the first government
building in Mexico of any .architec-
tural design worthy of the name. 1t
is of fireproof construction, its frame
being the first steel frame to go up
in the city. Architecturally the new
post office is unexcelled by any build
ing in the country. and as thing of
real beauty surpasses, in the opinion
of many, even the congressional Ii
brary at Washington. 1t is far SUI
lperior to any Office building owned by
the United States government.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-05-09

The war department has ordered an
army officer to ride horseback from
Portland, Ore, to New York. Perhaps
this is a gentle hint to the transconti-
mental railroads which send in such
lengthy accident reports.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-05-09

Mr. Schwab's program immensely
'simplifies the situation. All we have
to do is to hustle right hard and we'll
catch up with all that overcapitaliza-
tion. But. meantime. haven't some re-
sourceful flnanciers got away with our
money?
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-05
Stockton Girl in
Contest for Gold
Voting Is Heavy for The Calls Prizes,
and Miss Merani Still Leads


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The San Francisco call., 1907-02-05
COAST SHIPPING NEWS
Items of Interest to Mariners
of the Pacific

r.coatA Feb. z.-The tramp steamship Dun
eric sailed today Tor AOeIueeH' - +N ~
FOR Santa Rosalia- - 1n.oo-,.. the
an.a- ne t9eT n. Brown for Ballard, and the
.'sc,ooner salem, for Olympia all from san
49, nejsco nassed- into the straits to-day
fetsers patent have been asked Tor by o4p.
Le1seis E Dnndon Of Everett for skeleton
aa-I .aa-+so,.l lumber barge. which, he claims Will VII
=. @ 5oo 400 feet OF lumber safely 70 nesFs
tnlis rria berge consists Of series o. creosOtsu
si. lsSd in parallelOgram form VIII Pc Pc
Eee-s hovv 70 reduce the resistance OF lne
nls. spS stanchiOns on the sides Inc .nn..
w. 49, i - be loaded on the barge IN cross Aasers
and s.1o35 nrl9,f Feb. z.-The schooner Cnurcnlaa
- -s- for san Francisco. Sne mas CA e0
- 60 81 feet Of lumber t-aa here
ei I--ercb barkentine Bayaro aLI1ssu co.
me I-.5aS5 Z .SaS5 fodav with cargo OF gram lor
Sp o,l tank steamship Asunc1on. Win or1eS O. fs
-, crnSe AZ oil from California, was repO1 'eD %
se liner zragonia started 70 cross ,. o1n On se
II ring on her way TO the OIlsns, ns,,,Sssions she
n,ne - he unfavorable weather conoi'lonS sHs
returned -, ms ewamped while
,s -. her wharf during Satuross 1ssA,- sis -,.,ch
,s1 le.xsn- her on Saturday evening eDe lz xvhsn
man hauled the mooring lines la1's