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The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-11
DEATH MYSTERY
WAS UNKNOWN MAN MURDERED
OR KILLED BY AcciDENT7
QUESTION is CONFUSING
MangIed Body Of Man Found Near
the Railroad Track at Brush Per-
picking Fort Morgan SIeuths.

Brush, Colo-It Is now believed nv
the court police that the unknown man
found dead on the Burlington tracks
with bullet in his head, and whose
body was run over by train Friday
night, was murdered by his pal The
victim is known by the officers to have
come into Brush with a partner, and
is said to have left the place In com
pany with the same man. All efforts
have proved unavailing to learn the
identity OF either, and the mystery of
the case Is growing deeper.
Sheriff Burdette at Fort Morgan is
making every effort to get the corpse
identified.
Since the inquest was held persons
have stated that they saw the muir
dered man and another start up the
railroad track together. This is the
last time the barber was seen alive.
and It is believed that IL his compan-
ion was not the actual slayer that he
has knowledge OF the crime.
The victim is known to have had
in his possession a rickel-plated
mounted revolver. When he went to
work in The barber shop here he took
it out Of his pocket and placed It in a
drawer On the body of the dead man
was found an old blue-barreled gun
with three loaded cartridges. The
theory OF the officers is that the muir
derer, after taking the nickel. plated
gun out of the dead mans clothes, sub
stituted the gun which was found on
his person.
The dead man told at the barber
shop, where he worked for two hours,
that he sent his clothes from Julesburg
to Denver, and that his partner had
done the same. From this statement
1t is believed that the man and his part
ner came from Julesburg and were on
their way to Denver, stopping off at
Brush to earn little money 1t was
testified by boy at the inquest that
two men had been thrown off Bur
lington train, and that he saw them
wander down the track together
motive for the crime. The police
say, is hard to conceive. They believe
the two men started to walk along the
track preparatory to stealing ride on
freight train; that they uuarreled.
and that the shooting followed Then.
in order to hide the crime. the body
was placed on the track with the hope
OF concealing the murder.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-11
COMMISSION AT SCHOOL OF
MINES.
Every Man In Sophomore Glass "owns
Up" to President.

Golden, Colo.-Through the infiu-
ences of six prominent citizens of
Golden, including one trustee of the in
stitution, the threatened strike OF the
students st the State School OF Mines
is off, AMI, with the exception of the
six men who were expelled from the
school for hazing, the entire student
body will return to their studies.
While the men have taken this action
without exacting any promise from the
faculty. it is expected that the six ex-
PEELED students will have their SEN
tence changed to suspension.
Forty members of the Sophomore
class appeared before President Alder
son Sunday, confessing that they were
as guilty as their classmates, and
asked that the sentence of expulsion
be pronounced upon them.
Although President Anderson has
been quoted as saying that as fast as
the culprits wer found out, he would
expel them, he accepted an apology
from the class. and told them to return
to school. and that no further action
would be taken against them.
Upon this action of the president,
the men base their hopes that their
classmates will be called before the
faculty once more. and that their pre-
vious sentence will be recalled
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-11
The Homemaker.

1t must be taken into consideration
that every successful homemaker is
necessarily n housekeeper-one who
keeps the house in the hollow of her
hand. SO to speak. One whose eye
guards every detail of expenditure;
one whose heart and mind are CEN
tered in the beautifying, guidance and
maintenance of her stronghold. IT
would be foolish to insist that every
housekeeper possess the rare and
beautiful gift of creating and evolving
q home, says Margaret Anglin in Pic
torial Review. The housekeeper works
FOR her wages, oftentimes grudg.ngly;
the homemaker takes up her daily
tasks with inspiration. Her labor Is
performed with love; and as | believe
some poet has remarked, even the
sweeping of room may become
beautiful action.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-11
Diamonds for Dogeie.

Mrs. James Henry Smith, who. with
Mrs. Hetty Green and Mrs. Russell
Sage, ranks as one of the three richest
widows in the world, has perhaps the
hnest collection of diamonds of any
woman in the world. When she re-
turns to America she will have to pay
$30O,OOO duty If she brings all her jew
els with her. In the collection is a dog
collar several strands deep from which
depends drapery of strings of dia-
monds. More than a dozen of these
strands fall loosely over the shoulders
to the edge of the corsage. In this
combination of dog collar and neck
lace are 1000 diamonds OF one carat
each, their total value being S250,000.
One OF the arm ornaments is a dia-
mond serpent, coiling seven times
around the arm from the shoulder to
below the elbow. The eyes of the SER
pent are pigeon-blood rubies. The
value of the stones is S250,000. There
are in New York only two women
whose jewels exceed in value those OF
Mrs. Smith. They are Mrs. Astor and
Mrs. Frederic 1earson. The latter's
collection Of pc-fect pearls has been
appraised at sl,500,000. Men familiar
with the affairs of James Henry Smith
estimated his fortune yesterday at
from S7o,OO0.000 to $50. 100000.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-11
creameries Benefit Farmers.

Five years ago in little town over
in the San Luis valley the merchants
paid the ranchmen's wives 90 and 25
cents a pound in trade for the butter
they had to sell and resold it to Gus
toners Mt the same price for cash,
says an Exchange. Now the milk all
goes to the loca- creamery which sells
the butter to the merchants at 33 cents
in cash and they retail at So cents
and are making more money than un-
der the old system because they never
have any spoiled butter to cause loss.
The ranchmen and their wives are
making Twice the money they did un-
der the old system and with vastly less
work. The creamery has built up a
big demand for its product at fancy
prices and the dairymen are increasing
their herds. The institution paws out
thousands of dollars in cash every
month for milk and its patrons ask no
credit for groceries at the local stores.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-11
Wants Italians Protected In America

Rome.-Francesco P. Materi, mem
ber of the Chamber of Deputies, has
made public letter in which he urges
the government to extend it's protec-
tion to Italian emigrants. not only on
board steamers crossing the ocean. but
even after they have disembarked in
the United States. He expresses the
belief that emigrants to America are
exploited and used for work in un-
healthy sections of the country. The
writer points out that in 1906 100000
Italians emigrated and that 500,00u
went to the United States. He esti-
mates the total number Of emigrants
for 1907 at 100000 persons.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-11
psteriorasion Of the Ma.sifY.

Some breeds there are that have
been driven into obscIrity by the un-
bridled craving Of breeders for par
ocular properties. Most lamentabIe Of
these is the case OF the mastiff who.
15 or 20 years ago. was the king of
che heavy brigade. Size and massive
heads became the alpha and omega of
the breeders. Increase in size result
cd in numbering. overfed apathetics,
that could not get out of their own
way. and only by an effort could sup
port their catfish carcasses on sprawl
Ing legs and splay feet, says r. F..
Mayhem, in Everybody's Magazine.
And in the intensity of desire to pro-
duce massive heads. the hither end Of
the wretched animal was forgotten.
and paralyzed or semiparalyzed hind
quarters were the result. Hence. the
downfall OF the mastin and. in meas
gre. of the st. Bernard. Their former
position in the dog world is now occu-
pied by the Great Dane, the deerhound
and the Russian wolfhound.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-11
Colorado Wants More Horses.

Denver.-"Denver is the natural and
distributing point for the entire North
west and Southwest and is destined to
be the greatest horse mart in the coun-
try. Its business along this line in
creased twenty-five per cent. last year
and this year should break all pre-
yious records" said G. l.. Goulding,
proprietor of the City Stock Yards.
I'VE are shipping horses all over the
country. Texas buyers are here now
looking for a carload of saddle horses.
California and Washington, other ter
ritory to the west of us, is represented
by buyers constantly, and we are now
trying to help supply the New York
market. but with little success, for the
demand here far exceeds the sup
ply"
Mr.. Goulding says that the sooner
ranchmen in Colorado realize that
there is demand for far more horses
than they can supply. the sooner the
Industry Will grow to the proportions
1t ought. 1T is simply impossible for
us to fill the ORDERS" he continued
Last year We disposed of some 6,000
head of horses, the value approximat-
ing 100000. The only reason we
stopped there was because we could
get no more horses. Buyers from the
country over come here.
They like the Colorado, the noun
tain horses. The animals raised here
have greater lung capacity, fiintier
hoofs from the nature of the soil, and
better bone and muscle. This is
known to horsemen, consequently the
demand is great here constantly"
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-11
Tornado on Atlantic Coast.

New York.-Nearly every vessel
that has arrived from southern ports
during the past. week has brought
some story of marine disaster wrought
by the tornado off Hatteras during the
last ten days Of March The Bluecher,
arriving from West Indian ports, was
no exception. Standing in disconsolate
groups about her decks were thirteen
people whom the liner had saved from
their laundering bark. the Gulf Port,
as the vessel was on the verge of CO.
ing down. The rescue was witnessed
by Speaker Joseph G. Cannon and
others Of the congressional party on
board the Bluecher.
Those taken by the lifeboat from the
water-logged wreck were near starva-
tion, as for nearly a week they had
had nothing to live on except a few
water-soeked biscuits.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-11
HARRY X. THAW is SANE.
Murderer of Stanford White Prove.
Himself Competent.

New York.-Harry X. Thaw to-day
was declared sane by the unanimous
report of the commission in lunacy.
The moment the decision was
handed down from Justice Fitz-
gerald's desk District Attorney
Jerome was on his feet Wig
orously protesting against it's con
hrmation by the court. He declared he
had been excluded from the last ses-
sion of the commission, and demanded
to be allowed to have access to the
minutes and stenographic notes of
what transpired at the final mental and
physical examination of the defend
ant.
When Judge Fitzgerald declined to
turn the minutes over to the district
attorney Jerome declared he would
carry the case to the appellate division
OF the Supreme Court. asking that a
writ of prohibition or mandamus be
granted to prevent a continuance of
the Thaw trial until the higher court
had ruled upon the legality of the com.
missions course.
Judge Fitzgerald reminded Mr.. Je
rome that he had waived the statutory
right of attending the last session of
the commission by suggesting himself
ehhl Oil tnc dlluIuSyS Ut eACluutu lTOll
the sitting in question. He then
granted the district attorney an ad-
lournment until Monday morning in or
der that he might have time to pre-
pare his application to the appellate
division. Jerome protested that the
time was not sufficient, but Justice
Fitzgerald cut him short with the an
nouncement that the trial must be con.
cluded forthwith.
Unless Jerome should secure a writ
of prohibition in the meantime, Justice
Fitzgerald is expected to announce on
Monday morning that he has confirmed
the report of the commission and order
chat the trial proceed without further
delay.
Thaw was not in court to hear the
decision. The jury was also excluded,
and both prisoner and jurors were out
of range of the district attorneys
heated discussion with Justice Fitzger-
aid. All the members of the Thaw
family, including the mother and wife
of the defendant, were present, how.
ever, and their keen delight over the
announcement of the favorable report
was turned into alarm at the unex-
pected attitude of the district attor-
ney, whose threat to take the matter
before the appellate division of the
court seemed to involve another Sc
rious delay in the long-drawn out trial.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-11
Frelsh. Rate kindel in War Paint.

George ]. Kindel's fight for
equitable freight and express rates
is being waged increasingly. He re-
Gently received letter from Commits
sioner Prouty urging him to file fur
ther complaints on freight charges on
certain commodities with the Inter-
state Commerce Commission. In his
fight against discrimination by the ex-
press companies he has met with en-
couragement on all sides. The follow
ing table shows the inequality.
Express rates, 100-pound lots,
New York to Chicago (half way
to Denver) $3.50
Chicago to Clinton, Iowa, (half
way to Omaha) ........ 200
Chicago to Omaha (half way to
Denver) observation-disclosures. 200
Chicago to Denver. -............ 600
New York to Denver. .......... $50
The rate from Chicago to Butte,
Montana, is only 50 more than to Den
yer, while the rate from Chicago to
Buena Vista, Colorado, and all points
west of Butte is $500.
"Why don't our boosters bust these
discriminatory rates?" asked Mr.. Kin
del, after submitting his table which
shows that the western half of the ex-
press haul between the Atlantic coast
and the Rocky mountains is nearly
treble that of the New York-Chicsgo
haul.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-11
U. P. TO BUILD
NEW ROADS FOR COLORADO WILL
BENEFIT SHIPPERS.
REDUCE HAUL TO THE COAST
Agreement Between Union Pacific and
Colorado & Southern Likely to
be Made for Joint Use of Track.

Omaha, Neb.-The Union Pacific is
outfitting here a large party of en-.
gineers. who will leave in a few days
for Weld and Larimer counties. Colo
rado. where they will survey for cut
OF from Greeley to Hermosa. Wyom-
ing, connecting the Denver-Cheyenne
line with the main line at Hermosa.
The cutoff survey will run via For,
Collins.
It is understood that negotiations
are in progress between the Union Pa
cific and the Colorado & Southern for
a traffic agreement whereby the Colo
rado G. Southern will be given use OF
the Union Pacific track between Chey-
enne and Denver, in return for use OF
the Colorado & Southern track be-
tween Greeley and Fort Collins. II
this arrangement can be made the I'm
ion Pacific plans to build a line from
Fort Collins to Hermosa This would
give the load a cutoff greatly reducing
the haul from Denver to Pacific coast
points. If the traffic agreement with
the Colorado & Southern cannot be
perfected, the Union Pacific will build
from Fort Collins to Greeley, thereby
securing lIS OWL track throughput.
The proposal is to the advantage OF
the Colorado & Southern in that it
would give the road a straight haul
from Wyoming points to its Colorado
lines. T,.e Colorado & Southern owns
the Cheyenne & Northern. a detached
line connecting Cheyenne and Orin
Junction. At present the Colorado &
Southern turns the through business
Of this line over to the Union Pacific
at Cheyenne, and it is hauled by the
Union Pacific to Denver, where the
Colorado C Southern again receives it.
The determination to use the Gree
ieyHermosa route was responsible
for the recent action of the Union Pa,
cific in calling off the laborers on the
Carr-Borie cutoff, which would have
connected the Denver-Cheyenne line
at Carr with the main line at Borie.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-11

Indoor life. with the numerous arti.
fetal and unwholesome conditions
which it imposes, is a powerful fac
tor in lowering the vitality diminish
ing the power to resist disease and
In maintaining a continual contact
with conditions productive of disease.
deteriorate -spidly in captivity be-
cause of the deprivation of the fresh
air and sunshine to which they are
naturally adapted. Civilized women
are almost compelled to live sedentary
lives. This fact declares writer in
Good Health. accounts in large degree
for the almost universal invalidism
among women.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-11
Cannon Approves canal.

New York.-Speaker Cannon arrived
here Sunday from trip to the West
Indies, Venezuela and Panama. He is
enthusiastic over his trip.
81 was nightly well pleased and
agreeably surprised, as was every
member Of our party, with the prog.
ress of the Panama canal" he added.
ut is mere question of work, which is
being done rapidly under a splendid
system. If I was paying for the job 1
would slap the boys on the back and
say: Hustle along and get the dirt
out"
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-11

The men and women who perish
miserably in train wrecks have the
consolation of knowing that they do
not die in vain. They suggest safe
modes of construction and running
methods. They may not. it is true.
appreciate the fact that they are pub.
lie benefactors and may be selfish
enough to prefer their lives to the
glory of martyrdom, but still, human
progress must have martyrs, and IL
there are not sufficient volunteers
there must be conscripts to the
cause.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-11
Assassin Stays General Barillas.

City of Mexico.-General Lizadro
Barillas, ex-President of Guatemala,
was assassinated here Sunday evening
as he sat in street car. AS the car
stopped, young man, seventeen years
of age, climbed aboard and, rushing to
the general, stabbed him twice, the
first blow severing the jugular vein,
the second cutting his face. The gen.
eral died instantly.
The assassin was captured. He gave
his name as Jose Estrada and his
home as Ocos, Guatemala.
Ex-President Barillas was generally
considered as strongly opposed to the
present government of Guatemala. He
was sixty-two years old and was
strong possibility for the next presi-
dency of the country.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-11

Mexico is prosperous under the gold
standard. The republics fiscal re.
ceipts (s50.29s,000 United States cur.
rency) for the year ended June 80.
1906. were far in excess of other years
and much beyond what was expected
tven by the most optimistic economists.
Ell Imparcial, a local newspaper. says
the income IL years ago was only $685..
100000 United States currency, and
concludes that the decided advance to
50.000,0 900 is due to careful financing.
The gradual growth in the fiscal re-
ceipts during the last II years is the
perity and not of increased taxation.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-11
Alfonso to Meet Edward.

Madrid.-King Alfonso, the dow
ager queen, Maria Christina, Premier
Maura, Captain Nino, minister of ma
rine; Allende Salazar, minister of for
eign affairs; Sir w. NJ. De Bunsen.
British ambassador to Spain, and
Senor De villa de Urrutia, Spanish am
bassador to Great Britain, left Sunday
for Cartegena. where Alfonso is to
meet King Edward.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-11

Prince Henry of the Netherlands,
husband of the queen. proved his hui
steamer Berlin was wrecked of the
Hook Of Holland last month. He
learned that some passengers were
left on the vessel, and took command
of the rescue party which finally
brought them off. When he came
ashore with them he was cheered to
the echo by the enthusiastic Dutch.
men gathered on the beach King Ed,
ward has bestowed on him the Grand
Cross of the Order of the Bath in rec.
ognition of his bravery
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-11
Beets for Worland.

worland, Wyo.-A representative of
the Billings beet sugar factory has
been here for several days making
contracts with local farmers to sup
ply the Billings plant with sugar beets
this fall, and as a result large acre
age in the vicinity of Worland will be
planted in beets this season. The
sugar people are paying $3.50 ton for
the beets in the fields.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-11
AuLr FINDS a BIG RIVER.
Wonderful UnderfIow Of InexhaustIbIs
Water at Depth Of Thirty Feet.

Ault, Colo.-ln digging a well for the
new water system here an under
ground river OF seemingly limitless
flow has been found 1t is only thirty
feet below the surface and the water
is eight feet deep, and it was impossi-
BILE to diminish the depth with four
inch pump.
A slx-inch pump was substituted,
but after six hours of work the water
was lowered only fourteen incnes. The
first pump has been replaced and both
are being worked with a gasoline en-
gine. in order that digging may be
completed TO about forty feet.
The river is supposed to be the same
one tapped by the residents of Num-
when sinking wells there, which gave
that town the original name of Under
flow.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-11
Elk VIII Not Perish.

Pinedale, Wyo.-A few weeks ago it
was feared there would be heavy losses
among elk in this region, owing to the
scarcity of feed and great depth of
snow. The large bands of elk are now
moving to bare spots in the foothills
where there is plenty of feed. Few an
imals have died during the winter.
There was some loss among antelope
etarlier in the winter.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-11
George Denver euaaenheIm.

10 the wife of Senator Simon Gug-
genheim Of Denver there was born
Sunday in New York son. A tele-
gram was received from Colorado's
senator:
Am glad to repor. Denver's popula-
tion is increased by the arrival to-day
of George Denver Guggenheim."
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-11

Here is what Missouri paper says:
After many days of arid dessccation
the vaporing captains marshaled their
laundering hosts and poured out upon
the incinerated vegetation few inches
of aqua pluvialis." In this instance,
Missouri will have to show us.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-11

General Booth of the Salvation army
makes the announcement that he Is
willing to receive all tainted money
which may be offered. He thinks he
knows or a way TO remove the taints,
END bs probably does.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-11

There is a report that serious re-
volt has broken out in the state of
Tachira. in the western part of vene-
zuela. And somehow nobody who has
kept track of Castro's doings is very
much surprised at the news.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-09-04
FORTY-sEvEN STORIES.
Lofty Singer Building at New York
Now Over 900 Feet High.


The .'iiy singer building Don New
York. fast nearing completion, win
within zinc .or5frr -r,sk .a,.sed Iu
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above tine ground. When ln' e'iuc-
i-rai steel WurEDfs rltelrl nome tne
.i-i s''tl beam HaiutoaN ueloie euo
ing lhelr Gay Molh' Jnr elt'I l.dI'.
of 30 floors of the building had pee %
finished and tne workers began lheif
.gus descent or 4'' le', '' ''1 ',1' '''','
Eleven more stories remain l' h. huI..
ana when the towering piI. OFT T'D''
ana masonry la ilhIs bed'l' "Hl l' 60 De
ries high ana OH letl from la' sIie
walk ON Broadway 20 ihr tlI.a,..
This giant shNs,rUIer VIII ue lht i'i-N-
est occupied builoIus 300 TO-" worm N..'
viii overiop AN other existing stlut-
lures. except the tldol tower lN ldii
Not one llfc mas been losl so laI I'D 1it'
construction th3ush ''Uutt' 75 l"li'4, ',.7
on the siIegJs nave ",,",' l.t -.
che intrepid sleei WORKERS.
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drcd yards high in tne h4i. 2 'si ~'D
building is compile. re. u.ne 'Nh p.
drop every hour from "a pole on lep
of the structure. ana ai nlsul l.e
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