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The Ordway new era., 1907-10-04
Asmus Jury Disagrees.

Fort Morgan. Colo.-The jury In the
ease OF John Asmus and cara Moon.
charged with the murder Of Robert Nc
Dowcll reported TO Judge Burke thar
the members could not reach an agree.
ment and the Jury was discharged
The jury stood eight Ia Iour for ac.
cuittal from the first and the count ,iid
not change throughout the entire de'tb'
erations. although ballot after ballot
was taken. The jurors in favor OF nc
auitial were firm in their conviction.
and no amount of balloting or delibcr.
alton would change them. and the -four
on the other side we're In the sam"
frame of mind as to changing their
votes.
The cost Of the trial Of the two mon
has been enormous for Morgan county.
and in view of the fact that the senu'
mept of the Jury was In the ma
Iority for an acluittal many cN.
press The opinion that there VIII not
be another trial of the case. as the p"".
ple do not relish being saddled with
the expense OF second trial.
Moon and Asmus were released on
$4,000 ball.
new bond was required. which
was promptly furnished. The jurors
I'm the case were discharged for the re-
moinder OF the term. as Judge Burke
said that men who had sat on case
for fifteen days and nights had earuca
exemption for year.
The Ordway new era., 1907-10-04
VIII Help Key Men.

Los Angeles. Cal.-The most sue
cessful benefit ever given in Los An
gelcs to any cause in which labor was
concerned was concluded at the Audi.
torium theater. the largest and most
beautiful OF Its kind on the coast. and
the striking commercial telegraphers
of southern California are $1,000
richer The house was packed. the up.
permost galleries. which have seldom
been opened to occupancy in this new
playhouse. being filed. Almost every
theater in the city donated at least one
act, and enough high.class talent was
secured to give a performance of three
and one.half hours.
The local telegraphers entered on
the eighth week OF their struggle for
better working conditions. the strike
which Is now prevalent over the entire
country having its inception here. Of
ficers OF the local union declare there
have been only three desertions during
that entire cpriod. The local treasury
is now in better shape than at any
lime previous to the strike.
The telegraphcrs are receiving dona-
tions from almost every labor body in
the city. and the strikers are paid
weekly benfits sufficient to meet cur.
rent living expenses. declare the Off
GERS. AMI the sentiment most often eX'
pressed among the members is that a
settlement will come soon and spoil
their va cation.
The Ordway new era., 1907-10-04
WEALTHY FARMER is KILLED.
Bloody Battle Between Farmers Neal
Greeley Ends Fatally.

Greeley, Colo.-As the result OF
three.cornered battle near Johnstowr
last night, William Davis. Sr.. wa;
shot and killed by II. T. Wilson, a ten
ant on one Of his farms. The otnei
marty to the trouble was William ia
Wis. .Jr.. son of the man who was killed
and the fatality was the result OF
duel between young Davis and WI
son. .o,
While the two were quarreiihs over
farm matters the elder Davis came ul
and became mixed in the alterca,ion'
The Young men finally drew their re
volyers and began firing at each other
md II ia alleged that during the duei =
bullet from the gun OF wilson kiiieo
tho old man. All were prominent III
that section. The Davises are heaVy
land owners and Wilson is the son OF
n wealthy cattleman near JohhsloM n,
There is considerable feeling among m
tho residents Of the vicinity over '!s
murder and Wilson was proush. ~
Greeley by Sheriff Florence ana IL ho"
in the county jail. D,,,s,. md
n is not known that the Davises any y,
wilson ever had any trouble before. A.
,s understood that there were no WIZ,
nassss 10 u to the affair. with the exception
of the three inVolVeu.
The Ordway new era., 1907-10-04
Fire Burned Eighteen Months now Out

Trinidad, Colo.-The fire which
burned for one and onc-half years in
the Engleville mine has been COM
pkctely extinguished. An official an
nouncement was made today by the of
ficers of the Colorado Fuel & Iron
Company who made personal trip
of inspection.
The fire broke out in May. 1906. and
was supposed to have been OF incen.
diary origin. An eighteen-year old
Mexican boy. Martinez. was tried on
the charge of arson, but was acquitted
on the ground that the fire was acci.
dental. He fell asleep, and the fire
was supposed to have been started by
his lamp. An area Of over 1000 feet
was burned over.
Every available method OF extin'
gushing mine fires was tried without
success, when finally the late John
Kebler. then general manager OF the
e. F. & l., gave the idea of fighting the
blaze with carbonic acid gas. A plant
was constructed at the mouth OF the
mine. and the gas was piped In dis.
tance Of one and onehalf miles. ana
the experiment proved successful.
The Ordway new era., 1907-10-04
Hay Hand In Trouble.

Sheridan, Wyo.-Ed Hay. soldier
from Fort Mckenzie. is in jail here,
charged with assault on Mrs. Addie
Bates, wife OF william Bates, at whose
place Hay was temporarily employed.
Bates story is that he and Hay had
been working on ditch near the
Bates ranch on Beaver creek and Hay
went to the house to secure drink
of water. He was absent an undue
time and Bates went to the ranch to
investigate. There he found Hay. he
asserts, in the act Of assaulting Mrs.
Bates. Although armed with revol-
yer, Bates did not destroy the despoiler
Of his home, but held Hay up with the
gun and marched him to town. where
he was turned over to the sheriff. Hay
denies that he was guilty & N ~
sAult.
The Ordway new era., 1907-10-04
Both Shoulders Broken.

Canon City. Colo.-John Ripley.
sged sighty.two years. one Of the pio.
nser ranchmen Of Fremont county. had
10Th shoulders broken by falling from
Ma wagon one mile east of this city.
Rinley left early In the day for Twin
mountains for load Of wood.
About dusk the team was discovered
nv ". r. Scott coming into the city
alone Scott secured the team and
stsrfjd bac1 over its trail to locate
shs driyer. He found the injured man
~ NJ ~ roadside and brought him to- hts
hcm1 whsfe - y in critical coadat
The Ordway new era., 1907-10-04
GREATEST WATER DEAL YET,
Antsro and Lost Park Reservoirs Con.
verted Into One,

Greeley, Colo.-One of the greatest
water deals ever closed in Colorado
was completed in Denver. through the
purchase by pool OF Greeley and
Denver men from the High Line Res
ervoir Company of the famous reser.
voir sites known as Antero and Lost
Park. about which there has been
considerable discussion in the Denver
daiiies during the past year.
Prominent among the purchasers
are the Wyatt brothers. d. B, and d.
C.. heavy landholders under the Eaton
ditch; D b, Wyatt being vice presi-
dent OF the First National Bank OF this
place: D. A. Camfield, one of the
largest reservoir and ditch contract
ors In the West: S. J. Peerv farmer
and trader; J c. Mosher OF Mosher &
Parker, produce: J. c. Wylie. county
assessor and farmer. p W. Allen,
county treasurer and heavy land.
owner; William Mayher. lumber deal.
er and one OF the directors OF the
Northern Colorado Power Company.
among the Denver men participa.
ting In the purchase are G A, Star.
bird, irrigation engineer and large
land owner. Emile J. Reithmann. Tor.
mer county commissioner and land
owner; B. H. Du Bois. horseman and
landowner under the High Line canal .
Horace G. Clark. former Senator e. A.
Bromley and others.
Paul NJ. Clark. young Denver at,
torney. conducted the negotiations for
the purchase and transfer of the prop
! erty. assisted by L. G.. Kindred. q
Greeley attorney. and Jesse Wyatt
son of d. b. Wyatt. Messrs. Kindred
and Wyatt employing Clark 10 conduct
the negotiations.
| The AnterO reservoir site Is one OF
the famous reservoir sites of the West
and is well known by all well.inlormcd
ditch and reservoir men in this state
and Is described in the government re
ports. II is pronounced by experts as
the greatest natural storage depres
sion in the entire West.
The Ordway new era., 1907-10-04
Tn Much for China.

Hong Kong.-The newest peril mere, m
nasng In the authorities. is tne
aesIrs aChinese new woman" So great is ,,1s the
,sar 1"'ui Of Il that native writer WIN I'm
.eaL .,s,do M influence was publicly fiogged to, g,
@ ~,ue for inculcating Western idas oi
iunGyepndence nay among women. :, ,,a.
After many thousand years Oh n,u. a,,,
den existence the women OF .ne ,e,,, e,
nire are beginning to make some s,t ""' ~
to the privileges OF x ex's'enes. 81 cneck % the
,nn~ement n",~ and prevent any snow o'
IeMa'c IN Canton the police are enforcins .
an - order prohibiting females ~. Iron ~
te,ns served In tea houses anc 90 rcsss1
rsmts uSa even when attended BY men; a,s,..
women ffom aamhlng, eng
Sitleo' oro prutided. r. ) a \
The Ordway new era., 1907-10-04
Fire Destroys May Flower.

Telluride. Colo.-The boarding
house, kitchen, bunkhouse and shaft
house of the May Flower mine, in Bri-
dal Vein basin, six miles southeast OF
Telluride, together with all their con-
tents. were totally destroyed by fire.
causing loss of $4,000. The insur-
ance Is 100000.
The money loss is not the most seri-
GUS feature of the fire, for the open
season is now so far advanced that re-
building before next spring may be out
of the question.
The company had been working
steadily all summer getting the mine.
mill and tramway in shape. and In
tended starting up the mill and tram
way on the 10th of October. The up
per tramway terminals were not In
jured by the fire.
When President Welch and Manager
Marquis, both of whom are now at
their homes in Pennsylvania, are In
formed Of the fire. 1t is probable that
the work Of reconstruction will COM
mence at once.
The Ordway new era., 1907-10-04
COPPER WILL GO TO 20 CENTS.
This Is the Opinion Of e. A. Norton.
Authority.

Denver.-Thc present depression III
the copper market is caused by the
concerted action OF European consum'
ers. according to the opinion OF L 4.
Norton Of Denver. and the metal viii
shortly find its price level. which he
places at from 20 to % cents. Mr.. Nor
ton is interested with English and
New York and Virginia capitalists In
the ownership OF the PcnnWyominG
Copper Company. operating large prop
critics at Encampment. near the WyD.
ming. Colorado line in the North PARK
country.
THE average price of copper for
twenty-five years was lax cents" said
Mr.. Norton. but 1t will not be that
low again for any length Of time. Th"
demand is 50 great that the present
quotation OF l6 to II cents can not long
prevail | have recently visited the
largest consumers in Europe. and am
satisfied from the information gained
there hat copper will shortly settle
down to from 20 to % cents and re
main at that standard price"
Mr. Norton is entertaining the own,
ers of the copper properties In which
he is interested. The same capitalists
own 1000 acres OF land in Carbon
county. Wyoming. and are now en-
gagged In placing 1t under irrigation.
The Ordway new era., 1907-10-04
IS Of The WEEK
,.,,,,sut Happenings Of the
Pas. Seven Days.
:. ,,.ms Gathered From all
a"s ,he World Condensed
i, Small 5, Space tor the Ben
ot Our Readers.
PERSONAL.

PeTso'
Mrs ". J. Bryan will soon
anu ,heir silver wedding ami
n. pruce, the arctic explorer
Isose safety great anxiety mas
'S '.u,ertained, has arrived AT
l.os Norway. in safety.
Canadian Valley Trust com IN
:, wuskogee, |. T., has been ab'
:, ~ the other banks of the city.
y " Crothers. the democratic
r.. ,or governor of Maryland,
Nth typhoid fever.
Ting Fang, former minister oil
:, Washington, has been reap
to that post.
!, Interview published in New
= vnllam X. Hearst declares he
.,,slye OF no conditions under
IA would be a candidate for
ro,k of Missouri, addressed
rsrsons at the homecoming
,,,iop at Nashville. Tennessee.
Ne Lage. of Paris, has sue
in producing life in one hour
t.enicals.
pooseyelts have returned to
I.ron from their summer so
ii oyster Bay.
Cecil Clay. general agent for
[,arment OF justice and holder
al for gallantry in the civil
lad in Washington.
4, Glenn Voliva. who succeeded
.ls,ander Dowie as head OF
iy. Las been given 30 days
10 yacate the building occupied
there. The option which he
land In New Mexico has also
lst
Sarah T. Rohrer. known all
!. United States As an authority
tiing. has gone into voluntary
ky,ry In New York.
I Malle. president OF n coal
~ a, Pittsburg. Kansas. was re
,aaght under n fall of slate In
ls and fatally injured.
The Ordway new era., 1907-10-04
UNCLE SAM ISSUES ORDERS FOR
NEW FORM IN LAND
LOCATIONS,
AID IDSTATESETTLEMEN1
UNDER NEW RULE REGISTRARS
AND RECEIVERS MUST
PREPARE PAPERS.

Denver-A new order issued b,
Commissioner Ballnger of the General
Land Office has gone into effect. II
requires registrars and receivers OF all
United States land Offices to prepare
all applications to make entries and
filings on public land when they are re.
qucsted to do so by the applicants.
This order will insure greater accu.
racy in papers of this kind and be a
saving to the applicants. who have
heretofore been required to have their
applications prepared at their own eX
pensc.
The effect of the order will be tC
greatly increase the work of the clerks
in the General Land Office in Denver
and elsewhere. There will be no in,
creased salaries nor additions to the
force
The order, according to reports. is
designed TO shut out so-called "shys.
ter" lawyers. who receive from 81 &c
So for making out these applications
and who frequently make mistakes
causing endless trouble at Washing.
ton.
Charles NJ. Kruger. who was for
twenty years chief clerk in the govern
ment land Office here. says that there
are few instances where settlers have
been overchargcd.
III the settlers are buncoed II Is no,
by people connected with the govern
ment service" says Mr.. Kruger. but
by those people who advertise and
style themselves land locators.'
Show Wrong Lands.
Their socalled business or profes
sion is to point out and show to pros
pective entrymcn the vacant lands sub
ject to entry, for which service {
charge. ranging from s25 TO $3.50 OF
more. Is made. In many instances sucl
locators show settlers lands that ar.
patented. but adjacent to lands in {
high state of cultivation, informing
them that such lands can be entered
The settler being satisfied with th'
land shown him, closes the deal witt
the locator. who thercupon gives hin
the numbers or a description of lane
entirely different, but unknown TO tbs
purchaser. The settler is unaware O
the fact that he has been buncocd u2
I'll he attempts to settle upon the lana
when he ascertains that the lane
shown him and the land entered b!
him are many miles apart.
THE opportunity for such bunc'
games is afforded by reason Of the un
familiarity OF the settler with the sur
veys of public lands. Very few per
sons know a government corner whei
they see II. and further there are bu
few of such corners in place. especial
Is on the plains. and the arid region
which have been used many years a
public range.
Corner Marks Destroyed.
These corners have been destroyed
by stock or by the men using TN
range. The reason for the destruction
of the corners identifying the section
of land are obvious and many. II tn
government officials desire. in goo
faith, to aid and protect prosDectiv
settlers on the public domain. 1t woul'
necessitate the replacing of lost or dc
stroyed corners. and better still. pre-
vide some person. preferably Tn
county surveyor, with authority to o'
ficially locate settlers. within their re
spective counties. allowing them to CO.
lect a reasonable fee. to be fixed D.
statute, from the settler properly lc
Gated"
The Ordway new era., 1907-10-04
Beet Train Hits Buggy.

Sugar City. Colo. C. Manning was
instantly killed and Higsby Gray prob
ably fatally injured by Missouri Pa
cinc beet train at q crossing four miles
west OF this place Sunday night. Both
are prominent farmers Of the Ordwny
district. They were returning home
from social function at late hour In
a single buggy and attempted to cross
the track in front of the train.
The Ordway new era., 1907-10-04

According to the company's balanc"
sbeet its total surplus on June 30 last
was S6,63S.l7O. The capital stock of
tho Distillers' Securities Corporation
amounts to S22.47S.000. The increase
in the earnings available for dividends
In the present year amounts to approx
imately IN per cent. upon the stock.
The Ordway new era., 1907-10-04
Miscellaneous.

tr.lng 10 statements by the rail.
.sy have lost 81 100000 in Mis-
s.tee the two-cent fare went into
nia scientists. with automatic
rsnis attached to unnamed
ns, have discovered that at high
les the air is coolest over the
pr and varmest above the poles.
fonster petition signed by hun
e British Columbians. has been
Sir Wiltred Laurier. the Can
Eemier, asking the absolute ex-
Of all 0rientals.
al prescript has been proclaim
New Foundland. suspending all
statutes authorizing officials
American vessels for alleged
o1enses.
williamson OF Findlay. Ohio.
aiessed to an attempt to bribe
U a case against the Standard
1pany tried in that city last
In St Louis recently Mrs.
'ne Of the secretary OF state,
q herself emphatically in favor
establishment OF the army
SUBWAY. wanted for the muir
MS. Sarah Martin at Adams,
rs been arrested at Forbes.
men We're killed by the explo-
crude oil tank while sprink-
taee track at Morris park
~ York.
ea. Roosevelt has announced
VIII approve the constitution
'atlfied by the voters in the
s Of Oklahoma when formally
n TO him.
vine. VIII
an ~ territory oil field has
records for production of
sO,eum .Os. In the United States
asn' months ending August
eon,h. '-'" o"i
Ient .U has been filed with the
n,s ay commissioners by all
y, AUS IN the state saying that
\. o., .are will be put in opera.
pns sa OF all five political par.
M ''aska Ts were recently held
n IN me republicans indorsed
T. TAFT and the democrats
=. :. Bryan for president.
y seneral Hadley says the
:, VI the railroads that they
~. M''oo'ooo in Missouri since
'are went into effect is
n,nn,.y year ended August 81
Su.acturers in the United
No.. o,sSs.7Sa bales of cotton.
~, new York hearing of the
Ins, NJ, suit 1t was developed
pm,,. ou,ana Pipe Line company
s,s.,,,l s IN 1903 of 1901 ,022 on
I,d.,ss,in .lI,ins frost of the season
''e damage in Iowa re.
I, = BE- .ssonservatories Of @. M.
ls.,sss' ,ss'ant Hin. Mo-. we're re.
Y y w. -. by boiler explosion to
q. Sea = Of the two new b..t,s.
NIL A',readnousht r type viii be
H. n.,ta. nDskota. The first one
! ssssAip Kansas r,ospt,v A..
y ~; sia IL = loo.miic rsoe
e pslavass brsalp
The Ordway new era., 1907-10-04
OPERATOR GIVES TRAIN WRONG
TRACK AND COLLISION is
RESULT.
ENGINEER 'SLECCU1OFF
"SPRING CHICKEN" THEATRICAL
COMPANY ESCAPE WITH
SHAkEUP.

Wheeling, W. Va.-Fifteen men were
killed and a score injured. number
fatally. at Bellaire, Ohio, Saturday al
ternoon. when the Chicago and Wheel
ing express train on the Baltimore &
Ohio railroad crashed into a freight
train which was moving slowly on
siding Richard Carle and his musical
comedy organization, 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. il
also injured.
The killed are:
EDWARD HEINZE, Wheeling.
WILLIAM SHAW. Wheeling.
KARL BERTRAM, Woodfield, Ohio.
l.. n. GALBRAITH. Newark. Ohio.
F. L. MOTIF. Newark, Ohio.
T. A. DUNLAP. passenger fireman.
LIPSCOMB. passenger engineer.
w. J. Johnson, freight engineer.
Newark Ohio.
HARRY ENGLISH, Connorsvillc.
Ohio.
CURTIS LAFFERTY, Cambridge.
Ohio.
II. PETERSON, Hoboken, New Jer.
sey.
JOHN HAWK
ALFRED DOLBY. New York.
HAROLD ZElTZ, newsboy. N2ssi-
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. ONO.
neck badly hurt. legs injured.
Clarence Johnson, Cambridge, Ohio.
back and hips injured.
Leo Ralph. Quaker City. Ohio. head
and back crushed.
d. Z. Clover. Klee. Ohio. crushed
afout 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 Grifiin. Bayonne City. New
| Jersey. injured about hips.
William Ferrcll. 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, mail
clerk. head and back injured.
L. G. Blugh. Mt. Vernon. Ohio head
injured and arm bruised.
Given Wrong Track.
McGann, the signal operator at the
Bellare yard office. gave the freight
the eastbound track instead OF the
westbound. Both engines were de-
molished, a portion of one rolling over
a forty.foot embankment.
Nearly all of the injured were in tho
smoker. The dead and injured were
pinioned under the wreckage, which
caught fire. The Richard Garlic
Spring Chicken" theatrical company
occupied n parlor car upon the rear OF
the train which was demolished, bGs
none of the company was injured.
Engineer Lipscomb, caught under
the wreckage. called piteously. Chop
my leg of. will you?" to members ot
| 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, filed win
! doctors and nurses. and rushed to tho
| scene Of the wreck The dead We're re-
moved to undertaking establishments
here and the injured to the Boone hos
| pital here and the Glendale hospital at
Moundsville.
The Ordway new era., 1907-10-04
Drink Habit Keeps Up.

cbicago.-The Distillers' Securities
rorporation report for the fiscal year
ended June 30 last was issued IN chi
caco yesterday. The earning stale
ment for the year shows the following
changes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-30
BASEBALL TEAMS
 CHOSEN TONIGHT

The selecting of the outdoor baseball teams and the election of captains of each will take place at the Young Men $ Christian association tonight.
 A four-team league will be organized and games will be played every Saturday afternoon. Two diamonds have been laid off at Smiths park and some fast games are promised, as there is some very good talent among the Young Mems Christian association players.
 The exhibition games or indoor base hall will be played tonight commencing at s o'clock. After the games there will he refreshments The outdoor teams will be selected after games of indoor ball are finished.