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The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-19
AT WAR WITH
POLAR STORM
WALTER wELLMAN AND HIe AIN
SHIP CAUGHT IN GRIP or
FIERCE SNOW sToRAa.
SHIP WEIGHS 9 TONS
GRAPHIC STORY TOLD sY DARING
EXPLORER WHO STARTED TO
FIND THE NORTH POLE.

Berlin.--Wnlter WeIlman, head Of
the Wellman airship expedition. has
sent the following telegram to the local
pape-3 from Toronto:
After the steamer Express cast on
the cable the balloon America did ex-
cellently, but an increasing wind soon
gave us hard struggle. and the storm
drove us toward some high. 5aggso
mountains near tho coast, where tho
airship would have been destroyed n
she struck. Then ensued hard nghf>
ing between the storm and the motor.
The latter triumphed. Our confidence
In the America had so increased In
the meanwhile that / gave the order
to start for the north pole.
THE wind, however. increased to
twelve miles an hour. and the snow feil
SO thickly that we could not sec
quarter OF mile. Just then the com
pass failed to work. owing to detective
construction.
Lost in a Storm.
I'VE were lost in the snowstorm
above the polar sea, and threatened
with destruction. After brief deliber-
alton we decided to try to get back to
the Express and rectify our compass
and start again. II was impossible.
however. to keep in one direction, ana
we were again carried into dangerous
proximity of the mountains. Vaniman.
tthe engineer, then put the motor to
top speed. and the America moved
against tho wind. which probably war
blowing fifteen miles an hour. She
circled three times in the teeth OF the
wind. We saw the Express for mo
met. but Immediately lost her again.
I'VE could have returned to the Ex-
press II we could have seen where to
steer, but under the circumstances the
only thing possible was to try to land.
With this idea we stopped the motor
and let the America drift over the gla~
cier. At the end OF Doul bay we used
n trailer filed with provisions and q
brake rope. Both acted well ano
dragged over the ice wall 100 feet high
without damage.
Landed Like a Bird.
after crossing the glacier we
opened the valve and landed on the up
per glacier half mile In shore. The
landing was effected 30 successfully
that material weighing nine tons de-
seconded 900 feet and touched the Ice
with no shock or damage whatever eE-
cepting several bent tubs and broken
wires. Numerous delicate Instruments
were not injured. The self-registering
biographs. photographs and manome-
ters continued running after the land
ing. The mantle of the balloon can
easily be repaired.
Tho America was In the air thres
hours and covered about fifteen miles
with her own power. She made three
loops against the wind. proving her
pt wer and capability of being steered-
The accent was successful In every re-
spect.
I'VE are all convinced that we can
make our way to the pole in normal
summer weather."
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-19
Is "Flghting Bob" a PIrste7

Newport.-Has Fighting Bob" Evl
ans turned pirate?
Newporters are asking each other
this qSestion. as q result OF the dis
appearance on Wednesday night Of
the wreck OF the big twomasted
schooner Henry NJ. Whitney. which
has lain buried In the mud in the
south part of the harbor for more than
four years. Coal laden. the Whitney
was driven ashore one night after hay-
ing sprung leak. She was emptied
and then abandoned.
For four years she lay there, a ptc-
turesque relic Of her former greatness.
and. suddenly, In the dark Of wednes
day night. vessel whose cleaning
whiteness shone out In the gloom.
stole into the harbor, made fast to the
wreck and dragged 1t out to sea. A
hole in the mud was all that greeted
the fishing folk when they viewed the
harbor next morning.
Those who saw the white ship come
In declare that she reJembled In ev-
cry particular man-of-war. Now, Ad-
miral Evans warsbips are not far
away from Newport. engaging in tar
get practice. and no better target
could be found for the boys behind the
guns than the wreck of the Henry NJ
Whitney.
Has Fighting Bob" turned pirate7
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-19
s.::ot Conductor; Was Killed.

Sacramento, Cal.-Because Conduc.
tor Jeff Gage Of Southern Pacific train
No. 80. eastbound local to Sacramento.
put him Off the train on his refusal 10
pay his fare. an unknown man seri-
ousl--t wounded the conductor and was
himself killed in pistol duel just after
the train left Tracy City.
Conductor Gage said:
Il rad stopped the train just outside
of Tracy to put the fellow off for re-
fusfng to pay his fare, and had stepped
down from the platform to give the en-
sineer the signal to go ahead when
some Of the passengers who were
watching the man running alongside of
the fence, cried out: Look out! he's
going to shoot But before could
jump back l was shot here Indicating
his right groin).
Il stumbled from the effects OF the
shot, and finally succeeded in getting
out my pistol and took shot at the
man, who had run ahead about fifty
yards by this time. I don't know
whether hit him or not.
Some of the passengers had rushed
QUIT by his time. and taken several
shots at him. He fell, and ran to
where he lay. covering him with my
gun all the time. as feared he might
be playing 'possum. With the assist
ance Of the passengers I took his gun,
but he died few minutes later, one of
the shots having pierced his left lung"
The bullet fired at Gage lodged just
beneath the vest. The fact that the
bullet had to penetrate three thick
nesses of clothing is probably all that
saved Gage from being killed.
The passengers who Witnessed the
shooting all say that Gage was per-
fectly justified
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-19
rnsures Life Instead of Souls.

Pittsburg.-Assertin that there is
more money in insuring lives than in
saving souls-ministers Of Pittsburg
are forsaking the pulpit to engage in
the life insurance business. Within a
short period more than score Of min
listers of Pittsburg have gone into life
insurance and all of them are making
more money. they say, than had they
remained with the churches.
The latest Pittsburg preacher to lay
aside the cloth is the Rev. j. C. Car
penter, pastor of the Mount Washing
ton Methodist Episcopal church. He
said:
with sadness / am forced to sever
my connections with the ministry. /
do not quit from choice, but from ne
cessity. 1t Is not altogether a ques-
tion of money, but of the high cost of
living. No charge has been offered me
with a salary which would Justify my
accepting. II ever the opportunity of
fers, shall re-enter the ministry
but at present there is not living in
1t. The shortage of ministers today is
occasioned solely by the insufficient
pay. Although i am entering the in
surance business, still / hope to con-
iinue to preach occasionally"
Among other Pittsburg ministers
who have recently resigned their po-
sitions to enter the life insurance busi
ness are the Rev. J. T. Gibson, former
pastor Of the First Presbyterian
church Of Sharpsburg, and the Rev r.
II. Hood, pastor of the Mount Wash
ngton United Presbyterian church. All
ire doing well as insurance agents.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-19
short to Amount of $500, 900.

New Orleans.-With only SO cents
in his pocket, Charles E. Letten, chief
clerk in the office of the district tax
collector here. who disappeared two
days ago, leaving a shortage of more
than 100000. was discovered stand
Ing on the bank of the Mississippi river
trying to summon enough courage TO
commit suicide by drowning. He said
he had started toward the water sew
eral times. but each time his courage
tailed him. He made full confession
Of his guilt. saying he had squandered
the greater part OF the money on a ne
gro woman named Virginia Reed. She
was placed under arrest
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-19
Says It viii Be Roosevelt.

Denver.-Two weeks spent in Wash.
ington, New York and Baltimore have
convinced A. M. Stevenson, Republi-
can national committeeman from Colo
rado. that Theodore Roosevelt will be
renominated at the next national con-
vention of his party. Furthermore he
believes that Denver has good
chance to get the convention which
will renominate President Roosevelt If
the citizens Of this city will only match
their efforts against thase OF the other
cities which are after the great politi-
cal gathering. Mr.. Stevenson re-
turned from what was primarily a
business trip to the East and gave out
the above important convictions.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-19
KILLS -FOUR
OUT OF SEVEN
THE AUTOMOBILE RUNS CLOSE
RACE WITH RAILROADS IN
KILLING CONTEST.
COMING FROM THE CLUB
GREAT TOURING CAR JUMPS
OVER BANK AND TURNS
TURTLE.

Colorado Springs.-Coming down a
steep hill six blocks east of the city.
near the Huerfano street viaduct, an
automobile containing seven persons
went into the ditch, turning turtle and
killing three men instantly and fatally
injuring one and seriously injuring
three others.
The dead:
Allan Marshall.
w. NJ. Ralston. electrician.
A. l.. Marksheffell, chauffeur.
Fatally injured:
Britton Graves, clerk
The accident occurred at o'clock
Tuesday morning. Sept. 18th. The
party had attended a social session at
the Elks club. They took the machine
with Marksheffell is chauffeur and
went to Colorado City and Manitou.
Returning they were coming down a
steep hill west of the Huerfano viaduct
when Marksheffell lost control Of his
machine.
Tho automobile ran into the ditch
and upset, pinning all seven occupants
under It
Three were taken out alive, but
Graves was SO badly injured that he
can live but few hours.
All are well known here. Markshef-
fell was the chauffeur who was In tho
fatal Labor day races at Denver, and
whose machine struck Dasey when the
latter was lying fatally injured in the
track
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-19
GREAT METEOR FALLS TO EARTH
strikes In New Mexico Causes Earth
to T-embie.

strikes In New Mexico Causes Earth
to Trembls.
Santa Rosa, N. M.-what must have
been an immense meteor passed over
santa Rosa In northeasterly direc-
tion AT $3.50 In the afternoon one day
last week.
one minute. some two and some ten
two terrific explosions followed by a
rumbiing noise. shook the earth like
an earthquake.
Inc meteor dropped near Montoya,
and large fragments of 1t have been re.
covered. When the burning mass
struck the ground, there was an ex-
piosion like an earthquake.
The First National bank building.
the school house and the Mott hotel,
all large stone and brick buildings.
were shaken until their occupants
thought they would fall.
Inc engineers of the switch engines
In the yards of the Rock Island said
their engines felt like they were leav-
ing the rails.
AT Los Tanos, a station on the Rock
Island, nine miles northeast OF Santa
Rosa, the meteor was seen by many.
The clearest description at that point
was given by Harry Miner and wife.
who were driving in buggy n few
hundred yards south of the station.
To them 1t appeared to pass III front
causing bright streak, Immediately
followed by white light and a milky
and smoky appearance of the sky.
Mr.. Miner says he drove some dis
tance before the two awful explosions
occurred.
This would indicate that the meteor
Travelled number of miles further be-
fore exploding.
or the many who witnessed a part of
the flight Of the monster meteor in
Santa Rosa, perhaps none saw more of
1t than Helen Burnett. She says: Il
saw a bright streak in the sky go
from overhead straight to the east.
Then where the streak was the sky
filled with milk. Then 1t Numbered
awfully twice"
Workmen about the roundhouse here
spoke OF the milky appearance OF the
sky after the meteor passed.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-19
Demented Man Killed.

Evanston. Wyo.-William Fern, a
young business man of Almy. who has
been wandering about the country for
the past week in demented condition,
was killed by a fast freight on the
Union Pacific near here.
On September Sd Fern, with a COM
panion. was on his way to Almy in a
buggy. which was upset In a runaway,
throwing the young man out upon his
head. Since that time he has wan
dered about the country, being occa-
sionally seen by ranch people. al
though the authorities tried in vain to
find him. The remains were brought
to Evanston and will be buried In
Almy, where his wife and child reside.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-19
CAPITALISTS COME TO COLORADO
Big Concern Organizes to Take Advan-
tase of Western Resources.

Denyer.-No more striking instance
of the tremendous investments of east
ern capital in Colorado can be cited
than the recent organization of the st.
Louis & Colorado Development Com
pany, articles OF incorporation for
which have been filed in the state
house. The capital of this company is
100000. Mining and cattle raising
will be the first ventures of the new
company.
Operations have been begun already
by purchasing 1900 acres OF land III
North park. in Larimer county. 1t is
on this tract the company will operate
one of the finest cattle ranches in the
world. Additional territory adjacent TO
their holdings Is being purchased as
rapidly as possible, and within a few
months the company expects to own
seyeral thousands of acres of the best
grazing land In Colorado.
The company already has 500 acres
in hay and is stocking the remainder or
the land with cattle. The land is ideal
for cattle grazing and by reason OF the
part of Larimer county has no equal in
the cattle-raising sections.
In addition to cattle raising. the COM
pany will engage in coal mining and
are even now negotiating for the pur-
chase OF tract of virgin coal land.
The president of the company is Gus
tavus H. Lipplet, a prominent capital
list and wholesale man of st. Louis. AS
sociated with him are a dozen we'll
known st. Louis capitalists.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-19
Man Who Wanted Black wife exiIed.

Pueblo.-Frank G. Wells, the Colo
RADIO Springs man who last week ere
ated sensation in Colorado Springs
by advertising for a negro wife and
was ordered to leave the city. met
with like reception in Pueblo. He
is said to have been here since he
quit the Springs, but kept his identity
q secret
He applied for permission to oper-
ate a telescope on the streets of Pu-
eblo. but when the circumstances of
his coming here became known 1t is
said he was told to move. He de-
parted on the train. according to the
officials.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-19
klondIke Fever Breaks Out.

NIonoike feVer BREAKS Out.
Washington.-The gold fever of
the Klondike has broken out anew at
Sitka, Alaska, according to Brigadier
General George F. Elliott, command
ant Of the United States marine corps,
who has just returned from trip Of
inspection in the Northwest.
General Elliott states that a rich
vein Of quartz has recently been un-
covered on an island forty-five miles
from Sitka, which yields heavy per-
centage of leaf gold, and active prepa-
rations are being made for its develop
ment. AS a result of this discovery
the forty-five marines whom General
Elliott had intended to order to some
other point will remain to preserve or
der in what is rapidly becoming one of
the boom" towns of Alaska.
The story of the discovery as told to
General Elliott is that two Indians,
while fishing, noticed particles of gold.
They told the news to Presbyterian
clergyman at Sitlsa. A company opened
the vein of quartz and succeeded in
mining and transporting to Sitka in
canoes ninety tons OF ore This one
shipment yielded, after payment of
freight more than $4,000. The
knowledge of the find at the island
soon became known in Sitka, and the
island now is practically all staked out
by goldseekers.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-19
RAILROAD ADDS
TO DEATH LIST
TWENTY-FIVE PASSENGERS ARE
KILLED AND TWENTY-six
ARE INJURED.
FACES0F DEAD CHASTITY
FATAL MISTAKE OF TRAIN oPER-
AToR SENDS uNsUsPEcTINo
MoRTALs INTO ETERNITY.

White River Junction, vt-A fearful
head-on collision between the south
bound Qubec express and a north
bound freight train on the Concord d.
vision Of the Boston & Maine railroad,
occurred four miles north of Canaan
station early Sunday morning, Septem-
ber 18th, due to a mistake Ia train dis
patchers' orders, and from a demol-
ished passenger coach there were
taken out twenty-five dead and dying,
and twenty-seven other passengers,
most of them seriously wounded. Near
ly all those who were in the death car
were returning from a fair at Sher-
brooke. Quebec, sixty miles north. The
conductor of the freight train was
given to understand that he had plenty
Of time to reach siding by the night
operator at Canaan station, receiving
according to the superintendent of the
division, a copy of a telegraph order
from the train dispatcher at Concord,
which confused the train numbers 30
and thirty-four. The wreck occurred
Just after the express had rounded into
a straight stretch of track, but owing
to the early morning mist, neither en-
gineer saw the others headlight until
1t was too late.
Operator Makes Mistake.
The south-bound train was made up
at Sherbrooke, where it picked UP two
sleepers from Quebec and two more on
the way down. 1t consisted of the
baggage coach, passenger coach and
smoking car in that order, with the
sleepers in the rear. The train left
White River Junction at 1850, forty
minutes late, and was followed twenty
minutes later by the Montreal express
over the Central Vermont railroad
The Quebec train is known as No. 80
and the Montreal train as No. 80.
In the meantime, a north-bound train,
known as No. 267, had arrived at Ca
naan. eighteen miles down the road
at 4:10 a. M, on time. According to
the division superintendent, w. R. Ray,
j. r. Crowley, the night train dis
patcher at Concord, sent a dispatch to
John Greely. the night operator at Ca
naan, that No. "a was one hour and
ten minutes late. The order which
Conductor Lawrence of the freight
train showed after the accident dis
tincuy states that No. 80, instead of
No. "a, was an hour and ten minutes
late. Conductor Lawrence, believing
that he had sufficient time in the hour
and ten minutes to reach the sidetrack
at West Canaan, four miles beyond, be-
fore No. 30 reached 1t, ordered his train
ahead. The superintendent declared
that the accident was due to the mis-
take in placing cipher after the three
in the number of the train, instead of
a four.
The morning was dull and misty In
the western New Hampshire noun
tains and the long freight train, with
score Of heavily loaded cars, lum-
bered up the grade to West Canaan at
the usual speed. On the other side of
the cut the Quebec express was sliding
down the single track with her load
of passengers and the four sleepers in
the rear. The freight train was on a
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-19
Too Old to Need License.

Butler, Pa.-Abner James, aged
ninety-seven years, and Maria Kindle.
aged Go. Of Chicora, drove here to be
married. Justice OF, the Peace Hussel-
ton asked for their marriage license,
but James refused to obtain the docu-
ment.
The justice said ne would be un-
able to perform the ceremony and
told James that license was not nee
essary at Youngstown. Ohio. The old
couple DEPART d for that city.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-19
Survives Explosion, but Mind 10 Do
stroyed.

Alton, Ill.-Fifteen thousand pounds
Of powder exploded at the Equitable
Powder works at East Alton, two mile.
from here. Charles McGinnis was
killed and Charles McGilson shocked
SO that his mind is gone.
McGinnis and his helper were work
ing In the glazing mill and McGinnis
was letting the powder run from %
drum into kegs. McGilsou was wheel
ing truck 100 yards away. Suddenly
there was a fash and McGllson, 500
feet away, was blown into the sir
and carried more than 100 feet before
he alighted. When he was picked up
McGilson was unconscious and later u
was found his mind was blank.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-19
University of Colorado Shows rnersa..

Boulder. Colo.-At the close of the
first week OF the 1907-0S session Of the
University of Colorado President
James II. Baker announced that
twelve per cent. increase over last
year had been enrolled. and that ths
prospects are the brightest In the his
tory Of the university. The greatest
increase is in the engineering schools,
where about twenty per cent. more pu-
pills than last year are registered
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-07-03
WHITE CITY BALLO0N'G
John Mack In Daring DrOps-sisnos
 ZoIa in Periious Act.


 Johnny Mack, who, is just as much at home in the clouds as he is on terra flrma, made two thrilling balloon as- tensions and parachute drops at the White City yesterday afternoon and evening. In the afternoon he reached an altitude of nearly two miles which he says is the highest ever attempted in the east. The daring little aeronaut stops at nothing when ne has any sort of chance for his life To gain such height as that yessorday he IS com pelled to strain his great balloon to the very limit of It's resisting force with hot air. Special care is necessary in filling, as going beyond the resisting power of the linen would cause the ball. loon to split.
 In the ascent yesterday afternoon Mack sailed almost directly straight up and he and the ballon were in sight of the hundreds of spectators all the time.
 Signor Zola's mounting of the spiral tower standing on a large globe Is an- other daring performance that one looks at in amazement. Two such free outdoor attractions have never before been offered to patrons of the White City or to patrons of any parks in the state. Its a double card and one that is bringing out the crowds.
 The little Russian prince, the smallest man in the world, is one big hit with everybody, especially the ladies and children. The prince, who Is thirty three years old and weighs but sixteen pounds, called on Mayor Studley yes terday. His honor had a short but in teresting conversation with the mite who, by the way, despite his smallness is very smart and deeply interested in municipal affairs He has a solution of the contagious disease hospital prob lem which he will impart to any of the physicians calling on him.
 For few moments of quiet recrea- ton one should not miss visit to My Old Kentucky Home" and hear the fine melodies of the south and see the grace full dancing of the beautiful colored girls.
 cyclones of laughter rush constantly out of that beehive of merriment, The Lemon" as curious ones go through its mysterious passages, see the Garden of Love" and the many other interest | ing features that so to make it the fln- est attraction at the shore
 I The sillSworm exhibit is an education | in itself. New Ifaveners have never had an onnortunity before of seeing silk produced in the raw state. The worms have just reached the stage where they are spinning their cocoons, one of the most interesting of their many maneu- vers.
 Get your coupons at the gate for the free silverware presents to be giver away tomorrow night.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-07-03
FOURTH OF JULY
 ACCIDENTS BEGIN Three Lads Seriously h. jured at Milford
 Yesterday. BELONGTO WATERBURY Dropping of Lighted Cracker in Package of Powder Caused Accident.
3ELONGTO WATERBURY

Special to the Journal and Courier)
 painful accident, which might have resulted more seriously occurred here this afternoon. when three young lads were severely injured by the explosion Of package of gunpowder. The lads armed with cannon, quantity of crackers and a package of powder had started in to celebrate the great and glorious Fourth. They are sons of J. M. Hayward of Waterbury, who Is stay ing for the summer at the Moseley cot tage, Fort Trumbull beach. The boys Rges are ten, fourteen and seventeen, respectively. They were playing on the veranda of the cottage, when one of them dropped lighted cracker, which set fire to the powder, with the result that a terrific explosion occurred. When the shock had passed away it was found that the three lads were severe- 1y burned oil the face. arms and legs. They were also badly scared as we'll Dr. Ives of Milford was soon on the spot. and did what he could to alleviate the sufferings of the youngsters. No serious results anticipated, but the boys will be confined to the house for at least ten days MT. and Mrs Hay ward were In the house at the time and both received a great scare when the explosion occurred. The house in con sequence of the blow-up was badly in- jured, glass being broken, paint scar red and shingles blown off the roof