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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-11-08
JOSEPH A. WALKER. SECRET sER.
VICE AGENT, SHOT WHILE IN.
sPEcTiNo COAL PROPERTY.
SLAYER 4 MINEEMPL0YE
TRAGEDY OCCURS At HEsPERUs
COAL MINE, SIXTEEN MILES
WEST OF DURANGO.

Durango. Colo.-While engaged In
securing evidence Of alleged frauds
In timber and coal lands In this sec.
ton. Joseph A. Walker OF Denver. spe-
cial agent OF the United States Depart
Ont OF Justice. was shot and Instantly
killed near Hesperus. sixteen miles
west Of here. Sunday. by Joseph Van.
derwyve. an employe Of the Union
Pacific Coal Company. The shooting
occurred on desolate. lonely noun.
tain side. almost Inaccessible from the
town Of Porter. and with no one pres.
ent to tell the story but the man who
did the shooting. and his companion.
William Il. Mason. superintendent for
the company and vanderwyve's en-.
ployer.
Walker. with two brother officers.
A. +. Cfapson and p. J. Gaiiisan. and
Thomas Harper. miner. were en-.
gagged In an examination OF one OF
the mines OF the Union Pacific Coal
Company. which Il had purchased from
the Porter Coal Company. against
which latter corporation indictments
were returned by tho federal grand
Jury charging fraud In connection
with tho original filinH on the prop.
crty. With tho object Of entering the
mine on Sunday. when little work WINS
being done. tho officers climbed the
mountain TO nm air shaft conncciin.
with tho main workings Of tho prop
crty and prepared to lower themselves
into the workings with ropes.
ChapNon, Galiisan and Harper went
Into tho mine. leaving Walker at the
opening to guard the ropes with which
ha NnaV. had k.s.t lnw.V.A Arr4v,elns %
to tho story Of tho shooting. Mason
and vniidcrwyvc were engaged In nm
inspection OF the property Of the com.
pany and came upon Walker. who
commanded them to halt. Mt the same
time icvciinH n revolver and firing Mt
them. The men continued to advance
and vandcrwyyc. armed with shot.
gun loaded with heavy buckshot. frci
on tho officer, the whole charge Of
shot taking effect In his body. Ono
pellet struck him In the neck. passing
0nr through and s.vcrins tho jugu.
lar vein. Death was almost instan.
tnncous. Tho two mon then cut tho
ropes hanging In the shaft and pro.
cccdcd to Porter. where they reported
tho shooting.
Officers wcrc sent TO the scene md
an investigation begun. Walkers body
was brought to Durango Sunday night.
According to tho story of vnndcrwyvc
and Mason. the officer was n stranger
to them and they had no knowlcdgc Of
hia business In the property. He has.
according to the authorities. been On.
gagged In the Investigation that he was
pursuing mt the timc Of his death for
tho past ten months and was we'll
known TO everybody In this section Of
southcr.i Colorado.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-11-08
Parassine Wax at Florence.

Florence. Coio.-The United OIL
Company has Just completed the ercc.
ton and equipment OF n large wax
works and lubricating oil department.
which from now on will be operated
In connection with the refinery. To-day
the first cake OF pure refined parafiinc
was nodded. II ia the flrst made In
tho state and marks the advent OF n
new industry for Florence.
This department nj present consists
Of two buildings. ono Of which In 2i0
feet Ions and so feet wide. with n
most cOinmoiious storage room In the
basement In this building the watts
for boiling the oil ar. stored. Another
building almost as large contains III.
frccfcrs. Beparatots and the hydraulic
presses.
After the crude petroleum In treated
at tho refinery and III. coal oil and
gasoline removed. II ID pipcd into watts
contained In III. FIRST building men.
toned and subjected To n heating and
agitation process which thoroughly
mixes II.
From hero II IL taken TO the trrcz.
crs. which solidify II Into paTafiinc. II
then goes to the RcparatorH. which re-
move the most OF tho oil from the
wax. After this occurs II II again sub
jcctci 20 heat and passed through
powerful hydraulic pT-Hsca. arranged
with numerous compartments contain
Ing finciy.woycn and tough cloth. which
removes every particle Of wax from
tho oil. Tho wax is then passed into
refining machine and comes from
there perfectly pure and M white aA
snow.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-11-08
Emmet. Dalton Pardoned.

Topeka. Kan.-Governor Hoch Sat.
urday afternoon issued a pardon TO
Emmett Dalton. who has been in
prison for the Concyvillc bank rob.
berry In 1892 and whose parole was cx.
tended for six days. The governor
called Dalton TO his ONCE by telephone.
About 5 O'Clock he came from his pri.
vate ONCE. shook hands with Dalton
and began to declare his confidence
that Dalton would become a useful
citizen. In the midst OF the governors
speech the lights went out and the
room wan left In darkness. The gov.
ernor continued. however. and handed
the pardon to Dalton.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-11-08
Missouri SIN Haxino.

Rolla, Mo.-As result Of class ri.
valry OF several weeks standing.
twenty sophomores OF the State School
Of Mines were routed out OF bed last
night. and. .half-clad. were taken from
their rooms and tied to trees on the
campus. where they remained until
daylight, shivering in the nipping at.
mosphere. After they had been re.
leased by other sophomores the entire
sophomore class rallied. captured scv.
enty.five freshmen, bound their arms
with ropes and chains. and marched
them around town, accompanied by
tho school band. School Director
Young was forced to declare holiday
today. as the classrooms were vacant
The trouble arose over the refusal
Of the freshmen TO obey the in'unc.
ton of the sophomorcs to wear green
caps with yellow buttons.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-11-08
Farmer. viii Hold Their Corn.

Lincoln, Neb.-The financial trou.
bles in New York. with their later
echo in the West, has not alarmed
the farmers of Nebraska. For the
last decade farmers of this state have
disposed of their crops by contract
before they were harvested. but this
year conditions are changed.
During the week word came to Lin.
coin from all sections of the state
to the effect that the farmers are
building bins to store away the corn
they are soon to harvest. They say
they will hold their grain for higher
prices. although as high as As cents
Is now being offered.
Some of them. of course. will sell n
part of their yield within the next
few weeks: some of them will sell
their entire crop. while few have
already contracted for the disposal
of their grain. These, however, are
In the minority.
A majority of tie farmers. local
train men say, will hold their crops
or a higher figure. and some expect
Is cents bushel. They feel assured
hey will be offered that price before
pring.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-11-08
Fierce Gale In Galveston.

Galveston. Tex.-A northwest storm
OF short duration with heavy rain
passed over this city October 50h.
The wind attained a velocity OF scv-
enty.two miles an hour. One woman
was killed by being crushed by fall
ing house. Twenty frame houses were
blown down. Il Is estimated that
twenty persons were Injured In the
western part OF the city. where the
wind was the most severe. Several
business houses were unroofed and the
stocks of goods were slightly damaged
by water. The Mallory line wharf shed
was damaged to the extent OF several
thousand dollars. a few cars werc
blown from the tracks. Tho gulf re-
mained normal. There was no inter
ruption OF traffic.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-11-08
Woman Hangs On Lamp Hook.

Denver.-Braiding rope out of
strips torn from bed clothing, Miss
Mary Keller. thirty'seven years OF age.
used It to hang herself to a hanging
lamp hook In the ceiling Of the parlor
OF an old fashioned cottage occupied
by herself and her two unmarried
brothers at 1880 Vallejo street.
Although the body was discovered
before life was extinct and u record
run was made by Police Surgeon Pres.
ton and Carl Baker In the ambulance,
tho woman died while efforts were be.
Ing made to savo her. She had been
lonely and Respondent, It IL said, for
weeks. and as she left no letters ex.
planning her action and confided In no
one regarding her troubles. this Is &c.
copied by the police as the motive for
the deed.
Miss keller's younger brother. Jack.
eighteen years old. works nights. and
Tony. the elder brother was down
town on business when Miss Keller
prepared to kill herself.
Placing u chair. without u back, she
topped It with another smaller one
and. mounting this pedestal tied the
braided moose to tho hook and I'D,
justed the other end about her throat.
Then she jumped from the chairs and
evidently had been hanging for some
time when her brother Jack came
home from work, He found the house
locked and In darkness. Forcing a
back window he entered. and. lighting
a lamp discovered what he believed
to be the dead body OF his sister. lie
ran screaming ana hystericai from the
house.
His screams were heard by Antoine
Satriano. musician living Mt 292G
Vallejo street. and Satriano went In
and forcing the boy to hold the body
cut down the rope. removed the moose
and placed Miss Keller on the bed.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-11-08
"oead Wife" Comes Back.

Cheyenne, Wyo.-One of the strang.
est divorce cases ever tried here re.
suited In n decree for Bert Halford. n
Union Pacific employe. who sued for
separation from his wife Mable. alleg.
Ing desertion and infidelity. Halford
was deserted by me woman In Salt
Lake several years ago. and subse-
quently received news of her death.
Last spring he married a young
woman Of this city. Two months after
the wedding the first Mrs. Halford
turned up alive and well. Through no
fault of his own Haiford was in the po.
sition of bitamist, so sought TO cx.
tricate himself by securing divorce
from his first wife. The first Mrs.
Halford did not contest the proceed.
ing.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-11-08
Gold from Denver Mint.

Colorado SprinEs.-Thousands Of
dollars In gold have been flowing Into
Colorado Springs from the Denver
mint and the flood OF yellow metal
will continue to pour In 30 long as II
In needed to meet the payrolls OF the
reduction mills at Colorado City and
the mines and mills in the Cripple
Creek district. The following state.
mcnt concerning conditions here has
been prepared for publication by the
Clearing House Association:
Much has been said In the papers
In regard to the efforts OF the banks
OF New York and other cities In OBJ.
taining gold. but nothing has been said
In regard to what business men aud
banks here have done.
I'VE understand upon the best au.
,hority that. by an arrangement be-
tween the United States Reduction
Works and the Portland mill and one
Of the banks of this city. about $70..
600 in gold has been received In this
city from the mint this week. These
shipments of gold will be continued
indefinitely. This gold Is not to be re-.
tanned. The arrangement Ia that II
shall be paid out to meet the payrolls
OF the mills at Colorado City and Of
the mines and mills ut Cripple Creek.
TO show in what perfect harmony
the banks are working in this city and
also In Cripple Creek. this gold Is to
be paid out for the mincs' payrolls re.
gardless OF which banks the mines
keep their accounts In"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-11-08
stop Railroad Construction.

Cheyenne. wyo.-The Union Pacific
Railroad Company has ordered Xii
patrick Brothers Il Collins to stop all
construction and Improvement work
in Wyoming, and as n result OF this
order 1900 laborers will be dis.
charged. The work affected by the
order and the number of men EN-.
ployed follow: Althol.Borie cutoff, to
shorten line and lessen grade between
Denver and Laramie. 400 men; Gran
ite canon cut, to provide for removal
of main line of of sliding hill. fifty
men; Kilpacker line. branch from
Nck Springs to coal fields twenty
miles north, $50 men: Green River.
Granger double tracking, 900 men;
Willow Creek branch,
twenty. one miles, GOO men.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-11-08
Europe Rushes to Buy Wheat

Chicago.-The treak in the price Of
wheat brought large European orders
for immediate shipment. Six hundred
thousand bushels OF red winter wheat
was sold here for shipment East.
Chicago bankers regard this move
ment as significant Of the powerful aid
which the West is bringing to the fl.
nancial situation. They say that II the
movement OF the great staple contin.
ues to grow the obligations to this
country created abroad will be SO large
that IL will be impossible for Euro
u, an banks to retain their gold, even
by fixing discount rates at the max.
imum.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-11-08
Deadly Auto Claims Another.

Dcnycr.-whiic attempting to dodge
n speeding auto near Fifteenth and Cur
tiE streets u. Y. Wheeler. a veteran
salesman. and known to every drugEis;
In the West. was struck by mn automo'
bile and sustained injuries that proved
fatal.
Those who occupied tho automobile
were Albert Buchholz. 2721 Marion
street. Mira. Martha Jones. l25: York
street. and her mother. Mrs. ID. W.
Jones.
Buchholx became frantic when he
saw the aged mans injuries. Mrs,
Jones and her mother tainted and had
TO be given medical assistance.
Whcciers skull was fractured. He
was taken to st. Lukc's hospital. where
he died.
For several years Wheeler had nm
Office at 3l2 Charles building. repre-.
scnting tho Richardson Drug Company.
Buchholz. who was operating the
machine that killed Wheeler. says he
saw n man dodge red auto and then
walk in front OF his machine. II was
impossible for him to siackcn speed.
Buchholx said. and claims the accident
was unavoidable.
Wheeler was fifty.eight years Of age.
in the West and lived at 3i7 fr.
vington street. He has two daughters.
Miss Marjorie Wheeler. living at In.
dianapolis. Indiana, and Mrs. o.
Shattuck OF Denver. The lattcr's hus
band is n brother Of Judge Hubert l.
Shattuck.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-11-08
DEADLY BOMB EXPLOSION.
Dynamite Concealed In Iron Pipe at
Pioneer Foundry In Victor.

Victor. Colo.-without tho slightest
intimation that he was to be the vic.
tim OF n diaboiieal plot which might
have caused the death Of score. Os.
wald Schranz, n boy OF seventeen. en-.
ploycd in the Pioneer foundry. met
instant death Saturday while in the
performance OF his duties. by tho cx.
piosion Of m Internal machine.
w. 8. Simpson. fellow cmployc
who was working beside him. was IN.
tally injured ut tho same time and 10
apparently in a dying condition In tho
hospital.
whether schranz or Simpson had
Accn marked for death is not known.
Sut the coroner has gathered clcws
1S,ch convince him that murder
Gus plot was formed. and he Is on the
trail Of man whom ho believes was
guilty knowledge Of It. even II he was
not tho principal in II.
The fatnl explosion occurred about
2 o'clock in the afternoon. The foun.
dry employees were engaged In raising
q heavy piece OF casting by steam der.
rick, when Schranz was told to pry
the casting around SO that II could be
lowered in the place desired.
He seized an old piece OF iron pipe
and was forcing the casting into place
with. blows when the pipe exploded.
The youth was instantly killed. His
breast and stomach were blown open
and his internal organs were scattered
over the foundry. Both hands were
blown OF at the wrist
Simpson escaped with his life. but
his recovery is doubtful. A piece OF
the pine was blown entirely through
his right shoulder. coming out at the
breast bone, and two ribs were cut In
two by another piece OF the flying
iron. He also received severe con.
tusions of the scalp and body.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-11-08
Oarino Hotel Robber.

Prescott, Aria lone highway.
man. armed with knife. entered five
hotels in this city Saturday night. ia.
tally wounded one Of the guests who
offered resistance and made his cs.
cape after robbing score OF people
encountered during his single.handcd
raids. The man first made his appear.
ance in the Scnuerman hotel. where
he was discovered by Robert Lutelly.
The latter resisted when the robbcr
made demands for his valuables and
was almost cut TO pieces by his assail.
ant.-He afterward went TO the Brink.
meyer. Head. Cliff and Globe hotels.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-11-08
Certificate Plan Continued.

Denver.-At meeting of the Denver
clearing house banks Sunday the fol.
towing resolutions were adopted:
Whereas. Now No5k Chicago, St.
Louis and other large Eastern cities
are still on the clearing house basis
and will not ship currency or gold 20
their western correspondents: there.
fore, and for that reascn, be It
Resolved. That the Denver Clearing
House Association deems 1t advisable.
and the public is hereby notified thrt
the Denver banks will continue on n
clearing house basis until conditions
in the money centers Of the East be.
come normal
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-11-08
chanqc OF Hands.

Sioux City. Iowa.-Stockholdcrs Of
the Sioux City & Western railroad
elected n board OF directors composed
OF Burlington officials to succeed the
present board. which is composed OF
Great Northern officials. The old Pa
ciifc Short Line. from Sioux City TO
O'Ncil. Nebraska. will he under tho
control of the Burlington instead OF
the Great Northern. BY this transfer
the Great Northern surrcnders all itS
mileaEe in NCbrpsla
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-11-08
Call Ohio Pastor.

Pueblo-The congregation OF the
First Presbyterian church voted to ex.
tend call to the pastorate to the Rev.
Frederick W. Evans of Steubenville,
Ohio. The Rev. MI. Evans has been
here for some time temporarily filling
the pastorate.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-11-08
Miners In Butte Aeeep. Reduction.

Butte. Mont-By an overwhelming
vote Butte Miners union accepted the
reduction OF wages from 81 to $3.50
announced by the Amalgamatcd Cop
per Company last night. The contract
entered into between the company and
the union provided that the scale
should be $3.50 when copper Is below
is cents and 81 when 1t Is above.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-04-11
!. Big ] c sun spot ST ! | !.
HAS BEEN DISCOVERED BUT NO
TROUBLE THEREFRoM is Elk
PEcTED /.

I New York, April 10.-Dr. s. A.
Mitchell, instructor in astronomy at
Columbia university, announced that
he had discovered a new sun spot
which, he says, is as large as that
discovered by Prof. Brashear Of Ale
gheny, Feb. 10. It's existence, says
DR.. Mitchell, is more remarkable be-
cause the period Of frequency OF
large sun spots is long past. &,
This sun spot, which is near the
meridian, says DR.. Mitchell, seems to
be the center of unusual activity
With the aid of smoked glass, the
spot could be clearly seen today
Small telescopes disclosed numerous
other spots, by which the larger one
was surrounded. +;
Y DR.. Mitchell does not look for any
violent atmospheric disturbances al
a result Of the spot, although there
may be some electrical storms and I'm.
expected ringing OF telephone and
fire alarm bells. He said the spoi
had nothing to- do with the unseason,
able weather 5
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-04-11
COVRlED SAILS
THE FAMOUS MANAGER GOES TO
EUROPE FOR a BRIEF III,

New York April TO-. Heinrich Con-
ried, the manager of the Metropolitan
Opera House, sailed for Europe today.
He said he was not going for work,
but for rest, Il have already made my
plans for next season, including en-
gagements Of celebrated artists and
the production Of some new operas,
and the revivals of some old ones. I
have been at work upon them for the
past few weeks. Even the casts for
the next year are in certain important
cases already made. shall sail for
Europe for rest and regeneration. /
have worked hard all during my
Illness, too, and two and a half hours
a day have been at the telephone, a
practice which materially impeded my
progress toward absolute recovery. I
now feel well enough to work again.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-04-11
RUFF
WINS A POINT IN SUPREME
COURT AND WILL HAVE
& GREATER LIBERTY

Associated Press to Bismarck Tribune
San Francisco, April 1O.Inquiry by
the grand jury into alleged ballot box
stuffing by agents Of William r
Hearst and into the telephone fran.
chise corporation and decision by the
state supreme court increasing the
personal liberty of Abraham Ruef
were. the net results of today's pro
ceedure in the municipal graft in
|vestigation. HI . '2 81. Y
The grand jury took up the charge
recently published in an afternoon
paper to the effect that Edward
Graney, the prize fight promoter and
ward political head, confessed to
Special Agent Burns that he had, in
August 1904, caused the primary bal
lot boxes to be stuffed at an ex
pense Of $500 furnished by j. P.
Barrett, and at the order Of Barrett
news editor of the San Francisco Elk
aminer. s.. I. iel.5 ,ts2.t... ,s,r
A number of witnesses who were
summoned denied unequivocally the
charge comprised in Graney's alleged
confession or any knowledge bearing
upon 1t. Gs; s;s.s..&;., : LIN H.. s.,
The first victory Of any consequence
recorded by the defense since Rue
was indicted for extortion was
achieved today in the supreme court
1T came in the form Of a partial de
cision by that tribunal, setting e1
banc, by which Ruef's prayer fol
greater personal liberty is granted
The court withheld it's decision as t.
that point of Ruef's habeas corpu:
petition which denies the legal righi
of the court to clothe an Ellison with
custodian powers. This leaves .the
milan contention vet undecided. n.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-04-11
NE.P|:OlISh
Press to Bismarck Tribune.

Associated Press to Bismarck Tribune
Washington, April 10. The prin-
cipal developments today in the cross
examination of Binger Hermann were
his admissions that while he was
commissioner of the land Office he
gave positions to six relatives. Ref
erence was again made to the "tip''
which Mr.. Hermann is alleged to
have given f. P. Mats regarding the
Blue Mountain forest reserve but Mr..
Hermann, while admitting that he
dictated that telegram, could not re-
member it's details.
1t was also brought out that de-
PENDANT had received part of the
government compensation of his bro
Their as payment on a mortgage and
that he received some of the COM
pensation5 of Cy. L. Miller, but de-
clared that it was in payment for
advances he had made Miller.
Mr.. Hermann admitted that he
had some aspirations to become
United States senator in the spring Of
1908 but denied that it was his plan
to have his resignation as commits
sioner of land held UP until after. the
senatorial election. @zfE -
Vouchers were placed in evidence
by United States Attorney Baker
showing that Mr.. Hermann had plac-
ed to his credit in a local bank $50
of special government fund and that
this amount remained to his credit
for several years and was then trans
ferred by him to government &C
count. He said he did not obtain
the small amount of interest, but
that the fund was a trust fund for
which he was held responsible.
Special reports from various land
Offices intended to show the prevail
ence of fraud in timber and stone
entries was made the basis of a ques-
tion asked to show that he had this
report made to warn friends in the
west that an investigation was to be
put on foot by the government. This
Hermann would not admit. <&