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The Elbert County tribune., 1907-10-17
Big Warships OFF for Pacific.

Washington-The Presidents pol
Icy of Strengthening the defenses of
the Pacific coast was practically in
augurated this week by the departure
from Hampton Roads of the special
service squadron, consisting of the ar
mored cruisers Tennessee and Wash
ington, on its long voyage of about 49,
900 miles around the coast of South
America to Magdalena bay, where the
two ships will go through the regular
naval maneuvers in company with the
two new armored cruisers California
and South Dakota. The four ships
are of the same class. The California
and South Dakota were built by the
Union Iron Works of San Francisco
and are now in that vicinity. The Cali
fornia Ia now in commission, and it Is
expected that the South Dakota will be
ready for active service by the time
the special service squadron arrives on
the Pacific coast.
Rear Admiral Uriel Sebree is in con-
mand of the special service squadron.
Captain Thomas b. Howard, recently
in command of the cruiser Olympia,
is in command of the Tennessee, and
and Captain Austin n. Knight, for
merly president of the Naval Board of
Ordnance, is in command of the Wash
ington.
Stops of several days will be made
at Trinidad.
This cruise marks the beginning of
the extensive movements of warshops
from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast
which movement will include a fleet
of sixteen battleships commanded by
Rear Admiral Evans and a large fio-
tilla Of torpedo boats. All the vessels
will follow practically the course
adopted for the special service squad
ron
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-10-17
North Dakota Farmers Happy.

Fargo, N. D.-Because of the high
prices being paid for all cereals. North
Dakota farmers, especially those Of the
Red River valley. are receiving greater
returns from their crops this year than
for any of the last half-dozen seasons.
outside the famous valley the actual
yield was not so large as last season,
but 1t was taken Off cheaply, and the
farmers are realizing heavily. Wheat
is selling at more than 81 per bushel
at all stations in the state. and at some
barley has almost reached that figure,
while fax ranges much higher than
those figures. Oats and corn are bring
ing bigger prices than ever before.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-10-17
Say I Just Die"

Denver.-Heartsick because Miss
Katie Wansik, pretty American girl
of Salt Lake City, upon whom he is
said to have squandered every cent he
earned the last three years, failed to
answer his last letter, /. p. S. Ann, a
Japanese laborer, shot and instantly
killed himself. The suicide was com
mitted in the Korean home, a Japan
ese rooming house at 2255 Arapahoe
street, where Ann roomed since com
ing to Denver three weeks ago.
Ann left a note written in Japanese
which explained the motive for his self
destruction, but before sending a bullet
into his throat he destroyed all CORE
spondence which he had received from
his American sweetheart and a photo
graph of her which had been taken
with himself He had many of the let
ters, but burned them all with the pho
tograph in the stove of the kitchen of
the Korean home A translation of the
letter left by Ann follows:
ITO My Countrymen and the Coroner:
my American girl doesn't love her
Jap no more. Am very. very sick. SO
little Jap boy want to die. /, /. p. S.
Ann, also kill myself because l have no
friends, no money and no work. II
anyone will write my honored relatives
in Japan, don't tell them that | killed
myself, but say that just die.
81. p. S. ANN"
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-10-17
viii Sing Praises of Colorado.

Colorado Springs.-The movement
to have the Midland band advertise
Colorado on an elaborate scale was
given an impetus at a meeting of bust
ness men at the chamber of commerce
at which Lee Haney. advertising agent
for the Colorado Midland, was present
and outlined plans in detail
II is proposed to raise $4,000 with
which to finance series of concerts
in the Middle West and Southern
states to cover a period of ten weeks.
These concerts will be given with NOV
ing picture acconpaniments and lee
lures. and 1t is figured that the scheme
will prove the biggest boost that the
state has ever haG.
Denver will be invited to cooper
ate with Colorado Springs in the pro-
ject, the object being TO make 1t a
state affair. Should Denver decide to
cooperate the advertising will be con.
fined to the Pike peak region
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-10-17
LOANS ARE NOT so BRISK.
Reserves In New York Banks Greater
Than Legal Requirements.

New York.-The statement OF clear
Ing house banks for the week shows
that the banks held s4,655,45O more
than legal reserve requirements. This
Is an increase of s2.007.375 as COM
pared with last week. The statement
follows:
Loans. $1.oSs. GAL 800, a decrease of
$500. 500.
Deposits, s1,O26O47. 500, a decrease
of $1O.s55. 500.
Circulation. $51 .OO1. 800. an increase
OF s344,000.
Lega, tenders. s62.eoS. 600. a de-
crease of s6,sss.boo.
Specie. slsS.55s. 500. an increase of
$1,342, 100.
Reserve, s2s1.1s7.4oo a decrease of
s656, 500.
Reserve required. s256.511. $50, a de-
crease of $2,663,S75.
Surplus, $4.655.45O an increase of
s2.0o7,375.
The Financier will say:
Last weeks official statement of the
New York associated banks, as was ex-
pected, was an improvement compared
with the exhibit of the previous week.
Though the cash decreased, the loss
thereof closely agreed with that which
was estimated upon the basis OF the
traceable movements of money during
the week. The required reserve was
reduced by quite an important amount
through decrease in deposits and the
result showed gain in surplus reserve
by comparatively substantial sum.
The cash loss as officially disclosed by
the statement was s656.50O. General
deposits fell off $10,655,500. This
amount, however, was greater by
1-3 millions than the sum
OF contraction in loans and the loss OF
cash, and therefore the statement
made ar unusually bad proof. The re-
quired reserve was reduced s2,663.S7
deducting from which the loss of cash
as above left s2,007,375 as the increase
in surplus reserve to s4.655, 500. Com
puted upon the basis of deposits, less
those of $33 ,4S7. 900 public funds, which
1t may be observed, were augmented
by $972,000 during the week, the sur
plus is s13,027, $50. Loans were con
tracted by $5,665. 500, rejecting liqui-
dations of speculative accounts as the
result of the general decline in the
stock market. 1t is noteworthy that
loans are now greater than deposits
by 81 1-3 millions, or the maximum
OF the year; in 1906 such maximum
was 62h millions in December.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-10-17
Get Only s2o,ooo,ooo by VIII.

Chicago.-The will OF the late Nelson
Morris, packing king. was filed for pro
bate to-day. The petition accompany
ing the will estimates the estate not to
exceed $40. .000. 900. OF this amount more
than $1S.000000 is In personal prop
erty and the remainder in real estate.
The bulk of the estate is left in trust
to the executors for the various mem
bers of his family. The sum of $780,
600 is to be paid Immediately to Mrs
Morris. and she will participate In the
income from the estate at large. The
following bequests are made to chari-
table institutions: Hebrew Orphan
Asylum, Cleveland, 10000; jewish Or
phan Asylum. Chicago. 10000; and
5000 each to the following institu-
tions. Home for Aged Jews. Visiting
Nurses Asylum. Home for Incurables.
Home for Destitute Crippled Children.
and Little Sisters OF the Poor.
Fifteen thousand dollars is set aside
for the endowment of beds, in various
hospitals. for the benefit of the en-
ployes of Morris & Co.
Although the will provides that the
estate should be held in trust, 1t was
said by the attorneys and the sons of
Mr. Morris that because of written
statement left by Mr. Morris it is prob
able that 1t would be divided into five
equal parts among the widow and the
four children.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-10-17
Whole Family sunocsted.

Gloversville, N. Y.-Six members OF
the family of Solomon Frank. glove
cutter-father and FIVE daughters
were suffocated by smoke when their
home was destro, ed by fire early to
day The dead are:
Solomon Frank. aged sixty.
Sarah, twenty-one.
Dora, nineteen.
Rosa seventeen
Mime, twelve, and
Mary, ten.
The father lost his life In endeavor.
ing to saYe his children, following the
discovery of the flames by the mother.
who, with two small sons. made her
escape The bodies of the other vic
tins were found by the firemen. The
oldest daughter was to have become a
bride early in December. and last night
there was special gathering at the
home of the family in celebration of
the approaching nuptlals.
The gathering broke up about ~
o'clock. and at 80. when all had re-
tired. the fire was discovered. The orr
gin is believed to have been due to a
defective chimney.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-10-17
FILL THE SEA WITH GUNS.
New York Police Dump Five Thousand
Revolvers Into the Water.

new fork-Five thousand reyolvers
ana hrearms, filling thirty-two big
packinS cases, and valued at more thar
t2o,oO0, were unceremoniously dumped
into the waters of the outer harbor
this week, forming the chief act of q
Ne" York pistol party which may take
Its place In history with the celebrated
paIty IN Boston harbor century and
tnlrd ago, in which tea instead of pis-
lois LOOK the prominent part. The pis-
tois IN question make up the arsenal
siezed by the police in the last year
and quarter from citizens and immi-
grants who were addicted to the con.
cealed weapon habit.
Formerly these firearms were sold at
auction Just before the Fourth OF July.
but as this placed most of them in the
hands OF the same classes from which
these trou0le-makers had been confis-
Gated, new law was passed last win
ter enabling Police Commissioner
Bingham to destroy them It was de-
cidad that the safest thing to do would
be 10 throw them into the sea, since
while they would not endanger the fish.
they would be safe from recovery. This
was accordingly done, the firearms be-
ing carried to the police boat on patrol
wagons and then taken down the bay
TO their watery end by Commissioner
Bingham himself
more varied collection of weapons
II would be difficult to find even In the
largest museums. All varieties. from
automatics and gold-mounted pearl
handled American revolvers to curious
old-fashioned pistols from the Oriental
countries apeared in the lot. Many
taken In the Servian quarter show
strange Arabic workmanship and are
strangely wrought. Many would have
brought high prices as curious. but the
police believed that it was better to re-
tire them permanently from circula-
ton.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-10-17
DON'T oIE-LIvE ALWAYS.
You Are Only Babe at 500 and Ole
at 1000 YearSf

New York.-An amazed audience at
the West Side Y Nj. c. A., No. 3is
West Fifty-seventh street. was told re-
Gently by Harry Gaze. a lecturer from
London. that those present could live
100. 200, 1000 years or eternally, II
they would follow faithfully the simple
system of Gazes secrets of perpetual
life.
Your are old because you think you
are DID," said Gaze. Il am young be-
cause | think | am young. For the
main part keeping young is only a
mental process. You read in the Old
Testament and learned the allotted
span of life for man is three score and
ten years. 1t is a fallacy. as are many
things in the Old Testament.
Il have been lecturing for fifteen
years and people tell me | look like n
kid do because have forgotten that
there is any such think as growing old.
have refrained from worry and led Il
clean life. That is all there Is in the
secret of life.
DO you ever expect to die?" asked
one OF Gaze's audience
Il have died more than 100 times al
ready" he replied. This is not the
same body to which my mother gave
birth l die after a manner every few
months and am reborn-that is, my
strength, energy, brain and youth are
reborn that often. | am simply reborn
more vigorous than ever before.
When man gets to be fifty he says
he is getting old. When he says so he
believes so. He docs not figure on liv.
ing more than the three score and ten
allotted years and as result does not.
He is old because he thinks he is
and there is a relaxation. IL at sixty
he decided that he was young and
would live to be 200, would refrain
from worry and live cleanly. he would
live to that age"
Mr.. Gaze says he is going to remain
In New York long enough to teach So
ciety women who now use cosmetics
10 hide the marks OF years. his secret
Of eternal youth. Incidentally. Gaze
believes that when the world is suff-
ciently populated by persons who Will
live forever. nature will see that gen.
Grafton ends. He declared that every
one in the audience was a mere baby.
81 am ninety" said one man.
Just in your swaddling clothes"
Gaze replied.
As examples OF his theory Gaze
10 years old and of a girl who was
placed in an English insane asylum.
She was twenty when committed. She
Imagined her lover would remain
young until he come. At seventy,
Gaze said, she looked to be only
twenty.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-10-17
This Is a True Story.

Denver.-Turnips weighing nineteen
pounds, rutabagas that tip the scales
at thirty pounds and potatoes as large
as loaf of bread are some of the
phenomenal products of the San Luis
valley in the vicinity of Monte Vista
and Aldmosa G.. A. Van Scoy of Den
yer. went through the valley recently
in an automobile and brought back
with him an exhibition of root crops
that would take first prize for size
at any fair. They are on exhibition
at the Nichols automobile garage. 1910
Broadway. ard are attracting the at
tention Of hundreds who pass that way
daily
The turnips. some of which run to
twenty pounds, were grown from ordi-
nary seed, and are as sweet and
Wholesome as the smaller variety. To
cut one of them quickly requires the
services OF an AK or some equally
heavy instrument. because their bulk
is entirely too great for the ordinary
knife The turnips are as large as
an Indiana pumpkin.
The potatoes are of the White Pearl
variety, and we're grown on the farm
of c. p. Moss. seven miles south OF
AlaNosa. They tun ITS sacks to the
acre. and 12O potatoes fill sack. They
sell at eighty cents per hundred
weight
Wheat grows to a height of nine
feet, and all other crops are in pro-
portion. In the San Luis valley a few
years ago 1t was thought that no good
crops could be raised. but 1t has
proven to be one of the richest dis.
tricts In the state. The field pea is
Grown in large quantities for fatten-
ing yearly a large number of sheep
and hogs, which up to few years ago
was the principal industry In thu val
ipv
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-10-17
Must Take Sunday Best.

Berlin.-Sunday rest in Germany is
to be enforced In future more strictly
than hitherto. In pursuance of orders
from the minister of the interior. who
is determined that no labor. unless alb
solutely necessary, shall be done on
the Sabbath day. Factory inspectors
have been making inquiries into the
possibility OF closing the factories in
various branches Of industry which
until now have been accorded permis-
sion to work seven days a week.
The result of their activity has been
that the minister decided not to re-
new the permissions at the expiration
in a large number of cases. Shops
are already closed on Sundays in both
towns and country during church hours
in the morning and evening. but the
question now under consideration is
whether to allow in future only those
where necessary articles are on sale
to open for few hours on Sunday
mornings. The regulation will not af-
feet in any way the restaurants and
cafes.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-10-17
A Rain Of Quail.

Odessa-The town Of Nicolaieff has
suffered from plague OF quail. More
than 10000 birds, dead and alive, were
harvested in the town and suburbs af-
ter a thunderstorm of exceptional vio-
lence.
While the town was being illum-
mated by vivid lightning flashes. quail.
dead or alive, were observed falling
helplessly and fiuttering in nearly ev-
cry street and courtyard. Men, women
and children Immediately became OBJ
livious to the deluge and the danger
of being struck by lightning. Even the
droschky drivers abandoned their
horses to join in the unturned skirts
of their long gaberdines.
The unusual violence Of the storm
must have beaten up In a myriad flock
the great numbers OF quail that haunt
the marshy and reedy reaches about
the confluence of the Boug and the
Ingul, which make a peninsula of Nico-
iaieff. The birds were evidently ex-
hausted by their enforced flight and
many of them were apparently killed
by the lightning.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-10-17
See America First.

America has been called "a nation OF
shopkeepers; it might be called "a
nation of sightseers." AS the popula-
ton and wealth increased SO has the
tendency for travel, which is today one
OF the characteristics of the nation.
The American tourist Is familiar
sight at home and abroad. In the
search for health and pleasure. for the
beautiful and unique, he has gone from
Maine to California, and even abroad
However. there is an inherent desire
to "see America first" There are
many spots in our own country, and In
picturesque Mexico. adjoining on the
south, some of them off the beaten
track, not now well known to the great
army of tourists, especially those in
search of a warm and more equable
climate during the winter months.
which are daily increasing in popular
favor.
The recent completion Of the last
link between Fort Worth and Calves
ton OF the great highway from the
Rocky mountains to the sea. formed
by the Colorado & Southern lines,
places the splendid Mexican Gulf re-
sorts practically at the doors of the
pleasure seekers OF Colorado and con-
tiguous territory.
The excellent travelling facilities now
available will certainly develop large
movement south during the winter
months.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-10-17
PenItentlary For schmItz.

San Francisco, Cal.--According TO
the district attorneys office. Eugene
Schmitz, former mayor of San Fran
cisco. but now a convict. has lost the
right to appeal to higher court
through a blunder of his attorney,
Charles ii. Fairall. and must go to the
penitentiary forthwith.
Moreover. the claim is made that,
after Fairall discovered his mistake.
he sought and procured a change in
the record of the transcript of appeal
to cover his own error.
These recommendations in ink oc-
cur In the printed volume, and the
prosecution refused to accept service
in the matter.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-10-17
Pioneer CROSSES Divide.

Pueblo.-Weldon Keeling. one Of Pu-
eblos Oldest citizens. died. October
18th, after an illness OF several days.
Keeling came to Pueblo in 1865. He
vas one Of the first councilmen of the
Incorporated city and was twice mayor
N the early days. For ten years he
was superintendent of the water serv-
Ice. When a young man Mr.. Keeling
came to Colorado. and in the COS car
ded the first mail by stage from At
thison, Kansas. to Salt Lake. Utat. He
was later superintendent for the Bar.
low & Sanderson stage line from Den
Fer to Bent's Fork. He is survived by
his wife and four children.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-10-17
May Get Carnegie Library.

Steamboat Springs. Colo.-Efforts
are being made to secure Carnegie
library for this city and last night the
Town Board Of Trustees pledged it's
self to make an annual appropriation
sufficient to maintain such an institu-
tion in case its action is satisfactory
to the guardians of the Carnegie IL
brary fund,
was here two weeks ago and promised
to secure $4,000 for library here II
certain conditions were provided for
w the municipal authorities. 1t is
bought $500 a year will be sufficient
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-10-17

Total for six months ....S S5, ,4S2, ,6S7
In April, 1905, the nimble thieves
got way with $2,333, ,046. and in the
following April toey made their big
gest hauls.
Banks Suffer Most.
The banks and trust companies
were the worst sufferers. They lost
$2,0S0. $50, as against only $75S,750 in
the first half of 1906. The public
service corporations and the like were
the next hardest hit They parted, in
voluntarily, with s936.335, as against
s9S5,3S0 in the first half of 1906 and
$520.901 in the first half of 1905. Next
come general business houses, which
lost $S19,372 through dishonest en-
ployes, as compared with s1,020,373 in
the first half of 1906. Miscellaneous
institutions, breweries, ice cream
saloons, stores, ETC., were robbed of
$S17,S74. as against only $459, ,159 in
the same months fast year.
Beneficial associations had their
funds depleted to the extent of $780,.
703, as against $142,934 in 1906 and
$296,S76 in 1905. More than $253, 900
in court trust funds were stolen, an
excess of only $1,000 over the same
period in 1906. In the first half of
1905 s795,513 of court funds disap-
peared through speculation. The
transportation companies lost s104,-
552, as against $75.964 in 1906 and
$92,369 in 1905 The insurance COM
panies were the Smallest sufferers.
They lost by thievery only $69, ,563. as
against s137. 4S5 in 1906 and 1861 in
1905. This does not include funds
juggled in lodging insurance commits
sions or yellow dog" accounts.
NnL..- cxzt.- N.zL MAJ
About one-half of these embezzled
millions went directly into Wall street
the experts say, where they were swal-
lowed up in unlucky speculations. One
half of the remainder was lost in
gambling on the race tracks and in
poolrooms. The remainder was spent
in the old-fashoned traditional way,
on wine and women. The automobile
dealers got their share. When the
dooms of one of these New York bank
defaulters was broken into the sleuths
found more than two bushels of cham
pagne corks, which the defaulter's
best girl had kept as souvenirs.
They finally caught the fellow him
self. as he was walking at daybreak,
with the young woman, on the shores
of Lake Mahopac. The detectives hid
all night in the bushes near the
woman's cottage before they found
their prey. When confronted, the man
made no resistance.
According to the bank detectives,
the banks of New York now have their
system of cages, bookkeeping and
espionage so perfected that. unless the
cashier is in the plot. not more than
100000 can be stolen without detec.
ton. In general. only one days loose
cash can be taken. unless the thief
and his confederates make use OF the
correspondence bureau of the institu-
tion.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-10-17
Two Mourn Mrs. Chadwick.

Woodstock. Ont.-The funeral OF
Mrs. Cassie Chadwick was held Octo-
ber 18th. The burial was In the FAM
lily plot in the English burying ground.
MIS-. Chad wici-- son and her sister,
Mrs. Campbell were the only mourn
ers.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-10-17
Total for the three pc

IOtdI TOT tIt tHTeU pc
rlous 80. --......... Via ,o4o,Otl
April is the favorite month with en-
,ezzlers. They begin their operations
with the first gladsome MARBLES of
spring, just before the race tracks are
swept up for the season. The de-
falcations by months, this year, were
as follows:
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-10-17
CASH STOLEN
FROM BANKS
OVER FIVE MILLION DOLLARS
LOST BY DEPosiToRs OF THE
UNITED STATES ALONE.
WALL ST. GETS BULK
WILD SPECULATION CLAIMS MOST
OF THE MONEY TAKEN FROM
VARIOUS BANKS.

New York.-The bonding companies
of this city have just found out how
much the clever rogues here and else
where in the United States have
stolen during the first six months of
with the corresponding period in 1906
and 1905, is as follows
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-10-17

Total for six months ....s5, ,4S2, ,6s7
In April. 1905, the nimble thieves
got way with $685. ,046. and in the
following April toey made their big
gest hauls