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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1907-01-03
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past two weeks, the excitement of
parting with old friends and the many
social attentions she has received,
eliminating in the meeting at the
Criswell home and the effort to con-
troll her emotions and properly re-
spond to the expressions of love and
goodwill rendered her by the ladies'.
. Some two weeks ago Mr.. and Mrs.
w. E. Cole began making prepara-
tions to leave the McHenry farm
which had been their home for num-
Der OF years and remove to farm
which they had purchased in Missouri.
The two weeks were busy ones for
the entire family. Not only was the
packing to be done and all the work
incidental to the removal to new
home, but Mr.. and Mrs. Cole had a
host of friends, won by their upright,
Christian lives. who insisted upon
showing them all the attentions pos
sible before the final farewells were
spoken. Thus it was that Mrs. Cole
was in q constant round of work and
worry and excitement. On the after
noon of her death she had attended a
party given in her honor by Mrs.
Shropshire before going to the society
meeting where the ladies waited her
coming with pleasurable anticipation.
We cannot too forcible express our
grief for the husband and the children
thus suddenly and tragically deprived
of the love Of such true and devot-
ed wife and mother. 1t was fitting
that such woman should die with
the words "God be With You" ring
ing in her ears sung by the sweet
voices of the friends she had known
and loved SO long. God was with her,
and is with her. But this does not at
this time lessen the grief or tighten
the blow for the ones who remain.
The old home broken up. the new
yet unmade. the mother. the heart
and soul Of the home wherever it may
be, lying cold in death. The tragedy
was one of the saddest and most heart
breaking that has ever come to our
community and every heart is filed
with love and sympathy for those who
whose sorrow seems greater than they
can bear.
Anna Eliza Cole, nee Smith was
born in Kilross. Canada. June 2nd..
1862 She came to this country when
but fourteen years of age and has
made this county her home ever since.
She was married OH December 2Sth..
1882 to Mr.. w. E. Cole and continu-
ed to reside in or near Denison.a To
this union three children were born.
Sam and Hazel who now survive her.
Continued on page 81
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Crawford county arms were e
curity and Crawford county fl
thrifty and honest set of men
largely these loans have bee
and the banks are now CO.
with a different task. The
take the surplus earned by thef
ers and use it for them in such
that it will not only pay tn,
returns but be absolutely
other words Crawford col
being a heavy borrower. b.
a loaner of money, not onl
but in other counties.
There is a notion prevalen
y bank has to do is to open
receive deposits and get rich
bankers have that idea and
ually fail. But the successful,
must be alert and wide aw:
must not only watch the affai
community but the money-ms
te entire world. For instano
customary here for nearly all
tate transfers to take effec
First. The banker must loo
this. During the week a,sli
lars will change hands and
must be prepared to p,
customers. All the ava:
sources must be husbanded
great week of the banking
yet this must be done with
ing any good man to tn
creating a; financial stringe
ison is more than fortunate
connected with it's banks
brains and energy and Ell
More than this it is to be COZ
ed upon having. men of h
who do not wantenly crush,
lessly embarass the many
of necessity use borrowe
Better still is the sense q
which the people feel in tn
a feeling. that hard times,e
may come but that the ban
ison are as safe as the I'm
treasury. We give belo
history of the three inst
which Crawford county
every reason to be proue
The Oldest B.
The Oldest financial
the county, and in
stitutiGn of any
can boast. is
1.-The. First Nat
Last year it
year of col
business. tt
iished in Hes
bank of Mo,
Its next n
(Con.
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Dress Goods and silks.

!. we are now selling an exceptionally nice
per yard. = - ~
We have large assortment Of silk waist
and dress patterns in some very new styles.
Prices from Csc to 500 Der "a.
Gunnison news-champion., 1907-05-03
~ ARRaAN MVlCI

No.ssi- hereby giysn. tt.st On Monday May
18TH. ID. lNi,, at tlss hear 0f ~ o. o'clook a. NJ,
J shall <gssy 10 the Csuoty Court OF Gs,nnison
COUNTY N Probate, ar lspve. Ms Qua rd an of
nermAn . kausis, NJ laUr- to sell the right
title and interest Of sssd herusan j. Rssp-ts a
minor, - and IL the Nogsheast auarssr Of
s~uthWsSs quarter aNd SputE half os the
SouthwSrs quarter OF Sert ron 8 and NORTH
nan or Northwest qsS rtrp of Sectio1 II
also the SOethw est antvsrr If the Naxtil-
east 1soeter, and the Southeast asar
ter of tfs Northwest sa rteY and the vsvth-
west YnaSter OF the y. aaiIesss quarter Of seq
tion II, all IN Iownship4s Ns,~th Range Esst
IN 0unnloan County CsaeSsdo, said, m n r.
intcrest hDing fourth Gaevpin. AlSs hi. enc
nan fhtessst IN the porthsast quarter os the
s"uthwess quarter Of slsa section H. in Md
township.
Also hSss one-fourth inbev~-t in $50 bes.a of
cattle. 10 head Of horses. and all other perrIn,i
property held and ownsd by said Herm IN j
kausis, as heir at law at Herman j Rapsi.
deceased a. appears in the Inventory flied in
said Court, IN the matt%B s,f the estate Of Her
man j. kausis, deceaseS
Dated April l2 lYG.
NORA l.. RAUSIs
~anrdian OF Her~as J. Rausi,, a Minor
April le-Aay 10, 1876.
Gunnison news-champion., 1907-05-03
Islki.e NsrsA Eosk c.. on

Montrose Enterprise
GlenwoOd people have been 10
l'enser, urging the extension of the
Rio GrsOde railroad up CRYSTAL
creek and over the divide TO P,ouis
They claim this would save aOI
miles in shipments TO Denver for
the shippers of the North Fork
Montrose, Delta and the San Juan
In this they draw the long bow
sossewhat. The cutoff would ave
considerable but not nearly .. msch
~ the broad 0uaging Of the Mar.
shall Pass. From Pao~ia TO Glen
wood. by way Of the proposed new
cut of, is about GO miles. Fyom
faonia to Glenwood, via Grand
junction is 16 miles, NJ the saving
At Paonia would he 40 niles. Bat
the saving At Delta would be but 50
miles, and that would hold good for
oil this and San Juan. wnless q cut
on were built from Montrose TO Pso-
aia. The cutoff would be great ss /,
coal road TO Somerset, bot il wosldn't
benefit fruit shippers rauch. To
shorten it 80 it would be of mueA
advantage to Montrose ssd the Ssn
Juan would require the building
not only of the GO or more miles
from Glenwood 10 Paonia, bat of
twenty miles from the state bridge
to Aontrose, or . total of 80 TO s.
miles of road for a saving Of GO or
90 miles. by widening the gsase
over Marshall Pass, a distance of
lS' miles; l7l miles would be saved
from Montrose to Denver, and $50
from Delta in. That would be some
thing worth while.
Gunnison news-champion., 1907-05-03

saw a fire, and .n front one Of IL
men, Bell was his name, WAS sit
ting. He was broiling somethiAs
ON the end Of a stick. | shouted h
him.
He heard me. Jumping to hi.
feet he grabbed hatchet and made
run for me- When he came neal
! saw there was blood ON it. HI
made lunge for me and ! stepped
aside. He yelled like wild msn
He was crazy, stark mad. l war
exhausted and when he came for me
again could barely get out of his
way | killed him in self defense,
shot him through the head.
When ] shouted to the other
men ] did not hear them. | hunt
ed, and a short distance from tho
fire, where they had slept, in the
shelter of a rock, they were lying,
side by side, their heads split open.
Bell had gone crazy and killed them
while they slept. From the leg Of
one large piece of flesh had been
cut
Going back to the fire picked
up the piece of flesh Bell had been
broiling. 1t was human flesh.
Il was exhausted, starved. What
! had seen nearly drove me mad.
There lay Bell before me, where he
had fallen as ] shot him. ] was
alone, snowbound in the wilderness.
Horror, hunger, exhaustion stupeiied
my senses
Il sat down before the fire. The
smell of the burning flesh suddenly
maddened me, and ! became raven
Gus from hunger. seized the flesh
and ate it. Then came desperation,
what ! had Just done made me mad
with recklessness. was hungry.
] would starve ] had eaten one
piece, why should | not eat more.
Two weeks later ! reached the
Los Pinos agency, and the world
knows the rest
Packer then escaped and went
north, where he stayed for several
years, but in 1888 he was arrested
and tired at Gunnison. and sen
fenced to the penitentiary for forty
years, lie was released a wear or
80 ago and has since been living in
Deer Canon, prospecting. The
body was taken in charge by the
old veterans and buried near little
ton.
The place of burial of the five
victims is marked just above where
Lake City now stands.
Thus ends the story of one of the
most famous and dramatic cases in
the history Of Colorado crime.
Black Suits for the bows that Grad
Gunnison news-champion., 1907-05-03
ALFRED PA0BR DIES
Famous Man Eater ot the Cunnison
Passes to HIS Eternal Judgment

Alfred Packer, the Man Eater, -
is dead He died in Deer Canon
near Littleton, where he lived in a
cabin, and where he pros pected
some The history of Packer is
familiar to all old settlers. In 1870
he with a party of pioneers started
to cross the divide but was told by
Chief ouray that he couldn't hope
to succeed, and that his party would
starve, 80 all turned back and went
over on the Lake Fork, near where
Lake City nov is, where they were
showed in and forced to 60 into
camp The snow being so deep
and game scarce, the party nearly
starved, and later Packer was ac-
cused of having killed and eaten
his companions.
Here is the last story Packer told:
Il wasn't 80 old when, that day
in Gunnison, with five other men, |
decided to strike into the noun
tains to explore and to prospect.
The day was beautiful when we
started in late September, the six of
us They wanted to join me; !
never asked them. They wanted to
prospect. to travel; they knew that
| could weather any storm, that the
wilderness was my home and had
no terrors for me. We headed for
the Los Pinos agency in Saganche
county, as you now call it.
Then we met old Chief Oaray.
He was old then. and that was in
1873 He was the white man 5
friend He stayed with us and the
warriors gave us of their food and
we gave them little ammunition
DO not 60 farther. said the old
chief. Big SHOWS in the San Juans;
very bad winter; no white man and
no Indian for 100 miles; game all
gone south. But we went on.
Like the fearful winter of 1855
was that of 1873. We made no
progress for month Our camp
was in a sung shelter, but some
time in January our food ran low.
We had TO start. We plodded on
through the snow.
''One morning the other men said
they couldn't go any farther, that it
didn't do any good. anyway, be-
cause we seemed to be losing our
selves deeper in the mountains and
the peaks seemed to be getting
higher. They wouldn't talk to one
another, the men. They were mo-
rose, they seemed to hate life. 1t
is always SO when hardships get the
better Of men. / was the only one
strong enough to travel. l told
them | would climb the highest
peak and perhaps | might see a
way for our escape Then | lett
them.
81 was gone FIVE days Some
nameless giant Of a peak, maybe it
has name now, ] ascended | suf-
fered awful tortures from thirst,
cold and hunger But ] was re
paid. for | could see the ranges
falling off toward the south, could
see the deep valley, where soon
there might be food enough, and
perhaps settlement.
When I got back to the camp /
Gunnison news-champion., 1907-05-03
een UouoIIouS.
SssvsCE ~ AHStsSWsT sly

k~tate Of ratrssk Nc anon ss-vs.sea
The uDdefvSned. having bees appointed Id
r'osstrator ~ the s-tste of Patrick Nc ahon
late OF the tosatD ~ Gunuison W the state Of
fosssssdo. dss Sasesb k~sby gives not ice that he
~sil sppear h*teve tk> cuuty o,rr ~ "A id Gun
hiss'e toonty~ ~ tts Court Mouse in Gum son
- ,aH ounty ON As4sisy. the 6t 1 Ssy of May
A. d. 1ss at 10 cissst a a. of said ,asy at wbicn
trae ell persoss ksvIB4 claims asai sst said
Estate sve nOtifwd sssA requested ~ sssend for
the pUvDuise OF hnvOe se same adinused. All
pesspne sndet'ted N >ssai estate are peauested
70 DoSe b0aedats payment " ~ pusier-
sixMrd.
dated - S3snsissa. ColsSsAo. this ,-< arv ~
AprA, 4 ID. fa7
WILLIAM HCaiAN
AdmosSeyatoro Of tls ~ sts ssf Patrick Mcmahon
Aprii5- Hay 3, ISI. o~,rased
Gunnison news-champion., 1907-05-03
Presbyterian Announexa,rat

The INSTALLATIONS of the pastor
elect will take place "Wednesday eve
ming, May 18th, the services begin
ming at \ O'Clock. Rev. GcrRe
g. l'srIey, d. d., psssor at Delta,
Colo. wiIl preside, preach tis~ SER
mon and deliver charge to the pas
tor. fsev. I. c. kirkwood, b. d.. =,
of Colorado Springs. superintendent
OF the >yn"dical House Mission, will
deliver she charge TO the con grrgs-
tion. All are cordially invited 10
attend this service.
j. ID. HENRY, Pasasr.
Gunnison news-champion., 1907-05-03
Burglars About

A brace Of burglars attempted to
break into l.. c. Ehlerding's house
"Wednesday night About ten
o'clock Mr.. Ehlerding heard noise
at the front, and Oh investigating
saw two parties bent on mischief.
lie promptly took a shot at them
and they hit the trail. Both we're
of medium build, without overcoats
and one of them be saw well enough
to note wore little black Anime
hat and black coat
A chance for the marshal to cet
:'arter um."
Gunnison news-champion., 1907-05-03
u. Eoureh Notice

M~n'ng subject, The Chr,.-
stan Soldier. Evening subject,
The Sure Foundation. Every
body KINDLY invited To attend all
services s A. WEBER.
Gunnison news-champion., 1907-05-03

Sorosis skirts, Munsing upaer-
wear and ladies shirt waists at THE
FAIR.
Gunnison news-champion., 1907-05-03

On S~sdsy morning May 9TH. at
the chavs-h of the good Samaritan,
special sermon will lie preached
on the taOh anniversary Of the set
tlement at Jamestown. This tri-
centennial anniversary is oDs of
special interest TO the people OF the
American Episcopal church a. it
comnsemorates the founding OF the
church in this country. Service will
be held at II a IN. and Sunday
school at 10 O'Clock. All are cor
daily invited to attend this service.
Gunnison news-champion., 1907-05-03

Black Suits for the boys that grad
uate. SAMPINERS.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-03-10
FORGERY ALLEGED.
This statement Made About the Late
Le6dss Preston.

New York. March 9.-That Leoni
dss NJ. Preston. secretary and man
ager OF Tinken Boiler company had
forged thc.name OF 4. r. Hewitt. one
OF the members OF that company. TO
notes aggregating $4,000 TO 100000
was the substance OF a statement made
10 the coroner by James A. Shea, coun.
sci for Mrs. Preston. Preston died
suddenly In his room In the Hotel Cum
berland last Thursday after drinking
prussic acid while three members OF
the company were waiting TO question
him about its affairs. II was also dis
covered that Preston left a note say
Ing he had been insane for some time
The statement by Mr.. Shea was made
ut the coroner's inquest into the cause
OF Preston's death.
Mr.. shea testified that L. r. Hewitt
son OF the late Mayor Hewitt. had In
formed him that Prestons books
showed forgerles. but the investigation
was not yet complete. One OF the al
legged forged notes was for $4,000 and
was due on the day OF his death. An
other was for $4,000 and was due on
April next.
In n card case In pocket of Mr.
Preston's clothing Mr.. Shea found the
following message. scrubbed In lead
pencil on business card:
In case OF death or serious acct
dent 10 me notify my wife. Mrs. L. NJ
Preston, care Hotel Cumberland, New
York: my mother. Mrs. c. c. Pres
ton. 21S Reayes street, Tyler. Tex: Ed
ward NJ. Preston. College Station,
Tex: Mrs. J. o. Matthews, care ol
Rice. Silk 4 Co. st. Louis. and Il. w
II. Timken, Canton. .. My wife wishes
TO be considered first In all things.
realize that ! am and have been foi
some time insane. have iost my
mind. my power TO grasp things In my
memory. have lost everything eN
cent my firm faith In God and His Son
Jesus Christ. am In Ills hands. and
leave Il all to Him. He has been ms
refuge and strength aud will never TOT
sake me" l.. NJ. PRESTON"
Preston also directed that In the
event of his death the full amount 81
life insurance policy be paid TO MS
wife.
Mrs. Minnie Preston. the widow, ,cs
tilted before the coroner that Preston
was betting on horse ,acc- throughout
his recent visit 20 New Orleans. SSs
said she had supposed Preston va
wealthy until two days before ais
death, when he asked her 10 .oln him
5000. She declared tha, she was destl
tute.
The hearing was adjourned ic-awai'
the report OF physicians as 20 the con
tents OF Prestons stomach. {
The coroner said he was OF the opan
ion that the man committed suicide
and there was no occasion 10 continue
his jury on the theory that a murder
had been committed.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-03-10
MONTAGUE ON LyNcHINc.
Never an Occasion When Resort to n
10 Justifiable.

Cambridge. Mass. March "a. ].
Montague. formerly governor OF vir-
ginia. gave an address at Harvard uni.
versity In which he touch on the sub.
ject OF lynching In the south. He said
in part:
Some OF us are taught TO favor
lynching and therefore. 10 fear the
strong arm OF Federal power. This
barbaric malady will not be finally
eradicated In America until the PEG.
pie exercise self.restraint born OF
conviction. and not of fear.
Il give II as my deliberate opinion,
shared by the bulk OF the law-abiding
people OF the southland. that there Is
never an occasion when resort 10 lynch
law Is justifiable among civilized PEG.
pie. Such practices snap the funda.
mental bonds Of society. and will event.
uate In government as capricious
and as relentless as that OF wild
beasts"
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-03-10
WENT ID WARN SISTER
FAMILY OF THAw WANTS
Defendant and Wife. In the Even, Of
an AequitisL Legally Separated. and
Countess OF Yarmouth Alleged to Be
Particularly Anxious

New York. March a.-IIoward Mes
bit was with the district attorney since
Friday and IL Is said he will he called
TO the stand to testify that his sister
toll him Thaw had treated her cruelty
while abroad In 1905. because she again
would not tell lies about Stanford
White" Jerome hopes by the brother
to corroberate the testimony he ex-
poets to elicit from Abraham Hummel.
the latter being under indictments ut
the present time for alleged subornc-
tion OF perjury In the Dodge-Morse
divorce tangle. With all the witnesses
here enumerated and many others I'M
der subpoena. Mr.. Jerome adhered 20
his prediction that the case might be
given to the jury by next Friday
Mr.. Jerome when asked how many
witnesses he would call. replied smil-
ingly: "The minimum Is zero and
the maximum twenty-five: II may be
either"
He would not modify what he had
said 10 the effect that in the present
state OF evidence he would assurediy
let the case 20 to the jury and not ask
for commission.
This determination on the district at.
torney's part pleases Thaws lawyers
and the defendant himself. who all
along has feared the asylum for the
criminal insane far more than a yer.
die, as TO his guilt or innocence under
the statutes.
There were many rumors current
over serious estrangement between
the defendants family and his wife
and OF the reported desire OF the for.
mer TO bring about n separation OF the
young couple in the event Of n verdict
acquitting Thaw OF the charge OF muir,
der. Young Howard Nesblt. brother OF
Mrs. Harry Thaw. Is quoted as saying:
THE Countess Of Yarmouth has said
that she will not return 10 England I'M
I'll her brother and my sister have beea
separated
II did not know OF this until my
return from Pittsburg last Sunday
As soon as | arrived here I went "a
the Hotel Lorraine TO warn my sister
but Mr.. Delmas would not let me see
her alone.
Il did not want any OF the lawyers
present while talked 10 her because
knew they would probably deny Il
u am sure that II my sister knew OF
the plans which are being hads against
her. she would assert herself AZ ono,
and not remain passive as she has beer
so far"
II has also been matter Of comment
that as two experts have declared
Thaw TO have been insane al the tim,
OF his marriage. the ceremony might
be declared void and annulled. Under
this rule the wiz and codicil in which
Mrs. Thaw is left the main portion o,
her husbands estate are also void.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-03-10
WITNESS FOR PROSECUTION.
u 10 Believed Jerome viii Recall
Th=w's Wife 70 stand.

New York. March 9.-It was stated
Saturday that It seemed almost certain
District Attorney Jerome would recall
Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw 10 the stand
and thus make her a witness for the
prosecution. too. lie caused her To be
served with a subpoena. Mr.. Jerome
wants her TO bring 20 court certain let
tiers which Stanford White wrote TO
her and which he believes are still In
her possession. When she was on the
stand she was very doubtful about
whether the letters were still In exist.
ence. Mr.. Jerome may confront her
with the testimony OF her brother.
Howard Neshit, and may ask her To
explain how she forgot 10 mention pos
ing for certain photographs and a
statue which are said To be not 70
conventional as those she spoke OF In
her previous testimony.
In Just what order the witnesses for
the prosecution were 20 be called In
rebuttal had not been fully decided
upon Saturday. The probable wit
nesses besides Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
are DIR. Francis A. Mcclure. the Tombs
physician. who has maintained an al
most constant surveillance over the
prisoner during his confinement In the
tombs; Drs,. Flint. Mcdonald and Ma
bon. the alienists: +. W. Longfellow.
who was Thaw's confidential counsel:
May Mckenzie and Mrs. c. J. Caine.
friends OF Mrs. Thaw. and probably
Lawyer Abe Hummel. Howard Nesbit
and Charles Hartnutt. The latter was
for years confidential secretary 10
Stanford White. and as such knew
much OF Whites acquaintance with
Evelyn Nesbit and other young girls,
Mr.. Hartnutt can tell about the trust
funds Mr.. white established for the
benefit of Mrs. Harry Thaw and her
mother.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-03-10
sREvirIEs PUNCHED.

Adolph Schield fell down an EN-
bankment ut Houston and died
Southern railway has declared n
2 i-2 per cent semi-annual dividend.
Over $i50.000 has been raised for the
proposed cotton mill at Dublin. Tex.
The aged mother OF Assistant Attor
ney General Yantis died at Roby. Tex
Both feet Of Johnny Lilo. seven years
old. were cut off by Dallas street car
An oil well 500 feet deep has been
brought In In the Henrietta. Tex.
field.
p. c. Anderson was held up by ne.
gro at Paris and relieved OF the burden
Of carrying 20 cents.
Senator Morgan Of Alabama wants
the Democrats TO nominate ex-senator
Gray OF Delaware for president
Paris green. taken by Hubb Miller.
a prominent cattleman. near Halletts.
Vile. Tex. resulted In his death.
Rev. r. II. J. Hacker. eighty years
old, n pioneer Cumberland Presbyteri
IN minister. Is dead at Rolf. I. T.
Owing to green bugs many Cooke
county. Texas. farmers are blowing up
wheat and will put In corn and cotton.
]. W. Walton. superintendent OF the
Katy at Parsons. Kan. has resigned 20
accept a like position with the Frisco
q. p. Meade of Fort Worth sold TO
J. ]. Giddings OF Ennis $500 acres In
Archer and wichita counties. for Sss.
$50.
MIS-. NJ. A. Cameron. postmaster OF
Mckinney under the Cleveland admin
istration. died from the effects OF a
fall.
Henry Russell vas run over By .
wagon near Clarsaore. I. T. His Nv
bsas vas broken and ethes injuries
sustained.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-03-10
~ VOTE OF PEOPLE.
Capital City 10 to Be selected at First
General Election.

Guthrie. March 9.-No public build
ings are located in the report submit
ted by the committee. but a provision
Is made for locating the state capital
by vote of the people at the first gen.
eral election after 1918. Necessary
monys for temporary buildings at
Guthrie may be expended after the
capital Is located by the people. Two
thirds vote Is necessary to remove.
The legislature may locate all state
buildings but the capitol.