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The Colorado statesman., 1907-06-01
AFTER BIC ONES
FEDERAL INQUISITION MAKES
CAPTAINS OF INDUSTRY
TREMBLE.
DETECTIVES AT WORK
Great Wave of Investigation Has
Reached Colorado and Gives Prom
ise to Wash Some Rotten Crafts


That the federal inquisition now in
progress in Denver involves some of
the largest corporations in America,
and that indictments will be returned
against men who are rated as multi
millionaires and captains of industry,
known as well in Wall street as in Col
orado, is the latest development in
connection with the probing of the
grand jury.
No less than 120 secret service men
now make their headquarters in Den
yer, this small army of government
sleuths having rented a large portion
of the fifth floor of the Quincy build
ing, seventeenth and Curtis streets.
from where they are spreading the net
that is Tightening about victims in
high places.
Is the American Smelling and Rein
ing Company now under the micro
scope of the government detectives?
Gossip that comes directly from the
inside indicates an affirmative answer
and that the great concern, headed by
the recently-elected senator from Col
orado, will not escape a searching in
QUESTION on the question of rebates.
Some moths ago it was announced
that Earl M. Cranston, United States
district attorney, had been commits
stoned a special prosecutor by the gov
ernment to probe the charges of rebat-
ing made against the smelter trust. Mr..
CranSton refused to make any state
ment on the question at the time, nor
has he admitted since that he had re-
ceived such a commission. Neverthe-
less the Department of Justice sud-
denly concentrated all of it's attention
on Denver and gradually the city has
been filling up with special agents.
First came Judge Marsden c. Burch
and Oliver Paden, representing the De-
partment of Justice. Then came a
squad of secret service men, whose
numbers gradually swelled.
l.. G. Wheeler, in the service of the
Department of Justice at Washington,
is in charge of the secret service men.
He has been engaged in the work at
Washington for years, and meritorious
service in many states won him the
honor of being placed at the head of
the coal and timber land fraud inquiry.
He came to Denver from Omaha,
where he for many months had charge
of the investigation that resulted in
the conviction of Richardson and Com
stock for land grabbing in the state OF
Nebraska.
Many of the land detectives, who
then worked with him and were sue
cessful in the apprehension of the big
operators, have accompanied him to
Denver. And these, with experiences
and lessons of the investigation in Ne
braska fresh in their minds, have been
assigned to varied districts in Colorado
lecting evidence.
In addition to Colorado, the secret
service agents under the direction of
the Denver Office are being sent into
Utah, Wyoming and New Mexico by
Mr.. Wheeler, who believes that there
will be some startling revelations in
the very near future.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-06-01
BENGAL TIGER KILLS BAHM
Infurlated Beast Breaks From Its Cage
and Creates Panic at Circus.

and Creates Panic at Circus.
Twin Falls, Idaho.-During the after
noon performance of the Sells-Floto
circus in this Sity May 25th, a great
Bengal tiger broke from his cage in
the menagerie tent and charged into
| the crowd, killing a four-year-old girl,
| ; shetland pony, and mauling several
other spectators and ponies before it
was shot and killed by a man in the
audience.
For a moment a panic was threat
ened In the menagerie. Women
| screamed and tainted, the elephants
tugged at their chains and trumpeted
wildly, and there was great commotion
until the tiger rolled over dead in front
of the main entrance
Market" the tiger, and his mate,
Agnes" had been restless for some
time before the accident They were
about to be fed. and at the sight of the
meat Market" beat furiously with his
paws on the door of his cage. The
door gave way and the tiger sprang
from his cage to the neck of shet-
land pony. fifteen feet away.
The animals keeper seized an iron
! bar and struck the tiger between the
eyes. Market" released his grip on
the pony's neck and leaped to the back
OF another pony. Again the keeper
felled him with the iron, and he relin-
quished his hold on the second pony,
only to seize a third. Another stiff
blow of the iron drove the tiger from
his prey and he leaped into the crowd.
The tent was well filed and the peo-
pie fled in every direction, most of
them crowding out under the canvas.
| One woman scrambled to the top of
an animal cage and refused to come
| down until long after the tiger was
killed
Market" headed for the main en-
| trance forty feet away. In his rush he
struck several people with his shoul-
ders, knocking them down.
| Mrs. C. L. Rozell of Twin Falls, and
her little daughter, Ruth, could not es-
cape the tigers rush and were borne
to the ground. The tiger held Mrs. Ro-
zell with his paws and sank his fangs
into the neck of the child, mangling
Der so that she died two hours later
]. w. Bell, Twin Falls blacksmith,
was standing beside Mrs. Rozell when
she was attacked. His wife and chill
dren were with him and at the mercy
| of the beast. Thrusting his family
aside, bell drew a 32-calibre revolver
and opened fire on the tiger at dis
| tance of three feet The first bullet
struck Market" behind the shoulder;
he WINGED and opened his jaws, growl-
| ing viciously and lashing his tail. The
second bullet caused him to release
Mrs. Rozell and her daughter from the
grasp of his paws, and the third put
him on the run. Bell followed heroic
ally, firing three more bullets into the
| fleeing tiger as it ran outside the tent.
Market" was sorely hurt, but man
aged to crawl some distance before he
collapsed. Recovering his strength
for an instant, the tiger turned and
started back toward the stampeding
| spectators. Bell was waiting for the
attack with his revolver reloaded, but
the big beast had enough, and rolled
over, snarling and biting at his wounds,
and expired in few moments.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-06-01
IDEAL,
PICNICGROUNDS

in the cty i thesta
ffeen nminu day andn
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-03-04
Parkersburg's Decadence.

Discouraged by the lack of both
moral and financial support, the Of
Ulcers of the Business Mems League
will hold a meeting Monday to vote
on the question of disbanding the
organization unless there is in the
meantime such action on the part of
the people as will insure the support
of the league in the future.-News
item in the Parkersburg newspapers.
Thus again be have more evil
dence of the decadence OF Parkers-
burg. Last week 1t was decided to
move about all of the federal offices
in that city to Clarksburg, this week
the Business Mems League goes to
smash and something bigger is like
ly to drop next week in the natural
sequence of things. If there are any
industries in Parkersburg looking
out for site in a rapidly growing,
thriving, hustling city where fuel is
cheaper and more plentiful than any
where else on earth and the climate
healthier they may do well to COM
municate with the Clarksburg Board
of Trade, get scheduled with the
many other applications on file and
make arrangements to move to the
future capital and metropolis of
West Virginia.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-03-04
oaIpeppeFls Tragedy.

One of the strange things in con-
nection with the Bywaters-strother
tragedy at culpepper, Va, is that the
strother family. hating Bywaters as
shown by the killing consented to
infict his name on the girl. True,
it is the custom in the South in
such cases to force marriage, but it
is also the custom to drive the new
husband ont Of the community.
In the Culpepper cast the strother
brothers did more. They drove BY
waters straight to hell and started
on the road to the gallows them
selves. The wonder is that they
spared even the girl.
Their excuse is that Bywaters was
attempting to desert his wife of an
hour. hut what was 1t that made him
try to fee? Assuredly, the rage of
his brothers-in-law. Their attitude
toward him frightened him no doubt
into the belief that they intended to
kill him that night.
Also in this connection 1t is hint
ed there was another woman in the
case-the daughter Of a wealthy
man in that section, to whom BY
waters had been paying attention.
The strothers probably knew of this
apd feared. if he escaped. he might
get divorce and marry this woman,
leaving their sister to her lifelong
misery.
And. with such situations. it may
be after all that their motive was not
alone to avenge their sisters wrongs.
The unwritten law truly does not APP
ply in their case, If these are really
the conditions leading up to their
act, though Bywaters we'll deserved
what they gave him.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-03-04
Preventing Typhoid.

After conducting experiments with
copper salts and copper foil OF sheet
copper for two or tire years, Prof.
Henry Kraemer, of the Philadelphia
College of Pharmacy, states that 1t
is as unnecessary to contract typhoid
fever as it is to have unclean hands.
DR.. Kraemer has published several
papers upon a home method for pre-
venting typhoid fever and he is firm
in his statements that the employ
ment of copper in utensils and re-
ceptacles about the home is a sure
preventative of the disease.
For the home Professor Kraemer
advises sheet copper. A piece of
this copper is placed in from three
to four quarts OF water. II allowed
to stay there five minutes the water
will absorb sufficient copper to kill
typhoid and color organisms in two
hours. If the copper is permitted to
remain in the water permanently the
water can be drawn of for drinking
purposes and more added with an as
surance that 1t is free from typhoid.
The popular opinion that copper is
injurious to the system is erroneous.
says Prof. Kraemer. For over one
year" he said, "all the drinking
water in my home has been treated
with sheet copper and no III effect
has been noted. In fact, our general
health may be said to be better in
that we have not had to consult a
physician in that time. We allow
the copper plate to remain in the
water, removing IT only to clean It.
The harmlessness OF copper is ad-
mitted by pharmacologists and ply
siologists. Pasteur, the great French
scientist, says that It is almost i'm
possible to take dose large enough
to produce death. Workers in cop
per are often completely saturated
with metal. but do not suffer from 1t.
Vegetables to be eaten raw, as
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-03-04

lettuce and celery. are often the
means Of transmitting typhoid. To
cleanse such vegetables We placed
them in water which had first been
treated with copper plate"
II what DR.. Kraemer asserts is
true, and it has not been denied. he
has discovered something that win
be Of great beneht to mankind es-
pecially in the sections where ~
phoid fever is prevalent.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-03-04
Give Smith a Chance.

According to the clarksburg news.
papers, all the federal ofices in this
city are to be moved to clarksburg.
Why not include the postofice and
put Parkersburg on a rural route?
-Parkersburg Dispatch-News.
No rural routes for Parkersburg,
until after Frank Smith has served
a term or two as postmaster, the
Telegram insists.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-03-04

tanning to the service that ali men
IN the enlisted companies be paid the
sum Of twenty-five cents for every
drill and that rife teams be paid two
dollars q day while at practice. These
appear to be just provisions and GER
tainly the guardsmen are entitled to
such compensation. The action of
the legislature is doubtless most try
ing to the patience, If not the patriot.
ism. Of the guardsmen.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-03-04

About the only difference after ali
between the old garbage ordinance
and the one pending is that the new
one provides for collecting garbage
by contract. The old ordinance was
not enforced in most particulars.
and this leads to the inquiry: VIII
the new one be enforced? II not,
the new one may as well not be pass
ed. It must be impressed on the
city authorities that no garbage ordi-
nance, however proficient, is of any
service or value. unless It Is ,enforc-
ed, and there is no ordinance whose
enforcement is more important or
urgent.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-03-04

~ adhered 70 by This and other rail-.
roads for several years. In case OF
uncertainty the general press agent
OF the railroad is to be communicated
with.
It is said that the order was
prompted by the recent wreck Of the.
Pennsylvania Special near Johns
town, Pa. a week or so ago when
reporters we're barred from relief
trains and denied information about
the disaster. AS result greatly
exaggerated reports of the wreck
we're printed in all of the newspapers
of the country that handle tele-
graphic service which undoubtedly
had an injurious effect upon the pas
senger trafic Of the Pennsylvania
Special and fast trains like it.
The order is a most sensible one
and 1t is queer that one like 1t was
not issued a long time ago. A
newspaper is bound to publish the
news and no effort at concealing the
details of any big news happening.
or one that is of interest to. the pub
lie. viii prevent something about 1t
from being published. If it Is news
of interest to the public it is Just as
sure to come out as water is to seek
its level. And far better It is to
have the facts given than the pub
LEGATION of the news as It can only
be obtained by rumors. The truth
is mightier and more productive Of
good than any fabric of falsehood,
rumor, imagination or speculation
that can be woven together and In
most Instances the latter results only
in harm.
There is not a newspaper in the
country that does not want to pub
lish the news as truthfully and as
accurately as 1t can. That is what
the newspapers are in business for.
Millions upon millions Of dollars are
spent every year by the makers OF
newspapers to do this. II the facts
Of the Pennsylvania Special wreck
had been given to the newspapers
they would have been published as
given and not the exaggerated re-
ports that one hundred had been
killed and many more injured as
rumored by unofficial reports which
were all that the newspaper men
could obtain at the time.
This applies to others than rail-
roads. too. The person who does
something or figures in some oc-
currence or event that is in the ma
ture Of news item and reads an ac-
count of it which is not exactly cor
rect in the newspapers TO which he
has denied information, is alone
to blame for getting himself so
placed before the public eye and not
the newspapers which he censures.
Experience and facts show that it
is the best thing to take the newspa-
pers into confidence and they also
show that the newspapers respect
that confidence in their efforts to
publish the news correctly.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-03-04
waatea-A City Lookup.

Eleven men reposed, or tried to
repose. In the nasty little two by four
cage that the city of clarksburg
utilities as a city lookup last night.
How they ever managed to pass the
night there is a problem that would
puzzle a circus contortlonist, and
that they we're compelled to pass the
night in quarters that farmer
would hesitate to lock two hogs IN is
disgrace to the city.
The pen, called lookup is about
six or eight feet square and is d.
vided into two compartments each
of which has board bench IS or 20
inches wide and six feet long. Upon
these two strips in a small, dark,
foul, unyentilated, unsanitary room,
with less accommodations than are
usually provided for a brindle COW
in a delapidated shed, eleven men
who have committed one of the
lesser breaches of the peace, are re-
CURED to sleep through the night!
This inhumane practice is an uncom-
mon thing and is about as regular
as Saturday night comes.
The humiliation and disgrace of
having to be imprisoned in a city
lookup to await trial is sufficient
punishment without subjecting the
unfortunates who are incarcerated
there to torture that is strongly
reminiscent of medieval practices
The lookup is not intended as a
prison for punishment but only as a
place of detention until the prisoner
is given hearing to determine his
guilt or innocence. The prisoner
may be an innocent man and thus we
determine that such is due him!
In this foul, nasty, unsanitary,
cramped dungeon several men have
died and others suffering In the
throes of mortal illness have been
carried out Of 1t to die. Who knows
that they might not have had little
better chance for their lives II a
respectable and healthy place had
been provided for their detention?
Nearly all of the men who are plac-
ed in this awful cage ar esIck when
they are taken there but instead of
trying to alleviate their sufferings
and help cure their ills the people Of
clarksburg aggravate their ailments
and hasten their deaths.
When clarksburg was a village
the present cage called a lookup
was sufficient unto It's purpose. But
harrisburg is no longer a village and
this is the year 1907 instead Of
1907. The neighboring village OF
Adamston has better lookup than
clarksburg.
Nothing more strongly impresses
the necessity of larger and more
convenient quarters for the city's
seat of government. and for human
Ity's sake a decent city lookup
ought to be provided as quickly as
possible.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-03-04
News and the Newspnpermnn.

Announcement has been made
that orders have been issued from
the general ofices OF the Baltimore
& Ohio railroad In Baltimore thar
local onicials are to give all news
coming from railroad circles to the
newspapers. This includes details
OF wrecks, accidents and the general
routine workings of the system. The
order provides that ofRcials shall
give to the newspapers all the In
formation on hand about things of
interest to the general public which
reyerses a rule that has been strict
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-03-04
KEEP THE KIDNEYS WELL.
Health is Worth Saving, and Some
Clarksburg People Know How
To Save II

Health is Worth Saving, and Some
Clarksburg People Know How
To Save It.
Many Clarksburg people take their
lives in their hands by neglecting the
kidneys when they know these or
gans need help. Sick kidneys are
responsible for vast amount of
suffering and ill-health, but there is
no need to suffer nor remain in dang
er when all diseases and aches and
pains due to weak kidneys can be
quickly and permanently cured by
the use of Doan's Kidney Pills. Here
Is the statement of a Clarksburg
citizen who has reclaimed good
health by the use of this remedy:
G. A. Carder, shoemaker, of 106
East Elk street, Clarksburg, w. Va,
says: For fifteen years every now
and then had attacks of backache,
some of them so severe that / was
unable to get around. The dull pain
just across the kidneys rendered
STOPPING or lifting almost impossible
and morning after morning when /
awakened 1t required extra effort to
turn over In bed. Stiffness and sore
ness across the small of my back was
very pronounced when the attacks
were in the acute stage. Trouble
with the kidney secretions existed.
Doan's Kidney Pills came to my mo-
tice and went to Wells & Haymak.
er's drug store for a box. Relief
followed after dose or two and
continuation of their use stopped
the last attack. have not the
slightest hesitation in saying that
Doan's Kidney Pills act as represent
ed"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the -Doan's-
and take no other.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-03-04
WHITE HOUSE GUARANTEED.

WASHINGTON. D. c.. March -
President Roosevelt's young son.
Archie. has diphtheria. but is not SER
iously i'll. The patient has been iso-
lated In the southeast room of the
White House and strict quarantine
is being maintained.
Considerable improvement is
shown in the condition of Archie
Roosevelt today. o
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-03-04

The Fairmont West virginian does
not tske well to the idea of electing
United States Senator Scott to the
Presidency of the United States. but
gives no reason for Its position.
WIN 1t please dwell on the subiect2
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-03-04

The Parkersburg papers are busily
engaged in handing out a lot of
dope" on the dope situation there.
which leads the distant reader to
readily conclude it is altogether a
case of dope there.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-03-04

For fifty years Parkersburg en-
ioyed the prestige of being the prin-
cipal point of federal court opera
tions. That ought to assure It's
grief now.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-03-04

The failure of the legislature to
pass the militia bill has brought
state of depression to the national
guardsmen OF the State. The bin
provided. among several things per-
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-03-04
An Evening Echo.

Moderation is the silken string
running through the pearl chain of
all virtues. Bishop Hall.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-03-04
Hoods SarsapaTiIIa
NOTICE.

W. E. Hursey has moved his stock
of harness and saddlery goods to
room in Waldo hotel building, North
Fourth street.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-03-04
Loss Of Appetite

@OSS W APpGubC
Is common when the blood needs pui-
flying and enriching, for then the blood
fails 70 give the digestive organs the
stimulus necessary for the proper per-
Torrance Of their functions.
Hoods Sarsaparilla is pre-eminently
the medicine to take. It makes the
blood pure and rich, and strengthens
all the digestive organs.
81 was all run down and had no
appetite. After taking one bottle Of
Hoods sarsaparilla l could eat any
thing wished" Mrs. Amanda Fem
ner, oneco, Conn.
Accept no substitute for
Hoods SarsapariIIa
In usual liquid form or choeolated tab
lets called sarsatabs. 100 Doses 81.
Guaranteed under Food and Drugs Act.
june %. 1905. No. SO.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-03-04
SWEET MELODY FLOUR.
ST. PArR1oKs DAY
WILL BE CELEBRATEp

The Ancient Order Of Hibernians
held regular meeting in centen-
nial hall Sunday afternoon and ar
ranged for several limitations the
night of St Patrick's Day, Sunday,
March II. They will also celebrate
the day in an appropriate manner.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-03-04
SWEET MELODY FLOUR.

Eresh tsA a. be clty Market.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-12-19
A NATIVE OF MARsHFIELD.
Abraham L. Hunt, Who Died Recently
in Chelsea, Mass.

Marshield. Dec. Abraham L.
Hunt, who died at Chelsea, Mass. Mon
day. December Q, one Of the eldest and
most respected citizens OF that city, was
a native OF this place. having been born
SO years ago. He went 20 Chelsea when
lie WAS Is years of age and conducted
4 fish market in Bellingham square in
that city for q years. He was the
oldest member Of Mystic lodge. X. OF p.
tie was member Of the old Chelsea
brass band for 2 years. lie was well
known by Chelsea people and many
friends mourn his decease
Mr. Hunt leaves a son, Mr.. Joseph F..
Hunt, and two daughters, Mrs. Florence
j. Woodbury. Of Chelsea, and Mrs. Ed
ward f. sprague Of Melrose.
Funeral services were held at the home
OF his son, at - Bloomingdale street,
Thursday afternoon, Rev r. Perry Bush,
D. d.. officiating. There was large
attendance OF relatives and friends, in
GLIDING delegation from Mystic lodge,
X. Of p. The pail bearers were Mayor
Edward +. Willard, r c., Il. G. Strout,
r. G., 4. D. Seavey and Brother W. NJ.
Hardy. The ritualistic services of the
knights Of pythias were conducted at
the grave, under thed ERECTION Of Past
Chancellor 4. G. Strout, chaplain. Bur
ia was in the family lot at Woodlawn.