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Gilpin observer., 1907-04-11
DEATH MYSTERY
WAS UNKNOWN MAN MURDERED
OR KILLED By ACCIDENT?
QUESTION is CONFUSING
MansIed Body Of Man Found Near
the Railroad Track at Brush Per-
picking Fort Morgan Sleuths,

Brush, Colo.-It is now believed by
the court police that the unknown man
found dead on the Burlington tracks
with bullet in his head, and whose
body was run over by train Friday
night, was murdered by his pal. The
victim is known by the officers to have
come into Brush with partner, and
is said to have left the place in COM
pany with the same man. All efforts
have proved unavailing to learn the
identity Of either, and the mystery of
the case is growing deeper.
Sheriff Burdette at Fort Morgan is
making every effort to get the corpse
identified.
Since the inquest was held persons
have stated that they saw the mur-
dered man and another start up the
railroad track together. This is the
last time the barber was seen alive,
and it is believed that if his compan-
ion was not the actual slayer that he
has knowledge of the crime.
The victim is known to have had
in his possession nickel-plated
mounted revolver. When he went to
work in the barber shop here he took
it out of his pocket and placed it in a
drawer. On the body of the dead man
was found an old blue-barreled gun
WIN lul Sc lOdueu Inc
theory of the officers is that the muir
derer, after taking the nickei-plated
gun out of the dead mans clothes, sub
stituted The gun which was found on
his person.
The dead man told at the barber
shop, where he worked for two hours,
that he sent his clothes from Julesburg
to Denver, and that his partner had
done the same. From this statement
1t is believed that the man and his part
ner came from Julesburg and were on
their way to Denver, stopping off at
Brush to earn a little money. 1t was
testified by boy at the inquest that
two men had been thrown off a Bur-
lington train, and that he saw them
! wander down the track together
A motive for the crime, the police
say, is hard to conceive. They believe
| the two men started to walk along the
track preparatory to stealing ride on
freight train: that they quarreled.
and that the shooting followed. Then,
in order to hide the crime. the body
was placed on the track with the hope
of concealing the murder
Gilpin observer., 1907-04-11
Colorado Wants More Horses.

Denver.-"Denver is the natural and
distributing point for the entire North
west and Southwest and is destined to
be the greatest horse mart in the coun-
try. Its business along this line in
creased twenty-five per cent. last year
and this year should break all pre-
Vious records" said G. l.. Goulding,
proprietor of the City Stock Yards.
we are shipping horses all over the
country. Texas buyers are here now
looking for a carload of saddle horses.
California and Washington, other ter
ritory to the west of us, is represented
by buyers constantly, and we are now
trying to help supply the New York
market, but with little success, for the
demand here far exceeds the sup
ply"
Mr.. Goulding says that the sooner
ranchmen in Colorado realize that
there is demand for far more horses
than they can supply, the sooner the
industry will grow to the proportions
1t ought. 1T is simply impossible for
us to fill the orders," he continued
Last year we disposed of some 5000
head Of horses, the value approXimat
ing 100000. The only reason we
stopped there was because we could
get no more horses. Buyers from the
country over come here.
"They like the Colorado, the noun
tain horses. The animals raised here
have greater lung capacity, flintier
hoofs from the nature of the soil, and
better bone and muscle. This is
known to horsemen, consequently the
demand is great here constantly"
Gilpin observer., 1907-04-11
NEWS FROM The MINES and MILLS
Busy In San Juan.

Here is :, brief epitome of what is go
ing on in the great mines of San Juan
county at the edge of the spring sea-
son, as chronicled by the editor of the
Standard:
Exclusive of the operations on the
Gold Prince, the Bagley tunnel, now
5000 feet into the mountains, is forg-
ing ahead at the rate of ten feet per
day. Three shifts of men are em-
ployed, using two Sullivan sluggers in
place of the electric drills, which have
been discarded. According to every
indication the big cross-cut will by
July or August have opened at depth
a network of the largest and best min
eralized veins in the San Juan district.
The Bonanza workings are in min
eral to the width of about four feet
sulphide CT iron and lead.
H. A. Guess, who succeeded w. Row.
land Cox as manager of the Silver Lake
mines, has been appointed general
manager of the ertire Guggenheim mill
system. Under Edward G. Stoiber, Mr..
Guess occupied the position of assayer.
The recent strike in the Sunnyside
represents far greater values than
have been given to the public. 1t ap-
pears that a considerable part of the
gold is coated with sulphurous acid,
instead Of amalgamating slides over
the plates into the concentrates Ex-
elusive of the amalgam being taken
from the plates daily the value of the
concentraJes for the reason stated is
materially increased.
Gilpin observer., 1907-04-11
Tornado on Atlantic Coast.

New York.-Nearly every vessel
that has arrived from southern ports
during the past week has brought
some story Of marine disaster wrought
by the tornado off Hatteras during the
last ten days of March. The Bluecher,
arriving from West Indian ports, was
no exception. Standing in disconsolate
groups about her decks were thirteen
people whom the liner had saved from
their laundering bark, the Gulf Port,
as the vessel was on the verge of go.
ing down. The rescue was witnessed
by Speaker Joseph G.. Cannon and
others Of the congressional party on
board the Bluecher.
Those taken by the lifeboat from the
water-logged wreck were near starva.
tion, as for nearly a week they had
had nothing to live on except few
water-soqked biscuits.
Gilpin observer., 1907-04-11
The Homemaker.

1t must be taken into consideration
that every successful homemaker is
necessarily housekeeper-one who
keeps the house in the hollow of her
hand, so to speak One whose eye
guards every detail of expenditure;
one whose heart and mind are cen.
tered in the beautifying, guidance and
maintenance of her stronghold. 1t
would be foolish to insist that every
housekeeper possess the rare and
beautiful gift of creating and evolving
home, says Margaret Anglin in Pic
torial Review. The housekeeper works
for her wages, oftentimes grudg.ngly;
the homemaker takes up her daily
tasks with inspiration. Her labor is
performed with love; and as l believe
some poet has remarked, even the
sweeping OF a room may become a
beautiful action.
Gilpin observer., 1907-04-11
Freight Rate kindel in War Paint.

George ]. Kindel's fight for
equitable freight and express rates
is being waged increasingly. He re-
Gently received a letter from Commits
sioner Prouty urging him to file fur
ther complaints on freight charges on
certain commodities with the Inter
state Commerce Commission. In his
fight against discrimination by the ex-
press companies he has met with en-
couragement on all sides. The follow
ing table shows the inequality.
Express rates, 100-pound lots,
New York to Chicago (half way
to Denver) ...............s $3.50
Chicago to Clinton, Iowa, (half
way to Omaha) .............. 200
Chicago to Omaha (half way to
Denver) 200
Chicago to Denver. ............. 600
New York to Denver. ............ $50
The rate from Chicago to Butte,
Montana, is only 50 more than to Den
yer, while the rate from Chicago to
Buena Vista, Colorado, and all points
west Of Butte is $500.
"Why don't our boosters bust these
discriminatory rates?" asked Mr.. Kin
del, after submitting his table which
shows that the western half of the ex-
press haul between the Atlantic coast
and the Rocky mountains is nearly
treble that of the New York-ChicSgo
haul.
Gilpin observer., 1907-04-11
Assassin Stays General BariIIas.

City of Mexico.-General Lizadro
Barillas, eX-President of Guatemala,
was assassinated here Sunday evening
as he sat in street car. AS the car
stopped, a young man, seventeen years
of age, climbed aboard and, rushing to
the general. stabbed him twice, the
first blow severing the jugular vein,
the second cutting his face. The gen.
eral died instantly.
The assassin was captured. He gave
his name as Jose Estrada and his
home as Ocos, Guatemala.
Ex-President Barillas was generally
considered as strongly opposed to the
present government of Guatemala. He
was sixty-two years old and was
strong possibility for the next presi-
dency of the country.
Gilpin observer., 1907-04-11
AuLT FINDS a BIG RIVER.
Wonderful Underflow of Inexhaustible
Water at Depth of Thirty Feet.

Ault, Colo.-ln digging we'll for the
new water system. here an under
ground river of seemingly limitless
now mas been found. 1t is only thirty
feet below the surface and the water
is eight feet deep, and it was impossi-
BILE to diminish the depth with four
inch pump.
six-inch pump was substituted,
but after six hours of work the water
was lowered only fourteen inches. The
first pump has been replaced, and both
are being worked with gasoline en-
gine, In order that digging may be
completed to about forty feet
The river is supposed to be the same
one tapped by the residents OF Mum
when sinking wells there, which gave
that town the original name of Under
flow.
Gilpin observer., 1907-04-11
Teller County.

The Findley Consolidated Conpany
operating the Shurtloff and Findley
claims on Bull hill, is now shipping 100
tons of ore daily.-With the installa-
tion of new machinery, the present
shipments from the Henry Adney mine,
amounting to four cars weekly. will
be doubled.-It is expected that tho
Golden Cycle mill at Colorado City
will be completed early in April. This
plant will have maximum capacity OF
about 900 tons daily.-Two cars of ore
lately shipped from the Sunshine prop
erty on Galena hill returned S102 for
screened ore and $50 for coarse rock
Gilpin observer., 1907-04-11
Wants Italians Protected In America.

Rome.-Francesco P. Materi, men,
ber of the Chamber of Deputies, has
made public letter in which he urges
the government to extend its protec-
tion to Italian emigrants, not only on
board steamers crossing the ocean, but
even after they have disembarked in
the United States. He expresses the
belief that emigrants to America are
exploited and used for work in un-
healthy sections of the country. The
writer points out that in 1906 100000
Italians emigrated and that 100000
went to the United States. He esti-
mates the total number of emigrants
for 1907 at 100000 persons.
Gilpin observer., 1907-04-11

Indoor life. with the numerous arti'
fcial and unwholesome conditions
which it imposes, is a powerful fac
tor in lowering the vitality, diminish.
ing the power to resist disease and
In maintaining continual contact
with conditions productive of disease.
Monkeys and most other wild animals
deteriorate -apidly in captivity be-
cause of the deprivation of the fresh
air and sunshine to which they are
naturally adapted. Civilized women
are almost compelled to live sedentary
lives. This fact, declares writer in
Good Health, accounts in large degree
for the almost universal invalidism
among women.
Gilpin observer., 1907-04-11

Mexico is prosperous under the gold
standard. The republics fiscal re.
ceipts ($5O,29S,0OO United States cur
rency) for the year ended June go,
1906, were far in excess of other years
and much beyond what was expected
even by the most optimistic economists.
El impartial, local newspaper, says
the income II years ago was only $685..
100000 United States currency, and
concludes that the decided advance to
$50, 100000 is due to careful financing.
The gradual growth in the fiscal re-
ceipts during the last IL years is the
outcome of increased business pros
perity and not of increased taxation.
Gilpin observer., 1907-04-11

The men and women who perish
m;serably in train wrecks have the
consolation of knowing that they do
not die in vain. They suggest safe
modes of construction and running
methods. They may not, it is true,
appreciate the fact that they are pub.
lie benefactors and may be selfish
enough to prefer their lives to the
glory of martyrdom, but still, human
progress must have martyrs, and If
there are not sufficient volunteers
there must be conscripts to the
cause.
Gilpin observer., 1907-04-11

Prince Henry of the Netherlands,
husband of the queen, proved his hu.
manity and his courage when the
steamer Berlin was wrecked off the
Hook of Holland last month. He
learned that some passengers were
left on the vessel, and TOOK command
of the rescue party which finally
Brought them off When he came
Ashore with them he was cheered to
the echo by the enthusiastic Dutch.
men gathered on the beach. King Ed.
ward has bestowed on him the Grand
Cross of the Order of the Bath in rec.
ognition of his bravery.
Gilpin observer., 1907-04-11
Cannon Approves Canal.

New York.-Speaker Cannon arrived
here Sunday from a trip to the West
Indies, Venezuela and Panama. He is
enthusiastic over his trip.
II was nightly well pleased and
agreeably surprised, as was every
member OF our party, with the prog.
ress Of the Panama canal" he added.
1T Is mere question of work, which is
being done rapidly under splendid
system. II was paying for the job
would slap the boys on the back and
say: Hustle along and get the dirt
out"
Gilpin observer., 1907-04-11
Value of Tunnels.

Z. c. Bacon, of Ouray, writes that
one of the big enterprises for the com
ing summer is the Guadaloupe tunnel,
to be driven from the base OF the
mountain below the Guadaloupe mine
TO intersact this rich vein at great
depth, and extending nearly two miles
over into Poughkeepsie gulch. The
object is TO make a transport tunnel
from Poughkeepsie to the railroad at
the Guadaloupe end
Gilpin observer., 1907-04-11
Morning Star Shines.

Michael Clooney and Bruce Wagner,
leasing on the Morning Star, on White
House mountain, at Ouray, recently
shipped car of ore worth about $50
per ton in gold, silver and copper. the
latter running 10 per cent. This is one
of the old properties on the west side
of the Uncompangre that has yielded
quantities of ore of precisely the same
character as that of the American, Net
tie, o. & NJ, and other properties on
the other side of the gulch.
Gilpin observer., 1907-04-11
OF Interest to Miners.
(From Mining Reporter. }

(From Mining Reporter)
In former times. geology suffered
from the perverting influence of the.
ology.
The capitalization OF 249 mining
companies of Cobalt, Ontario. amounts
to $171, ,14S,000.
Upwards of so per cent. of the United
States production of tungsten comes
from Boulder county, Colorado.
Basalt rocks arc seldom goid-bearing.
the altered basaltic diltes ut Cripple
Creek, Colorado. being exceptions.
A good remedy for cyanide poisoning
is said to be an ointment made VI of
equal parts of ichthyol and boric acid,
locally applied.
Dynamite is mixture of nitro-gly-
cerine and an absorbent. such as wood.
pulp. The latter makes the handling
of the explosive less dangerous.
Late consular advices are to the ef.
feet that corundum in granules, used
for the manufacture of grindstones, is
now admitted in France duty-free.
In metalliferous mines. innammable
gases are more often found in old
workings when carbureted hydrogen
has generated from rotting timbers in
water.
Timber, Of n value OF abou. $1,000
600, is annually consumed in the Rand,
South Africa, mines. In 1905, S1,3OO,.
900 worth of Oregon pine was used in
mine timbering.
It is stated that this years output
of the Colorado Portland Cement Com.
pany will amount to approximately
100000 barrels Of cement, and 10000
tons of plaster.
Generally speaking, volcanic rocks,
such as trachyte. andesite and rhyolite,
are more apt to contain pay minerals
of copper, lead and zinc than Of gold
and silver.
Census Burear statistics show that
the total Of the refined petroleum pro-
ducts of the United States for 1905 was
50,630,49 barrels. 3d,442,522 barrels OF
which were burning oils and 5,S1i,2Ss
barrels naphtha and gasoline.
Gilpin observer., 1907-04-11

General Booth of the Salvation army
makes the announcement that he ID
willing to receive all tainted money
which may be offered. He thinks liz
knows of way to remove the taints,
essd ba probably does.
Gilpin observer., 1907-04-11
Slump in Silver.

There has been quite reaction in
the price of silver since the first of
the year. and the editor of Mining
World thinks. unless the conditions
which are responsible for the decline
cease. the quotation may again slip to
65 cents, or even GO cents per fine
ounce in New York within the next few
months.
Gilpin observer., 1907-04-11
Elk vii! Not Perish.

Pinedale, Wyo--A few weeks ago it
was feared there would be heavy losses
among elk in this region, owing to the
scarcity of feed and great depth of
snow. The large bands OF elk are now
moving to bare spots in the foothills
where there is plenty Of feed. Few an
imals have died during the winter.
There was some loss among antelope
etarlier in the winter.
Gilpin observer., 1907-04-11
New Strike in Gold Leaf.

Superintendent Hoban of the Gold
Leaf Consolidated Mines Company's
properties on Chicago creek, near
Idaho Springs. reports big strike in
Denmark tunnel which runs about $50
per ton. The vein is six feet wide and
runs mostly to gold. The Gold Leaf
paid its first dividend in January and
has been IL operation but one year.
Gilpin observer., 1907-04-11
Beets for Worland.

worland, Wyo.-A representative OF
the Billings beet sugar factory has
been here for several days making
contracts with local farmers to sup
ply the Billings plant with sugar beets
this fall, and as a result large acre
age in the vicinity Of Worland will be-
planted in beets this season. The
sugar people are paying $3.50 ton for
the beets in the fields.
Gilpin observer., 1907-04-11
To Develop Mica Deposits.

A very large deposit of mica. sit
uated in Fremont county, in the Bare
hills mining district. near the Park
and Teller county lines, is being de-
veloped by the Federal Mica Mining
Company of Duluth. Minnesota, incor-
porated under the laws of Colorado.
Gilpin observer., 1907-04-11

Here is what Missouri paper says:
After many days of arid des,ccation
the vaporing captains marshaled their
laundering hosts and poured out upon
the incinerated vegeation few inches
Of aqua pluvialis." In this instance.
Missouri will have to show us.
Gilpin observer., 1907-04-11
George Denver ousgenheinn.

70 the wife Of Senator Simon Gug-
genheim of Denver there was born
Sunday In New York son. A tele-
gram was received from Colorado's
senator:
"Am glad to report Denver's popula-
tion is increased by the arrival to-day
of George Denver Guggenheim."
Gilpin observer., 1907-04-11
Alfonso to Meet Edward.

Madrid.-King Alfonso, the dow.
ager queen, Maria Christina, Premier
Maura, Captain Nino, minister of ma
rine; Allende Salazar, minister Of for
eign affairs; Sir w. M. De Bunsen,
British ambassador TO Spain, and
Senor De Villa de Urrutia. Spanish am
bassador to Great Britain, left Sunday
for Cartegena, where Alfonso is to
meet King Edward.
Gilpin observer., 1907-04-11

There is report that a serious re.
volt has broken out in the state of
Tachira, in the western part of Vene-
zuela. And somehow nobody who has
Kept track of Castro's doings is very
much surprised at the news.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-03-15
Conclusive Reasoning.

A. little elderly German who keeps
a stationers shop amuses and interests
himself by making up stories about his
customers and telling them to his fam
lily.
Dat young lady who has de pink
cheeks, she be married soon, tink,"
he announced one night
"Now, my Carl, you know nottings
Of her whateffer, is it not so?" and his
wife tried to look as If she did not
think him a wonderfully clever man.
1T is like dis" said the stationer.
solemnly. 81 observe, and l know. At
first she buy paper and envelopes de-
same; later she buy twice as more
paper, and den five times as more
paper as envelopes. So know she is
become betrothed.
"And today" he said, beamlng with
pleasure, to-day she buy only one
half-dozen envelopes and five times as
more paper; and when | tell her she
get dem cheaper II she buy many she
say to me, 4 have no need of more,
tank you,' so l know de friend he
comes soon, and so comes de marriage
ON quickly"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-03-15
GONE ANoraEas BURDENS. {"

If any little word of ours
Can make one lie the brighter,
If any little song of ours
Can make one heart the lighter,
God help us speak that little word,
And take our bit of singing,
And drop it in some lonely vale
To set the echoes ringing.
If any little love of ours
Can make one life the sweeter,
If any little care of ours
Can make one step the ieeter,
If any little help may ease
The burden of another,
God give us love and care and strength
To help along each other.
If any watchful thought of ours
Can make some work the stronger,
If any CHEEKY smile of ours
Can make its brightness longer,
Then let us speak that thought to-day,
With tender eyes a-glowing,
SO God may grant some weary one
Shall reap from our glad sowing.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-03-15
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications as they cannot reach the
diseased portion OF the ear. There is only one
way TO cure deaness, and that is by constitu-
tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in
famed condition of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube is inaamed
you have rum bling sound or imperfect hear
ing and when 1t is entirely closed, Deafness is
the res ult, and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube re. toied to its normal
conc GGnaim0n, nearing VIII be Destroyed fofeves;
which is nothing but an intiamed condition OF
themucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case OF Deafness (caused by catarrh) that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars, free.
F. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-03-15

interesting career. He was born in
1860 at wilma, Russia, and was adu-
Gated at the Minsk gymnasium and at
the University of st. Petersburg At
the age of 10 he wrote pamphlet en-
titled, What Is Constitutionalism
Cars police. He was charged with
treason and sentenced to nine months
solitary confinement. After serving mis-
sentence he was sent back to Minsk.
Finally his activity became so obnox-
, ious to the police that he was again ar
| rested. This time he was sentenced to
| serve four years sentence in Siberia.
| His offenses We're not deemed serious
in Siberian mines, as has been the fate
of so many of his Observation-Disclosures
but during his stay in Siberia he was
under constant police surveillance and
was required to give an exact account
every day of his doings
At the end Of four years DR..
i Hourwich went to Sweden. He
arrived in this country in 1890, settled
in New York. and attended lectures at
Columbia University, where he obtain
ed the degree of Phi. d. So proficient
did he become in English that he un-
dertook the practice of law among his
compatriots in the metropolis, many
of whom were attracted to him by his
ability and the interest aroused by his
romantic career.
Later he went to Chicago, where he
was a professor in the University Of
Chicago. In 1900 he became a natural
lied citizen Of the United States. After
that he was translator at the bureau
of the mint in Washington, and in 1903
he became an expert special agent of
the United States census office.
Two years ago he was seized with
the desire of revisiting his native coun.
try, and armed with complete absolu.
tlon for all his political offenses, signed
by Count Witte himself, DR.. Hourwich
returned to his native country early
last year.