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The daily tribune., 1907-01-23
ISLAND is SUNK
BY TIDAL WAVE
Fifteen Hundred Lives Lost
in Dutch East Indies
Ruin and Destruction.
SHOCKS ARE FELT DAILY
Simalu Has Disappeared-1,5oo
Persons Have Lost Their
Lives-More Perish on
Other Islands.
SHOCKS ARE FELT DAILY

The Hague. Jan. 23 The tidal
wave which devastated some Of the
Dutch East Indian islands south Of
Atohin. ~ announced Jan. II. practi.
cslly engulfed the island OF simalu
According to the latest information
received here SimAlu has almost dis.
appeared. 1t is said that probably
I 800 persons lost their lives. Vic.
lent earth shocks continue to bs felt
daily.
Aooordi-E to the brief official dis.
patch whioh 6rst announced the d..
struction wrought BY the tidal wave
In 500 Of tbs Dutch East Indian
Islands. 800 persons perished upon the
Island Of Tana an6 40 on simalu.
simalu II situated off the north.
weit ccais Of the island Of SumAtra.
The daily tribune., 1907-01-23
Cost Of Cotton i,iokinn.

II requires something like 500, 900
cotton pickers. each picking 100
pounds OF seed cotton an average for
each picker and working 100 days
to pick 10000. .OOo-bale crop. OF
course some pick more than 100
pounds OF seed cotton and some less.
There are days when. on account OF
rain. no cotton can be picked. The
average OF 100 pounds a day for 100
days is not far wrong as an estimate
Of the picker's work.
At 60 cents hundredweight the
cost OF picking bale Of cotton is SO.
At 75 cents hundredweight the cost
is s1I.25 a bale. Therefore the cost
OF picking the entire crop will range
somewhere between $4,000 900 and
$4,000. 900.
The daily tribune., 1907-01-23
SAYS BRUTALITY
IS INDIANS FATE
Former Governor and Indian
Commissioner Charges
Mismanagement
EXPOSED TO TUBERCULOSIS
The Blame is Placed Upon Sec
retary Hitchcock Who Pig
eon-Holed Reports
Received.

Salt Lake, Jan 28-Former Gov.
Mcdonald Of Idaho, ex.IndiAn com.
missioner, In an intervie In the q
Herald charges gross mism Management
Of the Indian schools and arr igns the
system by which young IudiAn girls
are taken away from their parents and
sent to the Indian schools. He al.
leges that the teachers in these
schools practice great cruelty upon
their charges and that the girl pupils
are allowed to be dsbauched.
The blame for these conditions he
places upon Secretary Hitchco /.
whom he says he acquainted with
these oopditions during his tenure Of
office. bat who piReou.h holsd his re.
ports. He further says that the off.
cials Of the Interior department. con.
ceal the true state Of Affairs from .he
president. The reservation schools
are badly ovsforowded he says, ~ the
agents trv to secure as large q per
capita Appropr iation as posaible. He
claims to have seen instances where
Indian boys with running tubercu lar
sores were compelled to eleep with
has lkLr In aiann
The daily tribune., 1907-01-23
TAPPED SLOT MACHINES

TAPPED SLOT MACHINES
Three strangers last nizht made .
haul from some Of tho siot machines
In the saloons. The National Club
Astspped for between % and sl0 and
10 10 understood that some others
sprung . leak" Their scheme was
TO bore . hols In the sides Of ths
maohipss. insert . copper wire and
then stop che dial YsRistsr on The
larger pay sections. Nothina hss
been heard Of the tang sinos their op.
eratious Last night.
The daily tribune., 1907-01-23
LLIKEN MILL STORY
Is DOUBTED AT. VICTOR

Victor. Colo. Jan. as-Nothins is
known At the oiiioe Of the stratton' .
Independence Limited. hero Of an a..
legged proposition on the part Of John
T. Miliiksn to construct = quarter Of
. million dollar mill for this corpora.
tion. Philip Arsall. the expert
mstallursist Of Denver. wss given full
anthority at shs recent meeting Of the
stockholders Ia London on the mill
question. and has not complstsd bis
sxAminAtion Or made his report.
The daily tribune., 1907-01-23
ARMY ENGINEERS ARE
TO SURVEY CUBAN COAST

Omaha. Jan. 23-Orders bavo been
issued from heAqduArters of the de.
partment Of the Missouri At Omaha
that the battalion Of 800 engineers
now at Fort Riley, Kan. leave that
post Feb. 28. and 60 to Cuba. where
. survey Of the ooAst line and q
typographical map Of the island
will be made for use Of the United
Statts. Work on the bridge over
the Kaw river. on which the engi.
neers are now engaged. will be aus.
pented temporarily.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-03-30
DIVIDING UP BOOSTERS WORK
A Grand STAR 10 Made For the 1900.
oCC Colorado Club.

Denver.-Denver and the state Of
Colorado will be subdivida ed into dis
trictx the members Of the committee
Of TOO assigned to the captaincy Of
each district and closely organized
work started for the collection of Il e
500 900 necessary TO !uaugurate the
20 coo 600 population for Colorado"
campaign. The executive committee
Of the large committee met and decid-
ed upon this plan. The same idea will
be carried out as In the collection Of
the $3.50, coo fund for the Y NJ. C. A.
and the idea is by arousing rivalry be
tween the various captains OF districts
TO lend enthusiasm TO the money-set-
ting campaign.
DR.. Charles NJ. Heberton was in
vitee to Fort Collins by the chamber
Of commerce Of that town to deliver
an address this evening. He Is asked
to tell about the big advertising agita-
ton and is promised strong support by
the northern city.
The officers and executive commit
tee OF the Colorado State Commercial
Association also met Monday with
the same object in view. to devise
means for the effective advertising OF
the state. This will be dimcult task.
Already the association is besieged
with a thousand offers from publicity
companies. each Offering the one and
only way. A book company wants the
Endorsement OF the committee OF 100
for an edition de luxe OF Colorado and
promises to sell 10000 OF the books,
turning over to the committee SO for
each book sold, offering this as q
scheme to raise the necessary 500 ,0o6-
All such offers have, of course, been
turned down.
Letter heads on top OF which is the
caption 80 600 900 Population for Colo
RADIO" and bearing the names Of ever
member OF the committee Of 100 have
been printed and this stationery viii
be sent everywhere.
The Colorado State Commercial As
socIation has printed and is sending
out follow postals to 5000 inquirers
as the start of the advertising can
paign. The postals tell that 2o.0oh
farms have been added to COLORADO
within a year. that there are countless
opportunities for home end money
making, The inquirer is offered an
further information he may want.
Buckley Wells has been made ~
chairman of the committee OF 100 ir
place Of Frank j Hearne, deceased.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-03-30
Haywood Trial Again Put OF.

Boise, ldaho.-It is probable that the
frs. of the Meyer Haywood Petttbone
trials will not begin before May md
The preliminaries have taken mors
time than was expected when 1t was
announced that the first trial would
probably begin April 18th. 1t was def
initely agreed between the attorneys
for the state and the defense that
thirty days time should be given after
the disposal OF the preliminary motion
before the beginning OF the trial, and
as II will be several days before the
last OF the motions will be ruled upon.
It is wholly improbable that Haywood,
who will be the first of the defendants
tried, will be placed on trial next
month. The prisoners will again be
taken to Caldwell Monday. when Judge
Fremont Wood will give his ruling on
the motion for a change of Venue.
While the prosecution seems confident
the motion will be overruled it is con-
ceded that the defense made a strong
showing u favor OF change II the
motion is sustained II is certain that
Boise will be named as the place OF
trial.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-03-30
Breaks Silence Of Fourteen Years.

Chicago.-A dispatch 10 the Record
Herald from Charlotte. Michigan
says:
Silas Compton. aged seventy. was ar
rested al Athens, Pennsylvania, yes
terday, according to dispatches from
that city, charged with the murder Of
William Lampman Of Grand Lodge
Michigan. November IA. 1892. Th
warrant is based on an affidavit mad
by John Butcher. who has served -four,
teen years on life sentence at the
Jackson prison for the crime.
Butcher saws he has kept silent al
these years to protect his brothers
Frank and John. farmers, who. he
claims, were in the plot with Compton
to rob the old man, who was rich and
regarded as misery. He insists COM
ton was the slayer.
On the day of his arrest, John
Butcher made a confession. in which
he said he did the killing alone. but al
terward denied the admission.
Lampman lived alone in the edge OF
town: was seventy-eight years old and
pensioner His skull was battered
in and pair OF overails were used to
choke him to death.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-03-30
SITS BY THE WINDOW AND WATTS
Aged Ex-Governor Signs for Wife Who
viii Never Return.

Denyer-Fast approaching the end
OF long and useful life. with the death
angel lowering near the door, ex-Gov.
J. L. Routt sits in the home Of his SON
in-law, DR.. Edward o. Collins, 1920
Sherman avenue, in ignorance OF the
death of his wife. and hoping from day
to day to again see the helpmeet OF his
younger days and the companion OF
bis old age, SAYS the Denver Post. The
former chief executive OF Colorado has
not long to live. but the members OF
his family are keeping from him the
news of his wife's death, as 1t Is
thought the shock would prove too
much for the old man.
Governor Routt, although in fairly
good health, Is falling under the weight
OF years and is unable to leave his
room. While he suffers from no partic-
ular ailment, there is general physi-
cal breakdown which must ere long re
suit IN death.
After Mrs. Routts death last week,
Governor Routt frequently asked Tor
his wife and seemed troubled that she
did not come to his room to see him as
had been her custom. Finally, to re
ueye his mental anxiety, the members
OF the household told the failing old
man that his wife had gone to sani-
tarium in Boulder, where she would
remain for some time. This seemed
to satisfy the former governor and ne
sits all day looking from his window,
his mind evidently fixed on the be
loved wife whom he believes still lives
1t is hoped by the deception which
is being practiced on the lonely old
man. that his life may be prolonged
few months and his last days made
happier. No hint has yet reached him
Of even the serious Illness OF Mrs
Routt and he understands that owing
to some slight indisposition. she has
gone to seek sautiarium treatment.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-03-30
Three Negroes Killed in Gun Fight

Ngskogee. l T.-As result OF a
battle between federal authorities and
members Of the United socialists
club, a society ct negro fanatics bear
Ing commissions from Cincinnati de-
tectiye association, Policeman John
Cefald. was seriously shot: Guy
Fischer white. was wounded; three
negroes were killed and two more Sc
yerely wounded.
Cofeli was shot while serving a
writ Of eiccfmeut on the members OF
the society. who had taken possession
o, a house, refusing TO pay rent or
move, declaring their authority was
higher than that of the United States.
The entire city and marshal's force
was called out AMI attacked the house
in which the negroes were barricaded,
killing three There is no fear of
race riot The other negroes uphold
the officer s action.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-03-30
Would Come Under Colorado's Vino

Durango. Colo.-Believing that there
are not many OF the rights of govern
ment that can be gained by them from
the government of New Mexico, the cit
liens Of San Juan county. New Mexico,
have announced that they propose to
petition the Legislature of Colorado for
annexation to this state.
In their petition. which they intend
to present before the end Of the pres
ent legislative session. 1t Is set forth
that the people Of the San Juan county
have had no voice in the government
and are dissatisfied.
The county contains 1900, 900 acres
and had 1900 qualified voters at the
last election. The population is $500.
The petition asks that the President
and Congress memorialized to an.
mex this county under the name Of
Orchard county. A like petition Is to
be presented direct to the President
and Congress
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-03-30
Died With His Clothes on,

Denver. - Five minutes before
Charles B. AIKEN, scion Of family OF
pioneers, himself an argonaut of 1S49
in California and a ffty-niaer in Colo
RADIO, when asked by his daughter if be
would like little whisky as a stimu-
liant, smiled and asked: Did you ever
know me to refuse such an Offer"
Then the old man drank his whisky
and few minutes later died of heart
failure. He had been i'll a long time.
Recently, believing that the end was
near, the cheerful pioneer refused to
remove his clothes day or night. He
wanted to die in full dress, a desire
somewhat akin to that of many West
erners who insisted on dying with
their boots on. Death occurred last
week at the home OF his daughter, Mrs.
D. l. Robinson, 917 Twelfth street
Nearly two centuries ago Sir Charles
Bookins, Scotch-Irish Catholic, set
tied with others Of his faith In Mary.
land. Mr.. AIKEN was the last of the
line, the name of AIKEN having been
taken later. In every branch Of the
family one son was named Charles
Brookins, and recently Mr.. AIKEN was
notified that he was heir to a portion
of the Maryland estate descended
All ousu tue bTOOklnS family. his
forefathers had. been pioneers in every
state from Maryland to Illinois, and
when thirteen years old the deceased
accompanied his father across the
plains to Colorado and thence to Car
ifornia. That was in 1S49.
Passing through Colorado on this
trip, the father was favorably i'm
pressed with the country. On their
return from California, where fortune
had favored them, they stopped few
miles north of Denver and laid out the
town OF Boulder. Captain AIKEN cut
the first tree on the site Of Boulder,
the stump Of which is now q historical
relic in the Boulder courthouse.
Charles AIKEN was born in Rock
ford, Illinois, in 1886. At the age Of
eight years he moved with his family
into Missouri. On the return from
California, Captain AIKEN Influenced .
number Of settlers there to accompany
him. and the nrst pioneers from tho
Missouri valley pushed westward to
Colorado.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-03-30
Released from Asylum to Commit
Murder

New York.-Just released from an
asylum for the insane in Snakeville,
n J., Andrew Lindeblad, forty-two
years old, q matchmaker OF IL Tyson
Lane, Jersey City, killed himse<f and
his wife, I; rty years old. in their home
Monday afternoon. They had lived
happily for the score Ct years Of their
welded life, and Mira Lndeblad was
most devoted to her husband uring
the six months Of his stay in the asy-
lum
With the Lindeblad couple lived
their adughter. Alma, ten years old.
an Ella Skarman. aged eighteen. a
boarder. Both were away from home
yesterday and returned together at 10
o'clock. Entering the house from the
rear Miss Skarman stumbled over the
body OF Mrs. Lindeblad, and believing
that Lndeblad was still alive and in
the house, she and Alma came to the
home Of the neighbors, and a message
brought policemen from the Fourth
precinct station.
Lindeblad's body was found near
that OF his wife. H> had evidently
shot her in the cheek and then in the
left ear. the last bullet killing her He
had shot himself In the ear. Both had
been dead for hours.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-03-30
To Shoot Big Horn Rapids.

shoshoni. Wyo.-Messrs. Harmed
and Winnie, proprietors OF one Of
Shoshoni's blacksmith shops, are put.
ting the finishing touches upon a
boat with which they intend to float
through the canon Of the Big Horn
river. The boat Is a strongly built
skin Of the ordinary type. but is rein
forced with sheet iron and heavy sole
leather at the most vulnerable points.
The passage Of this canon is q feat
which has been assayed before, but has
always resulted disastrously. Several
lives have been lost in 4 vain at
tempt to make the passage The In.
dams have always regarded the place
with superstition. and the Indian name
Tor the canon Is the place OF Death"
For stretch Of about Ave or six
miles the canon has always been re-
garded rs absolutely impossible by
water. Besides boiling rapids and
vhilrpoo.s. there are sheer waterfalls.
and the course Of the river Is 30
crooked that the current sweeps
against the opposite walls with fright.
ful force
Harmed and White have been warned
BY all the old-timers in the country of
the dangers ahead Of them. but c.n.
not be dissuaded from making thu NJ.
tempt
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-03-30
Denver Trade Excuraion Extends
Route.

Denyer.-In order to adjust the itin-
erary properly. it has been found nee
essary to extend the trade excursion,
planned by the Denver merchants for
early April. TO a number OF towns not
at first contemplated in the schedule.
IL was strongly desired to avoid tray-
cling twice over the same route, If pos
sible, and to DO this. Thomas Scott
traffic manager of the Colorado Manu-
factur--s Association, who is making
out the itinerary, is now figuring on
running the special into Deadwood
over the Burlington and out over the
Chicago & Northwestern. This will
avoid duplication OF the route and will
allow the merchants to visit Lander,
Douglas, Casper and Shoshoni. none of
which had been originally contem-
plated.
Despite this increased distance of
700 miles, the trip will not cost any
more than at first announced, and
there is every probability that it will
cost even less. Mr.. Scott has taken up
the matter OF rates with the roads over
which the excursion will run. and from
present indications it seems probable
that fat rate of u cents a mile will
be granted. This will make the cost of
the trip considerably less than at first
figured and there should be a CORE
spondingly large number of new addi-
tions to the list of those who intend to
join the excursionists. This list is re-
ceiving daily additions, although no
special effort has been made yet to
make up .he final quota necessary. and
there seems little doubt but that the
required number will be gotten to
gether without difficulty.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-03-30
OLD SCOUT UNDER KNIFE.
Captain Silly McCabe Goes 80 Denver
to be Operated Upon.

Denver. Colo-Captain Billy Nc
Cabe of Fort Washable has come to
Denver to enter a hospital and submit
to an operation for the removal OF a
tumor. Captain McCabe is eighty-three
years OF age and has been in the serv-
ice OF the government continuously
for forty-lve years, beginning as a
scout In 1862. He Is now on the first
railroad journey he has undertaken In
thirty-two years. His last train ride
was in 1875. when he took kid" Tay-
lor. notorious desperate, to the ter
ritorial peaitentiary in Laramie.
Captain McCabe came west in 1852
and was employed as a pony express
rider. In 1862 be became a govern
ment scout and campaigned under Col
onol Woodruff, Captain Bates and Gen.
eral Cook. He took part in the Ari.
zona and New Mexico campaign, in
which Kit Carson acted as guide. AL.
together Captain McCabe engaged in
forty-one Indian engagements, in sew
eral OF which he was wounded. In
1872 he and a party OF companions
were ambushed by Indians in Red
canon. and he was the sole survivor
OF the fight. At the first fire he be.
gan to roll stones into a breast-work k
and from behind this he fought the
Indians single handed for several
hours. killing six OF them. The re-
naming. discouraged by the accuracy
of his fire, withdrew.
During the past decade Captain Nc
Cabe has been employed by the gov
ernment at Fort Washable. which is
10 te abandoned May LIST, when he will
probably etire from the federal serv,
ice,
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-03-30
Angry Mob Lynches a Negro

Florence, Ala.-Cleveland Harding
q negro, who attacked Mrs. Ben F.
Rice near here Friday, was lynched by
800 citizens, including his intended vic
TINS husband. Tied to a tree, the
negro was riddled with bullets, the
first shot being fired by Rice. Follow
ing this, every man in the crowd emp.
tied his revolver at the prisoner.
The negro was captured yesterday
and was taken before Mrs. Rice, who
tainted at sight of him. Upon recov.
sring she fully identified her assaiL
ant, and, upon being asked what
should be done with him. told the ne.
gro's captors to do as they thought
best
Beyond confessing his guilt the ne.
gro had nothing to say. and seemed
Indifferent as to his fate.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-03-30
cokine Coal Discovered in Wyoming

Buffalo. Wyo.-A discovery which
means untold wealth and possibilities
for this section of the state and the
Northwest has just been made near
here. II Is that coking coal OF high
class quality and of immense quaAti-
ties exists in this country extending
from Rock creek. three miles north OF
Buffalo. running in souiheasterly d.
rection a distance of about eight
miles The vein is eight feet thick
and the samples represent a very pure
Ignite On account Of its low ash
content and it's remarkably low per-
centage Of moisture, 1t must be re-
garded as an excellent specimen Of
this class Of coal.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-03-30
Mountain Sheep Become Oomesticated

Georgetown. Colo. - Visitors to
Georgetown are being entertained by a
band OF mountain sheep which daily
feed on the east side of Republican
and Democrat mountains The scar
city OF feed on the west side of the
mountains has caused the animals to
travel in this direction. and on num-
Der OF occasions of late they have
come almost within the corporate linn
its. Generous citizens have placed
salt near the base OF the mountains
and the sheen frequently visit these
places A band OF forty-one was
counted few days ago, which Is be-
lieved to be the greatest number run
ming together in Colorado.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-03-30
Colorado Farm Lands In Demand.

Pueblo.-Farming and orchard lands
worth 100000, near Manzanola, east of
Pueblo. have been disposed Of during
the past fortnight, the largest part be-
ing purchased by outsiue investors.
One company OF this city made the fol
lowing sales:
To Mr.. Gardener of Nebraska, $50
acres Of beet and melon land, between
Manzanola and Fowler. for $33, 500; to
Rev. T. S. Wheeler Of Trinidad, leo
acres Of orchard and farming land for
$1,000; to Mrs Minnie Lang Of Chey-
enne Wells. ten acres Of orchard for
$4,000; to DIR. F. c. McMofris of Deo.
YER. ten acres Of orchard for S11oo.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-03-30
Uncle George Dewey Moves

Washington, D. c. - Admiral and
Mrs. George Dewey have decided to
move from their residence, 1747 Rhode
Island avenue, to Mrs. Dewey's old
home at Sixteenth and X streets. They
will rent the house they now occupy.
This Is the house which was presented
70 the admiral by a number of Ameri
cans as token of their appreciation
Of the valor displayed in the battle of
Manila bay.
TIE Dewey house at Sixteenth and
X streets is much more commodious
and comfortable, and will enable the
admiral and Mrs. Dewey to arrange 50
cial functions in keeping with their
wishes.