davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-06-06
Lightning Kills Two.

Byers, Colo.-Wihle herding a
small bunch of ewes and lambs Mark
Allen was struck by lightning and in
stantly killed. He was working for G.
A. Snow, a wealthy ranchman whose
ranch is three miles south of Byers.
When the rain began Mr. Snow started
out to help him in with the sheep.
When he got within 800 yards of Al
len he saw the lightning strike him
down. The boy was thirteen years old
and son of George w Allen. ranch
man living one mile from Byers.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-06-06
THE REWARD OF PATIENCE.
High Line Ditch to Finally to Be
Improved

Denyer.-After more than a quarter
of a century the and owners who
pinned their faith to the High Line
ditch for water supply are to be re-
warded. and within year, instead of
receiving a full supply of water for
two months and scant supply during
the rest of the year, they will have an
absolute supply the year round.
Fifteen years ago Bradford Du Bois
and C. G. Richardson, tramped through
the mountains along the Platte river
and tributaries, locating a reservoir
site on Goose creek, just above the
great Cheesman dam, and another site
known as the Antero site, thirty-five
miles north of the Cheesman dam. AL
most Immediately thereafter Mr..
Richardson, who was the controlling
owner in the ditch enterprise, died !;
his estate was taken into the courts
where it still is, incidentally-and the
entire enterprise received what was
for sometime thought to be death
blow
1t had no sooner been started on
the road to recovery when the panic
of 1898 nearly finished it; since that
time it has been struggling along, be-
hind it few faithful ones who refused
to give up.
Among these faithful ones, none
worked harder for final success than
Bradford Dubois. and it was he that
gave out the information yesterday
that enough money had been subscribed
TO insure the building of the two reser-
voirs, sites for which he and Mr.. Rich
ardson located so many years ago.
Mr. Dnpps said. ssrTba uiah IN a
ditch enterprise is now being rejuven-
ated- in fact. 1t is rejuvenated and
the work of building our two reservoirs
will be started very soon and carried
to an early completion There are 450
users. owning 24.0OO acres; we will
now be in a posistion to take on 5000
more acres, and will do it at $40 an
| acre; and 1t will not cost present pa
irons more than So an acre for addi-
tional rights-perhaps it will not cost
more than $500.
Our Antero reservoir will have a
capacity of 5000 OO0, 900 cubic feet of
water and our Goose Creek Creek
reservoir will have a capacity of l.
| 500, 900, 900 cubic feet
| Our reservoir rights have presce-
| dence over the Cheesman dam water
rights. The High Line ditch is east
OF the city; it was begun in 1877 and
completed in 1879.
| With the completion of our new
reservoir we will have practically un-
limited water supply, and where our
present users are getting all the water
they want for only two months Of the
year. they will have all the water they
want twelve months in the year. We
Will have one of the best water propo-
sitions in the state-and the most val
uable."
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-06-06

intendent Of the Bunker Hill mine dur
ing the Occur d'Alene troubles in 1899.
Bradley quit the Occur d'Alenes
when the bull pens were abolished and
took up his residence in San Francisco
One morning about two years ago, an
explosion occurred as he opened the
front door of his home. He was Sc
verely injured and the house was dam
aged.
Orchard told Mcfarland that he had
been delegated by the inner circle of
the Western Federation of Miners to
kill Bradley and that he had placed a
bomb in such position that Bradley
would explode 1t when he opened the
front door of his house.
The state is gathering its array of
witnesses, squads of them being as
signed to the care of Pinkerton detec-
tives. 1t is estimated that there are
now in Boise fifty of the $50 witnesses
summoned by the state. Even with
this excess Of care which the state is
bestowing on the witnesses. reports
are circulated which indicate that they
are causing considerable trouble and
no little annoyance to the sleuths. One
of the states most important wit
nesses is Lottie Day. keeper of re-
sort at Cripple Creek She escaped
the sleuths, and. it is understood, took
the afternoon train back to Colorado.
She was subpoenaed to tell of a con-
versation with Orchard in relation to
the acts of violence committed in the
Cripple Creek district.
Counsel for the defense was in
creased by the arrival of Attorney Pc
ter Breen of Butte. a former member
of the Western Federation and sur
vivor of the Coeur d'Alene bull pen.
Breen was an active participant in the
clashes in northern Idaho and is well
acquainted with the conditions and the
persons arrayed on the other side. He
exchanged greetings with Attorney
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-06-06

Hawley, who fifteen years ago was
counsel for the federation and ap-
peared for him in the several trials fol
lowing the early troubles.
In the person of one Lloyd, Pink
erton agent, Breen recognized Harry
Allison, who joined the Miners union
at Gem, Idaho. during the strike, and
became secretary of that union. An
other of Allison's aliases is Seringo.
His occupation here is to act as body
guard for the manager of the Pinker-
ton sleuths.
Some fears are expressed as to the
chances of the jury withstanding the
long strain of the trial Among the
twelve men in the box more than half
are more than sixty years of age, three
have passed the seventy mark, and the
average is about fifty-eight. With the
exception of one, the jury is composed
of farmers, who are used to outdoor
life, and the confinement is already be-
ginning to tell on some who have sat
for more than two weeks.
Boise, Idaho.-It seems almost be-
yond the range of possibility at this
time that the Haywood jury will agree.
Then what?
Will the accused be released. rear
rested and turned over to Colorado
authorities for trial on conspiracy
charges In that state, or will an at.
tempt be made to secure another jury
for rehearing of the Steunenburg
murder charge in Boise?
These are the questions that are up
permost in the minds of those most
vitally interested in the result of the
trial now in progress. The situation
is remarkable in many ways.
Three men are indicted. Three men
are to be tried. They are charged with
conspiracy and completely in the mur.
der of a former chief executive Of a
state, the entire population of which
does not exceed that of Denver.
The history of the labor troubles
leading to the death of this one-time
governor is known by heart to nearly
every man, woman and child in Idaho
A majority of those eligible for jury
duty have firmly rooted conviction
that the federation officials are either
innocent or guilty.
Three weeks have gone by and a
jury has not yet been secured in the
most populous county in the state,
They will be compelled to base their
verdict largely upon circumstantial
evidence. They will hear the testi
mony of Harry Orchard, the nature of
which. It is promised, will be startling
in the extreme.
All the 100000 inhabitants of Idaho
will read the disclosures Orchard will
make. They will base opinions on
what he tells the court and jury. In
the very nature of things. these read
ers will be disqualified for jury duty.
How, then, can a jury be obtained
in any county of the state either to
retry Haywood, in case the present
jury disagrees, as predicted, or to sit
in judgment upon Meyer or Pettibone
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-06-06
stacd.rd OH Fined $500, 900.

Washington.-The decision Of =
Texas jury, hning the Waters-Pierce
Oil Company over million and naii
dollars for its violations OF the anti
trust law and cancelling Its permit 10
do business In the state, is considered
hero such a severe blow tn the stand
ard Oil trust that 1t may force the
corporation to dissolve before the fed
eral governments cases against it can
be heard.
The action is one OF deep signih-
canoe. 1t comes at time when the
Supreme Court of Missouri has before
It the report of its special commits
sioner, which finds that the same Wa
ters-Pierce Oil Company has been vio-
lating the anti-trust law of that state,
and recommends that its permit be
cancelled.
Although there has been very little
doubt as to the action the Missouri Su-
preme Court will take, 1t is believed
the Texas decision will prompt quicker
action.
The oil trust is treading perfect
labyrinth of legal prosecutions. ONO,
Texas and Missouri have attacked It
under state antitrust laws. The fed
eral government is prosecuting 1t un-
der the Elkins rebate law OF Illinois,
Tennessee. Missouri and New York.
II has been found guilty in Chicago
and is now awaiting the infllction or
sentence by Judge Lands. Under the
law the minimum fines must reach
$1,000. 900. II the limit Is imposed the
Standard will have to pay $4,000, 600
This circuit Judges OF the Eighth cir
crt., have just heard arguments on the
demurrer of the Standard OIL to the
governments bill, asking for dissolu-
tion. An early decision is expected.
The court will then appoint commits
sioner to take testimony. The depart
ment of justice will use its best en-
deavor to bring the case to speedy
conclusion.
In Ohio the state authorities are
pushing the oil trust in civil and crimi-
nal proceedings. The Circuit Court
has just given black eye to the trust
by ruling that the Circuit Court of
Hancock county, which fined the Stan
dard $4,000, had jurisdiction. The
question will be fought out in the Su-
preme Court.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-06-06
Weather Kills MANY.

Chicago-The weather has been the
undertakers' greatest friend for the
flrst fve months of the present year.
according to the statement of mortality
ior tnat period. issued by W. A. Evans,
M. d., commissioner of health for Chi
cago.
People have been dying in Chicago
curing the period named at the alarm
ing average of about 105 4 day.
All told. there were 15,103 deaths re-
ported to the bureau of vital statistics.
rms means an annual mortality rate
OF lLS2 thousand of the estimated
population. This is one-sixth. or 16.7
per cent, higher than the rate for the
corresponding period of last year. and
f5.4 per cent. higher than the average
Of the previous decade.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-06-06

The telegraph does not reach every
where. News arrived in London early
lin April that there had been a
nght last December between British
soldiers and natives on the west coast
Of Lake Tchad. in central Africa, dur
Ing which II men were killed and AZ
wounded. 1t took more than three
months Tor the particulars of the
struggle to reach civilization and a
telegraph line.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-06-06

According to the report OF the min
lister of mines and forests, the yield
Of gold in Victoria for the year 1905
amounted to S10,050 ounces gross, or
747,166 ounces fine, representing a
value of approximately $15,900,000.
The total output since the first dis
covery to the end of 1905 amounts to
68, ,367, ,403 ounces gross. with an esti-
mated value of $3.50, 100000.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-06-06

Salvador has sent a sensible man to
minister said the other day that the
Salvadorean and the citizens of the
other Central American countries are
getting tired of war. They realize,
he says. that If all the money spent
for slaughter and the qualification of
selfish ambitions of some individuals
had been turned to the building OF
good roads. schools and other instru.
mentalities of civilization, Central
America would comprise one united,
prosperous and happy nation to-day.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-06-06

Not only does Henry vanness of
Rockville. Conn. enjoy the distinction
Of being the only negro railroad con-
duotor in the country, but he has also
The honor of being one Of the men
who have been longest In continuous
railroad service in the country, having
been employed as conductor for 43
years without break. He has been
employed on the New York, New
Haven & Hartford railroad since it
was opened to traffic in 1863.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-06-06

The only English woman admitted
by royal decree in recent years to
any of the ancient orders of chivalry
Is Queen Alexandra, who is Lady of
the Garter. AS such her majesty
wears the broad ribbon of the Gar
ter over her left shoulder on state oc-
sasions, the star upon the left shoul-
der, and when the Garter Is worn
at all 1t is clasped upon the left arm
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-06-06
Gold discovery Makes No Difference.


Denver.-Claims that gold running
S2S ton and of coal of high grade un-
derlying the rich farming lands in the
neighborhood of Semper. apparently
had but little effect on the jury which
has been hearing the condemnation
suit brought by the Farmers. Reser-
voir and Irrigation Company. At
Golden the jury decided that the land
Is worth S67.50 an acre, and no more,
and unless an appeal to higher court
results in a change, the Midway Real
Estate and Coal Company, composed
of farmers who own the lands wanted
for reservoir site, will have to sell
their holdings at this sum per acre.
The farmers who were parties to the
suit opposing the reservoir company
are w. r. Churchill, Frederick Wick
and William F. Smith.
These men claimed that their land is
worth at least $3.50 an acre for agricul-
tural purposes, and few days ago,
as result of drilling for coal. an
nounced that the drills, at depth of
something over 700 feet. had pene-
trated a blanket vein of gold ore as
saying s2S ton. News of the find ere
ated mild excitement, and for a few
days geological experts were busy af-
nrming and denying that such find
was possible.
Around Semper and Bloomfield.
towns nearest the supposed gold lands,
farmers began to talk in millions and
speak slightingly of the returns from
wheat and corn. Now they are all back
to the plow and the indications are that
before long If the irrigation company
carries out its plans, the gold find''
will be covered with few score feet
OF water as reservoir site.
The farmers most concerned have
maintained that the Farmers Reser-
voir and Irrigation Company never in
tended TO build reservoir. but was in
reality anxious to get possession OF
the land because of the coal beds un-
derlying it. This is denied by the
company, which states that work will
begin on dam as soon as title to the
site Is secured.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-06-06
aa,her Rot in Jail.

Colorado Springs.-"I'll stay In Jail
until | rot before | tell them where
the books are, unless they pay me
wnat is due me first" declares Miss
Exine e. Fuller. young. handsome and
determined, now confined in jail for
contempt of court for refusal to give
up the hooks of mining company of
which she has been secretary.
She was brought into court because
she refused to surrender the books of
the Mary Murphy Mining Company,
which she acknowledged to be in her
possession. Miss Fuller is bookkeeper
at the Hayman market. IA South TETON
street, and was employed to keep
books for the mining company during
her spare time Edward Jones, secre-
tary of the company. alleges that he
demanded the books but when he en-
deavored to get them he found them
missing.
Miss Fuller claims about $50 salary
for work done on the books. When the
mining company demurred to immedi-
ate payment of this sum. Miss Fuller
is alleged to have informed the officers
that as long as payment was deferred
just SO long would they seek in vain
for the books. She admits that their
whereabouts is known to her and to
her only.
The matter got into the courts when
Jones had issued from Justice Ruby a
writ of replevin demanding the books
from Miss Fuller. When the writ was
served on Miss Fuller at the Hayman
market by Constable w. P. Orrabee,
she read the document, looked at the
constable and decided that it would
take more than the strong arm Of the
law to force her to reveal the hiding
place of the books until the $50 was
forthcoming. She refused to turn them
over as ordered in the writ.
Accordingly warrant for her arrest
was issued and she was brought into
court for explanation. She explained.
All there was to it was that she
wanted the salary and until the salary
was paid the books would not be
found. jail or no jail. Neither court
nor counsel could persuade Miss Fuller
to give up the books demanded by the
mining company, and with head erect
and a look of determination on her
countenance she heard the sentence OF
the court that she be incarcerated in
Jail until she would turn over the books
of the Mary Murphy Mining Company
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-06-06

Though she is not yet a social
bud" Miss Helen Taft has been
nicknamed the tulip girl by her
close friends. The title had its origin
In her fondness for certain style of
dressing. The daughter OF the secre.
tary of war is almost II and will
come out" in the last winter of the
Roosevelt administration. She is a
classmate of Miss Ethel Roosevelt in
the cathedral school, Miss Taft has
been in the orient and can rattle off
Filipino phrases.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-06-06

Consul w. II. Bradley of Manches-
ter sends a statement signed by the
officials of the British United Tex
tile Factory Workers association.
warming laborers not to flock to that
city for employment as every depart
ment in the several mills is working
to its fullest capacity, and there is
no scarcity OF adult mill labor.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-06-06

A Frenchman has invented a pro-
cess of subjecting oats. wheat, rye
and other cereals to currents Of hot
air, which preserves them from mold
French scientists claim that the IN
vention has great practical value In
wheat producing countries, where
mold causes immense loss during
transportation.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-06-06

The American minister to Spain,
Mr.. Collier. and Mrs. Collier. on
Wednesday entertained at gala din
ner at Madrid the German. Russian
and British Ambassadors, nearly all
the other members of the diplomatic
corps and the leading members OF
Madrid society.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-06-06
HAYWOOD JURY
PART OF ORCHARDS CONFESSION
coRRosoRATED. SAYS
PROSECUTION.
$50 WITNESSES TO TESTIFY
Belief Expressed That Jury Cannot Be
Found In Idaho That Will
Agree-What Ten?
Haywood Jury Completed.

haywood jury Completed.
Boise. Idaho.-The jury to try VIII
liam d. Haywood on a charge of muir
dering Ex-Governor Steunenburg, has
been completed and sworn in. The last
man chosen was o. V. Sebern, a
farmer, living near Boise.
The defense exhausted its last per-
emptory challenge by excusing Alfred
Eoff, a retired banker. who admitted
that he would go into the box with an
opinion, but who was nevertheless
passed by Judge Wood.
The Jury.
Thomas B. Cess, real estate; Finley
Mclean, rancher: Samuel d. Gilman,
farmer; Daniel Clark, farmer; George
Powell, rancher; o. v. Sebern, farmer;
II. F. Messecar, farmer; Lee Scriv-
ener, farmer; ]. A. Robertson, farmer !:
Levi Smith, carpenter; A. P Burns,
retired rancher; Samuel F. Russell,
farmer.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-06-06

The cold weather which prevailed
all over Europe last winter is making
a tremendous demand for fuel 1t is
not merely in Russia and North Ger
many. says the London Statist, that
the cold has been intense. In SOUTH
ern Italy. southern Russia and at Con-
stantinople the frost has been un-
usually severe.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-06-06

Perhaps the most famous OF all the
skippers on the Atlantic to-day is Capt
Karl Kaempff. commander of the great
Hamburg-American speed record
breaker Deutschland. Capt. Kaempff,
or. as his friends prefer to call him.
Commodore Kaempff. has been fol-
lowing the sea for nearly 40 years.
and yet he iD only a little over 81
years of age.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-06-06

A marriage epidemic In a Pennsyi-
vanja town threatens to close the
schools for lack OF teachers who have
succumbed to its ravages. And there
is no amount of theory, educational
system of legislation which will Keep
Cupid from interfering with the best
laid plans of school boards and peda-
gogical experts.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-06-06

A New York woman has been par
alyzed while listening at the teie-
phone. Some one must have cut
loose at central for sure.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-06-06

1t has been computed that there are
$4,000. .00o.o 900 in gold and jewels at
the bottom OF the sea on the route
between England and India
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-06-06

The Massachusetts statesman who
says that everybody ought TO take a
months rest does not provide for the
numerous people who cannot be per-
suaded to do months work
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-06-06

Boise. Idaho.-After good nights
rest, William ID. Haywood, the secre-
tary and treasurer of the Western Fed
Grafton of Miners. was apparently com
pletely restored Monday morning and
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1907-04-18

Big Fork Compass:-The only and
original Bob Dunn talked sense when
he said:-"There has been a great
deal said and written about state
development. Good roads and drain
age will solve that problem and solve
it right for all time to come. A mile
Of good highway is worth more to
the state than ton Of advertising
matter printed in three colors and
five languages. There is no sense in
spending money to induce people to
locate in northern Minnesota under
present conditions. Settlers will not
remain in country where they
would have to use boats or airships
to get on and off their lands
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1907-04-18

The Frazee Free Press has this
pointed paragraph to offer its read
ers: AT this time of the year people
are mutually discussing in their
minds the question, where shall we
buy our goods? AS our answer to
this important problem we refer
them to the advertising columns in
this issue. In our columns will be
found proclamation from all the
principal business houses in the
village. Never trade with man
who does not advertise, if you want
nice. fresh, clean goods at reason
able price. Find a man who does
not advertise, and you will find a
man who is as rusty and old-fash-
Toned as the goods which he is try
ing to SELL
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1907-04-18

What does the average farmer
think Of s., 500 gross being produced
off six acres of North Dakota land?
That's what Hauser Bros. did in 1905
and again in 1906. The Hauser Bros.
are picklerS. They raised among
other things six acres Of cucumbers
The gross sales of the six acres come
to So, 500. The land lies three miles
west of Fargo between a lake and
Sheyenne river. No irrigation and
no drainage The cost of the entire
production and picking was less then
$500. These men raised an acre Of
cabbage worth $500 They sold $50
bushels Of tomatoes off small patch
and recel 'ed an average Of seventy
five cents a busllel. Last year they
set out 500 plum trees and will plant
more this year. Still the land on
which such crops grow are listed at
less than 800 per acre. Fargo
Forum.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1907-04-18

The Sank Centre Herald publishes
d list of over twenty oc6ogenarians
who reside in that city. And yet
Frank M. Eddy has decided to move
away from that town, with it's foun-
tain of perpetual youth, and take up
his abode in Cass Lake, where all
the good die young. Last week Mr..
Eddy, severed his connection with the
Herald, to the regret Of all the news
paper men Of the state. Mr. A. NJ
Wells, of Red Wood Falls, is the new
man at the helm Of said paper Mr.
EDDY it is asserted will be appointed
to the position of register or receiver
of the Cass Lake land office.