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The Elbert County tribune., 1907-05-23
WONDERFUL IMPROVEMENTS
COMING.
rhs Breath Of Progress 10 Waited Over
Mountain and Plain.


Denver.-A contract for building an
electric line from Englewood TO Rox-
borough Park. by way of Littleton,
was let yesterday to Joseph A. Osner,
. railroad contractor. by II. w. Hart
man and others interested in the propo-
sition. Grading work will commence
Thursday, and the line will be COM
pleted to Littleton by August 1st-
Power will be obtained from the Den
yer Tramway plant. and the Tramway
tracks will be used from Englewood
to the center of Denver.
The Great Western Railway Com
pany. a subsidiary of the Great West
ern Sugar Company. has let a contract
for building fourteen miles of line from
Offlcer to Windsor to Joseph A Osner.
This line will act as connecting link
for the Great Western lines now in op-
Grafton. The work will be completed
by September LIST.
Dozens of men are being sent daily
from Denver to Sulphide. along the
line Of the Colorado & Northwestern
railway, to work on a series of reser-
voirs to be built by the Eastern Colo
rado Power Company. Four hundred
men and almost as many teams will be
employed. The company is invading
the territory of the Northern Colorado
Power Company, and a rate war will
no doubt ensue when the reservoirs
and power plants are completed, April
l, 1908.
The interurban line running south
from Denver to Roxborough Park.
about twenty miles from the city, near
the mouth OF Platte canon. will no
build up the country between Denver
and Littleton, and will be a paying
proposition. Roxborough Park, nat
ural beauty spot is owned by the syn
dicate building the electric line, and
will be made a beautiful summer re-
sort. The park will not be opened up
until next summer.
Thomas b. Doane of the Denver I'm
ion Water Company and many other
Denver men are connected with the
scheme.
The Great Western Sugar Company
is gradually adding to its lines in the
northern part of the state, and now has
almost cobwebbed the sugar beet dis
trict. The proposed line from officer
to Windsor will give direct connec-
tions from Lonemont to Windsor and
other towns. The company is building
its lines SO that it will be able to send
beets from one factory to another, as
they are required.
The Eastern Colorado Power Com
pany proposes spending 81 100000 in
building reservoirs and a power plant
near Sulphur on Middle Boulder creek.
The Northern Colorado Power Com
pany is building a power plant at La
fayette, a short distance from Sulphide.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-05-23
Had a Hole in Her Stocking.

Taunton, Mass.-"Just like finding
it." said Miss Nellie F. Heaiy. shop
girl. as she picked up a roll of bills
containing $50 in Main street.
How careless." calculated Police
man Morris as he picked up $40 not far
away.
Il need IT," declared Captain Walker
as he lifted $40 bill.
Farther down the street James Nc.
Mahon, as he scooped a $40 gold piece,
turned to Mrs. Joseph Chambers and
said: 'Is this yours, madam"
Il don't know" said Mrs. Chambers.
Il had one. Wait-Ill see."
She stepped into doorway, thrust
her hand beneath her skirts and turned
pale.
Heavens" she said 81 put $40
in my stocking when / came down
shopping this morning and it's all
gone"
Later she recovered the money from,
the police and Miss Nellie Healy, who
got reward.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-05-23
Lie Imprisonment for Maynard.

Alliance. Neb.--The jury in the case
Of Roy Maynard, a Denver boy who
shot and killed Roy b. Barnes. proprie-
tor of the Burlington eating house.
here last winter, returned a verdict of
life Imprisonment.
The trial began Friday afternoon
and the case was given to the.jury Sat
urday night.
1t was alleged by Barnes that May
nard, who had been working for him.
tapped the till and be refused to pay
Maynard nine days wages which was
due him. After discharging Maynard,
Barnes attempted to eject him from the
place. whereupon Maynard opened the
door and shot Barnes three times. In
stantly killing him.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-05-23
Farmers Object to TaiIinss.

Colorado Springs, Colo.-An injunc-
tion suit ahd actions for damages are
imminent against the various reduction
mills OF Colorado City because of the
dumping Of thousands of tons of tall
ings daily in Fountain creek. The farm
ers OF Fountain valley between Colo
RADIO Springs and the town of Fountain
have banded themselves together for
protection.
Their contention Is that the cyanide
and other chemical solutions are slowly
but surely killing the crops and turn
ing thousands of acres of fertile land
into a desert. They also contend that
the mill tailings. which consist wholly
Of pulverized granite. contain no plant
food, and is also running the land
They claim that the sediment com
pletely fills their bitches in twenty
four hours. and Just now. when water
Is badly needed, they cannot get water
on their land. A conference is being
held with the mill managers, and IL
this should not prove satisfactory, the
farmers say they will Immediately apl
peal to the courts.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-05-23
To stpp Sunday Funerals.

Denver.-Another crusade aghInst
the Sunday funeral in Denver is on,
and 1t remains TO be seen whether it
will meet the same fate "A similar
movement of several years ago did.
That crusade came to naught, after
weeks of agitation, Notwithstanding
the fact that the undertakers of the
city generally and the cemetery au-
thorities were in favor of IL.
In spite of this discouragement, w
G. Thompson, an undertaken, has
placed the ban on Sunday burials. He
has issued a card in which he an
nounces that he will refuse to conduct
funerals on the Lords day, except TO
comply with the health laws and when
private interments are requested.
1t is bold movement, for people
Of certain classes are in favor OF Sun
day burials. 1t gives the friends Of
the family an opportunity to be pres
ent, and also permits of a display that
is not possible on week day. In the
argument against Sunday interments,
Mr.. Thompson has this to say:
1T disturbs the sacred quiet of the
Lords day. 1t attracts people with
morbid curiosity to the cemetery. 1t
creates a desire for display and motor
iety- 1t forces kindred people to
greater expense on account OF publ.
city. Cemetery employees, liverymen,
funeral directors and all others, direct
ly and indirectly connected with the
interment, have as sacred a duty as
others to observe the day of rest"
The support of undertakers and
everybody else in the city Is asked.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-05-23
Twentx.two Are Indicated.

Observation-Disclosures against twenty
TWO persons involved in the timber
and coal land frauds have been
returned by the federal grand
jury. and Judge Lewis imme-
diately issued bench warrants
for the arrest of those con-
cerned. Bail in each case was fixed at
$500 but the names of the persons in
dicted are being withheld until the
United States marshal's Office has had
time to serve the warrants and take
the indicted into custody
1t is said that all of the persons
indicted are outside Denver.
That at least one big corporation do
ing business in this city fears the out
come of the jnry's deliberations is evil
dent from the presence of two of its
agents who stayed yesterday about the
corridors of the federal building try
ing every means to learn the names of
those who were named in the indiet
ments.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-05-23
VICE ON ISTHmUS
YOUNG AMERICAN GIRLS HELD IN
SLAVERY AND DlsHoNoR.
SALOON TO EVERY MILE POST
Editor Ferguson Returns From Pan
anna and Tells Some Very Vivid
Stories OF Misdoings by Govern
ment Employees.

ment Employees.
That young American girls are held
in slavery In disorderly houses in tho
Panama cana, zone is the charge made
by William p. F. Ferguson, editor OF
the Defender, New York Prohibition
paper. who addressed the weekly meet
ing OF the Methodist ministers In Dem
yer recently.
AS a result OF his disclosures, there
is developing movement OF protest
that will reach Washington in a short
time. backed by the churches OF the
entire country.
Ferguson spent a month on the 18TH
mus looking into conditions of vice,
and his charges are summed up as fol-
lows:
Land owned by the government il
leased to owners OF disorderly houses.
with full knowledge of the purposes
for which the property is used.
Such places are in control OF syn
dicate OF Americans and Panamians.
who make a business of procuring
young girls from the states.
One OF the largest places of this de-
scription on the isthmus is owned by
ernor of Colon.
One of the leading officials of the
panama railroad, which Is owned by
the United States. has just completed al
three-story building In Colon, which is
used for immoral purposes.
Conditions on the isthmus are
shocking" said Mr.. Ferguson. Sec
retary Taft. in reply to the arraign-
ment OF Poultney Bigelow some time
ago, said there were no immoral
houses in the canal zone. That was
true only as far as public places are
concerned. ! found In my investiga-
ton that there were many such dens
run under cover, but with the lSnowl-'
edge of the authorities. Outside of the
canal zone the wde-open policy pre-
walls, and can scarcely paint the hor-
ribfe picture. Vice runs rampant. |
saw American girls who are practically
held in slavery by syndicate. which
Is composed of Americans and Pana-
mians. In more than one town found
such places Immediately adjoining
school houses"
Land owned by the government Is
under lease to owners OF these dens.
and In some cases officials connected
with the government are interested in
them. For example. an Official of the
Panama railroad has Just finished a
three-story house in Colon, which IL
being used as a disorderly house.
I'm the canal zone there is an aver
| age OF one saloon to every miiepost.
the number being fifty. There were 1902
saloons, but the number has been cut
down arbitrarily one-half. but there are
still too many
"The saloons are the only ioafing
place for the Americans employed in
building the canal, the government
clubhouses not yet being completed. .
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-05-23
Abe Ruef Pleads Guilty.

San FranciSco. Calm voice SO
low that II could hardly be heard in the
intense silence of the court room. Abe
Ruef. the notorious San Francisco
boss, before Judge Dunno. pleaded
guilty to the charge of conspiracy
brought against him in connection with
the bribery of the city's supervisors.
Ruef came into court so weak and
worn he could hardly stand. Since his
arrest and the inyincihle case that
had been built against him by District
Attorney Langdon and his assistants,
Ruef has become discouraged The
efforts OF friends TO instilI cour-
age into him have failed completely
and his defiant mood was soon
hanged.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-05-23
Minister conger Dead.

Pasadena. Cal.-E. II. Conger, former
minister of China and later ambassador
to Mexico, died here May 18th.
Daily for week Mr.. Conger had
grown weaker, and 1t was known that
he had but few days to live.
The family was at his bedside when
the end came. Chronic dysentery was
the direct cause of death.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-05-23
Made a FACE and is Jailed.

Berlin.-A tipsy laborer named
Bruenning. who one morning last No
yember put out his tongue at thel
Kaiser as his majesty went past in an,
automobile. has just been condemnedl
10 nine months Imprisonment
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-06
'ENRAGED. FARMERS
Subject Occupants Of Auto
mobile to MANY Indignities
HAD RUN OVER A BOY
We're Forced to Stand and Wit
ness Distinctions of Car
Were Ridiculed by the Farmers who
Refused To Furnish Them With a
Conveyance With Which 60 Reach
Their Homes-Accidcnt Said To
Have Been Unavoidable.

Chicago, August 3.-Mobbed by
farmers after their big touring car
had accidentally run over a little boy
S. B. Chaplin, millionaire broker and
two women companions, one of whom
was Mr.. Chapin's wife, are said to
have been driven from the auto in the
vicinity OF Deerfield, Ills, forced TO
stand and look on while the big auto
mobile was incinerated in a big bon
fire that the farmers built under Il and
then compelled them TO walk two
miles through the country before they
could find an accommodating driver
who would take them TO the Mooraine
Hotel in Highland Park.
These statements wcle made by cit
izens at Deerfield today to clear up the
mystery of the destruction of a large
touring car last Saturday about which
little can be learned on account of the
manner in which the owners of the car
guarded the accident.
1t was stated on goodauthority to-
young Louis Swift, son OF the million
aire packer, S. b. Chaplin, a member OF
the brokerage firm of S. B. Chaplin &
Co. with offices in the stock exchange
building in Chicago, and No. 667 Fifth
avenue, New York, Mrs. Chaplin and
young woman who has been visiting
as guest at the Chaplin summer resi-
dence in Lake Geneva.
1t was stated on good authority to-
farmers burned the big automobile
they jeered the members OF the party
who refused to furnish them with a
conveyance with which to return 10
their homes and declined to even sell
a horse and vehicle at any price.
The running down of the boy is said
to have been entirely accidental and
unavoidable upon the part OF the auto
party. 1t is said that as soon as the
accident took place the automobilists
stopped the car. returned to the spot
where the boy lay and were prepared
to do all in their power TO help him
when they fell into the hands of the
enraged farmers.
In fact, it is reported that even after
the motorists had been subjected TO
all this humiliation young Mr.. Swift
went back to Deerfield on the follow
ing day had the boy attended to by the
best physicians and offered TO indem-
nifty him through his father TO any
reasonable extent for his injuries, re-
gardless Of the wrecking OF the auto
mobile.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-06

Richmond, Va, August v.-ShOrtly
before midnight the state officials in
conference at the governors Office in
the state capitol, received a cOmmuni-
cation from the attorneys of the Vir-
ginia railways to the effect that the
2-cent rate would be put in effect on
Or before October l, with the condition
the matter should be taken regularly
ly to the courts for final decision as
to it's legality. The acceptance by
the railroads to the ultimatum sent
them by Governor Swanson this morn
ing is not surprising, for it has been
known for "a hours that the state had
won and that the railways were hold
ing out in order to make the best
term possible.
Attorneys for the Southern. Chesa
peake and Ohio Norfolk and Western,
Atlantic Coast Line and Richmond,
Fredericksburg and Potomac have been
in conference all day formulating an
answer to the letter sent by Governor
= WduSOu Oh DtuolI VI IlIS COIpOL dIiOu
commission and the state but it was
not until 11:40 that the agreement was
finally signed.
Had not the railways accepted the
conditions offered by the state an eX-
ira session of the general assembly
would have been called at once and in
deed letters and kilograms had been
prepared to be sent to the members.
The statement given out by the rail
roads is that they have determined to
live in peace with the people and to
end all conflict
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-06
STRIKE MAY BE AVERTED
Coal Company Asks for Conference to
Talk Over Matters. T.

Coal Company Asks for Conference to
Talk Over Matters. T.
Pittsburg, Pa, August 1.-The flag of
peace has been unfurled in connection
with the differences of the $4,000 min
ers employed in the Pittsburg district
and the Pittsburg coal company.
President Feehorn of the miners
union today received letter from the
Pittsburg Coal Company asking that
a meeting be held tomorrow to talk
matters over. President Feehan imme-
diately made the arrangements.
1t is understood that the letter from
the company today does not mean that
the company has taken another stand
from the one announced last night.
The letter states that if any agree
ments have been violated the company
is ready to remedy the wrong and
treat with their employees as they
have always done in the past.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-06
GUN CLUB TOURNAMENT
To be Held Here Next Week, In
der Auspices of Wilmington Gun
Club.

An interesting event of the COM
ing week is tournament to be held
under the auspices of the Whining
ton Gun Club, which will be open
to members of the Gun Clubs of
every city in the state. The various
committees in charge of the ar
rangements for the contest have
about completed their work and one
of the most successful events in the
sporting history of the state is con-
templated. The shoot is to be held
on Thursday and Friday next, at
the grounds of the Wilmington Gun
Club near the city, and a large
number of sporting men have enter
ed for the differents. Prizes TO the
amount of $500 have been offered
and special team shoots are being
arranged.
The Charlotte Observer of yes
terday says:
"A party of Charlotte trapshoot-
ers will attend the meeting in Will
mington next week. The tourna-
ment there will be given under the
auspices OF the Wilmington Gun
Club and will last through Thurs
day and Friday.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-06

New York. August 3.-The wave of
crime against women and children
which swept over New York for the
past fortnight has reached a stage
where heroic measures are called for
lin the attempt to put a stop to the
tiendish work which has come to light
through the discovery of several mur-
ders and a number Of assaults.
Acting Police Commissioner OKeefe
late today issued orders directing that
every plain clothes officer on the force
Of the city lay aside all other work
and devote himself entirely to an at
tempt to bring to justice the perpetra-
tors of these crimes. Parents have
been advised TO keep their children un-
der a closer supervision. He will ask
for 500 additional officers.
The dozen or more attacks on child
rem recently have struck terror into
the hearts of mothers all over the city
and scores Of cases of supposed at
tempts at assaults have been reported
to the police which have no foundation
except in the fears of parents. But in
spite Of the scores of cases which have
no foundation in fact, there have been
enough actual cases of assault on
children to cause the police as we'll as
parents much worry.
The police today arrested four broth
ers, Thomas, Louis, George and James
Esposito believing that they could
throw some light on the matter of
little Katie Tietschler, whose mutilat-
ed body was found in a cellar on First
avenue Later all but Louis were dis
charged. Louis admitted that he had
been cutting wood in the cellar where
the child's body was discovered, the
day Katie disappeared. He also admit
ted that he knew the child and had
often spoken to her Anna Messner,
RippolOne, the shoe maker, and Bon
fanta his assistant are still held by
the coroner.
Marias Sallo, an Italian, was arrest
ed today on a charge of an attempted
assault on a young girl in Brooklyn.
Sallo seized her on the s-reet and tried
to drag her into a vacant lot. The
girls screams brought a crowd who
attacked Sallo. Policemen drove back
the crowd at the point of revolvers.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-06
FATAL ACCIDENT
While Diving in Pool WatsOn's Head
Hits Concrete Coping.

While Diving i'm Pool NatSOn'S Head
Hits Concrete Coping.
Philadelphia, August 1.-Edmund r.
Watson, so years old, president Of the
Northern National Bank, and treasurer
of the Henry Hess Brewing Company,
of this city, met death early today in
the swimming pool of the Columbia
Club, one of the leading social Organl-
cations of the city. According to sew
eral members, Mr.. Watson was stand
ing on the springing board and was
about to dive into the pool when he
Slipped and fell with his head striking
the concrete coping of the pool and he
sank to the bottom. The janitOr was
summoned and with the aid of a long
pole Mr.. Watson was taken from the
water in an unconscious condition. He
was hurried to a hospital where he was
pronounced dead by the physicians.
The corOner's office is Investigating the
case.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-06
MEN WHO ROSE FROM RANKS
Something About Recent Railroad
Changes-Officials Started from
the Bottom.

The Columbia State of yesterday
says:
With the readjustment OF the
Atlantic Coast Line system, in ef-
prise you TO know how many pro-
motions came to men who had start
ed out as telegraph operators, fire
men and clerks, and by steady ap-
plication and attention TO business,
have risen high in railroad service. :"
The speaker was a veteran rail-
road man who has followed with in
terest the career of hundreds Of
railroaders in this and adjoining
states and can speak with authori-
ty. on nearly all of them. He rapid
ly sketched the careers of some of
those in the service. now superin-
tendents with the Coast Line. 1t
will be noticed that a large num-
ber started as operators.
]. A. Fountain, who will have
charge of the Wilmington division,
began at the keyboard, as did c.
L. Porter, who has Columbia under
his charge. Mr.. Porter was an OPP
orator at Asheley junction, was
transferred to Charleston and then
dicted that he would remain with
little chance of promotion.
]. n. Brand of the third division
was an operator and freight clerk
also at Sumter, and E. r. Wooten,
transportation superintendent of the
third division. started as an op, rat
or at the Wilmington office. j. c.
of the Sanford division held
the same place in the same office
little later, although he had rail-
road experience elsewhere.
w. H. Newell, general superin-
tendent of the first division, had
charge of the passenger train be-
tween Wilmington and Weldon and
drew a conductors pay, while =.
d. Pugh, now in charge of the Sa-
vannah office, was a baggage mas
ter and afterwards fired a nengine
which the railroad man mentioned
above ran.
T. E. Hansell of the Newberry
district, commenced the same way
as did J. F. Council, now at Lake
land.
The three last named ran en-
gines in and out of Columbia and
the old railroad man recalled the
many times he had played the us
ual number of railroad jokes on the
'greenhorns. But they stuck at
the work and steadily rose until all
now hold responsible positions and
their early experience no doubt aids
them now when they have hundreds
of men under them.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-06
SNIPES BOND REDUCED
Judge Bie@s Orders That Amount be
Reduced From $4,000 to $4,000.

The bond of young LOnnie Snipes,
the alleged slayer of the late Mr.. w.
L. Williams was yesterday reduced
from $4,000 to $4,000 in an order
issued by Judge Biggs and the
chances are favorable that Snipes
will be able TO give this amount.
Young Snipes has Deen at the hos
was operated on some time ago
for appendicitis. He has recovered
from the operation but two physi-
clans have advised that the young
man needs fresh air IN order to get
perfectly strong again and it is on
this recommendation that the order
for the reduced bond was made.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-06
Mr.. Vance Norwood Becomes Part
Owner of MOOresville Enterprise.

Mr. Vance Norwood of this city
has purchased an interest IN the
Mooresville Enterprise. a weekly
paper published at MOresville, n c.,
and he will leave tomorrow for his
new home. where he will live in the
future. The proprietors of the paper
have purchased a linotype machine
and a Babcock press and within a
short while they will issue their pa
Per semi-weekly instead of weekly
as at present.
Mr.. Norwood was connected with
The Messenger as foreman for sew
eral years but for several months
past he has been foreman of The Dis
patch.