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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-04-06
DROPPED DEAD
PIONEER CAPITALIST OF LOGAN
COUNTY DIES FIGHTING FIFE.
J. ]. CHEAlRs' TRAGIC END
at Midnight He Oserexerteo
Himself and Expired.

Sterling. Colo While assisting II
fighting . destructive prairie FIRE Mon
Gay al midnight to prevent IL sweeping
over valuable hay land he owned three
miles southwest OF Sterling. Joseph J
Cheairs. the millionaire president OF
the Logan County National Bank. and
pioneer capitalist Of eastern Colorado,
dropped dead In . nelc from excite
ment and oyer-eaertion
His body was not found by his fel-
low fre-fghters until two hours later
BY heroic efforts on the part Of the
ranch owners. the FIRE, which RACED
for many hours and wrought great
damage to growing crops and fences.
besides threatening the destruction OF
numerous farm buildings. was confined
within an area Of three miles
The fire fighters formed bucket bri-
gades and stayed the progress Of the
flames by placing water-soaked gunny
sacks directly in its path. The suosid-
ing OF the wind. which blew quite
strongly when the fire first started. also
aided the FIRE fighters in overcoming :
the flames.
Mr.. Cheairs was az home, a mile and
a half southeast of Sterling. when the
news was brought to him by a messen-
ger from the country that prairie fre
was raging and threatened TO burn
over his mammoth tract OF hay land
The banker dressed. and fifteen min
utes later started almost on run for
the scene of the fire.
He removed his hat coat and vest
and started TO work fighting the hre
with the vigor Of man Of half his
years. and kept it up for an hour or
more, when he became separated from
his companions. When he did not ap-
pear after the fire had been gotten IN
der control, a searching party was sent
out to look for him. They found his
body lying near the edge Of the distrir'
over which the fire had swept
Mr.. Cheairs was about tfty years o'5
and is sury iyed by widow an Ave o.
six grown children. Among them are
Joseph ]. Cheairs, Jr. Samuel Cheairs
nd Mrs. John Lucin. Mr.. and Mrs.
Lucin are spending the spring months
m California. They have been notihed
of Mr. Cheairs' death.
Mr. Cheairs came to Logan county
thirty years ago and was one Of the
best-known moneyed men in eastern
Colorado. He was one OF the best
posted men in land values in this part
OF the state. especially Logan county,
and at the time Of his death was one OF
the largest holders of this class OF
property. He never courted publicity
but attended strictly to business and
by doing so accumulated fortune in
cash, bank stocks. bonds. mort "a ges
and ranch land that is estimated al
fully 81 600. 900.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-04-06
coIorado's Beet Sugar Growth.

There is an increase in sixty-six per
cent in The output and value of the
refined beet sugar product Of Colorado
during the rast season over the pro-
duction N 1905. The sugar produced
in 1906 season is valued at sl2 ,4l2,6so.
The 1905 sugar output was valued at
s7.435.57s The increase in value of
the present output is s4,977.104. More
than half of this sugar was refined by
the Great Western Sugar Company,
the Colorado branch of the American
Sugar Refining Company, controlled by
H. o. Havemeyer. The other produc-
ing companies are the American Beet
Sugar Company. National Sugar Com
pany, Holly Sugar Company, and the
Western Sugar and Land Company.
The total acreage of beets harvested
in Colorado during 1906 vas 1850
acres: tors of sugar beets harvested
1,477, 700; average daily capacity Of
fifteen sugar factories in ,he state.
II 400 tons: average number of days
in which factories run, I30; number OF
employees III factories. 1925. money
paid farmers for beets, s7,3sS,5 500;
money paid factory labor, s2,011 900;
number Of persons employed in beet
fields, 1860; money paid hand labor
in beet fields, s2.233,400; pounds Of
sugar produced, 31o,317,00o.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-04-06
Beats Devil Out Of Papa.

Berlin An extraordinary occur
renee. which took place in Berlin in
the small hours OF recent morning,
has again reused public feeling against
the Gesunibeter. the German equiva.
lents Of The peculiar people. A fear
full din In the fat of Chief Paymaster
Sagawe OF the Third regiment OF foot
guards which is situated In the Reich.
enbereer Strasse, attracted a large
concourse OF neighbors. who. after
some trouble, discovered that his fam
fly were employed in exercising tho
devil. which they believed had taken
possession OF him. The persons SO
engaged were his wife and two sons
and two daughters, the youngest OF
whom was sixteen years OF age. They
were apparently seeking to destroy
the demon by hurting furniture at 1t
after having successfully chased 1t out
of the body OF the unfortunate paymas-
ter by beating him within an
inch OF his life. With some diff
Guilty Paymaster Sagawe was rescued
from his awkward predicament, but the
frenzied family succeeded in locking
the door OF the fat and then threat
ened 10 throw themselves down into
the street. The fire brigade was sum-
moned in haste and spread out life
saving sheet over the pavement 70
catch them II they should fall.
Just at this point, however. tho
door was broken open and the DO
mented family was secured ana ~
moved 70 m asylum.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-04-06
Oldest Engineer in Colorado.

Golden, Colo.-Perhaps the Oldest
civil engineer in Colorado. in point oi
longevity, residence In the state, and
in activity following his profession, is
Capt. +. L. Berthoud of this city, who
celebrated his eightieth birthday ami
yersary to-day by running the lines OF
a forty-acre tract near the city. III
spite Of the four score years the cap
tain Is in splendid health, and can DO
as good days work in the field as any
Of the younger civil engineers.
His career Is one of great activity,
and includes the performance OF many
feats in his line OF work which Will be
remembered for centuries. He was
chief engineer for the Colorado Cen
trail railroad. and planned and laid out
the famous Georgetown loop and Cen,
tral City switchback. which are still
wonders of railroad building. He was
ye Of the founders of Golden, and
made plata for the original townsite.
Much Of the railroad building in the
great West was done under direction
Of his transit.
Aside from being the Oldest civil en-
gineer in Colorado, Captain Berthoud
is also a pioneer in the same line In
Panama. In 1851 he was sent by a
New York syndicate to that country,
where he put In two years locating and
superintending construction OF the
Panama railway. He served during the
War of the Rebellion In the Second
Colorado cavalry, where he acquired
the title Of captain.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-04-06
REvOLTlsG ROUHeNIAS PEAS
ANTS MET WITH DEADLY FIRE.
ARD Their Ssnslec eocies
Wrl.he in the Dust

Bucharest. Ro4m4Eia.-Filed guns
loaded With grapeshct. according 10
TIE CHCl4! reports, are winning against
tie revolutionary peasanIy. whose
srns are mostly hay forks and scythe
blades. The insurgents were able TO
hold their OWL against the troops at
close quarters. and even y.tEstOod
Cavalry charges. doing terrible execu-
t!on with long prouged forks and
scythe blades strapped TO long poles,
tu, the slaughter since the troops be
gan using artillery appears to be terri
tying them Into submission.
II the district Of Eashica, where the
outbreay was particularly serious,
large numbers Of Insurgents have sur-
rendered and have denounced their
leaders TO the authorities. with the re
suit that manw Of the latter have been
arrested. The goyeglmelt hopes that
with the leaders in Jail the undlscl-
pIlned bands WI! soon abandon the
neld.
The eelfstyled generals" usually
turn out TO be country schoolmasteTs
AID village priests. Many women are
fighting in the iHzurgeut ranks, and
soIne OF them have been found among
the Killed. side By side with their LLs-
bands. sons and brothers.
Details Of the attack made by the
peasants on Calatz show that pitched
battle Was fought. The insurgents,
who were several thousand strong,
commenced the assault at midnight, car
ried the outer earthworks by storm
and captured suburb. which they set
on fire after pillaging 1t. Three bat
faIIous of infantry attempted 10 stem
the peasants entry into the city itseI.
but the fork and scythe rustics fought
desperately, hand in hand. and had al
most routed the troops when the gov
ernment ordered field guns, loaded
with grapeshot, to be fred at the IN
surgents, who vaveTed and then fed
The fire Of the guns wrought great
havoc upon the Tetreating masses.
A number OF conflicts between
troops and marauders continues to be
reported. Two thousand insurgents at
Gori are said TO have been Guieted by
the assurances Of the authorities with
out resort to force. One hundred ana
fifty more rioters have been wounded
at BaileschtChi, several OF them killed
and many arrested. Artillery was
used at Cacuest. Naloele!e and else
where. and in some Instances whole
villages are said to have been utterly
CfEtEDE tI ~ IAN t-.f u A-44'e 80 a.
shells.
Although the disorders are dying
down In some districts, the agitation Is
spreading in the provinces adjacent TO
ths CaEpathian mountains, which hltn-
erto have been quiet. Much plunde-
ing and incend!arism has taken place
among the farms and In isolated nam
lets. Troops are IN active pursuit OF
the maraudeFs.
With the object Of preventing SO far
as possible the fraternization Of troops
and peasants belonging to the same
districts. and also the possibility OF
fighting between relatives belonging to
the opposing forces in the revolutionary
districts, the Moldavian troops belong
Ing to the Fourth army corps have
been transferred to Wailachia. while
the Walalchian troops attached to the
First army corps have been TetalIed
for duty in Maldavia.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-04-06
New Colorado Offices Created.

Board of Railroad Commission
with clerks and deputies, cost an
nuallv. $4,000.
Pure Food Commission, under Sta-a
Board of Health: cost for 1907. s5,""'-
cost for 1908. $3.50.
State inspector of slauShteF.n2'
$4,000 per annum.
State bank examiner. $500.
State examiner of building and loan
associations, $4,000 per annum.
State etymolosist and de9ut.ts'
$4,000 per annum.
State geoicgist. $1,000 per 1nnum
test).
State accountant, $4,000 per annuh
clerk. 81 200 per annum.
State parole officer, 81 200 per an
mum.
Deputy game commissioner, sl'~e
per annum.
Additional deputy in attorney eta-
erals office, $4,000 per annum; IN
crease in same department for depu's
attorney general. $50 per annum.
State Board of Barber Examiners
fee office).
These figures do not include the
travelling expenses of the various ON
GERS, which the state pays in every
case
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-04-06
Big Earthquake is Due.

London.-Professor Belar, the seis-
mologist, director of the Laibach OBJ
servatory, announces that the general
unrest Of the earth has been growing
during the last three days and con-
meets the fact with the presence OF
large sun spots.
Comparing the earth shocks during
the first quarter of 1906 with those of
the corresponding quarter this year, he
remarks that the intensity of those re-
corded in 1907 was less than half the
intensity of those of the preceding
year He adds:
IF the disturbances Of the equilib-
rum of the earths surface are to re-
suit in average compromise we must
await the earthquake now due with
some anxiety"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-04-06
Aged Barker Sentenced TO Pen.

Warsaw. Mo-After four an 4 hal
hours dehberation the jury in the trial
Of Mai Harvey W. Salmon. nearly sew
enty yeas cid. has returned verdict
sentencing him TO three years in the
Penitentiary. A motion for new
trial was made this morning
Major Salmon was charged with
grand Larceny IN connection with the
failure of the Salmon bank a, Clinton.
Missouri In June 1905. He rad been
at its head for MANY years He was
regarded as one Of the Weal aiest and
most prU.uinent politicians in the
state
An unusual feature OF the trial was
the presence here of many clinton res
idents. among them a number of old
men who lost the savings Of a life
time in he crash OF the Salmon bank.
which had Caly a few dollars on hand
to meet liabilities aggrcgating $780,
600 one at the unfUrtunates is Code
Adamson. & veteran cattle dealer OF
Henry county When the Salmon
rank closed he had deposit there OF
$4,000. The bank held 100000 be
longing TO Henry county, ami Adamson
was one q the sureties furnished by
the bank to guarantee the safety OF
this none. He also loaned the bank
considerable money at various times.
Salmon and his brother, Dr. G. Y.
Salmon, AMI his nephew, T. NJ. Sal
mon. were Indicted September %, 1905.
for wrecking the Salmon & Salmon
bank at Clinton. Harvey Salmon was
elected state treasurer of Missouri in
1872, and has always been power in
politics. lie was the right bower" OF
Senator William J Stone.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-04-06
TROUBLE BREWING IN AlEoHA
Labor Difficulties May Give Famous
1res5weIl Mines Shock.

Seattle. Nash.-Federal troops rave
been ordered to the famous Treaa"'d
mine on Douglas island, Alaska rom
Fort William H Seward near Sag
way, in anticipation of violence and
bloodshed through a strike which + Is
declared will occur shortly. Cable "a
ports received in this city from juneau
stated tha- rioting had set in with Tie
result that several were killed, but me
rumor of Elcodshed is SO far without
foundation
Serious Trouble has been brewing *
Treadwell, where from 1000 to l-"9
men. main.y Slavonians and other for
eigners. are employed for seveTal
weeks, an1 United States MarsaaI
Shoup has left juneau for TreadWe.-
The miners have just been organ
ized. after two years work in that :.
rection. BY Joseph Thorpe of the WD
ern Federation of Miners. Their union
numbers over 500 men. The strlAe
which Juneau cable advices indicate
is almost certain to occur Will have
been precipitated because of the
Treadwell company's system of com
pulsory boarding of the men. 10 tAlS
the miners object, and especially 10
the steward OF the mess. Their sTl=F-
ance against the steward appears [o
be of long standing and deeply
rooted.
Treadwell is the largest stamp u-i
mine in The world. II is owned t{
New Yor,., San Francisco and EuFy.
pean capitalists D. O. Mills Is OF u
the heavies- stockholders. The mine
has for long time yielded a pront Oh
about loco, 900 in gold annually. Il
has been IN operation for quarter Oh
a Tenfllry
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-04-06
Mrs. Eddy Transfers Property.

Concord, N. Han answer to the
suit instituted by "the next friend ot
Mrs. Mary Baker G.. Eddy for an ac'
counting from ten leaders Of the Chris
tian Science faith, recently filed. dis
closes the fact that Mrs. Eddy, March
9th last, transferred all her propert!'
by deed of trust, to three trustees
These trustees now have the sole righl
to act for the Christian Science leader
in any litigation over her property
The persons who filed the suits as
next friends" being volunteers, haNt'
therefore, no legal standing.
The trustees named by MRS. Eddy are
Henry NJ. Baker Of Bow, New Hanlp-
shire; Archibald Mcclellan OF Boston
and Joseph E. Fernold Of Concord
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-04-06
Boulder 70 Shoot Oil Well.

Boulder, Colo.-The new well OF the
Northern Colorado Oil Refining and
Development Company, which is down
COO feet In the third oil sand, has
been flowing for the last few days and
will be the first well in the Boulder
district that oil will be taken from with
out pumping. The well is located on
the Major John ranch five miles north
Of here, and will be shot some time the
coming week
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-04-06
Injured In Runaway,

Trinidad, Colo.-While driving her.
from Starkville, NJ. Chavez, a wealthy
Mexican, was thrown from his buggy
in a runaway and suffered fracture
of the right leg and severe internal ic,
juries.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-04-06
Texa. Gamblers Go to Nevada.

Ell Paso, Texas.-Following the en,
actment of Texas law making gam.
bling a penal offense, Texas CANT pier
are trekking to Nevada. New Mexico
and Arizona have also barred thenl
and Nevada is their last hope. ~, ~
Texas it Is an offense now eve2no
have gambling paraphernalia IN -
possession.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-04-06
DENVER BENEFITED BY
new FREIGHT Rates

Colorado Southern issued r naming freight
a.
Junction wyoming freight
TIE tenet O
tie Denver 1il
lower rates II
& .
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-05-30
WjndfalI For Fisher.

Joshua Fisher, an old veteran oi
Butler, went out to Colorado Springs
about the first OF March and in look.
Ing over the government plat OF Ell
Paso county, discovered that 100
acres OF land had never been entered.
It lays near Strathiord Park,
on the electric road which connects
that park wish Colorado Springs,
and about five miles from that CITY.
Adjoining land, which has been i'm.
proved, Is valued at SIS 90 per acre.
Mr.. Fisher fled on this land. He is
at home now, but expects to return
to Colorado in the near future, build
q cabin and live on his claim. Mr..
Fisher is an early settler Of Bates
county and formerly owned and
operated the Butler WOODEN mills.
His son, Lewis Fisher, is engineer for
the Water Works Co. OF this city.
Mr.. Fishers many friends will be
glad to learn Of his good fortune In
his old age. It is an unaccouata bic
oversight that this land was left I'M.
entered 90 long. John G. Hayes tells
OF q similar occurrence In this county
when John Cope discovered 40 acres
Of valuable land 10 Howard town.
ship which had never been entered
a. late ~ 1880. Mr.. Cope promptly
spread biz mantle over that forty.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-05-30
Southwest Summit.

Nothing very encouraging about
the weather for the farmers as yet,
and we wonder what will the har-
vest be-"
Fred Williams has secured the DO.
sition OF city mail carrier and will
spend his summer in Butler.
Children's Day services at Black on
End Sunday 10 June at 8 p. m.
Children's Day at Brackney was
we'll attended. The house was full
and many could not get In. The
decorations we're the best We have
seen thus far.
Summit gave their program In the
evening to a very large audience.
Their exercises were well rendered
and good music. A fan drill by II
young ladies closed thesvening exer-
cises In q creditable manner.
Mrs. G. D. Bailey leaves to-day for
a visit with friends In Kansas and
before returning will take In the
graduating exercises and banquet Of
the State Manual Training School
Normal, where her daughter, Miss
LENA, will graduate x.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-05-30
Oak Hill Notes.

Farmers are doing it over in q
hurry. Oats, fax, corn and meadows
are doing fine; wheat fine.
Sam Kersey brought from Henry
county two fine shorthorns a few
days since. Sam handles the best.
Walter Morelsnd, the merchant oil
Urich, was q business visitor to this
neighborhood last week.
Miss Maggie Gsrten is visiting her
sister, Mrs. 6isbe Stucs, near Butler.
Mrs. Lewellen and twin babies, OF
Summit township, visited her moth.
er, Mrs. Graves, last week.
Mayor Bill Hughes, OF Ballard, WIS.,
tied In Butler last week so have bis
teeth raped.
The Ballard Roller Mills are run.
ming double time. Tom Lynch fur.
nishes the power.
Sunday School every Sunday at
Oak Hill. Mr.. Christm1n Is superin.
teniens. Miss Whistler blows the
organ
Cnildfen's Day came off on schedule
time at Walnut Sunday. The crowd
was q record breaker. The house,
which Is one Of the largest In the
country, was full to overlooking and
fully as many outside. Theprogrsm
was exceptionally fine. Our pastor
from Oak Fill took q snap shot at
the crowd.
NJ. V Carroll seems to have gone
down and out on the first round,
when he butted into our Jim on the
dog question. Our Jim Is a Lulu.
Weare threatened with a iruit crop
yet, Apples, cherries and black Der.
ries are In full bloom.
Squire Bell and others are building
a rock road from Ballard to Adrian.
The Graves boys plowed and plant
ed fitty-fve acres OF corn last week
with two teams. Next
Sam Bower and family visited with
the Graves family Sunday.
Another frost Sunday night. Moth
ing serious. B. P.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-05-30
Ballard Notes.

D. Teeter passed his seventy-third
mile post Monday. On Sunday a
party OF neighbors and friends gath.
cred at his home with we'll filled
baskets, and a delicious dinner was
spread. Needless to say Mr.. Teeter
enjoyed the day and expressed him
self as feeling as though he might
live to celebrate many more birth
days
T. D. Embree and wife, OF Butler,
spent Sunday with her father, D.
Teeter.
Miss Clara Greer returned Sunday
from Barton county, where she went
to accompany her grandmother,
Mrs. Louisiana Evans.
Mrs. ]. F. Chambers, OF Independ.
ence, Mo-, is visiting her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Floyd Patrick.
A large crowd attended Children's
exercises at Walnut Grove Sunday.
Miss Iva Dale has been employed
to teach at Fair View school the
coming year.
Bert Van SAINT is still quite sick. X
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-05-30
Temporary Injunction Granted.

Last week Receiver Butler for the
late Bates National Bank petitioned
the circuit court to transfer all cases
In this court against Butler al receiv-
or to the Federal court at Kansas
City. This Judge Denton refused to
do, overruling the motion. Butler,
through his attorneys, asked the
Federal court for an Injunction to
prevent the cases being tried In the
circuit court. On Monday the plain
tiffs Ia ali those cases were served
with notice that the Federal court
had granted q temporary Injunction
to that effect.
Later: Receiver Butler, through
bis attorneys, asked a change OF
venue Of all cases against him. Evil
IDENTIFY the receiver doesn't believe
that Bates county people regard his
conduct OF the old banks affairs very
favorsbly.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-05-30
We All "Whacked Up."

The report OF United States Steel
corporation, recently made public.
shows that the net earnings Of this
great monopoly reached the fabulous
sum Of $156, 624, 273 lass year. And
no one will waste the time In trying
to figure where the steel trust s'got
It." From the humblest citizen who
built q home or purchased 80 much
ss Q pound Of malls, to the great rail-
road companies for the construction
Of trackage-all Of them contributed
TO make the "melon" look 90 luscious
TO the shareholders Of the steel trust.
kansas City.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-05-30
Mingo Items.

From Urlch Herald.
Mr.. Spencer's saw mill on the Ora.
ham farm was destroyed by fire q
short time ago.
Steve Smith and Lucian Pelley
were transacting business In Butler
Saturday.
j. W. Stayton went to Butler Fri
day after a load OF -four. He was &C.
companied home by Bro. Maxey who
filled his regular appointments at
the Christian church Sunday.
We were sorry to learn that Mrs.
Pelly had the misfortune to lose
about 26 head Of fat hogs last week.
They are certainly having their share
OF bad luck of late.
Dick Mills and also Mrs. j. G. Stay
ton have recently had some nice
monuments erected at the graves Of
their companions In the Cove Creek
cemetery
The wolves are destroyingso many
chickens and young pigs for the good
people south of Aaron. Wehsd quite
a wolf chase one day last week and
caught one, but he whipped the dogs
and made his escape.
Several hands have been engaged
fixing the grade at the new bridge
across Cove Creek which was greatly
damaged by the high waters.
Mrs. W. j Middleton and children
have moved back on the farm after
several months stay In Clinton where
the children have been attending
achoo1