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Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-02-14

|k IIN YORK CITY has the great.
|N rt amusement resort On thr
~ Y world in lis Coney Island
which stands unchallcueed a,
The most wonderful example
Ae development Of the modern idea
popular attractions presented az
. r.1dcring them available to all
Cancy Island is unique in
respects. but il was the fre
H f.c world where first class 90.
r. were ever opened 60 the pub
..- 900 admission price Of ter cent.
.- attractions have steadily Improved
a.'"s 90 Coney. but thc price re-.
i.r came.
Tone. has not always been the resort
." aay, as earlier history was not
| Hr ..u that makes cities great or
j" '1 The development of good citi-
Twenty years ago there
Rows there. ten cent shows, but
we're not characterized by any
.H 'a elevate the public or amusc
".'.- classes. At one time il was
o. tough resort where crooks
.. M politically il was the rotten
| ur1uklyns many disgracciul
.'. Doe public and an improved
umSnt is largely responsible
. ..augs, that have been wrought.
much can be credited 10 a new
anon of amusement producers
"' have selected Coney Island as q
tadqmucrs
''e and the Courts have assisted in
change, for several great conhagra
"ip.d out the worst section OF
Place, and the courts sent corrupt
'''e officials, who aided in the eorrup
"" oi the place, to Sing Sing. But all
ie' and ali the courts could not
-.,3mpiished as much as Thomp-
"'ndy wrought when they open
'.'' I"rks gates to the public. and
" .Nample in producing attractions
." nera surrounded by artistic
.' from designs by architects of
1n'aal rcpu,e.
.''' d place where many people
~ 'u' were careful to refrain from
H. a''g the fac;. it is row a place
' everybody goes and talks en-
'''''ally Of the visit for weeks
'""I1s. The enthusiasm is war
'''U Tor al Coney Island can be seen
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-02-14

Principal among these attractions is
Mr.. +. J. Austen's "Johnstown Flood" "
which has been one of the real features
of Coney Island for several seasons.
1t was first produced at the Buffalo EN-
position and later removed to Coney Is
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-02-14

by allowing tnei Of the tvne
but no regular cours,- love of
can be undertaken. He ie, ';ed
instruct on Saturdays any VIII,
disposed to enter under the
tions. OF course, he would 8
give regular teachers training
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-02-14

shows had prospered. The clean at
fractions have made good, and the pub
lie has been awakened to the opinion
that clean attractions of real artistic
merit were what they wanted. In Luna
Park and in Dreamland there has never
been an attraction offered for public
favor that depended on questionable
feature :. .(Ts...:.,. paying proposition.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-10-02
Fire Destroys May Flower.

Telluride, Colo.-The boarding
house. kitchen, clubhouse and shaft,
house of the May Flower mine, in Bri-
dal Vein basin. six miles southeast OF
Telluride. together with all their con
tents, were totally destroyed by fire,
causing loss of $4,000. The insur.
ance is 100000.
The money loss is not the most seri-
GUS feature of the fire, for the open
season is now SO far advanced that re.
building before next spring may be out
of the question.
The company had been working
steadily all summer getting the mine,
mill and tramway in shape, and in.
tended starting up the mill and tram.
way on the 10th of October. The up
per tramway terminals were not in
jured by the fire.
When President WEIGH and Manager
Marquis, both of whom are now at
their homes in Pennsylvania. are in.
formed of the fire, 1t is probable that
the work of reconstruction will COM
mence at once.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-10-02
Will Help Key Men.

Los Angeles, Cal.-The most sue
cessful benefit ever given in Los An
geles to any cause in which labor was
concerned was concluded at the Audi
forum theater, the largest and most
beautiful of its kind on the coast, and
the striking commercial telegraphers
of southern California are $1,000
richer. The house was packed, the up
permost galleries. which have seldom
been opened to occupancy in this new
playhouse, being filled. Almost every
theater in the city donated at least one
act, and enough high-class talent was
secured to give a performance of three
and one-half hours.
The local telegraphers entered on
the eighth week of their struggle for
better working conditions. the strike
which is now prevalent over the entire
country having its inception here. Of
ficers of the local union declare there
have been only three assertions during
that entire epriod. The local treasury
is now in better shape than at any
time previous to the strike.
The telegraphers are receiving dona-
tions from almost every labor body in
the city. and the strikers are paid
weekly benfits sufficient to meet cur
rent living expenses. declare the Off
GERS. and the sentiment most often ex-
pressed among the members is that a
settlement will come soon and spoil
their va cation.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-10-02
WEALTHY FARMER is KILLED.
Bloody Battle Between Farmers Near
Greeley Ends Fatally.

Greeley, Colo.-As the result of n
three-cornered battle near Johnstown
last night. William Davis. Sr., was
shot and killed by II. T. Wilson, a ten
ant on one of his farms. The other
party to the trouble was William Da-
Wis. Jr., son of the man who was killed,
and the fatality was the result of a
duel between young Davis and Will
son.
While the two were quarreling over
farm matters the elder Davis came up
and became mixed in the alteration.
The young men finally drew their re-
volvers and began firing at each other,
and. 1t is alleged that during the duel q
bullet from the gun of Wilson killed
the old man. All were prominent in
that section. The Davises are heavy
land owners and Wilson is the son of
a wealthy cattleman near Johnstown.
There is considerable feeling among
the residents of the vicinity over the
murder and Wilson, was brought TO
Greeley by Sheriff Florence and is now
in the county jail.
1t is not known that the Davises and
Wilson ever had any trouble before. 1t
is understood that there were no wit
nesses to the affair. with the exception
of the three involved.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-10-02
Asmus Jury Disagrees.

Fort Morgan, Colo-The jury in the
case of John Asmus and cara Moon.
charged with the murder of Robert Nc
Dowell reported to Judge Burke that
the members could not reach an agree
ment and the jury was discharged.
The jury stood eight to four for ac-
quittal from the first and the count lid
not change throughout the entire DELHI
erations, although ballot after ballot
was taken. The jurors in favor of ac-
quittal were firm in their conviction.
and no amount of balloting or deliber-
alton would change them, and the four
on the other side were in the same
frame of mind as to changing their
votes.
The cost of the trial OF the two men
has been enormous for Morgan county.
and in view of the fact that the senu.
ment of the jury was in the ma
jority for an acquittal many OK
press the opinion that there will not
be another trial of the case. as the peo-
pie do not relish being saddled with
the expense of a second trial
Moon and Asmus were released on
$4,000 bail.
new bond was required, which
was promptly furnished. The jurors
in the case were discharged for the re-
mainder of the term, as Judge Burke
said that men who had sat on case
for fifteen days and nights had earned
exemption for year.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-10-02
Fire Burned Eighteen Months now Out.

Trinidad, Colo.-The fire which
burned for one and one-half years in
the Engleville mine has been COM
pletely extinguished. An official an
nouncement was made today by the of
ficers of the Colorado Fuel & Iron
Company, who made personal trip
of inspection.
The fire broke out in May, 1906, and
was supposed to have been of incen-
diary origin. An eighteen-year old
Mexican boy, Martinez. was tried on
the charge of arson. but was acquitted
on the ground that the fire was acct
dental. He fell asleep, and the fire
was supposed to have been started by
his lamp. An area of over 1000 feet
was burned over.
Every available method of extin-
gushing mine fires was tried without
success, when finally the late John
Kebler. then general manager of the
C. F. & l., gave the idea of fighting the
blaze with carbonic acid gas. A plant
was constructed at the mouth of the
mine, and the gas was piped in Il dis
lance of one and one-half miles. and
the experiment proved successful.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-10-02
COPPER WILL GO TO 20 CENTS.
This Is the Opinion Of e. A. Norton
Authority

Denver.-The present depression In
the copper market is caused by the
concerted action of European consum
ers, according to the opinion of E. A.
Norton of Denver, and the metal will
shortly find its price level, which ne
places at from 20 to % cents. Mr.. Nor
ton is interested with English and
New York and Virginia capitalists in
the ownership of the Penn-Wyoming
Copper Company. operating large prop
critics at Encampment, near the Wyo-
ming Colorado line in the North park
country.
THE average price of copper for
twenty-five years was lax cents" said
Mr.. Norton, but it will not be that
low again for any length of time. The
demand is SO great that the present
quotation of 16 to II cents can not long
prevail. / have recently visited the
largest consumers in Europe. and am
satisfied from the Information gained
there t hat copper will shortly settle
down to from 20 to % cents and re-
main at that standard price"
Mr.. Norton is entertaining the own.
ers of the copper properties in which
he is interested. The same capitalists
own 81 900 acres of land in Carbon
county. Wyoming. and are now en-
gagged in placing it under irrigation.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-10-02
GREATEST WATER DEAL YET.
Antero and Lost Park Reservoirs Con-
Nerted Into One.


Greeley, Colo.-One of the greatest
| water deals ever closed in Colorado
was completed in Denver, through the
purchase by a pool of Greeley and
Denver men from the High Line Res
ervoir Company of the famous reser-
voir sites known as Antero and Lost
Park, about which there has been
considerable discussion in the Denver
dailies during the past year.
Prominent among the purchasers
are the Wyatt brothers, d. B. and D.
c.. heavy landholders under the Eaton
ditch; d. B. Wyatt being vice presi-
dent Of the First National Bank of this
place; d. A. Garfield, one of the
largest reservoir and ditch contract
ors in the West; s. ]. Peery, farmer
Parker. produce; ]. c. Wylie, county
assessor and farmer: P. w. Allen,
county treasurer and heavy land
owner; William Mayher, lumber deal
er and one of the directors of the
Northern Colorado Power Company.
Among the Denver men participa-
ting in the purchase are G. A. Star
bird. irrigation engineer and large
land owner; Emile ]. Reithmann, for
mer county commissioner and land
owner; B. II. Du Bots, horseman and
landowner under the High Line canal;
Horace G. Clark, former Senator E. A.
Bromley and others.
Paul M. Clark, young Denver at
torney. conducted the negotiations for
the purchase and transfer of the prop
erty. assisted by E. G. Kindred. a
Greeley attorney. and Jesse Wyatt.
son of d. B. Wyatt. Messrs. Kindred
and Wyatt employing Clark to conduct
the negotiations.
The Antero reservoir site is one of
the famous reservoir sites of the West
and is well known by all well-informed
ditch and reservoir men in this state,
and is described in the government re-
ports. 1t is pronounced by experts as
the greatest natural storage depres
sion in the entire West.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-10-02
A DUEL TO DEATH.
Two Cripple Creek Men Are Killed
and One Wounded.

Cripple Creek, Colo.-Walter Alex
ander, an expressman, and Albert
Bills, his employe, were shot and
killed at 1910 O'Clock Saturday night,
and Nate Thorpe. rival expressman.
is in jail, charged with the crime. The
shooting Is said to have been entirely
without provocation, at least SO far as
Bills was concerned. Feeling against
Thorpe is very bitter and an attempt
may be made before morning to lynch
him. The Jail is being guarded by
large number of police officers to pre-
vent any violence.
Thorpe, Alexander and Bills were
at the Midland Terminal depot, solicit
ing business among the incoming pas
sengers. Bad blood had existed be-
tween Alexander and Thorpe for three
years. Thorpe was in an ugly mood
and some declare he had been drink
ing heavily during the evening.
When the train pulled In two men
alighted and accosted the expressmen.
asking them for information concern
ing hotels and the charge for hauling
baggage. Alexander and Thorpe an
swered at the same time and each
tried to elbow the other out OF the
way. In a twinkling the men were
using bad language toward each other.
and in another second they were en-
gagged in a fistfight.
They fell part way down an embank-
ment and suddenly three shots rang
out. Bills. who was standing some six
or eight feet away. fell to the ground,
dead, with a bullet through his heart.
A minute later Alexander cried out
that he had been shot. A bullet had
entered his abdomen, resulting in an
fnfp nal hannrrboua and death in a
short time.
Just before he died Alexander made
a short statement to Policeman
Charles Miller and a few others. in
which he insisted that Thorpe had
shot him during the fight. Alexander
also said that Thorpe had shot Bills.
The dying expressman said he was un-
armed at the time and that Thorpe
had no just provocation for shooting.
Peter Winning, who heard the first
shot fired. ran to where the men were
fighting and witnessed the end of the
struggle. He says that Alexander had
Thorpe by the wrist and Thorpe was
trying to break away when the second
shot was fired. Just before the Sec
ond shot was fired, the one that killed
Alexander. the men fell to the ground
and rolled down the steps leading to
Bennett avenue, distance of from
twelve to fifteen feet. The men fought
every step of the way down.
Thorpe made a statement to the eff
feet that Alexander shot Bills by &C.
cident and then during the fight with
Thorpe shot himself as they were
fighting on the steps.
Thorpe is about forty years old and
has a son nine years old.
Walter Alexander was about forty
six years old and married. Besides a
widow, lie leaves a son aged six years.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-10-02

Hong Kong.-The newest peril here
according to the authorities. is the
Chinese new woman" So great is the
fear of it that a native writer with
wide influence was publicly logged to-
day for intoxicating Western idas of
independence among women.
After many thousand years of hid
den existence the women of the EN-
pire are beginning to make some claim
to the privileges of existence, but of
fcials are determined to check the
movement and prevent any show of
female independence.
In Canton the police are enforcing
an order prohibiting females from
being served in tea houses and restau
rants even when attended by men.
The proclamation also prohibits
women from gambling, and heavy PEN
alties are provided.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-10-02
heiskeII's Ointment
Cures Skin Diseases

For half q century Heiskells Ointment has
been used in all cases of skin disease with
most gratifying results. Many have become
entirely cured who had suffered untold pain
and annoyance for years. One man In New
Baltimore, Pa, writes that It cured him when
he was raw all over. A lady in Philadelphia
cured case of letter of six years. standing
in fourteen days, while o man In Allentown,
Pa, cured his case OF eczema TINT had trou-
bled him for eleven years with less than two
boxesofthe ointment These and hundreds
Of others have found that ueiskelrs Oint.
ment is worth moro than Its weight in gold.
Being q purely vegetable preparation, Heis-
kells Ointment soothcs and heals where
others fail 1t ailays the itching and burn
ing common to all skin disease, and all yield
quickly to Its magic influence.
There are many varieties OF skin diseases
with confusing titles. but they are all suscep-
tible to one and the same cure-Heiskell's
Ointment No one need suffer long II afflicted
with any skin disease not of o constitutional
character ifthey Will apply this remedy. This
includes such skin diseases as erysipelas, pru-
rigo, eczema, milk crust, itching piles, scald-
head, letter, ringworm, blackheads, psoriasis.
pimpies, freckles. In some cases It Is neces-
sary 70 give some constitutional treatment,
be toned to healthy action and the blood and
skin disease cures are hastened By the e1 use Of
Heiskelfs Medicinal SOAP before applying the
ointfnent, ana In cleaning up the blood and
liver with Heiskells Blood and Liver Pills.
Heiskelrs Medicinal and Toilet Soap con.
tAins In modified form the medicinal prop
critics Of Heiskelrs Ointment, and IL pnrtictl-
larry effective in slight disorders of the skin,
as rash, eruptions and abrasions. It cleans
perfectly, and in the bath is q great luxury.
Heiskell's Blood and Liver Pills contain the
active medicinal principles of various roots
and herbs approved in medical practice.
Remember that there Is no case so obstinate
that Heiskells Ointment will not cure it. The
cake. Pills ut Csc a bottle.
You can get them of any druggist, or we
VIII send by mail on receipt of price Address
johnston Holloway & Company, 63I Com
merce st., Philadelphia. Pa
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-10-02
Hay Hand In Trouble.

Sheridan. wyo.-Ed Hay, soldier
from Fort Mckenzie, is in jail here,
charged with assault on Mrs. Addie
Bates, wife of William Bates, at whose
place Hay was temporarily employed.
Bates story is that he and Hay had
been working on ditch near the
Bates ranch on Beaver creek and Hay
went to the house to secure a drink
of water. He was absent an undue
time and Bates went to the ranch to
investigate. There he found Hay. he
asserts, in the act of assaulting Mrs.
Bates. Although armed with a revol-
yer. Bates did not destroy the despoiler
of his home. but held Hay up with the
gun and marched him to town. where
he was turned over to the sheriff Hay
denies that he was guilty of an as
sault.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-10-02
Beet Train Hits Buouy,

Sugar City, Colo.-J. C. Manning wa;
instantly killed and Higsby Gray prob.
ably fatally injured by Missouri Pa.
cific beet train at crossing four miles
west of this place Sunday night. Both
are prominent farmers of the Ordway
district. They were returning homo
from social function at a late hour in
single buggy and attempted to cross
the track in front of the train.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-10-02
Several Spectators Hurt.

AS the car with its speed scarcely
checked. whirled over the lawn it
struck several spectators. AS n re.
suit the leg of Fred Pope was frac.
tured, and John Clark was badly cut
The engine casting and the
steering wheel which caught the water
pipe, were smashed into Smelzer,s
face and the drivers head was forced
back against the seat Smelzer died
at the Fordham hospital about an hour
after the accident His skull was badIv
crushed. and he had fractured
shoulder blade and ribs.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-10-02

In 1917 one Richard Thornton. call.
ed to the bar of the kings bench
charged with the murder of Mark Ask
ford. in open court threw down his
glove and defied his accuser. Where
upon there was pretty TODD. Wager
of battle. 1t was supposed, had died a
natural death in the dark ages, but
Lord Peterborough. after much con.
sultation of precedent, held that 1t
was still the law ofaEngland, and or.
dered field to be prepared. Thorn.
toms accuser thereupon declining com
bat, the prisoner was discharged. Next
year parliament passed an act abolish
ing this privilege of appeal to the
strong right arm.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-10-02
Both Shoulders Broken.

Canon City, Colo.-John Ripley,
aged eighty-two years, one of the pic
neer ranchmen of Fremont county, had
both shoulders broken by falling from
his wagon one mile east of this city.
Ripley left early in the day for Twin
mountains for load of wood.
About dusk the team was discovered
by w. r. Scott coming into the city
alone. Scott secured the team and
started back over it's trail to locate
the driver. He found the injured man
by the roadside and brought him to his
home, where he is in a critical condi-
ton.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-10-02
Veteran Conductor Passes Away.

Laramie, Wyo-Frank Simpson, the
Oldest in point of years of service on
the Wyoming division of the Union
Pacific railroad, died here after a short
illness, from Bright's disease.
Simpson had served the railroad
continuously in the capacity of a
freight conductor since 1882, when he
came to Laramie with his wife from
New Hampshire. He was sixty years
of age and leaves wife and daughter
Mrs. Justus Soule of this city He
was Knight Templar.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-10-02
Found Not Guilty of Numbering Tucker

Santa Fe, N. Mater being out all
night, the jury returned verdict of
not guilty in the murder case against
Benito Chavez and Romundo Ronquil-
10, who were charged with the killing
of Rufus o. Tucker here year ago
last June. Tucker had been at Baltic
and was elected from dance hall be-
cause, it was alleged. he was drunk
and raising a disturbance. In the fight
which followed he was severely beaten
and died from the effects of his in
juries.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-10-02
Foul Play Is Suspected.

Eaton, Colo.-The body of an I'M
known negro was found on the rail-
road tracks near Eaton and there is a
suspicion of foul play. The coroner is
making an investigation.
The man was run over by a train
during the night and his body badly
mutilated. Whether he was alive or
not when struck by the train is not
known. He was apparently middle
aged and was shabbily dressed.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-10-02

The lanky tramp removed his tat
tered hat and displayed his intellect
ual brow.
"Ah, lady," he confided. 81 have
brains to burn. There is nothing 1
like better than to tackle knotty prob
lens"
The busy housewife reached for the
az.
Indeed" she said. well, go
down to the woodpile. You will find
that last load the most knotty prob
lem you ever tackled during your
career"
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-10-02

Haven't you loaned that De Broke
a good deal of money!"
mo. I've let him have a number
of small sums"
knowing his reputation. why did
you give him that last five?"
at was this way. He said IL I'd let
him have it he'd pay me something
on what he already owed me-"
"Well?"
so l let him have the five and he
paid me one dollar on account"