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The Elbert County tribune., 1908-01-02
Bank Presldent Arrested.

Durango.-Charles E. Mcconnell.
president of the Smelter City State
bank, which closed its doors a week
ago last Monday, was arrested late
Wednesday afternoon on a warrant
sworn out by Harry Jackson, charging
him with receiving deposits when he
knew the bank to be insolvent.
Mr.. Mcconnell gives out the state
ment that he has mining interests and
property which he will turn In soon.
so that he can liquidate the debts of
the bank.
1t is said that the books which Re-
ceiver Rowe Pingree has been going
over for the last week will show that
no regular meeting Of the stockholders
or directors Of the bank hap been held
for the last nine years.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-01-02
OLD PEOPLE MURDERED.
Fearful Crime Committed On Ranch
Near Lamar.

Denver-A Republican special from
Lama, Colorado. Thursday, says:
One of the most fiendish crimes in
the history Of this part OF the state,
which must have occurred some time
Saturday night or early Sunday morn
ing, was revealed today by the autopsy
held by Coroner Kellogg over the
bodies OF A. II. Maxwell and wife, well
known people who resided on a claim
eight miles southeast of here.
Both OF the aged pair had evidently
been strangled to death while they
slept and there was little Indication of
a struggle. The post mortem revealed
that the trachea in each of their
throats had been broken and the
bruises on Mrs. Maxwell's body and
broken bones in her chest were evil
IDENTIFY the result of the weight of the
assassin's knee while he choked her
to death.
Ed Maxwell. nineteen years OF age.
who was adopted by Mr.. and Mrs.
Maxwell when he was seven years old.
was placed under arrest and is being
held in jail here pending further in
vestigation.
Young Maxwell is reticent. but says
he knows nothing OF the AFFAIR and
that he will be able to prove an alibi.
The last seen of the Maxwells alive
was Saturday. Yesterday being Christ
mas day, Mr.. and Mrs. Merritt, neigh
bors, sent their son to the Maxwell
ranch to take some Christmas pres
ents. On reaching the barn lot the
youth heard the cattle believing and
the horses neighing as though they
had not had food or drink for several
days.
On going to the house he saw no
signs OF life about the place, and being
frightened hurried home and notified
his father. who returned with his son.
On entering the house and going to
the bed room of the aged couple. Mer-
ritt was greeted with the horrifying
spectacle OF seeing them both dead in
bed. They were dressed in their night
clothes and at first 1t looked as though
the couple had met death peacefully
and 1t was supposed by Mr.. Merritt
that death had been due to natural
causes.
Word was sent to Coroner Kellogg
at this place, and he. with the sheriff
and other authorities, drove to the
Maxwell home, and an investigation at
once suggested that death was due to
foul play.
and were placed in charge Of local
undertaken and this afternoon the
autopsy was held, revealing the cause
OF death. The inquest was postponed
until next Saturday afternoon In order
to give the authorities more time to
investigate the murder.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-01-02
Lost Bullion Promoters Sentenced.

Denver-Leniency in the full sense
Of the term was used by Judge Lewis
when, after refusing to grant a new
trial. he imposed sentences upon the
defendants connected with the Lost
Bullion mine frauds Thursday in the
Federal Court. The convicted men
got of with jail sentences ranging
from thirty to fifteen days and fines
ranging from 81 900 to $50 George 8.
Dubois, his son Lee Dubois, and G. l..
Blackman, who are credited with hay
ing first conceived the scheme Of
palming an ordinary cave off as a won
derful mine of Golconda-like riches, re-
ceived the heaviest punishment-each
a 81 900 fine and thirty days in jail
DR.. r. G. Hunt and Danton Pinkus,
whom the jury recommended to the
mercy Of the court and who are gener-
ally thought to have been dupes rather
than factors in the conspiracy shown
by the government, received a $50 fine
each. The rest were disposed of as
follows: Arthur Levan, 800 and
costs; q. w. Sebben, 800 and costs:
William II. Wilson, fifteen days in the
county Jail and $500 fine; w. B. Cam
eron, fifteen days in the county jail
and $500 fine; A. e. Keables, fifteen
days in jail and $500 fine. and Arthur
Lawrence, fifteen days in jail and $500
fine.
"Intercession of friends unknown to
the defendants" Judge Lewis stated.
made him temper mercy with justice
and reach the conclusion not to in.
fiict the punishment that the facts
warranted"
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-01-02
SO DECLARES BULLETIN OF AoRI-
CULTURAL DEPARTMENT.
Protein in Beef and Pork Most Easily
Dioested-Just as Nutritious
Whether Fried, Broiled,
Roasted or Baked.

Washington.-A bulletin prepared
by DR.. H. S. Grindley, professor OF gen.
eral chemistry at the University of H.
lincis, and just issued by the depart
mcpt of agriculture. shows that all
kinds Of meat are more easily digested
and Eore completely assimilated than
any other class of food The bulletin
mo. 1888 is one of the most sensa-
tional ever issued by the federal ar-
thorities and recounts series OF ex-
psriments DR.. Grindley conducted on
a digestion squad" of which he him
self was a member. The net result is
to dethrone bread as the staff of life
and set up the toothsome beefsteak
and succulent pork chop in its place,
for DR.. Grindley says the protein in
meat is much more thoroughly digested
than that in vegetable foods.
But this is by no means all, for, ac-
cording to the doctor, the degree and
kind of work man does makes no
difference to the ease with which he
can digest meat diet. The clerk, the
society belle and the laborer toiling
with pick and shovel from morn to
night are placed in the same category,
and each is frankly told that meat,
and plenty of 1t, in all forms and
cooked in all manner of ways, is best
calculated to build up the wasted It's
sues and give him day by day the
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-01-02

wireless telegraph. 1t seems the band
which was heard at distance Of over
a mile, was on the Connecticut. and
her wireless transmitters were thrown
in while her band was playing and an
other ship had a wireless message In
terrupted by hearing this music. Tho
reason Of this freak of electricity Is
not yet explained.
An explanation probably lies In the
fact that the ear pieces of the wireless
telegraph are very sensitive. and the
wireless telephone transmitter on the
flagship is very powerful. hence the
sound waves of the music caused suf-
ficent static electricity to be trans
mitted and received by the aerial OF
the wireless telegraph.
As all wireless experts know. di-
rectors of the microphone type are ir-
regular in their action, and for that
reason are more or less unsatisfactory.
While they are more sensitive than
the coherer. they cannot generally be
used to advantage. They can be I'm
proved in their reliability by using a
numbering multiple and revolving the
needle, which Is generally q small
steel piece, by clockvork. This causes
a more or less musical sound In the
receiver, but the sound OF all the in
matter, and 1t will probably be some
time before the real cause OF this phe'
nomenon is discovered.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-01-02
WOULD KILL
Federation
NINE OWNERS ASK FEDERAL
COURT TO DISSOLVE MIN
GRs' UNION.
CHARGE CRIMINALITY
THREE ORGANIZATIONS IN
cLUpED IN INJUNCTION
SUIT.

Goldfeld, Nev.-To carry the fight
into the Federal Court will be the
next move of the Goldfield Mine Own
ers' Association. A suit will be filed
In the Circuit Court OF the district OF
Nevada, asking not only for an in1unc-
tion against picketing and interference
but for the Anal dissolution of the
Goldfeld Miners union
The suit is to be filed by the Gold
field Consolidated Mines Company
against the Goldfield miners, the West
ern Federation Of Miners. Charles A.
McKinnon, president of the local
union, and nineteen others officers of
the same. The complaint sets forth
the alleged vast extent and richness
OF the mining interests involved and
the large number OF persons holding
shares in the mines In various states
and territories; alleges that the Gold
field Miners union and the Western
Federation Of Miners are voluntarily
unincorporated associations. and thai
It Is claimed to be part of another
large organization known as the In
dustrial Workers OF the World. also
unincorporated. which has the same
principles and seeks to accomplish its
results by the same unlawful methods,
and has In its ranks as members OF
ers Of the Goldfield district. but other
laborers, such as walters. clerks.
cooks, BARRIERS and barkeepers.
II Is further alleged that the West
ern Federation of Miners Is organ
lied for the destruction OF property
and creating endless strife. disorder.
bloodshed and rioting." The Goldnell
union Is charged in the bill with ia
tmidation" and Of being guilty a
"wanton destruction of property, mus>
der OF innocent citizens. lawlessnesa
and anarchy to such an extent that u
has instituted a reign OF terror In the
Goldfeld district" 1t Is further a.
legged that the Goldfeld union u .
criminal society"
The court is asked to cite the DE-
PENDANTS before II to answer the al
legations Of the complaint and to is-
sue a writ of injunction restraining
the defendants from obstructing the
business of the Consolidated Mines
Company by threat. intimidation or
picketing. An injunction against boy
colt is further asked for. The court
Is asked to enjoin the Goldfcld union
from holding any more meetings.
Watchers or examiners are asked
for, with full authority to enter on
the property of the complainant and
to carry out the orders of the court
and to arrest any person violating
them. Finally. 1t is petitionsd that
the injunctions be made permanent
and that the Goldfeld Miners uniep
be abated and forever dissolved az Q
nuisance and perpetually enjoinsd
from any further meetings or action
OF whatever kind or nature. The
complaint is signed by George Wing
field. vice president OF the Consoii-
dated Mines Company.
One effect of the filing OF this. Il 10
said, may be to induce President
Roosevelt to order a portion OF the
troops now in Goldfield to remain on
the ground to assist In the enforce
ment OF the mandates OF the Federal
Court II necessary.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-01-02
VAGARY OF WIRELESS

tors on the Ohio. while receiving a mes
sage. was suddenly interrupted by the
strains of march sounding in his ear
pieces. Thinking 1t was the band of
the ship playing. he went to the officer
OF the deck and asked to have the
oand stopped until the message was
completed.
The man who relieved him at the re-
ceiver when he went to the oficer OF
the deck continued to hear the music
and, consequently, when the first op-
orator returned and informed the man
at the receiver that the band was not
playing on the ship there was con-
sternation in the wireless office, for
sounding clearly in the ear pieces was
a march played by band.
The Connecticut being the only ship
present on which a system of wireless
telephones had been installed, every
one was at loss to explain how music
could be heard over the receivers of a
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-01-02
Flying Machine Bids.

Washington.-Far more severe than
any other nation Is the United States
In its requirements In the matter of the
flying machine OF heavier r-than-air type
as set out in the specifications issued
by General Allen, chief signal officer,
upon which inventors are invited TO
submit bids to be opened February 1st
next.
The machine must carry two persons
OF the combined weight OF $50 pounds
and sufficient fuel for flight OF 125
miles. It must be designed for speed
of at least forty miles an hour, but
machine will be acceptable OF only 80
miles an hour. although only sixty per
cent. OF the contract price will be paid
therefor.
The hardest requirement to meet,
and one never heretofore realized by
any inventor, is that before accept.
ance trial endurance flight will be re-
quired of at least one hour, during
which time the flying machine must re-
main constantly In the air without land
Ing.
Unless the bidders are also the max
ers Of the flying machines. they must
state the name and place Of the maker.
They must also supply complete scale
drawings of their devices. and they are
notified that 1t is desirable that the
machine shall be capable OF being cas-
lily and quickly taken apart and re-
assembled and be transportable In an
army wagon.
To protect the department against
irresponsible and visionary persons
who set up claims to the invention OF
practical flying machines. bidders will
be required to furnish with their pro-
posal a certified check to the amount
of ten per cent. OF the cost Of the ma
chine
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-01-02
DENVER MARKETS

Denver Union Stock Yards, Dec. 80.
here was very satisfactory to-
wards the close of the week and cattle
prices are 15c to 25c higher than a
week ago. Receipts were light owing
to the Christmas holiday intervening,
but rather heavier than the same week
q year ago. Beef stuff of all kinds sold
readily. Steers brought $500 to $4.25,
though choice feed lot stun would have
brought more. Range cows of good
quality sold at s2.T5 to 1886, and a few
punches from the northern Colorado
feed lots brought s3.4O and $3.50. Bulls
sold up to s2.75 and best veal calves
brought s5.25. Most country buyers
went home for the holidays and de-
mand for feeders and stockers from
that source was light, but order buyers
and yard traders bought quite freely
anu the market closed in good shape
with prices 10c to 15c higher than a
week ago. Most of the fair to pretty
good steers sold at s3.2593.s5 with
choice stun around s4.0O. Indications
point TO good strong demand here
after the first of the year for all classes
of cattle.
Hogs are now selling here at $4.40@
$3.50 and the demand is good.
Sheep receipts last week were light
and under good demand prices ruled a
little firmer.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-01-02
GIRL RUNS THIS FUNERAL.
Child Of Twelve Brooks No Interfer-
ence with Mothers obsequIes.

New York.-A girl of ~, ordering
affairs Of life and death and assuming
responsibility with a determination
which would make the average person
of more than twice her years pause,
has given the residents of vineland,
N. j., much occasion for thought and
wonderment these last few days.
The child is Gladys Hoffman, whose
mother, Madeline Hoffman, committed
suicide at Vineland by drinking poi
son. Since her mothers death the
girl has insisted successfully in hav-
ing absolute charge of everything con-
nected with her parents funeral and
estate.
When the womans body was pre-
pared for burial the child stipulated
that the body must rest in a white
satin-lined coffin. When her aunt, Mrs.
Sarah Fry, would have interfered,
Gladys not only brushed her aside,
but prohibited her from attending the
funeral
A brother of Mrs. Hoffman appeared
In Vineland and sought to take
charge of Mrs. Hoffman's affairs. He
was brought up by his niece with
round turn. When he objected the
child was sustained by DR.. George
Cunningham of Vineland who tried to
save Mrs. Hoffman's life and who
had been a friend Of the woman and
child.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-01-02
GIRLS TO BE RADIANT At 100.
.RadIum as Perpetual Beautifier Ex
pounded by College Professor.

Baltimore.-In a lecture at Peabody
institute, Prof. William r. Brooks of
hobart college said that with the aid
of radium a young woman could re-
tain all of her freshness and beauty
for 100 years or more. But only rich
women can afford the experiment, for
the professor pointed out that this
perpetual beautifier" costs from 5000
to $500 a grain, else the purchaser
would only get something that resem.
bled ordinary table salt in appearance.
When Prof. Wood of the chair of
experimental physics, who was pres
snt at the lecture was asked about the
statement he looked puzzled for a mo-
ment. Then he said:
"Oh, yes, I do remember something
about it. l believe he found that ra-
dium retards the growth of the cater
pillar into the butterfly, and he argued
from this that 1t might keep people
young. One might Just as we'll say
that, because cigarettes interfere with
growth, use cigarettes. Seriously,
am quite sure DIR. Brooks was joking
when he said what he did about beau
ty and youth. Beyond a doubt he did
not intend to be taken literally"
Then you do not know anything
about radium as a beautifier?"
DR.. Wood shook his head.
Nor how to use it for that pur-
poser"
The doctor shook his head again.
1T was joke" he said
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-01-02
Christian Science Charity.

Boston.-A Christian Science insti.
tuition to cost at least $1,000 900 and to
be devoted especially In helping the
poor. is the latest project of the Chris
tian Science movement. The Chris
tian Science weekly Sentinel publishes
correspondence between Mary Baker
g. Eddy and the editor Of the denomina-
tional publications. who has gone to
Concord to confer with her, In which
Mrs. Eddy W rote:
II desire to commence Immediately
to found Christian Science instftu-
tion for the special bensnt Of the poor
and the general good OF all mankind.
The founding and endowment Of this
institution will cost at least IL looe. .o0o."
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-01-02
MEAT LEADS AS FOOD

strength needed for his own peculiar
task.
Discussing the relative merits of diff
ferent kinds of meat the doctor deliy-
ers staggering blow to diet faddists.
1T Is commonly said that meats of diff
1erent sorts vary decidedly In digesti-
oility; for instance, that red meat is
less digestible than white meat. or
beef than pork, or that a cheap cut is
less digestible than a tender steak
AS regards the thoroughness of diges-
ton, the results Of the extended series
OF tests reported show that such diff
ferences do not exist in any appreci-
able degree and that meat of all kinds
and cuts Is to be classed with the very
digestible foods"
So. too. with the different methods
OF cooking. Fried meat, against which
certain classes OF food reformers have
been accustomed to disclaim in hor-
ror. is found to be as nutritious and d.
gestible as boiled. or roasted, or broiled
meat.
The net result of DIR. Grindley's ex-
periments seems to be to eat all the
meat you like, cook 1t as you like. and
If your pocketbook rebels at the prices
OF porterhouse use round steak or
flank steak. Whatever you do, as long
as you eat meat, your stomach will no;
know the difference and will thank
you In increased bodily strength and
less DYSPEPSIA for abstaining from load
ing 1t down with vegetables which
can only be digested with diflculty.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-01-02
=sHiP'e MESSAGE INTERRUPTED
BY BURsTs OF BAND MUSIC.
Incident on Battle ship Ohio Causes
CONSERVATION Among Operators
and Mystifies Telegraph Ex-
perts Of tho Service.
Copyright By waidon Fswestt

Washington.-The many vagaries of
the wireless systems Of telegraphy
and telephony which are now installed
On the vessels of the navy are subject
10 constant study by the electrical
experts who have charge of the plants
They are Of especial interest now be-
cause of the important part that wire
less communication will play in the
present trip of the warship fleet to the
Pacific.
During the recent assembling of the
deet In Cape Cod bay one of the opera
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-01-02
Turnina of the cat

There is cunning which we in Eng.
land call THE turning of the cat in the
PAM" which is. when that which a
man says to another. he lays it as II
another had said 1t to him.-Francis
Bacon.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-01-02
GRAIN.

Wheat. choice milling. per 100 lbs
$1.30. Rye. Colorado, bulk, per 100 lbs,
white, sl.45; same in sacks, s1.55.
Corn, in bulk. $1.12; in sack, $117.
Corn chop. sacked. $1.18. Bran, Colo
RADIO. per 100 lbs. s1.O5.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-01-02
Live Poultry.
Butter.

Elgin, firm ...............
Creameries. extra Colo, lb.
Creameries, ex. eastern, lb
Creameries. I'd grade. b..
Process and renovated, lb..
Packing stock ............
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-01-02

Upland. per ton, $11.5O@125o; sec
ond bottom. $s.O0@9.OO; timothy.
10000 HOO; alfalfa, s7.00@s.00;
straw. $s.50@4.50; South Park wire
grass, 313.00014O0.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-01-02
Hogs.

Hogs.
Comparative receipts
Month to December eth. ..... 18,465
Same period last year. ......... 11,547
Increase ......... ........... 1878
Year to date ............... .241,7
Same period last year ........ 1872, 500
Increase ....... ........ 49.135
The following quotations represent
the range Of prices paid on this mar
ket:
Bulk of sales .4.40@4.45
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-01-02
Eggs.

Eggs. fresh. case count ......
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-22
R0SS-FENTON
FARM LEASE IS
ORDERED SOLD

The sale of an eight-year lease on the
Ross-Fenton farm" also the sale,
under the hammer of the exclusive
"Touraine" Hotel in Fifth avenue, both
in Asbury Park, and both well known
to Newarkers, was ordered today by
Vice Chancellor Howell.
The matter came up upon a motion
of Frank p. McDermott, counsel for
Frank H. Marshall, one of the owners
of the insolyent Seacoast Hotel Com
pany, which holds the lease and owns
the hotel.
Marshall, who was lessee of the Ross
Fenton farm" and Nicholas A. Jolly,
owner of the hotel, formed the Sea-
coast Hotel Company in September,
1907. 1t was not operated at a profit,
and recently a bill was filed by Jolly
against Marshall, alleging that the lat
ter had not kept his contract, and ask
ing that the transfer be set aside. AT
the same time the corporation was adj
Judged insolvent on Joly's petition and
representation that many thousands of
CELLARS were owing by the company to
{. adesmen.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-22
NINE ARRESTED
FOR BOOOL|NG
IN P|TTSBURG
Seven Councilmen and Two
Bankers Are Charged with
Robbing City.
DETECTIVE CHIEF is
ASKED TO RESIGN
Indications Point to Graft Dis
closures Similar TO Those
in San Francisco.

PITvTSBURG, Dec. 22.-FOIlowing the
sensational arrests here last night of
seven councIImen and two bankers on
charges of alleged corruption I'm com
Quoting the public affairs of this city, 1t
Is intimated today that even more
startling developments will occur
either today or by carly tomorrow.
Another sensation developed today
when it became known that Director
of Public Safety Lang had demanded
the resignation of Captain of Detectives
Edwin T. McGough. Director Lang
said today:
MY reason for asking Captain Nc
Cough for his resignation has nothing
to do with the arrest of the councilmen.
There was another reason, and 3 more
serious one, but what it is l will not
discuss"
Attorney A. Leo Well. president of
the Voters League, stated today: This
is the beginning. The end is not yet
Following are the men accused:
Councilman William Brand, president
of the body; John F. Klein, j. c. Was
son, I. o. Atkinson, Jacob Soffel, w. II.
Melaney and Hugh Ferguson. Former
1 i1SidSiil W. w. Isiiiioey diio loilliST
Cashier A. A. Vilsack, of the German
National Bank. are also accused.
Information against all the seven
men Of Councils charges them
with conspiracy, corrupt solicitation
and bribery.
An additional information against
Brand, WATSON and Klein charges them
with bribery and corrupt solicitation.
From Brand, WATSON and Klein bail
in the sum of $50, 900 each was de-
manded. The bail of the other four
members of Councils was fixed at
5000 each.
h information against Ramsey and
Vilsack charges them with giving
Klein $17, 500 as a bride. Bail demanded
from each is $14, 900.
While all the defendants were taken
by surprise when arrested last night,
each secured the necessary bail. which
in h aggregate amounted to $178, 900.
Robert Wilson, superintendent of the
Municipal League of Scranton, Pa, is
described as the man behind the gun"
Assisted by a corps of private detec-
lives, which he brought from Scranton,
he gathered the evidence against the
defendants. The Pittsburg police were
not consulted until yesterday when 1t
was desired to max the arrests.