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Semi-weekly herald., 1909-06-03
TRAIN ROBBER Ar
RESTED in DENVER
Fourth Member Of the Union Pacific HoIduos
Kun TO Earth by Detectives Tracing
Affinity to His Room

DENVER, June John shelton
aged 20 years. the fourth member OF
the band of train robbers arrested AT
South Omaha. Neb. May ~, was ar,
rested early this morning by Dctec.
tives Belr and Carr In house at
Fifteenth aud Curtis. over the Famous
restaurant,
Lillian Stephenson. aged % years.
whose photograph appears In a postal
card group found on one of the Oma.
ha prisoners, was in Shellon's room
when the detectives broke down the
door and she, too, was taken into Gus
'ody. was by tracing the move
ments of the girl that the detectives
finally succeeded in locating the room
of shelton, after foriy-eight.hour
search
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-06-03
Dcfalcation Made
Goodby Stockholders

LEWISTON. Idaho, June NATION.
al Bank Examiner Claude Catch Is
s snoieas mas az peen tf 5haagef 5dhiaacogefed Ia IN the
funds of the Lewiston National bank.
Beyond the fact that the stockholders
have made the alleged shortage good.
Mr.. Catch declines TO discuss the sit
uation.
1t is said the alleged defalcation
amounts 10 $l37 900. And alleged the
embezzlement has extended over a pc
riod of five years and was made pos
sible by manipulation of the adding
machine used in computing daily bal
ances, Immediately after the condi.
ton became known to the bank Off
cials, a meeting of stockholders was
called and the entire defaloation made
good by them
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-06-03
TO CUT OUT SERVICE TO PANAMA

SAN FRANCISCO. June 2.-The
Chronicle this morning says the Pa
cinc Mail Steamship company served
notice on the war department that 1t
will withdraw its Panama service Au.
gust g. This Information Is convey
ed In advices from Washington and
vouched for by high officials of the
department. Meantime the govern.
ment is making efforts to secure a
line of vessels to take over the bust
ness that the Pacific mail hes been
handling in connection with the Pan
anna railroad and the Panama steam
ship line in order that the latter ma,
not lose the New York-San Francisco
freight from which 1t haa been get
ti1s eensidsrabls rsvspus.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-06-03
NEW YORKER SUICIDES
EN- ROUTE TO EUROPE

NEW YORK. June 2.-Friends oI
Isaac Moss, wealthy lawyer of this
city, were greatly perturbed last night
by receipt of wireless telegram IN
nouncing his suicide on the steamship
Princess Alice, which sailed for Eu.
rope from this port last Thursday
The wireless dispatch said Mr.. Moss,
who had salad for E,.rono- &. s....--.l
OF rest and health, had leaped into
the ocean from one of the vessels
docks Mrs. Moss was so overcome
by the news last night that she could
not discuss matters Mr. Moss had
figured as attorney for number OF
western corporations in their litiga-
ton in the east
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-06-03
PARIS CAT BOARD or TRADE.

London Globe.
To the various bourses OF Paris, the
bourse with the capital letter. the
Bourse du Commerce. the Bourss du
Travail. the Bourse aux Timbres. there
must be added another which Paris
contemporary has discovered near the
Faubourg dn Temple viz the Bourse
aux Chats. This Interesting establish
ment IL situated in a big chamber at
the rear OF wine shop. Here. we
are told. are legl0ns OF cats Of all sizes
and color, which are to be seen jump
ing and heard "miauleHt" Our con
temporary makes some very dark sug-
gestions about the clientele Of the
wine seller. II suggests that tho Gus,
toners are by no means tender heart
ed old ladies'. but for the moxt part
furriers. curriers'. glove makers. and
what Is worse. cooks. A good sleek
'matou.' we learn. realizes from 50
centimes TO l franc. The skin has 1
number OF usages. and the flesh finds
It's way into the stewpans Of certain
restaurateurs possssias more eater
prise tAaA ssruDlA
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-06-03
COUNTS AlRsHiP TO BE
IN READINESS SOON

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, June 2.-The
Zeppelin airship, after having made
It's way by easy stages from Goep.
ningen. arrived here at 6 O'Clock this
morning and descended successfully to
the floating shed on Lake Constance.
The damages sustained at the end of
the prolonged flight of Sunday and
Monday Will be repaired today.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-06-03
OLD MAN TAKES LIFE
IN PRESENCE OF CROWD

CHICAGO. June Crowds OF per
sons saw gray haired man climb
over the south railing of the Clark
street bridge last night. lower him
self. then drop into the river. and
swim about 300 foot down the middle
of the stream, then sink The po-
lice and Bridge Tender Jeffers. Who
made an unsuccessful attempt to res
cue the man. believe he deliberately
committed suicide. The body had not
been found today
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-06-03
Reached Nearly One
Hundred Thousand

SEATTLE, June 2-rhe FIRST days
attendance at the exposition, accord
ing to ngures given out by the man
agement this morning was S9.2s6. The
greater part of this was in the day
time when more than $4,000 people
passed through the turnstiles between
the opening hour and 6 p. III. The
night attendance was cut down by u
severe rainstorm.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-06-03

Western
Omaha |, Des Moines 0.
Sioux City 3, Lincoln 2.
Wichita 10, Pueblo 2.
Denver-Topeka game postponed
National
New York 8. Brooklyn 2.
Chicago ., Cincinnati 40 innings
Pittsburg-St. Louis game postponed
American
Washington 0-2, New York 40,
Boston OIL, Philadelphia 10. FRS
game eleven innings.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-06-03
CITY COUNCIL.


The city council met last night in
regular session with all aldermen pres.
.ent except Alderman Turner and with
Mayor Goodman In the chair
Minutes of the last meeting were
read and approved.
Petitions for licenses were read
from the following: f. n. Graham
and German & Rivers for plumbing;
Edwin Forsgren for laying cement
sidewalks: John Baudino and Bessie
Rivers for liquor license; j w. Jarvis
for livery; John Morelock, second
hand license; and Lawrence Miller,
express. On motion, licenses were
granted to all petitioners.
Reports of officers for May follow
ed The city treasurer reports bal
ance on hand June /. of S14.663.5S.
Police magistrate reported nineteen
arrests. Water Superintendent f. E.
Schalles collected s3.SSS.90 last month.
The health officers report stated that
there were two deaths of scarlet fever
liNt tdaCS' VI "hiNh "~A'
quarantined and duly disinfected.
Chairman Smith of .the street and
alley committee reported that the
streets were being cleaned and put in
good shape. He also spoke of three
lots on Main avenue having six
inch gutter, while most of the others
were nine-inch cutters, the three lots
in question being the Bank, the Office
and Bismark saloons, all the cutters
being concrete, or flagsione. In dis
cussing the matter, Engineer Wiggles-
worth said that in this climate no
gutter less than nine inches should be
allowed, and depth of twelve is bet
ter.
Mr.. Smith said that the ditch east
of town is in a dangerous condition
and after some discussion and expla'
nation the motion was carried thnt
same be repaired. Chairman Smith
also commented on the difference in
grade in cement walks on Fourth ave
nut, saving that new walks about IL
,.De put In according to required grade
would make an offset at the Kettle
well residence of about three inches
since the latter walk was set before
the present ordinance was IN force
There should be connection, bn'
Show can 1t be done and obey the orji
nance?
Engineer WigglesWo.th tn said tha
the fixing of the general grade 10
walks throughout the city was wrong
that IL is not as done in the larg
cities and stated that he had CORE
spondence in his office from Colorad
Springs and Pueblo in proof of tn
fact He said that the engineer shoul
have his profiles of the differen
blocks and that the grade should b
adopted as shown in these profile
In speaking OF the offset In walk o
Fourth avenue Mr.. Wigglesworth sal
that there was fall of Two incnes
some 300 feet, which. II the wal
was gradually sloped from the kettl
well residepce 10 the end of the bloc
could not be detected without a su
veyor's instrument. After lengtf
discussion. since neither street col
mittee nor engineer cared to take Il
responsibility of disobeying the orr
nance, 1t was suggested that the G
gineer use his own Judgment In gra
Ing the above block.
Ths width Qi city sidewalks v
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-06-03
PHILADELPHIA SUFFERS
HEAVY FIRE LOSS

PHILADELPHIA, June Fire to.
day destroyed the fiye-story building
of Schmoele and Co. milliners. in
Chestnut street, and spread TO the
Beneficial building next door. OWE
ed and occupied In part by the Bene-
fetal Savings fund. The loss is over
two hundred thousand.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-06-03
JAPANESE HURT THE FRENCH,

Boston Clone
There IS big strike In a French
town and the military has heen called
out. A correspondent OF the New
York Times assures us that the re
mote cause OF the strike is Japanese
cheap labor Labor Is fairly cheap IN
France, but you cannot ga. button
makers In that country for 25 cents a
day az you can in Japan.
Button making IN France Is an old
industry In Japan II is new one
about ten years old Five years ago
the Japanese started exporting their
hutton product The United States
took about $4,000 worth In 1904. In
1907 Japan exported about sl00O.OO
Germany,
The inference is that the French In
dustry has been so crippled by the
Japanese that its promoters cannot
pay good wages. Result: strike
or not. there IL little doubt that ia
pan one day will be a formidable com
peiitor in the markets of the world
Her people are wide awake, ingenious
and enterprising. That they may be
able to drive us all out OF business.
as The Times correspondent fears, on
account OF the cheap labor available
Is not likely Her labor will not
always be as cheap as II is now
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-06-03
POPE is "a YEARS OLD;
CELEBRATION PRIVATE

ROME. June 2.--Tbe pope Is "A
years old today, having been born at
Riese June 2. 1895. In accordance
with his wish celebration Of the day
was private.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-06-03

committee was appointed TO con.
fer with the band in regard to de,
tails. such as number of concerts, etc.
ne motion to establish a pound on
the north side was lost.
Adjourned AT 1890 this morning.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-06-03
THREE TRAiNMEN
KILLED IN COLLISION

PiTTSBURG, June 2.-Three train.
men were killed today when an engine
running light crashed into freight
train at Mars, Pa, near here. on the
& Western branch OF the
& Ohio railroad.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-06-03

After suffering for two and one.
half years and undergoing three opera
tions, Charles 10. Jackson. former star
left tackle in the Colorado college foot
ball team, died Sunday morning at his
home in Denver, as the result of an
injury received in the Colorado col
lcgeDenver university football game
a. Colorado Springs Thanksgiving day,
1906
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-06-03

Late reports from the district in
Oklahoma devastated by cyclone Sal
urday state there are 500 people home
less. This is the land where cyclones
and devastating storms are dnknowl
Come to Colorado.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-06-03

D "A
union of the British colonies IN South
Africa Is at hand After a brief Visit
In England he expects to take IN
his residence in Rhodesla, whe.s he
VIII superintend the British snn,h
Africa company. OF which he is a ai.
rector.
How the French liner La Lorraine
ran down n fishing smack in n dense
fog Just after she had LEFT Havre.
killing one of the crew OF thre. men
and cutting the smack In half. was
told when the steamer arrived in New
YORK She had on board the two men
OF The smack she picked up The liner
was thirty miles out OF Hayre when
she rnn down the Farah CAPTAIN
Adolphe Ia Chevre and Mae Henry
Auberi, were saved. but Augnste Jill.
lemetre, a sailor. was drowned. The
passengers raised $3.50 for the two
men. who win be taken back TO
France.
James A. Patten. monarch OF the
wheat pit. wound up his campaign in
the May option Saturday with II profit
to himself and his Immediate aaso,i.
aies OF between s3.50O.O00 and $4,000.
900. In The last forty.elght hours of
The time Tor May delivery the firm NJ
i'arile't. Patten A. Co. accepted and
paid for about 100000 bushels OF
wheat This cash grain. together with
about 3.250.00O bushels delivered In
The iirsl fey few days of May, p2x--is IN
what is known In the pit as the
corpse" of the deal This Is the term
applied TO actual grim on hand ut the
close of trading deal.
Mrs. William II Annis. whose hus-
band was shot and killed by Capt,
Peter c. Hams, made her debut on the
stage Sunday when she appeared IN
q vaudeville sketch In Morrison's mu,
sic hall, Rockaway beach. She wns
assisted by -four men and the act con
sisted of musical selections. vocal AMI
Instrumental. Mrs. Annis rendering
some OF the latter pieces and acting
as accompanied in the others. She
received many encores at both the aft
ernoon and evening performances and
appeared to be al ease. although after
ward she said she was extremely Deiv.
.b haA
into vaudeville In order to support
herself and her sons
Laws for the protection OF women
and children In the factories OF Eng
land are responsible for the decline IN
birth rate among the working people.
In the opinion OF Professor Carl Pear.
son OF the University college. In pre-
senting this novel view Professor
Pearson instances the low birth rate
In Bradford. Mothers there, he says,
an average. against Ave children sixty
years ago. Professor Pearson nair-
tains that this condition has resdi'ed
from the decreased economic value OF
the child. following factory legislation
Formerly the child contributed to the
family maintenance from the age OF G
years. When parliament placed re-
strictions on the employing OF women
approaching maternity 1t was not real
lied TINT n step was thereby taken
toward discouraging motherhood.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-06-03

Saturday nights storm drifted so
much snow into the snowsheds OF the
South Park branch Of the Colorado *
Southern railway that Sundays trains
were delayed several hours In some
OF the sheds and open cuts the snow
was drifted 10 dep,h of over Ave
feet.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-06-03

The Illinois legislature has passed
and the governor signed "a bill -de-
olarlng void leases that prohibit chill
dren In apartment houses.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-06-03

Booker T. Washington tells how he
late Mr.. Rogers OF Standard on fame
gave him ten ten thousand dollar
bills to assist in establishing colored
schools. the gift being conditional that
It be kept secret.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-06-03
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

Railroad business IL practically at
a standstill In parts OF South Dakota
owing to floods.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-06-03

and piercing hole through his abdo.
men and lung.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-06-03

Mrs X. p. Eliot of Denver while
riimmaging about the cellar OF her
residence Sunday night came IN con
tact with live wire and was instant
ly killed.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-06-03

Saturday evening nj $50 al River
portal heading. Gunnison tunnel.
Frank Parkhurst, one OF the machine
men in the tunnel, was killed by a
large slab of rock falling from the
roof OF the tunnel With a gang OF
ruuckers and machine men they were
setting drills for driving another Set OF
holes when without warning u large
slab Of rock broke from the roof AND
fell full upsu him. knocking him down
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-06-03

A review OF the fortysixth general
assembly OF Illinois shows shal The
do nothing" policy OF the house puts
the session on record as one OF The
most futile In decades, remarkable
only for iis combinations.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-06-03
YESTERDAYS BASEBALL.

Those boys clothes at Nathan's.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-06-03

II is learned here that the board of
control OF the Kansas Agricultural
college at Manhattan, Kans, has oil
fered the presidency OF that institu
tion to Dean II. j. Waters. This ie
the gentleman TO whom the boafd OF
control OF the Colorado college offered
the presidency OF the Colorado insti
tuition. Colorado offers $4,000 II yeai
and Kansas offers $1,000.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-06-03
COLORADO NEWS

The Continental Trust company is
foreclosing the Catfon land grant com
prising million acres OF land. fcn
Burns should get busy and bid il In
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-06-03

mnde up his mind to retire from pub.
Tic HE at Cape Tcwn. now that a
union of the British colonies IN South
Africa is at hand. After a brief Visit
In England he expects to take np
his residence in Rhodesia. whess he
VIII snperintend the British snuth
Africa company. of which he is ai.
rector.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-06-03

The court OF appeals Of New YORK
yesterday rendered a decision that IL
effect holds that In dispensing racing
Information on the Brighton track last
year was not violation OF the anti
gambling laws. Bookmaksrs consider
that the decision makes another loop
hole in the Hart-Asnew anti-betfine
law
DIR. Leander starr Jameson. the lead
er of the famous Jameson raid into
the Transvsal IN Dec.. 1895. which
brought ON the Boer war. and after
ward the prsnaer Of Cape Colony. AA
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-06-03

The jury In the ease of James SHARP
or Adam God" charged with the mur
der OF Policeman Michael Mullane IN
a religious riot at Kansas City Dec
8 last, Saturday returned u verdict o
guilty of murder In the second de
gress and Sharp was sentenced to j
years In the penisentiary.
The daily sentinel., 1909-02-02

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DAUGHTER OF WRECK
VICTIMS LOSING MIND

Ii is reported that Marguerite
EzeII, the 5-ycar-old girl whose faith
err and mother were killed in the
Dotscro wreck, and who was herself
seriously injured, may lose her rea-
son as II result Of the horrible wreck
and as II result of the terrible MEM
orics of the wreck and the death Of
her mother and father praying upon
the mind of the little one.
The child has been removed from
the Glcnwood snnitarium to her old
home in North Dakota. The mind of
the little one seems to he affected
more by the loss of her parents than
by any thing else. II is hoped. how
ever, that she may permanently re-
cover.
The daily sentinel., 1909-02-02
THIS SECTION HAND is
NOW ROADS PRESIDENT
Especial to The sentinel. /


New York, Feb. Nv. G.
Brown, who started life as II sec
tion hand, today assumed the
presidency of the New York Cen
trail and Hudson River Railroad
company, succeeding W. ii. New
man. NIr. Browns rise from
the hIImblest station to the high
est in one of the greatest rail-
way systems of the world forms
II remarkable commentary on
the opportunities open to ambi-
tiOus Americans
Many a king rules over less of an
empire than that which now passes
under Mr.. Browns control. The New
York Central has a peaceful standing
army of 900 employees. Its eX-
penditures annually are not less han
$3.50, 100000. of which $75,0O0,0n9
comes from the parent railroad alone
Few are the offices of State which
compare in dignity and powel with
the headshlp of great railroad sys-
TEN.
The man who now rules over This
railroad empire not only began at the
bottom. but climbed practically every
rung of the ladder. Before he was
sixteen years old-he is thirty-fiVn
now-he had become a section! hand
on the Chicago, Milwaukee AMI St
Paul. The rungs of the ladder from
that starting point are labeled tele-
graph operator. train dispatcher.
chief train dispatcher, trainmaster
assistant superintendent, superin-
tendents general manager vice-presi
dent.
Although Mr. Brown was bora in
Herkimer county he started his rail-
road life i'm the and fharD il a
little farme house al Waterloo. Iowa.
where he and his bride began humb-
ly their career together. lie was The
sort of section hand who does not
care to stay in that job. and so he
took to practicing on the telegra ph
instrument in his odd moments It
was only nine months after his en-
trance into the employment of the
Chicago, Milwaukee and ST. Paul that
he had become a telegraph operator.
and in two years more he had gone
TO the Illinois Central as train dis
patcher.
He went from the Illinois Central
to he Chicago, Rock Island and Pa
cific. and then to the Chicago. Bur-
lington and quincy, each time as a
train dispatcher II was i'm The lat
ter place that he first attracted the
notice of the powers in the road
1t was in January. 1850. that
Brown became chief train dispatcher
on the Burlington, and one year later
was promoted to trainmaster Three
years more and he was assistant su--
perintendent. From that time on
promotion came with even greater
rapidity, until in 1907 he found him
self vice-president and general man
ager of The Lake Shore and Michigan
Southern and six months later was
vice-president of the New York Cen
iral in addition. His rise form that
TO senior vice-president of all the
New York Central lines is matter
of recent railroad history
The daily sentinel., 1909-02-02

Prof Whipple left Grand junction
Saturday night, at The conclusion ot
the Farmers Short Course of which
he was one of the leaders, and his
destination was Iowa although he
said but little to his friends concern
ing his trip and its object Miss
Lothian left the city several months
ago for her old home in Iowa to pre-
pare for the happy event now about
to take place.
The marriage will be snlemnized
at noon tomorrow at the home of
Miss Lothian's parents, Rev. and Mrs.
]. W. Lothian. in the presence OF
relatives and a few friends.
few young people of this city have
ever entered into the married life
with as many well wishing friends as
This couple can claim
MISS Lothian Is in every way a
most estimable young woman and
known families in the Iowa city,
She possesses a most admirable per
sonality and genial, lovable man
ners. She is a richly talented plan
list. For nearly two years she was
employed as pianist AT the Methodist
church n this city and sne also had
large class of music pupils prior to
her return to her old home. She is a
neice of Mrs. d. w. Aupperle, Of this
city and has made her home here
with Mr. and Mrs. Aupperle.
Prof Whipple has resided in
Grand junction about four years.
having charge of the horticultural
experiments. short courses, etc, of
The entire western slope. Nc instruc-
tor connected with the state agri-
cultural college is more popular. He
is Young man of remarkable abil-
ity in his line of work and is in
every way a worthy and excellent
gentleman. He Is extremely popular
among the hundreds of fruit grow
ers of the western slope with whom
he has come in frequent contact
Immediately following the cere-
mony Prof. Whipple and his bride
will leave on a most extended bridal
tour. They will visit Chicago, Wash
ington City, New York City, Boston
They go to Buffalo and from there
return to Iowa for few days. They
will then visit Prof. Whipple's old
home in Kansas and then come to
Grand Junction to take up their resi-
dence here about Marcn !
The daily sentinel., 1909-02-02

We have the best equipped iewelry
manufacturing establishment in west
ern Colorado.-C w. Primrose
The daily sentinel., 1909-02-02

Mrs. Edward Taylor left Saturday
evening for Los Angeles. where she
will join her husband. Senator Taylor
who is staying in southern California
for his health's condition had taken
sudden change for the worse
Glenwood Avalanche.
The daily sentinel., 1909-02-02
A POPULAR
COUPLE WE'D

a marriage that will attract
interest throughout the state and
which involves as principals two
of the best known young people
of Grand Junction will be solem-
niZed tomorrow at Sioux City,
Iowa, when Prof. o. B. Whipple,
in charge of the local experiment
station of the agricultural col
Icgc, and Miss Myrtle Lothian,
for two years past n prominent
and popular music instructor of
this city, are united in wcdloclS.
The daily sentinel., 1909-02-02

See German and his company
Tuesday night. Famous attraction.
Under auspices of lecture course. Ad-
mission 80 cents, children % cents
20 acres good level land on Or
chard mesa. s125 per acre.-Smith
& Baylis.
The daily sentinel., 1909-02-02

Nour home LACKS health, comfort
and selling value without modern
bath room. See j Il. Mckenzie for
| estimate. Phone Red 151.
The daily sentinel., 1909-02-02

Post and Boyd nave opened up
new livery stable on Colorado avenue
between Third and Fourth.