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Gilpin observer., 1909-05-06
GETS EASY MONEY

]. D. Gregg, who has been leading
somewhat of butterfly life, is Ian
gushing in the county Jail. He
drifted in from Idaho Springs Fri
day and being in need of little
money dropped into the New York
store. He was well dressed, of pleas
ing appearance, and at once made a
hit with the proprietor of the dry
goods and clothing store. Gregg rep
resented himself as a son of the sup
erintendent of the Florsheim Shoe
company OF Chicago and prevailed
upon A. Rachofsky to endorse a draft
on the Florsheim company for s25.OO
Ee TOLD Mr.. Rachofsky, in addition
to the yarn about being the superin-
tenuent's son, that he was out west
on vacation. AS the New York store
handles the celebrated Florsheim
shoes, Mr.. Rachofsky wasn't the
least bit backward in endorsing the
draft, although cautioned not to do
it by the clerks in the store.
With Mr.. Rachofsky's signature on
the back of the draft Gregg had no
trouble in getting the money at the
bank. He came back to the store and
made himself welcome until leaving
time of the afternoon train, when he
departed for Denver. Shortly after
the young mans departure, Mr.. Rach-
ofsky got to thinking that perhaps
it was possible he had been duped
again and phoned to Idaho Springs
to the Club hotel where Gregg had
been stopping and made inquiries re-
garding the fellow. 1t came to light
that Gregg had worked a similar
game in that city. He said he was
connected with the Florsheim COM
pany and remained at the hotel about
week. Upon leaving he gave the
proprietor draft on the Florsheim
company for s25.OO in payment
of his board, amounting to $500, re-
ceiving the balance in cash.
After the interview with the hotel
man at Idaho Springs, Mr.. Rachofsky
went to the First National bank
where the draft had been cashed and
told the cashier that he was afraid
he had been "stung." The cashier
ltelegraphed- d-to---the Florsheim COM
pany and received a message stating
that the company didn't know Gregg
and there was no man by such a name
in their employ. The message also
said to notify the bank at McCook,
Neb., where it seems that Gregg had
also obtained money under false pre-
lenses.
A warrant was sworn out for
Gregg's arrest and he was appre-
hended in Denver shortly after he
reached the city. Sheriff Bolsinger
went to Denver Saturday morning and
brought Gregg back to Central on
the evening train. Monday morning
he was arraigned before Judge Nc.
Cullough, plead not guilty and his
hearing was set for Saturday at 10
o'clock. He is charged with obtain
ing money under false pretenses.
c. d. Clapp and w. E. Kohler, of
Toledo, O., and G. H. Marting, of
Columbus, O., interested in the Parole
mine, were visitors to the city this
Gilpin observer., 1909-05-06
Furniture For Sale Cheap.

Inquire of Mrs. L. Monroe at resi-
dence on Eureka ST., between the
hours of p. m. and p. m. Inquire
Immediately.
Gilpin observer., 1909-05-06

The Colorado and City Museums
--Harold Shuck
The Circus ----LOuis carter
The Denver University Observatory
- -- Walter Keleher
A visit to the Denver Post ------
- Rickard MacNicholas
The Legislature Percy Roberts
Base Ball Industrial School and
Succeeding games--John Anderson
Music "Carmena" The Senior
Quartet Nellie Anger, Elsie
Teats, Bertha Reynolds, Laura
Ayers.
Glass Will---- May Harrington
Junior Sextette
Nellie Kruse, Hazel Stribley, Bes-
sic Henley, Mabel French, Nellie
Comfort, Beatrice Richards.
Announcements---- MIR. Momyer
Laboratory Experiments Conduct
ed by Mr.. Wiedman.
Music-"Miss Algebra Central
City Seventh and Eighth Grades
Class Prophecy ---- Bertha Reynolds
Music Nights of Music
Sophomore Glass Ruth Flaher-
ty, Margaret Simpson, Edna Moo
nan, Ora Allebaugh, Hermina Peck
Paper Basket Ball Laura Ayers
Paper Foot Ball - Newton Rugg
Glass Poem Edna Driscoll
Paper Pleasant Recollections of
High School Days Elsie Teats
Music BLACK Hawk Schools
Gymnasium program, directed by D.
E. Wiedman and Newton Rugg, field
meet at City Park.
Events:
Boys Race-100 yards.
Girls Race-50 yards.
Broad Jump-Standing.
Broad Jump-Running.
Base ball throw for distance.
Hop-Step-and-j jump Running.
Sack Race.
Three Legged Race.
Base ball game-Black Hawk VS..
Russell, Bald Mt. grades.
Participants must be eighth grade
students belonging to Gilpin coun-
ty school
By winning any event the student
wins the blue ribbon in that event
for his school. Records will be kept
for future use.
Clear Greek Association.
The meetings of the Association
were held in the high school assem-
an address. announcing for his sub
Ject, Three Sundays in a Week"
His theme was the international Date
Line which he discussed in an in
teresting and instructive way, among
other things clearly proving that it
was possible to have three Sundays
in one week.
The State Superintendent of Pub
lie Instruction Mrs. katherine Cook,
delivered an address on the "Move-
ment Toward the Medical Inspection
of School Children" giving especial
attention to the law just passed by
the General Assembly requiring such
inspection in Colorado schools.
In the afternoon Dean Parsons Of
Colorado college delivered an address
on the Preparation Of the American
Youth for Citizenship" The music
by the different classes of the Idaho
Springs schools was feature Of the
meeting. The visiting teachers were
delightfully."- entertained at luncheon
at the Plummer Manual Training
School. The next meeting Of the AS
sociation will be held in Central City
in December. The officers elect are:
President-Wm. E. Withrow. Cen
trail City.
Vice resident Miss Dlanl1e.
Georgetown.
Secretary-Miss Katherine Miller,
Central City.
Treasurer - Prof. Ripley. Idaho
Springs.
Executive Committee Superinten-
dents, Frances C. Mayhem. Central
City; Ella r. Adams, Idano Springs;
Elizabeth Hemberger, Golden.
c. l.. Maloney, the hustling repre-
sentative of the Denver Post. arriv-
Gilpin observer., 1909-05-06

c. d. Clapp and w. E. Kohler, of
Toledo, O., and G. H. Marting, of
Columbus, O., interested in the Parole
mine, were visitors to the city this
week.
Gilpin observer., 1909-05-06

VIM. Quiller made a business trip
to Denver yesterday morning.
Gilpin observer., 1909-05-06

The very best Of fruits on the
market at Hawley's.
Gilpin observer., 1909-05-06

The Colorado and City Museums
Harold Shuck
The Circus - Louis Carter
The Denver University Observatory
Walter Keleher
A visit to the Denver Post ------
Rickard MacNicholas
Gilpin observer., 1909-05-06

Trade at Hawley's.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-12-24
POLICE ERROR
Was TRAGEDY
Adolph Beck, wrongfully I'm
prisoned for a Long Term
Dies

London, Dec. 24-Adolph Beck died
in the Middlesex hospital from bron-
chitis and pneumonia at the age of
6S. Thus ends career which attract
ed very considerable attention five
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-12-24
Discovered Broken Rail in the
Track While Gathering
Christmas Decorations
FLED DOWN THE TRACK ANO
FlAGGEO 0ARUSH|NC TRAIN
Engine Stopped Within Five Feet Of
the Break-Passengers and Train
Crew Lionized the Boy Who Was
Only Twelve Years of Age.

Olympia. WASH, Dec. 24.-Harry
Hunter, 12-year-old boy, saved a
heavily loaded Northern Pacific
passenger train from disastrous
wreck today. Hunter and Sam Bur-
rows, a boy of the same age, were
gathering Christmas decorations
along the right of way east of
Olympia when they discovered a
broken rail which left an opening in
the track several feet long knowing
passenger train was to pass soon,
the boys determined to give it warn
ing. Hunter started up the track In
the direction of Tacoma and Burrows
started toward Olympia, both running
at top speed. Hunter had proceeds
only a short distance when he dis
covered the train bearing down upon
him. Selling his handkerchief he
waved it frantically. The train was
brought to a stop within five feet of
the broken rail. The passengers and
train crew lionized the boy and took
him aboard the train.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-12-24
Four Cars, All Heavily Load
ed With Christmas Trav-
elers Were Derailed
WIRES ARE DOWN AND ONLY
COMMUNICATION BY PHONE
Spot Is Isolated and 1t Is Feared Tba,
the Cold Will Cause Much Addition.
al Suffering Among the Injured
Early Reports Exaggerated.

Winnipeg, Dec. 24.-The Canadian
Pacific railways Toronto express
leaving Winnipeg Wednesday night
was wrecked west of Fort William last
night. Four passenger cars went off
the track. Forty passengers are seri-
ously injured. All the wires are down
and the only information received is
over the dispatcher's telephone wire.
The place where the wreck occurred
Is an isolated section of the road and
the railway officials in this city fear
that the injured may suffer from the
cold before relief can reach them. The
train was heavily loaded with holiday
travellers, many of them returning to
their former homes in the east to
spend the holidays.
The early reports from the wreck
gave the number of killed as forty. but
1t is now believed that there have
been no fatalities.
The four cars in going over the
embankment carried away the tele-
graph poles and wires and all COM
munication was broken in conse-
quence except by telephone over one
uncertain wire. Six hundred people
were aboard.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-12-24
Mothers Attorney Win Urge
This As Defense to Muir
der Charge
FOR DAYS N SUCCESSION
She LIVED ON MORPHINE
Attorney Believes She Was in Such
a Condition When She Took Her
Own Life in the Bathtub at East
Orange, N. j.

New York, Dec. 24.-was her own
constant use of the hypodermic
needle the cause of Ocey Snead's
death? Col. Robert J.. Hare, counsel
for Mrs. Caroline B. Martin, the bath
tub victims mother, brought this
question TO- the fore today as he was
preparing to appear in court here for
the third hearing on the cases of Mrs.
Martin and Mrs. snead whom the
New York authorities are holding
pending extradition. Col. Haire de-
clared that he has evidence to show
that the young woman was what g
known as dope fiend." "By that I
mean," said the attorney. THAT she
used drugs, chiefly morphine, for
nearly two years before she died. !
have learned this from talking with
her mother about the case. 1t is
said Mrs. Snead would go for days
and days without food, living on
morphine. am convinced that 1t
was in this condition that she de-
stroyed herself"
Col. Haire said that this would be
Mrs. Martins defense against the
charges of numbering her daughter.
Further complications in the maze
Of contradictory evidence developed
today with the discovery OF additional
documents. The papers were found
by the Brooklyn police in a Henry
street house once occupied by the
Wardlaws and have imbued the de-
tectives with the belief that the en-
tire family had made suicide pact
which was only partly fulsilled by the
death of oceyS mead. The'salleged pact
is said to be revealed by letters sign.
ed by Ocey Snead, her husband, Mrs
MARTINI Ocey's mother and hers two
aunts. Mrs. Mary Bnead and Miss Vir-
ginia Wardlaw. Accompanying them
were several blank forms Of power OF
attorney all signed by Ocey snead
The documents have been turned over
to the New Jersey authorities.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-12-24
SLAYER BAFFLEs ALL
Plot to Kill German Officers Still
RemalAs . Mystery.

Vienna, Dec.s 24.-An efforts to
trace the criminal who recently plot
ted, 1t Is believed, to kill a number
OF officers in the general staff of the
army stationed IN this city have met
with failure. 8
Pills containing prussic acid had
been received by the officers, and let
ters sent with them recommended
them highly as q nerve-strengthening
remedy. One Of these officers, a
young and promising captain named
Richard Nader, swallowed some of
the pills and fell dead few minutes
later. Although details of the affair
are vague, what; is known indicates
that the miscreant contemplated
wholesale murder.
The death of this young officer
served as warning that saved the
lives of all the others who had re-
ceived the pills. Capt. Nader, who
was 81 years Of age, occupied a post
In the telegraphic section of the war
ministry. He received the fatal mis-
sive at his o ce. through the mail.
A gray envelope 1 contained a tiny
brown cardboard box, holding two
pills wrapped ip pink paper. The let
ter inclosed had been printed in a
copy press, and contained the words:
Discretion! We send you here
with a sample of our nerve-slrength-
ening remedy, perfected after the ex-
perience of many years. 1t is guar
anteed by the highest medical au-
thority as an admirable means for it's
purpose. and is declared at the same
time to be absolutely harmless.
Judge for yourself; the result will be
our best advertisement.
Directions for use. Box to be
carefully opened and the pills swal-
lowed with cold water. The effect is
startling. The pills must be soon
taken, as they are spoiled by ex-
pcsure to the air. Awaiting your
further orders, which will be rapidly
and discreetly carried out. we remain,
Charles Francis, 6 District. Vienna v
Laughing, Capt, Nader showed the
letter and pills to some of his COM
rades. who supposed it to be the ad-
vertfsing dodge Of some chemical
firm. Unfortunately, the same even
ing, while Capt. Nader was engaged
in writing to his betrothed, an Ameri-
can singer at Frankfort, the idea
came to him to swallow the pills,
which he did. with fatal result.
The investigation ipto this incident
is surrounded with difficulty, as it is
not known whether the act was one of
political revenge or an antimilitary
crime planned by anarchists for the
wholesale extinction of the best
young unmarried officers of the staff
1t is supposed by some to be the act
of a lnadman, or Of, one filled with
malice On account 81 failure at last
years examination.
It is specially worthy OF notice that
the sender had at his disposal large
quantity Of cyanide of potassium. as
each pill contained one grain, while
one centigram is fatal dose. In
some circles it is thought that the
sender is an officer, but all efforts to
trace the author of the crime up to
the present have failed.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-12-24
KING ALFONSO
SERIOUSLY ILL
His Condition Is Creating the
aravest Fears in Court !.
Circles

Paris. Dec. 24-The Gilblas today
prints a private communication from
Madrid stating that the condition of
King Alfonso has created the gravest
anxiety IN court circles. Another OPP
GRAFTON is imperative.
For some time disturbing and per-
'sistent rumors regarding the health
Of the king have been circulated.
The exact nature of his ailment has
been concealed from the public. It
is understood. that the postnasal
parts and inner ear are aaffected.
One of the symptoms has been a
slight deafness. Last July the king
is said to- have been operated upon
at Biarritz' for the removal Of q
growth in the nose. A somewhat
similar operation had been performed
. month earlier. '3'
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-12-24
SNUBS FOR CHURCHILL
HIS FORMER ASSOCIATES DISLIKE
HIS ATTITUDE ON THE
BRITISH BUDGET.

London, Dec. 24.-Never before in
the memory of man has there been
as much personal bitterness in Brit
ish politics as has resulted from the
budget and its rejection by the house
of lords. The attacks made on the
character and capacity of the peers
have aroused strong indignation in
the circles of the aristrocracy, and
this. INDICATION has been directed
mainly against Winston Churchill.
Chancellor Lloyd-George comes
from the people. The lords and la
onslaughts as evidence of his ignor-
ance. The radical peers are either
literary parvenYs, like Lord Morley.
with no connection with Mayfair
drawing rooms and no yearning for
the society of dukes, or else they
possess the charm of moderation
which disarms enmity.
Lord Crewe, who introduced the
budget in the house of lords, is Lord
Rosebery's son-in-law, and his
speeches are always honeyed and
polite. Lord Darlington, the minister
of agriculture and q personal friend
of King Edward, is d genial country
gentleman with hom nobody, not even
an angry marquis, can possibly quar-
rel.
A Yitriolic Political Turncoat.
But Winston Churchill falls into
quite another category. BY birth he
belongs to the aristocracy. He is the
grandson Of duke, and the present
Duke Of Marlborough is his first cou-
son. He is political turncoat, hav-
ing changed from toryism to radical
ism, mainly, it is suggested, through
hatred of Joseph Chamberlain, and
his conversion has gained him hiRh
Office.
Moreover, he is virulent antagon-
ist, and his speeches are vitriolic. No
man in British public life possesses
80 fine q gift of denunciation, and no
one is less restrained. He denounces
his own order every time he mounts
the platform, and he Is hated with q
complete and bitter hatred.
Winston Churchill's. sarcastic ref
erences to Lord Rothschild, the great
international banker, have been par
ticuiarly remarkable, and they, are
denounced as evidence. Of gross in
gratitude. On the death Of Church
Ills father, Lord Randolph Churchill,
his affairs were found to be in con-
siderable confusion, and Lord Roth
schild personally undertook to un-
ravel the dimculties and to make the
best possible provision for the sons.
For Rothschild to accept task
Of this sort is for success TO be as
sured, and though this ia not general
" known in ENGLAND, the president
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-12-24
The Spirit Of The Christmas Tide

C.. r. Bares.
heard of
Since o
gladden. olda
Christmas a
to the world overt!
The chsel
He's torn the rotten roof Of od-tme superstition,
And in a reared
warning %
selfshness, which
pulling
Thai
Blu
maxim of
more,a as once
Is uttered with
o spirit breaches.
n darkp places,
Ambitions gttring
noblcr
wealth,
to q The the
And pointing that better life
Without single lamp of hope. window
star-
II a of to heaven!
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-12-24
NINE PERISH
IN BAD FIRE
Whole Family and Two Board
: ers Cremated When Their
Home Burned

Hillsville, Pa, Dec. 24-In a fire
here early today. nine persons were
burned to death. The victims, all for
eigners, were a man, his wife and
five children and two boarders.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-10-07
The Antarctic Continent.

Strange have been the historical VI
cissitudeS of the antarctic continent
A figment of geographic fancy evolved
by Ortelius in 1910, the great Captain
Cook thought that he had demolished
1t in 1913. Resuscitated by an Ameri-
can sealer, n. B. Palmer, in 1920, 1t
took form and definite location under
Wilkes daring and persistent explora-
tions Of 1910, supplemented by those
of D'Urville, Enderby and Kemp.
Ross eliminated Wilkes discoveries
from his charts, but the continent was
theoretically and scientifically recon-
structed by the great physicists, Car
penter and Murray. Slowly evolving
its tangible shape through the discov-
cries Of the German Drygalski, the
Scotsman Bruce, the Belgian Ger
lache, the Frenchman Charcot the
Norwegian Larsen and the English
man Scott, through the late labors of
Shackleton, the antarctic continent
now appears to extend from Victoria
Land west to Enderby Land and from
Wilkes Land across the south pole to
Palmer Land-Major General Greely
in Century.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-10-07

"Well Irrigation of Small Farms
in the Willamette Valley IS the
title of a booklet recently issued
by the passenger department OF
O. r. & n. and Southern Pacific
Company lines in Oregon, of which
VIM. McMurray is the general
passenger agent. The author is
r. M. Brereton, of Portland. The
publication is devoted to an ex-
planation of tbs well-irrigatioD
system and the advantages which
may be derived therefrom, and a
copy of it should be in the hands
of every farmer and agriculturist
in Oregon. Copies of the pamph-
let may be obtained free of charge
on application to VIM. McMurray,
Portland Oregon.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-10-07
THE SOLDIERS BURDEN.
Uncle Sam to Attempt to Reduce the
Too Heavy Load.

For wears infantry officers have been
CARRYING ON much discussion concern
ing the weight which should be car
ricd In the personal equipment Of the
foot soldiers In the field. That weight
has gradually increased until 1t Is now
about 10 per cent of the weight of the
man who carries ii, and of this weight
nearly fifty pounds are represented by
arms and accoutermcnts, with twelve
or thirteen pounds additional In the
way of clothing. An sorts of sugges-
tionS have bccn made in the hope that
some way of reducing the burden
might be found. The experts agree
that the soldiers load should be re-
duced TO the rifle. ammunition. can
teen, one lightweight blanket, rations
for three days and perhaps light
raiuproof shelter. 1t Is maintained
that the remainder of the kit should
be carried in the wagons and dis
tributcd to the men as they need 1t.
If that can be accomplished the sol
ultT W III It III Il l'Slti'h W N''NA ''NAS
ground 1t is the mobility OF infantry
which makes for its fighting efficiency.
The war department has arranged for
some elaborate experiments and
thorough investigation of the subject,
to be conducted at the Rock Island
Glll arsenal. where the plant will be
placed at the disposal of Il special
board Of infantry officers of various
grades. If the board should desire
some equipment manufactured for its
examination the plant at Rock Island
will be placed at its disposal. In ad-
dition the war department has 0rrang-
ed to send to Rock Island Il battalion
of infantry, so that various samples of
equipment may be practically tested
under war conditions. The board will
probably be in session several months,
as the subject cannot he easily dis
posed Of 1t is probable that a similar
board will be detailed later with a
view to establishing the personal
equipment of the cavalrymen and the
enlisted men Of the field artillery
Washington Star.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-10-07
Proposals Invited.

The County Court of Morrow County
will receive sealed proposals for furnish
ing materials and building a bridge
across Willow Creek at Cecils, accord
ing to plans and specifications on file
with the County Clerk. said proposals
to be tiled with the County Clerk of
Morrow County before one o'clock p. m.
September oath, 1909, each bid to be ac-
companied by a certified check for Five
per cent of the amount of the proposal,
required by law.
The County Court reserves the right
to reject any and ell bids.
c. c. PATTERSON,
County Judge.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-10-07
Too Much Expense.

"Yes," said Mr.. Tyte-Phist, 81 was
just stepping on the car when the
conductor gave the motorman the sig
nal to go ahead, and the car started.
My foot went out from under me. and
l sat down on the muddy crossing,
running a twenty-five dollar suit Of
clothes"
"Then you sat there. swore like a
trooper and gnashed your teeth In
rage. 1 suppose" remarked the sym
pathizing listener.
NO" said Mr.. Tyte-Phist. Il may
have sworn little, but l didn't do
any gnashing. My teeth are new and
cost me $50 .'-Chicago Tribune.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-10-07
Reclothino Police.

The vegetation on the area laid
waste by the Mont Pelec eruption OF
1902 is gradually reappearing, and the
plant, guinea ferns, silver ferns and
other plants are spreading over the
ground. Roots not killed by the hot
ashes falling above them have readily
penetrated the thin crust, In other
places the trampling of animals and
water action have been breaking up
the lava, giving slowly forming new
sell or bringing the old soil to the sur.
face.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-10-07

"a man in my county," said Kan
sas congressman, was always anxious
to bet on his game of checkers. One
time he was about to play game for
SO with fellow called Three Fin
gered Jack. Suddenly one Of his
friends exclaimed:
Don't bet, Charlie. Don't you
know that fellow wore off two fingers
playing checkers? That's why he's
called Three Fingered Jack
That settled it. The bet was never
made. A man who had worn off two
fingers by brushing them up and down
the checkerboard was too much for
my friend. kansas City Journal.