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Semi-weekly herald., 1910-09-26
ANOTHER
MYSTERY
Uneafthing Of Body Of
Young Stenogfapher
Creates Sensation

SAN FRANCISCO. Sept 24.-The
body of Eva Swan. young stenog-
rapher and former school teacher OF
Paso Robles, Cal, was found buried
In the lot in the rear of vacant
house in Eureka street The girl had
been missing since April 90
From information which came to
the police, it is thought she met death
shortly after that time in the office of
DIR. James Grant in Golden Gate ave
nue.. DR.. Grant is in the city prison
and the police are looking for William
Sachs, his assistant. Miss Mary Mes
sersmith, nurse employed by DR.
Grant, is also held Neither will make
any statement.
Miss Swan was 26 years of age.
During the five months she was miss
her. The day she left her boarding
house for the last time a young man
called frequently to see her. and finally
left note. She dropped out of sight
NNhiPiStNiy dii Vi mel btlouE"
irgs in her room. Two months ago a
family named Craugbton moved into
the Eureka street house. They found
an old trunk there with red stains on
it. The trunk smelled badly and the
health department was notified. City
chemist examined the trunk and re
ported that the stains were made by
paint. Shortly after the family moved
away and nothing more was thought of
the matter. Two days ago Frank Cor
don. DR.. Grants new assistant, in.
formed the police that a body was
buried in the yard of the Eureka street
house. Detectives went out and dis
covered the remains buried under the
cement flooring near the sewer. II
was evident the body had been buried
several months.
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-09-26
One More High
Geader Arrested

]. C. Mitchell. miner at the Idaho
mine, was arrested on Thursday even
ing on u charge of high grading, max
ing the sixth person held prisoner
on that count. Mitchell's case is said
to be entirely separate from that OF
the other five as there is no evidence
that he and the others had any knowl.
edge of each others operations.
Mitchell was arraigned yesterday
afternoon before Justice John Harmon
and pied not guilty. His case was set
for preliminary hearing in the same
court today at 10 o'clock. Charles
Ward. who made the same plea when
he appeared in the justice court, a
couple Of days ago, was also given a
preliminary hearing this morning. The
two men were each bound over to ap
pear at the next term of district
court, on a $1,000 bond
George Rumsay. Thomas Russell, 10
seph Grobacker and II. w. Mueller
who through their attorney, James A.
Pulliam. asked for, and obtained. a
change of venue from Justice John
lannon's court, to Justice =. Shan
mons. appeared before the latter at 10
o'clock today. The state asked for
continuance of the case till Monday,
and they viii therefore appear for theii
preliminary hearing before Justice
Shannon on Monday at 10 o'clock.
Late last night ! 900 pounds of high
grade ore was taken from the smelter
on repleyin by the Valley View Min
ing company, who are operating the
Idaho group OF mining claims. and Is
now in the care OF Sheriff Clarke.
There Is much interest manifested
in the case. and many rumors arc
afloat One OF these, which is very
persistent, is to the effect that coun
terfeiting was carried on in connec
tion with high grading and evidence
to that end has been discovered on
the Mueller ranch on Pine river.
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-09-26

this subject will be discussed by rep
resentatlves of the department of the
interior and men prominent In the de.
velopment OF public irrigation. such as
Senator Francis c. Newlands of Ne.
vada; j NJ, Carey. former senator from
Wyoming; Senator William Il. Borah
from Idaho, and several others. AT
the evening session William E. Smythe
the father OF the irrigation congress"
Will deliver an address on "The New
Gospel-A Little Land-A Little Llv,
ing" There will also be an illustrated
lecture on irrigation
Wednesdays sessions viii mainly be
devoted to The considerations of ques.
tlons intimately connected with wn-
tel and It's uses for irrigation and
navigation and to the discussion OF
general policies and legislation Sen.
ator Hughes and Guggenheim and Rep
resentative Martin OF Colorado will
be among the speakers.
ON Friday business meeting will
be held, Mt which the permanent Off
GERS for the year win be elected and
the place fixed for next years session
OF the congress. San Francisco, Chi.
cago, Charleston, st. Louis. Milwaukee,
Rochester, Kansas City, st. Joseph and
Fort Worth win enter the contest for
capturing next years congress.
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-09-26

world, is to be decided Saturday over
the Long Island Motor parkway. The
entry list includes many of the most
skilfull drivers of America and Eu.
rope and all signs point 10 a keen and
exciting competition.
large number of important con.
yentions are included II The calendar
OF the week. Among those that will
attract more or less public attention
win be the annual cony Ell ton of the
United Irish league in Buffalo, the Ma.
tional Irrigation congress in Pueblo.
the National Good Roads congress in
st. Louis, the Catholic charities con.
ference IN Washington, and the silver
jubilee convention of the 2r itherhood
OF St Andrew in Nashville
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-09-26
DEATH OF
& W SWINK
Father of the Famous
Rocky Ford Canta-
lOupe Passes Away

ROCKY FORD. Sept, 24.-Former
Senator Georfe w. swlnk. "A years OF
age. the father OF the famous Rocky
Ford cantalonpe died at his home in
this city at o'clock this morning.
Death was due to paralysis and cancer
OF the stomach. He came to Rocky
Ford In 1874 aud at once began to
father the interests OF the Arkansas
valley The present townsite of Rocky
Ford was then bis homestead. He
founded the town aud originated the
famous Rocky Ford melon day which
is known all over the country
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-09-26
NEWS FORECAST FOR THE COM.
- ING WEEK.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Sept. 24.-Tho
fight between ex-President Roosevelt
and the "old gu, rd' for control of the
Republican party in New York will 10
Gus public attention on Saratoga
where the Republican state convention
will assemble Tuesday for the nomina
tion of a state ticket and the adoption
OF platform. The general belief il
that the convention will develop into
one of the liveliest political contests OF
the generation and the claims are so
conflicting and the issues 50 confused
that it is impossible to forecast the
results with any degree of certainty.
The Democratic state convention
will meet at Rochester two days after
the Saratoga gathering and in com
parison it promises to be an exceeding
ly mild and harmonious affair. The
belief is growing that Mayor William
j. Gaynor of New York city is likely
to be the Democratic nominee for gov
ernor. The others whose names are
mentioned in connection with the head
of the ticket are Congressman William
Sulzer of New York Congressman Jas.
S. Havens of Rochester. Thomas NJ.
Osborne of Albany and Edward NJ.
Shepard of Brooklyn.
Democrats of Rhode Island will as
semble in Providence Thursday TO
name candidates for governor and
other state officers. The two con
eressional conventions to nominate
conventions to nominate candidates for
congress will be held on the same
date.
The first cabinet meeting after the
summer recess is scheduled to begin
in Washington Monday with all of the
presidents official advisers in attend
ance with the exception of Secretary
of War Dickinson, who is travelling in
the Philippines. The meeting will last
several days and the president expects
to clear up number OF important mat
ters. According to rumor the Ballingei
case may be among the important sub
jects of consideration. Immediately
after the close of the cabinet meet
ing, on Friday. President Taft will gt
to New York, where he is to deliver al
address the following day before tn,
convention Of the National League o
Republican Clubs. From New Yorl
the president will return to Beverly
to remain there until the middle o
October.
Thursday is the day set by the inter
state commerce commission to begiI
an important hearing in Washington
-.on the subject of the law passed b.
the last session of congress to supple
ment the safety appliance acts pre-
viously passed.
The Vanderbiltcup race. the premie
event of the year In the autOmobil,
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-09-26
DEMOCRATS OPEN CAMPAIGN IN
OHIO.

CANTON. o.. Sept 24.-Amid the
blare of brass bands, the stirring
strains of martial music and the huz-
zas of enthusiastic crowds, the Demo
cratic state campaign was opened here
today in the home town of Atlee Po-
merene, candidate for lieutenant gov.
ernor. In addition to Mr.. Pomerene
the speakers included Governor llar-
mon and Timothy S Hogan. candidate
for attorney general The meeting, in
point of numbers and enthusiasm,
was one of the greatest demonstra.
tions of its kind ever held in this
section of Ohio.
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-09-26
new COP.
MASCOT
Real Live Elephant H.
vades Lobby of
Jefferson Hotel

ST. LOUIS. Sept. 24---A real live
sure enough elephant crawled through
the Twelfth street entrance of the Ho
tel Jefferson yesterday afternoon,
obbled up to the clerks desk to the
amazement of the guests and conster.
nation of the women. Republican edi,
tors OF Missouri, in convention at the
hotel, were overjoyed at the sight Of
the G. o. p. mascot in real life The
elephant was at the Denver orpheum
theater a week ago.
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-09-26
GEO. GOODMAN.

Early Monday morning while the
family breakfast was being prepared
the home Of T. j. Bradshaw. three
miles east OF lgnacio, took fire in the
garnet and soon was mass of flames.
Some few articles had been removed,
but the wind blew sparks into them
where they had been placed and they
also burned. The family lost every
thing in the house except the clothes
on their backs. and there was no In
surance. The family resides at pres
ent in neighbor's house. and kind
friends have donated many OF the Inn
mediate sslties.--Bayfield Blade.
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-09-26
COUNTESS WAcHTMElsER
DIES IN LOS ANGELES

Los ANGELES, Sept. 2f.-Countess
Constance Wachtmeister, a writer and
lecturer on theosophical subjects and
for many years closely associated with
The late Nine. Blavatsky, died here at
The age of 70. She had been i'll about
three weeks. She was a countess in
her own right, being Constance De
Bourdelle, the daughter of a French
count, when she met Count Axel
Wachtmeister at the time he was Swe-
dish ambassador to the court of st
James,
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-09-26
Investigation Of
Federal Prisons

WASHINGTON. Sept 24.-An inves-
tieation of the federal prisons at At
lanta, Ga, and McNelll's island, Wash
ington, has been ordered by the de
partment of justice to ascertain wheth'
er opium, cocaine and whisky are be
ing smuggled by the guards for the
use of prisoners. Investigation at the
federal prison at Leavenworth, Kans.
recently disclosed such practice and a
report to the department indicated the
probable existence at other institu
tions.
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-09-26
PLAYS TENNIS IN HoB5LE
SKIRT AND BREAKS LEG

SOUTH NORWALK, Conn, Sept. "a
Because Mrs. Clara Dewitt of this city
tried to play tennis in hobble skirt
she is in the hospital with broken
log. While making a leap for fast
volley on the opposite side of the
court she stumbled and fell. When
her fellow players lifted her TO her
feet again II was found she was Sc.
riously hurt.
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-09-26
The National Ir.
rigation Congress


PUEBLO, Colo, Sept. "a THE ho-
tells of this city are becoming rapidly
flied with the delegates ..sltd others
Interested in the subject OF irrigation,
who are arriving here from all direc-
tons to attend the Eighteenth Nation
al Irrigation congress, to be opened
here next Monday for fige days ses
sion. The National Irrigation congress
was organized in Salt Lake City, Utah
in 1891, and since then has only miss
ed one year to hold session. 1t has
risen in Importance each year, until
today IT is probably the most import
ant non-official body and also the most
Influential in the country. 1t gave the
west the national reclamation act, that
has reclaimed more than 100000
acres of arid and semi-arid lands, at
a cost of more than $4,000, 900, and
with twenty-five fine government prof
ects, the most stupendous of which,
from an engineering standpoint, is the
famous Gunnison tunnel on the west
ern slope of Colorado. The congress
which viii open its session at the Min
eral Palace next Monday, promises to
be the most important in the history
Of the National Irrigation congress and
it is expected that the attendance viii
break every previous record.
The opening exercises in connection
x,fFI 1. ha1
day morning, when the irrigation ex-
hibition, arranged in connection with
the congress, will be formally open
ed There will also be a monster pa
rade of an industrial character. par
ticipated in by all the counties and
districts of Colorado and her sister
states. The object of the parade will
be mainly to give to the visitors an
idea of the benefits to agriculture and
horticulture derived from irrigation.
The opening session OF the congress
win be held at Mineral Palace on Mon
day afternoon. II. Insinger of Spok-
ane, chairman of the executive com
mittee, will call the congress to order
and introduce =. j. Dugan, chairman of
the Colorado board OF control. After
a few brief addresses and music the
meeting will be given into the hands
of the president of the congress, b.
A. Fowler of Phoenix, Ariz.
Governor John r Shafroth of Colo
RADIO will welcome the visitors and
delegates to the state and A. L. Flu.
gard. mayor of Pueblo, will extend. a
welcome in behalf of the city Of Pue-
bio President Fowler will respond
on behalf OF the National Irrigation
congress and, If time permits, former
governor Alva Adams of Pueblo will
deliver an address on Conquest, Con
servation, Colorado" The report of
the executive committee and OF the
committee on announcements VIII con
clude the opening session. In the even
ing the local board of control will en-
tertain the delegates and visitors at
an informal reception.
One of the notable features of the
session on Tuesday will be addresses
on Private Enterprise In Irrigation. -
by such well known experts as Frank
c. Goudy of Colorado; DR.. George C.
Pardee. former governor OF California:
! George Il. Barstow OF Texas and Major
r. w. Young of Utah. second vice
president of the congress. Public Ir
rigation" will be the leading subject oi
the afternoon session on Tuesday and
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-09-26
CHEAP SODA WATER
CONTAINS ALCOHOL

NEW YORK. Sept 24.-The cheap
soda water retailed on the street cor
ners to the school children and pas
sersby at penny or two glass is
in most cases an alcoholic beverage
With larger percentage of spirits
than ordinary beer. according to anal
ygis made by Professor NJ. S. Allyn Of
the Massachusetts State Normal
school.
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-09-26
PRICE OF BUTTER TO ADVANCE

DENVER. Sept 24.-Indicatlons
point to an early rise in the price of
butter. II the eastern market is a
true criterion, this table necessity will
be retailing in Denver at so cents a
pound before December The best
butter is now selling at 40 cents.
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-09-26
TELIGRAPHIC NEWS

The Storer-Roosevelt episode is
again to be aired to the long-suffering
public.
Rumors are current of reconcilia
ton between Mrs. Howard Chandler
Christy and her artist husband.
Ket Fletcher, who was well known
to the theater-going public for Il half
century. died in New York Monday
New York has "chauffeuse" In the
person of Miss Natile White. She
Is willing TO drive car. but refuses
to run a taxicab
Congressman John w Mondell of
Wyoming and prominent MS president
of the Dry Farming congress, Is suf-
fcring from a nervous breakdown.
Lightning killed seven people during
q storm Thursday evening in the yicin.
ity of Eastonville and Elbert, twenty
five miles northeast of Colorado
Springs.
The validity OF the famous pre-nup-
tal agreement between Robert Win
thorp Chanler and his songbird wifc,
is to be tested in the courts by Chan
ler's first wife.
The Kansas City Times finds diver.
sion in the new theory that this old
globe is only 100000 years young.
The story that 1t is three times as
old is regarded as nothing short of
so.bdal
Senator Elklls Is seriously Ill. Ru-
NOR says that The illness is caused By
the worry over the comment on the
love affair beeEeen his daughter, Miss
Katherine Elkins, and the duke of the
Abruzzi.
Lee O'Neill Browne, the Democratic
leader charge with boodling, was re-
fused recognition by the Democratic
state convention of Illinois yesterday
when named as one of the committee
men ON resolutions.
AS the result of numerous attacks
upon women by mysterious man In
Los Angeles during the last few weeks,
Chief of Police Galloway Thursday is
sued statement urging women to arm
themselves with long hatpins and use
them freely II attacked.
President Taft has withdrawn from
entry approximately 70.3S3 acres OF
land in California and Colorado. The
California lands. approxmating 1927
acres. are situated along the East
Walker. in California. They are be
lieved to be valuable for power pur.
poses.
atest news from the Rock Island
wreck Is that total OF sixteen peo.
pie were killed In the wreck OF yos-
terday morning when passenger
train ran into a washout caused by
cloud burst. The engine and mail
car went down into twenty feet of
water.
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-09-26
SElSMoGRAPH RECORDS
EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS
o..

CLEVELAND, Sept 24--Father
odenbach of the st. Ignatus College
observatory. today reports seismo-
graph record of two Simultaneous
earthquakes in different quarters of
the globe. He says it is the first time
in his experience such record has
been made.
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-09-26
CLEVELAND HAS MUIR
DER AND SUICIDE CASE

CLEVELAND, Sept 2i.-Paul Muel
'ar, letter carrier, was found dead
in the bedroom of Mrs. Lawrence Dis
tel. early today with a bullet through
his head Mrs Distel, the wife of Law
renee Distel. a guard at the Society
for Savings, was lying near Mueller's
body with two bullet wounds in her
body. She Will die. Near Mueller was
found a revolver with five chambers
empty. 1t is believed by the coroner
to be a case of Es3sser and suicide
The police are s.s,s. doubt the
murder theory. ~s !, II! Il II ;.sss,,
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-09-26
A CORRECTION.

The report being circulated TO the
effect that am candidate for county
treasurer at the coming Democratic
county convention Is erroneous. am
however. candidate for the office OF
county coroner, and respectfully sole.
It the support OF the party at the con
yention.
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-09-26
oIsMIssEs SCHOOL so STU
DENTS CAN SEE FIGHT FILMS

MOUNDSVILLE, W. Va, Sept. "a
Professor Page, principal of negro
public school, shortened the afternoon
yesterday by an hour for the purpose
of taking the pupils to witness the
Jeffries-Johnson fight pictures.
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-09-26

The Ute boarding school opened
Monday with an average attendance.
Several OF the larger boys and girls
are planning on going to Haskell in
stitute at Lawrence. Kans., sad Chilo-
CO. Okla.-Ignacio Chieftain.
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-09-26

Rafters for the top story of f. w
Townsend's new building are in place
and the carpenters will soon have
the building ready for the plasterers.
This will make fine building.--Aztec
Index.
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-09-26
YESTERDAYS BALL SCORES.

National
Pittsburg 1; Philadelphia 2
Cincinnati s; Boston ..
Chicago 4; New York G.
st. Louis 6; Brooklyn 2.
American
New York 2; Cleveland Z.
Western
Lincoln 3; Sioux City s.
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-09-26

Tuesday night mountain rat shut
down the Illuminating station of the
power company for few minutes and
threw Telluride into darkness, but he
gave Up his life while doing It. The
rat has been Wandering about the stn-
ton COR some time causing trouble
and Tuesday night. while standing
with his hind feet ON steel rafto.,
he placed his fore feet on high
voltage wire, short eircuiting the cur
rent and grounding it.
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-09-26
COLORADO BRIEFS

Greeley is to have a new 10000
high school.
The Pine Grove ranch near Colorado
Springs has been sold for s75, 900.
Elijah Allison Webber, civil war
veteran. died at his home on Spring
creek Tuesday.
The usual emphatic denial of the
rumors of his resignation was the first
utterance of Ballinger in Denver.
Jewels valued at 81 900 were stolen
from the palatial residence of j. S
Brown in Denver Monday evening. The
thief entered the mansion while the
family were at dinner.
Because his wife scratched his face
threw cold water upon him and had
him arrested for spite, H. n. Smith
was granted a divorce from Berthn
Smith in Denver. The couple had been
married less than six months.
Greeley has an official rat killer in
the person of J. p Kesner, who will
get salary of $25 month. His chief
duties will be to rid the city of the
numerous rodents which have become
extremely annoying there.
Two accidents marred the opening
of the Montrose fair. One cowboy
was thrown from his horse in the buck
ing contest and had his ankle broken
and another had his leg broken by
falling from his horse In running
race.
State wide prohibition will be de.
manded by the temperance forces Of
Colorado and as a preliminary step
tc that goal will canvas the state
thoroughly before the November elec.
tion to influence the choice of legis
lators.
Mrs. Sidney Moylle of New Castle
or trial for the murder of her hus
band. June IA, last, in an isolated
cabin in the White River reserve, near
Dunkley. was acquitted in Steamboat
Springs Thursday after the jury had
been out an hour
Probably the greatest crowd that
ever assembled at the state fair
grounds was present Thursday and wit
messed a program of features and ad
nlired the displays of what is general
ly considered to be the best fair and
exposition ever held in Colorado or
the surrounding states.
Recent reports filed in the office of
tendent of the Colorado Telephone
company, shows that the company
uses in its present service sufficient
telephone wires to girdle the earth
eight times with surplus of II $50
miles
Standing in barn doorway to await
the passing of a shower, William Lol,
cana, 81 years old, a well-to-do ranch.
man of the Eaton section, and James
Brandt, Gl years old, cattle buyer OF
Missouri. were struck by lightning and
killed instantly at 4 o'clock Tuesday
afternoon on the Lolcama farm. two
miles south of Eaton.
A garter buckle probably saved the
life OF Mrs Rosinda Chavez at Stone
wall, when a huge rattlesnake thrust
its fangs into her skirt. She says the
reptiles fangs struck the buckle on
her garter and did not enter the flesh
The snake was Killed. 1t was over AZ
feet long and had thirteen rattles and
a button.
mo matter what the weather does,
said District Forecaster +. II. Brand.
enburg, whether it rains or halls or
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-09-26

Calmly seated ON the butt of a fallen
tree with a shotgun loaded with buck
shot Louis Picard, ranchman living
near Rugby deled a bunch of hnemen
employed by the Colorado Railway,
ssAt and Power company engaged in
.Nnsing wire for the power system
SrEss his land. The linemen were
held at bay for forty minutes. until
Constable Harry Lewis of Trinidad
was rushed to the scene in an auto
and placed Picard under arrest.
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-09-26

The state engineers office has let
sll7,590 in contracts Tor the construc,
ton OF state roads. Many of these
highways Will form part of the pro-
posed state bouleyards to extend north
and south and east and west through
Colorado. The next step in perfecting
these roads will be to cooperate with
neighboring states, so that they will
be induced TO make their main high
ways connect with them.
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-09-26

The basement OF the DIR. Robbins
hospital building is completed and the
laying OF adobes is now In progress.
-Ignacio Chieltain.
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-09-26

SHOWS, or whether it doesn't, don't
blame 1t on the equinox. The equinox
has absolutely nothing to do it. 1t
consists simply of the sun crossing an
imaginary line, and doesn't affect the
weather in the least"
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-09-26

Elijah Allison Webber, civil war
veteran. died at his home on Spring
creek Tuesday
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-09-26
FAIR DIRECTORY MEETING.

The directors of the fair association
met In the board OF trade rooms last