In the passing of Mrs. L. M. Kline-smith, whose death was announced last week, we shall miss one of our old time faithful representative women. She was a staunch and true friend and a firm ad-vocate of principle to govern our actions in life.  Her greatest comfort, espec-ially since her sudden illness came upon her, was to read or have read to her, the precious words of our Savior.  She came to Montezuma in ’84 and has resided in Summit county ever since. A husband and five children miss her wise counsel. A brother from Birtish Columbia and a sister from Washington arrived too late to attend the funeral, so sudden was her departure.

Died, at Breckenridge, Colorado, on Sunday, August 31^st, at 11:30 p.m. Clement Mortimer Tubbs.

Decesased was a brother of A.B. Tubbs, the well-known Summit county pioneer miner and ranchman, and had himself been a resident of our county since 1870. Most of the time for the past six years he had been working for and had made his home with J. T. Marshall, of Dillon. Mr. Tubbs was suffering from a compli-cation of disorders, which had their origin in a severe attach of grip, con-tacted last February.

The remains were brought to Dillon Monday and the interment took place Tuesday. The order of Select Knights and Ladies, of which deceased was an honored member, conducted the funeral, assisted by Rev. J. G. Morris.

Deceased was a native of DesMoisnes county Iowa, and, had he lived until the 29^th day of this month, he would have been 49 years old.

Our Dillon correspondent sends the following obituary notice of Mr. William Graff, deceased:

On Saturday morning the cabin of Michael J. Cotter was entered and he was found dead, lying on the floor and from all appearances he had been dead for some time.

Mr. Cotter has lived here for about seven or eight years and has had a varied and eventful career. He served twelve years in the British army in the artillery branch of the service and was at the battle of Candahar serving under General Roberts. HE served three years in the 12^th United States infantry and three years in the 7^th United States, under Col. Merriman. While in India he suf-fered from a severe sun stroke, and since then has been subject to epileptic fits and it is supposed one of these was the cause of his death.

He has no relatives so far as any one here knows. He was buried from H. C. Rogers’ undertaking rooms, on Monday.

A telegram was received by M. M. Howe from J. W. Gough stating that William H. Howe was found dead on the the desert near Tonopah, Nev., Thursday night. No further particulars were given.

There had been rumor of foul play and murder for a week and the telegram ends the suspense as to his death.

Mr. Howe left here in October for the new Nevada gold fields with D. P. Mar-vel. Dan McNeil, a friend of Mr. Howe, was with Mr. Gough when the body was found. They will ship the remains here for burial.

While on his way to his home at Fris-co yesterday morning William Staley was thrown from his wagon and instant-ly killed two miles below town. Mr. Staley was considerably under the influ-ence of liquor, and it is not known whether the team he was driving ran away or not, but were found near the spring, just below the two mile bridge, all tangled up while his body was found this side of the railroad crossing a little above the bridge. His head was crushed and face badly disfigured. His body was found by Norman Acton and George Hemmingway who were on their way to school. They reported the find to H. C. Rogers, who acted as coroner and brought the body to his undertaking establishment.

Old Pioneer Dead

John H. Abbott, one of the oldest pio-neers in Summit county, died Tuesday at his ranch home down the Blue, after long tedious suffering with apoplexy. Mr. Abbott came to this county in the early sixties and has been a continuous resident ever since.  At one time he was a citizen of Breckenridge, but his work has been principally to build up a good farm home, which feat he accomplished. The Bulletin regrets that it does not posses the data at this time for a more extended historical review of the life of this kind hearted and widely beloved citizen, who saw this country in its wild state and did well his part toward devel-oping it all through the past half of a century.

Word has been received here by John Elston from Montezuma, announcing the death of his brother, Thomas Elston, who died suddenly at his home near Butte Montana. Mr. Elston left here about four years ago, having married Miss Mary Deberry and going overland to their home in Montezuma.

An old timer of Breckenridge passed away Sunday the 27^th, a man well known and highly respected in this community, and who has cast his fortune with us since 1890, delving in mother earth among the miners, with whom he was a general favorite for his genial dis-position and upright character. His funeral, which occurred Tuesday, was attended by a large number of friends, and floral tributes adorned the casket. Mr. Chambers leaves many relatives, two sisters Mary A. Lane, of Denver, and Mrs. E. Short, of Concordia, Kansas, three nephews, Wm. W., Jno. C. and Myron H. Lane all of whom have been residents of Summit county; and two nieces in Seattle Mrs. Fred Quintan and Mrs. Jas. D. Urquhart. His many friends here join in extending their sympathy to the relatives of deceased.

Old Soldier Dead

Fred Swanson died Saturday night at the county hospital of paralysis of the bowels, having been in the hospital about two weeks. He was a native of Denmark and had lived in and about Breckenridge for about 20 years, being 75 years old at time of death. He served in the civil war and for some time had drawn $12 per month pension, upon which he lived. He made his home in a little cabin in the outskirts of town, and when taken to the hospital two weeks ago $20 was found in the toe of an old sock which was hid under his bed. The remains were interred at Valley Brook Tuesday.

From death notices appearing in Den-ver dailies we learn that another old-time resident of Breckenridge has joined the silent majority in the unknown be-yond.

The death of James H. Porter was quite sudden and occurred in Waukegan, Illinois. Deceased was well known here and has both mining and city interests. He was 65 years of age and very highly respected by all who knew him.

“Deacon” Huntress Dead

Milton H. Huntress died at St. Luke’s hospital, Denver, on Tuesday, February 2^nd of cancer of the stomach at the advanced age of 75 years.

Mr. Huntress was born in Lincoln, in the state of Maine, in 1829, where he grew up to manhood, receiving a com-mon school education. He was en-gaged in business in Winn, a neighbor-ing town, for a while and afterwards engaged in the hotel business in Hul-ton and other places in his native state. From there he moved to Michigan and engaged in the hotel business in East Saginaw and Grand Rapids and finally purchased a hotel in Iona, Michigan, which he ran with success until 1878, when he sold out and came to Denver with a Mr. Walker. In 1880 he came to Breckenridge and took hold of and successfully managed the Denver hotel until he bought out Mr. A. S. Hall and engaged in the undertaking and furni-ture business. In 1885 he was appointed by President Cleveland postmaster and served four years with great credit to himself and satisfaction of the public. He served one term as county commis-sioner and was for a number of years town clerk. In 1895 he formed a part-nership by taking in Harry C. Rogers and the firm existed to the time of his death. He has been a great sufferer for a number of years from rheuma-tism and of late from stomach trouble, which finally caused his death.

Mr. Huntress was universally liked and familiarly called “the deacon” on account his geniality and good friend-ship with all. His remains were brought up from Denver Thursday by his friend and partner, H. C. Rogers, and yester-day was laid away in Valley Brook cemetery, followed to his last earthly resting place by a large number of his friends.

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Operator of the Hamilton Mine Dies at Omaha from Asphyxiation of Illuminating Gas.

Word has been received that sometime during Sunday afternoon Richard S. Ber-lin, died of asphyxiation from escaping illuminating gas in his room in the Continental building at Omaha.

Mr. Berlin was a very popular man in that city and well known here, having been operating the Hamilton groups of mines in Summit Gulch for some time and had been East perfecting a deal for the sale of the properties and mill to eastern parties and had planned to start for Colorado Monday afternoon to close the deal of the above property, having the transportation from Omaha to Breck-

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On Tuesday evening W. S. Wick died after a couple week’s suffering from a complication of diseases. Mr. Wick was well known in this vicinity, having lived here a number of years, and was known as a hard working and successful pros-pector, having claims in the Swan dis-trict and at the foot of Baldy. He lost his wife about thirteen years ago and has devoted himself since then to the care of his two daughters who survive him, one being here and one in St. Louis with a brother of deceased. Deceased was about fifty years of age, and is said to have been a talented musician, hav-ing great command of the violin. Mr. Wick was buried on               in Val-ley Brook cemetery.  

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On Monday W. T. Smith, partner of Peter Swanson of the Dillon Saw Mill, took his gun and started out hunting saying he would return at 4 in the afternoon. Evening and night came but Mr. Smith did not return and Mr. Swan-son became alarmed and search was in-stitued by Mr. Swanson and two brothers of Mr. Smith for the missing man. The alarm was sent to Dillon Tuesday morning and a party of searchers were started out and kept up the search Tuesday until night, when all returned to Dillon except Jerry Jobs who re-mained at the mill all night, and Wed-nesday morning with the mill crew, took up the trail and found where he had ate dinner and then followed it to top of hill where a snow slide thirty feet wide and probably half a mile long was found and the trail lost. A further examination rewarded the searchers who found the gun carried by the lost man, an it be-came evident the snow slide carried him to the bottom of the slide which, on its way to the foot of the hill rushed over a steep precipice. A short way down from the top of the snow slide the gun of the unfortunate man was found lodged in some dwarf pine, and it was evident in the slide where the body could be found.

Word was sent to Breckenridge where Mr. Smith was well known, being a mem-ber of Gold Nugget lodge No. 89, Knights of Pythies, and three members of the order left Wednesday night to assist in the search for the body, leaving Brecken-ridge at midnight but before they left Dillon word was received there that the body was recovered by Mr. Jobs and the mill crew. The body when found was covered up with snow with one hand sticking up. His arms and legs were broken and his face bruised and mashed. They strap-ped two poles on him and carried him about 500 feet up a cliff and got him to the mill about half past two Thurs-day morning.

The body was brought to Breckenridge Thursday noon and placed in the hands of undertakers, Huntress and Rogers, for preparations to be sent to Dunlap, Kan-sas, where his parents live. Knights, Charles Auge, F. L. Dunann and A. Hite accompanied the remains from Dillon.

The body will be shipped east to-day.

On Thursday afternoon Richard fa-miliarly called Dick Miller died at the county hospital. Mr. Miller was brought from Montezuma January 28^th, suffer-ing from some mental trouble and Thursday morning sustained a severe stroke of paralysis from which he could not rally. Mr. Miller was quite well known here and at Montezuma where he has quite valuable property. But very little is known of any relatives al-though diligent inquiries are being made. Deceased was well thought of and well respected by all who knew him.

Joseph Cooper Drake, after an illness of two months, succumbed to pneumonia and general debility on Thursday night at 9:30 o’clock.

Mr, Drake was born in England eighty years ago, and has been in the United States for a long time, having been a resident of Breckenridge for the past ten years. He was a consistent member of the Episcopal church from childhood and was well thought of by all who knew him.

He will be buried at 2:00 o’clock to-morrow afternoon from the Episcopal church.

While Visiting J. L. Kierstead, Typhoid Fever Claims its Victim.

Died – On Wednesday morning at 6:40 o’clock, Miss Alberta Rupp, aged twen-ty-five years of Typhoid fever, at the residence of J. L. Kierstead on Mt. Baldy.

Miss Rupp was a niece of Mrs. J. L. Kierstead and has been visiting her aunt and uncle for the past three months. She came from Goshen, Indiana, where her relatives reside and was taken down with Typhoid about two weeks ago, when Dr. C. H. Scott was called who pro-nounced the disease as Typhoid and all that was possible in medical skill and careful nursing was done to restor her health, but without avail.

The body was brought to town, where it was embalmed, placed in a metallic casket and temporarily buried in Valley Brook cemetery, on Thursday.

The funeral took place from the M. E. Church and was largely attended by Breckenridge citizens. Final interment will take place at Goshen, Indiana.

On Friday word was received that Mrs. Q. A. White, formerly Miss Nellie Richards, died at Pueblo of dropsy. Mrs. White was well known here.

James Weed Cothren, a pioneer of this city, an alderman in the first city council, for thirty seven years in the employ of the C. B. & Q. railway here, and one of the best known and most highly respected citizens of the community, died last evening at about 10 o’clock, at his home on South Cherry street after an illness with pneumonia of short duration.

He had been confined to his bed only since last Friday, on which day he came home from Peoria, where he visited his daughter, Mrs. Henry P. Ayres. He had a very bad cold when he was there, and after returning this developed into penu-monia, resulting ultimately in his death.

Although beyond four score years of age, he had been hale and hearty for some time. The summer was passed in Colorado, and upon his return from there he seemed in especially fine health. There were present at the time of his death two of his children, Mrs. Henry P. Ayers of Peoria and C. F. Cothren of this city.

Of Scottish Lineage.

Mr. Cothrens life is closely interwoven with much of Galesburg’s earlier history. He was born in Jamestown, Chautauqua county, N.Y., Oct. 19, 1817. He was the son of Dr. Nathaniel and Clarinda Wee? Cothren, the former a native of Cape Cod, Mass., a son of David and a grandson of William Cothren, a native of Plymeth, England, who in turn, was a son of Wi-lliam Cothren a native of Scotland, where the name of Cothren properly belongs. The Weeds were of Welsh extraction and were pioneers in the state of New York.

After his education in Jamestown in the public schools, Mr. Cothren moved to Detroit, Mich., where he engaged in the ??r business. He lived there for about ten years, being married there to Miss Christina Mackie, daughter of John Mackie of that place. In 18?? He accep-ted a position in Galesburg, Mich., ? agent of the Michigan Central railroad. He remained in the employee of the com-pany for nine years, and then accepte-d a position with the Central Milita? ?ract railway, afterward the C. B. & Q. being placed in charge of the ???? , then the western terminal ? the road.

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After an illness of nearly two years, Rev. W. S. Falkenburg, brother of the late F. A. Falkenburg, noted organizer of the Woodmen of the World, died early Monday morning at his home, 7?? East Nineteenth avenue, Denver.

Rev. Mr. Falkenburg was 61 years of age. He is survived by a widow and two sons, F. L. and J. D., and a daughter, Mrs. Winnie Parks, all of Denver. The Funeral was held on Wednesday.

During his residence here he was well thought of and highly re-spected, and many remember his kindly administra-tions of charity and Christian fellowship.

Thursday, last week, Mrs. Marie How-ell died at her home in Denver, on Vine street. She was 58 years of age. She came from Detroit, Michigan, and settled in Montezuma in 1879, retiring from bus-iness in 1900 and moving to Denver, in which city she has resided ever since. While in Montezuma she endeared her-self to a large circle of friends. She leaves a husband and one son. Her fu-neral was held from the residence and the remains were buried at Fairmount cemetery Sunday.

Died – On Saturday evening at 8:55 George W. Estabrook passed over the great range between life and death to the valley of rest on the other side. He has been in the hospital for several weeks and continually grew weaker and worse until the end came.

Deceased was sixty six years old and came from Illinois to this place in the early days of Colorado and operating mines in Hall valley and later at Montezuma, where he had, at one time, valu-able mining property.

His brother at Millidgeville, Illinois, was written to and no reply could be obtained from him, but in answer to a telegram, sent by W. J. Lusher, from Dillon, brought the heartless answer: “Telegram received. Inter remains there.”

The funeral services and burial were held on Wednesday and Mr. Estabrook was given his burial from the M. E. Church rooms without a word from his relatives in the east.