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1 f iiB WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOYTJarBEB 23, 1904. TBDE S A TIT IjAJSZE TKIBTjQSTB PAGE TBTRKE? j S1L : . : : : 1 : - jGI8L DES TPACT ?j tllrewsoiiie Life Story f Unfolded. . : 'Tragedies, Broken Hearts, i Ruined Lives Painted in j 1 Scarlet Colors. 1 -.4 'ptath of Charles A- Parker Brings to : i Light an Unusual Intrigue in ! j' All Its Nakedness. ; 'J Aghast nt tho revelations unfolded In a ) ' pewTome life story of tragedies, broken '1 I hearts and ruined lives. Denver friends of I'M ? Charles A. Parker refuso, to credit the ) tarrovdng picture which death, somber f ' j mill unrelenting, has painted In sscarlet 4 ' 1 colors, says tho Denver News. : i The sulcldo of a son. the broken heart "5 5 of a mother, the mysterious death of a ,4 ' lather aro followed by the suicide of a ' : ) Koaian-and the tragedy of an Intrigue i stands out In all Its nakedness. 1 i And jet villi every thread In a fabric J' 1 of 'final circumstances seemingly fully M ' ! -woven, the fi U-nds of Mr. Parker, who I ' jfe i under mysterious circumstances In Mi Cincinnati o few days ago. and the friends vU'iOf Misa Elsa Gesterllng. the beautiful iVVDtnvcr girl, who stilled her grief In a cup H fl'Jlot noison at tl-c moment tlie earth cov Tl I pred the body ct the man sho loved but '4 coJlil ii t wo I declare there Is some hor ' 4 ( ribli- mtotake and that the chain of clr- J ' cjmstincrs must break. ' I i Briefly. so tin- awful story goes. Charles i S A. Pnrkfr. surrounded by a loving wife 1 ' sr.d a doting poii. fell In love with Miss i En Got 'ling, his pretty stenographer f , Tno raonll-e later she left his employ, ' 1 ! and, witn hr mther. moved Into expen- HVw apartments and dressed as stylishly ; is arv woman In Denver. j Wife Learns Awful Secret. --1 I And then Parker's wlfo learned the facts WHt ) told her eighteen-year-old son. Un 'w i able to face his mother's grief of his fath J, j ers sh.imf. the lad drank prusslc acid. v jU wrote a note to his mother, and her toband must have known tho facts, but Ii : la never faltered. Mrs. Parker gave up x i tcr haiidsoine homo in St. Louis and came - j lo Denver to live with her husband, f 1 The Gcsterllngs moved, but Parker y V raade frequent trips to the East and vis it j Itttl the girl In Chicago Later ho left ; Denver and located In Cincinnati, the girl ;j remaining in Chicago. ij Drowns Life in Poison. .rj As his body was being lowered Into the t crave beside that of his son In St. Louis, 'it 5 the girl In Chicago heard tho hour strike, M I r.d with Us passing went her life, - ? drowned out In a cup of poison. -,j i- Charles A. Parker Is dead. His son Is n k dd Tho woman Is dead. But Mrs. ji i Charles A, Parker lives and grieves. And i : i the dead girl's mother, who watched her ' j daughter start on a path of sin to live In m eaEf and comfort, weeps over the lifeless ' 1 lorm of her own Walrab Gestcrllng. her 3 I dkorced husband, predicts that she will ,.v ' bll heraelf In a fortnight and then the lip i tragedy which startled the country will . i bs ended, j j Well Known in Denver. j ' v Hiss Gcsterllng. who was 23 years of w-. T ire, was well known in Denver where 1 ; ! she was a stenographer and had many rrlends and uceiualntancos, none of whom over suspected the astonishing facts wnich her death revealed. The young wo man entered the Central Business college. k,n ,nt JLlxtC0lUh- n1 Stout streets In March, 1002. studying there for six months and leaving early In the fall to work with the Field and Farm, an agricultural Jour nal published in thlu city. s..Do Soll.ir. who was In charge of tho college when MI3S GeBterllng was there, remembers her well. "She was In every way nn exemplary young woman," to said last night, "studied hard and be haved herself." Those who knew Miss Gesterllng at tho business college de scribe her as frank and energetic, always ready to make friends. Sho was not In the habit of going out with any particu lar man, jalthough she had manv male yfrlends who seemed to take great delight In her society. Meets Parker. She was at the Farm and Field office for nearly a year when, through a girl friend she met Mr. Parker. He at once seemed to Inkc great Interest In her and showered her with attentions. At that time Mr. Parker was trafllc manager of the Colorado Fuel and Iron company, and soon afterward employed her as a sten ographer In his office. Sho worked thoro for about a month, when she suddenly left, moving Into handsome apartments at 21 West Eleventh avenue, with her moth er. It was then that Walrab Gestcrlln;, who married tho girl's mother about nine years ago, left her and commenced suit for a divorce. Friends Remonstrated, With Girl. Friends who suspected that all was not Platonic between the railroad man and the girl remonstrated with her. but with out avail. During the summer oX 1903. while. Mrs. Gesterllng was abroad, tho girl roomed with Mrs. S. Wostfall, 41 West Twelfth avenue. She lived there for about six months. Mr. Parker began calling when she lived there. At first his attentions were not re marked, but later they became so pro nounced that Mrs. Westfall pleaded with the girl to refuse to see him. Finding hor efforts useless, she forbnde the man the house. Last February Mrs. Parker, wlio lived In a beautiful home In St. Louis. It Is eald. heard that hor husband was at tached to another woman and gave up her ho;ne and came to Denver, living with him at tho Metropolc hotel. Shortly afterward Mrs. Gcaterllng and her daughter left Denver and went to Chicago, living at Hotel Vendomc. Pitiful Part cf Story. And la3t July the most pitiful part o' the wnolo story. John W. Parker, the lS-year-oId son, was living In St. Louis. It "is believed that Mro. Parker wrote him. telling him of her dlfllcultles and seeking his advice. Whether this Is true or not. young Parker took prusslc acid. No explanation of his death was over offered, but It was known that he wrote to his mother, the contents of which let . tcr were never made public, and It la be lieved that, broken-hearted over his fath-. er's actions, he took his own life. Girl Attempted Suicide Before. It Is known that Miss Gcsterllng had tried suicide once before. Shortly after becoming acquainted with Mr Parker she tried to drink poison during the summer of 103. Friends, however. Interposed and saved her life. This was shortly before she went to work In Parker's office. Since the facts In the matter have been learned, many of her friends .are declaring that It is strange the entire story did not come out before. Parker's Splendid Record. Friends of Charles A. Parker who knew him in Denver refuse to believe the story which circumstances have painted. With out exception they declare that he was a man above reproach and of exemplary character. Mr. Parker came to Colorado In October, 1003, succeeding C. L. Wel lington as heail of the local Terminal Lines association. Ho remained In that capacity until he accepted the traffic man agement of the Colorado Fuel and Iron company, where ho remained until ho went to" Cincinnati with the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton. Walrab Gesterling Talks. Particular light wns thrown on the frightful family tragedy when Walrab Gcsterllng yesterday mndo a statement to the News detailing the mother's cogni zance of her daughter's course as the causo for his securing a divorce Mr. Gcs terllng, when seen nt his home. 1107 Twenty-fourth street, yesterday,, by a Kews( reporter, made tho following statement: "This Is the llrst statement that I have mado for publication, and I saw no re porters Saturday night or Sunday morn ing. One purported Interview published I never gnve out, and it must have been taken from evidence In my divorce case. Fears Woman Will Take Life. "Now that my daughter has committed suicide and the man who ruined her Is dead, I am firmly convinced that her mother, my divorced wife, will kill her .elf within a fortnight. 1 secured a di vorce from my who about two months ago, after seeking It for eighteen months. The cause of the long-drawn-out slego wns because of my Inability to locate her. She had visited the old country with the money we raised from the sale of all our household furniture She finally returned to Denver ,and took up hor abode with her daughter, Elsa, at 21 West Eleventh avenue Step-Father's Conclusions. "I nm qullo certain thnt the apartments were furnished by Charles A. Parker, for whom iny stepdaughter had worked as stenographer. Shortly after Elsa went to work for Parker I noticed she was wearing better clothing than her small salary would warrant, and I told my wtt so. J was told at the time that It wns none of my affair, as the girl wan not my own child, and wns nlso requested to mind my own business. From this time forward there was trouble between us. which finally resulted In the divorce which I secured a short time ago. Mode Trips Together. "Parker and Elsa. to my knowledge, vis ited several cities In each other's com pany. For the mutual welfare of both she and Parker, I endeavored to break up the unlawful attachment of the couple. That my effor;s were In vain Is now evident from the news wo get from Chi cago. I am greatly pained nt learning the truth, of the termination of tho love affair, and doubly so bccnusG my wife took no steps to Interfere In the matter before the Inevitable came." MY. Gcsterllng stated that the report that his former wlfo and stepdaughter were possessed of much money In untrue and seemed greatly surprised to learn that they had been slopping at a fash ionable hostelry in Chicago, for the rea son that Mrs. Gesterllng Is practically penniless. Gesterllng Is a bartender by occupa tion, but has not worked since lie secured his divorce. He claims to havo suffered Brcatly In his business relations because of the unseemly actions of his wife and stendaughter while they v. ere making the'lr home In this city. "TV "TO workmen in the world "can do so mucJi or use the same JL 1 intelligence tbat our own American work -men and women are capable of. That is why America is uow beating the world in manufactures ; all due to the brain and muscle of our Yankee men and women. Unfortunately where there is smoke, dirt and dust and little sunlight there also can be found the germs of dis ease. Nature's great disinfectant is sunlight, Sunlight and fresh air pro mote the growth of animals and plants but kill the genus of disease. Air, free from dust, such as we have on the sea, never permits the germs of disease to have any chance for growth and development. It is in the- facr tory, the work-shep, the office, that men and women suffer from diseases which arc in the dust and the bad air. Such disease germs enter into the blood in two ways, either through the lungs or stomach. If the blood is pure and rich, the liver and stom ach iu healthy active condition, the germs of disease cannot fiud a resting place there to multiply. Disease of the lungs, bronchitis and consutnp tteTn, are very apt to sprend through a factory where there is much fine dust in the air. The lung3 become irritated and the germs find a .fertile field for growth. Extreme weakness, feelings of nervous exhaustion, coughs and colds are the warning signals which should be heeded. One should put the system in the very best possi ble condition right away. Kt After years of experience in nn ac tive practice, Dr. Pierce discovered a remedy tliat suited these conditions in a blood-maker and tissue-builder, which at the same time alleviates the cough. He called it Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discover' an altera tive extract that assists in the diges tion and assimilation of the food in the stomach so that the blood gets what it needs for food and oxidation, the liver is at the same time started into activity and there is perfect elimination of waste matter. When the blood is pure and rich, all the orjjans work without effort, and the body is .like a perfect machine; if, however, any part is allowed to rust, and this human machine does not get its full supply of rich red blood (which acts like oil ou machinery), then new fields arc created in which the bacteria or germs of disease thrive and multiply. The germs of grip, malaria, catarrh or consumption line! n fertile field if the body is not kept in perfect order and the blood pure. No I When bilious, try a doso of Chamber lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets and realize for once how quickly a first class up-to-date medicine will correct the disorder. For sale by all leading druggists. BRIDAL GOWN HER SHROUD. Bridesmaids Wore Clothes at Funernl Intended for Wedding. NEW YORK, Nov. 22. Her health broken by the work of preparing the trousseau for her wedding, which was to have taken place last Sunday. Miss Mary Nyerges of No. 77 East Twenty third street, Bayonne. N. J., fell an easy victim to pneumonia, -dying on the eve of her wedding. Her funeral took place Sunday from St. Joseph's Catho lic church In that city. In which she was to have been married. Joseph Pope of Brooklyn, her pros pective husband, was constantly with the girl during her Illness, and she died In his arms a few minutes after she had asked that a priest be sent for that she might be married on her deathbed. The bridal gown which she had fash ioned with her own hands was used for the shroud, and the wedding veil and white slippers were used, while a wreath of orange blossoms was placed In her hand, which bore the wedding ring which Mr. Pope had procured. A pair of white horses yesterday bore the hearse containing the young woman In her bridal shroud to St. Joseph's church Six girl friends In white and six young men were the pallbearers. 1 The girls, who were to have been Miss Nyerges' bridesmaids, wore the clothes they would hae used at the wedding. man or woman can be strong or fee happy who is suffering from indiges lion. Because the stomach is diseased there is a diminution of the red corpus cles of the blood. This is why one is sleepless, is languid, nervous and irritable. Sensitive stomachs groan aloud at the irritating Cod liver oils, but tliey will get all. the food ele ments the tissues retnurc by using the "Golden Medical Discovery." Mr. Roy A. Rccd, of Casper, Wyoming, writes: "For cicht years I had catarrh of the throat in the very woist form ; v could haidly speak above a whisper for two years. Tried nearly a doaen patent medicines without relief. I was so dis couraged that I just about decided ca tarrh could not be cured with any medi cine. My father, however, advised uic to try Dr. Pierce's medicines before giv ing up. I followed his advice and com menced using the medicine on the twen tieth of December, I was surprised to note the result of the first month's treat ment. After using six bottles of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, I was perfectly cured. It has been months since I took the last medicine, and I have not had the least return of my trouble. I have felt better during the past two months than for seven winters previous to this time." Mrs Lydia James, of Ogdeusburcr. Wis., writes : "In regard to your medi cine will say that the ' Golden Medical Discovery'1 's a God-send to suffering women. I was sick in bed with liver complaint and kidney disease and fever when I began lo take Dr. Pierce's Gold en Medical Discovery'- I" ten days' time I was so I could begin to get around the house, and gained right along. After that, took about five bottles of it and am sure I would have been iu my grave by this time had it not been for this rem edy. I would advise all suffering women to use Dr. PieTCc's medicines." C. P. Spencer, of Piano. Okla., vrolc : "I can hardly express my thanks for the benefit I have received from taking Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery' d 'Pleasant Pellets' They worked like a charm in my case. Am in better health now than for some time, and will not fail to recommend your medicines to my suffering friends. I hope you will re ccive my thanks for the good your med icine has done me." Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets, the best laxative for old people. They cure constipation and biliousness. A WONBURFUT, BOOK. No book except the Ilible and dic tionary has circulated so widely as "The People's Common Sense Med ical Adviser," b R. V. Pierce, M. D. Nearly two million copies have gone into American homes. 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I S Mouth, Sore Throat Plmpies.CoptXT Colored I a( Spots. Ulcors on any partof tho body, llnlror 3 Eyebrows fallins ontti m-ito for proofs of W I cures. 100-paco lJook Proo. f G G$JOK REMEDY CO- R S10 HA0:H0 TESPID. Cb'.ujo, IU ' v 1 Sy Signet rings Jhjj Q r Q al! the H35 JEYftlffi ' I 41 W. 2nd So. St. Women lofared m tee 1 Brooklyn Five Firemen Also Hurt in Their Ef forts to Subduo the Flames. NEW YORK. Nov. 22. Three women were probably fatally hurt aud live firemen were Injured severely- In a blaze that destroyed two buildings In Brook lyn early today. The fire started in the cellar of a drug store at Fulton and Felippl. The three upper doors were occupied by three families consisting of fifteen pet sons. The flames spread upward so quickly that when the sleeping tenants were aroused by the smoke and crackling flames they found all escape by the ! stairways had been cut off. Bella Hill. Florence Seabrook and Hetta Richardson, all of whom lived on the fourth floor, made their way down one story and out onto u cornice. Mrs. Seabrook had her baby In her arms. The cornice gave way beneath the combined weight of the women and they were precipitated to the ground. Mrs. Seabrook clasped the infant to her bosom in such a way that when she struck the sidewalk the- little one escaped injury. The women were hur riedly carried to a hospital, where their Injuries were pronounced probably fa tal. Eight families, comprising thirty four persons, escaped or were rescued from a building adjoining the drug store before the house was destroyed. The llremen displayed great bravery In the work of rescue, and two of them fell from a swerving ladder two stories above the street. Three others were badly cut by falling debris. The finan cial loss was small a. ? NEWS NOTES BY WiRE WASHINGTON. Nov. 22.-Offlelal an nouncement waa mado today that Gov. Brady will bo reappointed Governor 01 Alaska. LINCOLN. Nob.. Nov. -22. Nebraska's ofllclal count of votes for Proldent was tlnlshed today. President Roosevelt's plurality Is EJ.GIS. CHICAGO. Nov. 22. Arnold Boautholn, founor cashier of tho West Liberty bank at Davonport, la., was arrested hero to duy. charccd with the embezzlement of 5C0.0CO ( NI3V7 YORK, Nov. 22.-Ap:ltatlon for a homo for aged atheists 1st thu latest de velopment among the cast .sldo social and protective organizations. NEW YORK, Nov. 22. The steamship, Sicilian Prince, was still ashoro today on tho sandbar at Lorig Reach, tho attempt mado at high tldo today to pull her off having boon unsuccessful. BOSTON. Nov, 22. The new United Slates cruiser, Pennsylvania, arrived in Boston harbor today from New York, for hor ofllclal trial trip over tho Capo Ann ccurso. LOUISVILLE, ICy., Nov. 22. Frederick Sanders, a dalrymnri. was killed 4today by William H. Slaughter, Jr., a coal mer chant, and 0110 of the best-known mon In Louisville The men had nn argument fir a debt. l DRESSY MAN nts a suit that is STYLISH, j j Iflll S;-rwf iM pMl SNAPPY and SMART the INDIVIDUALITY, l i '5' f '-TONE and 'STYLE of the suit are most important I i WM lik i3ftl-to MnV "bitter what price you pay us, you will find these i W&"4l?' W& kSS3 t Cwp characteristics in our garments. The idea of paving a fancv j JyI& Oil' v- ISjS? a " fM a i 'Mii A WxQL pnee to some tailor as the only means of getting style into a !' jH bjf;$ 1pf b ; aSL suit or overcoat, is a fallacy. , ; j lr 1? 1 W' There is no merchant (ailor that can make a more stylish j j, tfpl f lp jj iookni Hll't i" overcoat : than those we sell from 1 ) j Ifel . $.15.00 to $35.00 ' S I libv m' nove,t?es 5n SUITITGS and KEOKWjEAR may help "tj2 you prepare for Thanksgiving. i I Seasonal) UnrjGrwasr S Hats To Cover fcr Men and Boys. W AIL , H 61-63-65 MAIN ST. : j KIMBALL j PIANO j In us3 Mors than j afty okher Piano m the World. 1 ) . Is this not conclusive evi- j dence of its superiority? 1 We havo the exclusive Stato j agency and cordially invite our j i patrons to see the finest lino of ij Pianos in the West. d ; Clayton Miisic Co, j i Leading Music Dealers, 100 R Main Street. t 1 Stein way Dealers. , 1... J; BR.SMK -THREE . . CROWN TEA.. The Reasoa? You'll find it in every cup. Sold by the best grocers every where. Imported by Hewlett Bros. Co. Negroes Penned. . in Burning Bnilding Thirty Men, Women and Children Have a Narrow Escape Prom Death. ST. LOUIS, Nov. 22. Thirty negroes, men, womon and children, penned in on the second and third lloors of a burn Ins Morgan street lodging-house today saved themselves from death by jump ing from windows Into tarpaulins held by firemen, by groping their way to the 3treet down smoke and flame-filled Ktalrwayy and by climbing through a scuttle to the roof and thence to ad Joining buildings- to be taken down by firemen. Four women, injured in' their efforts to cacapc. are at the City hospital. One of thm is unconsclou: and probably will d'le. Another, who discovered the lire and dashed Into the building to arouse the inmates, suffered a broken leg. Sho wau Imprisoned by the lire, forced to hang out of a window to ecape .vmoke and llames, and dropped from a third-atory window to the ground. All Bills Aro Paid. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Nov. 21'. All bills of the Loulsdnnu Purchases exposition oxcept a few smnll current accounts have boon paid. PreoldenL Francis announced today. Gen. Terrell Is Dead. SAN ANTONIO. Tcx Nov. 22. Brlcr. Gcn C. N. Torroll, U. S. A., retired, died today, aged 71 years. Ji pggO la order to mako room for the fel PIPp ! Biggest Retail Toy Department r I I jjjjyyj i in this city we offer for Friday i ftgMi?.'fl ant Saturday a cpacial salo ; ' throughout the store. fi addi- POT llml j with EVERY $1 PURCHASE 1 I H ' . " I I : "iN TRADING STAMPS I jNB Y(M CASII SME , I ?' jOTABLE DEAD OF DAY ST LOl'IS. Nov. 22.-Rlcbard M. Sc-rugps. mbrchant and philanthropist, uell known In the East, died today of pneumonia, aged 3 years. ST LOL'IS. Nov. 22. Rear Admiral John Bartlett. retired, of Piovldence. P.. I., died hero today from pneumonia. Ad miral Bartlctt came to St. Louis several weeks ago lo examine the United Stairs steamboat Inspection service. ST. PKTERSUURG. Nov. 22. Adolph Rothstoln, director of the International ' bunk, who helped to organize tho Ruseo Ciilneso bank and converted lh Russian loans of 1S90 and negotiated the purchaso ot the Starrs, died suddenly tolay. N13W YORK, Nov. 22. Joseph R. Bloomlngdale. a woll-known dry goods merchant ami capitalist, who retlrt-d from actlvo business some tlmo asro, Is dead at his homo here from heart af- .r k ON THE PACIFIC SLOPE ,:. PORTLAND. Or., Nov. 22. For nearly jH two houra today a Federal courtroom echoed with the opcnlnrr addressos of counsel representing the Government and dafense In tho trial of tho case of the Unlt3d States against Marie L. ,War und others Indicted for lnnd frauds. PORTLAND. Or.. Nov. 22. AVlth tho exception of tho Government buildings, IH which have hardly more than begun, and fM tho forestrv building, which will bo un- ' JH dor roof within a week, the principal jH bulldlng-'i of the Lewis and Clnrk fair nro to all Intents and purposes completed. ' Twpv Tjq Every mother feels a i WSiflW pv$ 1 iHllJ great dread of the pain ! aMra.Ps 1' 2 fill E'' anc anSer ae.nant UPU of her life. 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