Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-06-06

- SAAisl AT her hpA can1,e q
u nee on the second floor of the Ride
building. on Main street. and aske
MN 10 come into the corridor with he
/ Tor private talk. As the two star
ed TO walk down the corridor towar
secluded corner. Mrs. Kennedy tur,
ed ABOUT, facing her husband. and d,
manded to know IL he intended to liy
with her. He replied that he al
not and, divining that she was bent O
making trouble. he turned back towar
MS Office door. Mrs. Kennedy dre,
revolver from the folds OF her dress
ana began firing rapidly at Kennedy
she shot six times. so closely togeth
er that persons who heard the firin,
could not count the shots. Ever,
shot hit Kennedy. and any one of fou
of them would have proven fatal in IL
SELF. Kennedy fell to the floor, dy
ing without word. His young wife
stepped up to his body. looked at 1,
moment and then deliberately kick
ed her victim in the face half a dozen
times. remarking; II guess you will
never seduce another girl"
A bystander seized Mrs. Kennedy
As he did so young man. who it was
afterward discovered was Will Prince
the girls brother. ran up to him
knocked him down and then fed.
MIS-, Kennedy was arrested at once.
she was promptly indicted for muir.
der In the first degree by the grand
jury, and has been in Jail since. The
grand jury did not indict her father.
e. w. Prince, and her brothers. Will
and Bert Prince. although the prose
cutting attorney urged It. Later the
father and brothers were arrested on
information and lay In Jail for week
or Two before they could get bond.
The father and Bert Prince are now
out on bond. but Will Is still In jail.
Their trials will not come up until
Mrs. kennedy's is disposed of.
WICHITA, kas.. June 4.-Thirteen
men of Mount Hope. n small town
near here. are adherents OF the he
lief that mon should not kiss women
All OF the thirteen are married. and
they have Just formed club known
as the Mount Hope Married Mems
Anti-kissing club The members are.
u. X, Wilson. president. l. J. Cox.
secretary. A l.. Rite. F. N. Johns.
l.. X. Densmore. j. Il. Smith. 5. w.
karnes, G.. A. Snow. +. N. Jones. u,
T. Burris, A. l.. Koren. b. Q. Chains
and r. V. Quincy.
All the members are quite promi-
nent in business circles OF that place.
and the organization OF the club has
been kept under cover for three weeks
but the secret has finally leaked out
In IA statement to reporters President
Wilson said:
"All this talk about our wives going
to sue us for divorce because we
have pledged not to kiss them. is rot
OF the worst kind. We Won. into
this with the understanding that 1t
was to he carried out as an experiment
and we will stick to 1t II the women
uphold us in it. or course, every
member has taken pledge not to kiss
his wife for one year, hut there is n
proviso that IL We nil get tired of the
proposition we can disorganize the
club and no one will have broken .
pledge
p''h iuhp IT NV" th'''
weeks. and am perfectly satisfied with
the arrangement. as is my wife. |
lind that kissing is filthy habit and
without it man can love great deal
more strongly. All of the boys have
kept their promises so far, and the
prospects are that we viii make this
cub thing of permanence.
NEW YORK. June 4.-Frank Alas
IL in love with Mrs. Faria. the wife
Of another, became crazed this ,norn-
ing and shot the woman dead. Then
he killed himself
The pair were about 25 years of age
LONDON. June A dispatch from
st. Petersburg today says the total
loss Of Russian troops In China during
the entire Chinese campaign was over
700 ofiicers and men.
WASHINGTON. June 4.-The rela-
tions between Chile and the Argentine
epublic at present are somewhat
strained. For five years both M.
tions have been preparing for war.
| and have their armies and their fleets
in almost perfect condition. The row
was over the boundary line, and that
was submitted to arbitration. Min.
ster Buchanan of the United States.
yho is now director of the Pan-Amer-
lean exposition at Buffalo. settled the
northern line for them. and the
southern line Is now In the hands o.
he British government. Pending the
lecision of the question ii was mu-
tually agreed to suspend preparations
'or hostilities, and while neither gov.
ernment turned is swords into prun.
ng hooks they reduced their appro
! priations for military and naval pur
poses
Recently somebody has discovered
hat Chile is fortifying the Straits OF
Magellan and secretly cutting roadf
| through the great forests that cover
| the Cordilleras between the two ma.
| tons, Argentina considered this q
violation of the contract. but Chile
denies the whole story and declares
that she has never attempted to for
| tify the Straits OF Magellan. and has