Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-04-21

with the funds after gay life
, TELLURIDE. Colo, April. 1S.-Hen
ry Tanning, a miner employed on the
Smuggler-Union has vanished. He
left behind him an unenviable rec
ord. Last fall after the big fire which
resulted so disastrously to nearly
thirty miners. Mr.. Tanning was sen,
by the company to Utah with the re
mains of Joseph Nelson, one of the
victims of the fire. Nelson's parents
reside in Utah, and the company
thought it but right that the remains
of their son should be sent home for
burial As above stated. Mr.. Tanning
was sci let ted to perform the duty. All
his exrer ses were paid as well as that
of taking the body. Arriving at the
Utah home Tanning took the parents
of Nelson into his confidence to the
extent that his had been n mission of
love for his friend who had been so
ruthlessly cut down in the prime of
life. He. Tanning thought the least
he could do for Nelson was to take
him to his parents and see that every
thing was done that couli be. Incl
dentally the parents OF Nelson were
informed that this little matter of
| friendship had cost him nearly 5000,
Whereupon the Nelson's gave Mr.. Fan
ming Sl75 and an order on the Snug
| ler- Union company for $40 due the
son on wage account This flaming
collected making s2l5 he received for
his supposed charitable work While
in Utah Tanning wrote to a miner
employed on the mine that he was out
of money and wanted $40 for the time
being. This was sent him. Then
Tanning returned to Telluride and
resumed his work on the Smuggler-
Union. After getting in a month or
so he complained of petty thieving GO
ing on about the mine and said he
was going to quit and getting his mon
ey started for Telluride. This was
on March 18th, since which time moth
ing has been seen or heard of this
man who had taken such an interest
in his friend Nelson"
The facts have thus leaked out.
The Nelson's are thus out over 5000
and the confiding miner his $40. while
it is generally charged that the petty
thievlng can be laid at Fanuings door.
as revolvers and other small articles
have turned up missing. The wherea-
bouts of Tanning will be located, if
possible, and the man confronted with
his misdoings
FARMlNGTON. N. NJ, April 49,
Messrs r. F. Roehrig ]. F. Finley and
c. w. Benson arrived in Pennington
Yesterday. having made trip over
the line of the proposed automobile
route. The gentlemen are enthusias-
tic over the enterprise and saw it is
not only feasible but that sufficient
ancouragement has been extended in
way of stock subscriptions to make it
4 sure go. Pennington people are
greatly pleased over the matter as it
will place them in direct communica-
lion within four hours time and
will also facilitate handling of fruits
and other express matter.
AZTEC. N. NJ, April 1S.-Judge
Pendleton returned last evening from
Santa Fe. and had hardly landed be-
fore he arranged to escort party of
homeseekers from the Chickasaw ma
tion over the country. and he left this
morning in the direction of Flora Wis
ia with the party.
Fruit trees are in bloom and the
past few days have advanced vegeta-
ton very fast peach blossoms filling
the air with sweet perfume
TELLURIDE Colo. April 1S.-Six
men left this morning for Deep creek
gulch. about fifteen miles distant. to
investigate the reported killing of
miner named Charles Wurster. Wur
ster has been missing some time. and
it is reported his cabin was destroy
ed by a slide and it is feared he shar-
ed the fate of many others in this
county the past winter.
TELLURIDE, Colo, April 1S.-The
San Miguel Consolidated Mining Co..
of which l.. l.. Mum is manager, has
purchased the Nellie mine Consider
alton is not stated
The trial of the Italians charged
with selling liquor without license
comes up this afternoon.
WASHINGTON. D, c., April 49,
There is an entire change of senti-
ment this afternoon the position of
congress on the Cuban reciprocity bill
and it seems at two o'clock that the
Cuban twenty per cent differential
will be defeated. horse, foot and dra-
goons. There has been sudden
Jump of disaffected Republicans over
TO the Democratic side and everything
seems to be coming the beet sugar
mems way. The fight was started
this morning by Richardson. the Dem
ocratic floor leader in the house He
made most impassoned speech and
swayed his hearers most decidedly
The immense tariff wall which sur
rounds this country, he declared soon
after he arose to debate must be torn
down and destroying this bill now
before the house is step in the right
direction. Democratic forces are sol
i'd and the assurances are pouring in
that when the vote is taken the meas
ure will be defeated
The ways and means committee
held an informal meeting shortly be
fore two O'Clock and several of them
admitted openly the defeat of the 20
per cent aid for Cuba They
acknowledged that the beet sugar men
had marshalled a sufficient force to