Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-12-24


go into effect until that time.
NEWPORT, r. l.. Dec. 22i--Wilhel-
nina Cook. who. according to rumors
has been considering the advisability
of a breach Of promise suit against w.
H. Leavitt, the husband Of Wm. J.
Bryan's daughter. has formally an
nouneer he'd intention of abandoning
the idea. after having an interview
with Mrs. Leavitt
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 22.-Daniel
O'Hare. In fit OF jealously last night
shot and severely wounded Earle PEN
ny, a variety actress. and also Jacob
5heldine, her escort, and then commit
ted suicide. The woman was former
iy the wife of Major Penny. U. $. A.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 22.-"High
finance" has entered into Santa Claus
business. Realizing That with Il de-
mand Tor but $4,000 Christmas trees
and $4,000 on hand they would lose
money, wholesale dealers here com
bined interests and had thirty carloads
of spruce pines taken to the outskirts
OF the city and burned. More than 4O,-
900 trees were destroyed, leaving but
10000 to be sold. Prices already have
doomed from IS cents to 81. from l.5O
to So, and dealers expect to get $S
per Tree before Christmas day.
PENNINGTON. VT. Dec. 22-Mrs.
Mary Rogers was found guilty today
OF the murder OF her husband. Mar
Gus Rogers, with view TO obtaining
the insurance upon his life. The wo-
man, who was separated from Rogers,
lured him to lonely spot and chic
reformed him, and with the aid OF a
half-witted admirer, Levi +. Perham,
then threw the corpse in The river to
give the appearance OF suicide.
Sentence was not pronounced but
the verdict means death by hanging
ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 22,-The
reports stated by a United States
news bureau to the effect that the
Czarina had given birth to dead son
is here pronounced absurd. 1t is
pointed out that the woman lives such
pure life that any attempt at con-
cealment would be impossible.
NEWARK, n J.. Dec. 22.-On the
application OF the receivers of the AS
phalt Company OF America Judge
Kirkpatrick today ordered an assess
ment OF 50 per cent against all the
stockholders ol the company. This
will yield s2i,00O,U00, the amount the
company is in debt.
BERLIN, Dec. 22-While out hunt
Baden VINO is a years of age aimed
mis- gun at ioX and fired. but the bull
let went wild and struck mis- minister
OF finance, Buchenberger. the later be-
ing also grand duke.
CHICAGO, Dec. 22.-The Harrison
street police station was filled with
gambling outfits this morning which
joints and policy shops We're raided
and i5 arrests made during the night.
DIES MONIES, Iowa, Dec. 22.-Mrs.
T. j, Cummins, mother OF Governor
Cummins, died this morning from an
| attack oi pneumonia, aged n years.
| rhe governor was at her bedside.
NEW YORK, Dec. Ex-senator Han
mas condition is much improved to-
| day, and he hopes to spend Christmas
at ms IleNeIOnu nome
NEW YORK, Dec. GA great
| scandal Is on the tapis concerning the
| Shipbuilding rust. Today the publ
cation OF letters and cablegrams in re
| gard to underwriting the great scheme
| were published and created great
| sensation among financiers. The
| wired messages between Paris and
| New York showed that scandalous at
| tempts had been made to bulldoze and
| inveigle capitalists into Investing In
| The concern and the stock had i'm
mense quantities OF water pumped in
| to H. The Drexels and dozen Other
prominent financial houses are in
yolved
| HELENA, Mont, Dec. 22.-Because
she claimed Charles Hilson owed hei
"A small sum OF money and refused tc
pay her. Matte Lee this morning
took a gun and shot Hilson dead.
| NEWCASTLE, Pa. Dec. 22.-lt Ii
announced here that the local officers
of the Carnegie Steel company will
set apart 81 0OU.O 900 OF il crest. the in
come from which is to be used for the
| purpose vi creating Il perpetual iuho
| for the relief of workmen injured In
the Carnegie plants and 10 aid their
heirs of the employees who are killed
| NEW YORK, Dec. 22.-The vast es
tate OF the late Austin Corbin was set
| lied today Corbin was the magnate
of Long Island, and when he died he
left an estate appraised to he worth
over $4,000 900. Litigation was insti
| tuted by one of the daughters and to
| day the cash balance was shown to
be less than 100000 and the realty
only about 81 100000. Nearly $4,000.
600 has been paid to lawyers and ex
ecutors and as there are some unset
| tied accounts outstanding. nearly the
whole OF the vast fortune will be dis
| sipated.
PARIS. Dec 22-lt is evident here
| today that only the efforts OF France
and England are preventing an i'm
mediate declaration of war between
Japan and Russia. The situation is
| regarded as desperate. and how long
| 1t viii continue is mystery.
ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 22.-The
Russian warshlps which recently went
TO Chemalpo-Worrron where the Jap
Il a