Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-12-22
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

DENVER Colo, Dec. lS.-Three
more men We're convicted and sent to
jail this morning by the supreme court
for fraud at the polls in violation Of
the courts order Another escaped
with a light fine One of the convicts,
Leonard Rogers. is a deputy sherin
and expected TO land in the state sen
ate. He was given six months and
hundred dollar fine William Garrett
Adams and Louis Hamburg. We're each
sent to prison for three months and
a hundred dollar fine The men sen
fenced were alleged to have been i'm
plicated in violence irr precinct two
ward seven, and permitted repeating
The Republican attorneys will ask
to have the whole vote thrown out to
morrow
DENVER Colo, Dec ia wire
reaches here that General Frank E
Baldwin. commanding the department
of Colorado is to be made a major
general General Frederick Grant and
Frederick Austin, both of whom are
senior to Baldwin, waving any OBJ
lection to the promotion over their
heads.
- ROME, Pa, Dec. 19-The execu-
ton today of Jack Bone is the first
of three hangings which are SLATED
to take place in the county jail here
during the next twentyfour hours
Bone will be followed to the galows
tomorrow morning by two negro mur
derers. Courtney Baker, who killed his
wife. and Bob Sutherland who killed
thrpp negroes al "A dance
DULUTH, Dec. 1S.-In a violent fl
of coughing today w. H Reynolds,
travelling salesman for a varnish
house in Detroit, fractured one of the
large upper ribs in his left side. He
was in a jewelry store when the par
oxysm seized him. and persons near
him distinctly heard the snap as the
bone broke, as the result of the viO-
lent muscular effort. A physician
who attended Reynolds said that while
the accident was remarkably rare.
such cases had been noted in medical
literature.
Los ANGELES, Cal, Dec. 10
Mrs. Mary Andrew Clark, mother OF
Senator Clark, of Montana, died here
this morning aged 30. Senator CLARK
unaware of his mothers serious i'll
ness, sailed from New York for Europe
Saturday afternoon.
JASHINGTON. d. C. Dec. 10
Judge Baker of the supreme court OF
New Mexico, who recently was re-
moved from Office by the President,
has had full hearing by the Presi-
dent and department of justice which
raupItaI today in tho rayArqt tfnp Of thp
order of removal
Judge Baker however, does not care
to serve further and has resigned
KANSAS CITY, Dec 19-The trial
of Frank Hoffman. charged with muir
der. was continued today until tOmor-
row on account of the absence of de
fendants lawyer in St. Louis. owing
to sudden illness of his mother.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo, Dec
ia postmortem examination Of the
body Of young and beautiful woman
murdered on Cutler Hill. north OF
Cheyenne Canon. was completed at
noon 1t showed that death was caused
by a bullet fired into the head. The
mystery surrounding the murder.
whose partially burned body was dis.
covered Saturday. still remains, ok
cepting to show that she was the vic
tim of cold blooded murder. The
nude and frozen remains were brought
here yesterday and were viewed by
hundreds OF people The murderer
took almost every precaution to make
Identification of his victim impossible
by tearing every vestige of clothing
from her body and burned it, He even
removed the shoes and stockings which
were also destroyed Then he poured
oil over the body and ignited it. The
police are mystified but still think
they will find the murderer.
NEW YORK, Dec lg-lt was an
nounced today at the opening OF the
Patterson trial that evidence would
Immediately begin by the defense and
that Miss Patterson would testify on
her own behalf
WASHINGTON, d. C. Dec 10
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw
had a narrow escape from death 10
day. street car ran him down and
the fender caught him and carried
him forty feet. He was unharmed.