Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-12-29
TElEGRAPHIC NEWS.


leo and urges the territorial citizens
To take no part in elecgius congress
men and senators. thus making tn,
bill imperative II he lives he vii
visit Arizona and New Mexico to hgh
the statehood bill.
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Dec &c
brilliant scene today was the mar
riage OF Miss Daisy Letter TO the Ear
of Snflolk. The ceremony was perform
ed ar the Letter mansion The couple
leave at once for England
The bride OF today is he youngest
OF the three daughters of the late Levi
u. Letter and Mrs. Letter. of Chicago
and Washington. All three have been
noted for their beauty and have been
favorites in society in Washington
London and India
The eldest daughter Miss Mary
Victoria, married Lord Curzon of
Kedleston (then Mr. CurzonJ in 1895.
short time afterwards he was ap,
pointed Niceroy of India. and he and
his bride took up their residence in
Calcutta and Simla In the summer of
1899, Mrs. Letter and her two daugh-
tiers went TO India to visit Lord and
Lady Curzon and before long the two
daughters became the bells of Smla.
Here they met a number of young
Engllshmen of high rank attached to
the Viceroy's stan. Among them We're
Major Colin Campbell and Lord Suf-
folk Al one time Miss Daisy Letter
was reported to be engaged to Major
Campbell. but 1t was her sister. Miss
Nancy Letter, who married him. the
wedding taking place in Washington q
few weeks ago
Lord SUFFOLK came to this country
ostensibly TO act as Major Campbells
best man, but 1t was generally report.
ed among the Letters friends that an
engagement between him and Miss
Daisy Letter would soon be announced
The announcement. as expected was
made from the Chicago home OF the
Letters, early in the present month
Henry Molyneux Paget Howard
nineteenth Earl of Suffolk and Earl of
Berkshire was born September 10.
1877 and succeeded to the title in
1898. He is captain of the Fourth
Battalion of the Gloucestershire Reg
lment and is an extra aide de camp To
the Viceroy of India. He is a Liberal
unionist in politics He Is an enthu-
siastic sportsman.
NEW YORK. Dec 2s-The chapel
of sailors. Snug Harbor. in New Brigh.
ton was destroyed by fire early today
Eight hundred old sailors turned out
and fought the flames valliantly. but
within an hour the edifice was des.
troyed. The loss is three hundred
thousand dollars defective electric
light wire was the cause. The chapel
was one OF the famous points in the
east. II had one of the finest organs
in the country and especially costly
and beautiful stained glass windows
LONDON. Dec. 26.-The customary
celebration of Boxing Day" was held
throughout the United Kingdom to-
day. The city itself was as deserted as
on Sundays, all the business houses
being closed. Everybody who couid
left town, either 10 visit friends in the
country or TO pass a day or two at
the seaside
Tonight there was no lack of amuse-
ment for the holiday makers of Lon
don, the usual pantomines being pre-.
sented at the various theatres and
music halls The most notable of these
productions was as usual that al
Drury Lane. The piece this year is
The White Cat" which was pro
duced with all the theatres tradition.
al spectacular gorgeousness, Mr., James
Welsh successfully took the part orig
inally intended for the late Dan Leno.
All the suburban theatres and the Hip
pidrome also presented pantomimes,
and had big audiences both afternoon
and evening.
NEW YORK, Dec christmas
celebration had doublv fatal termi-
nation in this city today. when an
overturned lamp caused fire. which
resulted in the death of Mrs. Alice
Kelley and Mrs D. c. Fountain and
seriously injured Owen McGrath and
wife.
SALEM, Mass, Dec. 26.-An inter
esting bout Is promised for the arena
of the Appolo Athletic club tonight,
when Chester Goodwin, OF Chelsea,
and Chick Tucker of New York.
come together for ten round fight
II will be their second meeting in the
ring In the previous battle Tucker
scored knockout In the fourteenth
round but the referee refused 10 honor
ii
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal, Dec. 26.--
The attorney for George Lecher was
kidnapped by Fire Marshall FoS Of
Ohio, and taken back there to answer
a charge of arson, twenty-five years
old. The attorney declares he will ap-
peal TO the federal courts. Fox out
witted Lecher by inviting him to take
u boat ride. The boat did not land
TIL outside the jurisdiction OF the
courts to which Lecher had appealed.
WASHINGTON, d. C., Dec. &c
Few theatrical events in Washington
have aroused more interest than has
the engagement of Mrs. Leslie Garter
which begins tonight in Convention
Hall. Mr., Belasco, Mrs. Carter's man
aScr. is at war with the theratrical
syndicate, which closed all the Wash
lngton theatres against him. The syn
dicate also arranged to keep him out
overlooked Convention hall Mr.. Belas
of several halls in Washington. but