Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-12-15
TELEoRAPhIc NEWS.

election frauds and two more Dem
ocrauc officers were sentenced for
contempt. The men sentenced are:
NJ. l.. Devaney. and Thomas CUP,
both of the Seventh Ward. and both
received a years sentence and a
thousand dollar fine The report OF
the handwriting experts handed in
this morning was so conclusive that
attorneys on both sides said they did
not care to argue and sentence was
pronounced.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. 12-
Senate committee on privileges and
elections took up cases OF Senator
Smoot today. The committee consists
of Burrow, Pettus. Overman. For
aker. and Dubois. Smoot present. in
cheerful mood. Room crowded with
witnesses. ]. NJ Buckley, editor OF
Christian Advocate. first witness told
Of his trip to Utah.
OURAY, Colo, Dec l2.-Typhoid
fever has claimed two more victims.
one Sunday morning and the other
this morning, both being miners from
the Revenue. 81 cases having develop
ed from that mine alore The fever
at the Camp Bird mine where 1t first
became epidemic. has been entirely
wiped out
BOSTON, Mass, Dec III. Pier
pont Morgan and wife have taken
apartments at hotel here for the
winter Morgan is being treated by
DR. Prince, the family physisian. The
nf to
Morgan drives out daily and takes
his meals in the public dinning rooms.
CHICAGO. Ill. Dec. 12.-The last
of the Letter girls, Daisy, is engaged
to be married to the Earl of Suffolk.
All three take Englishmen for their
husbands. Mary, the eldest of the
girls is the wife of Lord Curzon, vice
roy of India; Nanny. the second
daughter, was married to Major Colin
Campbell last month; and now Daisy
weds another English nobleman.
DENVER, Colo, Dec. ~ The
three months old daughter Of Adit.
General Sherman Bell was the recip.
lent of magnificent solid silver din
ner service, the finest ever seen in
this western country, present. from
Helen Gould. Miss Gould was in Den
yer last summer, when the child was
born. General Bell named 1t Helen
Guild Bell, after the lady. and in re-
turn the philanthropist makes the
baby sumptuous present.
NEVADA, Mo. Dec. 12.-The trial
OF former state representative Todd.
charged with numbering DIR. Robert
wall, Is scheduled to start this after
noon. The killing resulted from fued.
Both men were very prominent
DENVER. Colo. Dec. 12.-Emil
Harlecher, engineer of Coors' Golden
brewery and member of half doz-
en- secret societies. was found dead in
his room on Thirteenth street this
morning. revolver clutched in his
hand and blood oozing from a hole in
his temple. On his body were found
four separate unaddressed envelopes.
each bearing the words: Notify the
coroner" The. police are convinced
that he committed suicide.
DENVER, Colo, Dec l2.-General
Pssaclmer. commander in chief of the
L. A. r. arrived in town this morning
on special car, accompanied by a
distinguished party. that remains. in
Denver several days. 1t Is meeting
of the committees of the department
of Colorado and Wyoming G. A. r. to
complete arrangements for the ma
tional encampment. which takes place
in this city next August.
CHEYENNE, Wyo.. Dec. 12-How-
ard Leavitt. representing a company.
controlling several hundred thousand
acres of land in eastern Wyoming is
in the city today 1t is reported that
Leavett is here for the purpose to
further scheme to block the govern
ment in its reclamation project. Tho
present desire of Leavitt's company,
Il is said, is to. combine forces with
The government, but in case this
should fail, to enter active competi-
ton with the federal forces The com
pany has secured control of large
tracts of land which come under the
dominion of the pathfinder project.
NEY WORK. Dec 12.-Eight ocean
liners have made port after being de-
layed outside the harbor for several
days, owing to heavy seas. They all
bring reports OF long continued
stormy weather. One of the vessels
the Hamburg-American. Balgravia,
carrying twelve hundred men, who
left Russia TO escape military duty.
and many of the others had large pas
senger lists. The Balsravia reports
the winds velocity one hundred and
twenty miles an hour for six hours a.
a stretch. Her bow was stove in and
forward windlass twisted
PUEBLO. Colo. Dec. 12.-About
eight O'Clock this morning. a masked
man entered the ofhce of c. C. Stein,
a real estate dealer in the Mechanic
Block. and at the point Of gun or
dered Clifford Holmboe, a clerk and
the only occupant of the once, into
the huge vault. He secured about two
hundred dollars in cash and disap-
peared. When J. r. Wilson. another
clerk arrived at eight thirty. he heard
faint cries coming from the vault and
released Holmboe. who fell in a faint
on the floor. The air in the vault was