Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-12-14
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may have to enlarge the cemetery
-Four deaths from pneumonia sine
Saturday afternoon, and one more due
Walter kimball. who has pneumonia
is not expected to recover. He lin
gers, hanging to slender thread
He nas been in Silvertcn ten years
the greater part OF the tine with 10
seph Bordeleau and Stub & Jakway
hut recently has been with Chas. Rev
In the transfer business. He is
brother-in-law of Mac II. Copeland o
Animas City. His wife and child hav.
been stopping recently at Durango.
Mr.. Kimball has mother and sis
ter at Denver.
Mrs. Mary Celey died yesterday af
ternoon of pneumonia. She had Ii, ed
here ten years, dying at the age OF
46 years. Her husband was a plas-
terer and painter.
Falmon Ricard, a miner, aged t6
years and unmarried, died here this
morning of pneumonia. He was born
in Illinois.
Adolph Borg, who died here Satur-
He was native OF Sweden.
Hclry iippon, aged l9 years, VINO
came here from Creede wifi his par.
ents Sc { time ago, died at How ards,
vile of pneumonia last night
OURAI, Dec. ll.-R. b. Towne, bet
ter known as Dad Towne." who died
here Saturday, went home to his
in tI,i.,
Mr.. Towne mad been in Ouray county
thirty years. a miner and prospector.
He made a sale OF $4,000 at one tune
but never appeared TO have great
deal OF money. During his last hours
he talked about the money he Fad had
and what he had done with it, and the
deduction is that his daughter received
part of ii. He had not gone into
riotous living. but was peculiarly con
stituted and while a positive charac
ter was easily led and had disgorged
much of his money to people in whom
he confided.
There was a large delegation of old
timers at the train 10 escort the re-
mains.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-THE post.
master general in his annual report
announces deficit of $14.000,000. He
thinks the office should be self sus.
tanning and would be but for the in.
which, he says, averages nearly IL
per cent of the entire weight carried
involving loss of revenue of about
10000 900. 'Manifestly," he says.
had thr-tnat.as24,ssAs earrie,I 7free been
required to be prepayed, notwith.
standing the large expenditures in
rural free delivery service. there would
have been no deficit In round figures,
the receipts for the year were $l62,-
100000 and the expenditures $4,000.
000."
WASHINGTON, Dec, l1.-Discuss-
Ing the indictments by the federal
grand jury at Topeka Secretary Hitch
cock said. today: BY the time a com
plete investigation is made in Kansas
remarkable disclosures regarding land
frauds will develop. The work is not
finished with the bills already return.
ed"
A. l.. Green, a special agent, has
found out that among other persons
induced to sign entries for others are
ninety school teachers.
BOSTON. Dec. l1.-Edward Atkin
son, the well known economist, died
suddenly today of heart failure. He
was a leading member OF the Anti
Imperialistic league.
DENVER, Dec. ll.-Judge Palmer
this morning in the criminal courJ
overruled plea of Imboden and Hill.
the alleged Denver Savings Bank
wreckers. to be allowed their freedom
on technicalities. He maintained thar
the financiers must stand trial ana
Witnesses We're called on behalf of ii.
state.
DENVER, Dec. 12.-Former Presl.
dent Whitley of the Denver Savings
bank testified this morning against
lmboden and Hill. His TESTIMONY
showed Imboden TO be rainbow chas.
er, organizing banks on wind ana
showing ephemeral schemes, which
ended in looting of the Denver instl.
tuition.
ID. ID. Wall, another witness. testi.
fed that lmboden organized many
banks. One was the Bank OF Jeffef
son, capitalized at $4,000. of which
notes Of lmboden and Hill constituted
$4,000. The liabilities of the bank
exceeded the assets by over $4,000.
LA VE'lA, Colo, Dec. 12.-After be
ing brutally beaten and terribly puni
ished by a crowd of sixteen masked
men, John w. Leonard, a prominen
coal contractor of this place and Den
Yer, on last Sunday night was takel
by his captors TO the outskirts oil tn,
city, a rope placed around his necl
and he was suspended in air Not un
til the last breath of life was almos
departing from mis- body did the Tight.
masked men loosen the rope and lowe
their prisoner to the ground.
This was repeated number o
times until Leonard finally was lef
for dead. He was rescued later an,
taken TO Walsenburg. where he nov
lies fatally hurt and death is hourl
expected.