Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-12-18
TELEGRAPH NEWS.

SILVERTON. Dec. l4.-Robert LIE
lie died here at noon OF pneumonia. =
ter being sick four days. He wa
aged about 2S years. He has 4 broths
Lee here, who is arranging to retur
Inc body to the old Kansas home 70
burial. He was member OF tn
Eagles. Woodmen Of the World an
Miners union, standing we'll through
out the district, where he has reside
for several years.
J. X. Russell. an old soldier, die
this morning OF pneumonia. aged s
years. He had lived here severa
years, working as miner. He ha
a wife in the East The Odd Fellow
have taken charge OF the body an,
are waiting advices from the wife.
j. s. Williams, Welshmnn, die<
this morning OF heart disease induced
BY miners consumption. Miners con
sumption means lungs wrecked ant
rlled with giant powder smoke da,
after day. in the dry and the wet, IL
the cold and warm drip OF wet mines
around ice and hot steam pipes, drag
ging soul back to Its maker. VIII
Jams had lived at Silverton about
twenty years. The Miners' union viii
make funeral arrangements.
The Herald correspondent Is inform
cd BY old timers that the pneumonis
epidemic is more severe now than 1,
has been before In the history Of the
camp.
DENVER, Dec. 1.-THE case of the
alleged wreckers Of the Denver Saw
ings bank. Imboden and HILL, appears
this morning TO be desperate. Short
ly after the court opened today c. B
Whitley. the star witness for the pros
ecution, charged Leonard Imboden
with forging witnesses name to a Ger.
tiHcate of deposit on the Bank OF
Commerce at Fort Worth, Texas VII.
f,ey was handed the certificate. which
was for $4,000. and was asked IL he
had ever seen II before
Never" he replied.
is that your signature?" inquired
the district attorney. and Whitley said
IL was not. declaring that the sigma
ture was in the handwriting of I'm
boden.
Other startling disclosures were
made which indicated the desperate
work OF the wreckers. Whitley made
public letter that Imboden wrote
him. saying: Il want TO do the wrong
thing. and / want to associate with
somebody who is the wrong kind OF
man. II this is your idea OF right you
must promise to take care of u.s."
NEW YORK, Dee l4.-An astound-
ing blackmail plot developed today in
the case OF the mysterious suicide OF
Robert d. Ballentine. the millionaire
society man, who was found dead in
his mothers house In Newark last
Saturday. The blackmailers. trading
on some college escapades Of the
young man, had bled him to the ex-
tent Of hundreds Of thousands Of dol
lars They were bounding him furth-
er, when, to escape them, he put =
bullet In his brain.
CINCINNATI. Dec. l4.-Mrs Grace
Tagsart and two boys were located
today at Newport. KY. with relatives.
Major Taxgart at Wooster was greatly
surprised by their departure from the
Jurisdiction Of the court which grant
I'd aim the custody OF the boys.
BROWNVILI.E, Pa. Dec. N.-The
passenger packet Rosehiu collided
with a coal barge today and sank.
Four deck hands were drowned but
two passengers were saved.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 1.-THE pres.
tdent sent to the senate today then
nominations OF Frank Parker and
John McFie to be supreme Justices
Of New Mexico.
CLEVELAND. O.. Doc. 1&.-Accord-
ing to present plans Mrs. Cassie Chad
wick will be taken to the Ohio peni.
lenuary in 4 week She bNllev ss
there is NO hope in the appeal which
rs 70 be made In the federal supreme
court
TOPEKA. Kas., Dec. 1.-THE re
port OF Secretary Coburn. OF the state
board of agriculture. issued today
says that agriculturally the year 1906
was the most fruitful in rne history
OF the state. The value OF farm prod
ucts. including livestock. was over
t40s, s,5O0. 900. which is S23. .000. 900 more
than the high record established IN
1903. This years farm products and
livestock are sufficient to give every
inhabitant Of the state 32S%.
WASHINGTON. Dec, l4.-Consress
man Longworth was overwhelmed By
congratulations. both personal and b,
telegraph and mail. this morning OF
the announcement Of his engagement
TO Alice Roosevelt Mr. LonSwortl
says that the detail Of the arrange
ments for the welding are in the hand
OF the Roosevelt family. raey viii
make Cincinnati their home.
Asked IL they plighted their trotl
on board the steamer from tho Orient
LOngworth said he could not tell
that he had been In = trance 70 lon
that ns Is somewhat mixed rs I
dates
They will take An extensive wet
ding trip while Congress 10 In ssssio
sud will probably 90 to Europe Bsz
summer.
WATERLOO, Iowa, Dec. 14.-Th
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