Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-01-01
TELEGRAPH NEWS.

Mrs. Mary A. Duncombc of Los An
geies claims she was chloroformed
and robbed OF 81 $50 In Pullman car
between Denver and Kansas City.
Thiry-six men who had nnd toe
much Christmas were fined 81 and
costs In period of 36 minutes for
plain drunks before Judge Stapleton
In Denver
| William Il. Curtis describes the re
forms suggested by Pan-Amercan
conferences, and says that while thc
practical results have been few the
meetings have promoted good feeling
among the nations of two continents
| Two Jews named Jacob WeisslSind
and Mendel Sitkip were stoned by a
crowd of young men In Denver be
cause they were working on Christ
mas day. One of them will probably
| die. The leaders of the mob are In
jail.
Germany advances a proposition To
arrange temporary truce In the tar
IN war. which is scheduled to he de
clared in March. says Walter Well.
| man, In the hope thai public opinion
in America will force Congress to
make compromises.
The state land board Tuesday ten.
| dered to Frank Gyllensten the $3.50
| which he paid for the timber In
Routt county. which transaction caus
ed the recent land board Investigation
| Mr.. Gyilenstcn announced that ne
would give the board reply In two
days. II be does not return the deed
which was given him for the timber
suit win be started ip the district
court
Charles Crockett OF Denver was Sc
narrowly escaped death In firo
which destroyed the Twin Lakes no
tel at Walsenburg. All the guests
were forced to flee In their night
clothes A defective flue Is supposed
to have caused the fire, which started
in the kitchen. The hotel was a large
frame building owned by the wiscon
sin Trust company and the total loss
is placed at $1,000.
Two masked men entered the home
of j. T. Chatter at Fort Collins at II
O'Clock Tuesday morning and after
compelling him to put up his hands
robbed him of 343. then forced hin
10 don his hat and coat and walk
through the streets ahead of them tc
the river south of town TO secluded
spot and stay there while the two mer
disappeared. They removed theil
masks before leaving the house. but
did not allow aim TO turn around tc
see them. SO far there ID no clew.
The Christmas present received bi
Abraham Schiller. the Alamosa bank
er charged with bank wrecking. wa'
release from Jail. Schiller hat
been neld In the Pueblo county jai
for month In default of 100000
bonds, when he secured rehearini
OF the bond question aud his bond wa
reduced 10 100000 Since that tim
the banker and his friends have beef
making strenuous efforts to secur
ball and ON Christmas day suret,
was rendered the sheriff's office whicl
was satisfactory. and Schiller went t
Denver to await trial.
l.. X. Smith, the timber warden VIII
: was discharged last week. prints a
. open letter In the Denver papers 1
| which he intimates that there are otl
er deals, which should be investiga
: ed. He refers particularly to trai
saction in Grand county In whic
. some of the deputy state officers weI
, concerned, but his letter IL not spec
fic In It's charges. being of ramDlin
nature. Governor Mcdonald state
e that he proposes TO investigate II
I entire land board matter. and II NJ
o Smith has anything Of an incrimina
y Ing nature he will be given an oppo
4 tnnity to present II. The governt
> intimated that Mr. Smith was the a
praiser In the transaction which Is r
n ferred to In his open letter. and tn
G the board took his estimates as to Il
value OF the timber.
y "Adversity makes strange bedf
lows" says the proverb, and d
A. patch from Monte Carlo indicates tn
b II also makes strange gambling co
all panlons. According TO this dispat'
waen Father Gapon, the noted r.
III sian agitator was playing roulette
to Monte Carlo II few days ago. sitti
Immediately opposite him at the sal
re table was the Grand Duke Cyril.
he the Comte D'Artois. or any other