Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-10-15

| ne ltiEBiani wan iSSCh'Sa
by the mother of the bride ran thus:
"Steubenville, Ohio. = Mrs. James |
Scott, Pittsbnrg, Pa: Frederick and |
| were married here today. NELLIE"
Both parties are very young, Fair
banks being about twenty-five and
his bride several years his junior.
Fairbanks and his bride came to
Pittsburg last evening and after
spending a day or two will leave for
their honeymoon to Europe. Mr..
Fairbanks is prominent young busi-
ness man of Springfield, Ohio. where
the couple will make their home.
SMITHVILLE, Mo, Oct. 12.-Rather
than to be separated from each other
by consumption of which her husband
is In serious condition. Mr.. and
Mrs Jesse B. Webb, bride and bride
groom of less than two weeks, agreed
to die together here. AS the result
of the compact the young bride is
dead and the husband is at the point
of death with bullet wound near his
heart. Shots, according to whispered
words of the husband, were fired with
his sanction.
WASHINGTON, Oct 12.-The crop
estimating board of the department OF
: agriculture today issued a bulletin
showing the condition of corn on Oc-
tober 7, 1906, to be 90.1 as compared
with 90.2 last month. Preliminary es-
timates of the average yield per acre
. of spring wheat Is 1871 bushels. Pre-
liminary returns indicate an oat crop
of about s63, ,352 900 bushels or an av-
: erage of 31.2 per acre as compared
e with "a bushels as finally estimated
9 In 1905.
e Condition spring wheat SS.5 as com
e pared with $50 last year.
Condition of oats SS.2 as compared
with 92.4 last year.
j LISBON, Oct. ia dispatch from
= Rio de Janeiro says that Viscount Al
$ media, well known member of So
G cciety committed suicide in a novel
l. manner. He invited a few of his
l. nelghboring friends to sumptuous
; dinner and afterwards led them to a
l. cage of lions that he had hired from
d a travelling menagerie. When the Wis
count opened the cage and entered
. the lions pounced upon him and he
n was mutilated before he could be
n dragged out. He said that he was
u overwhelmed by gambling debts.
d DENVER, Oct 12.-This morning
& the Italian girl, Carmela, on trial fol
her life for killing her master or hus
}, band, whatever he was, was in a joy
d GUS mood. The testimony for the de
e fense has begun and the girl listened
e with delight as witnesses stated facts
II and expressed ideas in her interest
d The prosecution closed yesterday at
Il ternoon and made a strong case. To
IS days witnesses showed that Fiorino
the man she killed, had been yer,
e cruel to Carmelia and had beaten hei
ID frequently and while her sense o.
N right or wrong are not very clear, ant
p master with his brutal instincts drove
D, her. she looked in every direction fol
k sympathy.
Judge Johnson expressed hope to
e jury tomorrow afternoon so that q
II new week would not be necessary
q The girl doesn't seem to care much
& whether she is convicted or acquitted
| ST would rothnr On In nt.icn
n for ten years than have Fiorino alive
II she said.
Il Carmelina took the stand In her
II own behalf shortly before noon and
y told the story of that night when she
e avenged the wrongs Fiorino had
l. heaped upon her and shot him down
= as he sat writing to her brother and
o telling him that the young wife was
|. leading an immoral life. She seemed
j. to realize for the first time her situa.
ton and she told her story OF the
n beatings and cruelty by her husband
e with solemn simplicity. She said she
+ was seventeen years old and that she
n agreed to marry the man though he
: had wife and daughter in Italy and
e he was three times her age. The girl
L testified that on Easter Sunday Flo.
!, rino beat her cruelty and threatened
I her life. bought a revolver and said
= he was going to put fifty bullets into
e her and kill her like the Sicilian on
I the North Side killed his wife. She
/ was in mortal terror of the man and
a one OF them had to die. AS a whole
the story was dramatically told.
LITTLE ROCK, Oct. 12.--This
e morning five men are dead and one
s Is dying as a result of boiler explo.
$ sion at Harvey's sawmill in White
: county shortly after daylight this
morning. The heads of two OF the
+ victims were blown off and in some
t cases the bodies were mangled be.
/ yond recognition.
a CHICAGO, Oct 12.-Another great