Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1906-08-09

robbery es set fire to the
house which was consumed.
NEW YORK, Aug. Raymond
Herbert. president OF the Reams
Magazine company had Treasurer
Edward Rock arrested last night.
Herbert thinks the treasurer has
swindled him. for the reason that
when he asked him for s21 900 which
he had given the treasurer to invest
in the magazine all the satisfaction
he received from Rock was, Have
a drink on me and forget all about
1t"
BOULDER, Colo, Aug. Fear
produced by a thunderclap caused the
death today of VIM. Rosengarten of
Philadelphia, owner of the Boulder
Valley mine at Sunshine. Rosengar-
ten was standing near the shaft house
at O'Clock this afternoon when a
heavy crash of thunder was heard
He suddenly reeled. fell to the ground
and in few moments he was dead.
1 PITTSBURG, Aug. Arguments
in the Hartje divorce case were con
] hihuNh AOhdN Tue emu VIII ne
reached by tomorrow Mrs Hartje
continues attending the trial but is in
condition of almost collapse today
{ There was a sensational breakdown
/ yesterday afternoon on the part of
Mrs. Hartje. With her face flushed
and tears of Indignation streaming
down her cheeks, she cried out in
agony as Lawyer Rodgers. with bitter
invective, portrayed her as faith
less wife who had planned to leave
her husband for negro coachman.
A verdict in Mrs. Hartie's favor is
generally looked for
PHILADELPHIA. Aug. when
Judge Stake handed down an opin-
ion sustaining the indictment of the
grand jury charging Anna Applegate
with criminal libel he did something
that will be hailed with joy by many
persons whose sensitive natures are
tortured yearly by the receipt from
their enemies OF comic valentines.
Judge Stake, in his opinion thus
describes the alleged libelous valen-
tine sent by the defendant:
"The valentine contained the pic.
ture of scroll. a pair of scales,
book and a woman. ainted in colors,
with the following inscription on
them:
"'To my valentine. Trouble-maker.
Scandal. Lies, Other peoples bust
ness. SANDER. The woman with a
mischievous tongue"
The valentine was sent by the de-
PENDANT to her sister-in-law, Laura
Mitchell, last February. Judge
law offense. punishable by fine or i'm
prisonment, to write and publish de-
famntory. words of any. living person
or exhibit any picture or efiigy de.
famatory to him or her. The penalty
for conviction is a fine or not more
than $500 and Imprisonment or not
more than one year.
CHICAGO, Aug. John Fetzer
was appointed receiver of the Milwau-
kee Avenue State bank today upon
application of the depostors. Fetzer
gave bond of 81 100000 Assistant
National Bank Examiner Chuttler Sc
cured from Justice Severson today a
warrant charging President Paul
Stensland with fraud, declaring he re-
ceived deposits after he knew the
bank to be insolvent. Stenland's
whereabouts are unknown. The West
Superior. Wis, police believe Stems
land went to Canada by boat from Du-
lmh. Cashier Herring is also still
missing. Bank Examiner Jones is
unable to state the amount of the
shortage.
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 6.-Quiet
prevails here today. Three newspa-
pers appeared.
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. c.
Strikers have torn up the Irinev rail-
way. The general strike Is spreading
to MOSCOW.
MOSCOW, Aug. 6.-The police have
warned the working men who passed
resolutions favoring general strikes.
that all strikers will be expelled and
that their meetings will be broken
up in the future.
DENVER, Aug. while driving
an electric automobile in City park
today Mrs. j. A. Thatcher, wife of the
president of the Denver National
bank, ran into stone curbing and
| with her niece, Mrs. Jean Anderson.
was thrown from the machine, Mrs.
Thatcher being painfully injured.
DENVER, Aug. Slate yesterday
6 'ternoon and evening there was
much excitement politically in which
the various courts were involved and
prominent men were declared In con
tempt, fined heavily and ordered to
jail. The atmosphere was cleared
this morning by the supreme court
deciding that Judge Lindsey OF the
| county court had power and jurisdic
ton to order an investigation OF the
methods employed at the last cleo
ton whereby the big corporations
were given valuable franchises. To-
day the ballot boxes were brought
into court and reopened and a search.
| Ing investigation started.
DENVER, Aug. s.-Presldent Do
hprty of the Dpnyer Gas a. Electric