Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-10-11
TELEeRAPHlc NEWS.


war department that 20 per cent mu.
be added TO the pay of both officer
and men In the army II desertion is t
be prevented, from completely dec
mating the service. The general say
that nearly 80 per cent of desertion
take place the first year of service o.
account of poor pay.
COLORADO SPRINGS. Oct. 10
Late yesterday afternoon Charlie
smith, short-line brakeman, irritate,
at finding William Cartmell. a pian
switchman in the company of his wife
Nettie Smith, stabbed Cartmeu I,
| death with pocket knife. Smith ant
/ his wife both are in jail today. The
man, who is of a diminutive statur,
expresses keener regret over the ar
rest Of his wife than the murder OF
her friend. Mrs. Smith has been mar
iled two or three times She is a
handsome woman of forty. having a
reputation of hlgh-flyer. Sympathy
here is strong for Smith who is quiet
and harmless.
Special Phone to The Herald.
TELLURIDE. Oct. 10. f. VIII
iiams. an old-timer miner in this dis
trlct died on the train from Durango
Just as it was pulling into Telluride
last night. Mr.. Williams had been to
the baths at Placerville for his health.
which had been poor lately. and he
was coming back to Telluride appar-
entity improved in health The body
will be buried at Ophlr, the home of
the deceased.
PARIS, Oct. 10.-The Echo De Paris
today published special dispatch
from Madrid announcing that Minister
of Justice Romanones had received
from the bishop of Tuy a communica.
ton completely retracting his pas
toral letter in which the bishop in
structed the clergy of his diocese that
ciYil marriages were void, that the
parties thereto were considered to be
living in concubinage that they would
not be allowed to participate In the
sacrament and would be refused alb.
solution as well as Christian burial.
The retraction was made in terms
agreed upon between the papal nun.
cio and the government.
WORCESTER. Mass, Oct. TO-
Miss Frances Freelove Jackson, the
only real Indian in Worcester. and the
last of the Mohicans. was 1O1 years
old yesterday. Miss Jackson was dis
appointed that she did not die on her
Tooth birthday, and has no desire to
live. When she was seventeen years
old she became engaged to an Indian,
one of the Mohican tribe. Her mother
objected to the wedding, because she
did not want her daughter to marry
a man with a rowing disposition.
Miss Jackson has been a member
Of the Methodist Episcopal church In
Colchester, Conn, for eighty-nine
years. She has many peculiaritles,
one of which is her positive refusal to
eat anything containing lard or pork.
She was born in Franklin, Conn, on
October 5, 1906. Her father was An
son Jackson, a Spanish-Tndian. Her
mother lived to be 1O1 years old.
WORCESTER, Mass, Oct. 1O.-A
divorce was granted today to Mabel
Shepard from Harvard Shepard OF
Oakland, Calf. Miss Shepard testi.
fled that she and Shepard were os
tensibly married In the Common
wealth hotel by Justice of the peace
In August. 1909. After the ceremony
she left for home. 1t was ascertained
the next day that she had been a vic
tim of mock ceremony and she told
her father who insisted on Shepard's
marrying the girl. p This he did the
next day and left Immediately for Cal
ifornia where he became a rich man.
His wife never heard from him until
last month when he wrote suggesting
divorce, she was willing and the
court today granted her freedom.
BERLIN, Oct. 10.-The race be-
tween balloons and automobiles start.
ed at noon today as an exhibition for
members of the International Aero
nautic Society by a balloon corps OF
the military department. The bal
looms were sent up from the parade
ground at Tegel. seven miles north OF
this city at intervals of fifteen min
utes. Anon gthose in autos were
Prince Vonsalm, Duke Adolf Freder
lex OF Mechlenburg and Prince Earn
est Won SAKE of Altenburg. Prime,
Henry OF Prussia who was to hav,
taken part was detained by navs
business.
PROVIDENCE, X. l.. Oct. 10.-Af
ter having evaded United States Off
GERS for more than a fortnight tn,
yacht Frolic which left New Found
land with cargo of contraband Chin
ese immigrants on board was boarde,
In Providence river today and confls
Gated In the name OF the United State
| government. The crew was place
under arrest. A score OF Chinese be