Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1906-10-04
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tionists to keep their rifles. The,
made the argument that they ba,
bought them with their own none,
and had always kept them in thei
houses. Five hundred marines landed
from American warships yesterda,
afternoon and today were sent by raj
to Cienfuegos where they will dc
guard duty. Secretary Taft is of the
>opinion that it will be several months
'&fore the American troops will gel
out of Cuba.
HAVANA, Oct. ALI Is quiet to
day. Provisional Governor Taft has
Nsn possession of the Palma palace
and arrangements are being made to
locate United States government
troops in various parts of the island.
OYSTER BAY, Oct president
Roosevelt and his family closed their
house at Sycamore Hill this morning
and left for Washington and will
reach the national capitol at O'Clock
this afternoon. The president has
called a cabinet meeting for tomor-
row morning. All the cabinet off
GERS will be present with the excep-
ton of Taft. Secretary of State Root
arrived from his long trip to South
America yesterday.
NEW YORK, Oct ALBERT ].
Adams, the policy king, today com
Eitted suicide at his magnificent
apartments on Broadway by shooting
himself in the head. His family were
in theVhjoining room. Worry over
the failure of the bucket shop enter
prises is the cause. Adams lost
nearly million dollars by a bucket
shop deal with Sage & Co.. a gang OF
crooks who worked him to the limit
1t had its inception while Adams was
still in Sing Sing prison serving a
terms for policy-backing. Adams
leaves a fortune of many millions.
LONDON. Oct between and
10 O'Clock this morning six of the six
teen balloons engaged in the contest
Nor the James Gordon Bennett cup
Which started from Paris yesterday
channel and continued in a northeast
erly direction. The first to arrive
was Count Della Vaul's balloon Wal
halla.
PARIS, Oct. 1.-The start in the
great balloon race intended to dem
onstrate possibilities in long dis
lance travelling, proved keen disap-
rointment to aeronauts and other
scientists interested in ballooning.
The wind was SO light that the race
became a mere test of ability to stay
in the air. Each balloon carried
sealed recording barometer to work
for twenty-four hours and a number
of envelopes TO be thrown out every
two hours in order to mark the In
dividual trail. Food for three days
was also placed on each car.
NEW YORK, Oct. Eugene c.
Bagwell, wanted in Kansas on
charge of bigamy, going under the
alias John j. Brown, Is said to have
amused himself with the affections OF
about one hundred women hereabouts
wsile he served as confidential secre-
tary for ex,Judge Alton B. Parker
He is recovering from injuries he re-
Alved from leaping headforemost
from Broadway car in a desperate
effort to escape his captors, and will
begin to fight extradition today.
CHICAGO, Oct. lit is reported
here that Mrs. Marshall Field is to
we'd DR.. Frank Billings. physician and
attendant ON her lat ehusband.
CLEVELAND, Oct. John d.
Rockefeller has again disappeared.
No one knows where. He has now
no services to evade. He has not
been hereabouts for three weeks.
NEW YORK, Oct. 1.-The aged
Senator Platt today was asked to con
firm or deny extraordinary stories
told of his marital trouble published
here this morning, but he declined
The senator's wife is charged with an
escapede with the family coachmar
with whom she went away on a pri
vate car trip and was CoachmaT
Hedges constant companion and hat
Inn treated as a guest by othel
guests on journey across the con
tinent and back, and returning t.
town charged one OF the ladiei
Z the group with being successful
in eA)ging the aged senator
!, affection. The story Is the sensation
~ the day in New York society.
NEW YORK, Oct. Mrs. Senate
PIatt now accuses her aged husban,
of being too friendly with actresses
Mrs. Plat threatened to kill 'hersel
with revolver but was prevente,
from doing so by her daughter.
PITTSBURG, Oct. Last nigh
Billy Walker, known as the "diamon
king" because he wears $4,000 wort
OF diamonds. was arrested for bein
found in the company OF Margaret
Kim, a twelve-year-old girl. Wake
was locked up although he offere