Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1906-09-13
AUGUSTA, Me-, Sept. 11.-samuel

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pride to his work against congress
man Littleheid. True, according +
returns Littlefeld is elected, blu
Gompers even questions that
his majority will be only a few
hundred loss of nearly FIVE thous
ana In two years. The entire Renuh
'ican ticket was elected yesterday
oy very narrow majority, less thar
ten thousand, while the normal ma
1ority was about thirty thousand.
The Republicans were divided or
the enforcement OF the existing pro
hibitory law which was made an is
sue in the campaign.
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 11.-Bryan arriy.
ed this morning and was met nv n
large crowd. He was escorted to the
hotel by platoon of mounted police.
ihree receptions and an address to-
night form portion of today's pro,
gram.
After his speech here tonight Mr..
Bryan will begin tour of the South.
which will end in the Indian Terri.
tory on the first of October.
Governor Folks illness prevents
his meeting Bryan today to the great
regret of both men.
PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 11.-Left
alone with her infant child in the
house in which she occupied rooms
Mrs. Morris X. Lewis an attractive
woman twenty-slx years old and wife
of travelling salesman. was brntally
murdered yesterday Her body with
bullet wound in her throat was
found in hall closet. The body bore
evidence of a struggle. There is no
clue to the murderer.
NEW YORK, Sept. 1.-THE state
convention OF the independence
League which will nominate w. r
Hearst for governor was called to or,
der at noon today. Sixteen hundred
delegates were present. William
Glenn was made temporary chairman.
A full state ticket will be nominated.
Mr. Hearst sharply raps the regular
Democrats in his address in todays
convention.
CHICAGO, Sept. 11.-Marie Dress.
Ter. the actress, is out in an inter.
view today saying that Mrs. oelrich
will reach San Francisco day after to.
morrow, her purpose being to attack
and if possible break the will of Her.
man oelrich, her husband, who died
last week on the ocean liner.
Mrs. Oelrich and her husband were
separated and oelrich failed to men.
ton his wife's name in his will.
Miss Dressler said: ut was a dir
ty trick. All the money Herman Del
rich ever had was made by the use
of Tessie's own money She wouldn',
care about the money for herself, but
she is going to fight to get 1t for the
boy"
NEW YORK, Sept. lin the
Tombs Police court today, Max Men
delwtiz, wealthy dry goods mer-
chant of Houston, Texas tried to
force Helen Abrahamson, his former
fiance to give an explanation as to
why she does no. return fifteen hun
dred dollars worth of Jewels and 9TH
err gifts made her. Mendelwitz be-
lievps he has haan dunad
The man is 90 years old and
the girl is ten years his junior. Men
delwitz wanted to marry and engaged
the help of a friend who took him to
the Abrahamson house, where he at
once became enamored of the young
girl, lavishing rich gifts upon her.
The girl by repeated efforts put OF
marriage and finally aroused his sus-
picions and he demanded an expla-
nation or return Of the gifts. He was
forceably put out of the house.
WASHINGTON, Sept 11.-Gen.
Louis T. Kitchener, former attorney
General OF Indiana, who has a keen
political scent, expressed the opinion
today after journey through the
South and West that Hoke Smith
would probably become the popular
candidate for the Democratic nomina-
ton for President IL he succeeded in
winning the governorship in Georgia.
Gen. Kitchener is a Republican but
paid high compliment to Hoke
Smith.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, Sept. IL
Gerald Hayes the Texas League UNI
pire has signed with the American as
ISOLATION for next year.
MEXICO, Mo. Sept. THE escape
the unwelcome attentions of Chart.
varri party, Mr.. and Mrs. Norton Mel.
son spent the first night of their wed.
ded life in the county jail. Price
Johnson, the sheriff, is an uncle OF
the bride. The couple after the cere
mony started to their prospective
home, but being advised that their
they quickly fastened to the jail and
friends had found their hiding place
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