Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-07-04
TELEGRAPH NEWS

Denver. July BY the county com
missioners today Justice Grant l.. Hud
son was appointed county Judge to fill
out the unexpired term of Judge Ben
b. Lindsey, who resigned today only
to be Immediately appointed judge OF
the juvenile court, said court being
established under an enactment of the
last Legislature. The selection of a
justice of the peace to take the place
of Judge Hudson fell upon d. e. S.
Dellape, young lawyer and ex-news-
paperman.
New York, July 3.-Today detectiv ss
throughout the United States are
searching for Chester b. Runyan. pay
ing teller of the Windsor Trust com
pany, who, the directors allege, is
missing with nearly hundred thou.
sand dollars in currency. The case
Is being handled by private detec-
tives. George Young, director of the
trust company reports the defalcation
which the detectives say is one of the
most remarkable ever reported. r in-
yam is accused of having placed uine
six thousand dollars in currency in n
suit case last Saturday and depar. ii
after shaking hands with his assoc
ates. Runyan did not even go to his
apartments to bid goodbye to his wife
whom he married five years ago. He
is said to have taken all available
cash in the bank last Saturday. Di-
rectors have made up the loss Of the
defalcation. Runyan was a man of
exemplary habits.
Victoria, B. c., July 3.-Over 5000
Japanese will arrive In British Co
lumbia during this month from Japan
and Honolulu and as many, if not
more are expected in August. The
steamer Kumeric will bring 1000 from
Honolulu. Five steamers due during
the next two weeks from Japan have
over one thousand on board.
Berlin, July 3.-Herr Knorr. bank
er of Anklam, Pomerania, has been
arrested uDon the charge of embez-
ling 100000.
New York. July 3.-Antonio Apache,
highly educated Indian, who has
teen taken up by Mrs. John R. Drexel,
Mrs. John Jacob Astor and other lead
ers of New York society, has been
masquerading according to charges
made today by two prominent artists,
and is in reality negro, the son Of
Mrs. Russell Sage's colcred cook. The
Apache's friends declare the accuse
ton false and malicious. He is well
known in Denver, Salt Lake City. Los
Angeles and other Western cities
where he went two years ago as the
representative of large eastern mag
azine. Dispatches from those cities
scout the charge that Apache is an
impostor. The charges against Apache
are sworn to by William M. Cary and
Edwin N. Deming. two well known
painters of Indian life. They declare
the supposed Indian wears a wig to
conceal his kinky hair and tints his
skin with a sort of bronze paint. ut
Is about time that the true character
of this impostor be made public" said
Mr.. Cary, "he is not only faker but
scamp and is the same negro who
stole painting from me about nine
teen years ago and in consequence
served two years in Sing Sing prison.
Boston, July 3.-In a newspaper in
terview Professor Hugo Muensterber
a Harvard psychologist, who has been
attending the Haywood trial at Boise,
Idaho, for the purpose of studying the
mind of Harry Orchard, the principal
witness says he believes Orhcards
confession to be thorough. Besides
having every faculty for investigation
the subject of the trial, "he said, 81
also visited the penitentiary and made
a psychological examination OF Or
| chard lasting eight hours but 1t is i'm
possible to sketch the results Of this
| time in any popular way" Professor
Muensterberg asserted he was much
| impressed with the dignity which char
acterizes the trial and is OF the opin
ion that absolute justice will be &C
corded the defendant.
| Washington, July S.-The emperor
of Japan has bestowed war medal.
uron twenty-nine Americans who par
ticipated in the recent Russia-Japa
nese war. The list is composed o
ten women, volunteer nurses" AM
nineteen war correspondents OF Amer
lean papers.
York. Pa. July 3.-While pluckini
roses in her yard Mrs. Henry Horl
pricked her finger on a thorn. Tn
accident caused only temporary pair
Home remedies we're applied and ar
parent relief obtained. but later 4
the day her fingers began to swell an
then her arm, and her whole body ali
she died from blood poisoning.