Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-04-25

then repulsed her caresses fearing IL
the end he might give way.
Washington. April 23.-Concurren
reports which have come into tn,
treasury department, the agriculture
department and the census office in
dicate that the United States is tc
enjoy another year of extravagan
prosperity. despite the fact that some
weeks ago there was grave anxiety
among financiers in New York, and
this was reflected by government off
cials in Washington. Reports up tc
today show that farmers generally are
prosperous. and the vaults of city
and country banks are filled with gold
In short Uncle Sam is revealed as a
veritable Croesus.
Berlin. April 23.-Herr Conried OF
New York, head of the Metropolitan
Grand Opero company, is very serious.
ly i'll at mis- hotel here today.
Mar shall, Mich, April 23.-Dr. John
| Carver, with several aliases, bigamist,
with at least seventeen wives, cap
tured by Calhoun county officers at
Fort Smith, Ark, has defrauded his
wives out of s15O,OO0. The specific
charge on which he was arrested was
defrauding Mrs. lola Davis of Battle
Creek out of $4,000. He married her
| october 16, 1906. at Battle Creek. It is
alleged, and went with her to New
York where they decided to buy a
| boarding house, He told his wife to
| go home and raise all the money
she could on her property and forward
him draft. and he would make ar
rangements to have her come in after
two weeks, after all details had been
settled. Carver got the money, it is
charged and disappeared.
He is wanted in Cincinnati, Pitts
burg, Buffalo, Grand Rapids, Norfolk
and Saginaw and officers have been
after him for three years.
Madrid, April 23.-Evening.-No
word has been received from the
young queen and the grandees of
Spain who have been ON the qui vive
for week are wondering What can
the matter be-" According to the best
information the accouchment of Vic
toria is row past due. The expected
hi''h'l 10 lCppiitu tputN W ne Ill
laughingly good health.
Washington, April 23.-The presi-
dent has notified the secretary of the
interior that under no circumstances
can indicted men hold public office
and that any appointments made un-
der those conditions must be immedi-
ately revoked. The notification came
with the permanent revocation of the
appointment of w. f. Britain as reg
lister of the Wyoming land office, II
being found out that Britain had been
indicted for neglect in handling the
mails while postmaster of Sheridan,
Wyo.
Philadelphia, April 23-Three de-
tectives are here watching the Della
ware river fishing schooners to pre-
vent any escape of the man now de-
clared to be the kidnaper of little
Horace Marvin of Dover. James l..
Hawkins, state detective of Delaware,
has warrant charging the supposed
kidnaper with murder, the warrant
being made out in that form on ad-
vice of Attorney General Richards, be
cause the missing boy has not yet
been definitely located and the evi-
dence at hand Is such as seemingly
makes it impossible to determine
whether the boy is dead or alive.
Washington, April Ex-senator
Bourne of Oregon has issued an au-
thorized statement declaring that it
is the duty of the American people
to command" the president to accept
a second elective term and adds that
the president could not refuse to obey
such a command. The statement
caused stir ir the political waters
for 1t was made just as Secretary
Taft returned. The Oregon senator
was a guest at the dinner where Sen
ator Penrose is said to have told of
the $5.OO0,0O0 fund contributed by
capitalists for the overthrow of the
president.
New York, April 23.-Besieged by
his wife while In the home of another
woman. Frederick w. Gardiner, justice
of the peace in Ridgewood, N. j., and
collector OF that town. blew his brains
out while the woman he had promised
TO love and cherish was hammering
on the door Gardinar was a rich man
and a descendant of a distinguished
line.
New York, April 23.-Two men
known to have been burned to death,
three men missing. and thought to be
dead in the ruins, half dozen firemen
injured, one taken to hospital In a
serious condition, $50 horses burned
TO death, two fire engines wrecked in
collisions with trolley cars, number of
narrow escapes from death in flames
and a property less of 100000, were
results of six fires that kept the fire
department on the jump and caused
intense excitement in large section
of the upper east side today.
Honolulu, April 23.-The steamer 81
IBERIA left here this morning for San
Francisco having on board the body
of Silent Smith, the man who possess
ed a hundred millions and who died in
Japan while on his honeymoon trip.
| The duke and duchess of Manchester
who were with the Smiths are also on
the Siberia and will be met by Mr..
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