Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-05-16
TELEGRAPH NEWS.

New York May l5.-Miss Katherine
Montgomery. secretary for George b.
Scrngham, manager of the information
al policyholders' committee, who was
arrested two weeks ago In connection
with balloting for trustees of the
New York Life Insurance company,
testified before Magistrate House in
the Tombs police court today that she
had been instructed by Scrugham to
invent the names of witnesses and
write them In on the ballots where
the policy holders had failed In that
necessary detail. She had doctored
four thousand of these ballots.
San Francisco May 15.-"Katherine
C!emmons. as my sister was known
professionally, is the true. legal wife
of Howard Gould. She has been mar
ried but once and on that occasion
Mr. Gould had the honor of being the
bridegroom. Any attempt to prove
that Mrs. Gould was the wife OF an
other man at the time of her marriage
10 Gould will be futile" This state
ment Is made by Mrs. Ella May Glenn
mons Sun Yuhe, Mrs. Gould's only
sister. who married rich Chinese
merchant last year shortly after the
big fire.
Guatemala City, May 15.-President
Cabrera, foreseeing danger, has en-
deavored to make concessions to the
Mexican government. He has offered
to surrender Colonel Onofre Bone
witness in the Barillas assassination
case. and try General Lima, who is
implicated in the recent murder of
former President Barillas Of Guate
mala. Mexico received the PROPOSE
tions coldly and replied that the case
was now closed. so far as that gov
ernment is concerned. Senior Gamboa,
the Mexican minister to Guatemala,
has been transferred to Salvador.
Athens, Ca, May 15.-Because he
whipped his 12-year-old son for play
ing baseball last Sunday, j. H. Ar
mold, a travelling revivalist. was sen
fenced to six months on the rock pile
by Major Dorsey, Physicians testl-
fed that the boy was lashed until the
flesh was pulp, and that he might
not recover Arnold said he believed
1t was a deadly sin to play ball on
Sunday, and that he had ordered his
son not to play, but the latter disobey-
Q him, and was even captain of the
team.
Paris. May l5.-W Gould Brokaw's
new automobile is further approach
tn, ,..l,a mi
Gus and quickly movable. 1t Is larger
tnan an old-fashioned stage and more
resembles an English railway coach
than an ordinary touring car. Small
wonder that a crowd Of gaping rub
bernecks" surrounded the car when
ever it halted before his hotel here.
The car Is of seventy-five horse
power. on its roof is snugly packed
tent poles and large camping outfit
The roof also accommodates eight
npare tires and the electric dynamo
which supplies power for the lights
that illumine and the fans that cool
the interior.
so roomy is it that It contains two
beds, lavatory with hot and cold
water, and dining table at which
six persons can enjoy themselves.
Mr.. Brokaw declares that he would
not hesitate to explore any part of
the world in this car; even to go
tiger hunting In India, for he carries
small armory OF sporting weapons.
He has Travelled in his car as far as
Lucerne.
st. Louis. May 15.5-H. Clay Pierce,
| chairman of the board of the Waters
Pierce OIL company, was today remand
ed to the custody Of Sheriff Mathews
| Of Texas to answer to an indictment
charging perjury, by decision render
ed this morning by Judge Adams In
| the United States circuit court.
| Pierce is wanted In Texas TO answer
to perjury In an affidavit made by
him to the effect that the Waters
Pierce Oil company was not party
to any pool, trust, confederation or
commission in restraint OF trade.
San Francisco. May 15.-Today In
voice which could scarcely be heard
Boss Ruef in court answered guilty to
the charges Of conspiracy brought
against him