Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-05-30

and storing coal In Kansas, Texas, Ok |
lahoma and Indian Territory for con-
sumption next fall and winter This
is being done with view to prevent
a recurrence of the coal famine.
The 2-yearold daughter of William
Miller. real estate agent of yincennes.
Ind, was attacked by bulldog and
fatally injured. The beast sank its
fangs into her face and tore away
cheek and bone. The fierce animal
was killed by its owner, Denny Lee,
saloonkeeper.
Representatives of the Northwestern
Mutual Life are combating strongly in
the Wisconsin legislative insurance
committee the pending propositions to
limit the amount that may be writ
ten upon any one life TO $25,000, to
restrict the compensation of any off
Ger or agent to $4,000 and to allow
the appointment Of director by the
governor
General Kurod and his party bade
farewell to his friends in New York
Thursday of last week and departed
for Boston. After visit TO that city
he will be entertained In several cities
on his way west. General Kuroki be-
fore his departure distributed $1,000
among the Hotel Astor servitors. To
Proprietor Muschenheim he gave
gold cigarette case incrusted with
dragons and similar cases of silver to
other hotel officials
Announcement is made that j. Pier
pont Morgan has purchased in Paris
Tor more than .sl,000.00O the great
Hoentschel collection of carvings, stat
ltary and furniture, considered by ex-
perts the greatest assemblage of OBJ
jects of the applied arts and crafts
| In the world. Concerning the nego-
tiations and sale the greatest secrecy.
| months, 1t being feared that the au-
thorities would object TO having it
leave France. Mr.. Morgan has not
| as yet decided what disposition he
may make OF the collection, but it is
| said he has already given a part of it
| TO the Metropolitan museum.
Henry G. Frick lost 1000, 900 in
/ AhN wan Stittl W
Il report current in banking circles,
| The authority for this statement is
one of the best known bankers of
America, man of the highest stand
| ing and the head OF one OF the great
est banks of the country. He assert
| cd Mr.. Frick was loaded with high
| priced stocks when the turn in the
market came, and was forced to dump
,arge holdings at whatever they would
| oring. Mr.. Frick is said to have been
| carrying hundreds of thousands OF
| shares, and when he was compelled
| to unload this burden there was a
| devastating deluge on the New York
stock exchange that carried everything
| lown with it.
| firing of her lawyers policy of de-
lay and efforts to excite sympathy
Tor her. Heieh Dixon, arrested tis
| February on a charge OF embezzling
$1,000, the organ fund of the Cleaner
society of the Second Christian church
| of which she was treasurer dismissed
her legal adviser and asked to be
taken into cour, When she appeared
before Judge c. y. Myers, she bravely
entered plea OF guilty, and was
sentenced to the penitentiary AZ Joliet
for an indetermipate term.
| George Johnson, a wealthy stock
man OF Indian territory, has brought
suit against Henry James for $4,000,
revealing modern drama of the
Faust variety, equaling Goethe's orig
| inal. johnson alleges that James made
| an agreement with him for a consid-
Grafton of $4,000 to kill himself at
the end OF one year, thereby leaving
Johnson $4,000 life insurance, which
James had obtained in favor of John
son. James took the $4,000, went
70 Sag Harbor, spent money lavishly
and married an heress. Johnson al
leges that James both refused to pay
the $4,000 or kill himself, according
TO contract.
Spurred on by Mrs. Russell Sage,
smart, alert, and white-haired man
who is almost a replica of Mark Twain
except for his serious eyes, and who
was the only person mentioned in a
commendatory manner in the Will of
the late Russell Sage, is on vaca-
tion for the first time in twenty
nine years. Charles w. Osborne, as
private secretary to Mr.. Sage, knew
and respected his employers habits of
act and mind and that is why he ta-
booed the lure of the idle life, even
Tor week or for even one working
day. And Uncle Russell" looking
upon the little blue-eyed man when he
came to make his disposal of an estate
of approximately s7O,oO0,OOO, said it
was well and, praising him. made him
one OF the executors under his will.
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