Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-01-14
SCHOOL
TRAGEDY
IN IDAHO

RIGBY, Idaho, Jan 11.-Miss
Irene Miller, teacher In the Rigby
public schools, was shot and killed
late last night by Prof. l. F. Couch,
principal of the schools, who Imme-
diately aftterward committed suicide
by sending bullet into his own
brain.
The underlying cause of the trag-
edy was a broken engagement in
marriage. Miss Miller was mem
Der of one of the old Mormon fam
lilies, her father being NJ. NJ. Miller
OF Salt Lake City. Prof Crouch was
a Missourian. who recently came to
Idaho,
NEW YORK, Jan. 11.-There Is
quite a slump on the market today.
All the big stocks went down with
a rush in sympathy with a violent
break in the PENNSYLVANIA. There
was an enormous liquidation in that
| stock, induced by the additional
heavy capital issues announced to be
| III ne ulel lD,VuV
shares sold at 1886, compared with
1917 last night. Blocks running up
to 5000 shares came upon the market
subsequently. Great Northern GER
tiicates fell 3, st. Paul 2h, Northern
| Pacific, Atchison and Baltimore &
Ohio about two points. Canadian Pa
cific, New York Central. Missouri Pa
| cific. Reading, st. Louis Southwest
ern and Amalgamated Copper and
Smelling, Union Pacific and Great
Northern preferred all fell.
NEW YORK, Jan. Ito escape
indictment for insurance frauds, a
high official of the New York Life
insurance company has turned "in-
former" and given the district attor
ney information of frenzied insurance
details which inevitably will lead to
| further indictments. The district
attorney has authorized this state
ment. He coupled with 1t the decla-
ration that the informer appeared
before the December grand jury and
| implicated others than George w.
Perkins and Charles s. Fairchild,
who are now under Indictment. The
name OF the informer is withheld.
He will be heard again when the
grand jury renews its investigation.
| The information deals with the
transactions in railroad stocks, which
were concealed by false entries in the
books of the New York Life company.
District Attorney Jerome made his
disclosures in connection with the
hearing before Justice Fitzgerald OF
the application of Perkins for an in
1 spection OF the minutes Of the
grand jury which indicted him.
During the argument ex-Judge Co.
hen added Piquancy to the case by
exclaiming satirically that the grand
jury had dealt too leniently with his
client. Mr.. Perkins. who he declared
instead OF being indicted six times
should, following the logic OF the in
quiry as conducted by the district
| dtlOrHsy, nave hteu 'iuiCteu loi'y
eight times in the matter of the
Chicago & Northwestern and st.
Paul transfers, with a FIVE year pen
atty with each indictment.
CHICAGO, Jan. 11.--A Washington
special to the Tribune today says it
is practically agreed that Reed
Smoot will hold his seat in the SEN
ate. He cannot be deprived of his
seat under existing conditions. He
has done nothing to Justify his ex-
pulsion and he will therefore hold on
util his term expires two years from
next March.
| WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE gov
ernment today ordered all work on
the Roosevelt dam at Yuma to cease
until the break in the Colorado river
is repaired
| CHICAGO, Jan. 1.-THE Record
Herald says today that the manage
ment of the Hartman lines is paying
$32, 900 freight on cars in order TO get
them from the East to the coal fields
of Illinois.
This unusual method is taken to re-
lieve the coal shortage in Kansas and
Nebraska. In addition to paying
, freight on the cars, the lines lose a
big revenue which they would have
had, had they waited for the cars to
be loaded with merchandise for the
| territory about Chicago.
) LONDON, Jan. 11.-In a magazine
article which appeared here today
Andrew Carnegie declares that very
, soon money making will be an igno
BILE occupation. Brains will soor
stand far above money and conduct
, both. he says.
NEW YORK, Jan. 11.--Eght mel
3 working in the bottom Of q caissor
a hundred feet underground las
\ night engaged IN 4 NE aad ssatl