Semi-weekly herald., 1908-02-24

Brigadier General Francis S. Dodge.
hero OF the White River Indian oht-
break, passed away at his home 10
Washington. d. C., Thursday at the
age OF 63.
The jury in the Charles Anderson
high-grading case at Cripple Creek af-
ter having been out for 20 houIs. was
discharged having failed to aAive ut
an agreement.
The farmers around cheraw. new
townsite IA miles east OF Rocky Ford
| have taken steps to secure boet
sugar factory, securing signatures for
2500 acres In one day.
| The conferences between the beet
| growers of Rocky Ford and the sugar
company have resulted in no aEsse
ment being reached and all commit
tees have been discharged.
The Santa Fe officials laid OF about
800 OF the shop force at La Junta un-
tai March g The cause assigned for
this is shortage OF business and rs-
trenchment In money matters.
| Joseph NJ. Dougherty and Chris
| Nachtiieb made the trip with an auto
mabole each from Denver to Busns
tain ranges. epcounterins much SNOW.
mud ind frozen ground.
| Mrs. d. s. Holman of Lake City.
OF Eastern Star, died suddenly at Den
yer Thursday night Mrs. Hoffman
had Just reached the city after attend
ing the funeral OF her husband at Leb-
anon, Pa. and had gone in car
| riage to the residence OF a friend.
| Mrs. Jameg Barry. After entsrinS tie
house shs collapsed and passed away
! fTom heart failure.
| Another reduction Ia trsatnapt
| rates was put into eject Thu aday at
Cripple Creek by the United States
Reduction and Refining company. In
ores OF the value OF 81 and under and
rate of $3.50 a ton includiRg freight
and SHIPMENT will apply on all ship.
ments. The former rate on ore up to
one-balf an ounce In value was $4.50,
freight and treatment and n saving of
81 a ton Is thereby effocted the ship.
per OF the lower grade ore.
A J.. Cram. a fireman on the Mid
land railroad. was thrown from a pas
sengor train as II came around a curve
at He'll Gate, near Glenwood Springs.
and received injuries from which he
died few hours later. He leaves .
wife and two children living at Car
din. Just how he came TO lose his
balance and fall from tho train IL not
known. The engineer missed him af-
ter he had run about a mile down the
track. The train was stopped asd
backed and Cram was picked up. He
had been firing on the Midland FOR =
number OF years.
Louisville. Colo, Ia entitled 10 the
distinction OF having ths biggest
twins in the state. On Friday. Feb,
IA, Mrs. John Harney gave birth to
twins. one a boy and the other a girl.
This fact in itself is of no Importance.
but when II Ia stated that the nttls
ones are the largest evsr born In
) Colorado, Importance attacbeA The
boy weighed at birth 81 pounds aad
the girl Sh pounds Ordinarily twins
= weigh from to 8 pounds at birth
J and seldom exceed pounds. This
, mother and father OF this celebrated
pair of babies are OF French descep,
and quite poor. They are only med
: ium sized persons the father being
= feet Z inches in height, weighing 15t
pounds. and the mother feet and
weighing l2b pounds.
Emma Romero. In a fit OF anger al
5 her lover for beating her. made . con
y fession which II Is believed will VI
, ravel the mystery Of the holdup Of the
= saloon in the basement Of the Coro
+ nado hotel at Trinidad. Warrants
r have been issued for Charles Tum
t Lesson. a Trinidad policeman, now serv
+ Ing a thirty.day suspension: W.
: Kreeger son OF Undersherin Levi,
: Kresger: Charles Aianollo. q bsrtsp
t der and the lover OF the Romero wu
+ man. and Leandro Martinez. who ha
Il served three terms In the peniteu
I t'ary. The NTH suspect Felipe Tops
; who is alleged to have actually puI,e,
Q OF the robbery. has been In the cuun
4 = jaA since the day Of the hsldnp.