Semi-weekly herald., 1908-12-10
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

snowslide of the winter occurred a
what is known as the Riverside slid,
yesterday forenoon. a man by tbs
name of Elias Fritz. Swede, possibl.
being buried under fifty feet of snow
along with team of horses and g
dog.
Yesterday morning ]. p. Mcbride. q
freighter, started from Red Mountain
Sith four-horse sled for Ouray, with
him was Fritz and man named
Adolph Offerman. German both min.
ers employed at the Treasury tunnel
Arriving at the point where the River.
side slide runs they discovered a
small slide was down. Fritz went
ahead with shovel to aid in clearing
the road while the other two men
we're unhitching the lead team for the
purpose of having it tramp down the
snow. While thus engaged an i'm.
mense slide came down from the east
side, sweeping Fritz and the lead
team, including the dog, down into the
ravine where snow lies piled up over
fifty feet deep. Mcbride was hit in
the back by a flying rock and quite
badly hurt Offerman, was also slight
ly in1hred. Both men and the team
were saved by being sheltered by a
huge boulder which overhangs the
road for some distance and split the
side.
A searching party went up from this
place as soon as the news reached
town and another later in the after
noon, but no signs of the missing man,
team and dog were discovered, al
though the shovel used by Fitz was
picked up. Another party went to
the scene this morning The search.
ers run great risk as at this point
slides run from both sides of the
gulch and the west slide may run at
any time.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 7.-Charles A. Elk
stromer. Swedish vice consul in St
Louis, committed suicide by drinking
prussic acid at his home here today
Mr. Ekstromer came into public notice
some time ago through a controversy
with the federal officials which re-
suited in the revocation of his exc
quateur by President Roosevelt Later
he was reinstated in the good graces
of the administration and resumed his
official duties here. 1t is believed that
Ekstromer had had difficulty with his
superiors in the consular service,
causing him to take his life In mo-
Dment of nervous depression. Appar-
emily Ekstromer repented of his act
when too late, as card was found
on which he had scrawled: 81 have
!, taken prussic acid for purpose of sui
clan, neighbor, could not aid him
Ekstromer is survived by a widow.
NEW YORK, Dec. 7.-Leaving two
letters, in one of which he said He
had suffered more than anybody in
the world" Louis Evans of Brooklyn,
youth Of IA years, shot and killed
himself yesterday in hospital. where
he was undergoing. treatment for tu
berculosis. The hospital authorities
say the young man procured the re-
volver two weeks ago and concealed II,
pending favorable time for ending
his life. When he fired the fatal shot
he stood in front of a mirror.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Dec. T.
While in the act of speaking of the
uncertainty of life and the immortal
ity of the soul at the annual lodge of
sorrow Of Colorado Springs Elks yes
terday former Governor Charles s.
Thomas of Denver suddenly paused in
his address, raised his hand to his
brow and fell fainting into the arms of
Exalted Ruler r. f. Dickey who sprang
to his support
From the intense pallor of his face
the spectators caught the impression
that death was actually in their midst
For several moments a deathlike still.
ness pervaded the Mortified audience
Finally he sat upright "My friends,
/ am very ILL.," he managed to artic-
ulate, and the next moment was being
borne in willing arms to an automo-
bile outside the opera house. which
conveyed him to the residence of T
F. Burns, brother Elk.
Thomas is better this morning.
NORFOLK, Neb., Dec 7.-The heav,
snow which fell in northern Nebrask;
and southern South Dakota yesterda!
was followed by fall of temperatur,
to 10 degrees below zero this morn
, ing.
OMAHA, Dec. Three degrees be
low zero, the coldest weather this sea
son. was recorded here this morning
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Dec. 7.-Ther
was difference of "a degrees in ten
perature in western Missouri and Kar
sas in the twenty-four hours up I
this morning when the low point fo
the season. degrees above zero-wa
reached. The cold wave .eached q