Semi-weekly herald., 1908-11-23
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

TELLURIDE, Colo, Nov. 19.--H. C
Lane. an old timer, and well known
the ice yesterday at the Argentine,
near the Tom Boy mine. and broke
his shoulder bone. He was brought to
town and is now at the hospital here.
surveyor Of this county, slipped on
DENVER, Nov. 19.-Declaring she
had been drugged and robbed OF over
one thousand dollars in gems, Mrs
Agnes Smiley of Welton street, caused
the arrest OF James Burns, a waiter
his wife, and Miss Ellen Burke, the
housekeeper for Burns.
The police found upon Miss Burke
a diamond ring which Mrs. Smiley
says was her property, and Miss Burke
broke down and made a confession
In which she said Burns had slugged
Mrs. Smiley on the street and. while
the woman was still in dazed condi
tion had half led and half carried her
to the Burns apartments in room
ing house in California street. The
robbery, said Miss Burke, was per
formed In the rooming house where
when Mrs Smiley began to revive.
she was given a drink of drugged
brandy. Miss Burke says Mrs. Burns
and she aided Burns in removing four
diamond and ruby rings from the drug
ged woman's hands and also In taking
necklace and other ejewelry from her
and according to the confession made
by the Burke woman, Mrs. Smiley was
almost entirely disrobed by the three
who believed she had large quantity
of money secreted some where about
her clothing.
The detectives also found almost ev'
cry piece OF stolen jewelry. secreted
In tin cracker box. buried deep in an
ash barrel.
DENVER, Nov. 19.-Instead of a
church ceremony with wedding
march and other accompaniments OF
a society affair, the marriage of Lii
lian b. Rice and Arthur Wadsworth
took place this morning In the state
capitol with Supreme Justice W. H
Gabbert officiating. Bishop Matz, after
repeated requests, refused to give his
approval of the marriage according
to the Catholic rites, and no priest in
Colorado may officiate at the cere.
mony.
Mrs. Rice is a divorced woman
whose husband is living and this was
the cause of the bishops refusal to
sanction.
Wadsworth arrived in Denver yes.
terday with number of Grand juno
ton friends. The couple will leave
this evening for Colorado Springs tc
spend a short honeymoon before go
ing to Grand Junction to reside.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Nov. 49,
At the annual meeting of the Colo
RADIO Springs and Cripple Creek dis
trict railway company. directors were
elected and included B. F. Yoakum
g. M. Dodge. Edwin Hawley, Frank
Trumbell. Mrs. A. c. Rearick and Har
ry Bronner of New York, and Irving
Howbert and William Lennox of Colo
rado Springs.
The only change in the board wa,
the election of Mrs. Rearick to replac,
Henry Ainerfelt of New York The
directors left this morning for Denver
to attend the annual meeting of tn,
Colorado Southern and is famous az
business woman.
UTICA, N. Y, Nov. 19.-It becam,
known last night that the freigh
wreck which recently occurred on the
New York & Ottawa railroad at Der
rick. thirteen miles from Tupper Lake
Junction. Adirondacks. was the ie
suit of a deliberate attempt to de
rail the passenger train to which tn,
private car Of william Rockefeller
was attached. Railroad men asser
that the railroad switch had been b,
some one other than railroad EN-
ploye as the lock had been broker
off. 1t was found lying by the side
Of the track. and considering the fac
that the woodsmen in that section
of the Adirondacks surrounding Mr.
Rockefeller's preserve feel very bite
toward him. they believe that ger
eral train wreck was deliberately plar
ned.
NEW YORK, Nov. 19.-John D
Rockefeller, soft-voiced, almost pur
ring, fatherly. amiable. smiling an,
cheerful, today continued to unfol
the unwritten history of the Standar,
OIL company on the fifth floor of tn
new custom house today, and as h
told how 1t had piled up its million
on millions and then some more mil
lions. the story grew stranger than Du
mas Monte Cristo." and almost a
thrilling.
John G. Milburn, one of the Stand
ard OIL lawyers. handled the riches
man in the world and head of tn,
richest trust, as tenderly as he woult
have handled a princely infant in IT.
swaddling clothes.