Semi-weekly herald., 1908-08-27

former wealthy stockman OF Texas
son-in-law OF Bakersfield, Cal. mil
lionaire. with his brother. julius Greer
to fortune and fame less known, are
prisoners in the Denver county jail on
the charge OF beating the Albany and
Brown Palace hotels out of 500 and
$1,000. respectively. and passing a
worthless check on John W. Springer
for $500.
G. S. Herbolsheimer has returned 10
his home at Palisade from the SAM.
tarium near Montrose, minus his stom-
ach. The man has recovered from
one of the most delicate operations
ever performed In the state, and ply
sicians predict many years OF life for
him. At the time OF the operation the
patient was suffering from cancer of
the stomach and, as a last resort to
save his life. the entire stomach was
removed. The intenstines were at
tached to the esophagus and immedi.
ately after the surgical work was conf
pleted the man showed signs OF i'm
provement. Within twenty days he
was apparently In normal health.
As a result OF cloudburst in n
canon above Berwind, n c. +. a l.
camp 16 miles north of Trinidad. late
Saturday afternoon, the 4-year-old son
of ]. B. Martin. tipple boss at the
mine. and the 7-year-old son OF John
vincinzi. fire boss In the mine, were
drowned and the whole camp was
thrown into panic. The children
were playing In the bottom OF the ar
roya directly in front of the Colorado
Supply company's store. when they
were overwhelmed by a wall OF water
six feet high which came rushing down
the narrow canon with frightful veloc-
ity. The bodies were recovered next
day eight miles down the stream.
Colored Republicans of Colorado are
holding regular conference In Den.
yer. The following resolution was
drafted and adopted: From careful
investigations and thorough reports
made since our last meeting, July 2S,
1908, as to the political conditions
among colored Republicans in Colo
rado, we find that sober judgment pre-
walls, and that the efforts OF Demo
Gratis to create dissatisfaction have
only reused to activity the energy and
strengthened the determination OF the
colored Republicans to stand by and
for the principles through which came
freedom, and by which fair chances
and uplifting education is guaranteed
to our race by the friendship and H.
deity Of the grand old Republican
party"
Pittsburg won the greatest baseball
game ever played In that city, from
Brooklyn Saturday by score OF l to
0. The contest lasted seventeen In
nings. which breaks all records for
extra inning games in that city, and
equals the national league record for
81 to o. games made by Chicago and
Boston in 1901. The worlds record
for similar contest is eighteen in
nings. made by Providence and Detroit
in 1882. There were also notable
games between Denver and Omaha
Saturday. the game ending tie,
each. at the close OF eleven innings,
and between Chicago and Boston, the
latter playing fifteen inning game
when the score stood 3 to / in favor
of Boston, the latter club making two
runs In the last inning
Two men who refuse to give their
names are In Ouray trying to find a
money belt which they say contains
$4,000. said to have been secreted un-
der building in this city by the father
of one Of the men who was counter
feiter and who told OF the money on
HIS death bed at Canon City some time
ago. According to the story the coun.
terfeiter who was closely pursued by
the officers had $4,000 in good money
and $500 In spurious money In u belt
When the officers got so close that he
was going to be arrested. he claims
he threw the belt under building sup
posed to be one Of two halls that were
here nine years ago. He kept the
hiding place secret until he called
his son to him and told him of the
place and how to find 1t. They search
ed the basement OF Rem Men hall and
are searching other places.
Florence is having hard time Of 1t
with heavy rains and cloud bursts.
Hardly had the mad rush OF waters
from the three swollen stream In the
vicinity subsidized when Florence was
again threatened with destruction by
flood Sunday afternoon, nearly as
firece as the wreck dealing deluge OF
Saturday night. Damage from the
freshets Of Saturday night and Sun
day afternoon Is estimated between
S15. 900 and 100000. At 8 o'clock Sun
day afternoon Chandler. Oak and Sand
creeks began to rise and within an
hour had risen almost to the high
water mark OF the previous flood.
Bridges. or remnants Of bridges not
washed away during the night, were
soon carried away by the wild tor