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Semi-weekly herald., 1908-05-14
Preachers Paramour
InheritS Fortune

NEW YORK. May 13.-Residents OF
Hampstead are wondering If Floreta
Whaley, the 17-year-old school girl
who eloped last year with the Rev
Cooke, rector of ST. Georges church.
Will appear in the office OF Surrogate
Jackson at Mineola this afternoon
when an accounting OF the grand
mother, Kazlah Whaley. as executrix
OF the Whaley estate, Will be made
Miss Whaley will inherit $4,000 and
at the death of her grandmother will
divide with her sister about sl25.000
For two weeks there have been rumors
Miss Whaley would return TO Hemp
stead with her baby boy. but her
grandmother declares she docs not
Know the whereabouts of her grand
daughter beyond the fact that she is
In San Francisco.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-05-14
ULTIMATUM OF
MEXICO TO YA0UIS
Government Announces that if the Indians
Surrender II will be Internationally.
Requests Of Chiefs Denied

CITY OF MEXICO, May t3.-The
government has announced positively
that II the Yaqui Indians surrender
II VIII be Internationally. The re-
quests of chiefs for treaty carrying
certain privileges and exemption being
positively denied. In the past several
peace arrangements with the YaouIs
have been violated by the Indians.
who after working until they had
money sufficient to buy arms, returned
to the field Troops will be retained
In the Yaqui region regardless OF what
arrangement is made with the Indians.
After the signing of the treaty OF
1907, the government, at great ex-
pense, provided the Indians with land.
Tools, farming implements and seed
and prosperous farming communities
sprang up among the Indians, but they
did not last long. Until 1907. the va
quis never recognized the right Of any
government to interfere with their nj.
fairs, but because OF decimation of
their ranks by deportatIons the In
dlans now desire peace, their love of
their native land being greater than
their aversion to submitting to gov
ernment
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-05-14
TIDAL W., :: KILLS :
10000 ChlNAMEN
Wave 70 Feet High Sweeps Mouth Of River
Where Thousands Of Small Craft Lays
Many Larger Steamers Destroyed

SEATTLE. Wash, May 12.-News of
one of the greatest disasters China
ever has known happened when sud
den tital wave in Yangtse Kiang,
which involved the loss OF nearly lO,-
600 lives at Hankow, was brought by
the steamer Titan, which arrived to-
day.
A wave twenty-six feet in height
flooded without warning down the
river on which were thousands of
junks, sampaDs and small boats. and
wrecking some large river steamers
Some 5000 Chinese were sleeping in
Sampans and small crafts aud mathses
matsheds and huts by the river at
Bankow and were involved by the
great wave which broke junks, splin-
tered sampans and Heterogeneous of
debris. with swarms of drowned Chi
nese mixed with the wreckage
The scenes for many days after the
disaster were horrible, the river side
being strewn with dead and debris OF
wrecked crafts for many miles.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-05-14
INHERIT
81 EACH
Mrs. Howard Gould and
Sister Remembered
by Abandoned Father

PiTTSFIELD, Pa, May 13.--Mrs.
Howard Gould, wife of the multimil-
lionaire New Yorker, and her sister.
Mrs. San You, wife of San Francisco
Chinaman, who devotes her time to
slum work on the coast, were be
queathed 81 each by the will of their
father. Solomon Perry Clemmons, filed
here yesterday. His estate, valued at
$4,000, was left TO the widow during
her lifetime. with the exception of the
81 mentioned.
Mr.. Clemmons, 70 years OF age. was
adjudged insane by the commissioner
in Pike county court March last and
sent to an asylum at Jacksonville.
III. The commitment was for the re-
Inainder of his life and he died there
May s. He was totally blind and In
most wretched physical and mental
condition. So far as known no word
ever came to the desolate man from
either Of his daughters, although they
were apprised Of his commitment to
the Asylum.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-05-14
GIRL RISKS LIFE FOR FIANcE.

RICHMOND, Va, May 19.--Miss Oh
lie Montgomery, II years old. hid her
sweetheart. A. G. Butler, n fugitive
from justice for three weeks. She
carried his meals to him secretly after
nightfall. Having failed in her eff
forts to obtain pardon for him she
braved the rapids of the James river
in an open boat in order TO join him.
in his refuge on an isolated island,
which the young man had carefully
fortified Then she brought Butler
into Richmond and forced him to sur
render, in order that they might be
married.
Justice Crutchfleld. after listening to
the story of the arrest of the young
man on a trivial charge, his subse-
quent escape and of the devotion TO
the girl. wiped all the charges against
the young man from the books and
told them to call on the nearest
preacher.
Byrd's island, on which Butler
sought refuge, is located in the middle
of the James river rapids. It is hard
to reach even by the experienced river
men. How the girl managed to reach
II each night is a mystery.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-05-14
EXHAUST
SOURCES
the Powdered
Debris taken from
Guinness House

LA PORTE, Ind. May 13.-Unless
sluicing OF the powdered debris taken
from the cellar of the ruined Guin.
ness farh house results in startling
discoverffs Is today production of fur
tber tanae pile evidence in the big trag-
edy is net likely. Yesterdays devel-
opments Exhausted most sources from
which ha6e sprung the sensations OF
the case fnd the authorities are now
confronted with the task of endeavor-
ing to MID corroborative details of
main points already deduced and of
forging tht missing links In the chain
of testimony with which they are
binding more or less scattered parts
of the battling case into coherent
whole.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-05-14
Just a Little
Italian Diversion

CHICAGO. May ia murder, at
tributed to jealousy, occurred last
night in Chicago heights. Emidii Ros-
81 was the victim of Antilio PaIestini.
The manner of the tragedy was start
ling and horrifying. Rossi. who Is
80 years old. was seated at supper in
tne dining room OF his mothers house,
when Paiestini crept u"on the porch
overlooking the window in the dining
room. Through this window Palestini
shot three times. The bullets struck
Rossi in the back of The head. killing
him instantly. Palenstini fled. He
has not been captured. A. Rossi, a
brother. told the police that Palestini
was jealous OF the attentions Emidio
is said to have shown to Mrs. A. Rossi
Palestini is but 10 years old.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-05-14

of-the Utopia of the Anglo-Saxon
race. The Canadian government is
not only opposing most effectively the
influx Of southern and eastern Euro
peans and Orientals; 1t is making the
English themselves pass a stiff exam
ination TO prove their desirability.
Fifty prospective immigrants whom
the Salvation army had arranged to
send from London novels to Canadian
farms has been held back until the
Canadian authorities have investigated
each member of the party 1t viii be
interesting to see how long the gov
ernment can continue this minute and
scrupulous control in the face OF n
growing demand for unskiled labor.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-05-14
MINo-PEAce BY GOOD CLOTHES.
Boston Transcript.

Boston Transcript.
Besides the sentimental and aes-
thetic reasons that exist for dressing
well, it seems there is scientific one,
If we accept the statement of a London
medical man that good suit OF
clothes acts as a tonic on the mind of
the wearer, while the consciousness
that one is not at ones best In ap-
pearanee If wearing shabby or ill-ht-
ting clothes may be reckoned as one of
life's real handicaps. In the moral
support that smart clothing furnishes
he thinks there is a source OF mental
strength and activity that aids one
to center ones thoughts on the things
that lead to success In ones trade and
profession. To be shockingly attired
and to be constantly conscious of the
condition leads the mind into worry
ing ways that dissipate healthy en-.
ergy.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-05-14

GRANTED
Mexican Officials to
See How Our Pres.
idents are Nominated

CHICAGO. May 13.--In the constant
ly increasing stream Of letters asking
for seats for the Republican national
convention there was one which re-
ceived immediate attention yesterday.
The rule against the Issuance OF tick
sts At this time was broken and .
batch are on their way to Aexieo.
President Manuel Caicra. of the low
er house OF the Mexican congrsss.
wrote to say that he and some OF his
associates wished to learn how presi-
Dental nominations were made IN The
United States and asked II he couh
have tickets. This request coaning
within the bounds OF internatioaal r.
latious. 1t was granted II onss and
tickets sent 70 President Calega. Nost
foreign gnests Of the cenysatioa viu
occupy = ssctioa rsssrvsd sor aipop.
matte corpa 4 WasAanston, snv1ta.
tioas having bssA eEtsnded to rsurs.
ssatativsa q l1eoqVak ssanasooA
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-05-14
KILL THE HOUSE FLY.
1hIladelphia Inquirer.

hb"uciphih inquitI.
The fly transmits typhoid through
its feet. 1t can carry thousands OF
bacilli on each foot, and II 1t lights
on food and the food Is eaten disease
Is apt to follow. The Gy does not wipe
his feet, and there is no use In trying
to train him to do so. The only re-
source Is to get rid of him entirely.
All careful bousekeepers have their
windows and doors screened. but this
Is valuable largely as a matter of com.
fort; it does not go to the root OF the
trouble. The files infest butcher shops
and grocery stores. and we shall never
be immune until we attack the fly
as an enemy of society.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-05-14

regions. We can enormously Increase
our transportation facilities by the ca
nalization of our rivers SO as to COM
plete great system of waterways on
the Pacific, Atlantic and gulf coasts.
and In the Mississippi valley. from the
great plains to the Alleghenies. and
from the northern lakes to the mouth
OF the mighty father OF waters But
all these various uses of our natural
resources are SO closely connected that
they should be co-ordinated, and
should be treated as part OF one CO.
herent plan and not in haphazard and
piecemeal.
The conservation of our national re-
sources, though the gravest problem of
today is yet but part of another and
greater problem to which this nation
is not yet awoke. but which II will
awake in time. and with which II must
hereafter grapple II It is to live-the
problem OF national efficiency, the pa
triotic duty OF insuring the safety and
continuance of the nation. when the
people Of the United States conscious
ly undertake to raise themselves as
citizens, and the nation and the states
in their several spheres to the high
est pitch OF excellence in private, state
and national life, and TO do this be-
cause it is the first OF all the duties of
true patriotism. then, and not until
then. the future of this nation In DUAL.
ity and in time will be assured"
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-05-14
Father Goes Crazy
His Son Fixes Him

PoRTALES, n. M, May 13.-J. c.
Cox, aged SO years. was shot and In
stantly killed by his son. c. c. Cox.
aged 20 years. on their farm about
twenty miles south of here. The elder
Cox became suddenly demented and
told the son he was going to kill the
whole family. He went to the house,
followed by his son, secured pistol
and rifle. He struck his daughter
over the head with the pistol. set the
rifle down and drew the pistol on his
wife. but before he could shoot his
son picked up the rifle and shot his
father. The bullet entered just back
of the right ear and came out just in
front OF the left ear. A coroner's jury
returned a verdict OF justifiable homi-
eide.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-05-14
NOTABLE
MEETING
The White House To-
day is Scene Of the
Governors Meeting

WASHINGTON, May 10. The
White house was the scene today OF
an assemblage of many distinguished
figures in the political and Industrial
life of the nation. 1t was perhaps one
of the most notable gatherings that
ever met to consider a great public
question In that historic mansion.
The occasion was the conference by
President Roosevelt with governors OF
practically all states and territories
to consider the broad question of con-
servation of the country's natural re-
sources. The conference will continue
till Friday. 1t includes men who
know how natural resuroces of
the country have been wasted,
captains of industry who have dealt
with these resources and experts who
have sounded conditions and told ma
tons prodigilty in exploitation and
consumption OF It's natural resources.
WASHINGTON, May 13.-President
Roosevelt this morning in the historic
east room of the White house opened
the great natural resource conserva-
tion convention conference, called by
him to take up and solve some OF the
gravest problems that ever faced the
matters to be debated, questions mo-
mentous to the well being Of the peo-
pie OF this generation and still more SO
to generations yet to come.
Governors of Several States and
Gentlemen: | welcome you to this
conference at the White house. You
have come hither at my request SO
that we may join together TO consider
the question OF conservation and use
of great fundamental sources OF wealth
of this nation. So vital is this ques-
tion. that for the first time In our
history the chief executive officers OF
state separately, and Of states togeth
er, forming a nation have met to
consider It.
He then proceeded at length; his
strongest expression being on pros
pective timber famine. He said:
I'VE are on the verge Of timber
| famine IN this country and It Is un
pardonable for a nation or states Il
permit any further cutting OF our tim
ber save in accordance with system
which will provide that the next gen
Grafton shall see timber increased in
stead of diminished. Moreover. W,
can add enormous tracts OF the mos
valuable possible agricultural land Il
national domain by irrigation AM
semi-arid sections; BY drainage grsa
tracts Of swamp Land IN the humi,
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-05-14

work at Shiprock. They don't have
any bad weather down there.
Comparisons OF the news columns OF
The Herald and the Morning Disturber
are odious. The Herald publishes live
news and double the amount OF all
kinds TO any Durango publication.
local attorney. when he heard the
story this morning about Victor 6iro
being arrested for taking his partners
money before the administrator got II.
said that Siro might as well have It
as the administrator.
The weather has certainly been
changeable today-three to four inches
Of snow early this morning. then sun.
shine, more clouds and rain. chilly
winds. and finally sunshine a. we 70
to press. Weather promises to clear
with frost tonight. The snow did not
last long.
An art exhibit is being arranged
by the grades In tho high school build
Ing. When It is finiBhed, It IL likely
parents will be invited to call and see
II. and from advance proofs. It can
be stated the exhibit will be surpris.
Ing for beauty and viii make the older
folks wonder how the boys and giris
ever did It.
b. Giaser is back from California
where he put In three months at 9sn
Diego. Los Angeles and other places.
Mr. Chaser returns feeling much bet
ter than when he went away. He
says he heard more about . railroad
to the south from Durango whils IN
southern California than one can hear
at home. and the general belief Of
the people out there In that the road
viii be built. and that before very
long. He says Durango still looks good
to him and he is here now to stay.
Victor siro. Flnlander. was arrest.
81 last nignt Dy Sheriff Clark on or.
ders from Silverton. charged with get
ting away with SIT belonging to the
estate OF partner Of his who recently
died at the Shenandoah mine. The
boarding boss had the sick mans
money for safe keeping. 20 the story
goes. and after the sick man died 0ifo
ran somc kind OF sandy on the
boarding boss and got him to give up
his partners money. Then an I'd.
ministrator was appointed and he
wanted the money. but siro had II
and had come to Durango. When A.
rested be had s22e in gold in his
pocket. An officer arrived On the
morning train from sflvsrton to take
him back.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-05-14


Rev. DIR. Francis addressed a very
fair sized audience last evening at the
Baptist church and those present went
home determined to be on hand again
tonight and take as many friends
along as possible. DR.. Francis Is one
OF the two general evangelists cover
ing the United States, there being In
addition thirteen state evanseiists, and
during the past four years DIR. Francis
has travelled an average Of $4,000 miles
"A year. It is too bad the doctor can
not remain in Durango longer than
Sunday evening, but he was only al
lotted thirty days In Colorado, the
most of the time being spent at Pueblo
and Colorado Springs with one after
noon and evening meeting at Denver.
II Is necessary to leave Durango Mon
day morning in order to make con
nections for Oklahoma City where the
general Baptist conference OF the
United States meets this year. the
doctor being scheduled to conduct each
day the morning devotional services.
A large attendance Is expected at this
conference. Owing to the fact that
DR.. Francis will only be In Durango
the rest Of this week and Sunday our
people should improve the opportunity
OF hearing him.
Mrs. Chartrand was taken to the
Ochsner hospital last evening for an
operation.
Telephone line to Silverton and the
east are out of commission today
The wind of yesterday did the work.
NJ. s. Reigner Of the La Plata sec
tion. spent the night In Durango. Re
ports alfalfa badly damaged by con
tinued freezing.
The storm reached Aztec but in q
miIder form, showing there little
this morning and a gentle rain falling
for few hours.
All Knights Of Pythiss are requested
to meet at X. p hall Thursday even
ing. May IA, at s o'clock for the pur
pose OF organizing Uniform rank
Be on hand.
T. p. Peterson is spending couple
OF days in town. Says Durang'
weather does .aos Interfere VIII n
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-05-14

Work has started on the new ce-
ment walk at the fire house. After all
is ready to put the cement down the
fire team and wagon will be taken
to the old barn on the corner and
Kept there until the walk will stand
driving over. This is made necessary
because there is only one entrance
for the team aud wagon. The fire
boys will have to take turn about
staying with the team This will be
tedious, but Fire Chief Etheridge says
he would rather stay with the team a
week and get the walk. They have
been long time trying to get 1t.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-05-14

The lana office was very busy yes
terday. having contest case Of the
United States against Mrs. Mary Pet
ty on her timber and stone entry. Mrs.
Mary F. Edminsten making final proof
on her homestead entry in Archuleta
county. and James Harbaugh making
proof on his homestead on Basin creek.
Several Witnesses were In attsndancs
from Pasosa Springs,
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-05-14

Coakley-I've got new job.
Joakley-Left the brokers' office,
Ell?
Coakley-Yes, I've bettered myself
I'm in drug store now.
Joakley--I can't see that that's much
Improvement; it's merely a step from
the stocks to the pillory.-Philadelphia
Press.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-05-14

On Thursday. Friday and Saturday
in the lower hall of the high school
building will be displayed the art
work of the high school and grades
during the past winter. The public is
cordially invited. and especially the
parents, to inspect the work OF the
pupils. No charge.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-05-14
Rocky Ford Child
Fell II Feet

ROCKY FORD. Colo. May 13.-Fall-
ing seventeen fet from the second
story OF rooming house. Lucille Weld,
3-year-old daughter Of Karl Weld. re
ceiyed injuries from which she died
In the hospital few hours later.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-05-14
Hobson Say Mr..
Roosevelt Will Run

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo, May l3.
That President Roosevelt will be a
nominee of the Republican party and
that he will stampede the Chicago
convention wss the statement made by
Captain Richmond p. Hobson. who was
the prinipal speaker at the corner
stone laying OF the new $4,000 Y. NJ.
c. A. building. president Roosevelt
wants Taft for president. but he will
run himself II he thinks Taft cannot
win." said Hobson.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-05-14

The Grand Junction Sentinel suf-
fered $4,000 damage from fire Mon
day. 1t is supposed the fire started
from defective wiring.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-05-14
CANADA SITS HER IMMIGRANTS.

New York Tribune
If Canada selects all her citizens as
cautiously as her immigration com
missioner in London. England, is now
day be what its natives often dream
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-05-14
GLEN HoLsRook CASE
GOES TO JURY

ANTOSITO, Colo. May l3.-The
Glen Holbrook murder case went to
the jury at 8 o'clock last night, but up
to 2:30 this afternoon no verdict had
been reached.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-05-14

She is SO homely."
Yes; she never expects to marry
because of It,"
Poor thing!"
Not at all. She has an emlnently
lucrative and successful career"
What is itF
She is beauty expert. Nashville
American.
Was he sound asleep"
IF there was half as much sleep
as sound, he was."-Houston Post.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-05-14
CHICAGO GLAD TO
SEE ADMIRAL EVANS

CHICAGO, May 1S.-Admiral Evans
arrived here this morning and al
though in poor health was given
demonstrative welcome
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-05-14

The new Christian church at Salida
was dedicated Sunday. 1t was built
at cost of $4,000 and during the
dedication services $4,000 was raised
which was sufficient 10 free the church
from debt.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-05-14
COLORADO NEWS

Lucian @. Hobbs, receiver of the
land office at Leadville, died suddenly
from heart failure Monday.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-05-14
Platte River is Strcwn
with Wreckage

OMAHA, May 13.-F'or distance of
40 miles Platte river valley in eastern
Nebraska is strewn with wreckagc Of
homes which dotted its face; dozen
towns are torn TO pieces: ten people
killed, forty-seyen injured and reports
are hourly arriving Of still further dam
age.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-05-14

It's easier to try to look intelligent
than II IL to make good.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-05-14

c. H. Speers, general passenger
agent of the Colorado Midland, has
figures Showing that one real estate
firm in Palisade has sold ss0,565 worth
of land in the months of February,
March and April.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-05-14
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

Chicago and Cincinnati merchants
have appealed TO The interstate COM
merce commission against railroad dis
elimination which gives the southeast
ern field to the east.
Mrs. Grace Smell Coffin Walker-C Cof-
iin-Layman-Love has withdrawn her
sixth divorce suit and a recon ella
tion with II. NJ. Love, secretary OF the
Los Angeles board of health, the latest
of her long string Of husbands, has
been effected. Her attorneys filing no
tlce OF dismissal of the silt. Mr. Love
Is delighted. and says that life ls once
more one sweet song. Mrs. Love is
u daughter OF A. J. Smell. Chicago
capitalist who was mysteriously muir
dered years ago. She married Frank
Nixon Coffin three times. James Z.
Walker and Perkins A. Layman, hotel
clerks, once, before marrying Love.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-05-14

Rcy Simmonds, a young man under
arrest in Pueblo charged with receiv-
ing stolen goods. was granted little
Time to try to get money from Okla
homa with which to secure a lawyer
10 defend him. His mother thinks he
is innocent. 1t is alleged that friends
of his stole the goods and turned them
over to him.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-05-14

The city of Grand Junction has start
ed suit against 126 ranchmen and land
owners OF Hannah creek to condemn
300 cubic inches OF water which the
city wishes TO use for city purposes.
The fight promises TO be a long and
bitter one. The owners OF the water
have employed counsel and will do
their very best to defeat the project
Germaine Tomasso called at the
house OF Louis Springetu in Leadville
and attacked Mrs. Springetti with a
hatchet. She was cut on the neck with
the weapon. Her husband rushed In
end he was struck on the head with
the hatchet, but fought his assailan,
on with a knife. inflicting injuries
from which he may die. The bloody
affray was the outcome OF Jealousy
on the part of Tomassi.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-05-14

work at shiprock. They don't have
any bad weather down there.