Semi-weekly herald., 1908-08-31


Z BOULDER. Aug. z7.--Angry because
his wife. who secured divorce from
him Tuseday. refused to return to her
nome and live with him, Patrick
Brown. d German cf Ia Junta, while
under the Influence Of liquor. this
morning attempted to burn down the
X. c. restaurant where Mrs. Brown
II employed. Flames were discovered
by a policeman who extinguished the
blaze before much damage had been
done.
SYDNEY. Aug. 27.-Before the
American battleship fleet left Sydney
1t 8 o'clock for Melbourne. its next
stopping place. Admiral Sperry, com
maRder-in-chief. sent letter to Chas.
G. Wade. premier Of New South Wales.
thanking him for the cordial reception
and the magnificent hospitality extend
ed, saying that the welcome given the
Americans would draw closer the
bonds OF sympathy and friendship be-
tween the United States and the Au-
stralian commonwealth. After the YES
sells had cleared the harbor It was
found that about sixty stragglers had
failed to join their ships. These men
will not be posted as deserters as
| II IL said the uonappearance Of many
of them is accidental. Fifty Of the
stragglers embarked later in the day
on the Yankton and sailed to rejoin
their ships at Melbourne.
ESTES PARK. Colo. Aug. 27.--
Judge R. e. Rombauer, after forty
eight hours of wandering in the noun
tains, walked into Estes Park from the
Horseshoe ranch this morning, dis
tance Of nine miles. Just to show he is
feeling no III effects from his terrible
experience in the mountains.
NEW YORK. Aug. 27.-"Tony Pas
tor is dead. The Dean Of American
Music Halls" as he was familiarly
known. passed away at 10 o'clock last
night, while asleep at Kerry cottage In
Elmhurst, L. l.
DENVER, Aug. 27.-John Bradley.
a cowboy, arrested on the charge of
killing Policeman William P. stenh-
ems, was attacked and badly beaten
| by Sergeant Russell and many police
men while being led from Chief Arm
strong's office to the cell.
Tho chief and several sergeants and
detectives. who kept their heads saved
Bradley from death at the hands Of
infuriated brother officers Of Steph-
ems. The policemen. angry at the in.
terference. formed a plot to lynch
Bradley later in the city jail. Arm.
strong hearing Of this spirited Bradley
to the county jail. where a strong
guard of conservative policemen were
kept.
Detectives were sent to every po-
liceman ON duty to beg them to keep
cool and do nothing to bring discredit
on the force. Chief Armstrong de-
clares Bradley is guilty beyond q
doubt.
TRINIDAD. Colo, Aug. ga cloud
burst Just south OF here wrought ter
rible havoc and destruction In Colo
RADIO and across the line In New Mex
leo about midnight last night. Ad
vices just received place the death
loss at Folsom. N. M, 100 miles south
Of here, at q dozen. ELEVEN are known
to be dead. A local undertaken has
received an order for six coffins. I'm
doubtedly the supply of coffins In the
little New Mexico town have already
been exhausted.
The cloudburst was Just west oi
Folsom. 1t sent a flood of water
through the city carrying death with
It. 1t was by far the highest water
ever known. The flood burst upon the
town in all It's fury about midnight
Several light houses from above Fol
som were seen floating down the river
by those living on the hills. The
missing known are: r. B. Wenger
wife and daughter, Dansy and Luc,
II Creighton, all In the same house; T
w. Wheeler, wife and two children and
his sister-in-law and baby, all in the
same house.. No trace of these peo
pie or their house can be found. Mrs
Rookie and the building of the Cen
tral telephone offices are gone will
no trace. Many houses are wrecked
The loss is great. Parties are ou,
hunting for the missing today. Wheel
er and his wife were found this morn
ing buried in the sand.
Little is known of the loss nearer
Trinidad within the Colorado line. A
dozen bridges are reported washes out
south OF here. Trinidad is virtually
cut OF from all outside railroad com
munication.
| DENVER. Aug. 2s.-Mayor Speer
and the fire and police board this
morning began rigid investigation OF
the outbreak in the police station Wed.
nesday night. when number of 20.
licemen. led by the police sergeant,
made an attack on John Bradley, alias
Brennan, accused Of the murder OF
Policeman Stephens. The act of In.
subordination cannot be allowed to
pass without drastic action. Instead
of protecting the prisoner a deter
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