Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-21

7. new hfgn marx tOr tue ufSJ day O
; the greatest exhibition OF the kind eve
II held west of Chicago.
d The following are statistics OF tn
shows
Number of entries. 1917.
Value of entries, S1.4S0 900.
Value of cash prizes. S27 900.
Number of prizes, 1910.
r Attendance last year, 09.000.
| Estimated attendance this year. 1870,
( 900.
) WASHINGTON. Jan. 19.-Coloradc
and Wyoming are rife with land frauds
which demand quick Investigation. nc
ccrding to letters Which Secretary Gar
field of the interior department sen,
today to Senator Hale and Represer.
tative Tawney, chairmen OF the an.
propriations committees In their re-.
spective branches OF congress Eight
thousand six hundred and twenty-one
cases in Colorado and 21 1855 casel in
Wyoming demand immediate atten.
tion. The secretary says that the of.
tenders may be punished and tho land
placed back in the public domain. He
places the value of land entered in
this manner in Colorado at twenty
millions. To bring about this. end
the secretary wants congress to- an.
propriate half million more for his
departments probers Should this
request be granted, the land depart.
ment will have a million with which
to carry on its war, with this i'm.
mense fund it is predicted that many
corporations and hundreds Of indlvid
uals in Colorado and Wyoming will
be brought to bar and compelled to
bare the methods by which they hav.
obtained rich tracts of timber and min.
eral lands. 1t will be by far the big
gest and most sensational land fraud
investigation the government has ever
conducted, declares the interior de
partment.
DENVER. Jan. 19.-CBulletin.)-
Both houses declared for Hughes for
senator this morning.
DENVER, Jan. 19-Formal record
ing of votes that viii make Charles ].
Hughes, Jr.. United States senator
from Colorado for term OF six years
beginning on the 4th OF next March
began in each house of the seven
teenth legislative assembly shortly
after the legislature convened this
morning and was completed shortly
| afternoon.
A full attendance of the member
ship of each house was noted when
the calling of the roll began, and the
galleries were crowded by those eager
TO witness the election of n member
OF the nations highest legislative body.
In accordance with the action of the
Democratic state convention. all Dem
ocratic votes were recorded for Mr..
Hughes, and all Republican votes cast
for former Supreme Justice ]. C.
Helm. Each house is overwhelmingly
Democratic and after the taking of
today's vote there VIII be no neces-
sity to further balloting, but the two
houses will meet in joint session to
morrow at noon to hear the journal
read of each house, and formally de
clare Mr.. Hughes elected.
Mr.. Hughes was placed in nomina
tion in the house by Representative
William e. Foley and in the senate
the name was presented by Senator
Frank e. Cove, each making brief
address. There were several second
ing speeches in each body and the call
ing of the roll for the responses of
members begun.
DENVER, Jan. 19.-The following Is
the senatorial vote today: Charles ].
Hughes, Jr., Democrat, 73; Joseph c.
Helm, Republican, II; James w. Nc
Creery, Republican, 7; Robert W. Bon
ynge. Republican, 3.
BERTHoUD, Jan, 19.-secretly ar.
rested on charges preferred by several
boy members of his class, Charles L.
Newcam, principal of the Berthoud
schools and a teacher In the high
school. was spirited out of town on
a fast train to prevent his being lynch
ed by a mob of angry citizens. He'was
taken to Fort Collins where he is un.
der heavy guard.
| WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.-When the
federal grand jury which is investigat.
ing the alleged libel case against the
New York World and the Indianapolis
News meet today, Charles p. Taft,
brother OF President-elect Taft. viii
be ready to appear as a witness in
answer to subpoena served on him
, in Augusta. Others summoned are
former Washington correspondents OF
the World and men now connected
with that papers Washington bureau
Jerimiah II. Matthews, now of the
, New York bureau in this city, but
, formerly Washington correspondent OF
the Indianapolis News, was the only
witness that appeared before the grand
} jury this morning.
DENVER, Jan. 19.-In dream early
this morning, Mrs. Joseph f. Williams
wife of n Iiuamou onuIovod ~ ID,