Semi-weekly herald., 1909-02-18

were panic stricken and the hotel clerI
e coula do nothing with them, one WON
an pitlng the clerk badly on the hand
, DENVER, Feb. I5.-It is the beue
. OF postofiice authorities that withi,
The next three days they will bring +,
; earth the two men who last satrda,
morning held mp and robbed the Den
Yer q Rio Gfande train near Mi,tar,
junction, and made away with sever
al thousands of dollars. which register
ed mail sacks contained. The federa.
authorities are slowly drawing thei,
nets about the bandits, so tbev saw
! The postoffce authorities have heer
working night and day on the case
since Saturday and their efforts have
moi been without result. Last night
Deputy Sheriff Edward O'Neil of Dong.
las county placed two men under ar.
rest on the request OF Arapahoe an.
thorities. Sheriff Skerritt of Arana.
hoe county will take them to Little.
ton and they will there be placed in
jail The two men are tramps %
and 80 years of age, respectively. and
they admit they have been trampins
over the country
PUEBLO, Feb. 15.-Fire of myste.
rious origin at I o'clock this morning
destroyed the club house of the fash.
ionable Minnequa club. Aside from
the porters, ianitors and other EN-.
ployes there was no one in the build.
ing al the time. The loss is estimated
at $4,000.
Aside from the loss of the structure
itself many priceless relics, which had
been gathered from the four corners
OF the globe by members of the club.
were destroyed
The new dance hall built by club
members two years ago at a cost of
$4,000 and which was separated from
the club house proper by driveway
was saved The remainder of the
clubs property is complete loss.
ALBUQUERQUE. N. NJ, Feb. 15.-
a special from Taos. N. NJ. says that
news has been received there TO the
effect that Albert Twining, former
bank president OF Asbury Park, N. J.,
who was sentenced TO six years in
prison for speculation with bank funds
in mining properties in Taos county.
has disappeared and that his bonds.
men are liable for $4,000 1t is re-
ported that Twihings attorney has
been disbarred for refusing TO tell of
his clients whereabouts.
Twining founded the town of Twin
ing in Taos county and promoted a
number of mining properties there.
The case has been in the courts for
five years The supreme court order
ed Twlning to commence serving his
sentence on Thursday last.
NEWARK, N. j., Feb. 15.-Because
Mrs. r Mary Schuester, with whom
he formerly boarded. would not mar
ry him, Louis Hoppe. youth of 26
years, shot and killed himself at her
home in this city last night He had
only recently been released from
prison for flourishing a pistol and
threatening the woman on previous oc-
casions.
Arriving at the house last night he
produced revolver and Mrs. Schues.
ter fled Returning later. she found
him lying dead on the floor
CHICAGO, Feb. Following the
example of the January blizzard. the
sleet storm which has tied up the mid
die west is moving eastward, leaving
suffering and destruction in its wake.
In Nebraska the temperature has
fallen this morning below zero and in
Texas II is unusually cold. 1t is fear
ed there will be heavy loss among the
cattle.
Thousands of telegraph poles are
down in Missouri, Iowa and neighbor-
ing states while passenger traffic has
been badly hampered by the heavy
snowfall in Minnesota. In Michigan.
Indiana and Ohio similar con
ditions prevail.
The middle states east of the Mis-.
sissippl and gulf states will next feel
the fun force of the storm which is
scheduled to hit the Atlantic region
tomorrow.
The cold wave Is in prospect for
some days in the northwest.
KANSAS CITY. Feb. 15.-zero
weather and The worst sleet and snow
storm of the winter prevailed In the
southwest all last night
All over Kansas the fall of heavy
sleet caused delayed traffic and bad
wire communication.
In Oklahoma the storm began Sat
urday night with rain, followed by
n sudden drop of AS degrees in the
temperature. Sleet and snow have
been falling almost continuously. Rail
road traffic is almost AT a standstill
in many localities and the wire serv-
ice IS seriously interrupted. Stock
will suffer from the extreme cold
LEARNED. MISS, Feb. IA storm
struck this place from the northwest
yesterday afternoon with terrific foree
blowing down a negro church, killing