Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-08-04
federal grand Jury today. Five pack

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ers and cattle men from Denver arrived
yesterday to tell the inquisitorial bod,
how the National Packing compan,
obtained control of three packing com
panies in western city, thereby end
ing open competition. Denver firm.
bought up by the National Packing
company are: Colorado Packing ant
Provision company. the Western Pack
ing company and the Denver Stool
Yards company. Witnesses summon
ed to Chicago to testify are George w
Ballantine. general manager of the
Denver Stock Yards company; F. P
Ernest, cattle raiser; George w. Lin
ger, general manager of the Engle
Cattle company; Eliza II. Bosserman
commission man, and Henry Geb
hart, former president of the Colorado
Packing and Provision company.
DENVER, Aug. 2.-Richard v. Cros
ton, contractor, arose at O'Clock
this morning, kissed his wife good
bye and then went into coal shed
at the rear of his home in Emerson
street and shot himself When his
wife reached him he murmured: 81
couldn't help it; couldn't stand 1t any
| longer" He is at the Park Avenue
hospital very low.
According to his wife financial diff.
| culties caused erosion to shoot him.
self. He was unable to provide for
his wife and two children. and that
preyed on his mind. For several days
| erosion had been gloomy, but no nc.
ton indicated that he contemplated
suicide.
ST. PAUL, Aug. I'm an interview
which he gave out at Minneapolis
Richard A. Ballinger. secretary of the
interior, bitterly arraigned his enc
mics as 'demagogues," and charged
that they are trying to foment trou-
BILE between President Taft and Theo.
dore Roosevelt. After referring to the
fact that at Seattle, his old home
every one is his friend, and that he
went to Washington as secretary only
after being sought after, he said: elf.
ford Pinchot, Garfield and that bunch
have been after me, trying to make a
scape goat of me. The president and
| have done all we could to make this
administration a success. The presi-
dent is heartily in favor of radical
conservation, and so am L.
NEW YORK. Aug. Col. Theo
dore Roosevelt has added another dis
tinguished member to the "Ananias
club" in the person of Col George
Hary ey, editor of the North American
Review. The initiation took place in
the office of the outlook, the new
member, while not actually present,
was put through with much vim and
considerable bounce. While Colonel
Roosevelt did not use the shorter and
ug Ter word" in connection with Col
onel Harvey, his language was dis.
tinctly blunt and plain. The reopen
ing OF the "Ananias club" which was
closed just prior to Mr.. Roosevelt's
departure for Africa, was brought
about through an article in the August
number of the North American Re
view entitled rs Roosevelt an Asset
or Liability" and which was signed
THE Editor" In one paragraph this
sentence occurs: But recently Roos-
evelt, the man, declared that If a ma
tional election was to be held next
November he undoubtedly would be
the Republican candidate and would
win"
When Colonel Roosevelt saw this
his eyes snapped and his teeth clicked
as he almost shouted: "That simply
is false. have never said anything
like that"
1t was pointed out to Colonel Roose-
welt that Colonel Harvey evidently
meant to convey the impression that
he would be forced to accept the NOM
nation. Colonel Roosevelt appeared
extremely angry, again repeating that
he had never made the statement at
tributed to him and made rush for
the waiting elevator.
in may be unseemly for me to en-
gage with Mr.. Roosevelt in a contro-
versy involving question of veracity
That which wrote. of course, Is true,'
said Col. George Harvey at his home
at Deal Lake. N. j., today.
Colonel Roosevelt left for New York
last evening on four days automo
bile tour of New Jersey and Pennsyl
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