Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-06-16

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were killed, presumably for their valu-
ables. was found in the blood spatter-
ed bed at the villa which they occu-
pied.
NEW YORK, June 13.-Men who
have recently talked with Colonel
Roosevelt arrived in New York and
| confirmed emphatically the report that
Colonel Roosevelt will refuse to take
n prominent and immediate part this
fall In the political campaign They
unite in saying Colonel Roosevelt In
tends to rest until in August and
while there confer with personal
| friends who have asked for interviews.
He will not, however. make public ut
| terances of a political character, but
Will thoroughly post himself on the
situation in the nation during his
rest
On Board of the Steamship Kaiserin
Auguste Victoria by Wirless via Cook.
haven. Ireland June 13.-Waited on
by committee of his fellow passen-
gers, Theodore Roosevelt today prom.
ised before the Kaiserin reached New
York he would hold a reception in or.
der That all passengers might have an
opportunity to meet him Mr.. Roose.
welt spent much time in his cabin to.
day writing. The reason that he did
| not conduct services yesterday there
were two clergymen aboard, Rev. DR..
Lorez of New York and Rev DR.. Phil.
lips of Binghamton. N. Y. A fair con.
sregation attended the services, includ.
ing Kermit and Mr.. Roosevelt. The
ex-president appended the finality dur
ing DR.. Phillips sermon DR.. Lorenz
| in prayer for all ashore and aboard
mentioned the great one in our
midst"
| COLOGNE, Germany, June Alt is
estimated that 200 persons lost their
lives in the flood that swept the val.
ley of the River Abr in the Eifel re.
gion. Eighty seven bodies were re.
covered today These were found
along the river banks. A report re.
ceived here yesterday says fifty lives
were lost at the village of Schult when
bridge which was crowded with per
sons watching the turbulent water was
carried away. Throughout the Abr
valley only one bridge is left stand.
ing
The floods were caused by a heavy
rain that had continued for several
days, causing the River Abr to break
its bounds.
Sunday night there was a cloudburst
and the water choked the valley.
drowning every living creature in its
path and causing immense monetary
damage Two barracks in which Ital.
ian and Creatian laborers were housed
| We're swept away and their occupants
in their beds drowned. The railway
Is washed out and several villages de-
stroyed. The lightning which accom-.
panied the rains did much damage
| Today the flood subsidized. There is
much distress among the peasants of
the valley who have survived, as most
OF them have lost their possessions.
| DENVER, June 14.-Felipe Lopese.
Mexican. &c years of age, last night
shot and killed Eralia Arguello, known
IN Denver MS Bertha Little, aged %.
woman whom he had loved from the
days when they were children together
on adjoining ranches near Trinidad
Inc shooting occurred in his room in
Larimer street, and Immediately after
Killing her he attempted suicide. Lo.
pese was taken to the county hospital
with a bullet wound in the pit of his
abdomen, and the physicians there saw
he VIII live. He refused this morn.
ing to give any reason for the shooting
OF the woman he loved 1t is believed
that Jealousy was the motive.
| CHICAGO, June 4.-Chas. A. White
who accepted $1,000 for voting for
William Lorimer for United States
senator. and who by his confession of
guilt precipitated politics into purga.
tive war throughout the state of ILL.
nois, did not take the witness stand
today against his briber, Representa-
tive Lee o'Neill Browne. until Judge
McSurely removed several legal OBJ
stacles. The trial was halted at an in.
teresting point by technical objections
| by Brownies counsel. His counsel was
| fighting to keen from hurrying facts
which occurred outside this county
and which show the manner in which
the money involved in the "jackpot'
paid by Robert Il. Wilson to White
in ST. Louis.
The crowd which assailed the guard
al the doors OF the court room to-
day was much larger than that OF
yesterday. Well dressed men and
| those who could not enter the court
room proper stood in the hallway at
tempting to catch a point OF the argu.
| ment made by the attorneys. The
defense today came to court feeling
less certain than yesterday that the
states case Will be shown to be of a
delicate fabric.
MONTREAL, June 1.-THE grim
work of searching the wrecked Her.