Semi-weekly herald., 1910-05-26
TELEGRAPnlc NEWS

j. Erder. The case will be extraordi
nary in that hypnotism and the use oil
drugs will he given by Mrs. Doxey ms
her defense. The trial began today.
Il know l will be acquitted" said
Mrs. Doxey. as she entered court. II
Is understood she will attempt TO place
upon her husband all responsibility
for the death of Erder. who was pois
oned while she was living with him.
having married him in spite of the fact
that she was legally the wife OF DIR.
Doxey.
The defense began its fight today
with one preliminary defeat again II
IT. The court ON Saturday having re
fused the motion to order the prose.
cutlon to make known its list of wit
A., nesses
The accusations made against Mrs.
Doxey are that she. although the wife
of DR.. Doxey. married Erder. q post.
office clerk. and lived with him for
several months. When he died she
collected $4,000 insurance.
PUEBLO. May 23.-While driving
along the road between Beu,ah and
Goodpasture, two women were struck
by lightning last night at S O'Clock,
and one of them may die from the
shock. News OF the accident reached
the city this morning when hurried
call was sent for Dir. Fugard. The
names of the women are not given
out. and but few details of the acct
dent are obtainable as the wires be.
tween here and Beulah were burned
out by the terrific electric storm that
prevailed for several hours last night
SlLVERTON, May 23-This after
noon all the school children are at
tending the funeral OF little Katherine
Clancy, who died Saturday of appen
dieitis at the hospital here The lit
tie girl was s years old She was
taken i'll about week ago. and Sat
urday was taken to the hospital to
be operated on but was dying when
she was taken there. Her father was
at work at Animas Forks, and reached
Town about a couple of hours before
his little daughters death The fam.
lily have been in Silverton but short
time, coming up from Durango. Mr..
aud Mrs. Joseph McGuigan and Mr..
ard Mrs. Earl Carter are here from
Durango for the funeral
DENVER, May 23-Whh police
man at his bedside to see that he
makes no attempt at suicide or escape,
Harry Pike. who shot Miss Maezelle
L. Ritter Saturday night and then tried
to kill himself, lies IN the surgical
ward of the county hospital 1t is not
likely the doctors say, that Miss Rit.
Ter Will recover from the bullet fired
by her half-crazed admirer which
struck her in the abdomen, and which
has caused her great suffering.
NEW YORK, May 23-While forty
persons escaped death by leaping from
the second and third story windows
into life nets. Mrs. Mary Miller. her
clothes ablaze, died in the arms of a
fireman upon the roof of an East Sew
entieth street building today. Her
husband William who was unconscious
was saved by the 6remen, who also
rescued the couples 1l-month-old baby
Max.
Sixteen families were trapped when
the fire, starting in a hall upon the
third floor, spread with remarkable
rapidity. When the first truck arrived
the house was n furnace. Mary Be.
var, aged 7, and Edward Beevar, aged
3, We're found unconscious under
bed. They were rushed to the Pres.
byterian hospital in bakery wagon
being improyised as an ambulance,
dying this noon.
PARIS, May %. - Miss Dorothy
Ward, young American girl from
Montana, was ordered to leave Ger.
many within twenty-four hours, be
cause she made uncomplimentary re.
marks about the personal appearance
of Princess Victoria Louise.
Miss Ward was walking with an
American friend. a student. in the
geological gardens of Berlin. When
she saw two women treated with great
respect by keepers and guards as well
as by pedestrians, Miss Ward thought
they had a dowdy appearance and said,
Il suppose they are frumps of Ger.
mcn aristrocrats" She went on In
English, making fun of their figures |
and way of wearing clothes. Al this |
point a policeman in plain clothes |
drew near and asked the American
girls address, and that afternoon she |
was ordered out Of Germany.
SALT LAKE CITY, May 23.-Sun
day morning slumber in this city aud |
immediate vicinity was disturbed by a |
violent rocking of the each, which last
ed, according TO the seismograph at
the state university. thirty seconds
The earthquake was quite sharp and
caused considerable damage to crock. |
cry. chimneys and old adobe houses |
The tremor was local In extent. being |
confined within a radius of fifty miles |
Slight damage is reported from the