Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-03-07
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would be on the stand all day.
! WASHINGTON. Mar. 4.-Pinchot in
his testimony today says he had no
personal knowledge of Ballinger's al
legged official shortcomings except in
his letters to the president and others
WELLINGTON, Wash Mar. As
the hours go by, horrors of the dis
aster multiply near Scenic. at the
mouth of the Cascade tunnel. where
a mighty avalanche carried two heavy
trains from the tracks OF the Great
Northern railroad down into the canon
hundreds of feet below Today it is
certain many persons persisted. Oth'
, ers may be buried beneath The frozen
/ mass, but officials who have been tax
ing the census of missing declare this
unlikely
Thirty-fiye bodies have been recov-
cred, and thirty of them Identified
Today they lie, side by side, wrapped
In blankets awaiting the repairing OF
the railway so they can be carried to
places OF burial The work of recov-
ering the bodies is slow, owing to the
nature of the slide.
The scene ABBOTT the mouth of the
tunnel is awe inspiring. The great
bare mountain towers upward to
height of 5000 feet One week ago
it was covered with snow. Today ii
| is swept bare of vegetation Great
burrows mar the black face of the
loan as though they had been made
by gigantic plows.
| CLEVELAND, Mar. President
Taft's reputation of Wade Ellis as
dean of the Republican politicians OF
Ohio. is the sole subject of gossip in
| the Buckeye state today The presi-
dents letter, address to II. ID. Davis,
United States marshal for the north
ern district. repudiated all RESPONSE
bility of the selection of the former
attorney general OF the state as the
representative of the administration
and its choice for governor. Although
the letter is published in a Republican
organ here late yesterday afternoon,
Marshal Davis denied having received
it. When he reached his office he
found the letter on his desk with the
seal unbroken Dispat ches from Wash
ington quote the White house as de.
claring the letter had been made pub.
lie here.
DENVER, Mar. 4,-Despondent be-
cause of his rapidly failing health, his
condition being such as he could no
longer work and had become depend
ent upon relatives, Charles T. Hum
phreys, aged 26 years, killed himself,
by firing revolver bullet into his
heart while he lay in bed in his house
tent in Moucrieff place. Death was
instantaneous. Humphreys left no
note in explanation of his action, but
relatives say he had been very morose
for several days.
DALLAS. Tex, Mar. with scores
of deputies still on duty and two com.
panies of militia ready 10 join them
in case of further trouble, Dallas is
quiet today, following the most serious
mob outbreak yesterday afternoon in
5000 wildly excited men took the
law into their own hands and taking
Allan Brooks. a negro. from the circuit
court room where he was being tried
for assault upon 12year-old girl,
lynched him.
Today ii is certain special grand
jury will be convened and indictments
sought against the mob leaders.
JUNEAU. Alaska. Mar 4-SixtyI
miners were blown into fragments and
thirteen others badly injured by an
explosion of the powder magazine in
the Mexican shaft of the Treadwell
mines yesterday.
The explosion occurred in the LOO
foot level and the miners were caught
like rats in trap and had no chance
to escape The bodies of the dead
were blown into unacceptable mass
es of human flesh. The scene when
rescuing party descended TO the
level was indescribable. The dead
were lying around, some piled one on
top of each other and the groans and
screams of the injured were heart
rending.
1t is believed that many of the in
iured will succumb to their injuries.
There is a deplorable lack of medical
men in the company hospitals, which
are crowded to the limit and are in
adequate.
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