Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-08-15
TELEoRAPHIc NEWS.

TELE0RAPHIc NEWS.
Driven from his ship by the attacks
of mosquito hordes at lumber camps
at the Everglades of Florida, Satur-
day, Capt Graham Lowe of the schoon
err Emerald made forty-six hour jour
ney to Key West without food or wa
ter and eighteen hours were spent des
perately clinging to the bottom of a
small boat in which the journey was
made. The Emerald's crew of six ne
groes did not mind the mosquito bites.
They refused to man the schooner and
leave the swamp with their captain.
When James Kilgore, man well
known throughout Pittsburg, died re-
Gently, it became known that he had
three wives living, all within a few
miles of each other and that children
of the first and third wives had been
acquainted for several years, without
knowledge of the relationship that ex.
listed between them. Mr. Kilgore had
considerable property. The insurance
was collected by wife No 8. Monday
the three wives met and in an annie.
able arrangement divided the estate
and insurance money
With hundreds of onlookers power.
less to interfere, Riley johnson, a
sailor, late Monday night jumped to
his death from the 375-foot tower OF
the Great Lakes Radio-Telegraph COM
pany, on the hill at Sault Ste. Marie.
Johnson went to the hill early In the
evening. When he started to climb
the tower the police were notified
When. they arrived he was up 100 feet.
The policemen tried to persuade him
to come down, but in vain. One start
ed up. IF you take another step, I'll
jump down On you" shouted Johnson.
I'm up here to kill myself. and you
can't stop me-" The officers below
said they would shoot and were greet
ed with the response. Shoot then"
as he climbed higher When he reach.
ed the top he screamed, ITS all off
noWs Win tHdI nC uloppSu anu
was instantly killed
Victor Anderson, miner of Bisbee,
Ariz.. aged 80, won SIS by drinking a
quart of whisky in eight minutes, but
he died half an hour afterward. He
bet that he could drink the whisky
in less than ten minutes.
The champion fish story is sent out
in dispatches from Buffalo: A 150-
pound sturgeon nearly sent a party OF
three in a motor boat over Niagara
Falls Tuesday night. Opposite Lasalle,
two miles above the falls, the fish
leaped for the searchlight in the boat,
missed it. struck and seriously injured
Nellie Johnson, and then, thrashing
about in the boat. disabled the en-
CINE. The sturgeon was finally sub
dued with oars welded by Frank Mems
dale and Sebastian Smith. Meanwhile
the boat was being swept rapidly to-
ward the cataract. George Allen, hear
ing the cries of distress, sped out in a
launch and towed the party ashore.
Official estimates for August, as
made by the agricultural department
at Washington, show that corn is still
king. with a promise of the largest
crop ever raised, Notwithstanding big
losses last month west of the Missouri
river. Despite losses of 100000, 900
bushels last month, the crop promise
now stands at 2.940, 100000 bushels, or
just 1900, 900 bushels more than the
bumper crop of 1906 Oats also have
distanced the previous bumper crop
by 100000 bushels. promising 1,022,.
| 100000 bushels, against 1,009, 1858 600
bushels last year, which was the first
time the oats crop OF the United States
ran into the billion-bushel class. Elk
cept for serious scorching in the north
west, the present crop would have
| shown up phenomenally, providing. OF
| course, that the recent excellent filling
| maturing and harvest weather in the
| big producing states had not been
married.