Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-08-29
The population OF Denver was 474s In

The population OF Denver was 4,74s Ii
1860. Ten years later, or in 1870, the
city could boast of but ten more
people within Its boundaries owing tt
the heavy outpour to Leadville wher,
gold had just been discovered, ant
It was not until 1880, when the popu
lation was shown to be over $4,000.
| DEADWOOD. Aug. 25.-Snow fel
last night throughout the northern
Black Hills, while the mercury regis
tered below 40. Rain and not so colo
is reported in the valleys and agri
cultural districts.
| This evening 7. l.. Lewis, president
of the United Mine Workers of Amer
lea, will be in Colorado to make q
personal investigation of the situation
among the striking coal miners In
| northern Colorado fields. The organi
cation at its convention in Indianapo
| lis last week Endorsed the Colorado
strike and President Lewis hopes to
be able to render the strikers valuable
assistance.
SILVERTON, Aug. 25.-There is gen.
eral rejoicing over the resumption OF
the Silver Ledge property. The men
were paid up for the last months
wages and other matters adjusted.
The Ledge has been on a paying basis
of late but former creditors stepped
in and tied up money that was in
tended for the men.
The mine will be pushed to make up
for lost time.
DENVER, Aug. 25.-Mrs. Rose Ru-
binstein, aged "a, shot William Ru-
binstein. her husband. shortly after G
O'Clock this morning Rubinstein died
an hour later at the county hospital.
The shooting took place In an up
stairs flat occupied by the Rubinstein
family in Twenty-fifth street. Neigh.
bors and the police unite in declaring
the deed the act of an insane woman
Mrs. Rubinstein for months has been
laboring under the hallucination that
her husband was unfaithful and was
plotting to kill her that he might mar
ry the woman with whom she believed
him infatuated
Following the shooting Mrs. Rubin
stein, still carrying the revolver with
which she shot her husband. locked
all the doors to her apartments, and
then locked herself in the clothes
closet of her bedroom. 1t was not
until her two small boys. who had
seen her step into the closet revealed
her hiding place did the police learn
of her whereabouts. Officers were
warned that the woman was armed,
but Mrs. Rubinstein made no effort
to use the revolver when the officers
forced the closet door Mrs. Rubin
stein is now in Jail charged with the
murder. She claims her husband beat
her and that she acted in self defense.
BUFFALO, N. Y, Aug. 25.-Theo.
dore Roosevelt pledged himself to the
men of Buffalo today to help them and
all sincere citizens to fight crooked
ness wherever found.
"Tll help you just as ] did in the
past" he said, speaking to the ELI
colt club. whose guest he was at
breakfast, an hour after sunrise. He
made plea for the punishment of
crooked and grating public officials
and the election of honest ones in
their place was a process of gradual
ly but permanently raising the morals
OF political and business life, and he
said he thought it his duty to hunt out
crooks, especially in his own party.
Roosevelt leaves New York state
absolutely confident that he is going
to emerge on the top of the heap in
Ward element. Roosevelts special
train will make no stops. The train is
due at Cheyenne on Saturday morning
at 1890 O'Clock. Il expect to have
the time of my life in Cheyenne" re.
marked the colonel, after the special
whirled out of Buffalo.
CHEYENNE, Wyo, Aug. 26.-Chey-
enne is all aflutter in anticipation of
Colonel Roosevelt's arrival here to-
morrow to attend the annual Frontier
day celebration. Business houses and
private homes are bedecked with flags
and bunting and the main streets are
spanned by arches on which a hearty
welcome is blazoned in huge letters
Thousands of people are guests of the
city already and every arriving train
adds hundreds to the number of Wis
itors. The streets are lined with
booths, and street takers and peddlers
are crying their wares from every
corner.
Many cowboys. among them several
old comrades of Colonel Roosevelt dur
ing his ranch days. are in the city from
various parts of Wyoming. Montana
and neighboring statse, and they, with
the Indians in their red and yellow
blankets. are attracting much atten-
ton from the eastern visitors.
Colonel Roosevelt will remain in
Cheyenne the greater part of two
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