Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-04-08

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MacArthur's recommendation tha
this be done is said to be very strong
and the request may be granted
The authorities decline positivel,
, TO discuss the subject
WASHINGTON, April 4.-The nc
quittal OF the supreme court OF North
Carolina, which was impeached oi
nigh crimes and misdemeanors, and
the action of the court OF appeals OF
! kentucky in granting new trial for
Powers and Howard. who had been
sentenced. one to death and the other
to Imprisonment for life. as principals
Ia the assassination of Goebel, are
causes Tor national thanksgiving.
Political animosity and intrigue sell
dom have gone so far in modern times
as these two incidents. me pro.
ceedings were of a medieval charac.
ter. Kings and ministers used to
get rid OF troublesome people in that
way. but the method had not been
adopted In this country until now
Ihe North Carolina judges were i'm
peached, not for what they had done
Dut Tor what 1t was feared they in
| 'N4''N' W W. IHe DtmOGTattp
leaders decided it was safer to get
rid OF them before they had chance
TO pass upon the constitutionaiity ot
the law that disfranchises illiterate
negroes. but allows illiterate white
men to vote. case was cooked up.
based upon trivial judicial proceed.
| ing. Articles of impeachment were
presented, evidence was submitted.
arguments We're heard but twelve
Democratic members of the senate.
which is almost entirely Democratic.
| voted for acquittal The telegrams
from Raleigh say that these twelve
men represent the business com
munity, the most intelligent element
IN the state, and the Democratic ma.
chine has received a knockout blow
from which it can scarcely recover.
II there is wise leadership the result
VIII be the building UP of white Re.
publican party that will dominate the
state.
| Caleb Powers and James Howard.
Two mountaineers from eastern Ken
lucky were convicted OF the assassl-
hatlon OF Goebel by u partisan judge
and partisan jury selected for that
| purpose, upon the evidence of wit.
nesses whose testimony did not com
mand public confidence, Every an.
swer that tended toward conviction
was admitted, every item of evi-
dence favorable to the defendants
was ruled out The trial took place
IN the midst OF the most heated polit-
| zeal rlfnnnlpn In thn hictn <f
tncky. and was altogether a political
| proceeding. There was no outcry
from the people at the time. because
everybody knew and told everybody
else that the court of appeals would
set aside the verdict after the cleo
tion was over. SO that public indigna-
ton was suppressed
1T may be that James Howard, VINO
has the reputation of being one Of
the most desperate and determined
men in the Kentucky mountains. fired
the shot that killed Goebel, and that
ha fired IL from the window of the
office OF Caleb Powers. who was secre.
tary OF state of Kentucky. and that
overs and foutsey, his private sec
re.atS, We're present and aided and en-
couragcd the crime; but thus far It
is only q theory OF the detectives who
are employed by their political oppo-
| nents. NO evidence has ever been
submitted to sustain it. and probably
the truth Will never be known. At
least Howard, will not be hanged and
Powers Will not go to prison for life
without fair trial
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| There Is "A curious circumstance In
connection with the Goehei case which
has never been explained The doc
tors who dressed his wound and at
tended MIN until his death were not
allowed to testify at the trial. The
| wound has never been officially de-
scrihed; but eminent surgeons say
that II the bullet followed the course
stated In the newspaper accounts the
morning after the murder 1t could not
have been fired from the third-story
| window or any other elevation, un-
less Goebei WAS standing on his head
when he received it. The ball is
SAID 10 have entered his groin and to
have gone upward. instead of down.
ward. in his body,
| - 90 = 'iSt i'Ahns Afiti t.-oDttldIS
from beaumont, Tex, say that the
flre In the oil field Is spreading.
Ihe disaster Will be widespread
Inc lire started last night by natural
gas IN the new gusher becoming ig.
nited by a wofkmans torch.
/ wo oil lakes whore the fluid was
stored IN the absence of steel tanks,
are on ilre, while dozen derricks
have been burned to the ground.
1he loss by reason of farm houses,
barns and fences that are saturated
with OIL VIII be great.
! NEW YORK, Apri 4.--The Trib-
une's Berlin correspondent says:
Kruger regards the Boer collapse
as Imminent 1t is reported In Ber.
lin that Kruger believes the occupa-
ton OF Iouthansburg. the capital OF
the Boer government, where the mill.
tary stores are held. will break Gown
the Boer defense. ZoutnanaDurg is
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