Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-07-01

was made to the prison officials an
. priests. She said that she had ha
: a slight quarrel with her husband an
nah gone out on the street to get coo
ed down. Here she met pal of he
husbands who said he had a good jol
on hand and the woman said she wa
willing to take her husbands place
he being sick She took his place
donned mans clothes and assisted il
the burglary. When the policeman
arrived on the scene she shot him
She, therefore, was the murderer. anf
her husband, who was innocent
Some are inclined to believe the
womans story but when repeated tc
Ruthven last night he said it was I'M
true. He declared he was the mur.
derer, He was therefore executed as
per arrangements.
BIRMINGHAM. Ala. June 27.-Two
hangings from the same scaffold with.
IN an hour of each other occurred here
this morning. The first was that of
Frank Miller, who shot and killed Po-
liceman Adams. while on the way to
the police station Miller with n
gang of robbers had blown up the
safe of the Standard Oil company and
| escaping with the booty was oyertaken
| and arrested Miller and Frank Dun
| can were the only two of the gang can.
tured. Duncan is now serving term
In the penltentiary.
The second hanging was that of AL
onZo Williams. colored man who
Killed a fellow-convict in the Pratt
mines.
NEW YORK, June 2S.-Conservative
estimates of the combined dividend
and interest disbursements in July
place the figure at between $l2O ,OOO.-
200 and $l25,000, 900 The amount is
larger than has ever been paid in
any previous July. The reason for
the increase is that several important
corporations have increased their
rates of dividend payments, while
others that have not yielded their
tockholders any return for some years
have entered the dividend paving
rank.
The directors of the St Paul rail.
road. for Instance. have increased
their rate from 5 to 6 per cent on
the common stock. The Missouri
Pacific has come forward with 2M
per cent its first in eight years. The
Amalgamated Copper company has de-
clared an extra dividend of one.half
of ] per cent on it's stockj The Atch-
ison Topeka & Santa Fe has paid a
semi-annual dividend of ~ per cent
on its common stock. and the Norfolk
Western and the Minneapolis 6,
st Louis have declared new dlvi-
lends.
In addition to these some of the in
dustrial companies have decided to
give their common stockholders some
of the earnings that have been piled
mp through three or four years Of re-
markable prosperity.
NEW YORK, June 2S.-Dry wealth
er in Texas and temperatures in the
state of 100 to l03 degrees in the shade
for five days at time frighten the
shorts in cotton. Prices at the New
York cotton exchange jumped II to
"a points the next crop months show
ing the most strength. The crop is
backward by two to four weeks, and
over seven million acres. needs rain
badly. It had very little last winter
and the deficiency since the first OF
March has been very marked
New Orleans operators and others
who have been selling the next crop
freely on the acreage, variously stat
ed at 25 100000 to 27.200.000 acres
and talk of n crop next season of
anywhere from II 900 900 to II 900 900
bales, have become nervous of late
and so have the shorts In Liverpool
and elsewhere and the next crop
ran up 20 to "a points, or 81 to sl20
per bale.
SOUTHAMPTON. June 2S.-The
great steamship Deutschland sailed
this morning for New York. Just be-
fore the lines were cast off special
train arrived bearing J. Pierpont Nor
gan and nine other American million.
aires who are homeward bound,
These financiers not wishing to be
disturbed on their journey and to be
entirely by themselves. engaged the
whole of the upper promenade deck
of the great ship. including its ten
handsome staterooms They paid
for this the six days they will be on
he ocean $4,000. 1t Is understood
Mr. Morgan will confide momentus
iesigns on international trade to his
brother millionaires during the trip.
A reporter spoke to Mr.. Morgan as
he ascended the gangplank regarding
bis million-dollar gift to Harvard.
There is really nothing to say" said
Mr. Morgan. II happened to have
million handy and thinking Harvard
2ould use 1t advantagcously, I gave
1t to them. That is all there is Of
the Incident"
CHICAGO. June 2S.-Milllona!rc
Joseph E. Tilt. the shoe manufacture,
Who owns a palatial mansion at 53
Evanston avenue. has given up his
Chicago home and taken up twelve
hundred dollar farm house nine miles
from Blnghamton. n. Y. that he may
for a time live on plane with his