Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-08-12
TELEGRAPHIc BREvITiEs.

outs in this vicinity. Waterspouts
have caused thousands of dollars
worth of damage to the Rio Grande.
Colorado & Southern and Midland rail
roads. Hundreds OF men are now
employed in rebuilding the washed
away road beds of the different roads
WASHINGTON, Aug. S.-As presi-
dent of the American Federation of
Labor. Samuel Gompers has issued a
proclamation calling upon two million
laborins men to fight for the passage
of rigid Chinese exclusion act which
question will come up before congress
at the coming session.
The proclamation declares that
rkmerica is now threatened by over
whelming hordes of cheap laborers
from Asiaatic regions.
WASHINGTON Aug. S-Consider
able interest has been aroused in the
Schley controversy by the free inter
probation of Park Benjamin on the
loop question" He writes: Dew
ey at Manila made no less than five
jAoops,' while Schley made but one,
but Schley's one loop was infinitely
more distressing to McClay than the
five made by Craven on the flagship
Olympia. on each of which she ran
from the enemy as much as three
miles. Not only this, but in the midst
of the fight she scampered away,
pumped up courage by breakfast
and then returned to the fight. Well
placed is Dewey on the court, as he
knows all about loops"
PITTSBURG. Aug. S.-President
Gompers OF the Federation of Labor
accompanied by his private secretary
arrived here last night and is in con
ference with President Shaffer this
morning. Gompers came SO quietly
that his presence is not generally
known yet 1t is thought that the
conference will have a great bearing
on the strike question. If the FEEDER
alton pulls side by side with the Anal
samated Association their assistance
will greatly aid the striking steel
workers. Nothing can be obtained
as to the nature of the conference at
this hour, however
PITTSBURG. Aug S.-The Farm
mill at Allegheny was today started
by the trust. The Clark plant is also
running with double the number of
men it had yesterday.
DENVER. Aug. S.-Mrs. Phil A.
Hitchcock, wife of the general pass
enger agent of the Wabash road. shot
Mr. and Mrs. James Roberts probably
fatally here this morning. The cause
of the shooting was jealousy. Mrs.
Hitchcock charges Mrs. Roberts with
being her husbands mistress. In
trying to save his wife, Roberts was
shot.
DEADWOOD, S. D., Aug. Sc. T.
Pierce, more familiarly known as
Doc" Pierce, one of the oldest and
most reliable Indian scouts of the
Black Hills. has given out a story OF
the Bender family, OF Kansas. which
goes to show that there is no further
need OF the authorities searching for
the remains of the family. Pierce is
reliable man, and for the first time
he tells what he knows of the case.
He had friend in the 70s. who was
also well known in the Black Hills,
and before the friend died he related
TO Pierce the incidents relative to
the killing of the members of the
Bender family.
When the York family was killed
and the tragedy was traced to the fam
ly of the Benders. Pierces friend was
among those from the town of Cher
ryvale who went out to investigate
the condition of things at the Bender
roadhouse. They found the house
deserted There were twenty-four
men in the party, one of the men be
lug an old buffalo hunter In search
ing the house the bcdstcad in the
west room. of which there has been
so much talk, was found to be full of
bullet holes. and dried blood was on
the mattress. They found the trap
door beneath curtain. which led into
the cellar, into which the dead bodie.
had been thrown until dark. when
they were taken ont into the garden
and buried.
The searching party next went out
into the garden and commenced look
ing for the spot where the bodies had
been buried. A wagon rod was used
TO probe the ground for soft place,
and finally Il spot was found that was
soft After digging down short
ways. the body of one of the York
children was found, and the contor-
tions of the face and body made 1t look
as though the child had been buried
alive Fifteen bodies were found by
the party in the garden, including the
Texas caltleman. who was supposed
to have been shot in the west room.
The old buffalo man had been look
ing around for the trail OF the family,
which had made its escape. The
trail of an old rickety wagon was dis
covered and the buffalo hunter fol
lowed it mp all day. and about night
fall came upon the family camped on
a little creek. The scout returned to
the body of Cherryvale men and re-
ported his find. They agreed upon
going back with the. scout and exter'
10 ha