Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-02-18
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tically acquired
! The park will be n very beautifu
one and in its center on a command
ing site VIII be Il monument for the
great infide1. The park will be called
lrgersou park
AURORA. H.. Feb. l5.-Eight OF
the young men implicated In the re
cent West Aurora high school hazine
VIII be arrested on charges of assaul,
and disor1eriy conduct If the parents
of the boys hazed keep their promise
TO swear out warrants The parents
are indignant and the authorities are
| determined that hazing shall be brok.
en- up.
The car was running very rapidly
when 1t struck some small obstacle
| on the rails and dashed over the prec.
| ipice.
| NEW YORK. Feb. 15.-Generai Mol.
| ineux declares today that he will soon
have his son Roland, convicted of
murder. free.
He bases his hopes on the devel.
| opments of the Kennedy trial ard ,be
| refusal of the court to admit the tea.
timony of handwriting experts. IT
was on the testimony of paid hand
| writing experts that young Molineux
| was convicted.
The decision of Judge Fursman will
be cause for a new trial and Molineux
VIII get his freedom. Prominent law
yers today think the point a good one.
NEW YORK, Feb. 15.-From the
hold of the Hamburg-American liner
pennsylvania came the growls of wild
| animals on her last voyage from Ham.
burg to New York.
AT times they drowned the roar of
the stormy sea. With her IS cases
| oil animals the Pennsylvania drew into
her Hoboken pier. 1t was a consign.
men for the geological gardens at Gin
cinnati. Confined in strong iron cages
| were four lions, three tigers. six cam.
els and six mountain goats. There
was a baby elephant chained in one
corner of the same compartment.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.-Yester-
lay the house committee on irrigation
md arid lands voted to favorably re
port with an amendment the New
ands bill providing for comprehen.
iive plan of government aid in re.
claiming the arid sections of the arid
and states.
The aid is accomplished by dcvot.
ing the receipts from public land sales
TO the purposes of reclamation. These
| receipts this year amounted to over
our million dollars. The sub-commit
Tee was appointed to prepare the bill
in its final form with amendments.
Considerable opposition was devel-
oped on the ground of growing ex.
penditure of the present congress.
and on constitutional grounds, but
the advocates of improvements in
western states succeeded.
This is regarded as a very long step
the bringing about of tremendous
| advance to such states as Colorado
New Mexico and Arizona territories
| and western Texas.
CHICAGO, Feb. 14.-Burglars dy.
| namited the station at River Forest
of the Chicago & Northwestern rail
way, and the explosion shook the
whole village. The safe was blown out
of the building. The robbers secured
nothing
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Feb. IA
shocking tragedy occurred here today
when young man named Albert Neil.
son, employed as a keeper at the
geological gardens In this city was
torn into pieces by vicious Bengal
tiger.
Nelson was mutilated In o mos
frlshtiul manner. He was in charge
OF the lion cubs and understood them
perfectly. He must have made a mis-
take in entering the cage, for instead
of going into the cage with the little
Ieiiows, where he was always vel
come. he entered the next cage
where a big Bengal tiger roamed up
and down continuously.
AS the youth entered the great an
lmal seemed dazed for a moment
and then, with horld snsy, and vi
eious plunge hp went for him, tearing
him limb from limb in the space of a
| minute.
The frenzied attendants did all that
was possible to stop the slaughter
hed-hot irons that were fortunately
| near at hand We're showed into the
beasts face and body, but 1t did not
| prevent his blood-thirsty purposes.
Guns were secured and shots fre1
At the animal but not until seven
bullets had entered his body d,d the
animal release its hold on the victim.
The sight of the two dead creatures
was a fearful one. The remains Of
Nelson were dragged from the cage
placed in coffin and seat to his home
at Pipua, o.
The young man had been empiuy.d
ny the zoo company threee vears and
was considered one OF the most rell-
able keepers in the country. How he
made the mistake today must ever
remain mystery.
WASHINGTON Feb, 15.,-some
weeks ago great fuss was made be.
cause ne inspectors of the New York
custom house held up for appraise.
ment several trunks filled with fine
wearing apparel brought bran new
from Paris by young woman OF