Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-01-17

JuuBe DIxOn ls pTesiuinS NJ tne tTiai
which began about 10 o'clock this
morning Prosecutor Emiey in the
opening insisted that the men were
guilty OF murder In the first degree.
the penalty for which is death. II is
not necessary to prove that the mur-
der was intended. The New Jersey
law holds that n murder committed
In the pursuit OF felony is murder
In the first degree.
August II. Schultliorp. the hack.
man who drove the unconscious girl
from SaaI's saloon on the night OF her
death to the lonely spot on the Goffie
road. two miles north OF Paterson.
where she was attacked, and Pro
fcssor Witthaus. the expert chemist
Dr. s. Cyrus Townsend, who was
aroused early on the morning OF Oa-
tobcr i9 by the young men In the
hack and found that their girl com
panion was dead, Will be important
witnesses for the state.
Owing to the intense public inter
est In the murder OF the young girl.
extensive precautions have been taken
the court house during the trial
CINCINNATI. Jan. 1.-THE fourth
annual convention OF the national
building trades council began here
today and viii continue during the
week There are 800 delegates pres
cnt, representing an ai1liated member
ship OF over 100 900 One OF the prin-
cipal subjects to be discussed Is that
~ q federation of all the unions in
the building industry. with n view 10
sympathetic as well as cooperative
action. a uniform scale OF wages
will be considered ms well as the work
ing hours and n system OF arbitration
YOKOHAMA. Jan. lit lis OFF
cially reported that 400 fishermen per.
ithed In a storm of the west coast
last week.
The recently incorporated PITTS
burg. Youngstown and Cleveland rail-
road company lis said to be backed
by the Steel trust and the Soft Coal
trust. In opposition to CarnegIe8
companies
A water car attached to an engine
engaged In ballasting the road bed
beyond Naples. Cal. eighteen miles
from Santa Barbara. broke loose and
wns overturned Two men were kill.
cd ont right and several seriously
injured.
The mail from Damarara brings
report Of large finds OF diamonds in
The interior OF British Guinea. com
pany has been formed In England to
work the claims.
There Ia great suffering In south.
western Russia by reason OF the eX
traordinarily heavy SHOWS.
The liabilities of the sixteen Lon
don stock exchange firms which re-
cently failed aggregate two million
pounds. in one ease the figures reach
ing nine hundred thousand pounds.
The senate committee on judiciary
has authorized favorable report on
senator Hoar's bill for tho. punish
ment OF train robbers The bill pro
sides n penalty of twenty years i'm
prlsonment and fine of 5000 or
both for the offense
The president has nominated VII.
lam q. Wheeler. OF Wisconsin, to be
attorney for the United States for the
Western district of Wisconsin.
CAPE TOWN. Jan. i5.-The Beers
have arrived at Clanwilliam, about
80 miles north OF the capital. The
British pursuing are only three
hours behind. II is expected that
m engagement viii be fought very
shortly. The excitement In Cape
Town still continues and the work of
constructing dcfenses still goes on.
A rumor that the Boer patrols are at
Tulbagh. between seven and eight
miles from Cape Town Ia not con
armed. Gen. Brabant In addressing n
meeting of the mayors to discuss the
situation and to consider the qucs
tion OF recruiting. said that the mill
tary authorities were very anxious to
keep the war away from Cape Town
II possible. and that the only hope OF
Ioing this was In sending 300 or 1000
men TO the front from Cape Town.
No prccaution must be omitted to
prevent the enemy from coming fur
thcr down
LONDON. Jan. ia dispatch from
Gen. Kitchener. dated Pretoria, says
"Beyers whole force crossed the
railway near kallfontein ON January
IL. making to the east"
There are no important changes iii
the. positions In the colonies. Several
small parties appear To be returning
to the Orange river colony. Some of
the Cape rebels who accompanied
commando into the colony have sur
rendered.
NEWPORT, Jan. 15.-Tho marriage
VOWS that united Alfred Gym
Vanderbilt, head of the great house of
that name. and Miss French, daugh-
ter OF one OF New York's richest fam
ilies, We're made yesterday afternoon
before the altar Of Zabtiskic mem-
orial church OF st. John. The cere.
mony was performed with all the rit-
ulistic splcndor of the Episcopal ser.
vice In the presence of the wealth and
arlstocracy of the country No
bride was ever blessed with brighter
sun. No bride ever looked into
future richer with prospects and prom