Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-06-10
pines is steadily advancing.

the wedding OF Justice David Brewer
of the United States supreme court
and Miss Emma Miner Mott.
Justice Brewer is &c years of age
and the bride about half that.
Miss Mott has been a teacher In
Wisconsin New York and Washing
| ton
| The ceremony was a quiet one ow
ing to the recent death of the bride's
mother. After the wedding the pair
left for the summer home of Justice
Brewer on Lake Champlain.
| PHILADELPHIA. Pa, June g.
Robert Brune. one of the principal wit
nesses for Captain Carter, convicted
of defrauding the government out OF
a large sum of money on contracts
| shot and killed himself today in no
| tel here.
Bruno has been greatly depressed
| since Carter's conviction and confine
| ment in the United States prison at
| Fort Leavenworth.
UklAH, Cal. June 6.-The whole
town of Willetts. near Mendocino
was destroyed by fire last night
The flames originated from a stroke
OF lightning and spread rapidly
FEENVILLE. Mich. June 6.-Early
this morning the business block of
| this city was destroyed by fire, in.
volving loss of 100000
LONDON. June 6.-English cnrital-
lists are about to secure control CT the
Missouri zinc and lead fields known
as the Joplin-Galena district. Nego.
tiations have just been completed in
London whereby the Anglo American
Zinc and Lead company recently
organized Deleware corporation. dis
poses of its entire issue of first mort.
gage gold bonds, amounting to sS.-
100000. to a syndicate of English I'M
derwriters, who will float them on the
London market.
According to VIM. C. Wakefield o,
New York. who effected the SAFE on
behalf of George NJ Bellcau. Samuel
I. Kerr, Archibald McCullagh John
Winfield Scott. Edwin j. Houseton.
Clement j. Griscom and orhcr men,
representing the Anglo-American com
pany. the transaction remains ONLY to
be formally sealed when the bonds
arrive from New York next week.
ST. LOUIS. Mo, June "a mes
sage from Galena. <as.. says that Mrs.
Stallion and her two sons by a former
marriage confessed to the murder of
Alice Stallion. the pretty 16-year-old
daughter of the woman.
The confession states that the two
boys held Alice while the mother
crushed her skull withan iron poker.
Then they threw the body in the riv-
er
Alice was to marry prosperous
lllinoisan and the mother was fear
fully jealous of the daughter be
cause of her beauty and POPULARITY.
The lynchng of the Stations will
probably take place in the next "a
hours.
VICTOR, Colo. June 6-The Port
land mine resumed operations at Z
O'Clock this morning with full COM
plement of men.
President Burns made speech to
the men, saying that no discrimina-
tion would be made against union men
in fact, none but union men would
we oh tht plODtliN III
short time. The company would col
leot union dues for the Miners union
This is Il complete reversal of Mr.
Burns previous policy.
WINCHESTER Va. June G.-Great
crowds gathered here this morning to
witness the unveiling of the magnifl
cent monument erected to the memory
of the Tennessee confederate dead
The monument was paid lor by pop
ular subscription.
KNOXVILLE, o.. June 6.-Because
Mayor Reid fined him for disobeying
an ordinance, j. p. Carey became so
enraged that he went after a pistol TO
shott the mayor. Not finding him.
Carey put the pistol to his head ard
blew out his brains.
Carey was the most prominent bus
mess man of the town.
KANSAS CITY. Mo-. June 6.-While
Roland Butler, stenographer, told
the Jury the story of how Lulu Prince
Kennedy killed her bridegroom hus-
band and then kicked the dying man
in the face. pretty Mrs. Kennedy be-
trayed no emotion.
Mrs. Kennedy's lawyers announced
hereditary insanity as her defense.
The prosecutions witnesses attack
ed Mrs. Kennedy's character before
marriage, and afterward while she
was not living with her husband.
CHICAGO. June 6.-V. Garrison
made dollar bet with Frank Me
Bride yesterday that he tGarrisom
would be dead today of dropsy. This
morning Garrison was found dead
from natural causes.
WASHINGTON. June ct is re
ported at 10 o'clock that Mrs, Me
Kinley passed reasonably com.orta-
BILE night, and that she has not lost
ground. There will be a consultation
of physicians at II O'Clock
WASHINGTON: June 6.-The presi-
dent today appointed Isaac T. Stod-
dard of Stoddard. Ariz.. secretary OF
that territory, to succeed Ackers,
whose term expires tomorrow. The
president also appointed a number of
Iieutenantc in the regular army