Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-07-21

this morning as he fred several shots
ut his wife, fatally wonuding her
Hoffman then drank cnrbolic acid. and
died in few minutes Hoffman was
angered at his wife because she
threatened his return TO jail. whence
he recently returned after serving
sentence. threatening to kill her.
TORONTO. July is.-Fred Lee
Rice OF Champaign. H.. who murdered
County Constable Boyd, June T. 1901
was hanged in the Jail yard here at
S.02 this morning. He went to the
gallows bravely
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal. July 49,
John c. Breckenridge, grandson of
Lloyd Tevls, and vice president of the
. Breckenridge bank, eioped yesterday
and welded Adelaide Murphy. daugh-
ter OF President Murphy of the First
National Tevis agreed to forgive.
! but the brides father is angry and
has disowned her.
| FARMlNGTON. n. NJ. July 1S.-
The first peaches OF the season are
as one could desire. Fruit growers
report large yield of early peaches
and shipments will be made at once
| to Durango and other mountain towns
AZTEC. N. NJ. July lS.-This sec
tion was visited by a nice rain last
evening revivng all kinds of vegeta-
| ton. heavy rain evidently fell be
tween this place and Durango, as the
river rose several inches during the
L u fuFl ltf nd l.
flooding portions of the streets.
Everything looks prosperous,
SEATTLE. Wash, July tS.-Tracy
has again disappeared 1t was sup
posed that he had been located near
Lake Sawyer, where two accomplices.
Fred simmons, an eX-convict from
San Francisco. and Fred Floyd. stool
pigeon. Floyd gave Sheriff Cudihee
the double cross. warning the outlaw
when he visited him Tuesday The
cabin was found to be deserted when
rushed by the posse Tracy has been
!yiug in the brush since Saturday.
nursing wounds inflicted in the back
by Deputy Bunch Saturday.
SEATTLE, Wash. July 19.-It is
considered certain that Harry Tracy
is hiding on the Natchez trail. False
information, 1t is believed has been
furnished Sheriff Cudihee to divert
suspicion from Tracy's real route. I'm
doubtedly Tracys confederates have
been impersonating him at opportune
moments. Cub Merrill, brother of the
murdered convict, has joined in the
pursuit for revenge.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. July 1S.-
lohn Mitchell has won a marvellous
endorsement from the United Mine
Workers this morning and even the
anthracite men came up smiling with
the statement that they did not want
a Scleral strike President Mitchells
plan they said, pointed out the right
course. The adoption OF President
Mitchells plan means that while
there will be no general sus-
pension. the anthracite strike will be
prosecuted to the bitter end Mitch
ellis plan of assessing the members
one dollar each would yield a quarter
OF a million dollars week An as
sessment of ten per cent of the earn
ings of the men, which possibly may
be substituted for the dollar plan,
would yield about s350.O0O week
Promises from other unions Indicate
that the total will be brought up to
half a million week That sum
maintained would enable the union to
keep up the strike all winter. Big
contributions will come from miners
unions besides assessments. The llli-
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one hundred thousand dollars. Two
million dollars a month is expected,
aud a fight to the finish is the pro
gram.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, July 1S.-It is
practically settled this afternoon that
there win be no strike and that a
really great national calamity will be
averted Delegates are all eager. anx-
/ iOus and ready TO give the Pennsyl-
yania miners all financial aid. sympa-
thy and moral support that can be
asked. but feel that "A general strike
would be productive of no good. The
radical element of the convention is
today in small minority.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, July 80
| tne report abIceu upon ny lne CoHl
mittee comprising three national Off
GERS and twenty-three district presi
dents OF the United Mine Workers
assures the adoption of President
Nitch's plan with one change. dou
bic system of collection has been de
cided upon At mines where tho
check system is used the men will pay
ten per cent of their earnings. Al
the other mines there will be fiaI
assessment of one dollar per mar
per week Each of these systems ap
ply to eight districts. In all othel
respects President Mitchell's victory
is complete Thus armed. the min
ers hope to be able to Withstand 1
siege all winter If necessary It IL
no secret however, that the fight will
be either lost or won long before tha
time Their authority from the op
orators side is that If the miner
maintain the present shutdown unit
October they will win.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, July 19.-Do
nations to the strikers fund are pouI
ing intoday Fifty thousand dollar
t has been contributed from Colorado
and the aggregate from other state