Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-09-18

with all practicable speed plans de-
signed to meet the exigencies fore
Swallowed In the Anglo-Japanese alIi-
ance
NEW YORK. Sept 1.-THE police
today are trying to discover why Pri-
vate Detective Sharkey is being held
for killing Millionaire Fish, while the
two women held In the case were not
careful to conceal the fact that third
woman witnessed the encounter in
the cafe Just before Mr.. Fish's death.
She is Mrs. Margaret Pickle, sister
of Nellie Casey, one of the women ar
| rested. and n good friend OF Mrs
Philip. the other prisoner. 1t Is said
that the millionaire had been consid-
erably interested In the Pickle wom-
an. who is very pretty. q
The police located her In Boston to-
day. She admits witnessing the
whole affair and will return.
WASHINGTON. ID. c., Sept. H.
The interior department is exercised
over the reports of forest fires In Ore
gon, Washington, Wyoming and Colo
RADIO. The disaster is widespread
and the government has issued in
structfons to its supervisors to make
every effort and spend money freely
in order to successfully combat the
flames.
DES MONIES. Ia, Sept IT,
Speaker Henderson refuses to recon-
slider his decision to not stand for re-
election. The announcement was
contained in telegram to Lafe
Young and S. w. Rathbun and after
reiterating his decision. finally the
speaker says: Il cannot acquiesce in
administering free trade poison to
cure the trust evil. which l abhor."
Prominent Republicans say that the
same reason which brought about
Henderson's withdrawal makes re.
consideration impossible, namely,
realization that unless Henderson
pledged his constituents in his own
district to carry out the tariff reform
idea enunciated in the state platform,
he could not be elected over Gov
ernor Boies. Democrat. Unless Hen
derson pledged the high protective
interests in the east he would refrain
from advocating tariff reform, he
could not be reelected speaker. 1t
was case of the devil and the deep
sea. so Henderson stands on his pre-
viously declared principles and with
draws. State Senator Courtwright
or Charles Pickett past grand ex-
alted ruler of the Elks. is apt to get
the nomination that Speaker Hender-
son declines.
WASHINGTON, ID. c.. Sept. IT,
The Henderson withdrawal Is the ono
absorbing topic here today. 1t is gen.
orally Believed by those who know the
peppery statesman that he made the
while piqued but now
that he has acted 1t Is a foregone con-
clusion that he will stand by his re.
solve with the determination which
his decisions as speak
er.
Secretary Edwards of the Demo-
cratic congressional campaign commit
tee says: "Mr. Hendersons with
drawal is worth twenty-five votes to
us in the next congress. It shows
that the Republican leaders do not
care for issues presented"
Interest here centers in the new
speaker. Among Republicans likely
are: Cannon of Illinois.
Littlefeld of Maine Burton of Ohio.
Sherman of New York, Hepburn of
Iowa, Payne of New York. Dalzell of
Pennsylvania, and Grosvenor of
Ohio.
MEEKER, Colo, Sept 17-John
Goff the guide who accompanied
President Roosevelt on the lion hunt,
was accidentally shot over the right
eye by careless hunter The bull
let was extracted and the wound is
not dangerous.
LONDON. Sept. 17.-Weird stories
OF medieval love and revenge are
suggested by an occurrence at the
Earl's Court exhibition. In the Rue
de Paris, there is a side show, one
of the features OF which is repro
duotlon Of dungeon in. the Bastile.
In its gloomy recesses stands an old
torture wheel. with fixed knives,
against which the unfortunate wretch
on the wheel could be forced when the
instrument of torture was revolved.
To make the picture more realistic a
wax. dummy Of man is placed upon
the wheel.
Early in the morning one day last
week, one of the employees at the cx-
hibitlon heard groans coming from
the Bastile building. He found that
the lock of the gate had been forced
and that the gate was open. On en-
tering he found that u living man had
been substituted on the torture wheel
for the dummy, which was lying In
the corner.
With assistance he cut the cords
and lifted the man from the wheel
and carried him into an adjacent
building. 1t was then found that he
had been so tightly bound as to seri-
ously impede his circulation. 1t was
some time before he could be prop
erly restored. He had also been
knocked about and bore the
marks Of severe beating.
One Of the officials who had been
sent for questioned the man. He
sullenly acknowledged that he had
been placed upon the wheel by two
men, one Of them an Algerian. with
whom he had quarreled and who was
connected with stall at the exhibit
tiOn. The man himself had by this