Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-03-27
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LA JUNTA. Colo, March 26.-The
body of the negro. Wallace. who was
lynched last night by a mob of two
thousand people. was taken down this
morning and given to the coroner. Nc
inquest was held. The body had near.
ly fifty holes in 1t from bullet of the
mob. The jail where the crowd broke
In is almost completely demorslized.
He was taken from the jail to tele-
graph pole and strung up. He refused
to confess or beg for mercy.
The town was very quiet this morn
Ing and very little talk of the Incl
dent is heard.
CHEYENNE, Wyo.. March &c.
Charles Woodward, the murderer of
Sheriff Kicker. may be hanged to-
morrow after all. The wires are down
between here and Casper. The su-
preme court gave Woodward a new
trial. but as information to that effect
could only be sent to Casper by IL
traveller on snowshoes. horseback or
teams, as the snow blockade has
stopped travel by railways. The jail
er ct Casper is, therefore. unaware of
action of the court and the prisoner
may be hanged legally before his at
torney. who has started out for Cas-
per can reach the Jail with the re.
prieve.
CAPE TOWN. S. A, March 26.-Ce.
ell Rhodes died this afternoon. Since
morning this result has been hourly
expected. Heart disease was the pri-
mary cause. He was only forty-seven
years old. but one Of the greatest men
of the age. His hope was to create a
great African empire, and had he lived
this dream would probably been full.
filled. He has done more for the
| Dark Continent than any man since
the discovery Of Livingston. This en-
tire city is in mourning today. Bells
are tolling, flags at half-mast and
business is at standstill Express
sions of sorrow and OF regret are uni
versaL. Mr.. Rhodes became critically
| i'll two weeks ago, and his heart gave
him great trouble. He was kept alive
by oxygen. Daily cable consultations
with the most eminent specialists of
London were maintained. and their III
structions were carefully followed. but
| day by day the great man came nearer
the grave and 1t all ended at three
o'clock this afternoon. He leaves a
colossal fortune, but no successor
| competent to take up the work he
| inaugurated.
He was born In England. the son Of
a clergyman. On account of weak
| lungs he was sent to South Africa.
He was there when the first diamonds
were found, and Immediately took the
lead In the development work, even
tually combining all diamond com.
companies under the name of De
Beers. with himself as president He
then chartered the British South Afri-
can company. whose troops conquered
the Mashonas and Matabeles, the land
being formed into territory called
Rhodesia. He projected the Cape to
Cairo railway. which is now we'll un-
der way.
The Rhodes estate ia estimated at
from eighty to one hundred millions
He was a bachelor. The Boer Presi
dent Kruger habitually referred tc
Rhodes Murderer" At the outbreak
Of the war the Beers besieged Kimber
ley chiefly to capture Rhodes. or
whose head price of one hundred
thousand dollars had been placed
Rhodes energy prevented their sue
cess.
CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo, March &c
Fears are entertained here that the
Portland mine will shut down. the
owners claiming that smelter charges
are altogether too high. The super
intendent today announced the dis
missal of about two hundred men
and that he would keep on discharg
Ing until there were only sufflcien
number on hand to keep the mill go
ing. The Portland Ia just as rich Al
ever. but the stopping Of work is ow
ing to disagreement between the own
ers and smelters. John Hays Ham
mond has been here for two days ant
announced this morning that he ha
cabled to London that he has complet
ed the second examination of the In
dependence mine and found the or
reserves exhausted and the mine prat
tically exhausted, and that there 4
not much prospect Of further return
until a great amount OF additional dc
velopment work 10 done.
. NEW YORK, March 26.-The cour
of appeals, the highest tribunal In tn
state, has appraised the value Of
human life and human leg. 1t has dc
cided In the case of Leslie Morri
that the former was worth &75.00C
and in the case OF John Fullerton tina
the latter was worth $4,000.