Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-10-30

ace anu HeCh quitS pouiy "nu "'S
him down. Mr.. Riddle continued
is work until late in the evening
,hen he had his wounds dressed.
Nothing more was seen OF the tramps.
It cost Durango people, or the few
Who put up the money. $500 to hear
3ryan. Silverton spent over $500
or railroad fare alone for the same
privilege.
Harry Meredith. teamster for Gra-
LENS grocery department, Is absent
rom his duties today on account Oh
illness. James Sleeth is taking his
place.
There is not much excitement in the
,ity this morning. Occasionally one
.uns across a small group who are
discussing the meeting and what Bry-
IN had to say.
In the Larsh-Neglected case yes
terday Judge Russell overruled the
demurrer to the second amended an
,wer and gave ten days to answer
or twenty to plead.
The Strater was crowded to It's Ut
most capacity last night. people being
.urned away when all cots and avaiia-
BILE space had been filed. The other
hotels were in like condition on ac-
count of the crowds that poured in
from the neighboring towns to hear
the celebrated speaker
The Herald acknowledges pleas
ant call from Gordon Grimes. the well
known and prosperous ranchman OF
Archuleta county. Mr.. Grimes came
over to hear Bryan. He says every
thing is looking very good in his sec
ton aud that the town Of Pagosa is
growing fast.
The members OF the Epworth
League Of the M. E. church will give
a hard times" social at the home OF
Mrs. o. c. Hills on Tenth street mex,
Thursday evening. All young peo
pie of the town are cordially invited
to be present and all are expected tc
be dressed in hard times" clothes.
No clue as to the origin of the fire
last evening. The talk that it was
started by some Republicans to breal
up the meeting has no foundation
and is not believed by any intelligent
person. and hobo would be the only
one to think so. Both Chief Galbreatf
and Mr.. Williams believe that com
bustion was the cause.
A Mexican sheep herder was sho
at and wounded Sunday morning
about eight miles from Pagoss
Springs. The man was reported kill
ed, but our informant says this is {
mistake. 1t is supposed to be fgh
between cattlemen and sheep owners
The sheep belonged to Joe Martinez
Several head of sheep were killed.
There was good sized delegation
over from Pasosa Springs to take IL
the Bryan meeting. among the mum
ber being d. L. Egger and wife, H. r
Bowling and wife, c. II. Loucks
James O'Neill. ]. w. Melrose, NJ. o
Brown. Volney Sparks. ]. w. Whitney
u. s. Black and Mr.. Jones. Most O
the party returned this morning.
Prof. Libbey. instructor in philoso
ply at the State university, spent yes
terday in Durango, visiting thu
schools, addressing the High schoo
on the subject of education for hal
an hour Prof. Libbey is well reat
man and thoroughly interested in hi
work. He spoke very highly Of tn,
Durango schools and their manage
aid
This morning as A W. Shibler an,
another carpenter were making som
repairs on Ferg Graham's warehous
across the track, they discovered evi
dences of counterfeiting. finding som
very good limitations Of nickels an,
quarters. A pot of metal was ais
found, but the die was missing. TIL
counterfeiters were located in a smal
space between the ceiling and roof
reached by small opening. No clu
as to the parties or how long ago tn
work was under headway.
o
l.. Kruschke, one of the reception
committee who went to Mancos yee
terday to meet Bryan. reports tina
section looking very good. The tow
was alive with people from the coun
try. and during the evening vas
throng greeted Mr.. Bryan as the spe
cial pulled in. Mr.. Kruschke say
he had no idea there were so man.
people in that part of the county, bu
they evidently came by the hundred
from the Montezuma valley. MI
Kruschke says the enthusiasm wa
great.
Word comes from Lumberton that J
NJ. Archuleta was badly injured yes
terday by Mexican named Pablo
Martino, who stabbed him severa
times with an ugly looking knife.
is said the trouble arose over the sal
of sheep, Martino claiming Archuleti
endeavored to beat him out of $500,
by producing receipt which had beel
partially forged. Martino was car