Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-10-27


being Mrs. Sarah Ghost Face. an II
dian woman The motive OF the Grim
was the desire OF the murderer to pos
sess himself OF the woman's 17-ycaI
old daughter. OF whom he was enam
ored Mrs Ghost Face and he
daughter. Emily. lived alone at an iso
lated spot on Little White River. o,
the northern border OF the reserva
ton. the husband and father havin,
died some time ago. Walking Shiel,
called at the house at 3 o'clock in tn,
morning and awoke the inmates b,
/ tapping on the window. The mother
arose and asked the unknown wha
was wanted. The reply of Watkins
Shield was that he was hungry anC
wanted to pass the remainder of tn,
night under their roof. The woman
true to the customary Indian hospital
ity. dressed herself. unlocked the door
and started to walk away when Walk
ing Shield entered the room, Without
giving the occupants OF the little
cabin the slightest warning he shot
the mother twice n the back of the
head with a double barrelled shotgun
which he carried, scattering her brains
about the room. He then assaulted
the terrified girl and when he left
the place he compelled the girl to nc.
company him After several hours
she succeeded in making her escape.
Walking Shield was captured after an
exciting chase, in which deputy mar
shals and other white officers and In.
dian policemen participated.
SANTO DOMINGO. Oct. 2s.-The
revolution ON the island has been
brought to an end by the recapture of
Monte Christie from the revolutionists.
General Navarro. the rebel who took
the town. has been made prisoner.
Both sides lost heavily.
DANIELSON, Conn. Oct. 23.-Con.
gresham Charles Al Russell died this
morning.
MARION, Ky, Oct 23.-Thc eigh-
teen-year.old daughter of Horace Will
hanson while returning home from
church last night with Charles Brown
was shot dead by an assassin. A
young man with whom Brown had
quarrelled is suspected.
SAuLT ST. MARIE. Oct. ga
four days celebration of the compile
tion of the greatest water power plant
in the world began today. The canal
has been building four years. Three
hundred turbines generate sixty thous-
and horse power.
LINCOLN. Neb. Oct. 23.-Charles
Flax, who is held suspected of being
one of the Burlington robbers, turns
out to be a professional confessor He
has confessed to numerous crimes in
various western cities, ard the police
say he usually confesses while drunk.
His own talk caused his arrest In this
case. His confessions are never sub.
tantiated
LONDON, Oct. 23.-General Man
ming, who was sent to the relief of
Colonel Swayne In Somaliland, cables
today that Colonel Swayne reached
Bohottle, the objective point of his
retreat in safety. He says the detach-
ment from Arabia will assume the ag
gressive against the Mad Mullah to-
morrow, and requests an order for re
Inducements be not cancelled 1t was
Colonel Swaynes force which was
thought to have been wiped out by
the fanatics.
TAMAQUA. Pa, Oct 23.-The
High Coal and Navigation company
this morning refused to allow its en-
ployes to enter the Panther Creek
collieries The explanation at the of
fee OF this company shows that
President Mitchell nor any other out
slider can blow whistle on their col
lieries. and that the men will go to
work when the company says 1t is
ready.
WASHINGTON, ID. C.. Oct. %
President Roosevelt has accepted the
invitation to be present at the annual
banquet Of the Chamber of Commerce
of New York on December II. He
will make an address.
WASHINGTON, ID. c.. Oct. 23.-
Senior Don Emilio de Ojeda. the new
Spanish minister, arrived at the tenn
porary White House this morning. by
appointment. The usual speeches
were exchanged. Secretary Hay in
troduced the minister
WILKEBARRE. Pa, Oct 23-One
hundred and fifteen thousand miners
went back to work today at the col
lieries, which have been idle since
May r. Not all got jobs, some of the
mines not being safe for work.
The operators plan to work day and
night to oyertake the demand.
At Scranton two hundred and fifty
strikers marched to the Oxford col
liery and found they were locked out.
Manager Crawford said some time
ago: we are ready. and the men
are not, when the men are ready,
there will be no work for them"
At Shamokin, gas which gathered
during the strike, exploded In the
Alaska shaft, probably fatally injuring
two of the thousand strikers. A res
cue party has started to work on the
suspicion that FIVE others are impris-
oned In the mine
CHICAGO. ILL.,. Oct. 23.-President
Morton of the International Associa-
tion of Stationary Firemen and Engi-
neers. says he will order all members
not to handle anthracite coal until
every member of the organization
locked out in the anthracite region IL
reinstated. Gas plants and manufac-
turers in eastern cities are apt to be
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