Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-09-22

windward DIR. Diedrichs is also
aboard Peary did not reach the
north pole. but made discoveries on
the last dash.
! Lieutenant Peary was greeted by
newspaper men. and said: MY last
dash for the pole was the most sue
cessful expedition yet. was further
north than 81 deg. 81 min, my previ-
Gus record Lieutenant Peary was
in good health Mrs. Peary. who
went north in the Windward to greet
him. was III but is now recovering.
Diedrichs was picked up by the Wind
ward at Eetah, where he had been
living for years with the Eskimos.
WINTER PARK. Fla. Sept. 49,
The Seminole hotel at this place, one
Of the finest on the coast. was de
stroyed by fire. The bones of one
charred body were found in the ruins
Loss, $4,000.
CHICAGO, Ills, Sept 1S.-Money
TO move the crops is leaving the Chi
cago banks in great wads. Today
over two million dollars was shipped
o country banks of the north and
northwest to pay the expenses of har-
yesting and marketing the grain
crop. 1t is estimated that over
aighty-seven million dollars will have
o be supplied by Chicago banks in
five and ten dollar bills for farmers
Of the Mississippi valley before the
crops shall be put away this season.
CINCINNATI, o., Sept. 19.-The
Rnynl Rlna nNap ha 4,
wrecked last night at Leesburg, be-
tween Columbus and this city. two
being killed and many injured.
CHlLLlCOTHE, Orio Sept 19.-All
the' injured in the wreck of the Royal
Blue flyer at Leesburg have been
brought here, and number fifty per
sons. Engineer Roe and Fireman
Studebaker were the two killed. No
explanation was given of how the fly
er came to dash into the open switch.
Most of the passengers escaped
the windows and broken roof.
PITTSBURG, Pa, Sept. 19.-In a
head-end collision between freight
and passenger trains on the Pittsbure
& Western near Wittmer today, five
persons were killed and two seriously
injured.
Dead George Chugarty, brakeman,
riding on the engine; William Bene-
iict. engineer; Thomas Dugan, fire
man; Fay Demps. bolermaker, riding
On the engine; William Graham.
Badly injured: Engineer Cham
bers and Express Messenger Cross
man.
The collision occurred on a sharp
curve. The crash threw one of the
engines on top OF the other and de-
molshed baggage car.
DENNISON. Tex. Sept. 19.-One
man instantly killed, another dying
from injuries received, with several
passengers badly shaken up, is the
result of a collision on the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas road at an early
hour this morning. A passenger
train collided with a lgh engine,
wrecking the engines, baggage, ex-
press mail and smoking cars.
GETTYSBURG, Pa. Sept. 19.-The
magnificent equestrian statue to Gen
eral Henry Warren Slocum, erected
by the state of New York, was un.
yeiled today in the presence of
large assemblage, which included
the governors of New York, New
Jersey and Pennsylvania.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Sept I'D.
p. Erwin. the richest and most prom.
inent man in the city. and owner OF
the Dcnnison hotel, died this nom.
ing. aged S5 years.
IOI1ISVII 4 r. Sent 1q-Thic
morning the attorneys for the South
ern Athletic club applied to the court
of appeals for the dissolution of the
injunction granted to prevent the Nc
Govern-Corbett fight taking place IL
is generally believed that the disso-
luton will be granted and the contest,
will take place.
BATTLE CREEK, Mich, Sept. 10.
Prompted by jealousy, A. E. Whit
comb of Chicago shot William II.
Sampson and Mrs. Elizabeth Nettler
at SIMPSONS home. He then killed
himself, The woman will recover. 1t
appears that both men had been pay
ing addresses to the woman and ieal-
ousy aroused caused the double ira
gedy.
BERGAN. Norway. Sept. 19.-The
arctic steamer Fran arrived here to-
day, homeward bound. The steamer
left Chrstiana over four years ago
with the Sverdrup expedition. The
expedition has made a successful ex-
ploration of Greenland, and has ac-
complished much that is practicable
NEW YORK, Sept. 19.-The police
ioday are trying to unravel the mys-
terry surrounding the finding of the
lude body of young woman in ca
nal near Jersey City. The body has
been identified as that of Anna Po-
liter. the wife of a tailor A long
hitching strap was tied around the
neck of the woman, and heavy
weight fastened to the other end. Po-
liter was arrested this morning and
closely questioned. He said that his
wife left home Tuesday night to get
some bread for supper. That was the
last he ever saw of her alive. The
man seemed genuinely distressed. 1t
has been found today that the woman,
who is quite pretty, was seen to get
into a buggy with a man, which was
driven toward New York. The theory
of the police is that Mrs. Poltzer was
killed in New York, and the body