Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-11-27

| traitors Ci the crime. District cOuf'
convened this morning and Judge
Stevens has been petition ed for Q
Grand jury. but has not acted yet |,
is not plain what "A grand jury can nc
complish. So far no official reward
| has been offered by the commission
awaited In the matter. but the coun
ty will offer a liberal reward if the
company does the same.
WASHINGTON. d. c.. Nov 25.-
| rhe president today announced the
| appointment of District Attorney
Ashley Gould of the District OF Co
lumbia as associate Justice to the Dis
| trict Supreme court.
FORT LEAVENWOTH. Kans.. Nov
i2.-Of fourteen hundred soldiers in
he garrison here, one hundred and
twenty-five or nearly ten per cent
are In the guard house today. The
majority are charged with being ab-
sent without leave. officers say that
he anti-canteen law is the cause.
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Nov &c
Now that tomorrow will be Thanks
giving a large number of congress
men are arriving today, principally
from the far west and the capitol is
being Furnished up for the meeting
of congress next week.
II was announced at the White
House this morning that final proofs
Of the presidents message had been
read and approved and will be given
out to the public Monday or Tuesday
upon the reassembling of congress.
The message is quite elaborate, be
ing a little in excess of last years
document A large portion OF it is
being devoted to the trust question
and a criticism of the growing ten
dency to concentration of capital.
Against this idea the president puts
himself bluntly on record.
PERU. Ind. Nov 26-Burglars at
Akron o.. near here bound and gag,
ged DR., Petit in his Office above Patter-
sons bank and then blew the safo
below Armed citizens. who were
awakened by the explosion, drove the
robbers away with bullets. They got
nothing.
PARIS, Nov 26.-The funeral OF
Mrs, Ellen Gore was held today and
vas the occasion of a great demon
station by American notables present.
Services were held in the American
rhurch.
BRIDGETOWN. N j., Nov. 90
Williams, colored was hanged today
for the murder of John Holmes. q
farmer, and Catherine Shut, his do
nestle. whom he killed when they
caught him in a henroost.
WARRENSBURG, Mo. Nov. 26.-R.
B. Miller, accused of being accessory
to the bribery Of jurymen in behalf of
he Metropolitan Street railway, fail
I'd to appear today and his bond was
forfeited
DETROIT, Nov. 26-Burglars
cracked the private safe of the Bank
OF Burra and Lewsberry in Ware
last night. Postmaster Osborne. liv-
Ing near by. attempted to stop the
burglars and was shot in the head
The robbers escaped without their
booty in a stolen rig.
LINCOLN. Neb.. Nov. GA detec-
tive was sent to Oklahoma today to
investigate men arrested on suspicion
of being one of the Burlington train
robbers No steps towards extradltion
will be taken until the officer reports.
rhe police have received many fake
reports.
WASHINGTON, ID. c.. Nov. 20
rhe comptroller OF the currency today
issued a call for statements of the
condition of national banks at the
close of business Tuesday November
25th
OURAY. Colo. Nov. ga swell
wedding took place this morning at
light O'Clock, the contracting parties
being Mr.. Rube Fredstein and Miss
Lucia Croft The groom recently re
turned from the Klondike where he
made fortune. The bride is well
known as very estimable young
lady. having resided In this city
many years The wedding was
very pretty one and floral decorations
/ were very fine. The couple left here
on the forenoon train for Los Angeles
where they will reside.
sILVERTON. Colo. Nov. 26.-Tha'
Mr. GAGE means business in connec
lion with the formation of big com
pany 10 operate in the southwest sec
tion, II is only necessary to say thai
e. w. Hodges, well known in botf
Silverton and Durango, has been en-
gagged by Mr. Gage. representing
eastern people, to investigate thu
Utah iron fields. 1t is not given ou
when Mr.. Hodges will start. but pre-
sumably in short time.
DENVER, Colo. Nov '.-roda!
sem-oficial announcement was mad'
| that the reward for the apprehension
| of the murderer of General Manage
| Arthur Collins of the Smuggler
Union mines at Telluride would b.
increased at once to the enormous
| figure of fifty thousand dollars. .
| large meeting of mine owners AM
| managers was held last night, and /
is understood they win offer com
bined reward Of twenty thousan'
dollars. This is exclusive of tn
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