Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-06-19

f pDItS SUBSTANTIAL RTOWln nOtlceaDl,
in these towns and the Farmingtor
country. The ranchmen are bus,
with their first cut of alfalfa On one
place near Pennington he counted
/ fourteen men in one hay field at work
/ Durango beer is becoming popular ir
our New Mexico neighboring towns
w T Kirkpatrick returned Satur
day afternoon from a ten weeks jour
ney to the principal cities Of China
and Japan. Mr.. Kirkpatrick acknowl
edges having very enjoyable trip
and says those countries are making
great progress. but he was glad to
sight America on his return. He met
tourists from all over the world and
many who had visited the United
States and pronounced it the greatest
country on the face of the globe. He
saws there is no nation like ours and
no people so great Mr. Kirkpatrick
returns the picture of health. The
trip was of great benefit to him and
one that he will always cherish with
pleasant memories.
Senior Vice Commander s. NJ. Biggs
returned Saturday evening from at
tending the G. A. r. encampment held
at Rocky Ford Mr.. Biggs was elect
al DELEGATE to the National encamp-
ment. which meets In Washington
this fall Mrs. Biggs accompanied her
husband and as a delegate to the La
lies Relief corps meeting, which was
held at the same place. After the en-
"ampment adjourned Mr. and Mrs
Riggs went to Colorado Springs to
Pccompanv their daughter. Miss Ber-
tha, home from her school. which
closed Friday. Rocky Ford enter
tained the G. A. R people in good
form through the week
The Narros Tribune gives the loss
ae hv FIRE there last week as follows.
uoer & Snvder. $4,000. insurance
- COO Bopp 81 900. insurance. so. 800;
Krights Of Pvthias 81 500 insurance
1000: Odd Fellows s9a3 insurance
sinn: Rathhone Sisters. $3.50. insur-
a""o s2nO: Rebnkas s3GO, insurance
s175' Encampment $500. insurance
s1FO: Maeons $500. no insurance.
Hnorre n Woods. Everett Willis and
GaorGe Soluen had household goods
7tored in basement: no insurance, loss
5000.
The Woodmen of the World loss
was about s150: insurance $3.50 The
loss to the Bauer Mercantile com
NON" Hallford. Wagner. Davis &
Woods Maver. Serrier and T. T.
Kelly will amount to perhaps $4,000.
Mrs. John Feenev committed sui
eide YESTERDAY afternoon by chloro-
FORM ill-health being the cause of the
leed, She was found dead in bed
between s and Q o'clock last night.
md Coroner Hood was summoned.
She had then been dead about five or
siv hours. Her adopted daughter
Louise a girl about years old, told
the facts Of the case in verv straight
forward manner. The child was in
the house and her sister was with
her when Mrs. Feenev said she was
going to lie down and wanted to
sleep. and they must not wake her.
Some hours afterwards. the girls
went in and found her dead. and gave
the alarm at once. The facts of the
case make the suicide too evident to
require an inquest Mr.. Feeney. the
husband, is in Denver at present with
his race horses. He has been in
formed by telegram of his wife's
death. and as soon as word is received
from him. arrangements will be made
FOR the funeral. The deceased was a
woman about forty years of age, and
a member in good standing of the
Lady Maccabees and also of the De-
is felt over the occurrence. which was
caused without doubt by the severe
mental strain and weakness that often
follows prolonged i'll health.
Mr.. Hood is in receipt of telegram
this afternoon from Mr. Feeney ask
ing for particulars of Mrs. Feeney's
death, and saying he will return at
once Arrangements will be made
for the funeral upon his arrival.
About nine O'Clock Sunday morning
the body of a man supposed to be that
of James O'Brien of Ell Paso. Texas,
was found near Lightner Creek. and
Coroner Hood notified. The man had
been killed by being struck on the
forehead Just above the nose with an
iron coupling pin, and his skull mash
ed in. He had evidently been struck
two or three times. The murder was
committed between the railroad track
and the coke oven belonging to the
smelter. about 80 or 40 feet from
Lightner Creek, in clump of trees on
a fiat. There We're nine men present
at the time. besides O'Brien, and they
had all been drinking beer, which it
is said, O'Brien paid for Two or
three beer kegs were found at the
place. The man probably died at once
from the blows and had been dead
three or four hours when the body
was discovered OF the nine men sus-
pected, five were caught in Durango,
and put in jail. Two others were
taken last night by Marshal Wiickline
at the first water tank above Needle
ton. ten or twelve miles this side of
Silverton, where they had stopped for
the night. Tie marshal brought
them down on the o'clock special
excursion train from Silverton, None