Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-10-16

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takes a large view of national affairs
and declares ponderously and earnest
ly that the great issue in the next
national campaign will be the tariff
and nothing else.
WASHINGTON, ID. c.. Oct IA
Minister Bowen cables the state de
partment that the executive depart.
ment of the Venezuelan government
has moved twenty miles from Cara.
cas-. the capital. to Guaccapuro Min
lister Bowen understands that a big
battle between the main rebel forces
and the government is imminent.
| ASHTABULA. O., Oct. 1.-THE
steamer Lockwood foundered In a gale
last night and twelve men are miss
| ing.
CHICAGO. ILL.,. Oct. 14-"Grandma"
Ellen Stewart, thought to have been
the oldest person in Chicago, if not in
| the United States, is dead at the home
for Aged and Infirm Colored People.
610 Garfield boulevard. of which she
has been an inmate since its founding
In 1898. AS near as can be reckon
ed Grandma" was 1870 years old. This
computation is based upon the histor-
cal incidents she was able to recall
She had lived in Chicago for nearly
forty years. and until eight years ago
had been able to support herself.
Grandma" was born in slavery on
the plantation of her master near
Culpepper Court house, Va, Feb. II.
1772. it is thought. Here she lived
until she was more than fifty years
old. During this time she was three
times welded. She married her first
husband. whose name was Smith
when she was 16 or II. He was sold
from her and sent to New Orleans
She then married a man from Wash
ington, and after his death became the
wife of man named Stewart, whose
name she has since borne. He has
been dead for many years.
Although most of her life was spent
in servitude, Grandma" was fortu-
nate in having always kind master
She was never whipped and never
sold Upon the death of her old mas
ter. in about 1S47, Grandma" and
her three sons, Isaiah. Washington and
Aaron and Charles Smith, as part Of
the estate, became the property of one
of her old masters daughters, who
had married Kentuckian named
Burr. Grandma and her children
were taken to Paris. Ky, to live, two
of her sons went to war, and after
the emancipation proclamation the
Burrs brought them to Chicago, where
they have since resided
Mrs. Stewart 5ised to say she could
hardly remember the war of the rev.
olution. She claimed to have a clear
recollection of the war of 1912, and
said that one of her sons supposed
to have been Charles. was the body
servant of an American officer in that
war. The late William Baker, one of
the best known of the old-colored pol
iticians of Chicago, who died a few
years ago. often declared Mr.. Stewart
used to associate with his grandmoth-
er in Kentucky when he was a boy.
and that, as he remembered her, She
was an old woman then. Certain it is
in the minds of those who knew her
best and who had traced her history
that she was not far from the age ac-
credited her.
NEW YORK, Oct. LEX Secretary
of the Treasury Fairchild was struck
by car this morning and badly in
jured.
CHEYENNE, Wyo. Oct 14.-The
testimony today in the Horn murder
case is being given rapidly. Fred
die Nickel, the brother of Horns al
legged victim. was the first witness.
He testified that he found 30-30
cartridge near where his brother was
killed
Victor Miller, another lad, testified
that he saw Horn near the place of
the murder, the night of the crime.
Miss Eva Miller testified to Horns
visiting her house and talking bitterly
against the Nickells. He came, she
said, ito see his sweetheart, her cous-
in" This cousin is the one who kept
Horn informed of every move directly
after the murder.
The testimony of the man who
claims that Horn confessed commit
| this afternoon.
ALAMOSA, Colo, Oct. 14.-Early
this morning George Wright, who
keeps gambling house at this place,
was shot and killed by masked rob
| bers, who entered the place and with
pointed revolvers commanded Wright
and James Robinson, his partner, to
hold up their hands. They obeyed
and the robbers gathered in all the
money from the roulette and other
tables and started off. Wright made a
move and the bandits shot him dead
| WASHINGTON, ID. c.. Oct IA
The thirty days extension asked by
the defense has been granted by the
supreme court today in the case OF
the State of Washington versus North
ern Securities company.
| INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 14.-The
state statistician has compiled tables
showing the relation between mar
riage and divorce in Indiana for the
year ending June 80 last and finds thai
for every seven marriage licenses is
sued there is but one divorce, or tha
13 per cent of the marriages are fol
lowed by legal separations.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Oct. IA
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