Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-05-19

vas captured Monday, plead guilty to
he indictments against him yester-
| day afternoon and was sentenced to
one and a half years in the peniten-
larry.
OURAY, Colo. May ia. b.
| Campbell, who was arrested Tuesday
for assault with intent to commit
rape. found guilty by jury yesterday.
fudge Stevens Sentenced him to not
less than two and not more than five
years in the penitentiary at Canon
| City.
ANTONITO. Colo, May 15.-The
Gun club here made some fine scores
his morning in practice shoot, 100
class balls as follows:
| 'eoyce '''.''-''.''' ''''''.''..'.'. 30
Carroll .................. 80
This team is now ready to challenge
any team southern Colorado.
POINT PLEASANT. Va. May Is
| rhe American hotel and an adjoining
building was destroyed by fire this
morning. Eliza Hambrick. John Slack
and John Toilet were killed.
| PHILADELPHIA. Pa, May 15.-
Record was sold today for two million
eight hundred and sixty-four thousand
dollars to IA lawyer. who is said to rep
resent syndicate headed by Frank
| Nunsey.
| TOPEKA. Kans., May 15.-James
Dumprope was convicted of murder
in the third degree today He slew
| George Crowley, travelling compan-
on in wagon with piece of wood,
| throwing the weighted corpse into
| he creek He claimed the deed was
lone in self-defense.
CHICAGO. Ills, May 15.-Esther
| Dowie. aged twenty-five. daughter of
| Alexander Dowie, overseer of the
Christian Catholic church. died this
morning from burn received while
curling her hair Wednesday. Her
scalp had been denuded of hair, and
| her face and shoulders were frightful-
| ly burned, but under the rules of
| Dowie's Zion church she could not
have medical attention. She died in
intense agony, her aged father kneel-
ing at her bedside. All Zion offered
prayers for her in vain.
FORT DE FRANCE, May 10
rhree ships bearing provisions ar
lived this morning and distribution
lmong the survivors has begun.
There are very few injured, all being
lead on one side of Martinique island
with the exception of n negro murder
r. who was in dungeon under the
| rity walls Not n human being was
aved in St Pierre. every man, wom-
IN and child in the city being lost.
| They had noted the danger for two
| lays. when suddenly Mount Pelee
| topped. Then on the seventh the
people gathered in the churches to
| 1--WE thanks when suddenly the vol
'auoes burst forth. and the lava pour
ed down the sides. the deadly ashes
lmpregnated with fatal gases swept
over the doomed city and within half
IN hour thirty-three thousand corpses
took the place of a living. breathing
community. Nothing escaped.
Into this tremendous morgue, hun
| dreds of men and all the soldiery
available have been working since
Monday burying, and burning the
lead which was of course a hercul
can task.
Negro robbers flocked into the town
and began robbing, but. the soldiers
shot every vandal in sight and order
is gradually being resumed today.
Mount Pelee is again in eruption
the lava this time sweeping away
from St. Pierre. as If in search OF
more victims.
LONDON, May l5.-The Tele
graphs San Lucia correspondent ca
bles that he has just returned from
st. Pierre and that the fires have
ceased burning. Mount Pelee is still
throwing out ashes to the northward
The correspondent makes the mos'
'emarkable statement that the fire
which overwhelmed St Pierre came
from the side of the mountain which
opened and then closed. leaving deeI
crevasses.
Owing to the difficulty of working IL
St. Pierre and with view of pre-
venting pestllence, the suggestion is
made that the government establish
n forbidden zone around the city. anC
that the deadline be guarded by sol
diers from the warships. The plar
would be to scatter quick lime owe
the city, leaving the chemicals to dc
the work. which is too difficult fo
humans.
French marines from the cruise
Suchet said that they made an euor
to ascend Mount Pelee, but they wer'
driven back by heat and trembling
of the ground, They say Mount Pele'
is no longer the highest peak In th'
island,
PARIS. May 16.-An official cable
gram from the governor of Martin
ique says that all the city archive
at St Pierre were lost In the destruc
ton of the city. and expresses thank
for aid already given.
The governor says that Mount re
lee is still smoking. and that he wit
a party leaves today for St Pierre t
determine the exact situation.