Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-04-03

bound hand and foot. and caused gal
Ions Of ice water to be poured on his
face a drop at time.
ST. LOUIS. March 31.-SIx prison
ers by means of forged key escaped
! from the workhouse this morning. All
were confined on the ground floor,
charged with minor offenses. A
boat provided by confederates carried
them across the Mississippi river.
NEW YORK, March S1.-Charles
Lynde. Long Island millionaire, who
recently lost a big law suit, announces
his determination of becoming citi-
zen OF England. ANY English petit
fogger knows more than your supreme
court justices" he said.
| ST PETERSBURG, March Sit
is announced today that Count Tolstoi
Is In a dying condition. He is very
feeble and his system is breaking up,
and thought he can live but a few
hours
NEW YORK. March 3i--Lawyer
who was convicted of the murder of
Millionaire Rice. was married To
Mrs. Francis In Jail yesterday 1t was
their intention to be married outside
the day that atrick was acquitted. but
as the verdict was against them this
plan could not be carried ont
PUEBLO. Colo, March Silt Is re-
ported here today that Gould, who
controls the Denver g. Rio Grande and
Missouri Pacific railways. has ordered
the railway shops at Burnham. near
| Denver, to be removed TO this city
next month
LAS VEGAS, n NJ. March 81
Mr.. Walker, the husband OF the WON
an who killed DR. Judd here last
week. claiming that he assaulted her.
arrived this afternoon The wom-
ans hearing will take place TODAY
when the bond of s5 900 win be va
Gated DR.. Judd was sixty-eigbt years
old. and not fifty as reported His
widow, very old lady is utterly
broken down over the affection.
I LINCOLN. Neb. April l.-Nebras-
ka municipalities. excepting Omaha
are today electing officers The IL
quor license question is the chief is-
sue In most towns. In this city the
no-license candidates are very conf
ffA'hts " iiithHi - III Nhh iphpN Nol'h
at Normal a suburb, and democratic
district
TOPEKA. Kan, April Kansas
towns of the first and second class
are today holding elections for alder
men. school board members and mi
nor officials. Here Republicans are
favoring prohibition, the Democrats
wet principles In Leavenworth
municipal ownership is the great is
sue.
SOUTHAMPTON. April THE
steamer Alma colided with the bark
Cambrian Princess today. The Alma
was badly battered and foundered in
four minutes. Eleven persons were
drowned
TOMAH. Wis, April Senator
Hanna has written letter to C. w.
Croty of this city stating that he is in
no sense candidate for the presi-
dency in 1904 and requesting his
friends to discourage any movement
to that end
Mr.. Croty wrote to the senator
some days ago and yesterday received
the following autograph reply:
81 have just received your letter of
the 10Th inst. and wish to assure you
OF my thorough appreciation of the
high compliment paid me in your sug-
gestion in reference to the nomination
for 1904 | am grateful for such
friendship and confidence, but will say
In reply that ! am in no sense a can
didate and trust my friends will dis
courage any movement looking to-
ward that end"
CHICAGO. April Farmers who
have cattle for sale are among the
most fortunate men in the entire in
dustrial system of the country. Not
for twenty years have they received
as high n price for beef as they are
getting today. and packers and meat
dealers generally are agreed that the
producers have the market so well in
hand that they will probably get even
higher prices during the coming
months, not only for beef, but also
for pork and mutton.
The wage-earners of the country,
all busily employed and with plenty
of money to spend for the best quail
ity of food, are furnishing the de
Nh''h bhoh'o UP PAAN'os Du'
there are number OF incidental fea-
lures of the situation which help out.
Among these is the short corn crop
of last year. which has resulted in
making all food animals light in
weight, because the feeders desire to
economic their corn as much as pos
sible
In addition the farmers are holding
back all breeding stock In order to
enable them to reap still richer profits
in the coming years. From this re
suits the peculiar fact that inferior
cattle. such as cows and heifers rang
ing all the way from "hatracks" to
reasonably plump animals. have main
tanned prices as firm relatively as the
good stock,
The farmers ability to hold his
live stock OFF the market was never
as great before as now, and he is
using 1t to the limit, keeping the ami
mails until they cease to be growers
or producers and become feeders on
high-priced corn.