Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-10-02
TELEeRAPHic NEWS

NpHAiAANS vi OuIdN,. ltlnSuaIe,
ehuleta and Hinsdale. met here Satur.
day afternoon and was a spirited af-
fair from start to finish. In the first
place there were contesting delega-
tons from Ouray, Barney Du Praw
heading the regular delegation, which
was unit for his nomination. while
Representative kennedy headed the
contestiug aggregation. Notwith-
standing the Du Praw delegation was
seated Kennedy won out on the eighth
ballot, the first seven ballots being a
tie. The result leaves many ugly
wounds to heal.
oupAY, Colo, Sept. 29.-There is
great dissatisfaction in Ouray and
ouray county over the Democratic
senatorial nomination. Barney Du
Praw was the choice of the county
convention and nc delegates We're sent
TO Stlverton for him. but the other
counties forced Kennedy on the ticket
ard as result there will be a hair
pulling fight election day. There is
a large faction OF the Democratic par
ty opposed TO kennedy and his ma
jority elected delegates accordingly,
and to have Kennedy thrust on them
just the same does not set well.
OURAY, Colo, Sept 29.-The Re
publican senatorial convention for
for the counties of Ouray. Hinsdale.
San Juan and Archuleta, was held in
this place Saturday afternoon. All
the counties We're represented and the
work of the convention passed off
quickly and Harmoniously. Charles
H. Freeman, the well known Republ-
SILNERTON, Colo. Sept 29.-The
representative convention for this
county, which was formerly attached
to Hinsdale for representative pur-
poses, met here Saturday afternoon
and was decidedly lively Judge
Whitelaw was a candidate for re-elec-
tion, having served in the lower house
decided opposition to him, but he
claims to have been defeated by fraud
that his delegates were in control
but unseated by the regular organi-
cation on the ground that list of dele
gates were not properly posted at the
polling places as required by the
rules, At any rate the Whltelaw con
tingent walked out the convention
when the ruling was made and held
convention by themselves.
The regular convention, or the
crowd opposed to Whitelaw. united
on b. b. Russell as the nominee for
the lower house. The Whitelaw
crowd reuominated the judge. This
leaves two candidates for the position
and the two win take the contest be
fore the state central committee for
decision. and it is reported that both
will acquiesce in the decision of the
committee, at the same time there
will be considerable feeling over the
matter.
can of Archuleta county was nominal
ed for senator. Mr.. Freeman is the
present county clerk and is well
known throughout the district as
popular gentleman and his friends
feel confident of his election.
SILVERTON, Colo, Sept. 29.-The
Silvertcn and Ouray professionals
played a game 81 ball here yesterday
afternoon resulting in score nj
to in favor of the home team. Game
was called at the end of the 7th in
ming owing to rain, the afternoon be
ing very disagTeeable. preventing
large attendance. Hartzell pitched
for Silverton while Pendergraft and
Tee divided losing honors for Ouray.
The Ouray ball boys left for home
this morningq and will disband for the
season. while the Denver players left
for home also, some going by We of
Ouray and others via Durango. The
n
n Silverton this season.
OURAY, Colo, Sept. 29.-When ear
L. rsers peeped out this morning they
found the ground covered with.a white
mantle about two inches of snow hav-
ing fallen during the night The
weather cleared tlis morning and the
snow soon disappeared after the sun
came over the mountains.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Sept. 29.-R. n
Snyder, of Ka, sas City promoter of
of the Traction bill. indicted and
charged with buying the vote of Coun-
Gilman Uthoff, for $4,000. appeare
for trial today and pleaded for dis
missal of the case under the statute of
limitations. He claims that he has re-
sided continuously in Missouri since
the alleged offense. which would bar
prosecution. He also asked for dis
missal on other technical grounds.
CHICAGO. ILL.,, Sept 29.-The en-
eagcment of Miss Ruth Hanna, the
senator's daughter. to Joseph McCor-
mick. son of the ambassador to Rus
sia is confirmed here.
ST. LOUIS. Mo. Sept. 29-Dr. r.
S. Coburn. vice president of the Bo-
nanza Mining and Smelter company
sucided with pistol at his residence
ere his morning. Business troubles
were the cause. The mines are 10.
Gated in Marion county, Arkansas.
Coburn was worth 100000.
PARIS, Sept 29.-Emile Zoa, the
famous novelist, died at . o'clock this
morning of asphyXiation, the result
of an accident. Madame Zola is seri-
ously i'll. Emile Zola was born in
Paris in 1910. His first novel to at
tract attention was written while he
was employed in a publishing house,
and was called "Comtesse Aninon."
Zola was the most prolific writer
u@yonco aypr had