Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-08-07

hotel and restaurant charges In New
York and at the summer resorts In
this vicinity. At frst class houses.
which until this year have charged IS
a day for ordinary rooms occupied by
transients. 81 is now the minimum
rate. and the rate by the week is 335
now instead of $50. The SO" and
"a" houses have followed the exam
pie of the more expensive places and
have increased their rates by so cents
and dollar a day The room charges
of European hotels remain unchanged.
but the prices on the bills OF fare have
gone up from last year at least rs per
cent all around
| During the last week nearly all the
eating places in New York, the quick
lunch counters as well as the expen-
sive restaurants have added S, 10 or
10 cents to every item, and in the
meat lists still more. Twenty-Five
cent lunches are now 80 cents at al
most all the cheap lunch counters.
There is no increase in the charges at
the clubs. but they are sure to be ad-
vanced. The proprietors explain that
this has become absolutely necessary
because OF the high prices of almost
all kinds of food supplies. Some of
| them insist that for days at time this
summer they have run their establish
ments at an actual loss. those days
when many of their regular custom
ers have gone Into the country. and
when the hot and humid weather has
spoiled things in the ice chest-and
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er.
DENVER. Aug. 4.-On his death
bed, William Thompson OF Villas. Colo
RADIO, has confessed that he killed his
own son. Benjamin ii. Thompson aged
| thirteen years, and Zeb Nicholson,
who is serving twenty years In the
penitentiary for numbering the boy. is
innocent. The case was brought to
the attention of Governor Orman this
morning. and at the same time a MAS
of documents was placed on file with
the board of pardons. These papers
contain the dying confession of
Thompson, the confession of two men
who perjured themselves to carry out
the plot and the admission that q con-
spiracy existed against Nicholson In
order to get him out OF the way for
fear that he would expose two muir
ders committed in Kansas by Thomp-
son. and others. The evidence of Mich
olson's Innocence appears to be incon-
trovertible and he will probably be
released from prison Immediately.
WASHINGTON, ID. O.. Aug. A.
The navy department today received
the following dispatch from Comman-
der McCrea OF the Machias. from
Cape Haytien:
After interviewing authorities the
aspect of AFFAIRS appears more salts
factory. The National forces are we'll
armed, and the rebels have been driv-
en- from the critical position. No
further serious disturbances"
The Machias proceeds to San Juan
for coal.
DENVER, Colo. Aug. 4.--The city
today Is filled with visitors. Pythians
on their way TO the biennial meeting
of the Knights Of Pythias In San Fran
cisco. Brigades from Pennsylvania,
New York and Illinois arrived last
night and this morning. Three hun
dred Pythians will leave tonight for
Colorado Springs and win spend To-
morrow In that vicinity. They are all
travelling In special trains.
FARMINGToN. N. NJ. Aug. Wv.
X Shaver, a carpenter. who fell from
the bridge at Cedar Hill Wednesday
evening. died Saturday night at s
O'Clock of the wounds received In the
fall The body was brought TO Farm
In. huI, ha 20
son Is thought to be somewhere among
the hills working. and funeral arrange
ments are postponed until word shall
be received from him. Mr.. Shaver
formerly lived In Durango. and was an
industrious and hard-working man.
Five years ago he went to Farming
ton where he continued his trade as .
: carpenter. He was insured In the
Woodman lodge OF Durango for 2.000.
SILVERTON. Colo, Aug. 4.--Louis
Wymans new red stone block will ba
thrown open this evening. when 4
dance and banquet win be rendered
+ the public. The Wyman building In
e the finest In Silverton, 50xlO0 feet. the
: upper portion being devoted to lodge
I room and Offices. The lower part will
Z be two stores, each 25xI00 feet
oURAY. Colo. Aug. Ain the bal
e game here yesterday Ouray beat Sill
yerton by n score OF Is TO IA. Eiler
u the noted Denver pitcher. pitched fol
Z the Silverton nine.
!, Napoleon Tradeau, an oId-timer Ia
y this section. died here yesterday o
miners consumption. He was born n
r. Montreal, Canada.
AZTEC. N. NJ. Aug. 4.--Tbe farmer,
e are very busy here putting up theil
It second crop OF hay very fair yield
o The weather is fearfuliy hot and dry
n the thermometer showing from 9S 4
j.. 100.
g PARIS. Aug 4.--Henri Deutsch. tn,
T. founder OF the airship prize which
Is Santos Dumont won. was seriousl!
y hurt today In an automobile accident
n DENVER. Colo. Aug. 4.-Ths Colo
=. RADIO Fuel & Iron company today oh
II jected to Judge Malone trying the cas-
L against them. which Is In form OF wri
y requiring the company to opens II
II books for public inspection. Upol