Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-01-27
Upton was brought to jail

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here.
TAYLoRsvILLE, Ky, Jan. "a
In fight near Walkers store, near
here. today. Thomas Jewell shot and
killed Nathan Bruner and his son
John. and slightly wounded David
Bruner, another son. Jewell says
the Burners. with man named Ed
Price attacked him, and that he was
forced to shoot in selfdefense. The
men are all farmers and neighbors.
and the fight grew out of a dispute
over passway through a farm.
| PLATTSBURG. Mo-. Jan. 23.-The
sensational developments promised
In the trial Of Mrs. Addie Richardson,
charged with the murder of her hus-
band, failed to be made today. The
first witness was John Richardson.
the 15-year-old son of the defendant.
He was expected to give important
| testimony. but his evidence was of no
moment whatever. The chances of
convicting Mrs. Richardson are de-
cidedly slim.
FAlRBURY, ILL.,, Jan. 23.-G. S.
Dexter, 6S years old. pioneer farm
er. died today after lingering i'll
ness. He had not taken a drink of
water Tor over 40 years, until at this
sickness. when he partook of water
with his medicine.
VIENNA. Jan. 23.-The report sent
out yesterday that wedding party
of % persons had been eaten up by
wolves near Usicasa is discredited
here this morning. The report orig
inally appeared In an obscure Aus
trfan newspaper. and 1t has not been
verified.
COPENHAGEN. Jan. 23.-Authori-
ty to sign the treaty ceding the West
Indies to the United States was ca
bled the Danish minister at washing
ton today.
HARTFORD CITY, Ind, Jan. 23.-
The solemn obsequies over the re-
mains of Mrs. Edward Osenbaugh
were transformed into scene of
wild disorder today at the United
Bretheren church near Humbolt.
While Rev. j. NJ. Hobbs was de-
1Vering the sermon flames all at
once burst through the floor beneath
the casket and the church was almost
Immediately filed with suffocating
smoke.
In the excitement of the panic
stricken mourners and friends of the
deceased they escaped through the
windows and the corpse was momen-
tarily forgotten, but was finally res.
cued from the flames without dam
age being done to the casket in which
1t reposed. The male worshipers at
once formed bucket brigade and the
names were extinguished before the
church, frame structure, was totally
destroyed. The funeral cortege af.
ter the fire had been put out proceed
ed to the cemetery. where the SER
mon was concluded at the grave.
The fire was caused by an overhead
ed stove in the basement of the build
ing.
OMAHA, Jan. GA riot occurred
at Fifteenth and Farnam streets this
morning between union and non.un-
ion vendors of newspapers. In which
6O newsboys were engaged. The
fight was being desperately waged
and many of the small combatants
showed cuts and bruises when the
fS''O' ""bOh aiiiNtu. All WHO COulu
not escape were taken to the sta.
ton.
The fray was brought on by a
| placard on which a newsDoy had
| daubed In shoe-blacking request
that certain papers be boycotted.
The unions displeasure was directed
toward st. Louis and a Chicago pa
per. which had raised the newsboys'
price from 81 to 4 cents COPY.
The small standard-bearer excited the
ire OF F. g. Smith. 23 years old, cap
tain of the non-union clan, and the
row started.
| "Mogy' Bernstein, known as the
king OF the newsboys," appeared Just
as his unionist followers were being
overcome by their opponents with
the bulky Smith at their head. mo.
gy' soon turned the tide of battle
and each union lad was sitting
astride of his foe when the police ar
rived. No settlement has been made
and the fight will be renewed next
Sunday.
CHEYENNE, Wyo.. Jan. 23.-The
preliminary examination Of Tom
Horn. charged with the murder OF
Willie Nichols. was begun today be
fore crowded court room and amidst
intense excitement. Horn looks to
be In the best of spirits. He is sur
rounded by numerous friends. The
morning session Of the court was un
eventful, but the afternoon promis
es to be full of sensational develop
ments. Four witnesses will be pu
on the stand who will testify that they
heard Horn confess to the killing o
the Nichols boy. and also saying thai
John Coble had paid him $500 to dc
the killing
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 23.-This mornin,
the millionaire treasurer of the Ora
ham Paper Co.. A. Dean Cooper. die,
in the cooling room of the Viste
Turkish bath house, on the corner Il
Grant and Franklin avenues.
Death was the result of foul play