Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1903-10-08

otner TeiauVeS IN tniS country.
The Durango Undertaking company
sent three caskets to Lumberton this
morning. where The dead will be bur
led.
MoNTROSE. Colo. Oct. &C. II.
Patterson and r. p. Davie, Of the
Grand Junction sugar factory are In
town. This factory has just been
bought and they will pay S. per ton
for beets loaded at any receiving sta
ton on the Rio Grande railroad within
one hundred miles of the factory. the
sugar company paying freight. Mr.
Patterson, whose headquarters are al
the Belvedere hotel. will call on the
az early as possible and sign con-
tracts.
Col. Phil Peterson and G. H. Patter-
son returned from a trip to Uncom-
paghre and report that the farmers in
that locality are taking contracts for
quite a large acreage TO grow beets
next year.
After investigating the industry In
other parts of Colorado. and seeing
Will Dentits luc b"'N
derived from having sugar factories
located in their midst, we think the
farmers should grow all the sugar
beets that they have suitable ground
20 grow them on. Convince capital
that we will grow them and it will
not be very long until we have fac'
Lory
DENVER. Oct. "a statement was
made today that the real cause for
he recall of General Chase from Grip
pie Creek was due to the fact that
he objected to the excessive number
of officers being held on the pay roll
1T the camp. Both Chase and Gov
srnor Peabody maintain strict silence
concerning the matter. and 1t Will be
impossible to ascertain the facts I'M
I'll Chase calls for showdown.
PITTSBURG, Oct. 5.-Rain today
caused the postponement of the fourth
If series OF the worlds champion
ship baseball games between the Pitts
burg and Boston teames.
NEGAUNEE, Mich. Oct. 5.-Mea'
gre reports received here today indi
cate that the town OF Even was
struck by cyclone. Three persons. II
IS said, were killed, two seriously in
jured and several houses demolished.
The loss is 100000. Provisions and
medical aid have been sent from here
FLORENCE, Oct 1.-The Fremont
Carriage company of this city today
began work upon contract for forty
mine cars for use in the Ocean Wave
coal mine at Williamsburg. This com
pany has also received large order
from the c. X 4 N. company. operat-
ing at Mayne, south of Walsenburg, to
be used in the coal mines there.
The manufacturing OF mine cars In
Fremont county is a new industry.
rhe development work on the Ocean
Wave mine is nearing completion, and
by the middle OF the present month
will have a daily production OF oOU
IONS. In the last six weeks fully 49,
200 has been expended on the work.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 1.-THE
sultan has again requested the with
drawal of the American fleet from
Beirut. Mr.. Leischmann sent for
NAL reply TO the porte, saying that
America would be pleased TO withdraw
her warships when Turkey officially
recognized American schools within
Turkish domains.
MASSILLON, o.. Oct. 5.-Albert
Wetter, bank director, and president
Of the Massillon Steel company, com
mitted suicide by shooting today. The
reason is unknown.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 5.-The man
who later gave the name of Peter Ell
hot, Milwaukee machinist, attempt
ed to get into the White House this
morning at the north portico entrance.
He was stopped by Doorkeeper Ciscle
and being told he could not see the
President. became violent. Ciscle
tried to get him to go away and an en-
counter followed, in which the visitor
was badly handled. Elliott, armed
with a knife, cut Ciscle on the elbow.
The doorkeeper, however, succeeded
in overpowering him, and he was TAX
On to the Emergency hospital suffer-
ing from scalp wounds and also
wound in the hand. After the injuries
were dressed Elliott was removed to
the police station.
Besides a revolver and knife, a
search of his person revealed num-
Der OF bicycle tools. Early in the day
Elliott had called at the executive Of
flee to see the President, saying he
had been summoned. He refused to
give his name then and when ques-
toned said the President wanted to
see him for fun" and as he seemed
harmless he was allowed to go. About
an hour after, he called at the White
House proper when the encounter
with the doorkeeper followed.
Secret service men recognized him
as the same stranger that attempted
to enter the Presidents church during
the services Sunday and he was turn
ed away by the ushers. The Presi-
dent was in church at the time.
Elliott had been writing incoherent
letters 10 Roosevelt In one he en-
closed photograph, which Secretary
Loeb peremptorily showed TO the
Waterman, Ciscle, who recognized Ell
liot today and invited him to take
seat in the lobby. Elliott almost in
stantly drew knife. Assistant Ush-
er Stone assisted Ciscle in oyerpower-
Inc, him and oven when in the hands