Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-04-20

Sir Thomas Upton. owner of the
| challenger, was aboard, and also Mr.
Ratsey, the sailmaker. Several sail
ors working on the mast went over
board with it,
When the accident happened. both
boats were speeding along at good
pace. the challenger having half
mile lead over the old boat The acci-
dent was similar to that which over
took Shamrock II. when King Edward
was aboard two years ago.
GLASGOW, April 17.-Shamrock
| Ill has no duplicate spars Sir
Thomas Lipton will-be obliged to ask
for a postponement OF the racing dates
for the Americas cup. A new set of
spars will have to be obtained from
America.
DENVER, Colo, April 17.-"Chero-
kee BILL" the noted bad man of the
southeast, and United States prison
er. escaped from the county hospital
at O'Clock this morning, leaving the
| federal marshal left to guard him
peacefully asleep on his bed Two
huge Colt revolyers smuggled TO
| cherokee Bill' Smith before his es-
cape are with him. Smith. who was
captured near New Mexico after a
hard struggle by federal officers, was
lodged in the Jail here awaiting trial.
| However. suffering from a loathsome
| lisease, ne was put in room at tn /.
county hospital and t%o marshalJ
were guarding MIN day an night. He
| walked out without moIestation thu
guards thinking him a doctor. Cher.
okce Bill Is IS years old six feet tall,
is 'ealY a bad man and is regarded as
the limit. His crimes are many, :nur-
der. robbery and hold-ups being his
principal ofenses, and is Il dead shot.
| The government offers a reward for
mis- capture.
NEW YORK, April 17.-Mrs. Rob
ert Fitzsimmons. wife of the famous
pugilist. died at her home at Benson
hurst this morning, with typhoid pneu-
monia, after an Hines Of two days,
She was formerly Miss Rose Julian,
a sister of Martin Julian, and was
clever acrobat before her marriage.
| Fitzsimmons was with his wife when
she passed away. and the big fighter
| is inconsolable
CHICAGO Ill, April Irrational
| President Young today ordered the
striking teamsters back to work.
They had gone out in sympathy with
the striking gas workers Trouble
between the associated tanning inter
ests and its thirty thousand teamsters
has been averted by this order.
WASHINGTON. d. C.. April H.
Senators BeyeridEe of Indiana, Dill
lingham of Vermont Nelson of Mime
sofa and Patterson of Colorado. are to
visit Alaska this summer for the pur-
pose of making a thorough inyesuga-
ton of conditions in that territory.
| KANSAS CITY, Mo, Aprill7,-John
G. alias Bud Taylor, was hanged
here at Sis this morning. He kept
his nerve. Taylor assassnated Ruth
Nollard. a pretty girl. by shooting her
from behind curtains of a room which
he had entered for the purpose. She
died on the street in her sisters arms,
The fact that he was married and had
a child caused her to reject his atten-
tions. which led him to commit the
murder.
ST. LOUIS, Mo, April 17-Shan
May was hanged at 9:i5 this morn
ing for the murder of Robert Martin
in dispute following Mays effort to
collect money for whiskey from Mar
tin at dance.
On the scaffold May said he had
not intended to kill Martin. and ought
not to hang. He was praying when
the drop fell.
ST. LOUIS. Mo. April 17-Lieuten-
ant Governor Lee is not known to be
in St Louis. 1t is believed he has
gone to Chicago. No indictments
have been returned yet but four have
been decided upon. Three are direct
ed against state senator's. and the
fourth is probably also a state sena-
tor. Circuit Attorney Folke is worried
because Senator Farris, who is sched-
uled to arrive here today from Jeffer-
son City, has not appeared. Folke
may cause Lieutenant Governor Lees
arrest
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. April IT,
United States Senator Stone spent an
hour this morning with the grand jury
which is investigating the Doodle cas-
es. Another witness was the cashier
of bank in Steelville, Senator Far
ris' home
ST. LOUIS. Mo; April l7.-Lieuten-
ant Thomas + Howard. L. S. A, com
mitted suicide at Jefferson barracks
hospital today with a razor. He had
been in poor health for years almost
helpless from paralysis of the legs for
a number OF weeks. His mother Mrs
J, II. Howard. lives at Borne, Texas
WATERLOO, la, April 17.-LOuis
Boies. son of Ex-Governor Boies and
head OF leading law firm. died here
today of typhoid fever. He was aged
40 years
WASHINGTON. ID. C.. April IL
The hero OF Mafeking, South Africa
Major Baden-Powel OF the English
army is here studying the tactics and
methods OF American cavalry. He is
being received here with much cordial.
ity To-day he is the guest of General
Miles and will dine with Secretary
Root tonight
SAN FRANCISCO, Calf. April IT,
The bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Fair have been decapitated, and their