Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-11-23

"a All III pOSseSslOn Ol inIoT.
+ nation which leads me to be-
:, lieve that the entire state mil
:, tia will be soon called into ser
= vice OH account of the coal
- strike and that unless the in
y dustries of the state are to be
= ruined, 1t will be necessary for
: us TO be protected by United
= States troops"
= The governors action is TAX
- en- after receiving n lengthy
= report from Assistant Attorney
> General Melville who has spent
: some ume in Telluride investi-
= eating existing conditions
= there.
: CHICAGO. Nov. 19.-With
!, the talk OF extending the street
3 car strike TO all parts OF the
= city growing louder. renewed
= efforts were made this morning
= by Mayor Harrison and the al
i dermen mediation committee
= to bring the trouble to an end
= The prospects for peace. how
3 ever. remain gloomy.
i The union teamsters today
!, Joined hands with the strikers
:, by refusing to haul supplies to
i the barns, shops, offices and
!, power houses OF the company.
!. The Halstead street cars
: were started this morning un-
!, der guard of 500 police.
: KALkASI. Mich, Nov. l9-
!, BY the explosion of n quantity
= of dynamite in a store which
: was on fire at Sharon, a ham
Z let dozen miles south OF here,
i this morning. three persons
i were killed. and one fatally in
:, jured. The dead are;
= ROY DIMES.
:, AUG, WANGLAN.
!, WIN. SHARP.
!, PARIS. Nov. i9.-Returning
!, to her villa at Me1an today for
!, the first time since her hus-
!, bands death. Madam Zola
Z found all the furniture and or
!, naments removed No clue can
:, be obtained as to the burglars
!, identity.
: CHEYENNE, Wyo.. Nov. 10.
I. AT last the announcement is
! made that Tom Horn has con
!, fessed to the murder OF Willie
= Nickel 1t is stated positively
!. at the jail today that the muir
: derer's new confession was
!, made verbally to the clergy
!. man in charge of the Cheyenne
2 mission, Rev. Ira ID. Williams,
: The clergyman says that he
!, prayed with Horn for some
Z time and told him that there
= was a chance for him to so to
= the next world with a soul un-
= sullied by crime or sin. He
!, then formally contested that
!, he had shot down the hoy. Will
= lie Nickel, in cold blood.
. CHEYENNE. Wyo., Nov. 20,
= Tom Horn is dead. He was
. hanged by the neck as arrang-
!, ed between 10 and IL O'Clock.
Z There was nothing sensational
!, about the execution. The con
J, demned man walked firmly to
= the gallows. and was full OF
7, nerve to the very last. The
= condemned man was asked II
!, he had anything to say. and he
2 shook his head. then there was
- a moment Of tense waiting as
i, the plug was drawn from the
- vessel and the water ran slowly
Z, out. Then the trap was sprung
:, and Tom Horn was plunged In
6, to eternity. No one had hang
8 ed The man. BY the arrange
:, ment Of ting machinery he had
3 been simply compelled to com
I, nit suicide. There were a few
=, nervous witches and all was
8 over. In ten minutes the dang
!, ling body was pronounced dead
], by the doctors, but he was kept
I, hanging few minutes longer
!, to make sure, then the remains
!, were taken down and put in the
!, coffin and prepared for ship
Z, ment to Boulder, Colo, where
!, brother will bury them.
!. Outside the Jail the excite
Z, ment was intense but not at all
= violent. The town was hushed
i and quiet and there was not the
. slightest sign anywhere OF at
= tempted rescue. A strong ef-
&, fort was made to delay the ex.
:, ecution for a few days by
8, Horns friends.
Z, Gov. Chatterton was seen
9, about Z o'clock by a delegation
{, and listened to vivid and ear
!, nest argument for delay He
q heard the speakers out respect
!, fully and at the conclusion
Z, said: There is no use. gen
!, tlemen, this execution must
!, take place at the time set by
:, the law. will not interfere.
9, Ny decision Is absolute and fl
!, nal"
= Horns friends Erwin and Co
Z, Bile were at the Jail early today
Z, but admission TO Horns cell
:. was denied them. Horn wrote
{, a long letter TO Coble just be-
Z, fore the execution, disposing OF
!, all he owned in the world and