Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-07-16
NEARING THE CLOSE.

| ~ y ~ lHAlIIl t-uutdNpE COuN tukiOI
| is drawing TO a close. but this fact
did not in the least abate the enthusi
asm with which the delegates partici
pated in today's proceedings of the
greatest gathering of Christian young
people that the world has ever seen
Most of the delegates will devote the
rest of the week to sightseeing in
Denver and vicinity
Tomorrow will finish the breaking
up OF the crowd Some will return
home, more will take in the excur-
sions to the mountains, to Manitou
| Greeley and Colorado Springs, to the
| Yellowstone valley in Montana, to the
Grand canon OF the Colorado in Ari-
zona, to Salt Lake City, and to Mex.
| leo.
DENVER Colo. July 13.-Today is
the last day of the Christian Endeavor
convention. Sunrise services were
held this morning at many downtown
churches. This afternoon Joseph
| Folkes of St Jouis, spoke in Tent En-.
deavor, on How Shall We Purify Mu,
nicipal Politics.
| ST LOUIS, Mo, July 12.-Mrs. Den
mis- Cummings. found guilty of murder
in the second degree, was today sen
fenced to ten years She shot and
killed her husband. Mrs. Cummings
was also indicted for the alleged mur
der of her first husband, Edgar Har-
ris. who died from pistol wound
which she claimed was self-inficted
| The states theory is that she though,
| Cummings knew too much of Harris
death, but witnesses testified that
Cummings abused her terribly.
NEW YORK. July 13.-Various
| standard stocks established new
low record this morning on Change
Atchison dropped to G31a, the lowest
yet reached Pennsylvania sold a
1879, one-eighth lower than it was OF.
fcred shareholders in recent new
| stock issues. ST. Paul dropped to
1879. the lowest in years. Amalda-
mated copper broke the record for low
prices at 1879 Sugar lost two points.
PlTTSBURG, Kan. July 13.--It is
unOflicially stated that the Coal Oper-
ators' association, controlling the en-
tire output of Missouri. Kansas, Tex
as, al hdHSds, anu lUulull f.,
have decided TO raise the price of coal
fifty cents ton September first, hav-
ing agreed to grant the employees de.
mand Tor IL per cent wage increase.
Miners and employers of the south
west this afternoon met for the first
time in history in a joint convention.
b. T. Bush of St Louis was chosen
r. "a irman Tho N nf tho
wage scale and contracts is the sub
iect of discussion. The miners com
mittee consists as follows: For Kan
sas, George Richardson. Ralph Dea-
con. Harry Boussfield. G. w. Green
street; for Arkansas and Indian Ter
ritory. Peter Hanratty. Peter Stuart.
John Moss, Lewis Templeton for
Missouri, James Mooney. George Col.
vim, George Manuel, and William
Richardson
SEDALIA, Mo. July 13.-J. j. Frey,
former general manager of the Santa
Fe railroad system died today OF
aneurism OF the heart, after six weeks
illness.
MIR Frey was one of the best known
railroad men in the west. Starting in
as a messenger boy with the Ohio d
Mississippi railroad at 1G years of age.
Frey by his own efforts worked up to
the leading position in the railway
world. He held various Offices with
the Missouri, Kansas and Texac Pa
cific, at Sherman, Shreveport, and
Southern towns. and was president oi
the Denver g. Cripple Creek railroad
AT the time of his death he was en-
gagged in a project to build the Alaska
and Behring Straits railway, designed
TO connect American and trans-Siber-
ian railways. He was general mana.
ger of the Santa Fe during the great
A. r. U. strike, and his handling of
the road during that period called
forth a vast number of conCratulatory
messages. He was born at jefferson
vile, Ind. and was 5S years of age
He has four children who survive him
He was member of the Elks which
organization VIII probably conduct the
funeral Wednesday.
NETWORK, July ia riot re
quiring three precincts of police to
suppress, broke out in the negro quar-
lers late last night as a result of the
attempt to arrest one of the negroes
for disturbing the peace After a
sharp fight the negroes were dis
pcrsed.
NEWBURG. N. Y, July 13.-Joseph
w Cummins. secretary and cashier of
the Cornwall bank, who is in Jail on
the charge of larceny, confessed to-
day that he was short in his accounts
$50 900.
CHARLESTON, w Va, July ia
negro who brutally assaulted IA.
year-old girl, was caught late last
night by mob of two hundred, who
cut out his tongue and literally
skinned him alive, burning the man
gled corpse. Intense Indignation has
been aroused over the atrocity and
the governor proposes to have a thor
ough investigation and prosecution of
the leaders of the mob.
NEW YORK, July l3-Fifteen per
sons We're hurt by jumping from a
burning trolley car and falling into a
subway excavation. The car was
filled with about so persons, many OF
whom tried to jump when they dis
covered the fire. Only one man was