Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-06-29

Former President Cleveland and hi,
family left yesterday for Gray Gable,
at Buzzards Bay. where they vii
spend the summer.
OYSTER BAY, Long Island. Jun.
2G.-The citizens OF Oyster Bay hay.
completed arrangements to give The
president an enthusiastic homecom
ing tomorrow. When the presiden,
reaches Long Island City he will he
met by commitsee, which will escort
him until he reaches Sycamore Hin
The school children of Oyster Bay are
to form two lines. and the President
will ride through while the children
wave American flags and sing patri.
/ otic songs. Audrey avenue, the main
street, is being deliberately decorated
| for the occasion Here il has been
arranged TO have the president unvei,
a civil war gun, which has been pre-
sented to the town by the govern.
| ment.
| OYSTER BAY, June 2G.-It is fear
ed there viii be a collision between
Two rival committees OF citizens here
on the return of President Roosey eIt
| to Oyster Bay. Both parties had
agreed to celebrate jointly. but this
has been broken, and now both claim
they will meet the president with
| bands. and discordant reception is
probable.
| NEW YORK, June 25.-A snug sum
was realized for the city treasury TO.
day at the auction sale of surplus ami
mails of the Central Park menagerie.
| The animals disposed of included a
| lioness. years old, that was born in
| the menagerie: another lioness. >
years old; a bull buffalo, two zebus.
or sacred cattle of India. and seven
| Dorset ewes. and twelve Dorset ram
lambs. The flock of Park sheep yield
i4O pounds of fleece at the spring
| shearing, and this was also auctioned
of
PORTLAND, Ore, June 26.-All
engineers and firemen on the Oregon
Railway & Navigation company's
roads have just been granted volun-
tary increase of five per cent in wages
NEW ORLEANS, La, June 26.-
| Mrs. Mary Patterson was arrested
| this morning at New Iberia, charged
| with numbering a little ten-year-old
| stepdaughter. She gave her a terri
| BILE beating and then tied her in a corn
sack and hung her to a tree. building
a fire beneath her and burned the live
body to crisp.
ST. LOUIS, Mo. June 26.-Judge
| Thomas Marcum of Muskogee. spent
| the night in the waiting room in the
| Union station, without money, bag
| gage or ticket. His brother was j. b.
| Marcum. the lawyer assassinated by
| Kentucky feudists. He had been to
Jackson. Ky, assisting in the prose
| cution of Tom White and Curtis Jett
Judge Marcum left Jackson without
notice. fearing violence from friends
of the accused. He has friends here.
whom he sought today
| SEATTLE, Wash, June 26-United
States Senator Dillingham; of Alaba-
ma, and Senator Burnham of New
| hampshire, arrived in the city last
night, and Will be joined by Senators
| Patterson of Colorado, and Nelson OF
| Minnesota. The four form the sub
| committee of the committee on terri
| tories appointed to make an investiga-
| tion of the legislative needs of Alaska
| The party will spend two months in
| the north.
| ST. JOSEPH, Mich, June 26.-Hun-
| dreds of tramps are now quartered
| within the borders of Berrien county
and are terrorizing the residents OF
several small neighboring villages
AT Rridgeman there have been several
riots as a result of drunken out
| breaks. James Marshall was attacked
last night while on the streets there
and an attempt was made to rob him
but was foiled by citizens. AT the
village of Riverside Saturday night
there was IA riot in which twenty-five
ramps pursued John Hattenfelt. He
was badly injured and robbed. The
| tramp question has become on of par
amount Importance in Berrien county
and Sheriff Collins is about to take
strenuous measures to rid rural dis
tricts of tramps.
CINCINNATI. o., June 25.-Firt
this morning destroyed the plant o
the Cincinnati Abattoir company
Loss, $500 900. The plant covered tel
acres of ground.
Jesslin & Smiths fertilizing plan
adjoining also burned, with loss o
S25,000.
COLUMBUS, o., June 2G.-The an
nual session of the supreme counci
of the United Commercial Travellers
began here today. Supreme Counsel
or Edward T. Mallory of Chicago pre-
sided. The order, established tifteeI
years ago, has 10000 members. Th'
reports to be submitted to the pres
ent convention show the affairs TO b'
in a tlourishing condition, both mum
erically and financially. Nearly ont
hundred delegates are present, rep
resenting many states and several o
the provinces of Canada.
WILMINGTON, Della, June &c
William Creamer. the negro who wa
shot in riot last night, died today
William Sims, charged with killini
him, is held without bail Three pc
licemeu who We're injured are not bad
ly hurt The governor returned hom'
today. leaving matters in better con
dition but will call ont the militia !