Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-01-12

Havemeyer Will retire as president O.
the Sugar Trust next Wednesday, ant
that the trust will be formally turned
over to Standard Oil interests.
PARIS. Jan. 9.-Lady Yu, the Amer
lean wife of the Chinese ambassador
to France. left Paris today to sail for
China, accompanied by her youngest
daughter. The latter is engaged to
marry Sir Liang Chen, the new
| Chinese minister to the United States.
and 1t is understood that the return
to China is for the purpose of COM
pleting the necessary arrangements
for the wedding. No date has yet
been announced for the marriage but
1t is understood that 1t Will take place
early in the spring.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Jan. 9.-The
Western Missouri court of appeals to-
day decided that mule is a treacher-
GUS and vicious animal and that SO
well Known is this fact. thas II a
WORKMAN is injurod because of ~ ose
thraits of liiposition in the mule. the
emplofer cannot plead ignorance of
the mules nature as defense
This decision was made In the case
of Pete Borden against the Faulke
Construction company. Borden work
ed for the company. He went be-
meath heavy machine on wheels to
hook chain. A span of mules was
hitched to the machine, and while
Borden was beneath it the driver
of the mules was ordered by the sup
erintendent to go beneath the ma
chine to help Borden. Thereupon the
mules started and one of the wheels
ran over Borden's foot and crushed
It, He sued the Faulke company and
obtained judgment that was affimed
by the court of appeals. which says:
THE mule is a domestic animal
whose treacherous and vicious nature
is so generally known that even courts
may take notice of 1t. The company
cannot be heard to claim that 1t did
not know of the treacherous and un-
reliable qualities of this animal 1t
seems to us that the defendant was
guilty of gross negligence in ordering
the teamster to assist Borden. Any
man of ordinary prudence under such
circumstances, would not only placed
himself in front of the mules, but he
would with his hands have firmly
grappled and held the bride bits of
each of them
CHICAGO, ILL.,, Jan. 9.-There Is In
creased intense suffering following the
unsuccessful effort to relieve the dis
tress that has followed the drop in
temperature. While loaded cars of
coal are scattered along the railroad
tra1kG fnr t11ilqc Inn nil ira n a
lay governs its movement to market.
Mayor Harrlson's appeal to the pub
lie for coal for the poor has been an
swered in but one small way. Thous-
ands of people with pals, baskets and
sacks surround the Salvation Army
and charity bureaus clamoring for
fuel. Wreckers today found three hum
dred tons of anthracite coal in the
river bed, where it had sunk during q
recent fire. The fuel was raised and
sold on the river bank for ten dollars
CHICAGO, ILL.,, Jan. 9.-The severe
cold weather is causing terrible suffer
ing, owing to the absence of coal. The
Salvation Army has secured or or. sdnitl
load of coal from the Great Western
Coal &c Coke company and are dis
tributing it among the extreme poor.
in FIVE cent lots. at the rate OF forty
pounds for a nickel.
SIDNEY, Neb. Jan. 9.-Unless
something is done tomorrow morning
to furnish coal to the people of this
place. the state militia will have to
be ordered out to protect the coal now
on hand in the yards of the Union Pa
ai r. of lan1 1arg hor
an ounce on hand, and IL severe cold
weather comes the condition will be-
come critical. There are several cars
in the yards, and the people are deter
mined to have it at all hazards.
FIT. COLLINS, Colo, Jan. 9.-In a
rough house fight last night at the
Larimer County club here, three men
were shot. one fatally.
AMSTERDAM, Jan. 9.-The Euro
pean figure skating championships
opened here today under the auspices
of the International Skating Union.
The contestants include several score
of the best fancy skaters of England.
Switzerland, France, Austria, Holland,
Denmark and Sweden.
| JACKSON, Mich, Jan. 9.-What
promises to be one OF the best pug
ilistic contests ever pulled off here
abouts Is slated for the arena OF the
local athletic club tonight. The prin-
cipals are to be Jack McClelland, the
Pittsburg featherwelght, and Jack
Hamilton Of Troy. This will be the
fifth time these two have met In the
ring. McClelland having won two COM
missions and earned two draws.
CHARLESTON. s. c.. Jan. 9.-In a
fiye-column editorial James Ford, edi,
tor of the Yorkville Yeoman, an
nounces that rather than live with hia
wife he must adopt one of three
courses, suicide, whiskey or divorce
He says his respect for religion com
pels him to drop the suicide idea. end
respect for himself bars drink, hence
he will have to resort TO diyorcc. As
the laws of South Carolina don't pro
-'ide Tor this he will have to suspeh,
publication while acquiring the neces
sary residence elsewhere. Mrs. Ford,
character he pronotnces above ques
tion.
RICHMOND. Va. Jan. 9.-Ernes
Davis. colored. was hanged at Man
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