Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1903-09-07

pne can tell what win he the outcome.
| 4 IS said by some that the men have
soted not 20 quit WORK and that lf an
order Is received 1t win not be oheyed
~ all, But this Is only hearsay. No
me knows what action viii be taken
but all are hoping for the best.
sil.FERToN, Sept AT the High
and Mary mine In Cunningham g,lch
lbout midnight last night Charles
Cram was kidnapped by three masked
men and taken TO Stony guleh where
he men left him after admon.sh;ng
him to leave the country aud reyer
return Mr.. Cram failed 10 heed their
lemand, however, aud after visiting
iilvcrron this morning returned to the
inine where he Is engineer. The men
lried to make 1t appear that MIR. Cram
was mixed up IN the smelter strike
et Durango some years ago and he
was called 'scab" As Mr.. Cram
Is a union minor he does not attribute
no work OF the mon to labor troubles
oul thinks that that reason was given
% an excuse, No clue Is given out as
o the identity Of the men.
TELLURIDE Sept THE saloons
'losod promptly at IL o'clock last
night. not single exception and all
gree to obey the order from this
ut to the letter No gambling what
Yer Is going on
The inquest over the remains OF
am Houston ia taking place this aft
rnoon The man arrested yesterday
3 sim being hold.
DENVER Sept 4,-The special
rand jury now in session made It's
eport this morning, indlcting former
Nuditor Crouter aud W. C. Munseli,
iis CHIEF clerk, who Is accused OF en-
ie2zling 5000, and tho Inter
Indicted for making no effort to col
oct that amount There are nineteen
cunts In the Indictment.
HIGHLANDS, Sept i.--Proudly ny.
ng three great American flags the VIC
orious Reliance, escorted by the Sun
1eom and Moonheom and towed by the
inlding Star, proceeded to Erie basin
his morning followed by the sham
pck and the yacht Erin and the tug
'ryiscr, but no gay coors nuttored
rom the Shamrock Tho beautiful
Ione. Every ship within sight salut-
ID her prettily. The Shamrocks crew
re preparing today to sail for Eng
and tomorrow,
CHICAGO. Sept. i-The body of
incob d. Smith, mangled and hrolten,
lying at the morgue this morning
lis death was pathetic He was pres
dent of the Cooks union and went
nut I'm strike. when the hotel and
'estnnrant employees were called out
suffering from remorse for having
cone on strike against the employer
or whom he worked twenty-five years,
smith threw himself from the fourth,
tory window of his home, struck the
iidewalk aud was Instantly killed.
TOPEKA, Sept Sarah aud
'lndys Hogan. daughters OF farmer
loutheast Of here. were burned 70
leath last night. Sarah. the oldest
laughter, aged fifteen, while building
he fire, held n young baby sister In
ler arms when the kerosene can.
which she was using to build the fire,
Exploded, burning both so badly that
'hev died in n few minutes.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Sept. f.
rhe quarterly report of the auditing
committee under the Mine Workers
II America shows that only 1000 men
lut Of 2S,000 are on strike 1t says
he sitpation IL most gratifying. The
organization now has 1899 900 In tho
treasury
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Sept. lin at
tempting to escape from tho peniten-
larry several convicts blew up one
end OF the prison last night with dyna-
mite saved from thu mines. The
guards headed them OFF with IA val
ey fatally wounding John Brown and
John Brewer while two others wero
badly injured
FORT LlSAVENWORTH Kan, Sept
Army officers We're surprised at
the puniber of volunteers among the
prlvates who wished to go to the
Philippines under the call Just issued
IN one company 20 out Of SO men re-
iponded. while the percentage is about
The same in other regiments contain
ing many new recruits.
WASHINGTON, Sept. a.-secretary
Hitchcock VIII probably take official
notice OF the press dispatches show
ing official records of South Meal
ester. l. r., giving the names of office
| holders who hold stock in the terri
Tory and companies. Under the law
these corporations file their charters
| with the clerk of the territory.
Those whose names appear inter
ested IN one company or another are
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