Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-07-16

| utAtl W lhht lut unhappy
womans life and it afforded him q
ready-made grave in which to bury
his victim. Miss Holland was seen
alive for the last time on May -
1899. Not only was she not seen
again, but no trace of her was disecov
| cred until four years afterward. when
the remains of woman were found
in the Moat Farm ditch 1t is one OF
| the remarkable features of the case
that during all these years Dougal
had been able to act as her double
in forging her signature 10 checks and
| carrying on correspondence with hef
| bankers and brokers' To the few In.
| quiries made Dougall explained thai
Miss Holland had gone to the Conti
nent. Later he brought his real wifi
| to the Moat Farm. Introducing her ut
| first as his widowed daughter. Di
vorce proceedings against Dougata
real wife. interrupted after decree
had been granted, by an afliation ur,
der obtained by n village girl against
| him, directed the attention OF the po
| lice to the continued absence of Miss
| Holland
Dougal was first arrested on a
| charge of forging Miss Holland's
name Meanwhile the police wera NJ
work endeayoring to solve the mys.
terry ot her disappearance and in their
| perseverance in their search "A chain
of circumstantial evidence, which
could not be broken BY the best ef-
| forts of the defense and which con
nected Dougal with the authorship OF
| the crime as securely as anything
| short OF the direct evidence OF eye.
| witnesses to the tragedy could have
| effected
| SILVERTON, Colo, July 14.--Whne
Carl Washburn, wife and little child
We're returning from a fishing excur.
sion this morning. the team became
unmanageable. throwing the occu.
pants from the rig and breaking three
| ribs for Mr. Washburn. and iniurlng
| the wife and child quite badly. The
accident occurred while they were 20.
ing through Stony Pass. The unfor-
tunates were brought to Silverton.
where their wounds were dressed and
they are resting easily at this writing
UNION, Mo, July 14.-Joseph
Smith is under arrest charged with
killing his hall-brother, John Rhodes.
with a shotgun. Mrs. Eliza Rhodes.
| mother of the men. lying in the next
room bed-ridden with cancer. sat up
at the sound of the shot and then
dropped back dead.
PARIS, July l4.-The French ma
tional holiday in commemoration OF
the fall of the Bastle is being en-.
Enthusiastically celebrated. The wealth
| er is magnificent. The troops of Paris
were reviewed by Rresdent Loubet
While the review was In progress
Santos Dumont circled in his airship
overhead and moved 1t about at will
Winnipeg, Man, July H.-P. NJ Ar
thur, with three hundred members OF
the National Brotherhood of Locomo-
tive engineers, is here for the the
convention which opens this evening
Arthur is out with statement oppos-
ing sympathetic strikes.
LOUISVILLE. Ky, July 14.-The
Employers Underwriters or Recipro-
cal exchange is being put ON a perma-
nent footing here by W. G. None's
4 Co. Its object Is to insure mem
bers against loss by labor strikes.
DENVER, Colo, July 1.-THE leg
islature meets in extra session next
Monday. Efforts to have reorganiza-
ton of the house has failed, and to-
day il was formally announced from
all sides that Speaker Sanford would
remain in the chair and the old EN-.
ployes will take their places. An eff
fort has been made to have the eight
hour law Incorporated in The legisla-
tive call, but Governor Peabody is OF
the impression that the appropriation
bill alone should be considered.
SAN QUENTIN Calf, July IA
Frederick Fisher was hanged here
this morning for the murder OF his
wife. whom he first choked into in
sensibility saturating her clothing
with gasoline and burning her
GEORGETOWN, Colo, July H.
The wife and family of William Jen-
nings Bryan LETT here this morning
for Grand Lake, Middle Park. where
they will spend the summer. Mr.
Bryan will arrive next week
PORTSMOUTH,. Eng. July lin.
structions were received this morning
by Captain Hemphill of the llagship
kearsarge, from the navy department,
to clean the warships propelers, fill
the bunkers with the best coal OBJ
| tanable and make a speed trial TO
| Frenchman's Bay. This is the first
time an American battleship has been
| subjected to such severe test and
Captain flemphill hopes to show that
{, the American navy has the fastest
| warships aiioat.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, July 1.-THE Kel-
| iogg Switchboard company today ap-
| piled for an injunction forbidding
| President Curran of the Freight Hand.
lers union; Albert Young, of the
| Teamsters' union. Hugh Mckee OF the
truck drivers, and all members OF
these unions from interfering with
the business of the Chicago Terminal
| company. which is threatened with a
strike for handling Kellogg freight.
| NEW YORK, July 1i-"Gracious
me- said Sir Thomas Upton on Man
haitian Beach last night, when Ger.
trude Quinlin. star of the Sultan oi
| Gntn nd