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Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1903-08-31

Bulgaria has bought 15O00,0O0 cart
ridges, and it isn't likely that she in
tends to use them merely for making
a noise, either.
Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1903-08-31

Sir Thomas Upton shows how well
it pays to take defeat cheerfully. As
it is, nearly everybody would be pleas
ed if through some unlocked for com
bination OF circumstances he should
succeed in winning the cup. Learn a
lesson from Sir Thomas. Don't whine,
don't grumble, don't get sour, is good
advice from the Record Herald.
Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1903-08-31

No true sport will feel bad should
the Shamrock win tomorrow's race.
Sir Thomas is such good loser, how
ever, that the lesson is good one.
Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1903-08-31

Christopher Wisgarver was brought
Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1903-08-31

From Thursdays Daily!
]. l.. Mcneil left on the morning
train for Denver. where he will put in
some weeks loklng after business
affairs.
Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1903-08-31

Mr.. and Mrs. Stafford departed for
the their Louisiana home this morn.
ing after spending a couple Of days nt
the Graham home.
Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1903-08-31

DR.. Paul Sackett left for his home at
Parsons, Kan, after spending the
past month tho guest of his relatives.
Alr and Mrs. o. + Boyle.
Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1903-08-31

Mr.. and Mrs. Percy Rider. Percy Jr,
and Miss Jane, were passengers from
Rico last evening. Mr.. Rider viii re-
turn to Rico in day or two. while the
remainder Of the family will make Du-
range headquarters.
Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1903-08-31

Miss Bessie Haggerty left on the
morning train for visit with her
married sister in Arizona. probably
taking in lower California before re
turning. She viii be absent month
or six weeks.
Mower County transcript., 1903-03-11
RIVER OUT OF ITS BANKS.
Michigan Cities Suffer Damage From,
Aioh Water.

Grand Rapids, Mich, March 9.-
Grand river is out of it's banks and at
night was within a foot of the high
mark record. Late at night the tenn
porary superstructure OF the new steel
bridge of the street railway company
at North Park was carried away. In
the afternoon three sections of the
North Park wagon bridge gave way
and were carried down in the rush
ing torrent.
Lowlands in the south part of the
city are under water and a number of
houses are isolated. Easements of
business houses along the river are
flooded by water backing up in the
sewers.
Reports from points up the river
are of Hooded lands and Easements
and partly submerged houses. A num-
ber of dams have been carried out,
including the Wagar dam, which fur
nished the power tor electric lighting
at 1onia. Dynamite has been resorted
70 in some instances to break up dan
gerous ice gorges.
Mower County transcript., 1903-03-11
Monday, March g..

+.
The Island Of Dominica, b. Wills
experiencing series Of disquieting
seismic disturbances. -
Governor Mcbride has signed the
bill making gambling q felony in the
state Of Washington. .s.s1:#'S1.ss, ~ s11
Mrs. Sarah Adelia Boutwell,, wife of
Former Governor George s. BOUTWELL,
of Massachusetts is dead. .57 ;,ss
Y ~. Bourke Cochran, who is iii At
.Assouan, Egypt, with bronchial pnen.
monia, is progressing favorably. 5s.a
Chattanooga (Tenn.) was visited ~
q rain Sunday that bordered on1 =
.cloudburst. Traffic on suburban linos
was suspended. s,
Colonel Freeman Thorpe has heen
commissioned to paint the portrait e
Speaker Henderson. to be hung in tia 5ne
lobby Of the house Of representatives.
According to q dispatch from Frei.
burg. Baden, Professor Hermann HI.
ward Won Vclst, head professor Of hia.
tory ct the University Of Chicago. .',i Il
dying. ss
Mower County transcript., 1903-03-11
Order for Hearing Petition for De-
termination of Descent OF Land
and Notice of Application.
STATE OF MINNESOTA,
County of Mower-ss.
In prohata G0nrt-

STATE OF MINNESOTA,
County of Mower-ss.
In Probate Court. y.
Special term, March g. 1908.
In the matter of the estate of George Emlen
deceased.
On reading and filing the petition Of Mary
Rausch and Anton Rausch of Mower county.
Minnesota, representing. among other things
that George Emlen who resided last prior to
his death at Westchester, in tie county of Ches-
Ter, state OF pennsylvania, on or about the 18th
day of August, 1868, died testate, seized of an
estate OF Inheritance in certain lands in the
county OF Mower, state of Minnesota, which
sald lands are described in said petition, and
that more than hye years have elapsed, since
that & g administration I'm y has not been granted OF
ard praying that the descent of said lands de-
scribed in said petition be by this court deter
mined, and said lands assigned to such persons
as are entitled thereto by law:
Now, therefore, it is hereby ordered that said
petition be heard at q term of this court to be-
held at the probate office, in the court house,
in the city of Austin, in said county of Mower,
Apri! A. D., 1903 at 10 o'clock, a. m.
1t is further ordered, that notice thereof be
given to the heirs of said deceased, and to all
persons Interested, by publishing this order
once in each week for three successive weeks
prior to said day of hearing, in the MOWER
COUNTY TRANSCRIPT weekly newspaper print
ed and published at the City of Austin in said
county.
Dated @ at Austin, Minnesota, this ard day of
b? the ;. cSp5si e. 5ssiREENMAN,
tsEALQ Judge of Probate.
(Pubhshed March II, Is and 25.)
Mower County transcript., 1903-03-11
HENDERSON, 1s HANGED. !


r9
Duluth. Mir March e. Charles
Z FL. Hendersm was hanged at 2
O'Clock this morning after one OF the
most superb displays OF nerve ever
seen in the state of Minnesota. With
out showing a trace of emotion, the
prisoner was brought into Court Room
Mo- !, where he had been tried and
sentenced, and where the gallows were
erected, at 1925 o'clock. s:=.l &. zzs: @
Henderson first presented Sheriff
w. w. Butchart with a testament and
handed roses to each Of the deputies,
thanking each in a few words for the
kindness shown him while under their
care.
IT want about thirty minutes to
talk. said he to the sheriff, who
nodded consent, - .. :.
Then without tremor in his voice,
the murderer began his address,. He
expressed no sorrow for his deed
and said; that it would come out that
the crime was unprecedented. After
talking for about half an hour he
turned to the sheriff, Strengthened up
and said: II am ready" ~ =
He held his hands behind him for
the cuffs, and the black cap was ad-
justed and the trap was sprung. -.
The crime for which Henderson paid
the death penalty was the murder on
June 21 last of Ida Mccormick. his
mistress. =.
Mower County transcript., 1903-03-11
Order for Hearing on Claims.

STATE OF NMNEsorA,
County OF Mower--ss.
In Probate Court.
~epecial term, March 9th, 1903
sbnot In ths s.a matter OF tho estate of Henry H.
Lottery testsmenta1y on the estate of said
deeessed being this day granted unto Edgar
tits ordered, that all claims and demands Of
al! persons against said estate be presented to
this court for examination and allowance It
the probate od3ee In the court house In thaaity
OF Austin, in said county, on Monday, z lie
18th day of September, A.D .1903, at ton o'clock
q. m.
1t is further ordered, that six months from
the date hereof be allowed to creditors to pre-
sent their claims against said estate, at the
expiration Of which time all claims not pre-
sented to said court, or not proven to its salts.
faction. shall be forever barred unless for cause
shown further time be allowed.
ordered further. that notice of time and
place OF the hearing and examination Of said
claims and demands shall be given by publish.
ing this order once in each week for three sue.
cessive weeks, in the MOWER COUNTY TRAN.
SCRIPT, weekly newspaper printed and pub
ished at tie city of Austin, in said county.
Dated at Austin, Minnesota, the 9th day of
BY the Court: JIM. GREENMAN,
lsEAL] Judge of Probate.
[Publ. March IL, 1S, ISL
Mower County transcript., 1903-03-11
Saturday, March 7.

George McCauley, once a famous
Jockey, died at Butte, Mont, Friday: in
destitute circumstances. ~.
Elder Uriah Smith, for t1fty.fve
years editor OF the Adventist Review
and Herald, is dead at Battle Creek,
Mich. 80, T..
Professor CASTOR Paris, member sof
the French academy and professor sof
the College of France, is dead in Paris.
He was born in 1889. 81. LIZA:
. Miss: Virna Woods, who dramatized
Ouida's "Strathmore'' for Miss Vir-
ginia Drew Trescott, is dead at sacra-
mento, CAL, of pneumonia.
:. Or: Daniel c.. Gilman, for many
years president of Johns Hopkins uni
>versity; has been elected president Of
the American Bible society. ~..: i
James Steattauer, prominent club.
man and financier Of Chicago, died at
Mercy hospital in Denver Of poisoning
resulting from scratch inflicted IN
his neck when shaving: 80. -s<: ~ ss,S.
Mower County transcript., 1903-03-11
E MANY LIVES IN DANGER,

Falling Walls at La Crosse (Wis.)
Fire Jeopardizes Spectators: = !,
La Crosse, Wis, March, 9.-Fire
destroyed the plant of the La Crosse
Engraving company, and the store of,
Stavrum & Hurlburg, ,tailors. Stocks,
in adjoining stores were damaged. A
falling wall endangered the lives Of
5000 persons, who, returning from
church, were looking at the fire. The
loss was $50,0OO.
Mower County transcript., 1903-03-11
=. FOUR BOYS: WOUNDED.
coIored Lad Objects to Being Jeered

colored. Lad Objects to Being Jeered
by Whites. s IS v sss32.
3 st. Joseph. No.. March 9.-Because:
they .jeered xat him, Walter Green,
5colored, aged fifteen: years, fired into
a crowd Of white boys at. South St.
Joseph with a shotgun, :wounding four.
Of them, John. GOOD, Clyde Christopher, )
Arthur Smith and Phillip MCGEE, ali;
members Of prominent. families. The
gun. was loaded with buekshot and the
boys were struck in different; parts OF
the body sand- head. None Of them, it
is believed, is dangerously. wounded.
Green has been arrested. i.5,. ~,
Mower County transcript., 1903-03-11
ALLEGED MURDERER DIES.

Negro Accused Of Killing Two Wo-
men Expires in Jail.
Cambridge, Mass, March 9.-George
L. O. Perry, the negro lad indicted for
the murders Of Agnes McPhee at
Somerville and Clara Morton at Wa.
verify, commonly referred to as the
Jack the Slugger" cases. died at the
Cambridge jail during the day from
nervous exhaustion. Perry survived
an attack of typhoid fever and death
is announced to have resulted Indirect
y from worry, which prevented a com
plese physical restoration from the
weakened condition in which the fever
left him..
-: Though he was told on Friday that
his end was near, it is believed that he
protested his innocence to the last.
Mower County transcript., 1903-03-11
sNoWsLjoEs NUMEROUS.

Severe Snow Storms In Progress in
Colorado Mountains.
Telluride, Colo. March "a severe
snow storm has been in progress in
the mountains near here for three
days, accompanied at times by terrific
gales. Sncwslides have occurred at
different places, but as yet no serious
damage or loss OF life is reported. The
snowfall in this vicinity this winter
has been very heavy and it is feared
much damage to mining property and
possibly loss of life will occur when
the slides begin to run with the com
ing Of warmer weather.
Mower County transcript., 1903-03-11
FATAL STREET CAR JAM.

Pfttsburg Telephone Operator. suffo-
Gated In a crush..
Pittsburg, March 9.-Miss Ella
Lyde, aged twenty-five, telephone
operator, was suffocated In a :: street
car: during the rush hours between S
and o'clock. She was forced to
stand because Of the crush and, after
riding seven or eight blocks, she faint
ed: After being carried into. a near
by drug store she EXPIRED .s.-'',.
Mower County transcript., 1903-03-11

A Choice of Ways.

To California is afforded by taking
the Chicago Great Western Railway.
Close connection is made at Kansas
City with the finest trans.cont tineptal
"Limiteds." The choice of two
through tourist cars via different
routes may be had via this line. Ask
any Great Western Agent about
them. z
Mower County transcript., 1903-03-11
Chicago Union Stack Yards.

Chicago, Mareh .f7:-Cs<y tt;ee----tiooa t
prime steers IS 5.i5 0Qs.55v;s peyr i,sc- 10
dium, $3.50 @4.90; stockers and feed
ers, $2.75t@5.00; COWS, $1.80@46O;
heifers, $2.25@4.75;s calves, $500
$50. Hogs Mixed and butchers, 81. 90
=@7.40; good to- choice heavy, 81 400
7.55; rough heavy, 81. 10 7.35; light,
$6.70@7.1O. Sheep Good to choice,
$5.00@5.55; Western, $4.75@5.75;
native lambs, $4.75@5.75; Western,
Mower County transcript., 1903-03-11
. Friday, March 8.

The death Of A. Goodwin Munn, Jr.,
q charter member OF the New York
Cotton Exchange, is announced. r..
Nra. .Bayley Pitcher, wife OF q
Joliet (Ill.) business man, Thursday
gave bfrth to three girl babies, all per
feet and tR good health.
Rev. Dennis R. O'Connell, rector Of
the Catholic university at Washing.
ton, has started from Rome for the
United States BY way of Paris.
According to the report of President
Leaderee Of the health board, based
on figures compiled by his inspectors,
the population OF New York is 1892
903. =:
Mr.. Blumle of Cameron county: the
father Of eleven children, has intro
duced In the Pennsylvania house a
bill to subsidize large families and to
provide gold medals tor mothers of
large families.
Over 1000 immigrants left LIVER
pool Thursday for Canada. The emf
grafton season is considered to have
opened and this months bookingssby
all the Canadian steamship lines, are
the largest for forty years. j.,
Mower County transcript., 1903-03-11
st. Paul Union Stock Yards.

st. Paul, March, 7.-Cattle-Good tt
choice steers, $4.50@5.00; common to-
fair, $3:0Q@4.25;r good to. choice cows
and heifers, $3.25@4.oo; calves, $500
@a:00. Hogs--$6..75@7:40. T. Sheep
Good to. choice, @$5.oo@5.75; lambs,
$6.25@6.75.s .rra .~s@ r -z.g.<, q - !
Mower County transcript., 1903-03-11
FIVE BURN: TO DEATH.
Roadhouse Destroyed by Fire at Dawt;
son, A. r. .

Dawson, A. T., March 9.-Five per-
sons have been burned to death in the
Aurora roadhouse on Hunker Creek.
Charles Bernseke, who owned the
house, his wife and two children and
Thomas Baird, who was In charge OF
one ,,of the government. roadhouses,
were burned to a crisp. .Neighbors
who. arrived at the burning house
were unable to enter on account Of the
smoke. The Bernseke family came
from Portland. Baird was from On
tariO 49,,
Mower County transcript., 1903-03-11
SIX PERISH ~ FIRE.
Calamity in Small West, Virginia
Mjnino Camp.

Mining Camp.
Washington. March 9.-Six persons
were burned to death and one fatally
injured as the results of fire in a
small mining camp near Elkins, w.
Va, in the morning.
The dead are: Maggie Conklin,
Annie Burke, Joe Burke, D. G. Ander-
son, Mrs. D. G. Anderson. and a child
of the Andersons. ~ &.
Robert Long was fatally injured.
Several persons escaped with minor
injuries by jumping from a second
story window.
Mower County transcript., 1903-03-11
MOTHER AND DAUGHTER DEAD.
Perish In an Apartment House Fire
in New York;.

in New York..
New York, March 6.-Ellen Vail,
hfty-five years old, and Elizabeth VAN,
twenty-five years old, her daughter.
met death in q fire in East Seventieth
street. The older woman wae SUITE
Gated and the younger jumped from
the fourth floor. The property loss hy
the IRE was small.
James Vail, the SON OF the older
woman, was the only one Of the fam
lily who escaped. He had tried to res
cue his mother and sister, but wa
cut off by the flames and forced to
run to the rear fire escapes to save
his own life. The ten families in the
house, numbering one hundred people,
became panic stricken from the fire.
Mower County transcript., 1903-03-11
KILL FOUR MEN.

Poisonous Gases Prove Fatal to British
Columbia Miners, y
i Ferguson, B. C., March 9.-Poison-
GUS gases left In a winze Of the Nettfe
L mine killed four men and injured
two others. . - ..1...Esl
Mower County transcript., 1903-03-11
BOAT rs CA APSI|ZEl| ! / II
eEVENTEEN MEM BELIEVED TO
| HAVE BEEN DROWNED M
savosoaa RIVER.
Frightened Occupant seizss "a rackie
Rope and othsr Men Rum Towards
Him, Causing the seow TO careen
and FiIl-Everyone "Thsuwn Into the
Swollen Stream, the Current fsof
i,
Which Bss,e Many sade to Shore.

Swollen Stream, the Current Isof
Which Bpre Many Sadie to Shore.
Glenn:s EaIls, N. ~. March 9.-Sev-
enteen men are dead 1as a result of
the captiZtng nf the ferrybuat used by
workmen at Spier Falls, :ahnut ten
miles west OF Glenns Falls, on the
Hudson river. r~
Over 110DO men are -empfoyed there
at present i'm the uunstruction of the
power dam of the Hudson River Pow
er conuauy. The Rhorers and many
of the masons are italians, who live
in shanties ON the north side of the
river The main portion of THE work
is carried 0m at present ;On the tOppB-
site side uf the river. The men have
been in the habit of crossing "a small
bridge where the river flows Through
the unfinished portion off the dam, but
the river has been rising tor several
days, and the company, fearing that
the bridge wHg unsafe, destroyed 1T
with dynamite.
Below the wnrk half mile lis "a 1Br
ry. The bDHt lis "a scow-shaped affair,
thirty feet long and thirteen wide, land
is operated by means :(of cables. In
the morning about seventy men got
aboard and the boat started, leaving
big crowd ON the bank waiting for the
next trip. When eighty feet from
shore the
Water Splashed Against the Rail,
and an Italian boy who had fallen over
the previous day seized one of the
tackle ropes which ran from the over
head cable to the stern uf the boat.
Some of the men started toward him,
and instantly the boat careened and
filled, every one being thrown into the
water. The Hudson, swullen by the
freshet, bore score of the struggling
men down the stream. Many others
succeeded in catching hold of the boat,
which had righted, and they chung
there until pulled ashore. The scur-
rent carried many of the men in to-
ward shore, where they were rescued.
Only two bodies OF the victims have
been recovered, those Of Fred Ferron
and Pasquale Caffre11f. TWO OF the
sixteen men not previously accounted
for were found during the day and the
latest information given ot1t by the
officials of the company dzes the mum
Der of dead and missing at seventeen.
Many of the Italians employed on the
works have left their jobs and a staap-
Dndo ia foarod y 49,
Mower County transcript., 1903-03-11
MARKET QUOTATIONS,
Minneapolis Wheat,

: minneapolis Wheat.
Minneapolis, March 7.-Wheat-
May, 1871 @73%c; July, 741Ac. On
track-No. 1 hard, 7e1sc; No. / North
ern, 751hc; No., 2 Northern, 745sc.
Mower County transcript., 1903-03-11
MANY ARRESTS MADE.
Police and Socialists clasl, on Streets
Of Budapest.

Budapest, March 8. Street demon,
strations by 10000 Socialists to pro-
test against the governments military
bills took place here during the day
and led, to collisions with the police.
and breaking Of windows. Mary ar.
rests were made and the police had
finally to charge the demonstrators
and disperse them. 80.
Mower County transcript., 1903-03-11
Thursday, March S.

Joseph Henry Shorthouse, author
of John 1nglesant" and other novels,
is dead at London.
Fire in the Dormer building at Buf-
falo, N. Y, caused a loss of $50, 900.
Two -f1remen were seriously injured.
Otto Croelus, editor of the Swedish
Courier Of Chicago, died suddenly OF
heart disease in his Office Wednesday
President Palma of Cuba entertain
ed j. p. Morgan and the gentlemen of
his party at dinner at the palace
Wednesday evening.
Miss Alice Roosevelt and Miss Root.
who have been visiting i'm New or.
leans for the past two weeks. have
left for Washington.
Colonel Michael G. Murphy. com.
missioner Of New York police under
the last Democratic administration. 1s
dead. He was obliged to take h1s
neurishment through Z silver tube Tor
many years.
Another great discovery, the anti.
toxin which shall destroy the germs
Of cholera infantum, has been An
mnunced by Dir. Simon Flexnef. di-
.asactor,*of the Rocksfelleffn OF
Medical Research. :sR r.
Mower County transcript., 1903-03-11
J Co NDENsA I UT oNR'
TUESDAY, March 8.

i AdmtrM sSchley has arrived n Los:
Angeles in good health and spirits
Z The president has signed the army
appropriation sand the Philippinesc coin
aEe bitk. E==st S. .ssss .sSs
The postofice department will short
y aduut "a flag emblematic Of the pos
tai service. 7S..4s F.. -
Charles X. S>Seidle, formerly well
known resilient OF Minneapolis, Is dead
in Seattle of heart failure.
President Francis of the St.. Louis
exposition was cordially received and
entertained by President Loubet of
France at Paris. - l .s :.ssa
Secretary Shaw denies the report
that certain removals in the customs
service at the port of New York were
made flor 7po1itical reasons.
: The safe of the Anglo-American Oil
company cat ssFulham, Southwest Lon
don, was blown open on Saturdaysand
the burglars secured 1926, and not
$626;oo0, :as reported in the United
SfAdana - - s.,
Mower County transcript., 1903-03-11
Wed,fesday, March q.

It lis announced that Major L. S.
TruWbridge will succeed James H.
Stone sas appraiser of the port Of De-
troit #1se, &42s
After THE hardest and closest fight
OF. the session the Utah senate has
killed THE Initiative and referendum
bill by "a tie vote. *s3
DR.. Charles Il. COhr, the Oldest past
grand master Mason in the world,
died at Cumberland, Nd, Tuesday at
the age >0f :ninetytthFee. = =
Dr. Har4y Clifford, formerly sur
geon in the United States army and
lately surgeon nf the Vandalia rail-
road, is dead at Richmond, Ind.
M. Rronwaert, French minister to
Cuba, says there is no truth in the
report that France lis opposing the
ratification <of the Cuban reciprocity
treaty with the United States.
The wisconsin state bowling record
was broken at Milwaukee when James
Hamilton made a score of .290 against
D. A. Jones' 1868. Tones had the high
est Individual score at the American
bowling congress last week.
Mower County transcript., 1903-03-11

The state drainage board has filed
q statement exonerating George Ralph
Of !Crooksston, engineer of the board,
Of charges preferred against him by;
the public examiner. The discrenan.
cies in. his accounts are charged up to
careless bookkeeping; !. Several indict-
ments had been, returned against Mr..
Ralph in Polk county, but they have
Deens nolled. Il 3ts.1@. ;4t -
The bite :of a hog has drought death
and misery into the, horne of / Mr.. and
Mrs. G. Demules,. living Fort Rip
ley, Crow Wing county. ,Twosof the
Demules children: are dead from hy.
droph0bfa and another is dangerously
i'll. Three children belonging to an
other family, who were also attacked
by the disease, have been sent away
for treatment. "A small pet dog owned
by the Demules children was the
cause Of all the trouble, having bitten
the hogs and inoculated them with
hydrophobia. II
a decision has been rendered by
the secretary Of the interior which
will afford relief for settlers on In
demnity railroad { lands III Morrison,
Grow Wing, Todd and other counties
in Minnesota. There has been some
question as to the title to these lands,
and for this reason the settlers have
been unable to perfect their entries.
The settlers have the lands by con-
tract with the railroad companies.
Steps will be taken by the land COM
missio oner to promptly adjust the mat
ter under the decision OF the secre-
|tary.
Mower County transcript., 1903-03-11

(Publ. March IL, 1s, ISL !