Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-07-02

and began abusing his father. whom
ne attacked when the latter started tc
call the police. The old man has moi
been arrested
MEL, June 30.-The American
squadron sails this evening for Ports.
mouth where great festivities by the
BRUSH await 1t. The emperor this
morning sailed for Elkenforde. where
the yacht Meteor is entered for more
races Allison Armour of Chicago ac-
companied by Emperor William.
| Ihe officers of the Kearsarge intend
| TO present the kaiser with a picture
| Of the vessel
LONDON, June 3O-The EXPRESS
today states that Mrs. MacKay. the
american, spent one hundred thous-
and dollars on the party she gave last
night at which Madame Jeanne Gren-
Ter, the Parrisienne actress and her
company played a three-act comedy
Ihe festival lasted three hours and
there were only one hundred and fifty
guests.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., June 30
President Roosevelt and Senator Han.
ma spent a pleasant hour together yes
terday. They talked as near and
close friends. After taking luncheon
with the president and his guests, Mr..
Hanna said to representative of the
press: "Out in Ohio they are trying
TO spread the impression that / am
persona non grata at the White
House. Well, | don't see any signs OF
IL today. The president and | are old
friends and we understand one anoth-
er perfectly, President Roosevelt is
by long odds the most popular man
with the masses of the people we
have had in the United States in many
| day. He has handled himself well.
and the people are with him. His
popularity is something phenomenal
II is more like that which Mr. Blaine
used to enjoy than anything else.
Why, out in Ohio the Democrats are
almost as much for him as the Repub,
licans. know plenty of Democrats
who declare they will vote for him.
A few business men are a little cold
toward him, but they are feeling bet
ter than they We're. and | think that
in the end the president will be al
most as popular with the business
men as he is with the masses He is
going to be elected next year no mat
ter whom the Democrats nominate
LONDON, June 30-Lieutenant
Dan Godfrey, who toured America
with the famous Grenadier band. is
dead, aged ~ years.
NEW YORK, June 30-The dis
trict attorneys Office has established
something of a record for speedy ac,
tion in the case of William Spencer.
the negro who shot and killed in cold
blood Charles S. McFarlane, the super
intendent OF the Anti-Policy society, in
the corridors OF the Criminal Court
building. Spencer was placed on
trial today, after scarcely two weeks
had elapsed since the commission of
his crime. 1t has been a long time
since popular Indignation has been
aroused TO such a pitch against a
murderer in the metropolis as has
been in the case of Spencer, and this
feeling has prompted the prosecution
to rush the case through as speedily
as may be done without giving the
excuse for the cry of "railroading"
the negro to the electric chair
Spencer was a lieutenat of AL"
Adams. the dethroned policy king. and
it is probable that before the end OF
the present week the negro will be
occupying cell in Sing Sing prison,
where his former chief is serving
one years sentence
EVANSTON. Wyo.. June 30.-A re-
port reached here today that two hun
dred men have been killed in an ex-
plosion that took place today in the
coal mines of Hanna Wyo
RED CLIFF, Colo, June 30.-Ed.
ward Murphy, Rio Grande fireman,
who has been running a train between
Salida and Minturn, was instantly
killed last evening by Miss Grace Not
tingham, at the home of the latter's
mother, eight miles from here. The
shooting was the result of lovers
quarrel. All night and this morning
Miss Nottingham was in a condition
of hysteria. and unable to tell any
connected story of the circumstances
leading up to the shooting. which was
the result of lovers quarrel. The
principals in the tragedy were engag-
ed and expected soon to be married.
MADRID, June 30.-Forty more bod
les have been-recovered from the
through Nejirilla bridge Saturday.