Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-12-07

WASHlNGlON, Dec. o.-FrDmlnenl
women representing clubs and asso-
Citations from all parts of the country
are gathering here today to open the
fight for the unseating of Senator
Reed Smoot OF Utah. Many of the
delegates expect to appear before the
senate committee after the regular
session convenes.
spired by the wild deeds OF the Chi
cago car barn murderers, boy here
named Clifford Nelson. organized a
gang OF boys with the intention of
killing all the police .orce. according
to the statements oil the police. The
theft OF small amount OF jewelry
and s22 provided the funds by which
the boys equipped themselves "
air rifles The police arrested Nelson
before he pulled of his massacre.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 3.-F. b. Will
liams. the noted sugar planter. offers
to raise $300,000 for the next Republi-
can national convention If held in this
city.
JEFFERSO Ind, Dec. g.
Mrs. Minnie Friend was assaulted near
here today BY an unknown negro.
whom posse are pursuing with the
intention OF lynching him.
BUTLER. Pa, Dec. 3.-In an effort
to stop the cause of the typhoid fever
epidemic, the board of health today be-
gan pumping disinfectants into all jne
water pipes The reservoir viii be
drained entirely and cleaned thorough
ly. Seven more victims have sue
cumbed TO the epidemic since yester-
day noon.
Los ANGELES, Dec. 3.-Mrs. Cora
Vernon received verdict today for
$50 900 for the death of her husband
was was killed in railroad wreck
This is the largest sum OF damages
for human life yet given in this state
ST. LOUIS. Dec. 3.-Archbishop
Harty. who left last Monday tor the
Philippines for his new school OF la
Dor. left his entire private fortune To
St Leos church in which parish he
has spent the past fifteen years OF his
life.
HELENA, Mont, Dec. 4-Probably
the greatest gathering of lobbyists
legislature is now here watching the
special session of the legislature caa-
ed to enact remedial laws made neces-
sary by August HeinZe and the Anal
gamated Copper company fight.
Heinze and the Amalgamated company
are equally well represented.
The pressure is so great the leg's-
lature bars everybody but newspaper
men and employees from the lobby.
Helena is filling with Heinze men
who are coming to organize new
political party.
TELLURIDE, Dec 4.-Nine of the
sixteen men arrested and fined for
vagrancy are sill working on the
streets in default of obeying the man
dates of the court. Officers have been
looking tor the remaining seven but
without results and it is supposed they
| have pulled out OF the county.
The men arrested and in jail charg-
ed with melting a riot and intimida-
| ton. having been bound over to the
| district court. have instituted habeas
J corpus proceedings and their case
| comes up for hearing tomorrow morn
| ing.
| DENVER. Dec. AT noon today
| Governor Peabody issued proclama'
ton which virtually places Cripple
Creek under martial law. He says
that the district is in state of insur-
rection and that property is not safe.
The governor bases his action on the
| Vindicator mine explosion and on 9th
er serious causes which have recently
come under his observation.
| DENVER. Dec. 4.-Fred Wakeman,
who is in the guard house at Camp
Goldfield to be tried as spy, will be
| court-martialed for treason. General
Bell will place the matter before the
be called.
| NEW YORK, Dec. 4.-The Interna-
tional Mercantile Agency review of
trade conditions for the past week,
| says:
| THE week was characterized by the
| further slackening industrially by the
wholesale and retail Christmas de-
mand which promises to expand the
holiday trade beyond that of last year.
The wages of 100000 employees has
been reduced 10 per cent or more,
and preparations are making to effect
a similar reduction for 100000 more
| about the first of the year. The la
Dor disturbances are less menacing
now than those recently reported"
IA LIVERPOOL, Dec. 4.-The cotton
market scared this morning until cot
| ton jumped forty points. The market
| opened with great excitement.
WASHINGTON. Dec. William
NJ Springer. ex-congressman of Hi
nois and ex-judge of the federal court
| for the Northern District of Indian
| Territory, died today from an attack
! of pneumonia.
The judge caught cold in Chicago
| on Thanksgiving day while there act
| ing as counsel in the Chicago Drainage
Board case, and was forced to return
| direct to Washington where he took
| to his bed from which he never arose.
| The remains will be buried in Spring
| field. ILL.,
CHICAGO. Dec. 4.-Still more
claims were filed against Dowie today,
but the receivers are said to believe
4. Ill