Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-08-06


ion here favors General John c. Black
OF Chicago. but advance delegates
now in San Francisco have started a
boom for General Nelson A. Miles,
who retires from the army next week.
LEXINGTON, Ky. Aug 3.-The
chiid-wife of the late Cassius NJ Clay,
Dora Brock. has produced later will
than that heretofore offered for pro.
bate 1t leaves the girl ten thousand
dollars In money. and some property.
Tie instrument Is in General Clay's
own handwriting and is sealed with
his private ring
The other will will be probated to.
day. The widow says that the later
document was handed to her in II
sealed envelope and admonished her
not TO open 1t until after his death.
II proved to be a later will.
PEKlNG. Aug. A journalist OF
| this city named Shen Chen was exc
| cuted here yesterday. According to
the official report OF the execution.
| Chen was beheaded, but II became
known tonight that this report was
| false, and that the condemned man
was beaten to death in accordance
with special instructions issued by the
dowager empress. who desired to
make an example of the journalist
with which to terrify other reformers
The Incident is declared TO he the
most horrible that has occurred in
! China since the massaacre of 1900
| The killing occurred in the court yard
of the yamen OF the board of punish
ment
The victim was beaten with bamboo
| rods for two hours, the flesh on his
back, arms and legs being torn to rib
| bons. After life had apparently be-
come extinct, the executioners fear
ing that Chen had merely tainted, and
might revive. twisted rope tightly
around his neck and left his body in
this condition until this morning.
| KEukA PARK, n. Y, Aug. A.
| Members of the Bail family are round
| ed up here from many parts of the
| United States and Canada for their
! third annual reunion. Several thous
| and persons have been enrolled as
members OF the family association and
| among them are a number of men and
women of note. AS a perpetual mem
| orial to the family it has been decided
to change the name of Keulsa college
TO Ball college. The college was
| founded by the Rev. George II. Ball.
| d. ID. 1t is proposed to have an ar
| chive in the college library. in which
viii he preserved all books, manu-
| scripts and genealogical matter pro-
| duced by or relating to any member
OF the Ball family.
| Lucky Baldwin, the aged turfman of
| California, has been elected mayor OF
a new town known as Arcadia. The
| town is located on Baldwin's land
| near Los Angeles. nearly all the men
who ran for office served on the elec
| ty-nine votes cast. An effort will be
made to make this the great sporting
| center of the west.
DEADWOOD, $. D.. Aug. 4.-The
noted female character, Calamity
Jane" who has figured on the frontier
since 1870, died this afternoon at
| Terry. eight miles from Deadwood, OF
| Inflammation of the bowels.
She requested that she be buried in
| Mount Moriah cemetery, nj Deadwood
| beside her former consort, wild BIZ
| Hickok, who was murdered here in
| 1876. Her name was Mrs. Jane
| Burke, and her late husband. who Is
much younger than she was, is In
| Denver. A married daughter lives in
J Sorth Dakota, but the dying woman
| refused 10 give her address and re
! ierred to an estrangement. She said
| this afternoon she was going TO cash
| in"
| CHICAGO. ILL.,, Aug General
| Manager Goodnow is holding confer
| ence today with committee from
the conductors and trainmen's unions
| The employees of the entire system
have asked the Rock Island to adopt
| a standard scale for conductors, brake
men. porters, and switchmen, as other
roads have done. Mr.. Goodnow this
morning hoped the differences would
| be amicably adjusted.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Aug. A.
A terrific explosion beneath the side
walk on the Fifteen side of the treas
| ury building last night caused the
| treasury guards and policemen to
rush up with the impression that an
attempt was being made to rob I'm
Gle Sans strong boxes. 1t was found
that leaking gas had probably been ig'
nited by electric light wires and ex'
ploded, blowing up two manhoies.
ROME, Aug Pope Plus X. elect
ed Monseigniur Merri Del Val. former
apostolic delegate to Canada to car
dnalship in recognition of his ser
vices as secretary of the conclave.
NEW YORK. Aug i.-Despite the
oppressiveness of the 'dog-days" at
mosphere, which causes most Wall
street men to HE themselves to the
country or the seashore. Russell Sage
celebrated his eighty seventh birthday
today by appearing at his office AZ
usual Mr.. Sage does not allow the
course of his affairs to halt at the
mile-stones past which he Is hurryins
toward the century mark. He rests
only iifty.two days in the year. On
national and other holidays he always
visits his Office, although he occasion
ally gives his clerks permission to
take these days OF.