Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-09-29

this morning. The tunnel house was
completely destroyed
The smoke and gas from the fire
sucked into the tunnel from blow
pipe, completely filling the big bore
and making life within the tunnel i'm.
possible. The supposed dead are Aug.
ust Johnson and Re- Miller. The in.
jured man is Superintendent King of
the property.
TOPEKA, Kan, Sept 26.-About
fifty operating and traffic officials of
the Santa Fe are here for the annual
line party meeting Local officials say
no important changes are likely. The
visitors win be the guests of honor
at a banquet at the Topeka CONNER
cial Club tonight.
TOXIC. Sept. 26.-Prince Karl An
ton, Of Hohenzollern. arrived today
He will represent Germany at the
front, The prince took luncheon with
the Mkado and had long private
audience
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Sept 26.-
Charles Schwab is here to bid at the
receivers sale of the Union Ship
Building Works. 1t is said he would
hold seventy per cant of the stock of
a thirty three million dollar company
which desires the plant. The upset
price is million and seven hundred
thousand.
LONDON, Sept. 2G-Lady Curzon's
condition remains grave though slight
ly improved.
BUTLER. Mo. Sept 2G-when the
case against Charles Kratz. accused
Of boodllng in St Louis was called
today. prosecuting attorney Folk
caused sensation by moving to
quash the yenire He said startling
knowledge had come 20 the state Of
lcers through an AFFIDAVIT from ven.
ireman named Hunt that six of the
possible jurors had been tampered
with by defendant Kratz Was the first
official indicted by Folk and fed to
the Republic of Mexico. Recently he
secured continuance of his case be
cause about to undergo an operation
for appendicitis and Is still very III
in St Louis
ST. JOSEPH. Mo, Sept 2G-Judge
Castell today sentenced Dr. Clarence
IIefing to fifty years in the peniten.
tiary for criminal assault upon ff,
teen year old office girl Eight of the
jury men favored the death penalty.
MANCOS, Colo. Sept. 26.-The Re
publican county convention. Saturday
nominated the following ticket;
GbariffN w Ca,,epn
Treasurer-H. Brigham.
Clerk and Recorder-W. A. Martin.
Assessor-R. S. Thurber.
County Judge-A. p Edmunson.
School superintendent Anna
V. Graphical
Commissioner. Cortez district-Jas
X, p Galloway.
Commissioner, Mancos dlstrict.-w
A. Decker.
At Dolores the district legislative
convention composed of Montezuma
and Dolores counties nominated r.
Wittle, of Dolores county, for member
of the house. Mr Wittle is a well
known mining man and stands well
in his county.
The Republicans of Montezuma are
confident of winning victory this
fall Two years ago the county was
Democratic by 235 but this majority
is surely going to be wiped out.
DENVER. Colo, Sept 26-Omaha
wins the pennant of the Western
Springs third Following is result OF
yesterdays games:
Omaha 4. 2. ST. Joe 2. 0.
Sioux City 3. Denver 2.
Des Moines 8, Colorado Springs 3.
In the game yesterday between the
Cripple Creek teams and the Davis
& Shaw teams of this city Cripple
Creek won by score Of to 2.
LAWTON, Okl.. Sept. 2G.-Head
hreakman Osborne. was thrown from
a train near Geroni, today by three
tramps. He was injured so severely
that his life despared Of The tramps
fed but will probably be caught.
KANSAS CITY, Sept. 26.-Anna
Stuart, a music teacher, aged ~, Of
Girard, Kan, committed suicide here
by tying n mans suspenders tightly
about her throat, choking herself to
death She was despondent over Ill
health She Is sister of Mrs. j. w.
Scott, of Lawrence. Kan.
COLUMBUS, o.. Sept 26-Peter
Sells. the veteran show man. is re-
ported dying Physicians say unless a
marked change occurs soon the pa
tient cannot live long. Sells has heart
disease.
WASHINGTON. D. c., Sept. &C.
In some correspondence received in
Washington from an unofficial source
news has come OF a recent narrow es.
cape Of Capt March. of the United
States Artillery. who is one Of the
American observers with the Japan.
use forces In Manchuria. At the bat
Tie Of Motienling, Capt March and
Capt Vincent, one of the British at
aches. each climbed a tree in the vi.
ciniiy of Japanese trench. hoping to
oh Gin better view of the operations
But hey had not made any allowance
Tor the erratic shooting OF the Russia n
infantry They had barely seated
themselves astride of ? leafy branch
when the bullets began to whistle
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