Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-04-28
CONVERSATIONS

The plant OF the II Lavatore, the
Italian mlners' organ at Trinidad, Is
offered for sale under foreclosure
mortgage held against 1t by the Rugby
union.
The boys of the Telluride High
school have organized cadet com
pany with Harry Vert, formerly an
officer In the East Denver High school
as captain.
The snow and rainfall at Greeley
| and vicinity yesterday afternoon
amounted to 41.1000 per cent. The
storm was general over the northern
central portion of the state and did
much good to the crops.
Colonel Cody's Wild West show is
booked to begin its season today At
Stoke-on-Trent and during the next
six days months the famous exhibition
VIII be seen In the chief cities of the
British Isles By way of keeping up
date Colonel Cody has added a mum.
Der OF new features. including 25 Jap.
hnese riders and an Increased num-
ber of Cossacks.
The biggest railroad engine In tho
world has arrived at the worlds fair.
1t is the compound mountain.climbing
locomotive. st Louis" which 10 to
be shown in the Transportation build
ing by the Baltimore and Ohio system.
The engine Is 30 heavy that IL cannot
be run with safety over an ordinary
railroad track. and had to be brought
TO 81. Louis In three sections.
The safe of the Glenwood Springs
postoillce was blown open at 2 O'Clock
Friday morning and 5000 in cash stol.
en- The burglars secured their tools
from n blacksmith shop near by. The
combination of the safe was knocked
on with n sledge hammer and holes
were drilled and charged and the door
blown off No clew that would assist
in finding the criminals has been NO.
| cured.
An absolute divorce was granted at
Baltimore to Mrs. Alice Wise from
Louis *. Wise. to whom she was mar
ried Sept. 20, 1900. They lived togeth-
er only six weeks. Mrs. Wise testified
that her husband was addicted to
| drink and was also Il convicted Grim.
| inal. She further declared that hIs
moral character with women was very
bad; that "he had n wife In every
| town he visited"
Judge Johnson, sitting as commit.
ting magistrate. has bound over 1--WE
men charged with interfering with
the recent Denver election, holding
hat Judge Palmer erred In saying
that the law did not apply to special
elections. Judge Johnson held that
polling places on election day are an
public hotels. A watcher or other re-
spe3table citizen who Is ordered out
without reason and violent hands are
iaid upon him has a right to defend
himself as If he were attacked on a
public street.
In his speech before a large audi.
ence at Chicago Saturday night Bryan
denounced Parker and he New York
platform In no uncertain tones, closing
as follows: The New York platform
Is dishonest platform. fit only for a
dishonest party. No one but an art.
iui dodger would stand upon 1t. With
such platform and candidate who
would be willing to run upon 1t the
party could secure as large a cam
paign fund as the Republican party
has ever secured"
Running a half mile. clad only in
her night clothes, Mrs. Kate Hyland.
vile OF locomotive engineer. saved
the Big Four fast freight from going
through a burning bridge into Sand
Creek. Awakened by her baby Mrs.
hyland went with lantern to the well
ior water. when she saw tho bridge
on fire. At the same time she heard
lhe Train approaching Running acrosa
heIds she reached the track in time
70 signal the train, which was brought
10 stop few feet from the bridge
a bend concealed the fire from the
uaihfnen until 1t would have been
100 late TO stop had the train not been
tagged
The Pueblo Republican convention
saturday was love feast. aboslute
harmony prevailing. Resolutions en-,
horsing the state administration with
out mentioning Peabody. While the
delegation to Glenwood Springs ia
unanimous for Hogg instructions were
refused ON the ground that It had
previously been voted to turn all res
oiutions over to the resolution com
mittee and the report OF the commit.
: tee having been adopted the conven.
ton refused to go outside the regular
proceedings. Judge Walter Dixon
and Simon Guggenheim were endorsed
Tor delegates to Chicago. but In cass
, ' OF only one being selected from thai