Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-08-01


Kermit simultaneously started for the
| 81. Louis fair.
| SEATTLE. Wash, July 2s.-Geu-
eral Frederick Funston accompanied
by his aides left here this morning
Tor Alaska on tour of Inspection. On
ais retarn he viii 90 TO New York 10
iake command OF the Department of
| The East.
ST, JOSEPH. July 2s.-Followlng
The nomination of Cyrus Walbridge
ior governor OF Missouri, the Repub-
ilcans today nominated the following
| ny reclamation. John Mckinney OF
4'ntaam county for lieutenant govern.
or despite his protests; John Swanger
of Milan, secretary of state, Jacob G.
| Melich OF bonneville. treasurer Hen
ry Weller OF De Soto, county aud
| tor, Herbert Hadlcy OF Kansas City,
| attorney general, Frank WrIghtman,
| railroad commissioner; Lawrence
Jones of Kansas City and b. NJ.
Hoover Of st. Louis. presidential elect
! 1rs at large
| CHAMBERLAIN, S. d., July 2s.-
fhe first prize in the Rosebud land
NFA"s went W WI NC
Cormick, an old soldier, Of Lancaster,
Pa. 1t is worth 10000
Land Commissioner Richards start
| ed the big wheel at a. m. In the
presence OF thousands.
NEW YORK. July 29-Dablea are
dying by the hundreds In the tene-
ments OF New York. despite all the
| Efforts OF the health department. For
HE week ending last Saturday there
were 2i9 more deaths from diarrhoeal
diseases than in tho corresponding
week OF the year before, and this In
crease In infant fatality sent the death
rate for the week up to 23.4G. Today
about 100 persons We're Investigating.
by the order ol the board of health.
| the conditions under which those
| deaths occurred. the character of the
| house and general surroundings and
The care given to the child during its
lllness. The entire summer corps OF
| doctors and nurses is concerned with
| this problem
WASHINGTON. July 20.-Although
me battle of Manila bay was fought
| six years ago last May, the question
| OF the amount of prize money due Ad.
| miral Dewey and the members of his
force was not finally settled until now.
when Justice Gould IN the district
| court signed an order approving the
| victors sS27,000, less 10 per cent for
legal expenses The case has been
| before the supreme court of the Unit
| cd states, which decided that tho
| prize money should not include the
value of tho property on shore cap
| tured or the value of the vessels sunk
and subsequently raised and repaired.
ESTiLL SPRINGS. Ky, July 29.-
w. Godfrey Hunter. Jr.. whose father
| Is n former Congressman and minister
10 Guatemala under Mckinley. had a
narrow escape from lynching. Hun
ter, who caused an international Incl
dent in 1902 by killing William Fitz-
gerald in Guatemala city. became dis
orderly AT n hotel, throwing nearly 200
women and children into panic and
threatening some OF them, until hus-
bands and fathers Interfered. Hunter
was taken from town by an officer.
LONDON. July 29-The Daily Ex-
press understands that the marriage
which had been arranged between
| Major Eustace Crawley Of the Thir-
teenth Royal Lancers and Miss Daisy
Letter. sister of Lady Curzon OF Ked-
lesion, will not take place. Major
| Crawlcy returned from America Sat
urdey.
| OURAY. July 29-The Elks will lay
the corner stone of their new $4,000
building here Sunday The building
is to be an imposing and handsome
two-story stone structure. Lodges
from n number of the nolghborlng
towns viii be present at the cere.
| monies.
| SlLNERTON. July 2a.-Daniel Sher-
| dan. one of the earliest prospectors
of this section. died yesterday at Eu-
| reka of complication Of diseases. His
body was brought to town and the frl-
neral Will be held Sunday at the Cath
ole church. He was about go years
old and was unmarried lie did not
| belong to any lodge or secret society
80 far as known He owned several
claims near Chattanooga.
| OuRAY. July 29-1he story given
out by Grover SHELTON in this town
and printed In the Denver papers
about mistreatment of himself and
his mother and sister at Telluride, has
been investigated by your correspond
ent. and is characterized by the Tel
luride authorities as a malicious false
hood.
| Shelton was deportetd and came to
Ouray Correspondents here got his
story and sent 1t to Denver papers.
He claimed that the officials had club
bed his mother and sister and other
wise abused them. Inquiry shows that
the man was a yag and had been or.
dered out of town by the marshal. He
left town, but slipped back in The
marshal went after him, and Skel-
toms mother and sister lnterfered and
tried to prevent the marshal from get
ting him, when the marshall was COM
PEELED to push the women aside In Or
der 10 get his man. The women were
not dubbed nor otherwise abused
PITTSBURG July 29-Mrs Mar