Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-04-04
TELEGRAPHlc NEWS.

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TELLURIDE. March 31-At the
Liberty Bell mine at midnight last
night a miner by the name of John
Dwyer was Instantly killed. With his
partner he was returning to work;
they had reached a point where they
were to climb an upraise. The man
with Dwyer returned 10 where they
had eaten lunch to get some candles.
Upon returning to the upraise he
found Dwyer at the foot dead. 1t is
supposed Dwyer was climbing when
he missed his hold and falling struck
his head killing him instantly Dwyer
is said to be from Denver, but little
Is known of the man.
TELLURIDE. March 31.--John
Buchanan. Liberty Bell miner. is at
the point of death owing to an acci-
dent last night, drill falling down
mamie striking him on the head.
crushing a portion of The skull.
DR.. Hadley was called from Tellu-
ride and with the aid of the Smuggler-
| Union physician the skull was tre-
| paned this morning and the patient is
reported as resting comfortable, but
his condition is said to be dangerous.
Later.-The injured mans name is
Bachman instead of Buchanan, and he
was one of the shift bosses. quite pop
ular with the men. He is married,
his family residing in Telluride.
Joe Iindburg, miner about 81
years Of age. died at the Smuggler-
Union hospital this morning from
pneumonia, having been sick only a
few days
DODGE CITY, Kans.. March 81
Today's meeting of Kansas livestock
men may result in the appointment OF
delegates to the convention to be held
in Denver in May, where the stockmen
propose to organize and assist in the
| fight on the alleged beef trust Plans
for an Independent packing company
are also in progress.
| BOSTON, March 3l.-The Union
Trust company was closed today by
the state banking department Capt.
tal, 100000; deposits, about $1,000
| 900
CLEVELAND. O.. March 31-The
| Federal Trust company assigned to-
| day To the Guardian Trust company.
| The assignment was decided upon be
cause George Clewell, secretarytreas-
urer is out of the city, and the officers
of the institution are unable to locate
him or understand his absence The
company has 100000 in deposits,
backed by heavy financial interests.
Neither depositors nor stockholders
| will lose anything.
ST. LOUIS, March 3l.-Senator
Burton secured another days delay
this morning. The bill of exceptions
not being ready, Col. Dwyer. for the
government, said this morning to the
court; Il no not want to rush this
matter. will carefully go through
the bill of exception which will prob.
ably take me until Monday as the ar
ticle is voluminous. could go
through the formality this morning
of moving and demanding that Burton
be at once sentenced and turned over
to the United States authorities. but
prefer to do the whole thing at once
land will wait until Monday"
OURAY. March 31.-Snow. and then
more snow. is the order of the day in
this section and there must be four 10
five feet in the mountains Snow
slides are reported running in every
direction in the Red Mountain dis
trict and many narrow escapes are re-
lated An immense slide came down
this morning at the Revenue and look
ed bad for some of the buildings The
windows of the store building were
broken and the framework slightly
moved from the foundation while sew.
eral small buildings were more or less
damaged. The slide had spent its
force. 1t is unusual for slides to
come as near the buildings as this
one, which was wet and heavy.
TELLURIDE, March 31.-Snowing
last night and this morning. The new
snow is several feet deep in Marshall
basin and slides are reported.
| SlLNERTON. March 31.-The snow
is still piling up in the hills of San
Juan county, storming all morning.
| SCRANTON, Pa, March 31.-Six
girls lost their lives this morning and
five others were seriously, and it is
believed fatally injured by an explo-
sion in the Dickson Squib factory at
Pricebud. Four bodies were found al
most two blocks from the scene
The squlbs are small fuses used to
explode charges made by coal miners.
Flames broke out among the ruins
and the injured girls were heard
groaning, being pinned down by tim
bers amidst the hames. The fire was
soon eXtinguished.
NEW HAVEN, Conn, March 81
William J. Bryan's suit to have a
sealed letter" bequeathing s5O,0 to
him incorporated in the Bennett will,
was decided adversely to him by Judge
eager of the superior court today.
The judge holds that under the Con-
necticut laws, sealed letter is barred
by not being described with sufficient
certainty in the will and by the fact
that an eNtraneous paper cannot be
admitted in constituting the will.
| PARIS, March 31.-All obstacles to
the transfer of the Panama canal to
the United States We're removed by
| the decision rendered by the Seine