Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-08-22
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that his weakness is increasing and
physicians In attendance are expect
ing the end within forty-eight hours.
The senator's mind is perfectly clear
and he realizes the seriousness OF his
| Illness. He has talked with relatives
and has given many messages to be
| delivered TO close friends.
BAR HARBOR, Me, Aug. ls.-Mary
Ellen Fuller, wife OF Chief Justice
Fuller. died of heart failure last night
while seated on the piazza OF their
| summer cottage here.
The death OF Mrs. Fuller was par.
ticularly sad. She had made all the
| arrangements for the childrens party
tomorrow, and was laughing and
| chatting about her entertainment with
one of her daughters when she sud
denly fell over from her chair and In
ten minutes expired.
She leaves n husband, several
daughters and one son. The funeral
took place late this afternoon. and the
body will be sent on to Chicago.
where Mrs, Fuller will be buried.
BALTIMORE, August 1S-Former
Governor Blihu f. Jackson who was
| unanimously nominated for congress
by the Democrats OF the First Mary
land district last week today declined
the nomination. saying that he had
never been consulted and would not
consent to run against his brother.
who Is now member of congress
from that district
ST. JOSEPH, Mo, Aug. 1s-The
Fourth district Democratic congress
sional convention took twenty-three
ballots before noon without material
ly affecting the deadlock between Con-
gressman Cochran. Charles Booher
| and Francis Wilson Eight hundred
ballots have been taken In vain. Pol
iticians believe the deadlock will not
be broken, and there Is talk of final
adjournment tonight. leaving the mat
ter to be referred back to the people.
SCRANTON. Kan, Aug. ia spe-
cial train from Cincinnati running
west over the Santa Fe tracks, and
known as the second section of No. s,
was ditched one mile east OF here yes
terday afternoon. Although the en-
tire train was ditched, the loss OF life
and the injuries of other passengers
were phenomenally small. only one
person being killed outright and II
Others being injured.
The train was to run through here
without a stop and was running ct a
high rate of speed, when one of the
trucks of the tender jumped the track.
This caused the engine to become un-
coupled and ditch the rest of the cars
The baggage car was overturned and
landed forty feet away from the track
AS usual In such cases the Pullmans
remained upright and their passengers
received only severe shaking up.
BUFFALO. N. Y, Aug. 18-Bill
Herr of Concordia,: Kan. defeated
Fred Gilbert OF Spirit Lake, Ia, wing
shot champion, by one point In eight
events at the Audubon pigeon shoot
yesterday.
LIVERPOOL, Ang. 18.-The ship
ping combine met the Cunard lines
cut today by reducing the steerage
| rate to Boston from Liverpool from SO
| to 35 shillings
| CHICAGO, Aug. 1S.-Yesterday af-
| ternoon Chicago Great Western
train coming around curve crashed
into train Of three trolley cars at
the crossing Of Forty-eighth avenue
and the Chicago Great Western tracks.
The motor cars were bound for the
Hawthorne race track, the motorman
not being able To see the passenger
| train until almost on the track. The
brakes refused to work and in conse-
| quence the motor struck the train
just between the engine and tender
The surface cars were knocked over
and nearly smashed into kindlinp
wood. The conductor on the last car
applied the brake as soon as he saw
that an cident could not be pre-
vented causing the coupling to break
bose from the other cars.
Four persons were killed and "a
slightly injured.
| CHICAGO. Aug. 19.-Rioting in the
stockyards district still continues
This morniry five more runaway steers
were captured. Four OF them were cut
Up and furnished food for many homes
without money and without price. The
herd that escaped was valued at $500
and but half OF them were recov
Cred.
Recor''ng Secretary Shaughnnn o.
the Tea Isl ars' Union said today tina
all teamsters from the retail markets
would be called out and would hell
TO win the strike.
President Donnelly said today: :"
passed an hour this morning with th'
non-union men, mingling with then
as they were preparing to go to thei
days work They are hard crowd
and we have nothing to fear from
them as permanent factors OF th'
yards The white men are Greeks
and the negroes suggest a southern
convict camp.
Donnelly says labor leaders will b.
sent tomorrow to Kansas City. s,
Paul and st. Joseph He will hlmsel
go east to meet President Mitchell o
the Miners Union. and expects to re
ceive financial support.
CHICAGO. Aug. 19.-Chas. Spau
ding ex-banker. secured his freedom
today after serving seven years 4
| Toilet Judge Dunn prantpd him Wri