The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1904-11-18

PUEBLO, Colo, Nov. 1.-THE sorr.
ending OF q domestic tragedy has jd,
occurred. This morning Mrs. Charll
A, Curry. thirty years old is dead az
Chas. A. Curry the husband is sererel
wounded as the resul of a shootin
which occmrcd here last night Th
lagedy was not known to the publ
ntil this morning when a horse an.
buggy was found standing in front o
me EasJ Eight street house, where /
had stood all night and the polio
s. ere called and found Curry walkn
about The house and the aody Of Mr.
cnry lying or he = pool G
decd. .pot .E5 trr a.
Gems the couF'a have liy.n.
apart. the man tried to induce the vii,
to reurn to him and she refusing, til
shooting occurred. He says that sh,
sho, him, but The police believe l.
committed the murder and then ue'
self des rurtion
CHEYENNE. Wyo. Nov. Eth
Union Pacfc overland flyer wa
wrecked three miles west Of Gange
early his morning. 1t was the ives
bound last mail and met an east bonn
fast freight head on both trains run
umg q. a high rate of speed. The in
pact oi the two trains was of cours
terrific The engine crews had no tint
to Jump and all the engineers and fire
men were killed instantly
Mail clerk sherman, of Cheyenne
vas also killed. Mail clerk Nolan We
fatally hurt and large number q
passengers more or less injured, som
of them quite seriously 1t is dinicul
al this hour to get full information
a. the wreck occurred a, a point o.
the Union Pacific which is operate
iy the Oregon Short Line and the raj
way officials are very loath to give il
formation or the list of dead an
wounded.
Sherman, the dead mail clerk, is
prominent citizen here, one of Oh
most popular men in town. He leave
a widow and three small children. TIL
cause of the collision is said to he the
the freight crew mihunderstood o
ders and intended to make GangC
before the fast mail arrived
4 wreckiug train with doctors an
nurses on board has gone TO The seer
Of The disaster. 1t is said the propert
loss is something enormous, that IL
track is torn up for half a mile an
that not a train has yet moved eithC
sageway The mail and express an
baggage cars are wholly wrecked.
IEAVENWORTH, Kan, Nov. r.
The funeral of Colonel D. r. Anthem
The veteran editor, politician, soldia
md poiHeer, who died shortly aftC
midnight will be held Monday. II
sGsters Susan 3. and Mary are e
pected to come from New York. Th
'olorels only daughter Mrs. Koehlt
S i'll in California. Mrs. Anthony an
son Dan were at the bedside when tn
md came. Colonel Anthony was eigth
years old
CRIPPLE CREEK Nov. Eth
town of Anaconda has been wiped o,
by fire which began shortly befor
midnight and continued to burn unit
nearly every building in the town wa
gone, A strong breeze famed tn
lanes and made abortiye the effort
Of the people to stay the progress {
The flames At noon today there
lot building left where once was
prosperous mining town stood. Ther
was very little insurance and tn
buildings were not particularly valui
BE. The losses therefore will not /
much over fifty thousand dollars.
This marks the fifth big fire in III
llstrict. the most destructive occu
ed IN April, 1S9 and the second thre
'ays later. Victor was destroyed
august 1890. Altman was burned
November and Anaconda suffered tn
morning