The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1904-07-22
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LONDON, lily 1S.-The coroner's
jury at Thurlston today handed in a
verdict Of no evidence produced to
show how Kent Loomis met his death.
The hole in Loomis' skull made the
jury averse to certifying that he was
drowned.
Physicians, however, say that Loom
is was struck before he fell into tho
sea. The American consul at Plym'
outh declares there has been foul
play.
LONDON, uJly 1S.--An official in
The home Office today said that Mrs
Maybrick might be released some
time this week, which is the fifteenth
anniversary of hor trial.
NEW YORK, July 1S.-Dispatchos
from Valparaiso. Chilli, say a dozen
lives were lost in that city Sunday by
a cloudbust, also that rivers are over
flowing and many railroads lines de-
stroyed Property losses to the extent
of several millions have occurred
NEW YORK, July 1S.-The strike
of drivers in the employ of the New
York Transfer company has caused
a big tie-up in trunks here. The bag
gage of vacation travellers is piled up
in immense stacks, and there is great
inconvenience. 1t is said the team
sters' union did not authorize the
strike and will take steps to fill the
places for the transfer company if the
men do not return to work tomorrow.
NEW YORK, uJly 1S.-The steamer
St. Louis, which was delayed by an ac'
cident in mid-ocean, as reported in
these dispatches Saturday, arrived
here today. All we'll ON the boat.
ST. LOUIS, July 1S.-Last weeks
admissions to the Worlds Fair was
over half a million. The total admis-
sions to date are four and half mil
lion, a little more than half of the an
icipated attendance.
NEW YORK, July 19.-SiX thou
sand carpenters are locked out here
by the Building Trades Employers
Association, which ties up all con-
struction. The trouble is about the
handling of non-union wood. Twelve
men struck on a building about six
weeks ago, The men were ordered
back to work pending a settlement
and did so, but more men were re-
quired as the work progressed, which
caused more friction and ended in an
other strike.
SPRINGFIELD, H., July 19.-At a
meeting of the coal miners here, and
of Spring Valley, Marquette and other
points in Illinois and Ohio, attended
by an aggregate crowd of 100000 res
olutions were passed, denouncing Gov.
Peabody for using the military powers
2gainst miners and urging President
Roosevelt to interfere.
NEW YORK, July 19.-The late
enator Hanna left a personal estate
in this city. His appraisement, which
was concluded this morning, shows
the value to be $4,000. In Ohio his
personal estate amounted to SS,OOO,'
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CINCINNATI o., July 19.-Thou'
sands of members of the Benevolent
and Protective Order of Elks are here
from every prominent city in the coun
try to attend the annual meeting oil
the grand lodge and reunion of that
order, which began today and will con-
tinue throughout the week. Tomor'
row there will be grand parade, IN
which it is expected $4,000 Elks will
participate.
The opening exercises were held to-
lay in Music Hall, which was crowd
ed with badge-bedecked Elks and their
ladies'. when Walter D. Buckner, DID,
The grand chaplain, arose and offer
ed PRAYER. Exalted Ruler August
hermann of Cincinnati Lodge No.
made the opening address of welcome
He was followed by Mayor Julius
Fleischmann, who welcomed the ElkS
10 Cincinnati. Governor Myron I
Herrick welcomed the visitors in be
half of the State of Ohio. Joseph L
Tanning of indianapolis, grand eXalt
ed ruler, responded. In the course OF
his remarks Mr.. Tanning stated tha'
the progress of the Elks in the las'
wear had never been equaled in the
history of the organization. This pro
gress, he explained, had manifested
itself not only numerically but intern
ally, in the development and perfec
ton Of those ideals for which the or
gauization stands. In the West the
order has been especially progressive
and energetic during the last twelve
months, which energy has manifested
itself in the formation OF big lodges
and the erection of many handsome
lodge buildings.
GUNNISON, Colo, July 16.-ln Gun
nison today, Judge Theron Stevens O
the Seventh judicial district rendered
an important decision concerning th'
rights of fishermen.
Alonzo Hartman, a wealthy ranch
man, who controls several miles o.
creek and rlverbed, made application
for an injunction to restrain George
Trezize from entering his fields u
fish.
The court found that the beds o.
the streams in Colorado are public
highways for the purpose OF carrying
water belonging to the people OF the
state, and that any citizen has the
right to enter them for any lawfu
purpose, including that of fishing, Du
that if in so doing the fisherman gets
upon the bank in an iclosure he does
50 at his own peril and lays himself
liable for punishment for trespass
The decision was based upon sector
5. article 16 of the constitution, whicf
reads as follows;
"The water of every natural stream
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