Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-09-22

natlon AT the state convention, Chas
j. Hughes Jr.. will be endorsed fol
Governor and the delegates to the
state convention will be instructed tc
vote for his nomination. Whether Mr.
Hughes viii accept the nomination
for Governor. remains question
f. c. Stimson. former Democratic
nominee for Governor was chosen fol
temporary chairman. No nominations
are excepted today.
ST. LOUIS, Sept 19.-wallace
Bryant American Archery champion
and l.. w. MaXon who had been cham.
pion seven times are among the con
testants in the archery at Stadium
today. The noted foreign archers will
probably give the Americans hard
tussel.
ST. LOUIS. Sept. 10 One million
and twenty-e!ght thousand people Wis.
tied the Worlds Fair last week.
| ST LOUIS, Mo, Sept 19.-Eighty
golf players of the United States and
Canada, entered the Olympic tourna-
ment today for theOlympic champion
ship. j. l.. Caleton, of St Louis made
the best score this afternoon.
| TOPEKA, Kan, Sept. 19.-Four
thousand dollars was awarded l.. ".
| Bird, the Frisco engineer by Fed
eral jury at Wichita. for damages he
suffered when train was blown up
by powder near Beaumont. Kan, a
year ago. Bird wanted s25,O00.
ESOPuS. N. Y, Sept. 19-The flag
| over Judge Parker's home at Rose
mont Is at half hast today as trib-
ute to George Bedford, the old flag
man of the West Shore road. who
died suddenly this morning. Between
him and Parker was close friend
ship.
PORTLAND, Ore, Sept. 19.-The
society young women of this city have
taken upon themselves the work of
1isposing of the Lewis Clarke centen-
nial gold dollars, made by the gov
ernment as part of the Govern
ments appropriation for the exposi
don
LINCOLN, Neb.. Sept. 2O.-Letter
Peoples party candidate for Vice
President was made public today
II says that the members of the Peo-
pies party were composed of those
who believe that government is insti-
tuted for the purpose of advancing
The human race instead of the rich
gathering heaps of gold mountain
high. The party, he declares seeks
10 advantage for one class but for all
;lasses. The principles of the party,
he says would result in establishment
If such a government
SARATOGA, n. Y, Sept. 2O.-The
Democratic state convention was
2alled to order at noon today, nearly
all state leaders. delegates and hun.
ired Tammany politicians present.
William b. Hornblower. New York
lttorney was chosen for temporary
chairman. and made a long address
Former Senator HILL Patrick McCar-
rem. William F. Sheehan. August Bel
mont and Tamany leader, Murphy,
were late in appearing. having spent
he entire night in conference in an
'ndeavor to settle the giibernatorial
iontest, II is not believed that a final
selection will be made before tomor-
row. although possibly the leading
candidates will be allowed to test
heir strength on a trial ballot. The
conference will be continued this af-
ternoon and tonight and 1t is the gen
eral impression that one candidate
will be decided upon. and he will be
chosen unanimously on the first bat.
lot. The strongest under current ap-
pears to be Edward NJ Shepard, of
Brooklyn.
CHICAGO. Sept. 20-A mob of five
hundred persons attacked a man in a
buggy at West Twelfth and Halstead
streets after he had run down and in
jured Mary Menkowsky, aged six
Hundreds of Ghetto Jews celebrating
The feast of Yom Kippur, pursued the
buggy for blocks bombarding 1t with
stones and bricks. The driver was
caught and was being harshly dealt
with when the police arrived They
fought off the crowd and rescued the
unfortunate man. Ten persons were
badly injured.
ROME, Sept. 20.-The Italian in
dependence day, the anniversary of
the entry of the Italian troops into
Rome on September 20, 1870, was cele-
Drated today throughout the peninsu-
la The day was more generally obser
we'd in the capital than ever before.
business being entirely suspended
while the populace gave itself up to
he enjoyment of the public fetes.
CHICAGO Sept. 20-Robert Scott
senior member of Carson, Pierre &
Scott, died today Unexpectedly.
DES MONIES, la. Sept 2O.-Re-
ports from Oskaloosa say that that
city is recovering from the effects OF
terrible wind and hail storm which
ruined many thousands dollars worth
of property, several large wholesale
grocery stores demolished and all
business houses more or fess damag
ed. Reports from all over the state
show that the storm was general and
much damage was done elsewhere.
DENVER, Colo, Sept. 20.-Presi-
dent Loree, of the Rock Island sys-
TEN; President Winchell, OF the Chi
| cago and Rock Island; Mr.. Cable,
lormer president and John Sebastian,
traffic manager. are all on their way
here on a special train which will ar