Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-02-08

: honeymoon is to be spent at Brockei
Hall. in Hartfordshire, lent by Lord
Mount stephen, which Will soon nave
brighter memories than the deaths OF
prime ministers, for which 1t Is n
present so curiously famed.
FULTON. Mo, Feb. 5.--The clos
ing argument In the case of Edward
Butler was made today and the case
will go to the jury by sundown to-
night.
The yiciousness with which Buffers
lawyers attacked the States Wit
nesses was the feature OF the
speeches. Judge Krun, for instance.
said. Tho principal witnesses for the
prosecution are periurers who sold
themselves. and grafters who cast
thelneelyes upon the State and vomit-
ed their odorlierous testimony for ex-
hibition purposes to this honest Jury
| In support of the mere theory that
Butler bribed these nineteen men.
| SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 5.--Mai-
colin De La Fere, doctor and Inventor.
but held In Jail for embezzlement
from Minneapolis. committed suicide
by taking poison and was found dead
| IN MS cell llita
bezzler was soldier In the Spanish
war and served as doctor with much
| distinction.
| NEW YORK, Fob. 5.--Miss Clay
bourne Sheldon of Buffalo has caused
The arrest of hack driver called MOI
| fat, charging him with robbing and
drugglug her In the strects of New
York in broad daylight.
Miss Sheldon arrived here. and be-
Ing a stranger in the city asked the
cabman to drive her to some promi-
nent hotel. After being driven about
| the city for several hours, and when
| the cabman made no reply to her
| questions, she attempted to hight.
| At this he seized her and insisted thai
she give him 500 before leaving the
cab Miss Sheldon refused and
| struggle eusued, during which Mohat
| thrust a handkerchief under her nose
and she lost her senses. When MisA
| sheldon returned to consciousness she
| was sitting on the curbstone and all
| her money, several hundred dollars,
| was missing.
| AMSTERDAM, Feb. 6.--Advices
| have been received here saying that
an entire town In the east end OF Java.
Dutch West Indies, has been swallow
ed up by volcanic eruption, and nun
dreds OF persons killed.
NE WYORK, Feb. 5.-The steamer
| Bluecher. which has entered this port.
| reports the toughest voyage ever ex-
perienced. One seaman was washed
ovrboard and several others were
h. toy
| tous seas
BERLIN, Feb 5--The old Danish
castle of Kronberb which was made
famous by Shakespeare as the Elsi-
more OF Hamlet" is threatened with
destruction by being undermined by
the tide The foundations are AL
ready seriously damaged and the cas-
tie will probably have to be torn
down.
WASHINGTON. Feb. doctors
| Rixie and Magruder announce today
| that Senator Hanna has typhoid fever.
The diagnosis WAS confirmed by an
examination of Mr.. Hanna's blood by
| Dr. Behrond. However, the senator
rested fairly well last night.
The senator's malady Is character
lied as irregular typhoid. President
Roosevelt called at the senator's
apartments today but was not allow
| ed to see him. The senator will bo
| lncapacitated for business for several
| weeks.
The physicians have decided that
| the condition of the senator is not 30
Immediately serious az to require his
entire family to be sent for. 1t may
be necessary. however. tomorrow or
| the next day. Mrs. Hanna and Mrs.
| Mccormick, her daughter. are already
here The members OF the family not
here are Mrs. Parsons of Cleveland.
daughter; Daniel Hanna, a son. and
Mr.. Hanna's two brothers in Cleve-
land. His two sisters are at Thomas
Vile. Ca, Mrs. Wyman Jones and
Mrs. Moss. Telegrams have been
passed and they will hold themselves
In readiness.
| There is no material change In the
| patients condition this afternoon, but
DR.. Osler of Baltimore has been called
| in.
PoTTSVILLE. Pa. Feb. Six peo-
Pile were burned to death at Park
Place this county early today. and six
double dwellings destroyed.
The dead are all foreigners--fve
men and one boy. all OF whom worked
in the Park Place colliery.
| WASHINGTON. Feb. 5.-The state
department has been advised that the
japanese government has called upon
all Japanese residents in the Yalu dis
trict to come te Toxic
NEW YORK. Feb. 5-No nomina-
tons will be made by the Republicans
Of the Twelfth congressional district.
and Bourke Cochran (DemocraD will
oe unanimously elected to the vacancy
in congress caused by the elevation OF
Mayor Mcclellan.
FON DULAC. Wis. Feb. "a jew.
eler named Henry Loeb. who began
dieting for his health. now twice day
drinks a gallon Of milk and eats
bunch OF raw oats and lot OF corn.
He is growing fat on the novel diet
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