Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-03-31
TELEGRAPHIc NEWS.

ST. LOUIS, March 2S--When the
United States district court convened
his morning the jury in the case of
senator Burton reported they had not
get agreed. While at dinner yester-
day, Il. S. Purdy. a member OF the
Jury was stricken with a slight attack
Of heart disease but was soon restored.
Burton spent an anxious Sunday in
the Southern hotel where he was Wis
tied during the day by his attorneys
ST. LOUIS. March 2S.-The jury in
The Burton case returned a verdict of
guilty at 1890.
The sentence will be fixed by Judge
Adams and the maximum penall;
would be a fine of 10000; two years
Imprisonment, and perpetual disquali
fication from holding office.
The senator is almost in condition
of collapse. He did not expect the
verdict and the maximum sentence
paralyzes him. The verdict, however,
is generally satisfying, especially in
Kansas where the feeling against the
senator has grown more and more in
tense. OF course il he does not re-
sign now he will be expelled. for he
cannot serve the state or the nation
any longer.
When the jury reached its verdict
Burton was summoned from the hotel
He came in accompanied by Judge
Krum, one of his lawyers. Burton
was noticeably haggard and pale,
'Fhara hitch M to-
senator nervously eyed the clock He
scanned the faces of the jurymen as
they entered and seemed to anticipate
the verdict. He appeared t. nearly
collapse when. the verdict WIS an
nounced. and sat down ar covered
his face with his hands He Whisper
ed something TO Krrw. but world
make nc statement.
There VS. no dem 1atration in
court The one juror who held ont
done so o. account OF ci ause in the
indictm nj
Molten t-r new trial was immed-
idately fiji Sentence has not yet
been passed by Judge Adams.
ST. LOUIS. NJ 'ch 2S.-Pending the
final disposition of the Burton case by
the appellate court it is not probable
Governor Bailey v II u ie any action
either in appointing a temporary sue
cessor or by conve ng the leg .lature
in special session to fill The vacancy
After the proceedings against Bur
ton were statted it was realized in po-
litical circles that he could not be a
candidate to succeed himself. and talk
of a successor brought forth large
crop of senatorial possibilities.
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo-. March 2S.-
The Black river is over its banks. and
this town of 5000 inhabitants is under
from three to ten feet of water. The
people have been compelled to aband-
on heir homes
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. March 2s.
Spring floods in Michigan are doing
enormous damage. Saginaw and this
city are under water, and last night
tho town was in darkness and all the
churches We're closed. The property
loss win exceed s2.O0O.O0O. Alarm is
prevailing in many points of the state.
PERU. Ind, March 2S.-Elephants
belonging to circus here in winter
quarters are standing in water up to
their bodies as the result of the flood.
Nearly 1000 homes are inundated.
Loss over $2O0.O00.
CONWAY, Ark, March 2s.-News
has reached here of tornado in
Faulkner county Saturday night,
Sprir gfield and Martnsville, two ham.
lets. being badly damaged Two per-
sons are reported killed and seven in
jured. two of them mortally. l
BALTIMORE, Md, March 2s.-Ray-
mond Moore. is years old. after suffer
ing from pneumonia for long time,