Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-05-30

lectiNe tnriu. He did not believe there
IND been any profit made on the few
foreign battleshlps built in American
yards
FORT SCOTT. Knns.. May 27.-F.
IL Taylor was placed In jail here ten
days ago on a serious charge and has
not eaten since his incarceration. He
says he would welcome death. All ef-
forts TO make him take nourishment.
have failed.
NEW BEDFORD. Mass. May 27.-
Five masked burglars last night en-.
tered the Onokn Woolen Mills. over.
powered the watchman. and after a
hight forced him to sit down and
watch them dynamite the safe. es-
Gaping with It's contents.
WASHINGTON. May 27-President
Samuel Gompers of the American
Federation Of Labor spent last even.
Ing clpsetei with President Roose.
welt He stated today that they dis
cussed social and economic questions
but did not mention politics.
DENVER. May 2T.-Count Hohen-
lohe vou Schillngsfurst left Denver
today at noon for Colorado Springs,
where he Will spend day In the Gar.
don of the Gods Tonight he will be
given a reception at the Antlers hotel.
leaving tomorrow for one day In the
Cripple Crock district Sunday the
count and his party will leave for the
oast He has made several large in.
vestments in Colorado mines and
real estate during his stay here.
LAWTON, okla. May IA fire of
unknown origin. destroyed the Farm.
crs' hotel today. causing the death
OF John Rranuon and Patrick McCabe.
MoClbc sacrificed his life In trying
10 save that OF his lifelong friend
Brannun Frank Moore was badly
bruised by jumping from a window.
VIM. Morgan. the proprietor, was also
Injured
Special Telephone to The Herald.
OubAY. May 27-The entire com
munity here Is feeling happy over a
rich strike lust made In the Revenue
tunnel. The new strike was made
drifting from n shaft sunk from the
lowest level In the mine a depth of
500 feet. This Is the deepest work.
ngs in the mine The vein contains
4 feet of fine milling ore and an s.
inch streak OF rich ore The strike is
4 silyer-lead ore and the rich streak
contains specimens OF very rich free
gold ore. 1t runs several ounces In
gold ar1 goes High In silver.
very small force of men have
been at work ON this property this
winter, as no work was done except
sinking the shaft, but since the strike
the force has been increased untll
now there are 60 men employed.
DIES MONIES, May 27.-Three wo-
men who yesterday attended the fun
eral Of Contractor f. l., Dubois. each
claiming to be his legal widow. met
today talked over matters and agreed
| upon division Of the estate without
litigation About Sl1 900 Is involved
| Mrs. Dubois No. | comes from New
| Orleans. the second claimant is Il res
ident Of Joplin, No. and says she has
three children. the Issue OF mar
riage with Dubois in 1880. while the
third widow lived here with the con
tractor for several years prior to his
death
FORT SCOTT Kans.. May 81
omer Noel. ten years OF age. was at
tackled by a mother cat while playing
with her kittens last night. The cat
sank her teeth In the boys cheek. and
| Ill efforts to make her release her
hold on the boy by choking failed
| Then the cats throat was cut, but the
teeJh still remained fixed Finally
the cats jaws We're prled open with
a steel chisel Blood poisoning Is
feared.
RALEIGH. n. C., May 27.-The
whole community of Lucama, Wilson
county. is engaged in a diamond hunt
following the finding Of 2S cut gems
worth s7700 In the ashes OF Il carload
of fertilizer burned there In a railroad
wreck The ashes were distributed
over a field. which Is now being thor
oughly searched dispute between
Lafayette Jones. owner Of the field.
and negro finders of the stones has
been decided by magistrate in fav-
or Of the latter.
Special Telephone to The Herald.
OURAY. May 27.-The pyrltic smell
ter of Ouray Is to resume operations
about the 1st OF June. The smelling
company now has the advantage OF
having plenty of money to run on,
which they did not have formerly.
Ore settlements can be made at once.
whereas formerly it was necessary to
wait for returns after the product
had been shipped ont This is calcu-
lated 10 attract Il much larger volume
Of ore
The success OF this smelter has
been thoroughly demonstrated and
ores containing plenty OF iron. lime
and sulphur can be treated at SO great
a saving that many lowgrnde mines
which are now idle win be able to
work at a profit
TELLURIDE. May 27-Little
Oneta Palmer, who was returning
with her mother from Ogden to some
where in the vicinity Of Durango or
La Plata city. was taken sick aboard
The train and on Sunday she was
brought to Telluride. being unable to
continue the journey. Last night she
died Her f9her, whose hrst name is
urn far Nyh hon hnr