The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1904-08-05

of the Hodge family near Stateboro,
were brought here today for safety
and in order to avoid any possibility
of mob violence. From the evidence
it developed that the negroes first as
slulted Mrs. Hodge and heh 9lyer-Old
daughter before burning the house. 1t
is thought that the negroes entered
and attempted to assault the daugh-
ter, her cries attracting 9the mother,
who ran out with a lump, which she
set on the gate post cRusing the fire.
NEW YORK. Aug1sft1 Frank Wi
nan. aged 10, 6kklp1td today, after
being lost four dssSsHe left home to
go swimming iR Hissena lake, when
he lost his way ana wandered into the
woods OF Long Island, where he wan
dered for io,Gsdays without food.
BUTLERsSa6., August IA con-
,inuance uifSd September 26 was to-
day granted in the case of Kratz, ow-
ing to hla physicians statement that
Kratz Eb%serlously i'll with appendi-
citis AiEG complications. Kratz is
chargS fth accepting a 100000 brbe
money%$hile a member of the St.
Louis House of Delegates,
W5IKEGAN, Ill.,, August lin
Yesterdays address Dowie created a
sensation by charging the officers Of
Zioas%th misuse of funds. He also
I'D slbyn several rules as to court.
ship iII@hich he said mo young man
may Meafter go out walking with a
yoqag. isdy after dark without the
coRs9at of her parents The place
to court is in her home, where the
old folks are handysand can be asked
the question If any young man de.
sires to court Zion girl he must
first ask her parents, or else he is a
robber."
pNTpSVU 7 y. Pa .gi:si.5t ?. Tho
shutdown of collieries in the Schuyl-
xii regions today was complete with
the exception of the Lehigh Coal and
Navigation Company, which continues
TO operate its coleries in the Panther
Creek Valley. All individual operat.
ors along the Reading system have
been compelled to close, as no cars
will be furnished them until August
s. Conseryatiyely estimated, 61 men
are idle. The companies will make
many Improvements during the en-.
forced idleness.
ROME, August "A dispatch from
Jiboutilli says that King Meneik OF
Abyssinia treated H. Ellis, the Amer
lean negro who came with a copy OF
The commercial treaty with greN
honor He gave him presents fol
Roosevelt, among them being some
young lions.
LONDON, August 2.-The duches:
Of Marlborough, formerly Miss Van
derbit, was thrown from her horse
while riding in Blenheim Park las
night and badly injured, She was
aken to the palace in a motor car ant
although her injuries will not prove
fatal she will be confined to her bee
for weeks.
PLAINFIELD, n. ], August .
George Hardy, aged %, of Elizabeth
was dragged with one foot held as i
in a vice, head downward, betweel
two coal cars of a Southern Cenra
New Jersey railroad train while it raj
a distance of over ten miles. Man.
times he was struck by projection
rising between the tracks but wa
powerless TO release himself. Whel
the train came to a stop the man wa
released by a brakeman, his hea
still hanging down. and torn and Gu
in many places. He will recover.
CHICAGO, August -Four robber
held up the Illinois Central st. Loui
express train known as the damon
Special between Flossmore and Ma
tison last night and robbed thirty Pul
man passengers and wounded one ma
severely by striking him over tn
head with an axe The bandits wer
heavily armed and boarded the trai
at Harvey When near Mattison tn
men entered the Pullman and demand
ell money and jewels. One young ma
who was slow in responding was h
over the head with an axe and badl
, wounded The men then made the
escape It is not known how muc
plunder they secured,
e OURAY, August Louis King or
2 Of the pioneers of this place, havir
come here in 1877, died at midnigl
of cancer Of the bladder. He was
years of age, having been born in Stu
: CART, Germany. Deceased was a hig
;, ly respected citizen, and well know
i throughout adjoining counties.