Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-12-19
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ber OF school children and three team,
were upon IT, The bodies of three
children were recovered. The drivers
all escaped The horses were al
drowned. The river was frozen over.
The dead are. Mamie Higgenbothan
and Ray Humphrey II was thought
Ella Smith also dead. but she revived
though half downed, suffering inter
nally and with broken arm, Twenty
children fell with the bridge to the
ice fifty feet below. A number crawled
out uninjured. Others were rescued
from the shore.
CHICAGO. ILL.,, Dec. 15.--Burling
toms fast mail left the track at Bris,
tol. III. early this morning. Two cars
were wrecked Fireman johnson. OF
Galesburg, was killed; Conductor
| Cowdy Brakeman Farrell and four OF
the six mail clerks were badly inIur.
ed. A defective rail caused the &C.
cident
CLEVELAND. o.. Dec 15.-This
morning Mrs. Chadwick arose very
cheerily after the first night in the
county jail and said to the matron,
Mrs. Hall: Il am just delighted to be
again with my friends in Cleveland. -
She is having hotel fare and Is lib.
orally supplied with money. All morn.
ing swarms crowded the prison house
in the hope of seeing the smooth Dor.
| rover.
In her cell today Mrs, Cassie Chad
wick, erstwhile society leader. was
positively identified by Mrs. Kssin-
ger, former employe of the Ohio
State penitentiary in the woman's
ward, as the notorious Madame De-
we're. the fortune teller.
How do you do. Madame Devere," 4"
said Mrs. Kissinger entering. A look
OF mingled recognition and terror
overspread the prisoners face before
she could cover it with her hands. Mrs
kissinger said she would take an
oath that Madame Devere and Mrs
Chadwick were the same person. say.
Ing eleven years since Deyere's re.
lease made practically no change in
the woman's features Devere in 1890
was sentenced to the penitentiary nine
and half years for forgery. Joe Lamb
Jointly accused, was acquitted on the
ground that he was hypnotized by the
woman Devere spent three years sew
ing convicts' shirts and was then ,a
rolled by Mckinley.
CLEVELAND, o., Dec. l6.-Mrs
Chadwick accustomed herself to her
changed conditions and slept well last
night.
WASHINGTON. d. c.. Dec. l6-
Representative Baker, of New York
introduced resolution today aimed
at the beef trust. Baker would like to
know whether it operates in restraint
of trade. as Bakers similar resolu.
tion against the steet trust recently
was tabled.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. l6-
Representative Livingston, in reso-
luton introduced today, requests that
the Secretary of Agriculture forward
to the house all data upon which the
Governments last cotton report was
made. The resolution declares there
Is considerable want of confidence in
the official cotton reports. especially
regarding the last one
WASHINGTON. ID. C., Dec. lG-
Senator Beveridge, for the commit
tee on territories, today reported the
statehood bill to the senate. 1t pro
vides for the state Oklahoma. form
ed by consolidating Oklahoma and the
Indian territory. and the state of Ari.
zona, for Arizona and New Mexico
He announced that as soon as the
Philippine bill was out of the way, he
would move to make the statehood
bill unfinished business of the SEN
ate
WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. l6.-
Senator Bard, Of Carolina, introduced
an amendment to the statehood bill
designed to limit the bill to one state
from Oklahoma and Indian territory
barring Arizona and New Mexico
PORTSMOUTH. o., Dec. l6.-An
explosion of toy caps almost destroy
ed Lloyd Adams pistol factory today
Many panic stricken girls leaped from
the second and third story windows
and escaped from the flames. Efne
Phipps was killed. Matte Rice and
Ola Smith were probably fatally in
jured Many others were less serious
ly injured.
WASHINGTON. D. c., Dec. 16-
The first witness in the Smoot case
today was Mrs Elliott, OF Price,
Utah. who said she had gone through
the Endowment House often acting
for dead women. She recounted va
rious oaths and said that one of the
prayers was that the blood of the
apostles should be visited upon the
nation.
TOLEDO. o.. Dec. 16.-Following
the announcement of a magnificent
gift to the Chicago University by
Rockefeller. comes another cut in the
price of oil. Producers. owing to past
experiences. now always expect re-
duced prices when President Harper
announces the receipt of donation
from Rockefeller The latest cut is
three to five cents
SILVERTON, Colo. Dec. 16.-The
| tramway station known as Midway,
| connecting the Silver Lake mill with
The mine, caught fire in some unknown
manner at IL O'Clock last night and
burned TO the ground. nothing being
saved The direct loss is placed at