Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-11-24


tugs the vessel has not moved mater
tally A rough sea is going. The ship
is in considerable danger It is believ-
ed a portion of the cargo must be re-
moved before she will float.
The passengers. mostly Italian i'm
migrants were taken on
nOUSTON, Tex, Nov 21-Houston
is entertaining one of the largest
,rowds in her history, hundreds of
visitors having already arrived for
the annual No-Tsu-Oh carnival and
many more being on the way. With the
arrival of King Notice and the general
illumination of the city tonight the
carnival will be formally opened and
Intil the end of the week marrymak-
ing and jollity will reign supreme.
The arrangements committee has
ormulated a program providing for
brilliant succession of parades, shows
md other features Of entertainment.
NEW YORK. Nov. 2l.-An outline
If the States case against Nan Pat
-erson was given to the jury today by
District Attorney Rand. He dwelt up
IN the relations between the defend
mt and Caesar Young. suggesting
motives for murder. The actress sat
with tense expression throughout the
speech, gripping her fathers hand,
when singing references were made
The prosecution said they would
prove that Nan Patterson made a
threat against Young and prepared
ior killing him thirteen hours be
ore his death They said they would
show Young had not the slightest
cause to commit suicide.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Nov. 21.-
leak in gas tubing caused the
asphyxiation of Courtland S. Benedict
president of the Hastings Clothing
company, and his wife last night. They
1sed gas reading lamp and turned
1ff the light at the lamp, allowing the
yas to run into the tube. which leaked
badly.
AMSTERDAM, Nov. PA disas-
trous hurricane visited the Talautse
Islands northeast of Celebes in the
Malay Archipelago, flooding the en-
tire limit of the Islands, leaving des-
AlAult llll ~ AHohotthh ptopitr tc'A
)letely destroying their homes.
THE HAGUE, Nov. 21-The Hague
Tribunal met today to arbitrate the
differences between Japan and Eng
land, France and Germany, as to the
tax levied by the Japanese govern
| ment on the buildings situated in the
foreign concessions at Toxic.
In, ra
sponse to the call of Col. Clarence
B. Douglas, president Of the Oklaho
ma and Indian Territory Republican
| press association, the members of the
association assembled in Guthrie to
| day to formulate plans for prosecut
ing the statehood campaign before
| the coming session OF Congress
TOPEKA. Kan, Nov. 21.-Franh
Brown, clerk of the federal district
court of this district, died last nigh
of typhoid.
| TOPEKA, Kan, Nov. 21.-Mrs
| Mary Nickum. proprietress of board
ing house. was found dead from blow
on the head with an ak and terrible
mutilations inflicted with a case knife
probably by a murderer Saturday
night. and the police are completed!
at sea in investigating. 1t is the wors
murder in the history of Topeka. TIL,
woman's body was found in the doc
10 the dinning room by domestic
The murderer is supposed to be 1
jealous woman or man, who mutilat
ed the body to conceal evidence tend
ing to show a motive. A sum Of none.
in the house was not touched.
NEW YORK. Nov 22-Rarely ha
a murder trail attracted such crowd
as swarmed to hear the Nan Pattel
son case today Court official polio
adopted extreme measures to kee
them out. The defendant this mornin
looked pale and careworn. The prose
cution decided to minimize the grut
someness OF the skeleton by whic
il will be endeavored to prove Youn
sould not have killed himself by pre-
senting before the jury with the hea
removed. The first witness today ideI
tilted the revolver found in Young
pocket.
Today the trial of Nan Patterson
| II Is announced VIII De hurried Dy IN
defense. who are confident of acqui
tai and they are anxious to get throug
with the trial in order that the gi
may go to Washington before he
mother dies. Mrs. ]. Randolph Pate
son is slowly sinking. To-day Mis-
Patterson is in very tense cond
: tion. She is fearfully frightened an
4 added to this the news that her mot
4 er is slowly passing away, makes hi
4 condition critical. She received bus
: els OF letters. Twenty-Five came in II
$ first mail today, several Of them co
T.. tanning offers of marriage. 1t
Y thought the defense had surprise
:. spring so sure do they seem of a
S quittal.
!. CHICAGO, Ill. Nov 22.-An inve
+ tigation OF the mysterious automobi
:. murder as a result of which Chat
fuer Bate was found dead in his ca
indicates that perhaps two persol
; were murdered in the vehicle. the fir
II being unknown. the second bell
& Bate The police are inclined to belle
o the man named Dove. who rented d