The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1904-07-01
TELEGRAPHlC NEWS.

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CHICAGO, June 25.-Eleven persons
were injured and many slightly bruis.
ed in a callision between two cable
cars here today A northbound Wal.
lace street car and q Thirty-frst
street car, both crowded, crashed into
each other Many persons were in
jured in attempting to jump from the
cars.
BOSTON, June 25.-The noted deaf |
and dumb blind student at Radcliffe |
College, Helen Keller, whose strange |
gifts have amazed the world, has at
last broken down, and it is reported |
today that she is on the verge of
nervous prostration. She has been or
dered to abstain from all college work,
but it is believed she will get 3 decree
with the class OF 1904 in spite of her
falling down at the end.
ALTO PASS, Ills, June 27.-SiX
members of the Dehart family were
struck by lightning while standing un-
der a tree this morning. The mother
and one girl were KILLED GU right,
COY was badly lacetdted by splinters,
ana the others are in serious condi-
ton.
DENVER, June 27.-Theresa Guer-
RI the 27-months-old child of Joseph
Guerri, who ives seriously burned by
the overturning of kitchen lamp at
the home of her parents on Arapahoe
street, died late last night from burns
received. Although every effort was
made by the doctors to save the little
ones life, the injuries were so serious
that she could not be saved.
CHICAGO, June 27.-Because her
husband was insane and confined in
an asylum at Kankakee, and she being
unable to provide for herself and her
three children, Mrs. Anna Kelsdlck
To-day gave up the struggle for exist.
ence and ended her own life after Kill
ing the children. The family nad been
living in small room or Roby street,
md had recently been thr7atened with
eviction for the n)upay nent of rent
Illuminating gas was used as the
means of -gding their l!yes, Mrs. Kels
3icio lOnln, dtbG. 5uldtAe gas.
KANSAS CITY, Mo, June 27.-The
third flood in the Neosho valley at
Emporia, Kan, is as bad as the two
previous yisitations, Crops are again
ruined and the river is FIVE miles or
more in width. AT lola Kan, the river
is reported as falling and damages will
be slight. The Kansas river is fall.
ing rapidly today.
OSSINING, N. Y, June 27.-Frank
Burgess, sailor, was electrocuted to-
lay for the murder OF Capt. Townsr9lG
on board a schooner q a dispute q
wages. Burgess recently aslAcd t
governor not to con mute The dcu
'entence
TRENTON, N. j., June 27.-George
Rice of Marietta, Ohio, today filed a
bill in chancery for the dissolution of
The Standard Oil company, which is a
New Jersey corporation. He alleges
that it is illegal under the antitrust
lct and also under the New Jersey
laws.
The bill charges that the STANDARD
Oil company was declared illegal by
the courts of Ohio, and instead of dis
solving in obedience to that decision,
las, by subterfuge, evaded the decis.
ion. The bill also asks that the assets
be distributed among the stockholders
as paying off outstanding securities.
st. Louis, June 27-Edmund Bersh,
ex-member OF the House of Delegates,
today pleaded guilty to the charge of
boodling. Bersh was one of the nu.
merous boodlers who secured trials
from the supreme court
NEW YORK, June 27-At least
eight drowned, several injured fatally
and many badly hurt is the record of !
a tornado about here yesterday. In
East New York many houses were
unroofed and several buildings were
completely wrecked.
EVANSVILLE. Ind, June 27.-Ex.
press Messenger Harry Smythe re-
ported to the police this morning that
negro had assaulted Miss Clara
Weinbach, with whom he had been |
walking For a time excitement ran |
high and race riot was threatened |
Police officers having questioned the |
young woman closely decided that the |
story was started by Smythe to impll |
cate white man, his rival. This an
nouncement by the police authorities
quieted the excitement.
FIT. WORTH, Tex, June 27,-W. H,
Firth, general passenger agent of the
Rock Island here, was found dead in
his office at 10 O'Clock this morning. !
Firth arrived at his office apparently |
in the best of health. Two hours later
a clerk approaching his desk found |
the agent dead. Firth came here two
years ago from Denver.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, June pa
motion to quash the indictment in the
trial of Edgar Bailey, the union hack
driver charged with the murder OF
Albert Ferguson, non-unon driver,
during the Strike last March, was over
ruled this morning, and the selection
of jury began in the criminal court
today. The states theory is that
Bailey, James Forsha and Will Moon, :