Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-12-22
TElEGRAPhic NEWS.

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rival home of her husband at Ave this
morning, secured a revolver and shot
and killed him and is now in jail
charged with murder She claims her
| husband was brutal and that last
night she waited for him to come
home until nearly daylight.
ST. JOSEPH, Dec. 21.-The engine
Of the southbound Burlington passen-
ger from Omaha to Kansas City.
jumped the track at Beverly, Mo. to-
| day and turned over Fireman Cal
cntt, of st Joseph, was crushed TO
death. The passengers were uninjur-
| ed.
CHICAGO. H.. Dec 2I-With a
constable standing at the door with
warrant charging him with embezzle.
ment of four hundred dollars. Henry
Berkhardt shot himself dead today
His wife and two children saw the
deed
PITTSBURG. Pa, Dec. 2l.-Unless
the unexampled drouth be broken.
very shortly. thousands of workmen
are threatened with temporary loss of
employment as IA result OF the inevi.
table closing of mills factories. mines
and coke fields. The douth of the pres.
ent year is the worst since 1871 and
much suffering is felt. There is about
foot of snow on the ground but
even If this should melt it would not
be sufficient to relieve the drouth. 1t
has saved much suffering from thirst
and relieved cattle. Many manufact-
uring industries have had no water
for week.
WASHINGTON. d. c.. Dec. 21.-
The Metropolitan Club. the most ex-
elusive social institution in Washing.
ton. was burned out early today. The
interior of the building was destroy
ed within two hours by flames Only
the walls remain. Several members,
who live in the club were rescued
with difficulty.
The loss is about one hundred
thousand dollars. exclusive of the II.
brary which contained ten thousand
volumes and was said to have been
the finest known in America
LOGANSPORT, Ind. Dec 2l.-Fire
apparatus from here was hurried by
trolley to Peru. Indiana, last night
to fight fire which did n hundred
thousand dollars damage to the Peru
Steel company While the firemen
We're away the Watts implement store
here suffered forty thousand dollar
loss by fire. The firemen remaining
behind could not handle 1t properly
COLORADO SURINGS. Colo. Dec
21.-The body of the young and beau
tiful woman found on Cutler hill. was
ot
from Coroner Laws Undertaking es-
dertaking establishment. The grave
was not made in the potters' field The
hair and jaws of the young woman
have been saved to assist in her pos
sible naturalization. The coroner is
confident that anyone who knew her
can identify her from these evidences
and by the description held in the
ocroner's Office. The report that she
was the wife of Daniel Quirk. finally
proved untrue. although Quirk first
claimed she was. The police calm to
have full description OF the murder
er and the manner in which the muir
der was committed and think 1t will
be but matter of short time before
he is arrested. II is not believed
either of the pair were residents of
Colorado Springs.
WASHINGTON, ID. c.. Dec. 21.-
The senate was in session Just four
minutes today and adjourned for the
holidays.
LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. 21.-A party
of seed corn experts just consluded
ten days tour on the Burlington. The
rNf fnGG lnntttrnI tn fhnuga nd
farmers on the selection and planting
of seeds. They say the farmers dis
played intense interest. The lecture
ers say If their advice is taken that
the corn crop will be increased
twenty million dollars in value.
WASHINGTON, d. c.. Dec. 21.-
Most important feature of the first
porations submitted to congress. by
Commissioner Garfield today is a re-
commendation for law providing for
federal license or franchise for com
panies engaged in Interstate commerce
The commissioner favors this remedy
as against delegating to states the
power to control interstate commerce.
which action he claims to be uncon-
stitutional The remedy suggested
would have the effect of removing the
authority of the state regarding local
regulating. The plan is to make all
companies doing interstate business
take out federal license and make
such reports as are demanded by the
government, under penalty of revo-
cation of license.
| The commissioner concludes his re-
port with the promise of an exhaus-
tive report on the packing industry
| soon.
NEW YORK. Dec. 21.-Arguments
were heard today in Nan Patterson Is
case. BY agreement the lawyers are
making every effort to give the case
to the jury tonight The defendant
was in good spirits when she entered
the court and seemed to think her
troubles about over Lawyer Levy
pleading her case, told the jury there
was no middle course for them. They
either must find the girl guilty of mur
der in the first degree and consign her
to the electric chair or must acquit