Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-10-12
TELEGRAPH NEWS.

'ther states to join In a plan to adver'
Use the West, so that part OF the
$50, 100000 spent annually In touring
Europe will be brought into the
West.
a tourist trust. comprising these
eight western states. including Colo
tado. Wyoming, Utah and New Mex
co. and also the Pacific coast. is to
be organized with the sole object of
ing the wonders Of the home country.
The idea of the trust IL to corral the
American tourist and show the best
and most profitable vacation In the
West.
BARBOURSvILLE. w, Va. Oct ..
The mining town of Big Creek was
icycled to the ground early. today by
fire. Two hundred homes, stores and
a hotel we're destroyed. Two-thirds of
the loss falls on the Stone Branch
Goal company.
HOUSTON, Texas. Oct. 9.--Monk
Gibson was captured early this morn
ng hy rangers. For ten days hun.
ireds of citizens of Jackson county
nave been searching for this negro
wing TO his being involved In tho
murder of the Condit family at Edna.
Excitement Is great among the citi
ems and they may clash with tho
roops,
Walter Warren, negro. while pass
ng his barn this morning saw some
me peellinE through a crack. He told
Iohn Gibson, white farmer. Of his
7uspicion. Gibson started for help
Meanwhile Warren thought 1t might
he well to get the s1,100 reward him
self, overpowered Monk Gibson, and
started with MIN towards Edna. Halt
say TO town he was met by the sher
II and deputies. n company of rangers
and two companies of militia, who
took charge of the prisoner and placed
him in jail. Gibson lived on raw corn
since September %. He says his pur
'ucrs were within few feet OF him
several times. A lynching is not ex
Docted, as troops surround the jail.
t;ibson's guilt is not fixed but there
~ ~ iDd' nv NdH SlltU sbfIit
light ON the massacre.
The town of Edna is wildly excited
however.
DENVER. Oct. 9.-Charles Powers
rich mine owner OF Sharon. Pa.
lied of stroke of apopleXy while
nearing Denver today on Colorado
& Southern passenger train,
A few moments after the coroner's
ambulance had removed his body Mrs
4. Greenwood of Grenolla, Kas., was
taken violently III in the waiting room
Of the public station and before her
husband could summon medical as
'isinnce she had passed away.
shortly after her removal to the
'oroners Mrs. Edna Morris of Den
nison, Texas, accompanied by her
laughter, tainted. and for some time
her life was despaired Of She re
covered sufficiently. however, to be
removed.
Frank n. Wright Colorado &
southern engineer. was almost killed
II Castle Rock and was brought into
the depot badly injured,
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 9.-Judge Daniel
Taylor today denied the injunction
sought by Joseph Ramsey against
George Gould and others to prevent
voting Wabash stock held by the Mis-
souri, Pacific and Iron Mountain roads
at the annual meeting of Wabash
stockholders at Toledo.
The Judge pointed out that Ramsey
at previous Wabash meeting had
himself voted Missouri Pacific stock
in Wabash meetings and that the laws
of Missouri forbade combination or
The decision is based on the ground
hat Ramsey is seeking to enjoin 9th,
"rs from doing the very thing he him
self innd done while president of the
Wabash. The Judge severely criti-
cised the methods of Gould, saying
The case is replete with evidence OF
Violations OF provisions of certain Mis-
souri, laws enacted for the protection
If the public"
TOLEDO. o., Oct. 9.-Joseph Ram.
7oy this afternoon gave up the fight
gainst the Goulds for control of the
Wabash The loss of the st. Louis
suit, the prospect of being defeated
anyhow and other influences caused
his decision.
ST. PETERSBURG. Oct. 9.--The
hrowing of bombs at the troops in
riffs yesterday evening. which result.
d in troops firing upon the people,
Gems to have been the result of de.
iberately organized plot, Ten bombs
we're thrown at the barracks In diff
rrent parts of the city. Shots were
ilso fired at the soldiers, but the loss
Df life was confined to one bomb
brewer and twenty persons injured,
ST, PETERSBURG, Oct 9.-Martial
Jaw has been proclaimed in Moscow
m account of the clashes between the
roops and the strikers
NEW YORK. Oct. 9.--Charles 4
hughes. legal counsel for the life in
'urance Legislative investigation com
nittee, today declined the Republican
for mayor of New York
MILLERBURG, Pa, Oct. "a col
islon of two Pennsylvania trains at
he junction OF the Lykens Valley
ranch yesterday resulted In the death
If t1ree men, several injured and