Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1905-07-24


AZURE here the past "a hours. Car
den truck was killed.
LOS ANGELES, July 21.-M. Han
cock, a millionaire pillow manufactur-
er. was killed and his wife and two
sons injured in an automobile acct
dent last night TIE auto was speed
ing along country road at the rate
of 40 miles an hour when 1t ran into
a buggy and veered into a telephone
pole. The sole occupant of the bug
gy may die from injuries sustained.
GALENA. Kans.. July 21.-Tne
food in Spring river is rapidly sub
siding. The crest of the food struck
the Power company's huge dam at
Lowell, Kans., at this morning, but
withstood it. The water rose 2S feet
above low water mark. The Frisco
bridge, above the dam, stands unin-
jured. but a wagon bridge below went
out The total damage from Car
about 100000.
SIOUX FALLS, S. D., July 21.-
Representative retail and wholesale
merchants OF South Dakota met in
convention mere today TO organize for
the purpose of fighting the encroach-
ments of the bie Eastern mail order
bouses Those behind Yae movement
hope to devise some plan by which
tne mail order houses will be forced
TO abandon the South Dakota field.
TOPEKA, Kans., July 21.-Esti-
mates of the value of the wheat crop
in western Kansas show that in
many cases the crop for this year Is
WORTH four times the price of the
land. based on sales at the beginning
of the year. The southwestern crop
estimate is 104 900, 900 bushels of
winter wheat.
WILKES BARRE, Pa, july 2l.-
The Delaware & Hudson Coal com
pany has completed mammoth cleo
trio power plant and next week will
begin the operation and illumination
of all its collieries in the northern
part of this city by electricity. The
small locomotives will give way to
the motor cars and the mine mules
will be thing of the past. The com
pany has given the electric devices a
systematic trial and the result was
entirely successful
NEW YORK, July 21.-Eleanor
vandeventer. the fance of Frederick
Carlton, the alleged Blue Beard"
was arrested today and startling rev.
citations are expected to result. Dur
ing cross-examination in the police
court headquarters Miss Vandeventer
attempted to commit suicide by try
ing to jump from window. but a
policeman caught ner in time to pre-
vent it. Carlton was arraigned to-
day on the charge of larceny, and the
woman was charged with selling i'm.
moral photographs.
CHICAGO, July 2l.-Tne team
sters' strike, which has upset this
city for the past l05 days was official
ly declared off this morning. The
only concession that the men have
gained is in the case of the lumber
drivers. VINO now have the right to
wear the union button. In all the
otner unions the men, In seeking their
old positions, have tacitly agreed to
the terms of the agreement. There
were 10 lives lost during the strike.
The loss to the business interests is
about sl0,000,00O.
WASHINGTON, July 21-Tbe
navy department expects that the
squadron escorting the remains Of Ad.
miral John Paul Jones will arrive TO.
morrow unless there is a mischance.
The squadron under Admiral Sipsbee
will be met at the Capes by a battle
| ship squadron under Admiral Evans.
cruiser squadron under Admiral
Brownson, and The French cruiser
Jurien de la Graviere. These vessels
will form the escort up the bay to
Annapolis where the remains of Al.
miral Jones will tomorrow be de.
posted in the temporary vault. with
full military honors. They will he
placed in the new chapel. tneir final
resting place. as soon as 1t is com
pleted.
The new chapel, a central feature
of the reconstructed naval academy
group of buildings recently ordered
by congress at cost of many mil.
| lions. rises on the water front with