Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-08-24
TELEGRAPH NEWS.


VERA HAUGHTON
CHRIS WOLD.
MAGGIE KEEFE.
MENA JACOBS.
j. JOHNSON.
MRS. SADIE SMITH.
MAGGIE HARRINGTON, and al
unidentified man and woman.
CHICAGO. Aug. 21.-Yesterday wa
a day of fatalities all over the coun
try. In addition to the nine killed ant
forty injured at the railroad crossint
in Butte and the 500 bruised by a col
lapse of platform in Pittsburg, al
otherwise told in these dispatches
two were fatally hurt and score
were bruised in a big crush at Mac
Donald, Pa, one was killed and ten in
jured in a street car wreck in Ian
sing, Mich Three were killed and
thirty injured in an electric car wreck
near Milwaukee. Fifteen Italian la
borers were injured by falling walls
at Pittsburg and ten people were bat
tered on a miniature railroad.
MANILA. Aug 21.-The feature oi
the arrival of Secretary Taft and p ar
ty at Jolo was an offer of the sultan
10 marry Alice Roosevelt and make
her the Sultana Jolo. The Moros gave
her many present.
Miss Roosevelt while declining the
overture of marriage of the sultan
did II graciously. The sultan's people
seem to be astonished that she would
not accept the great honor and let
"a
cept the sultan. She accepted a large
number of insignificant presents to
show her good will. During the after
noon, while some Of the party was
bathing. Frederick O'Bryan was seiz-
ed with cramps and was being carried
out to sea, when Representative Long
worth of Ohio, VINO is also suitor for
Miss Hnosevelt's hand, started after
and rc cued the imperilled man at
the ri, of his own life.
The 4ultan has six wives already,
PITTSBURG. Aug. 2l.-As the cor
nerstone of new Hebrew synagogue
was being laid yesterday the sur
rounding platform collapsed and more
than 500 men, women and children
were precipitated fifteen or twenty
feet into the church cellar. Three
rabbis were among those who went
down. The panic that followed beg
gars description and caused a crowd
OF ten thousand TO gather. Only one
person was killed but nearly a hun
dred were badly injured.
NEWPORT, r. l., Aug. 21.-Vincent
Walsh. son of Millinoaire Thomas F.
Walsh. of Colorado and Washington,
while driving his sisters new forty.
horse power Mercedes automobile at
Newport Saturday afternoon. was kill
ed in one of the most horrible acci
motor driving.
Walsh, who is 1S years old, had
gained a reputation for daring at the
wheel. He recently smashed all rec
ords in a run from Newport to New
York Walsh and his sister Evelyn
conmteplated cross-country tour
from Washington to Denver this fall
in the new car.
The auto in which he met death was
specially made for Miss Walsh in
France.
Others injured in the accident are;
James D. Kernochan Of Hampstead, l..
l., Harry Oelrichs., son of Charles NJ
Oelrichs of Newport and New York;
Herbert Pell, Jr, son of Herbert Pell
of New York, and Miss Evelyn Walsh,
sister of the man killed.
The auto collided with the railing
of bridge at creek near Eastern
tint hnI no
of the accident is not known. Others
out with their cars saw the accident
and rescued five of the occupants af-
ter great effort. as the occupants were
pinned down by the heavy car.
It is believed that young Walsh was
struck with the iron beam Of a bridge
Just before the accident, while cross
ing. He might have been disabled
by this so that he could not control
his machine on a steep down grade
TO the creek,
II is believed the survivors OF the
accident will recover.
NEWPORT. K. l., Aug, 21.-Ar
rangements have been completed for
the funeral Of young Walsh, who was
killed in an automobile accident Sat
urday afternoon. The service will be
simple and private. He will be buried
from the Protestant Episcopal churcf
at 10 O'Clock tomorrow morning. HIS
sister. who is still in dangerous con
dition. is unaware of her brother
death She keeps constantly callinf
for MIN Mr.. and Mrs, Walsh seen
utterly Frustrated, although they hav'
kept up brave front whenever the!
have met their daughter, Youn
Harry Oelrich is now found to be yer,
badly hurt. Two physicians and thre
trained nurses are constantly at hi
side Still 1t is thought ne will re
cover
NEWPORT. r. l., Aug. 2l.-Tons
flowers have been sent to the Walls
residence today to he placed on tn
bier of the young heir. Young Vii
cent will be buried late this afternoo
If the father and mother have reco'
cred sufficiently from the prostratio
10 make 1t possible.
InJTIS Mo Anu 81 --HanF