Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1905-07-03


at the jailer compelled him to de
liver the keys to the mob. They tneu
went into the different cells and took
from them the eight prisoners. TIC
these was added Aycock, the white
man. They were all suspected, and
It was practically proven that six OF
them had assaulted Mrs. Welton boo
ley the wife of prosperous farmer
The mob took the prisoners quietly
to point some distance from the
jail, hanged them, and then shot the
dangling bodies. After this they dis
persed. and at dawn the negroes were
cut down and buried
PHILLIPSBURG, Kans.. June %
Seven people were killed and path
way Is miles long and a mile wide was
swept bare by tornado last night
Terrific rain and immense hailstones
and vivid lightning intensified the
horror of the storm. The dead:
MRS. HERBERT ALEXANDER.
MYRTLE ALEXANDER.
ANNA ALEXANDER.
MRS. JANE ALEXANDER.
| ELMER LANNIAN.
| DANIEL WEAVER.
Nine people were seriously injured
and IL is believed some of them will
die
CLEVELAND, o., June 29.-The
fast train on the Pennsylvania rail
road is reported in the ditch today,
but the disaster is not as serious as
that which happened to the New York
Central flyer. A report at noon says
| 10 per sons are injured and one kill
ed. The accident occurred near Al
lance the train running over tenn
porary track while the regular line
Is being repaired.
ST. PETERSBURG, June 29.-The
government announces today that the
peace commissioners will be announc.
ed on Saturday.
NEW HAVEN, Conn, June 90
President Hadley of Yale announces
That John ID. Rockefeller has given
| odd Ell" 100000 and that the uni
yersity accepts it gladly, tainted or
not
| NEW YORK, June 29.-The battle
ships Kentucky and Kearsarge, the
cruiser Minneapolis and other war
ships That nave been undergoing a
general overhauling at the New York
navy yard sailed today for the drilling
grounds of Provincetown, Mass,
where there will be four days Of man
euvers. The battleships Alabama, III.
inois. Iowa and Massachusetts, con-
stituting the second division OF bat
tleships of the North Atlantic fleet,
will also take part
KANSAS CITY, June 29.-The east
bound Santa Fee California Limited
ran into Kansas City Southern
stock train here today. Shorty"
Frazer, fireman and Mike Devine, a
switchman, were killed and Engineer
Willis of the Limited, was fatally
scaided.
TELLURIDE, June 29.-3. L.
James, grand master workman OF the
Masons. and Grand Secretary Jacob
son, who were present at the Masonic
meeting in Silverton, attended meet
ing night before last in Ouray and
last night in Telluride. The lodge
conferred the third degree last night.
The visitors left for Denver this
morning.
OYSTER BAY, June 29.-President
Roosevelt arrived today on the yacht
Sylph from Bridgeport, Conn.
| PORTLAND, Ore. June 29.-Sev.
eral hundred women filed the coy
auditorium of the First Congregation.
al church this morning and the thirty.
seventh annual convention of the Ma
tional American Woman Suffrage as
ISOLATION got under way under enthu
siastic auspices. the church was
tastefully decorated. the most notice
able emblem being what Is called the
woman's flag, which contains the us
ual number of stripes. but only Ave
stars. one for each of the states
which, by their constitutions, have
granted the right of suffrage to WON
en-. None the less. all the state Of
The Union were represented. TIE del
egations were assigned to particular
pews marked off by little banners ant
blazoned with the name of the com
monwealth.
About the rostrum. occupying seat,
of honor. were the national officer,
and pioneer workers OF the equal SUI
frage movement, Some few familiar
faces were missing, but others thert
were who nave been active in the snf
frage movement since its inception
half a century ago and ubn hava 40