Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-10-02
TELEGRAPHlC
AND GENERAL.
NEWS ITEMS


Las Vegas won the ball game We'd
nesday over Santa Fe In the tenth In
ming by score of to l. AMI that
is also playing some.
Henry Phipps threatens to withdraw
property lent to Allengheny for parks.
baths and gymnasums If forced to
pay taxes asked by the city.
After a search of nineteen years
Mrs, John ~ Ferris of Trenton. n
j.. learned the whereabouts of her
son. who was given ont for adoption
when baby.
Illinois bankers, in convention at
dent Durham of the dangers of "fren.
zied finance" and the policies that give
rise the cry of "taintetd money"
President A. b. Stickney OF the
Great Western railway. says Presi
dent Roosevelt knows little OF the rate
question, and declares the interstate
commission is too cowardly to enforce
| the laws.
Philadelphia has Just about clinch-
cd the American league pepnant, by
| winning the first two of the four last
| games with Chicasn winning Thurs
day by score of 3 to 2 and yester.
day by IL to /,
John ID. Rockefeller WAS given
demonstration of esteem by several
hundred Cleveland friends Tuesday,
and In addressing whom he dspre-
Gates the hunt for mere money and
talked of the higher life.
The Chicago school board Is Going
10 make applicants for positions ss
teachers in public schools. young won.
men, sign pledges they will not marry
for five years. The agreements may
be signed but when love steps In,
goodbye to contracts.
Rio Grande engine No. PTS on the
Lake City branch, Jumped the track
Thursday morning about seven miles
north of Lake City, and rolled 35 feet
| down the bank into the river. landing
on its side and badly injuring Engl
neer Peter Ready and Fireman Matt
Arch The accident was caused by a
| rail giving away on a sharp curve.
The remainder Of the train remained
on the track.
William Boynton has been Jailed at
| Silverton on charge of stealing min
ing machinery from mining properties
| located In the Anlmas Forks district.
| The machinery stolen was on some
old mining claims which had not been
worked for several years and consist
ed of a steam boiler, engine. drills
and other appliances used about the
mine. Boynton was arrested on the
other side of the range, where 1t Is
said he had taken the stolen property
preparatory to disposing OF 1t to some
dealer in scrap metal Pieces Of ma.
chinery too heavy to be conveniently
moved were broken by giant powder
and loaded in wagons, In which they
were hauled away. II is estimated
that no less than So, 900 worth Of ma.
chinery was destroyed. Boynton Is In
the county jail, having failed to se-
cure bond for mis- appearance In the
district court next May.
The town of Montrose has a $4,000
damage suit to fight. Papers have
been filed In the district court by
Thomas J. Black. attorney for George
Suddiph. .Suddipn is a one-armed man
who worked On the south canal last
winter and came into town and got
drunk. He became so boisterous that
Policeman Fred Stephens attempted
to place him in jail. He was assisted
by Marshal Booker. Suddiph showed
fight, whereupon the policemen tripped
him. He fell upon the cement pave.
ment and his right leg was broken.
Not knowing that the man had been
seriously injured, the officers forced
him to walk some distance before II
was discovered that he had a broken
leg. In trying to walk the bones OF
: his leg were forced through the flesh
= which was so badly lacerated that
= he has since been a cripple, the les
r knitting only partially. The town au
8 thorities took care Of Suddiph for sew
4 eral months, but when he refused 4,
b sign document releasing the cit
= from any blame his support was dis
;, continued and the damage suit Ia tn,
g result.
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