Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-11-13
TELEGRAPH NEWS.

men. patrons of art and supporters OF
grand opera, have been secured. ant
the long dreamed OF National theatei
will soon be a reality. Plans for .
superb new theater to cost 81 900 OOC
have been ordered and plot oi
ground between SiNty-second and Six
ty-third streets. facing Central park,
has been purchased The new theater
Will be under the direction of Helm.
rich Conrad. There has been for years
talk OF National theater. but never
nuuil now has the work received an
impetus Among the promoters and
contributors are Clarence Mackey. j.
Pierpout Morgan. Henry Morgeuthau.
James Stiliman, Daniel Guggenheim
and others.
NEW YORK, Nov. Encouraged
almost unanimously by the press OF
this city, Hearsts contest for the
mayoralty is well under way. Early
this morning the ballot boxes were
taken to the board OF elections by the
police as ordered by Supreme Judge
Gaynor at midnight.
Commissioner of Elections yoor.
HES declined to receive the boxes.
saying that the supreme court had
designated the police as the proper
custodians. He sent for legal advice.
The police Stacked the boxes in the
street
rhmsen, Hearst's manager, said that
when $4,000 to 10000 so-called void
ballots were examined by the court
they would show that Hearst was
elected
DENVER, Nov 9.-The grand miy
investigating the causes for the recent
failures OF the Denver Savings aht
Western banks concluded its lahors
and made its final report to Judge
Palmer in the West Side court his
morning. Two additional indictments
were returned against John IT, Ed
mundson for embezzlement while pres.
ident of the Denver Savings bank.
Specific and urgent recommenda
tions We're made by the grand jury
for drastic state banking laws.
HONG KONG. Nov. 9.-Horrible |
scenes attended the recent massacre
of the American missionaries. accord. |
ing to DR.. Machle, who escaped and |
has Just arrived here. A woman and |
the little Machle girl were stripped of |
their clothes. They were then thrown |
into the river and stoned and speared |
with tridents. Mr. Peale and his wife |
were marched naked about the town |
Then Peale was dubbed to death be
fore his wife's eyes. Later she was |
slain in the same manner.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Nov 81
TWO companies of militia have been |
ordered to make all haste to whitwen
Tenn. where pitched battle between
striking and non-union miners re-
ported. Governor Cox. who is attend |
ing the convention here, gave the or.
der this morning
NEW YORK, Nov 9-President |
Hegeman of the Metropolitan Life was
a witness in the insurance investiga.
tion today. He stated that his salary |
was 100000 per annum. Twenty years |
ago 1t was $4,000 The first vice |
presidents salary had jumped from
81 900 to $4,000 per annum.
ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 9.-The
resignation of General Trepoff as chief
of police of st. Petersburg was Off
cially confirmed today. Trepoff had
established a record for extreme cru
city during long official career
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 9.-The federal
grand jury, which may reindict Sena
tor Burton of Kansas, convened today
and adjourned till tomorrow to await
the arrival of Judge Vandeventer.
TELLURIDE, Nov. 9.-Advices have
been received here today that the two
men who hired horses here yesterday
to go to Hastings mesa, taking the op.
posite route and going to Rico at
breakneck speed, were captured this
morning at Navajo Springs, south oil
Cortez. more than hundred miles
from where they started. They were |
brought to Dolores station today by |
the sherlff of Montezuma county and |
will be held there until the sheriff |
of San Miguel county can reach there
tomorrow to bring them back to Tel !
luride.
The officers here have the theory
that these men had committed a crime |
somewhere and were using the team |
hiring expedient TO make their escape |
from the country. Sheriff Kermode |
of Montezuma county is given much |
credit for his early capture of the |
men, and it is expected that their
crime will be unrayeled.
One of the horses driven In their
mad flight can not live long and the |
other will probably linger day or
so and die too.
NEW YORK, Nov. 9.-An extremely |
hearty welcome was given the British |
fleet under Prince Louis as It steamed |
up North river today, where the Amer |
lean battleship squadron lay waiting,
Price Louis made round of official
visits. including the Brooklyn navy
yard. General Grant at Governors isl
land and Mayor McClelland at the city
hall
MUSKOGEE, |. r., Nov. 9.-Off-
cial returns from 276 precincts show
that almost $4,000 votes were cast in
the Sequoyah election. Three hundred
and four precincts are yet 10 be heard
from. The vote averages six TO one