Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-08-03

grounds that it was illegally drawn up
KOKE, Japan. July 3l.-Secretary
Taft, Alice Roosevelt and party left
here last night on the Manchuria aft
er a strenuous Sunday. The Japan
ese outdid themselves in the way OF
entertainment. They snowered all
sorts of honors and presents on tne
entire party, which has had an evi-
dence OF what hospitality in the ORR
ent really is. The Presidents daugh-
ter is highly delighted with her trip
and wishes her stay in Japan could
be made longer The Manchuria will
arrive at Nagasaki tomorrow and
from there will go direct to the
Philippine islands.
| LONDON, July 3l.-The Telegraph
today contains dispatch from St.
Petersburg telling of meeting Of the
clergy and the car The churcnmen
not to conclude shameful peace
with the enemy in the Orient The
car is reported to have replied:
The Russian people can rely on me.
Never will | conclude a shameful
peace unworthy of great Russia"
KANSAS CITY, July 31.-The
creditors of c. ]. Devlin of Topeka,
whose physical collapse was follow
ed by the closing of four national
| banks, met here today with Hurley
| and Leland, two of the receivers OF
the Devlin estate A statement was
made by Hurley as to the value OF the
| estate. The meeting was held behind
closed doors. The creditors gathered
for tne purpose of deciding whether
ne matter would be allowed to stand
at at present or start an Independent
action.
MOBILE, Ala, July 31.-Relatives
of Mrs. j. H. George of Meridian,
Miss, have been notified of tne
drowning of her eight-months-old in
fant today The child fell into a tub
containing only six inches of water.
Mrs. George was asleep in her room
She declares she dreamed her baby
was drowning. she rushed to the
back yard to find her dream had been
realized.
WHITESIDE, Mo. July 31.-John
Sanderson and son Frank were ser.
ously il not fatally shot late yester-
day afternoon by George Mitchell, u
blacksmith at Eola. four miles north
of this place The father received
Two shots, one in the mouth shatter-
ing the jawbone. and one in the leg
The son was wounded in the hip and
was taken to Louisiana for an opera
tion. Mitchell surrendered, claiming
self defense Trouble over the tenn
pering of an axe is alleged to have
caused the shooting.
DUQUOIN, ILL.,, July 31.-Under
force of armed guards and prevented
from communicating WITH outsiders,
the second contingent of negroes.
numbering between rs and 100. was
rushed into Ziegler yesterday for Joe
Letters mine. They came from Ten.
nessee over the Louisville L. Nash
Vile railway to Ashley, where they
were met by special Illinois Central
train and brought to their destination
The output at Letters mine is stead.
lily increasing. The negro population
at Ziegler now exceeds tnat of any
other race.
SPRINGFIELD, III. July 3l.-Wil-
liam Shaughessy, father of Richard
Shaughessy. the eight-year-old boy
who is alleged to have been struck
over the head and seriously injured
with a tent stake in the hands of
Clifford Anderson, a negro employe
of the Hagenbeck animal show, while
tne lad was looking under the circus
tent Saturday night, today began suit
for $4,000 damages against Anderson
and Carl Hagenbeck, owner of the
circus. Anderson narrowly escaped
violence at the hands of the angry
father and others after the alleged as
sault. The negro asserts he was
cleaning the circus grounds, and
threw the stake To one side, accident
ally striking the Shaughessy youth
Others state that the hoy was told to
leave the grounds, and was struck by
Anderson when he failed to comply
with the demand
ATLANTA, Ga, July 31.-Mrs.
Elizabeth l.. Sanford. wife of Vinson
Sanford, of Rome, Ga. who shot and
killed George Wright city ticket
agent of the Southern railway. be-
cause of alleged intimacy between
Mrs. Sanford and Wright, made her
first statement today following the
cnarge brought by ner husband.
This is a terrible situation to
me-" she said. Il have to defend my
own honor, yet to do that means
probably the hanging of my husband
and the father of my cnildren. | am
absolutely alone in my misfortune
have not a soul In the world | can
turn to for help, SO that feel | must
gather all my forces to the task. The
strain has been fearful, but | nave
been able to stand it in some mirac-
ulous way"
The killing of George Wright by
Vinson Sanford occurred on street
at Rome, Ga, last Friday. Sanford
waited for Wright to pass along, sta
tioning himself behind clump OF
weeds The killing has created the