Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-04-13

received he without any delay sum
moned the grand dukes by telephone
10 an extraordinary council, drew their
attention TO NJ. Demchinski's charges
and announced Kuropatkin's dismis
sal.
OSSINING, n. Y, April 10.-The
last execution In the old death house
at Sing Sing prison took place this
morning. In future the executions
will take place in the new death cham
Der, wnich is fast approaching COM
pletion.
Today's victim of the electric chair
vas Martin Ebelt, a young teaiUster }.
Mount Vernon. He was jealous of his
wife Augusta, and on the night OF
Aug. %, 1903, lured her to lonely
place near Mount Vernon and, tying
a shoe string around her neck. choked
her to death. He mid her body in
sewer, where ii was found by the
police a few days later.
TOPEKA, kans., April 1l.-Efforts'
| to determine just how the law firm of
| Gleed d. Ware came to file an answer
| ON behalf of State Treasurer Kelly
and Warden Jewett in the mandamus
proceedings to test the constitution
allty of the oil refinery bonds remains
a mystery. Kelly and Jewett say
| they did not engage the firm. and
members of the firm say the answer
| is filed and will stay filed. The
| friends of the state refinery are some
| a.. IL
| expected they would have botn the
| prosecution and defense suit in tneir
| own hands and IT is believed Gleed a.
| Ware will leave no stone unturned TO
| win the suit and thereby kill the state
oil refinery. State Treasurer Kelly is
| quoted today as saying one of the
| Gleed brothers. some time ago offered
to take the defense for merely nom
inal sum, asking Kelly TO sign a CON
| tract, which he says ne refused to do.
COLORADO SPRINGS, April IL
rhe supreme court of the United
States having disposed of the $4,000
400 suit against the Stratton estate in
The interests of Stratton. the National
Home for Deserving Poor is now in
| sight. The executors of the estate
will now prepare 10 put up the big
home Mr.. Stratton desired. They
have selected a site of eight acres
uear the city and the trustees an
nounce they will begin work on the
building within few months.
| OURAY. April 1.-THE preliminary
hearing OF Tom Hiebler. charged with
completely in the Camp Bird ore steal
ing case, was held mere yesterday aft
ernoon in the justice court.
The defendant was discharged. the
prosecution being unable to produce
evidence sufficient to warrant bind
ing him over to the district court. An
ore buyer was brought from Denver
as a witness.
Great interest was taken In the
trial by the whole community. Heb
Ter is an old-timer of this place and
is n prominent saloon man and pub
lie spirited citizen.
DENVER, Colo, April 11.-Arrange-
ments have been made by Edwin Haw-
ley and his associates to extend the
Colorado and Southern Railway to the
Gulf, thus making a through line
from this city to Galveston. The cost
of building the extension will be met
by bond issue of $1,000. 900.
The Colorado and Southern operates
a line of road l.l2l miles in extent
from Ophir Junction, Wyoming
through Colorado to Fort Worth, Tex
as. TIE route TO Galveston will be
accomplished by the purchase of the
Trinity and Brazos Valley Railroad
and the, construction of about 100
miles to the Gulf. The construction
work has already been contracted for.
and il is expected the extension will
be completed in year
| TOPEKA, Kans., April 11.-Com-
missioner Garfield spent most of the
forenoon at the state house with state
officers collecting the evidence taken
by F. S. Monett in lrs suit against
the state.
| KANSAS CITY, April 1.-THE
Commercial club will probably make
an effort to get President Roosevelt
to make a visit here on his way to
Washington from Colorado.
| KANSAS CITY. April 1.-THE
American Royal Livestock show to-
day elected Allan Bompon of Nashua,
Mo-, president; Eugene Rust, manager
Kansas City stock yards, vice presi-
dent, and C. X. Thomas, of Kansas
City, general manager.
| WALTOWA, Wash, April 1l.-This
morning j. II. Mcbane, whose home
is in Grand Junction, Colo. was found
standing guard over the dead bodies
of two brothers named Strout, at
West Grossman, twenty-five miles
from here. McBane was advised by
Thomas Brady, who discovered MIN.
to come to Waltowa and surrender.
and this he did at noon. McBane says
he recently returned from Colorado
| to visit his ranch at West Grossman
Arriving here he found the Strouts
had squatted ON It, He ordered them
10 evacute, and instead of doing so
| they attacked MIN with an axe when
in self-defense he shot the two Of
| them