Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-09-14

the hospital. Little hope is entertain
ed for william Engle, Eliza Minor.
William Niebuhr and Policeman Har-
ry Atkins.
The state railroad commission took
up the investigation of the wreck to-
day. They will determine what meas
ures are needed to safeguard passen-
gers. The experts declare that the
company's parsimony in not installing
switching and signal service equal TO
traffic demands Is partly responsible.
Paul Kelly. the motorman, has not
been found yet,
Up to noon today no news had been
received of Paul Kellar. the motor
man OF the Ninth avenue elevated
train. which jumped the track yester-
day He is accused of homicide END
warrants are ont for his arrest. Inc
police seem unable TO land him. De
tectiyes were told that MS sweetheart
had managed yesterday afternoon to
draw his money i,om the savings
bank Ke'lar was a sb. Ike breaker
and vert irt1 the comDeny's employ
six months ago. coming here from st
louis.
ST. PETERSBURG. Sept. 12.-Tar-
tar leaders in the Vaucasus have pro
claimed a holy war and the work Of
Strengthening the Armenians, burning
homes ard pillaging goes on. Armen-
ian monastef 'es are particular objects
of attack. Men, women and children
have been murdered. Business is at
a standstill, particularly the SILK, nap
tha and copper industries.
Several thousand Tartar hoisemen
from towards the Persian frontier
have Joined the marauders.- They oV'
erwhelmed the village of MinkeEi
and killed 300 people, throwing the
lbodies of the children to the dogs The
few survivors were forced to embrace
Islamism TO save their lives.
| WICHITA. Kas., Sept. 12.-Che Out
law and wife died at Bremen, Okla.
today from the effect of burns from
a gasoline stove explosion Mrs. Out
law was lighting the stove, when th'
can exploded setting her afire. Sh'
jumped into bed with her husband
who attempted to eXtinguish th'
flames and was also fatally burned.
DENVER, Sept. l2.-At a meetin
of the international Buildings Trade
council today it was agreed to invit
other national associations with
membership of 5000 to affiliate.
These invitations will he extende'
to the structural iron workers, tn
American brotherhood of Cemen
. Workers and the Painters and Decor
ators of America. The convention tc
day settled the long standing St. Lou
Is dispute between the carpenters III
ion and the sheet metal workers. TIL
present council is making war on tn
builders trades alliance and the cit
zens' alliance and employers associs
tions of the country.
NEW YORK, Sept. f2.-Tne legisls
tive investigation into the methods O
insurance companies of the city cor
tinues to reveal some queer things
, The treasurer of the New York Lif
Insurance company has just explain
ed the transactions by which the con
, pany disposed of $3,000,000 worth c
| assets objected to by the Prussia
/ government A dummy was used t
buy this vast property. George l
Marshall, the colored messenger en-
} ployed by the company at $500 yea
. was the dummy. He gave DUNN
notes. The treasurer said that this wa
the usual thing in business.
Edmund Randolph. the treasurer {
b | /
the legislative insurance investigator
committee warmly defended the con
, pany's course in selling certain secu
, tiles as demanded by the Prussia
government also the action of tn
cOmpany's officers in having Georg
. Marshall, the negro messenger bo,
sign notes for immense sums in tn
, course OF transferring hose securities
| CHANUTE, Kas., Sept. Eth
. first advance in the price of crude o
in Kansas territory oil ields since d;
, cember, 1903, was announced by tn
| Prairie Oil 4 Gas company, an auxi
iary of the Standard Oil company, II
, day.
This is the first change in pric
. | SiHtt Tue last VI StTltS VI tul
r made June l6 The new prices are o
a sliding scale. oil below thirty d,
srees has been raised from "a to 3
I cents; oil thirty degrees. 30 to z
, cents thirty and 3O1a degree!
from 35 to 3S cents; thirty-one d,
grees. frcm 40 to AZ cents, thirty-on
and half degrees from 45 to 46 cent:
and thirty-two degrees rem aims VI
changed at 80 cents.
An optimistic feeling prevails anon
, producers. Various reasons are as
signed for the increase in prices, chic
among them being the desire to han
per the rapidly growing Independent
. Fuel Oil business.
HONOLULU, Sept. 1.-THE schoor
er Woodbury. arrived here after feai
full eXperience-a dead man held tn
wheel of the vessel during a night o
a tremendous hurricane. He was
japanese member OF the crew II
was found dead. still holding tn
wheel, and the vessel, though great.
damaged by the hlrl cane. reached tn
port in safety. The man at the whee
was killed from over exertion. Tn,
| vessel held In her coursa we'll putde,