Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-09-21


ION I.eadville. Buena Vista, Oura,
and several Colorado and Wyoming
points show that the first snow storm
of the season prevailed last night ant
this morning. The mountains are al
covered and unusually cold weathe.
prevailed in the early morning hours
CRIPPLE CREEK, Sept. 1S.-Ths
neople awoke this morning to find tive
inches of snow on the ground and 9
cold wind blowing. Overcoats ant
wraps are in demand.
BOSTON, Sept. 1S.-An enormous
crowd of people gathered at the Ca
thedral of the Holy Cross today to at
tend the funeral of Mayor Patrick a
Collins. Business was suspended dur
ing the morning hours and the schools
were closed out of respect to the mem
ory of the late mayor
NEW YORK. Sept. 1s.-Baron Ko
mura's condition continues to improve
This may be said to he well establish
ed. Such was the bulletin issued by
Sato today.
| PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 1S.-The
Sovereign Grand Lodge of Odd Eel.
lows began its convention mere today
in the midst of storm. The attend.
anee is very large. The report OF the
grand sire shows membership of a
million and quarter. The total rev
enues are sl3.0O0,00O. resources $37..
| 10000 and expenditures for relief
were S4,500, 600 The increase in
membership during the year has been
| $1,000. The Patriarchs Militant show
Il decrease in membership of few
| hundred.
PLYMOUTH. Eng, Sept. 1S.-The
Kaiser Wilhelm arrived this morning.
having on board NJ. Witte and col
leagues, the peace ENJOYS. The Rus
sian minister and mis- associates went
on to Cherbourg, where they will land
this evening. and 90 TO st. Petersburg.
iESPERUS, Sept. lS.--We had an
exciting horse race here yesterday be-
tween Basin Girl and bay horse be
longing to stranger from New Mex
leo. The bets were SIPS a side and
several hundred dollars In side bets
changed hands, Basin Girl winning
the money in 300-yard dash by Il
small margin
ERIE, Pa. Sept. 1S.-The fourth
firing on an American fishing tug on
Lake Erie in the past week took place
In midlake yesterday when the Cana
dian cruiser Vigilante riddled the big
steamer Barnhurst with email shells.
The Vigilante was merciful that 1t did
not sink the American tug, which
came into port a mass of wreckage
The fishing tug was working in Ca
madam waters, eight miles within the
boundary line and in violation of in.
ternational laws.
Ell PASO, Texas. Sept. 1S.-The
call for the next annual session of
the American Mining congress has Just
been issued. The meeting will open
on November IA. and will be in ses-
sion solid week. The membership
of the association is composed of the
leading mine owners and engineers OF
the country and the meetings are al
ways attended by several thousand
delegates.
According to the call of the conven-
state, county and mining organization
in the country can appoint delegates,
and all states having mining interests.
which includes almost every state In
the Union, will send delegates.
CLEVELAND, o., Sept. 1S.-The
Standard Oil company today advanced
he price on all grades of refined oil
ftry
Gasoline, which advanced one cent.
TOPEKA, Kas.. Sept. 1s.-The lid
mas suddenly been clamped on here
today by the police, under orders Of
the mayor. About one hundred joints
stopped doing business. Among the
reasons given for official action is fear
If the coming of Revivalist Campbell,
hibition campaign.
NEW YORK Sept. 1S.-Government
officials today ordered Roumaine Dau-
ragnaic who arrived from France yes
erday, back 10 his country. He was
not permitted to land. The man is n
BROTHER to Madame Humbert, now
serving a sentence in France for
7WlullluB Dut VI 4lS,oop,vVo.
The brother served a brief term in
prison for the same offense.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Sept. 10
II the trainmen had not discovered
oung woman lying near the track on
lhe Cog Wheel road near the summit
yf Pixies Peak as they did yesterday
he would have been dead in another
hour. She was found covered with
now and almost frozen into uncon-
ciousness.
She proved to be Miss Josephine T..
Iawes OF Madison Wis, and formerly
" Denver. She belongs to a prosper
Gus family of Madison.
1t is stated today that an attempt
1t suicide was made by Miss Hawes.
fhe girl was chiropodist in Den
er, having a lucrative practice, pay
ng her from 5000 to 5000 a month.
She lay unconscious near the sum
nit in the snow for nine hours. She
ellis this story:
with party OF nineteen | start
| d to walk up the peak by moonlight.
| All the others gave out at the Halt
| Way house excepting myself and one