Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-09-28
TELEGRAPH NEWS.

posted that all checks would be hor
ored and all deposits paid by the lat
ter. The bank suffered heavy losse
directly and indirectly through tn
failure of the Salmon bank at Clinton
Mo. General knowledge of its Ell
tanglement with the defunct Clintol
institution resulted in withdrawal
and further continuance of the busi
ness unprofitable.
The bank had capital of 5000. .0O'
and deposits May 30 were about ;
million and a half. Wiley C. Cox I,
president of the institution.
CLINTON Mo-. Sept 25.-The fail
ure of the Kansas City State bank
while not unexpected. caused som,
surprise here. The bank holds nearly
$500. 900 collateral OF the defunct Sal
mon bank as security for overdrafts
of $15O.0O0 Lawyers see in the fail
nre further complications in settling
the Salmon banks affairs and further
losses for Its depositors.
II is now doubtful If they will re
alize anything worth having.
S1LVERTON. Sept. 25-Rev. j
Challen Smith. pastor of the Congre
sational church OF this city, handed
in his resignation at the close of yes
feet within sixty days. This came
very much AS surprise, as Mr.. Smith
is well liked in the city and 1T was
largely through his instrumentality
that Silverton has Carnegie library
as he is public spirited, and immedi
ately upon taking up church work
here he started movement fer the
OF the library board.
OURAY. Sept. 25-Con Emberly. an
old timer here, miner and market
man, whom everybody knew, is dead
He was distinguished only in the fact
tnat he is an old timer, and others
have gone unheralded.
INDEPENDENCE, Mo-, Sept. 20
Mrs. Ethel Hull was denied divorce
from John Hull today by Judge Gates.
Her chief contention was that in the
past twelve years of their sixteen
years of married life the husband had
never spoken to her urless necessary.
He provided well for her, did not
abuse her or otherwise mistreat her.
The judge denied the decree saying
that divorce was becoming too FIRE
quent. Mrs. Hull went into Mysteries
causing temporary adjournment OF
court
NEGAuNEE, Mich, Sept. 25.-In-
cenSed at wholesale depredations in
Catholic cemeteries during the past
week, number of Catholics armed
themelves in company with the au-
1horities and are searching for the
marauders. The damage done Sunday
brings the total to sll 900. Armed
guards are maintained nightly at the
cemeteries.
COLORADO SPRINGS. Sept. 25.-
After being out for over ninety hours
the jury in the case in the county
court trying Otto Fehringer for viola
ton of the liquor laws, was discharg
ed this morning. There was no
chance of an agreement being reached
BUTTE. Mont. Sept 25.-This
morning the business portion of this
city is in ruins owing to a tremendous
fire that swept the town yesterday
The loss will probably reach a mil
lion and a half. Two business blocks
are totally destroyed. The Simmons
Dry Goods company alone lost over
100000, while the Butte public H.
brary building, one of the finest struc
lures in the city, is reduced to ashes
The loss on the buildings and over
100000 volumes reach nearly s600,0O0
The blocks destroyed are surrounded
by Morgue, York, Barrett and Wood
ward streets. The Washington block
and the Baltimore blocks are wreck
ed by fire TO the amount of half mil
lion dollars. The fire departments q.
Missoula and Anaconda were called
upon for relief. 1t is the worst fire
in the history of the city.
DENVER, Sept 25.-Receiver Ma
lone Of the Fidelity Savings associa-
tion filed suit in the district court
against Edwin NJ. Johnson, former
president of the defunct- concern. for
$7l 900 and execution against Jonn-
sons body. He alleges that johnson
ocCuItt Silfpvu tlolH tht hbe''i"'ioh
by fraud and deceit.
NEW YORK, Sept. 25.-Mrs. Henry
Koch listening reluctantly to one last
word from iler husband. from whom
she was estranged, pressed her ear
TO the speaking tube leading from the
vestibule OF an apartment house H.
which she lived in this city, a second.
Later she heard muffled report and
sprang back with a cry of fear. Hur-
rying down stairs the woman found
her husband lying on the vestibule
floor, snot through the head. Ten
minutes later the doctor pronounced
him dead.
NEW YORK, Sept 25.-The Black
Hand society. seems to be continuing
its work. This morning Irene Gross
man, a girl OF 16 years, was found
dubbed into insensibility in the hal
OF her home. The attack was the cul'
mination of series of nightly entries
In the Grossman private residence
which was intended to frtghten
them and enforce the payment oi
money for immunity from attack.
CHICAGO. Sept. 25.-Many persons