Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-05-08

NEW YORK. May BIT Is known
almost positively that the Nan psttsf.
son jury stood eight for acquittal and
four for conviction. 1t is said all IL
jurors believed the girl killed Youns
accidentally. Tne indictments fos
conspiracy against Morgan Smith and
his wife. toe latter Mans sister, were
quashed today.
ouRAY. May 4-ouray held q
rousing boosters meeting Tuesday
night to discuss ways and means Of
keeping the city before the peopls
and 1t was decided That nrst class
band and baseball team would help
| along and to this end q committee
was appointed TO solicit funds for he
two organizations and yesterday
something over $1,000 was pledged.
In addition to the money subscribed
for the band and ball team it Was d.
| cided TO have a three days Fourth Of
| July celebration and a committs waS
| appointed to solicit funds for the
event, ouray will ofIer big baseball
purses and invite the best talent 10
compete Tor tne money.
TROY, n. Y, May 4.-Strike dis
| turbances continue at the Cluett-
Peabody Collar factory. where the
starchers have inaugurated q strike.
Girls who remained at work in op-
| position were kicked and beaten as
they LETT the factory and several wo-
Smen had their clothing almost en-
= rely torn from their bodies. There
.- Low every indication that tne gov
ernor will be asked for troops.
TELLURIDE. May IA man nam
ed Anders Hoist came out of an ao-
ctdent at the Keystone placers yes
terday tnat sounds miraculous. He
was on the graveyard" shift and
was handling the hydraulic hose, OF
pipe, which in some manner became
disconnected, the volume OF water
striking Hoist. forcing and carrying
him over forty feet in the air, the
man falling on rock and rubbish. and,
strange to relate. ne is able TO bs
around today. only suffering from .
few bruises and scalp wounds which
were sewed up by q surgeon. Holsi
is the man who was swept throuan
the Keystone placer fume u year OF
so ago, mis- escape Al that time being
considered wonderful. making It evt
dent that he bears charmed life.
SILVERTON. May morris Lon.
ergon died yesterday afternoon At J
O'Clock at the age Of dfty-hve. Ev-
Co
ed having been a resident Of Silver
ton and San Juan county Tor upwards
OF thirty years. The funeral takes
place tomorrow morning at 10 O'Clock
at the Catnolic church when high
mass will be observed.
COLORADO SPRINGS, May A.
Fire this morning at 10 o'clock did
$4,000 damage to the New York
Cash Store on TETON street, creating
a panic among the many clerks en-
ployed in the store. When the smoke
came pouring up from the basement.
where the tre started, the clerks in
the store ran In terror and several
were badly injured in escaping. The
fire is thought to have been caused
by the worn condition of the insula-
tors on the electric lights.
DULUTH, MINI, May 4.-F'ire this
morning caused the total destruction
of the Fifth Avenue hotel, Three
bodies have been taken from the
ruins and two others are thought to
nave perished. One OF the bodies re-
covered has been Identified as John
Weiss while the other two remain un-
identified.
WASHINGTON, May Assistant
Secretary Of the Treasury Keep
starts today on tour Of general in
spection of several of the subtreas-
uries of the West, his object being to
harmonic any differences that may
exist among the national banks and
other patrons Of the subtreasur!es.
He will visit Cincinnati, st. Louis.
Chicago, San Francisco, and probably
Seattle.
NEVADA, Mo, May 4.-The Mis-
souri, Pacific depot and the postofice
was robbed this morning, the robbers
using qutntity of dynamite on the
safes. Considerable booty was Sc
cured A posse was nurriedly organ
lied and is now in pursuit OF the rob
bers.
DES MONIES, Iowa, May IA cy-
clone struck Spirit Lake, near here,
last nignt and caused damage to the
amount OF $4,000. Two persons are
ron,r,ad bndly ipfurnd
TELLURIDE, May IA snow
slide 1000 feet wide Allied one OF the
Marshall basin gulches 70 TO 100 feet
deep night before last and oldtimers
say there will be snow in the gulch
for years to come. 1t partially swept
over the old Union mine dump.
wrecking wagner's washer outnt.
No lives were lost or other damage,
but nothing in its path escaped. huge
| boulders being carried down like
snow flakes.
Last night six inches Of additional
snow fell in Telluride and fully foot
| in Marshall basin. Miners say tae
| basin has more snow at this time
| than i'm the history of the settlement.