Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-10-09

The little fellow is so impressed witt
fear of the persons in whose custod,
he has been that he can or will no
give any description OF mis- place o
captivity.
| ALAMoSA, Oct. Speculation II
mines at Silverton, combined will
| the apparent loss In the handling Of
The deposits, is the reason attributed
| for the closing of the Alamosa bank
which affects both small and large de
positors. 1t is claimed that the depos
its in the bank should amount to s2Os.
600 and that only $1,000 is on hand
SO far nothingg mas been heard from
Abraham Schiller. manager of the In
stitution, and the opinion is prevalent
that his disappearance has something
to do with the banks failure. The
county, town and school funds. all
amounting to something over s25. 900,
were in the defunct bank, as was
also $4,000 of building and loan as.
sociation located here and 81, 900 be.
longing to the local secret societies.
BERLIN. Oct. Cit is stated her.
that German, English and French in.
surance companies are planning to
take advantage of insurance condi-
tions in the United States to establish
branches in New York.
PEORIA. ILL.,. Oct. 6.-Twelve In.
dictments were returned againt New.
ton Dougherty. former state superin
tendent of schools. Ten Of the charg.
es are for embezzlement and two for
forgery.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 6-Argument on
Joseph Ramsey's injunction to pre-.
vent the Missouri Pacific from voting
stock in the Wabash was heard today
before Judge Taylor. Counsel for the
Missouri Pacific charged that Ramsey
brought suit in bad faith and for the
purpose of causing his reelection to
the presidency of the Wabash.
GILMAN. ILL.,, Oct. 6.-Alone In a
huge steel cage, with thirty lions. and
before the eyes OF 10000 Mortified
spectators, Miss Aimee Blondel. a lion
tanner. was attacked and shockinngly
mutilated during performance OF
John Robinson's circus by the trick
lion, Roosevelt. II is thought Miss
3londel will die. She was only saved
from immediate death in the cage by
the bullets of troop of United States
cavalrymen travelling with the circus
who poured volley into the body of
the lion.
II was at o'clock that Miss Blop-
del who has handled Roosevelt for
several years. made her appearance
with the thirty performing lions. AT.
Ter she had put the animals through
their PAGES. making them jump, play
See-saw and do other tricks. Miss Blon.
del ranged the beasts In a circle down
the center of the arena or cage, to re.
ward them for their work by feeding
them raw meat.
Jealousy has existed for some time
between the lion Roosevelt and anotb.
er lion named Bryan. Today Miss
Biondel threw Bryan one bit of meat
and then threw Roosevelt n smaller
piece A fit of rage at once seized
Roosevelt. the biggest lion in the cir
Gus. and with roar he sprang upon
Miss Blondel before she could move.
AS the tawny body shot through the
AIR the whole audience gave gasp
Of horror. Then. as the lions claws
sank into the woman's back and blood
spurted forth, pandemonium broke
loose In the tent. Men shrieked and
women tainted. Miss BIondel was
made unconscious by the attack, and
la nm 10 Of
brute above her. Roosevelt. after
Wounding his tanner severely in the
back, nearly dragged her right arm
from the socket. Before the beast
could iniiict further injury the caval.
rymen had taken a position from
which they could shoot without fear
of lnjuring Miss Blondel and the audi
ence and had sent volley into the
lions body.
Immediately afterward the head
keeper. Harry Reed, at the risk of his
life, pulled Miss BlondeF from the
cage. All the animals In the circus,
including the lions, were stricken by
this time with panic and the din was
tremendous.
The circus attendants got the terri
fed audience ont of the tent as soon
as possible. while Miss Blondel, still
unconscious, was examined by physf
clans.
Roosevelt meanwhile, Is not dead
although wounded in score of places
An attempt will be made to save him.
and If he lives he will be shackled.
He is a superb specimen and is valued
at $1,000. He never before had shown
yiciousness, had been widely exhibit
ed and is thoroughly accustomed TO
crowds. He was one of the animals
leased to the Pan-Amerlcan exposition
and also SHOWN at the ST. Louis fair.
NEW YORK, Oct. DUDLEY Buck,
the well-known American composer Of
church music, left this country to
take up permanent residence abroad.
The reason for mis- self.expatriation
Is not generally known.
OURAY, Oct6.-A mass meeting
was held here last night for the pur.
pose of considering a proposition sub
mitted by Otto Mears. on solicitation
from the people of Ouray, to build an
electric railway from Ouray through
the Uncompahgre canon TO Red Noun