Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-01-23

about the Tabor opera house doing
reverence to the Supreme Being. IL Is
a remarkable sight. DR.. Wilbur Chap
man OF New York. is conducting the
great revival
ouRAI, Colo. Jan. 20-James
Coleman was found dead In bed at
the st. Elmo hotel here yesterday. He
had been drinking for some weeks,
and had recently come from Mont
rose. Nothing is known of his history
or his people.
TOPEKA, Kan. Jan. Ex-senator
Proter introduced bill today pro-
hibiting piping natural gas by artin.
cial pressure The measure is des-
signed to keep Kansas gas within
the confines of the state
| DENVER. Colo. Jan. 20 Herman
G. Hoffman is dying today of pois-
on admlnistrated by mistake. His
stomach is entirely eaten out by mu-
riatic acid. He refuses to tell who is
the friend who unwittlng,y gave 1t TO
him. Neither will Mrs. Holman.
though herself badly burned and who
is being widowed by the bunder, tell
who is responsible for It.
JEFFERSON CITY. Mo, Jan 20
meeting OF Niedringhaus and
| kerens was arranged for this after
noon by DIR. Pettijohn. All three are
| Republican candidates for the senate.
The conference was requested by
Niedringhaus for the purpose telling
Kerens personally that he never said
of him 'Ill drive that Irish pup into
the Mississippi"
In the conference Niedrlnghaus
| said: II told Kerens to all intents
and purposes was United States
scna tor from Missouri, being the
unanimous choice at the party caucus
and by every precedent remained the
party's choice no matter what hap
/ psned. subsequently. Kcrens said
was young man and had plenty of
time to gain honors, while he tried
twenty years for the senate"
The impression among the Demo
Gratis is that Niedrinshaus asked
Ker,ns for mercy and did not get It.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo, Jan. 90
Today the ballot for senator resulted
in Niedringhaus so. Cockrell, 81:
kerens, 3; and Pcttyiohn one.
Representative Shaw Joined the
bolters, voting for Kerens, Hatfield
and Kirkham switched from Petit
iohn to Kerens
STLVERTON, Colo, Jan. 20.-S. l..
watson and l.. A Klinger are both
in Denver seeking the appointment OF
commissioner for the penitentlary
from Governor Adams. s. l.. Watson
Is clerk of the district court and l..
A. klinger is one of the owners OF tho
Silverton Standard. Local Democracy
is divided in Its support of the two
candidates.
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. Jan. 2O-Dr.
j NJ. Wilkinson, wealthy resident
of Springfield was arrested today on
a warrant obtained In Arkansas,
charged with having killed the hiis-
band of Mrs Kate Rafferty, OF Hunts
vile. Ark, in that state thirty years
ago. DR. Wilkinson declares he was
notified recently that upon payment
of $4,000 he might escape prosecu-
ton.
MONTREAL. Que. Jan. 20.-Anton-
MO Gracconi, an Italian. was hanged
In the district of st Francis today
for the murder OF Theodore Duval
last August.
The murder Of Duval was the re-
suit OF barroom quarrel On August
goth the two men and number OF
others who had been drinking heavi-
ly were in a barroom on Norte Dame
street when Il quarrel arose and Grac-
{ a.lh. who claimed he was threatened
by Duval, pulled a revolver ana shot
Duval. who died soon Afterwards.
AURORA IN, Jan. 2O-JilteJ by
a girl with whom he was madly infat-
uated. Robert Kellogg. aged II. a
student In the East Aurora High
| school, ended his life last night by
| swallowing chloroform His parents
| found him dead In his room this
morning. Kellogg was n member OF
the high school foot bali team, and his
team mates were pallbearers at the
funeral today Ills father is wellto-
| do farmer.
| LINCOLN, Neb.. Jan. 20.-"These
damnable practices must stop" said
Chancellor Andrews this morning in
addressing the students OF the uni
versity on plagiarism and "cribbing."
which. he declares. have been alto
gether too prevalent at the state in
stitution. 81 am going to see that
they are stopped. and the measures
that are to be put In force will be
drastic enough to serve the purpose.
Hereafter every offender will be nou-
fed that his presence is no longer
desired
CARBONDALE, Ill. Jan. 20.-With
Ita iaiI tananttaae wifh mot n Grim