Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-01-23
danger OF losing the senatorship won
at the last election.

But one ballot was taken for senator
today. 1t resulted in Nesdringhaus
81; Cockrell, ST. Kerens. G.: anc
Pettijohn 3 II would have taken 81
votes TO elect. Two senators and tive
representatives being absent. BaynJ
and Representative Brown being ali
sent on account of Illness. Onl,
change was Richardson voting foI
Pe-tijohn instead of Neidr1nghaus
The belief prevails that the deadlock
is not apt TO be broken Immediately
SANTA FE, n. NJ. Jan ia
double murder has just BEEN commit
ted at Guadalupe placer at Questa
Taos county. The victims are Charles
Purdy and Redding, miners. Their
partner. John Connolly was arrested
this morning by two Mexicans, who
alleged The heard The shots which
killed Purdy and R,Siding and saw
Connolly riding away from the placer
a few minutes later.
ST. PETERSBURG, Jan i9-Whilc
the czar was returning from the
ceremony Of blessing the river Neva.
this afternoon, shot was fired from
the crowd lining the streets. The hui.
let entered a window of the palace.
His majesty unnjured
| II is believed an assassination was
intended The czar seemed unmovcd
personally examining the broken glass
The plot TO murder the czar this
afternoon has caused the most in.
tense excitement here.
The regular yearly ceremony OF
blessing the waters in front of the
| winter palace by the emperor was In
progresa when deadly shrapncl
was fired from across the Ncva and
several bullets entered the carriage
way and palace directly in the line
| Of his majesty II seems miracle
no one was killed One bullet cut
a clean hole three inches In diane
ter through the double upper windows
near where Nioholes was standing
and where a group Of officers We're
viewing the ceremony. The bullets
smashed electric lamps on the oppo-
| site side of the wall which fell with II
| chatter. The emperor observing the
| occurrence, was the most unmoved
| man of the group. The grand duke
Vladimir. uncle of th,. czar imme-
diately begain an investigation. 1t the
missiles had been little lower.
there would have been numerous
fatalities. The great body OF people
who formed black lines along the
auays. the palace. lined the steps
| of the cars and every other point of
vantage In the white arctic landscape
didn't betray the slightest excitement
although the must have heard the
| shots. perhaps they did not know
what they meant The police this
mystery as To where the shots came
from. Everybody is admiring the EN-
peror for his splendid nerve and the
lack of excitement he displayed.
ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 19.-Seven
thousand employers OF the hemp
factory. struck today II is expected n
hundred thousand will be on a strike
by the end OF the week Railrod EN-
ployes are considering striking. Or
| ders have been issued to the police
not to use guns and swords till all
fat taf 10 ,.s,<,
ground that the strike Is political
rather than economic in character.
CONCORD N. H.. Jan. 19.-Mig-
| notte Seavy, patient in the insane
asylum today killed Isabelle Merrill.
and Ophelia Cossett. fellow patients.
with towel rolIN and seriously in
jured Miss FIJI nurse.
TOPEKA. Jan. l9.--over a
hundred and oil producers. rep
resentins Y htire Kansas oil field
formed a d hsas OIL Producers asso-
citation here today. united upon speci-
fed demands on Legislature to furD-
ish relief from the Standard OIL com
pany. The meeting marks the open
| ing of serious fight on monopolies-
Resolutions were adopted calling for
state refinery with capacity of
| FIVE thousand barrels. making of pipe
! lines common carriers. fixing max
imum freight rates on oil. penalizing
oil sold cheaper in one section OF the
state than another and calling for
an appointment board overseer. grad
| ing OF oil and other matters. Another
resolution was made thanking the
governor for advocating state REIN
cry.
DENVER, Colo, Jan. 19.-The last
OF the supreme court contempt trials
took place this morning when Max
Schradsky and Max Sisack were dis
charged and e. G. Wigginton. Dem
ocrat, fined one hundred dollars.
ROME, Jan. 19.-ltalian govern
ment has issued decree abolishing
slavery in Italy's east Africa colon
les, Terms OF decree are said TO be
very liberal.
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