Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1905-07-17
TELEGRAPH NEWS.

mixing house and eight men at work
there were instantly killed-William
Dwyer the foreman, and seven Chi
nese. Fire has broken out in the
plant, and unless il can be checked
other explosions will follow. -.
DENVER, July 13.-This morning
Governor Mcdonald received a tele-
gram from Mrs. Lille Paulson, sister
of j. A. Wright. who was foully muir
dered on his ranch in Routt county
two weeks ago. The telegram from
Mrs. Panlson is from Trida. Ark, and
says that she knows the name of the
slayer of her brother. II reads:
The name of my brothers slayer
has been revealed to me in u dream
in which the whole tragedy was en-
acted before my eyes. ] should come
to Denver and reveal this name TO
YOU ~
Gov. Mcdonald has been trying to
find the murderer of Wright but the
crime, i seems, cannot be fastened
upon any one, although the district
attorney Of the county. Gentry. nas
been using every effort to find the
murderer. Yesterday he telegraphed
the governor he had been unsuccess-
ful. The governor telegraphed Mrs.
Paulson and her answer came this
morning. Gov. Mcdonald believes
that Mrs. Pauson will name a woman
supposed to nave been living with the
murdered man, or a ranchman with
whom he quarreled The governor
bases this belief on Mrs. Paulson's
letter OF a few days ago in which she
declares her suspicious of these per
sons.
NEW YORK, July lathe fierce
heat continues here and along the
coast. Many lives have been sacri.
Heed and nearly dozen people have
been driven insane. During the pres
ent week the hot has been terrific. and
mp to noon today SO have died since
Sunday, while nearly 200 nave been
stricken. The poor are suffering un.
told misery, and the weather bureau
this afternoon promises no relief
The hospitals are filed this morning
with those overcome with the neat.
Sixty persons were overcome in two
hours today, and two of them were
driven insane. In Philadelphia six
deaths and score of prostrations
are reported. Washington and Bal.
timore also report several fatalities.
ST. PETERSBURG. July 13-The
appointment of Minister witte as a
peace commissioner in place of Mara
wen, resigned, is announced.
OYSTER BAY, July 13.-President
Roosevelt received Baron Rosen, Rus
sia's new minister this afternoon.
The President has the visitor brought
from New York under escort of As
sistant Secretary of State Pierce.
WASHINGTON, July 13.-There
VIII be searching investigation into
the department of agriculture similar
to that of the postofiice department
is the general belief in this city. Sec
rotary Wilson is said to be in favor
OF the plan.
SIMLA, India. July 13-There are
signs of an uprising here and white
men are getting their families out of
the country as fast as possible. It is |
siege of Lucknow may be repeated
and the terrible massacres are poss-
ible in the near future.
KANSAS CITY, July 13.-In the |
states custer suit against the Stand. |
ard OH company and the Weaver, |
Pierce and Republic Oil companies, |
Henry Whalen took tne stand oday. |
Schurmer 4 Teagle company, an in
dependent concern, which was acquir- |
ed by the Republic Oil company, a |
branch of the Standard, in 1901. and |
he remained with the new concern. |
He testified that the sale was an |
nounced through a letter saying the |
Schofeld company had been acquired |
by a New York corporation" The |
witness testified that orders raising |
and lowering the price of oil were |
given by Mr.. Mayer, the local man.
ager of the Standard. When the |
concern was acquired by the Stand |
ard the whole business system was
changed and the profit and loss
sheets made out in Cleveland o. Oil |
then began coming from the Stand |
ards refinery at Whiting, Ind. One |
day car could not be unloaded and |
ii was sent without further ado to |
the Standard. Don't it beat nell" |
the witness said Henry Teagle ex. |
claimed, the way the STANDARD runs |
our business" Teagle was manager
of the company. He instructed his |
statesmen to Ignore the previous or |
der TO fight the Standard and to fight
the independents alone.
KANSAS CITY, July 13-How the
Standard Oil company bought up the
Independent oil firm of Schofeld,
Schirmer & Teagler and turned 1t
over to the Republic Oil company,
which 1t used as a club to knock out
the independents, was developed to-
day at the taking of testimony in the
States snit against the alleged mon
opoly. Cash rebates and deception
in telling the trade that the Republic
company was an independent concern
were the methods used by A. G.
Shiers, a salesman for the Pennsyl
rapia oil