Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-02-06

: burst of grief.
The moment the officers saw tho
9 mans hands tied behind ilis back the
, whole plot stood revealed to them.
Perham and Mrs. Rogers were
! tried and convicted. the former be-
ing sentenced to life imprisonment
; while Mrs. Rogers received the deati,
sentence.
TOPEKA, Kan. Feb. IA bill pro-
posing that the state of Kansas en-.
ter In competition with the Standard
OH company by starting n refinery.
VIII probably not be reached in the
senate until late this afternoon. The
trust is showing particular hostility
to the refinery bin, apparently paying
little attention to laws declaring pine
lines common carriers. fixing maxi
mum freight ratio on oil and forbid
ding discrimination In oil prices
which are designed to weaken its
power. Representative Beekman.
chairman Of the house oil committee.
today announced agains the state re-
hnery bin, saying 1t favored the Pop
ulists.
LA CROSSE. Wis. Feb. s-Hans
Peterson. treed eight hours by wolves.
was found today. weJged in between
branches. his face and hands frozen.
| TOPEKA, Kan, Feb. 3-Bllls
passed today show the cost of the
1
enty thousand dollars. The last legis.
latuie cost one hundred and twenty
| thousand.
| NE WYORK, Feb. 3.-MarIne gmarI
| Milton today shot and killed one of
| the four thieves encountered In tae
Brooklyn navy yard. They ran when
| commanded to halt. The man killed
is unidentified.
EAST ST. LOUIS. H.. Feb. 3-six
OF the largest Office and store build
| ings in st. Louis were DESTROYED by
ire this morning The losses are:
Walsh Ziegenheim and Josephine
buildings, one hundred and eighty
FIVE thousand; Harriean's saloon and
Strickler's grocery. Ave thousand
| each
NEW YORK. Feb. 3.-Forty fami.
| lies were made homeless this morning
by fire in Williamsburg section of
Brooklyn, which destroyed five tene-
ment houses. Many persons narrow
y escaped deatn, Owing to the severe
cold fremen suffered greatly and
| three workers had to be taken to the
hospital and their hands amputated.
HARTFORD. CITY, Ind, Feb. 81
Paul St Peter, of Pittsburg, president
of the national organization of win
dow glass workers. was put on trail
here today on charge OF shooting
ollie Walker with intent to kin. The
fracas occurred last fall and was the
| outgrowth Of factionsl fight among
| the window glass workers The fac
| tion of which Mr.. st. Peters is the
| mead has engaged eminent counsel
| for his refense and the trial promises
| 10 be one of interest
KANSAS CITY, Mo. Feb. 3-Mls-
souri, Legislative committee to lnves-
tigate stock yards. meets here Mon
day. The Kansas legislative commit
tee joins 1t Monday.
KANSAS CITY. Feb. 3.-All last
night and today blizzard prevails
throughout Missouri. Kansas, Oklaho-
ma, and Arkansas, The snowfall in
Missouri and Kansas averages six
| inches. The coolest point In Kansas
| this morning Is Concordia. where 1t
IL twelve beolw
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. Feb. a.
Today's senatorial ballot was without
incident or result. Cockrell, II; Med
ringhaus, 50: kerens. IL; Pettijohn.
q Finklcnburg, ]; Moss 1.
FRESNO. Cal Feb. 3.--Mrs Eliza
beth Saferian and Mrs. Harpertil are
| eacn under arrest, charged with at.
tempered murder. the women quar-.
elled over a land deal Mrs. Saferian
| asked Mrs. Harpertil for glass Of
water. It Is alleged she was given
cup Of concentrated lye. She felt
II Durn her lips and threw the con-
tents into the face of Eddie Harper
III. age four years. who was play
Ing on the floor. destroying his eyes.
| PLAINFIELD. N j., Feb. 3.-Poss-
es are all around this vicinity today
searching for the murderer of George
Williams. prominent younk grocer,
| who was found shot dead In nis
sleigh nthe road last evening. VIII
liams has started out to drive well
dressed stranger TO Warrensburg
and that was the last seen OF him, un-
I'll he was found dead The stranger
has disappeared and no motive for
the crime can be learned.
| CHICAGO. Ill, Feb. 3-Today the
list OF wives Of Bluebeard Hoch, has
been increased to "a. all OF whom he
married witnin the last fifteen years.
or these seventeen are dead. all pos
sibly by poison and fourteen are ex-