Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-12-21

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X to save their lives, is the fate of tn
l. two railroad workmen wno were Ell
n tombed yesterday by the cave-in at tn
$ mouth of the tunnel
The company says there are but tw,
A men buried although the police O
+ Long Island City say there are six
$ The rescue party is losing heart. feel
, ing there can be no possible chance o
saving their comrades alive.
SAN ANTONIO. Texas. Dec. 1g.-
Fhe defense rested today in the tria
/ OF Monk Gibson. negro, aged II. who
was charged with numbering the wifi,
and four children of A. ]. Condltt
near Edna. Texas, after assaulting the
woman and the oldest daughter. The
chief witness for the defense was DR.
Richmond, who said that he examined
Gibson after the arrest but found no
blood stains or no evidence that he
mad committed an assault. Four oth.
er witnesses testified to the boys
character. The case goes to the Jury
this afternoon.
Though no direct evidence against
Gibson was adduced the crowd in the
court room expects conviction.
NEW YORK, Dec. l9.-The cable
companies have received official no.
tice today that telegraphic communl.
cation with ST, Petersburg has been
severed again.
hENOSHA, Wis, Dec. I9-Caught
IN a whirling belt, driven by 1000
horse power engine, Walter Cayan,
aeh, the giant former center rush of
'he University of Chicago football
team. bad desperate struggle for his
| HE in the foundry of the Simmons
Manufacturing company in this city
Clutching a beam of the ceiling in a
Nise-lke grip, as he was hurled up-
ward. the athlete fought with all his
strength against being drawn Into the
iatai embrace of the machinery. Only
ai'er MS clothing had been stripped
from his body by the fast flying belt.
ing was he freed from danger. Then
ne dropped TO the floor exhausted
me life and death battle of the for.
mer football player was witnessed by
score OF men in the department
VINO looked on with horror. expcctins
10 see him Instantly killed. To the
great presence of mind and prowess
oil Cavanash is attributed his escape.
MI Cavanash is now the foreman
in the Simmons foundry here. Chang.
es In the belt on the main shaft. which
carries the entire machinery of the
plant. were necessary. and he decided
that he would make the alterations
himself. He placed a ladder against
the wall near the shaft In adjusting
the belt Cavanagh made a false move
and the ladder slipped from under
him.
AS he started to fall his clotning
caught about the shaft and the belt
ing. He braced his brawny arms
against the ceiling. catching a beam.
and in this way he defied the great
force OF the engine. The clothing was
torn from him and he was limp from
his terrible experience when the dan.
ger had passed. Other men in the
room rushed to his assistance and he
was sent to his home in a carriage.
Physicians were called, and an in
yestigation showed that no bones had
been broken, but Cavanagn had been
terribly burned about the face and
neck by the friction of the belt.
Ell PASO. Texas. Dec. 19.-Seven.
teen persons We're slightly injured by
the derailment of the Golden Gate
Limited Rock Island tpiin near Con
ant. N. NJ, last night. With the ex-
nt "a q 4 h..
whole train went down an embank-
ment. The absence of any fatalities
is considered remarkable
TOPEKA. Kas.. Dec. 19.-The Dew
lin creditors today appointed a com
! mittee of five to devise means to get
the estate out of the hands of the
court The temporary trustees report
| that the companies under their charge
have earned $4,000 up to date. Ad-
ditional claims totaling nearly mil
lion dollars have been presented
against the estate.
NEW YORK, Dec. 19-Opposite
the Waldorf-Astoria hotel today three
laborers were killed and ten persons
injured by the premature explosion OF
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TO the roof of an adjoining building,
where the mutilated remains were
found. Another's head can not be
found. The arms and legs of the third
were torn off.
SHANGHAI. Dec. 19.-Native idlers
and loafers I'LL the streets, The Brit
ish cruiser Diadem has landed 500
men. German troops are coming from
Kiao-chau. The American cruiser Bal
timore and a gunboat have arrived in
response to the call for assistance by
Consul General Rogers. They will
land marines.
BUTTE. Mont, Dec. 1T. p
Grove, of Denver. suspected OF being
a representative of the Western Mine
Owners association was beaten with
revolvers last night by committee
of union miners and forced into q
hack. which was driven six miles into
the country, where he was left AMI
told never to return. The police wit
messed the affair but did not inter
fere.