Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-10-23

starvation and cruelty. Mrs. Haw
bins, who testified that she saw tn,
boy. whom she thought was half
starved. picking scraps from a swil
barrel, was recalled, and stated tha
she was not sure that what the bo,
: took out were scraps. Hazel Horr
testified on three occasions she saw
Herbert standing in the corner of tn,
dining room while the rest of the fam
lily was at the table eating. She testi
fled also to having seen both the par
ents and Clarissa Shaw. Mrs. higgins
daughter. whip the child. She sale
she saw Mrs. Higgins punish the
youngster the Sunday before the da,
on which he died.
i In Higgins behalf testimony was in
troduced to show that he mad whipped
the child but once. and that most OF
the whippings had occurred while he
was away at work.
LONDON, Oct. 20.-Sir Henry Irv.
ing's ashes were laid to rest in West
minister Abbey today amid scenes OF
impressive solemnity. The ceremony
began at noon after the arrival of the
family. The casket was borne By dis.
tinguished pail bearers. The king
was represented by Sir Dighton Pro
byn, the queen by Earl Lowe. Over
$4,000 applications were made for
l.200 seats. Few OF the thousands
about the Abbey were able to gain ad-
mission.
| FORT WORTH. Oct. 20.-Ex-Gov-
ernor Hogg's condition is slightly i'm
proved today, but he Is still critically
| i'll. The patient can not be removed
for several days.
TELLURIDE, Oct 20.-Telluride' 8
city marshal, T. A. Mclean, died
about O'Clock yesterday afternoon.
| after an illness OF scarcely "a hours,
having been taken with acute perito-
nitis. He leaves a wife and two small
children and had barely reached the
prime of life. being only 30 years of
age. He was the most popular and
best marshal the city ever had. He
belonged to the X. P.'s and toe Eiks.
| Funeral will be held Sunday.
DENVER. Oct. 20.-The jury in the
Schmidlap murder case, after being
ont all night. reported this morning
| that they were unable to agree, and
has been sent back to reconsider. It
is believed the point OF disagreement
| In the case Is as to the degree of muir
The jurors are said to be agreed that
she be found guilty Of the killing but
are not unanimous as to the extent of
punishment. The majority favors a
| verdict of justifable homicide.
CINCINNATI, Oct 20.-Thirty ply
| sicians employed to examine southern
refugees for symptoms of yellow fever
were discharged today. The examina-
| ton of arrivals has stopped.
.PITTSBURG, Oct. 2O.-The Stand
ard Oil company today announced an
advance of two cents in western and
f1ve cents in eastern crude oil.
| PAOLA, Kas.. Oct, 20-The east
bound fast mail on the Missouri Pa
cific railroad, running as a double
header. was wrecked few miles east
of here during the night. two mail.
one express and two baggage cars
leaving the tracks.
| JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. Oct. 20
Governor Folk has reached no deci
sion in the case Of Edgar Bailey, the
union man condemned to hang in
Kansas City tomorrow for the killing
of Albert Fergerson, a non-union hack
driver, during a strike. Efforts to Sc
cure executive clemency are still DC
ing continued.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Oct. Gloon.
gressman Tawney of Minnesota pass
ed through here en- route east at the
head of the congressional party inves
tigating state hood conditions. and is
quoted as saying: Conditions are not
ripe for statehood in either Arizona
or New Mexico. or both Of these terri
tories together into one union. be-
lieve that the wisest move Of the two
territories would be to cease agitation
of the statehood question"
Tawney argued that both territories
were enjoying prosperity and thai
statehood would unsettle conditions.
WICHITA, Kas., Oct. 21.-Jerry
Simpson this morning continued tc
hover between life and death. His
wonderful vitality is puzzling the ply
sicians. DR.. Galloway, Mr.. Simpsons
physician from Roswell N. NJ, ar
rived here today.
FORT RILEY, Kas., Oct. 21.-Ths
third shooting ARRAY In a week II
the Ninth cavalry. a colored regiment
occurred today Private Harronsor
put a bullet through the temple o
Private Chairman. They quarrellet
about pair of leggings.
FORT SCOTT. Kas.. Oct, 21.-Geo
Higgins. charged with completely IL
| the murder of his little son by star
walton and cruelty. was discharged to
day. The wife and stepdaughter wer,
, held. pending hearing. DR.. Payne
} who attended the boy after the neigh
bors had called In the police, testifie,
today that death resulted from whip
ping In view of the boys wasted con
, dition from mal-nutrition.
! DENVER, Oct. 2l.-The jury in tn
Schmidlap murder trial, after havin
been out 4S hours. announced to tn
court today that they were unable t