Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-10-25
OCTOBER
STORM
GENERAL

worse before the day ends. The Rock
Island train from the East arrived
today ten hours late. The Union Pa
cific trains are from one to three
hours behind time. The blizzard is
general through Colorado, Wyoming
and New Mexico. The coolest
weather today on the Moffatt Road
caused the thermometer to register
three below zero. The snow was the
heaviest on the Tennessee pass, be-
ing banked up twelve feet. All trains
leave this morning with two and three
engines pulling them. The storm
shows no sign of abatement in this
vicinity.
DENVER, Oct. 22.-At noon today
reports of western storms show that
1t is increasing In severity. The great
sufferers are Salt Lake and Ogden.
The storm Is now going east and this
afternoon 1t is sweeping through Kan
sas.
ELLIS, Kan, Oct. 22.-The storm
which has been devastiEg Colorado
Wyoming aud the West reached here
this afternoon and is assuming pro-
portions of a blizzard and has belated
trains and brought snow already six
inches deep.
DENVER, Oct. 23.-The storm con
ditions are going from bad to worse
today. The snow is still falling
through the Rocky Mountain region
and at 10 o'clock today Is over two
fyst on the level. This beats the rec
ord or twenty-five years ago when the
fall was twenty-three inches. Many
trains on all lines were annulled to-
day. and many business interests are
greatly affected by the congestion of
freight here which is worse than at
any time In the history of the state
Conditions are growing worse hourly
The Union Pacific trains today are
six to ten hours late and is even bet
ter than some ofthe roads where the
trains are very late.
DULUTH, Oct. 23.-This morning
over a foot of snow covered the
ground and the weather is growing
bitterly cold. There is blanket Of
snow all over northern Minnesota.
FORT WORTH. Oct. 23.-The
Texas panhandle has blizzard Sleet
and snow is reported over the major
portion OF that region. Amarillo re-
ports that the ranges are covered
with ice. 1t is feared that there will
be considerable loss OF cattle as
the fall of temperature was very sud
den.
LENNOX, Mass, Oct. 22.-Last
night while thirty exclusives were
seated around the dinner table at the
fashionable Lennox club, news came
that the house of one of the guests
had been burglarized and the robbers
had run away In an automobile. In
>stantly the guests arose and all of
them, including the British ambas-
sador, Sir Mortimer Durand, jumped
into their high-speed autos and began
the man hunt. They all evidently
went in the wrong direction for after
searching all night they gave up the
chase until daylight this morning
WtIout gettin ga trace OF the burg
lars.
ST. LOUIS. Oct. Ex-senator Bur
ton, accompanied by his wife, arrived
here this morning prepared to give
himself to the authorities and begin
his six months sentence in the Mis-
souri, penitentiary at Ironton. The
senator declined to talk further than
to say that he would not apply to the
president for a pardon and that If he
did 1t probably would not be granted.
Mrs. Burton will accompany her hus-
band to the prison door and will re-
side in the town while her husband
serves his time.
LONDON, Oct. pm. MacFayden
head of the big banking house which
failed Saturday afternoon, has com
mltted suicide. His dead body was
found today. Within an hour after
the suspension it was announced that
he wandered out in the country, and
entering a dark tunnel, threw himself
in front of passing train and was
killed.
NORFOLK, Va, Oct 22.- The
steamer Farwell from Jacksonville is
ashore today off Cape Henry. 1t will
be a total loss. The crew. after des
perate efforts was saved by the life
saving crew.
CHICAGO, Oct. 22.-Soon after his
arrest, NJ. ]. Carpenter, the prince o.
get-rich-quick swindlers, died in the
police station here. He was suffering
from morphine when taken by the of
flcers. He had made fortune, bu
died pauper.
DENVER. Oct. 22.-Dangling from
the end OF an improvised rope. r. p
Reimann, cabinet-maker, was fount
dead in the Roberts rooming-house OF
Platte street. Worry over the loss o
money in the San Francisco earth
quake and fire is believed to hav'
,caused him to end his life
PfTTSBURG, Oct. 22.-The iroI
and steel trusts Of J. Walter Rhoade
were sold today, marking the collaps
OF another young millionaire unde
the strain OF amassing more million
and keeping up with the social race
Rhoades is thirty years old and ha
three millions and Is heir to five NOR
but on account of his physical wrecl
by order of physicians he retres t.
sanatarium for. year.
NEW YORK. Oct. 22.-The marke
recovered today from Saturday
slump. strong rallies being made Il
the Union Paific. Anaconda, Grea
Northern and Copper The price
rose from two to four points. but ar
still far below the quotations Of earl
last week.
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