Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-02-26

mouthpiece. believe that the bill
will be generally amended and Wher
completed will be good bin"
The report will be made Mondaj
and then the bill will be paced on tn,
calendar for consideration as soon as
the statehood bill is finished One
senator said anent Tillman;
There is one thing never heard
about Tillman and that is that he
| was CRATER. heard President
| Roosevelt say not ten DAYS ago he
| believed Tillman was honest and ad
| mired him as fighter"
Ex-senator Chandler says the sclec
| ton of Tillman infinitely betters the
! chance for the passage of good bill
DENVER, Feb. PA dispatch
from Boise this morning SAYS that
Moyer, Haywood and Pettibone were
taken from the Idaho state peniten'
tiary at s o'clock this morning. A
special grand jury which was called
to look into the Steunenberg murder
began Its sessions at O'Clock. The
supreme court of Idaho has granted
a writ of habeas corpus asked for by
the three federation leaders yesterday
afternoon The writ Is returuable
next Thursday. This means that the
highest tribunal of Idaho will review
the proceedings by which the prison
ers were taken from Denver to Boise.
Harry Orchard. alias Thomas Hogan.
upon whose alleged confession the ar.
rests of federation leaders were made,
is reported to be dying OF pneumonia
contracted in the penitentiary few
days ago. His temperature is 104.
This morning Mrs. Haywood and
Mrs. Pettibone received letters from
their husbands, and both said they
were In the best of health and hoped
for a speedy release.
BARBADOES. b. w. l.. Feb. a.
Mt. Pelee. the volcano of the island
of Martinique. is again In eruption
and the inhabitants are in terror OF
the recurrence of the great disaster
of 1902. when $4,000 persons lost
their lives in the destruction of the
city of st. Pierre. Most of the resi-
dents of the town fled yesterday and
today are behind the mountains to
the south of them. Many houses
have been demolished by the earth.
quake shocks.
FLORENCE, Italy, Feb. 24.-W. X
Vanderbilt Aas roughly handled by a
mob in Ponte Gerre. after injuring a
child with his auto. 1t was a very ex-
citing scene. The American drew his
pistol and was going to shoot, but was
overcome and thrown into Jail. For
tunately for him he escaped with his
life. for the infuriated residents
meant to do him bodily injury. and
the soldiers only arrived In time to
save him.
Mr. Vanderbilt spent the night very
uncomfortably In prison. This morn.
ing he was released.
The Vanderbilt party was riding In
an auto but not at high speed, when
tney ran over 5-year-old boy. The
child was not seriously hurt, although
his face was covered with blood, brit
the sight infuriated the populace
KANSAS CITY, Feb 24-The off,
GERS. having been forewarned, sur
prised gang of safe blowers work.
ing on the safe In a bank at Missouri
City. near here, early today hot
skirmish was fought. The robbers
dispersed and Leonard Bell, said to
be an ex-convict, was wounded and
captured.
MOUNT PLEASANT. Iowa. Feb.
24.-F'lorence Allen, aged 10. was shot
dead in her nome last night by Ell
bridge Becker, rejected suitor.
aged 20, after he had forced his way
in and wounded the girls mother.
Becker then committed suicide
near by in his home.
NEW YORK, Feb. 24.-It is stated
here today that young Miner. who
left his bride because sne would not
give him cool million dollars, gladly
accepts s20.0OG which she has given
after many passionate appeals from
her suffering husband