Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1906-08-20


DENVER, Aug. 16.-Both faction.
of. the Democratic party-Mayol
Speer on one side and Senator Pat
terson on the other-today claim the
victory of having the state conven
ton held in Denver. The vote was
as follows; Denver, "a; Colorado
Springs, 20. The convention will be
held Sept. 18th.
CHICAGO, Aug. 16.-Federal Judge
Bethea today appointed Charles
Dawes, president Of the Central
Trust company, receiver of the CO
operative store run by the Milwaukee
Avenue State bank. w. F. Zieball
was made receiver of the Steel Ball
company, which owes the bank $685..
900, with assets of 100000.
| Bank Receiver Feltzer says the
work of paying depositors 20 per
cent dividend has begun.
| HAVANA, Aug. I6.-The most
stringent precautions are being taken
to guard President Palma from as
sassination, plot for that purpose
having been discovered. The entire
police force of the city is being kept
| In the barracks to meet any emer-
gency. A number of suspects among
the soldiers have been placed under
arrest
CHICAGO, Aug. 16.-Paul Stems
land Is said to have been positively
identified on a Buffalo & Allegheny
train bound for New York yesterday
by Oscar Holmer, mechanical engi-
neer of Pittsburg, who spent a vaca-
ton with Stensland at one time and
is therefore acquainted with him per-
sonally. The fleeing said to Homer:
Il am going East; for Gods sake
don't give me away"
Holmer is certain Stensland had
been in Canada, where the two men
had spent several vacations.
Going to meet friend in the Pull
SOFIA, Aug. 16.-.The antiGreek
outbreak at Anchialos turns out to
have been more serious than was at
first believed.
Five hundred houses were burned,
including all the public buildings.
The primary cause of the trouble
was the conduct of the Greeks, who
tried to prevent Bulgarian meeting.
The promoters of the meeting invited
the neighboring peasantry to attend,
and when they began to arrive the
Greeks received them with rifle shots.
Procuring arms the peasants attack
ed the Greeks and a riot ensued.
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 16.-Ter-
rorism has broken out again. The
telegraph wires today bring from all
over the empire stories of attacks on
officials and plundering of government
houses. A veritable reign of terror
exists from Vistula to the German
frontier Fifty cases of assassination
occurred last night.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-THE
Washington Post this morning prints
story to the effect that President
Roosevelt predicts that Speaker Can
non will be the next president of the
United States. Mr.. Roosevelt de-
clares Uncle Joe" will be the can
didate of the Republican party, say
ing:
90 far as am concerned would
not accept the nomination is the pos
sibility of tine event of its being ten
dered me-"
BOSTON, Aug. 1.-THE First Ma
tional bank of Chelsea closed this
morning. The national examiner re-
ports the failure due to excessive
loans to officers and directors of the
bank. Boston banks may come to
the relief of the failed institution.
NEW YORK, Aug. 17.-Union Pa
cific stock jumped s points to 171h
on the stock exchange today, and
Southern Pacific rose six points to
80. Trading was excessively excit-
ed, the traders at times becoming a
bowling and surging mass.
NEW YORK, Aug. 17.-This morn
ing Mrs. Leslie Carter Payne severed
all relations with David Belasco and
| signed a five-year contract to appear
under the exclusive management OF
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