Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-11-22
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Puget sound about midway between
>.this city and Tacoma a most fright
full accident occurred, due to negli
gence in giving orders OF receiving
them. The two sound passenger
steamers Dix and JEANNE came into
collision and inside of four minutes
tin Dix went to the bottom and over
forty people were drowned. There
were seventy-nine passengers on the
Dix. The engineer of the Dix failed
to understand the signal of the pilot
or the pilot gave them wrong which
caused the accident. The vessel
therefore got squarely across the bow
OF the Jennie which plowed into her,
causing the Dix to keel over and sink
almost Immediately.
CHICAGO. Nov. 19.-In a disagree
ment over twenty cents in a dice
game, Lyman Lawrence shot Frank
Pryor Pryor is dying. Lawrence
was arrested.
ROME. Nov. 9.-The pope is CON
fined to his room and the city con-
tinues In great state of excitement
today because of the result OF the ex-
plosion of bomb in st. Peters yes.
terday which caused wild panic
among the worshippers. The impious
outrage resulted in no fatalities.
Since Peter himself ordained st. An
acieutus in 80 A d. no such occur
renee Is known in the annals of the
Church. The perpetrator has not
been discovered. Following the out
rage the pope fell upon his knees and
imploTed mercy on the misguided per.
petrator.
DENVER. Nov. 19.-Impatient of
~the delays of civilized laws, Samuel
" Caroduses took justice into his own
hands this morning and fatally
stabbed Nicholas Contos, in the door
way of the court room, whittier they
had gone to have their differences
settled. Caroduses stepped up behind
his foe, peered over his shoulder to
be sure that he had the right man.
and drove an immense hunting knife
through Conto's neck. The nerves
and blood vessels were severed by
the blow, and Contos sank to the
floor in dying condition. Caroduses
tried to escape. but was captured by
Policeman A. II. Skelly and Special
Ensle, who happened to be near.
Contos, whose death is momentarily
expected, was taken to a hospital.
Just month ago on the night OF
October 10, Caroduses was assaulted
in the saloon owned by Contos and
his brothers, John and James, on Mar
ket street He said that it was the
Contos brothers who beat him up and
threw him out; and he had all three
arrested and placed under bonds.
charging assault and battery. They
had assembled at the court house this
morning for the trial when the stab
bing was done.
NEW YORK, Nov. 19-The pro-
prietor of the Cafe Martin here cabled
Count Boni an offer of $4,000 year
for his services to take charge OF the
walters of the famous Broadway res
taurant. He did this upon hearing
that Anna Gould decided not give her
recent husband one sou.
CHICAGO, Nov. 19.-Mrs. Stella
Bowman set fire to her home on Cali
fornia avenue in belief that only by
killing herself could she save from
eternal punishment her son who died
a year ago. A fireman who re-
sponded to the alarm this morning,
when entering the house found her
kneeling in her bedroom with hands
clasped on Bible and flames shoot
H.. gyl. .t..I
and taken to the station house and
this afternoon will be examined as
to her sanity.
GALVESTON, Tex, Nov. 19-Jus-
tice Bridge, at Beaumont, bound Flor
ence Martin over to the grand jury
in the sum OF $1,000 on an unusual
charge. The woman was a sweet
heart of Edward Brynes. In her rags
she bit off his lip because he had
kissed her rival, and chewed one ear
because he has listened to that rival
speak unkindly of her.
KANSAS CITY, Nov. I9. - The
guests to the Commercial club ban
quet tonight and guests and delegates
to the Trans-M Mississippi Commercial
congress, WHICH Will meet mere loIluI-
rom in annual convention. poured into
this city today from all directions.
They included cabinet officer. sew
eral foreign diplomats, United States
senators and congressman. governors
. and mayors and governmental depart.
ment experts from Washington, to-
gether with representatives OF numer.
GUS commercial organizations. law
yers and railway officers. Elhu Root
Ssecretary OF state. who is expected
to define the governments stand on
the Monroe doctrine and South Amer
lean relations, arrived on an early
train from Chicago. while David r
Francis. heading large delegation
Of Missourians and escorting Minister
Calderon OF Bolivia, Minister Pardc
Of Peru and Minister Cortes Of Co
lombia, with Minister to Colombis
John Barrett. arrived from st. Louis.
NEW YORK, Nov. 9.--It is said to
day that the jealousy OF woman hal
cauuad tho park <f trouhIo hot n.