Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1906-08-23

ia Fee Railroad company announced
today the purchase of the Holly &
Swink railroad In Colorado. 1t is
understood the road was bought to
| give the Santa Fe better chance on
sugar beet products. The road runs
IS miles northwest OF Holly and is
projected 76 miles further.
NEW YORK, Aug. 20.-Twelve
persons lost their lives in the waters
about New York yesterday, most of
the victims being bathers.
MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 2O.--In the
different lakes hereabout seven per-
sons were drowned while bathing.
The deaths by drowning yesterday
and throughout the country so far as
reported number 33.
NEW YORK, Aug. 20.-A cable
from Marseilles today says the police
yesterday arrested an italian anar-
chist named Francez ON suspicion of
being in plot to assassinate Presi-
dent Failleres on his approaching Wis
1t to the Marseilles exposition. When
Francois lodgings were searched all
manner OF explosives we're found.
The Italian today was released by
the police for want of evidence. but
he was expelled from the country.
NEW YORK, Aug. 2O.-Lewis Nor
rison. the actor, who has been play
ing in Faust" for over 20 years, died
yesterday after undergoing an opera
ton, aged 62 years. His wife, Flor
ence Roberts, was at the bedside.
NEW YORK, Aug. 2O.-The public
is in the stock market today In full
force. Large speculative interests
and heavy buyers last week threw
over their stocks. taking the profits.
Southern Pacific jumped to 99h and
then reacted. Union Pacific sold up
to 1856 and then dropped two points.
Atchison reached the highest since
its reorganization
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Aug. 90
Thirty thousand people arrived here
yesterday and found all the hotels
filled. and as a consequence" billiard
tables, porch chairs, hunks in the po-
lice station and board walks were
used as beds by thousands.
CHICAGO, Aug. 2O.-Despondent
over the loss of $4OO deposited in
the Milwaukee Avenue State bank,
Edward Kollard committed suicide
yesterday by hanging himself. His
body was found this morning.
NEW YORK, Aug. 2O.-Harriman's
coup by which he scooped up $780,
100000 by declaring dividends on
Union and Southern Pacific stocks,
has divided Wall street into two fac
tons which are arming for finan-
cial fight that is likely long to be re-
membered. Hundreds of stockhold-
ers in both concerns who hung on
for years hoping for dividends now
call themselves deceived and see their
holdings in Harriman's strong box.
Attention is directed to the official
statement of the Southern Pacific is
sued after the San Francisco disaster
saying the road had received a blow
from which 1t would take long time
to recover. Many conservative men
Oh Wall street say Hartman is gull
ty of breach of trust to the stock
holders.
CANON CITY, Colo, Aug. 90
One man dead, another fatally
wounded, two marshals severely cut,
and several others named by stones,
is the result of a street riot In this
city in which 20 Mexicans and Mar
sharls Berggantz and Fillmore, and a
number of Austrians figured early
this morning.
= LUFKIN, Tex, Aug. 90 .
= John B. Roper. man with .
= many aliases, who murdered .
= without cause two fellow .
= prisoners here In the county .
. jail last Wednesday, beating .
= them to death with a heavy .
\ axe as they slept, ended his .
. own life by hanging himself in .
= a cell during the night, his .
. body being found this morning.
. Roper was a member of the .
. Dalton gang OF bank robbers. .