Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-10-11

The Missouri supreme court today re
Myers who is to be hanged at Liberty
October 26.
TACOMA, Oct s. The Puge
Sound country today is elated owe
official news that James ], Hill will
build new city called St. James oil
Grays Bay, north OF the Columbi,
river. The town will be controlled b,
the Great Northern and Northern Pa
cific railways and divide the Colum
bia river ocean commerce with Port
land. The name St. James has beer
selected because James is Hills name
Many millions will be expended.
CHICAGO, Oct. 8.-A new military or
der is being formed here, fashioned on
the ancient and honorable artillery
company of Boston. The charter
members include many millionaires,
! fashionables as well as men famous
In literature and art The pledge de-
mands the very highest character,
CHICAGO. Oct. S.-Wheat opened
lower this morning, December selling
at 73Ac. After considerable seesaw.
ing 1t was finally moved up to 74kc.
WASHINGTON, Oct Sword has
reached here that remarkable shoot
ing was done on the turret of the bat
tleship Colorado during the recent
target practice while the ship was go
ing ten miles an hour, Twenty shots
were fired and twenty hits made in
gets being 1000 yards distant,
PARIS, Oct. S.-A dispatch pub
lished here this afternoon from Carte
gena. Spain. announces the discover,
that the Strong box" of the italian
steamship Sirio was empty although
1t is known to have held large treas
ure when the vessel sailed. The Sirio
was wrecked on an island In August
and $50 people perished. Today's dis
covery raises the presumption of the
completely of the crew in the wreck,
many of whom escaped and have not
been heard of since,
TOMS RIVER, N. j., Oct. S.--The
trial of DR.. Brouwer, charged with
murder OF his wife. began today, The
woman died a year ago. The husband
reported that the death was caused by
choleramorbus. Soon after the fu-
neral some nasty rumors began to go
abroad to the effect that the woman
was poisoned Her brother began in
.xostigationa- and disth0sebotfy- was ex-
humed. Arsenic and ground glass was
found in her stomach. DR.. Brouwer
was indicted and his trial began this
morning.
Los ANGELES. Oct s.-Today a
fire that for the last three days has
been raging through the San Ber-
nando valley, burned itself out. The
fire destroyed ten square miles of
brush land, many ranch houses, cat
tie and $4,000 worth of Standard Oil
wiped out hundreds miles of fencing
and left nearly 400 miles of blackened
waste.
Special Phone to The Herald.
TELLURIDE, Oct. S.-John Bnana,
proprietor of the Midway saloon, and
NJ. Bozaga, a miner, were arrested to-
day charged with "high-gradipg" in
the Smuggler mine. When Bozaga
was being searched piece of gold ore
fell from his pants,
CHICAGO. Oct. s.-The sale of
tickets for the worlds series of base
ball games which begins here tomor
row and to settling the question of
superiority, the National Or American
leagues. has been enormous and II the
weather is fine. good crowds such as
never have been seen on ball field
will gather.
CHICAGO, Oct s.. DIR. Darwin
Stockley. leading physician of fashion
able Evanston. was arrested this af-
ternoon on charges preferred by Mrs.
Hanna Oleson whose husband is re-
tired capitalist The young woman
charges that she was a victim of as
sault while undergoing sun-baths in
the doctors private office. Stockley
claims blackmail.
WASHINGTON, Oct Sit was an
nounced today that Secretary Taft will
speak in Wisconsin, Colorado and
Missouri this month
WHEELING, w. Va, Oct. Sin
tense excitement prevails here over
the Syrian leper which mob wants
to hang. The sufferer was spirited
away in box car on the B. & o. road
DENVER, Oct. Sat 10 O'Clock this
morning the trial of Carnelina Marin
Fiorino. a pretty little Italian girl who
is charged with numbering her sup
posed husband, was begun. She killed
Gaetano Fiorino, the man who brought
her to Denver from Italy and made
her his slave. The man paid $500 to
the mother of the girl for the girls
body. He brought her to this city,
made her his cook and his mistress.
After a few months she rebelled and