Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-03-29

/ new-made friend and in the heat o
: passion shot him twice, killing him
/ The deed was regarded as cold.bl0od
ed, although the prisoners lawyer,
) made plea of self-defeuse.
The punishment following the yer
dict is from ten years to life sen
, tence In the penitentiary.
: NEW YORK, March 27-Much ex
! citement prevails here today about
the criminal courts It being whisper
, ed that Postmaster General Cortelyou
chairman of the Republican National
Committee; Cornelius NJ. Bliss,
treasurer of that committee. and
George w. Perkins of the New York
LIE Insurance company were to he
arrested.
SHORTLY before noon District Attor.
ney jerome appeared in the criminal
court and secured warrants for the
arrest of three prominent men.
The names were not given ont. but
the general supposition was that the
warrants were for receiving and ac-
cepiing and paying campaign funds.
II was known too. that during the
| uine the warrants were secured the
| attorneys of Cortelyou. Bliss and Per.
kins We're In the supreme court ar
| ranging for writs of haheas corpus
IN connection with the Jerome pro.
| ceedings
NEW YORK, March Warrants
for the three men whose names were
Kept secret but who are known TO be
very prominent, were issued todaf
by Magistrate Ross after confer
ehce about insurance affairs with Dis.
trict Attorney Jerome.
III Is understood the warrants are
10 be served by telephone. thus giving
me persons wanted an opportunity TO
appear with bondsmen All are men
oil national prominence either finan-
cially or politically. The warrants
were issued after Vice President
hlngsberry of the New York Life
gave nus deposition that the company's
iuhdS mad been paid to the Republi-
can National Compaign Committee.
NEWPORT. II. l., March 27.-Thir.
teen men on the steam boat Plymouth
mad narrow escape from death this
IN The long pier of the Fall River
Line. Before the blaze was subdued
me line big sdewheeler was burned
10 the waters edge the City of Low
ell, the Priscilla and the Puritan bad |
~ damaged and a loss sustained of |
over a million dollars.
TULSA, |. T., March 27.-Mr Car
nesie today increased the library do |
nation which he had previously made. |
from $4,000 to $4,000.
WICHITA, ans, March 27-The |
Bank of Bentley, this state. was dy-
namited today and 81 500 was secured |
by the robbers, who escaped in n |
hand-car
WASHINGTON. March 27.-Otto
Heggin of Des Moines, Iowa, today
asked permission of President Roose- I
Welt TO annul his naturalization pa
pers as an American citizen. as he
says the American constitution is not
Interpreted in the light in which ne
read it, There is no statute for re.
nouncing citizenship.
VIENNA. March 27-Today's news,
papers all declare that Count Won
i3uelow, chancellor of Germany, Is
about to resign. The crisis bringing
his about is the outcome of colonial
and the Morocco incident
CORSICANA. Tex. March Ell
''our prisoners were cremated, and a
dfth fatally burned in fire at the
County Poor Farm near here early
today. A negro prisoner set fire to
his cell in an effort to escape. end the
flames got beyond control The ne
sro who started the fire was among
the victims.
WASHINGTON, March 27-It Is
semi-ofiicially given out nere today
hat former Governor Wright. of the
Philippines goes to Japan as the first
American ambassador, his principle
however, will he to negotiate
The transfer of sale of the Philippines
TO the japanese government The Sc
lection OF Gov. Wright To represent
the administration at the Japanese
cmperor's court was caused by the |
situation in the Orient causing the |
feeling that his understanding Of the
Philippines would make him inst the
right man to negotiate taeir sale
WASHINGTON. March 27.-The
comptroller oil currency has been ad |
viscd that the First National Bank |
at Weston, Texas. is closed. Nation
al Bank Examiner Logan mas been
appointed receiver OF the institution.
which was small one.
CASPER, Wyo.. March 27.-up to |
this morning the death record as a re- |
suit OF the falling into the creek OF a
work train on the Chicago a. North |
western railroad near Natrona is ten
Nine bodies have beene recovered,
and one is still hurled. There are II |
injured, all of them foreigners. |
Twelve of the Injured are at Casper
and five at the hospital at Douglas.
CANON CITY. Colo. March 27.-it
now appears that no one is to be-
punished for the Rio Grande wreck
AT Adobe station on the morning Oh
March 10th. The coroner's Jury. aft