Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-11-15

TO Tarrant and got into a quarrel witt
marshal down and pounded him sc
verely. Then he drove home. Late
in the day he was called to the teie
phone and informed that warran
had been issued for him on chargs
of assault Hendricks asked the jus
tice who gave him the information t.
hold the trial over the telephone, a.
he was too busy digging potatoes t,
come to town. The justice agreed te
the proposition and the trial proceed
ed. AT its conclusion the fine was
imposed, and Hendricks told the jus
tice he would send the money by the
rural mail carrier
BALTIMORE, Nov. 12.-Rolls oi
bills. twenty thousand dollars in all
were found floating down stream
yellow-backed fifty and hundred
dollar notes were seen sailing through
the air. and coins of gold. scattered
a mile through the country, were
picked up by the handful when Cal
win S. Harlan was injured fatally and
his fortune scattered. Harlan, rich
resident OF Baltimore county, did not
believe in banks. and he carried his
money with him wherever he went.
He was struck by train at a cross
ing near Ashland and died soon after
The locomotive wrecked the buggy
| in which Harlan was riding, and car
ried the wounded man and part of
| the vehicle on the pilot for mile be-
fore the engineer discovered what
had happened and stopped the train
Harlan's pockets were crammed
with bills and gold, and with each
revolution of the driving wheels some
part Of his fortune was jolted loose
and went flying away.
Great rolls of bills were found all
along the track. The railroad agent
at Ashland found $4,000 in notes float
ing down creek. One passenger
discovered $1,000 wedged between
rocks in Gunpowder river. waded into
the water and rescued the treasure.
Another man collected $4,000 in gold
and notes, and for several hours a
crowd was busy searching for the
scattered wealth.
DETROIT, Mich, Nov. f3.-Senator
Alger today. while speaking of the
death of General Shafter said when
was secretary of war, Miles was
at the head OF the army and naturally
the one to lead the invading troops
into Cuba, but he disgusted the presi-
dent by criticising everybody and
everything, so Mckinley suggested
that the command be given to Shafter
which was done and success fol-
lowed"
CHICAGO, Nov. 13.-The Prohibit
tion party in the United States made
a new mark fer strength In the state
elections which have just passed. A
measuring of the result was started
by the chairmcn at the national and
state headquarters In Chicago yester-
day. The national result is gagged
by comparison with the vote for Silas
c. Swallow when he was the party
candidate for president two years ago.
This year, with the campaign limited
was greater than over the entire coun-
try in that year. In Illinois the vote
for w. p. Allin for state treasurer
was nearly treble the state vote for
Swallow in 1904.
In Massachusetts the party for the
first time polled sufficiently large
vote to entitle it to place on the
official ballots at the next general
election without going on "by peti
tion.' In Wisconsin IL will also ap-
pear as party on the ballots, DIR. f.
l.. Eaton, the candidate for governor.
making the strongest fight the party
ever made in the state. Pennsylva-
mia, Illinois and Minnesota will have
out-and-out Prohibitionists in thei
legislatures, and Pennsylvania will be
represented at Washington by two
congressman who were elected by
Prohibition Endorsements. California,
Connecticut. Kentucky and West Vir-
ginia show heavy Prohibition gains.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.-An i'm
portant conference was held here last
night and again this morning In which
Attorney General Moody and his as
sistants. Morrison, Kellogg and Purdy
went carefully over the case of the
government looking to the prosecution
of the Standard Oil company. In a
day or two suit will be brought, prob
ably in ST. Louis. having for It's OBJ
ject the dissolution of the Standard
Oil company.
DENVER. Nov, 10. - George j.
Gould, the railroad magnate. arrived
here this afternoon on tour OF in
spection OF his Colorado properties.
He will spend two days In the state.
President Jeffery OF the Rio Grande Is
with the party, who travelled in spe-
cial train.
QUEENSTOWN. Nov. 10. - Upon
the arrival OF tie Cunard line steamer
Caronia off Rochspoint at the en-.
trance OF the harbor this morning 1t
was reported that fire broke ou.
aboard OF her on the voyage. but
that 1t was extingulshed.
The fire was discovered In the cleo
| trio fan room at l o'clock this morn
ing. After the Caronia had passed