Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-11-29
H0LDUPS
JAILED

Union Pacific Overland Limited, at
Verdi last night, two thugs tried un-
successfully to hold up the passengers
In the rear coach After marching
through the train with drawn revol-
vers levelled at the passengers,
threatening to kill anyone who inter
fered with them, they commanded the
conductor to slow down the train on
the outskirts of Reno and jumped.
Fifteen minutes later the thugs held
up couple of citizens on one of the
streets of the town. but later were
caught by the police and are now in
jail. A large sum of money and much
jewelry was recovered
SILVERTON, Nov. 26-The weather
has cleared and the outlook is for
season of fair weather. About twenty
inches of snow remains on the level
in and about Silverton, while from
three to four feet fell about timber
line. While quite a number of small
slides are reported, the only one to
do any damage took place Saturday
evening which carried with it the
bunk house on the Mountain Queen
property above Animas Forks For
tunately no one was i'll the bunk
house. No other buildings were de-
stroyed. although at the time 1t was
reported much greater damage had
taken place
Saturday train on the Gladstone
Northern was caught between slides
in the vicinity of the Henrietta mine
and it was not until last evening that
men were able to clear the track,
permitting the train to reach Silver
roy. 1t will take day or two to
clear the road to Gladstone.
The road running to Animas Forks
is open as far as Eureka and men
have been sent out TO open the line
between Eureka and Animas Forks.
OURAY, Nov. 26.-The storm of
last week was one of the worst in the
history of this section, especially for
November About fifteen inches of
snow fell in Ourag and three times
as much above timber line. Three
large slides came down yesterday. one
known as the U. S. near the Camp
Bird. another known as the waterhole
g'near the Revenue and the Riverside
slide on the wagon road to lronton.
No damage is reported and men are
engaged in opening the roads.
NEW YORK, Nov. 26.-The sub
committee of the Democrat state COM
mittee appointed by Chairman Con
ners to investigate the conduct OF
Senator McCarren in the last cam
paign is meeting today at the Vic
toria hotel. The committee after or
ganizing will Immediately begin the
trial of the Brooklyn senator. Sen
ator McCarren has ignored the charges
and is on n western trip. He is In
Denver today. 1t was said yesterday
that he would not be represented al
the hearing as he has already dis
puted the report Of the committee to
oust him as member. 1t is the gen
eral idea that McCarren will be found
guilty OF the charges of scratching"
William r. Hearst, recent candidate
f0P governor on the Democratic ticket.
1.-The charge that ! scratched Hearst
IL untrue. | am not afraid of the re-
suit Of the effort to oust me as
member of the Democratic state cen
trail committee. Our law committee
will look after my interests in these
charges preferred against me. In fact
| question the right of the organiza-
ton to act in the matter at all under
the circumstances"
Standing in the lobby OF the Brown
hotel this morning Patrick McCarren
state senator from New York ex-
that he would not go.
NEW YORK, Nov. 26.-Irregulari-
ties in the accounts of the second
greatest bank in the world-the Ma
tional Bank OF Commerce-common
known in financial circles as ]. p.
Morgan's. the capitalization of which
is $25, 100000. have been discovered
and from dawn till midnight and
again today, forty-two regularly EN-
ployed clerks and twelve expert ac
countants slaved to discover the ex-
act amount of the alleged defalcation
ht iooo, II ~ odiu " III uiiouhe "
100000, but it will not be known posi-
lively until the work of prying into
the books is completed 1t was dis
covered yesterday that since last Fri
day afternoon there had been detained
secretly in the Tombs prison clerk
. who had been in the employ of the
certification department OF the bank.
The man is Bernard Mann. He Il
twenty-four years of age and lives
with his parents in Brooklyn Within
Ihe last few months the lad has led n
dizzy life. He never went among his
friends without an ostentatious dis
play of diamonds. He never went to
a ball, party or theater without hav'
ing with him a suspiciously large roll
of bills. He spent money lavishly.
DENVER. Nov. ga conflagratior
the like of which had not been threat
eDed in Denver for years. seemed in
evitable when the fire department ar
rived at the Colorado Casket com
pany's plant on Wazee street few