Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-02-22

! hau tHToNH lht Ettfuftu oNPIDpaFt
and was about TO fulow them.
Steamer employees henrd the chill
dren CRYING about midnight. Tn,
stateroom they oe ppied was foun,
empty by the watchIaan. The clothes
belonging 10 the wosnan and children
were strewn about.
The note said. ftear joan: For
give me for all S',is trouble: my
heart is broken: 70 ave me for caus
ing you this great sorrow. could
not live. and couls not leave oui
children. LULA"
NEW YORK. F. 2O.-John w
Waters collapsed toAsy when he heard
The news of the t~gedy aboard ine
steamer Plymouth. yAlrs. Waters was
30 years of age; tpc murdered chill
a girl s. hoy 8 and tsn infant girl.
SILyERTON. Feb. 21-Mrs. A. j.
Aurand will entertain 100 ladies at
luncheon at her spacious home tomor.
row afternoon in honor of Washing.
tons birthday. The beautiful home
has been beautifully decorated for the
| occasion.
In the evening Mrs. b. w. Hoch
and Mrs d. j, Maxwell viii assist
Mrs f. w Hunt in giving a reception
70 large number OF lady friends,
! giving whist party.
SliNERTON. Feb. 21.-Thomas
Paney. blacksmith. 50 years old.
who has been in siherton 2S years.
died today of heart failure. He has
elatives in Ireland. Pueblo and Den
yer. The funeral will occur tomor-
row from the Catholic church.
Jeh Campbell, who has much prop
frty in Silverton. carpenter, died
'his morning of consumption Ar
langements for funeral will he de-
!errcd until relatives arrive from In
diana.
LANCASTER. o. Feb 21.-Albert
Douglas was nominated for Congress
today TO succeed General Grosyenor.
who has been In Congress for twenty
years. Crosvenor did not get a sin.
81, vote from his home county.
WASHINGTON. Feb, 2l--Dr. Min.
er Morris today made public the cor
respondence with the White House
with reference to rhe forcible eiec-
tion of his wife recently.
Morris demanded an apology. The
correspondence shows that the presl-
dent had an investigation made and
came TO the conclusion that the ar
rest was justified, that no more force
than necessary was hsed. that the of
fcers were not to blame and that the
best thing for Mrs. Morris TO do
would he TO refrair from giving ad-
ditional publicity 10 the matter.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.-Presi-
dent Morris has been formally asked
TO apologize to DR. Miner Morris The
following is DR.. Morris's letter to the
president:
President of the United tates:
Dear sir-Having waited patiently
a number of weeks that yon might
have ample time to ascertain all the
circumstances connected with the in
suit recently offered my wife al the
White House, and that you might
make some expression of depreciation,
which would naturally be expected, II
u
band and citizen to demand pub
lie apology for this outrage on wom-
anhoOd and common decency 1t Is
nnthinkabe that such brutality would
be tolerated anywhere IN this cOun-
try, but above all in the White House.
My wife has been confined 10 her bed
six weeks from the shock and injur.
les of this damnable treatment,
which is bad enough. but can say to
you In all calmness that had the orig
inai orders from the White House
been carried out as to her long lncar-
ceration her life would have been sac
riiiced.
TT Is, therefore, incumbent upon
me to repeat my urgent request that
YOU take action AT once. suitable to
the circumstances which have shock
ed the entire nation.
MINOR MORRIS"
CHICAGO, Feb. 21.-Commissione
Garfield in the stand today emphatic
ally and repeatedly denied having
promised the packers immunity and
declared he had said nothing to war
rant them in believing that he would
keep Information obtained from the
department of Justice. He positively
denied the testimony of Jesse Lyman,
former president of the National
Packing company. Edward and Chas
Swift and Thomas Corners, Armour's
superintendent.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2l.-It was
stated mere today that the Smoot case
will not be disposed of at this sitting
of Congress. Smoot will be given
dime 10 bring more witnesses. Con
gress will adjourn early in May and
as this Is congressional election year
there will not be sufficient time to
properly consider the matter.
CHICAGO. Feb. Glover a hun
dred depositors stood In line before
the Jackson Trust Savings bank this
morning TO withdraw their accounts.
Joy Morton. one OF the principal
stockholders of the institution. today
declared that the bank was solvent
and said that all depositors would he
paid in full. The losses, II any
would not affect outsiders.