Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-05-24

even prohibited from ever holding an
office of trust or to profit under the
| government.
The court granted stay Of pro
ceedings for 60 days TO give Burton a
chance to apply for a rehearing.
TOPEKA, an, May 21.-Governor
| Hoch, who mas the right, in view OF
today's decision Of the United States
supreme court. in the Burton case, to
| appoint a senator, declines absolute
ly to forecast what action he will
take or whether he will take any at
all. Candidates have been In the
field for the office for some time. On
pends whether or not the legislature
win fill the vacancy.
NEW YORK, May 21.-Thomas
Jefferson, negro. yesterday engaged
In a street fight. Seeing an officer
coming ne ran and the policeman gave
chase and crowd followed. man
in an automobile. seeing the negro
running, fired at him. but never
touched him, but added many to the
crowd. Three blocks further on an.
other man took a shot at the fleeing
darkey He also missed, but the
chasing crowd increased to thous-
ands. The negro finally was run
down by dairyman. The crowd
thought the negro must be a murder.
err and some secured rope and start.
ed to hang him. The police reserve
was called out and before Jefferson
was executed they fought their way
through the bowling mob and rescued
the frightened darkey.
DES MONIES, Iowa, May 21.-The
Presbyterian general assembly today
decided to ask the Presbyterian
churches throughout the country to
raise 100000 to rebuild churches de
stroyed by the California earthquake
and fire.
WASHINGTON, May 21-Charles
g. Eberhardt of Kansas. was nominal.
ed today to be consul to Peru.
WASHINGTON, May 2l.-Fearing
trouble during the Panama election ir
June, the government has dispatched
400. marines to Guantanamo. which is
within easy reach of the isthmus.
Two warships will also be at Port
Honduras.
WASHINGTON, May 21.-Secretary
Taft and Assistant Secretary OF War
Oliver are out of town. In their alb,
sence the chief-of-staff would natur.
ally act as secretary of war, but a
White House order has been issued
which makes the president run the
war department while the secretary
and his first assistant are away.
NEW YORK. May GA Vienna
cable this morning says that little
Lolita Armour may avoid another
operation. Her parents took her to
DR.. Lorenz, who operated on the child
a year or so ago, and the doctor de-
clares she is all right. He said the
malformation is disappearing and
that she will soon be quite normal.
and every trace of the original trou-
BILE will have disappeared and her re-
covery absolute. He says II Lolita
were not so stout the cure would have
been complete before now.
MUSKOGEE. Okla, May 22.-The
safe of the First National bank of
Hoffman. I. T., was blown oDen by
five charges of nitro-glycerine early
today. Booty of unknown value was
secured by five members of the gang
who escaped on handcar. A part
of the gang stood in the street TO
keep off the citizens.
LAREDO, Tex. May 22.-Guada-
loupe Alzaro, aged 16, was stabbed to
death today by her stepfather, Fran
cisco Alzar. who committed suicide.
The latter's objection to the man the
girl wanted to marry is said to nave
been the cause of the tragedy. The
family is socially prominent
SHADYSIDE. N. j., May 22.-An
explosion, followed by fire. occurred
today in the works of the New York
Glucose company. The four-story
building was shattered by the explo-
sion which is ascribed to defective
boiler. The disaster was attended
by many casualties. So far one
corpse mas been taken from the ruins
Five are missing and are believed to
be in the debris. Forty employees
were injured, several seriously.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo, May a.
The supreme court today afirmed the
Kansas City order OF convictions
against Mrs. Aggie Myers and Frank
Hoffman. her paramour, and sen.
fenced each TO be hanged June 29th.
Judge CAN'T, vino read the decision,
pronounced the murder of Clarence
Myers, their victim and the husband
OF Mrs. Myers, the most brutal and
revolving in criminal annals of Mis-
souri,. Mrs. Myers is the first woman
to be sentenced to hang In this state
since the civil war.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-. May 22.-
Edward Bateman OF Springfield, Mo,
a negro, by sentence of the supreme
court today. will hang June 2l, for
criminally assaulting a white girl
near Aurora, Mo-, some time ago.
WASHINGTON, May 22.-News
cnmae from tho Wbfta Houso that tho