Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1906-09-13

"i' hihu' Inc nesltatlon Is believe
to be due to the fact that he. as we
as other Southern leaders of the pa,
ty, are laboring privately with Brya
TO get him to sidetrack his views.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,. Sept 1O.-Tw
men plunged three hundred feet t
the bottom of Mount Pulaski Goa
mine this morning and were killed
Seven miners entered the cage t.
descend to work when the engineer
VINO was a new man and also i'll, in
stead of directing the engine, he re
versed 1t. The cage started upwar,
with a crash. Five men jumped a
the landing and were saved, Charlie.
Fox and Fultz, who were killed miss
ed and fell to the bottom Of the shaft
The engineer tainted and the ma.
chinery ran free, wrecking the tor
works of the mine. The bodies were
taken out through the escapemeut
shaft.
PORTLAND, Me, Sept. 1o.-In.
tense excitement prevails here over
the election and party LADDERS are
working as never before to get ont ev.
cry vote The greatest interest cen
tiers in the result in Congressman
Littlefield's district. the American
Federation of Labor are putting forth
every enort to defeat him on account
OF his failure to vote for certain la.
Dor measures, advocated by the Fed.
Grafton. President Gompers has per.
sonally stumped the district against
Littieheld and Secretary Taft and
speaker Cannon have been working
Tor him. At noon Gompers said.
Il came to Maine to defeat Little.
field and have succeeded"
Littlefeld said: Neither Gompers
nor his henchmen can defeat me in
this election
ST. LOUIS, Sept 1O.-H. Clay
Pierce chairman of the executive
board of the Waters-Pierce Oil com.
pany OF the trust was arrested today
on Olive street. The arrest was
made to compel his attendance at an
custer suit
VLADIvosToK, Sept. 1O.-The
warehouses and offices, including the
goods stored on the piers of the vol
unteer fleet were destroyed by fire
today.
HAVANA, Cuba, Sept. 1o.-It is of
hcially announced that the Loyalists
defeated the insurgents Sunday in
Pinar del Rio.
Col. Alvalos rescued the govern
ment armored train, defeating the
insurgents with a loss of three hun
dred men. The Loyalists army re-
paired the railroad and proceeded.
Rome, Sept. 10.-Father Francis
Weirnz, rector of the Georgian uni
versity, was today elected general of
the Jesuit order. He had the solid
support of the German delegation.
The new BLACK Pope" lived in Rome
twenty years.
TULSA, I. T. Sept 7.-After an
exchange of shots Ed Miller was cap
tured near Catoosa today by deputy
marshal. Miller is alleged to be the
leader OF gang of horse thieves
which operated in the northern part
of both territories for six years.
TELLURIDE. Sept, Two Aus
TRANS were caught red-handed today
as high graders. They were grinding
out ore taken from the Smuggler- I'm
ion. The evidence is positive and the
men will no doubt go over the road.
NEW YORK, Sept THE Tribune
today says that Chauncey M. Depew
has recovered his health and when
Congress meets in December he will
be found in his seat in the Senate
and lively factor in the debates.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, Sept T.
Mrs. Folk today said that the Govern.
or's condition showed no material
improvement. His physician is out of
town.
PORTLAND, Me-, Sept. 1.-THE
most noteworthy insident of a bitter
campaign over state just ended yes
terday has been the part Samuel
Gompers. president OF the Federation
OF Labor played in attacking Con
gresham Httlefeld on account of
the latter's alleged hostility to organ.
lied labor's cause. Cannon and 9th.
er speakers of National fame stump.
ed the district. In ordinary years
Maine has gone Republican on state
issues by over twenty thousand ma
jority.
FINDLEY, o., Judge Baker today
overruled the motion to quash an in
formation filed against John Rookie
Teller in oil cases. Pleas in sbate
ment were also overruled and defend
ants given until Tuesday to file mo
lions.
BOISE CITY, Ia, Sept. 10.-Stevt
Adams, accused of the murder o.