Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-01-11

who was taken from officers on tn
Santa Fe train at La Sale during tn
night, was lynched here at o'clocl
a m. by seventy men. The NEGRO
hands were tied behind him and hi
right foot drawn up to them, ana h,
was then jerked into the air.
When asked way he killed ysun,
Polk he said at first that 1t was al
accident and afterward that he lSille,
him for fun
Polks head was torn of hy a 'loat
of buckshot fred through the window
of the mill in which he was employed
WASHINGTON, Jan. l0.-lThs
house commiite on judiciary today
adopted favorable report on the res
olution calling on the attorney gen.
eral OF the state OF Iowa as to individ.
nals and corporations connected with
the Northern Securities case who had
been criminally prosecuted.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10Th, com.
missioner OF the general land Office
has withdrawn several sections OF
land in Wyoming.
WARSAW. Jan. l0.-The project of
police of Novosk has been assasslnat.
ed by the Socialists while driving i'm
a sleigh TO the railway station HIS
little daughter sitting by his side was
fatally injured.
MINNEAPOLIS. MINI, Jan. TO-
SIX people perished In fire which
ruined the interior of the West hotel
the finest hostelry in the city, about
4 O'Clock this morning. A panic stric.
en- woman leaped from the seventh
floor to her death.
Fire Captain John Berwin was
Knocked off a scaling ladder at the
fifth floor by Mabel Larson of Omaha.
who jumped into his arms. and both
were killed. Two brothers were as
phyNiated on the fifth floor. w. G
Nichol. a broker, was found dead on
the same floor.
The fire started in tne basement in
the elevator shaft. and was caused by
crossed wires.
1t was later estimated tnat at least
ten persons perished In the fire The
two men supposed to he brothers are
Identified as w. f. Magner OF Duluth
and X. e. Wolfe OF New York.
Clinton Lampe was killed by fumes
on the sixth floor The other corpses
are unidentified.
When the firemen arrived the win.
dows on the seventh floor were frames
for pictures of extreme human horror.
Almost every one was occupied by
some guest in night attire, screaming
10 the crowd below for help. Smoke
at times enyelopod them. Before
water was thrown the firemen ran
scaling ladders up the precipitous
sides of the building and efractea
many hair-raising escapes. Il
The West hotel. when completed In
1881. was supposed to be the best
fire proof hotel In the world.
The damage is several hundred
Thousand dollars.
Following is as accurate a list OF
the dead as can be secured up to
noon:
MRS. J. F. HODGES. of Minneap.
oils.
CAPT. JOHN BERwIN of st. Paul:
killed by falling from second story
ALICE LARSON, chambermaid;
jumped from second floor
w. C. NICHOLS. Minneapolis grain
merchant; suffocated.
J. p. REIsINGER. New York; jump
ed from sixth floor.
]. F, WOLF, New York. burned To
death in his room.
w. f. WAGNER. Duluth. sunocated
while trying to escape.
CLINTON LAMME. guest: Gre
mated while trying TO leave the burn
ing building.
1. H. PEISINGER. New York.
MRS. NJ. F. HODGES. lecturer, OF
Waco, Texas.
Two men who jumped from upper
windows and were killed are uniden-
tilted.
MRS. BARLOW. to save whom Cap
tain Berwin lost his life, died shortly
before noon from inhaling smoke.
There was some splendid heroism
shown by the firemen and the guests.
The family of r. A. Chamberlain of
the Security bank were not awakened
until too late To get down stairs
They rushed to window on the sew.
enth story on the Fifth street corner.
The father made "A rope of bedding
to let down MS wife and children, but
| 1t would not hold and the extension
ladders were too short. Pompeir lad
ders were then rushed to the scene
and fireman with a rope about him
scaled the ladder amid the cheers OF
thousands OF spectators, arriving al
the seventh story. He took each one
of the Chamberlain family and carried
| them safely to the extension ladders
The thrilling rescue was accom-.
plished amid death-like silence. But
when II was finally accomplished the
crowded street roared with cheers.
The last report this afternoon is te
the effect that the total number oi
dead is eight.
| The old story Of telephone line
across the Atlantic is again under
discussion.
| Last weeks snow storm In New
| NtnxInn ragttItad In tho lnua of uraai