Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-12-06

as the result of peculiar accident.
He struck a parlor match TO light q
cigar. when the burning head flew Off.
striking him in the eye.
Joseph Kospreck. fiftcen-yearold
boy OF Starksville, near Trinidad. was
| stoned by a gang of Young hoodlums
about his own age and he was left
unconscious. It is doubtful II he
lives. Several boys have been ar.
rested
r. II. Latimer, secretary OF the
Union Securities company and DR..
John Grant Lyman have been arrested
in Goldfield. New. ON complaint Of h.
H. Sheftels, a Chicago broker. who
claims they swindled him ont of over
SO 900.
The official canvass of Iowa state
offices shows that thousands of Re
puhlicans cut Governor Cummins and
voted for the Democratic candidate
for governor, leaving the remainder
OF the ticket blank and ne runs 90.
o00 votes behind the highest mou On
his party ticket
At St. Louis business men make a
strong appeal before the river and
harbor engineers for fourteen-foot
deep water way to conect Chicago and
81. Louis and open M a channel from
the gulf to the lakes whien they claim
Will pay for itself many times over
in a saving of freight rates.
The movement to break up nam
moth private fortunes by means Of
federal inheritance and income taxes
becomes a vital issue at Washington
and is expected to provoke bitter
struggle. Members of congress Will
introduce bills on the subject Mt the
coming session
Robert Walker and his companion.
Cecil Monte, an attractive young wo.
man, are under arrest at Sallda
chaged with robhing Benjamin Harri
son of that place of considerable
money. The couple came from Ration.
N. NJ Loaded dice. several gambling
outfits and two opium outfits were
found in their possession when taken
into custody.
The new beet sugar factory at
Swink was dedicated Saturday with
an elaborate buffet lunch given by the
management TO at least 5000 visitors,
who came from all sections of the
Arkansas valley to participate. An
orchestra furnished music while lunch
was heing served The Swlnk factory
cost 81 100000 The town of Swink
now numbers 500 people and is grow.
ing and prosperous.
Fred Paw, formerly steel worker
of Pueblo, tried to commit suicide al
Rocky Ford because he thought his
wife no longer loved him. He severed
his wlndpipe with his knife and Just
missed the jugular vein. His wife
tried 10 talse the knife away from him,
but he threw her on the bed. put
pillow over her head and sat on the
pillow while he cut himself. He will
recover.
Judge Bland of the st. Louis court
of appeals In decision held that an
is a menace and that the
chauffeur must exercise the saiI1
care as the motorman of a street car
The decision was rendered In affirnl-
ing judgment for $4,000 in favor Of
Mrs. Annie Il. McFern against Fred
erick D. Gardner for causing the
death of her husband.
Nat c. Goodwin. the actor, who re
Gently won between $4,000 and $780,
600 in a few hours cutting the cards
for $4,000 a turn at New York gam
bling house. has been invited to call
at the district attorneys office and
tell the name of the proprietor of this
house of high play. in order that the
grand jury may be aided In It's lnves-
tigatlon of gambling.
w. s. Selly. aged twenty-five years.
an engine helper at Grand Junction.
had his right arm torn off at the
shoulder while at work under n loco
motive drawing ashes from the fire
box. Another engine bumped Into the
locomotive under which Selly was
working, shuntlng It ahead just far
enough to pass over his right arm at
the shoulder.