Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1906-07-16

n man named j. u. McQuie was riil
down by a Santa Fc train in the Pu
eblo yards Wednesday and killed.
Slight earthquake shocks were fol
In southern New Mexico counties yes
terday. being the second dlsturhanc,
within two weeks.
Jim Flynn of Pueblo and Jacl
(Twin) Sullivan of Massachusetts
fought Is rounds at Pueblo last nigh
resulting in draw
Because of the rapidly increasing
number OF burglars and thieves Ia
New York the United States Fidelity
and Guaranty company abandons bus
mess there.
A cloudburst in the state of Chi.
huahua, Mexico, almost destroyed the
town of ocampa and killed seven PEG
pie. Financial loss will run into the
thousands of dollars.
food in town in central New
York filed the streets with earn
weighing from to 80 pounds each
This looks like luck, but some of the
citizens are mad because they failed
to get trout.
AT a picnic on the river bank at
Cedar Rapids. Ia. only three blocks
from home eight children went wud.
Ing. The smallest one slipped into n
deep hole In the river and In tryinr
tG rescue her six others were drown.
ed
A History building, which viii have
height of 625 feet, Is to be erected
by sewing machine company AT the
corner of Broadway and Liberty
street, New York. Now. In order to
give 1t proper artistic effect. some
body should get the adjoining lot and
build thereon one-story bank with
Ionic columns.
Diplomatic relations between Great
Britain and Servla. which were ter
minated by Great Britain three years
ago, following the assassination OF
King Alexandra and Queen Draga
were formally resumed when King
Edward received In audience Michael
Milipcheyitch, the Servian minister
Tuesday evening.
AT O'Clock Wednesday afternoon
lightning struck the flag pole in the
center of the town at Black Hawk
Colo, A team of mules was hitched
to the pole. and one of the team was
killed. Splinters were thrown in CIV.
cry direction, and window lights we're
knocked out In almost all business
houses of the city.
The sworn statements of San Fran
cisco losses filed with the New York
insurance department as of July
show many material changes from the
original estimates made May I. The
majority of those now admit much
larger losses than originally were re
ported. Several have added nearly
sl,000,O00 to their figures, while a
few are able to cut down their origin
al estimates.
Manufacturers of patent medicines
or bltters and the retailers of these
goods must take out regular liquor
license If the medicine contain too
large percentage of alcohol. The
manufacturers must take out a whole
sale liquor dealers license. while the
retailers must obtain saloon license
under ruling of the Chicago law de
partment that the sale OF sucn goods
constitutes a sale of liquor under the
law.
On the ground that their violation
nf Ia in N t,f 40 i..uf nj
shipments was technical and not will
full and that, therefore. only a moder
ate penalty should be imposed, Chief
Justice William j. Mills in the United
States court at Las Vegas Wednesday
imposed a fine of 81 900 on each count
Of the Indictment against the Atchi
son, Topeka Il Santa Fe Railroad
company and the Colorado Fuel &
Iron company. A total fine of $4,000
and costs was imposed on each of the
defendants.
Esther Mitchell shot and killed her
brother George Mitchell a short time
after 1870 O'Clock Wednesday after.
noon in the waiting room OF the union
bNPot At 9'aAAi's H' ihiii HiApi wan
fred just as Mitchell arose to take
the evening train for Oregon. The
brother. who was acquitted Tuesday
of the killing of Franz Edmund Cref-
field, the leader OF the Holy Rollers"
dropped in his tracks. Esther Nit.
chell was at once arrested. She If
the sister to avenge whose treatment
George Mitchell shot Crefield. Snc
has refused to have anything to dc
with her brother since the shooting
Colorado's coal production In 1905
says Edward w. Parker, statistlcian
of the United States geological sur
vey, exceeded that OF any previous
year in the history of the state. II
amounted to S,S2G,429 short tons, with
a spot value OF $1O.Sl0.97S. Compar
ed with that OF 1904. the output Of
1905 showed an increase OF 2,1G5.2ts
short tons, or 1926 per cent, nearly
onethird. while compared with the
At Duran on the Rock Island roao
In New Mexico most disastrous hal
storm has occurred and thousands Of
sheep were killed. Jacobo Yrisarr
lost 1000 out OF one band, the Nc
Gillivray Bros, lost 600. and many