Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1906-08-02

the father of 25 children, your honor"
said Valentine Yonkowski in court in
Brooklyn today, land | wish you
would send me to Jail for life.
want to rest"
Yonkowski. a tailor, was summoned
by his second wife, Louisa, who said
he had failed to support her and their
10 children. Yonkowski, who wore
long white beard, shrugged his shout
ders.
Yes" he said, 81 do not spend any
more money on her and the 10. BY
my first wife | had Is children. For
those and for these have spent $751;
00o-just raising them. am tired.
| get no thanks. | get no thanks.
Why should | always slave to raise
children? Lock me up till | die"
He refused to pay IS week to his
wife and went to jail for six months
in default OF bail.
WASHINGTON, July BOT. II.
Proske, prominent Colorado Demo
crat, is here working to bring the
national Democratic convention to
Denver in 1908.
Despite Senator Patterson's state
ment Proske says Patterson will be
candidate to succeed himself.
TOXIC, July 3O.-Baron Oku today
was appointed chief of the general
stan to succeed Viscount Kodama.
CANONSBURG, Pa, July 30-El-
| mer Dempster, 10 years old, a negro
was lodged in jail here today. He is
said to have confessed to the shooting
of Mrs. Samuel Pearce and two chill
dren Sunday night. The mother and
| one child, Margaret, and another
child, Reason. aged 3, are in the hos
pital. The police say Dempster, who
was employed on the Pearce farm.
confessed that he abused Margaret,
aged four years, several times in the
| last few days. The child told its
mother. and she accused the negro.
He then shot her and then the chill
dren with revolver which he
snatched from Mrs. Peaces hand.
| No violence has yet threatened the
negro by the people here.
CANONSBURG, Pa. July 30
While Coroner Sipe was taking Elmer
Dempster to Washington, this county,
this afternoon two attempts were
made to lynch the negro. The trip
was being made on trolley cars.
Twenty men boarded the car and
dragged the coroner and his prisoner
OFF, Sipe being roughly handled. He
escaped from the crowd and re-enter-
ed the car. The prisoner was again
dragged off, but Sipe managed TO take
him TO. Washing~pp n safety.
1 There a mob OF 400 men crowded
about the Jail doors and yelled xii
negro" as Dempster was hustled into
prison.
COLON, July 3O.-Bngineers work
ing for the United States hauling dir
in the canal zone have asked Chair
man Shonts for the following conces
sions:
An increase in wages from $50 tt
1925 month; time and half TO
overtime and double time Sundays
and free transportation to and from
the United States when on leave o
absence.
The men contracted, 1t is alleged
| to answer calls. for work when aske,
! | to do SO, and under no circumstance
were they to get extra pay.
complete tieup Of canal work vii
. | result If the engineers strike.
D Shonts has promised them an ar
wer within 80 days.
III PARIS, July 30.-An unsuccessful
!, attempt was made to dynamite tn
v | train on which Grand Duke Vladimi
was a passenger. near Charlesoi, Be
II | GUM. The attempt is attributed
h Russian anarchists.
e LONDON, July 31.-According to
n | report of the London County Counc
3. issued today municipal ownership I
4 street railways in the worlds m
tropolis is curious. During the la
II year nearly 2,O0O,0O0,000 passenge
r were carried. The receipts exceeds
.e expenditures by over 100000.
* WASHINGTON, July BIAS II
e. sultan of Turkey continues to delay
n, | receiving ]. G. Leisbman as U. s. al
2: bassador, the state department W
e. shortly order the departure OF Al
n bassador Leishman from Constan
ly nople with consequent severing
diplomatic relations between the tV
re countries.
N. NEW YORK, July 31.-Five hi
or dred men struck at the Pennsylvar
q, tunnel this morning in sympathy vi
or the electrical workers. 1t Is expect
n 5000 more will be ordered out. o
ret thousand left the Belmont tunnel
NO at noon.
OGDEN, Utah, July 31.-Tnere v
no be no strike OF miners in the To
I'M. pah district, Nevada, or the Coer
10 Alene district In Idaho, the min
vm having been granted a wage scale
ia. 81 per day OF eight hours, to be
ian tomorrow.
adj ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, July 31.-Geo
McNeal an alleged forger, Is n
.ide death as the result OF attempting
of eide by the appendicitis route.
on swallowed dozen peach seeds
ont then tried to puncture his heart
ring n piece of wire. He may recove