Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1906-09-24

to attend. The girl was to have beer
married last month, but to accommo
date her rich uncle who couldn't
then attend she postponed 1t till last
night.
Senator Clark was caught in rail
way accident in Kansas, couldn't
reach Des Moines in time, so wired
for the ceremony to go on and sent
by telegraph ten thousand dollars as
a wedding gift with an intimation OF
a steady little income to follow.
CHICAGO, Sept O.-Congressman
hitt of Illinois died suddenly from
heart disease this morning at Nara.
Gansett pier following illness.
LONDON, Sept. 20.-Ten killed
and sixteen injured is the latest estI.
mate of casualties in the wreck of
the Scotch express last night on the
Great Northern railroad.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 2O.-In a
controversy between the Hibernia
bank and the tax collector the United
States Supreme Court held that the
interest on government bonds is tax
able although the bonds are not.
CHICAGO, Sept. 20.-Next week
the brotherhood of locomotive engi.
neers will start movement for high
er pay The demand will embrace
every Western railroad, and in the
event of refusal they will walk out,
so that a gigantic railway strike is
probable.
NEW YORK. Sept. 2O,-According
to the charges OF the Santa Fe and
the Rock Island, Hill and Hartman
are going to use the new rate law for
the purpose of controlling the Pacific
trade with the Great Northern.
The Union Pacific and the Pacific
steamships aim to cllnch a monopoly
OF the export and import steam trade
of the Pacific coast and freeze out all
competition. If their plan can be ac.
complished the entire foreign com
merce of the coast from Puget
Sound to Santiago will be at the
mercy of these magnates. Their
move is being fought by all Other
transcontinental lines and the whole
matter is to be investigated by the
Interstate Commerce commission al
its coming session in Chicago.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Sept. Eli
fifteen persons are supposed to be
killed this morning by the explosion
of an immense amount of dynamite in
the yards of the Louisville G. Nash
vile, railroad at Jellico. The acci-
dent occurred shortly before the big
shift in the yards went to work or
loss of life would have been terrible
IL the wreckage around the depot
at present an accurate list of the
dead cannot be secured but will in
few hours after the debris is clear
ed away. Some bodies are horribly |
mutilated,
JBLLICS, Tenn, Sept. 21.-Up to
noon fifteen bodies have been remov-
ed from the wreckage caused by the |
explosion of car of dynamite being |
switched at Louisville & Nashville |
railroad station this morning. 1t is
believed others have been killed.
Still prosecuting search for bodies |
Most of those killed are negroes. No
prominent whites. Scores of persons |
were injured by the explosion, the
sound of which was heard for miles. |
The Standard Oil tank and numerous
other building were destroyed. Elev-
en- are unidentified. The known dead |
are John Gordon. Walter Rodgers
George Atkins and John Cook. Terri
BILE injuries retarded naturalization
Help was asked OF Knoxville. AL
special train arrived bringing physi |
clans. The injured were taken to
their homes near by. Property loss
is estimated at a million dollars. The
entire third floor of the Carmarthen
Inn, a brick hotel, was blown on.
LEN EN-, Soios, oept- 81 Fht
ate hour last night the vacancy caus-
ed by the withdrawal OF p. B. Stewart
was filed by the vacancy committee
! aiming Chancellor Buchtel of the
/ yer University as Republican can
ate for governor
Chancellor Buchtel has been prom;
inent in educational and ecclesiastic
circles in Denver for a number of
years. While he has never taken a
prominent part in politics, he has al
ways been a consistent Republican.
His name has been discussed private
IL as the successor of Stewart for
some time, but when the matter was
suggested to him he refused TO con-
slider it. 1t was not until late hour
tonight that he finally agreed to &C
cept the nomination. 1t is understood
that he Is wholly unpledged and II
elected will not be under the control
of any faction of the party.
DENVER, Sept. 21.-The nomina-
ton last night of President Buchtel