Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-10-22


daylight at few minute to O'Clock
this morning after deliberating over
thirty-two hours the jury in the case
OF the Standard Oil company returned
verdict of guilty on the charge OF
conspiracy. The scene in the court.
room was dramatic. The Judge. the
attorneys and the sleepy attendants
only being present but the verdict
was known to be matter of vast
moment to great interests and the de-
livery of the verdict was quite i'm
pressiye' 1t was at once adjourned
and the court and the tired lawyers
and jurymen went to bed.
| NEW YORK. Oct 19.-Judge Holt
In the United States circuit court i'm
posed a fine of $4,000 on the New
York Central for granting rebates to
Lowell NJ. Palmer. The charge was
made by the American Sugar Refin-
ing company. Frederick L. Pomeroy,
assistant traffic manager OF the New
York Central was fined $4,000. Judge
Holt criticized the practices Of the
railroad.
WASHINGTON, Oct 19.-Promin-
ont leaders declare today that 1t is
MS good as settled II Hearst wins IN
New York, that President Roosevelt
will run again for presidency.
ST. PETERSBURG. Oct ls.--It is
reported that 100 persons have been
killed or injured as result OF rail-
road accident today at Okla, on the
Moscow Kursk line.
KEY WEST, Oct. 19.-News was
received from Havana this morning.
One OF the cables came into opera
ton, The first messages were of
commercial character with incidental
mention OF tornado, indicating that
the damage must be slight.
MARIETTA, Ohio, Oct. 19.-Mrs.
Alice Roosevelt Longworth yesterday
unveiled a tablet commemorating
Northwest Territory Settlement" at
the college campus before great
crowd.
NEW YORK, Oct. 19.-The ribbon
manufacturers and silk association
have decided today to raise the prices
on all ribbons, the advance to take
effect next Wednesday. To the re-
taller the increase will amount to
about two cents yard.
NEW YORK, Oct. 19.-As result
of tornado which struck Cuba and
the Florida coast, Miami. Fla. is prac-
tically In ruins today. Details are
OF persons are killed. A message
from Fort Pierce, Fla. says 100 build
lngs were blown down In Miami
and that the town Is in demoralized
condition. The handsome churches of
the Episcopal and Methodist denomin-
ations were both blown down. The
concrete Jail was partly thrown over
and the prisoiers had to be removed.
Miami is 300 miles south OF Jackson
Vile on the east coast. It Is supposed
the Cuban cyclone struck this place
with full force. The population of
this city is 1000 inhabitants. At st.
Augustine the tide was the highest In
ten years, and all the streets along
the bay we're inundated.
NEW YORK, Oct. 19.-Reports say
fifty coast scbooners have been
wrecked and greater damage has re-
suited from the hurricane which
struck Mobile and Pensacola than has
been previously reported. This morn
ing the approach of the hurricane
was heralded In New York by abnor-
mally high tides. Coney Island is
threatened.
NEW YORK. Oct. ia late edi-
ton OF the Telegram has
dispatch from Havana this evening
saying that the tornado killed more
than hundred people and that the
cruiser Brooklyn was torn from her
moorings and that much distress pre-
walls in the city.
Cotton pickers in Texas are being
paid 81 per hundred pounds. Some
earn as much as $40 per day.
The right foot of woman was
found in an alley in Denver and the
police expect to unearth q murder.
Announcement is made In Washing
ton that postal clerks will get a sub
stantial increase In pay. after several
years without any change.
An Indictment was returned by the
Blaine county. Okla. grand jury
agains. the Waters-Pierce Oil COM
pany. alleging violation of antitrust
law.
Charles Bringolf. young man, was
shot by an unknown gambler In a
saloon in Lamar and 1t is believed he
will die. His assailant narrowly es-
capped lynching.
Machinery for the United States
dry farming experiment station at
Eads, Colo. was bought in Pueblo. II
is Intended TO conduct experiments
for the next five or ten years.