Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-09-16
would stay the limit.


OF the many hard bouts in which he
has engaged, he has lost only two
one of these on foul. His front
name is Charles, but his experience
as mariner on the sad sea waves re-
suited in the sobriquet of Sailor"
If Johnson wins tonight's battle, as
his hackers confidently expect, he will
insist that Tommy Burns meet him
within the next few months. BY
knocking out Kid Cutler in half n
round in his last battle. the negro be
lieves that he has shown punching
ability worthy of a championship bat.
tie. Cutler had been coached by John
L. Sullivan and had acted as the for
mer champions sparring partner The
ease with which the big black landed
on Cutler was a surprise, even to his
most devoted admirers.
| Baltimore, Mr., Sept. 12.-Today is
being celebrated in Baltimore as Old
| Defenders day 1t being the ami
| versary of the battle of North Point
in defense of the city against the Brit
lsh in 1914. BY proclamation of the
governor and the mayor it Is legal
holiday in the city and state and all
the banks, exchanges and other pub
lie institutions have been closed. Com
mercial business is partially suspend
| ed and various patriotic celebrations
were held in the public parks.
1t was on September 10. 1914, that
British feet arrived at the mouth
OF the Patapsco river. Soon afterward
a number of the vessels proceeded to-
ward Baltimore, while others went
| over to North Point and began the
| Decentralization of troops under Gen.
eral Ross on September IL. About s.
600 soldiers, 1000 sailors and 1000
| marines were landed. Many of the
troops had been with the duke of Well
ington in his victories over the armies
of the great Napoleon in Spain, and
were styled "Wellington's invinci.
bles." They We're turned back from
Baltimore, however. on September ~,
after a desperate defense of the city
by the "Old Defenders" The tota,
loss to the ''mvincible" army of Gen
eral Ross was 700, including the com
nander, while of the American forces
there were but twenty killed and nine
ty wounded. 1t was this victory and
the sight of the stars and stripes float
ing over Fort McHenry, after the ter
rife bombordment to which it was
subjected the following night, that in
spired Francis Scott Key of Maryland,
then a prisoner of war on board the
British frigate Surprise, to compose
the American national anthem, 1.-THE
Star-Spangled Banner
Plattsmouth, Neb., Sept. 12.-The
bank in the village OF Manley, 165
miles from here, was held up by a
lone robber who got between $1,000
and $4,000 and escaped, but is report
ed surrounded in cornfield near the
town of Murdoch. The robber enter
ed the bank when the cashier was
alone and handed him a letter, ask
ing that he read 1t. 1t was a demand
for $4,000. When the cashier looked
| up the robber had him covered with
| revolver telling him he would be shot
II the money was not instantly handed
over. The cashier gave up and the
robber hurried out.
Denver Sept 12.-Lyle Anderson is
| mentally unsound as the result of a
| midnight tragedy. Miss Edna Calf
way, a beautiful 19-year-old girl OF
Kansas City, was accidentally shot by
W. Lyle Anderson, also of Kansas City,
in the home of Mrs. J. NJ. Ellis, on
Madison street.
At midnight. Anderson and Miss
| Galway, together with Mrs. Ellis, her
son and Mrs. d. P. Anderson, mother
| of Anderson, returned from supper at
| the Shirley hotel. Previous to retir-
| ing for the night the party entered
! the parlor to enjoy themselves. The
merry making was at its heighth when
Anderson pulled new .3S-caliber auto
matte pistol from his pocket and be-
gan showing Ellis the mechanism of
the weapon, but forgot that one shell
remained in the gun. Miss Galway
and Mrs. Anderson started across the
room while young Anderson was ex-
planning the mechanism to Ellis. He
turned playfully and pointing the gun
at his fiancee ordered her to throw
up her hands. She smillngly complied
with the demand. When Anderson
pulled the trigger OF the gun loud
report followed by a spurt of fame
shot from it and Miss Galway
reeled and fell to the floor with tiny
stream of blood trickling from 9
wound in her right temple. Anderson
Mortified, dropped the weapon and
rushed to the side Of his bride-to-be
and found she was dead. Anderson
today Is crazy and has to he guarded