Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-05-09
TELEGRAPH NEWS.

Butte, Mont, May News reached
here today that the eastbound North
Coast limited was held up this morn
ing near Welsh's spur by four masked
men and the engineer murdered. A
special for the scene left here with
deputy sheriff's aboard. Bloodhounds
from the state penitentiary are abroad
the special and were put on the trail
before noon. Welshs spur is about
twenty miles from Butte and In the
widest part of the Rocky mountains.
II may be late tonight before the posse
with dogs reaches a telegraph sta
ton
The object of the robbers, 1t Is pre-
sumed was to secure the contents OF
the through safe carrying consign
ments of currency from Seattle Port
land and Spokane to eastern points.
This is the fourth time the North
Coast eastbound has been held up in
eight years. The other three times
the train was robbed near Bear Mouth,
about eighty miles west This morn
ing's hold up is near the scene of the
robbery of the Burlington flyer two
years ago, In a SECTION of country
with very rough mountains.
Mt Pleasant, Tex, May IA tor
nado swept over the towns of Birth
right and Ridgeway doing fearful dam
age, killing nine people and injuring
many. Only meager details of the
disaster were received today as tele-
graph communication Is destroyed.
Municipal ownership In Michigan
has received knockout blow In the
state supreme colurt. five justices
against three deciding that under the
constitution and the law Of the state
municipalities cannot engage in any
work of internal improvement. Con
tending that the city of Detroit had
power to construct street railway
tracks, the common council made an
appropriation for the construction of a
short piece of track. The attorney
general at the instigation of citizen
council from proceeding with the
work. This Injunction is made per
manent by the decision of the su-
preme court.
Denver. May Zachary Shire. wild
eyed and nervous. the confessed mur.
dered OF Maurice Caplan. the Denver
merchant, who was shot down In his
home In February, 1906. arrived In
Denver last night Shire. while con
fined in Butte, Mont. for drunkenness
told the officers that he had killed
Caplan and on being questioned detail
ed the story of the murder and his
later escape from Denver. The officers
here state that he told the story to
get cocaine. He Is a dope fiend
Kalamazoo, Mich, May 1.-Two
men were killed. two others injured
and house was cut in two by a
| train in this city today. The horse
| opened the switch and laid for the
havoc caused with Its life The horse
was forlorni creature employed in
| pulling a sweet sweeper and had Just
reached the Portage street crossing OF
the Lake Shore railroad when he made
up his mind he had been worked to
the limit OF equine endurance and
balked. He stopped right In the way
OF fast freight train drawn by two
heavy engines. The first engine struck
the animal and hurled 1t against a
switch post. which broke and threw
the switch. which led to a spur. The
send engine-ran onto the spur track
and clear on the end, taking the whole
train with It, +. g. Daniels house
stood near the end OF this track ant
the train ran right through 1t, cut
ting on the dinging room and kitchen
without in1uring any occupants.