Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-04-25

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company of America, after an exciting
chase lasting more than twelve hours,
in which he was aided by twenty-eight
of the concerns employees. caused the
arrest of William C. Douglas, assist
ant loan clerk who is charged with
stealing s250,000 worth of Chicago.
Rock Island & Pacific railroad bonds
negotiable anywhere. The man was
caught in the Portland hotel with the
goods on him. Douglas has lost a
fortune on Wall street.
Toxic, April 22.-The big steamship
Mongolia of the Pacific Mail Steam
ship company went ashore today on
the reef near Nagota, Japan. She may
! possibly get of at the next turn of
the tied. There will be no loss of
life. This is the second time the Mon
golia has gone aground. Last Sep
tember she struck reef on the Mid
way islands but fortunately got away
after a week of effort. She had Just
come into commission again when to-
days disaster happened.
Goldfeld, April 22.-The long forty
day strike ended this afternoon and
the men went back to work at
o'clock. Two thousand were present
at the open air meeting of the West
ern Federation of Miners yesterday
and the vote for settlement was almost
unanimous. The five leading mines
opened this afternoon and others will
hC ready for workmen tomorrow.
There is great rejoicing in Goldfeld
today over the settlement of affairs.
The miners have agreed to complete
ly divorce from the Industrial Work
ers of the World.
Pittsburg, April 22.-This afternoon
Mr.. Frank Semple, the manager of
the Thaw estate. issued the following
statement: THE visit of Mrs. William
rhaw of Pittsburg at this time has
nothing to do with the Thaw trial.
She is not here to raise bail. If bail
will be accepted it will be furnished
in any amount in New York city.
She is here for a rest and to escape
being harrassed by newspaper men
and cranks / am going out of the
city tonight, and if she does want to
10 something it will be impossible in
my absence, because as business man.
ager of the estate would have to
ne consulted in anything which was
done. From a letter written by Mrs.
Tbaw, which | saw this morning, 1t
Is indicated that the countess will go
abroad within a week. Passage has
been engaged, but | do not know on
what steamer. Mrs. Thaw will go
with the countess if Harry is admitted
permission If bail is accepted, to take
him along and will agree to produce
him and Evelyn when wanted"
st. Petersburg, April 22.-While
crossing the Neva in fog and storm
the steamer Archangeisk foundered
and thirty-one passengers, all work
'men. were drowned.
Denver, Colo, April 23.-While no
official announcement has been made
it is known by the count OF votes
llready in that the trainmen of the
Denver e. Rio Grande railroad have
very decidedly voted to strike. The
officials of the road are aware of the
coming result and today 1t is reported
hat the railroad will apply to the
'ederal courts for an injunction forbid
ling the men to strike on an inter
state road thus interfering with the
mails. Arbitration is urged The rail
road is willing to give the passenger
conductors the $40 month increase
demanded but offers an increase of
less than per cent instead of the
10 per cent increase the other men
want.
New York. April 23.-Mark Twain,
II an interview today, announced that
he had decided to become a buccaneer.
Notwithstanding the recent peace con-
'erence. He will cruise to Jamestown
rs the guest of Henry H. Rogers, the
Standard Oil magnate. After witness
ing the naval parade Mr.. Rogers yacht
will sail about the West Indies for
some time, then return north. The
humorist gave his interviewer to un-
lerstand that he had no serious re-
gard for the peace congress held here
last week. 81 tell you,' said Mr.. Glenn
ents, human nature has not changed
IN the past five thousand years. Man
Kind has not changed whole lot and
he millennium of universal peace is
not very much nearer than year or
so again when the Russians and Japs
were at each others throats."
New York, April 23.-Along with his
brothers and wife who had offered
her blood to save his life that he
might face his acclsers, the body Of
9enedict Gimbel, the merchant mil
'ionaire who died by suicide in st.
Mary's hospital yesterday, was taken
Jack to Philadelphia today. The doc
oors at the hospital where he had
aid for two days said Gimbel died,
not of his wounds but of broken
heart. Gimbel would doubtless have
recovered If he had made fight for
life, as his wounds we're largely super
fetal, but mentally he sought to die
and when his faithful wife and broth
ers offered TO transfuse their own
blood into his body in last desperate
effort to save him, he refused, Shrek
ing, Let me die. l won't live with
! this charge against my name"
The body is to be buried with all
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