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

| denounces any body of men who woul
form societies TO influence justice, &C
! cree courts or juries or act as he say
. these men have. The president SAYS
They Mayor Haywood and Debs
stand as the representatives of thes
men who. by their public utterance
and manifestoes, by the utterances o
the papers they control and inspire
and by the words and deeds of thos,
associated with; or subordinate t,
them. habitually appear as guilty o
incitement to, or apology for blood
shed and violence"
Pittsburg. Pa, April 24.-Additiona
sensations in the graft crusade /.
promised by information against TWEEN
Weight members of the Pittsbura
council, who are alleged to have par
ticipated in the attempt to hold III
the Tube City Railroad company fol
$4,000 for pushing through Its ordi
nance. Councilman William A. Mar
tin, under sentence to serve three
years in the penitentiary, is expected
TO give information which will result
in the prosecutions being started
against these councilmen.
Richmond, Va, April 24.-Judge
William Loving of Nelson county is at
liberty today. although he deliberately
killed a prominent young man and
gave himself up after the shooting
and was promptly admitted to bail
after spending the night iE jail. The
man killed was Theodore Estes of the
mercantile house of Estes and Son.
The Judge took a shotgun in his car
itage, went to where young Estes was
experimenting the unloading of car
of goods. ordered the negroes assist
ing him to stand aside, remarked to
| Estes: so you were out last night.
were you" raised the gun, fired and
| the youth fell dead. Commissioner
Payne who admitted the Judge to bail
made the following statement: Judge
Loving heard that young Estes had
taken his younger daughter, Elizabeth,
out driving Sunday night. The girl
returned home in an unconscious con
dition. drugged end disgraced He
heard the full story of the drugging
and attack from the girl herself be-
| fore going in search of Estes"
Dover. Del, April 24.-Frank H.
Butler, deck hand on the steamer
John II. Wilson, was taken into Gus.
tody, charged with murder of Horace
n. Marvin, the 4-year-old son of DR..
Marvin, the boy who mysteriously
disappeared March 4. The theory of
the detectives responsible for arrest
is that the boy was murdered or ac-
cidentally killed and that Butler knows
something about the case. Butler de-
of the child and reiterates that the
boy was sitting on top of haystack
upon the Marvin farm when he and
two other men, who were moving the
effects of the former owner of the
land left the place. Since then Butler
says he has not seen the child.
Santiago, Cuba, April 24.-Antonio
Infante, a negro, died yesterday at
the age of $50 years. Despite his
great age. the greatest recorded In
modern times, he retained all his fac
1lties unimpaired to the end. He was
born in 1857, nineteen years before the
beginning of the American revolution,
Chicago, April 24.-The government
has opened up purchasing and sup
ply department in this city for the
reclamation work going on in the arid
lands of Colorado, Arizona and the
western states. Forty-six millions is
being spent in this work Just now and
the government finds 1t can save money
by buying supplies here and shipping
them than to leave 1t all in the hands
Of various engineers as has been
done. A saving of 20 per cent will be
made by the new plan.
Washington, April 24.-The su-
preme court has been asked to declare
an illegal murder trial In Missouri in
which the sheriff promised the jury
front seats at the hanging, and also
| supplied them with whisky. The story
is that man named William Spaugh
killed the sheriff Of Iron county, Mis-
souri,. Jordan the new sheriff, It is
alleged issued invitations to the
hanging and supplied the whisky
Spaugh's attorneys, In their appeal for
| a new trial say: Since the late de-
cision OF the federal supreme court In
the case OF Caleb Powers OF Kentucky,
| there can be no question raised by
| the state on the appeal as to the jur-
isdiction of the federal supreme court
to review the final decision of the
state court as to whether or not local
| prejudice, undue influence, improper
act Of the sheriff and guards in charge
Of the jury, or the use Of liquor, pref
udiced the jury against the appellant
or accused to such an extent as to
deny him a fair and impartial trial"
New York, April 24.-James Bart
lett Hammond, aged 6S, inventor OF
the typewriter bearing his name, was
committed to the psychophatic ward
Of Bellevue for observation today on
complaint OF his brother, Thomas F.
Hammond. The hearing resulting in
the commitment which was held in
The street in front Of the court build
ing. Hammond was driven to court In
a cab. the only other occupant OF
which was a private detective who had
taken him into custody. In another
cab was Thomas F. Hammond and AL