Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-02-21

time Sheriff Nellis, acting on orders
received by telephone from Governor
Deneen, refused to permit anyone to
remove the wounded man or to allow
a physician 10 enter the enclosure.
The sheriff says he believed the man
dead. A1ilitiamen who removed his
body at 4 a. m, say it WAS warm, in
dicating that death had come but a
short time before.
The dead: Alexander Halliday, 80
years old The wounded: Sam Yves
singer, a former policeman; John Ma
loney, brother-in-law of Mrs. Rose Ma
loney, whose purse was snatched by
one of the negro prisoners sought by
the mob; Horton Crehan, wounded in
ankle; George B. Walker, associated
Press correspondent, wounded in leg
Crehan was shot when he stopped for
moment to learn what the trouble
was about.
Eight of the twelve deputy sheriffs
whose shots killed Halliday wounded
other negroes. This fact was not def
nitely known to the crowd which
stormed the court house, but was sus-
pected, and the suspicion helped to
| arouse the racial feeling that spurred
on the crowd. The deadly volley which
the sheriffs men fired from the win
dows of the court house was fired in
answer to scattering shots from the
crowd and after the deputies in obedi
ence to the sheriff's orders, fired one
volley in the air.
The trouble was caused by an in
furiated mob trying to force the Jail
and lynch a negro charged with pick
ing women's pockets. The sheriff en-
trenched his deputies and warned the
at any cost.
ATHENS, Feb. 1S.-A terrific earth
quake today shook Crete. Villages
were destroyed and the population OF
the entire island is in a panic. The
extent of loss of life is not known,
but is believed to have been heavy.
Seismic disturbances are pervading
The entire trough of the Mediterrane-
an. A shock was felt at Malta today
and yesterday Messina was shaken.
Inhabitants of the towns and vii
lagos are fleeing to the country. Hun
dreds have left Canea, the chief port,
and Gambia, the capital. The village
demolished today was Varipetro Ca
nea suffered heavily, several buildings
being lost.
CLEVELAND, O., Feb 1S-1he sec.
end section of one of the worst biz
yards known here in many years, driy-
| en- by singing north wind, democrat
| lied railroad, interurban and street
| railway traffic, and crippled telephone
communication throughout the state
Much personal suffering is reported
from the poorer districts of every city
in the state and in the rural sec
tons.
1nterurban passengers on many lines
were snowbound for hours last night
and regular traffic has not been re-
stored today.
Three trainmen are dying as the
result of a wreck on the Detroit, To
ledo and Ironton railroad near Spring.
field
The roof of the big auditorium at
GAINESVILLE collapsed under the weight
OF the heavy snow this morning.
SILVERTON, Feb. 49, H. Can
| field, late superintendent of the Glad +,
stone Northern railroad. died sudden
| ly last night Garfield returned Mon
| day from Denver. He was well known
in this part of the state.
| ALBANY, n. Y, Feb. IS. - The
| shadow of prison bars today for the
| first time lie athwart investigating into
| the legislative corporation at Albany
| L. is conceded on all sides that moth
| ing can check the probing into every
| ramification opened by the charges
| made in the hearing of State Senator
Conger's allegation against State Sen
ator lothian Aids. Congers declara-
| ton upon the witness stand that the
law makers in 1905 demanded ten
! thousand uOlidrS from the bridge in
terests to kill legislation, paves the
way for steps beyond any the legis-
lature can take, as this latest charge
is not covered by the statute of limi
tations. Conger, by tearing off the
lid under direct and cross-examinalion,
has swept away the barrier which sur
rounded alleged previous instances of
bribe giving and taking. The exam
nation is going on this afternoon.
| JUNEAU, Alaska, Feb. 1S.-The
Alaska Steamship company's steel
steamship Yucatan, bound from Valdez
to Seattle, with sixty-five passengers.
struck an iceberg in an icy strait at
$3.50 Wednesday morning and sank
in eight minutes in six fathoms of wa.
ter. There was no loss of life, how
| ever.
c. w. Higham, clerk Of the Ship
rock Indian agency, who was in town
yesterday to Sc after the case of Little