Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-10-10
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all effort was devoted to trying 10
save the adjoining buildings. Two
tenements near by were consumed
and seve raj persons narrowly escap-
ed with their lives Loss about half
| a million.
PHILLIOPOLtS. Bulgaria. Oct. s.
Intense interest is felt here today In
regard to the action OF the brigands
concerning the abduction of Miss
Stone. the American missionary. The
people of this country are very bitter
against the government for allowing
the Macedonian committee to engin.
eer such an outrage. Prince Ferdi-
nand has placed his own position in
extreme peril. and the incident may
result in the overthrow of the gov
eminent.
LONDON. Oct. S.-King Edward
went out driving again today Every
effort Is being made to reassure the
public as to the monarch's condition
but 1t is learned, nevertheless, that
Edward $ throat trouble has developed
into cancer. Instead of yielding to
treatment it has steadily grown worse
| ana lilbIt StIlOiS ne oUltldl
ienial that the king has cancer has
been made, but the evidence to the
contrary is so direct and convincing
that the confirmation of the rumor is
only n question of a short time
PHILADELPHIA. Oct. S.-Henry
Ivory and Charles Perry, two negroes,
were hanged here today for the bru-
tai murder of Professor Wright. uf
Pennsylvania university. in May Of
last year.
The professor was returning from
the college in the evening. when he
was set upon by two darkies. They
robbed him and brutally beat him to
death. The body of the victim was
frighufully mutilated.
The next morning the police arrest
ed Ivory and Perry and under the
| sweat-box methods they confessed to
completely in the murder but claim.
ed that the murder was committed by
Amos Sterling. Sterling was later
arrested in Trenton. He was duly
tried and is now under sentence OF
death
Ivory and Perry this morning met
their fate stoically.
| WASHINGTON. Oct S.-Govern.
ment health reports have been receiv-
ed showing the health conditions In
the United States The reports re-
veal the fact that IA large number of
deaths have occurred from climatic
conditions. Consumption and enteric
fever have been the most disastrous
to human life. ten per cent OF the en-
| tire deaths being from consumption.
| The healthiest state In the union Is
| shown to be North Dakota, where thu
death rate is very low. The statis-
tics also prove that the action of the
various state boards of health has
aided largely In lowering the death
rate
| LONDON, Oct 8.-The steamer Cal
ais had fearful experience in cross
ing to Calais. She was caught In n
cyclone. an unusual thing for the
English channel The sea was boil
ing and the waves rose to tremend-
GUS height The boat had to be
stopped until the cyclone swept by.
| No one was able to stand on the deck
and the passengers were greatly ter
riiied. although the ship behaved in
a splendid manner. Later water
spout was reported OF Dover. travel
ing towards France.
| NEW york. Oc'. SIN an article
just published In Lesie's Weekly ex-
Senator David b. Hill. OF New York,
| tells about the failure to pass bill
| in 1894 for the exclusion of anarch-
lists and the deportation OF those al
ready in this country. This bill,
which Mr.. I'M favors, passed the sen
ate but failed to pass the house ow-
| ing to the fact thai 1t reached that
body too late and was not taken up
on account of general rush OF bust
ness. There was hitch between
the house and senate as to whether
| the anarchists should he examined by
the consular agents or by the agents
OF the treasury department abroad.
Mr.. Hill thinks this same bill will be
brought up at the next congress. as II
is quite necessary something was be
ing done In this line.
| WASHINGTON. Oct. 8.-Senor Me
ro, the new Argentine minister, PIC
sented his credentials to President
Roosevelt this morning. The usual
expressions of good will were ex-
changed.
| COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa. Oct. s.
In the Portland mining suit today
Charles j. Hughes continued his nrgu'
ment on the point Of admissabiiity
OF evidence touching the relations be
tween Burns and Doyle prior to thelr
original agreement on the Portland
mine Senator Patterson. of Colo
rado. opposed Hughes in speech OF
much length The point is vital
one and largely affects the million do.
lars at stake The two attorneys
speeches of today attracted all the at
torneys of Omaha. who gathered 20
hear the logical eloQuence Of the two
Denver attorneys
| WASHINGTON. Oct Sin the iu
quiry court today Lieutenant Dyson
OF the bureau of steam engineering IN
the navy department, testified to the
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