Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-05-02

ber company made a cash sale to the
Oregon company of 700 acres of land
from which the timber had been cut
at a good figure.
The Oregon company was recent
poets to commence boring before
June !.
MANILA. April 30.-Natives are
now surrendering ih large numbers
in remote parts of the islands. where
Aguinado's proclamation has Just
reached.
General Tinio, a noted insurgent of
Abra, has voluntarily taken the oath
OF allegiance.
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal. April 30
The program for the presidents three
days visit in this city has been ar
ranged. Those who prepared 1t
have arranged that time viii not hang
heavy on the chief executives hands
OWENSBORO. KY, April 30.-Da-
vid Burton last night took the hand
OF his wife, from whom he had been
separated after four months of mar
ried life. kissed her. and then shot
her and himself dead.
FORT SCOTT Kas.. April Cocoon
gresham c.. F. Scott of lola received
private letter from General Fun
ston. who has been his close personal
friend from boyhood. The letter is
dated at San Isadro. Nueva Ecija, L,l-
zon, United States. Feb. &c. This
was few days before the capture of
| A pliiu q lun hrtt hn eufl a ,c L.;
plans to capture the insurgent chief
| He says;
Under the operation of the law |
must be mustered out of the service
July |, as that is the last day of the
volunteer army. | was not disap-
pointed that was not given anything
in the regular army reorganization.
as | had no expectations. One so
young as myself who had never been
connected with the regular army
could scarcely expect Drfgadier gen
| eralship in that way over many gal
liant old men who have been in the
| service. many of them. forty years.
| am heartily glad that the increase
| in the regular army has allowed adj
| equate recognition. after many years
of waiting, to some of the splendid
officers who have been made brign-
der generals in the past few weeks.
| My plans after my muster out are
| somewhat uncertain. although | have
in view many good opportunities to
do well for myself
Referring to conditions in the Phil.
ippines General Funston says:
'The prophecies made before the
| election that the reelection of McKin-
ley would be the deathblow to this
bandit insurrcction are being realized
to an extent that no one would have
ventured to predict three months ago
The Filipinos of all the central and
most populous provinces of Iuzon. in
Guiding Manila. have formed politi-
cal party known as the Partido Fed
erale, whose platform is peace under
American sovereignty. On Wash
ington's birthday there was in this
town a tremendous spontaneous dem
onstration. participated in by all
classes of natives, to show their
friendship for American RUE. Process
sions headed by bands came from
nearby towns. The American flag
was everywhere. warrant that in
no town in the United States with n
population five times as large as the
population of San Isadro. was there
such an enthusiastic celebration of the
day"
BERLIN. April 30--Russian advices
say that great Nihilist plot has been
discovered in Poland.
Nearly one thousand arrests have
been made.
WASHINGTON, April 30-Con-
gressman Grosvenor of Ohio one OF
the leading members of the house. in
discussing Representative Living
stones statement and those of other
prominent southerners. that the Re
publican policies are gaining strength
in the south. and that with the elimi
nation of the negro question the peo
pie of the south will be more liberal
in their policies, spoke hopefully OF
the future of Republicanism in tn,
south. General Grosvenor says he
believes that as new issues arise the
people OF the south Will meet them IN
an intelligent and practical manner
looking to the best interests OF theil
section.
"Bourbonism. as we call it, is fas
disappearing in the SOUTH he said
1T may take some time. but intelli
gence will get the better of preju
dice. 1t will be the glory of the
wiped out the vestiges of old-time wal
prejudices. and the presidents triI
throughout the south will give indi
cations of the good feeling that pre-
walls there"
Representative Grosyenor said th'
southern Democrats would have to b'
very careful in disfranchising the col
ored man. for theyorcd man, for they
might get the white man divided po
litically, with result disastrous t'
themselves.
NEW YORK. April 30-Therc wa'
sensational trading on the stock cX
change today. Within two hour