Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-03-25

ing at Lydenburg last week Commar
der Philip Botha. brother OF Genera
Botha, was killed.
WASHINGTON. March 2e.-Genera
Macarthur reports this morning tha
the insurgent leader Feiian. prim,
mover OF the insurrection In the is
land OF Panay. has surrendered. Will
1870 rifles,
This ends the war In that section o
the Philippines.
! PEkIN. March 22.-An edict Wa.
Issued today by the Chinese govern
ment which declares that Ckhina has
never consented to the proposition
for the dismemberment of Manchu
ria or any part of it. therefore the ac.
| ton of the other powers in protest
Ing against Russias gobbing up Man.
| churia is without reason. as China
owning that province, will not give
1t up to Russia or any other power
without full understanding between
all nations directly or Indirectly con.
cerned.
ANTWERP, March 22.-Anothe-
steamer disaster is reported this
morning from the Flushing roadstead
The big liner Schemnitz of the Ger
man Lloyd company, and the British
steamer Tay collided during a fog,
near Flushing. The Tay sank almost
Immediately and thirteen of her crew
were drowned.
Storms have been raging in the Eng
lish channel and the North Sea 70,
two or three days. and the Tay put
into the roadstead. The Schemnitz
was on her way home from Australia
bound for Hamburg.
railroad line connecting the Santa Fe
system with with the fertile farming
regions of northwestern New Mexico
has been started again. in view of the
fact that wagon train from Gallup
on the Santa Fe road to Pennington
has been put in operation.
Artesian wells are being sunk along
the route and stage stations establish
ed. All this is to mean the earl
construction of the long-talked-o
northwest route from Albuquerque.
CHICAGO, March 22.-Williamson
K Co.. electric fixture dealers. burned
out this morning. Their fivestory
building on Randolph street was com
pletely Quilted. Loss 100000
WASHINGTON. March 22.-The
trip OF the president to the west has
been practically settled. Congress
man Mayer of New Orleans called at
the White house yesterday and pre-
sented formal invitation from the
n o., ,t
Orleans. The president accepted,
and the trip Is now outlined as fol.
lows:
Leave Washington April 80; stop
May 2 at New Orleans; from there
visit Texas, stopping at Galveston and
Houston. The president also inform
ed Congressman Burleson that he
would try to make a side trip to Aus
tin. The last stop In Texas will be
at Ell paso. where 1t is expected that
Mr.. Mckinley will meet President Di
az of Mexico. After day in L
Paso he will move on to San Francis
co, where he will remain one week
and attend the launching of the battle
ship Ohio. Returning east the pres
dential party will go to Yenowstone
park, from there to Butte City, Mont,
md Denver. Their return from that
point will be direct to Ohio, Canton
and Washington. The following
month he will visit New England
CREsTONE, Colo, March 22.-The
famous Milwaukee lead that had long
eluded the eye of the gold-seeker has
~.
eight feet in depth has found two
feet of beautiful honeycomb quartz
fiecked with free gold. He located
the claim in 1895. Almost as for
lorn hope he started In a trench last
November that led to the discovery
just made.
For fifty years Milwaukee hill has
been mecca for gold-scekers. Spec
linens of quartz float assaying 800,
900 ton We're found, and fortunes
were spent to find the lead. The ru
ins of old Spanish or Aztec workings
show that prospectors of earlier races
knew of the hidden riches.
KALIsPELL, Mont. March "a
Agent Snead Of the Flathead reserva-
ton says that the Kootenai Indians at
Dayton Creek are in fair way to
die off rpidly with diphtheria.
Seven have died In the last week,
and many are sick with the disease,
which is spreading rapidly. The In
dians do not know the nature Of
their trouble and mingle freely with
each other,
SCRANTON. Pa, March 22.-John
Mitchell, president of the United Mine
Workers OF America. said tonight
"Unless the operators agree to u
conference before the 1st Of April we
shall declare strike on that date.
We don't like to do 1t, but business
is business. and we propose to bring
the anthracite situation to the same
level as the bituminous fields, In which
We have an agreement with the mine
owners"
WASHINGTON. March 22.-The
comptroller of the currency is about
to publish a statement of the national
banks Of the United States. They
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