Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-07-01
NEWS FROM ALI
OVEN THE WORLD.

VIENNA, June e7.-Count Gilbe,
II. Van Gerlachstein has Just been a,
pointed minister from Austria Hur
gary to Mexico. Thus peace rela
tons between the two countries ar
re-established for the first time sine
1867 Emperor Maximillian was ey
ecuted in Mexico, and ;hereupon Aus
tria stopped intercourse with the re
/ public.
| GUTHRIE, O. T., June IA brac,
of horse-thieves named James Barton
| and James Burnett were hanged her,
this morning in the county Jail. No
! only did these men steal horses. bu
they murdered j. |. Pool In the Osag,
reservation last July while Pool wa.
trying to arrest them.
LONDON. June 27.-Cecl Rhodes Is
coming to England next month to Sc
cure the sanction of the imperial gov
ernment to his scheme for importing
Chinese labor into South Africa. The
famous empire builder will attempt to
persuade his majesty's ministry that
merciless economics are necessary to
recoup South African mining inter.
ests for the losses incident to the war
sources of recovery to which they will
be compelled to turn.
Mr.. Rhodes will have to depend upon
his own persuasiveness and the influ-
ence of his friends at court to win i'm.
perial endorsement for his project.
which is opposed by the government
of Rhodesia as well as by that of Cane
Colony.
The ministers of South Africa are
solidly arrayed against it They have
resorted to violence in several in.
stances in order to exclude their vel
low competitors. They threaten to
invoke it further in case of emergency.
ST JOHNS, N. F.. June 27.-A boat
bringing twenty passengers ashore
from the Lustania Is said to have been
.capsized by the frantic occupants and
all on board drowned.
When the Lusitania struck the pas
sengers all became panic stricken
Men, women and children raced the
decks like maniacs. The officers and
crew behaved admirably. All the
boats were manned before the pas
sengers were out of their berths. The
passengers, however. made desper-
ate rush for the boats. The crew
beat them off. and when order was
restored all embarked on the boats.
PlTTTSBURG. Pa. June 27-Wil-
liam Grant. locomotive engineer,
was discharged after twenty years
service because Yardmaster Fuller re
ported him for negligence.
He met the yardmaster and Agent
Long at Hagerstown last night to
talk the matter over. He shot and
killed Fuller and also Policeman Flo
ra. who came running to his assist
ance Grant was wounded by Flora.
MADRID. June 27-Twelve cases
of Bubonic plague have broken out at
Oporto, Portugal, and much alarm and
excitement Is being caused
STLOUIS. Mo, June 27-The Mis-
souri, Pacific stockholders yesterday
voted to increase the capital stock
$40. .OOO. 900.
WASHINGTON, June 27.-The pres
ident pardoned Charles W. Mussey.
VI Al iAhlittuu, t.r DiIlh. W nv
mssapplied 100000 last year. He
was sentenced to seven years.
DECATUR, Ind, June 27.-Light-
ming struck a tank containing $4,000
gallons of oil here this morning. The
fire continued until other tanks had ig.
uited Efforts were made to save
4 large reservoir containing half
million gallons of OIL but without sue
cess. Two men while in the act of
firing cannon to destroy the blaZ-
ing tanks We're killed by an explosion
of oil at that moment,
The loss to the Standard Oil Com.
pany will be over 100000.
WASHINGTON. June 26.-Grant Gil.
lespie of Missouri has been tendeed
the Petoria consulsh.p. He hesi.
itates about acceptoing on account of
the salary, which is only $4,000 year.
NEW ORLEANS. June PA street
car strike is threatened in this city
The various companies have under
consideration the demands of the un-
ion for ten hours work per day, 20
cents per hour and a reinstatement
Of discharged union men
WASHINGTON, June 27.-President
and Mrs. Mckinley took another drive
this morning. They will leave for
Canton tomorrow week.
NEW YORK. June 27.-Thomas G.
Barker. convicted last week of trying
to murder Rev. Keller, of Arlington,
was today sentenced to five years in
the penitentiary
Barker has filed notice of an appeal.
which will act as a stay, pending the
hearing of the appeal. Barker may
give bail
VIENNA. June 27.-It is stated here
today that former president Kruger
of the Transvaal. has recently renew
ed his appeal for intervention in South
African affairs to France, Germany
and Russia 1t is stated that all of
these three nations after exchanging
notes have advised Kruger to arrange
for the immediate submission of the