Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-02-28

G the children. but the other was drowr
I cd. MY act was an inspiration fror
: heaven, said the mother.
/ cRONBERG, Feb. 2e.-Emnero
William left for Berlin this afternoo
TO be with the empress on the amt
+. versary of their wedding tomorrow
he very reluctantly left his roya
mother. but She urged him to 20
Her condition is slightly improved.
King Edward of Hngland will re
main here until Saturday. when h,
VIII return home.
PEORIA, ILL.,, Feb. 26.-Mrs Nation
Is editing the Journal here today. Sh,
has written eight columns of editor,
al ana long story about herself. The
publication Is a unique and rather
slovenly affair.
NEW YORK, Feb. 26.-Rumors. sur
misses and gossip regarding the sup
posed details OF the great steel mer
ger, which were accumulated In the
hotel lobbies and places of amuse.
nent uptown during the three days'
interval while the stock exchange was
closed, had their fruit In some wild
and sensational happenings on the
STOCK market yesterday. The sober.
ing influence of the market quota.
tons demanding cash payments had
the enect OF somewhat quieting the
excitement before the first hour had
expired. However, there was a panic
at the start. Tin plate jumped IL
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.-The pres
ident has had hard time to find an
attorney general. He has offered the
appointment tn Joseph Ii. Choate. Gus
ambassador to London, who declined
u because there was too much hard
work connected with the Job. Mr.
| Choate is nearly 20 years of age and
enjoys leisure. There ia no place In
the cabinet so exacting as that of
attorney general, because it requires
| not only time but study and thought
to perform the duties of the Office.
Senator Spooner also waa invited to
take the place, but he prefers to re.
main In the senate. One and perhaps
two other gentlemen have been ap-
preached on the subject, but all have
| the same excuse. Any man who is
lawyer enough to fll the position can
| earn several times the salary of the
attorney general in private practice.
and the only inducemeut for any one
to accept the place is the honor that
goes with II. The president has
searched the Mississippi valley for
man who would be willing to accept
II on these terms, and Mr.. Knox of
| Pittshurg is the only man who seems
to fill the bill.
Mr.. Knox is comparatively young
man, being under so. He has acluir.
ed handsome fortune by the prac
tioe of his profession. and has been
| honored by his associates with an
election as president of the Penn.
sylvania Bar association. He is also
president of the Duquesne club of
Pittsburg, the most prominent social
| organization in that city. Mr.. Knox
is native of Ohio and graduate of
Mount Union college at Alliance, in
that state. which Is only few miles
known him nearly all his life and in
early times they were associated In
several lawsuits.
WASHINGTON. d. c., Feb. &c.
| About 300 Porto Ricans, soldiers of
the United States army. are coming to
the inauguration. The transport
Rawlins left New York last week for
| San Juan to fetch them and carried a
full supply of flannel undergarments,
heavy woolen clothing, overcoats.
socks and gloves. such as are worn by
| the regular army on the northern
frontier. These precautions are taken
lest the visitors should suffer by com
ing from the warm climate Into the
rigors of the March winds of this lat
itude. They will be landed at New.
port News on Saturday, March 2, and
be brought to Warrington on special
train to arrive here Sunday morn
ing. Cots will be placed for them
in the corridors of the top floor OF
the war department building, and
the commissary department will fur
nish them meals. On the day after
the Inauguration they will start for
New York and will re.embark on the
Rawlins on the 9th for their return to
Porto Rico.
PEKIN. Feb. 2i-The ministers
think that the negotiations are pro
crossing satisfactorily and the Chi
nese ENJOYS think so. too, since the
new turn of events works toward saw
ing their heads.
The province of Pechili is very
much upset by German expeditions.
There is no formal Chinese govern
ment, and total chaos reigns over
100000 people.
The inhabitants of Pelsin are all
but starving to death, and for two
months the allied kitchens have con
tflbutcd to keep thousands of Chinese
alive.
A message reached the foreign min.
listers from the Chinese peace commits
sioDers saying the edicts regarding
the punishments, the cessation Of ex-
aminations and the responsibility Of
the viceroys and governors have
been signed. The text has not yet
arrived.
Many good Judges consider that SO