Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-04-04
ld,N.poN. April Y.-The re,irsme a,

bS~ DONs Apti s-Ihe retlremeu
OF l.or1 Salisbury will take place a,
sooii as the budget speech has bee,
denver ed. the civil list sanctioned
ana financial support for the rsca
year arranged.
II. Is reported ON the highest author
ity that Baifour will be elevated tt
the peernge and succeed his uncle M
prime minister.
Other important changes will be
made in the cabinet at the same time
1t Is predicted.
SALT LAKE. Utah, April 2.-Word
has been received here that a new
process for producing heat and ligh,
recently discovered and patented by
Salt Lake man has been purchased
by the Standard OH company for So.
ODD,U0u. The process WAS discovered
by a man named Hayes. who sold out
to iiye Salt Lakers, but retains royalty
interests.
The discovery is OF such a nature
that 1t would have seriously injured
the business of the Standard OIL com.
pany had it fallen into the hands of
Il rival. II is process for convert.
ing coal oil and crude petroleum into
gas or vapor. This gas produces a
light OF greater intensity and purity
tan any now in use. 1t has been
demonstrated that 70O-candle power
hight can he kept burning 81 hours
on quart of coal oil. When used as
fuel equally wonderful results are ac-
complished. a warship equipped with
a small tank of oil can be sent around
the world.
1t is understood that the Standard
on company Will not use the process
tor lighting, but Will utilize il exclu-
sively for producing fuel for steamers
and large plants that require coal.
DEN YER. Colo, April 2.-The thir-
teenth general assembly adjourned
at $3.50 this morning
Corporation influences succeeded in
killing the revenue bill. which has
been under consideration since the
second day of the session.
The bill was passed few minutes
before adjournment. but 1t never be-
came law. as the supreme court
holds that the legislature mas no right
| TO turn back clocks. and that bills
passed after midnight on the last day
OF the session shall not be enfarcnd,
This saddles the expense of an ex-
ira session upon the taxpayers. as the
| appropriation bills that passed last
evening greatly exceed the amount
available under the present method
of raising state funds,
WASHINGTON. April 2.-The state
department has been informed by ca
Bile that Charles ii. Allen OF Boston,
governor general of Porto Rico, left
San Juan today for Washington.
| Upon his arrival he will voluntarily
tender his resignation Goyerner Al
len when appointed promised to re.
main at the post only one year.
Allen has done much to advance
American interests on the Island and
Will probably be given his old posi-
tion as assistant secretary OF the ma
| Wy
MIR. Aliens successor has not yet
been named.
| NEW YORK, April III. P. Nor
gan denies statement published in
a morning paper saying that he was
organizing syndicate of American
and toreign capitalists to purchase
the Panama canal.
According to the paper Morgan pro-
posed to complete the big ditch and
run an cnpositien waterway to the
| Nicaragua canal
| MANILA. April 2.-Bates informs
| Macarthur today of the surrender ut
Malabon of Gonzalez, insurgent gov
ernor of the province of bianila, with
| officer and As men.
MONTERREY, Mexiee, April a.s-The
laws OF reform are to be rigidly en-
rorced throughout Mexico by order OF
President Diaz. AS a means OF en-
| forcing this order the archbishop OF
Mexico, Right Reverend Prospero M.
Alarcon, has issued notice to every
parish priest and Catholic authority
IN Mexico that the passion play spec
tacle which has been feature of
Good Friday celebrations in every city
and hamlet Throughout the country
Tor the past century, must not take
place this year. In his address to
the Catholic clergy, Archbishop Aar-
conoon says:
Our prohibition OF these specta-
cies is SO stringent that, even in the
event OF some individuals securing a
license from the civil authorities for
their representation, neither parish
priests, curates nor any other eccle-
siastic shall countenance them"
NEW ORLEANS. April ..--Serat.
Wits T.. Roux. the olnest otncer or
his rank on the New Orleane bolicn
lorce, shot himself through the lungs
with snicidal intent, and is now lying
IN the Charity hospital in a critical
ooluition, After attempting his life
he gave an exhibition OF nerve that
nonplussed his brother officers and
summoned.
Roux used his police revolver of 30
caIiber IN making the attempt to end
his existence. He aimed at the heart
but the bullet missed tina; organ by a
hairs breadth pasSing through the