Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-07-11

| Iours. To-Day. He asserts that tht
present season establishes the Yam
KEGS beyond question as the premier
globe-trotters OF the world. Mr.. Bred
all says:
The sun has ceased to set for Amer
lean tourists. They penetrate the re
hottest corner Of Chrlstendom with al
most the same frequency that they
come to London and Paris. No itin.
erary is too comprehensive for them to
negotiate. The steamship lines and
cab drivers of Europe, Asia and Afri-
ca join In confessing that the Ameri-
can tourists are now their Joy and
salvation.
THE traffic experts predicted that
the year after the Paris exposition
would witness a slump In American
business. Those calculations have
been upset. The Yankee is with us
in fuller force than ever. His cupac-
ity for seeing things has materially
extended. Our observations indi-
cate that 1901 will break all records
for American travel II the present
condition of London is characteristic
of other tourist Meccas, it is a good
thing the American census was taken
last summer"
The Cooks company expects the
opening of the Trans-Siberian rail-
way will revOlutionize the worlds
tourist business. 1t is thought that
people accustomed to cross Southern
Europe by way of the Mediterranean,
touching at the ports an cities of Tur-
key. Persia, India and China, will even
tually be diverted to the great Russian
overland route.
NEW YORK, July Eight million
dollars are to enrich the Metropolitan
Museum Of Art The bequest Is made
by Jacob s. Rogers, the millionaire
locomotive builder of Patterson. N.
j., whose death In this city few days
ago was due to exhaustion from the
heat. His body was found by SER
want In the Union League club, where
he spent much of his time.
The Metropolitan Museum Of Art has
received many beQuests, but at no
time, in it's history has such princely
gift been made to it as has come
though the last will and testament of
the great locomotive builder.
Mr., Rogers apparently had the idea
af endowing art In New York as splen-
didly as Lorenzo. the Magnificent In
the palmy days Of Florence. He has
excluded from any large share in his
estate all his kith ana kin.
With some Of hts relatives he does
not seem TO have been ON friendly
terms for he passed them by without
cent.
His will. which was evidently writ
ten by himself, is explicit. All OF the
estate, with the exception OF enough to
meet the payment of two annuities OF
$1,000 each, and legacies amounting
to $3.50. 900. is to go to the endowment
OF the museum.
Mr. Rogers relatives were astonish.
ed when they realized the true Import
Of the will. They had an inkling
that their relative would make some
large bequests. but they did not ex-
pect that he would bestow all of his
estate on a New York museum.
Preparations are now being made
to contest the Will, and 1t Ia believed
the museum will get the funds only
after long litigation II the courts ap
prove the disposition which Mr. Rogers
made OF his property.
1t was u favOrite saying Of Mr. Rof
ers that he never sold anything hui
engines and butter. He made en-
gines at Paterson at the works which
his father founded. The gilt-edgt
butter was made at his model farm
at Pompton, and he solt It for 40 cents
pound. no more. no less.
He stored away securities which
were gilt-edge and no matter how
much they Increased In value he never
sold any of them. He held large lott
Of real estate. The locomotive work.
which he was willing to close dowr
for he would not sell them. represent
ed great investment
| Mr. Rogers was a bachelor. and hii
relatives are mostly neices and neph
ews. With none Of them was he OF
especially intimate terms.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, July 9-Mrs
Sarah Belle Taylor. wife OF VIM.
Taylor. ex-governor Of Kentucky. VIII
has been living in this city for over
year past. died here today of hemor
rahage. caused by heart disease. Sh
had been Ill = number Of weeks. bu
her death was unexpected. She wa
born IN Morgantown, KY, forty year
ago.
| PARIS. uly 9.-Preparations are o
foot for q gigantic pro-Boer demor
stratiOn to be held on July IA. Thi
Is the great French holiday. Poster
have been posted about the city cal
Ing for the downfall of everything Bri
ish. The cheap cafes in the Lati
district display such notices as this
mo British Allowed Here"
LONDON, July 9.-Lord Kitchene
reports that since July 5 so Boei
! have been killed, 80 wounded and IL
captured. There has also been ca
, tured $50 rifles, 1000 rounds Of ar
, munition. 400 wagons and vast qua
| tity Of stock During this time
I Beers surrendered
NEW ORLEANS, July 9.-JudI
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