Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-02-11
ly on the bill.

| NEW IOhN, FcD- - iHS heTutu
Z, announces today. on seemingly good
authority, that the new king of Eng
land agrees to the canal treaty and
this session of congress viii therefore
take action ending in the construc.
ton of the canal
| MINNEAPOLIS. Feb. THE sew
enth juryman in the Day-Hamilton
| murder case was secured this morn.
ing. 1t is expected the whole week
Will pass before the jury box is filed.
| DENVER. Colo, Feb. 7.--Bernhardt
and Coquelin close tonight remark
able two nights engagement here.
| Last evening at the presentation OF
I.Aiglon the house represented Sc,
Up to noon today the sale of seats for
Cyrano this evening amounted to over
$1,000.
| MUNCIE, Ind, Feb. 7-The Indiana
natural gas belt, with circumfer-
ence of 800 miles, was given thor
ough shaking at noon today with a
nitroglycerine explosion on the Wash
ington Painter farm, fifteen miles out
of Muncie. and only fragments of a
team of horses and two ribs and a
| finger of the man in charge can be
found. Perry Fort. aged As, of
| Knightstown. was hauling 700 quarts
| of nitroglycerine to the magazine of
the Painter farm for use in the oil
wells and the explosion occurred as
| the man was unloading the stuff from
| the wagon.
DENVER, Colo, Feb. Mrs Win
|
paper writer, and Charles Bonfils, a
brother of the proprietor of the Den
yer Post, were married here this af
ternoon and left on long honeymoon
| tip to Honolulu.
LONDON, Feb. 7.-During services
in st. Paul's cathedral this morning
worshipper created a profound sen
setion by rising from his knees and
shooting himself through the head.
He was a handsome, well dressed
Italian. His identity has not yet been
discovered.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo, Feb
robert w. Steele, the first terri
torial governor of Colorado, died here
his morning. aged 81.
LONDON, Feb. AFTER month
of desultory and indecisive campaign
ing against his enemy, Lord Kitchen
er has begun great offensive move
nent designed to sweep the Beers out
Of the whole eastern half of the Trans
faal Seven separate columns have
been assigned to accomplish the task
They will operate in wide fan
shaped order from bases extending
rom the Delagoa railway on the north
% the Natal railway on the south.
By keeping in constant communi-
tation with one another the columns
will advance as huge, concerted
'orce along battle front of more than
90 miles in width. Their work will
consist in not only driving the enemy
before them, but also in denuding the
country traversed of every vestage OF
supplies capable of sustaining "guer-
lila warfare" which has harried the
British so increasingly since last sum-
ner.
CLEVELAND, o., Feb. Frank
Johnson, an elderly and reliable gate
nan of the Cleveland & Pittsburgh
Dad, was found dying in his watch
over this morning.
Just before he expired he said he
rev his wages yesterday and dur
ng the night man entered the tow
II. knocked him down with coupling
lin and robbed him.
TOPEKA, Kas., Feb. Mrs. Ma
ion appeared in court this morning,
.harged with smashing the Senate sa-
Don fixtures and other joints in the
ity.
She was attended by about one
hundred .of her warriors and they
ieemed to exert an influence on the
ourt, as the judge dismissed the case,
he city attorney agreeing.
Mrs. Nation and the other women
n the court room Immediately arose
md began singing Nearer, my God,
o Thee"
Judge Magau tried to stop the sing
ing, but couldn't. When he called
Ipon the chief of police to aid him in
aushing the bedlam that functionary
ieclined.
THE HAGUE, Feb. 1.-THE wealth
,r was intensely cold but fine On this,
he queens wedding day.
Stands and housetops were crowd
ed with people to witness the process
| sion to the church and back.
The queen and the groom were Civ
an a continuous ovation. The festiv-
tiles We're the greatest in the history
of Holland.
PEKIN, Feb. S.-Reports received
| 1ere from Singan Flu all agree that
| he famine in the provinces of Shansi
| md Shensi is one of the worst in the
| history of China. All information on
| he subject is necessarily from Chi
| iese sources and is fragmeltary, but
The stories are all to the same effect
| oioturing a condition of affairs that is
calculated to arouse the sympathy OF
he world for the stricken people. II
estimated that two-thirds of the
people are without sufficient food or
he menas of obtaining it. The wealth.
| ,r is bitterly cold and this adds to
he misery of starvation. There is