Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-07-04

| ton is not settled however. during
the coming month, its extent will be
| enormous. 1t will eventually in
| volve several hundred thousand men
At the present time the steel trust is
so flooded with orders that 1t canno,
Withstand a strike by its employees.
| BOSTON. July 1.-The great sheds
on wharfs Nos. 8, and 5. belonging
| to the Hoosac Tunnel railroad. were
| destroyed by fire this morning. The
| loss is over a quarter of million dol
| lars
The blaze started in the shellao
room of pier No. 5, on the property
| owned by the Boston & Maine rail
| road, occupied by the Warren line OF
steamers. Pier No. is totally de-
stroyed. Much coffee, cotton and
| other merchandise was destroyed
The steamer Sycamore narrowly es
capped destruction. being warped out
| by six tugs.
| NEW YORK. July lit is estimated
that the combined dividends and In
terest paid in New York today will
| amount to to from one hundred and
twenty to one hundred and twenty
five million dollars. This beats all
July records and it is thought 1t also
breaks all past January records which
We're always the largest of the year.
The large figures are the result of
the immense growth of the agricultur-
al and manufacturing Industries of the
country. Railroads which have not
hnf J{,.iJ IL, fpr hau
declared dividends and those which
have been paying regularly have In
creased their dividends.
One of the most important dividends
paid was that of the Standard Oil
company. Another important item
was the government interest on its
bonds amounting to IS 100000. The
combined interest and dividends We're
05.570,57S. an increase of more than
s11 100000 over July, 1889.
The farm, factory and furnace are
all buster today than ever before, and
today's disbursements. when the ac-
curate footings have been made, will
no doubt astonish the country.
Ell PASO. Texas July l--P. d. Cnn-
ningham, chief of the United States
boundary commission, who LEFT here
May 81 in command OF the allied boun-
1ary fleets of the United States and
Mexico to explore the. big canyon of
the Rio Grande. was brought back to-
day with one OF his feet terribly swol-
len from the effects of a snake bite,
inflicted while he was sleeping on the
river bank.
Cunningham was awakened bv feel.
something crawling across his
breast. He opened his eyes and at
once discovered that the intruder was
4 large snake. He kept quiet until
the reptile hal crossed over him, and
then he sprang from under his blan-
ket to the camp fire. The snake. a
viscious water moccasin. gave chase,
md before Cunningham realized his
danger the reptile buried its fangs in
his left foot.
A member of the party sucked the
poison from the wound. but the swell
ing was fearful. and the Injured man
was given all the whiskey he could
rink and sent here for medical treat
ment
BATEMAN'S POINT. r. l.. July l..
To the surprise of everyone, the de-
sender Constitution was badly beaten
today in the race with the Columbia,
the old boat. They started on their
ong spin shortly after II o'clock, the
Columbia Immediately taking the lead
She was nearly always a half-mile to
he good, and came in this afternoon
winner by good 20 minutes.
1t is just possible the Columbia may
be made the defender.
DETROIT, July lit is announced
here today that Andrew Carnegie will
ontribute three-quarters of a million
lollars to the new public library of
his city.
NEW YORK, July 1.-The steamer
Zealand, bearing the remains of Gov
ernor Pingree, was sighted off the
Jersey Heights at noon. large del
,gation of prominent Detroiters are
here to receive the remains.
WASHINGTON, July IA slight
improvement is reported in the condi-
ion of Samuel Gompers, president of
he American Federation of Labor.
who was injured in street car acct
lent.
TACOMA, July 1.-The steamer
Kentuck from the Orient brings the
news that the plague is spreading very
rapidly among the Chinese at Annoy.
Canton, Hong Kong. the island of For
mosa and other points.
The general belief among the Chin
ese is that their people are being dee
mated in fulfillment of a warning
from their idols that the plague would
be the third catastrophe to the nation
within three years. This supersti-
ion is very prevalent. No sanitary
precautions have been taken since Jan
uary There have been sixteen hun
1red deaths from the plague at For
mosa and Hong Kong.
WASHINGTON. July 1.-The hot
wave continues. Reports from al
over the country at 10 o'clock this
morning show that the heat Is intol
cradle in many sections. The bills
tering weather has lasted for eight
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