Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-04-22

To break through it then the gera
slide started and carried both engine
down the mountain side.
BOULDER, April lg.-The bodies o
the four victims of the snowslide neal
Ward. ON the Colorado & Northern
railroad. were late yesterday after
noon recovered and this mornig the,
| were brought here.
The coroner will hold an inques.
| this afternoon. but 1t Is not expected
TO develop anything. as the disaster
was purely accidental
The victims. all of whom were mar
ried and employed by the railroad
company as trainmen, will be buried
Sunday ut the expense of the com
pany.
PlTTSBURG, Pa, April 19.-Book-
Keeper Schroth of the National Bir-
mingham bank of Pittsburg, was ar.
rested at the instigation of the bank
examiner.
Schroth is charged with a defalca-
uon OF S35,ooo. lie was released on
bond.
Ell PASO. Tex. April 19.-Sam Blu
menthal, from Guadalajara, says well
digsers there found $4,000 in Span.
ish coins. and silver bullion worth
100000.
1t is believed the Spaniarcs con.
cealed it on evacuating the City of
Mexico.
FRANKFORT, Ky. April ia big
crowd packed the court house today
to listen to the closing arguments in
the trial OF Gernett Ripley for alleged
completely in the Goebel assassina.
tion.
The defendant was cool. The case
Will go to the jury this afternoon.
CAPE TOWN. April l9.-The Beers
are stiil besieging Zeerust, near Mat
eking.
NEW YORK. April l9--Through the
efforts of George H. Daniels, general
passenger agent of the New York Cen
trai. this afternoon the branches of
the Legislature at Albany passed the
anti-scalping law.
NEW YORK. April 19.--Hart &
WOLF. the famous ship-builders of Bel.
fast, Ireland, have contracted with the
United States steel corporation for
10000 tons OF steel plates. costing
$500 900.
The trust is said to be so pressed
with orders that It's plants are un-
able to turn out the large amount o.
work needed Immediately
1t is further said that the big cor
poraiton will build twenty steamers
and enter competition with ocean car
riers of freight.
PARIS, April ly.--The newspapers
here have made no mention of the
fact that Montagu White, the Boei
here since the beginning of April. No
journal mentioned his presence. and
ne sailed for the United States week
ago.
The principal object of Mr.. Whites
visit here was to consult the promi-
nent French Bocr sympathizers. who
are acquainted with the United States,
as to Mr.. hruger's iong-promised Wis
1t to America. II Is believed there Is
Stili some prospect that the aged ex-
president OF the Transvall may be in
duced TO cross the Atlantic.
MIR. White and former Irish Off
Ger of the Boer army outlined a pro
posed address to the American people
which Mr.. Kruger is expected to ap
prove and sign. Notes of this ad
dress were sent to DIR. Leyds. the
l'ransvaal European agent. at Brus-
sels At first Leyds dsapproved the
idea. but now favors the pan.
1t Is considered quite likely that
Mr.. Kruger Will at length be induced
to cross the Atlantic, as he has been
by the fact that In let
ter written by Secretary Hay before
Mckniey's election he discouraged the
idea that the United States would
have anything to do with the Boei
cause, but in another epistle written
after the election he held out more
encouraging prospects. Mr.. White
has gone to America to make q final
OF the outlook for the
Boer cause. and on his report depends
the publication of the address to the
American people and Mr.. Kruger's
visit.
WASHINGTON. April 1y-Sir vii
liam Van Horne Of Montreal is now
building railroad in Cuba and in
tends to spread a gridiron OF tracks
over that island as rapidly as Dossi-
bic. He has rro charter or franchise
or formal authority of any sort. but
has bought up nearly all OF the exist
ing railways In Cuba and Is extending
them pro bono publico. taking the
chances of trouble in the future. Some
OF these railways have franchises that
permit them to extend their tracks.
Others have none. but II makes no DIFF
ference. He is buying his right of
way for cash, just as he would buy
any other property. and is laying steel
rails upon it just as he would build
a house or sugar mill or fence on
farm.
In this enterprise Sir William is
showing the same energy and ability
which characterized his construction
OF the Canadian Pacific. On the line
he Is building eastward from Santiago