Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-04-18


Gus parts of Russia, There was a des.
perate riot at st. Petersburg yester-
day. attended by conflicts between
workingmen and troops. Many were
killed and wounded. Near Odessa
mobs burned a hundred buildings
Fifteen hundred rioters were arrest
ed.
WASHINGTON, April 16.-The post
ofiice department is considering the
issuing of advance notice to patrons
OF existing rural free delivery routes
stating that the service will be abol
tshed If the roads are not kept in good
condition. The officials feel that the
winter season is one of comparative
idleness on farms, hence the agricul
turist should keep the roads open if
they desire free delivery. After July
b one thousand new routes will be es
tablished at an estimated cost of $500
each per annum
LONDON, April ia Cape Town
dispatch says that recently less than
nifty Beers met in the Orange River
colony and elected Steyn president OF
the defunct Orange Free State
WASHINGTON. April 16.-It is now
asserted that as Root has decided not
10 visit the Philippines during the
summer, that task has developed upon
orbin. The adjutant general of the
army is making preparations for the
journey and Will spend several months
in the island making an investigation
OF military conditions and the outlook.
MADRID. April 16.-Robers stop
ped an express train near Cabassi
yesterday. They fired volley into
the carriages and then went through
them in true American style, strip
ping everyone OF their valuables.
Troops have gone in pursuit.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, April 16.-
Governor Durbin again toGay declined
to comment on the current story that
he Will grant extradtlon papers in
the case of ex-Gov. Taylor of Ken
| lucky. The opinion is general in of
tcial circles, however, that Durbin is
| about to yield to the strong pressure
that is being brought to bear in the
| matter.
OMAHA, Neb.. April 16.-County
Attorney Shields. who is in Dallas to-
day. wires that the confession of Fl.
Z. Henderson in the Cudahy kidnap-
| ing case, is rank fake. The dispatch
says Henderson told woman four
months ago that he planned to kdnap
the child of David Moffat the Denver
millionaire banker. also the child of
| N. Maxey Tabor, the wealthy propri-
etor of the Brown Palace hotel. Both
| plans We're abandoned.
| TOPEKA, April IL. b. Cuthbert-
son today announced that he would
| be a candidate for the senate to sue
eeed Senator Harris.
| rARlS, April l6.-Fiipinos here as
| 5ert that the censor at Manila refus-
ed to deliver the cablegram from Agui-
ialdo to the president asking permis-
sion to visit the United States.
NEW YORK, April 16.-The an
nouncement is made here today that
he Cooke locomotive WORKS at Patter-
son, N. j., have been purchased by
Morgan, Rockefeller and associates.
who have also secured control of the
schenectady, Baldwin, at Philadelphia
an the big plant at Portland, Me.
he purpose is to form combine to
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| ton.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, April ia
iecision has been reached by represen-
tatives OF the navy department and the
| oramp sh.,-building company to
| launch the battieship Maine on Dec
Grafton day. The work on the yes
sci is so far advanced that the build
ers feel assured all will be in readi-
ness for launching on May so, and
they promise to make the event inter
esting Invitations to be present at
The ceremony will be extended the
survivors and widows, orphans and
relatives of the men on the original
ship.
| PITTSBuRG, Pa. April 16.-There
is no change in the steel workers
strike at Mckeesport today. The
mills are running, but in sadly Grip
pied way. The national advisory
board OF the amalgamated association
meets tomorrow, at the call of Presi-
dent Schaegar to consider petition
to call out the men in every plant of
the steel trust. The strikers are pa
trolling the streets for the purpose of
1
| Join them.
| WASHINGTON, April 16.-Treasury
department officials are much con-
cerned over the immense speculation
in Wall street. The officials say a
| perfect mania has developed for the
organization of trusts, which in many
instances are largely over-capitalized
| There Will be a day of reckoning when
an eifort is made to squeeze water
from the stocks. The money which
belongs to legitimate commercial en-
terprises will be diverted into ave
nues of speculation and no one will
De able to prevent a panic in Wall
street, which Will have a serious eff
feet on general business.
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