Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-07-04
NEWS FROM ALL
OVER THE WORLD.

WASHINGTON, July 1.-The inter
state commerce commission has noti-
fled all the railroads to begin today
July |, to report accidents to the com
mission, in accordance with the law
passed. by the last congress. The
law does not require reports of all ac-
cidents. In train accidents 1t covers
derailments and collisions. but omits
the small class of miscellaneous"
which usually constitute from 3 to 5
per cent of the total. The law re-
quires full reports of casualties to pass
engers and employees. but not to other
persons. thus excluding highway cross
ing accidents and those to tramps and
other trespassers. Though the mis-
cellaneous train accidents. such as
boiler explosions. breaking of side
reds. fires. etc. will not go on rec
ord as train accidents, they will be ac-
counted for whenever any employe is
seriously injured by them. as the rec
ords of casualties cover cases due to
all causes. The interstate commerce
commission puts the limit of train ac-
cidents at damage of $3.50 to the COM
pany's property. A case of less dam
age than that is not to be reported,
provided nobody is injured.
Injuries to passengers are also to be
reported in all cases. but those to en-
ployes only when the injured person is
compelled to stop work for three or
more days out of the first ten follow
ing the accident. This rule differs
somewhat from that which has been
applied under British law, which re.
CARDS a man injured If he is kept
from work for five hours on any one of
the three days following the accident.
A feature of the law which will tend
to prevent overworking of employees
is that requiring official reports of ac-
cidents to state whether the employees
responsible for them had been on duty
more than fifteen hours, without mo e
than two hours intermis5ion Or had
less than seven hours resi- before CO.
Epg>tp work. The railroads are not
required to report to the commission
accidents to their employees in shops.
on boats or at other places remote
from the railroad. The term "kiilei"
is to include persons who die within
"a hours after an accident Passen-
gers are divided into two classes, the
first being occupants of ordinary pass
enger cars or coaches. and the second
including drovers and others riding on
freight trains.
ST. LOUIS, July 1.-The selection
of the Forest Park site by the Lou
isiana Purchase Exposition site com
mittee meets with general satisfac
tion The exact boundaries OF the
site have not yet been fixed, but all
that part of Forest Park whose free
use for the exposition has been grant
ed by the city will be used. The
ground is covered by forests. is of a
beautifully rolling nature and well wa
tered by the river Des Peres and trib-
utary streams. Discussing the For
est Park site today, member of the
Louisiana Purchase company said:
"The Chicago Worlds Fair was built
upon fiat. The ST. Louis Worlds
Fair will be built within a forest
The fair of 1898 was a glttering vista
of level plain. The fair of 1903 will
be shimmering show of castle
crowned eminences. In the exposi
llol dl Sui'dSo was io opPOieu
nifty for Typographical picturesque
ness, except along horizontal lines
In the exposition at st. Louis the archi-
tects will be aided by the natural ad
vautages of hill and hollow, gentle
slope, torrance and grotto.
Beautiful as 1t was, the white city
had a level aspect that suggested the
city in the desert-monotone in the
color and topography. For the
Worlds Fair city of 1903 there will be
possible full. rich diapason of dells
and dunes. platteaus and plaZas. The
spectacle may run the gamut of topo
graphical variety.
ut should be remembered by those
who depiore the necessary sacrifice
of some of the trees that only the
western portion of the park is to be
occupied by the fair. That part OF
the park is very nearly as nature left
it. 1t is the unimproved portion
The fair site is largely wilderness.
Much of it is the primeval forest,
vthough there are large areas without
trees, and doubtless these treeless
areas will be utilized for the principal
architectural features of the fair
ST. LOUIS, July 1.-The represent
atives of 2S breweries assembled in
the Office of the collector of internal
revenue at midnight and purchased all
of the 100000 worth of beer stamps
on hand in 10 minutes.
ONSTANTINOPLE, July lit is
reported that King George of Greece
intends to pay visit to Sultan Abdul
Hamid. 1t will be the first time in
history that the king of Greece has
ever recognized the sultan of Turkey
King George will also visit Germany
BUFFALO. July dominion Day
at the exposition was observed by the
formal opening of the Canadian build
ing today. Canada is well represent
ed today, and exercises will be held
in the new building tonight
BUFFALO, July big crowds or
depositors surrounded the failed CITY
National bank this morning. They
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