Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-07-18

were ordered away by Game Warden
McHaney. Words ensued. when the
game warden shot both unarmed men.
Womack died, but Hincnman is still
alive.
T he coroner. sheriff and district
attorney are gone and are some 40
miles distant.
Talk of lynching is prevalent. The
people feel that their fishing rights
are being wrongfully taken from them.
CHICAGO, July 15.-There was
more excitement on the board of trade
today than there has been at any time
since Phillips cornered corn.
Hundreds of thousands of bushels
of September wheat corn and oats
changed hands the first FIVE minutes
Corn jumped to 50, oats to 32 and
wheat to 6S& cents.
The dispatches regarding the wealth
er and the crop conditions caused the
excitement
ST. LOUIS, July 15.-Secretary of
War Root inspected Jefferson bar
racks today and will start for Kansas
City at $50 this evening He will in
spect Fort Riley and Fort Leaven-
worth.
SPRINGFIELD. ILL.,. July 15.-The
Roberts furniture factory. the Giblins
furniture factory. Fitzgerrald's whole
sale grocery and a number of smaller
stores were destroyed by fire at mid
night. The loss will reach $4,000.
BERLIN. July 15.-Ambassador
White announces today that he will re-
turn to the United States the latter
part of the month to visit his family.
He declines to say whether he will re-
turn to Berlin or not. Probably not.
TACOMA, July ia steamer just
arrived here brings the news of the
terrible destruction of human life in
Northern Java last month. A great
Outburst from volcano destroyed hun.
dreds of the surrounding plantations
and killed seven hundren natives. A
number of Europeans We're wounded
and Iserished in the lava.
CHICAGO. July l5.-The heat has
let up little in this city, breezs is
blowing and life is once more at least
bearabIe Up to II o'clock thunder
storms We're reported in Nebraska,
Missouri and Iowa. 1t is still Bills
tering hot in those sections however
the thermometer ranging from 80 to
100 degrees. The reports from the
weather bureau indicates a slight ces-
sation of the heat over last week.
WASHINGTON. July 15.-Secre-
tary Wilson states that the corn crop
in the west has not been entirely ru-
Althnnuh I.r
age has been done. the stories have
been greatly exaggerated, he declares.
In fact. the hot weather at this sea
son is requisite for the development of
the corn crop. From the secretary's
report today. it seems that no great
damage has been done the corn crop
in the great corn-growing states.
ST. PETERSBURG. July 15.-The
government navy yards are working
day and night on orders issued to rush
all construction work. Double forces
are steadily employed. The cause
of the rush is unknown.
ROME. July 15.-It is rumored that
negotiations are now in progress with
the Chinese government for the lease
of San Nun Bay to the Italian gov
ernment OF Italy. The Chinese re-
fused to grant to Italy any rights in
this territory at the same time that
Germany and other nations wero cb-
thaining concessions. The consider
alton of the war indemnity may now
however make the dowager empress
and her advisers more inclined to lis
ten to the Italian proposals.
WASHINGTON. July 1j.-China has
demanded $500 900 indemnity from the
United States for the alleged ill-trent'
ment of Chinese at Butte, Mont. The
claim was filed by Minister Wu Ting
Fang. The claim raises some novel
points in international law. as the
charges have about them a suggestion
of the Boxer outrages reversed.
The outrages date back to 1886, and
the claimants number several hun
dreds. 1t is charged that several
Cinnamon were killed others lost their
property, nearly all were ruined in
business and many of them were driv-
en- away.
1t is declared that the city council
of Butte upheld the rioters and the
boycotters; that the state courts, upon
appeal, decided in language so unju
dicial as to be itself subject of com
plant that the city council was in
the right. and finally that relief could
be obtained only measurably through
an appeal to the United States Cir
cult court.
CRIPPLE CREEK, July 15.-Tho
finishing touches were put to the great
street fair which will he prelimin-
AIRY to the opening of the Trans Miss
issippi congress which begins its ses-
sions here tomorrow. The city is al
ready fillingw up with delegtes from
Texas, New Mexico. Wyoming and
other parts of the country.
ALBANY. Mo-. July 15.-Three chill
dren of George McCurry, a contractor.
discovered some dynamite in the eel
lar of therir home, and mistaking it
for putty. fged it to pet frog in large
quantities.
Then the frog waddled behind a