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

| age of the LinSieN law, and he is re
ported TO have rec eived salary O
| $1,000 a year. Hi S negotiations witt
! foreign governments resulted in rec
procity agreements and reciprocit,
treaties with Fratlce. Ecuador an,
! other countries.
because of the IA ilurc OF the senat,
to act on the treaties. General Kassor
decided last month TO tender his res
ignation. President Mckinley de
| ciinad to receive ii, and requested
General kasson to retain the office
he has agreed to resume the duty
provided the senate will at the next
session ratify reciprocity treaty OF
treaties. He has announced. howev
er. his unwiliingness to draw sal
ary while he is not actually serving
the government.
| EVANSVILLE Ills, April 19--Mrs.
Christ Eyiin is under arrest charged
WITH administering poison to her hus-
band and eight children
one child died. The husband and
four of the children are in a precari-
Gus condition.
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young man and took this means of
getting rid of her membranes
She is threatened with lynching by
| Indignant women of the town.
NEW YORK. April l9-The police
are working on the theory that Willie
Mccormick. the boy who was kidnap-
ed some weeks ago, and for whom the
city has been secured. was murdered
anu buried In a sewer trench.
The day the boy disappeared he
| had plagued an Italian laborer. who
swore vengeance, The police are
looking for the Italian.
NEW YORK, April 19.-Women of
wealth and nocial prominence in this
city are keeniy Interested in dis
play or fine Indian made lace which
has Just been installed in the arts
building OF the Pan-Amerrcan expo
sition at Bufralo. ready for its open
ing on May l. The exhibit is the
work of the Indians of the Sioux and
other tribes ih Minnesota.
Those composing the committee in
charge of the display are Mrs. ].
i'ierpont Morgan, Mrs. Abram s. Hew-
lit. Mrs. Dayard Cutting Mrs. Levi p.
Morton. Mrs. Whiteiaw Reid and Miss
Amy Townsend
The work was started among the In.
dians several years ago by Miss Sybil
Carter. deaconess of this city. She
went west. and by her own mission.
airy laboIs gave TO the industry the
stalt from which it has gradually
grown.
Men and women of the tribes are
engaged in the manufacture of a dain
ty product resembling the finest ltal
ian laces. and the high prices obtain.
ed from the fruits OF their labor &c
parity to spreading the industry by
educating more hands for the work.
So high Is the quality of the work
from an art standpoint that 1t receiv-
cent Paris exposition.
Miss Townsend has just returned
from Buffalo, whittier she went to in
stall the display. She speaks warm
ly OF the good which lace-making is
accomplishing in civilizing the Indi
ans and making them self-supporting.
and expressed the earnest hope that
the result OF the Bufralo exposition
would be seen in purchases and contri.
buttons for educational work. such as
has followed the introduction of the
exquisite wares through the Paris dis
play.
PEhlN, April 19.-An additional
force of 900 Germans has departed
to join the expedition of 5000 French
and German troops that started for
the province of Pao Ting Flu Monday
last.
Iii Hung Chang has issued instruc-
tions to General Lu to Withdraw mis-
force from the passes into the prov
ince of Shan 10. that they may avoid
meeting the foreigners
The expedition is to certain ex-
ten, mysterious, and the genera. pe-
lief is prevalent that this expedition
Is for the purpose of acting as an es-
cort for the court upon its return to
the capital.
PEklN, April l9.-ln several prov
inces Earl Ii has issued orders that
Chinese troops be withdrawn to places
outside the great wall,
No instance is reported where ne
order was not obeyed promptly, and
this action is regarded as further EVIL
dence that the court is about to re-
turn to Pekin.
WASHINGTON, April 19.-The war
department has received advices from
Manila that Aguinaldos address TO
the filipinos. calling upon them 10
lay down their arms and surrender to
the Americans. will he issued tpmor-
row.
NEW YORK, April ia morning
paper asserts that the Standard OIL
company Will pay a dividend of 500
ODO.U0U early in May
At the same time the trust Will in
crease its capital stock from 500 ,000,-
~ to $500 100000.
WASHINGTON, April l9--Adjutant
General CorDin has announced his en-
gagement to Miss Edyth Patten of this
city, which has created quite a social