Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-07-25


ter another, again and again occsa.
! ionaliy renewing the aaturasion. .hs
| finally had the satisfaction OF seeihs
the snakes begin to slowly and drnws-
lily descend into the grass
NEW YORK, July 23-The health
officers of this city claim that mos
quitoes are responsible for malaria.
and war on the insects win be ine
augurated at once. All the swamps
in the neighborhood of New York will
be inspected and the mosquitoes en-
terminated.
PARIS, July 23.-The election re-
turns throughout the provinces show
a remarkable change in public senti-
ment The Republicans have oh.
tanned $40 seats and the Conserva.
tves 204 The Republicans have
gained SO seat, but have lost I6 of
those originally held. N
| LONDON, July 23-The Tele
graphs Pretoria correspondent, who
hitherto has defended the Beers from
the accusation of atrocities committed
by them at the battle of Vlakfontein.
has receded from his position. He
now admits that they shot and wound
ed the British on the battle field but
denies that they shot British officers
for refusing to show them how to use
captured guns.
NEW YORK, July 23.-Ida DuPuy,
aged 16, daughter of a welthy oyster
man and Herman Truez, poor mans
son. were found lying dead aboard
the girls sloop on Staten Island last
night from revolver wounds. The
two had been sweethearts, and decid-
ed that death was preferabl to living
apart. The girls father had refused
his permission of marriage.
WASHINGTON. July 23.-Secretary
of Agriculture Wilson this morning
continues taking an optimistic view
of the crop conditions. He says the
drouth has been very injurious to the
corn crop. of course. but the corn y
not seriously injured. The secretary
says that if rain does not come this
week there will still be two-thirds of IL
corn crop, and if rain does come dur
ing the present week, the damage to
the crop will not exceed 10 per cent.
ROME July 23.-The strike on
the private railways in Sardinia may
spread to Italy proper. and thus cause
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route to India and China, via Rrindisi
i. The employees on the Italian railways
have requested the, government to
Immediately increase the wages and
shorten the hours of the workmen as
such action alone can avert disastrous
complications. The cabinet has de-
termined to act energetically and with
, promptness.
LONDON. July 2S.-The party of
, British missionaries who investigated
| the condition of the mission property
, and the native Christians in Shansi.
report that they found Sheo Yaug Hal
/ en- still holding office. During the
Chinese troubles it was he who sent
} several British missionaries to Tai
5 Yuen Flu, where they were massacred
Sheo Yaug Haien was supposed to
. have been executed according to his
, sentence. Sir Ernest Satow. the
British minister at Pekin. very in
dignant at this duplicity upon the part
4 of the Chinese and will take action to
at ono enforce the decree against the
PINE BLUFF. Ark. July 23.-The
following Letter will be sent to theiI,
foreign correspondents by local cot
toH IdctOr TOMORROW.
l "The drouth in this section has been
partially broken by showers in scat
tered localities. This has served to
5 relieve us in a measure from the a,x-
+ treme high temperature and hSt
= Winds but the general soaking rain
g so long hoped for is still delfyed
The hills and light land have done the
$ principal suffering. as usual. They
/ are never prepared for a dry siege.
: The actual damage to such places
| will amount to 25 per cent or more
$ The river and bottom lands have stood
. the strain fairly we'll The small re-
I. planted cotton shows the effects of
: the weather the most. and much of
n this will make nothing at ALL but the
D older plant, while arrested in its
r growth. has taken on fruit, and it is
common enough to see fields of small
S but healthy plants in full bloom clear
4 to the top.
e In our opinion, record crop is
o out of the question. but so far as Ar
/, kansas is concerned we will probably
e make as much cotton as we can gath
. er. No planter has enough labor
= 1t Is scarce and high and cannot be
/ controlled. Negro labor is indispen-
2 sable in the south. and on cotton plan
r tations in particular, and the outside
! demand for it is such that the negroes
: are leaving the farms to accept better
n pay elsewhere. The burning ques-
e tion now Is how much cotton can be
e gathered, not how much can be pro-
n duced?"
PITTSBURG. July 22.-The strike
S situation here today is unchanged.
/ GREENWICH, Conn. July 22.-Peter
. e. Meyer, partner of Richard Croker
| the Tammany leader, was arrested at
: this place today for refusing to pay
4 taxes on five bull dogs. He will be
= tried this afternoon. Meyer declares
+ he will spend s25 900 fighting the case