Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-01-17
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OVER THE WORLD

Wv eGs~S - AADWFhofCihOi Vi ff'hptos
He took the oath OF ofiico at noon to-
day. succeeding Governor Tanner as
chief executive OF the state.
Governor Yates has followed iu the
political footsteps Of his father at q
distance Of 40 years. II was on Jan.
uary IA. 1860, that the first Richard
Yates came from Jacksonville. Nor
gan county to take the highest Office
within the gift Of the people Of III.
inois. The distinguishing coincident
oi the occasion. however. was In the
presence OF Mrs. Catherine Yates. the
mother OF the new governor. She
witnessed the Inauguration 10 years
ago ns she witnessed II today Then
she was the bride OF briIliab, young
man who became distinguished as the
war governor Of Illinois, To-day she
high oliicc Of her son. The ccre-
monies attending the Inauguration
were very brilliant
CUMBERLAND. Md, Jan. H.
Police Officer Charles w. Goss. OF the
city police force. surprised gang of
men attempting to rob the German
Savings bank at an early hour this
morning He engaged In single
handed battle with the three men al
ready In the bank and one acting as
sentinel on the corner Goss Is sure
that he shot two of the mon as they
came out of the bank door and he ein.
piled HIS revolver at them from his
vantage point in the shadow OF n lelc
graph pole All Ave OF the men
kept up nisiladc OF shots and MAN.
tullct marks were left upon TIE pole
The gang ran down Baltimore street
and made their escape west on the
virginia Central railroad track ter
iorlzing the few persons they met on
the way by indicrIminate firing from
their rcvolyers. They nusnbercd ak
persons
NATCHEZ. Miss. Jan. 14--Tho
Duke OF Manchester returned today
from the Raycnswood La. plantation
Of Mrs Yanaga The duke found his
trip to louisiana On the steamer 81
Joseph rather profitable. as he sat in
n game Of draw poker with party
and won sl70. The return from Ra
,cnswood was made overland IN .
furm wagon. Owing TO the heHy,
iuips Of the pnst week. Mill bayou
WIS flooded and the men had to stand
On the wagon seats 10 get across.
is now laid mp In his private ear undri
thine care Of n physician.
CHlAFFA. Corsica. Jan. 1.-The
Italian steamer Lconi Is lost Man,
bodies from the wreck were washeo
nshorc today
WINNIPEG. Manitoba. Jan. H.
a large contingent OF the Canadian
Mounted Rifies haV returned from the
South African campaign under the
command Of Major Williams Tn"
officer commanding says great injus
tiee has been done Canadians by the
imperial government In the matte.
u pay While the Cape Colony vol
nntccrH and the Australians received
~ s5 n day. the Canadians were paid
only regular Tommy rate OF :,
cents.
Congressman Bailey of Texas is or
ganizing syndicate To control tn,
cattle trade OF Cuba The recent
trip OF the Texas statesman to Havana
was for that purpose. He has al
ready secured nm option on some OF
the leading cattle dealing firms ~
the island.
WASHINGTON. Jan. li.-Negotir
tions are about TO he entered into he
representatives OF the Cherokee nation
and the governor OF the state of SO
nora, Old Mrico. whereby n lnrg,
tract of land viii be transferred (,
the Chcrokccs for their use andpancy
II the deal goes through the Chero
kee Indians, the most progressive OF
all the race. win depart from the
United States.
WASHINGTON, Jan. li.--Senatoi
Wolcott attended the session OF the
1t nate to-day and presented tho re
port Of the postal commission. He
said the report would have been pre-
scented sooner but for his Illness
Consideration OF the army bill was re
sumod.
WASHINGTON. Jan. lt.-Thc dis
itoih ttli VI tut
tation from that island OF several i'm
portant generals and leaders OF the
insurgents, who will be sent to Guam
to reflect upon their folly, This liz
new policy and the result OF recon.
mendations from officers over there.
who have ut least learned that the
Fiiipinos dread exile more than i'm
prisonment or even death. II Is
said that the natives are SO attached
to their island that emigration is un.
known. There are no Filipinos in
any OF the ncighboriDg countries
They are uuheard of In Spain and
other European nations. and students
who have been sent away for an cdu.
cation always return and take up
their permanent residence Mt home
instead OF yielding TO the attractions
of foreign countries. The knowledge
ot this peculiarity has suggested ban
ishmcnt as punishment for the
leaders OF the insurrection, and the
experiment will be tried.
Those who are familiar with the