Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-03-11

lGIONtlluS SUI 6lCsil
operation regarded by the profession
as one of the Iarest known to modern
! science. Mckean's doctor this morn
ing announces that he will positively
recover.
Mexican had been suffering from
indigestion of the stomach. A tube
was inserted and it was found that
he had no acid or pepsin in his body.
making digestion impossible. Food
taken into the stomach was removed
twenty hours later in precisely the
same condition as taken.
His life could only be saved by a
severe operation. This operation con-
sisted of taking out the stomach en-
tirely, that organ being lifted com
pletcly out of its place and placed on
the patients chest.
| A malignant growth was then cut
ont of the intestines surrounding,
and the stomach put back and joined
to the intestines with silk threads.
| The whole operation lasted an hour
and half and was brilliant nuccess.
| VIENNA, March 7.-Discussing the
bitter prejudice against England that
is prevalent throughout Germany, the
| Neues Wiener Tagblatt points out
that this feeling is not directed against
| the Anglo-SaXon race as such, dis
tinct difference in sentiment being no.
ticeable in respect to the United
| States.
The agrarians would gladly start
\ tariff war against the United States
at moments notice, but their news
papers contain no such outbreak
against Americans as characterizes
their expressions against England and
Englishmen.
| DENVER, Colo, March THE city
of Golden was swindled last night out
of several hundred dollars by an insin-
uating rogue who advertised himself
as South African salesman.
| The hall was crowded with the best
| citizens. The man proposed to give
s5 to every purchaser of dollar box
of cigars The sales went on swim
mingly, but the salesman by some
clever fiim-fam work soon. had the
peoples money instead of they his.
| After big killing" he stepped be
hind the scenes for moment and
lit out The crowd began TO suspect
| and made rush for the back en-
| trance. They surrounded him and
| threatened lynch law. The salesman
| quietly pulled two guns from his pock-
cts, and pointing them at the mob
| ,orced them to stand back, made his
way to carriage in waiting, jumped
n and has not been seen since.
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| This morning.
DETROIT, Mich, March Nv. Fl,
| Stevens. a prominent engineer, died
This morning of complicated troubles.
He had been ailing for some time and
his death was not unexpected
Mr.. Stevens gained fame by being
| the discoverer of Leadville, Colorado,
IN the early seventies he was placer
mining in California gulch with the
his sluices were fileed with lead, fire.
1uently interfering with his opera
| lions.
He followed the lead and found at
the point where Leadville stands
great quantities of lead running heavy
IN silver. He Immediately made
stakes and claims that led 20 the i'm
| mense Leadville excitement of 1878.
Since Mr.. Stevens discovery mil
lions have been taken out of the
mines he located, and many men have
been made enormously rich by their
association with him.
LONDON, March 7.-On the arrival
1T Liverpool this morning of the
White Star steamer Oceanic, bear
ing the duke of Manchester and his
bride. officers appeared at the gang
way and served upon his grace pa
pers charging him with breach of
promise.
The complainant is Miss Portia
Knight of London, who claims to have
been engaged to the duke, and that
ne deserted her for his less lovely
but richer bride.
The duke carried off the affair rath
sr lightly, but his wife (nee thinner
mani was manifestly disturbed. His
grace must answer the summons next
week
DENVER, March THE revenue
bill passed its third reading in the
house of representatives this morn
ing.
The investigation OF bribery charges
made by Speaker Montgomery against
members of the legislature had to go
over for want of witnesses.
The speaker fails to prove his allie
cations and wishes the whole thing
forgotten"
CHICAGO, March Harry Trent,
rich Londoner, committed suicide
This morning by throwing himself
into the Chicago river.
He had been on spree for two
or three days. He gambled heavily
last night and lost large sum OF
money
PRETORIA. March Sit is be
lieved here today that the Boer war
is practically over.
Lord Kitchener and General Botha
have had repeated conferences and
this afternoon Kitchener granted sew
en- days armistice in order to let Bo
tha confer with his fellow Beers and