Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-08-05

dent that MS aHalrs VIII soon agair
be in healthy condition, while tn,
exchange members expect IL will show
his solvency.
WASHINGTON, Aug 2.-The labo,
unions in this country, fearing that
the product of the Porto Rican cigar
factories will cheaper the cigars in
this country, will make an effort to
unionize the industry in the
island. 1t is said the tobacco firms
are planning to erect large factories
in Porto Rico on account of the cheau
labor there.
NEW YORK, Aug. 2.-Stout and
Meyers We're Jointly indicted for be-
ing implicated in the recent forgery
cases. Rice was released today un-
der $4,000 ponds.
NEW YORK, Aug. 2.-Cables receiv.
ed from Panama say that Venezuela
and Columbia will be in war with each
other through the efforts of President
Castro of Venezuela to aid the Colum-
bian revolutionists. Arms and ammu.
milton are pouring into the two coun-
tries and a long fierce struggle be-
| tween them is expected. Both have
internal wars on their hands also
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 2.-While
the tie-up through the strike of the
men employed on the water front con-
tines complete, numerous conferences
today indicate that a settlement of
the troubles may be reached by to-
| morrow. There has been no violence
among the strikers TODAY.
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. -Four exc.
| cutions of negroes took place In the
South today.
At st. Augustine, Florida, Robert
Lee and Jim Kirby were hanged for
numbering Julius Askew. At Savan.
nah, Georgia, George Mitchell was eX.
ecuted for assauiting two colored wo-
men, and at Clarksville, Tenn. Dock
Martin met his fate on the scaffold for
numbering his wife last September.
BUFFALO, Aug. 2.-The attendance
at the Pan-American exposition during
he first three months ending last
light was 2,774 900.
LONDON, Aug. king Edward
and Queen Alexandra arrived at Cow
es today on their yacht Osborne, mark.
ing the beginning of a long royal hol-
iday. After the regatta at Cowes.
the party will go to Hamburg and en-
10y life there. unless called to Cron-
berg by the condition of Empress
Frederick, reports concerning whom
ire contradictory. The king will
welcome home Count Won Waldersee
who will return from China with the
German fleet.
ATLANTA. Ga, Aug IA passen-
ger train locomotive exploded here
this morning killing the engineer and
fireman. The engine, baggage and
express cars were demolished.
NEW YORK, August 2.-Austin
Fox, called the leader of the Junior
bar of this city is authority for the
statement that the name of Thomas
b. Reed is being considered by the
anti-Tammany organization to head
their mayorality ticket this fall.
CHICAGO, Aug. George William
Curtis, the well-known correspondent
of the Chicago Record-Herald. sends
his paper the following under date
of Tromose, Norway, June II, In con
nection with the Baldwin expedition
which sailed three days ago from that
point:
TROMOSE, Norway, July LEX
plorer Baldwin, who starts for the far
away north pole three weeks hence,
will carry provisions for five years.
and will be supplied with dogs and ST
berian ponies trained TO travel on the
ice and accustomed to intense cold
and snow. Until now dogs and rein
deer have been relied upon for motive
power, and the pony experiment will
be regarded with great interest.
Baldwin's boats are the first ever fit
ted out with electricity, which is also
experimental in a measure. but is ex-
pected to be an important improve
ment. He has gasoline launch.
built with an ice prov, and two large
boats too large to take on the deck
of his vessel, which are constructed
ioubly strong. They will be towed
to the ice fields, and there used with
sail and oar-a new Idea.
He has forty-two men in his party.
including ten scientists, an artist and
photographer. The sailing master
and crew are all Norwegians. Part
of the scientific staff are Germans and
Swedes.
The Norwegian whaler Frithiof of
which Mr.. Camp is in charge is pre-
pared to sail at a moments notice.
but the America, the flagship of the
fleet was picture of confusion when
| went aboard last night to bid Mr..
Baldwin goodbye. Her decks were
covered with packages of supplies
and the empty crates were piled up as
high as the smokestack. Two load
ed lighters lay alongside covered with
tarpaulin. for it was 10 o'clock az
night, and the crew. who had been at
work all day slowing the supplies in
the hold, had knocked off. eaten their
suppers and gone to bed.
1t was as light as an ordinary day.
and we should have been able to see
the midnight sun which never sets
ut Tromose between the middle of