Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-05-06

Two men in boat pursued and res
cued Duncan. though he fought fran
tically against it, and nearly upset the
boat
| PEKIN, May 1.-The foreign minis
| ters have come to the conclusion that
the indemnity demanded of China IS
eyorbitant.
They will meet again Tuesday to dis.
cuss a reduction.
NORFOLK, Va, May 2.-J. NJ. Barr,
| formerly vice president of the Santa
Fe, took charge of the Seaboard Air
Line today, at salary of $3.50 a
year.
He reduced the salaries OF clerks
from Is to 20 per cent.
ST. PAUL. May 2.-The belief OF
the police that VIM. Rosenfield killed
himself and his four children was
practically confirmed by the finding
of the body of his 9-year-old son in
the river this morning.
The crime was a brutal one. The
| father abducted the children from the
mothers home, drove them to the riv-
er, drowned them and then himself.
| PHILADELPHIA. Pa. May q
Amos Stirling colored was this morn
| ing sentenced to death for compile
| ity in the murder of Professor Edward
White
His two associates in the crime al
ready have been condemned to die.
| The trio killed White in an attempt to
| rob him.
LOUISVILLE. KY. May 2.-"Mr.
Bryan and His Future" is the head
ing of the leading editorial which ap-
pears in the Courier-Journal from the
pen of Henry Watterson.
Commenting upon the Nebraskan's s
announcement that he will seek the
presidency no more. Mr.. Watterson
urges him to devote himself to the re-
habilitation of his party, warning him
that he can maintain his position as a
leader only by disinterestedness and
self-sacrifce. and by not attempting
further to exercise autocratic power" :"
The editor continues:
There is radical difference be-
tween recognizing existing conditions
and of being answerable for their ex-
istence. We may regret the alter
ed situation raised up by the Spanish
war. We may, as an original propo-
sition, be averse to the Idea of outly
ing territory and all this implies. We
may have been shocked by the presi-
dents change of policy as to Porto Ri
co, by the scandals in Cuba, by the
laundering in Manila, but we cannot
deny that for veal or woe, we are in
possession of Porto Rico and the Phil
ippines: that we are regnant in Gu
ba. and that we must either pack up
and come away-and in doing so make
a confession of national impotency-
or else. standing our ground, proceed
with the new and complicated obli-
cations and duties incident thereto.
In abandoning the Philippines we
yield our vantage ground in the far
east, which has already become the
center of the strife of the powers for
commercial supremacy. We make
what the world and the ages will hold
an ignominious and short-sighted sur
render, for We are entering upon cy-
Gle of pure commercialism, whose end
will witness the survival of the fittest;
and since when was any spirited peo-
pie insensible to money or empire?
Wrong. morally wrong, says Mr..
Bryan. Why, on that line all effort
which has gain for it's object is wrong
Out of line with American tradi-
tions,' says Mr.. Bryan. Why, every
important movement. from the Louis
lana purchase to the abolition of sla-
very. might be so described. But,
right or wrong, they are facts. and,
as an organized body, what shall the
Democratic party do about them?
1T may be that we ought to deliver
up to the useless sacrifice of the
flames few more presidential cleo
tions in the interest of a cause already
lost We may be of the earth earthly,
wanting in grace; but, somehow. we
cannot help feeling that in this wicked
world it is substance, not shadow, that
rules.
I'VE are mighty tired of shooting
blank cartridges out of flintlock mus
kets against an enemy armed with
| Mauser rifles and occupying all the
strong positions upon the field of bat
tle."
NEW ORLEANS, La, May 2.-The
| members of the presidential party con-
sidersider that they are resting today
| from the fact that there is no railway
travel on the programme until this
evening. when their journey toward
the setting sun will be continued.
The people of the Crescent City are
| outdoing themselves to make the visit
| of President Mckinley and his advis-
ers here n memorable one. The hos
pitality of New Orleans. at all times
proverbial. is being displayed today
in the most fitting manner.
The crowds from the outside who
have come to get glimpse of the chief
executive of the nation are beyond ex
pectations, and the enthusiasm of the
visitors and citizens is beyond belief
The president and the members OF
his party this morning were driven to
all points of interest in this historic
city. At every corner they were