Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-04-01

ent at the execution. which was the
first to occur In the Philippines under
American authority.
WASHINGTON, March 29.-.Gencr-
al Miles is home from q visit to Gu
where he went to make some obscs-
vations with view to the eatabnsh-
ment Of military post there. He
describes the Isle OF Pines as a young
paradise. with u fine soil. pure water.
healthfal climate. fine harbors that
can he easily fortified. and an ideal
place for military garrison.
General Miles returns with the
pieasantest impressions of Cuba and
the Cubans. He met many OF the Of
flcials and the people. He dined
with the cabinet. one OF whom Is q
graduate of Lehigh university and
another of the University Of Penn
sylvania. He attended session OF
the constitutional conventions. and is
confident that 1t will finally accept
the terms offered by the United
States. No doubt the general exer-
cised considerable influence in that
direction. He is popular In Cuba.
particularly with the radical element.
and it has been suspected that his
visit there just at this time may have
Wood to bring the delegates to rea-
son.
The general expressed his gratif-
cation at the improved conditions in
Cuba, and the prospects of the peo-
pie of the island. and he is OF the opln-
ion that as soon as the relations be-
tween Cuba and the United States
are fully defined period OF uEprece-
dented material activity and prosper
ity will begin. He says that Havana
Ia as clean and as healthy as any city
in the United States. that ~ water
supply is much superior to that of
Washington. and that its general con-
dition is improving rapidly.
PITTSBURG, Pa. March 29,-No-
tice was posted in all the mines of this
district today stating that the wage
schedule for the year beginning Mon
day will be the same as the year
just closed. This practically means
that the operators will not confer with
the men. Indications are that the
union will vote favorably on the OPP
orators proposition and decline to
strike.
ST. LOUIS. March 29.-Reports
from the entire Missouri valley today
state that a terrific snow storm Is rag
ing, high wind driving the snow into
large drifts and generally delaying
railroad traffic.
Dispatches from Kansas and Me-
braska show the storm to be terrific
in those states. and that intensc cold
prevails.
BOSTON. March l9.-Tha Anal
stage in the consolidation of the Hnrl-
ington with the Great Northern aAd
Northern Pacific system has been
reached. Senator Wolcott OF Colo
RADIO has been here for the last ten
lays arranging details with the heav-
lest stockholders In this city. He
left for the west unexpectedly last
1ight and 1t is stated upon the high
est authority that special meeting
of the Burlington stockholders will be
called within a week to ratify The con-
solidation deal. The plan g, consol-
idation provides for the purchase OF
Burlington bonds in guaranteed bonds
or cash, new bonds to be those Of the
consolidated company.
1t is said n sufficient number Ct the
heavy Burlington stockholders are op-
posed to the deal TO make bitter
fight and contest It's consummation at
every point. 1t Is also declared that
strolg efforts will be made to buy
them off.
DENVER. March ga nasty snow
md sleet storm this morning lrevent-
I'd any big rush to the new OH fields.
but over a dozen boomers left the city
this morning to file on land and start
a town boom.
LONDON, March 29-Quite gay and
lashing in appearance the duke OF
Manchester appeared In the bank
uptcy court today and secured the
)ostponement of the personal exami-
iation into his case. it is stated
hat his father-in-law. Zimmerman Of
cincinnati. had just arrived in Eng
land from the United States and was
investigating the dukes debts. II
he found them correct and not too
heavy he might liquidate. and then
again he might not. but hoping for the
best the creditors have agreed to the
postponemcnt OF proceedings until the
middle OF May.
Next week the duke will answer
Miss Porter Knights claim for heavy
damages In breach Of promise suit.
BERLIN. March 29.-There is a
possibility OF the continuation OF che
trouble In parts of the city. which are
In turmoil. The common people
are quite bitter in denunciation OF the
kaiser's extreme utteranees OF yester-
day. One OF the papers friendly to
he emperor gives his exact words an
follows:
III the city of Berlin again impu-
IDENTIFY and disobediently rises against
the king as In 1s4S. then my grena-
diers' 1t will be your duty with the
points OF your bayonets to annihilate
the impudent and disobedient."