Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-08-05
husband. and blames her father 70,

small DOat bearing pleasure party
this morning and four persons wei
drowned
Those drowned were Mrs. Fanny
Hemming and daughter and two Ap
person children.
| COLORADO SPRINGS, Aug. q
Vice President Roosevelt arrived her,
this morning. His reception was yer,
| quiet. This was not because of any
antagonism to the vice president. bu
simply because no one took it upcr
themselves to start any demonstra
| ton.
The vice president arrived in a spe
cial car over the Santa Fe, and his
train was three hours late. He was
| greeted at the station by Governoi
Orman and STAFF. The governor look
ed. as did the members of his staff, all
showing the effects of the midway
which they saw last night.
| TACOMA, Wash, Aug. 2.-The re
cent robbery of the Hong Kong and
| Shanghai bank at Singapore of $500
900 in bank notes proves to have been
the most daring attempt at robbery
ever known in the Orient, according
TO advices brought by the steamer
Duke of Fife. The chief couspira-
tors were Chinese tellers employed by
the bank robbed and by another Sing
apore bank, who together secured du-
plicate keys to the specie vaults de
| posted at the second bank for safe
keeping. These men had records of
| twenty-five years good service.
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three weeks later at Tanjore. India,
having bank notes to the extent of
s25S,OOO in his possession.
Details of the conspiracy became
known through a woman's curiosity.
small part of the booty was depos-
tied with a Singapore money changer
who. in turn, placed a portion of it
with another money changer. The
wife of the latter talked freely on the
subject. causing an investigation, and
here the officers got their first clew.
Arrests followed and the whole story
came out. Practically all the bank
notes were recovered.
P1TTSBURG. Aug. 2-The strike
situation is regarded as grave this
morning. The conference began its
fourth days session promptly at 10
o'clock. 1t is now believed that Nor
gan has given his ultimatum, and un-
less the conference can agree upon
some kind of satisfactory terms the
beginning of long and bitter strug.
gle between capital and labor is sure
to be inaugurated.
PITTSBURG, Anug. 2.-The situa-
ton at noon today between the trust
and the Amalgamated steel workers
is very unfavorabe to peaceful set
tlement of the big strike
PITTSBURG. Aug 1.-The strike
committee adjourned at noon today.
announcing that the conference would
be continued at o'clock. They say
there is nothing to give out, but will
endeavor to make a public statement
this afternoon.
NEW YORK, Aug. 2.-The Lacka-
wanna railroad has decided to try the
experiment of dispatching it's trains
by telephone. Full sets of telephone
instruments have been installed along
the line and the new service will go
into effect today.
II 'iiS '+NpNiiiii'ht 10 q ouN'tSo, oth'l
roads will adopt the telephone SER
vice for dispatching trains and the
result will be that thousands of teleg-
raphers will be thrown out of employ
ment.
NEW YORK, Aug. "A combine
of the washing machine manufacturers
with a capital of s30,OOO,OO0 is now
being formed.
PARIS. Aug. 2.-The Aero club has
awarded the gold medal to Santos
Dumont, who invented the airship
with which he encircled the Eiffel
tower.
PITTSBURG, Aug. "A huge iron
girder which was being placed in po-
sition on the seventh floor of a new
building crashed through three floors
this morning, dragging William and
Jesse Wilson to death. The snap
ping of derrick cable caused the ac-
cident, People at first thought the
whole building was collapsing.
KANSAS CITY. Aug. 2.-The pres
ent plan of raising money for the
Minitoka festival to be held her this
fall was stopped today. 1t was pro
posed to raise money by means of a
great lottery scheme. The federal
authorities held 1t to be violation
of the postal laws.
LONDON. Aug "A British tor
pedo boat was sunk OF Portsmouth
harbor this morning. 1t is believed
there was no loss of life.
CARACAS, Venezuela, Aug. 2.-Re-
ports from the government of Venez-
upela today say that the revolution
lists have been defeated and put to
flight with great slaughter near San
Cristobal.
VIENNA. August 2.-The feeling
against American competition is be
coming very bitter The authorities
have refused permission for American
shoe firms to open stores here. One
firm wanted to establish eighteen
shoe stores. The shoemakers' union
declared they would prevent the open
ing of the stores by force If necessary.