Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-03-11
NEWS FROM ALL
OVER THE woRAD.

Southern Athletic club of Louisville.
OMAHA, March Frederick
Metz, one of the richest men of the
state. president of the Metz Brewing
company. died this morning. He
leaves large family of grown up
sons and daughters.
LONDON, March 1T is an
nounced here today in cable from
Pretoria that the Beers have formally
offered to surrender if granted am
Eesty and assistance to start life
afresh.
These conditions will probably be
agreed to. Lord Kitchener favoring
them, and the government has it un-
der consideration
LONDON, March Lord Kitchen
er cables the war office today from
Pretoria saying that Itchenberg has
been attacked by 500 Beers. Major
Fletcher and Lieutenant Hall are re-
ported Killed.
Kitchener says he is sending rein
forcements.
DENVER, March THE American
Cattle Growers association met again
today and agreed to accept proxies,
matter over which they have been
wrangling for two days.
Little practical business was tran
sacted. A Colorado State organiza-
tion was effected this morning and
among the prominent delegates was
woman, the owner of one of the larg-
est herds of cattle in the state.
CHICAGO. March 7.-Adolph F.
,,,trv
nation for treasurer of this city He
says that the work of the office is
done by deputies. The treasurer is
a mere figureheal and he does not
want position of that kind
LONDON, March Afternoon pa
pers pay very little attention to the
words of Senator Morgan, who twist
ed the lions tail in the senate yester-
day. slapping England by asking that
the Clayton-Bulwer treaty be abro-
gated.
The Pail Mall Gazette considers
him presuming meddler.
The Westminster Gazette considers
his warnings not alarming, and says
the route OF the canal is not yet def
nitely determined.
WASHINGTON. March THE XII
owa, Comanche and Apache reserva-
tion in Oklahoma will not be open
ed with rush of the kind that has
characterized previous openings of
new countries in the southwest
Under law passed the president is
given absolute authority to prescribe
the manner in which the new country
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known that the secretary is opposed
to opening the country with the char
acteristic rush across the border, and
the department and members of con
gress from the southwest have been
working on some solution of the prob
lem. 1t was finally disposed of by
the passage of a measure which was
urged before the late congress by
Delegate Flynn of Oklahoma.
BERLIN, March Emperor vii
liam is suffering considerable pain
today from the wound inflicted by
Weiland, the crazy man of this city
who threw piece of iron into the
emperor's carriage, iniiicting a deep
cash in his face.
The kaiser has been obliged to fore
go his trip to Konigsberg.
WASHINGTON. March THE
ship builders had an inning today
Congress having authorized the con
struction of several war vessels, Sec,
retray Long this morning made dis
tribution among the various ship
builders.
Newport News will build the Vir.
~s.,so
Brothers of Seattle get the Nebras-
ka. The Bath Iron works get the
Georgia, and the Ford River works
the New Jersey and Rhode Island. The
Cramps are to build the Colorado.
Bids are to be opened on April 4
next for the construction of the st
Louis and other protected cruisers.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, March IL
The transport Pennsylvania brought i
from Nagasaki Patrick Hart, con
victed traitor. who deserted at Mani
la, joined the insurgents and was sen
fenced to long term in Alcatraz
prison.
Hart nearly escaped punishment by
n great exhibition of nerve and cum
ming. In some way he escaped from
the. Sheridan at Nagasaki. AS soon
as the steamer left he appeared at
the transport office, claimed to be Pri
vate James of one of the regiments
on the Sheridan and told a fairy tale
of. being left behind because he got
drunk. He was actually promised
transportation to San Francisco.
When the Pennsylvania arrived he
applied for his ticket and was rec
ognized by one of the Transports Of
ficers. Nothing was said, as he could
not be arrested on japanese soil but
after one day out on the Pennsylva-
MIA he was brought up from the steer
age, stripped and examined. Scars
ION his body established his identity.
He was closely guarded and last even
ing was sent to AlcatraZ.
AMSTERDAM, March Queen
Wilhelmina and the Prince Consort
received magnificent wedding gift