Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-02-21
NEWS FROM ALL
OVER THE WORLD.

the passengers. They are all san
Francisco people.
The train toppled over an embank-
ment. the wreck being complete.
Relief trains left Ogden last night.
and today nurses and physicians are
doing all that Is possible for the in
Jured
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal. Feb. 1S.-
The dead of this city from the Neva-
da railroad wreck were brought here
today They are: Adolph Bissinger,
Mrs Bissinger, C. L. Whittier and C..
r. Coulter The two tramps who were
killed will be buried near the wreck.
Coulter was at one time the world
champion cyclist and one of the most
noted circuit riders in America. He
was on a pleasure trip to Chicago.
He was 81 years old and native of
Mansfield, o..
WINNEM UCCA, New. Feb. 1S.--No
trains are running on the Central Pa
eific today. The washout that caused
yesterdays wreck is so extensive
that trains for California can't run
Tor two or three days.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Feb. 1s.--
There was a very narrow escape this
morning from frightful railroad disas-
ter. AS it was, three persons are
dead as the result of a wreck on the
Philadelphia. Wilmington & Baltimore
railroad.
Shortly after daylight heavy
freight train jumped the track near
northeast Maryland. The New York
passenger train, following close be
hind, ran into the wreck and plunged
over an embankment.
Cars were turned over and a gen
eral smashup occurred. The engi.
neer was killed, also two passengers.
Several others were badly shaken up
but there were no other fatalities.
Inc escape of he sleeping car passen-
gers from death seems miraculous.
NEW YORK. Feb. 1S.-Commerce
is seriously affected by the practical
closing of navigation which has re
suited from the formation of the great
ice masses which now grid the shores
OF this city.
Shipping is demoralized, the traffic
on many ferry lines has been discon-
tinued and the supplies which usual
ly come to New York by boat have
been greatly curtailed. Ice-coated
vessels came in from the sea aud
through the sound encountered the
packs of ice down at Sandy Hook,
along the Brooklyn and Staten Island
shores and near Fort Schuyler. The
glacial bridges in many places formed
promenades for daring persons who
walked along the slippery surfaces.
To the merchant the tugboatman and
the laborer the congested condition
of the harbors and rivers is now Sc
rious matter
The price of perishable foods rap
daily furnished to this city arrive
here late and in small quantities.
Vegetables from the south sent on the
Old Dominion liners and the products
of New England which reach here
on the sound steamers were alike de
layed. Every steamer which came
into port last week was sheathed with
ice The Majestic looked like float
ing iceberg as she parted the foes
utI way up qudl 1T
North Geman Lloyd steamer Koeni
gen Luise did no, sail, for she was
fast in the ice. II was impossible to
get her cargo to her.
BRAZIL. Ind, Feb. lS.-While revl-
val services We're in progress at the
Christian church, conducted by the
Rev. Mr.. Updyke, a stranger asked to
lie baptized He then told the pastor
that he desired to confess to being
noted criminal. He was acquitted in
1881 at Chicago of a charge Of murder,
he said. but during his life he had
killed three men, stole ninety-eight
horses, made counterfeit money.
helped rob several banks in Texas
and had robbed Senator Culbertson's
father in 1880, He quickly left after
having told his story.
SYRACUSE. N. Y, Feb. lS.-That
milk is not equal TO water as steam
producins-a agent was demonstrated
yesterday on the Erie & Central New
York railroad by passenger train No.
2, which left Cincinnatus at 1880 and
was due in Cortland half an hour later.
The train stopped at the water pump
and milk station in Cincinnatus for
supply of water Fireman John
Barney, a new employe, made a wrong
connection and filled the engine tank
with sour milk. The steam dropped
Iapidly after the transaction. because
tho milk cUrdled as soon as 1t struck
the heat and clogged the pipes, and
such n sputtering about the gauge
took place that Engineer Jonas Miller
became frightened, and at Freetown
asked the dispatcher for an extra en-
gine to haul his train to the end of
its run.
NEW YORK, Feb. 1s.-A World
special from Washington says Pres
ident Mckinley wants an army of
100000 men, $4,000 more than the
authorities have given him. He will
ask this increase from the incoming
session of congress. Conditions In
the Philippines make 1t necessary.
He declares that the officers and
men can't stand more than two years
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