Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-12-09
Worth, Texas,

WASHINGTON. Dec. 5.-The gal
leries Of the senate were crowded to
day owing to the announcement thar
Senator McComas would open the
discussion upon the suppression o
anarchy and anarchists in this coun
try. Before. however. any other bus
ines was transacted Mr.. Hale oi
Maine secured the passage OF res
olution that when the senate adjourn
ed today the adjournment be until
next Monday. Nearly an hour was
consumed In receiving bills, the in
fiux Of which was enormous.
DETROIT. Dec 5.-The Michigan
Alkali and Soda Company's plant was
destroyed by fire this morning. II
throws seven hundred men out of EN-.
ployment.
| KANSAS CITY. Dec. 5.-M. H. AL
len charged with passing forged pa.
per on the Merchants here and In
San Francisco. was today sent to the
penitentiary for five years.
DENVER, Dec. 5.-An oil refinery
IS to be erected at DeBeque. Colorado.
The oil prospects are considered re-
assuring enough to warrant this step.
PITTSBURG, Dec. 6.-This morn
ing fire destroyed the pretty Klee res
idence near Carnegie. The fire was
discovered by passer-by before the
family were awake. The flames
started down stairs and shut off the
bedroom where the father, mother
and children were sleeping
ther saw the only way to save tho
children was to drop them from the
window to the ground, twenty-five
feet. klee and his wife gathered
the seven youngsters about them and
dropped them to the ground one by
one. Some of the little ones were
badly burned. and three we're serious
ly injured in the fall. Mary. the
youngest of the children, tried to get
out of window Of an adjoining
room Just as the father was dropping
the sixth baby to the ground. The
flames by this time were roaring up
around them. He looked for his
wife by his side, and, not finding her
rushed into the fire, but was driven
back. and the firemen mounting lad
ders, pulled the man from the bum
ing house.
Mr.. Klee was almost distracted by
the apparent loss of his wife and one
child. The mother had gone after
Mary and they were both burned to
death.
Mr.. klee is now violently insane
Two OF the children will not recover.
and the house was totally destroyed.
PARIS, Dec. 5.-Great merriment
was caused at the meeting of the
Anti-Alcohol league in the tenth ar
reimbursement this afternoon by the
reading of a letter signed Carrie
Nation in which the writer offered
to come to France to carry on cam
paign OF destruction against the
"handmaids of the devil in the form
of drugs. tobacco. intoxicating liquors
and nude art"
NJ. Schaer, president of the league
after reading the letter with the aid
of an interpreter, asked the members
to vote that the epistle be answered
in few lines, stating that a"hatchet
crusade" against intemperance would
not be effective in France and declin-
Ing the offer with thanks.
Carrie would have a heavy CON
tract on her hands," said Mr. Rive.
lief. secretary of the league, after
the meeting eff she undertook to
smash Paris cafes, which are usually
well provided with police and muscu-
lar walters. In France we believe IN
quieter method Of fighting intemper-
ance. However. the league has de
cided to import one American fash
ion of reducing drunkness-persaud
Ing young men to sign the pledge be-
fore leaving the lycees. In order to
further this end we have resolved to
create 'hygienic leaugues in all
schools In the capitals and main cities
Of France, with the object of hold
| Ing meetings to discuss the evil ef-
| fects OF alcohol, which Is fast decim-
ating the population Of the country
and degrading It's YOUTH
M. Schaer said that the growth
of alcoholism in France was due TO
the proximity OF England. but that
he believed Sensational Anglo-Saxon
HuoLhoub vi Sulc Wouiu iail
France.
CHICAGO, Dec. 6.-The last session
of the National Live Stock Associa-
tion was largely attended thlS morn
ing. The place for holding the next
convention will be decided upon this
afternoon. Denver. Kansas City
Pittsburg and Portland, Oregon, are
sharp competitors for the honor.
]. W. Springer was elected presi-
dent and c. F. Martin secretary.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.-The col
onel Of the marine corps was this
morning acquitted OF the char ge OF
drunkenness and restored 70 duty at
the Brooklyn navy yard. :.
STORM LAKE. Iowa. Dec. al
bert Phillips and Lewis Brooks last
November tried to rob the bank al
Greenville. They were discovered
and cornered by two oficers. The
burglars. brought to bay. turned or
their pursuers and shot them dead
The men were subsequently caught