Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-01-20

ed, and four horses are dead. This
is the result of the disaster
| CHICAGO, Jan. 16.-F'ire started at
noon today in the union depot at the
Burlington station, on Adams street
The smoke was SO dense that the 90
employees in the building barely escap-
ed with their lives and over mil
lion dollars worth OF tickets of the
Burlington. Pennsylvania and Alton
roads were destroyed. The building
was finally saved.
! FORT SMITH. Ark, Jan. 16.-Sev-
en- masked men held up the Kansas
City Southern train shortly after mid
night this morning. The express and
mail car were blown open. A guam
tity of mail matter was taken but it
Is said very little money was secured.
LONDON, Jan. 16.-It is believed
in financial circles here today that
the end of the Boer war is in sight.
The declaration Is made that nego-
tiations looking toward a peace set
tlement have been entered into be-
tween the Beers and the English.
| MONTREAL, Jan. 16.-Fire de-
stroyed the works of the Royal Elec-
trio Light company this morning and
the city was left in absolute dark
ness. This condition of affairs will
continue for some time. as there is
no duplicate plant The loss is
enormous. Beginning tonight ex-
ira police will patrol the city on ac-
count Of the darkness.
| CHICAGO, Jan. 16.-Several ar
rests were made this morning of gro
GERS and others charged with selling
adulterated food. The pure food Of
ficers have ascertained that the city
Is flooded with heavily adulterated
extracts and baking powders. In
fact 1t is difficult to find n genuine
article in many of the lines of eata-
bles. A general reform will be in
augurated.
LONDON. Jan. 16.-Lord Rock
wood, eminent as diplomat and
writer. died quite suddenly this fore
noon.
CENTRAL CITY. Colo, Jan. 49,
Joseph Fine. hanger-on OF the red
light district. was fatally shot this
morning In free-for-all fight. Sew
eral of the participants have been ar
rested The bullet was not locat-
ed
DENVER, Jan. 16.--Clayton Park
hill. the noted surgeon, died here
this afternoon.
| OURAY, Colo, Jan. 16.-Bert
Smith, a prominent merchant of this
city was held up last night by a lone
| highwayman who squirted ammonia
from syringe into his victims face.
Although blinded. Smith made his es.
cape and the would-be robber fed at
the approach of citizens.
| NEW YORK, Jan. 16.-According
to the advices of the Journal the
London Mail today prints dispatch
stating that at meeting of the Par.
Is academy of medicine. q report was
read recounting the remarkable re.
suits of a new cure for consumption
called "Bacilline Liquid" composed
of the active principles of certain
plants grown in Chile and Colombia
AT Rombiaxix, a noted hot bed OF con
sumption. out of 100 cases treated
with hypodermic injections of the
rnew remedy "a are now on the high
road to recovery.
| LAREDO, Texas. A dispatch just
received from the city of Mexico says
600 lives were lost in terrible earth
quake at Chilpancingo, in the. state
of Guerrero.
The city is small one and the
shock was felt over an extensive ter
ritory.
While no details are yet obtainable
population of the town were destroy
ed. The desolated city is not far
from the capital. 1t is an old Aztec
town, and lies midway between the
coast and Acapulco near the city OF
Mexico. Commercially the town is
unimportant.
Yesterday the capital suffered o
slight shock, so that the vibration OF
the earth was widespread. No de
tails have yet been received of the loss
loss Of life outside the devastated
city.
CHICAGO. Jan. 17.-Albert Gil
more, charged with horse stealing
in Indiana, was sentenced and sent
to the Michigan penitentiary today
for four years. 1t is known the boy
is not guilty, but he declared thai
he intended to save a friend, and or
his own testimony he was convicted
Nothing can prevail upon the prison
er from standing between his frient
and the prison walls. He says the
guilty man has always been his tru,
friend. Owing to the existing con
ditions the Judge will probably ash
that the young man be pardoned.
NEW YORK, Jan. 17.-Dr. Carroll
the eminent compiler of church statis
tics, this morning finished his elabor
ate statement of church work ant
gave it to the public. In 1t he showi
that there were in the United States
the first of this month 2S,250 900 mem
bers OF churches against 27,5O0, 900 {
year ago. This is gain OF owe
two and a half per cent and show
that the church membership is In
creasing faster than the population.