Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-01-09

kean of New Jersey announced tn
death of Senator Sewall today an,
offered the customary resolutions
whereupon the senate immediateI,
adjourned.
WASHINGTON. jan 6.-In tn,
house today resolution was offer
ed declaring that an assault upon tn,
president of the United States shout,
be punishable by death.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 7.-There wa.
fairly large attendance in the gal
! leries OF the house today in anticipa
ton of the opening of the debate on
| the Nicaragua canal question. which
was made special order for the day
i'y the conditions of the oreer the bill
Will continue before the house until
disposed of.
without transacting any prelimin-
ary business, the house went into q
committee of the whole, with Mr..
Grosvenor of Ohio in the chair. and
Mr.. Hepburn of Iowa chairman of
the committee on interstate and for
eign commerce, on the floor to open
the debate. He said that the subject
of waterway across the isthmus to
connect the Atlantic and Pacific
oceans had been in the minds of the
people of the world for more than
400 years. In the United States the
people of 81 states had instructed
their congressional delegations tc
support bill for an inter-oceanic wa.
terway. All political parties had
aligned themselves in favor of it
and the subject had been discussed
in congress. In scientific societies. in
the newspapers and on the hustlngs
until now a volume of literature on
the subject was in existence. 1t had
received more attention than any 9th
er subject ever brought before the
congress of the nation
Mr.. Hepburn said the report of the
Walker commission gave careful con
sideration to every feature of the pro-
posed work.
The bill submitted by his committee
proposed to concentrate all the au-
thority in the hands of the president.
1t opened no opportunity for defunct
statesmen or for the pensIoning off
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the race of life. 1t gave the United
States the authority to protect, de-
fend and operate the canal.
WASHINGTON, Jan. Tt is un-
derstood that a way may be found
by which two naval officers of high
rank Will take part in the coronation
ceremonies at London. The ques-
tion of selecting officers for this ser
vice has not yet been considered by
the president and the secretary of the
navy, but the prospect that such selec-
tions will be made has caused much
speculation in naval circles. The
present indications are that the pres
ident will select civilian represent
atiye for the coronation and also one
officer of the army and one officer OF
the navy to accompany this civilian.
Quite apart from this, the navy will
be represented by squadron in Eng
lish waters, with a rear admiral in
command. The effect of this arrange
ment will be to place two naval Off
GERS of high rank in service in con.
nection with the coronation.
PEKIN, Jan. THE emperor OF
China and the dowager empress and
early this afternoon. The spectacle
was one of the most brilliant ever
witnessed in Pekin or anywhere in
the empire. For four miles troops
lined the streets, and the gay colors,
the brilliant banners and the trap
pings of the procession made pic
ture most eloquent in color.
AS the procession passed the for
egn quarters, the emperor and the
empress dowager saw the leading
foreign officials and bowed to them
while the trumpets blared all along
the line.
Thousands of people in rich cos
tune crowded the city and a grand
holiday is in progress.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 7.-One of the
most desperate robberies ever known
in this section took place during the
night at the stock yards in East st.
Louis. The robbers got away with
over five thousand dollars in gold
coin, and up to noon today no clue
or trace of the men had been discov-
cred.
Six masked men entered the bank
about Z o'clock last night. overpow-
cred the watchman, bound and gagged
him and then proceeded to work on
the safe. 1t took nine hours, from
nine last night till four o'clock this
morning to reach the treasure.
The robbers took all the gold, In
the neighborhood of 5000. and o
bundle of bank notes. None of the
banks securities were taken. The
detective forces of both cities are at
work on the case.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 7.-Admiral
Schley's visit to the president yester
day was productive of good results
as he secured from the chief execu
tive promise to entertain and con
slider an appeal that the Admiral de
sired to present adverse to the find
ings of the court of inquiry. Upor