Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-02-13

American cities naunsd In his timer
ary and will have tAe yacht Emperol
William christened BY some othe,
lady, and carry out the program 4,
far ~ II possible
BOULDER, Colo. Feb. IA trair
load of prominent capitalists arrived
here this afternoon as guests OF the
Colorado & Southern railroad, the
purpose being to inspect the oil fields
of Boulder. said to eclipse In value
and extent those Of Beaumont. Texas
This is the first ofiicial recognition
of the value of petroleum in Colorado
fields.
PARIS. Feb. 12.--Mlle. Geanne de
Villeheuve has been appointed secre.
tary to the French consulate in New
York. Mile. villeheuve. who belongs
to an old family. has been govern
ment clerk for nine years. Her ap-
pointment. which was made by the
| foreign minister. NJ Delcasse, marks a
new departure, as 1t is believed to
| be the first time woman has been
appointed to post In the diplomatic
service.
KANSAS CITY, Feb. 12.-Iudge
Teasdale this morning granted an in.
junction to Frank James. and Mrs.
Zeralda Samuels. mother of the
James boys. against the proprietors
of the melodrama, 'sThe James Boys
in Missouri" forhldding further pre-.
sentations OF the play, provided the
plaintiffs file four thousand dollar
indemnity bond.
SEATTLE. Feb. 12.-All hope
has been given up now concerning
the British cruiser Condor. The
Egeria has return from her long
search in quest Of the missing ves-
sci and found considerable wreckage.
evidently belonging to the lost fight
er. The Egeria brought back a life
boat which belonged to the Condor
and which was found in the course of
the great typhoon in which the YES
sci probably foundered.
l. LONDON. Feb. 12.-Any young
woman of means who wishes to buy
a title can do so now for moderate
outlay. At least that Is the tenor of
letter received by prominent
firm Of solicitors and published in
one Of the Londen newspapers. A
very old title is offered to any lady
prepared to marry the present incum-
bent and to pay him R25,000 for the
privilege Of keeping mp her rank at
her own expense After marriage. Age
and looks are fmmaterial. No d.
vorcees need app1y, and characte,
must be irreproAehAble. One paper
says the offer seems to come from
a marquis, &snea, remarks that a
lookout might be kept during corona.
tion week for marchioness whusc
looks and age are immaterial
UTICA, N. Y, Feb. 12.-The Maen-
nerchor building burned this morning.
The front wall fell, killing Lieutenant
Biern, and injuring three firemen.
The loss will be twenty-five Thousand
dollars.
LONDON, Feb. 12.-Alice Nelson,
who left the comic opera stage for the
concert platform and ultimately grand
opera, made her appearance last
night at Queens hall, and scored an
unqualified success singing heavy
heavy numbers from Elijah and other
oratorios.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, Feb. 12.-Attor-
neys for the Northern Pacific Railway
company today replied to the suit Of
William Boulder and Sophia Chapman,
stockholders In the Northern Pacific
who began suit to prevent the North
ern Security company from absorb
ing two great competitive systems,
the Northern Pacific and Great North
ern. as being In violation of the laws
Of the state of Minnesota. Railroad
attorneys today deny the allegation,
saying there Is no merger. and that
the Northern Pacific runs as a separ-
ate institution. It has its own man.
agement and is not in combination
with the Northen Pacific or any 9TH
er railroad. While this is regarded as
a bubble, 1t is probably an actual
fact.
NEW YORK, Feb. 12.-John d.
Rockefeller. father and son, have
taken up the work of educating the
south. and have begun a movement
to that end on a scale larger than
ever attempted heretofore. The
Rockefellers will spend twenty nil-
lions in organizing educational insti-
tutions all through the south, and
when that is done they will turn to
the west.
William H. Baldwin will be placed
at the head OF the new movement.
and the southern educational confer
ence will have charge OF the expendi-
ture of millions, which will probably
ultimately reach fifty million dollars.
GROTON, Mass. Feb. IL
Somewhat decided improvement. to.
day IL noted In the condition OF Theo.
dore Roosevelt. Jr.. though grave dan
ger yet exists. Secretary Cortelyou
this morning said that incipient pleur-
isy had developed In the right lung
but temperature and respiration Of pa
tient was more favorable than yester-
day. The crisis In the left lung had
passed favorably, but the crisis In the
right lung wag vet to he met Tha