Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-03-20

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Headquarters at Denver; General
kobbe. department OF the Dakotas,
headquarters at st. Paul.
LINCOLN. Neb, March 19.-Wil-
liam J. Bryan celebrated his forty
second birthday today by donning a
pair of overalls and personally super
intending the removal of his house
hold effects to n barn on his country
place, where he will reside until his
twenty-room mansion is completed
WASHINGTON, d. c., March 10
The North Atlantic squadron arrived
this morning OFF the coast of Trinidad
and will probably remain there sever
al days to be in easy reach should its
presence be demanded off the 18th.
mus of Panama
MANILA. March 19.-General Cue
varra, who succeeded General Lub-
kan as commander of the rebels in the
island of Samar. has agreed to sur
render his entire force, all arms and
ammunition to the Americans. Gen
eral Smith has agreed to an armistice
to facilitate the surrender.
General Smith wires the surrender
will involve 400 rihemen. General
Chaffee thinks this will end rebellion
in Samar
. WASHINGTON. d. c., March 10
Harry Garfield, son of the martyred
president, today declined the vacancy
on the civil service commission of
fered by President Roosevelt. 1t is
now understood the place will be of.
fered James Garfield, his younger
brother
MILWAUKEE. March 19-Dr. NJ.
j. Rodermund of Appleton, who a
year ago was arrested here and sent
to the isolation hospital after having
exposed himself to smallpox in Apple
ton, has returned here. He says he
is in the city to teach people that no
disease is contagious. He will hold
classes evenings in different halls.
He says his pupils" will be of all
ages. and he hopes to start them on
what he believes Is the right way of
thinging. that no disease can be
caught by one human being from an
other. He says he has made dis
coveries of natural laws which have
eluded all other scientists, and when
once understood by the public will be
of more benefit to humanity than all
other discoveries.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., March l9.-
General Otis today resumed his testi
mony before the senate committee on
the Philippines. He was subjected to
severe questioning by Democrats, and
he explained to them by the use of
maps of the city of Manila that in or
dering the Filipinos to withdraw be
yond certain limits. he did not assume
possession of any territory beyond
that expressly turned over to the
American forces by the protocol with
Spain.
BERLIN, March ia Moscow dis
patch says that twenty Russian Off
GERS have been imprisoned for refus-
ing to transmit orders to shootdown
workmen and students If they should
repeat anti-government agitations.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., March 10
In the senate today Senator West of
Missouri. presented resolution of
thanks for Rear Admiral Kempff for
meritorious conduct at Taku, China
LOUISVILLE, March 19.-One thou
sand bushels of corn by mail. That
is a shipment soon to be made in
which a Louisville citizen is interest
ed.
Last year the corn crop of Arkan-
sas was almost total failure. In
many sections not even NEST egg"
was left. Congressman from Arkan-
sas brought the matter to the atten-
ton of the Agricultural Department
at Washington, which has decided to
come to the relief of the farmers of
that state. Yesterday the depart
ment placed an order for l 900 bush
els of corn with wholesale seed firm
of Richmond. Va.
The grain is all of the white var
iety and was grown in the James
River district of the Old Dominion.
1t will be made up in sacks OF one
bushed each and will be handled by
the regular postal clerks. The gov
ernment will frank every sack from
Richmond to the several points in Ar
kansas. An inspector from the Ag-
ricultural Department will go to Rich
mond to supervise the shipment.
This Is the first case on record OF so
much corn being sent by mail
CHICAGO, ILL.,, March 19-General
Sooy Smith has created considerable
interest among architects and build
ers of the city. as well as many of the
citizens, who work in the down town
district, by his remarkable statement
that many of the tall buildings gen
orally referred to as "skscrapers" are
In serious danger of collapsing in the
near future because of the corrosior
of the iron structures which form
their foundations. He declared at the
Real Estate Board banquet In the
Palmer House that many of the build
ings in Chicago were imperfectly con
structed and that those structures
which were not protected with con
crete would begin to be eaten ava,
after the lapse of three years.
Yesterday the famous engineer gave
more freely OF his views on this sub
ject. and in discussing it from thu
a