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Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-07-07

Durango people are Interested In
the protection OF the forests In La
Plata county and nciEhborins sec
tiuns IN more than one way The
need of the timber Tor future use is
NOT all the many beautiful camping
places alons the mountain streams.
shaded by the walls Of canouE. when
burned over. viii cease to attract
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-07-07

Tn" government should make rigid
investigation OF the recent destructive
Are Ia the La Plata district to the end
that whoever is responsible may be
punished
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-07-07

The line waiting AZ the general dc
livery window In the Durango postof
nee IN made longer each succeeding
day by strangers drawn here by the
Interest WHICH a great gold mine In
the Ia Plata district has enlisted
throughout the world
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-07-07

will find IL necessary to pursue rigidly
/ plan OF economy In irrigation
throughout the city. Durango just al
this time IS not we'll prepared for en-
gsging 10 large expenditures TO meet
the requirements for more water.
The Herald IL enjoying an rhnpre-
c.dented rush OF work. This con
nected with the fact that only nve
connected with the paper are almost
sick abed with bad colds and other
wise knocked out, still compelled 10
toll. makes II little uphill In get
ting out paper and attending to 9th
er work.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-07-07

y T. Newman ~ Denver the piano
nHpufprirtcr with Charles F!eck OF
The intcrorrnu hotci has secured the
lirk, Boy Catherine AMI lack Pot
mining claims ut orc Fino. west OF
ih" Neglected and after thoroughly
prospecting the ground win proceed
to development
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-07-07

Tn" conditions we're never moro IN.
rorahlo In Durango FOR building Fail
ufc to mud houves To live IN is driving
many people away and 10 keeping
the families Of many mining men from
coming NJ all Durango IL extremely
unfortunate At this time In not having
two or three hundred cottages under
construction
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-07-07

The Eifs played n prank on tho nr"
department last night turning In an
alnrm 90 set the ore wagon 10 sore.
nate th" widely known operator.
Janice I Doyle Several local opera
tors were I'm ~ The hniah
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-07-07

G. 4 Boyd of Aztec received tcle
grnm YcIetday Announcing the lllncnr
Of bis father which ir expected 10 rc
snli fatally Mr Boyd arrived In tho
ri,y Yesterday evening rud departed
this morning FOR Princeton, M
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-07-07

James J Doyle. who has the large
mining holdings AT East Mancos, ar
rived from Denver yesterday evening
and proceeded 10 Mancos this morning
where he IL getting ready for a season
of active work The mining fraternity
generally Will be interested In Mr..
DnyIe's operations AT Mnncos Not
many are familiar with the character
aud magnitude OF the East Mancos
contacts bu, much has been said and
written ot them. and their develop.
mrnt this season will attract much
attention
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-07-07

The water question is big one In
Durango when u In determined by
the oil borlue company whether the
city ran get artcslnn water We may
know better what to do
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-07-07

The Herald had become 80 accus.
toned to writing. saying aud thinking
nf the hrm of Campbell a lockwood
for ycars, that yesterday in mention
INK thc splendid volume of business
transacted boy lockwood & Perkins
wrot" and printed again the name of
the old nrm. which was succeeded
some time ngo b, the now nrm
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-07-07

The oil well is going down again
this morning. the drilling stem having
been recovered yesterday Several
delays have been caused in one way
or another, but the enterprise has lost
no time unnecessarily.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-07-07

Matt schscrcr will now mauufac-
ture ties on the homestead of Ernest
Schwoitellc where he will have n
better chance to make his escape In
the event of Are
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-07-07


The government has suffered greatly
through the carolcssness of people to
whom II has been most generous.
From Saturdays Daily
Keeping Durango clean without
sewage. must employ vigilance.
Several hundred dollars were burn.
ID yesterday IN Durango Just like Are
crackers.
The city council next Monday even
Ing takes IN the matter OF pumping
capacity Of the city's water works
The way they mined in Saguncho
aud the kinds Of rock they had In
Waukarusa viii cut no ngurc in the
La Plaias
Such entertainments as that given
hy Miss Gray. employing the little
tots Of Durango should meet liberal
encouragement
The government should make rigid
Investigation OF the recent destructive
Are IN the la Plata district. to the end
that whoever is responsible may he
punished
Matt Schacfrer will now manufac.
turr ties on the homestead of Ernest
Schwoitellc where he will have
better chance to make his escape In
the event of hre
In the early days OF Colorado the
claim Jumper thought he was doing
well enough to get away with his skin.
The la Plata district should not toll
crate the iGmper or schcmer OF frauds
" fuel must be used to treat the
low grade ores OF the La Plata dis.
tHct no other district is favored with
cheaper or better coal SO what may
RI FIRST appear TO be difficulty. may
be readily overcome.
The oil well is going down again
this morning the drilling stem having
been recovered yesterday Several
delays have been caused in one way
or another, but the enterprise has lost
no time unnecessarily
Since burning out the forests In
Cripple Creek In the earlier days was
practieed for the purpose OF making
II easier for the prospector to carry
out his Investigations. the friends OF
the La Plata district should be on the
ul.r, as .,,,h ..l,,,g,.t ,.,...t... -.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-07-07

The Southern was delayed little
this morning taking on refreshments
consigned to Dolores.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-07-07

In the early days OF Colorado the
claim Jumper thought he was doing
Wcn enough TO get away with his skin
The la Plata district should not toll
crate the iGmper or schcmer OF frauds
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-07-07

= Sessions. who has retired from
business NJ Silverton. was visitor
In Durango yesterday II" departed
for Denver and eastern points this
morning
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-07-07

ed II to be resumed.
The sultan gave as a pretext that
he was afraid this road might inter
fere with the success and prosperity of
one he is building to Mecca. He
seems to have an idea that two rail-
ways would damage each other if built
in the same country. although they do
not compete in any way or even run
in the same direction. The road from
Damascus to Mecca is his pet project
He regards it as an important relig-
ious undertaking for the purpose of
promoting pilgrimages to the shrine
very little prospect that 1t will be
completed in his lifetime, he looks
upon every other railway enterprise
proposed in Turkey as an obstacle
to its success, no matter where II is
located. Under very strong pressure
from the German and French ambas.
sadors he has recently granted "a con
cession for a railway to Bagdad to
Count Whales, Frenchman who con
tols the line between Damascus and
Beirut. He was even afraid that this
road would interfere with his Mecca
project which he has undertaken him
self against advice from men of ex-
perience. If he would grant a con
cession to some Englishman. French.
man or German. the Mecca road might
be built, but his fanaticism will not al.
low any intidel to be connected with
the project
The British Ambassador at Constan-
tinopie has taken up the matter of the
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-07-07

rrom Thursdays Daily
Harry g. Turner went nut TO TeIlm.
ride this morning and said 1t was no
Dudys business
The Southern was delayed little
this morning taking on refreshments
consigned to Dolores
Don't forget the time Of leaving for
rho special train to silvcrton tomOr-
row morning II will be s.t5
T. Lissner Of Boston who has min
ing investments in the Needles mount.
aims. arrived yesterday morning
Antoine pepre is down from La Pis
Ia where he has been doing develop
mcut on the Last Chance mining
claim.
3 Sessions. who has retired from
business NJ Siiverton. was visitor
in Durango yesterday II" departed
for Denver and eastern points this
morning
Attorney Charles A Johnson, one Of
the speakers Of the day At the Dolores
celebration of the Fourth was among
the Durango people who took the
southern this morning
Scott Ashton. the wen known law
yer of Victor attorney for Jamea
J Doyle spent the night In Durango
and departed for Mancos In company
with Mr. Doyle this morning
W r. Mason. the farmer and miner.
went to Telluride this morning TO take
part IN the trap shooting The boys
over there viii remember the tall
man from Durango with the giin
sheriff Joe Smith took his fbeuma.
tism home with him this morning go
inK 10 lEnAfin Joe CLARK went out
aud they we're talking about trading
crntohrs when the train pulled out.
Eleven nnmbers Of tho Independent
band went to Dolores this morning 10
furnish band music for the celebration
during the day AMI orchestra for the
ball IN the evening Prof Simpsins
and wife accompanied tho party
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-07-07

II fuel must be used to treat the
low grade ores or the La Plata dis.
trict no other district is favored with
cheaper or better coal SO what may
ri FIRST appear TO be difficulty. may
be readily overcome
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-07-07

Don't forge, the time Of leaving for
tho special train to Silvcrton tomOr'
row morning II will be s.s5.
New-York tribune., 1902-04-06
SUES FOR AUNTS ESTATE.
NEPHEW OF JULIA E BRICK SAYS SHE
ADOPTED HIM AND HIS SISTER

Tho will of Julia f.. Brick. who died IN bIooh
lyn in February. was admitted TO protd'e ."
THURSDAY and yesterday papers were iieu ~
Henderson Benedict, nephew OF the te''at''
and d beneficiary under the WILL in an a1''
against the estate for the specific performance
~ on apreenent of adoption entered into ny
Josenh K Brick and Julia E Brick. by whieh
the plaintiff and his sister. Lydia Benedlct were
adont.d The agreement of adoption. Mr. Bene-
dict alleges. made in lSo9. AT the 'i'iie
Joseph X Brick lived at Lafayette and Clinton
aves He alleges undue influence on the part
of tho representatives, of the executor. ana says
he is entitled 10 one-half of the estate Inc oe-
fondan-s in the action against the estate are
tho Long Island Loan and Trust Company
executor. the American Missionary Society. the
BROOKLYN City Hospital. the Childrens Aiu
Society and other charitable institutions named
in the will
The testator bequeaths 10 her niece Lynia
BENEDICT all her jewelry. works OF art DOORS
and furniture and S20Orr: to her half brother'
Herman Rump of Howell. Mich, $3.So: TO her
brother Erastus \. Brewster, OF SloanNliie, "
Y S14 ONO 10 her nephew. Henderson Benedict
81 900: all her property in Ocean county y -
TO the Brooklyn City Hospital; to the brookIyh
Children's Aid Society, S9.bS; 10 the hdliii
Family Asvlum 5000: $1,000 each to the Amer
iCan Bible Society. the Society Tor the alu VI
Friendless Women and Children ana 'ne " bIoGN n
ivn Industrial School Association and Hone TOT
1netitnta ChiIdren She leaves $4,000 in trust
with the Long Island Loan and Trust company
,,itb 6ir.ctions 10 nav the income Lydia Bene-
dict and al her death. to pay the prlhClpdi
To the American Missionary Society Ihe ex-
ecutor is directed To sell the remainder on the
estate and 10 pav rhe proceeds to the American
Missionary Society, TO be applied at the dscre-
tion of the executive committee for the heneht
Of the Joseph X Brick Agricultural industriat
and Normal School. near Enfield, Edsecombe
County N c. The will was executed on octo-
her T. 1897. and the testator died on Feoruary
81 last.
New-York tribune., 1902-04-06
THE PRIsOyER-s POINT OF VIEW

Not every city magistrate is the ncarha'i % a.
it,. o, the contrary many of them sniie IA
their sleeves more than once in the course oi 60
They welcome an opportunity to inject a ool ~
,rto the sometimes dull atmosphere of the eoU''
- .hs rsil
"a s,ood before the Judge an involuntary eahui
date for judicial castigaton. The policeman az -, -
side-he was new the force-spoke up proiNp1'
He said ,i-,b a
Drunk yer honor-caught him trylh 70 ~ h,r,
most on the nvated railroad | had 10 stroA0 ~
a bit wild me stick Iva
Prisoner" said the judge sorrowfuhS' -,
drunk wretchedly drunk and for the tniru 'i'''
this month. TO my knowledge .4S vol'd
Yer honor" replied the unlucky man - -
only look at mel say-if you'd only exc sir'r
imagination half a second you q see ~
drunk. ..S wanted
MY friend said the magistrate ~ l rink I
Wouid have to excise my Imagination. Three oas'
NeXt!'
New-York tribune., 1902-04-06
pOTyTFrHNJC PREPARATORY NOTES.

The class day exercises Of the senior ciaSS VIII
o,,,r m the evening OF Thursday. June =. ana lor
,basa axercises the class elected the following
representatves Presiding officer. Albert ho"deh
King nresideut of the class; salutatoria ROBERT
Rurns class orator. Arthur Russell Richards' Grass
noe, Iohn Stetson Mathews, jr.; class historian
Graham Townsend; class prophet. Louis otto bers
and presentation orator, sutherland Miller ne
committee on arrangements is as tollo"s john
tIampden Dougherty. jr. Daniel Wilmot "atesoh'
p.ryen Woolscv Glover. Morris Walgrove Henry
Lawrence Cameron Hull. jr.. William Brace Pratt
Oscar Ruckert Harry Tucker Speiman Albert
Horace Tag Henry Augustus Walton and Donald
Davol Williams BY the unanimous vote OF the
teaching corps Albert Rowden King has been
chosen valedictorian of the class. His speech Will
form part of the gradua ting exercises, Wh!ch occur
on the evening of Friday. June :.
The registered attendance in the library Tor
March was Gil an average Of 35.61 readers daily
The first baseball game of the season occurred on
Saturday morning at Flushing, Long Island, when
the school team the team of the Flushing High
School 1t is now expected that the schooi VIII
send representatives for the following athietlc
Games. New-York University preparatory School
d. meet AprI 10: Berkeley School games. Satur-
day, Anril if. dual games with the Boys Htgh
school Friday. May Q. and dual games with Adel-
NH Academy. Friday afternoon. May =" , ,
German occurred at the school on Saturday.
The chief interest In the school life last week
centred in reviews and examinations, with
which the third quarter of the school closed.
New-York tribune., 1902-04-06
CHARGED WITH OLD SUINDLE.
FORMER CONDUCTOR OF BROOKLYN RAPID
TRANSIT ARRESTED-TWEN ENTY-FINE
OTHERS DISCHARGED.

As result of investigation by detectives II
the employ of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit COM
panv twenty-five conductors were discharSed EeS
terdav and a former conductor. Charles Colo was
arrested on A charge OF practising an old swindle-
Gold was formerly employed on the Myrte-d'0-
surface line and discharged about eiSh'ee"
months ago For nearly year the officials OF .He
company have suspected that transfers were oelH.
exchanged between the conductors OF ihteIse''
lines through the agency of a go between -
Detective VachriS. of the Brooklyn Central VI
6ce shadowed Gold yesterday. riding with him on
a 'Nostrand-ave. car from the Broadway FERRIES -
the transfer station at Myrtle-ave- Here II 70 O.
legged Gold was caught passing batch OF trdnSIe tr5
.t,.a,z it, rho corJuctor's pocket When arrested
Cold said he thirty-one years oilf dlL- .. rsra
at No. 234 Johnson-ave. Fitty transfer ''-
found In bis pockets
New-York tribune., 1902-04-06
MANY UEUBERS ADDED.
BROOKLYN DEMOCRACY HOLDS SPECIAL
ENROLMENT

The Brooklyn Democracy. of which ex-senator
Michael ]. Coney is the leading spirit he'd spe-
ciaI enrolment Thursday and Friday nights. at
which it is timated that thrty-seven hundred
Democrats added 70 the organization Inc
organization had a previous membership or twenty
thousand The special enrolment was for the BEN
eft of men like Controller Grout. j. Warren Greene
\. H. Eastmond ex-preSident OF the BROOKLYN
Democratic Club and Di X :. Ramsay, Who'
while they supported the fusion ticket as lndepen-
dent Democrats were not identified with the BrooK-
lyn Democracy. -
II is proposed TO build a strong organization 20
oppose the machine Democrats in Kings county.
Primaries will be held and delegates elected 10 to
county committee the basis OF one from edcn
election district The organization proposes 10 nave
a column of it's on the ballot next fall. ana %
nominate candidates in opposition TO the nidcnlls.
Controller Cirout Borough President SNaIlstroll.
Public Works Commissioner Redfeld and Otto
Kempner have promised To lend their ala 70
strengthening the organization
New-York tribune., 1902-04-06
TO BRE4h GROUND FOR CHt NJ H.
SPECIAL SERVICE FOR BOROUGH PARK
INSTITUTION

Ground will be broken this afternoon for the new
home Of the Edgewood Reformed Church. OF Bor-
oueh Park II the weather permits. the service
will he held the site of the proposed new church
at Fifty-third-st and Fourteenth-ave.; otherwise
they will be in Edgewood Chapel. adjoining the
grounds An address will be made by the Rev DR.
James NJ Farrar. pastor of the First Reformed
Church. and there will he musical programme
consisting of tenor solo by Benjamin NJ. Chase
and hymns by the EdgewoOd choir and the Edge
wood Sunday school.
The building will be OF white Connecticut
marble and will cost. when finished. 10000 II will
be ~ feet wide and 90 feet long. with a seating
capacity of five hundred. The Sunday school will
be below the main room The architect is A r.
jennings. of No. Al Wall-st.. Manhattan. The Rev.
William Ten EyCk is pastor of the church.
New-York tribune., 1902-04-06
TWO TICKETS FOR AURORA GR1TA CLUB.

DIRECTION TO REGULAR NOMINEES FOR BOARD
DIRECTORS.
At the annual election of officers of the Aurora
Grata Club of Brooklyn Wednesday there
will be tickets in the field for the time
since the organization One Will be called the indie
penden; ticket. and has the Endorsement of many
of the active mefnbers. Those who oppose the
regular ticket desrous of furnishing a more
liberal management than has heretofore been en-
joyed. The club has been EXTREMITY prosperous in
the last year, more than two hundred new members
having been added to the rolls, placing the or
ganZation sound financial footing.
The opposition is directed only against the board
of directors. and the other nominations remain as
the ticket originally made up The leaders of
the opposition. who have sent out circulars inclos
ing their ticket. DR.. w. Van Deusen. H. Black
man and r. G.. Stewart. who present the names OF
Ward Phillips. Charles g. Cushman and Albert ID.
McMun in place of j. A. Watt Edward Peltus
and E W. Van Vranken
New-York tribune., 1902-04-06
SMOKER OF B4CHELORS' CHR

The Single Ten Bachelors Club held its fort
nightly smoker and supper last evening at the
house of Thomas c. Gurnee in Tompkins-ave The
object of the club. It's name indicates is to keep
the members from getting married Immediate ex-
pulson is the punishment for offender. Clarence
Parr is president and secretary of the organiza-
ton. The members Irish
Thomas Tobin. John Goodng. j.. Floyd Davis.
Gurnee. John Collier and Harry Lewis Whiting
New-York tribune., 1902-04-06
TD TALK on NJ NIfIP4L AFFAIRS

An evening meeting of the Urban Club will be
held at the home of Mrs. Walter NJ Meseroe, No.
osS Hancock-st on next Friday. at p. m. talk
on municipal affairs will he given by Nelson P
Lewis lust appointed engineer of the Board of
Estimate by Mayor Low. musical by the fol-
lowing has been arranged Miss NJ Louise Mundell
cortralto: Miss Helen McManus soprano: Otto
Richardson solo pianist. and Mrs. William Baugh-
err accompanist. Mrs. w. NJ. Meserole and Mrs
G.. II. Her will act hostesses.
The next afternoon meeting will be held on April
Ii instead April 10, previously noticed at No
"a Second Place with Mrs. j. j. Schoonhoven and
Mrs. Brown hosteSses.
New-York tribune., 1902-04-06
GOOD REASON WHY.

From The Chicago Record Herald.
But don't you think said Mrs. Oldcastle. as
she being conducted through the magnificent
picture gallery of her neighbors. that this
artist Is rather weak In his atmosphere
Well replied Mrs Meatsnlard II wouldn't be
at all sprised If he was. I went with my HUSBAND
when he bought the paintin'. and of all the smoky
stuffy places ever seen that artists studio was
the worst. Such atmosphere would be enough
to make any body kind of weak
New-York tribune., 1902-04-06
C4LTE'S FAREWELL PERFORMANCE.

The sale OF for the farewell performance
of Calve in Carmen at the Brooklyn Academy
of Music Tuesday night April %, will begin
tomorrow morning at Chambers. No. 459 Fulton
st. Oscar j. Murray. manager, will present Nine
Calva in her favorite role supported by Maurice
Grau's Metropolitan Opera Company and large
chorus and orchestra. together with the special
scenery and effects used in the Metropolitan Opera
House production.
New-York tribune., 1902-04-06

samuel SCovile, Jr. or TuI'ft Manhattan: James
wen anu - ~ New Britain. onn;;;; ro orbev
EEIi,cbeu Of Columbus. ONO aiI ~ Hnrough \
Mi5'rSri rr,n;;.ht F{rlev Collin, OF ms utS
and i,"igmo ,"iigiioed n al the home of the brloe'
-, interest on Monday night III ~
y p4f-d section was that OF MISS - , 80
uPI,' - Harry Conselyea Brown "f''I -,
ha'fe' -. Of the brides parents No -"
pIaee az .rbo ceremony vas performed 'S - -
Macon Kent pastor Of the Lewis < <Ne"I
keF- f'""Ii, ,-burch The bride wore so"r %
1' t,,or,v satin and carried white pf'"e -
>,;ss sshina Bather. sister OF s we're Miss Rita
Ia - honor and the brideSihalu S,S,sy p Lewis
lilI M "a Miss Myrtle Philips chile the
Riich anu ~" hridccroom as best man ~,
attrndea 80 -. II r. Biacky and b w buH'7''
o. ,,ooaa,. evening Mrs. Charles Ma" =
- ~ NJ ,oi Putnam-ave-. gave he' i'' - 80
.t., Tho Misses Dreire, OF MohtaSu' -,
- - nroak kfast on Thursday between ! 49,
e,,L Mrs william Euclid Young j. , anu 49,
o orlo,h ,,.s+,,La have issued cards for reSeP'',
-, saturday afternoon and evening "' - ~,
AID have announced the first and tniru ~ EiS.t e.
ilect' ~ Mrs Frank II Platt. OF ~ - -,
GAYS IN -T TIsco viii give at home IN h",oi The he
Iar daughter Miss Estclle cooper .inrk "
afternoon April IS. from u'''ii
,,.o ,,os, 7 enten wedding of interest was 'hd'
- MIC Iessie Milne. daughter OF MIS-. man
,, , C.orvarneur f. Smith. son OF Albert NJ
-, .h,cb took place "Wednesday AZ 81
80. ,,h,,r,b The ceremony was performed pS
,be Rev F Walpole Warren, pastor OF ''' I'm,
,,,.,b Manhattan assisted by the KEY; 's0, sy,5e
r breed rector of ST. John s MISS 49, ~ I'D
was her sisters only atteudasnl: was his host
n sio 1-hs ush.Ls were J. Lloyd Prince; fierrr H.
Ram: PsIsors Russell r starr and William r. sattier
New-York tribune., 1902-04-06

Young. Harold Hill Blossom and Edward G.
Longman have charge OF the performance
New-York tribune., 1902-04-06

Memorial Hall taxed to its limit on Tuesday
evening the annual evening concert Of the Brook
Ign Amateur Musical Club The stage was deco
rated with na Inns and Southern smiiaX. Under
the leadership of Harry Rove Shelley the club sang
a number of operate selections. The soloists were
Franz WilcZek and Ericsson f Bushnell Follow
ing the musical there a reception in the tea
rOoIn. the ground floor.
New-York tribune., 1902-04-06
ABRAHAM AND STRAUS
The Mattings and Summer Rugs
These Are Opening Days.
Underpriced.

China India and American genius
Ruqs that making such stir in the Carpet store
never before such broad and splendid chance at the
productions of and the Orient for
New-York tribune., 1902-04-06
The American Made KaIea Art Rugs.

All wool surface, Brussels weave ana re-
versibIe: Rug that has become very popu-
ar on account of its merits. 1t is cool cream
and very servicea bic. and just the Rug for
\ Summer cottage. A splendid variety OF
sizes to choose firm. All cotton Rugs in inll-
-ation of these are sold for ten per cent.