Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-08-28

ho' tne congress at a cost OF q quarter
oil million dollars. Mrs. Generya
Miller of st. Louis. Mrs. Lorraine Pit
KIN OF Chicago. and Miss West of De-
trolt, now here, are movers In this en-
terprise. which they expect the women
OF the various orders to carry out
'hey expect also to raise $4,000 this
week. me most interesting figure of
the congress today is Dr. Oron Hyatek
ma, 1all-blooded Indian from Canada
ana Supreme Chief Ranger of the For.
esters He is genuine Mohawk
graduate OF Toronto university, and Is
rlch man and loyal subject to King
| EDWARD. He is an inveterate traveller
ana spends much money in advancing
the interests of the Foresters. He
thlhks that every man and women in
| the United States ought to belong to a
| fraternity of some kind, and that they
| should all be represented at an annual
| congress which would be the most
powerful body in the world. He re-
Safds the present congress as the most
powerful gathering In the United
States.
BOSTON, Mass. Aug 26.-The pres
ident was up bright and early this
| morning and boarded a special train
'or Maine after breakfast. The pro-
gram today includes stops at Lowell.
Lawrence, Hayerhill. Old Orchard
Lewiston and Augusta. He is expect
ed TO make short speeches at all these
places
HANERHlLL, Mass, Aug. 2G.Presi.
lent Roosevelt addressed a large audi
ance here today. Being the home OF
Secretary Moody, he discussed the
| navy. He said
Whenever we touch on the navy
we are just as sure of hearty re-
iponse in the mountains and on the
great plains of the west and uplapds
rs on the Pacific coast. An efficient
navy of adequate size. is not only the
oeSt guarantee of peace. but also
means that If war does come that the
result will be honorable to our good
name and favorable to our national
interests. In battle the only shots
That count are those that hit. The
naVys efficiency depends upon It's pre-
paredness for war. The nation has no
rlght to undertake big tasks unless
prepared to do so in n mastery and
effective style. Good work of building
up the navy must continue without
ceasing"
NEW YORK, Aug. 26.-The sp.
preme court through Justice Springer
mas decided that gross extravaganza
and forgery committed by wife to
raise money for clothes does not CON
'titute cause of action for divorce
!, The Judge says: The nusprnd takes
| his wife for better or worse. and he
'ause she does not confine her expendi
| lures to his notions of economy, is not
ground for casting her from him."
LONDON, Aug. GA Brussels ca
BILE to the Telegraph today says that
the result OF the conference between
President Kruger and the Boer gener-
ais was that Dom Paul resigned the
leadership of the Boer people and
General Botha was elected in his
place.
CRIPPLE CREEK, Aug. 26.-one
man was killed and another fatally
| wounded in the Elkton mine this morn
| Ing. Charles Sullivan, aged 22. and
@. W. Baugh. aged 25. were bringing
| up steel from lower level. when the
| cage overturned and the men fell. Sui
| ivan was killed. and Baug had some
bones broken and one leg amputated.
| and viii probably not recover.
CHICAGO, Ill. Aug. 26.-Herbert
I'm Co. brokers. went into the
hands of receiver today. The la
billtles are about two hundred thous-
and dollars.
|
DENVER. Colo, Aug. 26.-A baby
boy named Frank Mccormick. four
wears old, got hold OF gun this morn
ing, and pulling the trigger shot and
killed Jimmie Walsh. aged nine years.
| The child had never seen a gun be-
lore, and does not understand the
tragedy that has occurred.
NEW YORK. Aug. 26.--AIl the en-
tries in the Futurity stakes were com
| pleted today. The race will be run
Saturday, there being thirty starters.
The purse will amount to over sixty
thousand dollars. the largest in the
racing history. Forty-iive thousand
dollars goes to the winner, and the
remainder Will be divided between sec
ond and third places
| ROSSLAND. B. C., Aug. 2G.-Fifteen
business houses and thirty dwellings
were swept away by fire Monday
Loss Will amount to a quarter OF mil
lion dollars.
| FARMINGTON. N. NJ, Aug. 2G.-
The sun Is out today and this section
Is viewing damage caused by the over.
How, which while not extensive. will
figure up several hundred dollars.
Abort sixty feet of the Pennington
ditch below town is washed out and
roads are more or less damaged in
places. At Flora Vista the damage
Will be quite an item, the school house
being almost a total loss. II contin-
ned to rain until last evening The
ground has been well soaked and Will
be of great benefit to pasture lands
and winter ranges.
BOISE Ida. Aug. 2G.-The west
bound Northern Pacific passenger was
held up at midnight near Sand Point.
The bandits forced the engineer to
take five of them and the baggage
car up the road. After trying unsuc-
cessfully for fifteen minutes to dyna-
mite 1t. they decamped Two other
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