Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-12-22

I III THIN VI. bTlSLOi, puSiOI tue
/ church. oiiiclated and opened the cere
mony by reading from the Scriptures
as he walked down the aisle. followed
by the honorary pall-bearers, consist
ing OF senators. the speaker of the
| house and others. The pall-bearers
were seated just back of the stricken
| family. The casket was covered and
the pulpit was banked with floral
tributes, The choir sang Lead.
Kindly Light" after which DR.. Bris-
tol offered prayer. Following this the
choir sang Nearer, My God. to Thee"
and the service was closed The fam
lily then left for New York
LONDON. Dec. 20.-Formal an
nouncement OF blockade of the Ven
ezuelan coast was made this morning,
in supplement to the Official Ga
zette, which says:
1T is hereby notified that as the
United States and Venezuela has fail
ed to comply with the demands of his
majestys government, a blockade by
his majesty's naval forces of the
ports of La Guayra, Carencio, Cuanto.
Cumana and the mouth of the Orinoco
is har"hv daS-lnrrd suoh hiorkada tn
be effectively maintained froTl and af-
ter December goth subject to allow
ance of days OF grace sailing before
date of notification"
The days of grace as applying to
the various ports are then designated,
and the proclamation continues:
Vessels which attempt to violate
ha la nil
liable to all measures authorized by
the laws of nations and respective
treaties with the different neutral
powers"
There is small hope of arbitration
in well informed circles here.
CARACAS, Dec. 20.-Much bitter
ness prevails here against the Ger
mans who, it is said. have been very
harsh in carrying out their war
measures An instance is given of
the capture of the Venezuelan schoon-
er Victoria. by the German cruiser
Faulke. The captain was given ten
minutes to leave his ship heavy
sea was running at the time. and the
small boat in which the Venezuela
sailors embarked was swamped and
two of them drowned The vessel
was turned adrift and wrecked.
CHICAGO, Ill, Dec. 20.-That the
movement to confer upon women who
pay taxes the right to vote for tax of
ficias and upon tax matters is win
ming public support is strikingly
shown by the tenor of communica-
tions recently received by the Illinois
Equal Suffrage association from more
than score of the mayors of leading
cities of Illinois. These officials, who
sppssctve comm "ccoom9mnunitlees" itle"" and m wbosa ,1
views may therefore fairly be consid-
cred as significant of the general sen
timent in the state, are unanimous in
their Endorsement of the bill to ba
presented to the legislature at the
coming session embodying the pro
posed reform. Not a few of the may
ors aslo go even further and express
the conviction that women are justly
entitled to the unrestricted right to
vote ON all public questions. 1t is the
opinion of the officers of the Illinois
Equal Suffrage association that the
liberal views of the mayor on the suf-
frage question are due in no small
measure to the educational effect of
the volunteer work done by women's
civic organizations In promoting pub
lie improvements such as tree plant
Ing. school decoration, and increased
cleanliness in the various cities of the
state.
Ttars la
ing to be great roundup of the To-
cal anarchist colony tonight at a hall
in Harlem. where dance Is to be
given in aid OF the Herr Most fund.
Herr Most Is now serving a term in
the penitentiary for writing defama-
tory articles in his paper at the time
of the assassination of President Nc
Kinley. Though at one time fairly
well off much of his wealth has been
wiped away by the efforts he has
made to keep out OF the clutches of
the law. II is the purpose of his fol
lowers to raise fund of $1,000 to
present to him on his release from
prison several months hence.
WASHINGTON. ID. c.. Dec. 90
Congress will adjourn today not to
meet again till January 5th In both
houses business principally devoted
to the bill covering the expenses of
the coal strike commission. In the
senate so far matters have progressed
with dignfied slowness. Three i'm
portant measures. the statehood, emf
grafton and military bills have been
discussed but received no final action.
Each will occasion much debate after
congress reconyenes. The trust ques-
tion has not yet been touched by the
senate for the Philippines tariff, cur
rency bills, eight hour bill and appro-
priation bill
The Cuban and other reciprocity
treaties. Pan-American and large
number of executive bills are also
pending. insuring plenty Of work for
the senate next year
The house has already been busy.
having passed the Philippine tariff,
pure food, cattle disease, tea import
ers', urgincy deficiency and other
bills. and Also appropriating half a
million dollars for trust prosecution.
NEW YORK, Dec. 20.-A runaway
section OF an Illinois Central freight