Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-06-19

feet nearly the entire country mater
italy and assist the anthracite min
ers. However. most OF the soft coal
miners are working under annual con
tracts. and a belief is expressed that
many will be unwilling to break them.
PRETORIA, S. A, June iS.-Lord
Kitchener has telegraphed Generals
Botha. Delarey and De Wet. Nov
that the surrender of arms by the
burghers is completed, | desire to
record my high appreciation of the un-
tagging energy and unfailing tact
with which you facilitated the work
can inform you that the manner in
which burghers come in greatly
pleased King Edward and impressed
the English people. who are heartily
anxious to welcome them as fellow
citizens. | feel confident that an era
of complete reconciliation has dawned
in South Africa
| DENVER. Colo, June 1S.-The
strike of the building workmen ended
today. Three thousand men have re-
turned to work and agreed to settle
all differences by arbitration.
| NASHVILLE. Tenn. June 1S.-Al-
bert d. Marks, one of the most promi-
nent attorneys in this city, shot and
killed himself today. The deed was
committed in one of the editorial
rooms in the American building The
bullet entered the back of his head
and death resulted in an hour No
cause is known for the act Mr..
| Marks was a son of the late Albert S,
Marks and a son-ln-law of General w
H, Jackson. the proprietor of the ia
nous Belle Meade stock farm. He
was about 56 years old
| PARIS. June 1S.-The National So
ciety of Friends of Art. under the
presidency of Paul Miller. and among
patrons of which are Baron Alphonse
de Rothschild. Victorien Sardou. Bon
nate. Bougereau. Detaille and Paul
Dubois. which each year chooses from
the salon one picture to be engraved
for reproduction to be offered for pub.
lie subscription. has just selected for
this purpose Chartran's portrait Of
| Mrs. Roosevelt. The execution of the
engraving has been intrusted to NJ.
Laguillerme, an artist whose works
are highly appreciated by connois-
seurs.
| GALESBURG. Ill. June 1S--Miss
Hannah Hall a patient of the Gales
burg sanitarium who came here from
Bradford for treatment. hanged her
self In her room this afternoon Fear
ing she might injure herself the at
tendants had removed everything
available. While they were absent a
few minutes Miss Hall had wrapped
her garter around her neck. fastened
one end to the bedstead. and threw
herself down full length so forcibly
as to produce speedy strangulation.
She was dead when discovered
| LONDON. June 1S.-Signor Marconi
in lecture at the Royal Institution
said it was by means of magnetic
detector that he improved upon the
coherers hitherto employed He de
clared it might be possible by the sys
tenn to receive several hundred words
a minute At present he could read
thirty words a minute.
Referring to February's experiments
when readable messages were re
ceived aboard a ship 1851 miles from
Cornwall, and indications were reoeiv
ed for a distance of 1000 miles he
said that at distance of over zoe
miles signals transmitted by day en-
tirely failed, while those sent at night
remained strong up to a distance OF
.551 miles and were even deciphera
BILE at a distance of 2.090 miles. This
might be due, he declared, to the dis
electrifcation OF the very highly
charged transmitting elevated con
ductor when operated by daylight
He did not think that the effect o
daylight would confine the workings
of transatlantic wireless teleGraphy to
hours of darkness, as sufficient send
ing energy could be used during this
daytime at transmitting stations.
MISHAWAKA, Ind, June 18.-Be
cause Rev. T. G. Mosher. pastor OF tn,
Watch Tower Evangelical church. hal
, dared to declare in special discourse
to a crowded church that no MAJ
, should be permitted to marry befor,
the age of 30 is reached. and tina
women should be 25 before they cal
enter the matrimonial state. a grea
disturbance has arisen among tn
, | members of his flock The womel
, | openly condemn him for all his a.
T | legged unreasonable theories aud dis
, scnsion has entered the church Pas
tor Mosier also advocates the doctrin
- that a law should be passed requirin
/ a rigid physical examination OF a
4 couples before the marriage licens
/ be granted.
ST. LOUIS. June 1S.--A sheep ye:
+ terday performed the remarkable fea
:. Of jumping through the fourth-stor
/. window at the Swift Packing con
!. pany's works and after alighting. ra
y off down the road at such a gait tina
none Of the employees of the lnstit,
@ tion could overtake II.
e All the windows of the place wer
I. open so as to let In air. and when a
s the other sheep were comparativel
v quiet this particular one ran from tn
l. opposite side of the room and cleare
the sill in bound, The distance I
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