Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-07-17

| l-oNDON. July 1.-THE Conserya.
tiYes met at the foreign office today
and Right Honorable Arthur ]. Bal.
sonr the newly appointed premier
made a short speech. He said: We
nave lost the services of a chief who
has been active in political life for so
years. The loss is irreparable. do
cot Halter myself that | will fill the
gap, but the place must be filed
LONDON. July 14.-Sir Michael
Hicks Beach. chancellor of the ex-
cheqner, has resigned his portfolio.
He began his political career in 1864.
when he was elected to the house of
commons from East Worcestershire.
In 1868 he received his first govern
nient appointment, that of under sec
retary of the home office. He became
chancellor of the exchequer and leader
OF the house of commons in the first
Salisbury administration.
SALIDA, Colo, July 14.-At $50
this morning. passenger train No. 315
on the Denver & Rio Grande road
was held up and robbed near Chester
on the western slope by four masked
men. The men had evidently been
riding on the blind end of the baggage
Tar. and when in secluded neighbor-
hood climbed over the tender and
pointed pistol at the engineer and
fireman, commanding them to stop the
train. Engineer Berry Rutland re-
FUSED, when he was knocked over the
head and rendered senseless The
fireman stopped the engine, when the
men got off and tried to enter the ex-
press car, but it was locked. They
blew it open with giant powder. riled
the safe, and then went back and held
up the passengers, getting much jew
ely as the train was filed with re-
turning tourists. The men wore white
masks. and after cleaning out the cars
offered violence to no one except the
eneineer. They started for the hills
The train hurried to the next station
and gave the alarm. In the meantime
Conductor Mark Guiran had gotten
three or four men together and fol.
lowed the robbers. No one knows
now much they got in the express car
but it is said to run into thousands.
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. July Thinning
vas partially resumed this morning
in the Cambria mine. Forty-eight
nen are back to work. No more bod
les have been brought out or discov-
cred.
SOUTHAMPTON. Eng. July IA
rhe United States cruiser Brooklyn
with the body OF the late Lord Paunce-
Fote on board. arrived today. Three
iestroyers and one cruiser escorted the
Yessel into port.
CHICAGO. Ills. July 14.-Chaos
characterized the situation of the
freight handlers strike today, and at
aoon a settlement of differences
seemed to be as remote as at any
time since the men quit work.
WASHINGTON, d. c.. July IA
The tricolor waved over the French
Embassy today. comm memorating the
Flench national holiday. the fall of the
3astile on July II. 1889. The attaches
and other officials appropriately and
quietly observed the day, the usual
business of the embassy giving way
to holiday recreations.
Is PITTSBURG. Pa, July 14.-Edwin
a. Lemare, organist at the Carnegie
institute. has gone to London to seek
his sick wife. and union musicians
may not let him return. Lemare was
lnder a five years contract at 81 900
annually, and unionists claim it would
be an imposition not to enforce the
contract labor law.
SAN FRANCISCO. Calf, July IA
The French residents of San Francisco
commemorated the fall of the Bastile
today with an elaborate celebration.
The proceeds from the celebration
will be devoted to the relief fund pro-
vided for the sufferers from the recent
Volcanic disturbance in Martinique.
SEATTLE. Wash, July 14.-No lat
er news from Dawson City has been
received this morning other than the
yerifiaction sent yesterday that the
presumably lost steamer Portland had
arrived at ST. Michaels and is now on
her way to Port Townsend with her
l50 passengers and crew safe and
sound. The other missing ship. the
Jeannette. has not been heard from.
She perhaps went down in the ice foe.
The revenue cutter Manning left San
Francisco today to aid the Thetis in
the search for the missing vessel.
TACOMA. Wash, July 14.-During
the coming week it is expected to
commence work on the construction of
the new 250-ton blast furnace of the
Tacoma Steel company. 1t will be the
irst modern blast frunace to be erect
ed on the Pacific coast. Iron ores and
limestone are to be brought from the
company's properties in British colum-
bia. while it will make its own coke.
Rolling mills and a shipbuilding plant
are to be constructed ly the same
company. which. by purchase and leas
es, has secured control of the largest
iron deposits on Van couver and ada
cent islands,
SEATTLE, Wash, July 14.-The
trail of Tracy was picked up again last
night about half mile east of Enum-
claw. The hounds lost the track after
following 1t a mile in a dense swamp
At daybreak the hunt began again
FREDERICKSBURG Va. July a.
Maria j. c. Mason, the nearest de
scendant OF Thomas Jefferson. died
suddenly at Alto Sunday. aged H.
BOSTON, Mass. July 14.-Mrs.
Elizabeth DaIy auad r,o,bar of no ~