Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-12-15
Animas many walls were cracked.

Ahltnas many walls We're cracked.
ITHACA, n. Y. Dec. 1S.-Tha Cor
nell Athletic council meets this even.
| ing to discuss a plan to send a Cor.
nell eight to Henley next summer 1t
is probable however. that action in
| the matter will be deferred until it is
learned what action the Henley Stew.
| ards take at their meeting in London
today in regard to the proposed i1le
| aiming to exclude from participation
in the contests, crews which have
been coached by professionals within
a month of the opening of the regat-
ia. The new rule, if adopted would
have the effect Of practically eNclud-
ing foreign crews from the annual re-
gattas. From private advices receiv.
ci from the other side it is gathered
that the rowing men OF England as a
class are opposed to the policy of ex.
Guiding foreign crews at Henley. and
that the indications are that the new
proposal will be defeated.
NEW YORK, Dec. 12.-Colonel w
r. Cody. (Buffalo Bid declared today
just prior to his departure for Eu-
hope. that his show, the wild West, "
had appeared in this country for the
last time Colonel Cody plans to
spend the next two years in a Euro
pean tour with his show. When he
returns to this country he will devote
his time exclusively to his business in
terests.
NEW YORK, Dec 13-Three
children of LOWS Smith and wife,
aged two, four and seven years. re
spectively. are dead and their mother
insane as the result of tenement
house fire this morning. The mother
locked the children in the rooms and
smoke suffocated them during her alb
senca.
WASHINGTON, u. c., Dec. l3.-
Wall Street has again appealed to the
secretary for relief In the present
scarcity of funds. Secretary Shaw's
response is that he will do nothing
more.
His position is that the banks and
speculative element alone is respon-
sible fer the present tightness. and
moreover, that the treasury has no
interest in helping them out of a hole
in which they placed themselves. For
the legitimate demands of commerce
the money supply is sufficient. he
says.
NEW YORK, Dec, l2.-The outgo-
ing steamships bound for Europe to-
day carry the first of a big lot of
Christmas mail sent abroad this
year. The existing prosperity though
t. l.,
usual volume of the foreign mail.
Steamship officers declare that never
in their experience have the foreign
pouches been SO numerous and so
bulky thus early in the holiday season.
Extra mail clerks have been put on
all the big steamships carrying the
mails. but the postoflice officials are
much worried over the prospect for
next week when it is expected the de-
partment will be literally swamped
beneath the heavy burden.
The money order Offices throughout
the country report that in regard to
the foreign business all records are
going by the board this year 1t is
difficult 20 estimate the amount of
money that the toreisu-bOTn residents
Of the United States send to their
friends and relatives at home during
the Christmas season, but it is safe
to assert that the amount this year
is away and beyond the average. The
most of the cash presents are destined
to brighten up the old homes in Sean
dinavia and in Ireland. though large
SIMS also find their way TO Germany.
Holland, France, Austria and other
countries in Europe.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. 10
The state d partment announces the
appointment OF Lloyd Griscom. pres
cnt minister to Persia, to be minister
to Japan. Consul General Richmond
Pearson at There =, formerly congress
man from North Carolina. becomes
minister to Persia.
NEW YORK. Dec. IA new di-
rect steamship service is to be astab-
lishel between New York and China
and Japan. The first vessel of this
service. the steamship Hero of 5000
tons, is scheduled to sail next week
for Shanghai, Tsingtau, Tientsin. and
Yokohama. The Hero is to be follow
ed by other first class steamships at
regular intervals
WASHINGTON. d. c.. Dee. Ia
President Roosevelt today told Gov
ernor Francis. president Of the Louis
lana exposition, and ex-senator Car
ter, chairman Of the board of the ma
tioual fair commission. he would at
tad the formal dedication ol the fair
April 30th, next.
BOSTON, Mass, Dec. 10. Il am
going to kill someone. and it might as
well be you said an unknown man
last night, as he approached Thomas
Taylor. shooting him seriously in the
chest. The unknown then committed
suicide. He was apparently insane.
AUSTIN, Tex, Dec. 13.-The man.
agement of the Southern Pacific pro
poses to establish Texas as one of the
nations foremost tobacco-produc
regions. For a long time the road s
industrial agents have been expert
menting with the soil of certain sec
tions of the Lone Star state. and they
are convinced IT is well adapted to
the culture of high grade tobaccos.
including many kinds that are now
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