Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-10-02

Two theaters closed tonight out OF re
spect to the late Emile Zola. who's,
popularity is now shown to be amaz
ing. Zola was born of complex origin
His father was an engineer and bull
the lola canal at AK. His mother
was a French woman of great erudi
tion. His early life was spent in abso
lutte poverty aud he wrote from per
sonal experience of its rancors. Twice
ne was refused examination for bac
caulaureate, and only after hard ex
perience did he succeed in getting
literary employment.
MADRID. Spain, Sept ga scan
dal in the royal family is stirring
court circles. King Alphonse has dis
covered that the queen mother during
her recent journey to Austria married
morganatically her master of horse
Count Excosura, The queen intended
20 marry him years ago, but state
reasons forced her marriage to AL
phonso's father. 1t is said that the
king violently abused her on making
the discovery and ordered her to leave
Madrid.
WASHINGTON. d. c.. Sept. 90
=, second operation was performed on
| the president yesterday with a view
| TO Fastening his recovery. The physi-
clans statement this morning SAYS
his condition is most satisfactory, and
temperature is normal. The patient
Is cheerful and occupies rolling
chair. He carries out his physicians
1rhlrg oh
er impatience nor recklessness.
President Roosevelt was taken to
the front rooms of the temporary
White House this morning and re-
| eeived callers, among them being
Postmaster General Payne and Gov
ernor Crane of Massachusetts.
Secretary Cortelyou issued a bull
'etin concerning the presidents condi-
lion at noon, and says the condition of
,he second operation performed yes
terday is quite satisfactory and that
the condition of the president is better
today than since the use of the aspher-
ating needle to evacuate the sack on
the 22nd instant demanded the first
operation.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. Sept.
29.-It is rumored today that both
side of the Stratton contest are likely
20 compromise. The matter may be
settled by young Stratton getting a
million dollars and the will to stand
after that.
LONDON, Sept 29.-Dispatches
from Rome this morning show that
the recent hurricane in Sicily was
more terrible than at first reported
Six hundred bodies are now awaiting
burial and an epidemic is feared.
CORINTH, Miss. Sept. 29.-This
town is Just recovering from its hor-
ri5ie tragedy of yesterday. when
through the aid of nearly every citi-
zen in the place huge bonfire was
built in the midst of which there was
burned to death Thomas Clarke. a
Young negro, who confessed to one OF
the most horrible crimes in the his
ory of Mississippi. Last August, Mrs
Whitfield, the wife of a prominent cit
zen, was found dead in her home
Investigation showed the woman had
leen brutally assaulted and afterward
ler head severed from her body with
L razor. Every effort made to find
the murderer was unsuccessful.
Last week Clarke had trouble with
his wife, and she in her rage disclos-
I'd the secret of her husbands crime
Clarke was arrested. confessed to the
awful deed and as the fury of the com
munity increased it was found i'm
possible to save him from the mob, so
burning at the stake was resorted to
by the entire community, who fed
the flames until the body was burned
to crisp. The negro moaned piteous-
ly. crying that he fully deserved his
fate. The husband and brother of his
victim applied the first torch.
PHILADELPHIA. Pa, Sept. 20
President Mitchell, and several min
ars' district presidents met at the of
ice of the International Machinists'
union this morning. President Mitch
III slipped away to Hotel Walton and
had a conference with some unknown
person. The district presidents We're
then sent for. Important develop
ments of the strike seem imminent.
WILKESBARRE, Pa, Sept. 30
! iCoiuthl "it'htli itlui NUN
Philadelphia and is in secret confer
| ence today with District Presidents
| Fahey, Duffy, and Nichols. President
Mitchell declines to say anything.
The opinion here is that a settlement
is in prospect
MOUNT CARMEL. Pa, Sept. 30
Six companies of the Fourth regiment
arrived today, and two thousand strik.
ers received them in sullsn silence.
A mob of thousand persons dis
persed after making an all night at.
tempt to capture sixty deputies from
Richards colliery. 1t was feared the
mob would burn the Union company
breakers before the troops arrived.
| WASHINGTON, ID. c., Sept 30
1t is stated at the temporary White
House this morning that the president
is progressing favorably. He was
| greatly cheered by the arrival from
Oyster Bay. of his daughters, Miss
| Ethel and Alice.
| SARATOGA. N. Y. Sept, 30.-The
opening formalties of the Democratic
state convention today did not attract
early crowds, whose attention was
held by marching clubs, including Bill
Devery's aggregation, who permitted