Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-01-23
TELEGRAPH NEWS.

| ocniey, WHICH nave ABOUT them q
suggestion of romance.
Mrs. John Morris. of Grand Boul-
evard, is to entertain the Schleys
during their official visit to Chicago.
They will live at her house. She is
chairman of the womans committee
Mrs. Morris Is member of the IA
nous Carvel family of Maryland, and
when young Schley was cadet at
Annapolis she had him Mt her home
one evening and introduced him to
the girl who short time afterward
became Mrs. Schley.
Many of the young people who were
at the ball at the Carvel home that
night in the long ago will meet at
Mrs. Morris splendid place on the
Boulevard in Chicago during the ap-
preaching visit of the hero of Santi-
ago, There will be reunion of at
least 25 people.
| WALSENBURG, Colo, Jan. 2O.-A
courier from Pictou, small coal
camp. three miles west of here, re-
ports horrible explosion this morn
ing in the mines of the c. F. & l.
company at that place. Three miners
were instantly killed and others were
injured. There are no details of the
catastrophe. The explosion is said
to have been caused by gas.
Later Report-Six men were kill
ed in the explosion and ten others
are dying. The disaster is most aw-
full, and it may turn out even worse
than is thus far reported.
Among the killed are Frank Mar
quis, j.. son of Frank Marquis.
prominent business man of Walsen-
burg; Harry Phipps. brother of the
superintendent of the Pictou mines
LONDON, Jan. 20.-A meeting Ia
being held here today of the great
steamship owners of the Atlantic
trade. Many of the most prominent
ship owners from America have ar
| rived, and the first conference began
this afternoon. The purpose is to
effect great steamship merger on
plans financially arranged by j. Pier
pont Morgan with the Pennsylvania
railroad company and the newly or
ganized Leyard line. 1t is proposed
to consolidate, both by purchase and
agreement. all the transatlantic COM
pdnleS. IL VIII mean CaplJanZa-
ton of s250,O00.OO0.
STUTTGART, Germany, Jan. 90
The Hoff theatre, the most fashion
able house of amusement in the city.
burned last night The King of
Wurtemburg and the royal family.
who were in attendance, went to
place of safety and watched the mag.
nificent conflagration until the build
Ing was in embers.
KANSAS CITY, Jan. 2O.-The west
bound Missouri Pacific passenger
train collided head-on with an east
bound freight last night near Elijah.
Engineer Maze was asleep at his
post. The baggage car of the pass
enger train and several of the cars
of the freight were wrecked. Judge
Elijah Robinson was slightly injured.
TOPEKA, Kan, Jan. 2e-A severe
drought is now prevailing in this part
of the country. The loss will be in
excess of that Of last summer during
the dry spell The streams are dry
and there has been no rain or snow
to furnish water for either crops or
stock. The loss will be s25, 900, 900
on Ine Wneat crop alone.
| QUINCY. ILL.,, Jan. 20.-Leonard
Roeder of this city will tomorrow eel
citrate his one hundred and second
birthday. He is one of the six per-
sons left in the world who Witnessed
the battle of Waterloo. which changed
the map of Europe and humbled the
pride of the little Corsican. That
event took place 81 years ago next
week. Roeder was then a member
of General Blucher's army and he
still has his discharge papers from
that army
| MONTGOMERY, w. Va, Jan. 30
William Slaughter and Ralph John
son, colored. were shot and killed.
and Powell Galloway, white, was ia
tally shot, last night by Lillian Will
liams, at miners dance in the Nor
ris Creek region last night The
men were musicians and refused to
play rag time music at the demand of
the girl.
| WASHINGTON. in. 21.-The arid
land committees of both houses fin
ished their work this morning and
have formulated a bill which they
VIII report to congress and secure its
passage IL possible. The committee
agreed unanimously Mr. Newlands
will stand sponsor for the bill in the
house and Senator Hansbrough will
look after 1t in the senate.
The bill agreed upon calls for the
improvement by irrigation of the arid
lands of Arizona, California. New
Mexico, Wyoming, Oklahoma. the Da-
kotas. Utah, Colorado. and other
points in the southwest and west
The bill requires that the public
lands shall be sold and that all the
money secured from their sale, with
the exception of 8 per cent for school
purposes, shall be spent for the i'm.
provement of the arid lands and In
making them productive. No Asiatic
labor shall be employed, eight hours
shall constitute days work and the
secretary of the interior shall have
CHARGE tho