Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-02-03


day destroyed it, the Atlantic Hotel.
Virginia Club and the building OF ths
Johnson China Company's four-story
building. The burned district COW
ers an entire block and the loss 10 =
million dollars.
PITTSBURG. Jan. 31.-At noon to-
day the police had no trace Of the
Biddle brothers who broke jail here
yesterday while awaiting execution
for murder. Neither has Mrs. S0f-
fel. the wife of the warden been heard
from. She disappeared simultaneous
ly with the prisoners, and 1t is believ-
ed she aided in their escape. There
is possibility OF the Biddles having
murdered Mrs. Soffel. but this theory
is not given much credence.
HONG KONG. Jan. 31.-An official
native correspondent at Tien Tsin.
whose dispatches heretofore have
been Trustworthy telegraphs that the
Russian government sent represent
ative to the Russo-Chinese bank in
Pekin to interview LII Lin Ling. the
most favored eunuhc Of the dowager
empress. He promised the eunuch
10.00O.OO0 taels ($7.OO0,0OO) IL he sue
ceeded in persuading the empress
dowager to sign Ii Hung Chang's
Manchurian convention Immediately
without alteration.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 31.-An i'm
portant and almost sensational con-
tribution to the history of the attempt
to form a European coalition against
the United States at the outbreak of
the Spanish-American war has been
made by gentleman not now in
public life, but who in the spring OF
1898. was in position to know all
the facts. The identity OF this per-
son cannot be disclosed.
The statement which this gentle
ernment of Great Britain not only re-
fused to join the proposed coalition.
but threw out a broad intimation TO
Its proponents that II they persisted
in their efforts and attempted TO
bring pressure to bear upon the Unit
ed States in Spain's behalf. Great
Britain would use other than diplo-
matte means IL necessary to mkae the
coalition harmless.
But one construction can be placed
on these words, to-wit, that II the
continental powers attempted to In
timidate the United States Great
Britain would make show OF force
by dispatching a squadron either to
American or Spanish waters, or by
some other demonstration give the
most significant evidence OF her in
tention to support the United States.
GUTHRIE. Okla. Jan. 31.-United
States Marshal Davis has Just arrlv-
ed at Weweeka with Fred Timer.
full-blood Shawnee Indian. whom he
rescued from terrible death last
Thursday. Single-handed he stood
of mob of Indians, cut the prisoner
from stake where he was to be
burned to death. and fought his way
| to safety
Timer is charged with assaulung
three Shawnee squaws. His tribes
men condemned him to death. He
was bound to a stake, but before the
match was applied he was subject
ed to frightful tortures. The squaws
beat his face out of shape. tore of his
ears and were applying other tor
lures when Marshal Wilson arrived
Word OF the proposed execution had
reached Arbeka. l. T.. and Wilson at
| once rode over to the Indian camp
He was just in time to stop the hor-
| rible cremation.
CHICAGO, Jan. 31.-James O.
Peasely. treasurer and vice president
of the Burlington road. resigned to-
| day In order to rest up He has
been with the company for 40 years
He started as a station master and
has steadily risen to his present po-
sition He was made treasurer of
the company in 1881 His success
or is T. S. Howland. assistant treas.
urer. OF Boston.
KANSAS CITY, Jan. 3l.-Tomny
| Ryan, the middle-weight champion.
today announced that he was willing
to meet any white middle-weight In
the world including Fitzsimmons,
provided Fitz would weigh In at the
ringside at 1853 pounds.