Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-03-27

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LONDON, March 25.-while the
Prince and Princess of Wales were
attending the launching of btttleship
at Chatham today. the gunner who
was firing salue was mortally in
tured. both his arms being blown on
CHICAGO, March 25.-The citizens
of the lower end of Austin, a suburb
of this big town. engaged the employ
es OF the Consolidated Traction COM
panies in hand-to-hand fights this
morning in making demands for uni
versal transfers. which Judge Bell
has decided must be given them
Eighteen men, headed by Druggist
Golden. rode back and forth on the
Madison street lines this forenoon,
demanding transfers from the trolley
to the cable line and back again.
They were refused, az was expected.
and an effort Of the street car crew
to eject them resulted In pitched bat
tie which tied up both lines until
noon time.
In the battle Golden's back was
sprained, and he was otherwise per-
haps fatally injured. Several others
were seriously hurt A large number
of suits against the company will re-
suit from today's fights.
DES MONIES. Ia. March 25.-The
house today passed a resolution IA
voring the election of senators by the
direct vote OF the people.
NEW YORK, March 25.--Wall
street views the anthracite trouble
threatening strike of two hundred
and forty thousand miners with COM
placency. 1t is believed there will be
no strike. as the miners do not insist
on the chief point Of irritation to op-
orators, namely, recognition Of the
union. The opinion here is that the
Civic federation will be able to effect
a peaceable settlement.
Secretary Easley of the Civic feder-
alton, Is arranging today for meet
ing of the conciliation committee to-
morrow at which Mark Hanna will
presided.
ARKANSAS CITY. March 25.-The
Southwest Kansas Methodist confer
ence begins Its annual session tomor-
row. The heresy charges filed against
Rev. Granville Louther will be taken
up this week. Rev. Louther is
charged with being atheistic and evo-
lutionistic. He does not believe that
the snake which tempted Eve WAS a
real serpent. but man. He says
that Adam and Eve were not the sole
progenitors of the human race. else
how did Cain find wife in the land of
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gone. Rev, Louthern. by vote Of
nine to four. retained his pastorate at
Mcpherson. Kansas. after the charges
were filed.
NEW YORK, March 25.-Edward
Farley, an elevator man, is under ar
rest, charged with attempting to set
fire to the Astor house last Wednes-
day night. He Is self-confessed fire
bug. According to the statements Of
the fire department chiefs he Is u py-
romaniac. and they say they have
connected with him more than TWEEN
ty fires. They believe he has set 100.
Few II any Of these blazes have end
ed disastrously. for, according to the
evidence now in the hands Of the fire
department, 1t was Farley's custom to
win glory and commendation by ex-
tinguishing them before they had OBJ
tained any headway. A few slight In
juries. sometimes real, sometimes
feigned. added. It Is said. to the en-
joyment OF the excitement following
the fires.
NEW YORK, March 25.-The ex-
pert who was sent quietly to Bermuda
to observe the condition of the Boer
prisoners. returned today and declares
they are fairly well treated eby the
British, and the story OF their suffer
ings Is utterly unfounded. For pris-
oners Of war they are perhaps better
cared for than any men In similar
condition for the last Atty years.
Strict discipline, however. Is main
tanned. but the prisoners as a rule ap-
pear reasonably happy.
VICTORIA. B. c., March 25.-Count
NJ. Matsuka and party arrived here
from Japan this morning. The count
denies that he came to negotiate a
national loan.
NEW YORK. March 25.-The close
OF the trial of Albert Patrick, charged
with the murder of Millionaire Rice
Is near. The state began summing
up today. During District Attorney
Osborne's appeal the prisoner created
a sensation by interrupting by denial
OF the prosecutors statement that nc
single witness. product or paper had
been exhibited to show that Patrick
was ever In Rice's company or had
legal business with him.
LA JUNTA. Colo. March 25.-Mrs
Henrietta II. Miller. gray haired
woman aged sixty years. going from
Los Angeles to Denver to visit rela-
tives. wes brutally assaulted In the
Santa Fe railroad yards this morning
by negro porter running between La
Junta and Denver. The negro's
name is said to be w. II. Wallace Of
Denver. He was arrested this morn
ing. but was spirited away to avoid
lynching. Mrs Miller is now lying al
. hotel in a very critical condition
The assault has created the most In
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