Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-10-16

1 III liiis city To-Day Win large At
tendance of leading churches from
all parts of the United States. Holy
communion was celebrated in the
morning, Bishop Burgess officiating
In the afternoon the delegates visited
various points of interest. and later
there was reception in their honor
| The regular program will be taken
up this evening. The visitors will be
welcomed by Bishop Doane. following
whose address there will be a discus
sion of the church and the drama, the
speakers to include the Rev. DR.. Floyd
w. Tompkins of Philadelphia, the
Rev. DR., Henry Lubbock of New York,
and the Rev. Arthur b. Kinsolving of
Brooklyn.
LEXINGTON, Ky, Oct. 14.-For the
first time since the civil war, when
they were separated on the slavery
question, the Synods of Kentucky of
the Northern and Southern Presby-
terian church are holding a joint ses-
sion here. The occasion is a celebra-
tion of the one hundredth anniversary
OF the establishment of Presbyterian
church in Kentucky. The sessions will
last several days and the program
provides for addresses by several
speakers of note.
ALBANY, N. Y, Oct. 1.-THE Atch-
| ison. Topeka & Santa Fe road has
adopted plans for the construction of
NEW YORK, Oct 14.-Experiments
conducted by Professor John Trow-
bridge of Harvard university have led
to the definite statement that light
ming will not strike water. By means
a battery of 10000 cells he obtained
a voltage of 100000, which force,
he says, is at least comparable to
lightning and enabled him to deduce
his conclusions. He said:
with my battery | was able to OBJ.
tain an electric spark about seven
feet long and found that instead OF
striking the water a spark of six or
seven feet in length invariably jumped
to some adjacent object in preference
to striking the liquid surface. A
spark of only few inches in length,
however, will strike the water. but
such spark is not comparable to
lightning
Beyond million volts the initial
resistance of atmospheric air to cleo
trical discharges becomes less and
less. and the discharge therefore, Is
shunted through the air instead of
upon the water and strikes some OBJ
ject adjacent to the water"
more than 800 miles of new line in
Oklahoma. The work will be begun
soon. and details concerning the work
will be given ont shortly. 1t is esti-
mated that these projects will necessi-
tate an expenditure approximating
81 500 900.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Oct A.
There was a good attendance this
morning when the East Tennessee
Horticultural society down to business
at the State University. N. W. Hale
welcomed the members, for whom re-
sponse was made by ]. X. p. Wallace
of Andersonville. The annual address
of the president Prof. Charles A. Kef-
fer, was followed by interesting dis
cussions of spraying, strawberry cul-
ture, North Georgia and East Ten
nessee as peach-growing districts and
kindred topics. The sessions will be
continued and concluded tomorrow.
PORTLAND, Me-, Oct 1.-THE
forty-seventh annual convention of the
American Association of General Pas
senger and Ticket agents opened here
| today at the Hotel Falmouth. j. II.
Wood, general passenger agent of the
| Pennsylvania railroad, presided, with
Smith
of the Lake Shore road, officiating as
secretary The morning session main
ly was devoted to the transaction of
routine business. During the next
two days the convention will take up
the discussion of anti-scalping legisla,
ton, safety paper, the desirability OF is
suing rate sheets half-yearly instead
of quarterly, transportation Of excess
baggage, and proposed changes In the
manner of punching standard form
round-trip tourist tickets.
| RICHMOND, Va. Oct. 14.-Every
| thing is in readiness for the opening
tonight of Richmond's annual horse
show. The big Auditorium building
has been remodelled and its seating
capacity of 10000 will doubtless be
taxed to accommodate the brilliant
gathering of the beauty and fashion
of the city and state. The entry list
for the show is unusually large and In
quality the finest ever seen in tht
| south
CHEYENNE. Wyo., Oct. 15.-Tht
Horn trial continued today with una
bated interest. Frank Mueller of Den
yer, and II. w. Campbell testified thai
they talked with Horn In Denver ga
loon, when Horn declared that "Th'
Nickel killing was the dirtiest piece
OF work | ever did"
The star witness was put on at II
O'Clock. This was Joe Lafors, th'
United States marshal. who testified
that Horn fully confessed the crime t.
him. Horn said that he shot the bo,
at the gate. He ran over the grount
with his boots off. and said that h
had a good shot,
Witness was asked II any mentor
was made OF Horns price for KILN,
men Horn answered: Il got $2,lO'
for three dead men, or three men sho
at five times. got $500 for killinl
Willie Nickel"
Lafor's testimony created quite
T.. a.