Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-03-10
TELEGRAPHIc sREvlTiEs.

NILES. Mich. March 6.-The Chris.
tian church at Glendora, twenty miles
northwest of Niles. has been filled to
its utmost capacity nightly for the
last ten days. Farm people have
| hocked from miles around to hear
George Powell. a young man who de-
clared that the voice of the Lord com
| manded him to go forth and drive
| out devils.
Powell. who is 81 years OF age. and
| uneducated, declares that the Lord
called him and he fell upon his knees
and adored his Maker. whereupon the
devil appeared before him and rolled
away barrel of sin Powell also de
clares that a voice commanded him
to go to Glendora and drive out dev.
| lis. and that he Will remain there un-
| til the Lord commands him to go else
where.
Powell declares that he has dis
covered the location of hell which is
| located at a depth of FIVE miles In
the earth He says that the Lord
inspires him, and that, even though
he is uneducated. he expounds the
Scriptures with the greatest facility
| and has great fuency OF speech when
| In the pulpit Powell resides at St
| Joseph.
BEATRICE. Neb. March During
a fire in which six stores and ten
thousand dollars worth OF property
was destroyed at this place this morn
| ing six iremen We're shocked by fall
ing electric wires. four perhaps fatal
| ly. Fire started from defective llus.
| ELKHART, Ills. March Prank
w. Cottle. the bank cashier. caused
the closing the State bank at Elkhart,
| Monday, owing to his getting away
with $32 900. He committed suicide
early this morning by firing a bullet
of large calibre into his left temple.
| PLA1NFlELD, N. j., March c.
The Babcock building. the largest
building in the city, also the building
adjoinining, was destroyed by fire this
morning. Loss is a quarter of a mil
lion.
| OURAY. Colo. March 6.-The citi-
zens hold a mass meeting tonight to
discuss the question OF getting rid of
the Chinese and Japanese in this city.
They will he banished, but decently,
and according to law. The China
men have appealed to the Chinese
minister at Washington for protec-
tion. The celstials may be given
money for consideration and cause
them to depart in peace.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, March 6.-The
steam chest on the principal engine
in the power house of the Consolidat.
ed Street railway burst this afternoon
and Uffie Weitie, the engineer, was
probably fatally scalded. The plant
was rendered useless, it being neces
sary to haul every car in the city into
the shed. Traffic on all lines suspend
ed tonight, and it will be several days
before temporary relief can be af
forded
HARTFORD CITY, Ind. March g.
While working at an anvil at Indian
Springs, Curtis Mama, aged 80, was
instantly killed by piece of the
metal on which he was pounding fly
ing and striking a can of dynamite
Manna's body was badly mangled ant
the building demolished,
| COUNCIL BLUFFS. Ia. March g.
In the recent Doyle-Burns suit here
for part of the Portland mine millions
opened the eyes of Iowa assessors u
the value OF their property, and a.
the Portland is an Iowa corporation
the assessors today fixed valuation
of nine million dollars on the prop
erty,a tax upon which must be pal,
in Iowa.
SAVANNAH. Ga, March Ed
ward and John Gaynor, indicted on {
charge of conspiring to defraud thu
government with Oberlin NJ. Carter
failed to appear for trial today. Thei
bonds were declared forfeited.
NORFOLK. March 6.-The strik
= of street car employees grows NOR
serious. More than half OF the Virgin
ia militia patrol the streets. Ne'
, men coming to take the places of tn
, strikes are met by heavy detach
ments of soldiers and escorted to tn
barns under the soldiers guard. TIL
feeling throughout the city is no,
: intense, even women having bee
: jailed for attacking street car proI
: erty.
: MARION, Ala. March 9Th
, crowd of organized negroes who wer
t to come here to force the release G
= Luke Sanders. the negro sentenced t
= death, failed to materialize. Citizen
( had armed themselves and we're read
: to protect the city.
2 Sanders was hanged at noon toda!
! without further disturbance. II
!, murdered Road Overseer Mullen.
= BOSTON. Mass. March G.-PrinI
i Henry was met upon his arrival mel