Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-10-06


avenue, and these have been trans
: formed into the encampment decors-
tions. Near General Hancock's
statue. at Seventh street and Market
space. for example. the trefoil OF the
Second Army corps has been done In
vari-colcred flowers. triangle in
solid colors in another park designates
General Thomas old command, the
Fourth corps. About the pension
building are dozen army badges Of
flowers. among which the most con-
spicious is that of the Ninth CORDS,
designated by General Burnside. with
its shield. anchor and cannon admir-
ably modelled in coleus and begonia
plants.
These decorations converge on 4
court of honor which has been built
In the space inclosed by Lafayette
Square and the grounds of the White
House. At night this space will glow
with thousands of colored electric
lights, Illuminating the smoke which
will ascend from several pyre-urns,
Transforming the plaza into a struc-
ture of the most delicate beauty
| DETROIT, Mich. Oct 3.-The head
quarters train for the Michigan de-
partment of the Grand Army of the
Republic leaves Detroit late this af-
ternoon carrying several hundred
veterans and their friends to the na-
tional encampment. The party plans
to spend Sunday inspecting the Get
tysburg battlefield. the train reach
Ing Washington Monday morning.
NEW YORK. Oct. 3.-Owing to the
high prices for coal an organized plan
for securing supplies of the ''dusky
diamond from the waters of Long
Island sound will be put in operation
this week. Many barges loaded with
anthracite have been wrecked in the
sound. company has been organ
lied to recover this coal by means of
sweep boats. which will be used to
locate the wrecks. A diver will be
sent down to each wreck. and il the
outlook is satisfactory. powerful
pumps will be put to work, the coal
will be sucked up and run over screens
into the dredges.
ST. PAUL, Mimi. Oct. 3.-Young
women of the Retail Clerks union
have taken stringent measures to So
lidify the organization to which they
belong at meeting held yesterday
every girl pledged herself to reject
the attentions of any man not a men,
! Der of the union. The members will
be single girls who are willing to
marry If they find the right man, and
| If he is Il member of a labor organiza-
| ton
| I'VE are determined to make this
thing go" said one of the girls yes
terday. "A lot of these men who
ought to belong to unions don't
want to spend the price to join, and
so we are going to take steps that will
bring some of them to time. Any
man who wishes to court or even visit
a girl who belongs to our league, will
have to show his card or go some
where else
LONDON, Oct, 3-In an interview
today Richard Croker, the ex-Tam-
many boss declines to discuss the &C.
ton of the Democratic state conyen-
ton at Saratoga. except to say that
the New York Democrats very evil
IDENTIFY can get along without him
and had no desire to have anything
more to do with them.
CANON CITY, Colo. Oct. ED
ward O'Kelly, who killed Bob Ford
in 1891 directly after Ford had muir
dered Jesse James, was liberated from
prison here this morning. He was
sentenced to life Imprisonment, but
had his sentence communited twenty
years for good behavior, his term ex-
piring last night.
DENVER, Colo, Oct. 3.-General
Bella NJ. Hughes, a pioneer OF two
states, ded this morning. aged s5.
NEW YORK. Oct. "A fleet OF
I twelve steams. bearing 1000 officers
and soldiers OF the various Eastern
divisions of the Salvation Army, will
go down the bayj tomorrow morning
to meet the steamship Philadelphia
on which General William Booth is a
passenger. Later there will be
monster parade in honor of the vener-
, able founder and leader OF the
, Salvation Army movement.
Early in the coming week there
will be a public meeting in honor OF
= General Booth. over which Mayor Low
| will preside. Following a few days
/ spent in this city the general will
start on an extensive tour of this
country and Canada delivering pub
lie addresses and holding important
. conferences with the officers OF the
/ organization. Among the cities to
, be visited are Toronto, Montreal, Win
nipeg. Buffalo. Columbus. Chicago.
Minneapolis. st. Paul, Grand Forks,
Kansas City. Denver. San Francisco.
Los Angeles. Birmingham, Cincinnati,
, Baltimore and Boston.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Oct. 3.-The
= collection of the defense fund for the
, coal strikers makes a record breaking
| business for the postofiice here. In
? the last three months the order re-
cepts were nearly million dollars
, more than for the same period last
I year. Treasurer Wilson OF the Ma
? tiona Miners union. cashes about
!. twenty-five thousand dollars daily.
SYDNEY. N. s.. Oct 3.-The sew
= enth annual convention OF the Nova
(. Scotia, W. c. r. U. began its sessions
here today and will continue until
l Monday. Several prominent speak
, ers and temperance workers are to