Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-09-29

tue iaiHiiy anu cabtnet see MIN. Sec
retaries Shaw and Hitchcock called
this morning
| CHICAGO, his. Sept 25.-The
Burlington passenger collided with a
stock train near Maiden, Ills, this
morning, and four stockmen were
killed and five injured. The caboose
was smashed while standing on a
switch. In which the stockmen were
riding. All of the dead men resided
in Illinois.
CHICAGO. Ills. Sept. 25.-PromI.
nent cattle commission men at the
Union stock yards are planning a big
banking concern that will handle the
paper of the cattlemen. Among those
who are trying to institute the bank
are some OF the shrewdest of the
stock yards business men. They feel
that such an institution would make
far greater confidence between the
commission men and the cattlemen.
and would facilitate business.
| Simultaneously with the reported
planning of this new banking and
loahlng business came the revival of
the rumor that the commission men
were forming $500. 900 900 cattle com
bine to have control of the cattle bust
| ness of the southwestern aud north.
western states. The two principal
houses are those of the Clay, Robin.
son Co. and Rosenbaum Bros. e.
Co. They control the bulk of the
business of the western ranges. and
their receipts at the yards make up a
very large percentage of the whole.
Neither of these firms is figured in
the proposed combination OF commits
sion houses.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. j.. Sept 25.-
Speaker Henderson, in discussing his
| withdrawal today. said he believed
the Republican party would soon get
enough of men who were leading it
into false paths"
BERLIN, Sept. 25.-President
Roosevelt has chosen Charlemagn
Tower, ambassador to Russia. to sue
ceed Minister White to Germany
Notifications of this decision and of
Mr. Whites recall have been issued
by the state department, and have
reached the foreign office.
CONVICTION, Ky, Sept 25.-Five
whites and one negro We're killed and
seven persons injured by an explosion
in the Potts Valley mine last night.
Seven kegs of powder burst after be.
ing struck by drill. The men are
buried under tons of earth.
OMAHA, Neb.. Sept 25.-iIearing
on the application of the Union Pacific
for a permanent injunction against
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court this afternoon. The road will
| recite numerous acts of violence,
while the strikers will claim that If
there was any violence the road pro
voked it.
FORT SCOTT, Kans.. Sept. 25.-
William j. Bryan made the first of
series of speeches in behalf of fusion
in Kansas. here today He strongly
indorsed their issue of taxation. and
made laudatory references to Tom
Iohnson's campaign in Ohio on the
same subject
JOPLIN, Mo. Sept. 25.-A seven
| teen-year-old girl here had three legal
names yesterday. In the morning she
was Mrs. Estelle Skinner. AT noon
| she was divorced and her maiden
| name having been granted was Lille
| Tillie. In the evening. having remar-
| ried. she was Mrs. Horace Skinner.
CHICAGO, his. Sept 25,-Samuel
| w. Allerton. president of the Union
Stock Yards company. has left hero
for Denver, and 1t is reported that he
| will confer with John w. Springer
and Secretary Martin of the Live
Stock association concerning plans
for opposing the beef trust.
PORTLAND, Ore. Sept. 25.--Lieu.
tenat Peary, after three unsuccessful
trips to find the North Pole. declares
that he has had enough and will never
again make the effort.
| WASHINGTON. ID. c.. Sept. &c
DR.. Rixey. after seeing the president
this morning. announced his condition
TO be satisfactory
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Sept 26.-A
microscopcal examination OF the con
tents of President Roosevelt's wound
was made today by Doctors Winnie,
Ferguson and Dodds. All agree that
no traces OF dangerous matter were
found in the serurm This eliminates
all chances of blood poisoning.
WASHINGTON. d. c.. Sept. &c
The state department today made pub
lie today the following diplomatic ap'
pointments; Charlemagne Tower
now abassador to Austria, to be am
bassador to Russia Bellamy Storey
now minister to Spain. to be ambassa
dor to Austria; Arthur Hardy, now
minister to Switzerland, to be minis
ter to Spain; Charles Bryan, now min
lister to Brazil. to be minister to Swift
zerland; David Thompson, of Nebras
ka. to be minister to Brazil.
These appointments Will be effective
when Ambassador White leaves Ger
many in November
ST. LOUIS, Mo, Sept. 26.-Willian
Barnes lit match in the home o
Mrs Albert Dunn today and terri
Bile explosion wrecked the house an'
injured Mrs. Dunn and son A ga
Jet had fallen off during the night fll
ing the room with gas.
Barnes will probably die.
DENVER, Colo. Sept. 26.-lt Is re
ported here t his afternoon on wha
appears to be good authority tha
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