Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-12-01

broken rail- near DanSllle this
morning and the last sleeper turned
over four times. Twelve passengers
were injured
BERLIN. Nov. 2S.-With the arriv
al of the reinforcements ordered Com
modore Soheder, the German admiral
will have seven war vessels and near
ly a thousand men to enforce the Ger
man claims against Venezuela. 1t Is
believed England will cooperate.
NEW YORK. Nov. 2s.-More thar
500 900 900 is demanded from the
estates of Coils p Huntington and the
men who were his partners in the ear
ly days of the Central Pacific railroad
in suit brought in behalf of the re
naming minor stockholders of the
Central Pacific Railroad company OF
California through Robert Cutting, In
this suit are charges of collusion, ex
aggeration of expenses, and fraud on
ihe part OF Mr.. Huntington, Leland
Stanford, Charles Crocker, and Mark
Hopkins.
1t is charged that these four men
so manipulated the finances and con
struction of the Central Pacific, now a
part of the Southern Pacific system
that out of $l63 100000 expended in
building and equipping the road more
than sl00.000,000 found its way into
their own pockets.
The present stage of the litigation is
directed against the estate of Coils p
Huntington. In the $70,000.000 OF
which. 1t is alleged, are many millions
which rightfully belong to the old
stockholders. The executors have
been ordered to show cause December
. before Surrogate Fitzgerald why
the funds of the estate.
BIRMINGHAM. Ala, Nov 2s.-The
Southern Railway will construct one
of the largest shop plants on the great
system at North Birmingham, sub
urb of Birmingham, and construction
work will begin at once. Plans have
been drawn for eight large brick
buildings. each 100 by 400 feet. and
thirty-fve tracks of railway have
been laid out. The shops will build
cars as well as repair cars and en-
gines for these divisions of the road
in this section of the south.
RICHMOND. Va, Nov 2S.-The
question of the validity of the new
state constitution of Virginia came
up for argument today in the United
States district court. The case is in
lie nature of an application for an in
junction restraining the state board of
canvassers from issuing certificates
he ground thatNthe constitution. un-
Ter the franchise clause OF which they
were elected is unconstitutional and
void
BONNEVILLE, Mo. Nov 28.--
Bunce Quarles died today from njur-
les received at the Kemper college
football game on the tenth of Novem-
ber.
MADRID. Nov. 2S.-Senor Mancho.
9 distinguished anthropologist in the
Medical Review has published results
of the psychological examination OF
King Alphonso. leaving the impress
sion that the monarch is degenerate.
iNhANtoEho Vi Mo, NOV. Eo.-
Ernest Dantz was shot and killed by
Charles Tucker at Armourdale, Kan
sas. today. AS he fell dying Dantz
nortally wounded Tucker Mabel
reynolds, who was the cause of the
flair, was on Dantz' arm when he was
shot
NEW YORK, Nov. 2S.-Charles Kel-
ly. alleged leader OF the st. Louis
boodlers. arrived unexpectedly aboard
the Celtic today. The statute of lin.
itations for the offense under which
he Is indicted expires today. Kelly's
face is wrinkled and white
Leave me alone" he said to re.
porters. Il have just received word
hat my son is dead and | am going to
st. Louis regardless of consequences
Where have been? Everywhere
'rhe trip has been no rest to me-
don't care what is ahead of me now
that my son is dead" Congressman
Butler son of Ed. Butler who was re
emily sentenced to three years in the
oenitentiary, met Mr.. Kelly.
VlN1TA, l. T.. Nov 28.-Amons
hose interested in the statehood ques
ton in Oklahoma and Indian terrific
les much interest is manifested II
the convention of the Five Civilized
Tribes in session today at Eufaula
The Five Civilized Tribes are strenu
ously opposing the Indian Territor,
being absorbed by Oklahoma or at
'ached to any other state, and thu
purpose of the convention is to de
"elop plans for the ultimate admission
of the Indian Territory as state by
itself
WASHINGTON, d. c., Nov. rs
A dispatch from Havana says tn,
Cuba Central railroad from Havana t.
Santiago. will be opened for traffic to
lay. The trip from Havana to San
tiago, about 500 miles, will be mad,
in about twenty-five hours, whereas
| three days are required by steamship
| the only means of travel heretofore
With the opening of this new rail
road Cuba is expected to enter upol
career of industrial development an,
activity which is expected to resul
in the betterment OF the inhabitants
ommercial prosperity and the i'm
provement OF internal affairs. TIL
| main line of the road is OF standar
Gauge and its bridges are of steel an
masonry. The equipment generally |