Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-04-28

4 sSNeidi passengers were drowned
One hundred and eighteen were saved
and brought to this port today by the
Murillo. Both captains charged negli
gence on the part of the other. II is
said the number lost does not exceed
fifteen.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad. April
2i.-Venezuelan advices report the de
feat of General Ramon Castillo with
2.200 men by revolutionists near San
Antonio. General Castillo was killed
in action. His newly recruited force
became panic stricken and fed in a
complete rout General Escallante
second in command of the Venezu-
elan forces, has not been seen since
the battle.
WASHINGTON, d. c.. April "a
The senators are in trouble today.
Senator Clark of Montana was ar
rested this afternoon for running an
automobile too fast He will answer
in the police court tomorrow.
MELBOURNE. April 24.-Aus-
tralia today adopted penny postage
for all places within the British en-
pire
AZTEC, n. NJ. April 24.-Rev Mr..
Rankin of Denver is holding revival
meetings in this place and is arous-
ing mach interest the church being
filled afternoons and evenings
and overflow meetings are ne
cessary. While no special CONVEX
sions have been made the field is ripe
and great religious wave is predict
ed. Rev. NJ. Craig of Albuquerque is
expected the last of the week to as
sist in the work.
WASHINGTON. D. c.. April "a
United States Senator Money of Mis-
sissippi clashed with a street car CON
ductor this morning over the transfer
of ticket while enroute to the CAPT
toll When the conductor made a
move to eject him the senator drew a
penknife and cut the conductor across
the hand. The senator has not been
arrested as the constitution protects
him. The conductor will not prose
cute.
The fight between Senator Money
and the street car conductor this
morning occurred because the sena-
tor refused to pay fare a second
time. The conductor undertook to
put him off the car and called on pas.
sengers TO assist. He struck the sen.
ator and finally elected him. When
the conductor was on the street corn
er he ran at him and struck him Sc.
verely on the head. The senator
drew pocket knife, and at this the
conductor grasped his hand Sena-
Mnnnv
abusive and filthy in his utterances
The senator is i'll this afternoon
PITTSBURG. April 24.-The steam
er CITY of Pittsburg was a hoodoo
So said every river man on the Ohio
river. Her destruction by fire did not
cause them surprise. From the time
the boat left the yards at Marietta,
Ohio, she passed through one series
of accidents after another until it was
difficult to find a crew to man her.
She was one of the largest boats on
the Ohio river, and was designed by
Captain John NJ Phillips of Pittsburg
for the Notwithstanding packet
trade. The Scotch marine boilers put
on the steamer, an experiment on riv-
ersteamers. failed to work. and these
had to he taken out and replaced with
old style boilers.
The initial trip from Marietta to
Pittsburg took two weeks, and the
crew said the boat had to stop every
few miles. as something was wrong
Accidents. fire and bloodshed were
frequent happenings. When the
steamer had been prepared for
southern trip after landing here she
ran into bridge and narrowly es
capped sinking a tow of coal boats.
Another time she smashed into the
Louisville and Nashville railroad pier
at Louisville, causing thousands of
dollars of damage. Fire almost wiped
her out in Cincinnati, and scarcely~a
month ago one of the mates killed a
negro deckhand at Tiptonville, Mo.
The boat was insured at 100000,
most of the policies being held by
Pittsburg agents.
SARCOIE,, Mo-, April 24.-The town
of Sarcoxie, Mo, the heart of the
strawberry shipping industry west,
was almost wiped out by fire last
night. Fifteen business houses and
several residences ewre consumed.
No deaths. Loss, 100000.
WASHINGTON, April 25.-From
reliable sources comes the confirma-
ton this morning of a rumor given
publicity yesterday afternoon. that
the first government reservoir for ir-
rigation of the arid plains will be built
in Montana as soon as the bill passes
the house. St Mary's Lakes is the
site that will be selected. Recently
the interior department withdrew
from settlement one million acres in
northwest Montana without assign.
ing any reason for such action.
Mondell of Wyoming yesterday intro
duced house resolution to pass the
irrigation bill after a brief discussion.
Speaker Henderson has receded
from his position and will name day
probably within two weeks. A prom
inent official stated today it has been
the presidents intention for some
time to build the first reservoir at
St Mary's Lakes and the interior de
partment's order of withdrawal was
under his instructions. 1t is planned
to bring the water from the lakes to
the plains by system of canals, the