Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-05-11
TELEGRAPhiC NEWS.

The Hague tribunal OF the question OF
preferential treatment for Germany.
England and Italy. The Russian EN-
peror is to select three arbitrators
from permanent members of the court
to settle how much OF the thirty per
cent of Venezuelan custom duties shall
go 10 the powers who used force, and
how much more to peaceful creditors.
Minister Bowen refused to allow the
powers to insert in the protocol a
clause by which arbitrators should fix
the amount Venezuela should pay the
powers for expense in attempting to
collect their bills.
KANSAS CITY, Mo, May While
washing dishes in the rear of her cab
in, half way down West Bluffs. Mrs
Flony Dibbles was killed in the ruins
of her home this morning by the fall
of some two hundred tons of rock and
earth, which moistened by rain, slid
down.
Another cabin also was wrecked and
three people had close escapes.
LONDON, May Andrew Carnegie
was inaugurated as president of the
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today. In his address Mr.. Carnegie
said that if all the countries of the
world would remit the whole subject
of international relations to a commit
tee of distinguished citizens of each
country, the foundation for interna-
tional peace would be laid. Mr. Car
negie said that present prosperity was
in a large part due TO the admittance
If employees into partnership. A
liberal division of profits among the
men who help make them. he said.
was the greatest secret of business
success.
NEW YORK. May 7.-Because Mrs.
James X Polk thought that If she
gave an alarm il would awaken a
score of families in large fashionable
apartment house and create a panic,
she alone desperately fought fire in
her own apartments.
She paid for this with her life at
an early hour this morning. being so
badly burned that she died despite
every effort of half a dozen surgeons.
She was wealthy herself, the daughter
Of Swedish financier Mrs. Polk was
marri ed twenty-oue years ago to Mr..
Polk. whose great uncle was president
of the United Sattes
ST. JOSEPH. Mo, May As a re-
suit of the investigation into the death
by violence of Andrew Freemeyer,
patient at the insane asylum, n war
rant charging murder in The first de
gree was today served Emma CostiD,
4 night guard.
NEW YORK, May Louis Loblin-
er. aged 3. slipped out of his mothers
irms through a window of the elevat.
ed train, and dropped through the
ties. The baby was caught by two
men in the street below, who saw him
coming. thus saving his life
NEW YORK, May THE rise in
silver is declared to be entirely logi-
cal by Mint Director Roberts. During
last year il was forced down abnormal
ly low, and is now getting towards its
normal figure. The director says
there is no corner in silver and it is
likely to go higher.
MANILA, p. l., May captain Per
shing's colum has defeated the Sultan
OF Amparuaguanos, who was operating
with a strong force of Moros in Taraca
county, on the east shore of Lake
Lano, in The Island of Mindanoa. The
Americans captured ten forts. One
hundred and fifteen Moros were killed
and thirteen were wounded, sixty be-
ng made prisoners. The Moros cap
tured included the sultan. Two Amer
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DENVER, Colo. May 7.-Lewis Ed
wards. blacksmith and helper. was
seriously injured by the explosion OF a
casting here this morning. The man
was struck by pieces of the hot meta!
and horribly burned.
BARSTOW, Cal, May 7.-President
Roosevelt here made the FIRST stop to-
lay in California, speaking for ten
minutes.
During the night short stops We're
made at Williams, Ash Fork, The Nee
dies and klngman. Governor Brodie
and Ben Daniels, who travelled with
the president through Arizona, left the
president at Ash Fork. Secretary
Moody and President Wheeler of the
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party at Redlands
REDLANDS. Cal, May 7.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt and his party today
had their first taste of the hospitality
Of California. Governor Pardee and
the California congressional delegation
met the president here in the beautiful!
San Bernardino valley at o'clock this
morning and welcomed him to the
state. 1t was here that the president
got his first idea of the wonderful
treat that awaited him. Through an
avenue lined with palms and Venetian
masts he drove over beds of roses, ne
meath triumphal arch OF flowers and
fruit 10 the Casa Iona hotel on the
balcony of which the exercises took
hiace A short drive through the or
ange groves and parks followed. All
along the route of the drive women
showered the president and his party
with flowers and through the streets
they bombarded him from windows un-
I'll the air was perfect maze of col d.
After three pleasant hours spent here
the presidential special, accompanied
by the California party, resumed the
journey to Los Angeles. Brief stops