Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-07-23


the strange flashes that have gon,
forth in the might from the laboratory
In speaking OF his experience Tesla
said today: These experiments are
my private business will say
however, that We are doing very
much more than solving the problem
OF wireless telegraphs In fact. | am
satisfied of the practicabiity OF taking
wireless photographs Very much
more important things than these will
| am convinced. be accomplished In
the near future"
KANSAS CITY. Mo, July 22--ln
a rear-end collision TWO Santa re
stock trains in the local yards caused
a great amount of damage Many bend
Of cattle We're killed. and Robert OH.
yer, of Claredon, Tex: f. Chelf OF
Shattuck, Okla. We're injured and
taken to the hospital.
PITTSBuRG. July 22.-It Is stated
that the resignation oi Charles
Schwab as president OF the United
States Steel corporation might be sub.
mitted to the directors at the regular
meeting to he held in New York on
August 4.
NEW YORK, July Congress.
man Joseph G. Cannon. possibly the
next speaker of the house OF repre-
sentatives arrived in New York to-
day from Washington II is under
stood he is here to discuss with New
Workers legislation 10 offer at the ex-
ira session of congress
| INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. July 22.-Cun.
gressman Norton of Ohio Is here In
thur German for the Democratic pres.
idenlial nomination. lie says Ohio
will support him.
BALTIMORE. Md. July 22.-The
Elks are having a magnificent time
| here. The parade this morning mum
bered over seven thousand. A quar-.
ter of a million people Witnessed the
march and cheered the Elks. Some
Of the lodges appeared in picturesque
| costumes. The Elks now have
membership OF over one hundred and
| 6fty thousand. They expended one
| hundred and ninety thousand dollars
| for charity last year and their mem.
| Dership increased twcuty-cight thous-
and
LEXINGTON. Ky. July 22-Llght.
| ming struck and set fire to a fine barn
On John Midden's farm, causing the
cremation of the famous thorough.
bred stallion. Imp Mirthful, and two
other valuable animals. SiXty-one
Ither horses escaped. Loss will be
| 100000
i,I,
| over the remains Of Henry Clay
| knocking OF the nose and one ear.
LONDON, July Whistler, the
American artist was buried today in
| the yard OF the Old church at Chi+,
wick. The funeral was private, but
| The church was packed. Many Ameri-
cans sent flowers in magnificent de
signs. Among the most beautiful flo
raj wreaths were those from Wander.
| bilt, Alma Tedema and L, A Abbey.
| WASHINGTON. ID. C., July 22.-
When the currency reformers get busy
| next session the fight in congress-
promises to narrow down between
| those on the one hand who want an
| elastic currency" and those on the
| other who want TO permanently in.
| creaes the volume. The west will
| probably line up for elastic currency,
| something along the line of Secretary
| Shaw's plan. while the east will be
| practically solid for the Aldrich bill
| or some such measure that prososes to
substitute other securities than Unit
ed States bonds as collateral for gov.
ernment deposits.
| Secretary Shaw's plan to authorize
! the national banks TO issue additional
| currency to the amount of % per cent
Of their capital at a tax of per cent
TO be paid to the government will, II
is believed, he warmly supported by
the west on the argument that it will
bring relief when relief is most needed
that Is, whenever money rules high
er than per cent-and that the elias
ticiry so much desired will be obtained
by the redemption and cancellation of
this additional currency when the
money rate falls below 3 per cent and
the national banks can find no profit
in maintaining the increased circula-
lion upon which they will have to pay
a per cent tax.
| h'o' Ni' ihNbi Aii' pam oh
that the eastern men oppose IL and
will fight for the Aldrich bill because
they are more concerned in establish
ing the value of other classes of Sc
curities than government bonds and
want TO furnish "A basis for perma
nent increase of money which can be
used in the great promotion schemes
of Wall street
KNOXVILLE. Iowa, July 22-Wil
liam Laird early today killed his son
Charles. aged 1G years. because the
boy did not respond to the summons
to get up. Then, failing In an at
tempt to murder another younger son
who escaped TO the neighbors, Lairt
fatally wounded himself
GUTHRIE, Okla, July 22.-Con
structlon work on the Orient throngi
western Oklahoma Is proceeding at ;
rapid rate the entire length now
completed through the territory beinl
about 100 miles. Within a month Il
is expected that 3G5 miles of the roat
will be in operation and by the en-,
OF the year about 600 miles