Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-06-18

| u l.. Plymouth and Concord, Mass
| Stonington. Conn. and other points 10
| view the famous bell on what may
be liz last trip away from Phlladei-
| phla
ROME June IS The pope appears
today Ia be recovering from an opera.
lion performed upon him Saturday.
and which leads To an erroneous re
port that he was dead.
The operation consisted of remoy.
| ing a small tumor which developed mn.
der the pope's arm. His holiness stood
| the shock brayoly and seems TO be en-.
| trely recovered today.
DENVER. Colo. June ia can.
| ynss Of the charter vote shows little
variation from the seml-ofilcial count
| II IL believed that an entire victory
| for the Ciyica Ia assured
TACOMA. Wash. June Is -Goyern.
| or Congdon OF Yukon territory has ~.
sued report stating that the new
| gold discoveries on Duncan creek VIII
exceed In extent and richness those
u the Kiondike Pans run from one
10 seven dollars
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. June l5.--
| The formation of strong labor union
of The cement workers OF the United
| States and Canada is expected to re
mlt from u conference begun In this
| city today The purpose. Of the pro
posed organization are to secure n
shorter worhday. better the conditions
of labor and obtain higher wages for
| the cement workers aud In general 10
| elevate their condition. Preliminary
organization was effected today and
committees appointed to frame by
| laws and take other necessary ar
| rangemcuis Tor the permanent organl'
lation OF the union The convention
viii continue In session through the
greater part OF the week.
NEW YORK. June i5.-Shsmrook
nj. which arrived yesterday with
Shamrock I and the steam yacht Erin
are today being visited by crowds OF
| Interested yachtsmcn. The three
boats had very stormy passage
across the Atlantic especially since
/ leaving Azores islands.
JACKSON. Ky. June 15.-Ed
| Thorpe and Joe Crawford. suspected
OF causing the destruction by fire
| Sunday of the hotel Of Cnptnin Even
witness against the nssaHsins OF
Lawyer Mnrcnm. were taken before
Judge Rcdwinc hy the militia this
| morning and after evidence In habenH
| corpus proceedings was heard. were
bound over to the grand jury
| The trials Of Jelt and White were
I a. IL "A.
grand Jury viii release both il gen
| erally believed. In view Of the prompt
revenge taken on Even by friends OF
| the accused
| sIi.VERTON. Colo, June l5-Onr
| of the worst mining accidents In the
! history OF san Juan county took place
at 10 o'clock last night at the Toltec
tunnel being run by the Sioux Mining
company Three mon, l.. W. I.nfgrcn
| Percy Kemplar and Ed Crane. were
going to work They had entered the
blacksmith shop at the mouth of the
| tunnel when, from some unknown
cause. 80 pounds OF powder in the
building exploded, blowing the struc
| uIrc io atoms. along with the men
| portions OF the limbs at the men being
| found 400 feet away They were so
manglod that recognition was hardly
| possible 1t win never be known
whn, caused the explosion. as no on,
was left To tell the story, and only
conjcctures can be given, The rem
nants of the men were brought 10
| SiNerton this forenoon
| WASHINGTON, u. C.. June 10
| The observance of Flag day In the ma
tional capital today was quite gen
| eral Flags were displayed from many
oi the houses and bnsi
of the business houses aud residences
and four of them noeted from the lor
| ~ dome OF the Capitol building In
accordance with the custom estab
| lshod several years agn the Pension
bureau the government Printing Office
and several other departments obsory
ed the anniversary by holding special
exercises at the noon hour.
| CHRISTlANA June l6-Au Nor
way united today Ia doing honor tu
Edward GrieE, the nations most hon
orcd and most famous musician aud
composer, on the occasion ot his six
| iltlh hlIAhtaNs NORWAY most cum
ncnt musicians. statesmen and men of
letters gathered at Bergen and took
par, in the great festival arranged IN
honor of the celebrated musician The
| lis, of visitors was headed by Bjorn.
stierne B1ornson and his wife. A foa'
ture Of the celebration was the read.
| ing of letters and messages of con
graduation which poured in upon
Griog from famous people throughout
the world. Announcement was made
OF the successful completion of fund
to be known as the Griog memorial
fund. the interest on which is ia be
subject to his disposition as long as
he lives, and after his death is to be
applied to any purpose which he may
Indicate.
Since Ole Bulls death Edward Grieg
is the most popular musician in Nor
way and occupies the foremost place
and is regarded as the highest repre-
resentative OF the Norwegian musical
art. He lieves quietly at Hop. lit
tie village on the railway from Bergen
to Voss, where he has charming
cottage surrounded by Beech trees.