Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1903-10-05
TELEGRAPHic NEWS.

WASHINGTON, Oct. dispatches
of the past two days have not been
satisfactory as conveyors of specific
information of the Panama canal sit
uation.
1t Is not expected the President will
consider negotiations for any other
route until he has informed the Pan
ANA Canal company of the termina-
ton of all relations with that com
pany. The canal company is not free
to suggest the Abandonment of ne
gotiations. That move must come
from the United States.
1t was known several days before
the expiration of the time limit of the
Hay-Herran convention that the Pres
ident and secretary of state were CON
siderng some measure which had
been submitted by the Colombian gov
ernment, through DIR. Herran for the
resumption of treaty negotiations
along different line
Attention is called to the fact that
the Colombian government had given
the Panama Canal company authority
to transfer its concession to the Unit
ed States without any payment to Co
lombia by the canal company. When
the Panama Canal company held
meeting and voted to sell the conces-
sion TO the United States for 100000
900, the accredited representative of
Colombia was present and voted in
favor of the sale of the concession to
this country.
This sale, of course, would carry
with it the sale of Colombia's large
block of stock in the company. Yet.
1t is stated, Colombia recently made
proposition to act favorably on the
pending treaty with the United States
II the new Panama company would
agree to give to Colombia one-fourth
of the sum to be paid for the transfer
of the concession to the United States.
or s10,000,0o0. To such proposition
the canal company could not agree.
COLORADO SPRINGS. Oct. a.
Sheriff Gilbert, after long Telephone
communication with officials of the
Western Federation OF Miners at Den
yer, this morning, stated that he had
been informed of a plot to dynamite
the building and mill owned by the
United States Reduction and Refining
company, and that he was in receipt
of information whereby the attempt
would be thwarted.
The federation officials state that
the plan to blow up the mill was made
in order to turn public sympathy from
the miners and give the opinion that
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bugs.
COLORADO SPRINGS. Oct. 2.-Pri-
vate Montgomery, of Company X.
First Regiment. died on a Short Line
train this morning while being brought
from Cripple Greek to the Springs hos
pital, The cause of his death is I'M
known. Coroner Law is conducting
an investigation.
JOPLIN, Mo, Oct. ELL Cohen,
a printer of this city. is peculiar
Individual. He recently fell heir to
a 10000 estate, lett by his parents
in Ohio, but he does not want 1t. Co
hen prefers reckless and almost
penniless life in the mining district
to one of ease and luxury. After an
absences of over-a year from Joplin
he recently returned. and today was
fined in police court on charge of
intoxication. His parents discovered
rich deposits of oil on their farm in
Ohio. The place was sold for large
sum, and Cohen was notified to come
and get his share OF profits, but he
never went
CHICAGO. Oct. Professor Zeit.
expert chemist, today testified before
the drainage canal commission that
guinea pigs innoculated with germ
cultures had been found in water
drawn from Chicago faucets which