Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-06-18
noop'- rlli- are Tue 6e.i e.iA.Iiie,

nj daylight. 1t was estimated that
two hundred more lie beneath the
debris and slime. or washed away to
places not yet reached by rescuers.
Many bodies lie on the floors OF re-
manning warehouses awaiting identl-
ication Owing TO lack of proper IA
ciiltles and warm weather. the dead
are being wrapped In sheets and bur
led in common crates.
A special train with physicians.
nurses. and supplies has been unable
to get nearer than ten miles Of Hepp-
ner. owing TO washouts.
Wagons are carrying the relief par
ty and supplies into the stricken val
ley. Help Is also coming from Walla
Walla, The Dalles and other cities,
Governor Chamberlain has ordered
all possible assistance to be given at
the expense OF the state.
LAS VEGAS, n. NJ. June 16.-Mrs.
u w Leonard Of Denver, presumed to
be fatally injured here IN a trolley
car accident on Sunday, whsB she
jumped from the ear and struck her
head against n telegraph polls, IL still
| living II WAS reported last night that
sho would die before morning. but al
noon she is much better and may re-
cover Her husband arrived this af-
ternoon.
BERLIN. June 16-The heated con
tost between the emperor and the So
clailRts causes the kcenest interest
TO be manifested iH tqday's general
election In Germany. The campaign
has been one OF the liveliest ever
seen IN the empire, especially In the
provinces, where personalities and To-
| cal intehests have a,0used considera-
| BILE feeling The capital being oyer
whemlngly socialistic. the other polit.
zeal parties have worked their hardest
| in the country. pui the question which
politicians everywhere ara asking one
another is What will the Socialist
vote amount to?' The anti-Socialisi-
| ic parties have conducted the cam
palgn on platform OF loyalty to the
monarchy, TO the church, to the STATE
institutions and to the rights Of prop
erty against tbs Goddess. lawless,
propertylcss. greedy disibtsgrators or
dreamers" The Socialists have laid
stress on cheap bread and meat. eco
nomic prosperity Dased on lower tar
Ms and freedom of speech s,.G crit-
cism, pmilttlng theoretical discus
sions.
The emperor and t.s supporters
have employed all their vast innusIcs,
using the press and machinery OF offi
cialdom for all they are worth. In n
hcrcuanean cftort ~ overwhelm the
Socialists AT the polls Today. TO an
unbiased onlooker. however. II ap-
pears more than probable that the ''po-
itlcnl monster will refuse to be over
whemed. and that he Will show his
| head even higher after the contest Is
over. Herr iicbel and the other So
cialist leaders have conducted Il whirl-
wind campaign and 1t Is Il significant
sign of the times that their meetings
In many OF the provinces have been
more largely attended than ever be
fore.
TOPEKA. Kan. June l6.-At noon
Governor Bailey decided upon June
n as date of the special session OF the
legislature to take steps to provide
means TO repair the damage done by
floods The plight of Kansas CITY,
KAN is the direct cause of the gov
ernur's action.
NEW YORK, June 1G.-Not salts
fed with having climbed the Matter
horn. the Jungfrau, Popocatepel and
other Of the most difficult ascents of
Europe and America. Miss Annie S.
Peck. A. NJ formerly professor OF
Latin at Purdue university and Smith
college, leaves New York today for
South America, where she intends to
try TO make the ascent of Mount So
rata. $4,000 feet high, the highest
point on this hemisphere.
Miss Peck will go to Panama and
thence to the west coast OF Arequipa,
whore the Harvard university obser-
vatory is. and will stay there little
while. She expects to get to Mount
Sorata about the middle OF next
month She will he assisted in the as
cent by two Swiss Alpine guides.
WASHINGTON. ID. c.. June l6-
has prepared report showing that
the railway mileage Of trackage in the
United States is today 2O0,i07 miles.
an increase of over 5000 miles during
the present year.
DENVER. Colo. June 16-lt was
formally announced today by the ex-
ecutors of the great Stratton estate
that they viii at once commence to
lease out the seven hundred acres OF
mining ground in Cripple Creek, now
In their charge, which will be the
means of putting fifteen hundred to
two thousand additional miners to
work in the gold camp and revive its
prosperity
The leases will be given principally
to solid fnanciers of Colorado. The
FIRST lease granted was the PoverV
Gulch properties turned to w. S. Hol-
lister. Milton Smith and II. w. Conger.