Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-03-12

them falling to the ground uncon.
scious. while others groveled in the
ditch or jumped into the creek. wildly
endeavoring 10 put out the fire which
consumed them
Several OF those who we're over
whelmed with the flames dropped
where they stood and never moved
again. Boys were burned to death
before their fathers eyes. while the
latter stood helpless 10 save them, and
men SO badly injured by flying iron
that they could not move. from where
they were PROSTATE in the embers,
and flames falling upon them until
they pcrlshed More heartrending
sights have never been Witnessed.
CHICAGO. III March 10-"In fifty
years Chicago viii be the largest. best
governed and most beautiful city in
the world said Hugo S. Grosser. city
statlstician. at the conclusion OF lee
ture on The Growth OF Chicago" be-
fore the college OF commerce and ad
minlstration. at the University of Chi
eago yesterday
MIR. Grosscr was positive the fore
cast would prove true, If the people of
Chicago work as hard during the next
nifty years AS they have in the last
Chicago has grown more than any
other city In the world In the space of
seventy years" said Mr. Grosser. "On
this day of primaries IL may be sig
nifcant to note that in the first
town election, held in Chicago in 1893.
there were twcnty-eight voters, five
Of whom signifed their Willingness to
hold Office"
The first public building was erect
cd In 1892 It cost only IS. The CON
tractor secured the job on bid of $l2,
but when the work was done said 1t
was not worth that much. In 1s43
nm ordinance was passed prohibiting
hogs from running wild on the streets.
The original city. bounded by Mad
ison. State Klnzie and Desplaines
streets. was three.eighths Of square
mile in Dimensions In 1890, after the
urban towns. 1t had an area of 1909
square miles. and today Is 100.
'In few years railroads will dis
appear from the surface by track ele-
walton -Four hundred n,l@es of tracks
have been elevated between 1890 and
1900. and the elevation OF 600 miles
more Is contracted for There are
COO miles OF track In the city.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, March 10
| lly far the most stupendous Increase
IN capital ever made by any corpora
ton went into history today when the
stockholders Of the Pennsylvania Rail
road company, at their annual meet
ing. authorized an addition to the capi.
tal stock OF the company to make the
aggregate $500 10000. and an increase
Of The bonded indebtedness to like
amount
This action confers authority on the
board of directors absolutely TO issue.
as It may from time TO time deem ex-
policnt securities TO the enormous to-
tai OF sisG $40, 760. par value. This
viii bring the total authorized capital
ization OF the company. stock and
funded Indebtedness, TO the enormous
! total of $500. 600 900,
No definite statement has been is
tAA'h he " WV phi pbn'H III tii'
vast amount of new capital will be
used, but II Us known that the company
has vast amount of work laid out
which It viii take millions to complete.
While the underground railray under
New York is to be built by another
company. the Pennsylvania Railroad
company will own all. the stock, and
Z nj tstll hA
this purpose. There will be several
millions of dollars spent In Washing
ton and at least $50. .000. 900 on perma-
ncnt Improvement on the line of the
road Some of this money. however.
viii be taken out of the earnings.
WASHINGTON. D. c., March 10
Arthur + German of Maryland. fire.
quonly mentioned as a candidate for
the presidency. has been chosen by
the Democrats as their leader in the
senate Mr. German enjoyed this dis
tnction before he was retired to pri.
yatc NE by the political avalanche
which turned Maryland over To the Re
puhlicans Skilful and diplomatic pol.
ishod and conservative Mr.. German is
an able and powerful leader He is
not an orator and does not precipi-
tocsly enter debate He belongs to
the same school of craftsmanship as
MIR Aldrich, the Republican leader,
ami In methods and manners the two
men are much alike,
Under the leadership OF Mr. German
the Democratic party in the senate
win become a strong factor in legis-
latlon. The Democratic senators did
not hesitate when they met In confer
enec TO choose leader to select Mr.,
German as the standard bearer, He
will now strive to remove all faction
tionnl differences from his party and
give h u strong organization. The
conference did not dispose of the ques-
tion of policy but 1t is Mr.. Germans s
desire that a united front may be pre-
son,ed upon all important questions
and that the spirit OF individuality
which has been for several years been
growing on the Democratic side Of the
senate be suppressed
The caucus in making Mr. German
lguIaV ttlnaAl him NJ tho hnad nf rho