Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-08-06

Last week IL was reported that he had
been prostralcd by an attack of vertl
go. but this was emphatically denied
by the Sage household Those mos,
intimately acquainted with Mr. Sage
condition. however, are of the opinion
that he Is not 40 robust as he was q
few years back and that IL would be
much better were he to devote less
time to the routine OF his business af.
fairs. The great financier does NOT
agree with them, and declares that he
| will remain in the harness until Sc.
we're sickness or old age makes ii i'm.
possible for him to do SO.
| The unsteadincss OF the money mar
ket of the last few weeks has kept
Mr. Sage more closely confined to his
Office than usual and contrary to his
usual custom he has spent number
of nights in town instead OF going TO
| his country home at Cedarhurst He
does not. however. take pessimistic
| view OF the situation.
| The present condition OF the mar
march of prosperity" says MIR Sage
| Wall street was pretty busy some
months ago and there seemed to be
lots doing in every line. Prices were
up and everything seemed so prosper.
ous. AS the summer came ON things
| became duh. and Wall street did not
| seem to have the go to it that 1t did
before"
There seemed to be a probability
| pg fhinp pnmipp-anI al
come" added Mr. Sage with smile.
When one cries ont in Wall street
| all the rest join in for various reasons
| to make II hubub. But what happens
one day is forgotten the next. ex-
pect prices to rally from now on until
| September or October, when the mar
ket will be firm and strong again"
WASHINGTON. ID. c., Aug A.
| The Cuban insurrection in Santiago
continues. and the officers OF the
state. war and navy departments are
| worried over the outlook. They do
not intend, however. to permit the
| unrest manifested in Santiago to grow
to alarming proportions. United
States forces Will stop the trouble and
| establish peace.
DENVER. Colo. Aug. lit Is re-
ported here today that on August 20
an entire new force OF officers will
take charge of the Colorado Fuel q
Iron company. Among those slated
TO go are John C. Osgood. President
Kebbler, and nearly every prominent
| official who held office during the old
Osgood regime. Fred j. Kearne. in
his position as chairman of the board
| of directors will be the executive head
of the entire Noncern and viii install
| officials to suit himself Many mem
bers have already resigned their po-
sitions
BUENA VISTA, Colo, Aug. Al.
s. Tomkins, Democratic representa-
| tive from Park and Chaffee counties,
| this morning while attempting to mix
| a dose of medicine. by mistake drank
a large quantity OF carbolic acid. Ply
clans were called in and a stomach
pump was used, but II IL believed that
| the stomach was almost burned en-
| tirely out and his condition is crti-
cal.
OSSING. N. y. Aug 3.-Tonie
luThcHOlShs, CpHNlttsu oi lHt lHuTutl
| OF John Shagowsky, saloonist who
| employed him, was electrocuted with
| / roo volts OF electricity this morning.
| He protested innocence TO the last.
NIAGARA FALLS, n. Y. Aug. g.
AZ a result of conference begun here
| today II Is expected that an amalga-
| nation of the two existing interna-
I ttnnaI npinus nf drive will h,s
consummatted The new organization
will be affiliated with the American
| Federation of Labor and will begin its
career with n membership extending
| over a large part OF the United States
! and Canada.
NEW YORK. Aug. 3.-Among the
persons scheduled to sail for Europe
today is Jack O'Brien. the Philadelphia
middleweight pugilist, who has decld-
ed to return TO England where he
| achieved some notable victories on
the occasion of his visit several years
ago He has several bouts arrange \
| the most prominent being a fifteen
round contest with Jack Palmer
champion of Great Britain. The con
test is scheduled Tor decision in London
the latter part of this month.
| WARSAW. Ind. Aug. 3.-The pres
ent week promises to be record
breaker in the history of the Lake
| Winona resort. A large number OF
meetings OF national importance are
to be held, among them the North
western Purity association, National
| Woman's Christian Temperance
union, National Tithers conference
National convention OF Trade and
Technical Institute of Instructors and
the General Committee on Federal
union OF the Presbyterian Church OF
America.
PITTSBURG, Pa. Aug. 3.-Tht
lockout of the Building Trades be
came effective this morning and 10000
men are idle Structural iron work
ers. carpenters. bricklayers. painters
decorators. and plumbers have afiilia;
ed. Many residences, several church
es and schools are left in an uninish
ed condition.
| TOPEKA. Kan. Aug 3.-The dam
age done In North Topeka was merel,
that OF heavy rain. People were
considerably frightened and seyera