Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-02-19
reLeeRAPHIc NEWS.

see the czar ana foreign minister,
Count Lamsdorff, is said to have de- |
sEribed the situation in Macedonia as
leaving little hope of pacific solu-
Jon. The Russian government is
therefore more intent on efforts to To-
;calize the outbreak than hopeful of
any outcome to the Austro-Hungar-
ian scheme of reform. In pursuance
of this object Russia has advised Bull
garia to declare state of siege in
the agitated districts.
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. Feb. III
Cole Younger today said: THE state
ment that Frank James is to imper-
senate me in the play. THE Younger
Boys Bandits" is absolutely untrue.
Frank, as my friend, would not do 1t
for thousand dollars a night. No
body will do it, for have some of the
best lawyers in the country ready to
prevent it. No play representing the
deeds of the Younger boys will be
put on the stage"
NEW YORK, Feb. 17.-Lieutenant
Peary announced his intention to
make another try for the North pole,
this morning. He said: IF l can
obtain backing to the extent of two
hundred thousand dollars, will start
again for the Arctic regions, and
am absolutely certain that l can
reach the pole" DR.. Frederick
Cook of the Peary Athletic club, says
this amount will be raised.
COLORADO CITY, Colo, Feb H.
I'VE don't want to take this STEP"
uafI prnciIpnt Of
Federation of Miners" but we may be
compelled to close down all mines in
Cripple Creek in order to prevent
shipment of ore to any of the mills at
Colorado City that may be declared
unfair"
CHICAGO, ILL.,, Feb. 17.--An intense
cold wave, the most severe of the win
ter. prevails this morning throughout
the middle west. The temperature
ranges from zero at Louisville to "a
below at West Superior, Wis. The in
tense cold has practically cut this
city off from communication with the
outside world. The contraction of the
wires has caused breaking in every
direction, and only an intermittent
service is being maintained.
IDAHO SPRINGS, Colo, Feb. H.
Fears of a general strike in the mines
of this camp were not realized this
morning, when the men at the Shaft
ter mine failed to go out, as expected.
| 1t is said. however. they will go out
tonight. There are already about
| three hundred men on strike.
NEW YORK, Feb. 17.-William ].
Bryan, in an interview printed here
| this morning. declares that another
eastern Democrat may be nominated
| for the presidency on the Democratic
| ticket in 1904. if he is the right sort of
| man. but his attitude must be such as
will not repudiate the Kansas City
platform. No old school Democrat"
says Mr.. Bryan. will be allowed con-
troll next year" He evaded the
| question as to Judge Parker's candida
cy. and said: Il am just as much in
terested in public affairs as ever, but
| | am not a candidate for president or
any other office"
| MACON, Ca. Feb. 1.-THE Bap-
tist Bible and Sunday school confer
| ence. under the auspices of the state
convention, began in Macon today and
will continue for ten days. The pre-
siding officer is the Rev. Samuel Y.
Jameson, corresponding secretary and
treasurer of the state mission board.
Among the distinguished speakers
from a distance who are to be heard
during the week are DR.. j. X. Sompey,
of the Southern Baptist Theological
seminary at Louisville; DR.. F. C. Nc
Connell corresponding secretary of
the Home Mission board, and Rev.
B. w. Spillman field secretary of the
Sunday school board of Nashville.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Feb. IL
The Ariel Athletic club is to be the
scene tonight of the first wrestling
match held in Philadelphia for over
year. The match will be between
Jack Mccormick of this city and Jim
Parr, the champion of England. I'm
| der the terms of agreement Parr is
! to throw Mccormick three times with
| LEADVTLLE, Colo, Feb. 17.-At 10
o'clock this morning n switch engine
| on the ID. & r. G. road, near Arkan-
sas Valley smelter. jumped the track
and three men were fatally injured
F., The injured
JOHN SOMMERS, Conductor
BENJAMIN SPENCER, Engineer.
w e. ROGERS, Switchman.
! Fireman st. Clair and Switchman
Long escaped when the engine turned
, over. The accident occurred on a
sharp curve. ice on the rails causing
| the disaster The boiler pipes were
broken in an instant, and Sommers
Spencer and Rogers were enveloped
in a cloud of death-dealing steam
and horribly scalded. Physicians say
I they cannot recover.
BRAZIL, Ind, Feb. 17.-An at
tempt by the sophomore class of the
polytechnic school at Terre Haute tc
kidnap the freshman class, which was
giving a banquet at the Davis hoteI
here tonight, resulted in fight which
ended in ten of the "sophs" and three
of the freshmen being placed in Jail
, While the freshmen were making
preparations for their dinner about
fifty sophomores entered the hote
and the fight began. Many men were
knocked down, thre chairs were brolI
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