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

saratoga near New BedlOrG. MASS.
: $50 acres are burning. At Lake PIac
Id. n. y. men are working fercely t.
Q save hotels and the sanitarium, which
e is in extreme danger. The smoke
. prevents seeing further than one
I block
BANGOR, NJ. June 5-In north
, eastern Maine. farms are drying up
II crops ruined, and vast tracts of tim
, Der devastated. The town OF Brag
} vile with fifty buildings has been
t burned. Millions In money and Year,
OF labor win not replace the damage
done. Shirley is surrounded people
are fighting for their lives and homes.
The town OF Mapleton Is destroyed
with 35 houses. A guide just in from
Allegesh says he passed through
miles of fire,
| SPRINGFIELD, Mass. June Co.
Farmers in Connecticut valley have
lost s250,000 by fires and drought
Near Rutland. VI, four thousand acres
are burned over, and two thousand
acres are stiil blazing.
LA CROSSE. Wis, June 5.-The
business section of the new town OF
Lisbon was destroyed by fire this
morning at a loss Of one hundred and
fifty thousand dollars.
PRINCETON. N, j., June 5.-The
i56th annual commencement week at
Princeton university was ushered in
this afternoon with the annual golf
match between graduates and under
graduates.
Tomorrow the annual junior orator
ical contest will take place in Alexan-
der hall and in the afternoon Prince
ton and Yale Will meet on the dia-
mond. In the evening the seniors
will sing on the steps of "Old North"
and later there Will be a concert by
he Glee club.
Sunday the baccalaureate sermon
VIII be preached by the Rev. Henry
van Dyke, ID. D., and President Wood
row Wilson Will deliver an address TO
he senior class.
Monday Will be class day, with the
planting of the class ivy. the cannon
| exercises and other ceremonies
| Tuesday will be Alumni day and the
commencement exercises proper will
lake place in Alexander hall Wednes-
| lay morning.
BALTIMORE, Md, June 5.--A sci.
entiiic expedition To the Bahama ISL
| inds will leave Baltimore tomorrow
on the steamer II. w. Vonname. The
| expedition will be made under the d.
| rection of George b. Shattuck, assocl-
ate professor of geology of Johns Hop
kins university. Its object will be
scientific research in all its branches,
including geology. physical geography,
botany and zoology. The government
has appointed expert workers from
the Soil and Fish commission to ac-
company the expedition, the history
of the islands will be studied, with
their commercial geography and bank
ing system. special study will also
be made of atmospheric conditions
and the sea atmosphere. A new
bench mark will be fixed to show the
recession of the tide.
| The expedition will be one of the
most thoroughly equipped that has
ever been sent ont since all branches
If science are represented. and the
value of its work win be the greater
in that very little literature exists
regarding this portion OF the worlds
surface. nor has 1t been written up
scientifically to any great extent II
Is expected that the work will occupy
about two months time.
S1LVERTON, Colo, June 5.-Bert
Brown, the owner OF the lot adjoining
the Grand hotel, on the north, COM
menced to take down the old land
mark yesterday to make way for q
first class building to. be erected upon
the site. 1t will be of brick and 100
feet deep.
Fred G.. Helmbodt is spending a
few days with his brother at Eureka,
prior to his leaving on the 10th for
six months visit to the east and to
his native country. Germany.
Colonel Meek, a former partner In
mining of Mr.. Barroas, (who was
killed the past summer ON Marshall
Pass,) accompanied by party OF gen.
tlemen from Lake City. was visitor
to our town this week. They are in
terested in mines at Burrows park.
| Arrivals at the Grand yesterday
were N. b. Plate. Denver; James f.
| Hill, Francis MoritZ, Ouray; +. Tay-
lor, Durango; John A. James. Para
chute, Colo; Madam Mermet, Nate
Hart. Durango. w. e. Smith. 8. b.
Dowell, Alamosa; DIR. +. G. Wiser,
Wisconsin; Gust Lundstrom, Eureka.
MANILA, June 5.-A hurricane
swept over the Philippine Islands yes
terday doing great damage to ship
ping, wrecking the United States
transport Shasmus, United States
steamer Pearla de visayas being lost
OFF Camotes island, but almost all of
the crew were saved. Several other
ships were also lost