Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-07-13
here yesterday nfternonn.


distributing poisoned candy bon-bon,
TO Jewish children dispatch sayi
there IS widespread conspiracy ant
that many children eating the candy
we're taken ill, some dying.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. July To-
Eight people are reported TO have
been Killed and thirty hurt in wreck
| of the Union Terminal suburban train
near Madison. H.. this morning. The
train which was composed of eight
| coaches, left the track. which had
been weakened by the recent floods.
The coaches piled up on the engine.
One woman's head was severed
from the body. and girl was cut in
two at the waist One coach was
tilled almost entirely with women. and
their cries of agony were pltiuL A
relief train is being made up here.
Alma Kirksham and Fred Winter
We're killed. according to a later re.
port, and thirty hurt Mrs Kirskamps
head was severed while trying to jump
through a window.
ST PAUL. Mimi. July l0-Fred
Ames, former colonel OF the Thir-
teenth Minnesota regiment In the
Philippines, brother o! Mayor Ames.
was taken to the penitentiary this
morning for grating while chief OF
police at St Paul
DENVER, Colo. July lO.-This was
good citizenship" day in the Chris
tian Endeavor convention. At nearly
all the meetings of the day the re
ports, addresses, presentations and
songs tended toward the subject N.
LONDON, July 1O--A remarkable
airship trial is to take place from the
Raneleigh club grounds tomorrow.
when Stanley Spencer. the young ne
ronaut who sailed over the northern
suburbs of London last year, win take
new and powerful airship across the
metropolis at n speed which may
range up to 80 miles an hour
distinguished gathering will be
present to watch the start. The
journey through the airwlll not be de.
dependent ON perfect weather condi-
lions, the great power Of the new ship
being sufficient TO force it through
winds which would altogether stop
smaller craft A storm might delay
The start, but ordinary summer brcez.
es viii make little or no difference
The total length of the new ship is
about 30 feet. and the breadth in the
widest part about % feet Beneath
Jhe cirgarshaped balloon is suspended
the bamboo framework carrying the
one or two passengers. the petrol mo-
ipr Tho spra,V trngtnr mr. ,,r,rglIn,. ,nl
The rudder The motor is placed in
front OF the framework. the car in the
back half The propeller is fixed in
front the rudder at the rear Every
thing Is worked from the ear by an ap-
paratus similar to that used Tor oper-
ating the brake on cycles
The airship in which the successful
experiments We're made last year was
of "a horse power The maximum
speed of the former was ton miles an
hour, and of the latter 30 miles an
hour The two-blade screw tractor
for propelling the ship is - feet in
length. The rudder consists of silk
covered framework The airship Is
capable of carrying two passengers.
but tor tho initial trip tomorrow tho
daring inventor will be maccompan-
led.
As to the power Of the airship Mr.
Spencer says it will be able to go
through any wind the velocity Of
which does not exceed 30 miles an
hour, Extended journeys are planned
by the inventor, and he says he hopes
to provide surprises for the specta-
tors.
WASHINGTON, D, C., July 10
Additional Legislation on the subject
of pure food" will be sought at the
coming session of congress, and a
meeting of manufacturers and dis
tributors of food products will be held
in New York July 10 to start the cam
paign. Complaint is made of lack OF
uniformity in state laws In Massa-
chusetts and Ohio all compounded
foods have 10 be labeled with Com
poslte formula label showing the va
rlous ingredients and their proper
tons. In Pennsylvania the word
compound" is employed, and in Hi
nois they are designated Imitation -
while in Minnesota they are branded
"adulterate mixture" The manufac-
turers say they are willing to use any
one Of these labels if they can be as
sured that it will be satisfactory to
the health authorities OF all the differ
onl states.
a vigorous campaign was waged be
fore the Fifty-seyenth congress 20 Sc
cure the passage of n general law.
but there was considerable divergence
Of opinion as to how far this law
should 20. The National Retail Gro
GERS association and some large
wholesalers and jobbers Of Chicago
advocated the Mann bill. while the
manufacturers and distributors back
ed the Corliss bill with the result that
the Hepburn bill was passed By the
house. The time was 100 short TO Sc
cure It's consideration by the senate
but an amendment was made 10 the
appropriation bin for the Department
Of Agriculture authorizing the Secre
tary Of Agriculture 10 pass upon the
purity OF imported foods. and the Sec
retary of the Treasury TO refuse entry
to such foods as the Secretary of Ag
riculture declared unfit for consump
ti0n. The Secretary Of Agriculture Is
also authorized 10 issue certificates