Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1903-10-01

iStcFtig 10 uOS
ST. PAUL, Sept 2S.-Eight dog:
corraled by the dog catcher were toda,
liberated as result OF an attack or
the dog wagon by pupils of the Rice
school. The driver OF the wager
picked up the pet dog of a woman
living in Rice street and put II IL
the cage with other dogs of various
degrees. Fully a hundred schoolboys
blocked the wagon and liberated al
the dogs
SEDAL1A, Mo, Sept. 2S.-Robbers
| cracked the safe In the Katy" depot
| at Pilot Grove this morning securing
| small sum. They were frightened
away while engaged in boring hole
into the safe of the Myers Drug store
KANSAS CITY. Sept. 28.-Sever
thousand members OF the Meat Cut
| ters' and Butchers union meet to
night to decide whether or not to in
augurate a strike of all the packing
house employees If the. demand for a
wage increase and recognition of the
inion is refused At st. Joe 5000
unionists will meet for the same pur.
pose.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. Sept IS
Veterans of the Spanish war and their
friends began to arrive this morning
for the fourth encampment of their
national association. The first meet
ing will be held this evening when ad-
dresses OF welcome will he delivered
by Governor Chamberlain, Mayor
Studiey, President Hadley of Yale un-
lversity and others. The annual par
ade of the veterans will be the fea-
lure Of tomorrow's program and the
business session of the convention
will be held Wednesday morning
Present indications point to good
attendance from many parts of the
country. st. Louis is favored for next
years encampment, though invitations
Will be presented on behalf of Cleve-
and. Ashville. n. c., and several 9TH
n citiesS
BIRMINGHAM. Ala, Sept. 2S.-A
colossal statue of Vulcan. made en-
tirely of Alabama iron, will be the
central figure of the mineral exhibit
o be made by the Birmingham district
1t the st. Louis Wold's fair. 1t is
planned TO have the statue designed
Oy one of the best sculptors in the
,ountry. and to have 1t in every sense
| work of art The statue will be 60
Get in height. and 1t is proposed to
set II up in one of the St Louis parks
IS permanent memorial alter the
exposition.
NEW YORK, Sept. 2S.-One thous-
md strong the Salvation Army is GO
ng to move upon the Bowery and
cleanse that thoroughfare of the Jet.
sam and fotsam of humanity that
lightly seeks its concert halls, mu-
seums and other attractions. AT the
lead OF this will be Commander
Booth-Tucker, with Consul Emma
Booth-Tucker second in command
The campaign, which will last nine
lays, was inaugurated Saturday 1t
will be such a campaign as never has
oeen witnessed on the Bowery. There
will be a procession of the Army's
hosts from one end of the Bowery to
he other during the afternoon of Oct.
I. AT the head OF this procession
Twelve of the strongest soldiers of the
Army viii bear upon their shoulders
A coffin. In the coffin will be living
versed from end to end the coffin will
be carried to Miners Bowery theater
and there all the ceremonies attend
ing regular funeral will be observed.
Then commander Booth-Tucker will
preach his most powerful sermon OF
the week. his subject being Buried
Alive" In this sermon he will show
persons-men and women and chill
lren, too, for that matter-who daily
are allowing themselves to be bur
led alive" on the Bowery.
W1LkESBARRE. Pa, Sept. 2S.-
Notices were posted today in the Del
aware and Lackwanna collieries put
ting the men on half time, probably
till November Over 1900 men are
Affected. The wage loss Will be $685.
900 a week
BOSTON, Mass, Sept est is re-
ported on good authority that several
Of the cotton manufacturing com
panies in New England are planning
to establish plants in the South for
he manufacture of cotton goods.
While some of the companies will
transfer part of the business that is
being done now in their New England
factories. others will increase their
business by building additional plants
in the Southern states. The coarser
grades of cotton goods can be manu-
featured In the South at greatly re-
duced cost as compared with that In
New England which is the chief cause
given for manufacturing this class of
goods In the South.
CHICAGO, Sept. 2S.-St. Louis
standing in court In the supreme
court injunction case OF the state of
Missouri against Illinois and the SAM
tary district of Chicago. testimony in
which is now being taken in Chicago
by United States Commissioner
Bright. Will be attacked by Attorney
James Todd of the sanitary board on
the ground that ST. Louis herself turns
her sewage into the Mississippi river
and communicates the water of the
cities below.
When the testimony is all in and
the arguments are made IL IL expected