Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-02-25

ing heavy fog. and during the fore
noon. the Easts, 10 which six sailors
we're seen clinging, went overheard.
One man previously washed over
;oard was rescued by life savers.
TEN TSlN, Feb. ga telegram
rom shang Tung says 800 lives were
ost by the bursting of dam on the
Wang river.
OURAY. Feb. 22-About 60 of the
leported miners arrived here from
dontrose Friday evening and put mp
II the St Elmo hoial. The crowd has
1erceptibly diminished and it is re
ported around town today that 40 OF
hem have gone TO work ON the Bars
ow. though this is doubted for the
eason that a few days ago the man
ger of that mine ordered Charles
l.ane. secretary OF the Miners Tn
on here. off the dump. II is claimed
oy various Silverton parties that
large number of the men are going
10 work in san Jumn county. but the
union has notices posted here request
ing miners 10 remain away from Sill
verton However, those who leil
Ouray are headed in The direction OF
Silverton or Durango, and it may be
hat a part of them contemplate seek
ing employment in the mines of the
La Platas. The impression prevails
here that the labor troubles at Tellu-
ride are about ended, owing to the
report spread LAST week that martha
law was about TO be declared on
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22-All hope
Of statehood this session of congress
is now practically abandoned. sena-
Tor Beveridge remains very active in
its opposition. to Arizona, New Mexico
and Oklahoma while Senator Quay
the chief advocate of the territories
for statehood, is wintering in Florida
and is not expected to return until late
in the session.
BUFFALO. n. Y. Feb 22.-This
morning Alexander Sanders died from
the effects OF terrible burns received
by the explosion of a blast furnace at
the plant of the Lackawana Steel com
pany yesterday. When the explosion
occurred, George Reynalds. Michaels
Smith and Frank Pennett, workmen,
were blown into the air and killed.
COLORADO SPRINGS. Feb. 22.-
A notable gathering of famous educa
tors are here today al the dedication
exercises of Palmer Hall, the new
Science building of Colorado college
This morning President Van Hise OF
the University of Wisconsin. deliver
ed an address on Coloradu's field foi
scientific research. Tonight the
grand banquet takes place. and 800
noted educators will sit at the tables
The dedicatory services win be com
pleted tomorrow with a formal ad-
lress by President David Starr Jordan
If Leland Stanford University. The
presidents OF nearly all the Western
colleges arrived here this morning.
FORT WORTH. Tex. Feb. 22.-
Judge Connor of the court of appeals
his morning gave a decision which is
IF interest to Grand Army veterans OF
the United States The q. A. II.
formed a company which bought CO.
900 acres of land in Texas valued at
$500 900. While doing business a
stockholder secured a receiver ON the
ground that the company was formed
in Indiana not in Texas. Judge Con
verse holds that the company has a
| right to be formed ia another state.
and Texas courts have no control over
Ii as corporation. The referee de
clares the receivership off.
WASHINGTON. Feb 22-The state
| department has received information
| from Captain Miller OF the cruiser Co
| lombia that the San Domingo insurg
ants fired upon the Colombia and the
Newark while in a pert near the cap
ifal city. Captain Miller Immediately
ordered the cruisers guns to bear on
the town and Pajlrito was bombarded
| Marines We're then landed and the in
surgents We're driven into the interior
The marines still remain stationed
near San Domingo city, and protest
against their presence has been filed
| by the San Domingo people.
CHICAGO, Feb. 22.-The Alhambra
| hotel theater and business block, was
destroyed by fire this morning. So
far three bodies have been taken from
the ruins. Twenty women and chill
dren in night clothes, were rescued
by the firemen from the upper win
dcws and were almost frozen by ex-
posure. the thermometer being down
to zero. The theater belonged to the
Starr x Havlin clrcnit.
The fire started in the Alhambra
restaurant and was not got under con
troll until after a hard battle of two
hours by the ilremen. The dead;
WILLIAM FISHER.
FRANK BECKHAM.
ANNIE SMITH.
Three OF the bodies recovered were
found in room on the top floor OF
the building. From the position of the
remains the two men had apparently
attempted to assist the woman to es-
cape. but had been overcome by the
smoke. All the clothing was burned
from the bodies and the flesh scared
and scorched
CLEVELAND. o.. Feb. Ex-senator
Hanna's VIII was filed today and 1t
was found that the estate totals s3,-
900 900, one-ihird of which is be-
queathed to his widow and the other
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