Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-01-25

says the saiety OF 3ouO people is en-
dangered and half million dollars
worth OF property threatened by ar
immense gorge which Is forming In
, the Wabash river.
SYRACUSE. n. Y. Jan. 2I.-Except
the main lines OF the New York Cen
tral all railroads coming In here are
paralyzed by the heavy snow drifts
Three trains are buried in snow
drifts at Richfield
MILWAUKEE, Jan. 2l-This morn.
Ing snow drifts are over ten feet high
between here and Racine. as the re.
sut Of blizzard that ragged all night
through southern Wisconsin All elec.
trio railway traffic is closed down In
this city.
KANSAS CITY. Jan. 2i.--Applica.
ton for change OF venue on grounds
OF alleged popular prejudice was ask
ed by Carey Snyder when his trial on
the charge OF highway robbery was
called today Snyder is the son OF a
millionaire who liz under sentence in
the penitentiary for booding in ST.
| Louis
JOHNSTOWN. Pa, Jan 2i.-With
a crash that was heard all over Johns.
town a forty-ton fy-whecl OF one OF
the engines in the rail mill of the
Cambria Steel company broke at 1870
this morning. The flying pieces tore
out the roof and smashed the sides
of the building. large steam pipe
was shattered by one of the flying
fragments and the structure was filled
with steam in an instant. which se-
verely scalded n number OF the work.
men.
| Edward Blakey was killed by n
falling beam and nine others. badly
injured. were taken to hospital.
NEW YORK, Jan 2l.-John ID.
Rockefeller, Jr., advised the young
men of his Bible class not to complain
of being down on their luck. but get
right down to hard manual labor and
success would come Don't be quit
| ters, he said. We want men who
have proper conception of the dig.
nifty OF labor. In this city and land
today there seems to be 30 wrong n
standard put up, so many men of cd.
ucation who think they have ability
are not willing to begin where their
abilities would advance them. This
is false notion The man who Is
fully capable OF being bank presi-
dent is not above feeling he is capable
of beginning his career by being
bank messenger, The man who, be-
cause Of his false notions. Is unwill-
Ing TO fill humber place is n man
the world has not much use for"
CRIPPLE CREEK, jan. 21-No
trace OF Sherman Parker. who escap.
ed from the sheriff Ia 10 be found.
Soldiers are making diigent search
| but without success.
| Reports from Denver are that the
escape OF Sherman Parker enrages
tho governor and martial law for the
entire Cripple Creek district will
shortly be Announced
ST PETERSBURG, Jan. 2l.-A
Vladiyostock dispatch today says.
News received here from Japan dis.
pells fear of war Peace is apparently
assured for some time.
PARIS, Jan. 2l.-The International
Peace Commission. an adjunct Of The
Hague tribunal. has sent circular
note to the powers asking for the
adoption of means to secure settle
ment OF the controversy In the far
| East
| WASHlNGTO.,, Jan. 21.-Not less
than $2O0,0o0.000 year will be the
annual bill of the Uniled Siates for pen.
sion payments, II The Grand Army
service pension bill introduced In the
senate by Senator Dolllver aud in the
house by Representative Calderheau
becomes a law. This bill proposes 20
give to every survivor OF the civil war
who served ninety days or more, who
has an honorable discharge and who
has reached tie age of G2 years a
pension of $l2 month 1t also pro
poses TO pay to every widow who was
married to deceased soldier prior to
June 27. 1890. pension OF Si2 a
month.
The best data available indicates
| that the total Increase in expenditures
would be more than $G2, 900 900 and
that 1t would bring the aggregate pen
sion payments OF the government up
to 5000, ,OO0, 900 year.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Jan. ga
message from Akron, this state, says
the town of Moundsvillc. in Tuscaloosa
county. was destroyed by a cyclone
this morning and practically the en-
tire population Of three hundred were
killed. The report came from Con
ductor Capehart In charge Of the
north-bound Queen and Crescent"
Limited which was unable to pass
Moundsville early this morning cw-
ing to the debris on the track. The
train was then backed to Akron from
which place the report Of the disaster
was sent A wrecking train has left
for the scene of the holocaust A lat
er message says II was the north end
Of the town which suffered the most.
A negro section hand who came here
at noon on a handcar from Mounds.
Vile. reports the country laid bare
for miles around. He said he saw
the bodies OF many people lying
around.
Every doctor in Tuscaloosa has gone
to the scene Reports by telephone
say only thirty are killed. Merchants
here are preparing To send relief to
the destitute.