Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-02-08
tain alterations for safety are made,


Commodore Vanderbilt, Is dying in her
apartments in this city. where for e5
years she has lived the life of a re-
cluse, She owns real estate worth
over a million dollars
WASHINGTON. Feb. 4-Elaborate
arrangements have been made at the
White House for the congressional re
ception. which the President and Mrs.
Roosevelt will give tonight Nearly
5000 invitations have been extended
and II is expected the attendance will
be larger than at any previous func-
| tion at the White House this season.
excepting. of course, the New Year
reception. In addition to the mem
bers OF congress. many important per-
sonages in official, military and civil
life Will be present to lend brilliancy
to the occasion and the attendance
will be further swelled by the pres
ence of the members OF the New York
Republican Editorial association and
the National Republican Editorial as.
sociation. Both associations are In an
nual session here today and the edi.
tors and their wives have been espec.
ially invited by the President TO at.
tend the White House reception this
evening
CHICAGO, Feb. 4--Nlne hundred
employees OF the Norton branch of the
American Can company today Joined
500 others in striking against n wage
reduction of 10 per cent.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 4.-Sccretary
Shaw announces that he will withdraw
probably within ten days. 20 per cent
of the government deposits now held
by 80 national banks throughout the
country.
NEW YORK. Feb. 4.--Scores OF wo-
men interested In church matters have
lust completed a canvass of tho fam.
lilies of Essex county, N. j.. to ascer-
tain how many Protestant households
are without church homes. The wo-
men report that they called upon near.
ly $4,000 families, but the representa-
ti7es of only 47969 were personally
Interviewed. The other families were
either OF the Roman Catholic or Jew.
lsh faith. 1t was shown that 1867
families and 679 servants were with.
out Bibles. The members of 2l,96O
families expressed desire 10 become
church attendants. or 2G.S45 families
In Newark 1854 were not represent
ed by membership In any church and
1867 did not even possess Bible. OF
'26l families visited In Montclair TAO
were without church homes and 20
without Bibles. In East Orange there
were lll9 families. out OF total of
1887, who protested to have no church
and AZ without the scriptures. Out of
The thousands of families visited only
one out OF PA In Newark refused to
see or talk with the canvassers In
East Orange and Montclair the ratio
was somewhat larger. the prevailing
average being in 300,
NEW YORK, Feb. 4.-The famous
Lewisbury mansion which cost over
sl.0Oo.O00 to build and decorate. was
destroyed by fire this morning The
house had recently been acquired by
Lyman Som, real e5,ate broker who
paid S1.250.000 for 1t. The mansion
was made famous by ,Lewisbury who
made fortune plunging in Wall
street. and after lavishly spending
money disappeared In 1900 leaving
immense debts behind,
BOSTON, Feb 4,-Charlotte Nc.
Nally. known on the stage as Helen
Bates. has sued Robert Lee, young
club man OF this city for 5000. al
leging breach OF promise
PAGosA JUNCTION. Feb. 4.-This
morning Justice Caldwell held Juan
Garcia and Jose Montalve to the next
term of district court Ia the sum of
$500 each for tho burning of Don Ar.
chuletta's house and the Sullenberger
mill. evidence introduced at the pre-
liminary hearing tending to show they
were the guilty parties. That the
burning of the Sullenberger mill was
OF incendiary origin was clearly es.
tablished at the time by the fact that
the Archuleta place was burned at the
same time and tracks OF men were
discovered. Bloodbounds were secur.
ed to trail them but the length of time
intervening made II impossible to
trail the men. Detectives have been
| working on the case for some weeks.
one having visited Durango ten days
| ago to obtain connecting link.
LAKE VILLAKE, Ark, Feb. A.
Fire here today destroyed twenty-five
business houses. the postofiice, Ma
sonic Temple and six residences, leay-
Ing only one business block intact.
| The loss cannot yet be estimated.
ANNAPOLIS, Md, Feb. A dark
horse won the senatorial prize today.
lsadore Raynor was nominated by the
Democratic caucus last night and to-
day was elected United States senator
to succeed McComas.
Mr. Raynor Is 54 years old and is
regarded as the most prominent lawyer
in Baltimore. He has been state as
semblyman and state senator, a mem.
Der OF congress and attorney general
Of Maryland He was Admiral Schley's
counsel in the famous Sampson Schley
investigation three years ago. Mr..
Raynor's closing address In behalf of
Admiral Schley was one OF the most
remarkable orations ever delivered in
America. 1t is already become a
classic. and lawyers throughout the
land today rank II with the master
pieces OF Henry Clay and Daniel Web
ster