Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-03-28

| CHICAGO, March 2i.-A general
shaking up Of this city's police force
| is anticipated. The first step as sug-
gested by Capt, Piper in his recent
report has been taken by Capt oNen.
who announces A promotions to al
vacancies, The old men will be sent
to the outlying districts where the
work is not so hard, and young and
energetic men will be placed In the
downtown districts.
BERLIN, March 2i.-The official or
gan of the colonial Office in an extra
edition today prints reports of the
Herrera uprising in German South AZ
rica. The reports attribute the truu-
bic to heartless traders who abuse
the natives shnmelessly and resort to
extreme cruelty in collecting fees.
NEW YORK. March 2i.-The Inter.
Denominational Council Of Women,
the National Woman's Christian un.
ion aud tho Congress OF Mothers to-
day sent letters to the ministers
throughout the country today urging
them to preach on the subject of Nor
monism next Sunday.
WASHINGTON. March 2i.-Presl.
dent Roosevelt today acceded TO the
request of the Louisiana Exposition
company to press a button which will
starting the machinery moving at the
Worlds fair. The ceremony will oc-
cur in the executive Office OF the
White House at l p. m, April so,
Members OF the cabinet will be pres.
ent and group picture will be taken.
CHICAGO, March 25-The wreck
of telephone. and telegraph wires IS
so complete that the story of last
nights storm around Chicago is not
yet fully told. The ruins at InIdnna
harbor. Washington Heights and
Thornton are being searched today for
possible victims
The storm was first noticed at Rog-
ers' park and Evanston, suburbs north
of this city. 1t began inland leaving
the heart of the city untouched, and
then swooped down upon and through
the Desplnines river suburbs of Thorn
ton. Chicago Heights. Blue Island,
Hammond and South Chicago.
Louis Barker was killed by the col
lapse of his two-story brick building
at Indiana Harbor, his wife mortally
wounded and three children badly
hurt Five other people were serious
ly hurt at this same place.
ST. LOUIS, March 25.-The Carpen-
ters' District Council has caused to be
posted in the exposition graunds set
of resolutions condemning the worlds
fair carpenters who endeavored to or.
ganize a strike for the purpose OF In.
creasing wages from $3.50 to S5.75
per day
ST. LOUIS. March 25--A dozen
people were injured and many build
ings destroyed and others damaged by
severe electrical storm at Alta Vista.
suburb of st. Louis. last night
The lightning was extremely severe.
striking many residences.
The plant of the Pittsburg Reduc-
ion company. covering nearly half a
block was demolished by the wind. and
the wall of the Mckinley school build
ing was blown in and trees uprooted
and carried for blocks by the tremen-
dous gale. Seven men were buried in
he ruins of the reduction plant
The St Louis Fire Works company
building was destroyed and several
thousand dollars worth of fire works
were set of.
NORFOLK. Neb.. March 25.-This
town was dark yesterday afternoon
from the immense cloud Of smoke
which came from the prairie fires west
| of here. Many persons ran to their
| cyclone cellars. The wind Increased
and switched to the northwest, the fire
doing great damage in that section.
Many houses near Atkinson were de-
stroyed. The wind which spread the
| fire caused drop of 81 degrees in the
temperature.
ST. LOUIS, March 25-The case of
Senator Burton was continued today.
the government demonstrating thus
| iar that the Kansas statesman was
paid in cash for service rendered to
the Rialto Grain & Securities com.
pany, one Of the get-rich-quick CON
Germs. He received $500 n month as
their attorney in seeking to prevent
the Issuance Of fraud orders By the
postal department
This morning the defense OF sena-
tor Burton was begun. The motion
WAS made that the third count OF the
indicstment again the senator be
quashed. This the court granted and
testimony began on the other six
counts
The first witness was Thos B. Hor.
Ian, the Rialto company's lawyer He
told Of the employment Of Senator
Burton, saying that Burton had laid
particular stress upon the fact that
as a United States senator he could
not undertake any duties derogatory
> to his Office. The witness said that
Burton had not done this so far as he
knew
He said the senator was not engag
ed to appear before the government
departments at Washington In behalf
of the company. but his chief duty w =
TO pass upon the company's literature
With view to avoiding a conflict witt
the postal laws. Harlan was mosl