Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-08-01
TELEGRAPHiC NEWS.

WASHINGTON. July 2S.-An arid
land fund. which is approximately $25,-
900. is announced in the report of
the auditor of the interior department
FOR the fiscal year ending the first OF
the month. This is the fund accumu-
lated from the proceeds of public land
sales in Colorado, Wyoming. CalIfor.
mia, the DalSotas, Montana and other
states and Is set apart for the con
struction of irrigation works. Last
year the fund was $4,000. 900.
FORT WORTH. Tex, July 28-W.
X, Logan, former policeman, this af.
ternoon shot and instantly killed an
The killing was over cents due on n
l5-cent flsh order. The stranger re-
fused to pay the nickel and slashed
Logan across the head and neck, when
Logan shot him dead.
LONDON. July ga dispatch to
the Daily Mail from Geneva says 1t Is
learned from a trustworthy source
that the fortune left by the late Paul
Kruger the late president OF the
Transyaal is close to S5,00O.0O0. 1t
consists chiefly of European securi-
ties. The bulk of it goes TO the Elon
family.
SAN JUAN, July 2i.-The recon-
mendaiion made by Archbishop Chap
pelle. which was sustained by the vat
lean, dividing Porto Rico into TWO do
ceses, promoting Bishop Bienk to be
an archbishop and naming two new
bishops has been annulled.
Mgr. Blenk objected to the division
OF the island. deeming it unnecessary.
and he refused promotion The vat
lean decided that his objections were
well founded and Cardinal Merry del
Val. papal secretary of state, has in
formed Bishop Blenk that the island
Will not be divided into two dioceses
The people are highly elated over
this decision.
DENVER, Colo, July 2S.--A coron-
er's jury is this afternoon trying to
decide who Is responsible for the
death of Jennie Price, a beautiful girl
from Fort Lupton, Colo, whose body
lies in an undertaking establishment
on Champa street. Physicians de-
clared at the inquest that the girl died
of criminal operation.
Charles Page, superintendent OF the
milk company at FIT. Lupton. and Mrs
DR.. o'Connor, a midwife, are both in
the city Jail charged with the girls
undoing.
Page Is a married man and Is highly
thought OF in his own nelghborhood
Miss Price and her sister came To FIT.
Lupton from Illinois and was employ
ed as stenographer in the milk fac
tory. The investigation Is stlll in
progress.
CHAMBERLAIN, s. D.. July 81
Today began the drawings for the
Rosebud lands, the result OF which
will bring homesteads 10 many per
sons. while to countless others viii
come only deep disappointment. The
registration books closed last Satur-
day. and the drawings are for the pur-
pose oi determining the order In which
the applicants Will be permitted to
make entry and settlement 1t is es-
timated that 1t will take about 5000
drawings to exhaust all the choice al
Iotments. The final entry will begin
a week from next Monday.
NEW YORK, July 28.-An idea OF
the immensely and cost OF the Pennsyl-
yania railroads project OF tunnelling
the North River to gain an entrance
into this city may be gained from the
statement that the railroad company.
through It's contractors, mas this week
awarded n contract for 5000 tons OF
bolts, to be used in constructing the
tunnel The Cambria Steel Company
! obtained the contract The price Is,
1t is Understood. 2 cents pound or
! $40 a ton, which makes the order ag.
gregate $32O.00O.
OYSTER BAY, July 2S.-President
! and Mrs. Roosevelt left today for
Washington 70 remain until The MI