Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-02-01
A carload will be shipped to the Du-
range smelter In few days.
TELEoRAPhIc NEWs.

coal mine, were dropped precipitatelN
10 the bottom of the shaft this morn
ing causing the death of the entire
party. The shaft Is new one and
had been excavated 1900 feet
There were four men in the cage
They forgot to release a 400-pound
pilot weight when starting down and
1t tell on the cage which caused 1t to
tall to the bottom of the shaft.
DENVER. Jan. 2S.-This morning
the trial of Fred Arnold, the boy lead
er of the bloodthirsty trio OF robbers
was begun. Last night Arnold's com
panions. Charles Peters and Newton
Andrews. were convicted of murder
in the first degree and will hang. To.
day a close watch is kept on the mur-
derers in the condemned cells because
Mrs. Arnold. the vile of the youngest
murderer. suggested that the three
boys take poison and SO prevent their
execution. There is no lessening OF
interest in the case today
| LONDON, Jan est has lust de.
veloped that at King Alfonso's levee
at the palace an Internal machine was
discovered under bench near the
| doorway OF the palace at which place,
II II had exploded. would have injured
and perhaps killed a number of per-
sons Of distinction.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 2s.-OfHcial
| figures show that the United States
retained its position during 1908 at
| the head of the worlds exporting ma
| tons. The value of exports of do
nestle products during the year was
sl.i57 .565.7S3. Only two other nations
are in the billion-dollar class, Great
| Britain's exports reaching $l,4l5,617.-
| 552, and those of Germany about ST..
2Oo,ooO.ooo. In 1875 our domestic ex.
| ports were valued at $497 ,2G3, ,737. in
1885. at S673,595,596. aud in 1895 at
sS07.742,il5. The United States in
1875 stood at the bottom OF the list
| of the four great exporting nations OF
the world. and reached the top In
| 1893.
The imports Of the Philippines dur.
| ing the eight months ended Aug 81,
| 1903, aggregated s22. 2.266,5sl. and OK
ports s2o,s67.3l3, These figures are
| exclusive of coin and government sup
plies. The aggregate is an increase
| of almost $G,000.00 over four-fifths OF
which may be credited to exports. the
| hemp and copra output being espec.
tally large,
TERRE HAUTE. Ind, Ian. 2s-
Twenty miles OF the river bottom Is
| submerged owing to the breaking of
| five miles OF the levee In the Eel dis
| trict.
Numerous families are Imprisoned
In the upper stories OF houses, and
| hundreds Of cattle have been drowned
Zero weather Is prevailing. and float.
| ing ice prevents boats answering calls
for help which are heard in every di-
rection.
LINCOLN, Neb.. Jan, 2S.-A Bur.
lington freight train ran into ca.
boose Of another freight train in the
yards at Broken Bow today. and Fire.
| man Taylor, and a brakeman. whose
name is unknown, were killed. Thorn.
as Kelley. the engineer. was also IA
| tally injured.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-. Jan. 2S.--
Moses Wright has just completed q
two-years' sentence for burglary but
refuses to leave for his home at Han.
| nibal, Mo. until the weather moder.
| ates,
KANSAS CITY. Jan. 2s,-The Re.
publicans of the Fifth Missouri con-
gresslonal district today elected two
| delegates to the Chicago convention
nstructing them unanimously for
Roosevelt for President and Cyrus P.
Walbridge Of st, Louis. for vice-pres-
dent,
VANCOUVER. d. c., Jan. 2S.-The
mail steamer Zaolin, plying between
Juneau and Sumdug. and carrying
about a dozen passengers. is long
| overdue. and 1t Is now believed she Is
lost with all on board
NEW YORK, Jan. 2s.--Three chill
dren were left alone today In an
apartment house by their mother.
| Mrs. Hannah Cohen, and In some way
the building caught fire and burned
them to death All the other tenents
Of the building escaped.
| ST. PETERSBURG. Jan. 2S.-The
czar and his ministers spent nearly
| the entire day in discussing the re-
| ply 10 Japans last note, The dis
cussion was finished this afternoon
and Is regarded as the final expires.
sion In the difficulty between the two
countries. and may mean peace or
war. The contents of the note have
not been given out, but will be i'm
mediately sent to Toxic by cable,
| KANSAS CITY, Jan. 2S.-Charles
Clark. the oldest son of Senator Clark
was informed here at 1920 this morn.
ing that his race to beat death TO the
side Of his wife in New York was fu.
tile. but he continued on his record
breaking journey from Jerome. Ari.
zona TO New York notwithstanding
Clark's train was expected to connect
with the Lake Shore Limited to New
York at noon. So far the train has
made wonderful record, averaging
i6 miles an hour.
CHICAGO, Jan. 28.-Charlese Clark
arrived hero at noon and caught the
Lake Shore Limited for New YORK
where lie will arrive tomorrow morn
Ing from Arizona to the Atlantic, the
run having broken all records.
The Clarks have had bad luck, the