Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-05-04

1909 Is expected 10 show total or
at least 100000
CARACAS. May Minister Bowen
sailed for the United States today.
He said he was prepared TO defend
the charges against Assistant Secre-
tary OF State I,oomis.
WASHINGTON, May 1.-Postmast-
er General Cortelyou today declined
TO discuss the report that he had been
offered the presidency of the Equita-
BILE Life Assurance Society. There is
good authority for the statement,
however. and that the offer was made
TO Senator Knox, who acted as inter
mediary, II is state that he will
withhold mis- decision until President
oRosevelt returns TO Washington.
SILVERTON, May 1.--For some
weeks the foreman Of the Gold King
has had his suspicious aroused to the
effect that ore stealing was going on.
gold ore was encountered but the
management desired to keep the mat
ter quiet as possible. Yesterday a
lot Of the rich ore was discovered in
he possession of some of the Italians
working on the mine and as a result
eight of them are languishing in the
county jail today and warrants are
out for three more. 1t seems to he
pretty clear case.
CITY OF MEXICO, May Fol
lowing the suspension of the free
coinage Of silver two weeks ago the
new surrency regime placing Mexico
on a gold basis became operative 10
day. The new currency law estab
fishes the peso or silver dollar at
| a value OF SO cents gold, and the tneo
retical unit of the Mexican currency
is defined TO be the dollar or peso
of 75 centigrams OF gold.
SALT LAKE. May l.-Maddened
| by excessive drinking and a protract
| ed spree Capt w A. Rathbone OF tn,
| twenty infantry yesterday com
| mitted suicide after attempting tt
shoot and kill Lieutenant William II
| Point of the same company. Poinl
was shot twice, both bullets taking
effect in the leg After ne nad fallen
10 the ground Rathbone turned the
gun on himself and fired. the bulM'
passing through his temple. There
officers, the shots being fired ap
parently on account of the captains
heavy drinking. Rathbone was re
garded as an efficient officer, but ow
| ing to heavy drinking had lately been
| unreliable.
MILWAUKEE, May The direc
| tors OF the First National bank today
| offered $1,000 reward for the arrest
of Henry Coll, the missing assistant
| cashier.
ST PETERSBURG, May 1.-Glor
| ious Easter weather prevails general
ly throughout European Russia, and
excepting for street riotlng and its
fearful massacre in Warsaw no trou
BILE is reported. Everything was per
fectly calm here during the early
morning hours, the crowd devoting it
self 10 feasting and merrymaking.
NEW YORK, May 1-hll is quiet
in the building trades this week, the
May Day strikes being lacking, but
he laborers are dissatisfied and be
fore the week ends il is believed that
10000 excavators and diggers will quit
work in hope of enforcing an Increase
in wages.
NEW YORK. May Panic pre-
vailed at the horse fair in Madison
square Garden Saturday when a wild
long horned Texas steer leaped out
oc the arena. climbed Two flights OF
stairs and ran tnree-quarters of the
way around the garden back OF the
boxes, pursued by cowboys with ropes
and leaving hysterical women and ex,
cited men in its wake.
Many occupants OF the boxes sprane
into the arena. and men. women and
children tumbled over one another in
their mad rush to get out of the way.
There were 5000 persons in the gar
den at the time.
VIII Rogers, Cherokee Indian, and
tnree other cowboys gave chase. and
Rogers got rope over the steers
horns just as he turned to run down
into the arena. Rogers clung to the
rope, but was dragged over seats and
down the stairs. He was seriously
bruised.
Freed from his would-be captor. the
steer, trailing the rope, again sprang
into the arena, where half dozen
cowboys on their ponies managed to
lasso MIN Just as he turned for an.
other race through the crowd.
PARIS, May 1.-The revolutionary
conference called by Father Gopon.
adjourned after adoption OF resolu-
lions announcing determination to
carry on the propaganda in syste-
matte manner, demanding the estab-
lisnment of republic OF Russia with
tiee speech, and press, the release OF
political prioners. autonomy for Fin.
land. convocation OF the Polish ma
lional diet, and autonomy for the Can
cusas States.
WASHINGTON, May president
Roosevelt is expected to arrive here
May 18th. That afternoon Mrs. Roose-
Welt will give a tea AT the White
House in honor OF the delegates
ka I.,t.,