Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-08-24
can afford to miss.

Nhhb oAhi Ath at 1biou anu Odh street.
early this morning swept bare tw
|, blocks by S a M. The street ca
bridges We're destroyed and traffl
tied up. The fire is spreading to tn
neighboring blocks despite efforts O
the entire fire department. Day an
night forces of police are on duty
Half the population is watching tn
flames
| CINCINNATI Aug 22.-Announce
ment was made today by Or. Clark,
Davis health officer, that he will b,
much surprised If yellow fever doe
not appear in this city. The creates
danger is from the river. Other ply
sicians scout the Idea OF the fever ap
pearing here.
| LITTLE ROCK. Ark. Aug ETH,
Arkansas state board of health ha,
Instituted strict quarantine against
the entire state OF louisiana
DENVER. Aug 22.--Judge Mullin,
of the district court this morning re
moved Henry NJ Beatty as assigned
of the defunct Western bank and the
Continental Trust company was an
pointed to administer the affairs ol
the institution. II is said that Beatty
| let the Eagles draw money few
hours before he knew the bank door
| would close. The Judge. however
| says in making the change that he
does not at all question the personal
honesty Of Beatty.
TOPEKA, Kas Aug &c. b
Graves of Emporia was appointed a
Judge Of the supreme court today by
the governor to succeed the late
Judge Cunningham, Graves will fll
out the unexpired term
WASHINGTON. Aug 22.-The sun.
Elementary report on the quantity OF
cotton ginned from the crop of 1904
shows 94,is7 bales ginned in excess
of the April estimate. The total
growth for last year is estimated by
ginneerse eto be 1S,693,379 bales.
CINCINNATI. Aug. 22.-Bowlegs
are so common in Cincinnati that they
are valueless as a means of identih-
cation in court. according to a deci.
sion of Judge John A. Caldwell. once
mayor, once member of congress and
now judge of the juvenile court. Thos.
Johnson, IL years old, was brought
before him, charged with stealing sew
eral bottles of whisky. A witness had
seen bow-legged boy fleeing down
an alley with the bottle. Johnson had
bowlegs all right, but the judge ruled
that there were hundreds, and per
haps thousands of others similarly af-
hlcted in Cincinnati, and DISCHARGED
the youth for want of evidence.
TOXIC, Aug 22.-The captured Rus.
isan warships have been added to the
mikado's navy under the following
new names: Peresviet as Sagami, Pol
tava as Tango. Pallada as Tauguru,
and the Variag as Soya
LA CROSSE. Wis, Aug. 22.-Wil-
liam Bates, a hoy camper. saved a
train from being wrecked on the Du-
buque division Of the Chicago, Mil
waukee & st. Paul railroad last night
He saw that the track had been un-
dermined,, and, tearing OFF his shirt.
as signal ran to meet the oncom-
Ing train, which was stopped within
a few feet of the washout. The Pio-
neer Limited narrowly escaped de
struction within a few feet of a land.
slide which had covered the track.
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 23.-In
addition TO the terrors of war and
revolution many of the Russian prov.
inces are threatened with famine
worse than has ever been known here,
Although Minister of Agriculture
Schwanebeck declares that the re.
ports of the famine are greatly ex-
aggerated, it is known that in twenty
two provinces hundreds have been
forced to go on the smallest possible
rations and every makeshift possible
to obtain food is in use. Many prov
inces are confronted by crop failures
and the terror of a long winter with.
out sufficient food adds to the horror
of the situation. In six provinces OF
the Volga basin there has been nc
rain and it is believed the crop will
be almost an entire failure.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 23-The con
tract for the government building al
Sherman, Texas has been awarded tc
the F. l.. Stevens Contracting com
pany, Dallas. Texas. The cost of tn,
building will be $4,000.
NEW YORK, Aug. 23.-No deathi
have resulted today from the injured
| last night by the escape of the full
grown lioness at a pleasure park a
Vailsburg, n. j. The animal ESCAPED
| from ner cage into crowd of 5,00i
persons, causing terrible panic.
party of 200 men was soon organized
and after some trouble the beast wa
captured. The lioness made no effor
TO injure any of the bystanders.
| DENVER. Aug 23.-Warrants wer
issued today for the arrest Of officer
OF the defunct Denver Savings bank
Those criminally charged were ]. A
Hill, president, larceny as banker
Frank H Jones, vice president; Cai
los Wood, cashier and Paying Telle
Joseph Davis, all charged with la
ceny as banker.
The penalty II convicted Is not les
than one nor more than ten years /
the state penitentiary Wood, Brow
and Jones were Immediately ARRESTED
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