Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-11-27

clothes, physical examination and
lecture on prison rules by Warden Nc
Claukhrey. Later they will be meas
ured. Convict Bigelow. the Milwau
kee banker, will be busy next weel
registering the physical statistics o
The arrivals.
LONDON. Nov. 2I.-The long look
ed for crisis in the British cabinet
with the resignation of the ministr,
and forcing Sir Henry Campbell Ban
herun to form a temporary ministr,
pending the election of n new parlia
lnent, tailed to materialize today.
The Balfour cabinet. after a heated
discussion, rejected the proposal fol
"A collective resignation of the cabinet
and the ministers decided IL would be
better for themselves to dissolve par
lament and appeal to the electorate
LONDON, Nov. 24.-The united wal
ships of all the powers of Europe ex
cept Germany have left Piraeus
Greece, under the command of the
admiral of Austria, TO compel Turkey
to put into force reforms in Mace,
donta. and II would create no surprise
II the thunder of guns was soon heard
In battle in the Dardanelles.
The sultan has sent orders to tnc
forts Euarding the straits to resist the
entrance of the fleet relying on the
strength of his backing by Germany.
me sultan Is also said TO be ferment.
ing holy war among the Mussulmen.
! ne situation tnHuG Ia
ihan at any time since the Russo.
Turkish war thirty years ago.
II Is now up to the sultan, the pow.
.ers by their action having called his
refusal to permit the entrance of
neets In the Dardanelles. The now.
ers are said 10 have practically agreed
on their procedure. which is to seize
me harbors and custom houses of the
island of Mytilene. the island OF Lem.
nos In the northern part of the Aege.
an sea and the island of Tendos on
me west coast of Asia Minor.
CHICAGO, Nov. 2i.-Chas. A. Van.
oder sexton Of the Church of Epiph.
any, meeting burglar in his hallway
early this morning. grappled with the
intruder, and after hot fight the
sexton succeeded in holding his man
until the police arrived.
The robber had secured jewelry to
the value Of about a thousand dollars
and was about to escape.
NEW YORK. Nov. 24.-Hurglars
early today broke into the Pratt Ihsti
tute of Brooklyn and secured about
S50,oo0 worth of jewelry and articles
the value of which is in their anti.
quity.
NEW YORK. Nov 24.-United
states Senator r. G. Plat has come
forth as the savior of the party, and
In statement Just Issued. says:
The sole object of my activity in
the New York situation Is the recov.
cry OF the organization to its old-tlme
activity and energy" Plat says he
has had too much hard treatment and
has been too much abused to take
any pleasure in joining an outcry and
clamor against any man, merely b,
cause 1t is popular to do So" He
says Il will not say one word of per
sonal ill-well against Mr.. Odell."
CHICAGO, Nov. 24.-Marshall Field
Jr rallied somewhat today, although
he is thought to have no chance for
recovery.
PlTTSBuRG, Nov. 24-President
Mitchell OF the Mine Workers said to-
day that II the operators insist on
further reduction in wages OF the
~. inafg h. half ,.,t1ltn,, al,
by the bituminous and anthracite In
dustries will strike or be locked out
next April. Mr.. Mitchell says the
miners will not accept a wage re.
duction but will demand the restora.
ton of the 5ls per cent they allowed
10 be clipped off in the bituminous
fields.
HARRISBURG, Pa, Nov. 24.-Two
freight trains collided on the Pennsyl.
yania road near Newport today. A
passenger train ran into a creek. One
man was killed and twelve injured.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24.-"Our
territory" is now the
official appellation for real estate
possessions OF Uncle Sam outside of
the area between Canada and the re-
public of Mexico. Colonies" sounded
too imperialistic and "insular posses
sions" failed to include Alaska. and
The department of commerce has de-
yised the new term.
WARSAW. Nov. 24.-Rumors OF a
revolt in the Manchurian army are
again in circulation. Private dispatch
es say that the mutineers have devas-
tated Harbin, Manchuria.
PEORIA. ILL.,, Nov. 24.-Newton
DOugherty today pleaded guilty to EN-
bezzlement and was given an indeter-
inmate sentence at Joliet penitentiary.
When first accused OF looting the
school funds Dougherty insisted that
he had done no real wrong but had
merely been guilty OF 'irreg,ilarity."
The special auditing committee has
not finished its work, but in one year
1t is known that Dougherty got away
with $4,000.