Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-08-21
TELEGRAPH NEWS.


ed. rolled into ditch and filled with
water. Many are reported to be kill.
ed and injured.
PROVO, Utah. Aug. lin the lot
terry drawing which began today for
the uintah homesteads, the first mum
Der drawn from the box was Ray Dan.
iels of Provo. Noah NJ Bladock OF
Rio Blanco. Colo. drew the second.
and Gerry l.. Baugh OF Salt Lake City.
third. Colorado men were well rep.
resented in the drawing Commits
sioner Richards had charge Of the
drawing and Lyman Lewis, public
school pupil. took the envelopes from
the box.
The first claim it is said. will be
worth $4,000. Oscar II. Hayes of
Grand Junction, drew the sixth claim /;
W. 5. Richards of Salida. the seventh. .
Barry Brady of Denver, the eighth,
and John NJ. Whiting of Salt Lake
City, the ninth
NEW YORK, Aug l7.-This city
has been having a yellow fever scare
hut this morning 1t was all over
Last evening a doctor was hastily
summoned to tenement house to at
tend John &. Murphy, a laborer, who
was violently i'll II was known that
he had Just come from Panama, and
it was feared he had mild case OF
yellow fever. Half a dozen doctors
attended the man and declared 1t was
the plague, and the health department
had him taken to the hospital to an
isolated place. and wherever Murphy
has been since the ship arrived has
been sharply fumigated.
PORTSMOUTH, Aug. 1I.-Koroscho-
vitZ. the Russian secretary. before his
departure for the conference, declar-
ed there were splendid prospects that
the peace deliberations would be
brought to a close by Tuesday at the
latest. He explained that there was
still four great questions for consij-
Grafton, two of which are the indem-
nifty and Sakhalin. which must take
longer than the others.
PORTSMOUTH Aug. I'm Witte,
before leaving mis- hotel said: we
expect today to take up articles 9, 10,
II and 12 and perhaps 5, which was
passed over the other day. These
matters are SO closely related that we
them tJgether."
He 'nuid give no indication as to
the II 'Ure of the articles nor his
opinion as to what action may be TAX
en- on them. For the first time since
mis- arrival Sato expressed the positive
opinion as to what action would be
taken He said he was satisfied with
the progress being made and were
getting | along fast. He said: 81
think we will have peace"
PORTSMOUTH Aug. 17.-When
the peace conference opened today
five articles of the treaty of Washing
ton remained to be disposed of The
first article to come up today was No,
9. for the cost of the war. How far
it will he threshed out before passed
over is uncertain. The diplomats will
probably show their last cards Mon
AD PEACE g 6 go. 6. 6 g ..6
day and the final struggle will then
he on. The ultimate struggle will be
on Sakhalin, the indemnity and pos
sibly sea power Limitation. The Jap
anese are keeping Toxic advised of
every move and the wires were kept
hot all last night until o'clock this
morning.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17-An or
ganized fight is being made to defeat
Do rnn at
least to delay the work.
Congress will he the scene of the
conflict next winter with this end in
view 1t will be done for the purpose
of trying to show that the Panama ca
nal route is impossible. The fight will
he directed by former Senator War
ner Miller of New York and Senator
Morgan of Alabama, VINO is still for
the Nicaraguan route.
GOSHEN, Ind, Aug. l7-An appli-
cation for divorce has been made here
by James II. Bostwick, so years old,
against his aged wife, 10 years old.
The cause gives is "She loves fee
does me"
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-THE hos
pital service reports from New Or
leans as follows concerning yellow
fever: ut is evident that the infec
tion of the disease is quite wide
spread and not confined as was at
first supposed to a few city blocks.
There is no doubt that the fever ex-
listed in the city some time before 1t
was reported. The weather condi.
tions are favorable for its spread
There are over 10000 cisterns In the
city The fight in New Orleans win
he a long one"
PARIS, Tex, Aug. IA negro af-
fected an entrance to the nome of +.
p Collins and attempted to assault
his 1s-year-old daughter Daisy at
O'Clock this morning. The girl
screamed and awakened her parents,
but the negro escaped AT IL O'Clock
negro giving the name Of Dinwid-
die was captured on farm near the
city, and Mr.. Collins is positive he is