Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-08-07
TELEGRAPH NEWS.


employees were killed.
Special Phone TO The Herald
OURAY. Aug. 3.-Two BAH games
will be played here Sunday between
Ouray and SilvertoD. Each game is
for $500, or the TWO for 81 900. and it
is safe to say that fully 81 900 in side
bets will be made. A large crowd is
coming from Silverton. and special
trains will be run from Telluride
Delta and Montrose, insuring several
hundred visitors. The Silvertou
team playing is Slattery's 1t is ax.
pected tnat both teams will be some
what strengthened. The two Glaze
brothers viii be the opposing pitchers
Ralph for Silverton and .Ionn for
Ouray.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. "a Cotton Belt
train arrived today with 240 yellow
fever refugees aboard, mostly from
northern Louisiana and Arkansas
ST. LOUIS, Aug 3.-This city may
put up the bars against yellow fever
possibilities, as the plague panic is
spreading to the northern states
hastily called between the state
board OF health and the st. Louis
board of health for the purpose OF
discussing the yellow fever situation
in the south and the advisability OF
establishing quarantine for south
ern Missouri against persons coming
IN from the Infected districts. Crowds
lrom tne South are tlocking into the
townstoday and the authorities regard
the situation as serious. The double
board continues in session this aft
ernoon
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 3.--The fev.
cr situation grows no better, although
The officials maintain their optimistic
position This morning the officials
warned the public not to be alarmed.
because the number OF deaths are
more numerous this week than last,
as that does not argue that the dis
ease is becoming epidemic So long
as there is no infection in the mod
ern section of New Orleans, the dis
trict above Canal street. the doctors
and the officials refuse to believe thai
the disease assumes an epidemic
character
The excitement around the coun
try district, however. is very acute
Many isolated cases are reported to-
day. A whole trainload of passengers
on the ron Mountain road nas been
held u Id Concordia Parish and
then uItion is distressing Monroe,
La, with lever on three sides, has put
militia and armed citizens on every
road leading into her limits New
IBERIA is completely bottled up, and
Columbus, Miss. guards again intest
The infected district by the use OF
rifles. There is general conceal
ment OF cases and the neavy mortal
ity among the Italians shows there is
where the great danger lies.
COLUMBUS. Miss, Aug 3.--It has
been decided to use rifles to guard
against infection. Many of the small
er towns are passing special ordi-
nances to deal with the situation.
Alexanderia, La, is completely bot
tied up, but TO get provisions trains
will be allowed TO go in and out three
times a week. but they must be
thoroughly tumigated.
VICTORIA, b. c., Aug. 3.-The
steamer Empress OF Japan, just ar
rived from Hong Kong, brings news
OF terrible atrocities committed by a
French district officer at town in
French China. Half dozen Chinese
We're made drunk and were then
ironed as laundry man irons linen
with red-hot plates until deata en-
su L.
TOXIC, Aug. 3.-Two Russian tor
pedo boats appeared OFF Chung Ching
on the northern coast of Corea short
ly aiter daylight tnis morning and at
tacked the kessho, merchant
steamer The torpedo boats fired 60
shots at the vessel, killing the cap
tain and three OF the crew. The boats
then ceased to fire and the steamer
turned toward Vtaniversock which
course she maintained and escaped.
DENVER, Aug. 3.-The strike OF
the section men on the Denver 4 Rio
Grande for an increase OF from $l.4O
10 Sl.75 day is on in earnest this
morning. The Laborers Union Off
GERS say the strike is general and the
railroads say not. General Manager
Ridgway this morning and at noon
made this statement; Reports re
ceiyed by me this morning show tnat
between 500 and 200 unskilled labor
ers out OF a total OF 5000 have gone
ON strike"
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. Aug. 2.
The rush for the Uintah reserva-
tion registration seems to be over as
not over % nomeseekers came in on
last nights train and only about rs
at noon today. Three registry clerks
were relieved today. Another large
crowd is expected the last of the
week.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Aug. 3.-Gen'
eral James Richard Carnanan, COM
mander OF the Uniform Rank knights
ui Pythias, died today, aged "a years
He served in the civil war and be
came a lawyer and formed one of the
first drill companies of the knights