Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-09-14

the affairs of the govern
ment printing office in Washington.
The commission finds there was no
public printer of ~ typesetting ma
chimes to the LanstOn company in
stead OF the Mergenthaler company,
while unwise, was in no way the re-
suit of bribery or corruption. The
commission advises that the contract
be annulled and given to the Mergen-
thaler people. The president over
rides this and says the contract given
the Lanston company is done honor
ably and must stand and the govern
ment must accept the responsibilities
of its own mistake.
TOXIC, Sept. 11.--Ap armistice has
been arranged by Field Marshal Oya-
ma and General Linevitch. A white
flag was carried to the Russians yes
terday and the formal proceedings be
gun. Oyama congratulated Linevitch
on the conclusion of peace. The Rus
sian soldiers cheered President Roos-
e, elt.
TOLEDO. o.. Sept. 11.-Fifty job
printers in six houses run by mem
bers of the Typothetae walked out
today. The bosses refused to sign for
an eight-hour day 10 begin January l..
KANKAKEE. Ill, Sept. IA sec
ton of an Illinois Central freight train
which broke in two was run into today
by a freight train following near
Thawville. w. II. Green of Blue
Mound, Ill, and two carloads OF horses
were killed.
LINCOLN. Neb., Sept. IA Bur
lington passenger train crashed into
| four cars of construction train filled
with negroes today near Nebraska
City. The cars were smashed to kind
ling wood. Conductor Newberg of St
Joseph. Mo. was killed and one negro
hurt.
| TOXIC. Sept 12.-The Japanese
pattleship Mikasa. the flagship of Ad
mral Togo during the war, caught
fire and sank Monday.
The explosion of Admiral Togo's
battleship occurred in the Sea of ia
pan and caused the loss of over GOT
lives. including those of many men OF
other ships who went to the resuce.
The Mikasa was a vessel of 1920
tons displacement, speed Is knots, car
ried 935 officers and meE in war times
and was built in England three years
lago There is general mourning here
over the loss of the brave men wh'
went down with the ship.
The Mikasa lost 63 men in helpinf
to demolish Rojestvensky's fleet an.
took prominent part in the lombard
ment of Port Arthur.
The Mikasa was one of two Japan
ese battleships of 1890 tons eacf
which were launched in England a
about the same time.
The Mikasa. the finest and bigges
lighting ship i'm Japan's victorious
navy. lies at the bottom of the sea
with 800 officers and men, almost he
entire complement The flames origin
ated in some unknown manner abou
midnight Sunday. and before the,
could he checked they reached the af
magazine. which exploded, blowing al
immense hole in the port side below
the water line. The l6,000-ton vesse
, sank almost instantly, carrying dow
not only most of ner own crew. bu
detachments from other vessels help
ing to fight the flames. Admiral Tog'
was not aboard the ship at the time o
the disaster. it is said.
!, AUBURN, n. Y, Sept 12.-Henr!
Manner. who murdered 12year-olt
Cora Sweet after assaulting her, wa
electrocuted today.
PORTSMOUTH,. N. H., Sept. 12.-
The chairs used by NJ Witte, Baroi
, komura and Baron Rosen during th'
peace conference were purchased b,
President Roosevelt for $40 each.
WASHINGTON. Sept 12.-Th
"Ghost" did not walk In the govern
| ment printing office yesterday becaus
the treasury officials required officia
authority before turning over tn
funds to Oscar Ricketts,, the new put
lie printer. The formality was sool
settled, however, and 100000 was pai'
out today.
STOCKTON. Cal, Sept. 12.-Witl
the body of her lS-months-old bah.
, lclasped in her arms as though 1t wer
a living child, Mrs. Abraham Coulte
, covered the journey from Reno. New
to Carter's Tuolomne county thi
state, keeping back the tears as bes
she could, and sharing with no on
the fact that her child had died oi
the train.
Mrs. Coulter feared that If the con
ductor of the train on which she wa
coming west from her old home il
Wisconsin should learn of the littl,
ones death he would take the corps,
from her. Accordingly she resolve,
to tell no one the facts, and took car,
of her other two children, who wer,
with her, while holding the tiny corps,
in her arms.
She arrived in Carriers where he
husband, who had gone there severa
months ago from Wisconsin, hai
made a home for her. She said no
word of the death of her child un
til she reached the new nome Ther
she went to the bedroom, laid tn,
corpse on the bed, and, sobbing, tolt
the pitiful tale to her husband.
TOXIC, Sept. 12.-An anti-peact
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