Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-04-12

! AihiliS uNEib running DI Aht NAtti n
road this morning between here and
los Angeles. the big break having
! been repaired after Herculean labor.
The washout that caused the stopping
OF all traffic was a cloud burst and
the worst ever known in southern Ne
yada, carrying away completely all the
culverts and bridges for a distance
of so miles along the San Pedro. Los
Angeles q Salt Lake railroad
After the great storm track forces
were Immediately rushed to the scene
and ever since the work of repairing
the damage has been going on with
a rapidity that has surprised all the
railroad men in this portion of the
! country
TOPEKA. Kans.. April 9.-Judge
Brooks Of the city court of Kansas
| City. asked the governor today to par
| don his son from the Hutchinson re-
iormatory. Brooks himself sentenced
the boy after the latter had been ar
rested on a charge of stealing cigars.
Judge Brooks says at the time he
pronounced the sentence he thought
the reformatory was an Industrial
school and not penal institution.
KANSAS CITY, April g.-Secretary
Woodbury. of the Kansas City Live
stock Exchange. today said that The
lecision of the Kansas supreme court
declaring the Exchange a trust is a
direct blow at the Kansas farmer,
VINO, he says, will not be able to put
their corn and alfalfa into beef un-
less they can borrow from commission
men. Under the decision it is said
the exchanges in Omaha. st. Louis.
st. Joseph and Chicago will be equal
iy effected. 1t is thought an appeal
will he taken to the federal supreme
court
NEW YORK, April 9-John d.
Rockefeller, noticeably aged. was a
passenger on ferry boat from Jer-
sey City to this city this morning
This is his first appearance since he
began dodging a subpoena. Dec 10.
He wore no wig today and his face
was drawn and he walked with the
aid OF valet and went to his sons
home.
WASHINGTON, April 9-The navy
department this morning received
word from Commander Sutherland of
the gunboat Yankee that today at
Santo Domingo quiet was restored as
a satisfactory settlement was reached
NJ Samana Bay, San Domingo, by the
conflicting forces.
SGLVERTON. April 9.-The funeral
of the late d. r. Hickey. mine oper-
ator who lost his life in a snowslide
several days ago. occurs this after
noon in Silverton. Mr.. Hickey came
here from Mexico where he had been
prominent with mining and milling
enterprises and some years ago had
been in Colorado. in the Ouray and
Gunnison countries.
SILVERTON, April 9.-There are
active scenes in the Animas canon be
tween Silverton and the work train,
where a hundred or more pack ami
mails are employed every day. pack
ing the mail and supplies to Silver
ton. 1t is understood that the full
force of about $50 men is working
again in the canon. about five miles
below the city.
The day is clear and bright and
yesterday was a pretty day. so the
people are getting around more and
feeling better Silverton people new
er become discouraged.
NAPLES, April 10.-It is known to-
day that hundreds, some declare thou
sands of men, women and children
have perished in the district of San
Giuseppe as the net result of the fury
of Vesuyius. Many scenes of despair
We're Witnessed in the home of the
peasAtry last night and today. Dis
aster follows disaster, and this after
noon there are 500 known dead.
The top of the volcano has been
blown off and torrents of asnes bury
hundreds Of Italians. The people
around Naples today are ominously
agitated.
The intrepid scientist, Prof Mat
tewcci, who has stuck to his post, OBJ
serving the workings of the volcano
in its most terrifying phases, returned
today to the observatory. and Is now
telegraphing news of the eruption to
the outside world with streams of lava
flowing ON all sides Of the tower and
showers OF stones falling on its roof
All night long the populace of Ma.
pies filed the streets. Thousands of
terrified people are trudglng through
the streets behind priests carrying
banners on which are images of the
/ Madonna.
The laundering of Vesuvius all last
night and today is terrible. While
| there Is some quiet this afternoon. Il
is not likely that Naples will go to
| bed tonight, with the menace of an
other Pompeii hanging over 1t.
| NAPLES, April 10.-After breaking
| forth with renewed fury last night the
eruption of vesuvius again diminished
this morning.
| Two hundred and fifty corpses were
| taken from a church which had col
lapsed and houses in the village OF
San Giuseppe. A large number were
also found in the streets. The vic