Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-05-24

| "hhe hicnaTuS was IOunu IN the
stream where he was drowned last
Saturday while attending a school
picnic, near Ophir Loop.
Search had continued hourly day
and night from the time the boy was
drowned, so great was the grief OF
the parents and so sincere the sym.
pathy of their ncighbors.
DENVER. May 23.-County Treas.
urer George b. Bagley died rather
suddenly last night. although he had
been i'll for fortnight Worry over
tax receipt scandal in his Office. II is
thought, fastened his death. As the
| county treasury could not be opened
today without n head, the county
| commissioners met early this morn.
ing and appointed w. j. Fine, n min.
urer.
NEW YORK, May 23.-Tbe new
station which the Pennsylvania Rail
road Is erecting In this city Will be
one of the largest In the world. 1t
VIII stand In the center of the hotel
theater and shopping district, the
boundaries being: East by Seventh
avenue, west by Eighth avenue, south
by Thirty-first street, and north by
Thlrty-third street On the Thirty
third street side win be assigned the
suburban service of the road, into
which trains win run from all points
In Long Island. In general, the new
station will resemble some vast audi.
torium, constructed on low lines, for
the easy ingress and egress of a great
multitude of people. Connection
from Jersey City on the west will be
by means of tunnel under the Hud-
son river and tube road to the sta
ton: thence. by tunnel under the East
river, connection will be made with
Long Island at the Long Island City
yards, and at Mott avenue the Penn
sylvania lines will make connection
with the New York, New Haven e.
Hartford road furnishing communca.
ton with all New England points.
In dimensions the station will be 430
by $50 feet, and, as the tracks are to
be 40 feet below the surface, the sta.
ton will be divided into three levels.
The exterior construction will be OF
famous Japanese archaeological
expert mas arrived at San Francisco
for the purpose OF telling us the true
story of our earthquake. The Japa.
nese seem to know everything.
pink Milford granite, and the inter.
ior finish will be notable from an ar
tistic point of view. The general
waiting room will be the largest in
the world-320 by l40 feet. and 15O
feet in heighth; and subsidiary wait
ing rooms for men and women will
be attached each 58 by 100 feet, with
retiring rooms and lavatories. With.
In the station area, covering 25 acres
of ground space. there will be 49,
miles OF track. affording facilities for
the easy movement of hundreds of
trains each day. The main entrance
will be in Seventh avenue. The de.
signs for the structure we're made by
McKim. Meade e. White, who, 1t is
said, took for their inspiration the
ancient Roman baths OF Caracalla.
OWENSBORO. KY. May 23-|
Thousands of dollars damage is be-
ing done in western Kentucky by con
tinued drought Half OF the wheat
crop Is already ruined, tobacco is
greatly injured, and grasses are to-
tai failure.
ST. PETERSBURG, May 23.--It Is
announced today that on May 9th,
the anniversary OF the coronation OF
Emperor Nicholas, the long-walted
for amnesty will he proclaimed It
will exclude the terrorists.
NEW YORK. May 23.-The New
York Central Railroad company for.
mally attacked the legality OF the FL
congressional acts unconstitutional
rather than refute evidence against
1t in the rebate cases.
NE WYORK, May 23.-The appll.
cation of new trial for Patrick Al
bert. convicted OF the murder of NIL
lionaire William Marsh Rice, was
completed this morning. Recorder
Goff will have the briefs ready by
Friday SO the court can make an
early decision.
DECATUR, H.. May 23.-rhe APP
plication for an injunction to prevent
the uniting OF Presbyterian and 9th.
er churches was refused by Judge
Johns today. He says the case is
without parallel, he never having
passed on doctrinal matter of
churches.
CHRISTIANA. Norway, May 23.-
Henry Isben, the world famous Nor
wegian poet and dramatist, died this
afternoon after lingering illness,
aged 7S years. He was born In
Skien, small market town on the
sea. 40 miles from Christlana, and
had a hard struggle early in life. BY
the help of Ole Bull, the famous vi
olinist. he was appointed theater d.
rector. but It was not until the pro-
duction OF "Brandquy" and "Peet
Cynt" in 1867. while living In Rome.
that ne reached the end OF his trou.
bles. During the latter years OF his
life ba Hyat In rhrfutiana Ar,np ~