Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1906-08-09
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coast OF Tripoli occurred yesterday a
Hormigas Island. near Caepalos. OF
the Cartegena coast The Italia,
steamer Sirowith, with a freight a
more than 500 souls, bound from Ge
hoa and Barcelona for Buenos Ayres
struck reef and sank within Z
short time.
More than 800 passengers were
drowned, and those who survived are
now in a pitable condition, suffering
from cold and hunger
The disaster was attended by
scenes of horror that make 1t one of
the most terrible that has ever been
reported.
A Catholic bishop on his way ts
South America was lost
The greater part of the victims
were immigrants from Italy and
Spain. So overwhelming was the
catastrophe that the captain of the
wrecked steamer killed himself on
the bridge just before the steamer
sank.
CHICAGO, Aug. 1.-THE grand jury
70 investigate the Standard Oil com
pahy Will be sworn In this afternoon.
ii. &. Barlow, executive director of
the Chicago Commercial association,
formerly railroad official and at one
he, 1t is said, in the confidence of
the Standard Oil company, will be
the star witness. He Is now an act
i've opponent of railways and trusts.
The evidence obtained at Cleveland
Will also be used
Special Counsel Morrison, Assist
ant Attorney General Pagin and Dis
trict Attorney Sullivan conferred this
morning preliminary to taking up the
case.
DANVILLE, ILL.,, Aug 6.-When
Speaker Cannon is renominated for
congress on the 10th he will deliver
a speech, according to the present
program, in which he will discuss the
labor questions. He will accept the
gauge of battle hurled by Gompers of
the American Federation of Labor.
He Will defend congress and the Re-
publican party against the accusation
that labor's demands failed to receive
proper recognition at the last session
OF congress. Cannon will charge that
Gompers' radicalism alone defeated
the anti-injunction bill.
NEW YORK, Aug 6.-The me-
tropols and vicinity is stewing in
torrid wave. The heat has caused
many deaths and Frustrated scores.
Suffering among the poor is great
Last night was the severest during
the present heated term, Thousands
spent the night ON roofs, fire escapes,
in the parks and on benches and
lawns.
NEW YORK, Aug. 6.-Owing to the
NAtense heat yesterday nearly a mil
lion people left the city. Yesterday
the heat and humidity were terrific.
The thermometer registered "a at 3
o'clock, the hottest of the year. Ev
cry seaside resort within a hundred
miles of New York was jammed. The
frantic efforts of half a million peo
Pile to cool off emptied Coney Island,
and the streets were deserted.
NEW YORK, Aug 6.-At huge to-
boggan slide or roller coaster on the
Harlem river near here where the
cars go around a curve at the rate OF
60 miles an hour, Catherine Rose
Brock last evening met death in
manner more tragic than the history
of the city reveals. She was hurled
from one of the miniature cars, run
over three times and horribly mutilat-
ed, after which what was once hui
man body fell to the rocks so feet
below.
NIGARA FALLS, N. Y, Aug. e.
This morning Charles Walsh, his
wife and several woman friends char
tered a launch and sailed down the
Niagara river towards the falls.
When nearing the falls the launch
lost its propeller. Walsh tried to
drop the anchor, but 1t would not
hold The party then shipped the
oars, which snapped like pipestems
against the now rapid current. One
of the women tied her skirt to brok'
en- oar, waving 1t to attract attention
to persons on shore. Boats were
then rushed out and the party was
rescued at the danger line.
PORTLAND, Me-, Aug. Am in
vestigation OF the treatment of Lord
Sholto Douglas during his recent de-
tention by the Portland police is be-
ing ordered by the British consul In
Boston. The investigation Is chiefly
in regard to the manacles which were
used the second night after the de-
tention of Lord Douglas had furnished
ample proof of his identity. AS Lord
Douglas wants no further notoriety
he agrees to accept the verbal apollo
gies of the sheriff and chief of police.
The consular authorities, however,
await the apologies, and the AFFAIR
may become of International import
ance. Lcrd Douglas was mistaken by
the police for an alleged bigamist
wanted in the west and south.
HARTFORD. Conn, Aug. 7.-Wnile
sitting at the dinner table ridiculing
his wife because she covered her face
with her hands to avoid seeing vivid
kfashes of lightning, William Fenner.