Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-05-21

night. and seven " the crew wer,
drowned
Il SAN FRANCISCO, May Is.-Cap
tain Winn, In charBf of mortality sta
tistics. reports 4681earthquake vic
Tins buried up tdl The present. o
whom 1856 were unidentified
( WASHINGTON. May ls.-Upde,
the direction OF Secretary of wa,
Taft $30000,000 arget0 he expended
for railroads in the philippines. Th,
list of the contracts for this govern
ment system of railways Will be
signed next Monday. Four hundred
miles of track are toS Sbe built In the
island of Luzon and 400 miles in the
islands of Paney. Nesros and Cebu
While the governmest will oversee
these railways, private capital fur.
nishes the money. TIC government
giving in return perpetual fran,
chise but no subsidy
RALEIGH. N. c.. May 1S.-Eariy
this morning special train running
so miles an hour passed through here
on its way to New York. CARRYING
Charles H. Lambert, general passen.
ger agent OF the West Shore railroad
of the Vanderbilt system Mr. Lam.
bert has spent the winter IN Florida
suffering from consumption. Yester.
day morning he was told he must die.
special train was ordered to get
him to New York In order that he
may breathe his last among his rel.
itives, this being his grealest desire.
BIRMINGHAM. Ala, May ls.-vice
President Fairbanks Is the guest of
honor at the general Methodist Epis-
eopal Church. South, conference to-,
day. He made an address in pub.
'ic park this afternoon.
PITTSBuRG. May 1S.-After four.
cen years Imprisonment, Alexander
Berlsman, noted anarchist, VINO tried
70 murder Henry C.>Frick during the
Homestead strike, was released to.
day. He is visiting friends in this
eity and goes to ST. Louis tomorrow.
Berllman says he has no enmity for
Frick that he had never believed
ilim, at the time of the strike to be
the country's greatest enemy.
Berkman's head was shaved before
ne was released so detectives may
keep track of him more easily.
NORFOLK. Va, May iS.--ln the
confederate Memorial exercises today
union veterans in blue, and carrying
the Stars and Stripes. marched beside
The confederates in gray. bearing the
confederate colors. The union vet.
Grams assisted in decorating the
graves.
WAUsAuKEE. Wis. May S5a4-
Nausausce s hemmed in BY flames
If forest fires which are slowly ap-
,roaching from the north and south.
Millions of feet OF lumber nave been
,urned. The loss in this section Is
estimated at 100000.
At Cedarvale fires have destroyed
many klns filed with cedar The
wind is blowing embers miles away.
Trains are held up by tristed rails
aused by the heat
KENOSHA. Wis, May 19.-Forest
res in northern Michigan have al
most wiped clean an area 100 square
niles in extent. Whether lives have
)een lost cannot be told at present.
is impossible to even estimate the
oss When telegraph, railroad and
elephonic communication is restored
which will probably be within the
lext six hours. the first fire story
| viii be told. which ii Is believed will
| rival anything OF the kind ever told
this section OF the country There
| no loss of life yet reported. but g.
| 100 people are homeless. The damage
80 far as reported is as follows:
Ralph 100. almost wip-
| ed out
Alfred - Population, 200-Every
house and huge piles of logs burned.
| Salvoie-Population i00-Buildings
Diles of logs and ties burned.
Quincy-Population 100--All resi-
lences destroyed.
Cornell, all save one store burned |;
100 homeless
NorthlaDd-Populatio 600-Mill
md six buildings burned; many
homeless.
! Antoine-Population. 700-All burn
ed.
| MENOMlNEE, Mich. May 19.-Tht
wind changed this morning and the
fires are dying out in many places
Delta. Duckenson, School Graft ant
Marquette counties viii bear tbs
brlInt of the loss.
The Stephenson Lumber company
the Lake Superior Iron company ant
the Escanaba Woodenware COMPANY
are the heaviest individual losers
Some of the towns destroyed belong
ed entirely TO these companies
Thousands of homeless people are II
want. Relief is being organized.
The loss in Wisconsin is as follows
) Stanley. population. 200, loss
100000: Clearville and Wausauket
population, 1900. loss. 100000: MAJ
athon City. population, 500. loss $50
600; Auburndale. population, 400. los
$4,000; Oconto. population, 6,o0'
r loss. $4,000 Marquette and othe
larger towns are now out OF dangel