Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-10-29
TELEaRAPHIc NEWS.


o'clock this morning six of the known
dead were taken from the ruins of
the old chamber of commerce build
ings in Kansas City, Kan, which
caught fire at l o'clock and was al :
most totally destroyed. The actual
loss of life will not be known until
careful search of the ruins Is made
and probably not then, as the firemen
assert that many bodies have been
burned To ashes. In the ruins are.
from two to thirty bodies. according
to estimates. The old building was
used as rooming-house and the only
one who knows how many inmates
was the janitor, GNd he is missing.
The dead bodies "a oyered thus far
are John J yach. .. l. Young and a
child named Io.ln parks. Thirty
were badly injnrod b. jumping and
being thrown from windors
LATBR-The mis- Jag janitor has
turned up this afternoon. He says
that there we're only two hundred
people in tie building If this is
found to be tA'c the death ist will not
be large. One of tie injured, ]. f.
Branahan. died this a-ternoon.
KANSAS CITY, Oct 2G Four
more bodies were removed today from
the ruins of the cid chamber of -2om-
merce building, making eight known
dead. The firemen think many bod
les are still in the ruins.
ODIN. ILL.,, Oct 2G.-Early this
morning the bank of Olin was dyna-
mited and looted by n gang of safe
robbers. The explosion awakened the
town and a few p''1rtcs later a run
ming fight c1z Ied hetyeen the resi-
dents and robbers which resulted in
several being wounded. The bandits
escaped with their booty the amount
OF which the bank officials decline to
disclose this morning.
AETNA, Ill.,, Oct. 26.-Lena Beahl-
ers. chambermaid of hotel here
is dying as the result of curious ac-
cident. While making up one of the
rooms she observed several objects
resembling pieces of a broom stick.
The girl kicked one of them when a
fearful explosion followed, wrecking
the building and tore the girls legs
from her body and otherwise injuring
her. The men who occupied the room
were arrested and it was found that
they are probably the dynamiters who
tried to force the Lake Shore Road
to pay them $4,000 Wednesday night
under threat to blow to atoms the
Lake Shore limited train. One of the
men has made partial confession.
Their names are Fred Gerstrund and
Charles Packard.
HAVANA, Oct. 26 - Three duels
were fought here this morning. All
| the principals were wounded, but not
seriously. The principle fight was be-
tween the editor of El Munda and
Manhnza n nf o;t
| Gil. Another fight was between Cap
tain Poey of President Palma's staff
and a prominent lawyer, Secades. All
| fought with swords. At the first sight
| of blood the Cuban honor was safe
fled. Two new cases of yellow fever
| We're reported today. There are very
few cases on the entire island.
NEW YORK, Oct. 26-The betting
| on the election here is greater than
| ever before. Three wagers amounting
ing to over 100000 was placed this
morning. Hughes Is a strong favorite
| over Hearst, the betting being three
to one. although this mornings wager
was at two and half to one.
| CHICAGO, Oct. 27.-The Pullman
| company Is preparing to fight the
new rate law. The law requires
| among other things that the Pull i.
mans must have separate static
and ticket Offices. They have none
and use those of the railways. 1t
doesn't propose to have and otherwise
| disregards the new law. 1t is believed
that the company and officials would
not risk penalties of the law If it did
not believe it had a good chance of
winning in the fight
| WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.-The pres
ident is keen to see right done the
Japanese in the San Francisco school
| expulsion case reported in these dis
patches yesterday and so selected Sec
retary Metcalf to go Immediately to
Frisco and make full report. The
president consulted today with the
Japanese minister who holds that the
treaty had been violated by the state
of California in excluding Japanese
from public schools.
| WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.-After one
week from next Thursday the govern
ment of this country will be run by
wireless telegraphy and the executive
offices of the United States will be
on board the battleship Louisiana. TO
day the most perfect system of wire
less Is being put on board the ship
and when the president sails away to
Panama. November 8, he will be in
communication with this country from
Chesapeake bay to Panama and from
Panama back to Chesapeake bay. BY
| this means Mr.. Roosevelt holds he
Will not be away from this country an
hour no matter in what foreign wa
| ters he sails.