Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-10-22
GENERAL NEWS.

DinMiNEnAM, Oct. 4o-Tih1s cit.
current today that General Perish
caused by the fire which ,startet
shortly after midnight and Is still rag
ing. The loss is already over mil
lion dollars. A large section of the
business part of the town was de
stroyed and the fire is not yet under
control Among the buildings already
gone are the Chalifoux, the Prowel
building and half a hundred two and
three-story structures. Threa or -four
fatalities are reported this morning
among flremen. Aid from adjacent
towns is coming in.
LATER-Before noon thel fire was
entirely under control and the known
loss will be under million. Zone fire
man was killed and two injured. Aid
was proffered from other towns but
it was not needed.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. fs.@~The pas
sengers on the Los Angeles Limited
arriving today reports the stopping of
their train while running forty miles
an hour through Mo Jave desert by
a prospector who tagged the rushing
express to secure water for himself
and his burro. The man was dying
of thirst. After water was supplied
the limited started away again. An
old Nevada law prevails allowing des-
ert travellers in distress to stop trains
and demand water and compel train
crews to provide the needed refresh
ment. The prospector knew this and
so did the engineer
NEW YORK, Oct. 1S.--Today began
the election which will control the Mu-
tual and New York Life Insurance com
panies and their $500. .OO0, 900 OF Assets.
There are over a million and a half
policyholders, most of the voting will
be done by mail. 1t may take weeks
to count the ballots. The polls will
not end till December.
NEW YORK, Oct. ls.-The missing
manager OF Jose Ceballos G. Co. who
left Havana with a million dollars is
located today. Silveira is at Curacao
small island off the coast of Ven
ezuela. Silvsira is on friendly terms
with President Castro.
NEW YORK, Oct. 1s.-Frederick
Eschner, wealthy bookmaker almost
sent himself and his automobile into
the East river last night by running
his car on boar ferryboat after 1t
had left the slip. Eshner did this in
an effort to escape his wife who had
warrant for his arrest. The ferry
men were closing the gates when
Eschner urged his chauffeur to run
through them. The lines had been
cast off and the ferry-boat was begin.
ming to move out when Eschner's big
car whizzed down an incline and
jumped space OF several feet, land
ing right side up on deck of the boat
PUEBLO, Oct. 1s.-The stopping of
an engineers watch is believed to be
the cause OF the head-on collision of
two Santa Fe trains yesterday after
noon which caused the death OF a
negro and Baggageman Murdock OF
Kansas City and the injury of many
passengers. In trying to make Man
sionala switch Engineer McMurray
looked at his watch and it indicated
1:51. He knew he could make 1t be-
fore the other train was due. But his
watch had stopped. Ten minutes la
ter the crash came. 1t would have
been very serious il Engineer Hanson
OF the other train. fearing something
wrong, had not slowed down to ten
miles an hour. The accident occurred
while the trains were rounding a
curve. None OF the injured are seri-
ously hurt. All are doing well today.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 1s.-Young
Corbett of Denver who fought the
bloody six-round draw fight with
Terry McGovern, last night, says;
Twice before | defeated Terry. and
II the fight had gone one more round
| would have easily made 1t three
times"
RICHMOND, Oct. 1S.-The funeral
Of Mrs. Jefferson Davis will take
place here tomorrow. Confederate
veterans will guard the body. Ser
vices will be military. The burial
will be at Hollywood by the side of
her husband. Brief services were
held in New York this morning before
the remains left for the South.
ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 19.-Five
men with bombs were arrested this
morning the police having informa-
tion that they were to blow up the
public building at Cronstadt while the
court-martial that is trying the mu-
tineers was in session. Several sol
diers were involved in the plot and
one OF the mwas to throw the bombs
yesterday. but failed only because
the government had information that
the work OF the revolutionists had