Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-02-18


| The Carnegie Steel company has alb
, solute specifications against 300. .OOt
tons of plates, 100000 tons of struc.
tural material. 100000 tons of axle
products. besides unusual tonnages OF
rails and crude steel. The United
States Steel corporation In its report
shows a record tonnage of untitled
BUSINESS, ,4S971S tons--on Dec. 81
The merchant furnaces have. on an
average, sold their product well
through the third quarter The Bes-
semer Pig Iron association reports
tnat so per cent of its 1907 production
is under contract Prices are firm
all along the line.
In some lines, notably black sheets
and plates, premiums are paid for
prompt delivery. Tin plate mills are
still booking large orders for third
quarter delivery at 10 cents a box over
| current quotations.
| Block Island, r. l., Feb. 14.-This
| morning at 8 o'clock the number lost
In the awful disaster of Monday night
| foots up 1873. Up to the same hour
this morning seventy-nine bodies have
| been recovered and nearly all these
lie in a morgue today waiting iden-
tification. The full list of dead will
probably reach $50. II develops to-
| day that the captain of the Larch-
mont acted cowardly. that he became
| panic stricken and left his vessel as
early as possible leaving the passen-
gers to help themselves as best they
could. There was general inefficiency
on board, the only hero in the cruiser
being Pilot Anson who went down to
his death with his hands at the wheel
when given every opportunity to save
himself. Captain McVey denies the
sinister stories told about MIN but
the government investigation which
begins at New London tomorrow will
doubtless bring out the truth.
Chicago, Feb. 16.-Edward NJ. Hig-
gins. vice president of the Armour
Grain company, member of the board
Of trade, and regarded as the most
expert judge of grain in the world.
has announced his retirement from
business at the age of 40 on the
unique ground that he has enough
money. Mr.. Higgins has given an ex-
act definition of enough, word which
seems to have no place in the golden
lexicon of modern fortune builders.
With him, enough means $4,000 900.
Wallace, Idaho. Feb. 16.-The muir
der trial of Steve Adams was begun
in earnest this morning when Attor-
ney Knight made the opening address
to the jury for the state He said
the evidence would show without any
doubt that Adams killed Fred Taylor
three years ago The jury went to the
theater last night by permission of
the judges and in charge of bailiffs.
Madrid, Spain. Feb. 16.-Arrange-
ments for the stork's visit TO the royal
house OF Spain are proceeding apace.
Queen Victoria, who welded King AL
'onso on the 31st of last May, pre-
fers to keep away from public func
tions until May, when the church bells
shall ring merrily for the birth of a
child to the youngest king and queen
in Europe.
More than a hundred Spanish wom
en- are making baby clothes for the
heir to the throne. Princess Beatrice
the queens mother, has sent English
models, but all the embroidery and
fine drawn work is to be Spanish. The
christening and presentation robes
will be the same as were worn by
Alfonso XIII and his lamented father.
They were seen but a moath ago on
the little son of Infanta Marie Teresa
and are wonderful combination of
lace of great calue and handiwork.
Bologno, Italy, Feb. 16.-The king
dom mourns today for the death OF
the famous poet and critic, Giosue
Carducci, which occurred last evening.
Today the royal palace is in mourning
for the italian poet who was the clos
est friend of Queen Margerita. Last
year Carducci was awarded the novel
prize for leading the worlds litera-
ture.
San Francisco, Feb. l6.-This morn
ing the well known sporting man, Har
ry Corbett, was found dead in his
room. He was a brother of James j.
Corbett, the ex-champion OF the prize
ring.
view 1OIhs ftD lD.--otNtH ptTSOHS,
six men and one woman were killed,
three injured and considerable dam
age was sustained by the vessel by
an explosion on board the steamer
Valdivia at sea last Wednesday. The
accident was reported when the
steamer arrived here today. The don
key engine boiler exploded throwing
the steamers funnel over and ripping
open the upper deck. The seven dead
were killed instantly.
Emmett. Idaho. Feb. ia. Kuck-
ku, rancher living a mile and halt
from town, and his wife were found
| yesterday by their two children,
a boy aged 10 and girl aged 12, lying
| dead on the kitchen floor in a pool
of blood when the children returned
home from school Evidences are that
Nuckku shot his wife with a six-shoot-
er in the head and then blew his own
brains out with the same weapon.
Mrs. Kucku was totally blind, Kucku
| had hppn mentally unhaIaucad for