Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-03-18

was scattering OF losses among less
conspicuous stocks. National Lead
rose AZ, Great Northern Ore certif.
Gates 2h. New York Central. Brook.
lyn Transit and United States Steel
2, Reading 1A, Northern Pacific ~,
Union Pacific and U. S. Steel IL, and
st. Paul, Copper, Republic Steel and
Electric rose.
| Forbach, Germany, Mar. tG.-Fifty
| bodies of miners who met death In a
| iire damp explosion In a coal mine at
| klennsossien yesterday were recover
ed today There are twenty more In
the mine while dozen were
rescued alive, although all canno, re-
cover.
saarlouis. Rhenish Prussia. Mar i6
Twenty-Five miners were killed this
morning at Gerhard mine. They were
descending one of the shafts in a
cage when the cable broke near the
top and the miners plunged down sew
eral hundred feet. They all met In.
| stant death.
Pittsburg, Mar, 16.--Some order is
being restored In the business sec
ton today. But out where the great
mills are located and where the real
pulse throb of Pittsburg beats the eff
fects of the deluge will not be Danish
ed until long after the waters have
lost themselves In the Gulf of Mexico
score of known dead and as many
more missing tell of sorrow cast into
many homes. Until the river gives up
the bodies no accurate estimate can
be made. Railroads took on some
semblance of regularity this morning
and the street car traffic is resumed
on indifferent schedule over various
lines. City water is again being sup.
pied on the south side and the danger
from serious fires are past. Ten thou.
sand or more people who have been
homeless waded through the mud sed.
lment to their houses and began one
more a civilized method of living.
It's normal channel
Rochester, Mar. 16.-Capt. James
Hooker of Irondequoit who died two
weeks ago leaving an estate valued at
s250' 900, made will in 1902 bequeath-
Ing his entire fortune to the United
States government. naming President
Roosevelt sole executor He also
named every cabinet official as trustee
OF various sums set apart on the will
for the betterment of the navy and
army.
Chicago, Mar. 16.-Five thousand
boilermakers employed on the Harri-
man and other lines will strike at
noon unless the Chicago & Alton Off
cials make settlement with the boil
ermakers now on strike against that
road. The executive board of the In
ternational Shipbuilders' union will
inform President FELTON, today of the
decision. The board made an effort
without success to settle with Presi.
dent FELTON,. The roads effected are
the Union Pacific, Southern Pacific,
Central Pacific, San Pedro, Los An
geles and st. Lake, Chicago. Burling-
ton & Quincy and Illinois Central.
New York, Mar. 16.-New York has
II now that Jeffries is broke and that
he Will be compelled to go after what.
ever is offered in shape OF purse.
The scandal Is that Jeff has been
bucking the tiger and that Mrs. JEFF
fries has shut down on his drawing
any more from the homestead 1t is
even intimated that he has given up
the ranch for city life and has gone a
pace that makes him loose money.
Putney. England. Mar. 16.-Cam-
bridge defeated Oxford university four
and half lengths today In the an
nual boat race. There was the usual
vast crowd and excitement. The win
ming crew. practically the same that
beat Oxford last year two lengths dis
tance in four and half miles. Time,
20 minutes and 20 seconds.
Washington, Mar. 16.-John d. Rock
efeller is planning to establish fund
OF $50 900 for the purpose of lift.
Ing the Chinese in their own country
to the plane of civilization of the Amer.
lean people. The knowledge that Mr..
Rockefeller Intends OF give this enor-
nous sum to be used to turn the ori-
entails into paths of western civiliza-
ton has been made public by men
who have been consulted by the in
tended donor as to the best methods
to be employed to make his money
useful In the highest degree.
New York. Mar. 16.-Helican hall,
the famous Utopian colony which Up
ton Sinclair founded and where he
lived with seventy other unusual men
and their families, burned this morn
ing and the whole colony Is homeless
The scheme was remarked as II crank
idea but the colony was growing. Hell
lean hall was located In New jersey
and was magnificent place OF many
hundred acres.