Semi-weekly herald., 1908-12-28
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

lean Pompeii is gradually being
brought to light, according to the an
nual report OF Charles D. Wolcott, sec
retary of the Smithsonian institution.
Under a special congressional apDro-
priatiou the work of excavnting pre-
historic buried city at Casa Grande,
near Florence, Ariz.. has been con.
Quoted by DR.. j. Walter Fewkes. AL
ready number OF structures have
been discovered. but the largest one
excavatad during the year was build
ing 200 feet long, with eleven rooms.
the massive walls inclosing a plaza.
In the central room there was a
seat called by the Pima Indians the
seat of Montezuma." The ruins Mt |
Casa Grande were found to be much |
more extensive than was anticipated,
and II Ia stated that their permanent
preservation is OF great archaeological
importance.
In connection with special research
es Dr. Wolcott states that. although
the sonrces OF the institution are at
present too limited to permit OF large
grants for extensive explorations orl
Investigations, as far as the income
allows aid is given in various lines of
research work, and, 1t is added, II
sometimes IS found possible to en-
gage in expeditions likely TO accom-
pllsh important results.
DENVER, Dec. 24.-From 6 o'clock
until midnight last night 1000 sacks
OF mail were received at the Denver
postoffce. the heaviest ever received.
This Is the truest evidence that Den
yer is rapidly growing in population
A great rush Is going on at the post
office today. The business at the mon
ey-order and registry windows far ex-
ceeds that of previous years.
NEW YORK, Dec. 2d.-After the
Pennsylvania railroad has advanced
farther with its terminal station and
other improvements in this city work
will be started on bridge from Port
Morris, n suburb of New York. to-
Queens county, Long Island. The
bridge as planned In many respects Is
to be one of the most daring and
remarkable engineering structures ever
proposed. With the approaches 1t Will
be three miles long and span the Hell
Gate ship channel with an enormous
arch 900 feet in the clear. The en-
tire bridge, except the piers for the
arch. viii be of steel, having an esti-
mated weight OF 10000 tons.
The novel feature of the plant Is that
the train floor OF the bridge, instead
of resting on the crown of the arch.
Is hung from 1t. The crown is 300
feet above the water, and the floor
I4o feet, enabling the largest steam
eFs 10 pass under with ease.
The bridge will have four tracks,
two for passenger trains and two for
freight. and is designed for live loads
on each of the tracks of two 190-ton
locomotives. followed by a uniform
load of $4,000 pounds per linear foot
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24.-President
Roosevelt will stand pat on his mes
sage to congress vetoing the joint reso-
luton ratifying the survey by the in
tcfior department of the boundary
lines OF Colorado, New Mexico and
Oklahoma. He will take the ground
that Colorado first recognized the es-
adjustment of the thirty-seventh par
allel as surveyed by the interior de
partlnent. President Roosevelt be.
lieves the ratification by congress will
follow as soon as Colorado is salts
fed that the line has been put in the
right place. Thus the president will
sidestep the necessity of settling the
Colorado congressional squabbles.
Attorney General Bonaparte. upon
whose advice the president vetoed the
bill, said today that although he had
not thoroughly gone over the repre-
sentalions made 10 him by Congress-
man Cook, he believed the case was up
to the people OF Colorado and that the
government would do well to wait un.
i'll they had spoken before proceedings
10 class the survey as official.
General Cook received a telegram
from Trinidad citizens today saying
that the town OF Edith. whose location
is in dispute, is practically an aban-
doned coal camp.
Senator Teller who sides with Cook
will try TO have the senate pass the
resolution over the presidents veto
IL 1t is not withdrawn. General Cook
will make a similar attempt in the
house, and Senator Guggenheim, who
voted for the resolution in the senate
is now said TO agree with Haggott and
Bonynge that 1t should be laid over
until Colorado acts. Both Senator
Teller and Congressman Cook are lay
ing much stress on the fact that the
Colorado legislation required survey
OF the thlrty-seventh parallel in 1901
They contend that such action meant
practically willingness to comply
with the governments findings.
NEW YORK, Dec. 24.-One man was
killed and three other men and a WON
an seriously burned, while the lives OF
many others were saved only by the
prompt and heroic work by firemen
and the tenants themselves in a fire
that wrecked the five-story apartment
house At 122 West One Hundred and
Twenty-seyenth street early today
The man who lost his life was Daniel
Frizzell, is years old an Englishman
who lived with a family named LOCKER
on the top floor. The injured are
Mrs. Alice LOCKER, 80 years old, burn
ed about the head. condition serious
Charles LOCKER. her son. burned about
the head and feet; Harrison LOCKER