Semi-weekly herald., 1909-08-23
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

DlEn TallTOhG huluOTliy 10 iuut Con'
siruction work on the proposed South |
ern Pacific project from Lordsburg In |
southern New Mexico, to Durango
Colo, via Gallup and Pennington, N.
Nj, VIII begin in few weeks and
win be well under way by the first
OF October Big gtading outfits will
be started north and south from Gal,
lup and work will be rushed with all
possible dispatch, the Intention being
To complete the line in year.
This is the most important piece OF
railroad construction work to be start
ed in this territory since the Belen
cat off was commenced by the Santa
Fe. 1t VIII afford access to vast coal
bearing and timber lands in northwest
crn New Mexico and bring the fertile
fruit belt OF the San Juan county into
easy communication with Albuquerque
and the central as well as southern
New Mexico The line viii tap prac-
ticaily inexhaustible supplies of coal,
this being the chief reason for its con
strnction by Hartman interests.
The surveys for the road were com
pleted eighteen months ago, although
there are now several large parties OF
engineers now in the field north of
Gallup.
FISHK1LL. N. Y, Aug. 19.-Denied
the privileges recommended by Jus.
tice Mills In his decision declaring him
insane, Harry X. Thaw today began
monotonous asylum life at Matteawan
lie was compelled to get up at the
regulation hour, weighed and papers
OF his recommitment were filed at the
hospital desk. Thaw todays received
the same treatment accorded him be,
fore the hearing at White Plains. He
occupies the same room given him be-
fore. and he Is forced to associate with
insane persons of the worst type and
none of the privileges asked for by
him have been granted, although the
court so ordered.
DENVER. Aug 19.-Despondent be-
cause his sweetheart last night In.
formed him that she no longer cared
for him. James Davis, a machinist,
% years OF age. committed suicide at
$3.50 O'Clock this morning by drinking
the contents of a one ounce bottle Of
lsudanum. He drank the poison as he
lay in bed in his room at the home OF
Mrs. Elsie Olsen, with whom he has
MT + nv utr
during the past seven months.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 19.-Half a
pound of meat per day per person is
the estimated average amount con
snmed by the forty thousand people
in the isihman canal zone, who were
supplied by the subsistence depart.
ment Of the commission during the fis-
cal year 1909
ROME, Aug. 19.-An address deliv
cred by Prof. Charles Eliot before the
Harvard summer school has been
translated by the pope's order that
h. might more thoroughly comprehend
it The translation which was most
accurately done, was read with great
care by his holiness who expressed
profound regret that man of such
authority and culture as DR.. Eliot
should spread theories that he said
are not In fact the basis of new
religion of the future, but negation
OF the faith and principles which
are the foundation of Christianity and
modern civilization.
The pope is reported to have said
i would be easy to refute and destroy
Ei Eliot's argument, and highly prais-
ed Archbishop Ryan of Philadel-
phia. Bishop McFaul of Trenton and
other American ecclesiastics who has
tened to the defense of their church
and faith.
II Is believed that semi-offlcial
reply to DIR. Eliot's address on the
Enes suggested by the pope himself
VIII appear in the Civitta Cattolica
the most representative Catholic mag
azine. This is managed by the Jes
uits and Father Salvatore Bradi, an
American citizen, Is editor.
DENVER, Aug. 19.-More rain last
night put all railroads TO the bad this
morning and the reports are most dis
ccuraging. Floods and electrical
storms swept the state. lightning kill
Ing two. Many houses were struck
a second torrent was sent down the
Arkansas last night and today; panic
IN Canon City; washouts throughout
the state; Denver cut off from the
west; track gone in Royal Gorge
tourists caught on a Cripple Greek
excursion; railroads say the loss will
reach many thousands, but are unable
to say when traffic viii be restored
c. a. S. train wrecked at Folsom
n NJ; Santa Fe engine in ditch east
OF Trinidad, Purgatoire at flood stage
storms ON the western slope: mines
damaged near ouray; C. +. & /. camp
threatened; Boulder residents flee
from threatened flood; barn and
bowling alley were struck by lightning
at Palmer Lake.
The wires this morning are flooded
with news OF general disasters of