Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-02-24

''AS "i'ei"ooh' names negro deputy
sheriff as being responsible for the
death of Alexander Halliday, an eff
fort Will be made to lynch the deputy.
LONDON, Feb. 21.-The British is
land and the whole west coast of the
continent from Denmark TO southern
Portugal, is being dashed by terrific
gales today and havoc is being
wrought in shipping circles. More than
fifty persons lost ASHORE and at sea.
Londo nthis morning is cut off from
communication with points in the
north and within the city more than
900 wires are down
Every harbor is crowded with YES
sells that have been forced TO take
refuge by the fury of the storm, which
is the elimination of long stretch
OF severe weather. Every incoming
| liner reports seas and gales of unusual
force. Reports of loss of smaller craft
reached London today and 1t is beliey-
ed many fishing vessels have gone
| down after having been driven on the
rocks.
In many parts of Great Britain con
ditions of serious floods added to the
| terrors of the storm. Efforts were
made today to re-establish communi.
cation with the continent The Eng.
fish channel is swept almost clean
of vessels and those remaining in the
treacherous neck of water are the OBJ
| ject of grave fears.
LONDON. Feb. 21-Approximately
100 drowned have already been ac-
counted for as the result of Saturday S
and Sundays storm on sea and along
the coast, and the lists are growing.
No further tidings have been receiv-
ed of large unidentified steamship
which was sighted last night off Cat
| Craig, Scotland. She was disabled
and drifting northward. 1t is feared
she has been lost.
The damage on land will run into
hundreds of thousands of dollars, and
| extends generally throughout England.
| Telegraphic communication Is badly
| interrupted, especially with north Eng
land points. For several hours com
munication with Liverpool was cut
| off.
LONDON. Feb. 21.-Ambassador
| Reid has formally announced that Col.
| Roosevelt will reach London May 8.
| All of Mr.. Roosevelt's plans are form
| ed with reference to his return to
New York on one of the great Allan
tic steamers and no possible desire of
political interests in the United States
can change these plans. The king has
| expressed wish to Mr.. Reid that
Col. Roosevelt be his guest at Wind.
sor castle.
| BUENA VISTA, Colo, Feb. 22.-The
Colorado Midland passenger train No
. due here yesterday afternoon, is
stuck fast in a snow drift at Haver
siding at South Park, about thirty
miles southeast of Buena Vista, and
the rotary snowplow sent to the inn
| prisoned trains rescue is itself tied up
| in snowbank somewhere between
| here and the train in a crippled con
dition. 1t is stated by the dispatcher
| it will take $50 men all day to dig
II out The train due at 3:l2 yester.
| day is still at Bath compelled to wait
till the road is opened. To the west OF
here No. on the Midland spent the
greater part of the night and all this
| morning in snowbank at Sellar The
report is to the effect that there are
| two freight trains stuck in the snow
just ahead of Midland passenger train
| No. g.
While the blizzard and snowstorm
| did not strike Buena Vista it has been
raging with unabated fury over the
range since last Friday.
| 1t is believed the trains will be
| shoveled out before nightfall.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 22.-Strike
Leader Pratt was given hearing and
held in $4,000 bail. charged with incit-
ing to riot, conspiracy and disorderly
conduct. Bail will be furnished.
PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 22-Incens-
ed at the action of the police in ar
resting Strike Leader Pratt of the
| carmen's union last night, the Central
Labor union of Philadelphia today de-
ciared a sympathetic strike of all or
ganized labor in the city affiliated
with the central body.
The Central Labor union claims a
| membership of a hundred thousand
and whether the strike order viii be
obeyed cannot yet be told, this being
Washington's birthday and practically
all organized labor is idle.
Some of the union are against sym.
pathetic strikes; while others are OPP
posed to breaking of trade agreements,
but Notwithstanding these conditions
radical labor leaders say the order
will be generally obeyed. The Cen.
trail Labor union is composed of 300
| delegates, said to represent 100 unions
OF all kinds of trades Labor leaders
are holding conferences today to de-
termine when the strike order shall
20 into effect. President John j. Muir
ply. head OF the Central Labor union,