Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-07-14

gether with representatives of the con
seryation movement.
Legislation will occupy the attention
, of the congress Thursday evening
Senators Hughes and Guggenheim an,
Representative Martin of Colorado
together with colleagues from sister
states. viii Join with other eminent
, authorities in discussion of this i'm
. portant phase of irrigation.
Foreign Secretary E. Mcqueen Ora,
OF Albuquerque. reports gratifying re
, sponses to the invitations to foreign
countries to be represented, and the
addresses by the foreign delegates will
be one of the interesting features OF
the congress.
The chief executives of states and
territories. together with their STATS
nave been invited 10 the congress and
many are sisnifying their intention to
attend. The congress at Spokane last
year was attended by governors of
Idaho, Montana, South Dakota, Nebras.
ka, Florida. Washington and Alberta,
and with the central location greater
number are expected to attend the
Pueblo meeting
The afternoon of September 30. will
be devoted to "A business meeting OF
chief interest will be the report OF
the committee on permanent organi.
cation. the election of officers and the
selection of the next place OF meeting
The latter will probably cause more
than usual interest. owing 10 the large
number of places which are already
planning to secure the following con-
gress. San Francisco. Chicago. Roch-
ester. n. Y, Texas. Milwaukee. Wis,
and probably Kansas City or St Louis,
and Charleston or some other south
ern city, with one or Two others, will
be in the field.
AZTEC. July ll.-A2tec was visited
| by the most disastrous conflagration
in its history last night. About 1890
last evening DIR. McCree went into his
drug store and striking match the
sulphur head flew off among some
tissue paper on the floor and before
il was discovered had ignited and the
flames running to the ceiling, igniting
chemicals. and soon the place was a
II IS OF fire. and before placed under
control four buildings had been burn.
ed, or rather the Bunker block. with
three store rooms. and another build
ing. The burned district included the
postoffice, in connection with the Jew
till StOIt III W dIiIlB ana AlanRnilll,
the Dickerson & Allen meat market.
updegrove Bros. q Gilbert bakery and
confectionery The McCrec drug store.
and Mcclure a. .Iackson's real estate
and loan office.
Without waterworks ii is a wonder
the entire business section was not
burned. but bucket brigadcs were form
ed and effective work accomplished.
Eha InGg 10 nlnral thDlIt
half insurance, although several ear.
ried no insurance Mrs. Warng lost
$500 on pustofilce fixtures. The mail
was burned but the books saved The
bakery carried no insurance and loss
is placed at 5000.
Aztec is at last aroused and meet
ing has been called for tomorrow even
ing to take steps to build a municipal
water plant for domestic and fire pur-
poses.
SAN FRANCISCO. July 1l.-Black-
eGed and charred, her decks warped
by a siX-days' fire which ragged beneath
them. the British tramp steamer st.
Nicholas sailed through Golden Gate
last evening from Antwerp from which
port she sailed May 3 with general
cargo of 5000 tons of San Francisco,
Portland and Puget sound ports When
off the South American coast, west,
her commander Captain George Ait
ken, at daybreak June % discovered
smoke pouring from the ventilators.
When the hatch was opened smoke
and flames shot up and il was dis
covered that the cargo was a seeth-
ing mass of fire which seemed i'm
possible TO combat Chief Officer Dick
inson. Second Officer Marriott and
Third Officer Chavner volunteered to
go below with the hose, passed along
by the crew. With their mouths and
noses covered by cloth the volunteers
were alternately lowered. Owing to
the intense heat and the suffocating
smoke each man could remain below
only = few moments. All that day
and the following night the fight to
save the ship continued. In despair
the captain ordered the life boats pro.
visioned and trailed astern. Early on
the morning of June "a the fire was
seemingly stamped out and the crew
sank on the decks Tor brief rest.
In the morning fire vas reported in
lower hold No .. TWO hundred tons
of merchandise were thrown overheard
before the fire could be reached Then
steam pipes We're fuu below and after
1--WE udSS Ol HSnilnS tne flames were
finally subdued. The loss is half
million covere by insurance.
FORT COLLINS, Colo, July IL
William II. Allison, president of the
First National bank of Boulder. died
this morning as result of injuries
sustained yesterday when his automo.
bile plunged over a steep embankment
in Virginia Dale canon, thirty-fve miles
northwest Of here. The machine turn.
ed completely over. pinning Allison
underneath. He was badly crushed
about the upper part of the body, and
suffered internal injuries which result
ed in death Judge Garrlgues and DR.
Queal of Fort Collins were occupants
of the automobile but were thrown
clear of the machine and escaped with
minor cuts. With the assistance of
Judge Gamble and George H. Redard,
members of the same party, who were
following in another car. they extri.
Gated Allison from under the auto and
hurried him to II local hospital. At
first he appeared to improve and at
midnight physicians announced he
would recover. This morning he took
a sudden turn for the worse and died
at o'clock
Allison was so years old and one
of the best known of Colorado's finan.
ciers. The banker. with DR.. Oueal