Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-10-31

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 29.-The gi
gantic lumber combine, with capita
stock of $10.000.O0O. which was a few
months ago granted charter undei
the laws of the state. its corporation
name being the John H. Kirby Lum
ber company. with headquarters a
Houston, is rapidly obtaining con
troll of the yellow pine lumber manu-
featuring interests of the state.
In addition to purchasing five ol
the largest lumber mills of eastern
Texas. it has secured options on 1e
other large mills and proposes te
lease a number of others for long
term of years. The combine also
owns and controls !. 100000 acres OF
the most valuable virgin pine forests
of east Texas By owning and con
trolling most of the mills and this
vast acreage of standing timber, the
combine Is given almost absolute con,
troll of the yellow pine lumber out.
put of the state
| DALLAS, Texas, Oct. ga econ,
science fund" was started at the gen.
eral passenger department of the Mis-
|
headquarters here today by the re-
ceipt of letter from a man living in
| Kansas City, who kept his name Sc
cret.
The letter was addressed to w. G..
Crush, the general passenger agent
of the road. and stated that 20 years
ago. when the company's lines were
| first started in Texas. the sender got
on board train at Dallas and rode
twenty-five or thirty miles. "beating''
his way. The writer states that his
concience has actually hurt him for
the past ten years. and he encloses 80
cents. which he thinks is the amount
he owes the company, computing the
fare at 3 cents a mile.
He says that he does not feel that
the company will expect him to pay
interest on the amount. as 1t was not
loan, and the train would have been
run at the same expense without him
as passenger as it was with him
CHICAGO. Oct. 29-.Iames f. Ne
Garry. the original of Peter Dunne's
"Dooley." died this moring at ripe
old age. He was a saloon keeper
and likewise a philosopher and wit
HUXLEY. Iowa. Oct. 29.-The safe
in the Bank of Huxley was blown
open at an early hour this morning
The robbers escaped with seven hun
dred dollars. An armed posse Is In
pursuit.
SOUTH BEND. Ind. An autopsy has
developed the fact that Mrs. Charles
80 nINa
and sister Of Cora Webb. who died of
asphyxiation was not poisoned. as al
legged. Grant Webb. who was held
on the charge of murder, has been re-
leased.
LONDON. Oct. 29.-Kitchener re-
ports battle between the English
and BQers near the Great Marico
river. on the oath inst The Beers
attacked the British but were repuls-
ed leaving forty dead on the field.
The British casualties were 2S killed
and 55 wounded The Beers captur-
ed 8 British wagons. The Dutch paid
particular attention to the men who
managed the guns. 81 of whom were
either killed or wounded.
LONDON. Oct. 29.-The Roosevelt
article in the Fortnightly Review
scorches Tammany in most vigorous
language. It saws that "Tammany"
is synonymous with all that is cor
rupt and rotten.
MILWAUKEE,, Oct. EFF DR..
Schulz. health commissioner of Mil
waukee. can carry out his ideas, kiss
ing in this city will undergo a mark
ed decrease. The commissioner has
become an ardent advocate to the
germ theory, and fears that too much
kissing will contribute to the propoga-
tion of disease. For the present DR..
Schulz confines himself to consump-
tives or those suspected of having
that disease. Such persons are re-
quested not to indulge in osculation.
While the commissioner has no au-
thority to enforce his recommends
tion. he will give it the strength of his
support and may extend it to other
persons afflicted with other diseases
or to those with no disease at all.