Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-01-31

Metcalf. managing editor of the Oma-
ha World-Herald.
DENVER, Jan. 29.-State Commits.
sioner Johnson received positive in.
formation today that Vice President
Roosevelt has been killing deer and
antelope in Routt county, and leaves
tonight to arrest him il the charges
can be proven.
| TACOMA. Wash, Jan. 29.-The
landslide on the Great Northern coast
line near Edmonds proves to have
been more serious than at first report
ed. 1t was one of the worst that ever
occurred on the road. being 400 feet
long and 25 feet deep at some places.
Before 1t was discovered a freight
train ran into it. deraikng two cars
and the tender of the engine Addi.
tional slides completely buried the
train.
SPOKANE. Wash. Jan. 29.-Today
twenty settlers fled claims on land
southeast of Spokane, where prom
Using oil indications have developed
and a land stampede has started.
Some of those filing have laid
claim to state school lands. others
to those of homesteaders. There is
considerable excitement, and promise
of long fights in the courts for the
disputed land. A number of oil com
panies have been formed and are pre-
fparing to make bo.ings. Each por.
son filing claims twenty acres, under
the federal statute or petroleum
land. Ranchers in the district fear
the loss of their farms.
DES MONIES. Ia., Jan. CIV. w.
Wise testified today in the district
court that in 1897 the ice companies
of Des Moines formed a combination
to suppress an outside concern and
absorb its property for the purpose
of raising prices in ice. The money
to buy the plant was borrowed and
notes given. Wise refuses to pay his
note and his defense is that the mon
ey was used in violation cf the anti
trust laws of the state.
LOS ANGELES, Cal, Jan. 29.-The
business rivalry which for months has
been waged between the Standard Salt
company, of which Edward NJ. Durant
is the head, and the New Liverpool
Salt company, owned and controlled
by George NJ. Durbrow, may have a
serious termination upon the Colo
RADIO desert. When Durant formed
the Pacific coast salt trust he endeav
ored to force Dubrow out of business
because the salt king, as Dubrow is
styled, refused to go into the com
pact.
l OYhrnxy'S works at S1ltnn
where the saline marshes exist, and
are reached by the Southern Pacific
railway. This road gave such special
rates that the trust could not land
salt from lower California in compe
tition. This nettled Durant, and, dis
covering that Dubrow had for sixteen
years occupied government saline
lands he filed a protest at Washing
ton, which resulted in an official order
that compelled Dubrow to close his
works. The salt king proceeded to
Washington and had bill introduced
to extend the placer mining laws tt
saline lands, permitting them to bt
located without purchase. This bill
has passed. the senate incorporating
clause exempting the lands of Du
brow, owing to the costly machiner.
he has erected.
Yesterday Durant started for Sal
ton with a gang of men determined
to locate lands as soon as McKinlel
signs the document. Durbrow, it Il
said, has ordered his men to file OF
lands that will become vacant whel
the bill becomes operative. Whei
these opposing forces meet a perio,
of strife may be expected.
BOSTON, Mass. Jan. 29.-Wheth
er the Mutual Life Insurance CON
pany will pay $24O.000 on the life O
the late James C. Pearson, presiden
of the Pearson Nail company who
it is claiped, was mortally ill whel
the first premium was paid, will b.
settled in the courts. Charles r. Gal
lagher, counsel for Mrs. Pearson, ha
already filed a claim d expects
contest.
Mr.. Pearson, who was the head o
the Pearson Nail company, with head
quarters in Boston and branch Office
in New York and Chicago, spent
great deal of his time in New York
Friday, Jan. 4, Mr.. Pearson was PEI
suaded to sign an application to TIL
Mutual Life Insurance company for
twenty year endowment policy O
$240,000, the annual premium o
! which was $4,000. This having bee
done Mr.. Pearson gave no NOR
J thought to the matter. At the tim
he was apparently strong, health
man and a good risk. He was so rt
[ ported by the physician.
Monday. Jan. Z, Mr.. Pearson +,
turned to Boston. During the day h
felt pains, which he attributed I
some light stomach trouble, but upo
reaching home the ailment was dial
nosed as appendicitis. The patien
was removed to Eliot hospital in thi
city, where an operation was pc
formed on Wednesday, Jan. .. NJ
Pearson died that day.
:. In the meantime. according
l the testimony in possession of the e
tate of Mr.. Pearson, his secretar,