Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-12-15


corporations in the state This is the
first southern state to take this action
HAVANA. Dec. i2.-The reciprocity
treaty protocol was signed last win
ter and will be taken tomorrow to the
United States by General Bliss. who
expects to secure its complete rarifi-
cation.
NEW YORK. Dec. 12-ColoneI
Partridge rendered his resignation as
police commissioner to Mayor Low
today
NEW YORK, Dec PA dramatic
scene was enacted in the supreme
court this morning. when Mrs Josie
| w. Powers, Wife OF the former park
commissioner, was compelled on the
witness stand, amid food of tears
to admit the fact that one of her
sons stole thH affections OF the wife
of his own brother
Circumstances made the mother
necessary witness in the case wherein
her son Harry. brought suit for di-
vorce against his wife. naming his
younger brother as correspondent.
with ths greatest possible reIuct-
| lnce and amidst sobs the mother told
| th etragedy OF the wrecked home.
How one brother had caught the 9TH
| 'r one in the act of wrong-doing. and
| hand to hand struggle that meant
'lie and death had taken place. when
she entered and separated the two
| boys. The aged father was also
allied upon to testify, but blankly re-
used saying that he was too asham-
| al and Indictment Mt 81,
ple were together, to speak of It pub
| licly or privately
WASHINGTON. d. c., Dec l2.-
Reports to the bureau of statistics
show great falling OFF in domestic
iade shipments fer the past ten
months compared with the cores
bonding period last year
Live stock shipments at Chicago.
Kansas City. st. Louis, St Joseph and
Omaha dropped from almost 2S .0O0.-
300 head to 26.000.000 The number
II carloads decreased from 514 900 to
III 600.
NEW YORK. Dec. l2-President
Roosevelt may call down General
Greeley as he did General
Funston Last night before
~ 4NAh'tNfAlAlA NfltuiN flnb. NrfHCTdl
hecley. who Is chief of the United
States signal corps, said the Spanish
American war WAS a mistake, as was
the acquisition OF the Philippines. but
ne was a soldier with duty to per-
'orm and would not make detailed
criticism.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. Dec. 12.-Cir-
'uit Judge John Henry died today.
aged Il years, after a long Illness re
5ulting from a complication of dis
aase5. He was one OF the most prom
inent jurists In the state. and had
been in the public eye for fifty years.
SAN FRANCISCO. Calf. Dec. 12.--
rhe steamer Silverton today began
the work of laying the cable from
| acre to Honolulu. President Mckay
says the line will be opened Christ
mas day and completed to Manila by
July
NEW YORK. Dec l2-Leading
members of patriotic and historical
| socities of New York and others per-
soDs interested IN the preservation
| of historical relics made up a dels-
CATION that visited Mayor Low at the
aity hall today and presented plans
for the purchase by the city of the
historic Fraunce's Tavern, at Pearl
md Broad streets, whore the first
| m citing Of the chamber Of commerce
was held. and in which the famous
long room where Washington
| Dadc farewell to his officers at the
| lose of the Revolution is included
| rhe structure is admirably preserv-
I'd and is still occupied us a travern.
It is purposad to purchase enough ad.
| Joining property to make public
| park. 1t is estimated that the cost to
ths city will be about s37S 900.
| WASHINGTON. Dec. 12.-On May
| l3, 1907. about 100 valiant Britons
JAILED up the Powhatan river, now
| The James, and landed upon low
sland divided from the mainland OF
virginia by swamp, and there built IA
own, which they christened James
town. In honor OF their king. The
thrca hundredth anniversary of thai
event, the establishment of the first
permanent white colony on the soil
or North America. which viii be ceIe-
biateh in the summer of 1907 by an
exposition. held undsr the auspice of
corporation chartered by the legisla-
ture of Virginia, Of which General
Fltshugh Lee is presiacnt
site has been chosen on a sandy
spot projecting into that unsurpassed
harbor known as Hampton Roads.
about six miles directly north of Nor.
folk and connected with that city by
trolley railway. 1t is called Sc.
walls Point. During the civil war it
was oco1pied by formidable fortifica.
uons. traces Of which may yet be
seen The government still main.
tains earthworks there TO protect the
entrance to Hampton Roads. and the
trolley railroad company has built a
sort Of pleasure resort for the people
OF Norfolk. The place Is Isolated
ana possesses no attractions except
III water view.
The site Of the first settlement is
thirty'seyc miles from Sewelrs Point
mp the James river. and can be reach.
ed also by the Chesapeake and Ohio
railway from Williamsburg. which is
nine miles d{et,ut