Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-12-17

the measure from Democratic stand
poipt. and discussed the scandals that
had arisen since the United States
had assumed practical control OF Gu
ban affairs. Senator Bailey will prob
ably talk until the hour OF adjourn
ment this evening and Is likely to con
tinue his speech until tomorrow. when
| Senator Spooner will make the prin-
cIpal argument In favor Of the bill.
There is no doubt OF the final pas
sage OF the measure when the hnal
vote comes, and 1t is altogether prob
able that there will be no amendments
tackled on the bill. 1t being the desire
OF the majority to pass the bill pre-
cisely as 1t came from the commit
| tee.
| The senate will be ready to adjourn
on Thursday Tor the holiday recess.
| In the house this morning Speaker
Cannon. directly after the reading OF
the Journal, announced that the pen
sion bill would be taken up, and the
house at once resolved Itself into a
committee of the whole. to consider
that measure which carries the appro'
priatlon of nearly $4,000. 900. The
debate on the pension bill is likely to
last for the next two or three days.
| 1t is not expected that any OF the ap-
preparation bills will be put forward
| with this exception until the second
week in the new year
VICTOR, Dec. 15.-Col. Verdeck
berg. in charge of the National Guard
here says there is no further need oil
military protection at the mines and
that he will order the departure of the
troops Company A of the Second
regiment will be sent home tomorrow
TOPEKA. Kans, Dec. 15.-J. C.
Lowe, who Is on trial on the charge
of numbering his wife, apparently
went violently insane in the court
room today. Insanity Is his defense
A medical commission has been ap
pointed TO examine him.
| LONDON. Dec. 15.-The country Is
waiting with Interest the results Of to
days parliamentary bye-e,ections in
the South London districts of Lewis
ham and Dulwich. Whichever side
wins will claim that the result is pro
nouncement in favor of the position
it has taken on the fiscal question
while, on the other hand the defeated
party VIII insist that local and Other
Issues outside tariff considerations
were really the determining factors.
Naturally the fiscal question figures
in the contests, but in either case
Is 1t square fight on this question
alone. and what the voters do toda,
| will not be an altogether reliable in
dication of what they will do when the
Chamberlain issue is thrown upon the
country and every parliamentary dis
;rict is asked to give judgment on tha
issue. 1t may be said truthfully, how
ever, that II the tariff reform candi
dates win in today's contests theii
victory will give a great impetus Il
Mr.. Chamberlain cause.
BERLIN, Dec. l5-The kaiser has
again punished the crown prince FOL
disobeying the royal commands. The
prince is venturesome steeple chase
rider and the other day he entered hi.
horse at the Potsdam races and rode
in fierce contest. The kaiser onl,
just heard of 1t and he at once ordered
young Frederick before him and or
dered him 10 remain in his room fol
three days and have but The PLANES
fare.
CALGARY, N. w. T., Dec. 15.-On'
OF the most cold-blooded murder cases
in the criminal annals of the North
west closed today with the execution
of Ernest Cashel. Cashels crime wa:
the murder of Isaac Rufus Bell, set
tier in the Red Deer district, who hat
befriended him. The body was thrown
in the Bow river. The crime was com
mitted in October, 1902, but the body
was not discovered until last July
when it was identified by relatives
4 Cashel was traced from place to place
by the Mounted Police and finally ar
rested near Calgary.
LEADVILLE, Colo, Dec. 15--Fol
numbering Oscar Boegle, hot tomalt
man. Howard Fisher and John KNAPP
were this morning found guilty ant
will be hung, although the jury rec
commended that they be imprisoned fol
life. The prisoners are only boys. be
ing under twenty-five.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, Dec. 15.-Franl
Conrad was shot in the leg and Johr
Murphy was beaten senseless by 6
squad OF police this morning, who sa!
they surprised the two men in the very
act of robbing the safe of Jacob Wick
enhofer's office.
NEW HAVEN, Conn, Dec, 15.-
Asa BUSHNELL, cashier OF the Yale Ma
tional bank. is dying as the result OF
a bullet wound self.inilicted while in
the bank today. The bank officials
say they know of no reason for the
act, His books are now being ex
amlned
MILWAUKEE. Dec. 15.-The Living
Church Annual, the Episcopal Altman
ac for the year, just issued, shows that
there is an alarming shortage of ba
bies in the church. The number oi
baptisms of infants has decreased 81
per cent in fourteen years. This is
in the face of an increase of communi
cants. The editor says of the show
ing:
"The spiritual birth rate among ouI
communicates has decreased SO, pei
cent in the last fourteen years, The
effect that this decrease must have on