Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-08-13

reports Of crop damage of 25 pei
cent as compared with last year!
yield is excessive The condition o.
the wheat crop has improved very
greatly during the last ten days" sait
a member Of the party. The farmers
viii get very fair crop. The yield oI
hay was about the average. not more
Barley and rye are both fairly good
crops. | anticipate no serious diff
Guilty in handling the crop"
! CRIPPLE CREEK. Colo. Aug. H.
A general strike OF all retail clerks
cooks and walters and other trade
members is threatened today.
The trouble started at meeting
l last night when the Business Mems
| Protective Alliance declared that in fu-
ture they would demand cash for all
goods sold. The labor committee an.
swered that 1t would start a huge co
operative store in that case.
a general tie-up affecting nearly
every business in the district is ex.
| pected
CRIPPLE CREEK. Colo. Aug. 12-
y finish fight is the slogan here today.
Manager Burns of the Portland
nine announced today that he would
nan up the great property and indefi.
hltely close down before he would sub.
| MT to unreasonable demands of the
men The men are equally determin-
ed to win the fight, and there is abso-
| lutely no prospect of settlement in
sight.
TOPEKA. Kan. Aug. 12.-Senator
Burton says he win debate the race
question with Senator Tillman in
south Carolina whenever Tillman is
ready "Tilman." he says, promises
he won't let them lynch me"
OYSTER BAY, N. Y. Aug 12.-Sir
| Thomas Upton accepted President
Roosevelt's invitation to attend the
naval maneuvers OFF Oyster Bay Mon.
| day next.
BERLIN. Aug 12.-The High court
has adjudged Tolstoi's book, Thou
Shalt Not Kill" pernicious reading in
that it insults the German emperor
| and has directed that all copies in the
country be destroyed.
OMAHA, Neb.. Aug 12-William
Chase, an alleged horsethief from
Douglas, Wyo., who escaped from the
train al Hay Springs. was found in n
corn field today and rearrested. He
was weak from hunger when cap
tured.
CHICAGO. H., Aug. l2-Governor
w, T. Durbin OF Indiana came to town
last night on his way back to Indian
aplis from private business trip in
the west. AT the Auditorium he had
this to say on the lynching question:
Mob rule seems to have been pret-
ty effectually discouraged in Indiana
| and Illinois. | do not look for any
| other race troubles or other lawless
| outbreaks in Indiana. but If any should
| occur the full power of the govern.
ment viii be used in suppressing the
rioters.
Il admire the courage of the sheriff
of Danville. ILL.,, and believe with Sen
ator Burton of Kansas that it is bet
ter that a thousand men engaged in an
| attempt TO take "A prisoner from a
| jail be killed than that the prisoner
be given over to be dealt with by a
passion inliamed mob. We must not
| adopt The southern method OF settling
the race question. and We are not
adopting it, as Senator Tlllman al
legeS Such outbreaks are the ex-
ceptiun and not the rule in the north,
| and they must never become the
rule"
MACON. Ga. Aug. 12.--The annual
| convention Of the League of Georgia
municipalities, which began here to-
| day, is one OF the best attended gath
| ngs OF its kind ever held in this sec.
| ton of the country. City officials OF
| the leading municipalities of the state
were assembled at 10 o'clock this
morning when the gathering was for.
mally opened with an address OF wei
come by Minter Wimberly, city at.
| torney of Macon, to which response
was made by Mayor James X. Atwater
of Thomaston. The annual address
| of the president, Mayor Bridges OF
| Macon. and the report OF the secre-
| tary. Mayor David J. Bailey of Griffin
| followed These formalties concluded
the convention took up regular busi.
ness Some of the subjects discussed
during the day were the Importance
of municipal courts in preventing
! crime, the abuses of pauper transpOr
tation, municipal ownership. taxation
and assessments, light and water
rates and sewers and sanitation. The
convention will remain in session
through tomorrow.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Aug. r.
The International Typographical
union has decided to hold the next
meeting at St Louis.
| SOFIA, Aug, l2.-The Bulgarian
! government intends to keep out oil
trouble with Turkey. 1t is believed
the government will he able to do this
unless the Turks commit atrocities
which might inilame the populace.
1t is reported here that thirty-siA
Macedonian committeeman have been
convicted in Salonica OF plotting
against Turkey, but have not yet been
sentenced.
| INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Aug. 12.-Jay
Woods. negro. shot James Sanders