Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-04-23
rELEoRAPHic NEWS.

boodling affairs today when Attornel
General Grow appeared TO assist Cir
cult Attorney Folke before the gran,
jury. He proposes to ferret the Bak
Ing Powder trust 10 the limit, A
noon II IL openly stated that ten stat,
senators have already been Indicted
and that serious charges involve man,
prominent Mlssourians In this. tn,
biggest scandal of the year Cashier
Webb OF the Bank of Sfeelville, Mo.
was an important witness today, show
ing the deposits made by Senator Far
ris. indicted at Jefferson City, ant
who handled number of Thousand
dollar bills. An agent has been SEN
TO arrest, the agent for the Bakinl
Powder trust
Hattie Stewart. the woman of un
ssvory reputation. has been subpoe
ed 10 tell what she knows about the
distribution Of doodle nj the Planters
hotel on The day following IN. al
juurnmcni OF the Legislature
JEFFERSON CITY. Mo. April 90. -
State Senators Smith and Matthews
today gave n three thousand dollar
bond on indictments charging them
with accepting thousand dollars q
piece from - ] Kelley the baking
powder representative. Tor voting
against the alum blli
KANSAS CITY, No Aprii % The
reading Of the constitution at toiay's
meeting Of tho Press association ere.
Htcd heated discussion. In which
"So-called Democratic leaders" were
attacked by Editor Read ut iho ozark
Democrat George scruun of the
Sedalla Sentinel offered a constitution
al amendment providing That
when well known hoodier vas nom
mated Tor ofiice u shall not AFFECT the
standing ~ any paper ia the assncia
iion tu oppose his election Re-
f-rred o. the eofnmittes un rule after
a lively 8ehst- A. present expulsion
from the Ht--riagioH ia the penalty for
opposing aEg rssnouyraiic nominee.
TuVEKR ksns April - Tbe
nrsi cfup ealsrgtu issped today saes
ihat wAeAt nrassp--rts were never 80
-acelirrr. conditions 10 The great
whoa, hsali t-riuE perfect Tho present
condition grades ~ $40 por cent.
while thr area sosn IL 53fD00 acres
greater than that from which the ban.
ner crop WAS harvested in 1901
DENVER. Cuio.. Aprl 20 Chief
Ferris of Cheyenne with certain Oma
In dectisos. are here today. and do
clarcd q, noon that they have located
the Omaha murderer Knight and viii
viii have him behind The bars before
he cud Of the day
Denver detectives have not the con
hdenco Of the Omaha nnd Cheyenne
men. nnd say they know nothing about
th" mai,or. declaring however. that
Knight is not In Denver
S1ENANDoAH. Several thousand
men In various coliirrics of a leading
company In this district were told
"ibcre was no work for them" this
morning when they appeared at the
mine This wnE done because IN
saturday they we're asked "a work
uine hours and refused This action
may cause another coal famine In The
east
CHICAGO IN, April 90 The rail
roads have received estimates uf the
largest winter wheat crop la the his
tory of the country, and are rushing
every bit of equipment possible Ia
handle the enormous iraiiic which II
viii cause Twenty million dollars are
boinr spent on ears and railroads de
clare tho crops viii be moved without
congestion
PRINCETON \ J, April 20 Pres
idcni Wilson of Princeton university
leaves today on an extended lecture
tour through the west During the
trip he viii respond to ,oasiN at alum.
nj dinners Fiyen In his honor, and viii
make several formal adrvsscs Al
Ann Arbor he will speak Ia the stu
dents ~ the University OF Michigan
and al Minneapolis he Win speak be
fore the Princeton club ON Aprll IS
he win deliver the speech al tho din
nef Of the Virginia society At ST l.nuis
IN connection with The dedication OF
the Louisiana Purchase exposition
and win then visit Cincinnati and
Chicago. where he win deliver AN nd
dress on Patriotism before the
Twentieth Century club
CHICAGO. m. April % The morn
INK papers TO-DAY formally announce
the candidacy of Carter Harrison for
the Democratic nomination for preSi
dent In 1904 4 number of party lead
crN gathered ~ thC Masonic Tempt,
yesterday and declared Harrison 20 b,
the proper man tp oppose President
Roosevelt. whose denomination II cN
pectcd
NEw YORK April 2n-Thc polio,
announce this morning that the corpse
found In a barrel last week has been
Identified as Maducnia Benedclto ui
Buffalo. 10y his brother In law
The latter is now serving fuur years
in Sing Sing Tor comterfoiiing ~,
was visited by Bencdcttu ten day.
ago,
NEW YORK April % Il u RoE
ers, the Standard oil magnate is tc
be operated ON for appendicitis today
Rogers was lakon IN in Florida, an,
hurried 10 this place aboard specia
train
MAYKlNG. Ky. April go Follow
ing the killing of James Moore, I
moonghiner. by IA federal posse yes