Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-03-30

burned IN the "ItthhSt. ihty "tie
travelling in the forward train in
private car The train vas standing
ON the main track when the Sunset
Limited crashed into it. The rear
coach OF the Eagle Pass express was
teIescoped AMI the engine Of the Lin
tied demolished
Among the injured are Engineer
Quinn. W. f. Hess. p. w. Morrow.
travelling passen ger agent of the Louis
vile & Nashville; Miss J. Foster OF
Houston; William Dobroski, and
Brakeman Harrington.
COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo. March
27.-The expected has not happened.
The governors commission has been
unable up to noon today to bring
about a reconciliation between feder-
ated labor and Tolerated. capital.
The mill trust refuses TO dismis or
discharge the strike breakers, and
President Meyer says he will not agree
TO have his men return to work with
out that assurance The Standard
mill promises to reinstate the old men
whenever there are vacancies, but
President Meyer thinks this is to in
definite. Thus far, therefore. the eff
forts of the company to bring about
peace has been futile.
NEW YORK. March Thames
SNOW "a millionaire. died suddenly in
a suite OF Mrs Spencer Hall. in fash
ionable apartment house at midnight
The coroner states that death was due
to natural causes. At first both the
police and coroner were refused ad-
mission to the apartments. Mrs. Hall
says she is relative Of Shows.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. March
thousand people will have to be exam
ined before jury of Twelve can be
secured in the Stratton will case. To-
morrow morning a new panel Will be
examined. but it is not believed that
many jurymen will be secured. Since
| Judge Seeds last evening discharged
the old jurors, fearing the possibly OF
| improper influences, everybody in the
| Springs has taken sides, and it may be
week before the jury can be secured.
NEW YORK, March 27-As a re-
suit of a purchase by the United
States government yesterday of 250.-
| 600 ounces OF silver at fraction over
| 40 cents an ounce, the price OF bar
silver today jumped from 4S3s cents
yesterday to 49h cents today. There
is confident hope of 80 cents an
ounce in the near future.
NEW OYRK. March 27.-The mem
bers of the interstate commerce com
mittee came TO New York today to
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monty known as the southern merger.
| This is the case brought by the Ken
lucky railroad commission against the
Atlantic Coast line, the Southern rail
way. the Louisville & Nashville. the
| Cincinnati Southern, the Cincinnati
New Orleans & Texas Pacific, and the
Chicago Indianapolis & Louisville rail
road companies. The complaint al
leges that the defendant lines aggre
gate $1,000 miles and have an operat
| ing income of more than $3.50 .0OO 900
and that J. p Morgan Il Co have Sc
cured practically the controlling man
agement of all of them.
More than ordinary interest is man
Tested in the present hearing on ac
count of the expressed purpose o
John w. Gates to SAY some things.
AT the first hearing of the case.
Picrpont Morgan. in answer to ques
lions put by counsel for the Kentucky
railroad commission, said that he con
Sidered MIR Gates "a dangerous man
in railroad finances. George w. Per
kius and others of the firm of j u
Morgan 4 Co. made use of similar ex
prossions. Their testimony went t,
show that the Morgan activity in tn,
settlement following the Louisville &
Nashville coup. executed by Mr. Gates
was based upon the belief that it wa!
necessary 10 the preservation of tn,
financial stability of the railroads o
the country. that the control of the
Louisville x Nashville be not left il
Mr., Gates hands. The present hear
ing is had chiefly at the request of Mr.
Gates, who desires an opportunity o
replying to Mr. Morgan's statement,
concerning him, and he further prom
ises 10 give all the inside history o
the now famous merger deal
| WASHINGTON. March 23.-It is as
snmed that the Democrats in the sen
ate viii force the Republicans to tax,
up the tariff at the next session o
congress and attempt to secure Il gen
eral revision with particular refer
ence to the articles manufactured II
this country by the so-called thrusts
but the business interests should no
be alarmed. They will also make al
tempt to show that the Republican
party has not kept its pledges to tn,
people, that it has protected and de
Tended monopolies and combination!
of capital against the interest of tn,
country and that its policy has beer
contrary to the public welfare. Ii
other words. the Iowa Idea" is to b,
stolen by the Democratic leaders anc
forced upon the Republican majorit,
But there will be no reduction in an,
of the important schedules.
Senator Bacon of Georgia. who rep
resents large protection sentimen
| 'mung the business men of the En-
pire State of the South, has recent,
declared himself in favor of the "Iow;
Idea" and advocates the removal o
the top bricks on the tariff wall +"
think we should pull off some of th
bricks he said, and not attempt I,
raze the wall to the ground woul,
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