Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-06-15
Ierstand l1ow Il cam Keen np.

McKinzie, shift boss on the Smugglei
Union mine. died last night from can
= Ger of the stomach. He was forty
! eight years of age and belonged TO the
Masonic, X. of =. and Odd Fellow or
, ders.
I MILWAUKEE, Wis. June 12.-The
t Cream City kept the latch string hang
/ ing on the outside today aud gave roy
| al welcome to several thousands of
visitors who poured in from all parts
/ of the state to attend the sixth an
nual meeting of the grand council.
United Commercial Travellers OF
America. Special trains brought
large delegations from Madison, La
Crosse, Appleton. Oshkosh. Janesville
and numerous other points. The big
parade was the feature of the opening
day, several thousand knights of the
grip marching through the principal
streets, which were decorated in their
honor. business session was also
held at which reports were submitted
showing that the order is making
gratifying increase In its membership
throughout the state. The sessions
will conclude tomorrow with the an
nual election of officers and the selec.
don of a meeting place for next year.
grand ball, several receptions and
lake excursions are features of the
entertainment program arranged by
the local council for the visiting dele
gates and their ladies'.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, June H.
Governor Durbin failing to grant a
respite the states prison at Michigan
City is to be the scene today of a
double execution. the first to take
place within the prison walls. The
condemned men are Ora Copenhaver,
who killed his young wife in this
city last September, and William Jack.
son, negro. who murdered mill
watchman in Evansville last Janu.
lry, while robbing him of $500.
BOULDER, Colo, June 12.-At 9
o'clock this morning the jury in the
case of DR.. Rudolph Baird. charged
with the murder by strychnine poi
soning of his wife Mamie, on October
18th last, returned verdict of moi
guilty and the, defendant was imme-
diately discharged.
NEW YORK, June 11.-More than
the United States in the last twenty
years, according to Rev. William
O'Brien Pardow. S. j.. formerly Jesuit
provincial of New York and president
of St. Francis Xavier college. He es.
Inmates that 1 100000 American child
rem have seen their homes broken up.
The number of persons divorced
would populate the state of Nebraska.
or the city of Philadelphia. They
are more than the population of each
of twenty-five states and territories
of the Union. These figures are from
statistics and estimates furnished by
Rev Father William O'Brien Pardow.
There is to be a union of the clergy
, of all denominations-Rom Cath
olic. Episcopalian, Presbyterian, Meth.
odist and many more-to stem the di-
vorce tide in this country. Already
, subcommittee has been formed. II
is to be a syndicate of churches of dif-
ferent beliefs, working side by side.
1t is to be a union of courtesy, not
OF law, civil or ecclesiastical, Briefly
1 when "a clergyman of any church
/, whatever the denomination, refuses
, to marry divorced person, clergy
men of all other churches in the syndi
cate will by courtesy respect his ac
ton and likewise refuse to perform
the ceremony.
! The Eplscopalians, headed by Rev
r DR. David II. Greer, rector of st. Bar
E tholomew's, where the Vanderbilts
$ and many others of the fashionable
5 set worship. began the movement
\ DR.. Greer takes practically the same
e position as all the Roman Catholics
/ for whom Father Pardow, leader OF
= the Jesuits in New York. has taken ur
8 the cudgels. Now going with them In
. the movement are such men as Bishop
9 Doane of Albany. the venerable Bish
l. op Clarke of Rhode Island. Bishop
= Paret of Maryland and Francis Lynde
+ Stetson, ali representing the Episco
h pallans; Rev. DIR. William Henry Rob
:. erts of Philadelphia, stated clerk ol
the general assembly; Rev Charles
o A. Dickey and Rev. Drs. Mcllvaine
4 Nichols and McCaughan, and John 10
o Parsons for the Presbyterians. ant
, Bishop e. G.. Andrew, DIR. Kelly ant
+ Judge Reynolds for the Methodists.
Il hiiVy huo p''h ''''N''
o to join the movement in behalf OF th'
4. Roman Catholics While he Is strong
= ly opposed to divorce, 1t has been lef
d to Father Pardow to make the chic
protest He makes statement L
\. the world In the course of which h
e says:
,f I'm these days of modern civiliza
ID ton, we glory in the horseless cal
il riage. smokeless powder and wireless
s, tclegraphy; soon we will be comm
70 to the motherless child and the chl!,
less mother. More than 100000 d
- vorces have been granted in tn
y United States during the last twent
n. years. Think of the homes broke
le up, the children whose parents ar
In separated, the untold misery tha
le such a state of affairs brings about
"There are today in this land pro'
no ably as many as 100000 childre
70 who have not what we call ret
IS home-not the home in which fath'
n. and mother unite to bring up the
,e children as God willed them to do.
NJ, "In 1883. by authority of congress