Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-03-23

WASHINGTON. ID. c.. March 90
Notwithstanding the factioual differ
ences which have existed among naya
officers ever since the Spanish war
there is none in the service who viii
allow his partisanship to warp hi.
Judgment TO such an extent as tt
deny the fact that the navy loses 6
brilliant and able officer when Real
Admiral A. S. Crowninshield hauls his
nag down from the Chicago at Naples
today. Criticism of Rear Admiral
Crowninshield has been freely indulg
ed in. but his capability as a naval of
hcer has never been disputed The
prominent part he played as member
OF the board of naval strategy during
the war with Spain will ever remain a
brilliant page in the naval history of
the United States.
Rear Admiral Charles S. Cotton will
succeed Rear Admiral Crowninshield
in command of the European squad
ron. The retirement of the latter re-
suits in the promotion OF Captains
Cook and Harrington to the rank of
rear admiral.
| OMAHA, Neb., March 20.-Regard-
ing the plans of the Hartman Wander
bilt lines for the coming year, Union
Pacific official said today: I'VE pro-
pose to cut the time from New York
to San Francisco to three and one.
half days, Contracts have been let
for doubling one hundred and fifty
miles of track, half of it being in Wyo-
ming. The Southern Pacific will build
tunnel through the Nevada mount
aims TO cost ten million dollars. which
| will make a tremendous difference in
the time schedule"
| MADISON, Wis, March 2G.=The de-
bate between representatives of the
| University of Michigan and the Uni
versity of Wisconsin. for which both
institutions have been preparing since
last fall takes place here tonight and
it promises to be the event of the uni
versity year
The subject of debate is embraced
in the following; Resolved, That
the adoption of a general income tax
| by the United States would be for the
best interest of the nation"
WASHINGTON, d. c.. March 90
AS result of the conference this
morning between Senor Quesadas, the
Cuban minister. and Assistant Secre-
tary of State Loomis, the former urged
President Palma by cable to call the
Cuban congress together in special
session to ratify the amendments to
the reciprocal treaty. Under the terms
of the treaty, ratification must occur
before March 31st. Only ten days re-
main in which this can be accomplish
ed.
NEW YORK. March 20.-Sensation-
al developments are promised at the
surrogate's hearing begun at Jamaica,
l.. L.. today on the application for let
ters of administration upon the estate
of the late Patrick j. Gleason. widely
known during his lifetime as the may
or of Long Island City. When Glea.
son died 1t was generally supposed
that nothing remained of his wealth
which n few years before had been
considerable. The present application
for letters of administration Is made
by DIR. Fitch, who was Gleason's ply
sician for many years, and who asserts
positively that the latter left for.
tune and Will. No will has been
filed and its whereabouts are un-
known Stocks, bonds and other Sc
curities are supposed to make up the
volume of Gleason's supposed conceal.
ed wealth, He placed implicit conf.
dence in his lawyer, Il. F. Burke. and
1t is said that the present tangle is
due largely to the sudden death of the
latter The situation is further com
plcated by the disappearance of Miss
Jessie Gleason, the ex-mayor's daugh-
ter and only heir. and who it is alleg-
ed. is in the hands of unscrupulous
persons who are endeavoring to de
fraud her out of fortune said to
amount to 100000.
PI1TSBIfRG. Pa. March ?0-The
officials of the Pennsylvania railroad
are awaiting with much interest the
results OF the measures recently
adopted to check the tip nuisance on
their lines The new rules are Of a
stringent character and positively
forbid the car porters or other train
men to, do any services for passengers
in order to get tips in return. 1t is
said that II the measures already
adopted fail to prove effective in put
ting stop to the nuisance It will be
made rule to discharge any employe
who receives a tip while in the ser
vice
ASHLAND. Wis. March 20.-A
host of school teachers has invaded
Ashland and will remain In possession
until Sunday The occasion is is the
annual convention of the North Wis
consin Teachers association, ard 1t
has brought out a full attendance OF
the members from all over the section
embraced by the association. The
two days program calls for papers
and discussions covering a wide range
OF subjects of interest to the educa-
tors.
ST. LOUIS, Mo, March l9.-Resum-
ing argument in the Northern Secur-
tiles case, Judge Young. counsel for
the company, this morning stated the
merger was not formed to restrain
| trade or interstate commerce by elm
mating competition. On the contrary
freight rates on some commodities in
certain northwestern districts, had