Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-01-05
TElEGRAPHlC NEWS.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Jan. q
Automobiles, electric cars and tele-
phones are responsible for the in
creas in crime. insanity. suicides and
other forms of abnormality. according
to remarkable report made to CON
Sress by DR.. Arthur Macdonald
crimnologist of the United States bu.
reau OF education. DR. Macdonald ar
cues that the inventions cause peo-
Pile to exercise less and think more.
Thls, he says, puts an abnormal
strain on the nervous system as com
pared with the muscular system DR.
Macdonald says that this country,
the states showing the greatest edu-
cation and intelligence are the North
Atlantic, Central and Western. and
L,ese sections also exceed in insanity,
suicides and nervous diseases. crimi-
lals and alms-house paupers. The
apid development of society, as we
have suggested, is perhaps one of the
maia causes of the increase of crime
and abnormality. and it includes the
sreater number of new inventions. in
areased opportunities for travel and
'nterprise of the press in enabling us
read all the news of the world at
'reakfast He says; 1T was quite
D herwise fifty years ago"
ST JOSEPH. Mo-, Jan. Bishop
NJ. F. Burke may be appointed coad-
jutor to Archbishop Kahn, Bishop
Burke leaves for Rome tonight.
ROME. Jan. 2.-The vatican has
sxpressed willingness to grant
Archbishop Kain of st. Louis the of
ice of ooadjutor. Secretary Hay has
written the vatican that appoint
of Mgr Messmer. of Wisconsin. as
Bishop of Manila, is impossible, on
account of firebrand speeches before
the Catholic Truth federation.
CLEVELAND, o.. Jan. "A bur
glar broke the plate glass window of
Hsrman's jewelry store at four O'Clock
this morning and stole diamonds
worth three thousand dollars. The
robber touched nothing else
ST. LOUIS, Mo. Jan. 2-Thomas
Dunn, colored, was hanged this morn
ing for the murder of another negro.
two years ago.
NEW YORK, Jan. "A man with
W. ipdueu REVIEWERS IN MS pockets
-iied to gain entrance to the private
Office of General Greene. the new DO
lice commissioner, at police headquar-
ters today, saying that he was the
lew commissioner. Inspector Brooks
inyeigled him into the Mulberry
street station. He is apparently in
sane
NORFOLK, Va, Jan. Another
hoy died of blood poisoning from in.
jury caused by toy pistols on Christ
mas day celebrating. making six
deaths in all from this cause.
ALEXANDRIA, La, Jan. 2.-Olla, a
small place forty miles from here,
was almost wiped out by fire yester-
day. While the fire was raging Mar
shal Smith was shot dead by an un-
known while trying to force the clos
ing of a saloon. license to which had
expired
COLUMBUS. o., Jan 2-Fire did
fifteen thousand dollars damage to
the broom shops of the Ohio peniten-
tiary this morning. Two thousand
convicts were kept locked in cells and
a stampede prevented.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Jan 1.-The
remains of Mrs. Dockery, wife of the
governor were transferred to a spe-
cial train here today and taken TO
Chillicothe. where interment will be
made upon arrival this afternoon, be-
side the graves of seven of her child
rem. The casket was covered with
flowers and guarded by police. Dele
cations from st. Louis, Jefferson City.
and Kansas City accompanied the re-
mains.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. q
A cablegram from Admiral Dewey at
| combined naval squadrons have ras-
sembled for continuation of tactical
exercises
READING. Pa, Jan. 2.--Three min
ers were killed and ten injured by a
| dynamite explosion in the gangway of
| Oakhill colliery at Duncott, as they
were going to work this morning.
Dead:
MICHAEL ONDER
ANDREW ONDER.
| These two men were cousins, leaav.
| ing Wlie and four children each.
JOSEPH PROCOP, married and
leaves two children.
The explosion occurred while min.
ers were taking sticks of dynamite
FROM chest containing one hundred
The dead men were thrown four hun
dred yards.
DENVER. Colo. Jan. 1.-The first
shovel full of earth on the Denver
Northwestern & Pacific railway was
turned this morning by construction
gang of graders at point eight miles
from Marshall and opposite South
Boulder Creek canon. There was nc
ceremony. but at 7:15 o'clock two
hundred men. the gang the contrac
tors. Orman & Crook. have in the