Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-02-01

| 10 O'Clock this morning and will be
gin work Immediately. large mum
Der of Witnesses have been summon
ed to appear and give testimony be
fore the Jury, among them being sev
erai machine experts who examined
the plant few hours after the dis
aster occurred.
Engineer Gillice. who was In
charge OF the holster at the time OF
the accident occurred. was brought
down from the bull-pen this morning
and Will testify during the day
Operations at the Independence
have been completely suspended and
will remain so pending the result oil
the coroner's jury.
| DENVER, Jan. FISHERMAN Bell
has given Instructions that the unpaid
| Pueblo militiamen who forcibly took
possession OF the state armory be ar,
rested at once. He said: These
fellows can't monkey with me; III
knock them in the head. II necessary
| will hire special train and go down
there with some men and throw them
out"
The men. however, will be paid as
soon as the money can be raised. The
men in the armory report the first
night passed uneventfully, number
of men being kept constantly on
guard. Suits will be pushed vigorous
ly by the attorneys employed by the
men.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2S.--A state
ment has been sent to the house by
Attorney General Knox showing the
cost of livery hire for his depart
ment to be little loss than $1,000
1t consists mostly OF several carriages
and coachmen.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 2s.-The
Episcopal convention of the Diocese
of California has adopted an amend.
mcnt to the constitution that hereat-
ter all lay delegates to the conven-
tions of that body must be men, hui
has established new branch OF
church work to be handled exclusive
ly by women.
WASHINGTON. Jan 29.-Wiliam
Jennings Bryan's rule or ruin" pro.
nunciamento has stirred Democratic
Senators aud Representatives almost
to fury of indignation. Their pub
lie comments on Colonel Bryan's dec
laration that the Kansas City plat.
form must be reaiirmed are caustic
enough, but their private remarks are
absolutely unprintable. Leading
Democrats say they cannot under
stand Bryan's game. Some think he
Is determined to wreck the party In
order 10 show that no Democrat can
succeed In winning the presidency
where he failed twice. Others be-
lieve he is consumed by vanity and
desire to advertise himself and that
he Is also suffering under the sting
OF the snub--for that is what It was
administered to him by the Demo
cratic national committee at It's meet
Ing here n few weeks ago. At any
rate nine Democrats out OF ten In
Washington are thoroughly disgusted
with his course, They say Just as the
party was trying to get itself in
shape to put up, n stiif fight for the
presidency this year Mr. Bryan comes
along and kicks up n rumpis which
can do no one on earth the slightest
good and which may do world oil
harm.
The Democrats In congress are "all
torn up" by this Bryan bombsheli.
Probably 80 per cent OF all the mem.
bers OF Mr. Bryan's party In the sen
ate and house, including such men
as Senator Tillman, Senator Dubois
and Senator Teller, whose devotion TO
Mr.. Bryan and whose irlendliness for
silver are not susceptible OF doubt.
are against Mr.. Bryan in this matter
Senator Dubois and Senator Teller
left the Republican party on the sill
yer Issue and allied themselves with
the Democrats. but they are unwlll-
ing that the fight of 1904 should be
made upon that phase of the money
question. Even Senator Newlands,
who comes from the greatest silver
producing state in the union and
whose entire platform for several
years was silver. Is not in sympathy
with reaflrmation OF sixteen TO one.
In fact. poll OF the minority side oil
the senate. almost every man OF whom
paigns shows that there Is not one
WHO uoeS Hot DeileVe IL WOuIu De tnc
height Of political folly and party sui
eide to renew the fight for free sill
yer. while there is not corporaPs
guard in the house who would renew
the pledge TO silver.
CRIPPLE CREEK, Jan. 29.-The
bodies of the men who lost their lives
in the Independence mine disaster
were buried today and all business
stopped as the funerals went on.
The inquest was continued and
some new facts were brought out this
morning. Manager Cornish. it seems.
was not satisfied with the men in
charge of the engine. and had been
in Denver several times previous to
he accident attempting to secure
competent engineers at high salaries
4 to work on the property.
WASHINGTON. ID. c.. Jan. 20.-In
honor Of Governor Taft, who will next
week succeed him as head of the war
department. Secretary Root will give
special reception and dinner this
evening. The affair will be an elab
crate one. TO which all the army Off
GERS on duty in Washington and vi
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