Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-04-25
rElEeRAPhIc NEWS.

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the olney men 20 yield and not serd
an instructed body to the nptional
convention g st. Louis The Massa-
chusetts delegation at tod lys conven.
ton are not bound by the unit rule
and the Hearst managers believe and
say they have assurances thrt after a
complimentary vote for Olney. the del.
egetion from the Bay state and per
haps from all New England viii be
for Hearst
NEW ALBANY, Ind. April 21.-The
Republican congressional convention n
| for the Third Indiana district is in
session here today for the nomination
OF candidate for congress and the Sc.
lection of delegates to the Republican
national convention. J f.. Diil.n of
Jasper and Horace Dunbar OF Jefrer.
sonville are the Leading candidates
for the congressional nomination.
SPARTA, Wis, April 21-Congress.
man John j. Esch was rcrCminatod
for "A fourth term todey hy the Repub.
| licans of the Severth district There
was no opposition To his candidacy.
OSHKOSH Wis, April 2f.-The Re.
publican congressional convention of
The Eighth district was called to or.
der here this afternoon The conven-
ion will renominate Congressman
Dawson and select delegates and al
ternates to the Chicago convention.
MANSFIELD. o, April 2I.-The
Fourteenth district Republican con.
here today Candidates for the rcgu.
lar term and the meXpired term of
the late Congressman w. W. Skles
Will be named There are several as.
pirants in the field. among them Ma.
yor Brown OF this city
KANSAS CITY, Kans., April 21.-
The Indictment charging Frank Camp
bell. a member of the board of educa-
lion, with bribery. was quashed on
legal technlcalties today. as were all
the other so-called Doodle cases.
WASHINGTON, April 21--A great
crowd was present this morning when
Roberts, the Mormon apostle. who was
expelled from congress four years ago.
was recalled for cross-eNamination
Among tho attendants were many
Daughters of the American Revolution
who are now holding a convention
here
Attorney Van Cott drew from Rob.
erts' review of the elections OF Utah to
show that Democratic success Ia that
state was due to "the silver craze"
md also that,Ihe Mormons had been
able to dictate to the party chiefs.
Calvin Cobb, publisher of the Boise
City Statesmen was examined In re,
gard 10 polygamy in Idaho. and he
said that that state was under the do
minion of the Salt Lake apostles as
well as Utah
CHICAGO, April 21.-The police to.
day arrested IL l.. Hammer and S. J.
Warren. charged with fraudulently so.
letting money for the Republican
Marching club. The men were locked
mp at the Central station They have
collected nearly $4,000 from prominent
Republican business men. Warren is
known to be the son of wealthy par.
ents in ST Helier's Isle of New Jer-
| sey.
Mclaughlin. now q school teacher In
he Philippines. in letter of resigna-
| lion just received here. says the teach.
| ers in PangasIpian province have not
received any pay between last August
and this March. He says:
Il came to this abominable and dis
.ressed wilderness on mlsrepresenta-
| l oh la, Ia,
4 Nipa shack with dirt floor. beg mon.
ey to buy a few handfuls of rice to
preserve my life. and If necessary
| will appear before congress to prove
these charges and others"
| LONDON. April 21.-The Thlbetan
fort at Gyang Use has been partially
blown up One OF the rooms In the
human heads, most OF them taken
from recent victims This is unusual
| inasmuch as the Buddhist laws forbid
the taking Of life The Thlbetans al.
low their prisoners to starve to death
In order to circumvent this law.
| SAN FRANCISCO, April 21.-An
earthquake shock was felt in this city
| NHiH pihlhEf hlitli was lulAt buhl
hut not severe and lasted but few
seconds. a slight tremor OF the earth
preceded the shock.
VIENNA, April 2t.-The prospect
II general strike on the Hungarian
railways has been settled The gov
ernment has adopted a conciliatorry
policy, resclnded the order forblddlng
meetings of railroad men. and released
some thousand strikers who were ar
rested yesterday. and proclaimed a
| general amnesty.
Relatives of the desperadoes bade
hem farewell today.
| HOBOKEN. n. j.. April 21.-At a
special meeting Of the stockholders OF
The Northern Securities company to-
day to vote on the plan of the com
pany to reduce the stock 80 per cent
and distribute the assets pro rata
James j. Hill, president. Hartman
Pierce and the Oregon Short Line filed
4 protest, claiming the return of the
Identical Northern Pacific shares they
put into the company instead of the
value of these shares in half OF North
ern Pacific and the other half in Great