Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-09-01

urst OF THESE oIHceS Will De opened
September in New York, with FIVE
expert chemists in charge Congress
will be asked for appropriations for
similar laboratories in Chicago, Bos-
ton, Philadelphia, New Orleans and
San Francisco.
The foreign pure food law has been
In force more than year. and is re-
garded as beyond the experimental
stage. DR. H. w. Wiley chief of the
bureau OF chemistry of the department
of Agriculture, declares that 1t is the
intention of the department now "to
put the screws on" When the pure
food law first was put into operation
1t was found that rs per cent of the
imports of foods and drinks were ad-
missible under its provisions. Now
the percentage is S5.
The Secretary of Agriculture has
| just granted the first request of an
importer to destroy his cargo instead
of reshippipg it, after it had been con
olive oil
| The Secretary of Agriculture is now
awaiting an Interpretation of a portion
of the law, which, it is believed will
exclude entirely the importation of
sausages from Germany. The law ex-
cludes articles from entry into the
United States from foreign countries
which prohibit the importation of such
| articles. Germany is in this class.
DIR. Wiley declares that there is not
barrel of pure Scotch" whisky in
the United States, and that the impor-
tations of this article are practically
all connections and should be labeled
compound"
ALBANY. N. Y. Aug. 29.-David b
Hill, thrice governor of New York,
once United States senator and at
present one of Judge Parker's chief
campaign managers, today entered
upon his sixty-second year. For thir-
ty-five years Mr.. Hill has been in pub
lie life. He is most abstemious and
carries his sixty-odd years very lightly.
His friends sent him numerous con-
gratulations today. and not a few of
them added a prediction that higher
public honors are in store for him than
any he has yet enjoyed
DENVER, Aug 29.-The appraisers
appointed to value the timber land in
Louisiana, the principal asset of the
defunct Fidelity Savings bank, report
ed this morning that the land is worth
s375,00O. 1t is well covered with tim
Der. well watered and fertile This is
about IS an acre. and is given as
minimum figure.
WAPAKONETA. o., Aug. 29-The
streets and buildings here are gayly
decorated in honor of the Spanish war
veterans, whose annual state reunion
opened today. Scores of visitors from
every part of the state arrived last
night and this morning. In addition
to the opening exercises held in the
city hall this forenoon, the days pro-
gram included a military parade at
room and an elaborate floral parade
later in the day. The reunion will ex-
tend over tomorrow. Sandusky, Ham
ilton and Findlay are contesting for
the honor of entertaining next years
reunion.
CONSTANTINOPLE, August 30
Former Sultan Murad v died yester.
day after suffering years of diabetes.
he was dethroned under plea of
insanity. Confinement was done
at the instigation of his brother.
the present sultan. The confinement
was OF the cruelest character. No
one was allowed to see the former
sultan excepting his jailers, and every
precaution was take to prevent the
prisoners gaining any knowledge of
the outside world Although he is
supposed to have died from diabetes
1t is generally thought the prisoner
died from tuberculosis
MANCOS, August o0.-A sad acct
lent occurred at the reservoir of the
old mill site about five miles from
town when Dewey. the six year old
son of Sol Exon was drowned. With
cousin he was playing around the
reservoir when his cousin dared him
to jump into the water The boy did
so and went in over his head and was
drowned
MANCOS. August 30.-Harry Rahs,
aged 10. was engage in fooling and
playing with 22-caliber rife yester-
day afternoon when the gun fell, the
trigger striking rock causing it to
go OFF. The ball passed through the
arm and the jaw. inflicting painful but
not fatal wounds.
NEW YORK, August 30.-The North
German line steamer Kaiser Wilhelm
came within fifty minutes of lowering
The westbound transatlantic record
on trip which ended today, Though
Obliged to slow down twice for fog
she averaged 23 knots an hour, com
pleting the voyage In five and one half
days and A minutes
PITTSBuRG, August 30.-After
nights debauch, Frank Dippot went to
his home and chopped his sleeping.
eight year old son to pieces with an
AK
ST. LOUIS. August 3O.-The Mara
thon race was the only event sched-
uled for today's Olympian games.
There are thirty five entries The
contestants are to run % miles with
out stopping for rest or refreshments.
After covering five laps on the Stad-
ium track, the runners travel over an
open road running to a finish before