Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-03-14

day OF ohicer Collins. the slain police
man.
The police forced six negro fam
lilies to evacuate their houses on Sem
trail Alley and Summer streets. be
cause of threats made against them.
Several hundred negroes spent the
| night in the woods around bonflres.
| WASHINGTON. March i0.-Repre-
sentative George Croft of South Car
olina died today of blood poisoning.
WASHINGTON. March I0.-Andrew
Jensen, the historian of the Mormon
church. was called to the stand today
in the Reed Smoot case Mr.. Jensen
| gave an elaborate explanation of the
machinery of the Mormon church, and
| said that the Mormons were in the ma.
jority in every county In Utah. with
the exception of Salt Lake, Weaver
and Summit counties.
Mr.. Jensen was questioned regard
ing Apostle Heber j. Grant. In charge
of an English mission, and he replied
that he thought Mr. Grant was mar.
rlcd to more than one wife.
He also stated that Mr.. Smith had
never been prosecuted for violating
the law openly. and said that should
Mormon turn lnformer against a po-
lygamist under such conditions RS
governed President Smith. he would
be regarded as odius in the eyes of
the church.
BERBERA. Somallland. March 10
General Manning has succeeded In sur.
prising the Mnd Mullah's forces. which
occurred on Feb. &c, killing $50 men
and capturing 5000 camels.
NEW YORK, March 10.-Thc steam.
er Leon Lombardia arrived today from
Genoa and Naples. bringing large
herd of camels In care of half dozen
native drivers. The animals arc for
exhibition purposes at the Worlds
fair.
WASHINGTON. March l0,-There
is great deal of gossip among senn.
tors as TO the fate OF Senator Smoot
Of Utah. Leading Republican sena.
tors, some OF them on the committee
on privileges and elections aud Others
nonmembers, say nothing yet has ap-
peared on which could be properly
be based vote to unseut Mr.. Smoot
The best lawyers in the senate. IL is
said. are agreed that senator duly
elected cannot be deprived OF his scat
on any such statement OF facts as
those shown in this affair. To do so,
they aver, would be to set up a dan
| gerous precedent. II man may not
hold n seat In the United States sen.
ate because he has taken an oath to
support church, secret society or
some cause with which he Is connect.
ed. no one can forsee to what lengths
that doctrine might be carried. They
go further and say one cannot be ad.
Judged incompetent to sit In the Unit.
| ed States senate because some of his
associates have committed crimes or
misdemeanors or have countenanced
them. 1t is doubtless true that. not
wlthstanding the sensational and un-
pleasant admissions made by Presi-
dent Smith on the stand majority OF
the senate, or at least large majority
of the Republican senator's, admit they
can see no ground for unseating.
At the same timesthe opponents Of
| Senator Smoot are determined and de-
| clare they have not as yet brought all
their evidence to bear They expect
to lay great stress upon their claim
that his oath as an apostle of the Aor.
mon church is of such character and
binding force as to render II impossl.
bic for him to be loyal to the United
states. There is tremendous sources
to unseat Smoot, and the case, already
| celebrated. will be fought to n bitter
end.
Realizing that this would mean con.
tinuing congress in session possibly
month longer has prompted the load.
ing Republicans to refer the inyesliga.
| ton to a subcommittee on lnyestiga-
| tions at its leisure and during the
summer months in order to get at the
| facts. the subcommittee possibly Wis.
iting Utah before reporting next win
ter.
One feature of the Smoot affair is
provoking a good deal OF comment. II
is the apparent determination Of the
| him from his seat. Senator Dubois OF
Idaho. a member of the election com
mittee, is acting virtually as a prose
| cutor. Mr.. Dubois admits to his
friends that he thinks II would be
good politics" to unseat the senator
from Utah and that it would help the
Democratic party in the far west He
1 says Smoot was elected through a
deal of the Mormon church with the
| Republican party and he wants to re.
buke that ill.assorted bargain by de.
priylng the beneficiary OF II oil his seat
in the senate. So far as Is known
most of the Democratic senators are
opposed to Smoot. not 50 much on
the merits of the case as because they
believe they can force the Republicans
to bear the onus of standing by him
The Introduction of this political ele-
ment to the case both hurts and helps
Smoot.
SALT LAKE, March 10.-There IL
not one single telegraph wire working
between here and the Paclac coAEt to
day. A terrific storm is said 10 be
| raging ail along Tho onaat aud Co