Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-01-14
TELEcRAPHic NEWS.

SoioiduO Hiiiitld, WdS IuuSleTtu III NJ
this place yesterday with 40 men,
bers which will be increased to GO in
side OF a week. Buckley Wells was
elected captain, John X. Galloway
first lieutenant. and l.. C. Lomax sec
ond lieutenant. The new organization
will not be ordered ON duty except in
emergency and VIII be subject to the
call OF the sheriff in case Of urgency.
With the mastering IN OF this troop
the militia will be considerably re-
duced, 100 soldiers leaving for home
in the morning.
Paymaster arrived from Denver last
evening and is paying off the men to-
day this being the first pay day since
their arrival in November
Everything Is quiet about the coun-
ty and the military force will be grad
uaily reduced until only corporal's
guard remain. II is likely martial
law will continue in prce--until the
agitstors have been entirely sub
dued.
COLUMBUS. o., Jan. 12.-Asa Busn-
nell, former governor of this state,
suffered a second stroke of paralysis
this morning. His condition is criti-
cal and his family is at the bedside.
After the first stroke last night the gov
ernor recovered and apparently was
out of danger, when the second stroke
overcame him.
WASHINGTON, Jan. l2.-Commis-
sioner of Pensions Ware has decided
that all rights to pension are barred
by conviction of crime and sentence to
prison for Lille. This decision is in the
case of William b. Marsh, serving
life sentence in Detroit for robblng
the United States mails in Idaho.
Commissioner Ware holds "A pen
sion is for the purpose of supporting
a soldier during his declining years,
and Ii a gratuity. AS the claimant in
this case is being very carefully and
4Nndly taken care of by the govern
ment. 1t is fulfilling its duty to him
already. By sentence to prison for
life the man has become civilly dead"
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.-The selec-
ton Of jury ir the Machen Groff and
Lorenz case proceeded this morning
without interruption. OF the defend
ants Machen manifested tho most in
terest in the matter
Perry Heath may be one of the first
witnesses called and will probably be
hostile to the governments cause.
WASHINGTON. Jan 12.-What the
trained diplomats of Great Britain and
WASHINGTON. Jan. l2.-The MEM
bers of the Democratic national com
10,
by the boomers for the cities which
desire the convention. Chicago men
predicted their town would be selected
on the first ballot The st. Louisans
also expressed much confidence. New
Workers said their checks Ior $4,000
would settle the question.
Candidate talk was confined chiefly
to Parker and German Boomlets for
other candidates appear to be still in
their infancy
NEW YORK. Jan. IA simple and
efficient method for quickly emptying
theaters and preventing panics in case
of fire has been invented. 1t is pro-
posed to carefully survey the house
and then print on the coupons retained
by the seat holders this notice, read
ing: In case of danger. your near
est exit is No. ......, on your right"
or left as the case may be. please
leave the house by this exit at the
end of the performance"
PORT ARTHUR, Jan. lowing to
the apprehension of daring dash on
the part of the Japanese at Port Ar
thur the authorities here have taken
extraordinary precautions in and about
the town and along the whole line oil
the Manchuria railroad The whole
Russian fleet is now in fighting trim.
NEW YORK, Jan. 12.-Arrange-
ments are well on for the completion
of settlement OF the controversy be-
tween the Western Union Telegraph
company and the Pennsylvania Rail
road Some time ago the Pennsylvan-
ia tore down all the Western Union
poles and put the Postal company in
the saddle. This was parc of fight
caused by the Goulds trying to get an
entrance into the Atlantic seaboard.
PARIS. Jan. 12.-John l.. Living
stone, member of prominent family
here, is trying to secure possession
of his sisters estate, who lived here
many years. She was mystery to
Parisians, dressed Enthusiastically, was
eccentric and continually haunted the.
United States consulate, and fell in
love with young clerk there. On one
OF her visits she drew $4,000 from her
pocket and gave it to him as love
token. For DAYS and weeks she sat.
daily outside the consulate waiting to
catch glimpse of the clerk, although
she was so years old.
WASHINGTON, Jan. l2.-Senator
Patterson has received, numerous Pc
titions in favor OF the seating of Sen.
ator Reed Smoot, the first OF this kind
to be received by any senator.
PORTLAND, Ore. Jan. l2.-Nearly
every state In the Union is represent
ed at the seventh annual convention
of the National Livestock association
in session. The gathering was formal
ly opened today and will continue in
session through the remainder of the
week. The large attendance and the
importance of the subjects to be dis
cussed combine to make the conven-
ion the most notable of its kind ever
held in this country The three mat