Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-11-16
TELEeRAPHIc SNAPSHOTS.

Dun's weekly review of Chicago
trade reports rapid consumption and
well sustained demands in leading
lines.
Preliminary government returns in
dicate the total yield of corn for 1865
at 2.707 .993,540 bushels. and the aver
age quality at 906 per cent.
Frank Prescott. a New York house
painter made his trade pay him $780,
600 year until he was detected in a
jewel theft and sent to Sing Sing.
The president has announced two
new rules placing the consular service
on strictly merit basis, providing
for examinations and promotions.
No more trace has been found of
John W. Tisdale, the mine owner who
mysteriously disappeared in New
York. and his wife is critically i'll as
a result.
Prince Louis of Battenberg. rear ad-
miral of the British navy. says the
guns of his ships could lay New York
in ruins while his cook was frying him
| an omelet.
Andrew Carnegie, on his arrival in
| New York, told of the municipal own
ership of public utilities in Great Brit
ain, and thinks American cities, in
time, will follow suit
| Leading Jews expect that President
Roosevelt will take steps to bring
pressure to bear on the Russian gov
ernment to put stop to the persecu-
| ton of the race, acting in his personal
capacity.
| The Denver baseball nine has draft.
ed John Smith, shortstop, from the
team of Shreveport La, in the Cotton
States league. Smith has been max
| ing his mark in minor league com
pany, both as fielder and batter.
A. E. Ireland, a striking machinist,
who was employed by the Atchison.
Topeka & Santa Fe at Topeka, must
go to jail for six months because of
his assault upon ]. D. Harrity, strike
breaker. A jury in the lower court
fixed Irelands punishment at six
months in jail, and the state supreme
court upheld that decision.
AT Pittsburg yesterday the Standard
Oil company reduced the price of all
grades of crude oils except Raglan.
The higher grades were reduced 3
cents and the lower 2 cents. Quota
tions: Pennsylvania, s1.5s; Tiona,
sl6s; Corning, s1.10; Newcastle,
s1.35; Cabell, s1.1s; North Lima, 94c;
South Lima, Indiana and Somerset,
S9c; Raglan, 49c.
, Saloons closed at midnight last Sat
urday all over the Cripple Creek dis
: trict in accordance with an order is
sued by Deputy District Attorney C. A.
Gillett, and will remain closed until
a. m. Monday morning, ii the order
: is obeyed. The sweeping order which
was to have been given by Sheriff Bell
and Police Chief Sharp for the cess
alton of nearly all business on Sun
day was not issued Drug stores were
notified not TO sell liquor on Sunday.
j. Pierpont Morgan is said to be at
tended everywhere he goes, except
when on his yacht Corsair or on spe-
, cial trains, by two discreet private de-
tectiyes, Mr.. Morgan is not aware of
| the presence of these men, and new of
: GERS are constantly employed in order
that he may not learn their identity
t Mr.. Morgan has several large policies
! on his life. In addition SO many fnan-
clal interests in this country and
! abroad are deeply interested in the
bankers health and freedom from ac-
cident that a pool has been formed
to protect him in every possible way
Judge Ben B. Lindsey OF Denver ad-
dressed jury in his court, where they
, had failed to agree in a case where
saloonkeeper had gotten 9-year-old
, girl drunk, as follows: Gentlemen of
the jury, the law and evidence is plain
in this case. 1t is important to the
children OF this town that the laws be
enforced. ! am sorry that you have
not the manhood to do your duty.
: Deputy Sheriff Shafer hereafter see
If You can not get body of repre-
sentative citizens on the jury-men
who would not see the children of
Denver go to hell"
Telluride dispatch says The two
alleged horse thieves arrested near
!, Cortetz Thursday were brought to Tel.
luride last night by Sheriff Rutan. The
men gave their names as Joseph HYDE
, and James Kane. The latter claims
to be a deserter from the United
States army and claims that officers
+ We're on his trail and that he was en-
} deavoring to escape. II is alleged that
|, the men stole another horse when one
horse of the livery team dropped dead,
but the horse wandered back home
and the other livery horse attempted
TO follow but gave out. The men Will
be tried at the coming session OF the
district court which convenes next
week