Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-04-27

LIMA, O., April 25.-The Standard
Oil company today cut tne price of
Kansas and territorial crude oil 4
cents per barrel. and Pennsylvania
crude. 2 cents.
CHANUTE. Kans., April 25.-Fol
lowing last weeks five-cent cut on
crude oil by the Standard Oil COM
pany. the new cut today brings the
highest grade of Western oil down to
81 cents a barrel. the lowest grade
purchased, to 35. and 2s-degree spe-
cific gravity oil 10 II. Last year the
latter was quoted at over 81. The
local producers think further cuts will
be made and they do not care. as the
Standard is not taking mucn OF their
oil at any rate, and the independent
market is being worked up.
NEW YORK, April 25.-- The Ma
tional Municipal League has began
it's eleventh annual meeting in this
city today the sessions being held at
Cooper Union. Advocates OF munich
pal reform are present from cities
| throughout the country and they will
range of questions looking to the bet
Ierment Of city governments.
NEW YORK. April 25.-The sus-
pension of Chrystian q Clark was an
nounced on the Consolidated Eek
cnange today.
CLEVELAND. O., April 25.--Mayor
Tom johnson proposes municipal con-
troll of the entire local traction system
by forming a company of citizens of
Cleveland 10 lease the present street
car lines and devoting the profits to
public benefit.
MONTREAL. Que, April 25.-A dis
patch from London says: The first
| floating labor bureau ever established
Is on board the steamship Vancouver,
which sails from Liverpool today for
Canada The vessel nas been charter
ed by the Salvation Army. II sails
under the army flag, and carries more
| than 900 workless Londoners to the
Dominion. On board also are members
| OF the army's Canadian contingent
| labor experts fully qualified to advise
| British emigrants as to the conditions
OF work and chances OF remunerative
| employment The emigrants are chief
| ly OF the better class. including un'
| employed clerks and artisans and un
skilled laborers and domestic servants
KANSAS CITY. April 25.-Mrs. Ma
re Marcy. who has gone to Chicago
| to testify before the federal grand
jury which is investigating the pack.
| ing mouse combine, held position as
| confidential stenographer in Armour
and Swifts plants years ago. She Is
| a strong Socialist The subpoena
came as a surprise. and is said TO be
one of number issued for persons
who hold or have held similar posi-
tons. Mrs. Marcy is woman of un
| usual Intelligence. her friends say.
NEW YORK, April 25.-The ques
tion as to now far associated effort
in industry involves the curtailmenl
| of individual liberty is the topic to be
chosen for discussion at the first
| meeting and dinner to held tonight
under the auspices of the industria
economic department of the Nationa
| Civic Federation. Among those wac
have accepted invitations to partici
pate at the discussion are President
Charles w. Eliot OF Harvard Univer
sity. President Samuel Gompers o
| the American Federation OF Labor
| President Arthur T. Hadley of Yale
| University. Frank X Foster Of the
/ IA isal
and Francis l.. Robbins, president o
the Pittsburg Coal Company.
| NEW YORK. April 25.-One mar
was killed and two women badly hur
| when a big sightseeing automobile
crowded with passengers, crashed
into high billboard fence at Elghtl
avenue and Fifty-seventh street Sun
| day. The streets We're thronged will
Easter promenadors at the time o
the accident, and police reserves hat
to he called out TO keep the crowd il
check.
| The chaffeur of the machine as
seris it was struck by an Eighth ave
nue. trolley car and that he temporai
| lily lost control of the brakes.
| The big auto plunged across tn,
sidewalk and into the fence with grea
force.
| Charles p. Roster. 81 years old, I
| business man of this city, was killed
and Miss Anna Zimmerman, 1s year
old, and Mrs. Angelina Romano, A.
years old, We're injured.
| Roster and Miss Zimmerman, VIII,
were on the front seat of the auto
were engaged TO be married mex
week. Mrs. Romano was seated in
little fruit stand near the corner o
the fence and when both stand an,
fence were demolished, she wa
caught and crushed beneath the fallin
timbers.
More than forty persons were oI
the heavy vehicle when the acciden
took place.