Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-02-13
are improving a. tn. day advance,

from New York for Sabine Pass. Tex
as. returned today with her bov
stove in bringing twenty seamei
from the Norwegian steamer Ericsson
The latter sunk in a collision wftl
the tank vessel Two Norwegian.
were drowned.
NEW LONDON, Mo, Feb. O.
The trial OF the Watson murder cas-,
was resumed this morning AMI DR.
Watson began his defense. A number
of witnesses from Denver are here
testimony Of one Reeves, of Kausa.
City, who claims To have seen DR.
Watson throw his wife OF the bridge
at New London. Mo. and thus muir
der her.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. Feb. o.
The house today adopted a resolution
oommending the Illinois legislature
for expelling representative Conner
ford for making bold charges he
could not substantiate.
| TOPEKA. Kan. Feb. s--The aisles
of the house were crowded with
women this afternoon working for
the bill extending them the right to
vote for presidential electors. which
is under consideration.
| DIES MONIES, Iowa. Feb 9.-Two
| sections OF freight train on the Iowa
Central collded today near New
Sharon and killed Carl Bagdoll, con.
ductor and Oscar Penn. a brakeman.
TOPEKA, an, Feb. s.--The state
bank commissioner issued state
the 544 state banks in Kansas last
year were over four million dollars or
over A per cent. on capital of nine
millions.
Total dividends were nearly a mil
lion and a quarter
JEFFERSON CITY. Mo Feb. g.
No change in the relative strength
of candidates was shown in the nine
teenth ballot for senator today.
CHICAGO. Ill, Feb. "a prema-
ture explosion OF dynamite in drain
age canal work killed John Lynch
and Michael Mack today.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. g.
Speaker Cannon today announced
that he was opposed to the passage
of the public building and river and
harbor bill on the ground of econ
omy
ST PETERSBURG. Feb. 9.-The
court which tried those charged with
connection in the Anti-Jewish riots
at Comel last year announced sem
tod Glxta
acquitted. Thirteen Jews were sen.
fenced to Ave months imprisonment
and loss OF civil rights, Twelve Rus
SLAMS and twelve Jews were sentenc-
to Ave months. Four Russians and
ak Jews were sentenced to twenty
days in jail.
CHICAGO. H., Feb. 9.-The in
dictment returned year ago against
VIII Davis, manager OF the IroQuois
theatre, after five hundred and 8ev.
enty-hve persons were burned to
death, was quashed today by Judge
Eckerspn. Indictments against bust
ness manager Noonan and State Car
penter- Cummings will be quashed.
All were drawn faulty. The court
suggested new indictments.
BERLIN. Feb. 8.-The strike Of
two hundred thousand miners in
Rhine province terminated today in
victory for the owners. The strikers
were out a month and their funds
were exhausted. This is the most
crushing blow the Germsn unions
have received.
SALT LAKE. Utah, Feb. s.-The
first passenger train on the Salt Lake
/ Los Angeles and San Pedro railway
| to Los Angeles, left today with a
party Of officials to inspect Senator
Clarks new road. Regular traflic be-
gins in April.
DENVER, Colo. Feb. 9.-ThiS
morning Senator Parks stated he
would substitute another bill for the
one passed by the senate which waa
prepared 1t is said. to keep Judge
klnIsey from interchanging with
| other judges and 80 preventing work
ing for the Juveniles as he mas.
Parks proposes to Introduce an
other measure that will not be so ar
bitrary.
ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 10.-It
has been decided to build the second
track OF the Siberian railway across
the steppes Work is to begin In tht
spring The line Is to run from Tomsl
to ornsk.
CHANUTE, Kan, Feb. 6.-Ths
STANDARD Oil company discharged In
dennitely Its entire field force In thu
kansas oil field, throwing. It is est
mated, nine hundred men out OF work
The move will have a disastrous effec
on the Kansas oil field. 1t means tina
the Standard Oil henceforth will pur
chase only enough oil to run It's tw'
refineries at Neodesha and kansa
Lefty, leaving about sixteen thousan'
six hundred barrels of crude oil dali,
without a market and without value.
The Standard Itself won't and pre-
kducers can't sell essewhere owing +
pronbitive freight rates put into 81
lfect since the Standard completed 1t
!, pipe line. The loss to the Kansas ael
will be over eight Thousand dollar
daily. Hundreds OF individual produt
ers after filling their storage tank
will be in the situation where the