Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-12-21
TELEGRAPH NEWS.

trees to st LOUIS ana otnsr easterh
cities.
II is reported that Gould is after
the Santa Fe Central in seeking an
outlet to the gulf.
The senate Saturday afternoon
passed the emergency appropriation
for the Panama canal.
Bets on the New York election are
still hanging fre-swaitinK decision
OF courts as to who is who.
Saturday was pay day at the Pu'
eblo steel works, $275,000 being dis
tributed among tho employees.
The Gould roads centering in Salt
Lake win spend $2.000.o00 in erection
of shops, employing 1.509 men
Half million Of sheep are being
fed in the northern part OF the state.
where feeding nas become a paying
business.
Friends of Governor La Toilette Of
Wisconsin ridicule the report that he
Will resign as United States senator
and seek reelection as governor.
Mrs. Potter Palmer Of Chicago land
ed at New York Friday. after her so.
cial triumphs In London and Paris.
bringing with her the Princess Canta.
cuzene.
Wisconsin seeks to collect an inner
itance tax from the Pabst estate on
$4,000 900 OF brewery stock distribut-
ed among the children before the
fathers death.
Hearst forces plan to appeal to the
legislature. not only to pass 4 law to
recount the ballots. but to order =
searching investigation into the last
election In New York City.
man by the name of Potter was
sentenced tn one thousand years in
the penitentiary the other day for
cattle stealing. When the time is up
he will probably then he sentenced
for life.
Secretary Bonaparts, following re-
port OF the latest hazing at the naval
academy. declares that guilty nidship
men will be dismissed and that dras.
the practice.
The Goodyear Tire 4 Rubber com
psny Is sued for $4,000 damages in
New York for refusing to supply goods
to, the New York-Broadway Rubber
Tire company because 1t declined 20
advance prices.
Five hundred AID eighty thousand
the northern part of the state Friday
last This did not include montaly
pay rolls at the different factories
running close 10 $4,000 each.
The annual report of t,e interstate
commerce commission declares that
the Ekins law has failed to prevent
the granting Of rebates and the giving
Of preferential charges and asks more
power to do away with abuses.
Ono Of the Vanderbilt DANES ap-
peared at the opera In New York the
other night In flaming red gown. Ir
stead OF having 1t fastened over the
shoulders with the usual cloth straps
ropes OF diamonds held 1t in place.
f. N. Johnson, who is serving
term In the pen. for wrecking the Fl
deity b. 4 l.. association, wants to
get out and his attorneys have filed a
petition with the supreme court for
rehearing. Give H. to him In the neck
Commissioner Coombs, commander
Of the Salvation Army In Canada. a..
nounced at Tacoma that the Salvation
Army intends bringing 10000 servant
girls over from England to enter fam.
ilies at Vancouver. Victoria and else
where.
A call for meeting at Chicago In
February of the governors. attorney
generals and Insurance commission.
ers OF all the states and territories. he.
iieved to have been inspired by Prssi- |
dent Roosevelt, has been issued by
the superintendent of insurance of the
District of Columbia.
Tho Philadelphia mint is running "a |
hours day to supply the demand for
eagles and half eagles for Christmas |
presents. Gold pieces OF the $Is and |
$20 denominations have the call to a
considerable extent, hut the demand
Tor silver dollars runs the yellow met
al close second. and In the history
of the great plant there have never
been larger orders on hand than now.
~ ""' s'"'tu ou NoDu AulnOTltN Inat
all the Trunk Line Association rail.
ways have agreed to abolish all forms
OF free transportation after Jan. /.
This step is the natural consequence
of the announcements made hy the
Pennsylvania, New York Central ard
Reading systems that they will no
longer distribute passes. 1t is EXPECT
ed that the western roads will follow
suit. OF all the roads entering New
York city It is generally understood
that the Central, the Erie and the On
Iario & Western have been the most
lavish distributors OF free transporta.
lion. In addition TO the roads men.
Toned. the abolition OF the paxs sys.
lem viii he indorsed by the Lacka.
wanna. Lehigh Valley. Baltimore L
Ohio. Jersey Central. West Shore, Del.
,warc and Hudson and other controll-
I'd and affiliated lines. The Pennsyl.
Isnia directors In Phiiadelpnia adopt.
I'd resolutions indorsibE President
anti-pass order and conaning
rec transportation to officers and sm-
'loyes OF the road.
One woman has shown what she