Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-11-30
TELEGRAPH NEWS,

railroad. The Sunday night express
from Boston for Montreal crashed in
to the local train.
The wreck was awful. Fifteen bod
les were recovered last night and tn,
other four today.
NEW YORK. Nov. 27.-Out OF tn,
contest for the office of mayor brought
about by William r. Hearst one of the
most puzzling political situations ever
known in this city has arisen. Clar
ence J. Shearn, special counsel for
Mr.. Hearst. declared today that the
court orders now in existence in rela
ton to the protested ballots acted
themselves as a restraining order up
on the board of county canvassers,
preventing them from issuing certifi.
Gates of election to either the mayor.
the comptroller or the president OF
the board of aldermen until the re
suit OF the contest is known.
section of an order issued last
Monday by Supreme Court Judge
Amend was referred to by Mr. Shearn
as his authority for this statement.
The section is as follows:
1t is further ordered that until the
nnal determination OF the proceedings
upon the writ herein asked for and
until the recount has been had the
respondent, as herein composing the
board OF county canvassers of the
county OF New York. is STAYED from
in any manner declaring the vote for
mayor, comptroller and president OF
the board of aldermen in said election
districts or said assembly districts in
the county of New York. or making
any determination or reducing to writ
ing or issuing any certificate of such
determination"
NO certificate of election will be is
sued TO either the mayor. comptroller
or president of the board of aldeua
men," said Mr.. Shearn, until the con.
test is ended"
II was reported that unless Mayor
Mcclellan received Il certificate of his
election at the first of the year he
would be forced to retire until the re-
suit of the contest was known. and
that, accordingly. the city would be
without mayoralty head It was as.
serted by McClellan's supporters. how
ever, that under special provision OF |
the law called the general officers
law Mayor Mcclellan will hold over
In his present office until the result
of Mr.. 'Hearst's protest is made |
known.
Several new cases of election frauds |
have come before the courts. Three |
men were arrested, one charged with |
Illegal voting, another with perjury |
and the third, Tammany election |
official, with neglect of duty. Two 9th
er men, VINO confessed to illegal vo,
ing, were sent to Sing Sing for indie
terminate terms.
Many discrepancies were found dur
ing one days recount of the vote dur
ing which Mr.. Hearst's men declared
their candidate had gained more than
150 votes.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 27.-The pres.
ident today removed from office Will
lam Lieb. assistant United States
treasurer at Philadelphia, for viola.
ton OF civil service rules. In the let
ter OF dismissal President Roosevelt
said:
1T appears to me there has been
constant effort on your part to evade
the provisions Of the civil service law
hamper Its workings and obstruct in
every way the action of the commits
sion. II seems clearly established |
that you took advantage Of every tech
nicality to avoid executing the law in
good faith. Thus you kept on parolls
in the most continuous positions GER
tain of your own relatives and at |
least one person whose appointment |
was pressed for merely political rea
sons"
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.-Secre.
tary of Agriculture Wilson made pub. |
lie his annual report today and 1t |
proves to be a deeply interesting doc. |
ument. The secretary says he is much |
gratified TO present evidence of the |
unprecedented prosperity of the farm.
er at the present time. He says a |
year of unequalled prosperity has Just
been added to the most remarkable |
series OF similar years that has come
to the farmers OF this country. Never |
before have farm products reached
such valuations in production. Corn |
has reached its highest production
200 600, 900 bushels. with value OF
s1,21G. 100000.
Hay comes second with a value OF
over 100000 900.
Cotton will yield s575 100000. The
short wheat crop OF last year is fol
lowed by an enormous yield worth
$525 900 900, over-topping the highest
value ever before reached.
The secretary says no crop can pro
duce the income that the dairy cow
does. and she has been more product
i've tnan over during the year.
The value Of dairy products for 1905
reached $6G5, ,O00,OO 1t is simply co
lossal the amount OF product the farm
er has gotten from the soil during the
past year. There is scarcely farm
er in the entire country that is not
well of.
And yet" says the secretary, the
story Is not done. The wealth prodnc'