Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1905-07-10
LATE rELsoaAPnlc NEWS.

Root former secretary of war toda,
accepted the offer of secretary o.
state made vacant BY The death a,
John Hay. which was formally lender
ed min by the President during tho
trip returning from Hays funeral
Mr.. Root sacrifices a personal law
practice worth over a. quarter of d
million annually Ia accent thu rosi
ton. which in point of honor is sec
ond only to the presidency OF the
United States.
Mr.. Root and former Secretary OF
the Navy Morton left the Presidential
party. which proceeded on to Oyster
bay. reaching there at 1917. few
moments ahead OF schedule time.
DENVER. July 6.-Tne seventh in.
ternational convention of the ED
worth League began today. over 25..
900 are present, The day was given
over to receptions.
| There were thousands this morn.
ing unable to crowd their wav into
the opening OF the league at Trinity
church and Coliseum hall. At Trim.
ity CHURCH Bishop Joseph Kerry of
New York presided and Gov MELON.
aid gave the address of welcom.
The attendance is a record byealter
/. being estimated there. are already
81 900 delegates apd their friends in
the city, while many are still tied I'm
in Nebraska and Kansas by DELAYED
| trains.
TOPEKA Kans. July Am om.
clal statement from Washington made
by Bank Examiner Bradley. in. charge
OF the First National Rank of Toneka
regarding deposit, made Friday and
Saturday and placed in separats an.
velopes by the bank officials were not
to be returned to depositors fortbwith
| Asked IL tnis decision rendered the
officials of the bank liable to nrose.
cution in accepting deposlts when
they knew the bank was about to fan
Bradley said II was ones.ion for
the courts to settle.
CONNEL Pa. JuIy "A
terrific explosion occurred at the
| Keisten shaft at the Searlght coal
mine today, killing Ave men and ser.
iously inturing one,
NEW YORK, July 8-Haryey Mo.
wax. during a o,,arrel with a reIIow
passenger on ferry boat July 4tb
was scot. the bullet enterinp bIs I,,ft
breast. 1t later deyeloped the sbot
had entered and was lodged In the
mans heart and .physicIaps .paye MIN
five hours to die Rut 4, now soems
that the man will live and is ranldly
recovering his strength to toe amaze.
ment of the doctors.
RICHMOND. Ind. July en- r.
Mason, surviving owner of the Com.
mercial Bank of Haeerstown.. arrived
here today to have a receiver anno,nt.
I'D for tho institution. Thu ahortsy.
Is now placed at 500 900. John Row.
man, Mason's brother-in.law and
casnier of the bank for twenty years
committed suicide. =,
wIILISToN. Mont July s-Tbe
Great Northern FLYER tumnea the
track here this afternoon and sixtv
passengers were burned in a fire
which followed. None OF the passen.
gers were killed.
PTTSBURG, Kans.. July. G.-The
fear tnat the thousands of employes
of C. p. Deylin would not be- maid
Saturday was dispelled nv officials of
the companies TODAY Who stated that
SO, 900 would be disbursed in the nav.
roll as usual. and as. CONSEQUENCE
the excitement has subsidized -.
LAWTON. Okla. mly 6-cattL..
men who have nearly half a million
acres of Indian pasture under lease
nave been given until November 4 to
remove their cattle In preparation of
using the lands for AGRICULTURAL pur.
poses. Several hundred thousand
will be take INTO Texas. -.
| CHICAGO, July 6.-Tne total fig.
ures on the Fourth of July celebration
have Increased during the past "a
hours TO deaths, SO, and the total mum
Der injured. 3.169. T1is is. an In.
crease over last years death list OF
seven persons. while the Injured this
year count nearly 100 Lore ,taan last
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. July c..
The Cheyenne Indians are congregat
cd at Clinton today, where they are