Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-03-06
TELEGRAPhlc NEWS.


WASHINGTON, Marcn 2.-The ap
l.propriatlon bills are nearly all passed
Considerable money has been granted
for constructing military posts In
Wyoming and the northwest. A mil
lion and half has been appropriated
which Will enable the war depart
ment TO conduct the work OF improve
ment and enlarge forts Mckenzie and
Russell in Wyoming and Douglas in
Utah. Senator Warren expects to
secure an appropriation for the en-.
largmenl and repair OF Ft. Washakie
Wyo. The Shoshone Indian reserva.
tion bill has been settled the confer
ences agreeing. The feature that
provided for suspended water rights
in Wyoming has been stricken out of
the bill
| WASHINGTON. March when
Mr.. Bailey's resolution calling for the
discharge of the conference on state
hood was laid before the senate to.
day the senator stated ne would not
press the resolution as long as there
was possibility OF an agreement
being reached by the conference com
mittee. The agreement was laid on
the table
WASHINGTON, March THE
house decided today not to act upon
the resolution OF Representative Ke-
hoe OF Kentucky for an investigation
of the tobacco trust. The department
OF commerce is already burdened TO
the limit with the beef. steel and oil
cases
WASHINGTON, March 2.--This aft
eInoon the coaferees of the state
hood bill are holding their Anal ses-
sion. No agreement has thus far
been reached, but the indications are
at present that the committees will
agree to disagree and the statehood
measure fail for this session.
KANSAS CITY. March 2.-The
sheriff OF Wyandotte county today re-
ceived from Topeka copies Of the at
torney generals suit asking for q re.
ceiver for the Prairie OIL 4 Gas Co.
and the Standard OIL Co.. operating
in Kansas. The papers were served
on George Mayer, the manager of the
Standard OIL company at the Armour
dale branch.
TOPEKA, Kan. March 2.-The San
ia Fe as well as every other trunk
line in Kansas is named in the at
torney generals suit against the
Standard Oil company. They are all
charged with being parties to Ger
tain trusts and monopolies, their
agreements being made about July /,
1904 and in violation OF the statutes
Of the state of Kansas"
By means of various trafic bur
eaus, which the defendants are alleg-
ed to belong to. the alleged conspir'
acy. the attorney general AYERS, was
for the purpose, and did result in
restricting trade and preventing the
full and free pursuit of the oil bust
ness in the state Of Kansas. by In
creasing prices and preventing com
petition in tne manufacture and trans
portation of oil and Its products"
HONOLULU, March 2.-The report
of the chemist who removed the last
! doubt as to the cause OF Mrs. Leland
!, Stanford's death, shows, by analysis
that a bottle of carbonate OF sodf
} disclosed large quantity of strych
nine According to the statement o.
Miss Berner, tine bottle WAS purchas
ed in San Francisco.
: The local police are certain tina
: Mrs. stanford's death was the resul
OF plot formed in Hawaii and ar
8 inclined to leave the police OF tha
$ city solve the mystery,
: PITTSBURC, Pa, March at !
reported here today that Count DE-
: cinI OF Italy. who arrived here yes
. terday after making the long tri
= for the purpose OF marrying MIS-
Elizabeth Howe, only to be dlsappoin
/ ed al her having married Pittsbur
t lawyer tne day before, will immet
S lately begin suit against his forme
| IOI rtNtiai
dollars-the full amount ne woul
d have received during his natural III
r under the agreement to Which b
e claims Miss Howe agreed to befof
ID he would consent to the annOunc
a. ment OF their engagement.
Is WASHINGTON. March 3.-The r
Ie port of Commissioner GARFIELD on II
alleged beef trust 7as sent to col
is gress today. The report says:
Sc six companies-Armour, swii
r. Morris. National Packing compan
to Schwartz Schiller and sulzberger
W Co., slaughtered over nve and ha
million head OF cattle In 1908. while
b. was about IS per cent Of the toti
If The average profit Of Armour. Swii
IN and schwarzchild 4 sulsbergsr vi
n. 90 .opts nov fSaad thN proy6ta in -,