Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-01-02
TELEGRAPHic NEWS.


sons release is questioned today. II
the district attorneys ONCE. Such
telegram was received making the
profer but it is now known 10 hav,
been the result OF a convivial mid
night club party. when the men wers
In state ready to give brown stone
houses Still they may stand by theii
maudlin declarations. but they will
say nothing one way or the other
There is a chance. however. OF Miss
Patterson's getting out because il Ii
very difficult TO get additional proof
while the expense of her two trials
was appalling. District attorney Jer
ONE appears in a mood today to ac
cept reasonable bail if offered
| JEFFERSON CITY. Mo. Dec 29.-
| The influence of Gevernor-elect Folk
will be behind the radical new election
| law drawn by Representative Conklin
Tor introduction in the general assem-.
bly, at the coming session. Folk out
| lined the main features of the bill.
| which provide for the selection OF
nominee and for all officers by direct
| ballot at the primaries. governed by
the same laws as elections, one per
cent OF the voters being required in
county district to enable any candi.
| date to run for nomination and three
per cent in cities. The bill prohibit s
the intervention OF any party in power
IN influencing nominations and places
he entire electoral franchise under
supervision of the state authorities
in ion 70 al
five years in the penitentiary is pro.
yided for violation OF election laws
instead OF thirty TO sixty days in Jail
as at present
NEW YORK, Dec. 2s.-A tug man
aged to get a hawser to the stranded
steamer Drumelzier early today. The
crew can now be taken on If il wants
10 leave. The steamer is resting more
easily this morning less than mile
from Fire Island. The crew can be
seen scurrying about the ice covered
decks, over which the seas break II
is reported that during the night in
vain as high as one hundred dollars
was offered to fishermen to ferry them
across the ice choked bay to Fire Is
land
SlLNERTON, Colo, Dec. 29.-Short
funeral services will be held at four
o'clock this afternoon at the residence
of Mr.. and Mrs. E. w. Hodges and to-
morrow morning the remains of
Grandma Stockman will be shipped
10 Larned, Kan, for burial by the side
of the departed husband and where
TWO sons reside. Mrs Hodges will ac-
company the body.
WASHINGTON, ID. C.. Dec. %
II tne Monroe doctrine is to stand the
big stick must help support it. Former
Secretary Roots declaration to this
effect in a public address in New York
city recently has attracted the atten-
ton OF the whole world. Mr. Root was
right, as he usually is.
It is not a secret in WASHINGTON.
and has moi been for many months.
that the policy OF the Roosevelt ad.
mlnistration as to our relations with
the Latin-American nations, which
nominally are under the Monroe doc
trine wing of the American eagle. is
to be vigorous policy. Just now this
policy has particular bearing upon San
Domingo and Venezula. In very
short time, unless they mend their
ways, both of these derelicts and trav-
esties upon government are TO be made
10 feel the heavy hand of our Uncle
Samuel, continental policeman
San Domingo is the worse offender
and IL may be necessary for the Uni
ted States to seize the custom-house
and hold II in trust for some months
collecting and disbursing the revenues
II even may be necessary to go further
and, after making naval demonstra.
ton, to land sufficient number of
troops to maintain order. In the case
OF Venezuela it is believed smart
naval demonstration. accompanied by
some very plain diplomatic talk, will
he enough to accomplish the desired
end. Neither in San Domingo nor Ven.
ezuela has the United States govern
ment any intention whatever of seiz.
ing the territory for permanent occu.
patton.
LIVERPOOL, Dec. 29.-Cotton open.
ed at sixteen to twenty points lower
this morning.
NEW YORK Dec 29.-Notwith.
standing the big break In cotton yes.
lerday following the publication OF
the governments figures showing a
surprisingly large amount OF cotton
ginned. the market opened steady this
| morning.
ROME. Dec. 29.-The Pope received
in private audience today Bishop Hen.
| nessey. of Wichita, Kansas.
| COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo, Dec
29.-The Mount Cutler victim is not
Mrs Bessie Bouton of Syracuse. n
| Y. II is believed the whereabouts OF
| Mrs. Bouton have not been ascertain
ed, but many things point TO the fact
that the dead woman is not she
DENVER, Colo, Dec. 29.-Toda,
police are searching for Michael A
| Meyendorff. special agent of the gen
eral land Office and a personal friend
of Senator Warren. OF Wyoming. He
disappeared from his room early thi.
morning and is evidently suffering
from temporary mental aberrat ton
He was to have departed for the Pa
cific coast on government busines,
Yesterday, but became despondent an,
attempted suicide by swallowing stry
chnine love affair was the cause o