Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-01-05

ton has created much dissension
among educated people. many of
whom favor giving the principals dis
cretionary powers.
WASHINGTON. D. C., Jan. a.
Drawn together by their common de.
sire TO stimulate and unite all efforts
TO perpetuate the forest as perma.
nent resource of the nation several
hundred delegates. including presi-
dents of railroads, faculties of forest
schools state forest officials. profes.
sional foresters. lumbermen, repre-.
| sentatives of the National Irrigation
association. and official representa-
tiNes of the United States land office
and forestry reserve service. together
with representatives of every state
and territory of the United States
and of several OF the Canadian prov.
inees, assembled In this city today to
take part in the sessions OF the Amer.
lean Forest Congress. The gathering
Is by far the most notable of its kind
ever held in America
| The initial session was held this
morning in the National Rifle Armory
and was devoted to the work of per.
manent organization, to Secretary
Wilson's address as president of the
congress. and 10 brief addresses by
several of the prominent delegates
in the coruse of which they explained
the purposes of the congress and EN-
phasized the necessity of establish
ing n broader understanding of the
forest In it's relation to the great in
duslries depending upon IT,
This afternoon the Importance OF
the public forest lands TO irrigation
and grazing was discussed. The
speakers included presidents of live
stock associations men of large ex.
perience in grazing and those who
have made special study of grazing
In the forest reserves The irrigation
question was another subject of dis.
cussion and IL was exhaustlvely treat.
ed by those in charge OF the govern.
mcnts reclamation work and by rep
resentatives of the agricultural inter.
ests of the nation
The sessions begun today viii con
tinue until Saturday.
BUTTE Mont, Jan 3-Thc turning
new state officials in Montana mark
ed the passing Of character OF ma
tlonal fame-Judge william Clancy.
whose term of Office as Judge of the
Second Judicial District has expired
There probably never has been dis.
trict Judge in America who earned
such an extended reputation as Judge
Clancy. His eccentriclty. brusqueness.
homely wit and native Missouri hui
NOR all served to spread the glory
of his fame broadcast During his
term on the bench he tried and decid-
ed some of the most important min
ing suits ever tried In America. The
three leading cases were the famous
Pennsylvania case. the Nipper. and
the second trial of the Minnie Healey.
all in the litigation between Augustus
Heinze and the Amalgamated. His de-
cisions were uniformly in favor OF
Heinze, and because of that fact the
Judge became an object of severe
criticism. He says he has had enough
Of public life and will resume his law
practice In this city
NEW YORK, Jan 81 firmly be.
lieve the day of the strike Is over"
was the declaration made by r. V.
Powderly on his arrival here today
from Pittsburg. II don't mean that
there is never to be another strike"
added the former chief Of the Knights
OF Labor. but / do mean that each
year will see fewer causes for strikes.
and that az a natural result the strike
will be a thing of the past as a means
of bringing employers and working
men 10 amicable relations"
81 know of nothing so encouraging
as the recent conference between cap
italists and laboring men. They have
talked things over in many controver
sizes during the last year or so. and
with the invariable result that a
peaceful solution Of the problem in
hand has come"
NEW YORK, Jan 3-The sixteen
tn annual poultry show was opened
| today In Madison Square Garden. I'M
der The auspices of the New York
Poultry, Pigeon and Pet Stock asso.
citation All the best birds Of the coun-
try are here gathered together. They
make a total OF several thousand and
| occupy all the floor space of the big
garden. In nearly all classes Of poul-
| try and pigeons the numbers are ma
| terially increased over those Of for
mer shows The features Of particular
note include the incubatcrs and brood
ers. and the display Of rabbits and ca.
nnries. The exhibition will continue
through the rest of the week
| AUBURN. Cal, Jan 3.--Tbe case Of
| Adolph Weber. the youth who Il
charged with numbering his father.
mother and other members Of his fam
| lly and then firing the house to con
ceal the crime. was called for trial
today before Judge Prewett So in.
tense is popular feeling and so widely
have the facts Of the awful murders
been advertised that II Is expected
considerable difficulty will be exper'
fenced in getting n Jury.
ELMIItA. n Y. Jan. 3.-Frank
Noweski, wife and seven children
were burned TO death at Morris Run
Pa.
| CHICAGO. III. Jan. 3.-The South
Chicago rail and steel mills of the Hi.
nois Steel company resumed opera