Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-02-12


ment departments place great reliance
In the honesty of women employees.
despite the recent defalc1tion OF Lulu
| Bowen. clerk In California post.
| office.
Charged with holding Mrs. Anna
| Able OF St Louis a prisoner In a room
| for two weeks while they were en-
| deavoring 10 get SIS 900 of her money.
| Harry Hnrrick of ST. Louis and Eddie
Bevitt. race track followers. have
been arrested In New Orleans. Har.
| rick II Is said. induced Mrs Able, who
is an elderly woman. 10 sell her prop
erty and elope with him three mouths
| ago.
Biblical teachings embracing the
range Of orthodox Christian doctrines
| are attacked with the weapons Of
higher criticism" and liberalism by
George Il. Foster. professor of the
philosophy of religion at the Uniyer-
sity Of Chicago. In a book on The
Finally Of the Christian Religion"
Accepted belief In the Bible az an In
apired document aud In Christianity
as an historical religion Is declared
false by Or. Foster Other Christian
tenets held to he without proof are
the biblical miracles. the Immaculate
conception of Christ, the bodily res,ir-
reciion Of Christ and the mass OF su.
pcrnatnral elements ascribed To The
scriptures. The volume. which was
issued by the University OF Chicago
Press. represents the latest contribu-
| tion To The decennial publications.. and
is designed as an arraignment OF "a,i.
| thority religion" which, according to
| the author. "is In full force In all our
| denominations In some parts OF the
| country and In some of our denomna-
| tions In all parts of the country"
Chicago Jews viii hold a big mass
meeting tomorrow TO Join the inter-
national movement against Russian
| crueties.
General Counsel Beale of the Chi
cago Ellison company tells the coun.
Gil committee on gas, oil and elactrio
light that his corporation can not
abandon difIerentlal rates.
John +. Wallace, formerly chief ep-
gineer of the Panama canal. testified
before the senate committee that tbs
views he was paid s25.00O 10 prepare
were not even read by TAFT Or Shonts.
An embezzler. who Is a convict In
| the state peniientiary at Lincoln,
| Neb.. is believed to have won a S25.,
| 900 prize In guessing contest.
| Because the proprietor of a blind"
| gambling house in Pueblo became too
| soliciious In getting the members OF
| the Jap colony to patronize his games
he was forced to vacate bis premises
and load his green covers into q dray.
| in the matter OF long life Sweden
leads the nations OF the world, writes
William Il. Curtis, having reduced
mortality under the age OF 55 to a re-
| marSable degree by means OF an ad-
, mirable system Of vital statistics In
connection with sanitary reforms.
The tblriy-eighih annual .conven-
tfog of the Woman's Suffrage psso-
| ciatlon Is In session at Baltimore aud
VIII continue 10 and include Feb. 10.
| The meeting Is one OF the most RvW.
erously sStended gatherings ever held
| by the woaaen suffragists In this cOup-
try, nearly sll the prominent leadsrs
| of the canse djeing present.
| The will OF gohn W. Smith, an at
sorney Of Washington, d. c., was filed
for probate In Pueblo Thursday. A
portion OF the real estate, valued at
4 sl7, ,7SG. lies In this county. the entire
estiae being valued at $50 400. The
bulk of the property goes to the wid-
ow. WHO Is niece OF Col. NJ. II. Fitch
of Pueblo.
Otto Fehrlnger. who has been In
The drug business for the last rs
years in Colorado Springs, has sold
the last of his -four drug stores. Fehr-
ingea has been arrested nearly .
score Of times daring the past year
on charge OF violating the liquor
ordinance and decided to retire per-
\ maneurlJ from business In Little
Lunnun"
A Santa Fe dispatch says: N. J..
n Erikson arrived in Santa Fe today to
Il take charge os the Jemez forest re-
N Gently lust south of the Colorado
\ boundary and covering the timbered
I areas In Sandoval and Rio Arriba
counties at the headwaters of the Je-
\ meg and Chama rivers. Erickson will
1 immediaaely appoint twelve rangers
| from the eligible list. Considerable
\ trouble VIII he experienced In enforc-
! ing the grazing rates. as the residents
4 of northern New Mexico have been
l using the range free OF charge for
several hundred years and resent any
restrictions upon the old custom. For
the first year a charge OF cents per
head for sheep and 50 cents ger head
for cattle Will be made.
A new laundry and barb house ID
teing equipped at the Colorado peni-
testiary at Canon City ut a coat ap-
h preoSimately of $1,000. Cement noofs
are being laid and shower baths are
being Installed instead OF the tub
baths now In use. Warden Cleghoru
and Deputy Warden Jamison have re-
turned fgom visit Of inspection to
the Kansas state prison and many Of
the changes now being made In these