Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-12-24
GENERAL NEWS.

Admiral Dewey says the United
States must build three big battle
ships year to prevent retrogression,
The trial of Henry Thaw has been
set for January 21. Let us hope there
will be no further delays.
Governor Folk is suing the city of
ST. Louis for alleged salary due him
as circuit attorney. Evidently needs
the money.
Senator Patterson wants an inves.
ugation to determine If there is a
lobby in the interest of the Congo
Free states.
An explosion of dynamite in the
fireworks at Savannah. one man was
burned to death and two others seri-
ously injured.
The next general assembly will
have the privilege of scaling many
of the appropriations desired by va
rious institutions.
| Senator Gallinger has introduced a
measure to prevent the employment
of child labor, placing the age limit
at IA A proper move.
| Chairman Shonts announces that
| only American contractors will be al
lowed to make bids on the work of
completing the Panama canal.
Railway mail clerks are supporting
the resolution which provides for
! electric lights in all mail cars, and
| claim many fires will be avoided.
The Toledo Ice Co. has heen indict-
ed on 155 counts. The way the price
OF ice scared last summer the com
pany should be made to pay dearly.
Friends of Albert T. Patrick, the
| lawyer condemned to death In New
York, hear that the governor will
commute his sentence to life impris-
onment.
The government electoral contest is
to be waged on the issue of a contin-
uation of the kaiser's regime. with
the opposition directed at colonial
policy
The Long bridge. crossing the Po-
tomac, and over which the retreating
Union army fled into Washington af-
ter the battle of Bull Run, has been
ordered destroyed by the go ernment
nut ihtlt 70 lol tHOuSh utluOtTd-
cy in Chicago; that the vulgar ari-
stocracy' is in danger of running
| things to suit itself, and that the
foundation of the republic is in dan
ger, is resolved" by the Federation
of Labor.
BY an explosion the steamer SEQ
vile, running on the Mississippi and
Of, rnld
Vicksburg, was destroyed and Is to Is
people killed, with as many more in
iUred. The steamer was taking on
freight Defective boiler the cause
William f. Curtis, writing. from
Washington, says the San Francisco
board of education, in persisting in
the segregation of SO Japanese pupils
in the public schools, is running the
risk of precipitating Japanes boy
colt on American goods that would
mean loss of 100000 900 yearly.
William p. Booker of Louisville,
KY, aged S5, obtained license the 9TH
er day to marry Mrs. Amanda Clap
ham. He started out at the age of 12
with a mother and five sisters to sup
port. The last SISTER died eleven
months ago and he is both free of
obligation to them and lonely without
a family
With coal selling in Tonopah at $50
ton and the Northwest unable to
get fuel at any price because the rail
roads say there is shortage of cars,
there are more than 1000 empty cars
standing on the sidetracks in Kansas
City alone. Reports from various
railroad division points in Missouri
and Kansas indicate that cars are
plenty throughout both states
The vast How of American money
that goes to Europe at Christmas
time is on in full force. Three out
going vessels last week carried ST.
S56,614. On the Celtic. which sailed
Dec. 70. was the largest mail from
New York ever sent on a single
steamship. She had aboard 4,O33
sacks, containing sO.534 registered ar
ticles and 4.1s7 packages.
John Radio, Cleveland grocer, was
| arrested by a sanitary policeman for
violating a city health ordinance by
keeping horse in his house. Radios
delivery horse has been occupying
room adjoining the apartments of the
| family in the rear of his store. Radio
| is indignant over the enforced ejec-
ton of his horse from its comfortable
quarters. He now keeps the animal
in nelghbors barn and has posted
card on his house announcing a fur
| nished room for rent.
For the first time in historical
knowledge water from the Pacific
| flows into the Atlantic across Pana-
ma. An oil company in testing Its
pipe line is using water from the Pa
/ cific. The company has broken all
| isthmian labor records. as the first
| joint of the pipe was made the
| 10th of April and the plant Will be
ready for full operation by Jan. Is.
Following a number of spectacular
raids on alleged pool rooms and gam
| bling resorts in Manhattan In the last
few days, the police stormed an alleg-
ed pool room in Brooklyn an arrest
ed the DrODrietOr Of the estah ahIish-