Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-04-16

Facts and figures will be presented
to show that no matter what the con
ditions are now. the time was when
the trust had advantages over other
shippers in its relations with the rail.
ways. Tables showing that the rail.
ways paid more for oil than the gen
eral customer will be given. showing
the difference being equal to re-
bate.
DENVER. April III. J, Satter-
lee, trainman of the Colorado &
Southern road, was this morning
coupling cars on Eleventh street
When he was caught between two
moving cars. cutting off a leg and 9TH
crwise so badly injuring him that he
! will probably die.
WASHINGTON, April 12.-Tne
house committee on elections has re-
ported favorably on the resolution
| providing for the election of senators
by direct vote of the people. The
| resolution, which was introduced by
Norris of Nebraska, makes the terms
| of members of the house four years
instead of two. This is done because
ii is believed no party can inaugurate
a special policy in two years.
WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE
house today appropriated 5000, 900 for
| life saving apparatus for Neah Bay,
| Puget Sound
JEFFERSON CITY. Mo. April f2.
| Nine conyicts were transferred to-
day, by orders of Governor Folk. to
| an insane asylum. The order was
made as the result of the killing OF
Guar Woods by Convict Anderson re-
Gently. Seven of these convicts are
murderers serving life terms
SAN DIEGO, Cali, April 12.-In an
effort to save the lives of ten people,
most of them women, Tony Barbarch,
| an Austrian, lost his life here today
| The people We're in glass-bottom
boat and big wave struck the yes
| sci, carrying 1t into the breakers and
onto the rocks. TO save his passen-
gers Barbarch jumped overheard, hop
| ing to drag the boat from the rocks,
but he was dashed upon the breakers
and killed. The party, however, was
rescued.
KANSAS CITY. April 12-The con
yention of union miners of District
| No. 25 have abandoned all nope OF
settlement with the operators and
| made plans this forenoon for the ad-
ministration and distribution of tne
strike fund, which totals hundreds of
| thousands of dollars. The miners
think their funds will outlast the du-
| ration of the strike.
President Perry of the operators is
expected TO start for Washington to-
night with appeals to President
Roosevelt to Interfere in the trouble.
There is s49.36O ,264 on deposit in
the five national banks of Denver to
day. This is an increase of $1.l5S.-
SIS since January 30.
A statement of the condition of the
banks was given out today by the
local national banks in response to
call for a statement from the treas
nry department at Washington.
CHICAGO, April 12.-Jonn Alexan
der Dowie is in state OF utter col
| lapse today. He went to pieces short
| ly after midnight last night, and II
may be his last struggle. He refuses
medical attention and pleads for di-
vine assistance.
SILVERTON, April 12.-Today at
Silverton is alternating snow and
shine. 1t is looking better here now.
as it is understood a transfer will be
made between trains today in the
canon and that by Saturday there will
be a through train from Durango.
| The distance over which the transfer
will he made is between 300 and 400
| yards.
Silyerton is getting large quantities
| OF mail, most of II very old papers.
The Silverton and Northern Is send
| ing a train down the canon until the
road can be opened.
NAPLES. April 13.-The skies are
clear this morning. The fall of ashes
has ceased for time at least. The
| number of bodies found is steadily in
| creasing Animals in the stricken
| district are dead by the thousands,
| and their carcasses add to the horror
of the situation.
| AT noon today nearly 5000 men
were put at work clearing the main
thoroughfares of the city, piling up
| the ashes in the center of the streets
and making the passage OF vehicles
| possible.
| Although the usual gray clouds still
hang over the city, the sun set for
] the first time in seven terrible days
today, and there is comparative help
lessness throughout the city. The
distress here is great, but nothing like
that which prevails along the noun
tain side, where a quarter million
people are believed 10 be suffering
for the necessities of life.
Five thousand homes have been
completely destroyed and 20 villages
buried under ashes.
There are $4,000 refugees in Naples
today, and it is a tremendous task to
lake care of them.
Prof Matteucci sends down word
that he believes the explosion period
is over, but until the crater has as