Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-05-28

Grand Junction has subscribed $780,
600 worth of bonds.
The j. !. Case Implement company
of Milwaukee. one OF the largest i'm
plement houses in the world. with
branch houses in nearly every civil
lied country. has started to invest
at least s250.000 in great branch
house In Denver
In Bratcnahl. suburb of Cleveland.
where only 65 persons, all million
aires, own property. the assessor found
only $is,360 worth of personality to
tax. There is not resident worth
less than s1,500.000. and every one Is
interested In Clevelnnd's largest con
Germs.
Though the rare old wines from the
cellar of former senator Henderson
are now but a haunting fragrance In
the cutters OF Washington. the re-
cipes for preparing drinks written by
Mrs. Henderson 80 years ago. still
live to tell that she was once an eN-
pert
DR.. Presto. in a trcatse submitted
to the Academy of Medicine in Mex
ixo City, says ne has found the long
sought and elusive bacillus OF typhus
fever which abounds In cephalus liq-
uid more than In the blood OF typaus
patients. His experiments with
germs and the lower animals are Of
great medical interest Dr. Presto
is now searching for an antidote or
preventive OF the disease The dis
covery of the bacillus is considered
most important.
A report made public today by the
department of commerce and labor
says: Trade between the United
States and British Australasia in the
fiscal year 1905 aggregated $3S, 900,
900. against S3i 100000 in the pre-
ceding year. s32,0O0.OO0 In 1900. and
S1i,00O,000 In 1895. Statistics com.
piled by the department OF commerce
and labor through It's bureau of sta.
tistics snow that imports from Brit
ish Australasia have grown from Si,-
100000 in 1895 TO Sl2,000000 in 1905,
and exports thereto in the same per
iod from $9.00O.000 to s260O0.0 900
For nine months OF the present fiscal
year the exports are about $4,000, 900
in excess of the same months of last
year.
The great Hamburg rg-American liner
Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, which ar
rived Sunday in New York on her
maiden voyage, Is the giant of the
sea. being the largest steamship ever
built. She ls 700 feet long, with
beam of n feet, and a depth of 81
feet. Her tonnage Is 25,OO0, md her
displacement. at full load, $4,000
tons. The vessel is constructed on
the most approved pattern, contain
ing luxurious suites. gymnasium, a
florists shop, palm garden, spe-
cial restaurant, where meals are serv-
ed at all hours, and large conserv.
atory, with playing fountains. There
are nine decks all told, four OF which
are above the main deck. and the
lighting throughout the vessel is by
electricity Passenger elevators con
meet the various decks and an ex-
tenslve telephone system Is provided.
The wireless telegraph provides news
for two daily papers that are printed
on board, one In German, the other in
English. The horse power of the yes
sci is 17,200 and the speed Is knots.
The complement of men is $50.
Richard Robinson, well known res
dent of University hill near Boulder.
was killed in runaway in Boulder
canon Tuesday afternoon and his 13-
year-old daughter Mary was more or
less injured. Robinson and his
daughter were returning home from
the soda springs near Crisman when
the horse became frightened at a
passing train and started to run away.
Miss Robinson jumped from the bug.
gy while her father remdned In his
seat, trying to control the animal.
tornado passed over Yuma coun-
ty, Wednesday, totally deinolishing
the fine farm residence OF Charles
Donovan, breaking Ms. Donoyan's
arm and lnjuring two ei the children.
George +. Miller Of Milwaukee, has
been sued for S2G109 by Doe Redd,
a negro dog doctor, who asserts he
spent 1856 days In restoring MIR. Mil
ler's st. Barnard to health. Miller
refuses to pay because, he says. Redd
lost another of his dogs. Redd
claims this was mo account pup"
and says he replaced 1t with one of
his oVh worth more.
The entire town OF Winnipeg Juno
tion. Mimi. is TO be moved Il mile
across the prairie by the Northern
Pacific Railway company The 200
villagers protested when they learn
ed that the company had decided TO
move the station. and to avoid trou-
bic the railway officials agreed to
move every building and furnish new
lots for the old ones free Of charge.
Standard gauging the Denver &
Rio Grande railroad from Grand
Junction to Montrose Is being carried
on In earnest. The standard gauge
rails Will be laid on the outside OF
the present track. All switches in
the yard at Montrosc are being made