Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-03-05
Per Year si.so

- ''''''" haii't HpnSt6. lose tneir
lnster In comparison with the reign
OF social terror in Chicago.
Fifteen forged land certificates OF
Oregon school lands were presented
TO the state land department Tues
day, covering 1900 acres of land in
southern Oregon. These certificates
purport to have been issued in 1902.
and are presented In behalf OF Frank
I. Toland OF La Crosse. Wis, Toland
1t Is alleged, was brought out from
Wisconsin by the defendants In the
recent land fraud trials at Portland
to controyert the evidence of the pros
ecution. II is understood that the GER
uhcates were given Toland to recon.
pense him for expenses incident to
his appearance at the trials.
Jacob A. Rils. the tenement house
reformer lecturer and author, is now
In the Post Graduate hospital ia New
York. whore he has gone on the ad-
vice of his physicians. TO take a sys.
tematic treatment with baths and
diet. While In no Immediate danger
his condition is such as 10 call for
the greatest care. He has been for
hidden TO do any work for two
months, ms the slightest excitement
or over-exertion may bring on a fatal
attack Of the heart trouble from
which he has long been suffering.
William Hawley Smith of Peoria.
lli'' In an address at the First Congre-
gational church OF that city, likened
Alexander, Hyde, Mccall. McCurJy
and other former life insurance offi.
GERS to the rich man In the parable
praying from hell for a drop of water
to cool his parcbed tongue. Rookie
Teller he compared with the rich man
whose life God had already claimed
because OF his avarice and greed. and
the United States was depicted as a
nation praying from perdition for
drop OF water because of the oppres-
sion OF the Chinese In this country.
The court called halt on n Chi.
cago woman who obtained heat from
her neighbors In the fiat below by un-
corlSing their ceiling.
former employe of the Force OF
Life Chemical company testlfies at
New York that she was Instructed to
tell patients the truth "as near us pos.
sible."
The Cash Buyers union, with n cap.
ital stock of 5000. 900, Is placed In
the hands OF a receiver. and Grim
inal prosecution OF officers may fol.
low at Chicago.
Inquiry into the relations of tae rail.
roads TO the coal and oil Industries
liz assured by the senate agreeing
to the house changes made In the
Tillman resolution.
Last Monday the board OF trustees
OF Carlsbad. N. NJ, met and decided
to proceed on the construction of ce-
ment sidewalks for two streets in
that town. Wake up, Durango.
Snow In the winter wheat belt and
poor cash demand has depressed tho
wheat prices to the lowest level in
two years. Provisions weakened un-
der large receipts OF hogs.
new club has been organized at
Gallup, N. NJ. to be known as the
Gallup Commercial club. The organ
ization was launched for the sole pur-
pose OF boosting the town of GalIup.
William Waldorf Astor takes the
part of Stuyvesant Fish in his con.
test for the presidency OF the Illinois
Central and may remove Peabody OF
the Mutual Life as agent for the AS
tor estate.
President Gompers OF the American
Federation OF Labor, appeals to Pres.
ident Roosevelt to hold IN the appro-
priation bill untll the provision abol-
ishing the eight-hour labor law In the
canal zone Is out
The trial of Joseph Letter, owner
OF the Ieigler coal mines. where some
sixty lives were lost in an explosion
last April, on charge of criminal
negligence. was begun In Duquoin, H.,
Wednesday. The prosecution, In be-
half OF the state. was brought by Mine
Inspector James Taylor OF Peoria.
William f. Curtis writes that as q
result OF the insurance agitation stock
companies. organized like banks and
other buslnes corporations. are likely
to be formed to deal In risks, because
OF distrust Of the proposed operation
of the mutual concerns by giving the
policy holders voice.
The Eagle OH company and the
Dixie OIL Works. two concerns that
have been operating In Baltimore as
independents" have gone out Of
business. and 1t is said their custom.
ers now are being served by the
| Standard. Independent dealers de-
clare these companies were only dunn
mics. and the present situation has
made 1t inconvenient to continue
them.
| C., c. SrOufe of tho CoIorado =