Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-06-25

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, fillated roads.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, June 21-Th,
directors of the Tennessee Coal. Iroi
Railway company, have ordered
steel and rail mill constructed be
tween Ensley and Wylam to cost 81,
10000
The present plant at Ensley will b,
doubled in capacity and the output o.
the plant will eventually be 500 .Oot
tons year
AULT, Colo, June 21.--While re
turning from an entertainment here
with his sweetheart, Miss Maude
Drake, daughter of a ranchman. Chas
Farbaugh. beet grower near here
was shot and perhaps fatally injured
by some unknown assailant, while
Miss Duke had narrow escape from
being wounded. one of the bullets
imbedding itself In the end of the
buggy seat on which she was sitting.
| Mystery surrounds the Identity of
| the man who fired the shots. He is
believed to be either a holdup or some
NhN JShiouo VI MISS tJukt > dIIectlOnS.
OMAHA, June 2l.-Alfred Millard.
cashier of one of the largest banks
here has been confirmed by the city
| council as poundmaster and dog
catcher. Millard is president of the
Nebraska Humane Society and the of.
flee Is of his own seeking. He pro-
poses to conduct the office along en-
tirely different lines than heretofore.
treating the animals with kindness
and consideration.
TRONDHJEM, Sweden, June 2l.-
Mr.. and Mrs. w. j. Bryan arrived this
morning as the guests of the United
states minister to Sweden. G. H.
Graves. who was appointed envoy to
represent the United States at the
coronation OF King Haakon. Mr.. Bry-
IN said ne was yet unable to deter
mine his position relative to the
changes in the American political sit
uation during his absence, and he
said 1t looked as If the trusts would
he the Issue for the next PLATFORM
but he said 1t was too early to say
what the platform would be.
WASHINGTON, June Statistics
by the department OF commerce and
labor show that American trade
abroad began falling on early this
year when The Jungle" appeared
In January. before the book was is
sued the expectations of canned beef
showed a gain OF 100000 pounds
over January year ago. In Febru-
ary there was comparative decrease
OF 100000 pounds, and in March a
pounds.
DOVER, Eng, June 21.-The
schooner Bertha from Rio Janelro to
Hamburg collided with the steamer
American. Antwerp to New York. to-
day and the former Immediately sank.
The American being unnurt. Eight
were drowned.
KANSAS CITY, June 22.-Eighty
Ave thousand dollars In fines were i'm
posed by the federal court today by
Judge Mcpherson. upon corporations
and persons recently convicted of yio
lating the antl-rebate clause OF the
Elkins bill. Jail sentences OF four
md three months respectively were
imposed upon two men. The penal
ties In detail are as follows:
Chicago. Burlington & Quincy Rail
road company, fined $4,000 for Civ
Ing seven rebates totaling 1855; Ar
mour Packing company, fined 1000
for accepting two of these rebates,
amounting to $dl; Cudahy Packing
company, fined $4,000 for accepting
three of these rebates. amount $129;
Nelson Morris & Co. fined $4,000 for
accepting one rebate OF $40; Swift &
Co, fined $4,000 for accepting one re-
bate OF s35. Geo. l.. Thomas. the
New York freight broker. was fined
| $4,000 and sentenced to four months
In jail for conspiring with Barton
Bros. Of Kansas City, to obtain re-
bates. l.. b. Taggart. Thomas clerk,
was fined $4,000 and sentenced to
three months In Jail for the same of
after motions for new trial were
overrnled.
Being advised that appeals would
be taken, the Judge said no EFFORT
would be made to enforce judgment
tor week. He then fixed the bond
of the packers and railways at $15,-
900 each and Thomas Taggart at $10,-
900.
Before sentence was imposed Judge
| Spencer, counsel for the Burlington
road. made an appeal for mercy. He
referred to the disturbed conditions
OF the public mind"
In pronouncing sentence, the judge
said no one hated demagogue more
than he did, but 1t was his greatest
desire to be absolutely just. He point
ed out that the testimony of TaggarI
and Thomas in former trials showed
that Kansas City firms received re
bates amounting to $4,000.
VIENNA. June 22.-Arrested on the
charge OF killing 300 small children
Marinne Konokoka barely escaped
lynching at the hands of an infuriat
ed mob near Cracow. Poland. The po
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