Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-03-05

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NEW YORK, March 1.--Presiden
Baer of the Reading road started fol
| Washington today TO see President
Roosevelt about the anthracite Goa
situation. 1t is believed that Bael
went at the presidents request. Al
"a meeting of the operators Frida,
Baer will report the presidents atti
tude and suggestions.
TOPEKA. Kas., March Follow
| Ing the statement by Judge Smith fol-
| the Santa Fe that that road would
not endeavor TO break the maximum
freight rate law for oil. N. H. Loomis
general counsel of the Union Pacific
today said that the action of the San
Ia Fe means that the other roads will
not Increase the rate. He could not
speak for other railways excepting In
a general way, but believed all the
roads would wait and appeal to the
| next Legislature to amend or repeal
the law, which he believed was con.
fiscatory.
Governor Hoch was mucn pleased
to hear that the roads had given up
the fight. and said that nobody in
Kansas wanted an unfair law on the
statute books. and If the roads would
appear before the legislature with
facts and figures satisfactory con
ciusion would be reached
Fear of radical action by the people
Is considered in some quarters to be
the reason for the railroads backing
down.
WASHINGTON, March 2-The sec.
retary of war, in accordance with the
wishes of President Roosevelt. has
given direction for troops in the Unit
ed States to be ready for service in
the Far East. This is in addition to
making preparations In the Philip.
pines for dispatching an army to the
Orient. The president has ascertain.
ed from the Chinese government that,
although promising to suppress the
boycott, 1t has actually taken no steps
towards that end. The foreign of.
flee at Pekin now states that 1t only
agreed to stop disorders which were
the result of the boycott. and says 1t
Is impossible to order subjects to buy
goods from any particular firm.
The report proves that q condition
OF unrest exists and that American
people and property are in danger in
consequence of the boycott.
SHREVEPORT, La, March 2.-Fif-
ty mounted masked men, wearing the
garb described in Thomas Dixon's
novel, 1.-The Clansman.' paraded the
negro quarters the night following the
execution of Charles Coleman. The
appearance of the Klans frightened
the negroes and many of them are
leaving town. The police investigat-
ed and found that the men we're rep.
utable citizens and made no arrests
SILVERTON, March 2.-Jas. Cass.
ley, miner born in Cornwall, who
has resided in Silverton twelve years,
died this morning of pneumonia. He
has relatives in England.
WASHINGTON, March 2.-The fol,
lowing contribution has been made
by friend of President Roosevelt
concerning the latter's wishes regard.
ing rate regulation
The president wants an effective
bill containing the minimum grounds
for court review.
II convinced that the Hepburn bill
unamended would be legal he would
be against the amendments. but com
petent legal advisors assure him the
I bill will be unconstitutional unless It
contains the court review prbvision.
The president Is willing to have
such amendment to save the meas.
ure. The president is willing to ac.
cept three amendments:
l. Fixing a date at which rates
made by the commission shall be ef.
fective.
2. That railroad companies shall
deposit in court cash differences be
tween the commissions new rate and
the old schedule. pending adjndica
tion.
3. That grounds for court review
shall be limited to determining II the
commission exceeded its authority
| and whether the new rate is confisca
| tory.
II the presidents bill is declared II
legal 1t may he announced that the
president will continue the fight alont
other lines. II is the determination
| of the president 10 secure govern
ment control OF rates. II an extrt
session is needed 1t will be called.
WASHINGTON. March 9Th,
house committee on labor has ordered
a sweeping inquiry into the condition
OF women and children worker,
throughout the country by the depart
ment OF commerce and labor, in orde
to ascertain the moral and physica
condition OF these two classes OF la
| bor An apDroDriation of $40 600 I,