Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-01-08

ready for operation.
Judge ]. J. Miner. the oldes, man
In Canon City. died New Years day
from pneumonia.
The value Of the production OF the
Black Hills district last year is placed
at eight million dollars.
A New York banker was sentenced
the first day OF the year TO fifty years
In the pen. A good gift.
Henry T. Rogers OF Denver has been
selected as chief consul for the Colo
RADIO Southern in Colorado
The election of wadswortb speaker
of the New York legislature sort Of
takes the kinks out OF Odell-
Thirteen Incorporation papers were
fiied with the secretary Of state Tues
day. Starting of rather brisk.
The resolution yesterday in the
New York legislature, calling for tho
resignation of Depew has been with
drawn for the time being.
The eight-honr day struggle between
printers and employers Is on in full
force throughout the country. II is
too early to predict the outcome
The New York bank superintendent
asks control Of railroad and steamship
ticket agencies. which are often run
as banks" and some of which an
nually swindle immigrants out of
81 900, 900
The authorities in Denver have
agais begun raids Of 'he gambling
| houses A number Of arrests have
been made and great amount of par
sphernalia was take0to the police
| station and destroyed.
A Washington park car and a
| sprinkling wagon attempted TO cross
Fifteenth street in Denver at the same
moment and Edward Walmouth. The
driver of the wagon. Is in the county
hospital suffering fgrom a broken ieg.
| Wall street learns that the recent
traction merger, by which Thomas F.
Ryan lost control of his street car
holdings, Is but the beginning of the
| campaign of revenge started by L. II.
7, Hartman, who is angered by his fall
ure TO get control of the EGu!tbale
Lie Assurance society stock
Charles T. Yerkes. enthralled by
the beauty of Emile Grigsby. before
his death settled 100000 on her
according to the New York World
aside from giving her deeds to the
mansion in whlcn she lives and pro
4 viding her with every luxury she
could desire except place in society
Grandmother, daughter and grand
4 child, all died the same day and were
all buried from the same church. Such
is the death record OF one family In
Montrose. Mrs. Mary Brownyard is
the grandmother, Mrs. Mary Montrose
her daughter. and the infant daughter
OF Mrs Nontrose is the child. They
|aN died Of pneumonia Sunday.
A plot hatched by great corpora
tons and moneyed men TO capture the
iawmak!ng bodies of the nation
states and larger cities, overthrow
President Roosevelt and establish a
practical ollgarcny TO govern the ma
ton in the interests of the trusts is
charged by Herbert L. Castle, candi
date for the governorship of Pennsyl
vania, In q statement issued at Pitts
burg,
The Cleveland Mems club OF Rock
efeller's church invaded the redlight
district of the city Monday night In
the hope of convincing the denizens
of the resorts that salvation Is free
even If the price OF oil Is high. The
club was headed by a brass band
which played sacred music. 1t Is hoped
that a number OF the wayward may
be induced to make New Years reso
lut!ons
Gov. Mcdonald Tuesday pardoned
Samuel e. Ephraim, Denver boy who
was serving a term In the Canon City
penitentiary, having been convicted Of
stealing a second hand bicycle Eph.
rains mother had been very Ill and
was crying to see her son before her
death. The boys father went to the
governor. explaining the circumstanc.
es and asked for parole for the boy
TO come home. However. it was the
old old case of the pardon coming
too late. The mother died in the
morning and rhe boy arrived in the
afternoon.
It Is estimated that the no-pass rule
or railroads taking effect Tuesday will
| cost the roads many millions of dol.
lars in Pennsylvania before Jan. /,
1907. Retaliatory measures are oil.
! ready being framed by the city and
country editors of the Keystone state.
and by the members of the legislature.
William T. Greasy, Democratic lead.
er from Columbia county, has already
received enough promises from Re.