Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-03-01
TELEGRAPHIc SNAPSHOTS.

wisconsin man, In trance. has
narrow escape from burial alive ris.
Ing from his coffin as 1t nears the
grave.
The wife of a New York banker lost
$1,000 handbag while attending n
bridge whist party given for charity
Al the house OF friend
The German reichstag has adopted
the proposal of the government to
make tarin concessions 10 America In
the hope of avoiding customs war.
Stories published In New York that
Hartman and his associates are try.
ing to onst Stuyvesant Fish from the
presidency OF the Illinois Central are
denied.
The Armstrong committees report
10 the New York Legislature reviews
at length the life insurance compan.
les methods In the state and urges
sweeping reforms.
Governor Folk In speech on
Washington day at Topeka said the
rising against graft Is countrywide
and Is not aimed at wealth but at the
abuse of wealth.
Because Miss Pearl f. Elvyn, a
member Of a Chicago theatrical com
pany. makes slignting remarks about
the town from a stage In Linton, Ind,
she Is shot by man in the audience
James Dun, a wealthy farmer of
i.akeview. o., filed suit for divorce
from his wife, alleging. among other
things, that she chloroformed him
while asleep In order to rife his pock-
cts.
A new gift OF $35.555 TO campaign
funds charged to other accounts by
the New York Life Is alleged in the
report Of five state commissioners on
their investigation OF the company's
accounts.
The Illinois supreme court has af-
tirmed the sentences against Franklin
union No. 4. holding the union guilty
o, conspiracy and responsible for the
acts of It's members in assaulting non
union workers.
Insurance bribery and blackmail
are at an end as a result OF the re-
cent startling exposures, and the com
panies In the future VIII depend on
|. publicity to prevent threatened hos
tile legislation and attempted hold
ups by state officials. writes William
E. Curtis.
The house committee on temper
ance in the Ohio Legislature has IA
vorably reported the Spangler anti
treating bill. The measure makes 1t
| unlawful for any persons TO buy a
drink where liquor is sold and prohi-
| bits bartenders giving away drinks
under a penalty of from 81 TO 81 for
the first offense, So to $50 for the sec.
] ond and s5 to 500 for the third.
Believing the Meter bill will pass
Cleveland, o.. officials are planning
ordinances giving the right TO parallel
at least Ave car lines 10 the lowest
bidder. The Metzger bill provides fol-
vote Of the people. Should they ap
| prove work on the 3-cent lines will
start at once unless the monopoly ca
pitulates. Mayor Johnson Is reall,
the father OF the Metzger bill.
William Kent denounces the polic'
force Of Chicago as being corrupt po
litically and as standing in league
with the criminal element. He say
protection is rife and that union thug
gerry is one OF toe factors of the prob
lem. Club women add their voices t,
the food OF demands for protection
Chief OF Police Collins is stirred b.
the protests and promises anothe
shake.up In his department.
New York bank statement shows
decline Of 100000 in the surplus rs
serve during the week to 35.I25,000.
Effngham b. Morris. Of Philade
phia, another member Of the Mutua