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

, troll insurance. The house today adopt
ed the resolution by Sims OF Georgia
iustructing the postoffice committee
. 10 investigate whether members oi
Congress abused the mail franklng
privileges by sending pianos, furni.
ture, kitchen utensils aad other things
by mail, as alleged in the local news.
papers.
| WASHINGTON. Jan. 4.--Represent.
ative Hepburn. chairman of the com.
mittee on interstate commerce, today
introduced railroad rate regulating
bill almost identical with the DollNer
bill In the senate. 1t puts private cars
under the control OF the commerce
commission. and gives the latter now
er TO substitute Just. reasonable and
remunerative rate. II one is found by
investigation to be unjust and dis.
criminatory.
| WASHINGTON. Jan. 4-The fol
lowing presidential nominations were
made today: Surveyor of customs al
St Louis, Charles Gallekamp, Mis-.
souri, secretary of Oklahoma, Charles
Filson. Usage Indian agent, Ret Nil.
| lard; register of land office at ri
Reno, Okla, Frank Sick1es; receiver
of public moneys at FL Reno. Thomas
Reid.
TOPEKA. Kas.. Jan. 6.-ln the case
growing out OF the settlement of the
estate of Kate Braut In the supreme
court today, the husband who killed
his wife. may inherit her property.
even II he committed murder to got IT..
TOPEKA. Kas.. Jan. G.-The SUI
preme court today upheld the validity
of the law giving Kansas City, Kas.,
the right to maintain separate high
schools for whites and negroes. The
decision paves the way for separate
schools in any city of 10000 people.
DENVER. Jan. 6.-In the criminal
court this morning Leonard Imboden
and j. A. Hill. the convicted bank
wreckers. were sentenced to ten years
in the penitentiary at hard labor by
Judge Palmer The motion made for
new trial was denied on every point
Hill and Imboden showed very lit
tie emotion at the sentence. The prls.
-oners were given the usual thirty
days stay of sentence for apneal 10
the supreme court.
CHICAGO. Jan. 6.--Joseph Rust
nan president of the Jefferson Ice
company. was found dead In his of.
fee today with a revolver bullet In
his brain. DR.. Glenn, his physician.
says he committed suicide after losing
several hundred thousand dollars, the
result of prosecutions of the alleged
ice trust
KANSAS CITY, Jan. G.-Three mil
lion dollars In cash In the vaults OF
the National Bank OF Commerce was
found intact this morning after fire
which damaged the bank and adjoin-
100000. The bank opened business
this morning in temporary quarters.
NEW YORK, Jan. 6.-At daybreak
this morning naked and insane
woman, directed by "A man wearing an
overcoat. was discovered applying
torch to the hallway OF a great tene
ment house on Eldrige street.
The strange pair fed. but the wom
an was captured. She gave her name
as Helen Bauer She was horrible
looking creature, old and covered with
filth. She was taken to Bellevue hos
pital.
[ NEW YORK, Jan. 6.-The Hamburg
American steamer Pennsylvania ar
rived hera today. bringing nearly
thousand Jews fleeing from the perse-
cutions in Russia. They tell stories
of fearful atrocities which they wilt
| messed in the southern portion Of the
| cars domain.
| CHICAGO, Jan. 6.-Delirious from
an oper"tion for pleurisy, John Hanna
jumped from the first story Of nos
i pital, and with the tube inserted by
the surgeon still inside. walked a mile
in the freezing weather, wrapped only
in blanket He was found dead.
| HONOLULU. Jan. 6.-The steamer
Sibera, with "a Cinnamon on board,
including two imperial commissioners.
have arrived here on their way to the
United States to study industrial and
political conditions. They were ac-
corded high honors here at the re-
quest Of Secretary Root
| ANNAPOLIS, Md. Jan. 6.-Offcial
announcement was made today that
Midshipman Decatur of Portsmouth,
N. H.. had been found not guilty OF
hazlng and Is therefore released from
arrest and restored to duty.
SIOUX CITY. Jan. Bob Fitz-
simmons, the prize fighter. arrived
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