Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1906-07-23

and found guilty on such cnarRs.
he would give them the full penalty
OF the law. Each promised In open
court that he would hereafter obey
the county and state laws regarding
gambling. The fines will go to the
general school fund of the county"
A Patterson, N. j.. street car con
duetor has fallen heir to $4,000.
fire at Dundee, Scotland, destroy.
ed whiskey to the value of $1,250, 600.
II the Michigan millionaire who
married New York chambermaid
expects her to go on making the beds
he Is In for rude awakening.
The president of the Iron and Brass
Foundry association at San Francis
co says there Is demand for skilled
labor in the iron trade In that city.
The United Typothetae of America,
the employers organization, fatty de.
clined to confer with officials of the
International Typographical Union In
regard to the strike inaugurated near.
| ly a year ago for the eight-hour day.
|, President Roosevelt says Higgins
Is one OF the best governors New
| York has ever had. The presidents
| opinion must be well founded. Platt
and Odell have combined for the pur-
pose of ending Mr. Higgins political
career
The verdict of the coroner's jury
which investigated the cause of the
wreck at Salisbury England. In which
| 4 score OF Americans were killed, is
that the disaster was due to viola
lions of the speed regulations by the
driver of the train.
Protesting that the acceptance of
mn Indemnity for the murder of her
husband, missionary In Persia.
would do harm to the cause of Christ
ianity, Mrs Mary s. Labaree vainly
seeks 10 avoid taking the money ex-
acted by the United States.
The strike of 1900 girl necktie max
ers, which was In progress about a
week In New York. was ended by an
agreement of the manufacturers to
operate closed shops and pay IA cents
instead OF IL cents dozen. A manu-
facturer who was accused OF shaping
the face OF one of the girls also
agreed to pay fine of 325.
II, j. Mccoy. secretary OF the San
Francisco Young Mems Christian As
ISOLATION. announced that he received
an offer from John d. Rockefeller to
give s250.000 toward rebuilding the
San Francisco Y. NJ. c.. A. buildings,
provided an equal amount Is secured
from others. Mr.. Mccoy said he has
| already obtained s1O5.O0O In addition
TO the Rockefeller offer.
! While playing in the plaza Of Chill
| I'LL, Albuquerque. the three-year-old
son of c. Martinez. was Instantly kill
ed by lightning that literally con.
sumed every thread OF clothing but
left no mark on his body other than
IA small black spot on the forehead.
horse standing near the boy was
stunned but not injured. The bolt
struck just before a heavy rain began
tc fall. drenching the whole Chilli
country Much rain has fallen In the
Manzano mountains recently and that
country is looking fine.
A poker game conducted In viola.
ton of the law, was the cause OF .
shooting ARRAY In Salida Wednesday
morning. William Burnley. lately ar
rived In Salida from Texas, won 336
from Ed. Schatelle, Rio Grande
brakeman, and the latter drew a gun
| and demanded the money back
Blumley was too quick. however. and
shot first, the ball entering Schatelie's
leg. just above the knee. breaking the
bone Blumley gaze himself up to
| The police and was later discharged,
| having made clear case OF self-de-
Tense The injured man was taken
to the Red Cross hospital and will
| probably recover. Frank Windiate.
owner OF the saloon where the gam
| bling took place. was arrested and
| fined $50 and costs for running 4
| gaming table. no gambling having
| been allowed In Salida for more than
| year The complaint was sworn
| ont by Chief Herzinger.
| His neck broken by a fall, j. Berg
iron Of Boulder, still lives, appar-
| emily by miracle He was driving
home when one Of his horses fell.
throwing him out OF the buggy. He
| 1T on ny
probably will be a cripple all his life.
so that vertebra was broken. He
The feature OF his mishap was that
the spinal cord was not injured. But
1t is feared that the bone in healing
will press upon the marrow.
Germs extracted from Chicago can
ned meat by City Chemist Pate. OF
Chicago, caused the death OF =
guinea pig. The germs next will be
injected into white mice and rabbits
TO see what the effect will be. Health
Officer Friedrich declared that the ex-
pertinent. as far as It has gone. Is no
ositive indication that the meat Is
not 1T for sale and before any certain
statement could be made other anil
mails would have TO be inoculated
Mr.. Pate has, concluded his expert
ments with Chicago canned meats.
His report states that some OF the
samples contained borax.