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

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the dedication of the new state capl
toll building at Harrisburg, Pa, Aus
4.
The London Daily Express est
mates that the steamship fares pal,
by Americans landing in England las
week amounted to $5.000,00O.
Henry fnipps of Pittsburg. Pa, ha
rented Glen Quoich, Scotland's mos
magnificent deer forest, which com
prises 10000 acres. The rent and ex
penses are over 100000 year.
New leading counsel for Harr,
Thaw and his wife intimates tina
they are anxious to make a public
statement, dealing, 1t IS understood
with their early life and family rela
| tons.
Guy U. Hardy, former postmaster
and one of the best known newspaper
men OF the state. and publisher oil
the Canon City Record. has branched
out into daily journalism Canon
ought TO support a live daily.
Kansas City ice man admits that
he made a profit of $4,000 in one
year on an Investment of $500. Here
tofore we have had some doubts con.
corning the truth OF all these stories
about the ice man.
A small army of men began COPY.
Ing the names of the 1900 900 policy
holders In the New York Life and
Mutual Life Insurance companies Mt
Albany yesterday. These lists are
needed In the fight OF the policy hold
ers TO gain control
Marshall Fields. aged "a years. son
of ]. J. Fields, owner of the Garden
city steam laundry, was killed by
lightning Monday evening on his
farm nine miles north of Garden
City. He was between the house and
the barn when a bolt struck him
killing him instantly.
Republican leaders at Washington
who formerly were downcast over
the prospects of the Democrats max.
Ing great gains In the fall election,
say the record OF congress In the last
few days Of the session caused a
change and that sentiment favors an
other victory for the party in power
Fired with the ambition to make a
public balloon ascension Olaf Jensen,
n youth who was employed as driver
OF delivery wagon for an Omaha
grocery firm, met his death Sunday
night In the waters of Lake Mana
wa, resort near that city. Jensen
induced Aeronaut Andrews at the re-
sort to allow him to make the ascen-
sion. He failed to cut the parachute
loose and the balloon descended with
MIN Into the lake.
News Of the results of the baseball
games between the clubs of the Cot
ton States League hereafter will be
furnished to the 1urymen In service
in Judge Dash's court, for otherwise
residents OF Vicksburg, Miss, cannot
he induced to serve. The court was
meeting with great difficulty In get.
ting Jurors to try l.. w. Quackenboss,
an alleged forger. and finally 1t was
learned that lack of news Of the
close pennant race was the cause of
the unwillingness to serve, and the
concession was made
Even leprosy cannot force Filipinos
10 abandon politics. The bureau OF
insular affairs has received reports
of an election recently held on the
island Of Culion by the leper colony
for the choice Of president and
"Consejales," or councllmen. The
lepers also took occasion at the time
of this election to formulate resolu-
tons thanking the Philippine govern
ment for the excellent quarters II has
provided for them on the island.
which is given over entirely to the
unfortunates and will eventually be
made the home of all the 5000 lepere
in the archipelago. At present there
are more than 600 OF the unfortu.
mates in the colony.
In response to the request of Den
yer citizens asking the appointment
Of Colorado man on the interstate
commerce commission the president
wired Senator Patterson as follows
oyster BAY, N. Y, July IL. 1906
Ny Dear Senator Patterson: have
your telegram. AS you know, | have
appointed Franklin Lane OF California
on the commission. do not think Il
would be possible for me to appoint
another man from the Pacific slop,
Of intermountain states. Until APP
pointed Lane there was no man OF
west OF Iowa. II were going to re
model the commission entirely,
might be able to do as you suggest
but do not believe that II will b,
possible thing for me to do so a
conditions actually are; for there ar
some of the old members whom
wish to reappoint and whom | thin
you would desire to have me rear
point. With regard, sincerely yours
Theodore Roosevelt"
Those guilty of conducting gam
bling places In Weld county are no
let on lightly as vide the following
dispatch from Greeley: JAG
OGrady, Paul Henschel and p. N
Peltier, who were arrested July
charged with running gambling re
sorts In their saloons at Evans In vic
lation Of the county ordinance. wer
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