Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-10-11

ing Company of America and yariou
railroad companies FOR giving and +,
ceiving rebates.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10.-It was il
timated to the attending attorneys thl
morning that the Moyer-Haywood h
beas corpus case womld probably b
reached in the next forty-eight hours
NEW HAVEN. Oct. 10.-Presiden
Hadley of Yale announces that hi
college will not adopt the new system
OF spelling as advocated by Preslden
Roosevelt. He says 81 am not an ad
vocate of the movement and Yale re
fuses to be drawn into the reform
| ranks"
Los ANGELES, Oct. i0.-Street car
accidents are so frequent here that
the chamber of commSce has ar.
ranged for a department OF transpor-
tation to inspect all car lines and
their methods of operation demand Is
made that an official school for the
instruction OF motormen be created
and that more competent men gener
ally be employed.
MOUNT VERNON, Oc,. tO.-Mrs.
Fred Branmeycr OF this city has lust
paid into the conscience fund of the
Southern Railway 30 cents for a ride
on the company's train from Centralia
TO Mount Vernon two years ago. She
hnnpbt
Louis to Centralia and rode to Mount
Vernon without paying fare from Cen
tralia. About a year ago her husband
paid Belleville woman rs cents for
rake he had broken twenty years
previously
CHICAGO, Oct. 10.-The national
purity conference is in session here
today. 1t adopted resolution asking
the government to investigate the re.
ported importation OF Japanese and
French girls into this country fer I'm
moral purposes.
BOSTON. Oct. l0.-In an address
here today Mrs. O'Conner. wife of
the well nown member of parliament
paid delightful tribute to the American
woman. Beauty that Is at once deli.
cate and bewitchlng. dashing style.
are winning combinations that make
American women irresistable." She
said, adding, The American woman is
more independent, more healthful, has
more stylish taste for dress and
home furnishings than the English
woman.
CHICAGO. Oct. 10--A freight block.
ade here and farther east Is such MS
was never known before. The rail-
roads cannot handle the business Of
Tered them and there is a dearth Of
cars and crops pouring in for move
ment that makes congestion SO decil-
ed that some OF the roads can scarcely
operate.
LONDON, Oct. 10.-It is officially
announced today that the czar of Rus.
sla is making personal effort to per.
suade General Ouchakoff to rorego his
determination to kill Lieutenant Es-
sipoff who eloped with the generals
wife In st. Petersburg several weeks
ago and came to America when the
elopers were deported back with
Ouchakoff who was hot-foot after
them and who are now fleeing some
where through Europe, The mall to-
day says General Kosioff, uncle of the
lady arrived at Havre last night to In
tercept General Ouchakoff who ar
rives from New York tomorrow and
implore him on behalf of the madam's
family and their imperial master to
let the fleeing lovers alone and appeal
to the divorce court.
LONDON. Oct 10.-Rotterdam dis.
patches today reports two fatal cases
o, cholera occurring in Holland VII
lage near Rotterdam.
NEW YORK, Oct. 10.-Maxim
Gorky, the Russian reyolutionlst,. will
return to Europe next week.
AGUAS CALIENTES Mex, Oct. TO-
After 800 years OF faithful duty,
h'Noi hhoSihS uaS III tbIllHB tnt
faithful OF five generations to prayer
the old bell which hung in the belfry
OF the San Juan church In this city
has been sold and will be melted up
for the gold and silver IL contains. 1t
Will be replaced by monster affair
OF iron. The bell sold for 81 900. and.
despite its historic associations, the
members Of the church did not feel
justified In preserving 1t.
The San Juan church was the first
erected In Mexico after the conquest
o. Cortez, and this bell was made from
the metal taken from q copper mine
here very rich In silver and gold
Since the sale of the bell the purchas
ers have made number OF borings
and believe the silver alone In the bell
will be worth $4,000 and that in addi
ton pound of pure gold will be got
! ten from II. This. added to the cop
per metal the purchasers get. will mel
( them very handsome profit, as the
bell weighed a ton.