Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-07-09
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Judge Lands ruled that the payin,
for trackage of a dollar per car fol
, cars taken from the tracks of tn,
Schwartzschild & Sulzburger packing
company was rebate and in viola
, tion of the Elkins law. There were
eight counts against the railway, ant
John Fathhorn and Fred Wann, its
agents. and the Judge instructed the
jury to find the defendants guilty
after ruling out two counts. based on
the refunding of passengers fares.
| CoNSTANTINOPLE, July Ga
Turkish cavalry force of 1000 men
which seized the frontier posts claim
ed by Persia, have been driven back
with heavy losses by the Persian
troops. The boundary line has long
been In dispute. A Turkish commits
sion was appointed to make an inves.
tigation, but no report has been made
public. Since then Turkey has occu.
pied the territory In question The
shah OF Persia made frequent and
urgent representations regarding the
matter.
| CHICAGO, July Ga telegram re-
ceived here states that former Presi-
dent Grover Cleveland was sick at
his home and would be unable to
come West as he had intended. Mr..
Cleveland Is suffering from asthma.
but is not in serious condition.
| NEW YORK, July 6.-The Martin
farm in Yonkers, consisting of 10
acres, has been purchased by Alex
ander Smith Cochran of Yonkers,
president of the Smith carpet works.
| He will improve the property and
erect on II complete sanitarium for
the treatment OF tuberculosis. The
entire cost of land, improvements,
buildings and equipment will be more
than 100000. When completed, the
entire place will be turned over to
an endowment sufficient to pay all
expenses for the first five years at
least.
| The main building will have rs
beds. but provision will be made for
| the treatment of many other cases in
| 1'htSs hC VIII Dt iItt "
patients. Incipient cases will be Civ
en- the preference, especially where
| the patients are still able to attend
| to their work
The opening, 1t is expected. will
take place late in the fall.
| WASHINGTON, July 6.-The ap-
pointment of Attorney. General viii
fey of the Philippine islands as the
| first United States extra territorial
| Judge is announced. His district will
include the seaboard provinces OF
China and part Of Korea. with head
quarters at Shanghai. He will han
die appealed cases from the consular
courts.
| CHICAGO, July 6.-Jerome Ellis.
the fashionable club man and wealthy
automobilist, yesterday announced he
| would not contest his wifes suit for
| divorce. She is the daughter of
President Riply of the Santa Fe rail
road. Ellis says that they have been
| growing apart for some time and Mr..
| Riply advised that they separate II
| they could not live In harmony. He
says he will grant his wife the ali
mony asked-$50O a month-and give
her all the jewels he has lavished
| upon her, which are said to be the
finest in Chicago.
BOULDER, Colo, July 6.-Earnest
| Storey, age TO- was in state of col.
lapse today at the University hospital
He had his fingers blown of by giant
firecrackers. The lads mother is
seriously Ill and he did not wish her
to learn of his misfortune. Don't
tell my mother" he pleaded, walking
left hand to the hospital, where he
| fell in a faint.
| NEW YORK, July 6.--An ex-Sing
Sing convict devised scheme for
tapping race wires which beat 200
pool rooms out of a quarter of a mil
lion dollars. The game was worked
simultaneously in Chicago. New York
| Pittsburg and other cities. The
| killing" was made on Beau Brum-
mel, announced as winner yesterday
eight minutes after the name OF the
real one was announced.
| TOPEKA, Kan, July 6.-The su
preme court today fined w. w. Rose
mayor of Kansas City, Kan. $1,000
for contempt of court, and decreed
that unless the fine is paid within &c
days he should be confined In the
Pawnee county Jail here. Roses
lawyers announced they would appeal
to the federal supreme court
|. Rose disobeyed the courts order
not to concern himself in the duties
of mayor after being ousted for fail
ure to enforce the prohibition law.
The court says the judgment can
not be deemed invalid because the
resignation OF Rose just before the
rendition OF the judgment, the defend
ant could not by resignation dives
the court OF Jurisdiction nor thwar
the process Of proceedings. The pub
lie had an interest In the action ant
J the judgment was OF no less interes
to 1t than to the individual interes
OF the defendant"
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