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

In jail awaiting trial 10 the justice
court
Denver police are roofing out the
secret gambling houses.
1t Is stated that Hearst is TO start
a paper in Cincinnati.
Ieadville authorities are taking |
steps to guard against pneumonia
II is reported that England will |
side with France az against Germany |
ia the Moroccan affair.
Over a million women have signed Z,
a petition praying for the rejection OF
smoot in the United States senate.
Judge Thos. II. Paynter is the eau
Gus nominee Of the kentucky legisla-
ture to succeed j C. s. Blackburn in
the national senate.
Mountain lions are giving rapchmen
In northern Wyoming much trouble,
the animals breaking into the corrals
and killing cattle.
The Burlington road has installed
cooking utensils In mall cars between
Denver and Chicago so the postal boys
can cook their own meals.
During the past two weeks over $50
carloads Of oranges and over 100 carr
OF celery have passed through La
Juna en- route east from California.
Additions are to be made to Mar
shall Field store In Chicago that will
give IL "a arres nf foor space. II will
be the largest and finest In the world.
Congressman Hogg introduced a
rate bill In Congress yesterday along
the lines of the Grosscup measure and
endorsed by the Durango board of
trade at An open meeting.
Jacob Schiff, the New York banker.
predicts panic unless there is more
| elasticity to our currency. and thinks
| the president should drop rate legis
lation and encourage speculation for
New York bankers,
Three brothers wanted the same girl
in Virginia town fhe girl was ap-
parently willing to accept the hand
of eitner OF the three and permitted
est won out and he was married inside
OF few minutes.
| Game Commissioner Woooard has
let contract for 100000 eyed eggs
of brook trout to a Plymouth, Mass,
firm The game commissioner intends
to place the trout in all the streas
of Color ido. it being his purpose to
restock them with new spawn In or.
der to produce better quality of table
fish.
Dispatches announce the death OF
w. T. Harbottle at the national Sol
liers' home in California. Mr.. Har.
bottle was we'll known in the state,
having been prominent member Of
the C. A. Il. and on the state board
at one time. When the writer first
knew him in 1878 he was Oh the Silver
World at Lake City.
One thousand human beings bur.
led for one cent" was bid received
Thy the county commissioners of Den.
yer for the burial of Denver's poor.
The man who Is willing to contract to
lay away 1000 persons for one cent
is Frank Warren. This is the cheap.
est bid for the pauper burials ever
received in this city.
Colorado has an area of l05.925
square miles and a population of more
than 100000. Nearly 1000. 900 acres
of land are under irrigation. The
highest mountain peak is Sierra Bian-
ca. 14,4S3 feet nigh. Gold and silver
are mined In forty of the 56 counties
Of the state. The coal fields aggre-
gate an area of $4,000 square miles.
The live stock in the state number
3.s5o.o0 head. Colorado has more
than 100 millionaires.
James A. Calls. 66 years old. re-
tired Kansas City capitalist. has
adopted a novel fad to pass. the re.
mainder Of his days. Calls recently
1 iSehA d'o NhV III Vi uthlRHS On
wood. He filled his home with speci.
mems of his skill, bestowed burnt
wood offerings on all his neighbors,
and then, for lack OF anything else
| to decorate. he had blank coffin
made and has begun 70 decorate II
| for his own use. He has decorated
the sides with scrolls. leaving tust
! enough room for the handles. An In
| scription. AT Rest" has been burnt
in the center of the lid. and is sur
rounded with artistic designs. Tho
head and foot of the lid have been
inlaid with figures representing lilies
OF the valley. II is probably the only
coffin o: Its kind in the world.