Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-10-25
GENERAL NEWS.

GENERAL NEWS.
The damage done by the hurricane
in Havana Is estimated at $2,00o,000.
A son of Maharajah Gaekwar of
Baroda arrived In New York TO enter
the Harvard University.
David Rees, aged sixty-five years. a
pioneer of Colorado City. died yester-
day at that place from pneumonia.
The Syrian leper who has been liv
ing in the woods near Clarksburg, Va,
has died and will be cremated.
Irvine Andrews of Florence was
killed in Huerfano comfy yesterday
by load of timberioyerturning Oh
him.
Bishop John j. OConnor OF Newark
N. j.. has placed a ban on the hymns.
| Nearer My God, to Thee" and
| Lead. Kindly Light"
| Humane officers in the cities are
turning their attention to compelling
owners to blanket their horsnsi now
that cold weather is approaching.
| Phil Torrivo was SO badly crushed
beneath an avalanche OF Stag at the
| Philadelphia smelter in Pueblo that
he died before reaching the hospital.
| George G. Hazeltine, formerly post
master at Moabita. Tex. has been ar
rested in Denver on the charge-of de-
| faulting to the extent of 800 ten,
months ago.
| George Hoffman, pioneer mining
man of the Cripple Creek district. died
at the county hospital at Cripple
Creek yesterday of typhoid feveE
aged forty-five years. ~. =.
| The Southern Pacific states that 1t
has carried 10000 colonists into the
state since the first OF September
with the low rates prevailing from the
| east.
A. f. Guy owner of the suspended
bank of Norwood, expects to reopen
the bank as soon as the stockmen get
through shipping. when they Will .haye
money to pay their notes. s,,-a So
Authorized increase OF $f0O, 600, 900
in the capital stock OF the Northwest
ern Road revives the question as to
whether the company Is to build to
the Pacific coast.
William e. Curtis, writing from
London, shows the growth of organ
lied labor in Great Britain He de-
clares the policy Of the trades unions
indicates a decided trend toward pa,
Lord" William Scully, who owned
100000 acres of land in Illinois and
other states and who was noted for
the severity of his dealings with ten.
ants, died In London, leaving an es.
tate worth s50,000,000
Announcement of campaign to Sc
lcure the repeal Of the-s fifteenth
amendment to the Constitution or the
Irr,tt t.I tnf, tI.nt th. u
be deprived OF civic equality with the
white man. is made by Governor Var
daman OF Mississippi. s'.s..-
The state board OF charities --cf. H.
linois suggests to Springfield confer
ence plans for an epileptic colony, a
second home for feeble-minded. a
state sanitarium for consumptives and
bath treatment for insane.
Criminal prosecution OF agents OF
the New York Life Insurance com
papy is demanded by the interna-
tional policyholders' committee. which
declares ballots sent to policyholders
for the coming election have been
marked to prevent voting for the op-
position.
While pushing wheeibarrog
across. the track in the blast fprnace
department at the Pueblo smelter.
Nick Konich, laborer, was knocked
down by a charging car and the
wheels passed over his right leg
crushing 1t 80 badly that amputation
WAS necessary. .,
1t Is reported that the Anihias
Power company and 1.-The -tpellu<iia
Power company have reachedS an
agreement whereby each Is to keep
out of the others territory, the Tel
luride company taking the territory
on the Ouray side and the Aniniaf
company on the Silverton side of the
range.
According. to the Montrose Press
that town has the champion apple
packer. 1t says: Miss Bertha Mark
| ley is the champion apple packer In
the Uncompahgre vdfIey thus fai
heard from. and we, will put her M
, against any girl on the western, slope
, Last week she earned $31 by packing
| apples at five cents box. In one
, day she pulled In $5.12. That's goinl
some and goes to show what a CIR
can do who hustles."
, Four thousand prospectors and min
, ing men are camped on the borderi
of the Walker Indian reservation
} awaiting the hour Of ~ o'clock Mon
t day. October 20, for Its formal open
| Ing. The Goldfield News charges con
spiracy on the part OF the government
, officials In securing In advance thu
| best of the mineral lands for them
selves and families.
2 An engine standing on a side tract
r in Lusk. Wyo., with the engineer an,
r fireman asleep in the cab. started 4
. run. owing to the throttle leaking
e The engine was moving at slow rat
+ down the track when II Was strAck, b
s a freight train from the East andstw
!. cars Of sheep were thrown Into tn
a ditch, killing thIrty-five head. No on
was injured on account Of the slo,
G speed.
0 DR.. Corwin, the physician for the {
t F. & I. hospital in Pueblo. .-saya
a Christian Science has done .Agres
n deal OF good In cases OF hysteria,. n
1 the physlcians should use more Of u
spiritual and lesa 6s tho Bat4y10