Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-12-13

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expected a vote will be reache5T :
after the holiday recess, which ~.
begin in week from next Thursda,
and last two weeks.
NEW YORK, Dec. iO.-After max
ing a will in which she left her for
| tune to the president, to whom she
claims to be related, Mrs. Lulu Glov
| er, pretty woman who writes good
| stuff for the magazines. took poison
| and lay down 10 die. She was dis
covered and means were taken to re
store her but this morning 1t is not
| thought she can recover. No cause Is
assigned for the act.
NEY YORK, Dec. l0.-The Hearst
newspaper people have documentary
evidence in their possession, some of
which is made public today, showing
that for two years King Leopold of
Belgium has maintained a high-priced
loby at Washington for the purpose
of preventing action by the United
States relative to the atrocities in the
Congo Free State. Horrible outrages
appear to be committed there. Men,
women and children are butchered,
according to the reports, and their
bodies eaten by the savages.
WASHINGTON, DEC. 10. - The
president has made public, in letter
IN Sacratorv Rnot oanoidorah1o oor
respondence between the president
and former Ambassador Storrer.
which shows that recent statements
or Storer are untrue. and that he and
his wife were constantly pleading for
political preferment and that his dis
missal from the service was neces-
sary. Mr.. Roosevelt bitterly scores
Storer as ungentlemanly and untruth-
full.
HERKIMER, n. Y. Dec. 1O.-Ches-
ter Gillette was brought into court
this morning and Judge Davendorl
sentenced him to die in the electric
chair in the Auburn prison the week
of January 2S. He will be taken to
Auburn the last of the week. The
judge denied the application of the
prisoners lawyer for a new trial.
NEW YORK. Dec. 10.-Ths morn
ing the. German steamer Peruvian
went ashore off Long Beach. She may
may be saved. The captain and crew
declined the offer of life-saving peo-
pie to help them to the shore.
NEW YORK. Dec. 1O.-A special
rom Rome printed here this after
noon says the government has decid-
ed to eXpel Maxim GorlIy. the Russian
writer. who has been living quietly at
Capri. Gorky was to have gone to
Naples this week TO witness the first
performance of his drama. "The
CHILDREN of the Sum-" which was a
great success in ST. Petersburg. The
radical papers wildly attack the gov
ernment for its action.
FORT WORTH, Tex. Dec. 10 An
Adamless Eden in Texas is he dream
)s Mary F. Hayden, the Chicago nov
elist, who is arranging to establish
colony of 1000 women in Refugio
county, Texas. She has acquired title
to 5000 acres and is at work on the
plans for her colony.
Women colonists may have hus
bands If that condition cannot be
avoided. but the males must be
mere notch on stick so far as the
affairs of the colony are concerned
The founder will endeavor to procure
from the Texas legislature permis-
sion for women to exercise the right
of suffrage in her colony, and all
homes must be in the name of the
wife. Everything that usually is un-
dertaken on Texas farms will be at
tempted-truck farming, gardening.
fruit raising, Bookkeeping, poultry
raising and other kindred farm and
ranch pursuits.
Miss Hayden was an Intimate
friend of the .ate Frances e. Willard.
and was associated with her for 2
number of years in temperance work.
WASHINGTON. Dec. IL Senator
Teller this afternoon introduced a
bill providing for the admission of
New Mexico as a state.
Victoria, b. c., Dec. 11.-Today the
Empress of India arrived, bringing
the news that the emperor of China
lr fit of dependency tried to com
init suicide by jumping into lake.
WASHINGTON, Dec. IL Once
more agitation has set in oter the
proposition of changin the date OF
Inauguration of presidents and vice
presidents from March to the latter
Thursday of April. Owing to the
fact that constitutional amendment
would be necessary to bring this re
form about completely. as a president
can hold Office for a term of only
four years, congress has been slow tt
act in the matter, which has been un
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