Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-04-16

of women to a bargain counter has
been demonstrated In this city. The
novel experiment was made by O. p
Sterling. teacher of the Cumberlanl
Bible class, at the First Cumberland
Presbyterian church. this city, anu
Rev. w. T. Rodgers, the pastor As
the result OF page advertisement in
Sunday paper, the attendance al
the class was increased one-third
SAVANNAH, Ca, April l3-Tohn
Gaynor and Benjamin Greene were
today sentenced TO four years In the
federal penitentiary at Atlanta. and
they must also pay a ine OF S575.000
| the total amount cmheZzled.
The defendants, however, may es.
cape the fine by making oath thai
they do not possess more than $50
each.
NEW YORK, April l3.-Henry Mil
Ter former American soldier. killed
one burglar in his home today and
captured another. The man was
killed while attacking Mrs. Miller.
His pal attempted to strangle Mrs
Miller and was captured by Mr. Mil.
Ter while doing so.
| WASHINGTON. April I3.-The
| president after conference with Al
torney General Moody and Secretary
| Hitchcock. has determined to magli-
rate a campaign to reclaim govern
ment land now Illegally fenced in and
nsed as pasture by cattlemen. The
| DrAcfIapf ,,iI
lamation ordering the Illegal fences
torn down within 60 days. upon pen.
| atty of prosecution.
KANSAS CITY. April l3.-Mrs.
Josie Harts of Salt Fork. Okla. TODAY
| strangled herself 10 death with a
stocking tied 10 bedpost in sani-
tarium. where she was confined ON
account of melancholia
SHAMOKIN, Pa. April i3.-Six
hundred miners left today for the
| Rocky mountain and British Colum
bia mines, where there are no strikes
ALBUQUERQUE N. NJ, April H.
The wool crop in New Mexico is go
mated II will exceed lass years crop
by a million pounds, This week
more than n thousand men have lett
| the towns in the wool growing dis
tricts for the big sheep ranches where
they will assist in the lnmbing. Re
ports from all over the territory are
very satisfactory.
| DENVER, April I3.-The eastern
trains all came in from Chicago and
Kansas City this morning hours late
and report hard time in bucking the
| Kansas cyclones which swept through
| that state last evening The lorna
does were quite fierce for hours and
the damage to property will probably
run into the hundreds OF thousands of
dollars. No fatalities are reported to-
day.
DENVER, April 13.-The fencing
master of the Colorado National
Guard. James S. Mckay, and the only
American wearer of the Victoria
Cross. was run down by tramway
car this morning and may die as IL
result of his injuries Sergeant Nc
| Kay was crossing the track on
Twenty-second avenue and the car.
| which was going at a terrific pace,
struck him and threw nim to the
ground.
BEAUMONT, Tex, April 1S.-An
experimental shipment of 100000
| pounds of rice has just been made 10
Yukon, Alaska, and if IL be success
full one of the greatest problems of
the rice milers will have been soly-
ed. This rice is all of a low grade.
which prevents it boing marketed
| save in those countries wnere the
| very cheapest of food is required.
4. The rice sent to Alaska is to be used
| as food for dogs. Meat is not regard
| ed, so it is stated, as the very best
| of food for the animals which are
| used in the principal transportation
| service In Alaska. as it is very bulky
and costly Prepared food Is open to
the same objections. Sometime since
the owner OF a big lot of dogs con
| ceived the idea that rice would M the
| bill and experimental on a small
scale. The stuff is carried in 50
| pound sacks. and the shipment from
here was put up in that manner
| Thus carried, 1t is not great addl-
tional burden and the doEE. after a
bit, take TO the food, which Is cooked
for them and swells to q great extent
The first experiments wero necessar
lily limited by the cost. but with the
cheap low grades the scheme win be
thoroughly worked out II the dogs
thrive on the diet, the shipments will
be made on a large scale in the flr
ture. This low grade rice is the bane
of the rice mills, as it seriously cuts
into their profits and also holds down
the price of the better grades to some
extent, as sack of rice in stock Is d
sack of rice. without any reference tc
the quality thereof.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, April 13.-
Dr. w. G. Ward, physician Of Mobile
county, has reported that the con
victs employed by the Sloss Sheffield
Steel and Iron company. at Flat Top
are forced to eat rice from big wash
tub with their fingers, and asserts tina