Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-12-24
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N'f'ifoAFF was AHt Stu1dhlDnNl
charge made today in behalf of Geo.
II. Earle receiver of the Pennsylva-
mia Sugar Refining company and
president Of the Reorganized Trust
company. He Indirectly charges
that the entire net OF crime which
caused the suicide of Nipple and the
downfall of the big financial institu-
ton was spun by the sugar trust. its
officers or agents.
The men connected with the trust
directly named as the active conspir-
ators are Gustave Kissel. John IL.
Parsons and Theodore A. Havemeyer.
all of New York city. Mr.. Earl was
granted leave to proceed at once. civ
lily or criminally. against the big
trust and the men named. Not only
Will millions In damages be asked,
but action will be taken to force dis
solution Of the corporatln that has n
monopoly on the sugar products
OF the United States.
In addition indictments for conspir-
acy against the men named will be
sought.
OTTAWA, edo. 2i.--A discovery
that bids fair to revolutlonize the
theory and practice of medicine, in so
far as it relates to bacterial Diseases.
Ia now being exploited in Canada II
the germ of any disease can be found
then by an almost mathematically
exact method of increasing the pa
tents ability to digest or kill on at
lacking microbes. his complete recov-
cry is made possible. That, I'm brief.
is what the discovery promises to do
for the sick. II reduces the curing Of
HIS almost TO an exact science, and.
according to DR.. Brown. superintend-
eni of the general hospital at Toron-
to, and his assistants in charge of the
experiments now being conducted
there, is the most important step In
advance taken by medical science
since Listers discoveries in regard to
anesthetics. M
DENVER, Dec. 21-A dispak11t1
from New York today says that r. n
erful interests of Wall street are1 ~
Ing Tor o consolidation of.zay( =
smelling and mining interests In the
United States, which viii dwarf any
combination ever formed. Simon
Guggenheim, being shown the dis
patch this afternoon. said he knew
nothing about 1t. and so far as the
American Smelling & Refining com
pany entering into such merger.
there was no truth in 1t.
NEW YORK, Dec. 21.--After a con
sultation this morning three eminent
doctnre announced that robn Atonov
mott, wealthy farmer of Yonkers,
will recover from broken neck and
diseased spine. The man lies In st.
Josephs hospital. Eight weeks ago
n heavy door fell on him. breaking his
neck and splntering the spine. 1t
was expected death would ensue in
few hours. One doctor. however
quickly made an apparatus which
held the body In one position, and
with heavy bags of sand placed on
the head end neck. and the man Sc
curely strapped to beard. This
caused absol ite rest. He was fed
through tubes. He was taken out of
the apparatus yesterday and the\body
was completely paralyzed. This
morning he was able to move his
lower limbs and the doctors say he
will recover.
AUSTIN, Tex, Dec. 2f.-Texas Is
rapidly becoming a prohibitions state.
Local option is now In effect in more
shan two-tbrds of the area of the
state. and other counties are being
added one by one. Saloons have been
driven out of practically every coun-
ty In western Texas. which Is the
home of the cattle interest and cow
boys II is Geo miles between Fort
Worth and FL Paso by way of the
Texas and Pacific railroad. and In all
that distance there Is but one county
and town at which drink OF liquor
can be bought This oasis on the
long, dry road Is Midland, the half
way place between the two towns.
Three hundred miles Is q long way
for some people to travel in Texas
or any other state without being able
to "liquor up" but this distance will
soon be doubled, as Midland county
and town are about to pass into the
Prohibition column, according to re-
ports received here The frontier sa-
loon and dive which in the old days
were the headquarters of cowboys.
fresh from the range. have passed
away under the new order OF things.
and the shooting up of towns Is a rare
occurrence. as the incentive no long
er exists.
1t is stated by State Revenue Agent
F. s. Bell that there are 103 counties
OF the state which are entirely pro-
hibition and 40 partly prohibition.
There are 244 counties in the state
all told Nearly all of those of large
area are entirely prohibition. The sa-
looms are confined. for the most part.
to counties In which the larger
towns are located. and to eastern
and southern Texas. where the Ger
man element is strong.
CLEVELAND, o.. Dec. ELL. J.
Hanrahan. who holds a $4,000 year
job as grand master OF the Brother
hood OF Locomotive Firemen. has he'd
charges preferred against him by the