Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-04-09
TELEoRApHlc SNAPSHOTS.

Count of the ballots in tne St
Petersburg election OF Monday adds
to the Importance of the victory OF
the constitutional democrats.
Copper stocks are firm on the New
| York exchange in the face of de.
cline In the general list caused by
professional selling and tight money.
Henry T.. DiSey says there are
| more preachers than actors behind
| ,Ae bars. But the people who are
behind the bars are not worrying tae
| world-its the people who ought to
| be there but who a:o not.
Dispatches from st. Petersburg say
the caar wns a dismal failure as a
skater during the ice carnival. And
Yet no European ruler has so much
practice skating on thin ice.
Governor Deneen opens the Chicago
| tuberculosis exhibition and gives ad.
Vice that may result in an appropria.
lion hy the next legislature for a state
| sanltnflum Tor consumptives
Critic Mctcalfe OF Life. who mas
heen barred from most of the New
York thehters Is suing for $2700OO
damages. If he gets that much mon.
cy he VIII have to exchange his role
aud become ono of the criticised.
Mcetoetsc. Wyo. has club compos.
sd OF about 80 men and named the
Mceteeiso Whisky club The mem
bcrs meet once each month and at
tempt 10 exhaust the supply of whis-
~ ami. Il
ihal the supply has been rcplenlshed
during the night
L. II Phelps of the Pitchfork ranch
nj Mectsseo. Wyo recently fought a
hatpc vita wolf and eight pups. The
anim1ls were located in a cave, and
Phelps and his assistant entered and
attempted to carry away the pups,
The mother wolf sot upon them. and
for more than 10 minutes the battle
RACED Hereby. The wolf was finally
dispatched and then the pups were
drowned, The hunters received 324
In bounty ON the catch.
The aulomobillns season has open
ed M briskly In New York One
child and two old ladies' were run
over last Sunday by people who wish
ed TO ascertain now fast their ma
chlneH would so,
II thcro is any bright bit OF lining
10 the Eastern coal strike 1t 10 due
to Tho fact that the struggle has
started at the time when winters icy
grip on the crowded cities IL begin.
ming 10 loosen.
Chicago goes ON record az opposed
Ia municipal operation of street rail-
ways. but In favor of issuing s75.-
| 200 900 OF Mueller law certificates
and speedy acquisition OF the trac-
| tion properties,
Immense new coal fields compyls-
Ling 500 plQ ACRES In Coifax county,
NJ NJ. have Just been b0dgkf by t1G-
st. Louis. Rock Mountain and Pa
ciilc Railway company from the
Dutch syndicate which owns the old
Maxwell land grant of 1.570.000 acres
| in ColfaX county for price said to
be sl5.00O,O 600.
John d. Rockefeller has purchased
the Carmelita property in Pasadena.
Calf He VIII make that city his
| permanent home, and spend his de-
clning years In peace and quiet. be-
lieviug that the climate of southern
| California; will aid in prolonging his
life lie paid f250,000 for the prop
orty. and viii spend at least as much
more In further improvements. The
I property extends over a large area In
| the district of the finest residences In
| Pasadena.
Thomas II Gardner. the Oldest
man In the Territory OF Arizona. died
at Patagonia Sunday. aged 81 years.
In spite OF ais advanced age, until
within a few days before his death,
{ he was as lively as man OF SO. For
/ more than 81 years he lived on
ranch near the old town of Greater
I Vile, and for more than 40 years has
been ma active figure in the life and
! development of the material interest
al Southern Arizona lie made sew
/ eral fortunes In ARIZONA, but died
comparatively a poor man.