Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-05-03

EFFORT TO keep 1t continuously before
the senate He then made way for
: Mr.. Clark of Arkansas who begun an
elaborate speech on the measure.
/ The impression is that the bill will
| reach n vote next week; that 1t will
pass in some shape, but will finally
be killed in some of the several ex-
pected conferences.
| .MAYKING, Ky. April 30.-An un-
known negro assaulted the 13-year-
old daughter of Richard Roberts dur
ing the absence of her parents, lock-
ed three of the smaller children in
the house and set it on fire. but a
I passerby saved them. A posse is
searching for the fiend and will lyncn
him ii ne is captured.
! WASHINGTON, April 30.-.As-
I .ults ON two women disclose that
there is but one policeman to FIVE
| square miles of parks, while 3S con
| siantly guard the White House
grounds.
NEW YORK, April 30.-John D.
Rockefeller attended church yester
day for the first time since Attorney
| Hadley of Missouri sought him out
and made it unpleasant for MIN. The
richest man in the world looked
| quite happy and after church he gave
little interview in which he said:
Il earned the first dollar / ever
banked by digging potatoes, and 1t
would be better far If young men now
ae-ding over desks in city offices
would dig potatoes. Yes. | gave
100000 to the San Francisco relief
fund. but the man who gave a quar-
ter is just as worthy as | am
MISSOULA, Mont, April 30-A
lumber train of Al cars was wrecked
near Reid. Engineer Stine, Fireman
Juilette and nine tramps were burned
to death.
WELLSTON, O., April 30.-The
Moorehead company and the Alma
Portland Cement company have sign
ed the miners scale. The latter coin
pany employees $50 men.
CLEVELAND, o., April 3O.-Henry
Clarke Rouse, financier and railroad
president, died here this morning aft
er brief illness. Death was caused
by pneumonia. Mr.. Rouse was So
years old. He was a protege of
Rockefeller and belonged to nis
church He was connected with
many of the Rockefeller enterprises
IN mis- youth he was carefully educat-
ey by private tutors and foreign tray
el. He was always very rich. He
occupied the Lincoln. the first great
apartment house in this country.
He was the moving spirit in the
building of the Chicago Wisconsin &
Minneapolis railroad. He became
president of the NJ. K. & T. four
years ago, and pushed to the front
wonderfully. In his business career
he was director of 27 transportation
companies, and was a member of the
leading clubs of New York, Cleve-
land and Chicago. He owned the
yacht Iriquois and was commodore
of the New York Yacht club.
Financially, socially and religious
ly Mr.. Rouse was considered great
man. 1t was John d. Rockefeller
who made him president and then
chairman of the board of directors
Of their organized Missouri, Kansas
& Texas railroad.
WASHINGTON, April 30.-The su.
preme court with slight changes, af-
firmed the judgment of the court OF
claims in the Cherokee Nation claims
which mas been pending for years.
LONDON. April 30.-A dispatch
from st. Petersburg says the czar
has accepted Whites resignation.
DENVER, April 30.-A magnificent
church mass of flames and dense
volumes of smoke pouring from two
other handsome edifces nearby, and
at least one hundred houses in a
radius of six blocks on fire. was the
situation that confronted the fire de
partment yesterday morning. Assist
ant Chief Haley sounded the second
alarm and before the battle was won
by the fremen five of their number
had been badly injured, the Twenty
Third avenue Presbyterian church
was in ruins and the damage roughly
estimated at 100000.
BOSTON, April 30.-Commander
Iiebbinghaus OF the German navy,
representing the kaiser, is here ar
ranging for the entry of the German
yacht Crown Prince, now being built.
in the international races off Marble
head next September.
EDENBURROUGH, April 30.-Mt
Hechla, famous as a mountain in Ire
land, near the Northwest coast. Is re
ported in violent eruption by vessels
| which arrived this morning. The
| ashes have been scattered over
wide area, but very little damage has
been done.
BERLIN, April 30.-It is an open
secret here that the emperor is grow
| ing melancholy and his relatives and
| friends are much concerned about
him. He seems to have changed into
one of the most morose, taciturn and
unpleasant of men, becoming rude to
those who by all reasons of diplomacy
should be treated with courtesy. At
| times he has tried TO shake off this
mental depression. but as a rule he