Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-01-22

again this season.
Denver wants more policemen.
News from England increases the
for The Liberals
A Fort Collins minister has sold
sixteen acres of orchard for an even
81 900 an acre.
Denver weather prophets are pro-
dieting very cold weather and late
spring.
The drug stores of Fort Collins are
being prosecuted for selling liquor H.
legally.
A jury composed Of men outside
of the city will try the Denver elce-
tion cases.
State Treasurer Holmberg accom-
panied Governor Mcdonald on his
eastern trip.
Three Italian miners were killed in
a snowslide near Glenwood SPRING
Wednesday morning.
A Greeley. Colo, man has just been
granted a divorce on account of cru
city, alleging his wife refused to make
his bed or cook his meals.
Divorce is an easy matter in Colo
RADIO, according to reports from Den.
yer. where they are turned out like
grain running through a hole.
William =. Corey, president of the
United States Steel corporation, has
given $4,000 to the Braddocll, Pa.
general hospital, which will be ready
for opening Feb. 10.
A Denver man said he would rather
90 In 40 .Ff
''of those women again" He had Just
been convicted of bigamy and the pre-.
siding judge accommodated him.
Telluride Journal says plumbers
have been kept busy this winter thaw-
ing out and mending bursted pipes.
Continued cold weather is sending The
frost down pretty deep.
While making up his train at Love
land l.. X. McOrkill a Colorado a..
Southern freight conductor, fell In
front of the engine and was run over.
His right arm was crushed so as tn
require amputation just below the ell
bow. His skull was fractured and his
face horribly bruised. He was on his
first run as conductor.
DR.. S. NJ. Stauffer of Allegheny com.
pleted the thirty-ninth day OF his fast
Sunday evening and said he wasn't
hungry bit He declares he won't
eat a bite until he develops n real
| appetite. and expects it will be two or
three weeks more before beefsteak
looks good to him. Since he began
| his fast, which is intended to give mis-
stomach and entire system rest,
nothing but water has passed his lips.
| His weight has been reduced from
1872 pounds to 90, but he asserts he
suffers no pain. He is weak and his
face is drawn and worn. He spends
most of his time in sleeping,
| Reform, real and thorough, is in
signt in Pennsylvania after many
as well as municipal politics. Tho
Pennsylvania Legislature convened in
special session Monday TO take up pro
posed laws which are so far-reaching
and sweeping that, If enacted. they
virtually will create a political reyo-
luton. For years loose laws have
stood unchallenged because they made
|
the people, who defeated the Repub-
lican machine at both the state and
Philadelphia elections last November,
it is believed the reform program will
go through substantially as outlined
by Governor Pennypacker in his call
for the special session. This Is re
garded as the only hope to save the
wrecked machine. The governor aims
TO end the manipulation of state
funds by favored banks and abolish
the fee system. The most important
reforms. however, are called for in
the demand for personal registration
Of voters and changes in the primar,
les.
Declaring it to be his Intention to
learn further whether the trial Of the
alleged gamblers arrested two weeks
ago had been conducted in good faith
at the criminal court before Judge
| Peter L. Palmer a week ago, Judge
| Frank T. Johnson Tuesday postponed
until Saturday the hearing of the
thirteen men arrested in the raids
| by Sheriff Nesbit and his deputies.
4 iNdo III aDdttllltHl vi lllt EfOuIlQ Itliti
they had already been tried, convicted
and fined $50 and costs were filed by
five OF the accused. Judge Johnson in
continuing the case said: "The may
or's wishes do not supplant the law.
Gambling houses and wine rooms and
saloons are doing an open business
unaffected by the police all within six
blocks of the city hall. Policemen
and other officials who know of these
things and do not attempt to stop
them should be dismissed from office.
Mayor Speer, Chief OF Police Delaney
and the fire and police board are de
liberately winking at the infringement
OF the gambling and saloon laws"
Probably the most sumptuous and
expensive book that has ever been
published since the invention of print
ing was issued from the press of The
odore l.. DeVinne & Co., New York,
last week. 1t consists of two volumes
Weighing 124 pounds. 1t is hound In
full green Levant, with exauisitp toni.