Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-07-12

l. sion here this afternoon II WAS ei,
e en- out that an election for a const
4 tutional convention for the new stat
t VIII be held Nov. unless complies
J tions arise.
!. CHICAGO, July 10.-Secretary Wi
son announced today that while tn
question OF danger of injecting hum
an beings by passing tuberculosis an,
iumpy jaw meat to the markets Il
pending, he would not instruct the in
spectors to change the custom. Thi.
means that infected carcasses, II tn,
infected part is cut out, will be al
lowed on the market until the govern
ment pathologists agree on the de
bateable matter
| KANSAS CITY, July lO.-Before
the commissioner taking the testi
mony in the ice trust cases, Presi
dent Helm OF the Kansas City Brew
cries company, testified that ice IS
made for sl.30 a ton; that 1t is fire.
quently sold for $40 ton and on this
the trust makes two profits. 1t sells
to the distributing company for S2 a
ton; to the peddler for Sc ton,
while the householder pays $40 a ton,
| KANSAS CITY, July 1O.-H. l..
Burk, secretary of the Peoples Ice
company, continued his testimony to.
day in the local ice trust investiga-
don. Burk swore that he fixed the
price of ice In Kansas City without
consulting any one: that he had made
| two increases without consulting the
| directors of the company or any one
| else about It. Burk maintained that
the laws OF supply and demand regu-
lated the price. He said, "If should
raise the price from $40, the present
| price, to $l2 ton, the same amount
would be Sold
The previous testimony showed
that the Peoples Ice company con-
| trols practically the entire local sup
ply.
ST. LOUIS, July 10.-An effort is
TO be made before the next legisla-
ture to pass abolishing capital pun
ishment in Missouri. The agitation
about the hanging of Aggie Meyers
the Kansas City murderess, is the di-
rect cause OF the plan. Rev. Fred
Loos, member OF the board of chari-
ties, and who resides In Liberty, Mo-,
where Mrs Myers is confined in pris
IN. is having the bill prepared.
NEW YORK, July 10.-The ques-
lion of whether Harry X. Thaw shall
go to trial or submit to being put in
In insane asylum for Staying Stan
ord White will be decided by his
mother. who is now on the sea and
Who will reach this city Friday or
Saturday. Either course seems ter
rlble for the young millionaire. and
his lawyers complain that he is SO
querulous and dictatorial that they
have mad no satisfactory consultation
with him.
In the Friends asylum at Frank
ord Miss Harriet Thaw, a cousin of
Harry Thaw, has been confined for
several years. 1t Is the belief OF
Judge Olcott that her insanity is
hereditary and II So will be used In
The defense.
Beatrice Schwartz will make
sworn statement regarding what she
claims to know about the threats
rhaw made against White. Miss
Schwartz is a friend of Thaw's.
FORT WORTH, Tex, July 10.-The
lnti-pass law Is to be made feature
n the coming Texas campaign. All
candidates for state Offices and legis
ature are to be forced to favor a
stringent anti-pass law before they
AN secure nomination.
NEW YORK, July I0.-The steam
er Carib arrived today and reports
The finding OF the bark Margarit on
IRE at sea yesterday on the Delaware
Capes. The ship was destroyed but
he crew escaped.
PITTSBURG. July 10.-Two young
/ men of Brooklyn were arrested here
| today on a charge of robbing jewel
ty store in Kansas City. The young
men had become tired of their quiet
life and started out for the Kansas
harvest fields where they became
| broke and in desperation robbed a
| jewelry store OF more than $4,000
| worth of jewelry. Standing on the
| outside OF the store they took an in
;entory OF their property, which con
sisted of 10 cents. This being the
case they were up against 1t. and had
10 do something so they robbed the
| store.
PORTSMOUTH, Eng, July TO-
Eighty British warships recently con
iemned as unfit for present day war
fare were sold today for 100000
The vessels represented an outlay oi
$50, 100000.
| SHAWNEE. Okla, July 10.-The
Democratic central committee of Ok
lahoma and Indian Territory aside
from deciding last night to merge
adopted resolutions endorsing Bryan
for President in 1908.
KRONSTADT, July 10.-Admira
Rojestvensky, charged with surrend
ering to the enemy after the battl,
Of the Sea Of Japan, was acquitted
after the court elaborated 10 hours
Four officers of the torpedo boa