Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-02-08

oi houor NJ tht &tncpln dinner 10 be
given by the AHddiesex club mex,
Monday night.
WASHINGTON Feb. G.-sena,o,
warren's bill pSvhling for sioO. .ooJ
for public building At Rawiins Wyo
has been approval by the supervising
architect
| WASHINGTON Feb. 6-The com.
mittee on territories decided to an.
prove the nomins.ion of ]. w Rev.
nolds as secretary of New Mexico.
ST. PETERSBERG. Feb. G.-Statis.
tics show that during January .2oa
revolutionists wese killed and 500
wounded in Russia Martial law ex-
listed in 90 disticts Seventy-eight
papers were suspended and IS editors
were Jailed.
DIES MONIES. Feb. s-Thomas F.
Lawson. accompanied by Governor
I'roward of Florida. and Frank Mon.
nett. former attorney general of Ohio.
arrived today for5 conference over
Insurance mattets with Governor
Cummins.
| KANSAS CITY Feb. 6.--The local
offices OF the Kansas City Southern
have no additional news to give out
| regarding the report on the condition
Of the property made in New York.
detailing the conditions when the
stockholders took the road from the
Hartman voting trust. The records
show that poor rosdbeds have caused
7l5 wrecks and derailments during the
first six months OF last year. The su.
plus Of $2.000,000 carried on the books
was wiped out by The new auditor be
cause the sum really had already been
expended. Two hundred thousand
dollars carried In the stated earnings
was transferred to the operating ex-
penses. where the new auditor found
1t belonged. Twenty-Five per cent of
the engines ard &c per cent of the
cars were found unfit for use.
II will take about s70OO.OOO to bring
the equipment up to a suitable point
10 handle traffic.
SILVERTON, Feb. 6.--Austin F.
Benson died here this morning of
pneumonia, having been sick about
four days. He was aged 46 years,
having resided In Silverton nearly
four years, where he has been asso-
ciated with the weekly Standard. and
had the correspondence of the Denver
ldily papers. His father has been in
silverton since Saturday night, com
ing from Pueblo. where deceased has
a wife and little boy. He leaves be
sides his wife and son, his father
mother and brother. the latter be-
ing connected with insurance bnsi-
ness at Denver. The remains will be
| sent to Pueblo Thursday morning. the
father accompa ay;ne tnem, for bur-
| ial.
Mr.. Benson was a bright fellow, o
clever writer and practical printer.
who had been associated In various
capacities with a number of Colorado
papers, several OF them in Durango
Telluride, Rico and Silverton. He had
poetical turn, good vein OF humor
| and well rounded touch of sarcasm.
| He found life part OF the time pleas
| nrable, and In part he termed 1t the
irony OF fate. He was either compan-
| ionable or morose in the extreme. He
had remained with his correspondence
at Silverton longer than with any 9TH
er position he had held.
Poor Ben" can now weave stories
| with his departed comrades and give
them a little skit OF sunshine occa-
sionally with his poesy, and those
who are left can nunt the "nicks"
\ and guess the points" and faces"
till they too are called
May He who does all things well
deal kindly with the bright lite boy
and assist the mother in leading him
! N the narrower paths.
| WASHINGTON, Feb. THE state
department today received disturbing
additional news from China to the of.
feet that rioting has become more gen
eral and some OF the American con
suls are In danger. Minister Rock
| nlll Is in close touch with Secretary
| Root, but the general impression is
that the expected revolution can not
be averted and that the United States
will shortly be forced to send troops
| ~ tHllh w pIbltti lHt lives anu prop
erty of Americans.
The navy department chiefs are to
day In consultation with state depart
ment officials and II is intimated that
two other warships will be sent to the
China sea in addition to the Calves
ton and Chattanooga that were yester
day ordered 10 European stations on
the China and Philippine coasts. WORD
reaches here that the feeling against
Americans and the subsequent seri
ous situation is beyond the contro
of the emperor and that an anti-for
eign outbreak is imminent.
WASHINGTON, Feb. There wa,
q large attendance this morning a
the Senator Reed Smoot hearings
which were resumed before the com
mittee on privileges and elections
Protests made against the Utah sena
tor retaining his seat were today In
yestlgated and Il was brought out tina
more plural marriages than ever ar
: now taking place. Prof. Wolff. for
merly OF the Brigham Young colleg
at Logan, Utah. and an apostle of tn
l nl,, tha a.. sx,ttv