Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-01-11

City, state organizer of the Intern
tional Typographical union, and III
identified man were killed and Joh
Minor, a linotype operator, was fata
| ly burned. Damage is $4,000.
| ST. LOUIS. Jan. 9.-Tne state raj
road commission today began an ii
! vestigation of why the freight rat
on oil from st. Louis to Kansas Cit
| is 20 cents per mile, while the rat
from Kansas City TO St. Louis is /
| cents. The Independents allege dis
| elimination in favor of the StaLda I'd
which ships mostly from Kansas City
LEADSToWN. Pa. Jan. 9.-Sevel
persons comprising the entire famil.
of Isaac Sayler of Pleasantville, wer,
burned to death today in their home
WASHINGTON, Jan. S.-The sena.,
committee on interoceanic canali
adopted resolution today asking th,
senate TO permit comprehensive irves
legation into Panama affairs.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Jan. o
While the coroner's jury probably vii
state that e. Crane Wilson. the Chi
cago millionaire. committed suicide
during fit OF temporary insanity, his
closest friends will not accept this
verdict. They believe there has beer
foul play. At the inquest this morn
Ing Frank Collins and John Wilder
the young men who discovered the
body. told their story. The dead
mans watch and money is still miss
ing.
PARSONS, Kas.. Jan. "a fran.
chise for an electric street railway
was granted r. Rawlings last night,
The local line is to he part of a sys-
TEN 100 miles long and embracing
nearly twenty towns in southeastern
Kansas
TULSA. |. T.. Jan. 9.-Great ex-
element was caused here today be-
cause blast in the Freyestone quar-
ry near this city revealed vein of
pure lead.
NEW YORK. Jan. 10.-Thomas f.
Ryan. the Equitable insurance mogul.
inds himself this morning In absolute
control of the great National Bank
Of Commerce of this city. He has
secured an entirely new directorate.
putting out of the bank McCurdy,
Chauncey NJ Depew, James Hazen
Hyde and f. =. Allcott. filling their
places with Paul Morton and MIR.
Ryan's personal followers.
After a conference with the presi-
dent today Representative Watson of
Indiana, the Republican whip, an
nounced that both statehood and Phil
ippine tariff bills would pass the
house.
WASHINGTON, Jan. l0.-New ad-
herents to the insurgents rank. hay
ing for their object the defeat of the
bill calling for reduction of the tax
on Philippine sugar and also Arizona
and New Mexico joint statehood ap-
peared today Among them are for
mer Speaker Kiefer
The debate on the Philippine bill
this morning, the oppon-
ents having the floor. Representative
Brooks of Colorado will speak in op-
position to the measure this after
noon.
WICHITA, Kas.. Jan. 10.---To create
an organization to secure better
freight rates. and for the purpose OF
making candidates for office go on
record regarding railways, conven-
tion of Kansas shippers met today.
j. l.. Bristow, ex-assistant postmas-
ter general, is chairman. Ross Stubbs.
one of the most prominent men in
Kansas. is chairman of the resou-
tions committee.
Ex-Governor Vansant of Minnesota
addressed the convention this morn
ing. He bitterly arraigned the Stand.
ard OIL company and the railroads
for discriminatory rates.
l.. L. Glenrood, speaker OF the Wis
consin house, is on the program for
speech on the methods La Toilette
used in Wisconsin in fighting the rail
roads.
Delegates express the benef that
this convention will be followed BY
similar ones in other states.
C. L. Davidson of the Wichita Com
mercial club told the convention thai
business men must organize polite
ally as the railroads are and a differ
ent set of officials would result. One
resolution being prepared is to The
effect that no persons in any way con
nected with a railway shall be consid
cred eligible for office
NEW YORK, Jan l0.--Wm. G
Rockefeller, whom 1t is believed viii
be the head of the Standard OIL com
pany when the present leaders art
gone. will probably be called this af
ternoon and give his deposition. NJ
testimony was taken this morning
The attorneys were in the supreme
court, where the question of Roger
being forced to answer is pending.
The Standard people want the Rog
ers matter delayed for two weeks
Hadley fought for and won the deci
sion setting the case for Friday. pro
viding counsel can agree to suspend
taking testimony till then.
CICINNATI, o.. Jan. 10.--The fed
eral court Of appeals has refused
rehearing in the Cassie Chadwicl
case.
Mrs. Chadwick must serve out tn
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