Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-12-31
TELEeRAPHic NEWS.

| hitN lhask d men went to the Jail,
overpcwercd the sherif. took the de-
generate murderer of the popular
farmer itom his cell and dragged MIN
into the street aud hanged him 10 a
telegraph pole. L.sberg made very lit
tie e'stance. efTe deadly work was
quietly performed rld m men sileat-
ly dispersed aiior It. This morning
no efr1rt is b ug made o md ou.
who tho lyu hers arc di probably
\ none will be-
| NEW YORK nsc 25 Tho insur-
apee oflciu Indicted by the arand
jury are CHARLES Fairehlld ard George
w. Perkrl. The charge again,t tham
| Is iorgory 10 the third dee zee.
CHIt AGO Dec 2S.-There are seri.
Gus indlcstlons today OF tFoube BE-.
tween the forty-two railroads and thalr
employcs Tine men have demanded
% PET ccnt increase. and last night tue
| managers It aud this morning an
nounced that tie roads would not pay
It and could rot afford to. The union
representatives, ere meet ng today aud
are not In a concilatory mood.
OMAHA, Neb.. Dec 2S.-Judge Nun
ger Issued an injunction Prohibiting
the Burlington railroad from conhs-
eating coal belonging 70 j. Il. Wood
ward & Co.. who have mines at Dletz.
Wyo,, and cn route to towns where
there was fuel famine.
A suit to recover $4,000, the value
OF coal alleged to have been taken
from tbig In
months, was filed. More than a hun
dred carloads have been taken. and
the mining company has cnly learned
OF the proceeding through complaints
of customers
The railroad claims emergency Jus
tilted the proceeding and has offered
10 pay at the cost of production. The
coal seized. say the plsmtlffs in their
petition. would have relieved the mel
famine materially in certain north
western towns.
WASHINGTON Dec. 2S.-Trade .
so generally injured by the car short
age that 1t has created alarm here.
Today the department cs commerce
issued a statement showing how the
inability Of railroads to move goods
has crippled dealers There is au
enormous falling Off in the receipts of
grain, live stock and all staples dur
ing the last two months and great loss
ess have resulted in consequence.
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS. Mo, Dec.
2S.-One hundred men and three wom-
en- who answer to the name of "Bill'
pnfhered around fha hauuttaf b.,rd ,,f
the Benton hotel last night With
doors closed on the Joes. Jacks and
Jims, the elect sang:
you cant get in as Willie,
You cannot Join as VIII,
And William amt the pass word
You've got to be Just Bill
All the oratory, too, was furnished
by Bills. the chief OF whom was Bill
Cowherd of Kansas City, former CON
man, and Bill Stanley. former govern
or of Kansas. Bill Bryan. Bill War
ner, Bill Nelson ana Bill Hearst were
invited but couldn't come.
SPRINGFIELD. H. Dec. 2s.--
Speaking before the state teachers to-
day, Prof. Bodine OF Chicago said chat
race suicide was preferable to race
decay. and hat race suicide among
the poorer classes is not to be deplor-
ed, but rather encouraged.
NEW HAVEN, Conn, Dec. 2s-
over 200 professors OF modern IAN
guages from all PARTS Of the country
gathered here this morning to attend
the twentieth annual session OF the
America Modern language associs-
ton. The principal subject for dis
cussion which opens this afternoon is.
Was II an Apple that Eve Handed TO
| Adam?" Prof. Johnson OF Leland
| Stanford university, who has studied
the question closely THINKS it was
much more significant iuit Other
professors think Il was lemon that
was handed 10 Adam.
AUSTIN, Tex, Dec. }s-Governor-
elect T NJ. Campbell Is being besieg-
ed with suggestions and requests to
embody in his coming m ssage to the
Legislature recommendations for the
passage OF certain laws affecting var
lous interests of the state.
The old fight over the enactment 1f
| more stringent lOcul ODIlOH iaNf,
which has been no in every legisla-
ture for the last several sessions,
viii be gone over again at the coming
session Whether Governor Campbell
will get in behind the local option ell
ement and urge the passage OF such
bills as may he demanded is not
known The new governor has been
classed as a Drobibitionist and he re-
ceived large vote OF that branch of
the Democratic party in the prima-
rles. Petitions are being circulated
In different parts of the state calling
on the legislature to pass resolution
submitting to the people an amend
ment to the constitution. whereby
laws may be enacted with the view of
still further restricting the liquor
traffic. 1t is claimed that under the
present law local option is a dead let
ter in many of the counties where its
enforcement has been adopted by a
majority vote OF the people. This Ia
due to the fact that liquor may be
shipped into these counties and dis