Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1906-07-19

| Two ice companies and four indl.
yiduals. officers of the companies. are
indicted by grand jury at Washing.
ton, charged with having conspired
to Increase the prices of ice.
| William Il. Curtis. writing from
London. says that Americans are rap
Idly acquiring Europe's treasures In
the way OF rare books, Engiishmen
being unwilling to pay the price.
| The Republicans of Hamilton coun-
| ty, Tennessee. have adopted resolu.
lions advocating the election of Theo-
dore Roosevelt TO the presidency In
| 1908 whether he wants II or not"
Standard Oil or some other power
full influence for the second time dc.
fcats the prorating arrangements
which the independent oil dealers
thought they had secured from the
| railroads.
Berger and OBrien fought six
bloody rounds at Philadelphia last
night. Berger surprising his opponent
and the spectators with his clever.
ness. When the fight ended both
were covered with blood and also tho
referee in trying to separate them.
The will OF John Crowlo. a well.
known merchant OF London. gives ST.
1000 for the promotion OF temper.
ance in England, under the direction
OF Wesleyan Methodist conference,
conditioned on the church raising a
like sum within five years.
The eastern and northern part of
the state came in for unusual heavy
rains Saturday and Sunday. Cripple
Creek was flooded and over an Inch
of moisture fell in the Greeley dis.
trict. The storm extended all along
the eastern range OF mountains and
over the rain belt section.
A Chicago man has secured di.
vorce on the ground that his wife was
careless about her personal appear.
ance." Now let some woman whose
husband neglects to shave regularly
take the matter into court. so that
side OF the question may be passed
upon.
To spite his wife. with whom he
had quarreled. Ira Livingston, For.
est Hill, Mich farmer. took horse
and buggy he had presented to her
on their wedding day. year ago.
drove out to the woods, shot the
horse, burned the buggy and killed
himself. Livingston was an old sol
der, aged 10. and his wife was 10
years younger.
The Armour plate combine under.
No rs the bsls sps pssSSaa 9 car s
Ina and Michigan, begged Secretary
Bonaparte to divide the contract. de.
clarlng that unless this was done the
Carnegie and Bethlehem plants must
be shut up The secretary concluded
to award the Midvale company one
half the work. and the other com.
panies one-fourth each
Playhouses are private places. ac.
cording to a decision OF the appellate
division OF the New York supreme
court, and the manager or proprietor
has a right to say who shall and who
shall not enter. The decision dis.
misses the complain of James s. Met.
calf. the dramatic critic, against
charles Bsrnham, member OF the
Theater Managers Association, for
excluding Metcalf from Burnham's
theater. Metcalf charged that Burn.
ham and other theatrical managers
had entered into a conspiracy to pre-
vent him from exercising his lawful
calling.
Steve" G. Sumner, union temper.
ance crusader, used practical meth
DDS to convert 600 members OF the
milk wagon drivers union of Chica
go. Steve" opened can of butter
milk and key OF beer In the union
meeting and allowed the drivers to
witness the effects of the two bev-
erages themselves. The result was
that IS members drank the beer and
remained unconverted. By far the
greater number, however. tasted the
buttermilk and swore allegiance to
Sumner and many signed the pledge
wards passed resolution indorsing
Simmer and many signed the pledge
which Steve" had prepared.
The flood OF Saturday night at
Trinidad will cause a loss of over
10000 to the city. The new food
wall that mas just been completed
along the north side OF the river. was
cracked for distance OF several hun
dred feet The crack Ia of such a ma.
ture that the next flood that comes
will break the wall over. The wall
ly $4,000. The other damage done
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