Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-05-14

world. l do not suppose that tfe pee
pie OF San Francisco have been an,
more wicked than the people OF 9th
er cities"
WILKES BARRE. Pa, MAY 10
Seventy per cent of the miners re
ported for work today. Many of th,
mines are not ready for fun resump
ton as many miners have left tn,
district. The old employees are beinl
taken back.
NEW YORK, May 10.-Charles
Peabody. president of the Mutual
Life Insurance company. was sub
poenaed today to appear before the
grand jury. II is understood ne As
willing to tell all he knows about the
Mutuai's supply" department under
the old regime
| CHICAGO, May 10.-A congress.
ional committee with the rivers and
harbor committee are to meet here
next week with the Chicago CONNER.
cial Association to listen to addresses
and plans for the making of great
seaport out of Chicago. Several con
gressmen are down for addresses in.
Guiding the president and secretary
of the deep waterway commission.
| CHICAGO. May 10.-The interstate
| commerce commission resumed its in
vestigation of the Standard Oil COM
pany and the railroads today.
E. M. Wilhoit of Topeka, former
agent of the Standard, was the chief
witness. He testified that the com
nnrunnlIaa ,,fn
track of competitive shipments. AL
most every mail brought him letters
asking why he had not reported com
petitive sales which had been report.
ed by secret agents. He said the
company maintained a double spy
system. sales agents watching com.
petitors and secret agents watching
the sales agent. He said he had
drawn Headlight, Perfection and
Water White oil-three different
grades-from the same tank. 1t was
nothing less than cheating. he said.
The company not only knew ne did
1t, but SO instructed him.
He said he was compelled by his
self-respect to resign the position. |
He gave much testimony such as in
vestigations of the Standard OH com |
pany have already developed.
PORTSMOUTH, O., May 1O.-The |
sleeper on the Chesapeake G. Ohio |
eastbound flyer last night jumped the |
track. and one car after another left |
the rails. the train finally coming to
a stop within quarter of a mile. On |
investigation the trainmen found the
sleeper in the ditch, turned over on
Its side quarter of mile in the
rear. The lights in the coach were
out. Nobody was seriously hurt.
an earthquake IasstqiYg lsasmoatast lssoatt 4 night
passed through the BllShorn valley.
There was no serious damage done,
but people We're badly frightened
9, BERLIN, MAY 1O.-The y
6, German press is indulging in G,
q severe criticism of Americans e
g as the result of the proceed 6,
3 ings of a trial showing that G,
q German military secrets had g
Is been purchased by agents of &, |
= the United States. The Ger g |
3 man papers admit that Euro g
. ness of buying other nations g |
3 secrets. but take the position G,
g that America should be on a 6,
- higher plane. g,
NEW YORK, May 10.-The police
and the creditors of the late Edward
l.. Spier received today the most con
elusive proof that the broker was an
embezzler to very large amount,
and the story of his handsome house
at Staten Island being burglarized
and a large number Of securities stol-
en- and he shot by burglar was a
fake pure and simple. The facts are
that the broker had come TO the end
of his rope and committed suicide.
Spier's embezzlements will prob
ably run into the hundreds of thou
sands. The securities he took were
from various Standard oil enterprises
II. II. Rogers, who was his employer,
intimates today that he will person
ally make good all the losses. There
is nothing to indicate today that Mrs.
Spier was aware OF her husbands de
falcation.
. VANCOUVER, b. c.. May 8. Go
9 EARLY this morning the I'm g
. per!al Limited OF the Canddian q
. Pacific railway, near Kama 9
&, coops, 800 miles from here, se.,
q was held up by masked rob- c,
3 bers. The men stopped the g
. train by means of red light, 6,
8 then compelled the engineer to 6,
g uncouple the mail car and &,
. haul 1t down to the mountain 6,
., district. Then the robbers rif- G,
. led the mail for registered let &,
q tiers and rode away in the g
Z, hills. A posse Is after them. g
| WASHINGTON. May. 10.-Tne gov
ernment Is investigating the st.
Elizabeth's insane asylum which holds
insane patients of the national gov
ernment, Serious charges have been
made against the management AL
legations OF shocking cruelty, under
feeding, the use of decayed food aud
the boiling to death Of two or three
patients owing to neglect, are some
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