Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-12-17

WASHINGTON, Dec I5.--In re-
sponse to request, Commissioner
Richards has reported to congress the
amount of coal lands withdrawn from
entry.
In Colorado II is over 10000 900
acres and in Wyoming over G.O00, 900
acres. The commissioner reports
that during eight years only 10000
acres of land have been patented in
wyoming and that less than 2,s0o
acres had been acquired by the Union
Pacific Coal comany in that time.
TOPEKA, Dec. 14.-with the ther.
mometer lowering arodnd the zero
point In many towns of southwestern
Kansas and with no coal to keep
themselves from freezing If the cold
wave continues the residents are
making arrangements to meet the
emergency by congregating in church,
es and public schoolhouses to avert
possible death from exposure.
The situation has become so des.
perate that an appeal has been made
10 Gov Hoch to exert his ofiiclal pow.
er to procure a supply of fuel for the
sufferers. Petitions have already
| come to the governor from Meade.
Liberal, CimaIron and other towns.
II Is authertlcally reported that 20
towns In that region are virtually
without coal for heating or cooking
purposes. Necessity has driven the
people in several places to burn corn
to ward off actual suffering. In these
places they have adopted the plan of
gathering in the churches and public
, buildings that there NAV be a maxi
| mum of comfort with minimum ex-
penditure of fuel.
Appeals have been made In vain to
| the railroads. but as the officials In
sist that they cannot procure the cars
time they are charged by the town
people and country folk with comic.
eating the coal that had been shipped
!
to the famine district and appropriat-
ing IL to their own use. To protect
themselves against what they call
| ''pilfeIing' along the line, they are
| hauling coal In closed steel cars.
Indignation against the railroads Is
at high tension. They are charged
| with selhshness In not assigning cars
| for hauling coal, finding other kinds
OF traffic more remunerative. Threats
OF forcible seizure are frequent unless
relief Is sGon afforded.
Reliance is placed upon Gov. Hoch
to give publicity to the dire distress
of the people, and to use his influence
and that of the state railroad com
mission. II possible, toward a move
ment for relief
WASHINGTON. Dec. a. The
monster new battleship for the United
States, navy plans for which were
made public today. not only indicate
the greatest sea fighting machine in
the world, but announce the revolu-
tlonary idea OF minimum speed OF
81 knots an hour. This means that
the American navy is to have a 21 900
ton battleship possessing all the tao
tical advantages and steaming radius
Of the swift armored cruiser.
WASHINGTON, Dec. i3.-In the
senate today President Roosevelt was
directly charged with using his infiu-
ence for the election OF Republican
Norman candidate in the recent cleo
tion, in Idaho and Utah. It was Sen
ator Dubois who made the charge in
the course of speech in which he
discussed the right of Reed Smoot
to seat in the senate. The address
was OF considerable length.
NEW YORK. Dec. l3.-Baron Stan
islaus de Cas,ellane. brother OF Count
Boni de Castellane, former husband ol
: Anna Gould, arrived here this morn
ing on the North German Lloyt
steamer Kron Prinz Wilhelm. VIII
Z him was his wife, who was FRANCHISES
, Terry. daughter of Senator Terry o
, Havana, who with his wife was als'
I of the party.
The baron appears In a general wa
1 like his brother. Asked II he wer'
+ here to open negotiations bearing uT
on a reconciliation between his brc
J. ther and Nine. Gould. the baron said
Il "Ah. no: cannot say that. an
e hoping. ah. 80 much. for a reccncilii
d ton"