Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-07-02
TELEGRAPHIc
AND GENERAL
NEWS ITEMS

There is little likelihood of con.
gress adjourning prior to the Fourth
of July
Canon City Is among the cities that
VIII make the eagle screech July 4th.
Lewis Emory has been nominated
by the Pennsylvania Democrats for
governor.
The first three weeks in June show
20 per cent increase In tourist trav.
el entering Denver.
Lieutenant Colonel Percy Il, Hobbs
is coming from England to inspect
meats for use in the British army.
Fremont county Is free of debt and
has $4,000 to the good in the treas
nry Canon City is the county seat
David j. Brewer OF the U. S. SUI
preme court. predicts the nomination
and election of Taft to succeed Roose.
welt.
The county Judge of Pueblo granted
six divorces inside OF an hour and 20
minutes the other day. This is going
some.
Pueblo Is engaged In q fight for
more equitable freight rates.
Pueblo Chieftain has declared war
on Congressman Brooks.
Chicago was visited by very Sc
we're storm Thursday in which two
people were killed.
John Foster, employed In San
Miguel county mill, had his leg brok.
en- ID three places 'rhursasy
Richard Clough was struck and
killed by a Colorado Midland train
Thursday near Glenwood Springs.
The Ringing Bros. circus tent was
blown down at Aurora, Ill. yesterday
and two people killed and many In.
jured. A panic ensued.
A st. Louis man killed himself be-
cause ne caught only three small fish
after whole days angling. The sill
ly season has been fairly inaugurated.
Increase In fire insurance rates on
Improbable classes of risks, ordered
by the governing committee of the
Western Union, are being put into
force
Secret indictments are said to have
been returned at st. Paul under the
state antitrust law against members
of printing firms who are alleged to
have formed a combination TO keep
up bids on state printing.
The Cologne Gazette yesterday
printed number of complaints
against the manner In which German
goods have been treated In the Unit
ed States since March /, when Ger
many agreed to extend the most fay
ored nation clause of her tariff TO
American goods.
Attracted by the crying OF a child
that appeared to be hidden In tall
weeds on the bank of the Mississippi
near where he was fishing, Jacob
Evans found a 6-months-old boy fas-
tened TO the bottom Of canoe. Pin.
ned to the baby was this note: "He
Is another Moses. Please be kind to
him"
Finance Minister Poincare intro
duced the budget into the chamber
Of deputies yesterday. showing a de-
ficit In consequence OF the extraordin-
airy military preparations during the
Moroccan crisis amounting to $780,.
100000 and also $30000,000 owing to
Increased expenditures resulting
from internal reforms.
The first prosecution under the
cigarette law has taken place at Wan
kesha. Wis. Thomas Prayer being
fined IS and costs. He had sent sew
eral packages OF tobacco and cigar
ette papers to friends in the jail b.
John J. Halligan. Both men were ar
rested under the anttcigarette law
passed two years ago. Prayer plead
ed guilty. Halligan stood trial
claiming he did not know what was
in the bundle and was acquitted.
Theron Stevens rendered an opinion
Thursday holding that the Denve,
Savings bank was insolvent at the
time receiver was appointed for II
and to the effect that the stockhold
ers OF the bank are liable to the cred
itors OF the bank for double the
amount OF the stock they held. Hs
found that the Indebtedness OF the
bank is 100000 and rendered judg
ment against any and all OF the stock
holders for that amount. The decis
Ion was rendered In the case OF /;
number Of depositors of the defunc
bank against the stockholders.
this decision is sustained by the su
preme court, and that court has rend
cred an opinion practically the sam
In the case of the Grand Junction
bank, the smaller depositors will n