Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-02-08

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but the fire drove the rescuers away
1T Is hard to lie here and burn tt
death" said the messenger. as the,
struggled to release him, but the ef
Tort was fruitless. and after a few
screams of agony unconsciousnes.
came to him.
In fun view OF the onlookers. will
blazing shingles all about him ant
his bed mass of red hot Goals. the
body OF an unidentified man was slow
ly consumed.
NEW YORK, Feb. 6.-An effort was
put forward today to urge President
Roosevelt TO take a hand in the ey.
pected coal strike. 1t Is believed that
hc can avert the coming trouble, hay.
Ing the most potent influence outside
he conflicting interests.
| II is thought Mr.. Roosevelt can set
| lie the wage difference, which Is the
| Dnly point OF difference.
| JOPLIN. Mo, Feb. G.-.Iudge Reid
| nverruled the demurrer by the de
| tendants. L. Blanton and ]. B. Vel-
non. charged with conspIring to de
fraud the government in the selecstun
| If postoffce sites in Missouri and
| Nrkansas today. They were granted
-eparate trials. Blanton. the former
treasury department inspector. was
placed on trial this afternoon.
NEW YORK, Feb. ca bitter cold
wave prevailed all through New Eng
and. New York and the Atlantic
coast region today. In central New
York ii is nearly 20 degrees below
zero, and zero temperature extends to
kentucky. Storm warnings are dis
played all along the Atlantic coast
his morning.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 6.-Eignty
thousand dollars damage was done
he wholesale dry goods district 10
lay by fire which consumed a four.
tory building. Three fremen were
injured. The water froze almost as
soon as II left the nozzles.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.-ln the rail-
Dad debate In the house today Muir
lock OF Kansas described the modern
abroad magnate as "one who OBJ
1tructs legislation in different ways at
II times. is contemptuous OF the
!ecrees of courts and the interstate
'ommerce commissions order; who
ermits subordinates to work against
he purpose of the electorate by un-
lawful means, and who seeks the
lsurpation of power of the legislative
committees" He declared that the
lending bill was too conservative,
ldding: THE, railroads dodge from
NATIONAL regulation behind state char
ers, and from state regulations be
lind interstate rights. They decree
hat certain towns shall prosper and
lthels decay. They outrage the help
ess with excessive charges. The
pending bill will do some good, out
will not reach some wrongs which
iave been crying for remedy for forty
years.
The house will probably vote on the
Jill Thursday.
PEORIA, H., Feb. 6.-Rev George
simmons committed suicide last
light with cyanide of potassium. He
was pastor of the First Baptist church
md president of two savings banks.
He was the originator OF substitute
Tor coffee and the author of many re-
gious works, lecturer, and was re.
emily selected to manage the Yates
senatorial campaign.
Complaint was made to the states
, attorney Saturday that Simmons had
been corrupting the minds and morals
Of the members of the Baptist boys
| brigade. The editors of local papers
yesterday told Simmons that they
would not print the facts II he would
leave town forever within "a hours.
having decided upon this course to
protect the characters OF the boys.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 6.-Briga-
| der General Funston is writing the
war department suggesting tina; Con
gress pass a bill appropriating sl0,-
| 800 for the families of Captain Dalin
and Holsmann Hennessy, who lost
| heir lives last week in their efforts
to save government property from de
| -truction. The two brave men were
killed while fighting the fire on the
| United States transport Meade last
| week.
| WASHINGTON. Feb. 6.--Every sen
ator today received an address from
Arizona filing the protest of the peo
pie against their being Joined with
New Mexico. The address speaks o
an unalterable opposition OF Arizona
as to this unjust measure. and says
it represents % per cent Of the terri
tory. 1t says the decided racial diff
ierences between the people of Ari
zona and the majority Of those II
New Mexico are irreconciliable; tina
The state would be unwiedy II th'
Two territories were Joined. that Ari
zona is developing In resources AM
population OF a high character an
thar If the states are Joined public al
fairs would likely be controlled b.
people OF a different race. not Amer
cans. who outnumber the people o
Arizona two to one. while the assess
ed valuation of Arizona exceeds tina
of New Mexico by more than one
third.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 6.-Man
: | women gathered at the caDital tOda