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

| the meeting of the powers will result
In no agreement. That is the tone
today of the inspired press. The gov.
ernment organ this morning SAYS:
| THE failure of the conference.
which is probable, will intensity the
friction between Germany and France
and compromise Germany's position. ''
| WASHINGTON. Feb. Patterson
of Colorado hurled defiance at his
Democratic colleagues in the senate
today. He charged them with at
tempting coercion and intimidation.
and declared that II their wishes pre-.
vailed free speech, free thought and
free action henceforth would be i'm.
possible In the senate.
WASHINGTON, Feb Miss Alice
Roosevelt had her final fitting of her
wedding gown this afternoon. The en-
tire outfit Is to be delivered to her at
he end of this week II is understood
he young lady lis to be photographed
in her bridal gown, the picture to be
taken exclusively for her girl friends
Wedding gifts are arriving In great
i''ht'''0t 81 pht vi tlit import
mt of these win shortly be made pub
lie
SPRINGFIELD. H., Feb. THE
supreme court today refused to per
init the filing of a petition for man
damus to compel the mayor OF Chi
cago to close the saloons there Sun
days. The court SAYS II can no; un-
dertake the direct details of munici.
pal government
LOGAN, Utah, Feb. 7.-Apostle
Morrill, OF the Mormon church died Mt
Richmond. Utan. last night He was
snbpoenaed three times as witness
in the Smoot case but did not appear
owing to illness. He is credited with
five wives and over fifty children.
CHICAGO, Feb. THE reading OF
Garileld's report on the beef industry
began In the packers trial today. At
the rate progress was made today 1t
is estimated that this will take
week
JEFFERSON CITY, Feb. THE
jury to try Convicts Vaughan and
Ryan on the charge of numbering two
guards during the prison outbreak,
was quickly selected this morning.
Ryan refused to ask for separate
trial. believing as Vaughan and Ray
mond do that he can not escape the
enllows. The trial will not last long.
WASHINGTON. Feb.N Professor
Wylie. chief of the chemistry bureau
of the department of agriculture, is
sues an official statement to the eff
feet that over a million infants have
been sacrificed to the various concoc-
tions known as soothing syrups, and
over two millions to impure milk.
The professor says: I'VE do not
know anything about the milk left at
our homes, or the condition under
which 1t IL produced. There are a
thousand and one possibilities which
might have combined to make what
virile poison that chemistry can pro
duce"
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.-General
debate In the house on the Hepburn
bill closes this afternoon. Both sides
have put forth their oratorical heavy
weights today-~Cockran of New York
and Williams of Mississippi for the
Democrats, and Hepburn Of Iowa and
Mann OF Illinois for the Republicans.
The galleries were crowded.
Cochran attacked the rebate sys-
TEN and said that the bill would stop
the crimes Of thieves and scoundrels
who betray the people. Referring to
the Northern Securities case he said
that Hartman and Morgan were en-
riched by court decisions in this case.
Logically" he exclaimed, these men
are criminals: actually they are free"
BALTIMORE. Feb. THE thirty
eighth annual convention OF the Ma
tlona Women's Suffrage association
| opened today. Anna Shaw presided.
Susan b. Anthony speaks tonight.
ST. PAUL. Feb. 7.-Thomas Law
son arrived today to confer with
Governor Johnson regarding acting as
the trustee for insurance policy hold
| ers.
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, Feb. Z.
-Sleet fell here today. Several inch.
es OF snow is on the ground at Sar.
ita. which Is within ninety miles OF
| the Mexican border.
KANSAS CITY, Feb. marion NJ
| Let's was today sentenced to Ave
years in the penItentiary for forgery
of express orders. He was brought
into the court room surrounded by
twelve armed officers.
Let's was agent for the Santa Fe
railway at Princeton, Kas., and was
accused OF setting fire TO the station
and stealing thousand dollars worth
OF tickets. He escaped from custody
half dozen times and was pursued
from Michigan to Panama, where he
was arrested while acting as postmas
ter in an interior town.
| WASHINGTON, Feb. 8.-The pas
sage of the Hepburn railroad rate
bill was announced at ll:40, by n vote
OF BAG to Z.
| WASHINGTON. Feb. s.-The sever
who voted against the Hepburn rail
road rate bill today were Littlefield
Mccall. Perkins. Sibley, Southwick
| Vreeland and Weeks. The measure
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