Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-01-22

at the White House this morning con
corning the statement of Jacob A. Riis
that the president would he willing
to take third term to fight the mon
ey power, was met by prompt refusal
i to make any comment on Mr. Riiss
statement. The words of Mr. Rlis,
however, have created sensation In
| themselves.
/ WASHINGTON. Jan. 2O.-Two bids
were received today for the construc-
stion of Philippine railways. The In.
tiernational Banking company of New
York offers to build lines In Panay
Nesros and Cebu. with the govern
meni guarantee for per cent of the
Total cost for thirty years. 100 miles
10 be laid annually. Speyer a. Co. of
Kered to build 400 miles in Luzon, TAX
ing over the Manila-Dagupan railway.
also to build 16S miles in extension
on lloilo on the government guarantee
OF per cent per annum.
KANSAS CITY, Kas, Jan. co.
William Quinn, negro, was sentenc.
ed today to hang for the murder of
George McBee. AS Kansas governors
40 not sign death warrants this means
life Imprisonment.
lola, Kas., Jan. 20.-Five stores
ID La flarpe. Kas., were robbed of
goods worth thousands of dollars dur
ing the night. The night watch works
On liquor cases during the day and
sleeps nights
BIRMINGHAM. Jan. 20.-A leading
paper here publishes dispatches from
TOXIC and London. giving alleged in
side information To the effect that ia.
pan VIII soon acquire the Philippines
and that their sale 10 Japan Is even
now being seriously considered, but
secretly. by President Roosevelt and
The government
KANSAS CITY, Jan. 20.--Today is
the hottest January day ever record
ed here. The mercury reached 10 A
cold wave. says the weather bureau,
is coming. and the thermometer is
expected TO drop close to ten above
zero by Sunday.
PARIS, Jan. 20.-The Frenci, gov
'ernment is very determined In the
matter of the Venezuelan trouble. 1t
has lined up Its warships for dem
onstration against the Castro govern.
ment, and demands an ample apology.
he United States government is also
pngry at Castro. who has insmitei
the American minister The si.ua-
Ton is, therefore, very grave.
CANNES, France, Jan. 2O.-Mrs.
chauncey NJ. Depew is staying here
and the report Is current that she has
separated from her husband on ac-
count Of his recent troubles This
Mrs., ,Depew denies today In an author
lied interview. She says her health
Is not good. which is why she remains
in the south OF France. She has the
greatest sympathy for her husband In
his troubles. and on account OF the
worry he has lately undergone and
his advanced age. being past 20, she
fears for him But we are not sep
she says. "and do not intend
10 be"
INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 20.--The Unit |
ed Mine Workers convention has de-
cided to memorialize Congress and the
state legislatures to use convict labor
In the construction of roads only, and
will also petition Congress for an am
plitication Of the Chinese exclusion act
TO include Japanese and Koreans.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 20.-This morning
Walter l.. Wilson of Stafford, Ariz..
and s. Wilcox of Idaho, Mormon ED
ers, were taken in supposedly dying
condition from their room In the Ore
gon hotel. They had blown out the
gas, being unfamiliar with the manip-
ulation Of gas Jets. The elders were
on their way to Tennessee to attend
n church conference. Later In the
day they recovered consciousness, but
in the excitement their railroad tick
cts and $95 had disappeared.
FL PASO, Texas. Jan. 20.-News
has been received here tnat the ca
thedral at Temos CHA. build 1888 years
ago by missionaries, has collapsed and
is total wreck. Nobody was hurt.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo, Jan 20.-The Re
publican Editorial association re-elect-
ed Captain King of the st. Louis
Globe-Democrat president. endorsed
President Roosevelt and adjourned to-
day.