Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1906-08-16

Denver's new postofiice site is ex-
pected to be decided on prior to the
year 1000.
Rain and wind did considerable
amage to fruit in the vicinity OF
florence Friday night.
Miss Gertrude Smith has resigneNa
The superintendency Of the State In
iustrial school for girls.
Pueblo Chieftain contains long spe-
ial from Denver announcing candi- d
dacy of N. C. Miller for third term.
DR.. Patterson shot and instantly
killed DIR. Herrod at Jarysville, l. T.,
Saturday evening. Bad blood over
business matters.
1ois says Roosevelt will have to &C.
cede to the demands of the people
and run again for president.
Projectors drop plan for making
alrth place of President Roosevelt in
New York a memorial and secure or
der allowing them to sell the place.
Every union bricklayer on the su.
gar factory being erected at Brush,
Colo, has gone on a strike because
the brick were manufactured by
company employing non-union men.
Theft of food for a starving fam
lily is held no crime by Justice Phil,
lips of Marion Ind, who discharges
John Robinson, who took two bushels
of wheat to keep his wife and babies
alive.
The nations bill for mineral water
last year amounted to $6,S11,611, ac-
cording to the figures of the geologi,
cal survey, and Wisconsin leads all
of the states in the value of It's prod
uct
Professor William |. Thomas, Uni
versity of Chicago, sociologist, at.
lacks Americas social system and
defends institutions not recognized
by the orthodox moral code in an ar
ticle on THE Adventltious Character
of Woman"
A Cleveland woman is trying to
get theatrical managers to refuse to
put on pieces which call for the APP
pearance of girls in tights. We have
no doubt that the managers will yield
to her entreaties the moment such
pieces cease to pay.
President Roosevelt and Attorney
General Moody are praised by friends
In Washington for their course in not
undertaking the prosecution of Paul
Morton for Santa Fe rebates and for
pushing the case against the railway
corporation to successful issue.
Chicago will have another of the
finest hotels in the world If plans
under consideration by the firm of
Montgomery Ward & Co. are carried
out. While nothing has been defin-
itely decided as yet, there is a strong
probability that the present Mont
gomery Ward structure on Michigan
avenue is to be made into large and
costly hotel, the tentative scheme
calling for an expenditure of about
$G,0OO,0O0.
A sailor of the Pacific squadron was
rejected from dancing academy at
Tacoma, which called forth the fol-
lowing scathing letter from Rear Ad-
mirai Goodrich: my Dear Mayor
Wright: On July ~ petty officer
from one of the ships of the Pacific
squadron was refused admittance to
public ball at the Old Elks' hall for
the sole reason that he wore the uni
form OF the American navy. Tho
man was sober and well behaved.
Know him to be of excellent charac-
ter and in every way entirely re-
sponsible. The United States ship
Chicago came to your city, and by
your invitation, shared In its celebra-
ton or Independence day. | trust
THIS celebration on It's part embodied
lts sentiments of patriotism and Of
appreciation for those who have un.
dertaken to fight their country's bat
ties-but In view of this piece of nm
warranted snobbishness, I am forced
10 entertain lively suspicious. Un.s
less Tacoma desires to serve notice
on the navy that its visits there ara
1t behooves you. Mr.. MAY.
or and other broadminded citizens. i,
70 prihg the offenders in this case to
sharp and public account"