Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-01-31
TElEGRAPHIc NEWS.

VI" VI hdNihS uHuei us sway blNly-nNt
separate and distinct racial groups.
An English manufacturing firm ha,
had texts from the Bible printed OF
the sides of its railway cars.
tax is now levied on all railway
tickets sold in Japan, varying from
one cent to fifty cents, according tc
distance.
Sixty-one cases of diphtheria, thirty
six of measles and III of scarlet fever
are added to the epidemic list at Chi
cago.
The Barbados pigs are kept as pets
by many of the natives, who teach
them amusing tricks and permit them
20 run all over their houses.
Railroads of Minnesota appeal to
the federal courts for protection
| against the orders of the state rail
road and warehouse commission.
An ex-slave who. it is said, is 121
years old, and who is still able to
walk long distances and engage in
manual work, is living at Santa Cath
erina, Brazil
| Executors of the estate of Marshall
| Field file an inventory of the property
In the probate court, the estimated
worth being $4,000, 900, of which $685.
| 100000 is in real estate.
Chairman Shonts of the isthmian
canal commission, in an address at
Kansas City, says the preliminary
work is completed and that everything
Is now ready for actual construction
Colorado marketed almost $4,000,
900 worth of fruit this year, an in
crease of s1,000,000 over 1905.
Ex-Governor Alva Adams and wife
left Pueblo Saturday for ten months
trip to include the entire world. They
will visit Japan and from that flowery
kingdom will see the balance of the
globe.
Rev. F. J. Bruno, who recently re
| signed the pastorate of the Pilgrim
Congregational church at Pueblo, has
been rendered and has accepted po-
sition as head of the Associated Chari-
ties in Colorado Springs.
Governor Henry A. Buchtel has of
fered two prizes to the College of
Liberal Arts of Colorado college, to
| be known as "the Governors Prize for
General Scholarship, Character and
School Loyalty" Between the 1st and
10th of May in 1907 the faculty of the
College of Liberal Arts shall make
choice of two students, to be gradu.
ated in 1907, whom they consider
worthy to receive these prizes. Each
prize will be $25 in cash. Similar
prizes are to be offered to the class
of 1908.
The Young Mems Christian associa
tion concluded its convention at Canon
City Saturday evening with the fol
lowing resolution: Resolved, that the
twentieth annual convention of the
Young Mems Christian association en-
dorse the local option bill now pend
ing in the legislature and that We
request our representatives to act ia
vorably on this important measure
which means so much for the mora
welfare of the young men Of Colorado
That we express our appreciation o.
the stand taken by the governor In en-
dorsing this measure and that we cal
upon the legislature to support him II
every possible way in securing thii
much needed legislation"
Rev. Edward Everett Hale has beer
attending white house receptions since
1862. On the latest occasion he pre-
sented one of his grandchildren.
A Mexican company has contracte'
to ship 1000 ties a day to New Or
learns for the use of the various road
entering that city. They are to be o
saportawood, which has been found t.
have a minimum life of fifty years.
Abolition OF the grand jury system
putting the states attorney in plac
Of the Jurors; prohibition OF the sal
OF cigarettes and promiscuous sale Q
drugs, and wide suffrage for wome
are proposed in bills introduced 1
the legislature at Springfield, Ill.
A London medical journal inveigh
| against the curse of presents In ho
pltals. There are cases where youn
nurse. in training, must spend abor
5 two months salary In giving hol
+ day gifts to matrons, sisters, wal
e ressees, porters and postmen.
!. In Ave years France has gained b,
d 296.322 in population. and they pro-
v ably counted In all the Americans wh
o are over there spending their money
I and other peoples.