Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-02-25

sengers on railroads at cents Il
mile are pending, and in most of these
states the bill seems certain to be
passed.
Ohio led the way a year ago by
passing a 2-cent fare law. The rail
roads of that state adjusted them
selves to the law and made the rates
without an appeal to the courts. Al
ready this year the legislatures of
West Virginia and Arkansas have sent
2-cent fare bills to the governors
for their signatures. In Iowa, Indiana
and Pennsylvania the 3-cent bill has
passed one or the other of the two
houses of the legislature. In Mis-
souri, both houses have passed 2-cent
bills which differ only slightly and can
be readily reconciled. In only ono
| state so far. South Dakota, has the
2-cent fare bill been definitely de
| feated.
The movement is more general in.
| its scope than the famous granger
legislation Of many decades ago. when
many states of the middle west cut
passenger fares to cents a mile.
Their right TO do so was upheld by
the United States supreme court after
bitter legal fight. The following is
a summary of the status of the 2
cent fare legislation in the various
| states:
Arkansas-Passed without giving
the railroads a chance to present their
side of the case.
Indiana-Senate bill making pas
| senger ticket rate of cents per mile,
| and 212 cents per mile when collected
on trains, passed house; final passage
certain.
Iowa-Passed house, now before
| railroad committee of senate: may be
held there until action is taken by
the railroad commission of Wiscon-
sin on similar bill now before that
commission.
Illinois-Bills pending in one
branch of legislature.
Kansas-Bill in Legislature.
Minnesota-Pending before the sen
ate committee on railroads; certain
to pass.
Missouri-House and senate both
passed, now awaiting conference over
amendments.
Nebraska-Bill drafted by joint
house and senate committee, passed
with emergency clause.
North Caroina-House passed a 2.
cent bill; senate considering "a cent
fare bill.
Ohio-Two-cent fare bill passed in
spring of 1906.
Oklahoma-Two-cent fare provision
may be included in the constitution.
Pennsylvania-Hous passed 2-cent
bill yesterday; goes to senate.
South Dakota-Bill defeated.
West Virginia-Two-cent fare bill
passed by both houses of legislature.
ssissippi-Railroad commission
| ordered railroads to adopt 2-cent fare
| within thirty days.
Wisconsin-Railroad commission or
dered 2lA-cent fares on three. railroads
with further action pending.
Colorado-Legislation pending pro-
viding for commission with power to
fix rates.
Denver, Feb. 22.-Last nights prize
fight between Sullivan and Lewis Is
the talk of half the town today. A
great crowd was present, over four
thousand. and the receipts were sS,252,
half of this went to the club and half
to the fighters each of whom this
morning received over $4,000.
1t was fine fight for eight rounds.
Lewis had the best of 1t but In the
| final rounds Sullivan showed up the
best and the crowd forgetting Lewis
| work early in game disapproved OF
Gallagher giving the contest to Lewis,
but it was manifestly a fair decision.
Referee Gallagher said today:
Lewis did the fighting for the first
nine rounds and Sullivan was clearly
| outpointed in even the tenth round.
Mike didn't do enough real fighting in
the whole ten rounds to earn 10 cents
and then he four flushes around about
| being robbed when he gets more
money than he ever got out of fight
before in his life. Sullivan did not
land one blow in the whole fight that
hurt Lewis while Harry had him
groggy and hanging on at least three
different times. / gave the verdict
just as Il looked to me and was In
better position to Judge than any one
| else"
| Wallace, Feb. 22.-Most of yester-
day was taken up with arguments of
attorneys over the admission of the
prisoners confession. the jury being
excused from the room. Mcfarland
was on the stand and closely cross
examined by Richardson as to meth
| DDS used In securing the confession.
Witness denied having brlbed or
threatened Adams. In the afternoon
Adams confession.
Middleboro, KY. Feb. 22-Mrs. Ia
zrowsh wife of a Polish miner at
Forkridge, gave birth to five children,
three girls and two boys. All the
children are doing well.
New York, Feb. 22.-The Sutro
Bros. stock exchange house which yes
terday reported the loss of stocks val
ued at $1S5,0O0 by one OF its mes
sengers recovered the securities intact
man picked up the package OF
stocks on Pine street and restored
them to the brokers.
Martinsville, Ind, Feb. ga re
ligious sect calling themselves the
First church of God (or Christi, have
turned things upside down, religious
ly, in the Goose creek neighborhood
south Of this city. Among their many
strange theories they claim that the
earth is square. quoting the Scrip
lures, that people are to be gathered
, from the four corners of the earth
and that they are also to carry the
; glad tidings to all who inhabit the
four corners of the earth. They speal
in unknown tongues, and the Language
Is interpreted by one of their mum