Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-03-25
TELEGRAPHIc NEWS.

in portions of California.
Sensational developments are be-
ing unearthed in the Hermann land
fraud cases.
A rate war between steamship lines
plying between New York and Euro
pean ports is promised.
The San Francisco grand jury is
now after the board of supervisors
and many are said to be in hot water.
Pays to be honest.
Dispute over a mule is the real
cause of the war between Nicaragua
and Honduras, according to official in
formation received at Washington.
The report exhonerating Gov. Hager-
man in connection with alleged sale
of land was not unanimous by any
means, only passing by vote of 13 to
10.
A five-foot vein of anthracite coal
has just been opened near Marion.
Ind. and it is said to be equal to the
finest grade Of Pennsylvania anthra-
cite.
Chas. S. Boyce, editor of the Snake
River Sentinel, has been appointed
postmaster at Baggs, Wyo. Occasion
ally newspaper men are rewarded for
the work they perform for the party.
Three men initiated the wild and
woody west by holding up village
near Troy, N. Y, robbing one or two
stores and the postoffice.
Under the state local option law the
city of Knoxville, Tenn, held an cleo
| ton last week and the temperance
party won out in sensational form
amid singing and marching thousands
and the praying of women. The re-
suit was majority Of 1921 in favor
OF mo saloons" Men and women of
all stations, wealthy families in car
riages, society matrons, grizzled war
veterans and school children joined in
the parade and in the work at the
polls.
| Deciding to leave the world to-
gether. Mr.. and Mrs, l.. H. Terpening,
of Hilswale, Mich, the former II and
the latter 6S years old, wrapped band
ages saturated with chloroform about
their heads during the night. When
discovered Mrs. Terpening was dead.
Her husband was resusciated Ill
health, from which both have been
suffering for long time, made them
respondent Their condition has been
such that it has been necessary to
have nurse in the house most of
the time of late.
Three of the principal steamers Of
the Oceanic Steamship company, ply
ing between San Francisco and Au-
stralia, have been discontinued, part
ly because of the withdrawal of New
Zealand's mail contract, which was
worth 100000 year, and also be-
cause of the failure of the ship sub
sidy bill.
The Chicago and Northwestern road
has accomplished great feat in re-
moving big overhanging rock from
its right of way near Baraboo, Wis.
The rock projected over the track at
a curve in the narrows at Ableman,
nine miles west of Baraboo. The
boulder weigher several thousand tons
and was about seventy feet above the
track. Owing to the continual wash
ings of the earth around it by rain
and snow 1t became dangerous. To
prevent its sliding down upon the
rails 1t was decided to remove it by
blasting. A temporary track was built
around it at some distance off to pre-
vent the possibility of danger or delay
to passing trains 1t required 1000
pounds Of dynamite to remove the
rock. The cost of the wo.k was s2O.-
900.
1t seems likely that India is going
to take the place once occupied by
Egypt as winter resort. This sea-
son there has been an unusually large
influx of distinguished visitors from
Europe and of very wealthy ones from
America. The duke of Manchester
and his American wife went to Cal
cutta with a distinguished party on
their sumptuous steam yacht and stop
ped there some day before doing to
Burmah. The duke and duchess en-
tertained the ameer of Afghanistan re-
Gently, and afterward the ameer visit
ed them on board the yacht with
which he was very much impressed.
Calcutta merchants have reaped rich
harvst from the ameer's stay In the
capital. Wherever he went a treas.
urer followed, carrying large purse
full of English sovereigns and a dis.
patch box containing bank notes. This
money he freely spent.
The United States grand jury in
session at Santa Fe turned six indict-
ments against parties charged with
fraudulent coal transactions in San
Juan county, New Mexico, our south
ern neighbor. Most of the parties in
dicted are employees OF the Utah Fuel
company and the Denver & Rio
Grande railroad, the corporations
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