Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-02-18
TELEGRAPHlc NEWS.

dollars goe4 .ustay Leeman I
laborer in the ei,,,- ric works here. Fl,
held the winning ticket and II wa,
cashed today. Leeman is 36 and un
married. OF his riches he gave $40,
600 to charity, and $500 each to the
orphans who drew him the rich prize
Chicago. Feb .14.-This morning
Benton kuppenheimer, the young and
rich manager of the great clothing
house of Kuppnheimer & Co.. shot
and killed himself at his fine home on
Prairie avenue. The cause of suicide
Is not known, except for the fact that
the young man had not been well for
several days.
Washington, Fb. 14.-Conference
committee on immigration bill in
reaching an agreement embodied as
one of the features of the agreement
The bill introduced by Representative
Bonynge of Colorado enabling the
president of the United States to call
an international conference for the
purpose of securing an international
agreement relative to the regulation
OF the aliens of the United States.
New York, Feb. 14.-"Salome" will
after all be given by the Conreid
Metropolitan Opera company. Boston
subscribers are especially anxious to
near the opera and special orchestra
has been engaged in Boston to aug
nent forces carried by the company.
The same course will be followed In
Chicago and Cincinnati
London, Feb. 14.-This morning
hfty-three women who last night were
OF the mob making womans suffrage
demonstration before parliament were
brought into court. The police had
arrested them for disturbing the
peace. The judge inflicted mild pen
atty but all the women elected that
rather than admit they had done any
thing by paying a fine they would go
to jail.
Washington, Feb. 14.-Criminal
prosecution Of Edward Hartman,
president of the Union Pacific and
Southern Pacific railroads for viola
ions OF law in securing control of
parallel lines between Frisco and New
York. probably viii be instituted by
The government. 1t has been decided
not to request Mr.. Hartman to ap-
pear before any government official
Dr tribunal to give testimony which
would result in giving him an lin
nunity bath" The government be-
lieves it has enough evidence to con
vict him.
Bloomington, ILL.,, Feb. 14.-A SEN
5ation was created here over the ar
rest of Miss Helen Dixon, a pretty
society girl, who for two years was
treasurer of the Christian church. She
held $3.50 of church funds and when
it was wanted to pay for an organ
she said it was gone. She had lent
the money to her brother who prom
ised to pay her back but he had not
done so. and was now away, where
she did not know.
Boise, Idaho, Feb. 1.-THE state
senate has passed the Macbeth bill
ior suppression of wildcat mining pro-
motions. 1t now goes to the governor.
This is the bill prepared under the
direction of the American mining con
gress.
Washington, Feb. 1.-THE presi
dent and California have come to
an agreement precisely as outlined
in these dispatches yesterday. The
Japaneses are to be excluded from
the country by act of congress and
the Japs at present here to be admit
ted to the California schools.
Rome, Feb. 1.-THE widow of
Prince Charles de Bonaparte. the prin-
cess Christini Ruspoli, is dead here
aged Ga years.
Topeka, Kas., Feb. 1.-THE firm of
Loutry & Company were today award
ed a million dollar contract by the
Santa Fe railway to build a second
tunnel through the Ration mountain.
Pittsburg, Feb. l4.-Orders for steel
cars amounting to s150,00O.000 are
now in the hands Of the car building
districts for construction this year. In
quiries are coming in for cars that
already give indications of orders
amounting to from 100000 900 TO $780,
100000 more.
Despite the enormous aggregate OF
cars now building. the railroads wo1ld
be willing to buy many thousands
more If they could be assured Of oe-
livery within the next twelve months.
Practical every steel car building com.
pany in the country is booked ahead
for more than one year and plans
are on foot for extensions that Will
Increase capacity largely. The need
sor cars was never more urgent than
at present, but the buying has been
limited to the capacity of the buiId-
ers.
II was only recently that the Stan
dard company, which has 5000 men
at work at Its Butler plant. began
| the construction of $3,000,000 car
works at Hammond, Ind, to care for
the orders which are threatening to
overflow it. This plant will be almost
a duplicate of the Butler works, and
1t is expected to be in operation in
August Already the railroads OF the
west have placed orders for cars to