Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-08-29

prudence, and Dean w. X. Vance, oil
the George Washington University
Law school. read paper on Legal
Education in the South" A special
session was also held by the section
oi patent, trade mark and copyright
law, which was addressed by the chair.
man, Robert S. Taylor of Fort Wayne.
Ind
tomorrow morning the Right Hon.
James Bryce, British ambassador 10
the United States, will deliver the an.
nual address.
Nashville, Tenn. Aug. 27.-With the
rum demon" driven from all but tho
largest cities of Tennessee the author
tiles of the cities where local option
is now in effect rre seeking to pro-
mote temperance by means of large
fines for drunkards. In many towns
the fines assessed for a plain drunk
have been raised from SO to s25.
| Chicago, Aug. 27.-Delegates from
thirty-four states and territories. rem
resenting total membership of ESQ.,
900, were present when the supreme
court of the Foresters of America con.
| vened in this city today. The revi-
| sion OF laws governing the order is
| the principal business before the con
vention, which will remain in session
throughout the week. According to
Surname
OF New York, the order has gained in
membership nearly 5000 in the last
year. The balance in all funds of the
order is reported to be s2,574653. 20.
During the year there was paid out in
benefits s1,019, 9,2S073 to the sick, s242,-
0S4.57 for funerals and s107 .S32.11 in
benevolence.
Los Angeles, Aug. 27-In view OF
1000 tourists the Rev. Edward levitt,
80 years of age. cut his throat with a
razor, dying instantly Just before
committing the deed he said 81
have lived long enough for any NOR
tall He was prominent in the Epis.
copal church. No other reason is
given for the rash act.
Denver Aug. 27.-Five hundred Re
publicans desire to lunch with Secre-
tary OF War Taft at the Brown Palace
next Thursday. But 100 can be accom-
modated and there is much feeling
engendered over the selection of the
100.
Telluride, Colorado, August 27-l
Telluride's aggregation OF ball play
ers are expected home tonight While
absent they played three games with
salt Lake City, losing two and win
ming one. They also tackled what
are known as a team of hayseeds
south of Salt Lake and came near
being wiped off the face of the earth
in the way of runs. In other words
they received the worst kind of a
walloping.
Arrangements are being perfected
for three games with the Colorado
Iron Works team, one game Sunday
and two Labor day.
New York, Aug. 27-Great interest
is manifested on Wall street in the
proposed s115,OOO,OOO bond issue of the
st. Louis & San Francisco Railroad
company, which will be authorized at
a meeting OF the stockholders today.
The issue will be composed of gen
eral lien Is and 20 year gold bonds,
the interest on which is not to ex-
ceed per cent yearly.
OF the total amount, $67 900 will
be reserved to retire and refund bonds
and notes maturing during the next
forty-five years. Only 100000 will
be issued during the next two years
for improvements and additions, while
the balance of s37 .1S4 900 can be is
sued only after June /, 1909. to fl
nance various capital requirements.
AS but s7.125.O00 in notes and no
bonds mature between now and June
/. 1909. it appears that in the next
two years only s17,125,OOO of the new
bonds will be issued.
The stockholders will also author
ize an Increase of 100000 900 In com
mon stock. This is merely formal
ity, as under the Missouri law the
authorized debt cannot exceed the au-
thorized stock.
Telluride. Aug. 27.-Mrs c. B. Cook,
wife of the chef at the Smuggler-
Union mine. and well known In this
southwest section, including Telluride,
died at $3.50 last evening at the Colum
bine hotel from heart trouble. A
daughter, Miss Jessie, arrives from
Denver tonight.
Grand Junction, Colo Aug 27.-Two
weeks ago the ha DWARF store of
Schmidt & Sons was entered and rob
bed of a lot OF fancy hardware in.
clnding several guns. No clue was OBJ
tanned of the perpetrators until today
when a telegram was received that the
men had been arrested at Florence,
having in their possession the guns
stolen, the numbers giving them away.