Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-05-09
BREW vET.Es.

Civil suits are to follow the Penn
sylyania capitol scandal to recover
some OF the graft money.
Chairman Knapp of the Interstate
commerce commission, says secret
rebates are thing OF the past
Trinidad voted $4,000 in bonds
Tuesday for improving and erecting
new school buildings.
Five thousand copies OF the insur-
ance laws passed by the legislature
have been printed and are now ready
for general distribution.
Grand functions chief and nssis..
ant chief OF the lire department had
INST fight over the possession of a
bed. Both should be fred
Az 10 O'Clock Sunday night Christian
Weekley shot and instantly killed John
Trumbull. friend of his. Just what
caused the shooting is not known.
Both had been drinking.
Wolf Londoner. Denver's grocery
man. was awarded $4,000 damages for
injuries sustained by stumbling over
gas pipe In the union depot, Den.
yer. II was shown the company was
careless.
According to dispatches to the Den.
yer Republican only FIVE or six acres
OF sugar beets are reported frozen in
the Greeley district md the same
Is true OF beets in Prowers county
where there are 5000 acres under
contract.
E NJ. johnson who wrecked the Fl
deity Building association, leaves
Caron CITY is free man Friday. 1t
Is said he Is broken down In health
and Will seek seclusion In the east.
Many of the duped depositors would
like to be able to recoup both health
and fortune
dispatch TO the Pueblo Chieftain
from ouray says: From source that
is considered reliable It is learned
that all of the suits pending against
the Red Mountain Mining. Smelter and
Railroad company, known as the
George Crawford syndicate and
amounting to $4,000 have been set
tied by stipulation out OF court.
Rev. Jere Knode Cooke, the Eplsco-
pal pastor OF Hampstead. N. Y, who
eloped with 17.yearold Fioretta Wha-
ley. has been located with the girl
at Peekskill.
Chicago banks reached new high
mark for clearings last week, the
total amount OF checks cleared being
$275.576.000. which is $13,277, 900 more
than the previous high record.
MaDelle Gilman. fiancee OF w. +.
Corey, called two surgeans to her New
York hotel, who declare that she may
be permanently lamed as a result OF
being thrown from her horse In Paris
recently.
Many railroads were Indicted for re-
batting by New York grand jury
which returned verdict yesterday In
stead OF indicting railroad companies
that have no souls why not indiit
the officials responsible and send them
to jail The practice would soon end.
Never In It's history has London ex-
perienced such an American invasion.
theatrically speaking. ms IL is under
| c'"b HpNs ~ IO itWti iuin StNtu
jects or starred by American actors
wrlghts or dealing with American sub
jectcs or starred by American actors
hold the boards and the number will
be Increased still further next week.
Despite the pessimism of Paris the
ater managers the public never spent
so much monely in therater going as
at present. Statistics Just published
show that In the last fifty years the
gross receipts OF Paris theaters have
been multiplied six times. During
1906 the gross receipts OF all Paris
tbeaters amounted to $500, 900, which
Is an advance OF 81 ,25O, 900 over 1906.
though lower than the exhibition year
of 1900. when the gross receipts
amounted to $i0.00O,0O0.
ltthas been computed that there are
s2,o0o,00o.o0o In gold and jewels At
the bottom Of the sea on the route be-
tween England and India.
The dreaded nun butterfly is an
pearing everywhere In Bohemia,
threatening the devastation OF the for.
ests. The neighborinz woods Of say
ony and silesia are also threatened.
The ministry OF agriculture has named
a commission to investigate.
There Ia considerable activity In the
oil engine trade throughout Australia.
especially In New South Wales. where
the engines are being largely used
both shoat and ashore. There Il ~.
cry prospect OF the demand Incraas.
ing, more particularly Tor the larger
ones, Of from forty to sixty hox1e
power.