Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-03-07

Ministerial duties do not prevent the
Rev. Joel H. Metcalf, OF Taunton,
Mass, from pursuing astronomical in
vestigations. His study Of the stars
has resulted In the discovery OF new
comet, which is now being closely OBJ
served by astronomers throughout the
world. 1t has been named Metcalfs
comet.
A herd OF mountain sheep were seen
on the hills south OF Ouray Sunday.
This fortells an early spring. The
sheep never appear until spring sets
In and this year they came in thirty
days sooner than ever before.
A mail wagon was stolen in the
heart of Chicago Saturday. One sack
of registered matter contained valu-
ables to amount OF 5000.
A proposition to increase the freight
revenues of the railroads centering
in the Pittsburg district something
like $25,0O0,O00 a year, at the same
time boosting the price Of steel and
iron, has been decided upon by the
transportation companies whose gen
eral freight agents held secret meet
ing In the committee room of the
Pennsylvania company last Monday
and took preliminary steps for maxi
ing the increase.
A forest fire in the Cripple Creek
dictr;ct hoo dactroyad a Iorga tract
of valuable timber.
Colorado Springs Masons have just
paid $4,000 for lots upon which they
viii erect $4,000 temple.
"Beautify Denver" is the watchword
with the capital city Notwithstanding
Tom Patterson's twins.
A Jap in Pueblo shot one of his
country women and then sulcided.
Rather unusual for son OF the Mikado.
Denver Elks are going to banquet
this week. Already the limit is ex-
hausted as only 800 can be accommo-
dated around the banquet tables.
Claiming the poolrooms are largely
responsible for the downfall of young
boys, Chief of Police Jansen of Mil
waukee has taken steps to suppress
the evil.
A strike OF bricklayers in Denver
has been averted by granting their
demand for an increase of SO cents
day, making their regular daily
wages Sc.
The letter carriers OF Butte, twenty
eight in number, did not resign on
March LIST as announced. They hope
to secure raise through the new
bill just passed congress.
Karl l., Siebecker of Madison, Wis,
nephew of Senator La Toilette, quit
his law studies. got job as a laborer
and then eloped and married the
daughter Of mechanic.
Dates and melons are almost the
only food of many OF the poor in Je-
rusalem. Usually only one meal a
day is taken by them.
A dynamite explosion at Homestead,
N. j., killed two people injured a
dozen more and wrecked fifty build
ings Saturday. The explosion shook
buildings In New York, nine miles
distant.
Attacked by bull. James Corcoran,
an old man of Troy. ILL.,, was gored to
death Saturday in the barnyard
of Patrick Rowan. with whom he
lived. The bull finally was driven off
with pitchfork by Mr.. Rowan. MI
Corcoran, was SO years of age.
A Chicago detective, who was sent
to New York by a civic organization
10 study police graft, and who was
arrested, charged with the theft of
jewels worth $1,000. says ON being ar
raigned that he is the victim of a
police plant"
1t Is expected the hearing before
the supreme court In the Patterson
contempt case will be reached earlier
than previously announced and 1t Is
probable that arguments will be heard
this week. Patterson will. make the
principal argument himself in the de-
fense.
G. w. Hilliard. comptroller of the
Chicago and Alton railroad, testified
before the interstate commerce com
missions inquiry into the Hartman
lines In New York that when he took
charge of the company's finances he
found an unbuilt branch of the line
mortgaged. the bonds sold, and no
money in the treasury to represent
their value.
More than 100000 lives out of only
two-fifths of the population of the
United States were offered up in 1905
as sacrifice to disease. Startling as
this death rate may seem, it was less
than that for the preceding year, but
was in excess of the number of deaths
registered for any other year. This
death rate Is lower than that of Ire
land, Germany and Italy for the sane
period. but higher than that OF Eng
land and Wales. Scotland and tie
Netherlands. The death rate from me-
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