Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-01-17

Secretary Root will leave Wash
ington Jan. II for Ottawa, Canada,
where he will be the guest of Gov.
Gen. Grey.
In attempting to rescue Harry We
lance, aged IA, from drowning at
Riverside, Mich, e. r. Gibson, prin-
cipal of the school, was drowned
with the boy in Pine river.
The dress of Mabel Calvert, 16
years old, a pupil in Chicago school,
school basement and she was dashed
against the floor and killed.
William E. Curtis writes that An
drew Carnegie's gift Of fund to
build home for the Bureau OF Amer
lean Republics will prove a great
aid in developing commercial rela-
tions with South America.
Germany's colonial director, in an
address before the chamber of com
merce in Berlin, talks of Importance
of development of the empires col
onies and tells of the progress and
increasing influence of the United
States.
The cold wave throughout the
Northwest continues, the thermom-
eter registering 55 below in Montana
yesterday morning. Snow is piled up
20 and 80 feet high. With a coal
shortage in Dakota and other states
there is bound to be much suffering.
The licorice trust has been found
guilty of conspiracy in restraint of
trade and may be fined $1,000 for
each violation proved against it. But
who ever heard of the maximum pen
atty being imposed in such cases?
The French liner La Savoie. from
Havre, arrived in New York Sunday
after stormy voyage. Major w.
Cooke Daniels of Denver was a pass
enger on the steamer. He has been
away from home for six years, much
of which time he spent in New
Guinea.
The automobile fatality record for
1906 as compiled by the Chicago
Tribune seems to be second only to
that of the railroads. 1t shows that
In "a OF the larger cities of the coun-
try there were 1874 persons killed in
automobile accidents and 494 injured.
The largest list of fatalities is ac-
credited to New York. with 4S killed,
Chicago with Is and Philadelphia
with IL. Some 100 other places show
rs killed and 337 injured, making a
total of 209 killed and 851 injured.
This total evidently includes street
pedestrians killed or injured in col
lisions.
w. II. Donner is the chief actor in
divorce drama in Cleveland, o. He
is one of Carnegie's Pittsburg steel
millionaires. The suit cost him $780,
900, as this is the amount he settled
on his wife. Mrs. Donner went to
Cleveland last summer and took up
her residence In an apartment house.
Soon thereafter she began action for
| absolute divorce on the ground Of
gross neglect of duty" The cause
of the estrangement as related by
Mrs. Donner was the bringing into
the house a governess for her three
children. She governed not only
the children" said Mrs. Donner, "but
| the entire house. l soon found that l
was not wanted at home."
Alcoholic beverages may be served
at hotels on Sunday only where food,
| designed in good faith for a meal. is
served, under a decision handed down
by the appellate division of the New
York supreme court This ruling is
blow at the "Raines law sandwich"
Under previous interpretations of the
law liquors have been served on
Sunday to customers who ordered a
sandwich. the sandwich being regard
ed as complying with that section of
the law which provides that liquor
may be served with q meal. The de-
cision was given in connection with
the application OF the state commits
sioner of excise. Maynard N. Glenn
ent, for an order to cancel the liquor
tax certificates OF Henrietta Martin
in that city.
The United States reclamation
service ofiicials have at last succeed
ed In stopping the great flow of
water in the west entrance of the
Gunnison tunnel, after discharge of
100000 gallons daily for 3 weeks
This great flow Of water was broken