Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-01-10

many reforms.
United States Steel officials sa
they do not care who Corey marie
so long as he attends to busines!
When he returns Feb. l Miss Mabel
Gilman will be his wife.
Josiah Quincy, former mayor q
Boston and long a leader in polite
and business, is forced into banl
ruptcy by misplaced confidence in hi
friends, his liabilities being abou
s150,000.
William Harvey, negro, was
hanged at Mayersville. Miss, Thurs
day because of telephone worE4n.
badly and delaying message thre,
minutes committing the sentence t,
life imprisonment.
The tower oil the Metropolitan Lif,
Insurance company building in New
| York, together with the forty 81,
stories above the ground. will be the
loftiest building in the world. vii
cost over two million dollars.
Henry w. Taft, brother of the sec
retary OF war, is retained as legal
counsel by the New York Cotton ex
change TO fight the application made
to Postmaster General Cortelyou for
the issuance of a fraud order against
the exchange.
Congressman Livingstone and Pres
ident Jordan of the Southern Cotton
association ask for a fraud order
against the New York Cotton Elk.
change. charging that it is fraud,
ulent gambling concern.
James McCrea of Pittsburg, vice
president of the Pennsylvania lines
west of Pittsburg. was elected presi-
dent of the PENNSYLVANIA Railroad
company, to succeed the late A. j..
Cassatt. at a meeting of the direct
oIs in Philadelphia.
Chicago's mayor must be n 10.
dandy, having pardoned a wife beater
before he had been in Jail many days.
The Chicago officials stand in with
the black-legs the same as Mayor
Schmitz of San Francisco, but the
election of clean set of Republican
judges at the late election gives
promise of cleaning up some of the
gangs, according to dispatch to
the New York Herald.
The management of the Erie road
has made an investigation into ev-
cry accident which occurred on that
system during 1906 and has laid the
result before its employees, together
with a sermon on caution. The re-
suits of the investigation are given
IN the Erie's Employees magazine.
which states that during the year
there were 1873 accidents on that
road, resulting in total damage OF
S249, ,265.91 This sum Is little more
than per cent on capitalization
of s6,00O,0O0, the employees are told
The accidents have been itemized
lnder twenty different classifications
md the investigations show that 95
per cent of them could have been
avoided If each employe concerned
had done his full duty. These acci
DENTS" says the sermon. resulted
not only in a loss of money, but in
many cases jeopardized the safety of
the employees as well as the travel
ing public. If ninety-niDe out of ev-
cry hundred employees desire 10 do
what is right it is difficult to see
how so many accidents of the kind
referred to could occur"
The price of lumber has slumped
IN Montrose from s26 and s25 per
thousand feet to $22
Denver Post intimates Jesse Nc
Donald will be in the race for U. s.
senator two years hence.
A conductor on the Santa Fe is
suing another man for s25,O00 dam
ages for alternating his wife's affec-
tions.
Tomorrow Denver will have two
sets of county commissioners and
the courts will have to settle the dis
pute.
The receiver and attorneys in the
Denver Savings bank case are receiv-
ing attention for the big fees allow
ed to the detriment of depositors.
Phil B. Stewart had a talk with
the president Saturday AFTERNOON
regarding the land office commission
ership. He will not announce his de
cision for a week or So
The mass meeting called at Mont.
rose by few Democrats to protest
against the election of Mr.. Guggen-
helm senator turned out complete
fizzle, only three of those signing the
call showing UP.
Mabel Conger Stanley, cousin OF
former Minister Conger to China,
suicided in Denver Saturday. She
left one of the most pathetic letters
we have ever read. She slnned and
the wages of sin is death.
A Fort Collins dispatch to the Den
yer Republican says the farmers OF