Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-09-12
Couver. The people are greatly alarm

help the United States in the mega
tiation of the Japanese coolie exclu
sion treaty. The negotiations hay,
been In progress for months. the Japa
nese evidently holding OFF for recog
milton Of her contention that tn,
Japanese coolie is good as any othei
human being on earth. but the Japa
nese government cannot well discrim
mate the Great Britain and American
matter Of demands for fair treatment
for its subjects and must now be con
| vinced that trouble is really racial adj
the only solution is in the recognition
| coolie immigration in both Am erica
| and the colonies.
London, Sept: 1.-THE Times this
| morning, In an editorial. states 1t is
| convinced now OF full and ample con
| firmation of the belief that the anti
orientay riots at Vancouver were ac
oriental riots at Vancouver were ac
| agitators. the men whose intrigues
| brought San Francisco under the con
troll of Ruef and Schimtz.
Toxic. Sept. 11.-Publication of ex
tended accounts concerning the trou
BILE at Vancouver has not developed
any further criticism by the press
The public accepts the outbreak as
the work of irresponsibles, who must
be punished.
Topeka, Kas.. Sept. 1.-THE deci
sion Of railroad attorneys and officials
in Chicago to resist the order of the
Kansas board of railroad commission
ers that maximum 2-cent rate should
be put into effect, caused no end oi
surprise in Topeka. 1t was generally
assumed that the roads would put the
2cent rate in force and fight out the
legality OF the order in the courts
later. Governor Hoch, when told OF
the action of the railroad showed
much surprise and said:
Il think we will get the 2-cent fare
However. the demand of Kansas for
the 2-cent fare to place this state on a
level with the surrounding states is
Just and think will be accomplished.
New York, Sept. 11.-A statement
Democratic candidate for the pres
dency in 1904, is published In tic
World today regarding the recent
newspaper exposure OF the campaign
fund given at the last presidential
election. Judge Parker in effect says
that congress should have performed
the service that newspapers are l. "
attempting and that no man who is
fair and intelligent can doubt the &C
curacy of his famous charge regarding
campaign funds near the close of his
campaign. Judge Parker also advises
| imprisonment as a punishment fol
corporation campaign gifts.
New York, Sept. 11.-E. II. Harri
| man has returned to his office after
an absence of several weeks In the
west during which time he was max
ing a tour of the so-called Hartman
lines. Hartman went as far as the
Pacific coast and when asked to give
his views upon the general situation
in the railroads and financial world
said:
THE west is prosperous as it has
never been before and there is nc
sign of a panic out there. AS for the
crops out in tho west it is true that
in spots they are not as good as they
| were last year, but the west will have
| a fair crop. The Union Pacific ano
Southern Pacific promise to have the
| best year in their history. We are
| moving much larger volume of bus
| mess than we we're last fall when 6
| high record was made by the lines.
Spitzbergen. via Tromsoe. Normay
Sept. 11.-Wellman's airship has beer
waiting for a fortnight for an oppor
| the north pole. Strong winds hav'
been blowing constantly from thu
north for three weeks and 1t is i'm
| possible to take the ship from III
anchor without causing its instant de
| struction. Wellman think the tril
will be postponed till next summer,
| st. Petersburg, Sept. 11.-Gran'
Duke Nicholas Constantinovich, an un
Gle Of the czar and elder brother o
the poet, Grand Duke Constantine
disappeared one night recently iron
the villa he occupied in the Crimea
and there are rumors that he has gon'
crazy and is wandering alone In tn
woods. He took no money with hin
and no clothes except those that Ii
wore.
| The grand dukes story is not gen
orally known. His case is one of tn
many skeletons in the closet" of tn
Romanoffs. When he was 20 year
old he was regarded as one of tn
handsomest men In ST. Petersburg
and. like all the grand dukes, lie wa
wild. He became acquainted with
brilliant French actress. on whom h