Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-07-01
TELEGRAPH NEWS.

l
the Western Union and Postal compa.
MES in San Francisco and Oakland
carrying as 1t does far disaffection
among union keymen will spread to
other cities unless some hope of com,
promise is held out, may result in a
personal appeal to President Roose,
welt to use the influence OF his high
otnce to bring about settlement be.
lore the entire country becomes in.
volved In the struggle. Prominent
business men and brokers whose bust
ness suffered from the impairment of
the commercial service declare the
strike threatens TO become national In
scope. It would be proper for the
federal government to step In and
pacify the belligerents. Superlntend-
ent Miller OF the Western Union. act.
ing under instructions of higher Off
cials in New York removed the last
DIT OF hope of meeting between him
self and the striking operators by
declaring II the strikers wish to re-
turn to work they must personally
apply for positions. At union head
quarters this is bulletined: AT mid
night Tuesday San Francisco office
had $40 messages on hand seventeen
hours behind, Denver $50. twenty hours
behind; Los Angeles $50. twenty-four
hours behind; Salt Lake 175, nineteen
hours behind; Seattle 4S0, twenty-four
hours behind. A total of 2,301 San
| Francisco kilograms that are in trans
| II between San Francisco and the east
| by easy stages. At Los Angeles Sat
nrday thousand messages for San
Francisco disappeared from the op-
Grating room 1t is presumed they
were shipped by train to Oakland
where they arrived In time for de-
livery early Monday morning"
Sapulpa. |. T., June 27.-Three lives
| were lost and damage amounting to
a quarter million was wrought by
tornado which swept over the oil fields
here yesterday. John Reber. der
rick man. was killed by falling tim
ber. Two other men we're instantly
killed by the blowing down of der
| ricks. A combination gas and oil well
was struck by lightning and the fire is
not yet under control. The path of
the storm was not extensive. but eY.
erything therein was completely
wrecked
San Francisco, June 27.-The sen
tence OF Mayor Schmitz, which was
expected this morning was not pro
nounced. There was vast crowd In
! h., urfr 70, y,,J.
Dunno had the power and II was be-
lieved the inclination was to sentence
the mayor to five years in prison for
extortion. The Judge listened to mo-
tions for stay OF sentence and finally
postponed the matter until July 9Th.
Washington, June 27.-The state de-
partment is trying hard to effect a
treaty between Panama and Columbia,
agreeing to shoulder part OF Co
lumbia's national debt. There have
been several bitches and now the mat
ter will go over until fall.
New York, June 27.-Col George
Harvey, editor Harpers Weekly, has
returned to New York after Ave weeks
spent in England and France. Col.
Harvey said: "One cannot remain
abroard a fortnight without being
forced to realize that President Roose-
welt is far and away the most populax
man in the world. King Edward and
the kaiser are much loved and ad
mired respectively by their own peo
Pile, but the presidents popularity is
literally and universally prevailing all
classes.
Vienna, June, 27-Count Johann
Won Harrach, one OF the leaders of
Austrian righ society and the husband
Of Princesss Maria Theresa OF Thum
and Taxis, has started an energetic
campaign against the modern meth
cd OF salutation by taking of the hat.
1T is practice he says, which is
unhygienic and very bad for hats,
while the number of colds and cases
OF influenza due to this pernicious hab.
it are legion"
In a formal appeal to civilized 30
ciety. the count says: "All men and
women should Join me In this crusade.
| propose to establish an information
al union OF men and women who, In
stead OF recognizing the present in
sane method, shall pledge themselves
to reform in the shape OF a simple In
clination OF the head
The count takes a dig at America,
where he says, the hat salutation has
grown to be a fetish. 1t always makes
MIN laugh to see how an American un-
| covers In the presence Of lady ut
| terly oblivious TO draughts and the
next days bad cold.
Members OF the association are to
wear a scarlet badge on their hats as
a sign to the uninitiated that when
they bend their heads instead OF tax
ing of their hats they do not intend
any af1ront.
| Germany is taking kindly to Har-
rachs reform. The count is flooded
with applications from there for ad-
mission to the association, and for
the scarlet badge.
New York. June 2S.-As result OF
the announcement OF Edward II. Har-
riman that the steels companies fur
nishing unsafe rails to the railroads a