Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-03-18
TELEoRApHlc NEWS.

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President Hin says railroad rates
Will be advanced in the northwest.
The rains which have caused such
devastating floods in Ohio have been
| unprecedented
Kid Murphy of New York and Eddie
Greenwald of Milwaukee, fought n
Ten round bout at Milwaukee last
night. Murphy getting the decision.
The grand jury at Columbus. O., re-
turns indictments against thirteen
men. most of them charged with re-
ceiving bribes In connection with a
paving scandal.
Conditions favor the completion OF
the Panama canal in eight years. say
commercial club men from Chicago
and elsewhere. who landed at Charles
ton, S. c.. after trip to Panama
The fight last night which occurred
al Hot Springs, Ark. between Marvin
Hart and Harry Rogers. scheduled for
twenty rounds, terminated In the sec
ond round by Hart knocking Rogers
out with right swing on the Jaw.
Because their demand for an In
crease in wages had not been granted.
1,lO0 employees of the Chicago Ship.
building company. South Chicago,
went on Il strike Wednesday. Those
who went out were boilermakers and
their helpers. More than 1000 men
viii be affected by the walkout of
the boilermakers, as the entire plant
will be closed. Extreme reluctance
to take the radical action commanded
by their leaders is said to have been
exhibited by the employees of the COM
pany. The men are said to be well
satisfied with their present wages and
working conditions and did not desire
to engage In n fight with their en-
ployes but union leaders forced the
issue.
Denver papers express fear OF
great building strike in that city.
Lake City Times complains that
life Is dull in their berg without
minister or a priest.
field, one known as Il Greater Mon
trose" and the other Taxpayers"
State Chairman Milton Smith Of the
democratic party states his willing
ness to resign II 1t will help his party.
| n Patterson would follow suit there
would be some hopes for democracy.
Attorney General Dickson having
been appealed to by people OF Boulder
to give an opinion as to whether
they should hold an election. that city
being in the same class with Cripple
| Creek, writes that 1t would be better
| for Boulder to proceed with Its cleo
ton, inasmuch as 1t had taken the
| preliminary steps, and II. after the
election, there was doubt OF 1t being
legal, the matter could be taken to
the supreme court. The election will
now be held, and will be one OF the
most hotly contested which ever took
place there, the issue being saloons
OF no saloons. Both parties are work
ing as never before. the saloon people
quietly and less openly than the bet
ter Boulder" people. but just as hard.
While an eastbound Rio Grande To-
cal freight train was running down a
heavy grade at Howard station, thirty
five miles east of Salida. at $50
o'clock yesterday morning. William
Baker. brakeman, was thrown from
the top OF car by the sudden appli-
cation of the brake and he was crush
ed to death beneath the wheels. He
was dead when picked up. his body
having been literally cut In two.
The Iowa house has passed the
anti-pass bill based on the federal Law
but which also prohibits surgeons and
attorneys of railroads riding on passes
, on their own roads unless exclusively
employed.
/ According to the Denver Post arriv
ing last evening the appropriation
= committee OF the house has placed t30.
T. 900 on the list for both Durango ant
; Grand Junction as a starter for stat,
!. normal.