Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-06-03

a flood in the Houston ship canal,
and all shipping and wholesale inter
ests along the stream are under wa
ter. Two hundred homes are also
flooded. These houses were occupied
mostly by poor people.
Thirty-two of the thirty-four cotton
manufacturing corporations located in
Fall River, Mass, have declared diyi-
Gends during the second quarter Of
the year. The aggregate amount dis
tributed has been s52S,52 or 2.21 per
cent on the capital, against S29S,s25, or
1872 per cent in the period last year.
William q. Curtis. writing from
New York, says that Wall street
brokers blame the president for the
recent slump in railroad stocks, and
quotes an authority as saying that the
| only damage done by the much-dis-
cussed green bug" is TO the specula-
tors on the street.
Attorneys for plaintiffs in actions
for personal damages and loss of life
In the lroquois theater fire ask the
| United States circuit court in New
| York to postpone the trials until the
| October term of court. Defendants
will ask that the cases be dismissed
IL plaintiffs are not ready at calling
in June.
| When the governor of Illinois, on
Monday last. signed the bill establish
ing cent mile maximum railroad
| fare in that state, 1t made Colorado
the only state along the lines OF the
Burlington and Union Pacific. between
Denver and Chicago, where the 3 cent
a mile rate still prevails. Illinois, Iowa
and Nebraska will all have the 2 cent
rate after July /, and, figuring the ac
tual mileage, the rate between Denver
and Chicago will be reduced about 81
in consequence of the legislative ac
ton taken in those states this spring
On account of the fact that the road!
which do not run through the state
where the 2 cent n mile law is in ef
feet will not have TO reduce their rates
the Burlington and Union Pacific viii
continue to charge the same rate a
at present from Denver to Chicago il
cases where the passenger does no
intend to stop off in the states wher'
the low rate will prevail. In case tn
passenger wishing to do from Den
yer to Chicago desires to travel in
Pullman car. or in the event that h
has baggage which must be checked
he will be obliged to pay the ful
fare of $2S.65 for the through triI
Otherwise, it will be possible for tn
traveller to buy a ticket at the rat
of cents a mile from Denver to tn
state line and then pay his fare on til
train at the rate of cents a mil
from there on. The railroads stat
that when the cent mile law goe
into effect they will be compelled t
cease running homeseekers' excursion
into the west, and will also have t
discontinue the usual summer rates G
one fare plus so for the round triI
Whether this proves true remains t
be seen. Nothing but straight fare
will prevail, it is stated, with II
advantage to be gained in purchasin
a round trip ticket.
Charges are made in New York tina
postoffice employees, on the order c
an inspector, tampered with the ma
of Mrs. Howard Gould.
The New York police believe tn
priest whose body was found in
trunk may have been murdered a
part of plot to seize the Servia
throne. Arrests made in Chicago ia
to clear the mystery.
Bill forbidding all persons unde
l6 years of age to use tobacco i
any form, except in the presence G
parents or guardians, which is desigr
ed to Suppress the cigarette habit, j
passed by the Wisconsin legislatur,
The monument erected at Aspen b
the miners in memory of former Go,
ernor Davis H. Waite, was unveile
yesterday with appropriate ceremor
les. The Grafton was delivered b
John O'Neill of Denver, editor of tn
Miners Magazine.
Douglas Mitchell head of the Mitcl
ell Engineering and Construction con
pany of Grand Junction was arreste
| ytSNeiudy on tHe charge Oh forgery
the arrest being based on thirty bogl
checks issued by Mitchell. Drink /
said to be the cause,
Rock Island farmers have been mai
ing a good thing by turning old an
manned horses onto the highways +
be run over by automobilists and re
ceiving $50 to 800 damages. Tn
autoists have banded and say the
will resist further payments. the an
mails not averaging three dollars ii
value.
1t is complained that poorhouse a
Hammersmith, England, cost sl,350
900. which is at the rate of Sl.G75 pc
inmate. or more than would provid
a small separate dwelling. This in
stance of extravagance will amount t.
little II averaged with the thousand
of cases IN which poorhouses are dis
gracefully crowded and neglected.