Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-09-16
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ilHue sotut tiiHe uSU Dy SeuOr Ughrte
who was sent here for that purpose.
| The reason given by the state officials
| for the refusal was that such recog
milton of provisional government offer
| ed premiums on revolutions, and
| greatly retarded the efforts OF the
more conservative element in Central
America to establish stable and re-
| sponsible governments. 1t Is believed
that the Influence of President Roose
gelt and President Diaz had much
| to do with the decision of General Da
villa to trust his political fortunes to
an appeal to popular suffrage.
Los Angeles, Cal, Sept. 13.-Prinoes
OF funny fellows will gather In Los
| Angeles next week, when the national
association will meet here. The meet.
ing. the fifth Of the newspaper humor-
lists, viii be notable through the inau-
giration of a movement for the b1ild-
Ing of a monument to the late Edgar
Wilson Nye. better known as bill"
Laramie, Wyo., is a favorite location
for the memorial, that town having
been the scene of the humorists earli-
est efforts and some OF his best work.
Asheyille. N. c.. where Mr.. Nye died.
has also been mentioned, but general
sentiment apparently favors the Wy
oming city.
One of the feature events OF the
convention will take place next Friday
when a dozen humorists OF national
reputation will appear on the local
stage In a performance to aid the Nye
monument fund. Among those on the
program are the Rev. Robert ]. Bnr.
dette, now resident of Los Angeles.
Charles Battell Loomis. Eli Perkins.
Strickland w. Gillian. Edward Vance
Cook, Wilbur d. Nesbit. s. r. Klser.
Sam Davis and Thomas A. DAILY. I'm
less the distinguished visitors In ex.
plicably fall down on their assign
ments. the Los Angeles public will be
gwen its moneys worth of laughter
and tears.
Frank Thompson Searight, secre-
tary of the association. assisted by
Los Angeles newspaper men, has corri.e'
pleted preparations to give the pro.
fessional funny men the time OF their
lives In the City of Angels, and will
be backed up in the attempt by the
entire population. The only fly In
the ointment will be the absence OF
Mark Twain, who has written that
he will never again make land voy-
age II 1t can be avoided, "honorably or
otherwise"
Lexington, KY. Sept. ia scene
of animation again greets the eye on
Lexington's famous race track, where
the Ohio-Kentucky season opens to.
morrow. The meet here will last to
Saturday, September 81, inclusive, and
will be followed by twenty-fonr day
meet at Latonia, from Monday, Sep.
tember 20, to Saturday. October 10.
Next will come the meet OF the Louis
vile Jockey club. eighteen days. be-
ginning Monday, October 81. and con-
tlnuing through November ..
1t is expected that some OF J. B.
Haggin's two year olds will be seen
OF the local track next week. It will
be the first time MIR. Haggin has had
starter on the Lexington track for
twenty-one years. The last time the
Haggins cOlors. orange and blue, were
seen here was in 1886. when Tyrant
won the Distillers' stakes. This will
in the fall at Lexington.
New York. Sept. 13.--Delayed great
ly in the last part of her trip by fogs.
| the huge steamship Lusitania did not
arrive at Sandy Hook light ship until
8: 40 this morning. Her average speed
was therefore twenty-five miles. She
| makes at that a new ocean record
but If she had done the last half OF
| the voyage as fast as the first half she
would have crossed under four and
onc.half days. The big ship was given
l
| up the bay this morning. Ships and
buildings were decorated In her honor.
New York, Sept. 1.-THE log Of the
| Lusitania gives the time Of the pas
sage as five days fifty-four minutes.
The time OF arrival OF Sandy Hook
light ship was sos a. IN. Her aver.
age speed was 23.01 knots.
Washington. Sept. 13.-By deci-
sion OF the Interstate commerce COM
mission. which will ultimately affect
all the coal carrying roads OF the
country. the Hooking Valley and
Wheeling e. Lake Erie roads must
hereafter make a just proportionate
distribution of coal cars among ship
pers, including the private cars and
foreign fuel cars which are at the
disposition OF such owners, lessees or
ccal companies. In other words. al
cars are to be counted in the distri-
hutioo The order hecomes effective