Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-01-10

| ""N "'ie NiAhpuh iutl, ana al
most twenty cars were carried of
The engineer started to pull out of
town when the levers holding the
false bottoms of the coal cara were
pulled OFT and let down on lie track.
| Hundreds have been without fuel for
days. with zero weather prevalling.
Citizens have taken the matter into
their own hands and organized to
hold up any coal train that attempt
ed to paas here without leaving fuel.
NEW YORK. Jan. 9.--The congress.
| sional delegation headed by Senator
Flint of California. which went to the
lsthmus to investigate. have just re-
| turned. The most of them left for
Washington today.
They say they spent five hard
working days on the Isthmns. which
were two more than the president
spent, and after close investigation
have come to the conclusion that
Chinese labor Is not necessary on the
canal, but that other ana better la.
Dor can be secured. This is In di-
rect opposition to the findings of the
president
NEW YORK, Jan. 0-Charles NJ
Schwab believes the boom in steel
is just getting under way, and con
siders the condition OF trade absolute
y sound. He says he looks for great.
er business than ever in the near
future
He also believes mining as bus
mess has been put on new basis
that VIII insure permancy to the
boom and vast output OF metals for
the next few years.
II told you four years ago. said
Mr.. Schwab. that the steel indus.
try would increase to such an ex-
1910 this country would be consum-
ing from 2s000,000 to 29.0O0.O00 tons
of steel annually. and that the rail-
roads and workshops would be utter
ly unable to MI the demands made
on them and that we would see such
a volume of business as. we had new
eli dreamed OF. That prediction is
being very rapidly verified. AS early
as | can estimate. the consumption
was 2l,00O,000 tons of steel this
year"
DENVER. Jan. 9.-The legislature
today postponed indefinitely the CON
tested election case. II will not be
considered until after the election OF
United States senator. The business
transacted today was OF no special-in-
terest. being devoted principally
to the Introduction of food Of bills
Representative Kelly's pure food
bill in the house will he enacted into
law with some minor changes by the
general assembly, because 1t is the
administration measure which the
Republican party in its state plat
form is pledged TO pass at this
session.
LONDON. Jan. "a reconciliation
between the Duke and Duchess Of
marlborough has been rendered i'm
possible, legal deed of separation
having been signed By them in the
presence Of their legal advisers.
This Is the final step In the parting
of the duke and his wife. who was
Miss Consuello Vanderbilt OF New
York So far as the details OF the
deed are concerned. the lawyers re
fused to discuss them in any way.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.-Assistant
Secretary OF War Oliver has devised
plan for the mobilization OF the
national guard that wl' make impos-
sible any repetition Of the difficulties
of the mobilization Of the militia
forces of the country. as was noted
in the early days Of the war with
4 Spain in 1898
NEW YORK. Jan. 9.-The last OF
the famous Field brothers. Henry NJ.
Field. the historian and writer, Is
dying today at the age OF 50.
+ WASHINGTON, Jan. 9-Semator
Warren OF Wyoming strongly oppos-
ed the La Toilette bill limiting the
hours of service en- railroads when II
came up in the senate quite unex'
pectedly late yesterday afternoon.
The Union Pacific openly opposes
the measure. and. said Mr.. Warren
so do hundreds OF its employees. Sen
ator Patterson of Colorado was
strong for the bill. He said 1t mlghl
be unpopular with the railroads, but
/. should be designed more for the
protection OF the travelling public.
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