Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-09-09

| eiai lIuue 70 make an expedition into
the interior of Mococco to punish the
tribesmen who are besieging Casa
| blanca.
Lord Strathcona, In an interview in
New York. says that before the end of
the century Canada's population will
be as great as that OF the United
States now.
Presidents Roosevelt and Diaz 81.
| multaneously proffer good offices to
five South American republics to
| bring about conference to assure
permanent peace.
Primary elections are In progress
in Russia for the third duma. which
viii be more moderate than its pre-
decessors en account of the changes
IN the election law.
Freddie Weeks OF Cripple Creek
knocked out Nick Santoro OF Chicago
in the fourth round OF what was to
be 10-round bout before the Western
Athletic club at Denver Monday.
Estimates are made that Marshall
and Henry Field will divide 81 900 ,0OO,-
900 when the estate of their grand
father Is settled at the end of trust
period of thirty-elght years.
Three Reading companies, In their
answer at Philadelphia to the federal
suit brought to break up the alleged
coal combine declare the agreement
regarding wages and prices was forced
on them by the late Mark Hanna.
st. Louis, the National league tai!
enders, surprised Chicago pennant
winners by shutting tnem out two
games Labor day. One game was 6
to and the second . TO o. This In
dicates that lucky ball wins occasion.
ally against the best crackerjacks.
United States District Judge DE
Haven of San Francisco has sentenced
John A. Benson and Il. II. Perrin, re-
Gently convicted Of land fraud, to 10
years imprisonment In the Alameda
county jail and to pay fine Of $1,000
each.
John Jay Jackson, the Iron Judge"
who became famous for his imprison-
ment of Mother Jones" and other
leaders in the great West Virginia
miners strike in 1902, dropped dead
at Atlantic City Monday of heart dis
ease. He was SO years old.
Mira Ali Khan, premier OF Persia.
was shot and killed az he was leaving
the national council Sunday night.
Two soldiers were killed at the same
time, and an assemblyman was shot
in the leg. One of the assassins com
mitted suicide, one was arrested and
the others escaped
Labor day gave to the world new
welterweight champion and supplied
one of the greatest fights In the ring
annals of California. In the 32d round
OF a scheduled Aground contest, under
the Marquis of Queensbury rules, at
Coffroths Mission street arena, Young
Ketchel of Butte. Mont, knocked out
Champion Joe Thomas of San Fran
cisco. in the presence of 5000 people.
Not until the champion had gone to
the floor four times in quick succession
did his seconds throw up the sponge.
Thomas was so badly punished that
he had to be carried to his corner,
and 1t was several minutes before he
reopened his eyes and asked daZedly:
What's the matter?"
Half dozen tree doctors" are at
Pocantico Hills. treating trees for the
purpose of preventing decay. Many
of the trees that indicate an age of
200 years or more Mr.. Rockefeller Is
especially anxious to preserve. He
learned that there were such individ-
uals IA tree DOCTORS" and he imme
diately sent for them.
Labor union violence Tuesday added
one more victim to its list at an early
hour Tuesday morning when Police
man Edward II. Mccartney was shot
and killed at Twenty-fourth and Fol
som streets while engaged in quelling
an incipient riot. John j. Tansey, n
striking motorman, is under arrest
for the murder and has been identified
as McCartney's slayer by Policeman
= j. Mitchell. into whose arms the
dying officer fell.
One was was taken to hospital, a
second to the police station, a third
Is home nursing a battered face and
half dozen women are recovering
gradually from bad cases OF nerves
because a Washington dentist tried
TO extract tooth. The tooth is s'll
in the jaw of the patient, who Is the
man In the hospital. The man WIS
giving laughing gas which made him
insane and he made lively until
noored by being hit with a hammer.
The American farmers earnings are
thousand million dollars greater this
year than last, according to pre-
liminary report on crops which will be
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