Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-01-07


is eager to have him in an i'm
portant position.
DENVER, Jan. 4.-After canvassinr
the returns of the late election TODAY
the legislature adjourned till next
Monday. The session was long ~
not interesting.
The galleries were crowded at the
outset but soon emptied. After the
usual morning routine had been dis
posed of the work of canvassintpahe
vote cast at the last election WAS
taken up. 1t was perfunctory mat
ter and the clerks and members Sc
lected to do the work ratified
through the figures as quickly as DOS
sible, while the rest of the legislat-
ors smoked. wrote letters and gath
cred in the cloak room to tell stories.
At the conclusion of the canvass
an adjournment was taken until next
Monday. The house was particular
ly anxious for the long adjournment
in order that Speaker Breckenridge
might have chance to complete his
work in making up the lists of COM
mittees and getting the machine in
smooth running order. In fact no.
thing could be done until these com
mittees were appointed.
CHICAGO, Jan. "A dispatch to
the Tribune from Washington says
that for some reason the inaugural
message of Gov. Hughes ofNew
York seems to have stirred the Re-
publican leaders there to an extra
ordinary degree. When he was first
elected they did not enthuse over
him at all. They insisted that he was
cold-blooded and that the candidate
for the presidency would have to
come from the West any how
But there is no denying that the
governors inaugural speech has ben
Gifted him wonderfully as far as
opinion of mere politicians goes. One
of the old-timers in congress made up
list of eleven men, one of whom he
predictedly would surely be the Re-
publican candidate for the presidency
to succeed Theodore Roosevelt. His
York, Secretary Taft, Senator Foraker
of Ohio, Governor Cummins and Sec
retary Shaw of Iowa. Vice President
Fairbanks and Senator Beveridge q
IrJ; ~;
Governor Deneen of Illinois and Sen
ators La Toilette and Spooner of Wis
consin.
NEW YORK, Jan. 4.-The utmost
anxiety is felt by the friends and
family of Robert Grau, once manager
OF such celebrities as Adelina Patti
and Helena Modjeska, over the disap-
pearance OF the former impressario.
who has not been heard from for over
two weeks.
NEW YORK. Jan. 4,-The New
York World today says:
The Powder trust, protected by
prohibitive tariff, and rolling up mil
lions in profit in its supply to the U.
S. government alone. will on Janu-
ary employ every possible means to
gain control of the National Rife as
sociation, and If successful can die
tate the character of the ammunition
for every state military organization
in the Union.
PARIS, Jan. A fashionable
duel took place yesterday in which
one participant was actually wounded.
Two young officers fought over a
woman affair and one, Lieutenant
Splitter. was wounded in the stomach,
and so badly that serious consequence
es are feared. Today the seconds
and the principals doctors are under
dies all must suffer the death PEN
atty. that being the law.
TOPEKA. Kans., Jan. 3.-Rock ISL
and officials here today insist that
only thirty persons were killed and
thirty others seriously injured in the
collision OF two fast passenger
trains near Alma, Kans.
CHICAGO, Jan. 4.-The new thea
tier which was subsidized play
house and was to be devoted to real
art, has proved failure and its rich
promoters decline to put up any more
money. 1t will pass into the hands
of sordid variety men looking for a
good thing
WASHINGTON, Jan. All sorts
OF pressure is being brought to bear
here to defeat the bill looking to
shorter hours for railroad employees.
Senators today are simply flooded
with oral and written protests against
the measure.