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


the French camp after the attacker
had apparently retired. NJ. Renauli
the French minister at Tangier, lef
today for Madrid to confer with tn,
Spanish officials for the enlargmen
of action and the cooperation of Spail
and France
Topeka, Kas.. Sept. 5.-Colorado fly
er of the Santa Fe road was deraile(
at Wakarua, twelve miles west OF To
peka this morning and three Pullman
cars and one tourist sleeper were de
rallied. Few passengers received more
than minor bruises, but the conductor
had leg broken and the Pullman con
ductor was severely injured A de
fectlve rail caused four cars to bump
along on the track for several hundred
yards but were not overturned. The
wreck was cleared and traffic resumed
at Z O'Clock this morning.
| Burlington, Vt, Sept. 5.-Joseph G
Cannon, speaker of the house of rep
l
today at a reunion of civil war vet.
Grams. Tomorrow he will make a
| speech at Hotel Champlain at the an.
nual banquet of the Vermont Fish and
| Game league, at which Governor
Hughes of New York, will also deliver
an address. Mr. Cannon has been
spending the summer in Vermont.
northern New York and Canada He
will likely return to Illinois before pro
ceeding to Washington to line mp his
| political fences. He refuses to make
any definite statement as to his sup
pose presidential aspirations, but ad-
mits that If the nomination were of
fered he would not find 1t in his heart
tn refuse.
Lenox. Sept. 5.-There Is trouble be
tween Federal District Attorney Ed
win w. Sims and Attorney General
Bonaparte of the department Of JUS
tice. Its climax may witness the dis.
charge of Mr.. Sims and before the
Alton controversy closed 1t is not
improbable Mr.. Bonaparte himself will
be asked to withdraw from the cabinet
at Washington. Mr.. Sims holds the
confidence of President Roosevelt, but
maybe in interest judiciary he will
have to go.
Washington, Sept. 6.-The latest
rumor affecting President Roosevelt's
activity is to the effect that the presi-
dent intends to call peace confer
ence of his own. A diplomat who is
responsible for this novel statement
Nplains that the president is not at
all satisfied with the results of the
peace conference at The Hague and
is determined to add another wreath
to his crown of peace before he leaves
the White house.
Cripple Creek, Sept. 6.-Alleging
that her husband, George ]. Petes, a
strong and healthy man, aged 90, had
suffered her to support herself and
son by hiring out and driving a milk
wagon for wages, Annie Peters.
brought suit for divorce in the country
court today.
Ottawa, Ont, Sept. with the Ca
madam branch of the royal mint now
almost completed, 1t Is expected that
the establishment will be in operation
within a month. The building and
plant cost $500, 900, and the annual sal
airy list will aggregate 100000. Thir
ty-fiye men will be employed, their
pay ranging from 81 to SO a day.
Santiago, Chill, Sept. 6.-Fifty per-
sons have been buried alive by vast
avalanche of snow that has rolled
down the mountain side and oblit-
Grated the Chilean custom house at
Juncal, a station on the Argentine
frontier, high up in the Andes.
Denver, Neb., Sept. G.-The Rocky
Mountain Limited on the Rock Island
road was raided this morning Just be-
fore daylight near Murdock, Neb., by
three masked men. The robbers went
through the chair car, robbing every
passenger and securing their pocket.
books and purses. They covered the
train crew with revolvers and escaped
By leaping from the train. Railroad
detectives and sheriffs posses are in
pursuit, but the robbers have several
hours start OF the officiars.
Philadelphia Sept. 6.-Hereafter the
450 girl operators OF the Keystone
Telephone company will not say
| please" to subscribers and subscrib
ers have been requested to say
| please" to the operators. A. ]. vi
rich, manager OF the company, says
the girls In conversation and calls
use the word 1000 times every twenty
four hours. Estimating that 1t re
quires half a second to say the wore
$500 minutes are consumed ever,
twenty-four hours, which is a loss o
76 hours.
Washington, Sept. much to the
disappointment Of n large number mar
riageable young ladies' and elibibl'
bachelors the Taft party which sail,