Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-02-11

Ralph Glaze has been signed again
this year by the Boston Americans
The house has completed and pass
ed the river and harbor appropriation
bill, carrying ss3,000,00O.
All employees on the Southern rail.
road will receive increased wage ag.
a total of about s40O,0 900.
A German scientist says that gold
when melted gives off a precious odor.
The majority of people like the smell
OF 1t even when it is unmelted.
The Chicago health department an
nounces that the scarlet fever epi-
and that it probably will be stamped
out shortly.
Mrs. Christine Zabrisl1ie, New
York widow, accuses young electri-
clan of winning her heart, defrauding
her out of $5,70O and then marrying
another woman.
Six people were drowned at Sac
ramento yesterday when a gasoliIA
launch struck the draw of railroad
bridge across the Sacramento river
and capsized.
Secretary Shaw, on visit to New
York, says he planned the reorganAa-
ton of the treasury department which,
1t has been said. Mr.. Cortelyou was
to carry out when he took office.
snow man in front of school
house caused a runaway accident, from
the effects of which Mrs. Joseph Bour-
rell of Kankakee, H.. died. She was
thrown head first against a telephone
pole and did not regain consciousness.
She was on her way to a revival
meeting at the time.
A $15.00OO00 cement combine has
been completed at st. Louis to con
troll the output of the west. AS the
eastern business recently went into a
combine it is thought there may be
contest between the two for busi-
ness. Perish the thought. The terri
tory will be divided and the consum-
ers will pay the bill.
Charging wholesale graft and ex-
travagance in the conduct of New
York city schools a resolution has
been introduced in the legislature at
is charged a vast amount of money
goes to favored clerks, inspectors, etc.
An appropriation of $4,000 is asked
for to make complete expose,
The federal court of Louisville, Ky,
has just decided that the Hepburn law
does not make it necessary to with
draw life passes which railroads have
given in lieu of damage claims or in
payment of right of way. The court
held that the law could not abrogate
or destroy previously made contracts.
had numerous life passes outstanding,
and have taken them up. Under the
Kentucky decision it may become nee
| essary to restore them.
William Jennings Bryan addressed
the Wyoming legislature and a large
number of citizens of Cheyenne at
| the state capitol Wednesday. Bryan
| touched upon all the public matters
that now have the attention of the
country. 1t was in no sense political
speech, but rather an expression of
the views of private citizen who has
| studied conditions carefully. He said
two great parties are necessary, the
democrats to ferret ou the wrong do
ings and mistakes of the republicans
when in power and vice versa.
With cold and stormy winter at
hand, 500 crates of ripe, luscious
Strawberries braved the biting blasts
and arrived in Chicago Tuesday from
Louisiana. Never before have berries
from Louisiana reached this market
before the first of March and the
have sold have always been So high
that only the wealthy could AFFORD
hem. The Louisiana fruit brought
from 81 to $1.75 a crate on South Wa
ter street. AL InlS wholesale price
they can be sold at and 10 cents
box, still leaving a profit The sea-
son in Louisiana this year has been
the most forward in many years.
Had 1t not been for the attachment
OF a Skye terrier to its young mistress,
Aida Golden, 10 years old, of Ho-
boken, N. j., would have perished
Tuesday in the snow. Alida's mother
sent her to grocery for sugar, and
the dog accompanied her. Having
made the purchase, she and the ter
rier started for home. When within
a dozen yards of home she stepped on
strip of ice that was covered by
snow and slipped and fell, striking
her head. When the dog found that
Its mistress did not get up, 1t began
licking her face and ran to Henry
johnson and barked and whined,
Johnson at first paid no attention to