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

puoisheu special from Wash
ington yesterday. which elaine,
upon the highest authority that Sec
retary Taft had given up all presi
dental aspirations and will go on tn,
supreme court bench succeedin,
Chief Justice Fuller.
WASHINGTON, Jan. s.-Georg,
b. Cortelyou has announced his re
tirement as chairman of the Repuhli
can national committee. Harry s
New, vice chairman, will become act
Ing chairman Of the committee,
| BURLINGTON, VT, Jan. s. The
entire family of George Davino. al
Winooskl. consisting of six persons
the father, mother and four children
were killed Sunday night by illumi.
mating gas which entered the house
from break in the street main
through sewer pipe.
| MAZATI.AN, Mexico, Jan. s.-The
steamer City of Panama arrived
Sunday night all safe and sound.
She passed through severe gale
after leaving San Francisco, but was
| never in serious danger.
BERLIN, Jan. S.-Maxim Gorky, in
letter printed today. tells of the aw.
ful torture Nicholas Schmidt, DO
litical suspect, suffered in Siberia
fhe police kept him awake by knife
cuts and other ingenious methods for
ever eight days and then took the
Wild raving of his dilirous brain for
confession and are now trying
him on the disordered evidence he
gave against himself.
WASHINGTON, Jan S.-The sen.
ate yesterday afternoon took up the
Brownsville riot inquiry, and 1t is al.
ready evident that il will occupy the
Intention of the upper house of con
sress for several days. The senate
VIII insist upon an inquiry into the
ioings OF the negro troops. The ger.
eral right Of the president will be
zone into as to whether he can legal
y dismiss troops. and judging from
odays expressions the debate is
likely to be very acrimonious.
WASHINGTON, Jan. Sin decid
ing the case of the American Smelt
ng & Refining Co. versus the People
of Colorado, the United States su
preme court reversed the decision OF
volving instruction in that portion oil
he revenue law of Colorado which
imposes a tax of four cents annually
on each thousand dollars stock 0.
foreign corporations doing business
in the state. The Colorado court
sustained the law.
PROVIDENCE, R. l., Jan. S-Sam
uel Slater, watchman at the big dye
works here, was shot and killed this
morning by robber whom he found
IN the establishment.
MINNEAPOLIS, Jan.s.-The leg
$ lature voted today to elect Nelson
United States senator to succeed
himself.
VICTORIA. B. c., Jan. S-The EN-
press of India just arrived, bringing
news of the drowing of seventy Jap
sailors in big fishing boat in Toxic
bay when the vessel capsized in
sudden squall. Three Americans
were also drowned.
NEW YORK. Jan. s.-Having graf.
fled his greatest desire-to be bless
ed by the highest authority in this
country of the Russian holy orthodox
church-Theodore Slavinski. monk
81 years old. killed himself in the
archepiscopal residence in this city.
He shot himself and was found
lead in his room in the early morn
ing. Behind the mysterious suicide
Of the devout novice, who had come
here from st. Tikhon monastery.
South Canaan. Pa, there is believed
10 he story of romance and Rus
sian political intrigue. From various
sources it is learned that Slayinski
was a member OF one OF Russia's
1obles families, that he rose to the
rank of colonel in the czars army
during the Crimean war and then
ook part in several OF the minor
revolutions during the reign of the
last Alexander.
That Slavinski came to America
several years ago on special mis-
sion for the czar is the belief Of the
police. They confirm this belief by
he unusual interest which the Rus
sian consul general displayed in the
case.
DENVER, Jan. S.-The supreme
court handed down a decision yester-
lay which sustained the contention
hat the county court had no juris.
iiction to try cases In which the
validity Of franchises is concerned.
This relieves F. A. Williams, Dogert
IF the Gas company and the rest sen
fenced TO jail for contempt by Judge
Lindsey. and is victorious for the
franchise people, The decision was
unanimous.