Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-02-25
The twins of a Montana family died
simultaneously the other day. A very

The twins of Montana family died
simultaneously the other day. A very
unusual occurrence.
Senator Smoot retains his seat In
the senate, the vote yesterday after
noon being AZ In favor to 2S against.
This settles the long drawn out battle.
Dr. E. G.. Hirsh declares before the
National American Woman Suffrage
association that the military idea is
the reason why man refuses to grant
woman the right to vote.
Otto Kelsey. New York. state super
intendent of insurance, In letter to
Governor Hughes, given out at Albany,
refuses to accede TO the governors
request that he resign his office.
Memorial services were held In New
York Sunday by the Salvation Army
for the ten officers of the Army who
lost their lives by the sinking OF the
steamer Larchmont OFF Block Island.
"Steel trust milllonaires" are all gay
while there is something about the
"oil trust which makes lis rich men
pious. says New Yorker who attends
John ID. Rockefeller Jr.'s Bible class.
A Connecticut banker and church
members were fleeced out of $3.50, 900
by shrewd band of New York wire
tappers. The old gag worked because
| the banker was already in the hole
|, and jumped at anything to recuperate.
The directors of the Pennsylvania
railroad who investigated allega
| tions of graft among officers and en-
ployes and of fayorltism to shippers
and contractors, report that the road
is managed honestly and that few evil
dences of improper methods have been
discovered.
The postoffice appropriation bill pass
ed the house yesterday and is the
| largest in the history of the depart.
| ment, all provisions affecting an in.
crease in the pay of 90 per cent of the
employees carrying. This means a raise
of 800 each for the regular clerks at
the Durango office and also increase
for the carriers.
| General Manager A. w. Sullivan oi
the Missouri Pacific railroad has is
sued statement concerning the griev
| ances of the boilermakers of that sys
TEN who are out on strike. Mr.. Sulli
van states that a fiat increase OF
cents an hour over the present scale
was demanded by the men, that tho
which is the same scale as paid By
the Frisco, Rock Island and Union Pa
cific systems. but that this was re
fused.
That the exclusion of the Bible from
nearly all the schools OF the countr,
has resulted In more crime anon
children, was declaration made b.
Rev Melbourne p. Boynton in a pre-
lude to his evening sermon at tn
Lexington Avenue Baptist church Il
Chicago Sunday. The pastor had take
THE Bible and the Schools" as hi
subject. and one of his strong charge
was that the one supreme blunde
that has been committed by the pull
lie school system Of this republic 1
found In the exclusion of the Bib
from the schoolroom."
: Cornelius P. Shea OF the Information
J al Transfers union, was acquitte
p on his second trial In Chicago endin
2 last night OF completely in the crime
: committed during the teamsteri
: strike of two years ago.
: An organized movement for the r,
/ moval Of the duty on works OF al
Is told OF by William L. Curtis, wri
Q ing from Washington.
e The sheriff OF Terrence, N. NJ, ha
G been removed from office owing
D drunkenness and malfeasance in O
Y ice.