Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-05-20
TELEGRAPH NEWS.

New York, May 16.-The district
attorney has applied for the issuance
of a warrant for the arrest of Geo.
r. Schrugham of the Policyholders'
association of the New York Life on
charge of perjury.
New York, May 16.-"Is Mars in
habited and are those strange mark
ings which radiate in seeming design
from the polar caps, where the sup
posed Martian seas exist, artificial or
natural?" These two questions are
the astronomical problems which the
< little expedition, led by Professor Dav-
I ID Todd which sailed for South Amer
ica on the steamer Panama. hope to
answer, at least in part. Professor
Todd is accompanied by his wife, who
Is also an astronomer, and with them
Is a photographer, a mechanician and
an Amherst student.
1--WE are going to South America
in the hope of getting at the facts"
said Todd before hish departure, and
to obtain information on the question
of the Martian canals. We are taking
with us the eighteen-inch telescope
of Amherst observatory and cam
era especially designed for the pho
tographing of the planet After we
have selected some point in the Andes,
about 1900 feet high, where the at
mosphere Is clear and steady. we Will
mount our telescope and begin opera
tions. If necessary, we will take these
observations In the high deserts OF
northern Chile. Later on We will
observe the annular eclipse OF the
sun. which takes place July 10.
Mars will be close to the earth in
June, after which the planet will not
approach again until 1909, when she
will draw still nearer to the earth,
being 35,0000 900 miles away. Then for
fifteen years the planet will swing too
distant for definite observation
Des Moines. Ia, May l6.-The exist
ence Of Suicide club here has been
revealed by the attempts of four
young women to end their lives. Two
suicided and two are dying today. All
took carbolic acid. The dead are Miss
Phoebe Broell and Miss Kate Farrell
both In their twenties. The dying are
Elizabeth Fletcher and Lillian Mill
burn. They are etch IS.
There are ten girls in the suicide
pact, all daughters of prominent farm
ers. They all attended the state nor
nal summer school. They agreed that
II any members became Respondent
they should talk it over with the
others and decide II self-slaughter was
desirable.
New York, May 16.-Notwlthstand
ing the bitter fight waged against hin
by the government and his enemies
Il. H. Hartman continues to add to
4 Is great railroad properties. He is
the wonder of railroad circles. Today
he secured very important Chicago
terminal transwer company through
the medium of the Baltimore & Obi,
railroad.
Chicago. May 16.-The movemen
to bring to Chicago the national con
ventions OF both the Democratic an,
Republican parties has been projecte,
by the Chicago Commercial associa
ton. Through the convention com
mittee OF the association the plan will
be presented to the national commit
tees of both parties soon.
New York. May 1G.-Today Chic
Justice Cullen of the court OF appeal
refused to grant Abe Hummel, tn
notorious lawyer, a certificate OF doub
OF conviction in the Dodge-Morse d
vorce case. This is the last prop an
means the immediate passing Int
prison OF the most noted figure anon
New York criminal lawyers. He ha
spent fortune trying to escape tn
penitentiary.