Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-06-17


! flyer. He drank water freely. He
showed no material signs of weaken.
ing until he fell unconscious to the
flood Tuesday morning and expired OF
heart trouble.
; Light rails are safer than heavy
; ones for railroad purposes. declares
President Delano Of the Wabash.
Issuing Of bonds for the $29. 900 600
loan placed in France by the New
York. New Haven and Hartford rail-
road proves to be huge task. the
New York company which undertook
the work being required to print 2g0,-
900 bonds.
An international conspiracy on the
part of the Japanese In this country
and Japan to overthrow the Toxic
government. take power and to com
pei the United States to apologize and
pay an indemnity for the attacks on
japanese without restrictions is report
ed from Washington.
DIR. Henry s. Pitchett president of
the Carnegie Foundation for bestow-
ing pensions upon college professors.
states that l29 grants have been made
eight to the widows of famous schol.
ers, thirty-ive to individuals who are
not connected with the faculties of In.
stltutions on the accepted list and
the balance to professors in accepted
institutions.
Gov. Hughes has vetoed the bill in.
sututing Hat passenger rate of .
cents mile on every railroad system
IN the state more than i50 miles long
IL his veto message the governor
pointed out that "the passage of the
bill was not preceded by Legislative
Investigation or suitable inquiry. Nor
Is the fixing of this rate predicated
On reports or statistics which would
permit fair conclusion as to the
justice of It's operation"
The loss of six young midshipmen
and hoatswain and four enlisted
| men attached to the big battleship
Minnesota. eleven men altogether. was
reported briefly to the navy depart
ment Monday afternoon in a dispatch
| from Read Admiral Evans in command
OF the Heet at Hampton Roads, which
| said; "Ditty box belonging TO fire.
man of Minnesota's missing launch
has been picked up afoat near Berth
No. 27, and | am forced to conclude
that the launch with all aboard is
lost. Have ordered board of investi-
CATION"
Calf Mccoy, 10 years of age. con
fessed at a coroner's inquest in Bas-
sett Neb., that the fatal shooting
OF his mother, Mrs. Thomas Mccoy,
was not accidental. as he at first said.
but that he deliberately killed his
mother because she had whipped him
According to his confession, he was
out In a field with his mother planting
| corn. Waiting until his brothers
were on the other side of the field
he slipped up behind his mother and
holding his revolver within four feet
Of her head. took deliberate aim and
fired. The woman died instantly.
| Levi Woods. territorial pioneer and
| for fifty-two years a pillar of the Pres
| byterian church at Kalamazoo, Mich,
has wearied OF welded life, and at the
age of 80 demands n divorce from his
wife. Mary, whom he married twenty
seven years ago. The circuit court
has taken his case under advisement.
Woods charges daughter of his wife
by former marriage with causing
trouble. He says she induced him to
sell his property and move to Call
fornia, where she was living. He re-
NAMED some time with her and then
returned, his wife preferring to stay
with her daughter, he alleges.
Though his clothing was locked up,
the windows OF his home securely
rallied, and the door knobs removed,
Theodore Horstman, a young man. de-
lrious from malignant diphtheria.
broke guarantee at Waterloo, la, and
led the officers chase of two miles,
mis- only attire being bed quilt trail
ing behind him. While his nurse slept,
fiorstman cut a tin can into strips
and with them unlocked the door.
He has been delirious since first
stricken, and 1t was thought sufficient
precaution had been taken to prevent
his escape. He is critically Ill as
result OF his exposure and exersion.
For the first time in its life of fifty
years. st. Paul has lid, and an
exceedingly tight one at that Not
drink could be obtained for love
or money after IL o'clock Sunday night
and the drinking populace went about
with parched throats Sunday with the
exception of those wise enough to lay
In an emergency supply. In
police circles the effect of the lid was
felt considerably. Not an arrest was
made in the entire city. Saloonkeep-
ers estimate that they lost all the
way from $50 to 500, and 1t is under
stood that many saloons in the sub
urbs and laboring districts, largely
| dependent on Sunday trade. will be
forced to go out of business within
few weeks If the new order keeps
up, and there seems to be NO ques-
ton that 1t will The action of police
in closing the saloons on Sunday Is
direct result OF a decision handed
down by the Minnesota supreme court,
where II 1t was held that the attor-
| new general had the mower 10 remove