Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-01-14
FRANCO. COLORADO, MONDAY, JANUARY a. 1907

of Judge Griffen In the famous Sui
livan will. gives United States Sena
tor Piles fee of half million dol
lars or one-half the entire estate.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.-It Ii
pretty generally understood here to
day that Mr.. Williams is to be de
throned as Democratic leader in the
house and that Champ Clark of Mis-
souri, will be given the honor
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.-At moor
today the Isthmus Canal commission
received and opened bids for the con
struction of the canal. While there
are only really two important bids
there are many for certain contracts
and several will be held in allegiance
The work to follow today's bid will
involve the expenditure of about one
hundred million dollars. Two bids
to furnish Chinese labor were sub
mitted today but they will not be
acted on at present.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 70. - The
president has agreed to appoint Ar
thur f. Slater of the state of Wash
ington assistant secretary of the
treasury, at the request of Secretary
Shaw. 1t is agreed that If Cortelyou
wants someone else when he takes
charge on the 4th OF March, Statter
will retire.
CINCINNATI, Jan. 12.-It is stat
ed here today that the Bellamy
Storers are preparing to give up
their famous and palatial home in
this city and will hereafter live
abroad. A villa in the suburbs of
Paris has been selected by the Sto-
| rers as their permanent home on
the1rontinent
| PUEBLO, Jan. 12.-When the coun-
| ty treasurer and sheriff went to their
Offices this morning it was found
| they had been visited by a cracks
man, the safes in both offices hav-
ing been wrecked. although the one
| in the treasurer's office had not
yielded.
LONDON, Jan. 12.-The Times to-
day prints a cablegram from Wash
ington saying that Secretary Root,
| wife and daughter will next week be
the guests of Lord and Lady Grey at
| Ottawa, and being great friends, the
two will come to a better understand
ing of the various questions between
Canada and the United States.
DENVER, Jan. 12-Great excite
| ment prevails in the upper Clear
creek mining region over the discoy-
cry of fabulously rich ore bodies in
the Dives-Pelican-S Thirty group
at Silver Plume.
Milwaukee, Jan. 12.-Refusing to
pay taxes which he considered ex-
horbitant, John Janetscheck a pros
porous farmer of Jefferson county,
took radical action to spite the col
| lector Returning home after a spir-
tied CONTROVERSY over the matter, he
uilH5tll W d IdlltT lie
barn. He was so years old.
NEW YORK. Jan. 12.-At last the
ban has been removed from unattend-
ed women at the Waldorf-Astoria
| and they may now enjoy the pleas
ure of visiting the restaurant any
hour of the day or night without
escorts.
The management has capitulated
after a long struggle and the old
rule barring from restaurant privi-
leges all lone women has been abol-
ished.
PARIS, Jan. 12.-For the first
time President Corey of the Steel
| trust today announced that he is to
be married. Il will marry Miss GIL
man." was his definite statement.
| The date of the wedding has not
been fixed.
DENVER, Jan. 12.-owing to ir-
regularities discovered in the post
office at Florence William H. Davie
has been removed. There are rumors
OF some discrepancies reaching the
caused an investigation.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 12.-Senator
Tillman spoke on the Brownsville Incl.
dent in the senate today. He charac-
terized the presidents action in the
matter as nothing more or less than
lynching. Tillman challenged any
one to produce in army regulations
or articles of war any foundation Tor
charges brought against the colored
soldiers, although he declared that
the soldiers were responsible for
the Outrage at Brownsville"
A novel scene took place early
Wednesday afternoon In the edi.
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