Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-02-14
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-, wasn,4tta,t soel.. This morning
was given out a. e White house
; The president has communicates
with the postmaster general askin.
! him whether 1t is feasible to bar from
the mails the newspapers which Civ,
the full particulars of the Thaw trial
The president does not know whethe,
1t is feasible but If it is he wishs.
1t done at once
Woolwich. Eng. Feb. ia ter
rifle explosion occurred in the maya
zine of the arsenal here today which
was telt in the towns forty miles dis.
tant. The people nearby thought an
earthquake had visited the country,
houses coming tumbling down and the
people being panic stricken. No lives
lost but great damage to surrounding
property.
New York, Feb. 11.-Thomas A. Ed
ison is 60 years old today. He an
nounced that having earned compe-
tence he will no longer work except
for fun. He finds delight in his labor
atory and will continue his searches
in the interest of science. II he dis.
covers anything of advantage he will
give it to the world but II will hence
forth be labor of love.
| Chicago, Feb. 11.-After writing n
letting saying he would make a final
| effort at reconciliation with his wife.
| and falling, kill her and himself so
he could be with her in death, Anton
j. Vodica, machinist, dangerously
wounded his wife and killed himself
last night. A postscript to his letter
says, Il hope Thaw will be free man
before long. | think he was justified
In killing White. | wish him success"
Naples, Feb. ia battalion of Ital-
ian troops arrived today at the strick.
en- village of Marna di Catanzaro on
the Calabrian coast which was al
most swept out of existence by
tidal wave. The troops are rendering
every aid possible and bringing order
out of chaos. Nearly one hundred and
fifty houses were destroyed and thou
sands are homeless. The soldiers are
providing the suffering with rations.
The storm has done great damage to
nearly the whole province of Consen-
"a, many villages being flooded and
several lives lost.
Denver, Colo, Feb. 1.-THE legisla-
lature today agreed to caucus on the
several administration measures to-
morrow, the railroad bill and others.
There is feeling of independence
among the members and 1t is not
deemed wise TO put forward measures
without concerted purpose. The
newspaper gag bill was almost defeat
ed today. An action on it had to
be postponed to save its life.
Chicago, Febb. ia desperate
Jesse James gang of train looters are
in Jail today, the result of robbing a
Lake Shore train, fighting the sheriff,
masking for further pillage and being
bad men generally. The highwaymen
were caught seven miles from South
Bend while robbing the fast merchan.
disc train. The four bandits were
masked and operated quickly. They
stopped the train, forced the unarm-
ed conductor engineer and trainmen
to hold up their hands, took a thou
sand dollars worth of valuables from
N1.s, 49, Al
The station agent notified the sheriff
who organized posse and went after
the robbers on locomotive. They
were caught carrying rich silks from
cars. The sheriffs men opened fire,
and the robbers returned 1t, but soon
ran and later were captured.
Captain George McVey of the steam
er Larchmont said that he had on
board between $50 and 200 passengers
when the collision occurred and only
eight of these escaped with their
lives. At the same time he made
the statement that fourteen bodies
had been washed ashore, making only
twenty-five out OF the total passenger
list accounted for.
Washington, Feb. 12.-Senator Bev-
eridge in discussing the controversy
between the French government and
| the Vatican says all churches are In
| jured by the new French law which
| has a tendency to exterminate all
| faith. If faith is dethroned the re-
public will or can last. The idea OF
| turning churches into factories is
| shameful. Do that and society will
not endure. The senator's defense for
religion was very impassioned.
Denver. Feb. 12.-Homicide follow
ed a dispute In a card game at the
| Hiawatha saloon on Market street
| last night. Harry Perry, a one-legged
man As years old, is dead and Domi-
nick Meskew, bartender and Maurice
| Ryan, a lunch counter man. are held
for investigation. The killing is des
cribed by witnesses as brutal. A lump
of coal was the weapon employed
Perry's head was beaten almost to a
pulp and bore a number Of wounds
any one of which would have proved
fatal.
Leavenworth, Kas., Feb. 12.-For
mer Lieut.. Burbank left the fedora
prison this morning having served hi,
sentence. He was charged with mar
rying and deserving his Filipino wifi
and other Irregularities. Burbank wa
very bitter today and said he woul,
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