Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-03-28

on to him before the trains reach
By watching negro walking down
The street he can tell by his actions
whether he Is bootlegger. BY shak-
ing box or trunk he can tell every
time without opening it whether there
Is liquor in it.
COLORADO NEWS cuLLINes.
j. F. Welborn has been elected pres,>
ident OF the c. F. & l. Co.
Cripple Creek Republicans are max
ing an active campaign for spring cleo
tion.
North Denver is to have a $3.50 900
school building-the finest in the
west.
Miss Ada osborne of Greeley was Sc
riously and probably fatally injured
in runaway accident Sunday after
noon, sustaining n fracture of the
skull and lower jaw, besides internal
injuries.
A Colorado baseball league is form
Ing to be composed of eight clubs.
IL is possible Cheyenne may be ad.
mitted. The meeting for the purpose
of organizing the league will be held
at Longmont April 4.
Marshal Williams of Greeley raided
poker joint the other night. Arrest
ed the proprietor and permitted nine
patrons to go on their own recogniZ-
ance. Men who conduct gambling
joints for profit should be taken in tow
especially secret games.
TELEGRAPHIc NEWS.
"Clyclone" Thompson and Dick Hy-
land fought a twenty-round draw at
Frisco last night.
A Chicago husband in testifying for
n divorce declares that his wife de-
serted him because he was too good
to her.
A death was caused to an old sol
der at Leavenworth, Kas., Sunday.
by eating tainted hash. Twenty-Five
others were made i'll.
Republican managers charge w. r.
Hearst with using the Chicago mayor
atty fight to gain control of the Demo-
cratic organization in Cook county
If they start racing in Missouri
Governor Folk will do what he caSA
to swell the attendance. He promises
to be present with a whole regiment
Six thousand men connected with
the iron trades council in San Fran
cisco will strike May l for an eight
hour day. This was decided on by
vote yesterday
There was fight between some
fanatic negroes and federal authorities
at Muskogee, L. T., yesterday. Three
negroes were killed and two white
men injured.
Lady tailors In Pittsburg are on a
strike and the women of that city are
in great sweat because they will not
be able to appear in new gowns on
Easter Sunday.
England will need million bales
of cotton from America in excess of
what she received a year ago. This
means good prices for the product of
the southern states
In Wyoming two ball teams, one
known as the Boosters" and the
nthpr n
supremacy. The Boosters won easily,
This should be the case all over the
land The knocker is no good,
A woman with over three thousand
dollars in her purse attempted to lean
from New York ferry boat. Poor
health. And this reminds us that a
man or woman with good health Is
far better off than Rockefeller.
Asserting one of the saloonkeepers
whose places he raided told him he
owned the precinct" and another
that he fixed the captain" Magistrate
Whitman of New York says he will
stop police protection of saloons.
Lillian Russell, the well known act
ress, may enter her stable of thorough
Dreds In the Overland races, and will
nave most promising candidate en-
tered for the classic Colorado derby,
which will be run Saturday, June Is
Managers of the Hill system of rail
roads inform the interstate commerce
commission at Washington that they
cannot cut rates because the roads
which were bought in 1897 for $780,
DOo,OO0 are now worth 1890, ,000,0
and dividends must be paid on that
William e. Curtis writes from Ha-
'ana that the record made by the Gu
oan congress is one OF the best evil
fences CT the inability of the people
d the island to govern themselves
No constructive legislation was un-
iertaken at any of the sessions, he
'ays, and reforms were overlooked.