Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-08-29

Rosebud reservation, near White
River. committed suicide by shooting
himself 1t Is one of the few cases
which are on record of Sioux In
dian ending his own life.
Resolutions were adopted by every
brewing association in st. Louis with
the exception of one whose representa-
tive was unavoidably absent, condemn
ing violations of the Sunday closing
regulations in st. Louis county by
saioonkeepers, and warning them that
the brewing associations will virtually
boycott these lawbreakers by hereafter
refusing to sell them beer.
A conscience-stricken watermelon
thief has forwarded to the treasury
department a contribution of 81. In
an unsigned letter, mailed at Fremont,
s c., he states that the money is in
payment of watermelons he has stolen.
and asks that the treasury officials
fix everything all right with the gov
ernment. As the government does not
own watermelon patches and carrie@
no melons among its supplies, the Off
cials cannot understand where Uncle
Sam comes in. The money will be
deposited to the credit of the CON
science fund.
More than 1000 New Workers, some
OF them ranking as millionaires. have
sold their automobiles within the last
few weeks. Almost as many more, 1t
Is estimated by the trade, have can
celed orders for new machines. These
automobiles represent total cost of
over sl5,0O0O00. They are now worth
possibly $1,000 900 "The rich mans
panic on Wall street, has made all the
trouble" an automobile dealer is quot
ed as saying as he exhibited several
letters and kilograms canceling or
ders for machines.
Not one known criminal will be al
| lowed to make Chicago his stamping
ground" Following the above EN-
phatic declaration of Chicago's chief
| OF police, strains of "The Rogue's
March" sounded through the districts
| Inhabited by criminals Friday after
noon, and by nightfall the first days
| hunt of the police department in the
| biggest criminal chase ever undertak'
en- in the United States showed that
twenty bad men" of all classes, in
cluding burglars, safeblowers, yegg-
men, prowlers, pickpockets and conf
dence men, occupied cells in the cen
trail police station.
| In defense of his name and reputa-
| ton and standing of his business es-
tablishment, r. E. Barker, Fort Col
| Inns dry goods merchant, has filed in
the district court a suit for damages
against the Morning Express, claiming
| $4,000 on two counts, one of $4,000
for damages to his personal reputa
tion and the other $1,000 for the harm
done his business by alleged scurrilous
articles which have appeared in that
paper concerning Mr.. Barker during
the last week. The Express must be
trying to emulate the Durango Demo
crat.
H. II. Rogers and William Rookie
Teller are reported to have had n seri
GUS disagreement about the policy tc
be adopted by the Standard Oil com
pany in defending itself against the
attacks of the government 1t is learn
ed that good deal of dissension de
veloped at the meeting of the directors
last week when the the usual divi
dend of Sc share for the period was
declared. The attitute of the admin
istration toward corporations was dis
cussed, and particularly the fine OF
S29.24O,OO0 levied against the Standard
Oil company for rebating by Judge
Lands, 1t is understood that the
lines were drawn sharply at the meet
ing and some of the directors strongly
urged that in view of this heavy fine
the quarterly dividend should be pass
ed. These took the position that the
company for various reasons ought
not TO go on paying dividends while
it was under such heavy fire from
both national and state governments.
Drivers and stablemen employed at
the wholesale beef packing houses
went on strike in New York Thurs.
day night in New York City. They
demand uniform working week OF
sixty hours and an increase in wages
Both the Independent companies anG
the so-called trust" are affected The
companies have notified the retailers
to send their own teams to the distrib.
uting depot for supplies. The strike
| followed meeting of the union, ana
when the order was received the driv
ers left their teams on the streets
or wherever they happened to be at
the time.
General Coxey of Coxey's army fame
is TO raise new army. Unlike his
first battalions, the soldiers he will
now recruit will not march across the
country to the capital, but will ride