Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-02-07


TO the seaboard and north into Canada,
France is building six battleships
OF a similar type, to be called the Dan
ton, Mirabeau, Voltaire, Diderot. Con-
dorset and Vergnaud. each with a dis
placement OF 1880 tons, 20, 500 horse
power turbine engines. four propellers.
nineteen knots speed, with coal CO.
pacity OF 1000 tons, capable OF steam
ing S.130 miles. and requiring crew
OF thirty-one officers and $50 men.
Japan Is building seven battleships
and cruisers and has provided for ssv-
eral more. She has two twenty-ons
construction, for which the turbine -
gines are being built in the Unitsd
States. One OF them IL the SatsumA,
which has length OF 482 feet and
beam OF eighty-three and oneh half fss4
Her draught is twenty-seven and one-
half feet and her tonnage is 1920,
or 1.200 more than the Dreadnaught
Her horse power is to be $4,000 aad
her armament will consist Of four
twelve-inch, ten ten-inch and twelve
l20-millimeter guns.
Washington, Feb. 4.-Senator John
f. Dryden OF New Jersey has with
drawn his name as candidate for ~
election to the United States senaha.
His physicians announce that this -
ton Is taken because of danger to
the senator's health II he persists In
attending public meetings. Senator
Dryden CONCLUDED that continuance
of the deadlock would injure the party
and tie state. said his private secrs-
tary In explanation of the withdrawal.
Trenton, Feb. 4.-Announcement
that United States Senator Dryden has
Withdrawn as candidate for re-eloe-
ton started politicians to work. InAt
cations point to State Senator Frank
o. Briggs as Mr.. Drydens successof.
The republicans will hold caucus this
evening. Mr.. Briggs has been sup
porter of Mr.. Dryden and his election
to the senate now and that Mr.. Dry
den is out OF the race is acceptable
to Mr.. Drydens friends. Other names
mentioned include those of former
Governor Griggs, State Senator Brad
ley OF Camden, State Assessor Baird
OF Camden and Congressman J. J.
Gardner OF Atlantic City.
Fl Paso, Feb. 4.-Forced to return
the receipts, estimated at over $1,000,
to pay fine OF 800 and surrender
his position, Is the penalty Felix Robert
manager OF the Juarez Plaza del To
ros. paid today for failure to carry
out the program he had advertised.
Neither the bulls nor the buffalo bull
which was matched against matador
would nght. over 1000 people had
gathered to witness the battle between
the buffalo and the matedor.
Kankakee. ILL.,, Feb. 6.-For the first
time in the history OF the Kankakee
county circuit court, 80 lAr as II
known. prayer was resorted to in tho
Jury room to guide the jurors In de-
termining their action. The case was
that OF Henry Coll, who twice before
had faced the peniteniary on the
same charge-perjury. Na
After failing to reach decision In
side Of twenty hours, with the jury
standing eleven to one for conviction,
one OF the jurors suggested that they
pray to God for guidance In the mat
: ter. A brief discussion followed the
prayer. after which the Jurors decided
in favor OF clemency to tho prisoner
and brought In a verdict Of not gugilty
Accompanying the verdict was ths
following note to the presiding judge:
: I'VE, the jury. hereby request you Il
, give the defendant your very best an
I most fataerly advice hereafter To liv'
and lead an honest and ooascisatiss
M.
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