Semi-weekly herald., 1908-01-23
GENERAL NEWS.

An anti-saloon league has been or.
ganized at Evans.
Clinton o. Heath. the Denver real
estate dealer and bond broker is miss
ing. Short $4,000.
The City of Denver and the raiir ads
building of another viedrct.
Colorado editorial association will
be the guest of the Denver Press club
this evening The seml-annual meet
ing takes place tomorrow.
Pueblo feels assured of the next
Democratic State convention to nomi-
nate officers. Furthermore It is about
agreed that should Denver send con.
testing delegation to throw them both
out.
A Mrs. johnson who recently went
10 Glenwood Springs from Sllve'icn,
was taken violaatly insane Saturday
afternoon and the lathoi tiles were
compelled to lock her in the city jail.
She has three small cni)'rcn.
The postmaster generals report of
post office bushes for Denver shows
that the business transacted at Denver
amounted to 10O.933 against 1886
for the same month in the previous
year, showing an increase for 1907
over 1906 of 1867.
Three thousand five hundred and
thirteen persons died in the city and
county of Denver during 1907. This
exceeds the previous year by 455. The
number of males was 2,0G3 and fe-
males l,450. The deaths from tuber-
culosis were 9G5, nine less than in
1906.
Senator Guggenbeim has introduced
bill providing for prospecting, min
ing and canal and reservoir building
on forest reserves. The Ill, gives
prospectors and miners the specific
right to enter forest reserves anl pros
pect for minerals and to locatt @nd
operate mining claims pursuant to law
governing similar work on public lands
not within forest reserves.
Representative Haggott has intro
duced a bill to apply portion of the
proceeds of sales of public lands for
the endowment of the schols of mines
departments and mining in state edu-
cational institutions. The measure
| aa.,t to,.,.io,o, .ayrnant IN qtatpa m ain.
tanning such institutions OF $4,000 the
first year and 81 900 additional annually
until the amount pal each state shall
| be $4,000 which shall be paid there
after annually.
There Is to be no reduction In the
price of diamonds, according to the an
nouncement made by one OF the i'm
porting houses. 1t is stated that all
importers have received word from the
diamond syndicate in London, which
controls % per cent of the diamond
output OF the world. that the policy of
maintaining prices will be strictly ad-
| hered to in spite OF the great falling
off in sales within the past few
| months.
Railroads OF the United States and
Canada have 2O6, 800 freight cars in ex-
cess OF business demands, according
| to statement that will be issued this
| week by the Car Service Committee
OF the American Railway Association.
| Shortags exist only on a few roads.
The total number of additional cars.
| that could be used on those lines,
amounts to TIA. The figures are COM
piled from reports made to the COM
mlttee by 158 railroads.
Assuming the average value OF a
car to be $500. equipment representing
$12i.Os0 900 of capital is lying idle on
side tracks. The surplus cars aggre.
gate nearly 10 per cent of all the cars
owned in this country and in Canada.
Rio Janeiro. Jan. 20.-The Brazilian
police have discovered an anarchistic
plot here, having as It's subject the
destruction OF part OF the American
fleet now lying Ia the harbor. The