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Semi-weekly herald., 1908-09-17
CITY COUNCIL

All members were present last even.
Ing except Alderman Folsom. Mayor
Berndt presided. After the minutes
OF previous meeting were read and ap-
proved, the following petitions were
granted: c. H. Clock for public scale;
John Males for express; b. Edelman
and Iredale Co., liquor license.
Alderman Mcclellan moved that, on
account of the regular walk to Red
Men hall being obstructed by the con.
struction work of the Henderson-Loft-
us building. the city build a temporary
walk. The committee was given pow.
er to act. Resolutions that sidewalks
constructed by the city. be assessed to
property owners as a lien, were read
and adopted.
The superintendent Of sewer con.
struction was authorized to insert no
tices in the papers to the effect that
property owners in sewer district No.
must see that house connections are
made with the sewer within six
months after the same is completed.
The fire and water committee were
given power to act in the matter of
building a main pipe line circuit be-
tween Third and Fourth streets and
Second avenue.
Council instructed the buildings com.
mittee to notify the owner of the
Baird house, to clear away obstruc-
tions to the street.
Ordinance No. 462 which has to do
with street and sidewalk grades was
up for final proof. No. 1853. which
amends No. 456 was read and adopted.
A resolution which establishes sew
er district No. 4. North Durango, was
read and adopted. Total cost estimated
at $25,19S51 or $3.50 per standard
lot. Average depth about five and
one-half feet.
The meeting adjourned.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-09-17
THE suLrAn's SURRENDER.

New York Tribune.
Now that same Abdul Hamid rees
tsblishes the constitution which he
then suspended. 1t is not surprising,
as we have said. that some look upon
his doing so as comedy, o. q farce.
Yet 1t must be remembered that ire
mendous influences have been At
work. within and without the Of
toman empire. making directly for
either this end or another which would
"Kismet" may be interpreted to Inssn
either stubborn dying in the last
ditch OF absolutism or yielding, how
ever reluctant. to major force. with
such an army as that which held Rus
sia In check at Plevna, the sultan
might have decided to defy all Europe.
But with his troops in widespread re.
volt. and with even the Albanlans dis.
affected, he read the writing en- the
walls. King John hated Magma charta
but he signed II and 1t stood. II is
to be expected that despite reactionary
dislike OF II and perhaps many nitches
and stumblings In its application and
operation, the Turkish constitution
also will stand.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-09-17
WOMEN AND WORK.
-
Philadelphia Inquirer.

Philadelphia Inquirer
The question is one of interest just
now because we have changed our sys-
tenn to this extent that marriages are
much later than formerly among those
who are American born and the aver
age family is less. 1t used to be
thought very proper for the girl Of 16
or II to get married and family Of
considerable size was normal. In
these 0Ays the heroine Of fiction is
we'll up in the twenies, not infrequent-
ly in the thirties. and 1t is said to re-
late, she is often a married woman
well up toward the forties, II not be-
yond that figure. The problem is q
large one, because 1t seems to go to
the root Of society. Are we making
eyfe too expensive for the good of So
ciety as a whole? Are we delaying
marriage on both sides for commercial
reasons and is the nation suffering as
a result?
These question are not easily an
bWeTcO. we I'LL huOW tuht III thCoc
days 1t costs much more to live and
rear q family than 1t did when our
grandparents were active. Women
lawyers and architects and dentists
etc. seem to have their place in life
How can we make a general rule un
der existing conditions? We cannot
1t is probably that the natural law IL
the best under the circumstances, bu
It is certain that we are living In al
age when we cannot wholly be guidet
by precedent. Success seems to b
its own Justification, and 1t is useless
to theorize as against the great Law
OF human nature. We are looking TO
more comfort In these days. No stat
ute is OF use as against this princi
pie.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-09-17
Sold Wife and
Furniture for SIS

CLEVELAND, Sept. 16.-The police
are searching for Michael Houssam,
accused by his wife of selling to a
boarder with the furniture their little
home In East Eighty-third street for
31b. The wife. a mother OF four small
children, told the police Houssam dis
appeared after he had called her into
the sitting room two weeks ago, after
counting over the furniture and stack.
ing 1t in pile. accempting. three S.
bills from the boarder and said to
her, Now. you are his"
The woman's story was told to the
police through an interpreter. There
was wash tub. table. two chairs. bed
and me-all $15." she said.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-09-17
Nine Killed as
Result Of Joke

CHICAGO. Sejt. 16.-Six section
men on a hand car were instantly
killed by a train on the Chicago 4
Eastern Illinois near Martinton sta
tion. sixty-eight miles south of Chi
cago. The northbound express from
Evansville. Ind, had fallen behind the
running time. and 1t was necessary
to switch the mail train. also north
bound. from the position on the north
bound track to the southbound track.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-09-17
HAS TO EARN HIS SALARY.

New York Tribune.
The working center of trade union.
Ism In German Industrial town is the
secretary's office. Ordinarily the Off
cial is social democrat and a politi
cal organizer, but his salary is paid
by the allied trade unions, whose rep
resentative he is. Originally the office
was administered exclusively for the
benefit Of the members of unions, but
II Is now conducted in the interest Of
socialist organizations and Is an Infor.
nation bureau available for workmen
generally. Whenever wage-earner
has trouble with employer or land.
lord. or comes into conflict with state
officials or municipal inspectors, or
Is confused by the intricacies of the
insurance system, poor relief or gen.
era law. the door of the secretary's
office Is open to him. and he can find
out where he stands and what TO do
without paying a lawyers fee. To
these advisory functions are added
the management of elections for trade
courts and assemblies and of various
representative bodies for the admins.
tration of insurance funds and other
purposes. In a general election the
workmens secretary is n political par.
tisan with socialist sympathies. and at
all times his office is a recruiting bu.
reau for trade unionism.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-09-17

Have you arranged to take in the
farmington fair September 22 to 25?
This is always one OF the fall events
people look forward to with interest
This year the committee say It will
be hummer! The exhibits OF fruits
flowers and farm products will be
weh worth seeing. in spite of the dis.
couragements Of the early season. A
fine program has been arranged which
comprises Indian races between the
utes and Navajos. American horse
races and ball games. Better plan to
take 1t In.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-09-17

to account for the distribution of life
throughout the whole of the universe
as we now conceive it. That is to say,
he finds that radiation pressure from
our sun, and from all of the suns which
shine at night in the sky, has been suf-
ficient to propel minute bits of cosmic
dust to the confines of the material
world and that these can easily have
been (and are) sufficiently large to
carry the spores" of life to infinity
and. wherever they light, to start a
new creation of life which by evo-
luton may reach the highest dcvel-
opment-man. for instance. There is
something sigularly attractive about
this theory, but 1t must always remain
a theory, since absolute demonstrn.
tion is impossible.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-09-17
GET RICH QUICK.

NEW YORK. Sept. 16.--Richmond
Hill, recently quiet suburb. is money
mad. 1t has discovered In Charles F.
Washburn. who came there to 1--we four
months ago. veritable wizard of f.
nance. Scores Of men and women,
who entrusted him with their savings
for investment had money doubled and
trebled in short order. All business
was transacted In twostory frame
cottage on Greenwood avenue where
Washburn lives with his wife and her
brother. He speculates in stocks.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-09-17
PREPARING FOR WAR.

NEW YORK, Sept. l6.--In expecta-
tion OF war between Holland and
venezuela force 10 being recruited
In the United States for the purpose
OF acting as secret service agents for
Holland In Venezuela until the out.
break OF the trouble. and then to lead
IN Foreign legion" movement against
the Castro forces. This is admitted
by p. F. Joubert of johannesburg,
South Africa. at the Hotel Astor, who
sought to obtain candidates for the
service through newspaper advertise
ments.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-09-17
cHINA's INVISIBLE FoRTiFIcA.
TlON.
Auckland IN. ~ News.

Auckland IN. a. News.
The tendency of the age is apparent
ly to erect commercial walls between
nation and nation, between empire and
empire, between race and race. and
it may have been left for the Oldest
of civilizations to erect such wall OF
commercial nonintercourse around IT.
self that the famous "China trade"
for which European and American
powers have SO long been rivals, will
cease to exist at all. In the end, even
English free traders may come to
learn that the most valuable CONNER
cial asset of the United Kingdom III
the preferential trade of loyal British
colonies.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-09-17

County Superintendent Mrs. Rose
pha Pulford returned last evening
from visit to Kline. to attend
school meeting called for the purpose
OF deciding the best method of pro
cedure since funds OF district are al.
ready oyerdrawn. 1t was decided to
hold school for five months in each
OF the three schools. namely: Kline.
school near Talbot's and at Red Mesa.
Mrs. 8. Schryver will teach the Kline
school. which will begin October 6.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-09-17
Six Section Men
Killed in Collision

WINDSOR, Mo-, Sept. 16.-Nine per-
sons are dead. thirty injured the depot
wrecked, and the entire town Of Wind
sor Jared as the result OF an alleged
joke which A. r. Hershberber, a rail-
road conductor. attempted to play yes
terday when he threw lighted match
into q car Of black powder with the
expressed intention Of frightening
some curious negroes looking into the
car. The dead:
Frank Yake. station agent. Windsor.
James NJ Cites. brakeman. sedaIia
Henry Greystone. q tramp.
Elmer Keech. 16-year-old boy, Wind
sor.
Walter Coz. q boy aged IA.
Howard Kerns. . negro miner. Sc
dalia.
Charles Davis. negro. sedaIia.
Ira Malone. . minor.
Jesa Wa,hw. . nsgrs Destse.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-09-17
Blackmailers Tried
to Kill whole Family

NEW YORK, Sept. .16.-Failing to
receive $4,000 demanded. Santa Reda,
wellto-do real estate dealer. black
mailers for the fourth time In a month
sought early today to kill him and
s family by setting fire to his home
in the upper part Of the city. Extra
ordinary measures were taken to pre-
vent their escape. including the wir-
ing Of thS Outside doors. The family
would have perished If neighbor had
not discovered the fire and summoned
the f1remen.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-09-17
Maryland, Kentucky,
Missouri Doubtful

CHICAGO. Sept. 1s.-while cam.
paign managers Of both parties have
inherited the political habit of claim
Ing everything for which there Il
shadow Of basis for the claim. II II
nevertheless true that the chieftains
on both sides to the present contro-
versy will make admission Of doubt
OF party success in Maryland, Ken
lucky and Missouri. These three
states are In doubt. SO to speak. be-
yond the peradventure Of . doubt.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-09-17
NARROW
ESCAPE
Attempt Life Of Presi.
dent Cabrera by
Internal Machine

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 1s.-Ac-
cording to reports brought by the Off
GERS of the steamer City of Para,
which arrived here yesterday, an at
temptwa made recently upon the life
of President Cabrera of Guatamala
with an informal machine. The would
be assassins connected the machine
with the telephone in the presidents
room so that the machine would be
exploded when the connection was
made. Answering call, President Ca.
brera was flung from his chair against
the wall by deafening explosion. He
escaped with few bruises.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-09-17
Hughes Nominated
by Large Majority

SARATOGA. Sept. 16.-Charles Ev.
ans Hughes Of New York was nomi.
mated by the Republican convention by
an overwhelming majority on the first
ballot to succeed himself as governor
OF the state Of New York. He re.
ceived s27 Of possible 1908, as
against ISL for James w. Wadsworth
Jr-, Of Livingston county, speaker Of
the state assembly. and 81 for former
Congressman John X. Stewart Of
Montgomery. The nomination was
made unanimous on the motion Of
State Committeeman William Barnes
'of Albany who had been. perhaps.
the bitterest and most outspoken op-
ponsnt to the governors denomination.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-09-17
Young Man Killed
With Live Wire

ALAMEDA. Cal. Sept 1G.--Alva C.
Ward. grandson OF the British COM
mander, who was defeated by General
Andrew Jackson at New Orleans, was
electrocuted last night. while attempt
ing to remove from the path of a pc
destrian a wire blown down by the
wind. For twenty minutes the body
writhed on the ground while efforts
were made to have the power turned
OF. Ward was 2s years old and well
known yacthsman
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-09-17
Father Fights Against
Amputation Sons Leg

CHICAGO. Sept. 1.-THE amputa-
tion of boys arm, In spite Of the
protests of the father is promised by
Judge Richard Tuthill of the juvenile
court. Joe Bulandia, ward Of the
court. upon whom the operation would
be performed to save his life. is IA
years old and suffers from a broken
arm. Physicians fear gangrene. The
father threatens suit If the arm is am
putated.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-09-17
Bodies Of Murdered
Prospectors Found

BlSBEE. Ariz., Sept. 16.-The bodies
of John O'Leary and John Poe. Ameri
can prospectors, who left last August
on a camping trip. were found IN
the mountains tbirty-five miles from
Moctezuma, Mexico. The bodies were
partially eaten by wild animals, and
the indications are they had been
murdered and their camp looted. The
authorities are uncertain whether the
deed was committed by Yaqui Indians
or renegade Mexicans.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-09-17
ROOF COLLAPSED.

BASIN. Wyo., Sept. 16.-The log
house Of Charles Larson, ranchman
near Otto, collapsed. killing the baby
and badly injuring himself and, wife.
The dirt roof proved too heavy for the
supports.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-09-17
FRED cUMMINs DIES At
siLvERToN OF PNEUMONIA

SILVERTON, Colo, Sept. 16.--At 9
O'Clock last Monday evening Fred
Cummins, brother OF Mrs. Martin
Schneider. died here OF pneumonia.
He was miner and twenty-eight
years Of age. The body will be ship
ped to Denver tomorrow morning, and
will be buried in Mount Olivet GENE.
terry.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-09-17
DREAMING OUT A THEArER.
pubitr Tad~ar

rhihucipnia fuDilc Ledger.
The project of a national thearcr
which Is now taking shape In Nov
York is more promising than anything
Of the kind attempted hitherto. both
because 1t, appears to be intelligsntly
organized and because It has enlisted
the support Of ample capital, with well
known millionaires At the head Of the
corporation and with men Of thsatyt
cal experience at the head Of the d.
rection. The program h simply thta
OF playhouse that u not expected
to make moro than fair interest % the
investment and stock company to bs
employed in q varied repertory. siv-
ing especially attention to The produc.
tfon Of American plays. 1t Il the sams
old dream. but this time there ars u
practical means Tor its rsalixat,sn.
There = sufficient play eoing psbl1s
~ New York to sustain such n -
psrimsat, end it, success wouIA n.
sptrs new hops svssywAsrs for I N.
ing DaSAs dFaaA
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-09-17
COLORADO NEWS

Mildew has utterly ruined the vines
In the champagne district in France
and the vintage Of 1908 will be not
only small In quantity but poor In
quality.
Criminal prosecution of the official
whose juggling OF finances caused the
A. Booth Il oC.'s crash is being con
sidered by the bankers committee OF
Chicago.
DR.. George F. Shrady, coroner OF
the borough OF Manhattan, declares
that the electric chair does not always
kill. and cites the case Of a man who
recovered consciousness after the
shock.
Chester Savage, aged 13 years. was
sentenced to six years In the peni-
tentiary for the assassination Of his
uncle. William Savage, two years ago
The boy hid by the roadside and shot
his uncle. He is the youngest muir
derer ever known In Kentucky.
The number Of unemployed In Lon.
don was strikingly illustrated when
5000 men surrounded and attempted
to make their way into q hospital
which had advertised for a porter at
wage OF $3.50 a week and meals.
An extra detail OF police had to be
called out to keep order In the crowd
The Asiatic cholera In st. Peters
burg is increasing. and each day that
passes brings larger number of
cases. Already 1t has assumed the pro
portions of the epidemic Of 1891. There
were twenty-three deaths In cne day
and 109 new cases were officially re-
ceived at the hospitals.
Two men, close friends, both once
rich and prominent In financial circles
but of late bowed by financial reverses.
committed suicide In New York In
exactly the same manner. and In each
case a well-known hotel was the scene
OF the self-murder. Though there ap-
parently was no connection between
the two suicides the coincidence In de-
tails was remarkable.
After making elaborate preparations
for killing himself by gao. including
the writing Of . farewell letter to his
wife. In which he stated that he had
spent his last quarter for drink, James
Rowan, Al years old Of New York
turned on the gas and lsy down, Had
Rowan staked his last quarter on the
gas meter he might have had his wish
The supply Of gas. however. was fur
nished by quarter meter. which sup
plies 25 cents worth Of the illuminat
ing fluid and then steps until another
quarter Il inserted. The gas In thiI
case stopped flowing just after thu
man lost consciousness, and he Va,
revived By = policeman VINO was sum
moned. Rowan was removed TO ,
hospital and later locked up Tor q
| tsmptsd ssistAA
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-09-17
Much Interest Ia
Doctors Statement

NEW YORK, Sept. 16.--Much inter.
est is aroused by a physician's an.
nouncement Of the successful grating
OF the cornea from the eye Of . rabbit
upon the eye Of a young man blind
since his ninth year. The patient
had been without the use Of his sight
for fifteen years from lsucoma. Z a..
ssss Of the cornsa-
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-09-17
Want Another Peace
Conference in 'O9

THE HAGUE, Sept. 16.-At the re-
quest of Germany. Italy and Holland
will invite the powers to be represent
ed at the second Hague peace confer
ence to participate further conference
at The Hague in probably 1909 for
the elaboration of the draft Of the
universal treaty.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-09-17
cHAnLER FOR GOVERNOR.

ROCHESTER,. Sept. 1s.--Louis stuy.
vesant chanler, new lieutenant gov.
ernor. was nominated for governor by
the Democratic convention on the first
ballot.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-09-17
NEW ORIGIN Or LIFE THEORY
Philadelphia Inquirer.

Philadelphia Inquirer.
The latest developments Of astro-
physics and philosophy have taken 4
rather surprising turn. 1t is now held
that life Ia ever and ever has been
co-s1i..ast with Sfse and space; that
az we cannot admit that there ever
was a beginning OF time or Of space
and that both Of these are Of infinite
extension. 30 life never began, but nj
ways has been. The only effort al
demonstrating the physical possibilit,
Of this has been made by DR.. Arrhen
ius of Sweden, who thinks that his ths
esy u radiation pressure u sufAeisa
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-09-17

Grand was broken Monday for the
new county jail at Canon City. The
new bastile will cost $4,000.
The officials of the defunct state
bank at Rocky Ford are on trial this
week In the district court at that
place.
idad authorities for participating In
the riot there. They are charged with
murder.
The city marshal and the sheriff's
forces raided a gambling house in
Greeley. Six men we're arrested and
the gambling paraphernalia confis-
catede.
Oscar Peterson was drowned in Nc
Kessack's lake near Firestone and his
two companions narrowly escaped a
like fate. The boat capsized and they
were thrown into the water.
Akron had $4,000 fire. believed
to have been of incendiary origin, the
outgrowth of the liquor fight in that
town. The fire started in a drug store,
the proprietor Of which has been sell
ing liquor without license.
The sheriff and coroner OF Pueble
county are investigating the mystic
rious murder of an unidentified man
whose badly decomposed body was
discovered in the river at Nepesta, In
this county. with a 41-caliber bullet in
the brain and leather strap with
rope attached buckled tightly around
the neck. There were no marks Of
identification on the clothes or among
the personal affects OF the dead man
and the body was buried on the banl
of the river within few feet oi
where 1t was found.
At Grand Junction Carl H. Gordos
shot and perhaps fatally injured I
young man known about the town "
Curly" johnson. The two men ha.
been enmies for over & year. Cor
don was sitting on the curbing witt
a man named Holbrook and johnson
passed by. 1t is claimed that GordoI
called him . vile name. johnson
turned toward Gordon and the latte
drew a gun and shot and Johnso
turned and started to run. Gordo
shot q second time striking the ma
in the esmall Of the back. Gordo
went down town and gave himse
up.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-09-17

The case Of Dave TRULY versus
Leonard Scott came up in the ;,.s.sce
court this afternoon. before Judge
Hechtman. 1t IL case OF horse steal
Ing. District Attorney Pulliam In for
the prosecution and c. A. johnson for
the defense. AS we go to press wit
nesses are being examined.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-09-17

Prison records show that more fe-
male prisoners have prsvious records
asaiast tAsa thaa uaisA
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-09-17
Taft to Speak in
Denver October z

DENVER. Sep. 16.-The report has
Just been received that Taft viii be
here October 2.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-09-17

VsIs ~ IA ~ sasrs t,ms. Lsavs
~6sss VA ns16ss Dsss.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-09-17

Some women are self-made and
some are remodeled by dressmaker.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-09-17

The officials of the defunct state
bank at Rocky Ford are on trial this
week in the district court at that
place.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-09-17
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

Grand was broken Monday for the
new county jail at Canon City. The
new bastile will cost $4,000.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-09-17

Three Italians are held by the Trim
idad authorities for participating In
the riot there. They are charged with
murder.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-09-17

The city marshal and the sheriff's
forces raided a gambling house in
Greeley. Six men we're arrested and
the gambling paraphernalia confis-
catede.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-09-17

Oscar Peterson was drowned in Nc
Kessack's lake near Firestone and his
two companions narrowly escaped a
like fate. The boat capsized and they
were thrown into the water.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-09-17

Akron had a $4,000 fire. believed
to have been of incendiary origin, the
outgrowth of the liquor fight in that
town. The fire started in a drug store,
the proprietor Of which has been sell
ing liquor without license.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-09-17

Mildew has utterly ruined the vines
In the champagne district in France
and the vintage Of 1908 will be not
only small in quantity but poor in
quality.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-09-17

DR.. George f. shrady, coroner OF
the borough Of Manhattan, declares
that the electric chair does not always
kill. and cites the case Of man who
recovered consciousness after the
shock.