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Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-07
More Talk About
Cabinet Officers

WASHINGTON. Jan. 6.-According
to gossip about the senate of the hesi-
fancy of Presidentelect Taft in an
nouncing formally his selection Of
Frank II. Hitchcock. chairman of the
Republican national committee, to be
postmaster general. 1t is due to sug-
gestion that the nomination might call
out opposition in the senate. 1t is
said that II he continued to hold his
position as national chairman, con-
siderable objection would be raised to
his serving as head of the postoffice
department, which has more federal
patronage than any other of the exec
utive departments.
Intimate friends of Hitchcock de-
clare that in the event 1t became nec-
essary for him to choose between the
national chairmanship and the post
master generalship. that he would re-
tain the former place.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-07
oLEANlNos FROM THE
TEACHERS MEETINGS


Supt. u. E, Smiley of the city schools
who returned Sunday evening from
Denver and Boulder, where he attend
ed the Teachers association, said he
found both meetings enjoyable and
helpful. Possibly the association with
others of the same profession. and the
side talks held In the lobbles are as
helpful as the lectures from the men
and women who are recognized ex-
perts in their respective lines. and
whose opinions are therefore worthy
OF consideration. One realizes what
big thing the educational system of
Colorado is, when he meets upward of
1000 persons actively engaged in edd-
cational work, most of these being at
the head of the various school sys-
tens.
The state association commenced
Monday, Dec. 2S, with an evening ses-
sion. DR.. Luther HA Gulich of New
York city. president of the Playground
association OF America. was the speak
er of the evening. The idea so often
exploited, that man is degenerating
through his tendency to coDgregate In
cities, and that we should return TO
the country life in order to keep our
civilization sane and healthy. was com
batted by DR.. Gulick. The speaker
said that man is a. social being and
therefore he ought to be in cities. Ger
tain conditions need to be adjusted
and when man and these conditions
conform there will be no opportunity
for the unfayorable criticisrnN on city
life, which are at present just. The
doctor then took up in detail various
points in proof OF his statements He
discussed the city playground at
length, stating that in this, the city
had the advantage, since the games
were better directed. On recent
visit to the playground of a Chicago
institution be saw rs different games
played. These had been selected from
games played all over the world.
Tuesday morning, as customary. the
association met In sections. Mr.. Smi-
ley attending the high school and col
lege section. and presiding over the
same. E. f. Ewing, until recently
principal OF the Durango high school,
presented paper on What Our High
| School Should DO Tor the Boys" This
! was very interesting and aroused a
discussion lasting some forty-five min
utes, many prominent educators TAX
| ing active past.
DIR. Duncan OF the University OF Kan
sas delivered a very interesting ad-
dress before the general association on
"The Chemical Interpretation OF Life.
He reviewed the various ways In
which life has been produced In the
chemical laboratory. and brought out
the theory OF the mechanists that there
Is no directing force by which the
higher parts of man are controlled
Life can be produced in simple form
In the laboratory and by process O
evolution the thoughts and feelings o
man will eventually be developed
The idealists says that there is q di
'rscting force which guides man with
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-07
Pueblo Claims
Real Diamonds

PUEBLO. Jan. 6.-That there are
diamond fields within 100 miles of Pue.
bio which win rival those OF South
Africa is the statement of General
George vandemach, hero of the Boer
war, and survivor of the battle OF
Three Topics. General vandemach is
diamond expert and has been follow
ing up clew in Colorado which he
obtained some time ago. He has with
him samples of formation, which. he
says, are Identical with that of the
famous Kimberly mines and in which
he expects to find diamonds. General
Vandemach is here from Dalhart, Tex,
where several men interested with
him in the possible discovery. 1t was
through one of these men the general
was brought into the investigation.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-07
WHY THE UNREST IN INDIA.
Washington Post.

Washington Post.
One of the chief causes of the oriti.
cal unrest in India, with its campaign
OF assassination, is said to be increas-
ing delay in the administration of IS.
tice. which has gone far 10 bring Eng
lish law and English government mo-
contempt. Loading down the laws
with technicalities that prevent
prompt trial of criminals always re
suits in loss of confidence in The
courts and reacts upon the community
in increased lawlessness. The Grim.
inal delays of the law have brought
about shameful and disgraceful coudi-
tions in the United States, and when
an alien and subject people like the
Hindus loses confidence in the jus
tice of its rulers the situation N
vites anarchy and revolt
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-07
Will Extend Line
Into Old Mexico

Ell PASO, Texas, Jan. 6.-Accord-
ing to private information received
here from New York, e. II. Hartman
has decided after series of confer
ences to build a railway line from
the main line of the Southern Pacific
south into Mexico. Beginning at
point east of Ell Paso. the proposed
new line will extend through the new
OIL fields In northeastern Chihuahua,
thence through the timber region OF
north central Mexico, to connection
with the Guaymas and Gauralajara
line now being built.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-07
A new
DANGER
Dogs Driven Mad by
Hunger Attack Ref
ugees and Dead

MESsINA. Jan. s--Dogs now con.
stitute danger to the earthquake refu-
gees. These animals. starving and
often rahid through lack of water,
gnaw corpses like hysnas and frequent
ly attack refugees themselves Among
the wounded who LEFT for Palermo last
night was young man whose eyes
and right cheeks bad been terribly
mutilated by dogs* After the earth
quake he was buried in debris up to
his neck. and while thus unable to
move was attacked by three of the
animals and seriously hurt before his
cries attracted held Many people are
shooting all vagraft dogs at night and
stray bullets aro sanother danger in
the city.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-07
USE HoRseFLesH FOR lnvALlDs|

London Answers.
Borseilesh, which Is largely uset
by Partisan doctors in the feeding o
lnyallds. is now being recommends,
by number of prominent Englisl
medical men.
Up to the present. however. 1t ha
rarely. or never, been prescribed II
this country. owing to the strong pre-
udice which exists against It; but th
feeling will be overcome when ons
the public realize how valuable
might be to people in delicate sta
OF health.
''No animal that had been used ~
beast of burden would. however.
suitable for the purpose of food"
physician said ut would be tou
that no man could get his tes
through 1t. What advocate are no
farms, like those in parts Of the so
of France. Here the animals are {
cially prepared for market. They
Z dDooihtDiy ctt,h'4ty hNSHs 0AA
fed with the greatest care on spe
fodder.
'The flesh OF horse contains q
carbohydrates than that OF an or.
viii consequently help to = greatei
tent In the formation OF sound fat
muscle. And. after all. what
that our town dwellers lack but .
muscle and fat.
Again. the flesh OF the horse II
ly more tender than that Of
animals. Therefore 1t is OF the
est value to people Of weak dige
sun-dry the flesh. and grind II
powder. and you win And that
the most delicate people can "a
. without fear Of the consequenees
food for inyalids It stands
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-07
MoYeR-PEAsopY EFT AL
CASE BEING HEARD

WASHINGTON Jan. e.-Argument
in the case OF Charles II. Meyer VS..
former Governor Peabody of Colorado,
General Sherman and Bulkeley Wells
commenced before fun bench of the
United States supreme court yester.
day afternoon by Edmund. + Richard
son, The case was resumed today
when court reconvened at IL o'clock
Mr.. Richardson made an impressive
presentation of Meyers side of the
case, which the court followed with
apparent interest.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-07
BAD EGGS AS BUSINESS.

New York Tribune.
Bad eggdeallng is a business in it.
self in England. All bad eggs 20 to
tanners and paper makers. These
eggs are CAREFUL opened by hand and
the whites sre separated from the
yokes-unpleasant work. but work that
no machine can do. The yolks are
mixed with flour and salt. and this
dough is sold to the leather men, who
size and dress hides with It, The
whites are used in sizing OF Hne paper
Care must be taken that they are
properly separated. as the least bit of
yolk in the whites would cause
yellow streak on the papers surface
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-07
CHICAGO IN GRASP
OF FIERCE BLIZZARD

CHICAGO, Jan. 6.-True to the
weather bureaus schedule, the hrs'
blizzard of the winter swept down IN
Chicago today from the north. From
A degrees above zero yesterday the
mercury dropped to 9 below today
All over the west the temperature is
the lowest in years Telegraph wires
are crippled In every direction. A
number Of accidents due to the coll
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-07
viii Issue New
Postage Stamp

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.-The issu-
ance of a new postage stamp of the 2
cent denomination in commemoration
of the one hundredth anniversary OF
the birth of Abraham Lincoln, was
provided for in a joint resolution in
troduced In the house by Represents
tive Dawson of Iowa. The postmaster
general Is authorized to design and
issue the stamp, provided the resolu'
ton is adopted.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-07
China to Front
With Revolution

Annoy, China. Jan. 6.-Reports re-
celved here today from districts In
Manchurla affected by the recent revo-
lutionary outbreak. say the govern
ment troops burned seven villages and
that the insurgents are on the defen-
sive. The troops are now awaiting
reinforcements. The disaffected area
comprises sixteen villages west OF
Tungan. The chief industry OF all the
villages is opium growing. A Tungan
magistrate has been dismissed for pre-
cipitating trouble.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-07

are reported. A South Chicago e,ec.
tric car ran into an Illinois Cent? al
train, injuring a number of the stree
car passengers. two seriously. Twen.
ty-fve guests of Humboldt Park hotel
suffered severely when they We're
driven half clad into the street by
fire Today was the coolest in three
wears.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-07
Hams is Still
on the Gridiron

FLUSHING, N. Y. Jan. 6.-Thorn-
ton j. Hams is still on the stand for
cross-examination today. Hams came
into court showing signs of weary
and sleepless night. The cross-exami
nation of defendant will probably last
all day. Thornton j. Hams became
slightly i'll Just before court opened
but recovered quickly and took his
place on the witness stand. No star
Ting developments occurred today.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-07
LEGISLATURE OPENED
AT NOON TODAY

DENVER, Jan. 6.-Amidst the usual
scenes of the opened state legislature
the Colorado senate and assembly met
a. noon and elected Adams president
of the upper house and Mr. Lubers
speaker of the assembly, appoid'ed
two committees, announced several
legislative Appointments and then ah
journed. The proceedings were free
ly formal. There were no sensational
features.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-07

were then swept clean and the dust
removed from woodwork and seats by
carefully wiping with cheesecloth. The
floors were scrubbed once a week, and
oftener If necessary, with strong so
luton of soft soap and alkaI. Once
a month the cars are cleaned with an
oil emulsion.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-07

Under bin to be itroduced IN the
general assembly the annual hunting
license viii be increased from 81 to
S1.50.
The large dining hall OF the Teller
Indian school at Grand Junction was
badly damaged by iire Monday after
noon The dining hall was built three
years ago at the cost of $4,000.
w. Fl. Pigg Of Canon City shot a
mountain lion on the Stirrup ranch
that weighed so pounds and measured
eight feet from tip of tail TO tip of
nose. II had killed deer and was
found feasting on the carcass.
Each Democratic senator viii be
given patronage to the extent of 81
per day. This will permit of Senator
West furnishing positions for two frop
his district. one probably coming from
Durango and the other Montezuma.
The directors of the Grand juno
tion chamber of commerce have voted
To appeal to the interstate commerce
commission regarding alleged exces-
sive freight rates from Missouri points
to Grand Junction. Several promi-
nent attorneys were OF opinion that
the commission will hold the present
rates to be excessive.
The coroner's jury which investigat-
ed the death OF the Mexican sheep
hcrder, Jesus Parea, at Grand juno
tion, rendered verdict to the effect
that he was killed by accidentally fall
ing off OF his horse. This verdict was
rendered in spite OF the fact that $40,
which the man was known to have In
his pocket. was missing.
An explosion OF the furnace In the
Gordon saloon at Walsenburg partial
ly wrecked the building and broke up
poker game which was going on in
the basement OF the building. The
players, tables and all gambling para
phernalia were blown In every direc-
tion, portion OF the furnishings being
blown entirely out OF the building
The floor was wrecked and every win
dow brsken. None Of the occupants
however. were seriously hurt.
Engineer James Nolan of extra east
bound d. g. X. G. freight train No. 1925
had a most remarkable experienc,
Monday that nearly resulted In hii
death. AS his train came out OF thu
Royal Gorge and was nearing Burnt
switch herd OF cows was on tn,
track. As he blew his whistle all lef
save big bull that stood in the cen
ter Of the track paving the ground
Nolan stopped the train and went toi
ward. The animal was believing wit
pain from a broken ankle and fror
rage at being forced to move.
charged at Nolan and catching him I
its horns tossed him high In the al
1t then trampel him under foot. tr.
Ing to gore him with Its horns. Coi
ductor Shoemaker, with the trai
crew. came running up, and not unit
six shot had been fred into the ma
dened beast did II toppie over dea
Nolan was taken to Canon City Al
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-07

According to the London Rystander
Charles NJ. Schwab. formerly at the
head OF the American Steel corpora.
tion, recently tried to purchase the
Chateau de Coucy. one of the biggest
medieval castles in Europe. It was
his purpose, as alleged, to transport It
In sections and rebuild It on his Penn.
sylyania estate, but the authorities re-
fused the offers made by the Ameri.
can millionaire, who instead is report.
ed to have bought the house at Noyon,
France, said to be the scene of the
treaty between Francis /. and Charles
V. in 1916. The Chateau de Coucy
which. is In the department of Aisne,
was built in the years 1225-1230. It's
gigantic donjon is 300 feet in circum-
ference. and in some places the walls
are thirty-four feet thick The ruins
cover 10000 square yards. According
n one of the legends attached to the
castle, its builder. Count Eguerrand,
wheh he lay dying after a battle in
the Crusades, ordered that his heart
be embalmed in spices and be sent In
a silver casket to his mistress, the
wife of the lord of Fayal The mes
sage and the heart fell into the hands
OF the guilty woman's husband. who
had Eguerrand's heart skillfully cook
ed and served to his wife. The lat
ter, when told she had eaten the heart
Of her lover. is said to have died of
horror. In the council chamber OF the
castle 1900 men could sit at one time.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-07

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.-Represen-
tatiye Madison of Kansas has intro
duced a bill which provides for the Gre
alton of the office Of attorney for the
interstate commerce commission. 1t
provides for appointment Of the new
officer by the president and fixes the
salary at $4,000 per annum.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-07

WASHINGTON, Jan. S.-Before CON
gress adjourns this afternoon the Sie
ident will send special message IN
which he will maintain he will not per-
NIT Attorney General Bonaparte 10
answer the question of congress as
to why the government did not prose
cute the steel trust. The president
holds that congress has no authority
to make such request and that the
government need not answer 1t.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-07
MRS. EMMA GEORGE GETS
LEGISLATIVE APPOINTMENT

DENVER, Jan. 6.-Mrs. Emma
George Of La Plata county was today
appointed clerk of the legislative ap-
propriations committee.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-07

In accord with the eternal fitness
of things, the forger should use q
steel pen In his business.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-07

A bachelor says mule is the most
obstinate thing on earth. but married
msu know better.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-07

Denver postofnce shows gain of
per cent for the year.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-07

Active work has commenced toward
securing 100000 names in Chicago and
Illinois for the huge suffrage petition
which is to be sent to Washington
Feb. 10 as part OF the movement to
secure votes for women.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-07

An idea of what is being done by
,he officials of the subway and eie-
vated railroad lines in New YORK city
IN keep the cars of those lines from
being breeders and distributors OF tu-
berculos!s germs was given by Gen
eral Manager Frank II. Hedley of tns
marlborough Rapid Transit company
in addressing $500 employees OF his
company. Mr.. Hedley said that the
floor mattings had been removed from
all the cars and had been replaced oS
maple strips. Every night he said the
500 cars were sprinkled with so
luton of carbolic acid. The floors
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-07
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

In selection OF cardinals at the next
papal consistory in Rome next March
North America Will be ignored. accord
ing to advices reaching Washington.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-07

vim recover, although he Is badly torn
up.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-07

A woman aged SO years travelled
from Nebraska to Washington to in
terest the president against scheming
attorneys whom she claims are try
ing to rob her of valuable lands. Her
husband, who died ten years ago. was
personal friend of the president.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-07

Mrs. Brown Potter, the actress. d.
vorced wife of James Brown Potter
the millionaire, set foot upon her ma
tive land for the first time in twelve
years when the Lusitania, inbound
from Liverpool. arrived Saturday. In
regard to the report that her former
husband, who has mar. ed again, had
offered her 100000 to cease using his
name. Mrs. Potter smiled and said;
81 never thought my name was worth
all that. don't think have been
offered any such large sum. intend
+, continue to call myself Mrs. Brown
Potter. The actress, however. has per
manently made an inhnitesimai conces'
sion, having dropped the "James" from
her name.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-07

Labor mass meetings were held in
Chicago Sunday TO protest against the
Wright sentence imposed on Gompers
and others. Speakers on the floor lik-
ened Judge Wright to Pontius PLATE
and declared that the imprisonment
of Gompers and his associates would
as surely bring about redress for the
workers as did the crucifixion of Christ
establish Christianity.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-07

w. II. Pigg of Canon city shot
mountain lion on the Stirrup ranch
that weighed $50 pounds and measured
eight feet from tip of tail to tip of
nose. 1t had killed a deer and was
found feasting on the carcass.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-07

The large dining hall OF the Teller
Indian school at Grand Junction was
badly damaged by fire Monday after
noon. The dining hall was built three
years ago at the cost of $4,000.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-07
COLORADO NEWS

Under a bin to be itroduced in the
general assembly the annual hunting
license viii be increased from 81 to
$I.50.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-07

The proposal to hold winter carni-
val at Montreal this winter is greatly
deprecated by the immigration depart
ment at Montreal It is pointed out
that any literature, exhibition or any
other thing which tends to create the
impression that Canada is a country
OF extreme cold for the greater part OF
the year is very hurtful in the work
carried on by Canadian immigration
agents in other countries, particularly
in Great Britain.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-07

Each Democratic senator viii be
given patronage to the extent of 81
per day. This will permit of Senator
West furnishing positions for two frop
his district. one probably coming from
Durango and the other Montezuma.
The Baltimore County union, the Towson news., 1909-09-11
YOUNG OF RABBITS AND rERRErs.

(From the London Evening SCanoaroJ
The mating time of ferrets is usual
lv about the middle of March. 1t is
a habit of the weasel tribe to keep up
when mating an almost constant chat
tering, making, like cats, the same
sort Of cry when in love as when an
noyed or in pain-a cry with CHR
ripping, persuasive note, not without
an effect, doubtless, on susceptible
hearts.
Where there is doe rabbit at this
time of year there will soon be little
rabbits. When rabbits have been
much harassed, above and below
ground, by men or by stoats, the does
have their young in stops, away out
in the fields. Those who know how
to read the signs of wood and field
may find half dozen stops of young
rabbits; but to find the does often
will battle even the gamekeeper, with
his trained dogs and ferrets. A doe
never lies with her young in stop
by day. Nor will you find her with
other rabbits in the cosy shelter of a
hedge, nor any where near her young.
She is crouching apart, in some lone
ly spot-the last place where you
would search for her.
Many have confessed themselves
completely baf1ed by the mystery how
the mother rabbits suckle their young,
for the stop appears to be passage
way underground, too narrow to al
low full grown rabbit to pass along.
Some have supposed that the little
rabbits come for nourishment at their
mothers cry TO the stops entrance,
but this is not the true secret. The
doe opens out the stop with each visit
she pays to her young, carefully cover
ing it in and leaving the smallest pos
sible opening when she departs.
At mothering times the insincts of
wild creatures for their preservation
are wonderfully sharpened. Very
seldom seen by human eyes is the
yellow breasted stoat who has litter
dependent upon her; only now and
and again keeper catches glimpse
of her stealthy form, after receiving
a warning of her presence through
the pink pink" cry of the blackbirds.
The vixen expecting cubs will slip
away into some secret earth on the
slightest sound of hounds approaching
the covert where she is lying. You
may hear the subdued and almost
whispered COO of nesting woodpigeons
in the impenetrable gloom of a June
beech tree, and the sound will cease
if you stand in the shadow of the tree
but you might even throw sticks
aloft without bringing the wary birds
from their cool and safe retreat.