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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-18
ELECTRIC FIRM EXPANDS

The Mosso-Berry Electric Co. has
purchased the entire holdings of
the Empire Electric Co. at 220 Post
street and will move to No. IS Riv-
erside avenue, where it will start
one of the largest shops in the
city. The papers communicating
the deal were signed today.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-18
TAFT FAMILY IMPROVING
(By United Press)

WASHINGTON, May 1S.--Mrs.
Taft and son, Charlie, are reported
resting we'll today. Mrs. Taft has
completely recovered from a nerv-
nus breakdown yesterday. Charlie
was operated on for tonsilitis and
is improving.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-18

bread un'er his belt t. start wuth,
he'd likely cut sum capers up har
in the sand hills somewhat. Ha!
ha! hal" he chuckled as he poked
a copious chew Of tobacco back into
his heavy cheek and sauntered out
the station door with the prisoner.
This was the hardest moment
that Minnick has experienced since
his capture. He seemed resigned to
whatever fate might await him and
has declared his willingness to take
his medicine according to the law,
but the clanking of the shackle
chains and the squeeze of the leg
irons have sickened him, as they
would sicken even dumb brutes.
Minnick is said to have murdered
a man in Alton, and was caught
here after two years of flight.
trouble one Of these days running
counter to the law that he caused
to be placed on the statute hooks
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-18
RAILROAD GUARDS
FOR TRAINS

A force of special agents kept on
passenger trains all through this
part of the country hereafter to
guard against repertitions of the
sensational robberies that have
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-18
BLAIR FOR COLLECTOR
(By United Press)

WASHINGTON, May 1S.-Taft
today nominated John G. Blair col
lector of customs for the district of
Montana and Idaho.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-18
THE DAY HAS COME WHEN MAN CAN
FLY If HE WISHES

CONTINUED from page one.)
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-11-01
Dress Reform in
Interests Of Morals

CHICAGO, Oct. 30-Reform of wom-
ems dress in the interest of morals
is advocated by Harry A. Smooi. gen.
eral superintendent of the juvenile
Protection association, in his deport
presented at the annual meeting of
the association.
Declaring the prevailing styles ac-
centuated sex and were responsible
for the downfall of many young girls
and boys. Mr.. Smooth urged that the
association use its influence with the
sources of fashion, as well as with
the girls themselves to introduce more
modest styles.
One walking up and down oiir
streets. especially in the downtown
district cannot help but be impressed
with the belief that extreme styles
IN dress which young girls are prone
to wear most surely contributing 10
the causes of delinquency" said Mr..
Smooth. Frequently every article OF
dress was so designed and so arranged
as to accentnate the wemer's sex"
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-11-01
FOUND DEAD IN aeo.

A. Murray, an old man about 65
years Of age. was found dead this
morning al the fish hatchery of the
Valleeito club on the yallecito, MIR
Murray was apparently az well and
hearty as usual al 9 o'clock last oven
ing when he called on O. +. Boyle at
his cabin near by last evening. re-
manning until 9 or after This morn
ing Mr.. Murray not being observed as
usual, Robert Nelson. who spent the
night with Mr.. Boyle. went over to
The hatchery. the second floor Of whicn
is fitted up with beds and cooking
outfit, and found Mr.. Murray cold in
death with. the blankets covering him
as though in peaceful sleep. the man
having evidently died during the night
possibly passing away while asleep as
no signs Of distress rested on his coun-
tonanoe. Coroner Goodman was noti-
fed By phone by way OF Bayfield, and
he LETT before the noon hour to bring
the body to town for burial.
Deceased has been familiar figure
at the club grounds the past two or
three years whore he made headquar.
tiers. looking after the property Of
the club. He had number of sad.
die horses which he let out TO those
wanting thom. He used to be located
in the eastern part OF the county and
me Pagpsa Springs eountey. Nothing
Is known Of family connections at this
writing.
LATER-We are informed this aft
ernoon that Mrs. George DeI.uche OF
Anlmas City Is a niece of Mr.. Murray
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-11-01

steadily increasing ratio.
Thoush Mis-. Myers has been In Du-
ranso 50 short time, coming with
her family from Malta, Ill. about two
months ago. many Durango people are
pleased 10 claim her friendship, and
appreciate aud admire her sweet.
wholesome womanhood, Like her hus-
band, Mrs Myers adopted teaching
as her profession. and was In cnarge
Of the English department of the high
school in Macomb. H.. when she first
met Mr.. Myers. She is a graduate of
The Northwestern university, and also
Of the Northern Illinois State Normal
school Durango citizens are proud to
welcome her aud trust she will spend
many happy years among them.
We have known MI Myers some
what longer than his bride, and VIC
are more than grailfied that he liISes
us 80 well that he has taken up a per
manent residence among us We have
watched him In many difficult posi-
tions and have admired the skill and
good cheer with which he has faced
and surmounted those difficulties.
Both ms a citizen and as principal OF
the Durango high school his Influence
has always beon for good while the
ffIendly spirit and genuine interest
he manifests toward all mankind has
made that influence far-reaehing.
Now that he aud the woman OF his
choice arc setting mp their family al
tar. under their own vine and iig-
tree, there let us leave them. first
ndding these fow words OF apprecfa-
tlon, beads OF kind thoughts and good
wishes. strong upon sympathy and
fastened with the clasp Of friendship.
to the gifts Of other friends.
Since love IS the greatest thing In
the world we wish among other good
things that theirs for each other may
endure through life and beyond the
change called death. In the quaint
words OF the Arab song may 1t last
"Till the sun grows cold.
And the stars are old,
And the leaves of the Judgment Book
unfold
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-11-01
Furious Naval
Battle Fought

ATHENS. Oct 3O.-A furious naval
battle with an unknown number OF
fatalities was fought yesterday be.
tween rebellious naval officers and
loyal warships and batteries. The
Scene Of the fight was Salamis. place
made memorable by the victory of
Tbemistocles over the Perslans 1000
years ago.
The fight lasted only twenty min.
utes and was between the field bat
teries and big warships on one side
and mutinous band of naval officers
which quilted the capital Wednesday
with torpedo boats and submarines on
the other. A sharp exchange OF shells
followed the first shots. Some of the
projectIles struck the arsenal build.
ings but only ono missile hit the tor.
pedo boat Sphendona which immedi
ately involved in cloud of smoke
II is officially announced today that
only two men of the loyal fleet were
wounded. The losses to The mutineers
is not known.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-11-01
Scaled Walls and
Secured Diamonds

DENVER, Oct. 30-While members
Of the household and select party OF
friends were enjoying themselves at
bridge. daring thief scaled the front
balcony of the Alfred Eavcs home at
East Seventh avenue last night at IL
o'clock and conirived to get away with
diamonds valued at two thousand dol
lars. In making a hasty retreat after
being unintNntionally surprised by n
daughter. Miss Mabel Eaves. the thief
overlooked other jewels valued at over
100000 and a purse containing money
Aside from a few scratches made by
the shoes on the columns Of the bal.
cony and sack of meal which he
had intended for the two family dogs
the man left no clue. No arrests were
made today.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-11-01
UNUSUAL
MYSTERY
Three Men Under AR.
rest Under Very Sus-
picious Conditions

SPOKANE, Wash. Oct. 30.-Three
men were arrested near Cedonia
Wash, last night following the dscov
cry Of what was left of woman's
body In the smohering log fire In q
lonely place in the Huckleberry noun
talns. The subsequent developments
promises an unusual murder mystery
though the motives for the alleged
crime are lacking and nothing in the
way of evidence against the men un
der arrest is obtalnable.
The prisoners are James Logan and
c. d. Hilton. farmers, and man
known as Tennessee Jack They
are being brought into Colville by
Sheriff Graham
Logans arrest was made upon the
statement of man who declared that
he saw Logan standing near the burn
ing pile that was consuming The WON
ans body. The woman's name Is moi
known. She was employed at the
Hergesheimer ranch She and Logan
started out yesterday morning from
Logan's ranch to go TO Blue Creel
on business matter Logan is sait
10 have left fhe wagon to open q
gate aud to have shot the woman as
size was driving through. carrying hei
body 10 The spot where it was burned
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-11-01
YESTERDAYS FIELD SPORTS.


Considerable interest was manifest
cd IN the Marathon races and the
high school meet which were held
at the fair grounds yesterday The
sports were spirited but friendly and
the manner in which they were con.
Quoted will certainly do much towards
encouraging future events of this sort
Our high school did themselves proud
both in the ball game and the track
team The local ball team turned the
tables on the Cortez team. After the
first inning Durango had decidedly the
best of the game. They scored two
runs and Cortez did not make any
they had accumulated nine scores to
the visiting teams 5. Our boys seem
ell determined 10 show us that the
defeat they met with at Cortez was an
accident But the Cortez team is com
posed of fine LOT of boys and they
are capable of putting up much bet
tel game than yesterdays. Before we
boast too much OF the local team
we viii wait for the results of today's
game The high school girls are en-
thusiastic rooters and the support they
gave the boys was great The splen.
did showing made by our high school
boys in all the sports reflects great
credit upon the athletic training. Mr.
Skaggs has charge of the basket bail
and baseball and Mr.. Carr the track
work.
In the shotput contest the winners
were Owens, Townsend and Corne.
lius. Owens throw being 30 feet 8 3-4
inches.
The standing broad jump was won
by Otis. His record being s t'10A
inches. Bell and Cornelius came out
second and third.
Peters won the 440-yard dash In
5SH seconds Bowman was second
and Prewitt third. That boy Peters
can certainly go some.
Bell and Otis contested for the pole
vaulting record and in this Otis was
fine. He cleared . feet 4 inches.
The order Of the winners In the
half mile foot race was Rachofsky
Bowman and Harris. Rachofsky's
time was 2:4o.
The ioO-yard dash was won by Pc
ters.
Ted Johnson. Andrew Johnson. Saul
Halyve and Graves Kent were the con.
tostants IN the Marathon race. Graves
Kent was the Ute Indian Superintend'
ent Werner brought up from lgnacio
While he was the least fleet footed
his courage was greatly to be com.
mehded. Although he lost from the
irst he did not cease to put forth
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-11-01
LOOKS BAD FOR
JUDGE GAYNOR
Big Meeting Called Off Because People are
Not Turning Out to Listen to
Tammany Candidate

NEW YORK. Oct. 3o-The sensa.
tion of today in the cyclou1c finish
to the whirlwind mayoralty campaign
was caused by the report that the bis
meeting in Madison square, scheduled
for Judge William j. Gaynor, head oi
the Tammany ticket, had been aban
doned. 1t is said that this action was
taken because of the poor attendance
at the Carnegie hall meeting Tues
day night. Judge Gaynor refused to
appear there because of the slim at
tendance. In the garden an audience
Of 5000 is need to make showing
The climax of the bitter campaign
was reached today, though all sides
will work until the polls open Tues
day
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-11-01

the same effort to win as did the
leader. Ted Johnson of Salt Lake
who came OUT second did we'll, but
saul Halyve. the Grand Junction In
dian. certainly is great He ran the
five miles In 2s:4lla. and at the end
OF the race he seemed equal to ran.
ming the same distance In less time
without being fatigued The secret of
his endurance seems to be that his
muscles are completely relaxed at all
times. Today he will run ten miles
for the worlds championship record
His race is worth the price of ad,
mission.
Hammer throwing Wright Bond, 10
feet; Townsend second. Cornelius
third.
10O-yard dash-Ben Otis first. Clyde
Bell second. Mott of Cortez third
Time, 10 2.5 seconds.
Relay race between Durango and
Cortez, half mile-Durango won, time
1851.
The various events are counted by
points, the total being added in the
various events. Yesterday Durango
won 66 points and Cortez I.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-11-01

The disease among sheep known as
lip and leg liberation has appeared In
two bands OF the vicinity of Rawlins.
Wyo.. which have been Guaranteed
and federal inspectors. All sheep of
that section were recently dipped for
tciks. and It is though this treatment
viii act as preventative and that
the disease will not spread II has
prevailed in central and northern sec
tions OF the state for nearly year,
but this is It's first appearance in
the southern tier OF counties.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-11-01
SOCIETY NEWS

The Sewing club members spent
Monday afternoon with Mrs. A. e..
I.und in North Durango. Mrs. Lund
Is pleasing hostess and the after
noon will long be remembered with
pleasure. The members of the club
are Mesdames Fisher. Clake. Pingrey
Graham, Barber. Woods. Turrel. Her
bert, Lane and Lund.
The Halloween party given by Mrs
8 p. Herr yesterday afternoon was
characterized by its clever originality
Potted plants and cut flowers added
to the beauty OF this artistic home.
The Halloween colors. black and yel-
low, were carried out In the decora-
tins. Effective black cats (cut from
card board). and black paper bats or
namented the walls. curtains and the
yellow electric light shades. Pump
kin jack-o' lanterns gave forth faint
light. In one room grotesquely garb-
ed witch told fortunes. Euchre was
the game Of the afternoon. The in
vited guests were Mesdames McClos-
key. Henderson, Nathan. Mcconnell
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-11-01
Building Wrecked
By Dynamite

KANSAS CITY. Mo, Oct. 3O.-A
building In the course of construction
here to be used as a garage was par
TALLY wrecked by an explosion of dy-
Mantle this morning Windows In ad
joining buildings were broken but no
one was injured. Contractors say the
explosion is the result OF recent labor
troubles, non-unlon men having been
employed in its construction. Two
men are arrested ON suspicion.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-11-01
Arguments in Town
Lot Indictments

ARDMORE. Okla. Oct. 30.--Attor.
ney 8. II. Russell. In federal court
here today made the concluding ar
gument for the six defendants on the
demurrer to Indictment charging Gov
Charles N Haskell and other Okla
homans with fraudnlently scheduling
Muskogee town lots. Assistant Attor
ney General Rush closed the argu
ments for the government Judge
Marshall will probably render his de
cision this afternoon.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-11-01
BOOSTERS, MEETING.

A regular meeting OF the directors ol
Durango and La Plata County Boost
ers club. will be held at the office
of the secretary Monday night. A
fnll attendance Is desired as business
of importance is to be considered
(Shall Durango be represented at the
Western Slope congress?
j. C. COPELAND, Acting Secretary.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-11-01

NEW ORLEANS. Oct 3O.-To the
roar OF guns from warships at unchor
in midstream. saiuted by deafeninr
shrieks OF sirens. changing OF bells and
the shrill cheers of 10000 enthusias
tic citizens who lined the banks OF
the Mississippi, President Taft arrived
at New Orleans at 10 O'clock this
morning. bringing TO successful con
clusion his long trip down The river
from st. Louis. II was reception
well worthy of the big president and
that he enjoyed it is evident Stand
ing on the bridge of the trim and
speedy little Oleander, marked among
the group of his personal encourage by
his huge figure, he bowed. smiled hap
PLY AT the enthusiasm of the fhrong
turning now and then towhisper com
ment TO one of his party.
AS the salute guns of the splendid
battleship Mississippi ceased splitting
out their noisy greeting and while
Captain Marshall. in command of the
squadron. stood on the bridge. thu
Oleander rounded to and crept up to
the wharf at the foot of Canal street
"Plenty OF water here. Mr.. Presi.
dent" remarked the pilot ave have
now nearly 200 feel beneath us" A
moment later the formal reception
committee was on board and the pres
dent escorted TO the landing Presi
dent Taft and his party were quickly
placed in carriages and the big pa
rade up canal street began. The prin
cipl business streets Of the city were
traversed and when the 81. Charles
hotel. 11iIa- nome OF The presidential
party for two days was reached, the
president left the carriage and re-
viewed the procession from the bal
cony.
The throngs in front of the hotel
were limited only by the space and
the liberality of the police. The ar
rangements to protect the president
seemed flawless There was uni
formed patrolman at every six feet
on the line of march and as fast
as The presidential party passed one
point, details of police hurried ahead
to serve at some other. Everywhere
there we're detectives and secret serv.
ice men.
Immediately after the parade re.
ception Of the officials by the presi
dent was arranged and. later he re
tired to get little rest. In the mean
time the waterways convention was
called to order The president accept
ed the invitation to luncheon with
Archbishop Blenk at noon and dined
tete a tete with the distinguished pre-
late.
The luncheon began a strenuous
afternoon. First he drove TO the big
Jesuit college and spoke a few words
to the students Then he hurried to
the Athanaeum, where he addressed
the waterways convention. After list
enlng to Pinchots speech for few
moments the president drove in an
automobile to the principal points OF
interest in the city, stopping TO sec
a few plays of the Tulane Mississippi
football game to dedicate Taft field
BY this time ii was time to dress fol
n formal dinner at the Pickwick clui
whirled back to his hotel.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-11-01
ARRIVED AMID THE
ROAR OF MANY GUNS
One Hundred Ill., People Line the Banks
Of the Mississippi Wien President Taft's
FIotIa Hove in Sight

Balster. Newman. Weist, Kruschke
Jakway. Camp Pickerill, Hahn, Clarke
Clarke, Tulley: John Pearson. Terrell
Tiffany, Lingenfelter, Gagg. Scoville
Bishop, Mollette. Eldredge. Burwell
Harper, Kaufman, Andrews, Vaile
Eean, Bernard. G. Il. Herr. Snyder
Clements. Rainey. McCloud. Harry
Pearson, Lowe, Woods, Graham, Pin
grey, Ayres, Sam Sloan. r. H. Sloan
Fay, Turrell. Fisher. f. l.. Perkins
G. c. Perkins, John Herr, Sheets, Dri-
YER, White. Potts, Wingate, Ritter
Thompson, coulson. Haggart. Lewis
Chapman, Kellenberger. Herbert and
Pulford and the Misses Hunt. Peck
Schafranka and Mashburn
MI. and Mrs. r. II. Sloan gave a
delightful stag dinner last night In
honor of Mr. Titus who is to be mar.
ried in Denver next week The house
was beautifully decorated in pink and
white and al T fve-course DINNER
was served. Covers were laid for four.
Teen at the handsomely decorated tn.
lle. The evening was spent In story
telling. toasts and music. A novel
idea was showering the guest of honor
with appropriate gifts. Those pres
cut were: Mr. Alexander. AIR. Mus.
ser, Mr.. Kelsoe, Mr.. S. s. Sloan. MIR
lSgan Mr.. Ayres, Mr.. Duggan, Mr.
Bruner, Mr.. Rucker, Mr.. Hogan, Mr.
Berkheimer. Mr. Nelson, r. II. Sloan
and Mr.. Titus.
The Glover club, an auxiliary so
clety of the Episcopal church is meet.
ing with Mrs. Haggart this afternoon
Mrs. James Otis and Mrs Arthur
Ayres will entertain twelve children at
Halloween party this evening Au
tumn leaves and the traditional pump
kin will be prominent features of the
decorations. The early part of the
evening will be spent in making candy
and popping corn and later the time
honored Halloween games will be
played. 1t goes without saying that
the children will have a delightful
time.
MIR. and Mrs. Fl. T. Henderson will
entertain the Bridge club and n few
/ invited guests this evening The Hen
dersons are so famous for their hos
pitality that no one would think OF
declining their invitation unless there
was smallpox in the house. The guest
list includes: Mr.. and Mrs. Hahn
Mr.. and Mrs. Perkins, Mr.. and Mrs
West. Nj. and MS. Pickerill. Mr.. and
Mrs. Jakway. Mr.. and Mrs. McClos
key, Mr.. and Mrs. Clarke, Mr.. and
Mrs. Chapman, Mr.. and Mrs. White
Mr.. and Mrs. Pearson. Mr.. and Mrs
Nathan. Mr.. and Mrs. Singleton. Mr.
and Mrs. Lewis and Messrs. Berri and
Moody.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-11-01
Two Killed and
Five Injured

ST. JOHNSBURY. Vt, Oct. 30
Two persons killed, five seriously In.
jured and four others reported missing
is the result of fire that destroyed
the City Savings bank. five-story
structure in this city early today.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-11-01

Another shipment of twenty car
leads of sheep from Fort Collins has
been held up in Denver by the federal
authorities and after an examination
about 20 head believed to be afflicted
with lip and leg disease we're taken
out Old sheep men of that section
believe that most of the sheep held
up are not suffering from the danger
Gus disease as they know IT, l. w
Bennett. probably the first man to
go into the business OF sheep feed
ing in that region. declared that he
would not be afraid to buy the sheep
the federal officers have intercepted
In transit. He says many lambs suf
fer from sore mouths. in most causes
caused by sharp stubble and some.
times by poison weed. but these
sores are not dangerous
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-11-01
Residence Burned
Three are Dead

BRIDGE, Ont, Oct 3O.-Shortly aft
er midnight the house of A. McLough-
lin, a boofkeeper, was destroyed by
fire and Mrs Mclaughlin and her two
Young children were burned to death
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-11-01
District Court

District court win convene at 10 a.
m. Nov ! and adjourn to Nov. 8. At
10 q. m. All jurors and witnesses sum
moned to appear Will be ordered to
come again on NOV. $ without being
ie-subpoenaed.
By order Of The court.
JOHN NJ MEusER. Clerk
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-11-01

Berlin has now population OF two
millions. A greater Berlin would In
cludc another million
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-11-01

Over one million young Chinese now
are studying in schools of modern
G. ii. Robertson, an American educa-
tor and religious worker. who has
Just returned TO this country after
a seven years residence In China.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-11-01

and prospects are brighter than q
month ago for good demand and
high prices. The yield win be 5000
TO 5000 carloads.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-11-01

John Morris in the Editorial Review
says that the trade war in paper and
wood pulp with Canada is growing
more serious. and says tremendous
business interests are waiting for Sen
ators Aldrich and Smoot to make good
their promise of protecting American
industry
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-11-01

The only precious stones Of cous.
siderable value produced In India ~
the ruby and jadeite.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-11-01
TELEdRAPHIC NEWS

William Il. Curtis discusses the Al.
drich tariff law and declares that IL is
the most consistent and scieytific ever
enacted and that 1t tends toward down
ward revision rather than upward
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-11-01

"The women are more anxious for
polygamy than the men are" said
Bishop .Spalding OF Utah at con
clave of the Episcopal diocese in San
Francisco. The bishop went on to say
that polgamy in Utah has more re-
cruits among the women than among
the men and tina. so long as woman
suffrage prevailed in that state 1t
would be utterly impossible TO estab-
lish laws that would result in the abo
lition Of polygnmy