Semi-weekly herald., 1909-02-04

OF coal. traffic Is also blockaded."
WASHINGTON, Feb. when N
senate met today great interest wa
manifested In the outcome of Senate
e Foraker's efforts to have day fl.
. ed for considering the Aldrich substi
r tute bill, providing for court of in
quiry to determine which of the dis
/ charged soldiers OF the Twenty,fiftf
regiment of the infantry should be re
enlisted. On the Democratic side there
Is united opposition to the passage Of
any measure looking to the re.enlist
ment of the negro soldiers. The Dem
ocrats expressed the view that. as
several investigations have resulted in
failure to determine the guilty men
IN the regiment, although It was found
that the men of the regiment "shot
up Brownsville. 1t would be mani.
testify improbable for any court of
inquiry to act intelligentIy on the sub
Ject' unless additional evidence could
be obtained. As a consequence the
united Democratic opposition to any
legislation at this session IL is eyi.
dent that there would be much skir.
mishing to delay vote. On the Re.
publican side substitute bill was
made party meaure and It IS said
VIII receive a full Republican vote.
WASHINGTON, Feb. Senator
Guggenheim and Representative Bon.
ynge have received letters from ben.
yer real estate exchange urging
that work be commenced at an early
day on the Denver public building,
and that Colorado stone be used in
constructing it. The real estate *.
change proposes sending a committee
TO Washington to aid in accomplish.
ing these things and requesting
Messrs. Gpggenheim and Bonynea TO
advise them when the visit should he
made. The senator aud representa-.
live have conferred and with Assist,
ant Secretary of Treasury Beel5man
"inthrope, who has charge of the con
struction of new public buildings and
informed by him that he would com
piete the Hist of architects "in a fey
days." who will be permitted to enter
into competition for making plans for
the new building.
MONTE VISTA, Feb. burglars
yesterday morning gained entrance to
the store of W. H. Poole and looted 1,
of diamonds and jewelry valued at
more than $500.
BRIDGEPORT, Conn, Feb. IL
Rooseyelt's congress of Rough Rid.
ers, the aggregation of exponents of
unrest, headed by Theodore Roosevelt,
has been asked to accept an offer
made him today by the circus syndi-
cate. A proposition embracing a sal.
ary of $4,000 week for a thirty.
weeks tour was today forwarded to
Roosevelt The syndicate also guar.
antees that gargoyles Will not be in
cluded In the menagerie nor will any
mollycoddles, nincompoops or other
undesirable citizens be allowed with.
in two miles Of the. show grounds.
Roosevelt will be given entire charge
of the circus. He will be allowed TO
select performers and arrange all the
acts.
MELBOURNE, Feb. 1.-The British
steamer Clan Ranald is total wreck
near Edithburg and the captain and
forty-six of her crew, most Of whom
were Asiatics, were drowned. The
vessel was drifting ashore last night
but sank before boats could reach her
Eighteen members of the crew. inciud.
ing twelve coolies, were picked Up
The Clan Ranald was struck by a
heavy sea yesterday afternoon and
rendered unmanageable. Then being
driven ashore she turned turtle.
DENVER, Feb. 1.-The first bin OF
the session passed today 1t provides
$1,000 toward constructing a good road
from the New Mexico border line
through Colorado.
have quite open opposition to the guar.
antee bill, and announced today they
would have no more conferences with
former Governors Adams and Thomas
and Governor Shafroth on the subject
The bill will therefore be drawn by
three men that shall redeem the parry
platform.
DENVER, Feb IA bill was In
troduced today forblddlng the Colo
RADIO & Southern railroad from remov-
ing the shops to Omaha.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 1.-The su-
preme court today denied a rehearing
in the gas case. 80 that the New York
and other companies must refund all
over so cents for gas they have been
charging.
NEW YORK. Feb. 1.-Gas stocks
took a great tumble on the stock ex.
change upon receipts of the supreme
court decision from Washington.
SCHENECTADY, N. Y, Feb. L.
The Central Arcade, consisting OF
twenty stores on the ground floor. and
offices, society rooms and printing
plant above. was destroyed by fire to
day. The building was worth over
100000, and owned by Mrs. Anna E
Van Dusen. The Central Arcade was
| formerly Clute Bros machine sloD.