Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-06-09
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS


week. The general opinion is that
hoth measures will be voted upon be.
FORE Saturday night, and that they will
De sent TO conference. Party lines
VIII be Dissolved and new lines of
insurgency developed in the senate m
connection with the public land with.
diawal bill which is expected will be
taken up tomorrow Some western
members are preparing TO make Wig.
orous assaults upon RooseveltGarfield
administration Of the public domain,
especially in regard to blanket with.
drawals of large areas. 1t is not i'm
probable this course viii lead to some
bitter criticism of the more consery.
alive policies of the Taft Ballinger adj
ministration. Discussions will arise
over the consideration of admlnistra
ton bill. which has already passed
the house, to authorize the president
TO withdraw public lands for the pur-
poses of classification, for protection
OF water power sites, for forest re.
serves and TO prevent mineral lands
from falling into the hands of monop.
olies Many western members, not.
ably Senators Warren and Clark of
Wyoming, Hepburn and Borah of Ida
no. Carter of Montana and Hughes of
Colorado, express fear that the enact
ment of this measure would mark the
return of the policy of Locking I'm"
great tracts of land and that western
states might be deprived of benefits
that would accrue from their develop
ment. On the other hand the more
regime of former Forester Pinchot is
favored by such western members as
Senators Dixon of Montana, Flint and
Perkins of California. Piles of Wash
ington, Chamberlain and Bourne of
Oregon, Smoot and Sutherland OF
Utah and numerous others.
NE WYoRK, June 6.--William Sid
ney Porter, known best under his pen
name of Henry o. Henry. as writer
of short stories, died today at the Poly
technic hospital He underwent an
operation Friday and never rallied
Porter was born in Greensboro, n c..
forty-six years ago. He began his
journalistic career on the Houston
Post. Before that he had been
cowboy, sheepherder and druggist and
an active traveller
WASHINGTON. June Con their
long horseback journey from Okla
homa to New York, whether they are
riding TO meet Colonel Roosevelt,
Louie and Temple Abermatny. and C.
yearold sons OF United States Mar
shall Jack Alternately, wolf hunter and
friend of Roosevelt, left the national
capital today. Since leaving their
home in Oklahoma the little fellows,
who are travelling unaccompanied.
have averaged about fifty miles q day.
They spent week taking In the sigths
of Washington. While here they call
ed on President Taft, also met Speaker
Cannon. They rode as far as Balti-
more today.
GOLDEN, Colo. June 6.-After writ
ing addresses to a number of his
friends in books and on cards, a young
man named David Thomas of Colfax,
Ia, sat down on rail on the Denver
& Interurban yesterday, and unheed-
ing the whistle of the car or shouts of
the conductor. was struck and instant
ly killed. His remains were brought
TO Golden by Coroner Davidson, who
is of the opinion it was a deliberately
planned suicide. The body is that OF
a young man not over 10 years of age.
LONDON, June 6.-FOllowing Colon
ell Roosevelt's starting denunciation OF
lienency of British rule in Egypt, In
his now famous Guildhall speech.
which its implied condemnation of ad-
ministration of Sir Eldon Gorst, the
British agent and consul general in
Egypt, came another surprising de-
velopment today In the report Sir
Gorst will shortly be recalled. The
report is generally accepted and cred
tied to the agitation arising from
Roosevelt's arraignment of England's
policy in Egypt 1t is said General
Sir Frederick Wingate. slrdarof of the
Egyptian army and governor general
of the Soudan, is to succeed Gorst.
Wingate and Roosevelt became great
great friends while the Colonel was In
Egypt The former rendered his yacht
to bring the Colonel down the Nile
from Gondokoro. Since coming to
England Roosevelt had many nice
things to say about Wingate and this
strengthens the belief that Roosevelt
is planning an active part in the con
templated changes in Egypt Should
the change take place there is bound
to be another storm OF criticism at
Roosevelt, based on the charge that
he is interfering In Englands private
affairs.
MARSHALLTOWN. Ia. June Ga
fiend with an AK wiped out the entire
family OF James Harding last night,
sixteen miles southwest of this city.
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