Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-08-22

ehieNeous boy tried the ancient trick
OF tying a tin can to his tail. When
the dog objected the children belabor-
ed him with sticks and stones. With
frightened look the dog ran about
twenty feet. Then he changed his
mlnd and came back, hurting himself
against the children, fiercely knocking
some OF them down and swapping at
everything human within reach. The
children's screams brought frightened
fathers and mothers to the scene and
soon the pop of fathers revolvers
added to the confusion. The marks
ihanship was all faulty, however. and
even two policemen were unable to
pint the dog before he escaped down
a side street
OMAHA, Neb.. Aug. l9.-Miss Doris
Roberts and Miss Smith, comely and
fashlonably dressed young women from
Chicago, were arrested when walking
Gown one of the crowded business
streets smoking cigarettes. They we're
taken to Jail and arraigned in police
court on the charge of "disorderly
conduct"
| why Omaha is q mile behind the
procession" said one of them to Judge
Crawford. Women smoke cigarettes
in Chicago and nobody thinks anything
about it,
But you are in Omaha" answered
the Judge, and We don't tolerate such
| things out here. I'll give you each a
day in jail to think this thing over"
CHICAGO, Aug. 19-Representative
James T. Lloyd of Missouri, chairman
OF the Democratic congressional com
mittee, opened western Headquarters
today and incidentally opened cam,
paign that he declared will make the
house Democratic.
TO me 1t seems certain that Demo.
| Gratis will have the next house of rep
resentatives," he said. "Why, we only
need to gain twenty-four members to
win, and we will get five of these
in my own state alone.
DENVER, Aug. 19.-This is the elev.
S''N' 10y VI NhS SpcOldi ocSbiOu vi IuG
Seventeenth General assembly. Sal.
aries of the ninety-nine members at
81 per diem and other expenses to date
is nearly $4,000
The senate spent the entire day dis
cussing trivial Interpretation of the
rules.
Senator belong charges that eau
Gus within the caucus is running
things.
The house may hold night session.
The initiative and referendum is still
being considered in the lower branch
NEW YORK, Aug 19-Jas. j. Hill,
chairman of the Great Northern rail
way. who has just returned from
trip through the west, laughed at the
suggestion that the country was tend.
ing toward severe depression and DOS.
sible panic.
There Is not a single element nee
essary TO bring on a panic" he said.
Caution is necessarily in all business
undertakings of this kind and is be-
N'Aso O'SSi' S"s L NC quiet puSiueSs may
continue for some months, but If the
next year brings good crop season
you will see activity qnickly return.
LINCOLN. Neb., Aug. 19.--William
j Bryan declines to approve of the
recent editorial suggestion by Colonel
fienry Watterson OF Louisville, KY,
mat he tBryan) should consent to the
nomination of candidate in 1912 who
Dolted IN 1896. Bryan plainly serves
notice that he will fight any such plan
in the current issue of his paper Bry-
an says:
1t seems TO be assumed upon the
part OF those for whom Mr.. Watterson
speaks that no man is fit to be a
democratic president unless he helped
to elect a Republican president in
the critical campaign of fourteen years
ago. II 1t would promote harmony for
SIX and half millions to announce
That they will gladly follow one who
laid down his arms and went over to
the enemy would 1t not also promote
harmony for those who are left to an
nounce that they will gladly support