Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-08-22
we're disappointed. Mayor Houston


tion. thought that they were so close
to the border line of gambling that |
ordered the games shut down. We
have decided to enforce strictly the
ordinance that prohibits games OF
chance, even though these games be
lveiled, somewhat"
| LONDON, Aug. 1S.-John B. Mois.
SAINT, the Spanish-American aviator
met with two mishaps in the attempt
to finish the last stage of his Parasite
cident damaged his Bleriot monoplane
and will necessitate his remaining at
Up Church until tomorrow. At Up
Church, twenty-five miles from Lon.
don, the stays of Moissant's machine
broke. fouling the engine This injury
was slight and could easily have been
REPAIRED, but while alight the propell-
er and another part was also broken
and the machine narrowly escaped
crashing into a tree as ii was brought
down from a height of 400 feet. Mois.
SAINT landed in an unused brick pit
The daring aviator Immediately wired
TO Paris for new propeller and other
needed parts, but it will be impossible
for these to arrive before tomorrow.
Moissant and his mechanician, AL
bert Fileux, whom he was carrying,
were badly shaken up in the abrupt
landing at Upchurch, but neither is in
capacitated from continuing the trip
tomorrow.
The first accident of the day occur
red at SittingDourne. about thirty miles
from London. 1t was the breaking of
the connecting rod to the exhaust
valves. This happened at o'clock.
causing an enforced delay of two and
half hours for repairs. At $3.50 Mois.
SAINT and Fileux reascended
Moissant is easily the hero of the
hour. He is Just a sort of chap that
letters about; a breezy, straightfor-
ward and good fellow. The thing about
him that amazes everybody is his won
derful endurance.
DENVER, Aug. 1S.-The first Demo.
cratic platform measures, the initia-
tive and referendum, will be reported
to the senate for debate in the commit.
tee of the whole Friday. The caucus
OF Democratic senators yesterday aft.
ernoon finished consideration of IL
referendum feature, raising the per
centage in the original Skinner bill
N lnt+ to mi
tate the measure or have it referred
after passage by the legislature it will
become necessary, according to the
caucus measure to secure the sigma
lures of 10 per cent of the governors
vote, also 81 per cent of the voters
who cast ballots for governor must
participate in the initiative and refer
endum elections, else they fail. The
measure as now fixed is not satisfac-
tory TO Shafroth and platform Demo
Gratis.
OSAWATOMIE, Kans, Aug. IS
The program for the dedication OF
John Bown park at which former
President Roosevelt will deliver the
dedicatory address Aug 81, has been
completed by the executive committee
of the Commercial club of Osawatomie
The ground to be dedicated to the
state consists of twenty-five acres on
the site of the battle of Osawatomie
Aug. 80. 1856. 1t was bought and
given to the state by the Woman's
Relief Corps of the Grand Army of the
Republic of Kansas.
ISCHL, Austria, Aug. 1S.-Emperor
Franz Josef is so years old today and
the anniversary of his birth is being
celebrated with enthusiasm not only
by the seventy-four arch dukes and
arch duchesses who have gathered
here for the affair but by the people
at large. The program began with s
O'Clock mass at the chapel. The aged
emperor is in the best of health and
spirits and spent the morning in re.
ceiving royal visitors, most of whom
were of the Austrian imperial house
and relatives of the emperor. The
birthday dinner termed a family at.
fair" was served at 2.45 and the table
was graced by the greatest gathering
OF royalty ever seen at banquet
board in Austria.
LONDON, Aug. 19.-With cholera
epidemic through Russia and southern
Italy and scattered cases in Austria.
Germany, Holland and Finland and ind
Asia from southern India to the Chi.
nese frontier the British health au.
thorities today view the situation with
alarm In Russia the disease daily is
becoming more terrible. Ii is officially
admitted that eighty deaths have SO
far occurred In the Apulia district of
Italy. In the other affected districts
the disease is becoming more menac-
ing despite the heroic measures to
stamp it out. Panic has seized upon
the population OF southern Italian coun.
ties and people are deserving the cities
for the mountains.
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 19.-one
weeks cholera record for Russia
shows about twenty-four thousand new