Semi-weekly herald., 1910-04-21

tician OF Albuquerque. Il in the tolls
fcr grating $4,000. Send him to jail.
A lockout in the building trades of
Germany which has just taken place,
effects from 10000 to 100000 work.
imen
The cold spell OF last Thursday ami
Friday nights extended all over the
country and this section escaped about
he ligltest OF any.
Topeka's mayor claims preaching.
singing and playing OF church organs
IL lust as much violation of law
az to conduct any other business In
that town under the anti-labor Law
Inference is that he will endeavor to
make the town the tightest blue-law
city in the world.
BY way of partially relieving the dc.
mand Tor wives among the settlers OF
Csnada's northwest provinces, the Wo-
mans guild of Montreal has arranged
for the Importation of 1000 women
from England the soming summer,
~ bo sent into the northwest where it
is expected they will readily llnd
homes and husbands.
Representative Mondell's BILL permit
ting entries OF the surface OF coal and
all lands for agricultural purposes has
been classed as a privileged measure
and may be called up for passage as
soon as other privileged measures now
on the house calendar are disposed
Of Mr.. Mondell expects to secure
passage of HIS measure Mt an early
day.
Word comes from Denver that John
NJ Waldron, the noted attorney who
successfully led In the fight against
| the government In Colorado land and
timber cases, has retired from active
practice. Waldron was the controll.
| ing mind during the legal battles OF
the Peabody administration.
| Five million dollars is declared to
be a not extravagant estimate of the
sum that the Illinois Central railroad
| has been swindled out of by an al
legged conspiracy that the National De
teotlve agency is investigating Al
though the sum was set at $1,000. 900,
the revelations made by the inquiry OF
the detectives put upon the case by
the president, j. T. Harahan. are de-
| olared to have raised this figure uniIl
Eow 1t Is nearer 5000 900. w. j. Burns,
the San Francisco graft investigator,
and seventy-five operatives under him
are doing the work, which covers n
period OF four years and has reached
to nearly every city under the system
OF the Illinois Central railroad.
Numerous changes In Rio Grande OF
ficials Is announced from Pueblo
Among the known changes are that.
General Superintendent j. W. Dean
VIII go to the Western Pacific, al
though 1t is not known In what ca
pacity; !. II. Luke, present superin
tendent of the first division. will sue
ceed Mr. Dean as general superintend
ent, s. II. Barnes. Mt present superin
tendent of the Alamosa division, will
become superintendent of the first di
vision with headquarters in Pueblo
~ l.. Terry, at present chief clerk tt
General Superintendent j. w. Dean
win become superintendent Of the Ala
nrosa division.
Twenty-seven thousand, two hundred
and six citizens OF the city of Den
YER have signed the petition ASKING
the city council to submit the propo
sition Shall Denver become dry ter
riiory" al the next election. This Is
1906 more than the required number
10 secure the submission OF the ques.
lion. Late Saturday night 300 OF the
anti-saIoon leaguers marched through
the streets of Denver carrying the pc
tition. II was vouminous affair con
tanning l,3GT pages. each page being
thirteen inches wide and eighteen inch.
es long. The names had been secured
through the voluntary work OF 1.121
citizens OF the city who want to see
Denver dry.
| BIG LAND DEAL.