Semi-weekly herald., 1910-10-20

| touay Wnen the frencn dlrlg1ble bal
loon Clement -Bayard made the voyage
| from Compiegne to London in the re-
| markable time of six hours, the jour.
ney requiring seven hours by the fast.
est express trains and boats. Com
piegne is forty-five miles northeast OF
Paris and about 1876 miles by the air
route to London. 1t is the first occa.
sion on which dirigible balloon cross
ed the English channel. Over the wa
ter route the ship occupied forty-five
minutes.
SILVERTON, Colo. Oct. I7.-Special
to The Herald.--Silyerton has contin.
red to improve in mining matters the
| past sixty days and will 80 into win
PARIS, Oct. 17.-An attempt was
made today to dynamite the railroad
bridge spanning the River Loire al
Airamas in the province of Bouches
du Rhone. bu the damage was slight.
Dynamite had been strewn along the
tracks some distance.
Paris is practically under martial
law today, the numerous outrages OF
the past few days having excited the
government to degree that has not
been manifest for a long time.
The proposed demonstration of strik.
ing railroad men in the Bois de Vim.
cennes has been forbidden by Premier
BRAND, who declared the proposed
meeting to be Illegal and was In def.
ance of the governments attitude to
ward the railroad situation. BRAND
added he would use rigorous methods
to prevent the meeting If necessary.
ter camp in very good shape for a
vast amount of development work in
| addition to the regular output of the
steady producers. There is a much
better feeling existing than for long
time. The low ebb was reached in
the early summer months
There is one noticeable and highly
commendable thing your correspond.
ent has encountered, universal good
.eel'ne for Durango 1t seems to be
the general opinion that what benefits
Durango and La Plata county will aid
Silverton. This is the right way to
look at it.
In conversing with members of the
Silve:ton Commercial club it devel
ops that quite an interest is manifest.
ed In the banquet to be given in Du-
range by the board of trade and sew.
eral are figuring on attending in which
case It is certain Durango will extend a
splendid welcome Silverton is still in.
terested in the round the state high
way proposition and wants Durango
and La Plata county to get in line for
early work the coming spring.
LONDON, Oct. 1.-THE English ban
tamweight title. the belt offered by
Lord Lonsdale and a purse and side
bet amounting to $2.75O are the prizes
for which Digger Stanley and Joey
Bowker are to engage in twenty
round battle at the National Sporting
club tonight. Stanley is the present
champion among bantamweights and
Bowker is former holder of the title.
The meeting of the two will be the
first important pugilistic event of the
season in London and has consequent.
ly aroused much interest in sporting
circles.
PITTSBURG, Pa, Oct. 17.-One OF
the most interesting exhibitions ever
held in this part of the country is the
National Land and Irrigation exposi.
ton which opened here today for du
ration of two weeks. The government
and the state exhibits are especially
complete and interesting, showing
models of farms and dairies, irriga-
ton plants and samples of products
of the soil from all sections of the
country. The attendance promises to
be record-breaking.
DENVER, Oct. 1.-THE Hicks reg.
istration bill ais amended by the sen.
ate and agreed upon by the confer.
ence committee, passed in both houses
OF the legislature yesterday after warm
discussions. Representative Hicks, au.
thor of the original measure and lead.
er of the house Democrats. voted
against 1t.
Il am sorry that my name was on
this bill" said Mr.. Hicks. 81 think
it has been amended until 1t will re.
store the big mitt In Denver and other
large cities. 1t will double the expense
OF registration in two cities of my
county and will not apply to primary
elections at all. The registration bill
was intended to protect primary cleo
tions."
The bill passed the senate by a
party vote of IS to 6. All the Re.
publicans voted against 1t. Senator
Scott. and other radicals, after talk.
ing against the measure obeyed the
VIII OF the caucus and voted for 1t.
The vote in the house was 35 to 22
in favor of the bill passing. Several
OF the radicals deserted the Hicks
camp on the roll call.
The senate agreed to adjourn to
night.
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