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Semi-weekly herald., 1911-01-12
TELEGRAPHiC NEWS

NEW YORK. Jan a ~reat hes;
OF accomplished European anarchists
and criminals ate shortly coming to
this country to join the thugs, yegg-
nien and l'ackhanders, who already
enjoy American hospitality, according
10 Andrew d. White, the former presi-
dent OF Cornell university and for.
mer ambassador to Russia and Ger
many.
in a statement to the press today
Dr. White urges immediate passage of
laws to bar from the shares of the
| nited States all the undesirables who,
ne declares, will hasten hither as soon
as England expels them. He says:
The assassins and the anarchists
whom London plans to be well rid OF
soon, Win have an admirable refuge
in the United States. country Wing
wide open to them, and in which they
viii find more companions, sympathiz-
els and effective helpers, than IN any
other country. In the United States
the number of murders committed
during the year just closed was nine
thousand, an increase OF nine hundred
over the year proceeding. Only one in
elehty-six was capitally punished. Tire
number of murders in the United
States is to the number in England
as 1l6 to G."
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-01-12

able TO meet all legitimate demands
Tor money during the year, and am
OF the opinion that there will be am.
pie funds to meet the demands of all
worthy enterprises. but the tendency
to advise retrenchment rather than
expansion will be generally followed
We could use more snow in the
hills, but with last falls moisture and
the snow We have at present, there
Will be ample moisture and water for
the farmers next season The outlook
for the fruit Is excellent and the stock
man with plenty of feed can look
forward to prosperous year
The San Juan empire is one of its
own. We do not need the outside
world to care for us as much as do
most communities, and with a grow.
ing feeling of confidence, the great
empire" in my opinion. will see It's
best year. Nineteen hundred eleven
will NOT be a building era nor the
promoters harvest, but IL will be Il
year in which adj conservative enter
prises should prosper.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-01-12
:. X. IRWI,
President The La Plata County Bank
Durango. Colo, Jan. Z, 1911.

Durango. Colo, Jan. Z, 1911.
Editor Durango Evening Herald
Responding to your request for oul
opinion regarding btsiness conditions
OF the past wear and prospects n,
l9it, beg 10 say Cat notwithstanding
tome unfavorteie cdrses that a'ose
the past year in the main has beer
a prosperous one for Durango and trib
utary country
Business conditions were healthy
and satisfactory, the aggregate volume
OF trade approaching, we believe, very
near To that of the previous year
which was a record one
While some business lines report q
little falling Off. others report a gain
so on the whole, the difference has
been little.
Fortunately the prospect of rail
road to the south did not initiate values
or induce speculation to any great
extent, SO when postponement of the
project was announced there was nc
collapse or bursting of bubbles to
spatter over the communicative gen.
eral counse OF business being but lit
tie disturbed.
Durango with four banking institu
tions has become the financial cente.
OF this part of the southwest. and a.
banks are recognized as barometer
OF the business conditions of the sec
ton in which they are Dtdted tn,
showing here in this respect Indicate
a prosperous state of the people. The
bank clearings for the past year-the
average deposits. loans and cash re
serves have kept up to the highest
figures the last published reports oi
all the banks combined showing ovel
S2,0O0000 capital and deposits.
Bank funds have been Throughout
the year in ample supply for all le
gitlmate commercial demands. There
Is every reason TO believe that the
new year we are now entering will
bring continuance OF prosperity and
a gradual Improvement all around.
our agricultural resources Will un.
doubtedly 90 on developing and ex.
panding-the good effects of which
can hardly be estimated The mild
winter Is especially favorable to the
cattle and sheep growers, who look
for a successful and profitable season
ahead.
Mining conditions around us loob
more promising and with every prob'.
bility of good and larger crops than
ever before. the year 1911 should
prove to be a happy and prosperous
one for all
Yours truly,
A. p. CAMP.
President First National Bank,
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-01-12
ToLsToYs GREATEST NOVEL.

Tolstoy wrote his last novel under
pressure that may have been a po
tent factor in his death. The man.
uscript was found among his papers
after his demise. The public is an.
ticlpating its publication which Is
promised as soon as his executors
can arrange for 1t.
The title is Father Sedgius." Ac.
cording to Russian correspondent
the novel Is in Tolstoy's best manner
and has Il young guardsman moving
in the highest St Petersburg society
as its hero, He falls In love with and
Is accepted by brilliant society girl
Soon after marriage he is dismayed
and disgusted to find that she is the
mistress of a certain high-born official
OF the Russian government, Such is
the shock that he forsakes the world
ana enters monastery, assumes the
name of Father Sergius. Slowly the
bruised heart of the novice RECEIVERS
sympathy with all creatures. and won.
IL
aspiring, are then told by the famous
Russian author who gets to the quick
of intimate experience.
Father Sergius tries to identify him
self with the soul OF the universe, and
In pursuit OF perfection, quits the mon
astery for lonely hermitage. There
lie INDUCES in self notifications, prac
tieing all the severe rites known to
the anchorltes of old, till the fame of
his holy life goes abroad far and wide
The second part of the novel deals
with the age-long struggle between the
flesh and the spirit. out of which most
of the worlds tragedy has sprung. and
1t might well be entitled the tempt
alton of Father Sergius.
blithe and pretty woman. sceptical
OF the bermits invulnerability to pas.
sion, gets access to his sylvan cell.
and In scene of inimitable art, makes
the hermit's pulse clang in very hui
man fashion. Fearing lest passion
should possess him. Father Sergius
seizes a hatchet and chops off fin
ger.
Meanwhile, his fame as healer OF
The sick and the possessor OF miracu-
lous faculties has spread over wider
area. and sick and suffering are sent
to his cell to receive his wonderful
ministrations
Among other pilgrims, merchant
brings his daughter, an attractive
young girl. for whom the anchorite
promises to pray night and day. The
merchant retires. leaving the girl
alone In the cell. Soon after he has
gone, terrible struggle ensues in the
heart of the monk between promptings
of the flesh and spirit, which culmin-
ates in the victory OF the former
When Sergius comes to himself he
Is brutal criminal. Horrified at
what he has done, Sergius cleaves the
skull of the wronged maiden with the
hatchet with which he had formerly
chopped off his finger and conquered
temptation The last scene is as aw-
ful as the demented wanderings of
King Lear, showing as 1t does the long
bearded monk, with his hair float
ing in the wind. walking aimlessly
eastward with a pilgrims staff In his
hand.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-01-12

BERLIN, Jan. S.-Thanks largely to
American support, the gross receipts
of this years Passion play at Oberam
mergau reached the big figure OF $4G6.
$50 This is not all profit by any
means, for the working expenses
amounted to Sl02,O50, a small sum
when we remember the impressive eff
fects produced.
Now the richly earned sum of $i9l,
800 has been divided among the $3.50
performers. Considering the genius
and devotion OF the historic caste, the
remuneration for their six months
service is very small. The managers
Of the play, the musical directors, the
chief cashier and the artists who pol.
trayed Christ, PLATE, Caiaphas, Herod
and the speaker of the prologue re
ceived S725 each, nest egg" laid by
for rainy day by the careful village
actors.
The men and women who vividly
represented the crowd in the streets
of Jerusalem are $32 richer for their
histrionic efforts, while the school
children have received So each. The
poor have benefited by the Obe,amer-
gau performances to the tune of 81
625, and the village treasury by $10S,-
$50, capital that is used for communal
purposes.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-01-12

ST. LOUIS, Jan, "a strong south
westerly gale has carried j. Coan HUI
bert and Paul Mccullough, in the bal.
loon st. Louis, fully six hundred miles
across Illinois, Indiana and into est
ern Pennsylvania or New York since
their ascension here last night, Is the
belief of the aero club Officials No
reports from the St Louis ballo lists
have been received this morning The
st. Louis weather bureau this morn ing
reported forty-mile wind prevailed
throughout the night in direction
from st. Louis that would carry the
st. Louis somewhere across Ohio south
OF Lake Erie. Hubert, who is pilot
ing the balloon, and Mccullough, his
aid, hoped to reach New York city
when they ascended at Z O'Clock last
night The balloon was provisioned
fer weeks flight 1t carried only
twenty-five bags of sand and headed
almost due eastward in gale then
blowing forty miles an hour.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-01-12
FREEZES IN MOBILE.

former Chicago man who had
gone to Mobile. Ala, to enjoy per
petual spring was reported to have
frozen to death there last night
Dispatches from Atlanta Ga, and
other points as far south as the ex.
treme southern end OF Florida told
Of unheard of cold weather last night.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-01-12
BRAZILIAN MEAT FOR AMERICA.

RIO JANElRO Jan. S.-A president.
ial proclamation was issued here today
giving an American corporation, with
headquarters in New York, authority
10 do business in Brazil This cor.
potation has been given meat and cat
tie concessions, and it is probable
that within six months or year Bra
LILLIAN beef will be exported for the
American market.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-01-12

NEW YORK, Jan. 9.-The allied
banking institutions of the country
are prepared to prevent any disturb
ance of present financial conditions.
This was made plain today by the
presence in the clearing house of a
number of the leading captains of fl
nance. They are on hand to take care
OF any turns that might develop in
New York city bank and had avail
able an almost unlimited amount OF
cash to meet demands.
Through the night the officials OF
the big banks We're all on duty and
when the business day opened there
was an exhibition OF immediate re-
source in every institution which might
have unusual demands made upon it,
such as has not been displayed since
the gloomy days of 1907.
There is nothing the matter with
the business world and the public
must be made to know it at once
is the word from j. p. Morgan. The
command of the king is being lit
orally obeyed. over night Morgan
had clarified the situation. BY his
order the Madison Trust company
formerly the Hannorden Trust com
pany, was taken over by the Equitable
Trust company. This is a thirty-fiye
million dollar concern backed by the
Equitable Insurance company of which
Morgan is now the controlling owner
Morgan also personally assumed re-
sponsibility for all obligations of the
Nineteenth ward and Twelfth ward
banks and their branches and by his
direction securities held by these two
concerns, which were not a sort which
could be sold readily in the open
market, were replaced by actual cash.
Runs were made on three banks in
New York city today as an aftermath
of the skyrocket financial methods OF
Joseph G. Robin, former president OF
the now closed Northern Bank of New
York, who is now in jail under Gdict-
ment for bank wrecking, but prompt
payment Of depositors Of the three
institutions, the Twelfth Ward bank
the Nineteenth Ward bank and the
Madison Trust company, averted any
signs Of panic.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-01-12
COLORADO NEWS.

When that undoubtedly gentle and
refined lady in Colorado Springs wrota
that letter to Mr.. Bok's magazine and
stated that "all the best women Of
the state" agreed with her in her op
position to woman's suffrage. she piol
ably believed that she was telling
the exact truth for she would natural
ly regard only those women who did
agree with her as being the best WON
en- OF the state.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-01-12
AROUND THE WORLD
SLIGHT QUAKE IN ALASKA

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Jan. .
Slight earthquake shocks felt here be
tween and 4:30 O'Clock this morn.
ing threw dishes from shelves, but
did no other damage
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-01-12
FIND TRACE OF LOST AVIATOR.

BRUSSELS, Jan. 9.-The Aero club
received a dispatch from the Ostend
Aero club. stating that an ayiator's
cap and goggles, probably those worn
by Cecil Grace, supposed TO have been
lost in the North sea, had been picked
up Off the Belgian coast.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-01-12
FALLS INTO MACHINE
is CHOPPED TO BITS.

NEW YORK, Jan. lO.-Asleep Oh
his feet, Jacob Seligman, baker
staggered forward into power douph
mixer today and was drawn into tine
machine and chopped to pieces.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-01-12

DENVER, Jan. 9.-There may be
some disagreement in the Democratic
senatorial caucus today over the make
up of the standing committees of the
senate. The caucus is called for this
afternoon after a recess TO put the
stamp cf approval upon the roster of
assignments before their submission
to, and adoption by the senate. Ac
cording to the arrangement of com
mittees as now made there is an ad.
vantage to Mayor Speer in his sena
torial ambition over Alva Adams and
other candidates for the senate. The
platform Democrats, of which there
are ten a minority faction OF majority
have been given the chairmanships OF
only a few minor committees. The
cream has been taken by the machine
or corporation wing of the party
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-01-12

DENVER, Jan. 9.-Ietter reports
from Washington have 1t that General
David Brush of the Department Di-
sayas, in the Philippines, is to be ap-
pointed the permanent successor to
General Thomas, commander of the
ter Scott of Fort Douglas, Utah, who
has been assigned to the temporary
command of the Department of Colo
RADIO to succeed, General Thomas, re-
tired, arrived in this city this morning
to assume his duties.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-01-12

LONDON, Jan. 9.-Human remains
and several bombs We're found today
in the ruins of the Sidney street
house used as a fortress by the band
of outlaws in last Tuesdays battle
with 1,500 police. The remains are in
such shape that it is impossible to
know how many bodies they represent
At today's inquest, Bessie Gershon,
a dressmaker who had roems in the
Sidney street house, testified concern.
ing her acquaintance with the sup
posed anarchists. She said Rudge-
wictz brought Fritz 10 the house on
Jan. 2. She pleaded with the men to
depart but they refused 10 do So She
said the moment they came to the
house, they began preparations to re
sist the police.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-01-12

Fred Hunter, the Kansas City first
baseman, Will be given trial by the
Pittsburg club.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-01-12

DENVER, Jan, "a cold wave is
headed this way. 1t began up in Alas
ka where cold waves excite no special
comment, and from there it is over
spreading the northwestern states and
the middle western states.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-01-12

CHARLESTON, w. Va. Jan O.
Governor Glasscock late last night
signed the commission of Davis FL,
kins, as United States senator from
West Virginia, to succeed his father,
stephen b. Elkins, who died recently
A messenger was sent at once to
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-01-12
GOMEZ WEARY OF PRESIDING,

NEW ORLEANS, La. Jan. S-Gou
Jose Miguel Gomez, president OF the
Republic OF Cuba, is tired of the bur.
dens OF office lie wants to retire to
private life as soon as his present
term expires, and has said so in posi.
tive terms. Despite that fact his
friends and admirers have kept alive q
propaganda ior his reelection. Now
however, comes the Presidents official
declaration that he viii not run 10
Office again under any circumstances
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-01-12

In the seven mineral producing coun-
ties OF Dolores. Hinsdale. La Plata,
Mineral, Ouray. San Juan and San
Miguel, the gold output for 1910 foots
up the handsome total of $685., 800.
There are four women In the lower
house OF the Colorado legislature.
They are: Alma v. Lafferty. Louise
U. Jones. Louise NJ. Kerwin, Agnes l..
Riddle
Last week many snow slides run
In the mountains near Ouray. The
Riverside, Waterhole. Yankee Girl and
number of other slides on both the
Red Mountain and the Camp Bird
roads have come down. SO far NO
lives have been lost and NO serious
damage done. The stages over the
two routes have been unable to get
through for several days and the mails
have been taken over by pack Aogsee.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-01-12

QUEENSTOWN, South Africa, Jan
s.-Fifteen persons were killed and
fifty injured in the wreck of q pas
senger train near Nathcart, Cape Col.
ony, today, A train loaded with hoii
day makers from East London, lett
the rails, turned over. and rolled down
the embankment
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-01-12

The Colorado Agricultural assocla
ton is the name of a new orsaniza
tion that has Just been formed IT,
object is to protect the agricultural
Interests of the state from pests oi
all kinds In order to do this neces
sary laws are to he enacted and the
state is to be divided into sections
or districts. These districts will be
presided over by local men. who in
turn will be directed from one oenlra.
head or organization. Warfare will be
waged against grasshoppers, the bee
tie moth. ants and all insects known
as pests.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-01-12

SHANGHAI, China, Jan "a kate
report confirms earlier advises OF suf-
tering from famine in the districts OF
northern China. About 1000 square
miles in extent and containing popu.
lation of three million people com
prises the district The famine was
caused by the destruction of all the
fan crops through the floods resulting
from the heaviest summer rainfall on
record. 1t is estimated that a million
people, all hard working farmers, are
now dependent upon charity for their
existence until spring crops can be
grown
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-01-12

Washington this morning 10 dehver
the document to the new senator, who
VIII hold office untn HE incoming
Denocrsttis tesisiataHs eleoN the sue
eessor. Davis E3lifs is the eldest
son of the lae West Virginia states.
man His home was at Morgantown,
w. Va, but he is now in Washington
at the home OF his mother. AIr. Ell
kins is the president Of the Elkins
Coal and Coke company and the Nor,
santown and Kingwood railroad.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-01-12

"A bushel OF barley makes FIVE
pounds of beef and ten of pork. The
obvious moral is. Raise hogs" This
characteristic remark was made by
Eugene II. Grubb. at the stockmen's
meeting In Denver. The fact that the
Grub supply is a little short on beef
and pork probably inspired the re-
mark.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-01-12

Colorado is to have the largest ex.
hibit of any western state at the West.
orn Land Products exhibit at Omaha
Jan. lS TO 25.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-01-12

Bearing her sorrow In secret for
more than a year, Bertha G.. Brahms.
a pretty nurse at the Denver Mercy
hospital, has commenced an action for
breach of promise against Jacob lie.
vine, stockman, who. she says, prom
ised to make her his wife. but failed
to keep his word and asks that the
court award her $4,000 for damages
done TO her wounded and fluttering
heart.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-01-12
Yours truly

A. p. CAMP,
President First National Bank,
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-08-17

and, Judging from appearances on their
return, must have found them in large
numbers. Mrs. Arson concluded that
my name wouldn't pass muster, even
though | suggested hitching a MAC"
before h,-ald so she appropriated me
for day of sightseeing. l am not a
tiptop hand at the business of sight
seeing, but | don't mind telling you
that found that day in Dublin a very
interesting one. We wound up at the
theater, burlesque called Arabian
Nights" being headliner. At the
close of the first act asked Mrs. An
son if we hadn't better go, but she
said she could stand it If could, and
SO we stayed it out
The game we played that afternoon
was one Of the best of the entire trip
from an American baseball critics
point of view. although the score was
too small to suit folks educated up to
the big scores that are usually
reached in cricket matches. Baldwin
and Crane were both on their mettle.
the fielding was of the nobbiest kind
and safe hits were few and far be-
| tween. Up to the ninth inning my
boys led by two runs, but Earle's three
Dagger, Hanlon's base on balls, Burns
tumble of Browns hit and Carroll's
double settled our hash, the All-Amer.
| icas winning by score of 4 to g..
The game made total of twenty.
eight we had played since leaving San
Francisco. OF these the All-Americas
had won IA and the Chicagos eleven,
three being tied. Now l don't care to
| do anything that would lead you to be-
lieve me guilty of falling back on the
baby act, but don't mind saying
right here that If it hadn't been for
the accident to Williamsons knee in
Paris the result would have been diff.
ferent.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-08-17
CHAPTER XXI.
] Am Loyal to the League.

We got back to Gods country Just
in time for the opening of the base
ball season Of 1889. We die not have
time to take our customary early
spring trip to the south-Hot Springs,
Ark, and San Antonio, Tex, were our
favorite resorts-and of course we
didn't need it, for we had accom-
of playing ball for year without q
lay-off. We couldn't complain of lack
of practice, although our physical con-
dition might not Have been just ideal
owing to the continual round of good
times we had experienced.
% My team that year consisted Of
Tener, Dryer, Hutchinson and Cum
bert, pitchers; Farrell, Darling, Som
meLs and Flint, catchers; Pfeter,
Burns, Bastian. Williamson and myself
In the inf1eld, and Van Haltren, Ryan
and Duffy, outfielders. AS usual, was
captain and manager. Owing to the
accident to his knee that Williamson
had nsseived in Paris he was not able
to attend to business until late in the
season, and his absence hurt our
chances very materially, as the old
"stone wall" was left in a crippled
condition.
When the season opened the Boston
club seemed to be the biggest gamer
In the deal for players, and a ma
jority of the fans looked for it to
carry off the pennant. Once more,
however, the unexpected came to pass
and the championship went to New
York for the second time, that team
winning eighty-three games and los
Ing forty-three, while Boston came
next with the same number Of games
won and forty-five lost, and Chicago
stood third with sixty-five games won
and the same number lost Philadel-
phia, Pittsburg, Cleveland, Indianapo-
lis and Washington following in the
order given.
That fall was an exciting one for
the national game. What is known in
baseball history as the brotherhood
revolt" was sprung, and for time it
was pretty strenuous work for a play
- W AAAN OuI w ASi . AO Wdo d. IL vas
a movement that shook the old league
to Its foundations, robbing it of many
Of its best players and upsetting all
Its plans In general. believed then,
and never had any reason to think
otherwise, that the whole business
was due to greed. The game had be-
come such money maker that its
business end had put every other con-
sideration into the shade
1t has been charged time and again
that this brotherhood affair was
Matched and put into working order
by the ring-leaders during the round
the-world tour. 1t may or may not
be true, but want to say right here
that never heard a whisper of it I'M
TIL late in that season. The first l
knew of 1t was when John M. Ward
came to me with proposition to
unite with the seceders, an invita-
ton l declined at once with thanks.
/ told Ward frankly that the league
had always been perfectly square with
me and that 1t would smack of treach-
cry for me to leave it in such an I'M