Semi-weekly herald., 1907-11-11
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says the Farmers state bank of that
place was robbed at , O'Clock Las
morning. the robbers using four
charges OF dynamite Citizens were
aroused by the explosion and fifty
/ shots were exchanged with The rob.
bers. They got about 5000 in two
dollar bills A posse is in pursuit.
Chicago. Nov. THE police OF
scores of Illinois cities today are
searching for Miss Mary Carney of
Elgin, the insane woman who es-
capped after deliberately firing the
| Kane county almshouse at batavia
/ H., imperiling the lives of forty other
demented women who were rescued
with difficulty, The fire ragged in the
upper part OF the poorhouse COR more
than two hours.
Naples. Italy, Nov. 7.-Comtess Di
Castelmenardo. who was Miss Edith
Van Buren, OF New York obtained to-
DAY a legal separation from her noble
husband The beautiful cou1tess ap-
peared in the court OF appeals and tes
tilted to her husbands cruelty and
rapacity She paid nearly hall a nil
lion to secure legal right to the
counts title, bad as she knew him to
re- The countess received frighlful
shock when the chief of police of
Naples testified that the man wnom
she was mated Is a cammorst The
mans name Is Gennaro Vessichio said
the chier Of police.
Godldeld. Nev, Nov 7-Waltcr
Kline, one Of the leading jewellers OF
this city, was shot and mortally
wounded at midnight as he was at,
tempting to rob the amalgam plates
Of the Neyada-Goldfeld Reduction
mill He was member of the lead
Ing clubs and carried a stock of dia-
monds that is said to be the largest in
Nevada.
New York, Nov 7.-There we're
sharp declines in the opening prices
Of stocks in sympathy with weakness
of foreign markets which was due to
The advance in the official discount
rates OF the Bank Of England and the
Bank Of France
New York, Nov 7.-Engagements OF
gold Tor import up to date have reach
ed grand total OF nearly forty mil
lions. Additional engagements an
nuunced today include one by lie
Bank OF Montreal of fifty millions,
while word was received from Port.
and, Ore, that the First National
panS had engaged seventy-fve mil
lions in gold ami that the grain ex-
porting firm of Balfour, Guthrie &
Company, would take half million
Lasard, Feres & Company also en-
gagged another million.
Paris, Nov. THE Bank of France
today raised its discount rate from
31a to per cent.
London, Nov Directors of the
Bank of England this morning put up
the minimum discount rate to Z
per cent The only thing which could
have. averted this rate would have
been assurances from New York In
the absence OF such an assurance the
Bank Of England utilized the only
weapon at hand to protect its re.
serves.
Lafayette, Ind, Nov. To-day was
the seth anniversary of the battle of
TiDpecanoe, the greatest in that long
series Of struggles for supremacy be.
tween the paleface settlers of the
then new west and the redskin abcrig.
ines. Many patriotic people today
where, in 1911. William Henry Hsrri-
son broke the power of Tecumseh's
great confederacy of the northwestern
tribes and won that military fame that
later led to the presidency. A move
ment will soon be set on foot to cele.
brate, in a fitting manner, the cen.
tennial Of the battle four years hence.
The battle-ground is eight miles from
Lafayette and is owned by the state
Of Indiana. 1t is surrounded by an
iron fence, and over the arched en-
trance is the single inscription: BAT.
tie OF Tippecanoe, November Z, 1911"
An appropriation has been made by
the state Of Indiana to provide for lne
erection OF a suitable monument to
those early heroes who took part in
the memorable battle.
Aside from the iron fence. The b..
tleground presents today almost the
same scene OF idylic AMI rustic beauty
AS it did ninety7six years ago. AL.
though q trolley line extends I;om the
city of Lafayette to the grounds. and
there are other evidences OF American
progress in the vicinity, the ground it.
self is very much as described by
Harrison In 1871.
"A piece OF dry oak land rising
about ten feet above the level of Il
marshy prairie in front, toward the
town Of the prophet, and nearly twice
that height above similar prairie in
The rear, through which runs a small