Semi-weekly herald., 1907-12-16

anu iieh DitW out MS own Dr1fns,
Morgan will die. but the woman will
recover.
Bristol. Tenn. Dec l0.-The Vir.
ginia and Tennessee poultry show
opened here today, with exhibits from
several states. r. l.. Simmons OF
Charlotte. n. c.. is acting as judca.
The show will last through the week
and promises to be one OF the most
largely attended held in the south this
winter.
Plymouth, Eng. Dec 1G.-The Ham
burg American liner President Grant.
bearing Secretary Taft and his party
has arrived here. A wireIecs message
conveying tidings of his mothers
death reached the secretlry aboard the
vessel and he was greatly affected.
He retired to has cabin and remained
there with Mrs. Taft refusing to see
any one all of today.
Washington ID. c., Dec. lO.-At the
cabinet meeting today the president is.
sued formal order reiterating his
declaration long ago that at the com
ing national Republican convention.
his name must not be mentioned for
denomination, He would not permit
his name to be consideret in any pos
sible contingency.
Brussels, Dec. 10.-Pnys. clans who
made inquiry into the cause OF the
death OF Nine DePorte of Chimay.
Belgium, have announced their opinion
that a large cluster Of ohrysanthe-
NUNS was responsible for the acci-
dent.
Guthrie, Okla, Dec 10.--Robert La.
than owen of Muskogee and Thos.
Prior Gore of l.awton were formerlv
elected to the United States senate
today by the Oklahoma legislature.
They are both Democrats. The Re
publicans cast their yo.e Tor Chas. &.
Jones Of Oklahoma City and repre-
sentative at large from Oklahoma
county, and Clarence s Douglass from
Muskosee. editor of the Muskogee
Phoenix.
Kansas City. Dec. l0.--A second
small local bank. affiliated with the
National Bank of Commerce that clos
ed when the parent institution failed
last Wednesday resumed business this
morning. 1t was the Stock Yards
Bank of Commerce AMI ii reopened
with $4,000 in cash and sight ex-
change on hand against sl2o.00O de.
posits.
New York, Dec. l0.-Jas. Henry
Stoddart, the actor, died today at the
home on Gin road Sewaren. n. J.
He was S0 years old. With him aU
the time of his death We're his SON
Mrs. Stoddart and his daughter. Mary
Stoddart Mr., Stoddart has not been
on the stage since April. 1905. when
he was stricken with para lysis while
on a tour at Gait ontario, in his play
Beside the Bonnie Briar bush." After
an illness of seven weei;s in Gait he
was able to return TO Sewaren. His
son and daughter went to live with
him there. He died OF second stroke
o. paralysis.
Hannibal. Mo. Dec. 10.--lsaac C.
Wilcox, a telephone ineman. last
night shot and killed Mrs. Wilkerson.
and her brother. Cott HarFon, at the
home OF Louis Leitz ald then blew out
his brains with the revolver. Lett
was the only witness to the tragedy.
Mrs. Wilkerson is widow and Hunt
er was a'suitor for her hand.
Salt Lake City, Dec. lO.-Vincent ST.
John, formerly president of the Tellu-
ride, Colo, Miners union and whose
activity in labor troubles In Goldfield.
New, eliminated in shooting affray
and serious wound, passed through
here today on the Los Angeles limit
ed. He occupies a stateroom. He told
fellow passengers he was going to
Chicago. st. John is now an organ
izer for the Industrial Workers OF
the World and Chicago is his head.
quarters.
Colorado Springs, Colo, Dec. 10.-In
a letter to be sent to each stockholder
of the Portland Gold Mining company
James +. Burns. former pr sident, bit
terly arraigns the mana seTent under
the regime of Irving Howhert. and as
serts the stock of the company is
being deprecated by the ignorance
and mismanasement of Howbert.
Burns calls on the stockholders for
proxies and asserts his c'dings have
deprecated more than hall a million
since the Inauguration of Irving How.
Dert as president. Howbert and his
supporters decry the charges OF Burns
and assert they will fight hard to re-
gain control of the Portland Gold Min
ing company.
Telluride. Dec. l0-Sis Bills. n
miner employed on the Bullion mine.
met death this morning on the seventh
level by falling rock. II, had fred
shot and was working around the
man hole when the rock fell II was
sometime before the body was reached
and when he was taken cut life was
extint. An examination Of the body
convinced the authorities Il at he was
mr. t,t- s,I