Semi-weekly herald., 1907-10-28


e vestigate. He found enough gian
n powder scattered around TO max,
j about two sticks. An attempt hao
been made to blow out the rear enc
4 | OF the building, but there was moi
5 sufficient powder to do it. There was
, a family living over the saloon, but
I no one was injured The facts In the
case were given to the sheriff. but as
there is no clew for him to work on
r there is little hope of the bastard S
apprehension. No theory has been
: advanced for the action, as there was
not sufficient powder to do much dam
, age.
Bloomington. Ill. Oct 24.-When
the stork left triplets at the home of
John Cavanaugh, when single child
had only been anticipated, Cavanaugh
took to the woods and has not been
seen since. Cavanaugh is hard
working man and endeavored to sup
port his family and give them all the
comforts possible. When the stork
brought the eleventh child he believed
that number fully entitled him to mem
bership in the Anti-Race Suicide club
When the stork brought triplets, how
ever, increasing the number of his
children to fourteen he decamped
Neighbors rallied to assist the mother
and an effort will be made TO induce
the father to return.
| \
Louisville tonight. Vice President Fair.
banks will make speaking to,ur Of
Kentucky in behalf of the state Re
publican ticket during the next two
days. The schedule for tomorrow Ia
cludes Middleboro, Pinevile, Barbour
vile. Corbin, London. Loving ston. Be
rea, Richmond and Winchester The
towns 10 be visited Saturday include
Paris. Lexington, Midway, Frankfort
and Shelbyville. II is expected that
large crowds will greet the vice prcsi-
dent at all points on his tour
Silverton, Colo, Oct 24-Yesterday
warrants We're sworn out against
| seven of the miners who escorted Earl
Agnew from the Mogul mine to this
! city, charging them with criminal as
sault and unlawful restraint of liberty.
Six of them were placed under arrest
by the sheriff. Their bonds were
placed at $1,000 each and furnished
by John Owens and VIM. Brayden and
the men were released They will
have their hearing on the 2Sth, at
which time lawyer from Denver will
probably be here to defend them. The
seventh man. Henry Helt. could not
be found as he left the day before for
the lower country.
Chattanooga. Tenn, Oct. 24.-State
wide prohibition and how to accom-
plish it Is the main topic OF discussion
at the big conference of Anti-saloon
league leaders and other reformers, in
session here today. The Corrupting
Influence of the Saloon on Politics in
a Large City is the topic of a sym
postum this afternoon. At this even
ing's session the discussion will in
clude an address on THE Evils of
tne jug lralnc.
Under the terms of the Pendleton
law, effective the first OF next month.
saloons will exist in Tennessee only
in Memphis, Nashville. Chattanooga.
and LaFOllette. Knoxville. Bristol.
Jackson. Clarksville and other cities
have enacted new charters. prohibit
ing saloons within their boundaries.
II is now proposed by the Anti-SaloOn
league leaders. in view of the rapid
growth OF Temperance sentiment, to
GO to the legislature for a law which
will make the entire state dry"
Memphis and Nashville. especially the
former will probably be the principal
battle ground of the prohibition move
ment. Nashville is now the only
wet" spot in the forty counties of
middle Tennessee. while Memphis is
the oasis for the western section and
Chattanooga for the southeastern part
OF the state. II is contended that the
continued sale OF liquor In these cities
is a question that affects the welfare
vi tue peOple ci tue eutlTe Stdte, AMI
that for this reason the people of the
state and not those of the community
directly affected should decide the pro.
hibition question.
1t is announced that ex-senator Ed
ward w. Carmack, a pronounced Toe
OF the liquor interests, will be a
candidate for the nomination for gov
ernor to succeed Malcolm r. Patter
son. whose term expires in January,
/ 1909 Should he be successful. as ap-
pears like, prohibition for Tennessee
will become fact.
Among those who will address the
present convention are DR.. Ira Land
rith of Nashville. DR.. A. P. Baker OF
Columbus, o., national superintendent
OF the Anti-Saloon league; George
Milton, editor OF the Knoxville, senti-
mel. John r. Pepper of Memphis, and
Eugene Webb of Knoxville.
Denver, Colo. Oct. 24.-The attor-