Semi-weekly herald., 1907-10-21
TELEGRAPH NEWS.


tors OIL the Denver & Rio Grande had
sent in their ballots on the question to
strike or not to strike for the rein.
statement of Operator Skeggs OF
Grand Junction. OF this number. say
the telegraphers. not one man has
voted No" and it now looks II 80 out
of every 100 OF the key men will vote
in favor of the strike Returns from
Ogden and other distant parts of the
system may not be in until Saturday
No precipitate action will be taken
and the strike will not be called until
the time is propitious.
New York, Oct. lin connection
with the awful coffee slump of the
fleinze United Coffee company, the
following statement was given out
this morning by the firm OF Otto
Heinze & Company: Arthur p
Heinze is no longer member of the
firm of Otto Heinze 4 Company. The
firm feels itself perfectly solvent and
will meet and pay all just and legal
pay obligations which it does not con
slider legal or Just until proper adju-
dication of the matter has been made
Rather than submit to such unjust
demands it prefers to permit itself to
temporarily he suspended from the
privilege of the stock exchange.
Memphis. Tenn, Oct. 17.-Mounted
and in battle array, as in the old days
when. under the stars and bars. they
followed their gallant and intrepid
leader in many a desperate charge.
the survivors of General N. b. For
rests cavalry corps marched through
the streets of Memphis today. The
appearance of the aged and grizzled
warriors of the Confederacy was greet
ed with cheers by the spectators, and
in quavering and broken tones, the
old soldiers answered back with the
defiant rebel yell
Veterans from score of states were
in the line of march, as the members
of Forests command are now scatter
oG all over the country This is the
second annual reunion of the corps
the first having been held here last
fall. Memphis was chosen as the per
manent place of meeting because of
The fact that it was the home of
General Nathan Bedford Forrest the
great cavalry leader OF the Confeder-
acy, whose terrific charges and Won
derful victories were the despair of
the Union leaders. General II. A.
Tyler, the commander of the entire
. corps, had charge of the general fea-
lures of today's program, which in
cluded, in addition to the parade,
session devoted to speech-making and
an old time barbecue.
Far surprising all the formal fea
lures. however. was the spirit of com
radeship engendered by the reunion
Hundreds of Forests men, now re
siding in widely separated states. met
for the first time since the bloody
days of the COS and, with recovered
youth. renewed the spirit of the old
days. The reunion of the followers OF
the dashing cavalry leader will be con
tinuad as an annual affair in Memphis
until all have answered the last roll
call
Chicago. H., Oct. l7.-Three men
are working away on list of proxies
that have been given in the Illinois
a..h haf~
depends the entire situation. Until
the report is made by this committee
nothing official will be known whether
Edward H Hartman or Stuyvesant
Fish is master of the field, In the
mean time Hartman avs that he is
master. Fish, serious md earnest, re-
fuses to state where he stands and
does not make any claims.
Chicago. Oct. 17.--E. H. Hartman
today routed the Stuyvesant Fish
forces in slirmish coupe in the battle
for the possession of the Illinois Cen
trail railroad A hurried call was made
for directors meeting and majority
of the directors summoned ordered the
books of the Illinois Central held open
until O'Clock this afternoon for the
transfer of stock. At l o'clock the
meeting was called to order by Presi-
dent Harahan. who said: "The proxy
committee is not ready to report and
we will wait few minutes to see IT
they can give us anything definite be
fore we adjourn.
Chicago. Oct. 17.-Declaring tnat 30
per cent of the milk sold in Chicago is
impure or adulterated, City Bacteriol-
ogist Biehl advises the members Of
the Chicago Medical society to work
for the passage of a more stringent
law to regulate the sale.
FL Paso. Tex. Oct. 1T.-Four men
and three women. one man, a govern
ment mail carrier. were ambushed and
killed by Yaqui Indians between San
Jose de Hila and La Colorado. east oi
Hermosillo in the lower Sonora coun