Semi-weekly herald., 1907-11-21


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gin until January l. 1909. This agree
ment was repudiated at a meeting OF
the pressmen later,
Washington, Nov. 1S.-Rear Admiral
a. $. Snow retired from active service
today being the third officer of that
rank to leave the navy this month
by operation OF the age limit Tile
others we're Rear Admirals H. w,
Lyon and Asa Walker. Rear Admira
Snow will he succeeded as command
ant OF the Boston navy yard by Cap
tain William Swift Captain Swift
was only recently restored to duty by
order of President Roosevelt after
having been under suspension for six
months on nine months sentence for
allowing the battleship Connecticut to
run upon q rock of Culebra.
Albert sydney SNOW, who today
leaves the service OF Unclo Sans de.
tenders of the seas. was born In Rock
land, Me, November is. 1S45. and
graduated from the naval academy in
1865. He served in the expedition to
Corea and the attack on Corean fotts
He has been commander Of the Badger
and New York. Prior tc becoming
commandant of the Boston navy yard.
in February. 1904. he was for four
years commandant at the New York
navy yard
Charleston. S. G.. Nov. 1s.-Charles.
tons annual fall festival was iaaugu.
rated today. and already hundreds OF
visitors are gathered in the famous old
city by the sea for week of unre.
strained merriment. Many novel
unique and fantastic pageants aad
other amusements have been arranged
for. the week and there is every proba
bllity that the celebration will he the
most successful OF its kind ever held
here.
New York, Nov 1S.-For the first
time in fifteen years the followers OF
Henry George throughout the country
congregated in the metropolis today
ior the annual meeting OF the Ameri
ran Single Tax conference The ses.
lions are being held at the Plata as
semhly in Fifty.ninth street and will
continue through tomorrow. Among
those who will speak are Tom John.
son. victor in the recent political bat
lie with Congressman Burton for the
mayoralty of Cleveland; Brand Whit.
lock, who on November was re-elect
| ed mayor of Toledo; Governor l.. f. c.
| Garvin of Rhode Island. Fred c. Howe
| Of Chicago State Senator james w
! Buclllin of Colorado. Herbert S. Bige-
| low of Cincinnati. William Marion
Reedy of st. Louis; ]. A. Stockwell
OF Minnesota and Louis F. Pabst OF
| st. Louis.
Chicago, Nov. lS.-A hearing in the
suit brought by Mary C. Mcdonald
who was divorced from the late Mi
chael C, Mcdonald, to prevent the pay
ment Of bequests under the will. was
held today The widow of Mcdonald
| the chief beneficiary under the will, is
now awaiting trial under indictment
for the murder of Webster S. Guerin.
an artist with whom she was infatu.
! ated. Colonel James Hamilton Lewis
IL her legal representative in the will
case. In her bill of complaint Mrs
Mary c, Mcdonald asks that the de.
cree Of divorce of November 20, 1883.
be set aside and that the widow he al
lowed no share in the estate. At the
hearing of MoDonald's suit for divorce,
she asserts, she was accused of having
eloped to France with Father Joseph
Noysant. The testimon. she declares.
was fraudulent and the result of con
spiracy
Washington, Nov lS.--A letter writ
ten by the president to She governors
ol al the states asking them to meet
at the White house on May 19, IA and
10 1908. for conference on the con
servation of the natural resources of
the country. has been made public.
The letter is written in response to the
suggestions of the inlard waterway
commission.
Cleveland, o. Nov is-Another
meeting Of the individual car owners
of the country will be held here to-
morrow. II is alleged that certain big
individual car owners have been lin
Ing mp with the railroad interests and
are seeking to prevent the combina-
tion Of independent concerns owning