Semi-weekly herald., 1907-12-23
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| Canadian Pacific at Sudbury early this
morning and that eighty persons lost
their lives. Railroad officials here
disclaim any knowledge OF the wreck.
Sudbury is 400 miles west OF this
city.
Denver. Dec. 20.-The most liberal
| donation ever received by the charity
| organizations OF Denver came to the
| chairman OF the board OF trustees last
evening from David II Mofat in the
| form of 1000 tons of coal 10 be dis
| tributed among the poor OF Denver.
| The gift is entirely unsolicited aud
created great 10y among the officers OF
the associated charities when The news
went over the telephone To them.
| New York, Dec, 2O,--Gaylorl VIII
| shire. the millionaire Socialist" who
has tried for months To arrange do
bate with Chancellor James r. Day
of Syracuse university. known as "the
defender of the trusts" Announces
that Day has finally and definitely re.
| fused to meet him on the platform.
Wiltshire offered to pay Day liberal!y
| for his time IL he would debate with
him the question, Should the Nation
| own the Trusts Chancellor Day
based his refusal on the ground that
| his university work now fully occu-
| pies his time. and that he doubted the
| profit of such a discussion, because
| he believes Socialism is so vague a
| doctrine Wiltshire. who is q banker,
editor and capitalist as wen as So
| nia1iaf ha re.tt aft F.F
cral years TO arrange for debates with
| distinguished nlen, once offering VIII
liam j Bryan $4,000 # he would meet
him In a discussin of the subject OF
| Socialism.
| Gainesville, Gs. Dec. 20-Therc Will
| be- possum served at the Christmas
| dinner at the White house, fat.
juicy Georgia poHsum. fattened on per.
simmons. The little animal is now
about ready for The slaughter and will
be sent to Washington IN time for the
| presidents Christmas dinner. The
| posstim viii be the GIFT Of Mrs. Helen
| Loogstreet. postmlsuess of Gaines.
Vile. the widow Of General Longstreet.
| one OF the most famous military lead
ers OF the Confederacy.
Cleveland, o., Dec. 20.--For the pur-
pose OF attempting TO secure favorable
| action by this congress- on the ship
| subsidy bill the Merchant Marine
league will hold convention here
| tomorrow Plans for campaign
| booming the ship subsidy measure VIII
| be considered and adopted. IL is ex-
| pected that the igeet;ng will have u
deep political Significance. Many dis.
| tinguished men win he In attendance.
| and commercial organizations through.
| out the country have appointed dele
| gates.
Among the speakers expected are
| Senator Foraker OF Ohio, Senator Gal-
linger of New Hampshire. Assistant
| Secretary of tho Navy Ncwbcrry. Sec
ond Assistant Postmaster General
| Clcary and Director John Barrett of
the bureau of American republics.
It is pointed out by the friends OF
| the ship subsidy bill that the govern-
ment was recently handicapped by the
lack Of merchantmen for conveying
| coal to the battle ship feet in its
| trip to the Pacific. that there were
not enough American vessels to move
| the necessary coal supplies and that
| foreign countries had to be called upon
| for assistance. II is also declared that
| there Is a lack of American sailors 20
man the commercial vessels. ald that
| something should be done to increase
| their number.
Washington. Dec. 20--Congressman
| Theodore Burton OF Ohio Is today r.
ceiviDg the congratulations Of his
| friends and associates upon having
| reached his 56th birthday. The Cleve-
land congressman. while he has lost
some of his political prestige by rea-
| son of his illfascd contest with Tom
| Johnson for the mayoralty Of his home
city last month. still retains that per
| sonal popularity which has made him
| one OF the best known men in Wash
| jngton. Few representatives are as
| close 10 the president as Mr.. Burton.
| The Ohioan is a great admirer OF Sec
retary Taft end is doing much quiet
| campaigning in the interests of the
| presidential candldacy Of his friend.
Congressman Burton was born In
| jefferson. o., December 20 1851. AMI
| was the son of the Rev. William and
Elizabeth Grant Burton. He was ad-
mitted TO the bar In 1875. and, with IN.
termissions, has served as the repre-
sentative of his district in congress
| since 1859. His committee connections
have made him famous throughout the
country as IN authority on rivers and
harbors improv lment.
| Palermo. Dec. 20.--A terrific explo.
sion occurred last night in the mill
tary powder magazine known az Roe
loes' arms factory, In Via Lattiarini.
| where large quantity of dynamite
| was stored and was followed by num-
Der Of lesser explosions. ihe whole
town being badly shaken and people
thrown into panic. Almost immediate
~ flames shot high IN the air and
spread to the ruins Of the houses that
had fallen, adding greatly to the terror
OF those who were in the immediate
nelghborhood of the dIsastcr It Is
estimated that twenty-five persons
were killed and 100 others injured
| COLORADO NEWS.