Semi-weekly herald., 1907-10-28


d. o. Mills. April 20.
Issg-92-United States minister to
France. his first diplomatic post.
1892 Republican nominee for vice
president of the United States
1897 Special ambassador of the
United States to Queen Victoria's jubi-
lee.
1s9s-Became member Of the
peace commission to Paris
is99-Granted degree of I.L. d. by
Princeton university.
Granted degree Of III. ID. by
Yale university.
1902 Special ambassador of the
United States 10 England for the coro-
nation of Edward VII.
1S02--Granted degree OF Ii. d. by
Cambridge university.
19o5--Appointed ambassador to the
court OF st. James.
Madrid, Oct. 26.-There is no longer
any doubt that King Alfonso is SUI
fering from tuberculosis. When the
report that the king had consumption
was first made every effort was put
forth to discredit. Now the malady
has made such inroads that further de
nial Is usless by his physicians.
Ottawa. Ont, oct. 26.-Accompanied
by Madame Lemieux and a secretary
Hon. Rudolphe Lemieux will sail -
.Japan Monday from Vancouver. max
Ing the voyage on the Canadian PA
cliic mail steamer Empress of Chira
The minister will carry with him ere
doniials from the foreign office to the
Toxic government. The plan OF send
ing an associate commissioner with
Mr.. Lemieux to conduct an investisa'
ton of the mystery surrounding tue
large movement of Japanese laborris
into British Columbia has been aban-
doned. It Is believed that such an
investigation could serve no particular
purpose. as the invasion is now ap
parently at an end.
Portland Me, Oct 26.-I.dward ray
son Weston, the famous old time pc
destrian. has completed arrangement
10 leave next week on his recor I
breaking walk from Portland 30 Chi
| cago. The start will be made. ac-
cording to present plans, on Tuesday,
Just forty years to an hour from his
start over the same route in lS6.
The time schedule which Ws'ton
has laid out. is followed, will bring
him into Chicago in twenty-six walk
ing days He expects to clip many
hours from his record made mo"e than
a generation ago, and which has never
been broken He was then in his
! twenty-ninth year, and Is consequently
now nearing three score yeas ana
| ten. He declares that he is now bet
| ter equipped for such feat as ne
will attempt than when young boy
rs he then knew very little about
| caring for the feet under such pre-
| longed strain. He proposed to max
good his contention that Oslerism is
| false theory and that advancing
years should not bring about any such
| Weakening OF the bodily powers as
| 1; generally observed.
The route selected by Weston will
| take him through ten states, and he
| will pass through the cities of Boston
| Providence. Troy, Utica, Rochester
| syracuse, Buffalo. Toledo and Cleve
| and, He will be followed by an auto
mobile conveying his physician, valet
| md several newspaper men, who will
,ct as judges
| London. Oct. 26.--Great Britain Is
| low facing the possibility of the great
| sst labor strike i'll the history of the
| United Kingdom, which may result ir
| wing up all the railroads of the coua
| .ry. The voting on the question of q
itrike by the members of the Anal
;amated Society of Railway Servants
| # which Richard Bell. NJ p. is gen
| raj secretary. was concluded today
| md the result win shortly be made
ubIic. 1t is reported that the senti
| h'"' "'''"r shN ih'h -NiN ~
| avor of general Suspension OF work
| order to secure the recognition OF
heir organization and new scale OF
! wages and hours.
| 1t is not likely that a strike will be
| declared Immediately upon the an
| louncement of the result of the vote
| IS the officials of the Amalgamated So
'iety are in favor of making a last
| mort to settle the dispute peaceably
| 1t is likely that this attempt will DC
ruthless. as the railway companies
ave already made an unfavorable and
| nal reply to the society's demand
lor recognition and higher wages and
| shorter hours.
The reply of the railway companies
which was issued by the council OF
he Railway association, says the coun
| III has no power to appoint represen-
tatives TO meet the delegates of the
mions and discuss questions which al
ect the relations between individual
companies and their employees.
The council, however, added that Its
members individually were unanimous.