Semi-weekly herald., 1907-12-19

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| that 1t was just like finding money.
A short time afterward the wife OF
Weiss was Killed In a carriage acci
dent. The merchant. who, despite mis-
boasts, was very superstitious. looked
upon her death as judgment of God,
and the idea unsettled his mind md
caused him to he taken to the hospital.
l. was only after friends of Weiss mad
bought back the deed from Krauss for
800 that the merchant recovered mis-
sanity. Treasured as to the fa.e OF
his soul. by means of a new deed in
which Krauss solemnly reconveyei the
other mans salvation TO him. Weiss
was discharged from the hospital as
cured.
New York, Dec. 1s.--The White Staf
liner Oceanic which is sailing for
Southampton. breaks all records In
the matter of Christmas remittances
by carrying a million and a quarter
in cash gifts for persons in Eu.ope.
Gifts will be distributed in eighteen
European countries and among a total
of 1882 persons The gifts were in
the form of money orders through the
New York postoffice Postmaster Nor.
gan said the money orders sent on
the Oceanic We're the largest ever
sent on one ship.
New York Dec 1S.-Leslie NJ. Shaw
former secretary of the treasury, now
president of the Carnegie Trust com.
pany of this city, was asked abou; the
truth of the rumor intimating that
the presidency of the Kansas CITY
National Bank of Commerce which is
ed TO MIN and that he accepted H.
Mr. Shaw said; 81 was approached
by n number of my friends from Kan
sas City who made the suggestion that
| become president Of the reorgauiza
tion of the bank. There was no formal
offer however. | did not throw any
cold water upon the plan. Fur hef
than that | cannot say"
Chicago. Dee, lS.-Loaied to The
guards with cargo of spoons" tn,
honeymoon special lnaugurateG By
three western railroads leaves Chi
ago today for n thirty days rip o
cooins and billing and lovo-makmg
All of the passepgerss are newlywtd.
or married couples who have mo- ye
! taken their honeymoon trip. The rail-
| which will bear the honeymooners OF
| their journey is among the most lux
| urious ever sent out of this city. an,
is manned by discreet trainmen wh'
have been there themselves" and vh,
| will give the travellers the utlnos
| possible privacy for their manifesto
| tons of affection. 1t is promised b,
the railroad officials that the trip vii
be an ideal" one. and this promis,
bids fair to he carried ont to the let
ter. Various parts of the west ant
the Pacific coast will be traversed h.
the HONEYMOON special before /
returns to Chicago thirty days hence
| Knoxville, Tenn, Dec. lS.--The wed
ding of Charles p. Ryan and Mis-
Daisy Evelyn French will take p,ac
a. Little River, few miles south o
this city, in the presence of a Iare
number of invited friends, amonl
whom, however, Thomas F. Ryan, hall
brother of the groom, will he conspiC
nous by his absence. Unless the ia
nous New York millionaire reads o
the wedding in the newspapers, h
will know nothing whatever Of il
Years aso there was violent guarre
in the Ryan family and since that nm
the man of millions has had nothin
to do with his half-brother and pre
tN sister whom he has not even sceI
Charles p Ryan the bridegroom.
the southern representative of Rcl
mond shoe hause, he stands severe
inches over six feet and is said to bea
a close facial resemblance to his mi
lonaire half-brother,
Washington. Dec, 1S,-The Unite
States supreme court is today hea in
argument IN the case involving tn
right of the federal court to interfer
in the enforcement of the railroad rat
law of North Carolina While thi
proceeding involves only the penalt
sections of the law. ii has bearing o
the principles involved in the Mmn,
sofa case. recently argued. In whic
the attorney general of Missouri m
the public service commission of Ne
York asserted that such interfereac
is ip effect a sui, against state an
prohibited by the constitution.
North Attleboro, Mass. Dec 49,
The jewelers. National bank OF thu
! city was ordered closed this molnn
by Bank Examiner Currier. 1t has
million in deposits. Presidepi Wiggi
Of the bauk who lives IN New Yor
said the sudden death of Cashier Sa
gent of the North Attleboro 1anl
who was found dead in his bath tut
naturally excited suspicion and cause
the directors 20 make immediate il
vestigation of the condition of tn
bank. Investigation shows that NJ
Sargent exceeded his authority an
without knowledge of the director
had made loans to local concerns i
which he was individually intereste,
Silyerton, pee, lS.-Sufrering lrol
rheumatism and respondent beclus
o. failure to dispose OF mining propart!
I Henry Lamb, deputy sheriff. pLaeai
4 pistol under his chin and pulled tn
Il trigger. rhe bullet struck the thee
/, bone and glanced of, doing little dan
age. He then placed the gun agains