Semi-weekly herald., 1907-12-19

skilled tntnl-l- anu ii4i"'f'F''-'
aid of apparattr and appliances specially
designed aud built for this purpose bou
medicines are entirely free from alcohol ahH
all other harmful. ba1it-forping druas;
mi Ist Of their ingredients ID printed on
each bntflr-~rgrper.
voyage TO the far cast, was interview
ed today upon the question of diff
cultics that may he encountered bs
the great uIited States battle shin
fleet on its journey around Cape Horn
The trip can he made without any
great danger either In time of peac,
or in time of war" said Roiestyensky
sheltered harbors are available 70,
coalng and there Is no fear of intel
ference upon the part of any SoutA
American governments. The passag,
Of the Straits of Magellan. especial,
in the summer is no difficulty to a
skilled commander"
OF the relative efficiency of th'
navies OF the United States and Japan
the admiral said, The personnel
the japanese navy, man Tor man, Il
now undoubtedly more efficient thai
the American. This is due to practic,
in battle but the United States ship.
so exceed the Japanese in strength
and numbers that there is no questio1
of the United States superiority. !
| consider that the question OF war be
tween the United States and Japan
| il quite excluded
| Washington. Dec, is.-The commit
| tee on committees this morning an
nounced the various assignments o.
| senator's for the work Of the SixfietG
| congress. Senator Teller retains thu
chalrmansh'p OF the committee OIL pr
| vate land claims and also the assign
monts he had during the Fifty ninth
congress. namely, appropriations, Gu
ban relations, finance. FIVE civIlzet
tribes of Indians and Indian affairs
rules. Senator Guggenheim was siver
The chairmansh shin of the commute,
on expenditures of the navy depart
ment and has been assigned to place,
on the following committees Audi
and control, contingent expenses %
the senate, District Of Columbia, In
dian affairs to investigate the condi
ton of the Potomac river front n
| w AHAbH, PRIV lduh fiaib0 an
public lands.
Lisbon. Dec. lS.-king Carlos ant
the royal family will attend the open
ing performance of the season AT th'
opera house tonight, despite the M
mors that the occasion would be taKel
advantage of by the revolutionlsts t.
make an attempt on the monarch
life. Two bombs We're recently ioun,
under the royal box at the oper;
house, presumably placed there viii
the intention of exploding them to
night and staying the entire royal fam
, lly. Electric wires connected with th'
Internal machines led to the rea o
the Stage. The chief electrician wh'
was revolutionary republican, wa
suspected of being implicated IN tbs
plot but before he could he arreste,
he committed suicide by shooting
Many anarchists and republicans
thought to have been conspirin.
against the kings life. are now hel,
in the iails and prisons.
Indianapolis, Ind Dec 49, Nlem
{ hers Of the pniled Mine Workers o
America in the district comprising In
diana Ohio. Illinois and western Penn
/ sylvania are gathering in Indianapoli.
today TO continue their john confer
enco with the operators of the district
, 'rbe joint convention viii meet 10
, morrow and will consider The resIora
ton Of The interstate movement ani
The fixing Of Il wage scale fer the '9p,
ing year
Vienna. Dec. lS.-A Faust I'm rea
life has been discovered in a Nisnni
hospital and has attracted great al
tention in medical circles Never be
fore have the powers Of mental sus
gestlon been SO powerfully illustrate,
ms in this case, in which Hu1gaHa;
merchant named Weiss PLAYED Tn
part of Faust
Weiss has recently been djscha c2e,
from the sanitarium after suffering 10
months from mental ailment tina
threatened to render him a hopeless
nlptic. The Illusion that he had los
the trouble. From the story told b,
friends of the merchant, it appear
that Weiss was conversing viii
friends In Pressburg coffee hoase
the subject Of discussion being religion
and a future life.
Weiss declared to his associates
that there We're no such places as
heaven and hell. and that immortllit,
was merely dream. He addc1, ."
would sell my chance of salvation an,
my immortal soul for $3.50" A f;'eno
named Krauss, in spirit of fun, nc
cepted the proposition. on condit'
that the transaction be put in writ 7
mud that Weiss give him a deg I
his soul. a regular bill of saf'q
veying Weiss salvation in y "c5