Semi-weekly herald., 1907-12-26
GENERAL NEWS.

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Opponents OF Sunday saloons score
a victory when Municipal Judge Heap
OF Chicago held the state law TO be stl-
preme in the prosecution of saloon
men for keeping open on Sunday.
In defiance OF Governor Hughes the
New York board Of aldermen. re.elcct.
ed John F. Ahearn president of the
borough OF Manhattan, from which Of
hce he was recently removed by the
governor.
A startling revelation of the preya-
lence OF bovine tuberculosis In New
York state and OF the insuffciency OF
the legal means for the control OF this
disease has been made before the
Tompltins County Medical society.
Engineer Frank Krag. though III and
faint, stayed at the throttel till he had
brought the fast Lake Shore train safe-
ly into cleveland yards Then he step
ped from his cab and in few minutes
was dead.
Efficiency In fire drIll probably saved
the lives of many children In the
eleventh district school at Cincinnati
An alarm of fire being given the teach
or, Miss Lillian Flynn, tapped the fire
gong and one Thousand children
marched out The building was empty
when the firemen arrived
Mystery In the disappearance OF
Guy Stanley and Mrs. James Story
from Wabash. Ind. when It was learn.
ed that Mrs. Story, disguised as man.
had been arrested at Bowling Green
accused of attempting to steal n horse
and that Stanley was ia Jail at Jer,
SEVILLE. ILL., The womnn's husband
will begin an action for divorce.
Mr.. Fielding. Canadian minister OF
finance. has introduced bill to amend
the Insurance act. The bill makes s;
crime for any agent to Civ. or for
any policyholder to accept a rebate
The FUND for deferred dividend poll
cies is TO he carried hereafter rs
liability and the surplus must be- dis
trbuted every three years.
Martin j. Allen. who was paroled
some time ago in Chicago after serving
twenty-six months for highway rob
berry, was taken back TO that city by
Detective John Helcben. Allen went
to Boston after being freed in Chicago
and committed a robbery OF an express
wagon. for which he was sentenced to
sixty days which expired today.
C. j. Norman. his conviction on the
charge OF stealing chickens having
been affirmed by the supreme court.
applied to the clerk of the court for
commitment papers. and surrendered
himself at the state penitentiary at
Madison. MINI. He had difficulty In
convincing the warden that he was en-
titled to a place in the prison.
j. Dalzell Brown, general manager
of the California Safe Deposit and
Trust company. San Francisco. and
Walter b. Barnett. director of the in
stitution, were Indicted by a grand
Jury In San Francisco for alleged EN-
bezzlement Of securities OF the Ellen
NJ. Cotton trust fund. Bail in each
ca Use was fixed at 100000 with $780,
900 cash on each Indictment
f. W. Reed and A. II. FredcriclSs,
University of Illinois students. were
expelled for being implicated in the
| whisky drinking that eliminated in
| the death of a fellow student Reed
WAS arraigned on the charge OF pro
| curing whisky for a minor. and plead
ing guilty, was fined $50 aud costs.
There are four stnte cases against him
on the same charge.
William A. Schwartz. II policeman
er. Mrs Rachael Schwartz. Gl years
old. and was so crazed by the accident
that he made several attempts to end
his own life, but was restrained by re-
lations Schwartz and his mother lived
at 14S Almond alley, and while the po
liceman was cleaning his revolver II
was accidentally discharged, the bul
let penetrating his mothers head.
| George Schepman at Richmond. Ind.
secured verdict for $4,000 against
the Pennsylvania Railroad company
for the loss of leg.
New York state court holds that the
Western Union and the Postal Tele
graph companies nre not subject u
the provisions of New York sntitrus
law.
Government Anal crop report show
J shortage OF several hundred OF mil
J lions OF bushels In the principal &C
, reals, but that the aggregate value ol
the farms is much higher than ln