Semi-weekly herald., 1907-12-05


to the command of the new cruiser
California.
City of Mexico, Dec. 2.--ID response
tn call issued by the bureau of
American republics. the third inter
national sanitary congress convened
here today. Representatives of all
the important American republics are
in attendance. DR.. Licenga, president
OF the superior board of health of Mex
leo, is acting as chairman of the con
ference. The sessions Will continue
through the week. The congress has
for its purpose the adoption of uni
form sanitary regulations for all the
republics of North, Central and South
America.
Both previous conventions were
held in Washington, the chairman be
ing Surgeon General Walter Wyman,
% the marine hospital service. The
first met December 2. 1902, and the
second on October 1s. 1905. At the
latter session Uniform quarantine
law against cholera, buboric plague
and yellow fever was adopted. and has
since been rectified by nearly all tho
nations represented, including Mexico
and the United States Several i'm
portant new measures will be intro
duced ut the meeting this week.
Baltimore, Md, Dec. 2.-In a wreck
o. the Baltimore & Ohio railroad AT
Shenandoah Junction this morning,
three passengers were killed and a
dozen We're injured.
Guthrie. Okla. Dec. 2,-Oklahoma' g
first legislature convened here today
in the temporary state capitol. Great
interest was displayed in the event,
and every available seat in the limit
ed space allotted TO spectators was
filed. The day was taken up in or
gonizing both houses. Governor Chas.
n. Haskell will not deliver his message
till tomorrow This evening the DEM
ocrats. who are in entire control. will
hold caucus and decide uron definite
program of procedure.
Washington. Dec. 2,-The house ~
representatives In the first session OF
slxtieth congress convened at ne IN
today. adjourning fifteen minutes later
until tomorrow, when the presiGeut =,
message will be read, The usual bril-
liant scene marked the o.enirF of the
law makers gathering. Gallci .rs were
csowded with beautifully gowncd wom-
en- who had come early in expectation
Of witnessing some exciting scenes
The diplomatic gallery was meds con
spicuous by the presence of Senll
Mayor pes Planches dean of cne corps
in full state uniform; Ambassadc.
James Bryce of Great Britail. IN con
ventional dress. who attracted more
tnan ordinary attention. MIS-. Nicholas
Longw daughter of the presiden
aud wife of the member fr)m Gin
cinnati district, and the nev Persian
minister in his variegated unrN =.
Houston. Tex, Dec. Fire thii
morning destroyed business propert,
In the heart Of Houston to the valu,
OF three quarters of u million. Break
ing out in the rear of the Frank Dunn
iewelry store and pawnshop the flame,
spread in all directions through the
block and it was not until this morn
ing that the conflagration was under
control.
Denver. Dec. while concerned in
preparing a turkey dianer for her son
whom she expected TO dine with her
Mrs. Alice NJ. Spaan met death be
tween 10 and If o'clock yesterday
morning, the apparent cause of which
was inhaling the fumes from u gas
water heater. Miss Nellie Scribner, 4
stenographer, employed at the state
house was also affected and when
discovered was lying upon the floor in
almost dying condition The cir
cumstances surrounding the death oi
Mrs. Spaan are In many respects the
same as those connected with the
death of Cora b. Wright and her u
year-old daughter Genevieve, last Feb
ruaTy, for which the husband and IA
ther, Benjamin c. Wright, was ar
rested charged with the crime oi
murder and of which he was later ac
quilted. when young Spaan entered
his home he found his mother dead on
the floor and Miss Scribner dying.
Victoria. B. C., Dec 2.-somewhere
in the eastern seas runaway Russian
destroyer with mutinous crew is on
pirate cruise. The story was brought
from Nagasak by the steamer Mont
eagle, which arrived today, The Ger
man steamer reported that the Maya
sald had been Intercepted fifty miles
north of Tsushima island by Russian
destroyer. whose seamen boarded her
and rorcibly took a quantity of coal.
New York. william R. Montgomery
who was elected president of the
Hamilton bank on the resignation OF
u. X. Thomas three days before the
bank closed. has been threatened by
the Black Hand society He has re
ceived a letter which says: III you