Semi-weekly herald., 1907-10-21

hiihti' Nuost WtHitn uHtli recently
was estimated at from fiya to twenty
million is down and out financially.
| one of his representatives practically
admits this TO be true and says Mr..
Heinze puts the entire blame for his
downfall upon Charles w. Morse.
New York, Oct. 19.-With the close
OF the meeting OF the westchester
Racing association at Belmont park
today. the racing season In the vicln.
ity OF the metropolis is nearing its end.
| Only two sessions remain to be held.
The Metropolitan Jockey club will
open at Jamaica Monday. continuing
| until Friday. November /. and the
closing meet viii be held at Aqneduct.
where the season opened April 10 last,
/ under the auspices of the Queens
County Jockey club. The Aaueduct
dates are from Saturday, November .,
to Friday November l5. While the
cool weather has at times affected the
! attendance Of late. no great dlminu-
tlon in interest is perceptible. and the
metropolitan season promises to main.
tain It's record OF being the most profit.
able-lrom the standpoint of the
Jockey club promoters. bookmakers
and horse owners-in the history OF
the local turf.
Horsemen are beginning. with the
first touch OF cold weather, to make
preparations for shipping their strings
to New Orleans and the coast where
unusually successful winter meets are
In prospect.
Norfolk. Va, Oct. l9.--One hundred
and twenty-six years to day after
Cornwallls surrendered the army OF
Englend to the allied armies OF France
and the United States at Yorktown,
thousands OF people In whose breasts
the fires OF patriotism still burn gath.
cred today on the grounds of the
jamestown exposition to celebrate the
anniversary OF that momentous event.
The execises were under the auspices
of the exposition management, the
'"'4H'' JNh'ISoH MtiuOTlal dSSOclu-
tion and the newly organized Asso-
citation of Sgners of the Declaration
OF Independence. Senator p. C. Knox
o. Pennsylvania. and Senator John w.
Daniel of Virginia were the principal
/ orators of the day.
At today's meeting of the "signers."
az which delegations from all the thir-
teen original states were present, the
organization OF the new patriotic or
hereditary" society was completed,
constitution and bylaws adopted and
officers elected. headed by William
Shields Mexican. the originator OF
the idea, as president. and Thomas
Jefferson Randolph, great.great-
grandson of Thomas Jefferson, as sec
rotary.
The preliminary meeting OF the
"signers' was held In the PennsyI-
vania building. which Is a model of
Independence hall, on July 4, when
committees on constitution and organ.
ization were appointed. These COM
mittees reported today. The consti-
tuition provides that only those who
can clearly trace their descent from a
signer of the declaration OF independ-
ence Is eligible for membership in the
society. The association will consist
no state bodies will be formed. Wash
ington was selected as the headquar-
tersr OF the society. The bylaws pro-
vide for the patriotic observance OF
all holidays growing out OF the revo-
lutionary struggle, and also for the
proper marking and decoration of rev.
olutionary battlefields and the graves
Of the patriotic dead.
Many OF the "signers" will go on
a pilgrimage to Yorktown, the scene
OF the surrender OF Cornwallis to
Washington. before returning to their
homes.
Washington. Oct 19.-The supreme
court will open for the fall term on
Monday. when many important cases
are set for argument. One OF the
most important of these is the appeal
OF the city of Allegheny. Pa, from
the decision Of the Pennsylvania SUI
preme court upholding the validity of
the Greater Pittsburg consolidation,
{ which has been fought in the courts
for many months.
Six criminal cases coming from the
Philippine islands. in which the prin-
cipal ground of appeal is the alleged
excessive sentences imposed, will also
be heard by the next week. One OF
these is the case of former Major
Frank Del Darlington. U. s. A. who
received a sentence of forty years inn
prisonment for enbezzling $1,000 OF
funds appropriated for the Filipino
exhibit at the st. Louis exposition.
In the district court the land con-
spiracy case against Hyde. Benson.
Diamond and Snyder. charged with de-
fraudlng the government in connec-
tion with pubIic land deals In Cali