Semi-weekly herald., 1907-09-30

| anu HoS' o.""V iodNes OF bread and
ID barrels of pickles have been pro
vided for the great free barbecue. The
great advance in the price of tobacco
! brought about by the efforts of the as.
sociation has rendered the planters un.
| usually prosperous, and today's cele
bration Is on more lavish and cost.
ly scale than any previously held.
Boise. Idaho. Sept. 26-The first
sensation in the trial of United States
\ Senator Borah came late yesterday
when Albert Nugent. the witness pro-
| duced by the government. admitted on
cross-eXamination that he committed
perjury in taking out timber land
claims. admitted that he had been
promised immunity by an officer of the
federal government for testifying, ad-
mitted that at the request of the
federal officers he had sworn to the
complaint against a man whom he did
not know and lastly proclaimed that
he believed It to be a part of his
bargain for immunity that he should
swear to any complaint against any
person regardless of any knowledge
chat he might have as to the persons
guilt
Elgin, H., Sept. 26.-Cyrus Bald.
win, 50 years of age. one of the
wealthiest residents of Kane county.
killed himself today by eating paris
Green. He had confessed that he had
murdered his aged wife by crushing
her skull with hammer. Mrs. Bald
win was found dead yesterday To
lay Baldwin confession that he had
Killed his wife after quarrel
New York. Sept. 26.-Another TWEEN.
ty-four hour automobile race will be
leld tomorrow and Saturday on the
Norris Park track, and is attracting a
great deal of attention among east
arn enthusiasts. Nearly a score of
ars are entered for the long grind.
which will be held under the aus.
1ices of the Morris PARK Motordrome
club. In New York and vicinity these
twice around the clock affairs are the
most popular of all varieties of mo-
will doubtless be witnessed by thou
'ands of enthusiasts. That the rep
resentatives of foreign cars are de-
termined to hold the honors recently
earned by the Renault is shown by
the fact that the daredevil Duray
mas been sent from Europe to drive
the sixty horse power De Dietrich in
the coming contest. Duray is one OF
lhe ablest of foreign drivers, and last
year won the Ardannes circuit. aver.
lging &C miles an hour.
Detroit, Sept. 26.-"Everybody works
but father" is no longer to be true
N Detroit. if the provisions of a new
'aw. effective today, are strictly in
forced. BY the terms of the act, rec
reant husbands and fathers will be
obliged to support their wives and
families by toiling in the workhouse,
If they decline to furnish the neces-
sites of life under a condition of
liberty. The wives of the lazy ones
will be allowed s1.50 per week from
the labor of the latter in the prison
II is believed by the officials that the
new law viii have a wholesome eff
feet on the men who have a tendency
to abandon their families to the tender
mercies of the wolf of poverty
Meridian, Miss, Sept. 26.--An en-
thusiastic welcome was accorded the
hundreds OF Confederate veterans and
their sons and daughters who arrived
reunion, to be held during the bal
ance of the week. The erection of
monuments to the Confederate dead
in the various counties of the state
Is one of the principal matters to be
considered. and action will probably
be taken to put the plan into effect
A law was passed by the last legis.
lature allowing boards of supervisors
TO make donations to such monument
funds. and it is likely that before
many years every county in Missis
sippi win have handsome Confeder-
ate memorial.
Billings, Mont. Sept. 26.-Excur.
sions to the Custer battlefield and to
Pompey's pillar, east of Billings, made
famous by the visit of Lewis and Clark
in 1904, will be features of the TWEEN.
ty-fourth annual reunion Of the So
ciety of Montana Pioneers. which con-
vened here today. The name OF w.
NJ. Clarke is carved in the walls OF
Pompeys pillar. ard to protect this an
iron grating was erected several years
ago. Reports of the officials show
that $50 of the Montana trail blazers
have died within the last year. 1t
Is expected that this will be the last
big meeting of the pioneers. and to
commemorate It the society has issued
publication containing numerous i'm
portant historical documents. among
fho,n tho trihuta mid tho ninpaorc hy