Semi-weekly herald., 1907-10-03

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L yenient, expedient and economical. Il
is expected that thousands OF farm
ers and dairymen will attend to in
vestigate this and other electrical con
, trivances OF interest to them. Many
men, women and children of the me
ttopolis who have never seen COW
: will also be Interested.
The electrical show proper is the
most complete ever held In this or
any other country. The main hall of
the garden is divided by three avenues
Edison, Westinghouse and Frank.
lln--running east and west, with three
cross streets running north and south.
Along these streets are ranged every
electrical invention ever conceived
by the mind OF man, including scores
oi new ones that have not yet become
popularlzed. The interior IL decked
with 100000 electric lights, rivallng
even Coney island In its glory
Two big conventions, the State
Street Railway association and the
State Gas and Electric association,
will meet during the show. and will
be addressed by Chairman Stevens of
the public service commission.
Boise. Idaho. Oct. Judge Wilson
this morning refused to grant the mo-
| tion of the defense that the case OF
Senator w. e Borah. charged with
land frauds. be taken from the jury
md the senator acquitted.
Denver. Oct ALLEN l.. Burris the
Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek
mining man is here and has interest
ed Whitney Newton, millionaire lnm-
her merchant and former employer OF
t,urris, in the pending fight for con
troll Of the III Paso Consolidated min
ing property on Beacon hill In the
Cripple Creek district Sam s. Ber-
nard, who for half dozen years has
been president OF the FL Paso Con
sclidated and Allen l.. Burris wants
10 succeed him. Both are residents
of Colorado Springs. Although the
election does not take place until next
March hostilities have already com
menced and the fight will be fierce
one.
Portland. Ore. Oct. "A special
dispatch from Baker City says that
former Sheriff Harvey X. Brown, who
was yesterday made the victim OF a
bomb outrage very similar to that
which Killed former Governor Steuen-
berg of Idaho died of his injuries.
No trace OF the criminal has been
discovered. Brown was the man who
arrested Steve Adams for alleged
crimes in Idaho and for six months
has been engaged in detective work
pess against Steve Adams and ex-
pressed fear OF taking stand for 1t is
alleged he knew he would never es-
cape alive If he did.
Chicago. Oct. President Small
of the telegraphers has put an end to
all talk OF breaking contracts. New
York and Chicago strikers were told
that under no conditions will broker
age and newspaper operators working
under signed agreements he disturbed.
He intimated, however. that there are
operators working In brokers' Offices
who have no contract with employers.
These. he said. should quit work I'M
mediately.
New York, Oct Harry X. Thaw.
slayer OF Stanford White, made for
NAL request upon Clifford w. Hart
ridge, the lawyer who gained some
note as an attorney OF record in the
famous murder trial. to show why he
| should now make claim OF $4,000 In
addition to what has been paid him.
A claim for $4,000 was assigned by
Mr.. Hartridge to J. P. Shields to sat
isfy Judgment which was recorded
against Mr.. Hartridge June 10 In Bos-
ton.
Montreal, Oct. THE twenty sixth
annual meeting of the Canadian Pa
ciHc Railway company is being held
heretoday. Among the matters to be
passed upon Is increasing the mem
bership of the executive committee
from five to six. Four directors are
on the retiring list this year. but are
eligible for reelection. They are Sir
William Van Horne, Il. B. Osler, n
r., X. b. Angus and Hon. l.. J. Forget
The past year has been pros
porous one for the road, the gross
earnings aggregating s72-2l7.000, ol
which s45.ss5. 600 was from freight
$l9.52s.0 900 from passenger traffic and
the balance from minor sources. The
q total expenditures for the yea'
= amounted to y4s,915. 900. leaving bal
, ance for the year of s23.302,O00. The
q working expenses for the yea
q Amounted to 6496 per cent OF thu
gross earnings. and net earnings a
+, s5.04 per cent. AZ against 62.75 ant
i 1925. respectively, last year.