Semi-weekly herald., 1907-11-04
TELEeRAP1ic aREv,rrEs.

In Chicago ACCIDENTS have killed sos
and injured 7.i34 during the past aine
months according to Statistician Gros-
ser
Railroads contering In Chicago will
discontinue practice OF furnishing
helpers To assist shippers In unloading
cars
Packing houses Of Omaha have re-
duced the prices of all kinds of beef
10 per cent and further decline Is
expected,
Chicago woman leaped from
high window when burglar threaten.
ed hor and her husband with re-
yolyer.
The Red Star steamer Finland, from
New York October 10, for Dover and
Antwerp. colltIed with the Southern
breakwater of Dover and her bows
were stove in. No casualties occurred
Barbara Laponkhin. is years old.
daughter Of n Russian princess, has
disappeared In London and kidnapping
for political purposes Ia suspected.
Il. C. Shippe and Lawrence Bowman.
farmers near Belvidere. H., were
burned 10 death In ahanty which was
set on fire by the explosion OF gaso.
line lamp
WashnFtou's new union station
erected at cost of 1000 900 and
ranking with the finest buildings OF
the government, has been opened to
traffic.
| Vice protected on the west sIde by
a ring proiiting $4,000 annually and
on the soutl side openly defying the
law is found 10 be lourishing in Chi.
| cago.
The attorney general of New York
| ruled that life insurance companies
| operating under the Armstrong laws
| are liable for the acts of their agents
IN other states.
| Following custom inaugurated by
the late Secretary Alger. the war de-
partment will again this year trans.
port free Christmas boxes for officers
and soldiers Of the foreign stations.
w. H. Adsetts, who Is under sen.
tence OF death for the murder OF Ger.
tuide Dayton last August at the Hong
King hotel, made a confession OF guilt
and appealed to the governor for elem.
| cncy
and all on board are safe
| The alleged Illegal delay OF Lru.
guayan vessel by Argentine officials
has resulted In some sharp diplomatic
exchanges between the two countries,
but 1t Is expected that the matter will
| he adjusted amlcably.
| Prof. u. Bordas of the Sorbonne an.
nounced before the Academy OF
| Science that he has discovered meth.
| cd by which the colors OF precious
| stones can be charged at will by sub.
iecting Hem to the action OF raiium.
The Southern Pacific station at San
tn Monica was robbed OF skeleton
tickets valued at over $4,000, together
with the stamps, punches and ink
pads, which viii enable the thieves to
stamp hundreds Of transco ltinental
| railroad tickets.
Miss Lillian Russell. who is now alb.
sent from New York on tour. was
one OF the large depositors OF the
knickerbocker Trust company Inc
last sum placed to her credit was
about $4,000 from the sale of her
household effects.
The British-American Tobacco com
pany was created especially to vio-
late the laws and TO carry conapiracies
| into effect. are government charges In
an Information filed ut Norfolk for the
forfeiture Of s.750.000 cigarettes own.
ed by the company.
| The balloon known as Ben Frank
lin having a gas capacity Of $1,000
cubic feet and said TO be the largest In
the world. landed in Belchertown,
Mass, after successful trip from
| Philadelphia The balloon carried Ave
| persons.
| Because Of a collection OF broken
noses, broken legs. broken fingers and
dislocated bones, unequaled by any
other football team In the country the
Lima (Ohio) college team has Cancelled
all its scheduled games and mas dis.
banded for the season.
It was authortatively stated that a
general rise in the railway rates In
Mexico would go into effect in toe
near future. This conclusion was
reached after many sessions OF the
railway commission and the officials
Of the various railroads.
Orders We're posted ON the grounds
OF the Dupont powder works. south Of
Tacoma. that all men would be laid
on indicating n suspension OF the huge
operation the concern has under way
toward building large powder plant.
About 100 men are affected. No rea-
: soa is given for the action.
Arrangements have been perfected
to bring a test case in the courts to
! secure judicial opinion upon Attorney
General Bonaparte's Interpretation Of
5 the pure food laws. so far as II reiatou