Semi-weekly herald., 1907-12-09


auxiliary are being held in connection
with the horticultural convention. A
great display of Minnesota fruits is q
feature of the affair. The regular so
ciety banquet viii be hell tomorrow
evening. The Minnesota society il
one of the largest horticultural organi
cations in the country and has a mem
bership OF nearly $500. Professor
is president. and A. w. Latham OF
Minneapolis is secretary.
New York, Dec. 3.-Hotel men. in.
cluding the landlords OF country tav.
erns and the proprietors of metr1rcli.
tan skyscraper hostelries. assembled
| this morning for the twenty fi-st All.
nual meeting of the New YORK stale
Hotel Mems association. The dele
gates, however. are not confined to
this state. Every commonwealth cl
the union is represented, oy. delegate
or proxy, and the discussion centers
around the threatened prohibition
wave which is sweeping over the coun.
try. While all the hotel men agree
| that they believe in law and o-d.r
| they are averse to the prohibition
movement. Another subject which IS
being discussed is that of securing an
| interstate railway hotel law. in con
| nection with the railroads. which will
60 oil
provide wine with meals when demand
In the tenth round of what was to
have been twenty-round CO. Tommy
Burns of the United States defeated
Gunner Moir OF England last night at
London. Moir was the favorite with
English sports at odds. Burns out
classed the Englishman and bested
him in all but two rounds. The end
came with a clean knockout. Burns
gets S25.O00 and the title of champion
OF the world.
Peoria Ill, Dec. 3.--Several hundred
delegates are in attendance at the sec.
ond annual meeting of the Master
Painters and Decorators association of
Illinois here today. Manufacturers and
jobbers all over the country have in
stall exhibits at the show which is
being held in connection with the con.
vention. The session will last through
tomorrow and Thursday.
Santa Fe, n. NJ, Dec, 3.-Later re-
ports from Valverde state that the
white woman who was murdered there
Sunday was Miss Jennie Templeton,
with with her sister conducted a small
store there. The report that Miss
Templeton was missionary is nm
true The assassin felled his victim
with knife as she stood In the back
door of the store. After she had fail
ell he kicked her in the head. crushing
the skull. David Maritime Sanchez
who was arrested as n suspect. was
given a preliminary hearing yester-
day afternoon at Valverda.
Washington, Dec. Arguments on
the demurrer of the steamship com.
bine known as the Baltic Pool. protest
lilE d6dllNaA All' sAN'llillAH VI Alit liltI-
state commerce commission to prose
cute 1t under the antitrust laws. be.
gan here today Eminent counsel has
been retained by the steamship com.
pany. among them former Senator
John G. Spooner of Wisconsin and
William G. Choate and Harrington
Putnam of New York. The contention
is made by the companys attorneys
that the commerce commission has no
power to compel the defendants to
answer the charges in the petition,
there being no law comforting such au-
thority upon the commission.
The Baltic Pool. in which Emperor
William. King Edward and other mon
archs are stockholders. is composed
of the Hamburg-American line the
North German Lloyd Steamship com
pany, the Wilson lines and other
steamship concerns. The contention is
made by the Interstate commerce
commission that il is one OF the most
perfect monopolies on the face of the
earth. that it controls the avenues OF
transportation between Europe and
the United States. and that, through
connection with railroads in this coun-
try. its sphere OF influence extends not
only from the great ports of Europe
but to the interior Of the North Ameri-
can continent. with ramifcations all
over the United States. 1t is alleged
that the Baltic Pool is thus operating
in violation Of the act to regular
commerce as well as the Sherman
antitrust act.
St Petersburg. Dec. Secretary
Tafts first day in St Petersburg prom
ises to be a busy one, beginning with
welcome by the officials of the depart
ment Of foreign affairs, including a
visit to parliament house and conclud-
ing with a banquet arranged by the
American colony Tomorrow the sec.
retary will be received In audience by
the emperor and will be entertained
by Captain s. l.. H. Slocum. the Ameri-
can military attache. in the evening.