Semi-weekly herald., 1907-10-10
for the baseball championship will

. probably start tomorrow.
The Louisville and Nashville rai
road in its annual report shows iOa
per cent profit OH its $50 600. 900 can
, tai stock.
Gladys Vanderbilt must change he
religion when she marries Count Las
zio Szechengi. If the marriage Is I,
be legally recognized in Vienna.
j. b. Duke, after search of Enron.
and America. obtains beautiful 5000.
600 pearl necklace for his bride. for
merly Mrs, William Inman of Atlanta
Fear of serious wheat crop losse,
In Australia and India started heav,
European buying of cash grain In
America and advances prices sharply
Detroit lost the last two games play
ed, double header. with st. Loui.
Sunday, but as the club has the pen
nant cinched the best pitchers were
not used
Up to Saturday night there were 81
verified cases of plague at San Fran
cisco with 30 deaths and 90 cases
still under treatment. showing only
two recovered
Massachusetts Republicans are In
strong contrast to the warning Demo.
Gratis. the first named having nomi
mated ticket and adopted platform
with much enthusiasm.
President Hartshorn of the National
Association of Cotton Manufacturers,
in convention at Washington. says
that the cotton mills must be training
schools for young recruits.
Secretary Straus, In an address be.
fore the Cotton Manufacturers asso-
citation, warns against a too-high tariff
wall and says that # will encourage
discriminating duties abroad.
A race war at Washington In being
fought with court writs instead of
firearms. the whites starting it by
asking an Injunction to keep a negro
from occupying his own house.
Sumner says the. enemies of strong
drink are preparing to storm the capt
tai as soon as congress meets, with
the ayowed intention of making the
city of Washington ''as dry as a chin"
The Standard Oil hearing at New
York reveals the fact that II. II, Rog.
ers' railroad is practically alone in
purchasing lubricating oil from an in.
dependent ,and thnat-s'-- -.--
vary to railways.
The worlds production OF coal In
1906 amounted to about l,106.47S,7 ,707
short tons, OF which the United States
produced 4I4,157.27S tons. Since 1868.
during a period of thirty nine years,
the percentage of the worlds total
coal produced by the United States
has increased from 14.32 to 81. and
this country now stands far In the
lead of the worlds coal producers.
Warned by heavenly powers. as he
declares, to give up seafaring. Captain
August Richter, known to thousands
OF Americans as the commander OF
the North German Lloyd steamship
Kronzprinz Wilhelm, has retired from
the service. 1t was after the great
ocean greyhound's collision with an
Iceberg early this summer that Cap
tain Richter received his supernatural
visitation
Politicians gathered at Springfield,
H.. after investigating the result OF
the overthrow of the primary law by
the supreme court, say that 1t will
make little difference In the political
situation, and that Governor Deneen
will hold the strength which he has
acquired.
King Chulalongkorn OF Siam. who
has been spending the summer In a
spectacular manner In Germany. is
going home. He will sail from Italy
this month and has engaged the first
cabin accommodations of the North
German Lloyd imperial mail steam
ship Sachsen for his homeward trip.
The king will spend three days in
Alexandria on the homeward trip.
After three days consideration OF
departmental estimates for the budget
o. 1908, the New York City board of
estimates has reached the conclusion
that, with the widest possible cutting
81 estimates, the budget this year will
reach the enormous total of nearly
$145.000.O 900. This sum is $4,000. 900
more than the budget for 1907. Care
ful study of the estimates has shown
that mandatory increases in them
| selves will amount TO more than ST.
| 900. 900. Besides this sum the increase
in cost OF supplies will bring It up
| to slO.000,000 The extra increases
are to be found in demands OF Police
| Commissioner Bingham for more po-
llcemen, In Street Cleaning Commits
sioner Bensel's promise to increase
the salaries OF sweepers and for more
men. and in the board OF education s
\ desire to increase salaries of some
Of the teachers.
BY a senReess effort to secure "A