Semi-weekly herald., 1907-10-31
1ELEeRApnlc nRExE1lEs.

Emperor Francis Joseph is reported
MS SO far conyalesced that balletins
of his condition will! be discontinued.
The insurance rate war in Indiana
has been averted by the adoption of
the new rates Internationally by the
Muncie board.
A New York man has confessed
that he helped his wife commit sui
eide according to promise made her.
He was held for sentence.
Four worltmen were injured by
burns and two or three are missing
as a result OF an explosion, followed
by fire, In the plant of the Chatta-
nooga Gas company.
Fred Magill, recently acquitted vi
tie charge of numbering his wife. nrs
had many offers from showmen for an
engagement. Such is fame.
The National Colored League of Bail
sideration at indianapolis. It :; the
intention to form an eight club leasae
Robert Caney, Thomas lines and
George Jacobs were seriously injured
by the explosion of three kegs OF
powder near which they were eating
their dinner in the shaft of the LON
bardyille coal mine at Kewanee, ILL.,.
Their recovery is doubtful.
The supreme court of Illinois has
decided that the stockholders In the
Columbian Celebration company are
liable for the full amount of their
subscription.
Milwaukee officials of the United
States Express company are myst;-
fed over the disappearance of about
100000. They have not placed the
matter before the local authorities.
George Winfield. the gold king OF
| Nevada, announces that he and Sell-
| ator Nixon have placed their entire
fortunes for the protection of banks
in Reno. Tonopab, Goldfield anl Rhy
olite.
| John Kramer, II years old, was shot
and killed near New London, Wis,
while hunting. In dragging his gun
| from his boat the trigger caught on
a seat and the load was discharged
into his body.
| Lenpah Gray an employe OF a Boon
| vile, Ind, sawmill. lodged flying
stick and struck his head against a
rapidly moving band saw. which cut
to the brain, but it is said he will
recover
| After being taken to his cell in the
county jail at Carlinville, ILL.,, from
the courthouse, where he was con.
vieted OF burglary, Frank Pockliagton
threw acid on Sheriff r. E. Jones.
burning the sheriff's face badly.
Two men, supposed to be the rob.
bers who held up Great Northern
railroad train near Rondo, Wash, last
September, securing 100000. were
captured in Spokane and $4,000 In
currency was taken from their cloth.
| ing.
Because her father objected to her
choice of sweetheart Ruth Anderson
| OF Nincennes, Ind, 10 years old. drank
carbolic acid and fell dying in front
OF an undertaking establishment, in
which she expired ten minutes after
| ward
Angus Matheson, railroad brake.
man. of Laramie, Wyo.. who suffered
the fracturing of two or three ribs
several weeks ago. fell and broke his
| lett arm on the first trip out after
the former accident. and will be again
laid up for several weeks.
1t is reported that the recent out
break of the renegade Ute Indians
on the Cheyenne River agency was
caused by the attempt of the agency
authorities to compel the Indian emil.
dren to attend school and an effort
to put the men to work.
During a discussion of the eastern
passenger situation, the Erie road
threatened to carry steamship pas.
sengers for nothing and hand them
bouquets besides, providing the rail.
roads did not soon get together and
agree to stop paying commissions.
The servant girls of Waupaca. Wis.
have made a demand for an increase
OF wages, They have been receiving
S2,5O week and now demand IS, and
threaten to quit II II is not granted
They claim they can make better
wages working in stores and factories
If all the skyscrapers in New York
we're piled one on top of the other
a building Of more than 5000 stories
would rear itself toward heaven. The
building department has Just finish.
ed counting the lofty buildings in the
city; $50 OF them have been erected
since 1890, when the Pulitzer building
was the first of its class.
Because 200 of their countrymen
were detained on board by the saai. |
tary inspectors of Santa Cruz. Mexico.
port 400 Chinese who had just landed
made an assault on the English shin
Woolwich and her crew. Many men
were seriously injured in the afYair
and ave NAV die Federal troon. ia