Semi-weekly herald., 1907-12-16

I Will be little Work tomorrow. Al re-
! Iigious services will he prayers for the
safe voyage to the Pacific. A bril-
| liant ball given at the Hotel Chamber
| lain last night in honor OF Rear Ad-
miral Evans. The event called out
special evening dress uniforms of the
naval officers who We're all a-glitter
with gold lace and trappings Army
| officers from Fortress Monroe added
a bright touch of artillery red to the
color scheme. The flags of all nations
draped the ballroom.
London. Dec. 1.-THE American
| ship Lawson was blown on the rocks
of Sicily during terrific gale and
| pounded to pieces. Seventeen men
went down to death with the wreck.
| There was on survivor-a Londoner
named Allen. 1t is reported that the
| ship Is the Thomas w. Lawson the
largest sailing vessel ahoat She was
| a four-masted ship. Details are mea-
| ger but are sufficient to tell that the
| vessel made lee-way until she was
| close to shore. The crew battled for
their lives trying every device to pass
the jagged reefs jutting out from ST
| rily's shore. Crowds on shore watched
| the struggle. Assistance was impos-
sible and no attempt was made to
reach the vessel. The Lawson struck
one reef, lurched onward and was
caught in the teeth of a gale and
vas pounded to pieces.
Denver, Dec. li.-Because his wife
from whom he had been separated two
Years would not come back OF him.
Joseph French, % years of age, de-
termined to leave the world and chose
he poison route. His father, Henry
Nrench found him at O'Clock and
iotified Police Surgeon McGillvray
Who soon brought the young man
round by the administration OF a
strong emetic. The Trenches are
hrlfty neutrality-suspicious. by trade.
New York, Dec. 1i.-That 27.00O
women in New York support their hus-
,ands. is statement made by Mrs
frederick Nathan. leader in the move
nent for woman's suffrage in New
York. That a woman can he a wage
'arner and at the same time care
or her home is entirely possible, Mrs.
Nathan says. and there are many
| in which N ig apninontIv nj
actory to have man and his wife both
wage earners. Mrs. Nathan gives
these two as the principal reasons
Why married women are wage earn
| srs: Men waste so much money
smoking. gambling and drinking
hat they have nole left for family
expenses. Many women have minds
superior to their husbands and can
aarn more. In that case it is woman's
plain duty and should be her pleas
IRE to earn whatever her talents will
jring"
Washington, Dec. Statement
was made today by a United States
enator that at cabinet meeting Geo
B Cortelyou rendered his resignation
rs secretary of the treasury and sev
cred all relations with the admins
tration would take the field as an open
candidate for the presidency. Inquir,
at the White house brought promp;
and uneqnivocal denial of the story
Secretary Cortelyon who never dis
cusses matters for publication. dis
missed the report as absurd and close
friends denied 1t, II is known. how
ever, that bad blood exists between
rafts friends and Cortelyou's and
the president win not swing the axe in
Taft's favor although he is for him
New York, Dec. 1.-THE bark Ed
nund Phinney was driven ashore on
the east side of Sandy Hook In heavy
snow storm at 10 a. M. today. The
Sandy Hook life saving crew wen;
to the assistance of her crew. The
for Perth Amboy. The task of say
: ing the lives of the crew of the
Phinney was extremely hazardous
owing to binding snow storm and
the terrific seas which were breaking
or the beach. 1t was impossible for
: the life savers to launch boat in such
sea and they prepared at once to
shoot life line over the bark and
bring the crew ashore in breeches
buoy, which was accomplished.
Titiis, Transcaucasia, Dec IA
band of sixty robbers attacked and
deraiied mail train running between
Il Tinis and Baku last night near the
station of Salsbstu. The train was
carrying large sum of money. The
train guards repused the bandits after
a fight in which many passengers and
soldiers were wounded. The bandits,
finally retreated. leaving four dead
behind them. The attack was daring
L. conceived and carried out.
Chicago, Dec. IA quarter million
dollar fire in the Cook brewery last
night is the third brewery fire since