Semi-weekly herald., 1907-12-09
TELEGRAPH NEWS.


pany. located near Fayette City. thirty
five miles south of this city, were
Masking the opinion of twenty-five col
All wer dead and their bodies were
burned and charred almost beyond
recognition.
Washington. Dec. 3.-The jury in
the case Of Mrs. Bradley. charged with
the murder of former United States
Senate Arthur NJ. Brown of Utah
ut local hotel on December last
this morning brought in verdict ol
not guilty, The jury reported in the
court room at 10 o'clock. When the
court ~sked them if they had reached
IA verdict, the foreman answered. I'VE
have What is your verdict gen
tlmen % Not guilty" demonstra-
ton Of applause followed the an
nouncement of the verdict Mrs. Brad
ley was Immediately discharged from
custody and left the court house in
an automobile, following an ovation
She will leave in few days to Join
~ S'Ff'Ni dt bblhtitlis NtNI
New York Dec. 3-Directors of the
american Smelling and Refining COM
pany, who will hold their regular quar-
terly meeting tomorrow. deny the ru-
mors that they will make cut in the
dividends OF the concern. 1t has been
widely declared that the oard would
cut the common dividen rate in half
at the meeting by declaring only !
per cent instead OF . per cent, the
amount of the previous quarterly divi-
dend.
Chicago. Dec. at IS expected that
the initiative in a movement of steam
boat owners for Legislation affecting
their interests will be taken during
the session of the National Rivers and
Harbors congress. which opens in
Washington tomorrow.
The steamboat owners. as the result
of n recent conference held here, will
demand the severance of inspection
laws governing the inland rivers of
America from those governing the
lakes and CULTS and that the inland
river transportation traffic be placed
under the laws OF the interstate com
merce commission. A permanent or
ganization OF the steamboat men OF
the country may be formed as the
result of the Washington meeting.
Philadelphia Dec 3.-Swarthmore
college will reject the three million
Sdollars offered it by Miss Anna Jeans,
an eccentric Quakeress. who bequeath
ed it to the institution on the condi-
tion that it give up all intercollegiate
athletic contests and particularly all
football President ]. Sway, after
reached by the rescuers this morning
leges and universities. voiced the
views of the trustees after a meeting
at the college, when he announced he
vas opposed to the acceptance ON the
? sound that the colleges liberty should
lGet~be mortgaged
Plaquemine. La. Dec. BY the cap
sizing of gasoline launch Joseph
Treppagnier, owner Of the boat, Jo
seph Laudrey and Moses Rlumenthal
We're drowned. Eight others. who werC
passengers. swan ashore.
New York Dec. 3.-The first ma
tional rifle competition for schoolboys
began today in Grand Central palace
as the feature of the annual sports
mems show. The National Rife as
sOciation is in charge of the event, and
has secured the cooperation of the
Public Schools Athletic league of this
city Fourteen of the nineteen local
high school have entered their rifle
men, and will compete against the
crack shots of the schools of Wash
ington. Baltimore and other cities. The
military academies will also hold a
shoot during the sportsmen's show.
and many schools have entered. A
great majority of these competitions
will be shot over the gallery range.
Washington, d. c., Dec. 81 will
not deviate one single hairs breadth
from what have said" That is what
Representative HinsEaw OF Nebraska
quoted President Roosevelt as saying
in relation to the third term nomina
tion just after leaving the White house
yesterday The stltement is author
lied at the White house today that the
president in talking with Representa-
tive Hinshaw re erred to his policies
and not to any question of third term.
This White house statement was given
out when the town began TO buzz with
the Hinshaw version of the interview.
For the last six months the president
has studiously refrained from referring
to his attitude toward third term
The construction placed upon the pres
ident's action is that his non-committal
attitude is intended to enable the cleo
tion of delegates who would vote at
the proper time for whoever the presi-
dent named and some have indicated
II is not remote possibility that when
the time arrives the president would
he convinced that his nomination