Semi-weekly herald., 1907-12-16
TELEoRApH NEWS.

IL o'clock today PSI bodies had been
recovered from, the Monongah mines
and twenty-five more were in the slope
ready for removal to the surface. The
,oroper's inquest has been set for next
Monday Governor Dawson announced
that he will personally attend the
inquiry for the purpose of instltuting
a rigid probing into the catastrophe.
New York. Dec. 12.-wben on Mon
day Margaret Regan was found dead
ol pleurisy H. the apartment she
shared with her sister, Mrs. Mary
Dowden. IN Brooklyn. Mrs. Dow len
who was also III asked that the funeral
lee postponed unt Thursday. She and
her sister had always been together.
Mrs. Dowden said. and were devoted
tu each other She felt that she was
eoing 10 die and wanted TO I've buried
II, the same grave with her sist
Yesterday Mrs. Dowden died and ,he
TWO bodies will he placed in the same
grave in Holy Gross cemtery this aft
ernoon.
sofia Bulgaria, Dec. 12.-Boris Sa
rafon, the most famous Of all leaders
OF the Bulgarian band in Macedonr
vas shot dead at the threshold of ms
house today by Macedonia, who. ai
the same time, shot and killed another
revolutionary chief, named Varvsuoi
while the latter was in the act Ct
bidding saralon farewell.
Now York. Dec l2.-Arlhur eris
hane. editor of the Evening Joui mai
llnown as the man who made Willlal1
Randolph Hearst famous. Is TO-DAY re
ceiving the congratulations OF his
friends on the occasion Of his f4th
birthday. Brisbane is popularity re
ported to the highest salaried news
Laper man IN the country. his stipend
beinr sb0. 900 year. He was born IN
Punalo on December u 1883 an is
The son OF Albert Brisbane. one oi
the pioneer commnnistsoclaiists IL
this conntry. He was educated in mis-
country. France aud Germany he be
gan his newspaper career on the sew
York sun, December ., 1853. so thaI
TODAY is also the anniversary Of his
entrance into the journalistic ranks
Later he become the London CORE
spopdent of the sun and editor Of tha
Ia. t.ft
World. and was for seven years man
aging editor of that paper. Nhe.
Hearst secured the journal Bris3an'
was selected as its editor. and his
genius and originality soon secured
for il n circulation thai is said 10
ne greater than that Of any other pa
per In America.
Washington, Dec. 12,-Mrs. Alice
Roosevelt Longworth, daughter of the
president and wife of Representative
Nicholas Loneworth of Cincinnati was
operated on this morning at the Wbi'e
house for appendicitis. Mr.. Long
worth 5,aid after the operation that
all conditions We're most favorable.
/, was not serious and Mrs. Long
worth will undoubtedly be all right
within a short time. The fact thar
the operation was contemplated was
made known when Mr.. Longworth de
ollned an invitation to speak in an
other city. Mr.. and Mrs. Longwortb
returned TO Washington recently aftef
spending the summer In travel II
was during the visit 10 New York that
Mrs. Longworth developed symptoms
cf appendicitis, but not until after
she reached Washington several weeks
later that diagnosis confirmed and
an operation was decided on.
Chicago, Dec 12.--Friday the thlr-
teen,h will be IA fatal date for Richarl
Walton. the negro brute who stranglej
Mrs. Lillian Grant White in her room
ai $500 Madison avenue last Septenl
her. and who will he hanged for the
crime tomorrow. At his trial in o.
tober Walton pleaded guilty and re.
peatedly refused to alter his plea
When sentenced to death the negr,
sueeringly asked the Judge to shorten
the time set for his execution. saving
that he desired to have the little mat
Ter settled as soon as possible The
murderer erinned broadly when wi
nesses told of his brutality. and ap
peared TO glory in his crimes. He has
since maintained his defiant attitude
hut It rs thought that he will breos
down when brought face to face wits
death,
Washington. Dec. l2--E. II Sotbern
VIII appear at the Belasco theater -
night in the first performance of tho
revival OF Lord Hundreary" the char
acter made internationally famous b.
his father. The opening was orieina,
~ set for tomorrow hut at Mr. Soth
ern's. request 1t was set back twenty
four hours. In order that he might
ESCAPE the double-distilled hoodoo o.
Friday the 18th. The great actor Ia
dignantly denies that he Is supersu
tlous and SAYS that he merely con