Semi-weekly herald., 1907-09-30
TELEGRAPH NEWS

III the threatened strike of raj. va,
operators arrives today and within I
few hours it will be decided whethe
those men who handle the keys il
the railway offices will walk out an(
tie NJ practically the entire busines.
of the wires. President p b. Perhan
and Secretary l.. G. Quick of tn,
Order of Railway Telegraphers. ar,
expected in Denver and it is believed
II will not take them long to settle
the attitude OF their men An order
to, strike will call out 400 operators
and seriously injure the affairs of the
whole Gould system.
Chicago, Sept 26.-Richard Walton
wanted Tor the murder of Mrs. Lillian
w. Grant, teacher who was found
In her room strangled to death sev.
eral DAYS ago, is surrounded by police
in a deserted building at Summull,
twenty miles south of this city. He
is reported as being barricaded strong
ly in the building and to be abundant
ly supplied with weapons and ammu-
milton. Including the force of police
who left this city shortly before 9
O'Clock about fifty officers are on
the ground. Walton is an ex-convict
and has the reputation of being a
desperate man. He will probably die
fighting.
New York, Sept. 26.-The local Com
mercial Telegraphers' union of Ameri-
ca. which includes all the striking te.
legraphers in greater New York has
voted to call out all newspaper opera
tors and all the broker telegraphers
who have hitherto not joined the
strike. President Small urged the men
not to vote to break any contracts.
Power was conferred upon President
Small to make the walkout effective
at his own discretion.
st. Paul Sept. 26.-Members of the
inland waterways commission will
leave this city tomorrow morning on
their momentous trip down the Fa-
ther of Waters, on which they will
be joined, at Keokuk next Tuesday, by
President Roosevelt The upper Mis-
sissippi river boat. the Colonel A. Mac
kenzie. will be used for the trip Brief
stops will be made by the commission
AT Prescott, Red Wing, Wabasha and
Winona, Mimi, La Crosse. McGregor
and Cassville, Wis, Dubuque and Bur
lington, Ia, and Rock Island, ILL., The
itinerary provides for the arrival OF
the boat at Keokuk on the evening
Of next Monday, and at noon on Tues
day the party will proceed down the
Mississippi with President Roosevelt
From there on the trip is expected to
he continual triumph. st. Louis will
be reached Wednesday, where the
president will be given an ovation
such as he has seldom before re.
ceived. great river parade will be
held, in which not less than 100 cities
of the Mississippi valley will be rep
resented. The largest fleet assembled
at st. Louis in thirty years will be
there, to receive and salute the presi-
dent upon his arrival, and governors
OF score of states will be in attend.
ance.
Another great demonstration will
greet the president at Memphis. where
the Lakes-to-the-Gulf Deep Waterways
convention will be in session. 1t is
expected that the coming trip of the
commission will be of inestimable
value in securing the legislative ac.
tion desired for the improvement OF
the Mississippi and tributary streams
The inland waterways commissions
includes in its membership Represen
tative Theodore L. Burton of Ohio.
chairman; Senator Francis G. New
lands of Nevada, Senator William
Warner of Missouri. Senator John H
Bankhead of Alabama, General Alex
ander Mackenzie. w. ]. McGee, F. H.
Newell, Clifford Pinchot and Herbert
Knox Smith.
Lincoln, Neb., Sept 26.-Accused of
having sustained improper relations
with woman member of his flock,
Rev. Wilbert H. Ferguson. pastor OF
the First Methodist church at Uni
versity place, one of the largest con
eregations in Nebraska and formerly
OF Redlands, Cal. is on trial before
jury of thirteen minister of the
church. The arraignment OF the Rev.
Mr.. Ferguson is subject of greatest
interest to the conference of Nebraska
Methodist. at which upwards of 800
preachers are in attendance. The de
fense of Mr.. Ferguson is that Mrs.
Cross was madly infatuated with him.
against his protest and wish, and that
when she heard of his attentions to
q wealthy University place widow and
of his aspirations to win her hand
Mrs. Cross concocted her charges sole
ly from jealous motive. The ac
cused pastor is represented by bril-
liant array nf couusa1 fncludinu the