Semi-weekly herald., 1908-02-20
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ternoon the water will be below the
danger mark OF % feet surrering
among the flood victims is intense to.
day owing to the cold weather. and ALL
charitable organizations are engaged
In alleviating the misery. Reports
are being received showing the dam
age to be widespread and heavy.
win great roar two brick dwelling
houses, located at Pennsylvania ave
nue., in the district inundated bv the
hoodwaters. collapsed early today and
fell into the street Some of the oc-
cupants, war7ed by the cracking of
the walls, arely had time to reach
safety before ms of brick and plaster
tumbled into le streets.
CHICAGO, Feb. 1.-Two men. one
of whom gave his name as Marion
Bell, and who had just arrived from
GAINESVILLE. Wis. were arrested early
t6iay as suspects in connection with
the mysterious deaths of three WON.
en- whose dead bodies were found
there recently, two OF them in the
river and the other in her room with
her throat cut. The Janesvllle author.
tiles have been notified
BUFFALO. Feb. l7.-Fiye persons
were injured, one fatally. when
Michigan Central passenger train,
going at the rate OF 20 miles an hour,
crashed into and telescoped a New
York Central yard engine at Black
Rock early this morning The injured
are; James Barry. engineer of the
yard engine, internally injured. will
probably die; Levi Crutts. St. Thomas.
Ont. engineer of passenger train, knee
crushed. Alfred j. Meyers of Detroit,
commercial traveller, wrenched back;
Miss d. A Riebenkam and Mrs. Ida
Wisebaum. Niagara Falls, both badly
bruised
CHICAGO, Feb. 17-Stretchced out
on the operating table in Englewood
hospital last night while two stafY
physicians were cutting off his lacer.
ated little legs in an endeavor to save
his life, Herman Hill newsboy nine
years old, demanded of the doctors:
Say whichever one of you guys
that's got my nickel, go out and buy
IA valentine and send 1t to my sister.
j promised her one and she's waiting
for it." Each doctor promised to add
another dime to the boys nickel aad
he lapsed into Inconsistencies.
The lad had been selling papers
on street cars. A passenger bought
one from him, rendering a scent piece
with request to keep the change. In
jumping off the car Herman dropped
the money, the first he had earned
that day, and ran back on the tracks
to look for it. While searching a car
bore down upon him and before the
motorman could bring it to stop,
the boy had been pinioned under it
with both legs cut off at the knees.
The police notified the parents of the
boy and the officer who bore the mes
sage also carried a valentine to the
little sister.
NEW YORK, Feb. 17.-The direc-
tors of the Standard Oil company to.
day declared dividend OF SIS per
share. The same amount was paid in
the corresponding quarter last year.
NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-THE Cunard
line steamer Lucania went aground
on the north side of Gedney channel
while leaving port today for Liver
pool. She grounded while trying to
avoid collision with the steamer
Deutschland. also outward bound.
The Lucania finally succeeded in NOV
ing off into deep water without as
sistance.
GOLDFIELD, New. Feb. 17.-There
Is every evidence today that the strike
of miners that has tied up the entire
Goldfeld district for many weeks will
be settled within the next few days.
Details are lacking. but settlement
is in sight,
NEW YORK. Feb. 11.-Telling OF
his efforts for the betterment of the
condition of children in the west,
Judge Ben B. Lindsey made an ad-
dress last night in the Central Presby
terian church in connection with the
Big Brother movement" which has
been taken up by the congregation
and is timed at aiding the children's
court in this city to reclaim boys who
are arrested but who are not really
bad.
CHICAGO. Feb. l7.-The South Chi
cago police fought desperate
battle with mob determined to lynch
Michael Bulava of Macklnaw avenue,
charged with numbering a three-year'
old child by pouring boiling water on
its head. Joseph Bavaniak, the little
son of Joseph and Mary Bavanlah'
was the victim. and the mob was LED
by friends OF the family after futile
EFFORT to secure possession OF the
prisoner at Eighty-eighth and Superior
avenue. The mob surrounded the
South Chicago police station, demand
ing the life of the alleged murderer
M -g,,a tho most atrpciOus in the