Semi-weekly herald., 1908-06-08
TELEGRAPnIC NEWS

the Pennsylvania express and street
car, this vicinity WAS treated to a
thoroughly Wild west affair early to-
day. when two men, masked and heav-
lily armed. and riding horseback
smashed the window of the Monon
gahela Consolidated Coal & Coke com
pany's general store at Boston, min
ing town nearby. appropriated articles
valued at $400 and galloped away,
firing their revoavers.
At the same place. several weeks
ago, two masked men held up street
car at the psint of revolvers and
robbed eleven passengers and the
crew.
Many persons started this morning
in pursuit of the thieves but without
result.
RENO, June A special to the
journal from Rawhide states that a
gang of eight men and two women,
in series OF holdups. coupled with an
attempt at arson. robbed the Rawhide
hotel of 5000. lining the occupants
against the wall; held up two men in
tent. held and beat a stage driver.
robbed the Blue Cross drug store.
held up three other men, securing
small sums, and set fire to the Raw
hide hotel TO prevent being followed.
They escaped, taking to the hills. The
sheriff. with a posse. aided by the
state police, Is in pursuit. and gen
ress.
TULSA, Okla. June 4.-Robbers
cracked the safe OF the Bank of Fair
land at Fairland. Okla, thirty miles
east OF here. early today and escaped
with $4,000. The robbery was com
mitted by three men who escaped on
horseback Posses are in pursuit.
DENVER, June 4.-Mrs. Charles B.
Kountze, wife OF the millionaire presi-
dent OF the Colorado National bank,
has accepted the new faith cure teach
ings OF the Rev. W. W. Macarthur and
made arrangements for her friends to
hear the new doctrine propounded by
its founder In her palatial home al
Grant street, each Monday and Thurs
day morning. The Rev. Mr.. Near
thurs doctrine. briefly stated. Is that
Christ is the redemption OF the body
as well as of the soul, and that one
who is Ill has only to have faith IN
the redeemhg power Of Christ to be
made we'll Mrs. Kountze has known
the new teacher about six months and
has become much interested in his
teachings through hearing him at va
rious homes in the city.
VICTORIA, b. G.. June 4.--The Ca
nadian-Australian liner Manuka has ar
rived here bringing news of the de
struction of Pearling iieet In a typhoor
OF West Australia. involving the loss
of forty luggsrs and 270 lives. twent,
being whites.
The disaster to the fleet of pearline
luggers occurred near Thursday Is
land. The typhoon striking the fleel
just as It was starting for the pearline
grounds, scattering the vessels. com
pletely wrecking some and driving
others ashore. About twenty Austria
liam pearlers were lost. and the other
victims were Mayals. Manila men. Jap
anese and Kankasas.
Survivors reported narrowing expe
riences, some having been picked up
in the last stages of exhaustion, after
having cut away their masts and
clinging to the wrecked hulks, while
sharks followed, waiting for the ex-
hausted men to drop from the wreck.
age. Many were rescued by the steam
er Parro. sent from Broome as relief
steamer. Bodies Of some of the vic.
Tins were eaten by sharks. The beach
near Broome presented terrible
sight. being covered with wreckags
and bodies.
NEW YORK, June AFTER all.
sleep is only habit; there is nothing
TO prove that men really need it,
Thomas A. Edison. said to an inter.
viewer. Men FIRST learned to sleep
because when darkness came they had
nothing else to do. Through the ages
their descendants, doing likewise,
made sleep a custom--a matter Of
course. But If men had always lived
in land of perpetual light and sun
shine don't suppose we would sleep
at all"
The inventor backed up the idea by
telling of practical test 1t was moi
his own ability to live with little sleep
As ts well known. Mr.. Edison limits
himself to four or hve hours sleep in
the twenty-four Nor was 1t the case
OF his wife. when he mentioned Incl
destally. Mrs. Edison, he said. sleeps
only fve hours In night. and the
habit seems to agree with her. The
test he described involved nearly 100
men OF average physique in the labora.
tory
"The test was made" Mr.. Edison
said. while was experimenting With
by assistants at Menlo park. / limit
ed each man to four hours sleep in
the twenty-four. They kept 1t up for