Semi-weekly herald., 1908-11-26
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

ana TOUR women suffering from serious
injuries Is the result OF the explosion
OF moving picture machine, which
caused fire and panic in scent
theater last night. The injured are
Nick Maros. operator of the machine
left arm torn off and badly burned
dying. Grace Noonan, Agnes O'Con
mel. Mrs. Jerry Daley, Pauline Hamp
ton.
The theater was crowded with a
large Sunday audience when the film
suddenly took fire and the picture ma
chine exploded. In moment the en-
tire front OF the theater was In flames
Mangled and burned. Maros Jumped
out of the blazing cage. ran through
the crowd of women and children
holding the stump of his bleeding arm
and crying loudly. G general rush for
the exits started. Women were thrown
down in the rush. Several women
tainted and were half dragged, half
carried out of the building by men
and boys. A fire company put out
the flames.
HOT SPRINGS. Va, Nov. 23.-The
president had a busy Sunday,
there being many callers. Judge Taft
was notified by Mr.. Barrett Of an invi-
tation to be formally extended to him
in Washington when he reached that
city early in December to attend the
next annual meeting of the Trans Mis-
sissippi commercial congress to be
held in Denver next fall. The invita-
ton was made by committee con.
sisting of Thomas F. Walsh of Denver,
chairman. F. w. Fleming, Thomas
Briggs of San Francisco, Mr.. Richard
son of Portland, Ore, and John Bar
rett.
1t is the desire OF congress to have
Mr.. Taft visit the west as president
and II will urge him to extend his
trip to Denver at the time of this con
gress to tour the Pacific coast and
western states generally.
WASHINGTON, Nov. %. - Miss
Ethel Roosevelt, who is to make her
official bow to society In the capital
city in the White house December 2S.
is, like many other girls in Washing
ton, appearing before her own date
and last night she attended her first
dinner party here. Secretary of the
Interior and Mrs. Garfield set the ball
rolling for her, by entertaining for her
at dinner at their home in Massachu.
sets avenue
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23.-Delegate
Andrews of New Mexico is here to
take part in the coming session of
congress. He says efforts will be re-
newed to obtain statehood for New
Mexico. During the last session the
New Mexico statehood workers re-
laxed their efforts under a tentative
promise given them by house leaders
that the bill would be allowed to go
through this session without opposi-
ton. Nothing has occurred to indi-
cate that this promise will not be
kept and statehood for New Mexico is
believed to be assured.
FLORENCE. N. j., Nov. 23.-Miss
Mary Isabella Mead. popular young
woman, went into the kitchen of her
home last evening Just as cat was
hrft in In ha gtt .tr
Cling mouse.
Don't bring that mouse In here,''
Miss Mead shrieked She leaned over
to draw her skirts close about her
feet. but suddenly Strengthened up and
complained to her mother of pain in
her heart and in less than a minute
she was dead. Physicians who were
hastily summoned declared she had
succumbed to heart disease, death be.
ing caused by fright.
CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex, Nov, 3D.
Just before leaving here, William J.
Bryan purchased twenty acres of su.
burban property on which, he said. he
will erect house and spent part OF
each winter here.
ALBANN, Nov. 23.-Geo. B. Shell
don, treasurer of the Republican ma.
tional committee, today filed list OF
contributions for the recent national
campaign. 1t shows twelve hundred
contributors. The total amount con
tributed was s1,655.512. The names OF
individual contributors are given with
out specifying the address or locality
The list follows: One hundred and
ten thousand dollars. c. P. Taft, Gin
cinnati; $34.777. Union league, New
York; $22.500. Larz Anderson, Boston
100000, Andrew Carnegie, New York
100000. ]. F. Morgan, New York; $i5,.
900 each, Alex Smith, Cochran, New
York; ]. N. Bagley, Michigan. vii.
liam Nelson Cromwell. New York /;
$4,000, M. C. Bordan. New York /;
Whitelaw Ried, New York; Frank A
Munsey. New York; Jacob Schiff, New
York; Fred p. Smith. Michigan; Edith
Agnes Corbin, Washington; w. j. Bo-
han, Washington.
Senator Guggenheim gave $1,000 as