Semi-weekly herald., 1908-08-13
conscious.

united states on the money problem
FOR the guidance OF congress and It
commission on currency reform. tn
Merchants association of New Yorl
has taken the first step toward tn
holding OF convention at which tn
whole question of currency readiusi
ment may be considered.
Residents Of Chicago are becoming
alarmed over the enormous increase Ii
dog bites reported this summer. Tn,
police reports show about 200 cases Ii
the last forty days. and the business
OF the Pasteur institute. the prinoipa
work OF which is preventing hydropho
bia, has increased 80 per cent among
local residents.
The entire supply Of cotton stored
In New York city and vicinity availa
BILE for delivery on contract has beer
cornered by ]. Livermore, the young
broker. who last May made more than
$2,O00.000 in corner on the July op
tion. The New York visible supply
consists of only $4,000 bales OF cot.
ton. worth about $1,S00.OOO.
Dropped through the air 900 feet
when the rope attached to her para
chute snapped, and caught in the
branches of tree thirty feet from
the ground, where sure death awaited
her had she landed. Is the experien ce
OF Mrs. Eva Jones, a woman balloonist
for carnival company showing in n
Wisconsin town. The woman was Sc
riously injured by will live.
The Atchison. Topeka and Santa Fe
Railroad company by its counsel plead.
ed guilty to rebating and was assessed
fine of $1,000 by Judge Bethea In
the United States district court. The
government, represented by District
Attorney Edwin W. Sims, proved that
bonus paid by the railroad to the
Garden City Sugar and Land company
oil Garden City, Kas.. was In effect
News has been received in Denver
that Judge John Campbell, of the su.
preme court met with an accident in
Alaska that resulted In the breaking
OF three ribs. Some time ago he went
abroad for the benefit of his health,
and after his return proceeded to
Alaska. Since the accident he has
been resting at Aquarium, on the
northern point of vashon island. Puget
sound. about midway between Seattle
and Tacoma. His wife is with him.
Come. bring me money and / will
KISS you. Make me name before the
world and will noise It abroad. Build
me house more splendid than other
houses, set me above my sisters, and
will reflect honor on you among men
for the clothes l wear and the excel.
lent shape OF my figure" This is The
attitude of American wives, according
to Robert Herrick. professor of Eng
lish In the University of Chicago. This
is his representation of American WON
en- In his new novel, Together"
II an agent OF Lloyds OF London so
licits or accepts insurance against
Bryan's election, against rainfall dur
Ing races, or the failure Of the sheath
gown, the district attorney will prose
cute the agent for a violation of the
insurance laws of New York state. A
number already have been treating
with the state insurance department
and the district attorney and have
given promises that they will not So
licit or accept business for that as.
sociation In the future.
That the supporters of Governor
Hughes for denomination do not In.
tend to walt for officials OF the ma
tional Republican committee and the
New York state leaders to determine
the sentiment of the state on the gov
ernorship was indicated today by the
announcement that there will be
Hughes mass meetings held In New
York city at an early date and per-
haps In other sections. It is the In.
tention to have one meeting in Madison
Square garden late this month.
hc iuteTbthto COuIneTCe cOnU0lb-
sion has decided that railroad can
not foster industries along Its own line
to the extent OF making excessively
high rates for similar industries 10
Gated on connecting railroads. This
decision, together with several others
which the commission has recently
rendered, is 80 revolutionary so far
as railroad practices are concerned,
that the men who manage the big
systems are wondering what will be
the end OF governmentmade rates and
regulations for the conduct of the
transportation business.
A novel departure has been made by
the Church Of England Temperance
society In obtaining opinions as to the
drink question from some forty or fifty
Americans and colonial bishops who
came here for the Pan-Anglican con.
gress. The result, as a whole, IL I'M
favorable to England. This American
bishops. while of the opinion that Eng
land is becoming more sober thar
formerly, compare the country disad
vantageously with America, where
they say triumphantly, that barmaids