Semi-weekly herald., 1908-03-12

\ f'A IA a. biii'g ana Idul
u Lambremont competed. with the re,
suit that Bailey. the defeated can
didate. filed n protest charging fraud
! with the Democratic state central
committee. Hyde, In discussing this
controversy. called Kemp liar The
friends of both men at the time be.
lieved the matter trivial. and IT was
apparently forgotten until last night
when Senator Kemp. with drawn re
yolver, walked into Hyde's place OF
business, accompanied by friead.
Hyde was unarmed, Kemp, still keep
ing his revolver In sight, demanded
an apology. which was refused. Kemp
then slapped Hydes face The SEN
| ator's friends at this momeat inter.
fered and separated the two men.
who thereupon agreed TO meet and
fight II out with revolvers Senator
Kemp then left and Hyde went Into
his house nearby and secured his re-
volver When he came out he shout
ed for Kemp to wait for him, which
he did The two approached each
| other and Hyde opened fire. two shots
fatally voundlng Kemp. who died 80
minutes after the shooting. Hyde was
not injured and witnesses claim that
| Kemp did not shoot
BOSTON. March ia murder and
suicide at Laurens school. an exclus.
I've finishing school for young women,
was reported TO the police early to.
day. Miss Hardee was shot and killed
by Miss Weed. who escaped from the
sanitarium. Miss Weed then commit.
ted suicide.
The dead women are Mise Sarah
Chamberlain Weed, of Philadelphia.
and Miss Elizabeth Bailey Hardee. of
Savannah. Ga. Each was about 35
years of age and had been Intimate
friends since their graduation from
Wellesley college. Last summer the
two women decided to open n board
Ing school for girls on Audubon Road.
In Fenway. On October /, the day
upon which the Laurens school. az
they called 1t, was opened. Miss Weed
broke down as result of overwork
and was taken to an asylum where
she had since been under treatment
for nervous prostration. While at
the sanitarium Miss Weed had been
subject to severe flts of melancholia
Last night she secaped from the san
itarium and made her way TO the
Iaurens school. Miss Hardee yolun-
teered to care for her during the night
pending her return to the sanltarium.
DENVER. March tt.--Death won
the race which william ID. Haywood.
secretary-treasurer of the Western
Federation of Miners started to make
across the continent Saturday night
While Haywood was delivering an ad.
dress in Allentown, Pa, he received
telegram telling him that his moth
er, Mrs. Henrietta NJ. Carrnthers, was
dying at her home in Salt Lake City.
Haywood took the first train for the
west and arrived In Denver early this
his mother had died Haywood how
ever, kept on the the Mormon capital
and will reach there tomorrow after
noon In time for the funeral.
DENVER, March l1.--Colorado ad-
mirers OF William ]. Bryan will be
given an opportunity to hear him Oh
rit la a.. b.. ,,f
the Bryan club at banquet to be CIV
en- In FL Jebel Temple 1t is expected
that this visit of the Nebraskan will
bring Democrats into the city from
all over the state. and preparations
have been made for entertaining 1000
people at the banquet. Probably 1000
more will have seats In the balcony.
MANILA March 11.--Fire destroyed
1000 native sbacks In the Samplouic
district OF Manila on the evening of
March IL. The damage Is estimated
at 100000 gold. The fire Is believed
to have started from the spark OF
railroad locomotive which caught o1
matched roof. High winds drove
the flames quickly through the dis
trlct Only native shacks were de-
stroyed and there were no casualties.
Fifteen thousand homeless natives
are being cared for in the churches
by the police. There is no danger OF
starvation.
NEW YORK, March 11.--"oh. | love
her, / love her and cannot give her
up" moaned Harry Thaw. when noti-
fed by he counsel at Mattewan that
Evelyn Nesbit Tbaw had begun pro
ceedings today in the supreme court
of New York to have her marriage an
nulled on the ground that ne WAS In.
| sane at the time of the wedding. Il
know she wont do IT, II can only
have talk with her" Thaw said.
I'm forgive everything and when |
get out we will go off together and be
happy again" 1t took Attorney A.
Russell Peabody several hours to con
vince Thaw that 1t WAS true. He was
told that his mother favored the suit.
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