Semi-weekly herald., 1908-11-09

a direct primary election law is en-
acted, and practically all Of the Demo
cratic representatives and senators are |
pledged to It. Colorado will see the |
last Of her great state political con-
ventions.
WASHINGTON, Nov. s.-Ready 10
answer before the convention attacks
which have been made upon him for
his in the recent presidential cam
paign. Samuel Gompers, president of
the American Federation of Labor, left
today for Denver. where the twenty
eighth annual meeting Of the organiza-
tion begins next Monday.
In an interview printed in the Wash
ington Post today Mr.. Gompers says
he is not candidate for reelection In
the sense that he seeks office, al
though he would be glad to serve again
If 1t is the will OF the convention. !
am however In the American Fedora
tion Of Labor to stay. said Mr.. Com
pers. and II do not stay as president, l
shall stay in the ranks. l believe In
the course l have pursued and think
have done right. / have endeavored
to give voice to wrongs labor has en-
dured and endeavored to have them
righted.
TERRE HAUTE. Nov. 6.-Peter
Crasse, aged 12, begged pitifully to
be told why his parents and brothers
and sisters stood about his bed with
horror on their faces, and went into
commissions from hydrophobia, ignor
ant that three physicians had pro
nounced that his affliction had toe
far advanced for the treatment and
that his death was only a question OF
time.
i NEW YORK, Nov. 6.-Remy Jimi
nez is trying to find the clergyman
who in April, 1894. in Jersey City
married him to Maria Morales. At the
beginning OF the Spanish-Americar
war Jiminez was in New York with hi;
family in Cuba, and he took passage
on a steamer which was to attempt
} to run The blockade and get into Ha
vana. The steamer was captured anC
Jiminez was sent prisoner to Key
West. All his papers including hi.
marriage certificate were taken from
him and he has never been able tt
trace the certificate. Mr.. Jimine;
: states he is a victim of consumption
and that he is endeavoring to secure
evidence of his marriage. on account
of bis wife's children.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6.-About 15t
students, clad only In their nigh
clothes. fled through the smoke ant
flames from the Bliss electrical schoo
which burned to the ground early to
day. The building, which was thre,
. stories and of wooden construction
was located in Tacoma, a suburb o
this city. The fire caught from de
fectiye insulated wire in the kitchen
All students in the dormitories mad.
their escape uninjured but lost mos
+. all of their effects. They were asleeI
in their rooms almost half an houl
after the fire started. Many were
forced to jump from the second-stor,
windows to save their lives. The loss
Is estimated at sixty thousand dollars
The structure was formerly known
as the South Tacoma hotel, being uset
as a school about six weeks.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6.-Recom
: mendation made today by Brigadiel
! General Allen, chief signal officer
: United States army, to Secretary o
! War Wright. that the certificate o
: honor be awarded to Corporal Ro,
F. Cox of the signal corps for tn,
+ heroic action In saving the life of {
: wood-chopper in Alaska. The stor,
is best told by Captain Clifton's officia
report, which reads as follows:
About o'clock. on the evening O
: February 25, l received a message
from Corporal Cox from Mimic stat
i ing he had just reported to him tha
wood-chopper. known as Monte,
had frozen both feet. two days before
: and was alone and helpless In his cab
: in near Lake Minto. Cox volunteered
to take the station team and brinf
the man into the roadhouse, whence
he could be moved to Fairbanks, where
! he could be properly treated.
THE injured man was found In
bed with both feet badly frozen and
having had no sleep for two days.
"The return trip was started at Z
o'clock next morning.
1T was more than 30 degrees below
zero, the trail was blown in, but in
spite of that Cox made forty miles
before o'clock that evening. A dis
tance seldom exceeded by dogs under
the most favorable conditions. A stoI
was made at Esther Creek roadhouse
for the night, the injured man being
placed in the hospital by 9 the next
morning, distance Of seven miles
, from where the night was spent"
NEW YORK, Nov. 6.-Charles w
Morse. whose sensational rise in the
. world of finance dazzled America, was
sentenced today to serve fifteen years