Semi-weekly herald., 1908-04-09

was brought by the steamship Mara
ma, which arrived last night. OF re,
markable piracy and murder In the
South Seas. The captain and mate OF
Callao steamer were attacked with
tomahawks and forced to jump over
board by Joseph Mortimer, Bel
gian. J. Taylor of Manchester and q.
Jackson OF London. who then stole
tho schooner Neuvre Tigre OF Callao.
and started for Australia. the vessel
being wrecked In the Gilbert Islands.
where she was found by Captain Mar
shall of the trading schooner Laurel,
who reported the piracy and murder
TO the authorities at Suva. where the
pirates we're made prisoners.
DENVER, April Sit was million
dollar snow that fell over the eastern
and northern sections of the state
yesterday. Just as the farmers were
despairing OF chance to plow their
hard. dry fields. snow and rain came
aa godsend. satnrnting tho earth.
hlling streams and reservoirs and az
suring for Colorado start for bouu.
tiful crop. Winter wheat, on the
verge OF loss In all dry farming soc
tions. Is now an assured success. It
Is cloudy and raining today here and
east.
WASHINGTON April ga favor.
able report is expected at an early
date ON the bill creating bureau OF
mines. The subcommittee Of mines
and mining In the house. which is In
charge OF the bill. already has given
1t favorable consideration. II IL
probable that the bureau will be put
under the Jurisdiction of the Interior
department.
LONDON. April s.-Not only IL
wireless apparatus being Installed At
the new admiralty buildings in White
Hall for the purpose of keeping the
authorities In touch with naval ports
and the home neet without recourse
to the land wires. but 1t Is intended
TO add to the number Of wireless sta
tons around the coast.
April saw eleven Of these In exis-
tence and provision has been made
for the erection OF three more during
the current year. So that. including
the war signal stations there will soon
be 167 OF these places In the United
Kingdom from which the authorities
can communicate with the land offices
OF the fleets or with commanders OF
the ship.
WASHINGTON. April s.-senator
Teller has introduced resolution to
give federal sanction to the survey
recently made establishing the thirty
seventh parallel AS the southern boun-
dairy line OF Colorado. Thirty.nve
thousand dollars was Appropriated
four years ago to correct surveys Of
this line. Thorough astronomical
surveys were made. and monuments
we're established. State recognition
OF the survey is to be asked for after
the government has adopted the sur.
vey.
A>opsSocnSoti'o ah8kott VIII I0tQfu
10 Colorado this week.
PARIS. April 8-wireles tslcg-
raphy has already caused France and
England to abandon their carricr pig
con services and at the Academy of
Sciences NJ. Bouquet de la Grye sux-
gested new use for the wireless. 1t
should be employed. he said. to trans
NIT the exact time daily to vessels q
sea. with the view to aiding uavfga.
tors In their calculations. The EiRel
tower. with range Of 1000 kiio-
meters. could be used or station con.
structed. The nations would have to
agree on the uniformity Of . meridian
for time. The academy throuxhout
thought there was something IN thu
idea and appointed q COMMITTEES to in.
vestigate Its feasibility.
sILvERToN. Apil s.--Tom Co,s
man. section foreman on the olaN
stone Northern. was found deeA =
bed this morning. presumably frss
Asart failure
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