Semi-weekly herald., 1908-11-26

Oou Ieet ii posSlDle. Inc ascent was
intended as an experimental one and
the bag was filed with Illuminating
gas, which It is estimated would hold
the basket up for at least twelve hours.
Nothing has been seen of the bal.
loon since yesterday afternoon when
1t sailed over the city, at great
height. From San Barnardino came a
report that an object high in the
heavens, which may or may not have
been the balloon over the city. Early
this morning message from that city
said that nothing more had been seen
or heard of the balloon. Dick Ferris,
the owner of the balloon says 1t could
not possibly remain up during the
night. The sky is full of clouds and
storm is threatened.
MANILA, p. l., Nov. PA confer
ence between the naval chief of staff
and the fleet reception committee OF
this city was held today. at which 1t
was determined to begin the entertain.
ment OF the Atlantic fleet on Thurs
day, Nov. 26th, the entertainment to
continue from that date to Monday
Nov. 80 The whole five days included
in this period, during which the men
will be ashore, will be taken up with
many forms of entertainment. a big
military hippodrome, which will be a
feature of the reception. will be dedi
Gated Saturday, and many sailors will
be present. The Army and Navy cluh
will give a reception in honor of Ad
miral Sperry and his officers on Sat
urday night.
PEKIN, Nov. 24.-The situation al
Nanking. where the mutiny of part
of the Chinese troops broke out Nov
10, is serious. There has been fight
ing in the streets of the city and q
portion of the foreign residents have
taken refuge on board the British gun
boat. Other foreigners elected to re
main on shore.
NEW YORK, Nov. 24.-Returnine
to his home in the upper east side
early today after an all night absence
Carl Loza Baker, 81 years old, opened
fired with a revolver upon members
of his family who were at the break
fast table and instantly killed his II
year-old daughter Meta, and probably
fatally injured his 24-year-old son Fred
erick, a Lutheran minister. He was
disarmed by his son John before the
third shot could be fired.
Loza was arrested but stolidly re
fused to give any reason for his act
Frederick, the wounded son, has 8
bullet in his abdomen. He recently
received a call from church in Yale
S. d. He had married an Illinois CIR
after receiving the call and was pre-
pairing to leave for the west with his
bride.
DENVER, Nov. 24.-The inheritance
| tax on the estate of the former sena
tors widow, Mrs. Alice Hill, mother o.
Crawford Hill. amounts to $1,000 OF
$500, 900. Crawford Hill of the Re
publican and his two sisters, Gertrude
| Hill Cuthbert, and Isabel Hill Knott
each receive $1S3.000, the balance go
| ing to other relatives and benehciaries
CHICAGO, Nov. 24.-Joseph G. Can
| non, speaker of the house of represen
tatives, placed himself on record to
day in favor of revision of the tariff
in accordance with the promise oi
the Republican party platform, and
declared so far as his vote was con
cerned he would see that the announc
ed policy of revision would be writ
ten in the national laws as soon as
possible.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24.-As a re
suit of the declaration of Andrew Car
negie in an article in the forthcom
| ing number of the Century magazine
! that the tariff schedules on iron ano
steel should be reduced, the ways ano
means committee of the house today
formally invited Carnegie to appear
before 1t this week to tell what he
| knows about steel industry and pos
sibility of reduction of tariff on iror
and steel products.