Semi-weekly herald., 1908-08-27

frowned upon by society leaders I;
Chicago, the Princess Engalitcheff be
Ing particularly severe In her crit
Cardinal Gibbons in an interview ii
Switzerland denies the report that tn,
pope has instructed American Cathc
lies to support Taft. and declares tn,
pontiff viii remain neutral In tn,
presidential campaign.
| John V. Farwcll. senior member o
the Wholesale dry goods firm OF ]. v
Farwell e. Co., died Friday night, afte
long Illness. aged 80. He had beer
engaged In the dry goods business Ii
Chicago since 1862.
| The first speech to be made By
James s. Sherman, Republican nomi
nee for vice president, probably viii
be in Illinois. late In September. ant
from then on he will be actively en-
gagged In speaking until election.
Customs officers in Chicago SEIZE
art treasures valued at $4,000 ant
claim to have checked a big plot te
defraud the government. Mrs. Jack
Gardner OF Boston said to have beer
aided In shipping goods by the daugh
ter OF r. T. Crane.
General D'Amnde, commander OF the
French forces in Morocco, telegraph
ing to the Paris war office. states thai
he has received report that Morocco
City has surrendered to Abd-elAziz,
the sultan of record. but that this re.
port has not been confirmed.
Frank Hendrick, lawyer OF Now
York city. and n member OF the Union
League club. was awarded the $3.50
prize offered by the Republican con.
gressional campaign committee for
the best essay on "why the Republic.
an Party Should Be Successful Next
November"
With six stitches in his heart. to
close a gaping stab wound, with his
left lung consumed by tuberculosis.
with three broken ribs, suffering from
pneumonia. Luther johnson, a negro.
Is colvalescing rapidly In a Wash
lngton hospital, confident that in =
few days he will be discharged.
With cratory, music and song, with
a floral parade and an old fashioned
barbecue, the invasion by throngs OF
visitors surprising anything in the
history of that city. Ottawa, H., cele.
brn'cd the semi-centennial OF the first
OF the historic debates between Abra.
ham Lincoln and Stephen A. Doug.
las Saturday.
Having broken the record for the
westward Atlantic passage by three
hours and fifteen minutes and lowered
the figure for the quickest twenty-four.
hour run by seven knots. the Cunard
urbine steamship Lusitania arrived off
Sandy Hook at 10 o'clock Thursday
night after a voyage of four days fif
teen hours and twenty-five minutes.
Nathan Straus appeals for federal
legislation to insure n pure milk sup.
ply. In his review OF Milk and It's Re.
lation to the Public Health,v a report
Just made public to the federal govern
ment by expert investigators. Mr..
Straus gives figures to prove the bene.
fits OF pasteurlzation, the method rec
commended In the report.
The total value OF imports of dia-
monds and other precious stones In
the year ended June 30 was $16,7I6,.
900. as compared with $42.468, 900
In the preceding year, and against y4O,-
3S0,OO0 in 1906. 1t has been this SC.
we're decrease In American purchases
that has caused the Unsatisfactory
condition of the European diamond
According to statement prepared
In the office OF Comptroller Metz for
use In the hearing relative to the q.
nances of New York city. the gross
funded debt on June 30. 1908. was
shown to be $7s5.985. 1926. Tho net debt,
determined by the deduction Of sinking
fund holdings and certain county
bonds exempted. was S539, 1866, ,429, &C
cording to these same figures.
Eugene w. Chain. Prohibition candi-
date for the presidency. In q speech at
Petersburg, Ill. before more than g.
900 persons. assailed Mayor Busse Of
Chicago, calling him the biggest an
archtst the country has ever had. Cha
fin declared that the Chicago executive
permits the state law against open"
Sundays to be dehed by saloon keep
ers. and laid responsibility for crime
and debauchery resulting therefrom at
the mayors door.
The complete verification OF the ad.
vices telling OF an impending revolu.
don in Japan because OF heavy taxa
lion is furnished by I. X. Friedman
the Chicago author. passenger on the
liner Hongkonk Maru. Already mum.
Der of the leading spirits among the
revolters have been arrested and cast
into prison, and the government Off
cials. determined to prevent an out.
break. have Issued orders to seize all
socialistic propaganda and imprison
the ringjeaders.
Wall street was taken off It's guard
Saturday and the usual solemuitv al