Semi-weekly herald., 1908-01-06

the room was iammed to sunocation.
Apparently public interest continues
intense. In the corner OF the court
room reserved for witnesses we're sew
eral prominent men who will be call.
ed by the defense. Mr.. Patterson re-
sumed his place on the witness stand
at 1890.
Paris, Jan. S.--After more than
twelve centuries of philauthropic work.
the last OF the Catholic sisters left the
Hotel Bisu. and their duties will here
after be performed by lay hands. The
| leaving of the nuns was the occasion
of demonstration by the people OF
the neighborhood. who loudly protect
ed against the enforcement OF the
associations law against the Catholic
nurses OF the oldest hospital In France
The foundation Of the Hotel Eieu goes
back to the earliest Christian times, as
1t was practically established at the
same time as the see of Paris. Even
the government of the first revolution
did not dare to expel the nuns from
this ancient hospital. Beginning today
the hospital will be entirely secular
lied, and no members of religious or
ders will be allowed on the premises
Berlin, Jan. $40 relieve the coal
famine in Germany, the Prusslan rail-
road authorities put into effect spc
cial reduced rate on imported coal, to
remain In force for two years. It's
purpose is TO counteract the present
high price of local coal. Coal in Ger
many is now higher than ever before
and much suffering has resulted It
Is declared that the government will
place an export duty on coal II the
present measure does not speedily re.
suit in a reduction of prices. The
German collieries are unable to supply
the home trade, yet they ship large
| quantities of fuel to other countries.
Berlin, Jan. 3.-General Baron Won
Bissing, in command OF the Seventh
army corps for the last seven years,
sent In his resignation to the kaiser
| forced by the emperor. who directed
| his chief of stan to notify General Won
| Bissing that his resignation would be
welcome. The official reason given
| younger officer. The real reason prob
ably is that Won Bissing publicly crit.
icized feature of the annual maneu-
vers. the spectacular charge of the
| Prussian cavalry In close formation.
led In person by the kaiser against
an impregnable position occupied by
rapld-firing guns. The general declar
| ed that such a maneuver was childs
play, and that no cavalry on earth
could withstand the concentrated flre
OF such guns,
New York, Jan. 3.-Statistics regard.
ing lynching in the year 1907 show, ac.
cording to the figures compiled by a
New York press association. a total
of 43. OF those who were put to death
| by mobs. SO were negro men, three
were negro women and four were
white men. The total is little more
than half of that for last year. Louisi-
ana leads the list with nine, all black
men; Alabama and Mississippi are
tied for second lace, eleven men. all
negroes. having been lynched in each
state. In Georgia four black men, one
black woman and one white man were
condemned to death by Judge Lynch.
Arkansas mobs put away three, all
black, two of them being women. Ok
lahoma mobs wreaked their vengeance
upon three negro men. Maryland and
Texas each disposed of two negroes.
In Tennessee one negro was hanged,
and one white man each is placed tc
the credit of the lynchers of Missouri,
| Iowa and Nebraska. 1t Is a noteworthy
fact that only II. less than half. of
the negroes lynched in the south were
charged with assault or attempted as
sault, the majority of them having suf.
fered death at the hands OF mobs be-
cause they were suspected OF murder.
robbery or other crimes.
st. Louis. Jan. 3.-Colonel Zach Mul.
hall, the famous Oklahoma ranchman,
who has been live stock agent of the
Frisco railway system for many years.
has retired from that position. The
position Will be abolished Colonel
Mulhall and his daughters. Lucille and
"Bossie," the famous "cowgirls." are
known throughout the country. Dur.
ings the worlds fair here Mulhall
went on the warpath and shot up
the Pike. woundIng three men. He
was sentenced to three years In pris-
on, but was later freed. Colonel Mul-
hall resides at Mulhall. OKLA where
he has large ranch.
New York, Jan. 3.-Counsel for Har-
ry X. Thaw consulted today and re-
ported that 1t had been definitely
agreed upon the only defense to be
introduced would be insanity at the
time that Stanford White was killed
It will be contended. however, that
Thaw is not now sane. Those In con
ference were Martin w. Littleton Dan,