Semi-weekly herald., 1908-04-30


ident has JUST signed proclamation
adding 100000 acres of land to the
Jemez In North Central park in
New Mexico. This addition is located
in Sandoyal county, and covers a large
part of the headwaters OF the Rio
Puerco river.
WASHINGTON, April 2s.--The Col
orado and Wyoming senators were
united today in their opposition to the
proposition TO appropriate for four bat
tIeships for the navy instead OF two.
Senators Teller. Guggenheim and
Clark and Warren all voted against
The Piles amendment for four ships.
PUEBLO, April 2S.-The state Re
publican convention now in session
will finish up this afternoon and ad-
iourn The delegates-at-large and the
state delegates as given In these dis
patches yesterday will be selected.
KANSAS CITY, April 28.--Robbers
at an early hour this morning blew
open the safe OF the Farmers State
bank at Lena. kans-. 20 miles west
of Kansas City, securing but So. On
ly one explosion took place. The
outer safe was blown through the
front building Into the street. Tho
inner safe, containing much of the
banks funds. was untouched. the
robbers were apparently frightened
away by the first explosion. The rob
berry was not discovered until the
bank officials went to open for today 4
business.
PUEBLO, April 2S- Edward Mack
elfee, negro ex-conyict who escaped
from the state insane asylum, Drained
Mrs. Edward A. Jones, wife of "A prom
inent business man, on the street
near her home, struck down Miss L
l.. Westcott with rocks, chased many
women and children into their homes
and was only overpowered when the
hose company pounded him nearly in
TO inseDsibility with 90-pound stream
OF water.
head was battered by the insane fient
with hatchet, with which he kept
of all pursuers in his mad rush
through the city, Miss Westcott was
severely injured by the stones which
Mackelfee hurled at her while she
was walking on the street with hei
mother
NEW YORK, April 2s.-Early as
O'Clock this morning hundreds o.
priests and dignitaries, thousands o
men, women and children were on th,
way to ST. Patricks cathedral to joir
in the imposing thanksgiving service
in honor of the completion of 10(
years Catholic progress in New York
While the services did not begin un
! til II o'clock the cathedral was fillet
to overfowing long before 10 o'clock
Seats were reserved for many publ,
officials. Ushers had diff cult tasl
in making room. Before the servic,
began there were fully 5000 person:
In the beautiful edifice and as man,
more on the outside. The servic,
was most elaborate and impressive.
DENVER, April 2S. - The loni
search for Llewellyn, the murderer o
| Policeman Tom Clifford and William
| II. Griffith in this city in 1899, is be
| lieved TO be ended. A Chicago dis
patch announces the arrest of mar
believed TO be the much wanted mur
derer, Four years ago the police
thought they had the murderer in thu
person of John Wynn. but the fellow
| proved 10 be innocent
| CHICAGO, April 2S.-John G. Her
man, said by the police to have bee,
a private in Co. b, of the Seventh Ill
inois regiment during the Spanish
| American war, was arrested here TO
| day charged with the fatal shootin,
OF policeman In Denver few year
ago. According to the police Herman
escaped from the army barracks il
Denver, where he had been confine,
as deserter. A few blocks from tn,
barracks he encountered policeman
whom he shot and killed. He is ais,
charged with having shot another pc
liceman who had gone to the assist
ance of the first officer. Herman de
MED his identity at first, but finally ad
mitted he had served as private II
The Spanish American war. He de
MED, however. all knowledge of tn
murder of the Denver policeman. TIL,
police say that Herman was arreste,
here last year under the name o
John Wilson, charged with robbery
lie served a short term of tmprison
ment for that offense.
WASHINGTON, April 2s.-Mr. an,
Mrs. Thos. f. Walsh and daughte
Evelyn leave Washington May IL 10
| Denver, to spend the summer at Wool
hurst, Last evening Walsh gave
dinner party. the guests including Mis-
Juliet Williams and Joseph Letter
whose engagement was recently an
| nonnced.
| NEW YORK, April 2s-East Nev
| York firemen and policemen tough
| desperately last night to save from
| a mob of hundreds of eycited mon ,