Semi-weekly herald., 1908-08-03

brought the total up to about 100000.
assist in opening the national cam
paign ut Youngstown, O., September 8.
Governor Hughes is to be the rDin
speaker.
Margaret McIlwee, aged II. Of Ma
jestic, q coal camp Is miles north
west of Trinidad, took mixture OF
carbolic acid and glycerine by mistake
at noon today and died two hours later
in great agony.
At the closing session OF the six
teenth annual convention OF the West
ern Federation OF Miners, Charles H
Meyer was reelected president, Il. X
Mills secretary and Charles e. Ma
honey vice president.
It Is reported the Missouri Pacific
railroad is In hard financial straits and
that Gould may be forced to reiin-
quish some of his railroad holdings
In other quarters this rumor is denied.
Extensive arrangements are being
made by Guy U. Hardy, president, ana
]. T. Lawless. secretary-treasurer oil
the Colorado Editorial association. for
the entertainment OF the delegates TO
the convention to be held at Canon
City August 10 and IL.
The body of E. W. Taylor was found
lying at the entrance OF his dugout on
ranch near Florissant. The body had
been lying there several days and
was In decomposed condition. Death
: was due to a stroke of lightning. Tay-
lor WAS Go years old, member OF
the G. A. r., and an old timer of the
, district.
Humane Agent Mcconnell has just
+ returned to Denver from a tour OF
the state where he went in the inter
est OF the humane society. While out
he ordered out OF harness twenty-eight
: horses on the Moffat grade and five on
a various stage lines. He examined all
the stage lines in northwestern Colo
rado and found them for the most
part in good condition.
1t is announced by well known
musical and dramatic critic that Herr
Q Conried, formerly director of the Met
ropolitan opera house of New York
a is planning to build s2.000.000 opera
d house in Berlin. This intelligence was
e gained abroad and confirmed in Amer
lean circles in Germany where 1t is
8 said Mr.. Conried has been promised
d support from this side of the Atlantic
Exceeding In Intensity the several
e severe electric storms of the last two
a weeks. Pittsburg and vicinity was Wis
l. tied late Monday afternoon by rain
h lightning and thunder. At least one
II person was killed and score OF others
a injured by lightning. A great number
of small fires occurred and thousands
5. of cellars were partially filled witt
t, water. 1t is estimated that 200 street
e lightning.
g George Burchard, A years old, {
II wealthy farmer of Orchard Place, +,
It small town a mile and a half south
S. west of Des PLANES. ILL.,. was instant
s. ly killed, his wife Ureine. 80 years old
e was rendered unconscious, and theil
FIVE children suffered shocks, wher
e their home. small two-story fran,
d house. was struck by lightning durinl
s. local storm which covered only al
i; area of about a mile. The storm wa.
r, remarkable in that there was but on,
r flash of lightning. The home wa
A. in the center of the area to which tn,
e disturbance was confined.
st Tad Smith. a negro boy 90 years o
n age. charged with criminal assault oil
e. Miss Viola Delaney of Clinton, Hun
r. county, Monday afternoon. was cap
n tured by officers early Tuesday. H,
b was taken before the young lady an,
e identified. The prisoner was then bur
e ried TO the Greenyille jail. Before ar
& rival there. however, a mob of citi
It zens oYerpowered the officers, tool
e the prisoner and prepared to han,
d him. The idea was given up. however
IS and the mob agreed to burn him a
d the stake. Wood and kindling were
It piled up in the public square at Green
vile and the negro was placed there
= on. Kerosene oil was poured on ant
e a match applied. Smith slowly burned
: to death.
), Minnie Durham. sweethearts eight
n years ago, were married at Pueblo
v within an hour after they had acci
}, dentally met on the street When the
h young people were living In New York
!. they we're engaged to be married. but
l. were estranged and each of them mar,
ried. When they met on the street
= wednesday they recognized each other
Il instantly and Mrs. Durham, who is a
II widow. tainted. As soon as she had
e revived. Stanton explained to her that
he vas widower and they went At
once to the county clerks office and
s secured a marriage license.
r William H. McNichols, assessor of
1 Pftkin county. and one of the best
known and most popular officials of
r this section. was arrested Wednesday
AFTERNOON on charge OF embezzIe-
ment- The warrant on which ho was
| taken into custody was svorn To hx,