Semi-weekly herald., 1908-03-05

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, will divulge.
The game has been divided into ser
les of 100000 points each. The men
are now on their fifth. During their
weekly contest they take a half hour
for light refreshments. They play
scientifically and conversation is tn,
oooed during the progress of the
games
The players have worn out a mum.
ber of cribbage boards and about $50
packs of cards so far. These are care.
fully preserved as relics. The men
expect on their last series. which will
come in about eight years. to invite
their friends and card experts to see
the finish.
LlTCHFIELD, H.. March IA car
go of powder carried by Big Four
freight train exploded today while the
train was running at full speed two
miles from here. Tive men were fatal.
ly injured, the train badly wrecked
and several cars burned. The concus-
sion shook houses and shattered win
dows for many miles.
ST. LOUIS, March 3.-Onlcials of
railroads terminating in St Louis es.
timated today that these lines by var.
ious retrenchments, effective March
l, have eeonomized in the aggregate
to the extent Of million and "a half
month. Today thousands were
thrown out of work by the closing of
all the shops of the Missouri Pacific
| and Iron Mountain systems. in add.
tion to 10000 employees in the oper-
ating and clerical departments who
were let out Saturday. Only such men
as are absolutely needed on round.
house and for maintenance of traffic
are now at work.
ALVORD, Texas, March 3.-one
man was killed and several injured in
the wreck of passenger train ON the
Fort Worth & Denver railroad, two
miles south OF here last night. The
dead:
Bailey Stevens Alyord.
Fatally injured:
John c. Cunningham. Balinger,
Texas.
Injured:
otto a. Lemay, Cincinnati. serious.
Seven cars were derailed.
WASHINGTON, March 3.-Charles
j. Hughes. Jr., of Denver, today inter
posed an objection TO the supreme
court settling all appealed Colorado
land fraud cases for argument at one
time. The solicitor general offered a
motion to advance the seven Colorado
cases which We're decided by Judge
Lewis against the government and 1t
is likely the court will grant the mo-
tion IL arguments in various cases can
be so consolidated as to permit of
their being delivered in the time al
lotted in one or two cases. Attorney
Hughes interposed objection to such
procedure and win at the courts sug-
gestion, offer printed argument in sup
port of his contention that the cases
should be tried separately
WASHINGTON March 3.-Senator
smoot's dry farming bill authorizing
the entry of 800 acres of arid land by
homestead settlers, has passed the
senate.
Senator Guggenheim this morning
introduced a bill appropriating s1l0,-
900 for the purchase of additional
lands for Fort Logan. The lands will
include the Rucler ranch
CHICAGO, March 3.-Isadore Ma
ron, 20 years old, Russian Jew, who
was known as the 'curly-haired boy"
companion of Lazarus Averbuch, the
anarchist who was shot and killed yes
terday in his attempt to assassinate
Chief of Police Shippy, was arrested
today near Averbuch's home by De
tectives O'Connell and O'Briea of the
chiefs office.
Maron is a young man known by
the police to have attended an anar-
chists' meeting at Workmen's hall
with Averbuch last Sunday, and who
is declared by the police to have been
the slain assassin's most intimate com
panion. Maron and Averbuch were
together throughout the meeting, and
are said to have left the hall together
after the meeting.
After his arrest Maron was taken
to the Maxwell street police station
and closely questioned. For time he
refused to admit his identity, but fin
ally acknowledged that he had known
Averbuch for some time. and that they
had attended anarchist meetings to-
gether.
MADRID, March 3.-Considerable
concern is being felt in this city for
the safety of King Alfonso and Queen
Victoria on their approaching visit to
Barcelona. which has been set for
March u. The newspapers regard the
trip as imprudent in view OF the agi
tation created by the many recent
bomb outrages in that city and blame
Premier Maura for not finding a pre-
text for cancelling the proposed jour