Semi-weekly herald., 1908-01-02

The new marriage license law II
New York requiring that both brid,
and groom must apply in person TO
permit to wed goes into effect
Judge Grosscup and associates II
! the Central Illinois Traction compan,
offer to settle all claims against tn.
company as a result of the wreck OF
the railroad last summer by paymen,
of $4,000.
BY majority of $40 Raleigh. N. c.
voted out its liquor dispensary and
becomes a prohibition city The dis
pensary has been In operation here
for four years. The sales have amount
ed to about s250.000 year, with about
$4,000 profit for the city.
i At Kankakee. H., DIR. s. @. Smith
threw SNOWFALL at Edward Shelly
an lS-year-old boy. striking him In the
eye. The latter retallated by strik.
ing the doctor furious blow on the
head with a club. from which he has
been unconscious ever since. Shelly
has been arrested.
Alarmed at the tone of the provinces
toward the policy of the Peking gov
ernment in borrowing British money
to construct railways. the empress
dowager has issued decree of re-
dictionary character forbiddlng people
| to discuss state affairs or 10 hold meet.
ings and ordering the press not to
refer to such questions.
The railroads have made n rate of
one and one-fifth fare for the round
trip for all who wish to attend the
| farmers short course at the agricul-
tural college January 13 to 1S, in.
elusive.
On the completion of the new street
car service at Fort Collins. Vice Presl.
dent Parker of the Colorado 4 South
ern road. of which the new service is
a part. was presented a gold-headed
cane by the citizens.
The mayor OF Golden has ordered
that all saloons of that place closed
at midnight each Saturday night be.
ginning January 4. The order states
that free view of the bar must be
given to those passing. This order is
In compliance with the state law.
The verdict of the coroner's jury
investigating the death of Mr.. and Mrs.
Maxwell near Lamar. returned YER
dict that the aged couple met death
by strangulation at the hands OF par
ties unknown. The adopted son. who
was taken In charge on suspicion, has
been released.
Aldermen A. l.. Rohling, A. b. Con
nor. Chris Phillip and Il. l.. Salladin
Of Fort Collins were served with war
rants issued on information sworn out
by Mayor Clammer, charging them
with not filing a bill of expenses with.
in thirty days, as required by the
statutes. This is another move in
the fight against saloons in that vii
lage.
At a performance in the Canon City
opera house the hero and villain mixed
up in good old-fashloned style, with
the result that the audience was given
its money back and dismissed and the
were fighting duel with clubs and
the villain whacked the hero over the
eye; then fun began. The curtain went
down and the duel was continued be.
hind the scenes. The play was the
Romance of Ireland"
Owing to delays always attendant
upon government construction work. 1t
is probably that owners OF property on
the new federal building site In Den
yer will not be required to vacate for
at least year. Although they will
soon be paid the amounts allotted them
by the appraisers, following an order
from Judge Lewis. 1t is not known
how soon the work OF taking down the
old buildings will begin. According to
Custodian Price of the federal building
all saloons and Sunday amusements
will be forced to vacate within the
next few weeks. that being the posi-.
tion of the government In all matters
OF this kind.
James Curry, wealthy farmer. aged
80. was shot and killed at Brampton.
| Ont, by his hired man. who was quar-
rellng with Curry's son when the IA.
ther came into the room. The man
turned a shotgun on him and fired.
killing him instantly. The murderer Us
known as Jack" and is an English
man about 27 years old.
Despite the fact that some members
Of the Newark, N. j., common council
declared that the picture Is mot with
out some merits" lithograph repre-
senting the "Nethersole kiss" In "Sa-
pho" will not adorn the dead walls
and store windows in Newark. for the
official censors are of the opinion
that such oscuIatory gymnastics are
unfit for the eyes OF the young.
Anton Garsch. formerly OF Chicago
and honorably discharged from the
Fifty-ffth United States artillery al
Fort Hancock. New Jersey. n month
am committed suicide at Akron o.