Semi-weekly herald., 1908-02-10

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yania say no one was killed, but six
teen persons were injured.
DENVER, Feb. IA state ball
with all the dignltarles of Colorado
present, and mammoth sacred con
cert, win be the features of the open.
ing of the Auditorium. These were
decided upon at a meeting of the
| Mountain and Plain society. Simul.
taneously a ban was placed on In
cluding prize fight in the opening
exercises. 1t is hoped to realize $780,
000 from the opening, the proceeds to
| be used in furnishing the auditorium.
DENVER, Feb Word reachces
here this morning that the men who
are representing the city of Denver
before the board OF appraisers ap.
| pointed to determine the value of the
plant OF the Denver Union Water com
pany are willing to pay the company
Sl1000,o00 for its plant. and the com.
pany is holding out for s16.O00,O0O
ALBANY, N. Y. Feb. 7.--Governor
Hughes viii speak tonight at the an.
nual banquet of the New York State
National Guard association at the Tea
Eyck hotel. Addresses will also be
made by Brigadier.General Hobart
Shaw Oliver, assistant secretary OF
war. and Captain Thomas Franklin.
U. S. A. 1t Is not expected that any
political Significance will attach to the
address OF the governor
RAPID CITY, S. ~. Feb 7s-Specu.
lation in grain on the Chicago board
of trade caused the downfall of p. A.
Kilmer, until few weeks ago one OF
the most respected of the younger res
idents of this city. Public announce
ment of Kilmer's disgrace was made
today by tho Downie Wright Manu-.
featuring company. of which he was
secretary. While official figures are
not given, it is said he has lost about
10000, which greatly cripples his
firm.
PORT HOOD. N. S, Feb TEN
'h''A N'A' iEpiiNh anu iIt D'iltNtu
to be dead as the result of an ex-
plosion at the Port Hood coal mines
today. Several bodies have been re
moved so far
NEW YORK. Feb. MARTIN W.
Littleton declares that no effort win
he made to have Harry Thaw removed
frob Mattewan before March rs.
Under agreement of counsel and
family. all plans to transfer Thaw
from the state asylum have been
abandoned until my return from
Washington, six weeks' hence" he
said. after get back to New York
we win look over the situation and
see what can be DONE
CHICAGO, Feb. THE Pullman
company has distributed nearly S175..
900 among employees who we're found
to have paid close attention to duty
during the year
The merit checks" were mailed to
3,770 employees. and of this number
1,153 are conductors and 2,617 are por-
ters. The merit system was estab-
lished early last year. and the records
of the service OF the men were kept
in the office of Richmond Dean, gen
eral manager of the company. Early
in the year the management deter
mined to better the service on Pull
man cars throughout the country, and
the 4,440 conductors and porters were
informed that by hearty cooperation
with the company's officials each
could earn an extra months salary.
The salaries OF conductors range
between s75 and 800 month, and the
salaries of porters between $25 and
si5 a month, according to the length
of service. Only those whose records
were perfect received checks, and 1t
is expected that the number will be
greatly increased this year. 1t Is stat
ed that the conductors checks aggre-
gated s97 090. and the porters' totaled
77.76O.
In connection with the general bus
mess of the company It is stated that
there are now 5000 out of a regular
busy season force OF 5000 men at the
Pullman shops here, and that they are
turning out a Pullman car each day.
At the company's other shoys the
forces have not been decreased.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. S-The
| statement is made today upon the au-
thority Of Guy C. Earle, vice president
of the Great Western Power company,
| that the Western Pacific railroad,
now being built from the east to this
city, will use electric power for mo
| tive power The Western Pacific is
now perfecting its plans for electrifi
| cation of its system, and has been
holding back only because 1t will be
the pioneer in the movement and has
no precedent to be guided by.
| WASHINGTON, Feb. S.--Scores oi
prominent men, including Vice Presi
dent Fairbanks, Speaker Cannon, Bar
on Won Hengelmuller, the Austrian
ambassador. Secretary Taft, Secretary
Cortelyou, Secretary Bonaparte. Sec
retary Loeb. Surgeon General O'Reil
ly Rpnrageutafiyee Iohn Ehnrne Wi