Semi-weekly herald., 1908-04-06

board governing the Scottish irol
trade, has agreed on a reduction Ii
wages of 7is per cent on account o
the decrease In the iron business.
The federal railroad tunnel through
the Ricken mountains. near Lake Eur
icll. has been completed. Construo
ton OF the tunnel. which Is neari,
five miles long. was begun four year.
ago.
| general reduction Of 10 per cen
in the wages of New England cottor
mill operatives was completed thi.
week in mills employing 10000 per
sons. Next Monday the movement
viii apply to the pay OF as many more
The Official Gazette of Toxic an
nounces that on April 80 payment
viii be made of 2o.O00.O00 yen. abou,
sl0.000,000. as the first installment ol
the redemptions OF the 100000, 900 yen
national loan. which natures next De
cember.
The suit brought by the Union Re
frigerator Transit company of Mil
waukeo against the S. S. Mcclure
company, publishers of McClure's
Magazine. for 100000 for alleged
| libel. has been settled out of court
for $1.50O II. l.. Phillips. president
of the Union company, was awarded
$4,000 damages against the Mcclure
company for libel last week, his suit
being based on the same article of
which the company as n corporation
complains.
With the hope of saving the life of
his wife, Emilia, Dr. Luis de Lazo,
consul general of Honduras in New
York, gave of his own blood. sub
mitting to the operation of transfus.
ion, but the desperate expedient
failed and the woman. who was 20
years old. died in tie French hospital.
Her husband is seriously i'll, both
from the effects of the operation and
the shock of his wife's death. Mrs.
De Lazo was the mother of five child
rem. and her health had not been ro-
bust for long time.
Attorney General Jackson of New
YORK state, stands accused of having
tried to graft" In connection with the
recent bank troubles. and the grand
jury has asked that the governor and
the legislature inveS4lgate his CON
duct. Frank White, who resigned his
position as one of MIR. Jackson's dep
uties TO act as receiver OF the Ham
ilton bank. swore before the grand
jury that the attorney general had
demanded so per cent of the fees ac-
cruing to White as receiver. Mr..
Jackson went before the jury and
swore TO a denial of the charge.
Representative Frank Clark and
wife OF Florida were Just leaving their
Washington hotel Tuesday morning
and had entered the revolving door
when a young man entered one of the
compartments In rush, catching
Mrs. Clark's hand and crushing 1t.
The man Immediately came outside
to tender an apology, but Mr.. Clark.
who had his hands full OF books and
grips, retorted sharply that he did
not want an apology from a person
so rude Immediately he received a
hard blow over the left eye and fell
to the ground. Before his assailant
could get away Representative Clark
had him by the throat and boosting
him up on top of a counter gave him
n beating he will not soon forget.
Rev. David E. Beaton of the faculty
of the University of Chicago spoke
before the Minister'S Alliance of Min
neapolis at the Y. NJ. G. A. recently
His subject was What Constitutes
Successful Preacher OF the Twentieth
Century," He advocated simplicity.
The average minister seeks to com
bine the functions of n prophet with
that of a priest" he said, mot real
izing that times have changed and
the people call for more modern
thought Affectation In the pulpit
must go. The so-called holy time
pleadings belong to the priest and
not TO the prophet. People go to
church to get real truths"