Semi-weekly herald., 1908-02-10
TELEGRAPH NEWS.

is fully confirmed According TO the
dispatch the former premier left Lis
bon in On automobile Tuesday night
and is now in Galicia, Spain frances
fulher was attacked by j mob In one
Of the principal strets today. The
king has signed three DEGREES. one
OF these repeals the decrees issued by
Franco which restricted the freedom
OF the press Another repeals the de
gee issued on Jaa. 81, which sus-
pended the privilege OF immunity from
prosecution OF members Of parliament
and cxtended the powers of criminal
examining judges Members OF par
lament were liberated,
WASHINGTON Feb. Ga hearing
commenced today in the case OF
George ]. klndel IS. The Adams Ex-
press company before. the interstate
commerce commission, arguments in
behalf Of Kindels contention being
made by Albert L. Vogt, who will fin
ish the case this afternoon. Mr.. Kin
del is confident that Colorado will be
successful and that equitable rates
will be forced from the express com
panies.
MADRID Spain: Feb Ga special
dispatch received here from Lisbon
states that revomtionists in Oporto
made sudden aud determined attack
upon the city hall They took the mu-
nicipal guard by surprise and succeed
ed in forcing an entrance They hoist
ed the red flag Of revolution on the
big tower Their triumph however.
was short lived. rs reiniorcements of
police soon arrived and drove out the
revolutionaries and threw down their
banners. Many were wounded on
both sides.
RACINE, wis. FEB Give fire
men injured and a loss OF 100000 is
the result Of fire which broke out
in the club rooms Of the Racine club,
in the Alschuler building today. The
nured are Captain John Diedish. Fire.
men Peter Poachlm, James Bruce,
John Stripple, Charles Jenista.
Eighteen men We're on ladders lean
ing against the south wan OF the
structure when It fell James Bruce
was carried over with it into the burn
ing building and was believed to be
lost Ills comrades, however, threw a
stream OF water on him aud he man
aseo n crawl olt into halfway
where he was rescued by other fire
men The other men when the wall
went down fell to the roof of build
ing adjoining Two will die,
CRESTED BUTTE, Cole, Feb. G.
Four Austrian coal miners were
caught in big snowslide. near the
Crested Butte coal mine. one mile
from this place yesterday afternoon,
and carried 1000 feet down the side
of the mountain. Two OF the men,
Lawrence Bequowich and George Lar
etic. wer killed. Their companions,
Tony Marks and Joseph Maszer, es-
capped with only a few bruises. Be
quowich leaves family in Austria.
DENVER. Feb. G-rwo coal miners
are positively known to have lost
their lives in a snow slide at Crested
Butte yesterday. and two gold miners
who are missing at Telluride are be-
lieved to have been swept away.
Slides large and small are beginning
to run in all the moutain sections OF
Colorado. and warnings are being
sent out to miners and mountain tray-
elers to be on the lookout The great
est number of slides running and
threatening to ruin are in San Jaun
county, ald in ouay San Miguel,
Gunlson and Chanee counties.
PRESTON. Mimi. Feb. e.-The
house of Thomas Yeast, four miles
southwest of here, burned to the
ground last night Mrs. Yeast, and
Charles Engle wife and baby were
burned to death.
WASHINGTON, Feb 6--Governor
George Curry of New Mexico headed
delegation which called on Secre-
tary Taft today to request detail OF
federal troops In connection with the
irrigation congress and exposition TO
he held in Albuquerque next spring
The request will probably be granted
by the war department
ctdCAGO. Feb. 6.-Gustav Wal
stedt, carpenter, today shot and
killed his daughter, Helen. years
old, then killed himself in their home
in Fifty-fifth street. Walstedt is be.
lieyed TO he insane.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 5.-The sen
ate committee on public lands today
discussed the smoot bill providing
for dry farming homesteads OF 800
acres. The main features OF the bill
We're agreed upon and it Is expected
that 1t will be reported favorably at
the next meeting OF the committee,
when it's consideration will be con
cluded. The bill permits entry of 320
acres of arid or semtarid, non-tim-
bered. nonirrigable unappropriated
lands In a compact body by person
qualified to make homestead entry.