Semi-weekly herald., 1908-10-01

dents in the coal mines In the Unitet
States during the last calendar yea
resulted in the death of over thre,
thousand men and injury to over .
Thousand more. according to statistic,
Just made public by the geological
survey.
NEW YORK. Sept. 2s.-An extra
ordinary gathering began In this cit,
today, made up Of delegates from
various parts Of the country to take
part In a four days conference. They
came on the brakebeams of freight
cars. on blind baggage" of swift ex
press or struggled in over dusty roads
, They profess to represent the coun
try's workless and to constitute the
first national convention Of the un.
employed" The national convention
OF unemployed is the official name Of
the organization. at the head of which
is ]. Eads Howe of St Louis, a mil
lionaire hobo"
| GUTHRIE, Okla. Sept. 2S.-Gov.
ernor Haskell announced on his ar
rival here from Chicago that he would
bring suit against William R. Hearst
next Wednesday.
For criminal libel. governor" was
asked. We'll. don't know what you
would call it." ITO make him prove
what he said?" No. sir; to make him
prove that what he said was not true"
| MANILA, Sept. 2S.-There were IA
new cases Of cholera and three deaths
reported for the twenty-four hours
ending at s o'clock this morning Prac-
tically the entire staffs of the bureau
of science and local medical schools
have been drown into the service to
| hight the disease. Two senior classes
| of medical students are acting as
nurses and attendants at various hos
| pitals established for the treatment of
patients. A serious situation is caused
by the supply of disinfectants running
very low.
DENVER, Sept 29.-New York
nearly cinched the pennant today by
winning the first game from Phila.
delphia 8 to l, while in the other as
sociation Cleveland won from the
Americans at Philadelphia in the ninth
inning, the score being 4 to 5. The
race with Detroit is now as intense
as between Chicago and New York.
NEW YORK. Sept. 2s.-New York
lost the second game to 0 to Phila-
delphia this afternoon. Pittsburg took
two games from st. Louis while De-
troit won. Chicago leading from Gin
cinnati In the eighth inning.
ATLANTA, Ca. Sept 29.-Miss Syl.
via Speer, the 17-year-old daughter of
W. A. Speer, and sole heiress to
fortune Of more than a million dol
lars, was secretly married to her chauf.
feur. Russell Thomas, aged about 20.
at the Congregational church.
NEW YORK, Sept. 29-Within
few moments after receiving tele-
gram telling Of the death Of her father,
Miss Sarah Smith, who lived with Miss
Harriet Phillips. an artist. committed
suicide by swallowing strychnine tab
let's. She took enough poison to kill
dozen persons. Miss Phillips had
been suffering late with heart trou.
BILE and had been given prescription
calling for 100 strychnine tablets. She
had taken but one, and with the fatal
message in her hand she went to her
room and swallowed the remaining
ninety-nine tablets.
ALBANY. Ca. Sept. 29.-Every ne
gro church. schoolhouse and lodge
room in an area Of ten square miles,
located in Baker, Early and Calhoun
counties. were burned last night by
a band Of masked riders. Twenty
buildings were burned and reign of
terror has been created by the negroes
OF that section. Besides applying the
torch the night riders left notices
warning the negroes unless they mend
their ways they themselves will be
given taste Of fire. The burning was
done after midnight, and for hours the
section was lurid with flame. Among
the burned buildings were several
handsome churches which had recent
ly been erected by the better class of
negroes.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 29.-william
]. F. Reynolds was fined S25 by Judge
Wiltbank in quarters sessions court
today for having written a letter to
the Judge thanking him for the man
ner In which he dismissed the per
jury charge agains the writer. Today
Judge Wiltbank sent for Reynolds and
imposed the fine.
ERIE, Pa, Sept. 2s.-Losses aggre-
eating half million were inflicted
shortly after midnight this morning
when nre completely gutted the Hen.
ry Mayor building, fve-story struc-
ture on Fifteenth and States streets
The building was one of the finest
in the city and occupied by some Of
Erie's most important mercantile es-
tablishmsats.
MANILA, Sept. 2s.-A Delated Off
cial telegram has Just been received
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