Semi-weekly herald., 1908-08-31

have been added to tax valuations of
Chicago by the board of review In ng |
uring estates from the probate court
records. ass
Accused of Staying Mrs. Sarah Mea-
cham, his mother-in-law. VIM. DELPHI
of La Porte. Ind, was held to the
grand Jury without bail. His defense
will be that the shooting was an acci-
dent.
Owing to a dearth of school teach
ers. B. F. Hendricks, superintendent OF
schools in Whiteside county, Ill. has
been compelled to announce that only
two-thirds of the schools in his dis
trict will be open this week.
The commissioner appointed by Gov.
ernor Hughes to investigate charges OF
neglect against District Attorney Je-
rome reports that all accusations were
di3proved, but blames rashness Of
the prosecutor as inviting attack.
Judge Thompson in the United
States court denied the petition OF the
Union Distilling company and others
for a temporary Injunction RESTRAINING
the government from carrying out its
order that Limitation" whisky must be
branded as such.
| Piqued because he wac refused n
trivial request, John, the 14-year-old-
son of Mr.. Calkins of Ekalaka, Mont,
committed suicide. The boy wished to
go fishing, and when his mother said
no, he went to his room and put a
bullet in his brain with a rifle.
Using enough gun-cotton to wreck
half the skyscrapers on Manhattan is
land. the United States revenue cutter
Mohawk, Sunday morning blew into
fragments large derelict off Barne-
gat that has been threatening the safe
ty Of vessels along the Atlantic coast
for several months.
From out the busy throng of traffic
on Eads bridge at st. Louis, an un-
identified man, well dressed, sudden
ly vaulted the rail and plunged into
the Mississippi river. ninety feet be-
low. Horror-stricken spectators saw
him come to the surface, struggle a
few moments in the current and then
sink. His body was not seen again
Consular Agent John B. Brewer. at
Wiesbaden, describes the further &C
tivity of a German firm Of chemists
which he says has accomplished a new
invention for the fielding of steel pipes
OF large dimensions; new briquettine
method for small-grained iron ores; a
new power gas from bituminous coal
and the distribution of heat through
|, out cities.
Work on the new Loetschberg tun
} mel, in the Rhone valley, Switzerland
which is actually continuation Of
!, the Simplon tunnel which now con
meets Milan directly with Paris and
London, is progressing rapidly. The
tunnel will cut off detour of eighty
miles of hard steaming, and will re
duce the time from Milan to Paris
, from fourteen hours to about ten.
! The body Of man believed to be
, that of William McCracken. who dis
J appeared from his home In Nelogony
, August 8 after taking out life insur
) ance to the amount of $4,000, was
found in the Arkansas river near
Usage Junction. The insurance compa
t MES have been resisting payment ol
, claims on the life of McCracken on the
ground that his disappearance was q
. part of scheme to defraud them.
= Legal proceedings are threatened
2 as the result of the elopement of Wal
ter Tucker Of st. Louis and Gladys
: Craigo Of Centralia and their marriage
. In Alton, Ill. The pair were pursued
! by the girls stepfather, but eluded
r him. AS the girl is under 18, the age
l provided by the Illinois law for a
! marriage without the parents consent
1 the stepfather asserts the will bring
two charges-perjury and abduction
against the young man.