Semi-weekly herald., 1908-04-02

5 son, VIII sell the Zo-room LeffiingWel
D hotel and use the proceeds in main
4 tanning a mission which they VII
= conduct at their own expense
John. the son, who has just reat he'd
, his majority, will preach nightl- in
J the street before the mission. His Is
) year-old sister. Grace will lead tie
, singing and the other sister, Mrs.
| Verna o. Stewart, will play the or.,an
. Mrs. De Moss Is the moving spirit in
the plan. She came to St Louis from
, Iowa four years ago, aud opened thc
Lemngwell hotel. When John fell IN
with appendicitis few months arc
he was preserved, his family declares.
without an operation. by the prayers
of himself and mother In gratitude
for what they consider signal inter
position of Providence, they became
ardent converts.
| INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. March 81
Delegates TO the Indiana Republican
state convention which meets tomor.
row began arriving in numbers today.
The convention will adopt platform.
nominate state ticket and elect four
delegatesat-large to the national con
vention. The delegates will be ex-
pected to vote for Vice President Fair
banks for the presidential nomination.
CHICAGO. March 3l-In the next
60 days the railroads of the United
States Will have to find quarter of
a million men to mend their tracks
and roadbeds. and another large army
to 90 into their shops and repair their
cars and their locomotives The rail.
roads centering in Chicago alone will
between tomorrow and June /. re-
quire more than a hundred thousand
laborers. Work will start in light to-
morrow on roads which are best
favored by climatic conditions. and
vii be increased rapidly until June /,
when renewal and repair work will be
in full swing on every railroad In the
country. The average number of men
needed by each of the large Chicago
systems is ilve thousand. and the
wages offered are the same as last
year when labor was scarcer and
more men needed,
NEW YORK, March 3t.-Indge |
William p. Plat in the county court /
yesterday at White Plains. sentenced
James Harlan. one of the burglars |
who masqueraded as yachtsmen in
evening clothes and committed thir-
teen robberies In New Rochelle, |
Mount Vernon and Yonkers. to 27
years in Sing Sing prison. This is
he heaviest sentence ever imposed |
on a burglar in Westchestcr county. |
CHICAGO. March 31-Tho mem.
bers OF sixty families were driven |
into the streets today by fire which |
destroyed the four-story brick apart.
ment building on North Clark street
and Adline avenue. Nearly a score |
OF women we're rescued by the fire
men. The property loss is $4,000
HANNA. Wyo.. March S1-rhe
work of recovering the 81 bodies
which are stin in Mine No. 1, has be
gun. Scores of men swarm about
the east slope entrance, clearing away
The loose earth and digging out the
shattered timbers. All entries are
sealed up and by carrying brattice
in front Of them danger Of another ex-
plosion will be removed No smoke
ming and there is no noticeable rise
in temperature of air from under
ground. All Indications point to the
speedy recovery Of the bodies of the
men sim in the mine
WASHINGTON, March 3l.-The
proposed establishment under the de
partmcnt Of the interior of a bureau |
Of mines and mining was unanimously |
but unofiicially concurred in by the
committee on mines and mining and |
within a week or two the sub com
mittee TO which has been referred |
several bills to establish such a bu.
reau. viii draft bill to accomplish
that purpose and will report fayorably
10 the general committee.
BOSTON, March 3l--Rev. Freder-
ick b. Fisher, pastor of the Temple
Street Methodist Episcopal church.
has created stir in the church wo Id
by sending letter to his congrega-
tion asking that his salary be re-
duced from $1,000 10 81 200 a year
"A preacher should be paid just
enough for a modest living and no
more" seys Rev. Fisher in his letter
I'VE myself and wife) can llys very
comfortably on S1.20O a year and It
is not right that the church Should |
pay me more. The other 81 600 can
be used for a better purpose. The
church members should devote this
$1,000 annually to the relief OF dis.
tress and destltution among the poo
er classes"
Rev. Mr.. Fisher Is native Of Ko-
komo, Ind, and was formerly pastor
Of the North Street Methodist Fpis-
copal church there. Before coming to /
Boston he was Il missionary in India |
He began life as a bootblack and has
supported himself since he was eight |
vaare old nov Mr. ITtuhar ia