Semi-weekly herald., 1908-12-21


1t is absolutely necessary, II It is the
only thing that will save him from
death, will go on the witness stand
and tell all the story. conceaIing moth
ing. laying bare everything. and this
will do because ! feel 1t my duty to
do all can to help him for the sake
of my Children" she added.
FLUSHING, l.. l.. Dec. 18--Counsel
for Thornton J. Hains today is pre-
pairing for unique demonstration
with the automatic revolver with
which william f. Annis was slain, to
show that the writer was not prin-
C. Hams. Jr., in the shooting Of An
mis- at the Bayside Yacht club last
August. In the presence OF the wit
nesses the replica of the Hams re-
yolver, will be fired to prove that the
seven shells in the weapon can be
discharged within one and five-eighths
seconds. Acting Captain Of Police
Ivory denied defendants counsel per
mission to discharge the revolver with
in the town limits as 1t would be in
violation of the city ordinance.
FORT WORTH. Tex, Dec. lS.-'It
Is going to be bigger job than ! at
first thought, but l hope make a
success of it. / never did make n
success at anything else"
Altar nopnfpu rnpcIudtpp pnf n.
tion of a twelve hour diary which time
he spent in contemplating the act
Patrick Dooly, a resident OF this city
swallowed quantity of carbolic acid
at the railroad depot early this morn
ing dying before medical aid arrived
Last night Dooly wrote. trying to
think of some way avoiding suicide
but that he was i'll and homeless. He
referred in endearing terms to his
mother and sister. A little later he
complained because the only way he
could find it possible to kill himself was
by swallowing carbolic acid. At diff
ferent times during the night he wrote
of his dependency and warned young
men OF whiskey and bad companions
concluding with the expression quoted
CRIPPLE CREEK, Dec. 18.-Al
though charging her husband. vii
liam e. Wilson. with non-support in 6
complaint for divorce and testifyine
he had failed to provide for her. Mary
J. Wilson tainted after hearing the
| county judges decision which severed
the bonds of matrimony between hel
| and the defendant. The trial was o
| short duration, the husband falling t6
/ appear. The woman was revived but
4 tainted again before leaving the coun
summon a physician.
| NEW YORK, Dec. 18.-The recen'
sensational decline in the stock of the
American Smelling and Refining com
pany. controlled by the Guggenhein!
was explained yesterday when an
1 nouncement was made that STANDARD
Oil insiders, Amalgamated Coppel
company financiers, connected will
the United States Steel corporation
and the Ryan-Cole clique were prepar
ing to organize big smelter corpora
tion which would compete with the
| Guggenheim concern In this countr.
and Europe.
| The larger part of the capital stocl
has been subscribed, and the organizn
l tion Of the new company will be II
\ effect about the middle Of January
The Rockefellers have sold out al
their holdings in the American Smelt
ing and Refining company and have
taken stock in the new combination.
A smelter war of big proportions ap
pears imminent.
| LOS ANGELES. Dec. 1s.-If gir
pays incidental courtship expenses G
the young man who is seeking hel
hand, and he afterward fails 10 MARI!
her. she may recover through The
courts the total which she is out o
pocket on the proposition. Such ;
case has just been decided ny Justic,
Selph of Los Angeles. who rules tina
Mrs. Albert A. Jones is entitled t
recover $3.50 from Emil Fernholtz
the sum representing a total of ex
penditures which the young lady mnd'
for the joint entertainment, of her
self and Fernholtz, during the periot
of the latter's unfruitful courtship.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 1S.-That sen
ate committee on interoceanic canal
is prepared to take up any sort Of in
vestigation of canal affairs that ma,
be demanded by any member of tn
committee was asserted today by Sen
ator Kittridge of South Dakota. chair
man Of the committee. The demand
If 1t comes. probably will original,
with Democratic members.
SlLVERTON, Dec, 18,-The storm
appears to be over. the weather beini
clear and cold today. So far as heart
no special damage has resulted from
slides except the killing of Mondel
and taking away part Of the boile
house. An ore house of the Shenan
doah was taken down the hill, but N,
other damage resulted.
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