Semi-weekly herald., 1908-11-02

their fellow women in England are
valiantly striving to secure.
SAGUACHE, Colo, Oct. 31.-Nesea- |
rio De Herrera, 65 years old, last night
shot and killed his wife, aged so years.
and then cut his own throat with a
dull knife. When found he was bleed.
ing freely but will recover. The body
| Of the dead woman was found by the
! two grown sons. De Herrera was ar
rested and is in jail. and says he
wants to die, and that he does not
care whether he is hung or shot. He
makes no explanation of his crime,
simply saying that he killed his wife.
The couple have been married for
more than thirty years and have two
grown children.
SALIDA, Colo, Oct. 31.-Tempora-
rily insane following an attack of ner-
vous prostration. caused Mrs. w. l..
Thilvin, bride of few weeks, to
commit suicide last evening at the
home of Marshal Gillen, her uncle.
Mrs. Thilvin with her mother, Mrs.
Wilson, went to the Gillen home and
as the mother and Gillen were CON
versing, the young woman obtained
one of the marshal's revolvers and
shot herself through the heart. Mr..
Thilvin is a well known assayer in
this city. A few weeks ago they
!, were married at Moberly, Mo. Fol
i 81, WAS
seized with an attack of nervous pros
tration. This was followed by attacks
OF mild insanity.
Il WASHINGTON, Oct 31.-Miss
| Claire Silliman, Connecticut nurse
who was arrested on the charge OF
!. larceny, several days ago, was SEN
2 fenced in the criminal court TO pay
: a fine of $40 or serve thirty days in
jail for the theft of 25-cent souvenir
spoon. She was unable to pay the
l. fine and was sent to jail Miss Sill
e man first appeared in Washington Oc-
\ tober 20.
a WINCHESTER, Ind, Oct. 31.-Wil'
/ liam j. Bryan in winding up his tour
e Of the east today made public state
:. ment which he gave to the press and
: which urged honesty in politics.
WORCESTER, Mass, Oct. 81
e When Louis Minoli. a granite cutter
y returned home today. he found his
e wife, aged 10 years, and their year
d old baby dead in bed with their throats
i, cut. The medical examiner decided
l. the woman had killed the child and
y then committed suicide. The woman
n left note saying that she would
d end her life because she did not know
l. how to be a housekeeper.
l. NEW YORK, Oct 31.-The estimat
'f ed dividend and interest disbursement
n for November, 1908. exceeds $90,0ac,
600 Up to the present date the diyi
l. dends declared upon the stock of tins
S New York city banks and trust ccm
II panies, the various railroad, industrial
s. miscellaneous and electric street rail
1t way corporations of the United State
of aggregate $1S,346,000, which compare
d with $21,447,92S declared in Noven
e Der, 1907, and s22,64O,O2S declared il
d November, 1906.
n The total interest payable upon In
d bonds of the railroad, industrial, mis-
Il cellaneous and electric street railwa,
N corporations and upon the bonds o
g all the cities, counties and states O
g the United States and the government
Is bonds is $6S,S17,649. which compare
n. with s59532,449 paid in Novembe'
N 1907, and s5O,284.S22 paid in Novem
ber, 1906
'r DENVER, Oct. 31.-Tired of life
o. long suffering from Ill health. Mis-
70 Minnie Kohl, former Chicago woman
u 80 years old, who has lived in Denve
III six months, shot herself in the righ
temple last night in room in tn
IL Windsor hotel. She lies now at tn
IL point of death at the county hosp
tai Means from her room attracte
8 the attention of dodgers at the hott
's this morning and the door was broke
'e in and the woman discovered bleet
Is ing and unconscious on the bed abou
Ia o'clock. Evidence of extraordinar
"A strength and vitality of the woma
was found in the fact that she she
" herself while sitting on a couch, an
is had then managed to stagger acros
III the room to the bed. A pool OF bloc
IL in front of the couch showing tha
'e the deed had been committed there.
CHICAGO, Oct. 31.-In one da
10 after a broken trolley pole fell o
\, the head of Mrs. Julia Konold, he
hair. naturally chestnut brown, turI
ed completely white and the expre
sion of her face changed from tn
bloom of middle age to that of
woman fifteen years her senior. Th
n, accident occurred in December, 190'
In Judge Tuthill's court verdict fo
s17,500 was rendered in her favo
against the Union Traction compan,
owners of the line on which she wa
injured. The verdict is one of tn
:, largest ever returned in favor of
= woman in a personal injury case /
the history of Chicago.