Semi-weekly herald., 1908-02-06

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| LISBON, Feb. 3.-Premier Franco
has relinquished power and a new
cabinet has been formed with Admiral
Ferriera de Amaral as its president in
place of the late dictator, Franco.
| This step slglalizes the practical
withdrawal of Franco from power.
| He agreed to this step as one calcu-
lated to pacify hostile public opinion
at time when only spark is need
ed to infiame the whole country and
hurl it headlong into revolution. New
ertheless it is believed that Franco
| will still be the man OF power" but
his official prerogatives are at least
| shorn of real authority.
The opening session of the new
| council was held today. King Manuel
| Ii. appeared before his ministers and
with voice vibrant with emotion,
said: Il am yet without experience
| either in science or politics. | place
| myself entirely in your hands, needing
and believing in your patriotism and
| wisdom"
DETROIT, Hich.. Feb. 3.-Wabash
| passenger train No. 4, the eastbound
| consolidated Chicago and st. Louis
train, was wrecked two miles from
Britton station, AZ miles from Detroit,
early this morning by a broken rail.
Two women passengers were killed
| and "a persons injured.
DENVER. Feb. 3.-The supreme
| court this morning affirmed the de-
cision of the lower courts in the
spring election case from Boulder.
over the "wets." The "wets" con
tended that the election was not leg
ally held and that the clerk who ap-
pointed the election judges was not
the proper person to make the ap-
polntments. The "drys' maintained
GIBRALTAR, Feb. S.-The British
cruiser fleet sailed from here early
this morning for Lisbon. The fleet
will be prepared TO protect English
residents.
MADRID, Feb. 3.-The Spanish
government has ordered the cruiser
Princess de Asturias to proceed to
Lisbon in order that foreign residents
may be protected.
DENVER, Feb. 3.-Caught in the
act OF peeping into windows OF rooms
in the Tyrone apartments on Logan
avenue, where young women were dis
robing preparatory to retiring, Walter
p. Rothwell, son of DR.. William j.
Rothweli, was shot in the right leg by
Howard r. Larimer. custodian of the
budding, at midnight last night. The
young man will likely be cripple for
life. as the bullet shattered the knee
joint.
SCRANTON. Pa, Feb. 3.-Seven
men were killed and half doz-
en- others, two of whom will die. were
injured in a boiler explosion in Van
Allen & Co.'S rolling mill at Northum-
berland this morning. The rolling
mill was badly damaged. The dead
are:
DAVID CLARK,
SAMUEL SARVISS.
GEORGE KRESS,
WILLIAM JONES.
GRANT LEADER,
WILLIS BROUSE.
JOHN SHOLVIN.
Four of the injured were brought to
the hospital here.
SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 3.-A
woman and her infant child were
killed in collision between two
freight trains on the Oregon Short
Line yesterday. The dead woman
was Mrs, Peter Frandson of Bingham
City, Utah, Mrs, w. Nj. Young OF
Havensyille, Kas., and her two little
daughters were injured but will re-
cover.
MATTBWAN. Feb. 3.-Harry Thaw
seems quite happy this morning after
his Sunday in the asylum. He was
and was given a comfortable cot in
the big ward. Two of his lawyers
and two medical expxerts called this
morning and his family will be up lat
er in the day. Thaw openly declares
that he expects to be a free man be-
fore the end of the week.
NEW YORK, Feb. 3.-According to
announcements made it is not likely
that any action will be taken looking
to the release of Harry X. fhaw from
the Mattewan asylum for at least
month. 1t is said that Martin w. Lit
tleton. Thaw's chief counsel, will
leave the latter part of the week for
vacation and will probably be gone
three weeks. In the meantime no
move will be made to secure Thaw's
release on habeas corpus proceedings.
DENVER. Colo, Feb. Alarmed
by the discovery of a plot to make
Colorado headquarters for the impor-
tation OF Japanese and Chinese labor,
workingmen held a mass meeting in
ha