Semi-weekly herald., 1908-10-08

stuffed with rubbish soaked with o
ting OF the escape of fifty or more pei
sons who were sleeping upon the VI
per floors.
CHICAGO, Oct. 5.-George H. Gil
son this morning shot and probabl
fatally wounded his wife, attempted t,
kill Miss Jennie Barnes, and then turn
ed the weapon upon himself and com
mitted suicide. ellison and his wifi,
recently separated. The act is at
tributed to jealousy.
MOUNT OLIVE, H., Oct. 5.-Aftei
plunging 400 feet down tne main shat
of the mine of the Mount Olive ant
Staunton Coal company, at Mount
Olive. Ill, two men lay on the platform
hoisting the elevator for three hours
yesterday while fellow employees crawl
ed down the airshaft and crept on
| their hands and knees through dark
them. They were dead when taken
out. Hermann Rohrer and German
Yanscke were victims.
FORT COLLINS, Colo, Oct. g.
That Colorado's potato crop this sea
son will aggregate in value six mil.
lion dollars is the estimate of Pro-
fessor e. r. Bennett, potato expert
of the state experiment station. in a
statement just issued. Shipments from
the Greeley district alone, he says
will run 10000 to 10000 carloads Last
years crop in Colorado brought four
and half million dollars.
LA JUNTA. Oct. 5.-Will John b.
Godding, convicted in the district
court Saturday on the charge of hav-
ing wrecked the State bank of Rocky
Ford, ever pass behind the bars of
the Canon City penitentiary? That is
the question people of the Arkansas
valley are asking. Godding was out
today on $4,000 bail. He intimated
he may be pardoned by Gov. Buchtel.
MINNEAPOLIS, Oct 6.-Thirty hu.
man bodies are believed to have been
burned last night in a fire which de.
stroyed Anatomy hall of the state uni.
versity. The building had been used
by medical classes for dissecting pur-
poses. The fire was supposedly caused
by electric wires.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 6-The
oil ,1f ,ipf hnl
sion this morning to consider the ac-
tion of Bulgaria in declaring her In
dependence of Turkey at Tirnove yes
terday. 1t decided that it was impos-
sible to accept any proceedings that
violated the existing treaties and that
Turkey should address a circular note
to the powers pointing out the neces.
sity of taking measures to enforce
respect for the treaty of Berlin. Tur-
key says she has invited the powers
to confer on the situation and as her
rights are guaranteed by powers she
will look to them for their defense.
The Yenai Gazett. the organ of the
grand vizier, says today: 1--WE are
ready to defend our rights with all
our strength. AS the action of Bull
garia is not only directed against us.
but against all the powers, we should
ask the powers to defend their inter
ests and protect the provisions of the
treaty of Berlin"
According to this same journal Aus.
ria-Hungary has informed the pow
ers of his intention of withdrawing her
troops. A war cloud is rising over
Europe.
DENVER, Oct. 6.-With shortage
of 100000 tons In the sugar crop of
Cuba last year and a greater shortage
this year while other sugar producing
districts of the world have scarcely
an average crop, there is to be
dearth In the supply of sugar, accord
ing to President Chester S. Morey OF
the Great Western Sugar company,
who has just returned from Europe,
where he spent two months to study
the conditions of the sugar industry.
The crop in Colorado, however, is up
to the average, and there will be lit
tie difficulty In disposing of the prod
uct at good prices. Colorado, in fact,
is one of the very few districts where
no shortage is reported. The work
OF slicing beets has already begun
in most OF the Colorado factories.
NEW YORK, Oct. 6.-John Maier, 20
years old, hanged himself in his apart
ment on Myrtle avenue. Williamsburg
His body, suspended from the gas
fixtures was found by Lewis Keller,
his landlord. Three letters we're writ
ten by Maier. and lay on the dining
| room table, together with his life In
| surance policies. and some small be-
longings. One OF the letters addressed
| to Kate Horn Of Central avenue near
Jefferson avenue. Williamsburg, read:
ITO My Cousins: My wife has been
unkind to me. She is always out
She never was a wife to me. Please
see that | am buried with my mother
have always done right. John Maier.'
| TOXIC, Oct. 6.-Admiral Togo to
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