Semi-weekly herald., 1908-01-27


and have placed that gigantic project
on the unfair" or I'VE don't patron
ize" list. This action has been taken
as result OF the employment of non
union labor in the construction work
now in progress on the exposition site.
The directors of the exposition com
pany have refused to alter their pol
icy in regard TO the open shop" and
as result the labor union boycott
will likely continue and organized la
Dor will have no representation at the
exposition.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 24.-No decis-
ion has been reached by the postoffice
department in reference to filing the
| postmastership of Cripple Creek,
where the term of Postmaster Sullivan
| has expired. 1t is probable that no ac-
| tion will be taken until an agent of the
department makes an examination and
reports UPON the local conditions. The
following Colorado postmasters have
| been appointed: Basalt. Eagle county.
r. d. Strong. vice w. H. Hildreth. re-
moved; Chandler. Fremont county
George O.-Mayhall, vice II. G. Lee, re-
signed; Needleton, La Plata county,
Ira G. True, vice c. NJ. Ayres, resigned;
Partlin. Gunison county, Roy S. Lab
brell, vice j. T. Parlin resigned
Thomas Ward, Jr. who is indorsed for
the district attorpa1-sI;, ~ TnInra,l ,ln
is here and visited the president this
morning. District Attorney Cranston
has returned to Colorado
| ROCK OF HOLLAND, Jan. 24.-All
of the missing passengers and crew of
the steamer Amsterdam were brought
in here safely at noon today. The
steamer Amsterdam collided on Tues
day night with the steamer Administer
and sustained serious damage. Her
crew and passengers left her in small
boats, and all excepting one which car
ried 2S people. We're quickly picked up
The latter We're taken aboard the Nor.
wegian Songa an hour after they left
the Amsterdam. Fog prevented the
Songa from landing and the rescued
remained on board the latter vessel
for two days and half.
Ell PASO, Texas, Jan. 24.-Tele
grams from Chihuahua state that Otto
Andre RAIDER, an American mining man
working for Los Angeles mine owners
and a 14-yearold Mexican girl were
murdered al, t,Urique, a remote Mexican
mining town in the Sierra Madres OF
that state, by brother OF the girl
who objected to her leaving home with
RAIDER. The irate brother followed the
American and his companion and
killed them both.
: BALTIMORE Nd, Jan. 24.-Fire to
day took heavy toll from members oi
the fire department Of this city three
: being dead and sixteen seriously in
jured. The list of the latter includes
: the name of George Horton. chief OF
the fire department. who is in serious
condition. He has internal injuries
The first hasty examination indicated
!
careful investigation showed this not
! to be the case. The dead are Lieuten
: ant Frederick Harmon, William B
Pugh and an unidentified man thought
to be Emil Morrin. The financial dam
age is estimated by Mayor Mahool
: who was early on the scene at nearly
: a million dollars.
The blaze, which is the worst that
has occurred in this city since the ca
lamity of 1904. started on the third
floor of the building on the southeast
corner of Holiday and Saratoga
streets, occupied by J. Register & Sons
company. plumbing supplies. The fire
= apparently had been burning for some
time before it was discovered. The
general alarm, which brought most OF
the fire apparatus of the city to the
scene. A strong wind from the north
west and the very low temperature
made the work of fighting the fire
more than ordinarily difficult and the
tlames spread very rapidly
1 NEW YORK, Jan. 24.-The Thaw
trial adjourned today until Monday ON
account of the non-arrival of witnesses
for the defense. 1t was hoped that the
Adriatic, on which these witnesses
came from Europe, would reach port
yesterday, but before court adjourned
it was reported that she would not
reach dock until late this mor.1ing.
These witnesses are expected to add
mass of testimony to that which the
defense has introduced in its attempt
to prove that Thaw was for years ir-
rational, and by which it is hoped to
show that when Thaw first fired the
shots which caused the death of Stan
ford White he was mentally unsound,
and therefore not guilty of murder un.
der the statute.
/ NEW YORK. Jan. 24.-New York is
today in the throes of the worst bliz.
zard 1t has experienced in years. All
traffic was tied up during rush hours
by heavy snowfall OF FIVE inches
Suffering on the east side is intense
Thousands of families are without coal