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Semi-weekly herald., 1908-01-16
IRISH MEMBERS TO MEET.

London, an. 15.--In response to a
summons issued by Mr.. Redmond. the
Irish member OF the house of commons
will hold an important meeting tomor
row. which may have profound effect
upon the achievement of the hoped-foi
unity OF the Irish Nationalists.
It is possible that the meeting may
result in a settlement OF the differ
ences between the Redmond and
OBrien factions. This was thought
to have been secured some time ago
by the arrangement between Redmond
and O'Brien, but the union failed OF
fulfllment. The O'Brienites demand
ed the immediate holding of a con.
vention to discuss variouos matters af'
fecting the party. at the same time
stipulating certain conditions. Mr.
Redmond refused the demand. holding
that the proposal implied censure OF
the present Nationalist organization
He contended that the campaign for
a convention made for strife. rather
than unity. and called a meeting oil
the Irish members Tor tomorrow, al
which the plans for the union will be
fully tfreshed out.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-01-16
MiscREpIT REVOLUTION.

City of Mexico. Jan. 15.--Mcxican pa
pers discredit the statement recently
circulated In the United States 70 the
effect that General Lee Christmas.
the Memphis soldier OF fortune, was
engaged In organizing revolution for
the overthrow of President Estrada Ca
brera, and the present Guatemalan
government. 1t is pointed out that
Christmas. when driven out OF Hon
duras with President Manuel Bonilfa.
whose righthand man he was. took
refuge In Guatemala and was given
the protection OF Estrada Cabrera.
Those who know the Yankee soldier OF
fortune declare that he would not seek
to overthrow the government Of his
benefactor, and that, az Cabrefa's
friend, he would have been unable 10
secure the assistance OF the foes OF
the present administration. without
which he could not expect to accom-
plish anything against Cabrera.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-01-16

erected. The great lesson OF the ca
tastfophe that overwhelmed San Fran.
Cisco has been that the steel sky.
scrapers are the safest and the most
secure against the ravages of botn
quakes and flames.
The Spreckels building upon examina.
ton after the fire had died down, was
found not to have suffered In the least
from the earthquake, although the fire
did great damage to the interior. The
shaking to which the great building
had been subjected had not affected II
and not a stone had been shaken out
of place nor one OF its beautiful lines
altered.
1t was the fire that ragged about 1t,
subjecting 1t to heat such as was
never before known in a confiagration.
that did all the damage. All of April
1s the tall building was the center
of a great wall OF flames that ragged
and roared about 1t increasingly. The
flames ruined the interior woodwork
and some OF the stonework on the out.
side. The work OF remodeling the
giant slyscraper il now nearing com.
pletion, and few weeks will find ali
the offices occupied and every scar re.
moved from the great building which
passed through the greatest confiagra.
tion In history.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-01-16
'THEATER
HORROR
List Of Dead Increasing
and May Reach
Over ESQ

Boyerstown. Pa, Jan. 15.-Early this
morning Coroner Strausser placed the
total dead In the Rhoades theater at
approximately $50. There have been
recovered from the ruins SO far the
bodies of III females, 43 males, and
IL sex unknown. or these 20 are
bodies of children. In addition to
these there are three sacks OF skulh,
bones, hands and feet. Sixty under
takers were at work this morning en-
balming such bodies as have been iden-
tohed. But at this hour. thirty eight
hours after the first Inflated. unreason-
ed senseless cry OF Ere" no one
knows for certain how many victims
there are. 1t is simply known that
375 admission tickets were sold. All
the rest is confusion and terror. II
u community of only $500 persons. for
at least 200 to be carried from the
biackened ruins OF the pleasure palace
In shapeless masses. means that
scarcely any one in the borough has
escaped the hand OF grief. In coase-
quence Boyerstown lies stunned by
the blow.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-01-16

0FSIN
Beatrice Gordon Con-
fessed to Killing
William Shirley.

Denver, Colo, Jan. 15.-In CON
fession which laid bare her soul and
tore from her secrets which for eight
long years she had been trying to hide
from the world. Beatrice Gordon, for
merly housekeeper for William o. Shi-
rey, chief clerk to Sheriff Nesbitt. re.
lated to Chief of Police Delaney yes.
terday afternoon all circumstances
leading to the shooting OF Shirey and
admitted having committed the crime
herself. Miss Gordon's defense will be
emotional insanity caused by years of
Ill treatment at the hands of the man
who decided Sunday night last that
she must be discarded. She claims
he gave her the gun with which to
kill herself, suggesting that she wait
to do it until she had left his house
where he had invited her to stay for
the night. She claims that in her
frenzy really intending to aim at her
own heart, she fired and killed the
man whose slave she had been.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-01-16
WOOL GROWERS IN CONVENTION.

Helena, Mont. Jan. 15.-With hun
dreds OF sheepmen from the Atlantic
to the Pacific in attendance. the forty.
fourth annual meeting OF the National
Wool Growers association convened
here today. The convention will last
three days. A sheep show was opened
today In connection with the melting.
at which all the leading sheep breeders
in the country have entered animals.
As the sheep industry centers In the
west and northwest. majority OF the
delegates are from this section. and
to these the matters Of special inter
est are the range question. scab eradi-
cation. administration of the forest re-
serves, and the twenty-eight hour law.
Another question Of vital interest.
which Affects wool growers In all sec.
tions OF the country. iH that of tartn
revision. A proposition to hold wool
auction sales In the United States.
similar to those held in England. 10
also before the delegates and may be
acted upon favorably. A number OF
commission men and wool buyers from
the eastern and central cities are at
tending the meeting.
According to Secretary George S.
Walker. OF Cheyenne. Wyo.. the pres
ent membership OF the National Wool
Growers association is 1000. a
growth of 1900 during the past year.
The speakers on the program include
Secretary Wilson. Chief Forester Pin
chot and Senators Warren and Carter.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-01-16
WELL KNOWN ACTOR SUICIDES

New York, Jan. 15.-Charles Jack
son, an actor, and nephew of the late
Joseph Jefferson. well known on the
Rialto. committed suicide In his room
at the Hotel Gerard, West Forty-fourth
street. by slowly strangling himself to
death with a trunk strap. He had
been Respondent for some time and
had frequently threatened to kill him.
self. The direct cause OF the act was
apparently the discouragement at his
inability to rnemOrize part which had
recently been assigned TO him.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-01-16
THE THAW DEFENSE MIDDLE.

New York, Jan, 15.-Skeletons of
Thaw ancestry. the basis for defense
OF insanity in the trial OF Harry X.
Thaw for the killing OF Stanford White.
were again exhibited in court. Re-
lentlessly attorneys for the defense are
laying bare the history Of the Thaw
family on both his fathers and moth
ers side. which was only limited at in
the former trial. Then the defense
was "brain-storm," now 1t is hereditary
insanity which defense stated began
long before Harry Thaw was born and
which up to the present at least they
have not attempted to put an end to.
Whether later they will claim that
Thaw Is now sane Is matter wholly
for speculation.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-01-16

BANKER
IS Murdered for His
Money in New
York State

New York. Jan. l5.-Another mur
der In Westchester county is puzzline
the authorities. The body OF Frank
Nunno. a wealthy young banker. was
found beside his wagon on lonely
road near Ardsley early this morn.
ing. He had been stabbed evidently
after fierce struggle. He had large
sum OF money when he left Ardsley
and that was gone when the body was
found. The authorities think he was
killed by the same gang which murder
ed young insurance man near Elms-
ford two weeks ago and has robbed
several postoffice In this county.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-01-16

w. objected. and after discussion the
motion was Withdrawn. and F. r. GrN.
ham substituted the following:
That the proposed agreement be.
tween c. E. Mcconnell and the ad.
visory committee be left in the Smelter
City State bank. in the hands of the
receiver for signatures for and against
the proposition
The latter carried and the meeting
adjourned.
1t seems to be the general opinion
o. most Of the depositors and especial.
ly the heavy ones. that the only way
y which the depositors can realize
over to 10 cents on the dollar wlh
be the acceptance Of the proposition
and The Herald agrees with them.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-01-16
PROVINCIAL "HELLo" SYSTEM,

PROVINCIAL "HELLo" SYSTEM.
Winnipeg. Man. Jan. 15.-Govern-
ment ownership Of telephones became
a reality today. when the provincial
goverhosAk Assnally assumed the
ownership ana control OF the Mani
toba hello" system formerly owned
and operateA by the Bell Telephone
company. The system will be operated
by commission. Most Of the present
active officials Of the company will
be retained, ~ they have shown them
selves eonpetent.
The price paid for the system. ac
cording TO the statement Of Premier
Roblin. Was ss.30o.OO0. and. in addi
ton to snis. the province has purchased
a share Of the equipment to the exteiI
Of 100000 more. Payment was made
In forty-year per cent honda
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-01-16

ter, while that Of the Metropolitan
building clock will be 25. The tower
will be 4S stories. 65s feet above the
street, and the clock will occupy part
Of the twenty-ffth. twenty sixth and
twenty-seventh floors. The midle OF
the dial will be 346 feet above the
street. The letters on the dial will
be four weet high and the hands will
be twelve feet long.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-01-16
FALLS THREE STORIES AND LIVES

Denver. Jan. 15.-Edward ]. Delve.
widow washer OF the Brown Palace
hotel, fell from the center window OF
the third floor on the Seventeen street
side. this morning about O'Clock.
The housemaid on that floor sent him
to clean the windows and he failed
to provide himself with any gear that
might have avoided serious accident.
He was picked up unconscious and
taken to the hospital. He may re-
cover.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-01-16
NEW YORK BANKS TO RETIRE

New York. Jan. 15.-The elimination
OF the Heinzes and Morses from va.
rious banks with which they were as
ISOLATED when the recent panic in
Wall street began and announcement
that the Beaver National bank. with
which Gaylord Wiltshire, the eminent
socialist, was connected. will retire
from business were features at the
annual meeting OF the banks. The
Mercantile election was postponed un-
til February ii, but changes with men
in the directorate is expected confirm
ed at stockholders meeting to give
Edwin Gould control Of the bank.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-01-16
ANNOUNCES RESIGNATION.

New York, Jan. 15.-The World this
morning prints a Washington dispatch
saying that Secretary Cortelyou has
announced his resignation from the
cabinet following a conference in this
city with ]. p. Morgan and other finan-
ciers. at which he was offered the pres
idency OF the Knickerbocker Trust
company. The story is that Mr.. Cor.
telyou resigned at the close of a
stormy private session with President
Roosevelt.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-01-16
REhAsiLITATE FRISCO skyscRA.
PERS.

San Francisco. Jan. 15.-Within a
few weeks the Claus Spreckels build.
ing. the mishtiest skyscraper Of them
all In San Francisco. will have been
restored to It's original condition. a.
It was before the terrible earthquake
and nre Of April IS. 1906. The other
great office buildinGs have also been
rehabilitated aad others are being
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-01-16
DECISION AGAINST STEEL
TRUST COMPANY

Chicago. Jan. IA dispatch to the
Tribune from Danville today says:
Judge Wright in the federal court has
rendered decision in the case ot
David Sommons ct al. against ths
Illinois Steel Trust company Of East
st. Louis. involving about twenty nil
lion dollars worth Of railroad lao1
and timber properties In Florida.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-01-16

and order of the district court of the
sixth judicial district of Colorado in
and for the county OF La Plata, in
which said last named court the cause
and proceeding in which said receiver
was appointed, is now pending and the
proceeds of said property shall be
used as other assets of said bank in
discharging the liabilities and debts OF
said bank, excepting the stock afore-
said of the Ely Revenue Copper com.
pany.
Said parties of the second part in
consideration of the above promises
and undertakings of said party of the
first part, hereby agree that they and
each and all of them will use their
influence and assist the receiver in re-
alizing upon the assets of said the
Smelter City State bank of Durango,
Colo, now in his hands as such re-
ceiver and those that may come to
his hands under the terms of this
agreement and assist said receiver, or
his successor in every honorable way
in winding UP the affairs of said bank
with the least possible expense and
discourage by every honorable means
in their power the institution of suits
at law or in equity either civil or
criminal against said party of the first
part, and will use all honorable 81
forts to secure dismissal of the Grim
inal charges now pending against said
Mcconnell"
We have read the above and fore
going agreement and as creditors Of
the Smeiter City State bank consent
to the terms thereof and agree that
the same may be signed by parties Of
the second part who represent us.
A lengthy discussion followed the
reading of the report in which ques-
tion were asked regarding the legality
OF the transaction, and whether de-
positors not accepting the proposition
were bound by the answer to the last
being they were not. Mr.. Graham then
explained the different points, stating
that Mr.. Mcconnell said it was alb.
splutely impossible for him to give a
bond for the payment OF the differences
but individually he was willing to sign
or agree to anything the depositors
asked. but the proposition submitted
WAS the only one that could be carried
out.
Mr.. r. Z. Sloan, chairman of the
advisory committee, made a statement
as the facts were represented to him.
He said the capitalization of the Ely
company was 1.000 shares of which
Mr.. Mcconnell owned or controlled
from $50 to 800. The property con.
sisted of 1872 acres of ground and
had upon expert report forty thousand
tons of 81 ore in sight. e,c.. that
they had paid down $4,000 and there
was due $4,000 in June and 100000 in
December. that the property was es.
| timated to be worth half million, and
II he could go out and work the scheme
he could pay out, "and consider this
our only resource"
Then more discussion followed Il
which A. C. Meyers and Pete McLel
Ian were unwilling for anything that
did not realize dollar for dollar.
F. r. Graham, John Haggart. S. II
Eby, Roy Hall. r. r. Sloan. L. C. Light
ner. Walter Hunters and others ia
vored Its acceptance. Mr.. Hunter con
sidered the property worth about $3.50
900 II properly managed.
i ]. II. Graham made motion and |
was seconded, that 1t was the sens,
Of the meeting to accept the advisor.
committees report. and this was car
ried. but I. G. Sanford for the w. o
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-01-16

Washington, Jan. 15.-When asked II
1t was true he had quarrelled with
the president and resigned Mr.. Cor
telyou said at noon today: These
statements are absolutely false"
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-01-16
ADD THAw

The Thaw case dragged on rather
wearily today. The entire session was
devoted to the testimony OF expests
nearly all of whom declared that h
their opinion the young murderer was
insane prior to the shooting. On crepe
examination some of the experts -
came sadly entangled. Slow pro6sseo
y being made and today II looks = e
the case would drag along for wseka-
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-01-16
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
TERSELy BRIEfED

Walter Wellman says Secretary Taft
has definitely decided not to leave the
cabinet for several weeks. as the pres
ident needs his services.
Comptroller Glynn OF New York. in
report to the Legislature at Albany.
makes revelations Of abuses In the ad-
mlnistrstion of trust and court funds
and asks that they be corrected.
Eastern friends of Secretary Taft
figure that he will have GIT OF the $50
votes in the Republican convention on
first ballot. Sumner says a Whit
house authority figures 4s9 now sure
Justice Harlan, in a speech at the
banquet of the Navy league in Wash
ington, predicts giant struggle for
supremacy between the white and yel.
low races. and urges that a great navy
be built
Nine. Luisa Tetrazzini. the new star
Of the Manhattan opera house. New
York. arrived from Europe and had a
reconciliation on the pier with her sis
ter. Nine. Campanini. from whom she
had been estranged for years.
1t Is understood in Roman Catholic
circles that the pope intends shortly
to issue new encyclical letter against
Free Masonry. 1t has come to the
knowledge of the high dignitaries OF
the Catholic church that in recent
years. and especially during 1907, In
creasing number OF Catholics have be
come Free Maso1s.
When the tower Of the metropolitan
Life building In Madison Square II
completed New York will have wha
undoubtedly will be the largest clocl
in the world. That distinction hu
belonged many years to Big Hen
In Westminster Abbey. London. bu
the dial of that IL 22h 2eet In dame
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-01-16

Tho moro favorS . man asks ~
fewer he u willing 70 grant
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-01-16

II. II. johnson. Indian agent at the
Jicarilla agency in New Mexico. ar.
rived in Denver Sunday with three
full blood Indians. who will go to the
agricultural college at Fort Collins and
take the short course work this week
in agriculture. stock raising, etc.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-01-16

Walter Wellman says Secretary Taft
has definitely decided not to leave the
cabinet for several weeks. as the pres
ident needs his services.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-01-16

rived In Denver sunday with three
full blood Indians. who will go to the
agricultural college at Fort Collins and
take the short course work this week
in agriculture. stock raising, etc.
A move for Sunday closing of sa-
looms has been inaugurated at Salida
by informatlons filed by deputy dis
trict attorney which means that every
one OF the eighteen saloonkeepers in
the place win be summoned before
court. The Witnesses are six ministers
and aymen Of various churches who
made the rosnds Sunday and found
every saloon open and doing busines.
This is the frst move made for en-
forcing the Sunday closing law. The
present casess Will not be prosecuted II
in the future saloonkeepers obey the
law. but the 4irst infraction hereafter
will mean Immediate action.
As a resufp of the nght which the
antisaloon people have been making
in Denver a number OF the saloon
men have joined together and organ.
lied the model license league which is
one similar to the one recently or
ganized in Kentucky. It has for It's OBJ
ject the raising OF the standard OF
the saloon bushes in Colorado. Its
real purpose is to drive out the men
who run low dives and to protect what
might be termed the better class OF
saloon keepers. The league is being
financed by the breweries Of that city.
They recognize that the fight which
is being made against them will per
haps result disastrously unless they
take heroic measures to protect them.
selves and they believe that by the
determination of those saloons known
to be detrimental to the trade that
they can. for the time being at least.
stem the tide of public disapproval.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-01-16
CRISP COLORADO
NEWS PARAGRAPHS

The terms OF thirty-one senators Will
end with March OF next year.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-01-16

The first gun to wipe out saloons in
Denver was fired Sunday at the Cen
tral Presbyterian church which was
filled to overhowing.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-01-16

Comptroller Glynn of New York. in
a report to the Legislature at Albany.
makes revelations of abuses in the ad-
of trust and court funds
and asks that they be corrected.
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