Semi-weekly herald., 1908-07-20
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

York, New Haven and Hartford rail |
road was wrecked he-e at s:lo this
morning. One woman, Miss Margarete
Armstrong Of Wayne. Pa, was killed
and ten persons injured. The wreck |
occurred on bridge over Greenwich
avenue and almost In front Of the
railroad station There were five par
lor cars all thrown from the track
and overturned. the one in which
the fatality occurred being turned com
plsteiy over and Miss Armstrong
crushed to death. Another woman Is
reported to have died On the way to|
the hospital
The cause OF the accident is not
known as yet. but thought 1t may have
been due to spreading rails, as every
tie on the bridge was torn up. and
every angle iron on the cars broken.
There were about 100 passengers on
tho train.
Miss Armstrong was travelling with
her mother The train was east bound
from New York. Three parlors cas-
were for Breton Woods, N. H., und
two for Jefferson, N. H. 1t would
appear Miss Armstrong attempted tc
get out of the window and when the
coach toppled over, she was crushed
to death. The train was made up Of
nine coaches of which five were Pull
mans. Outside of derailments the day
coach suffered practically no harm
while all the Pullmans overturned.
CRIPPLE CREEK. July 16.-Perry
wschtel, q subject OF Great Britain
who has been In the county jail for
two weeks was released this morning
and deported. not only from Cripple
Creek. but from the United States.
Wachtel came here from New Orleans
where. landing from Australia In vic.
lation Of q new law providing immi-
grants should show visible means Of
support before being permitted to en-
ter this country. Wachtel came over
AZ a stowaway and managed to sneak
off th ship. The matter was re-
porteC to United States officers who
followed him to Cripple Creek and he
was picked up and turned over to the
sheriff.
CHICAGO, July 16.-Robert II. Cur
ley, 25 years old. was shot and killed
early today In a fight at Wabash
avenue and Forty-third street, and the
shot IL believed by the police to have
been fired by Charles Pretschold. who
with w. J.. Bennis is under arrest.
Besides Gurley, Pretschold and Dennis
the police learned another man and
woman named Annie Shannahan
were also In the fight. Several wit
nesses have told the police that Cur
ley and the unidentified fugitive had
encountered the woman and her two
companions and after they had had I
few heated words one of the mer
struck Gurley. There was genera
fight in which the shot was fired The
Shannahan woman and Gurleys com
panion escaped.
sAN FRANCISCO. July 16.--Distric,
Attorney Langdon late last night made
the following statement regarding the
case Of John Claudianes, held for ly
namiting the home of former Super
visor James I. Gallagher, one OF The
principal witnesses against Ruef and
others In graft cases: Beyond doubt
we have In John Claudianes, tho man
who knows all about the dynamitine
OF James L. Gallagher's home in Oak.
land. make this statement without
reservation and with intimate knowl-
edge Of all facts"
CHICAGO. July 16.-Louise rruss.
ing. the 1a-year-old daughter of Eu.
gene Prussing. a well known lawyer,
whose mysterious disappearance from
home yesterday was the cause of an
all night search BY the police, was
found early today under clump OF
bushes in Lincoln park. where she
passed the night The girl had been
confined TO her bed for several days
~ the result Of prostration from the
heat and had been permitted to go
out again yesterday. 1t is thought she
was again overcome by the heat and
wandered about without knowing
where she was going.
NEW YORK. July 16.-If the presi-
dent will consent his voice will be
heard in the coming convention, even
though he remains quietly at Saga
more Hill or In the White house at
Washington. He is now asked to make
number Of speeches into receivers of
monographs. the speeches. OF. course,
will be OF his own choosing but pre-
ferably bearing upon some of the vital
questions OF the campaign. An agent
Of one Of the large talking machine
concerns has laid the matter before
the president through Secretary Loeb.
PASADENA, Cal. July 16.-Mrs.
Mary e. Teagle. the young wife of
Walter T. Teagle, the millionaire di-
rector In the Standard Oil company
and chairman of its exporting commit.
tee Of Cleveland. shot herself in the
head today In her home in this city
with guicidal infant Tho huliot nm