Semi-weekly herald., 1908-08-20
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TELEGRAPH NEWS.
MOHONK. N. Y, Aug. 17.-Tomor,
row evening Rear Admiral Robley d.
Evans. Fighting Bob" will have con-
:, .cluded forty-eight years of service In
the United States navy and being aged
so he will 30 on the retired list. The
admiral is unable to use one foot be-
cause OF Illness which compelled him
to leave the fleet at San Francisco, a
reminder Of the wound received at
Fort Fisher forty-three years ago, but
mentally alert and vigorous he is
here where the family is spending the
summer. Guests of the hotel are plan
ming a celebration befitting the official
close Of remarkable career. Elab-
crate exercises are being planned.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. Thames w. Van
Cleave. president of the National AS.
sociation Of Manufacturers. today is
sued an answer TO the recent reply by
William ]. Bryan to an article by Mr.
Van Cleave a few weeks ago which
pointed out certain especial reasons
why. according to Mr.. Van Cleave the
business men should vote against Mr..
Bryan. Speaking today also for bust
ness men, he says the Injunction, tar
in and banking planks of the Denver
platform assail the interests of every
man In the country who Is engaged In
any sort Of trade.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. Aug ia
~ .ch from Petoskey says that the
AXkAsr Lee Lena was blown up on
Carp lake this morning with a loss Of
eleven lives.
ALBUQUERQUE. N. M. Aug. IL
A cloud burst did a great deal of dam
age to the property in this city, a
flood of water five feet high sweeping
down several streets In the high lands
A big washout on the Santa Fe rail-
road about seven miles south Of here
blockaded traffic. The rain was the
heaviest Of the season.
DENVER, Aug. 17.-Stricken with
heart failure while climbing a cliff at
Corona line, the summit OF the divide,
Miss lola Duncan. aged 25, of Lincoln.
/ Ssb.. died yesterday afternoon before
: che could be conveyed to a lower alti-
tude. Miss Duncan boarded the early
morning train on the Moffat. She was
alone. -,
Ell PAsO. Tex. Aug. Tijuana
Diaz, aged years, and her sister. Ma
tilia, aged 8. were instantly killed by
lightning yesterday afternoon that also
struck their father Santiago Diaz. The
father is expected to die. Santiago
Diaz was sitting in the front Of his
home holding in his arms an infant
but few months old. The baby in
Its parents arms was unhurt.
CHICAGO. Aug. 17.-Mrs. Mary Cas-
sidy, while temporarily insane today.
shot and instantly killed her husband.
John Cassidy, and then shot herself
through the body. She was taken to
n hospital where her condition is said
to be precarious. She had previously
been an inmate OF an asylum from
which she was released three months
ago.
DENVER, Aug. 17.-Before the hor
rined gaze Of thousands Of merry
makers Douglas o. Kyle, aged II. wal
drowned in the large lake at Cit,
park yesterday afternoon while hii
companion In the boat, Glen Jones
only escaped by keeping above the wa
ter long enough for the boat to pull
him TO shore. The tragedy occurre,
two hundred feet from the shore. Tn,
two boys were about to change seat
in the canoe which they had rented
but their combined weight i'd ON
end Of the boat caused 1t to go unde,
WASHINGTON. Aus. 17.-som<
thing OF . sensation has been cause,
In political circles by the announcs
ment OF the Baltimore Bun, q Dems
cratic paper. that 1t would oppose Br,
an and support Taft in the pressn
campaign. The attitude Of the su
this year has been in doubt; and NO,
that It has come out for the Republi,
N national ticket, It II believed Mar,
lan1 will give her electoral votes "a
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