Semi-weekly herald., 1908-07-20
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LII SCI ucsCeuudutS Oh Betsy ftOss AZ
Willow Grove, Pa, declare that the
truth about the making of the FIRST
American flag by the Philadelphia
woman was a matter of common
in their family. and that
they entertained not the slightest
doubt that the flag was made In the |
little house on Arch street by Betsy |
Ross between May "a and June Z, 1777. |
BY vote OF 21 to the Cleveland I
council passed an ordinance decreeing |
that henceforth no private celebration
of the Fourth Of July by the use of
firearms or fireworks shall occur. The
council. however, reserved the right
to permit the city to give an ''offi-
cial display" In the public parks, II
1t 80 desired. The ordinance was the
result of the death Of ten persons In
this years Independence day observ-
ance.
Elias Valdez, aged 21. a member
Of a prominent Mexican family living
eight miles west of La Jara in the
San Luis valley. was struck by light
ming Monday night. Valdez had been
to visit an uncle Monday night and
1t was thought he had stayed all
night. The next morning his dead
body was found on the banks Of
small creek. There was hole in the
top OF his head where the lightning
had struck him and a gaping wound
in the abdomen. His clothes were
torn from his body.
London Brokers and dealers may
continue their melancholy wall that
there is no business, but 1t cannot be
said that there is no money about, as
witness the result OF the issue of g.,
100000 pounds sterling In Irish land
stock. 1t came quite as surprise to
most people The secret of the issue
had been well kept and 1t had not
been foreshadowed even by the custo-
mary rumors. For the time being the
city went almost mad over the pros
pect OF certain per cent profits in
a few days, and 1t is said that the
issue was applied for about forty times
over. This, of course, shows that
there is no end OF money about ready
for investment when the opportunity
comes along.
President Thomas ]. Bryce Of the
Columbus baseball club dropped dead
l nf haart faiIuro Gupdov oPtornnou of
Neil park while in the act of shaking
hands with President John T. Brush
of the New York National league club
The game with Toledo. which was to
have been started five minutes later,
was postponed and the crowd of 5000
sent home. The death was tragic in
the extreme. Surrounded by thou
sands Of spectators Bryce walked
across the front OF the grand stand
and entered the reserved seat section.
He noticed Mr.. Brush there with Man
ager Graw and approached them to
extend his greetings. He was in the
act of reaching out to grasp the hand
of Brush when he staggered and fell
into the arms of McGraw, who caught
him as he was sinking to the floor
| In the presence of the dead body
of their mother, Mrs. Lizzie Wheel
lette, the Misses Laura and Mary Vim
cellette, her daughters, were married
| at their home In Camden, N. J. 1t was
in accordance with the dying wish of
the mother that the young women be-
l mn rtpea t,- 1.t<
rate arrangements had been made for
the double wedding.
A Montreal dispatch says that ian
. American syndicate with $4,000, 900
| capital, headed by Leslie NJ. Shaw, for
mer secretary of the treasury, is said
to be negotiating for control of the
Montreal Power company, with the In
tention OF subsequently gaining con-
troll of a number of other Canadian
public service corporations. The syn
dicate is known as the Canada Public
| Service corporation"
A joint committee OF the American
Railway association and the Interstate
commerce commission are witnessing
today, on the Burlington railroad at a
point near Aurora, Ill, the demonstra-
tion OF a device which 1t Is claimed
viii absolutely make impossible train
collisions, either head-on or rear end.
A single track has been constructed
for the experiments and trains will
be rushed at each other The device
is such that when a train enters a
| block" II the next block is not clear
the air in the engine is released, bring
ing the train to an immediate stop, so
that 1t will work, even with all the
| train crew asleep or absent from The
train. Men who have witnessed dem
| onstrations say the scheme is perfect.
Municipal bond sales In the United
States in June and In the first six
months this year show conclusively
that there is an excellent market for
that class of security. In both periods
the original sales reached record to-
tails. The aggregate sales In June
were $31, ,454,983, that amount not in
Guiding $10,782,659 of Canadian loans
or S3,746,711 Of temporary loans. The
June sales were about 100000 900 more
than those in the corresponding month
last year. The improvement in the
market is evidenced not only by the
volume Of sales, but by the prices OBJ
tanned and by the Increasing number
OF 4 per cent issues. Among the
larger sales In the past month were
$5.5O0000 by St Louis at prices rang
Ing from 101.03 to 102.80; $4,419,OOO
by Boston at 106.44; $l,5O0,O0O corpo-
rata Sfnnk hu ho pIt Nf a.