Semi-weekly herald., 1908-06-01

Increased 10 over a uiiilion ana naH-1f
WASHINGTON, May Ex-senator
Dick made an effort 10 secure ;he
passage in the senate OF the bill Which
passed the house to establish bnrean
OF mines. He was unable to ge. a
vote on the measure, objection being |
made by Senator Clay of Georgia. AT
the present stage of the session |
chances are against the measure which |
will probably go over to next session.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, May 29.--Trying
to avoid head on collision with an
other automobile, Chauffeur Bye steer
ed the touring car owned and occu-
pied by p. p. Van Welt millionaire
druggist and former president OF the
Memphis Country club. into a surrey
occupied by s. r. Parke, wealthy
manufacturer. and his family. late last
night. smashing the surrey into kin
ding wood, dashing the occupants TO
the ground and causing fatal Injuries
to Mrs. Parke and Mrs c. w. Parke,
his daughter-in-law. The chauffeur
was arrested.
CHICAGO, May 29,-A cemented
yestibule of the floor OF the Litnuan-
ian church of Our Lady of Wilma gave
way last night as the large conerega
tion was leaving. Thirty persons v'erc
thrown into the basement and n panic
resulted None, however, suffered
worse injuries than cuts and bruises.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo, May pa tor
nado struck Hale. village near Chill.
licothe, Mo-. late yesterday. Everett
Ramsey was fatally injured by flying
timbers. Earl Jones, Roy Templeton
and Henry Newson were seriously in
| iured The Bank Of Hale and mum
Der of business houses were unroofed.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, May 90 Den
yer was this morning was selected as
the city in which next years general
assembly OF the Presbyterian church
held, One ballot was taken for two
coptesting cities. The vote was SO
nearly unanimous that Seattle with
drew and the Colorado capital city
! was finally selected with one voice
| A rule was passed providing for an
annual assembly hereafter always to
convene on the third Thursday in May
| Invitation of Denver to entertain the
great gathering in 1909 accompanied
| with promise of bonus OF S35.00o
was offered by the city to entertain
| delegates and guests. In report oi
the committee presented by William
Henry Roberts OF Philadelphia, its
chairman, Denver was favored.
| DALLAS. Texas. May 29.--TrinitS
sumption OF work at the pumping sta
lion and water is again in The city's
mains The electric light plant alsG
resumed operations.
| MANILA. May 29.-The Philip
pine commission has rejected the as
sembly bill creating the jury system
The measure provided for provin ella
boards to appoint twenty-five perma
nent jurors In each province to serve
on all iurys.
| WASHINGTON. May 29.--While nj
formal announcement is made, II may
be stated definitely that Representa-
tive Theodore Burton OF Ohio win PIE
J sent the name of Secretary Taft 1,
the Chicago convention. Representa-
tive Burton, since the institution %
Secretary Tafi's preliminary cam
paign has been one OF his closes
friends and admirers, and regarded n.
one of the best representatives of al
that Secretary Taft stands for in tbs
United States.
/ CHICAGO. May 29.-With deals II
May corn and wheat closing this even
ing, shorts in both cereals face heav.
and certain losses. While James A
Patten. who holds all the corn. and J
Ogden Armour, who has all the whea
in sight will dictate the terms of set
Liement and pocket millions. AS mat
ters now stand the Patten crowd b,
tonight will have taken In and pait
for over six million bushels of corr
on May contracts. Armour, one of the
heaviest shorts, delivered the greater
part of this. The Patten interests
have already sold large portion o.
the grain and board experts say the,
will have no difficulty in disposing ol
the remainder. About three millior
dollars will be cleaned up on the cor
ner.
SOUTH NORWALK, Conn, May 20
| "A sevenfoot blacksnake wrapped IL
self around the infant daughter of Ed
ward Schoonover yesterday afternoon
and was strangling her, just as py
| thon would do, when her father, hear
| ing her cries, after a fight killed the
snake with "A hoe. The child, who is
year old, was unconscious when
her father picked her up, and her body
since has become black and blue
showing the great strength of the
| snake.
NEW YORK, May ga merger OF
banks by Standard Oh interests with
view to the absolute control of the
money market of the United States, Is
declared today in Wall straat In ha