Semi-weekly herald., 1908-12-17

Rev. NJ. Shredanoyich said today
I'VE will hoist ourselves above III
selves where We desire to be. In thi
: desired place, then we will lower oui
selve where we desire to be. In thi
way We may go from America to e.
rope In less than twelve hours. Ne
secret Is how to stand super eartl
and not be trailed by the sarth's a,
traction"
He says his invention makes 1t POS
sible to get away from gravitatiou ant
still not be lost in space. He does moi
say how one may get away from the
swirling earth and take his stand In
the ethereal void. but any one with
100000 may find out.
FLUSHING. L. l.. Dec 14.-The
trial of Thornton Jenkins Hams. charg
ed with being an accessory to the
murder OF William E. Annis, who was
shot and killed at the Bayside Yacht
club by Capt Peter c. Hains. Jr., com
menced this afternoon before Justice
Crane Of the supreme court. Long
before the hour OF tho trial there
was large gathering of people In
font of the town hall. where the case
Is TO be tried. The small hotels are
filed to overflowing with 300 tales
men from whom a jury Is to be Sc
lected. General Peter C. Hams, U. s
A. retired. father of the brothers, and
his son Major Hams, came up from
New York City today to attend trial
WASHINGTON. Dec. 1.-THE other
day Augustine Birrell. chief secretary
for Ireland in the British cabinet. in.
troduced in the house of commons a
bill providing for the appropriation
of more than $3.50, 900 for the set
tiement of the land problem In Ire
land and providing for an annual ap-
propriation OF $1,250,000 hereafter for
the relief of the peasants In the bleak
and barren regions along the Atlantic
coast; to buy them farms which will
support them and to build them com
Portable homes.
This appropriation is to be contin-
uous and substitute for the annual
appropriation of 100000 which is now
provided for that purpose. The bill
also provides fer a reorganization OF
the congested districts board, giving
1t eighteen members instead of five
as at present and transferring to the
department of agriculture of Ireland
many of the duties 1t now performs
The congested districts board is no
longer to have charge of household be.
nevolences, such as the lace schools
the weaving schools, the education |
OF farmers and their wives and the |
care of the fisheries. all OF which will |
be continued under the department OF |
agriculture. This will relieve the ap.
of about one-third of the
expenditures hitherto charged to 1t |
and enable the congested districts
board to buy great many more cot
tages than can be done with its pres.
ent resources.
CoRTEz. Colo. Dec 14.-Last Sat
urday, when Sheriff Clarke of Monte.
yuma county. went to serve notice on
Della and Della Shaver. twin sisters,
l5 years of age. they escaped by means
of trick. The girls had been sen.
fenced to the state Industrial school
for incorrigibility. at Cortez. and we're
living at the edge of the town In tents
They had been sentenced some time
before. but sentence was suspended
during good behavior. As the latter
grew worse instead of better, It was
fecided to carry out the sentence,
and the girls were notified accordingly
y. They asked permission to go into
he tent and change their clothes for
he journey. Instead of doing 80, they
ran out of the back Of the tent and
With the assistance OF a young man
some horses and got away.
Yesterday they were arrested at Pla.
,erville and brought to Telluride. This
morning Sheriff Clarke of Montezuma
county left with them for the state
Industrial school.
TELLURIDE, Colo, Dec. 14.-John
Rowland. pioneer well known in
Telluride. Durango and Silverton, died
1t Sawpit, Sunday morning after a
our years illness Of dropsy. Deceas.
I'd was 68 years Of age and has rela-
Ives In Centralia, Mo, who have been
Notified Of his death. Mr.. Rowland
g well known to the old timers of the
San Juan, coming to this region in
1878. He was the first man to do
placer mining In the San Miguel river
iom which he became quite wealthy
1t one time. He still owns considera-
'le mining property in Silverton. For
he past four or five years, during his
Illness, he has been living at Sawpit
md has been taken care OF by friends.
The body is now at the local under
.aling parlors.
WILLEMSTAp. Curacao. Dec. 49,
rhe Dutch battleship Jacob vanKeem.
ikeek arrived in the harbor at
clock this morning. towing as a prize
he Venezuelan coast guard vessel "23
lie Mayo" the second prize taken by
Dutch warships. Word of the capture
had already been received here and a
great throng of people lined the Quays
10 witness the entrance of the Dutch
ship conducting her capture into the
harbor.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 15.-The exist.
ence of what amounts practically to
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