Semi-weekly herald., 1908-12-03

dent OF the Colorado Iron & Fuel com
pany. was run over and killed by an
automobile Saturday night In front of
a garage at Tenth street and Central
Park west, New York
Walter Wellman tells of the rising
wave OF political opinion in support
of President-elect Taft's stand for hon.
est tariff revision and for reform In
the house. He quotes members OF
congress as holding a change In the
house rules as more important than
a new speaker.
Battling Nelson. lightweight nstic
champion or the world, ringside heft
1873 pounds. and most of all the pride
Of Hegewisch. would transfer his abil.
tiles from the roped arena to the
council chamber of Chicago. In other
words BAT" is an announced and
ayowed candidate for the Republican
nomination for alderman from the
eighth ward against Alderman Pat
Moynihan.
President s. r. Dutton OF the Rocky
Mountain Hotel Mems association has
Issued call for convention Of the
Transmississippi Hotel Mems associa-
tion In Salt Lake City. Jan. II to 13,
inclusive, for the purpose of forming
the Mississippi! Valley-Rocky Noun.
tain-Paciiic Coast Hotel Mems associa-
ton. The object will be to benefit
every city and hotel west of the Mis-.
sissippi valley by securing an increase
OF tourist travel and large number
of conventions.
William Good. proprietor OF the
Good hotel at Switz City. Ind, return.
ing sooner than had been expected
from journey. found his wife in the
room of William Dwyer. young rail.
road man. The enraged husband drew
a revolver and fired four shots into
the body of Dwyer. causing instant
death. Good had for some time sus.
pected his wife and had planned to
trap her by his sudden return. Mrs.
Good asserts she was in Dwyer's room
In the discharge OF her duties as house
keeper. and that her husband had no
just cause for suspicion.
w. ]. Bryan is the hero OF bear
hunting expedition In Mexico. In which
a wounded bear attempted to hug the
| Democratic leader In a death squeeze
After several shots had been placed
in the bear and he had tumbled to the
ground, as II dead. Mr.. Bryan ran
up to measure the animal, which sud
denly grabbed at him With a quick
jerk Mr.. Bryan escaped with few
scratches on his body as the hunting
coat was torn from his back by the
claws of the enraged beast. His com.
panions rushed to Mr.. Bryan's rescue
aDd quickly dispatched the bear be
fore 1t could do further damage. For
two days the party of eight hunters,
headed by J. A. Robinson, we'll
known American. with extensive hold.
ings in Mexico, and Gen. Reyes, gov.
ernor of Coahuila, have been hunting
big game In the mountains of Chihua.
hua and one report credits Mr.. Bryan
with several deer. mountain lion and
three bears. only four bears having
been sighted SO far.
A gentleman who is familiar with
the foreign trade tells w. E. Curtis
that the orders cabled to Europe with.
in a week after election amounted to
$100,000,000, and they include all OF
the many kinds of merchandise we
are In the habit OF bringing from Eu-
rope and Japan. although the proper
ton of high priced fabrics is not SO
large as usual. On Wednesday after
election 300 invoices OF goods were
withdrawn from the bonded ware
houses, and ON Thursday 727, where
as the average is about 500 day In
flush times. During the past year
304 was considered good business
More than $1,500.000 was paid in du-
ties on the day after election, and the
average is now about 100000 day. In
comparison with 100000 and $500.
900 a day during the twelve months
previous. Mr.. Fowler. the collector oi
the port OF New York, says that the
revenues collected here from customs
during the month OF November will be
double those OF any month OF the pre-
Eal hat
imported will increase steadily from
this time on.
SLAUGHTER ON RAIL
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