Semi-weekly herald., 1908-02-10


eral short addresses by well known
men. eulogi2ing Father Stanford as q
citizen and friend. as a priest. q pat
riot, philanthropist, on orator and a
national character. These addresses
will be interspersed with music by St
Patricks choir and probably n seleo
ton by the Marine band.
CHICAGO. Feb. Scores of mem
hers of the National Association OF
Railroad Agents win leave this after
noon on special train for Los An.
geles, where the twelfth annual con.
vention Will he held during the Ave
days beginning next Saturday. stops
for sight seein Will be made at san
Ia Fe. Albuquerque, the Grand Canyon
OF Arizona. Redlands. Riverside, san
Bernnrdino, Pomona and other cities
in the orange country of southern
California. Many additional pleasure
trips will be taken to points In the
vicinity of Los Angeles
The special train Will rctun from
Los Angeles by way of New Orleans
and Memphis, where the tourists VIII
be elaborately entertained by the
local railway officials.
Thte National Association of Rail.
way Agents has on its membership
rolls about 800 of the leading railway
men Of the country. 1t has acld con
ventions in most of the important cit
les of the United States and the mem
bers have travelled some $1,000 miles
on special trains during the last few
years
SIOUX CITY. Ia. Feb. S.-The
rooming house of Edward Streator in
South Sioux City was burned to the
ground soon after midnight this morn
ing. Two lives were lost and Ave per
sons injured.
= CHICAGO, Feb. S.-"What keeps us
young is our minds" said President
Harry Pratt Judson of the University
of Chicago. in his address last night
TO keep our minds young and fresh
and vigorous we must keep them
growing, When our minds stop grow
ing we are old. but until they do we
are young and white hairs are merely
an incident"
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. s.--Glaring
placards In the show windows of n
large Chestnut street store today re-
suited in 5000 voters signing a pc
tition requesting Theodore Roosevelt
to again accept the Republican nom
ination for the presidency.
WASHINGTON. Feb. S.--The sen
ate committee on interstate commerce
today decided to go squarely on rec
ord against most of the bills now
pending that propose the enlargement
of the pass privilege clause of the new
interstate commerce law. 1t reported
unfavorably Senator Etone's bill pro-
viding for the issuance of transporta-
tion to publishers of newspapers In
return for advertising, and on Senator
Cullom's bill allowing large transfer
railroad companies.
PUNTA ARENAS. Straits of Magel-
Ian, Feb. S.-The American battle
ships. accompanied by the torpedo
boat fotolla, cleared from the harbor
here at ! O'Clock on their way through
the western half of the straits to the
Pacific coast of South America.
OMAHA, Feb. 8.--Forced To meet
the competition of the Hin lines, all
through passenger rates TO the north
west will be reduced about 10 per
cent by the Union Pacific about FEB.
10. Rates to Helena anc Butte will
be cut 50.
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. Feb. S.-The
guests of the Guilard hotel here, in.
cluding more than score OF mem
bers of the Peter Pan company, were
obliged to leave their rooms today by
fire which quickly spread from the
first to the fourth floor. Two iremen
were severely burned.
BUTTE. Mont, Feb. S.-The odor
OF frying bacon came near to proving
the downfall OF Mosney. the Indian
outlaw. who is accused of the mur-
der OF Robert Holmes near this city
recently. posse was In pursuit OF
the renegade and was close upon his
trail when they were halted by the
odor of frying bacon waited from one
OF the canons of the Cascade noun
tains, close to the entrance OF Klon'
dixie canon. halt was called and
the man hunters prepared or a des-
perate battle when one of the ad'
vance guard announced that lonely
cabin nesting In the oyerhangine
crags OF the mountain had been 10
Gated. After a careful survey Of the
premises the head and shoulders oi
young boy were seen protruding
| from one of the windows. In response
to a query from one OF the guides tho
| information was vouchsafed that he
with two companions. also man hunt
ers, were close upon the trail of th'
desoerado.
| Upon further investigation It wa
| learned that the outlaw had but re
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