Semi-weekly herald., 1908-08-03

When Theodore Roosevelt says.
There's the man for me- the labor
ing me nof the country echo and say,
William Howard Taft--there's the
man for u.s."
TOLEDO, July 3l.-Richard Much
Ter. owner OF the yacht West Wind,
was killed last night when the steamer |
Greyhound ran down his bont near |
Prcsque island. Mueller and four
friends were thrown into the water.
Mauhler being thrown into the steam
er's wheel was slain. The remainder
OF the yachts passengers we're rescued
by the steamer. The yacht sank.
CHICAGO. July 31.--Chicago's dead
iy freak weather yesterday killed
twenty-four babies less than a year
old. Though the maximum tempera-
ture for the day was but SO degrees.
ed because Of the oppressive humidity
spelled death to babies of the poor as
well as striking down twenty men and
women. OF whom nye are dead. The
weather is as bad today.
4 BERLIN. July 31.-The Befliner
zeitung today publishes dispatch
J from Constantinople saying that the
sultan of Turkey Is preparing to de-
clare himself the emperor OF the Mos
lens. thereby abrogating the title of
sultan.
TELLURIDE. July 81. - Funeral
! services of Gus Paro. an old time
miner and prospector. are being con
, Quoted here this afternoon. Mr.. Paro
was at one time part owner of the
{ Butterfly mine. About ten years ago
, he sold his interest in the Butterfly
!, and since that time has been pros
l pecting and mining. A week ago he
D was taken with pneumonia and died In
Y two days. Mr.. Paro has for many
years been prominent in mining cir
. cles and his name is widely known
throughout the San Juan.
5 TROY, N. Y, July S1.-Coroner
j Strope today made public his findings
j as a result Of the inquest into the
t death of Hazel Drew, whose body was
' found in Teal pond on July IL The
n finding is that death was caused By
r "extravasation of blood In the durs
e matter, caused by blow on the heat
d by some blunt instrument. In soms
}. manner unknown" Chief of the de
tective bureau says still the clew,
l. have not been fully followed out an,
hnpaf,l ,f rao,,Itr
S REHOBOTH. Del, July Sl.--Stat.
, militiamen encamped near here and
n crowd of negroes OF the vicinity en-
r gagged in riot last night. in whicl
n one man sustained a fractured skull
d and may not survive and more than
e score of others were injured.
d SAN FRANCISCO, July 31-Mrs
d Lloyd Osbourne. wife of the novelist
o Lloyd Osbourne, has filed suit for seI
S arate maintenance. According to tn
l. petition Osbourne has been allowing
II his wife $75 month during the,
d separation and the claim is made tina
S amount Is insufficient to support Mrs
Osbourne and her two children. Mrs
IS Osbourne says her husbands incom
it Is $500 q month.
d SEATTLE. Wash, July 31.-Jess
o Fifer. street car conductor, kille,
n his S-year-old daughter. Hazel; Mrs
u Dennis Nihoult, a confinement patient
Is fatally wounded his wife, Mrs. L. Frfei
n and seriously wounded Mrs Ethel Wa,
IT rem. his sister-in-law, In a private ma
d ternity hospital on Twelfth avenu
D near Madison street here late las
N night. He then turned his revolve
q upon himself and committed suicide
Is Fifer and his wife had been seps
o rated. She lived at the hospital cor
l. Quoted by Miss Mclean, and although
he had been forbidden to go near tn
n house he made his way into the plac
n through the basement After findin,
l. his wife seated in the front room a
the place he started shooting. Tn
T. lights went out after the first shot an,
4 he had to light matches to see hi
victims to shoot at His daughter an,
O Mrs Nihoult, he drove into the stree
o and then shot them down there.
II Los ANGELES, Cal, July 81
n Knowing that his wife was sufferin,
Il from leprosy, Brig. Gen. David X
& Wardwell. retired hero of two wars
4 secretly and at night. stole her from
5 the contagious ward in the count,
/, hospital and has hidden her In Mexico
s where he will make his home viii
her The story became public today
Authorities will try to locate the cou
pie but will not bring them back.
>. CARTERSvILLE. Mo-, July 81
A After starting several fires. one O
a which destroyed the livery stable O
r.. ID. Moore. and after trying to igpit,
the clothing Of Mrs. William Sims
ESQ stringer, 10 years old. was ar
rested yesterday. A number of fire,
had broken out and always Just afte,
= the Stringer boy had been seen about
the buildings. The boy made a com
piete confession last night and afte,
oeins led back to his cell started a fire
In the jail early this morning.