Semi-weekly herald., 1908-09-07
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

~ n W ~ su-s 0cYt- -AWO per
sons were killed, two fatally hurt, and
three were seriously injured near here
last night when an electric car on the
Illinois Valley railway struck the car.
'rfage In which were seated Walter
Smell. wealthy farmer and a party
of six persons. The dead: daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Smell. ~ years old !;
and a son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Smell,
years old. The fatally injured are Mrs.
Mamie Townsend and daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Smell. 15 years old. The
seriously injured: Mr.. and Mrs. Smell
and son. and son OF Mrs. Townsend.
years old.
The crash occurred at point where
the road crosses the electric line few
miles from Ottawa. The road is not
well lighted and near the crossing
there is sharp curve which prevented
Mr.. Smell who was driving from seeI
ing the approaching car. The car:
riage was directly in the center OF
the track when the car coming at tou
speed crashed into 1t. All the occuI
pants of the carriage were thrown far
from the track and the carriage conn
pletely wrecked The horses were
also thrown away from the track
The car was not damaged and none Of
the passengers were injured.
DENVER, Sept. "A spectacular
fire which threatened the center Of
the Sixteenth street business district
for an hour, started on the fourth floor
of the A. r. Lewis Dry Goods com.
pany store, Stout and Sixteenth street
shortly after midnight this morning
Only the strenuous work by members
of half dozen engine and hose com
panies prevented the cutting Of the
big four-story Lewis building and the
spread OF the blaze to adjacent busi.
ness houses. The loss is over ten
thousand.
CHICAGO. Sept. 3,--Strap-hanging
played part in the death of William
Finley, months old, which occurred
this morning. The baby was being
carried by his mother, Mrs. Annie
Finley, who was forced to hang to
strap In crowded Fifty-frst street
car, which she entered August 81.
She had travelled on It but a short
distance when the telephone pole fell,
striking the roof of the car. The pas;
sengers were thrown into a panic, and
before Mrs. Finley could get out OF
the aisle she was knocked down and
the baby was trampled upon.
SEATTLE, Wash, Sept. 3.-Evi-
dence that may serve definitely to es.
tablish the identity of the woman
whose murdered body was found on
the verdes old logging road near
Champaign Point lake, Washington
has been discovered. A posse of resi-
dents revisiting the place of murder
found the lower jaw bone OF the dead
woman which was marked by expen
sive dentist work; the revolver with
which the woman may have been mur
dered, and gold mounted back comb
and pen knife which evidently had
been thrown into the brush after be.
ing used to remove such clothing as
would identify the corpse. The discov-
cry Of the revolver proves almost con-
clusively that the murder was commit.
ted at the spot where the body was
found.
ST. LOUIS. Sept. 3.--Chief Of De
tectives Gill OF East ST. Louis. and Pa
trolman Ransome Paine, were shot at
Woodstock while they were trying to
trap burglars In the home of Philip
Woolfe. treasurer of st. Clair county,
East ST. Louis. Gill was shot through
the mouth and Paine wounded twice,
one bullet penetrating the left side
near the heart Both men were taken
to hospital. where Paine seems at
the point of death this morning.
In response to telephone message
from the Woolfe home to the effect
that burglars were in the dwelling,
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hurried to the place and surrounded
the house. The two men Immediately
came from the rear Of the Wooke
home and began to fire at the officers
The attack was SO sudden and un.
expected that the men had practically
no chance and both fell. The burglars
escaped.
TRINIDAD. Colo. Sept. 3.-Santa
Fe engine No. 917 blew up this morn.
Ing at Kadrew. fourteen miles east OF
here, killing the engineer and fireman
and seriously lnjuring the brakeman.
The dead: ]. +. Muller. engineer;
A. +. Dunigan. fireman, of Ration. N.
M. Brakeman Ashiey's arm was bad.
ly hurt from being blown fifty feet
The disaster occurred at 10 O'Clock
this morning.
VICTORIA. B. c.. Sept. s.-Ne,vs
was brought by the steamer Tango
Maru today of the sinking of the Japa.
nese steamer Bankok Maru Of the
Chinese prefecture on August Q with a
loss of twenty-eight lives. The steam.
or was loaded with coal She had a
crew Of thirty-seven. of whom nine
were saved.