Semi-weekly herald., 1908-06-15


flood district. The sausage depart {
Ineut was the first to go. The contents !
OF this building furnished much in ,
flammsble material for the flames
and When the first streams could not !
be turned upon the fire this section
of the plant was doomed.
Telephone communication with thel
scene is impossible, the wire service,
having been destroyed by the flood.
and II is difficult to gain an accurate
estimate of the damage at this time.
Already II is over n million.
|, KANSAS CITY, June 1.-THE fire
In the big packing plant burned out at
2 o'clock but has done enormous dam
| age.
PUEBLO, Colo. June I'm at
tempting TO light fire in the kitchen
stove with kerosene Mrs. Scott Koch
| erer, aged 81, caused the death OF her
7-months-old baby girl, Rosina. and she
herself can not survive through the
day. The baby was cremated and the
mother and neighbors we're unable tol
turn a hand to help the little one. The
| woman poured the kerosene into the
stove when the flames reached the
can which exploded.
KANSAS CITY, June 12.-Despite
today in the Kaw and Missouri val
lleys, reaching from northeastern Kan
} sas north to Omaha, both Kaw and
: Missouri rivers continue TO fall today
: and flood conditions are greatly I'M
proved over yesterday. It is raining
In torrents today
BERLIN. June ia remarkable
!, disaster has overtaken the exploring
> expedition OF Duke Adolf Frederick of
Mechlenburg in the volcanic region
German East Africa. In the crata of
b f3ranca ON the lower mountains the
{ party was overtsken by terrible snow
E storm and twenty members we're frox-
3 en- 10 death about ninety miles south OF
D the equator. The expedition was or
ganized TO make a study of this The
largest area of active volcanic phe-
: nomena In Africa
n NEW YORK. June la.-Late this
v afternoon In rooms OF the bar asso-
t citation, Justice Morshauser, of the su-
n preme court will hear arguments in
r the Thaw case. The Justice will come
o from Poughkeepsie in order 10 accom-
/. modate District Attorney Jerome and
/ other attorneys who live In New York.
g Arguments will be on the motion OF
9 Harry K. Thaw's counsel to have
n him transferred from Mattewan hospi'
1, tai for criminal insane to some pri'
| yate institution. II is claimed that
e Thaw's ultimate recovery from his
T. present mental state will be more
h probable in some outside asylum than
d in the one to which he was sentenced
e, District Attorney Jerome will make
d strong fight to keep Thaw in Mat
d. tewan Institution. believing there II
ss no good reason for his removal.
Of DENVER, June 12.--Frank Shef
e stanley. the burglar suspected of thu
It. murder of Policeman Beck, in his lat
l. est effort to escape, tried to cut his
III way out of the city jail with knife
u improvised from corset stay and
10 piece of wood The attempt was neat
ily blocked and now the burglar no
,e only enjoys solitary confinement. bu
ID there is a guard watching him da,
le and night.
ST. LOUIS. June 12.-The Missis
is sippi river which had been PRACTICAL!
10 stationary the past week, although a
sr the flood stage danger mark is begin
r ming to rise rapidly. The gauge thi
o morning marked over thirty feet. Tn,
H. danger line is thirty feet. The weathe
IN bureau this morning predicted stag
y of 3i.2 feet by tomorrow morning ant
81 the crest of the flood that is pourinl
" down the Missouri river from Kansa
u City and vicinity. Thousands of acre
IN of fine farm land, hundreds of home
'r less people and miles of railroad tract
= under water are the results OF thu
70 present stage of high waters in thu
Is valley of the Mississippi and Missouri
ls rivers in this vicinity. The outlool
~ today is gloomy.
III CHICAGO, June 12.-The secretar.
~ has decided that his nomination b.
:, seconded by a colored delegate to th'
convention. The decision was reached
after conferences between himself an,
the president with Booker T. Washing
This recognition of colored voter
!, is thought expedient to assist in over
coming reported hostility to his candi
:. dacy. Who the colored orator will b'
is to be left to the Taft managers a
Chicago. 1t Will be recalled that the
nomination OF President Roosevelt foi
presidency was seconded by Harry
Cummings. colored man of Mary
DENVER, June l2.-Flag day viii
be celebrated in Colorado in genera
i, and In Denver in particular this year
us never before. Owing to the fact
(, that regular Flag day falls this yeai
= on Sunday. Governor Buchtel has pro