Semi-weekly herald., 1908-09-21

ThOma6 ralsed the gun and SnOt Twice,
The woman fell. pierced In the neck.
Handing the gun to q colored boy with
the remark that he was going to give
himself up. Thomas walked out Of the
crowd which had gathered and fled.
Every detective on the force was
detailed to the case, but up to q late
hour Thomas had not been captured
Mrs. Thomas was rushed to st. Jo-
seph's hospital where she lies In a pre-.
carious condition. The shooting oc-
cured about Z; 80 o'clock last night and
was witnessede by ! large crowd Of
people attracted by the mans high
words.
| WASHINGTON, D. c., Sept. 49,
After having drawn the attention Of
the world that aeroplane flights hay
ing established n new worlds record
records for heayier-than-air flying
machines--Orville Wright last night
met with tragical mishap in max
ing a two-man flight.
The aeroplanist was accompanied
by Thomas q. Selfridge of the signal
corps who was fatally injured and
died at $40 last night. MIR. Wright
was seriously injured but is expected
to recover.
The machine was encircling the
drill grounds when the propeller blade
snapped off. hitting the upper part
of the intricate mechanism. The ma
chine turned over In the air and fell
to the ground, enveloping the two
occupants in the debris. Spectators
ran across the field where the aero
plane had fallen and assisted In lift
ing Mr.. Wright and Lieut.. Selfridge
from under the tangled mass of ma
chinery. Mr.. Wright was conscious,
but Lieut.. selfridge was unconscious,
his head covered with blood and was
choking when extricated DR.. Waters.
a New York physician. was one Of
the first TO reach the spot and ren.
dered the first aid. They were taken
to Fort Meyer hospital at the other
end OF the field. Mr.. Wright lapsed
into state Of semi-consciousnes
when he reached the hospital. Lieut..
Selfridge did not regain consciousness.
He was suffering from fracture at
the base of the skull and is In a
critical condition. After hurried sur
gical examination It was announced
that Mr. Wright was not dangerously
injured. but is suffering from frac,
ture of the left thing and several brok.
en- ribs.
HOUSTON, Tex, Sept. 18.-With
one man drowned. the streets in some
places under water. the wires down
except single strand and scores leav,
ing Galveston. all the result of the
northeaster which struck that city at
Q o'clock yesterday morning and re-
visited it at o'clock yesterday after
noon. 1t was feared for time that a
repetition Of the 1900 disaster was at
hand. Such fears proved groundiess
for. with the exception of minor dam
ages done the resemblance to 1900 was
limited to the velocity of the wind.
Il WATERINGBURY, Eng, Sept. Is.
The body OF Major General Charles
Edward Luard was found today close
to a railroad crossing near here. He
was crossing the track when he was
run down by train. General Luard's
wife was mysteriously murdered on
the afternoon of August "a in n desc.
late wood, a short distance outside OF
London. No trace of the murderer
has been found. The motive was ap.
parently robbery. as valuable rings
were taken from her fingers. Major
General Luard was a retired officer
of the Royal engineers.
CHATHAM. Ont. Sept. 1S.-A pig,
buried fifty days without food or drink
In strawstack on Frank Wilson's
farm at Harwich, was unearthed alive
and healthy today. The curious part
ia that the hog had gained five pounds
In weight during the time 1t was bu-
ried In the stack.
| LA JUNTA, Colo. Sept. 1s.-The
taking Of testimony in the trial of
John E. Godding. president of the de-
funct State bank of Rocky Ford, be-
gan in the district court this morn.
ing Godding is charged with receiv.
ing deposits after he knew the bank to
be insolvent. The jury was secured
last evening. Godding's principal de.
tense. after denying that the bank was
insolvent, will be the law under which
he was indicted did not become ef.
fective until after the bank closed.
SAN DIEGO. Cal. Sept 1S.-A nurse
In the county hospital has confessed
to District Attorney Kirby that she
accidentally furnished number of
patients with drinking water contain.
Ing quantity of poison Six were
taken violently Ill. one died and the
others are In serious condition. 1t
is probable that other deaths will oc-
cur.
MANSFIELD. Ca. Sept. 1s.-while
Rev. J. ]. Winburn was preaching ON
the uncertainty of life his wife was
dying In the parsonage nearby from
an overdose Of morphine. When the
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