Semi-weekly herald., 1909-06-10

l,ohAP1hs tht thtlIt RlaHt WI
r destroyed with a loss OF s650.o00. wit
; only quarter million insurance. Ii
addition eighty thousand bushels O
J corn In an adjacent elevator. owne,
; destroyed.
In an effort to rescue some of tn,
Office effects of the firm, John Sleepy
u fireman. was struck on the head b,
n falling timber and instantly killed
SAVANNAH. Ga, June S-"Swear
ing when the Savannah baseban tear
Is losing is entirely jusdfabley sait
Recorder Schwarz yesterday. in dis
missing John Brown. business man
arrested at the bail park for profanity
NEW YORK, June s.-Claus Spreck,
els, who, with his father, John d.
Spreckels, son of the first Claus, is
al Hotel Welcott said that he is not
engaged to be married 10 Miss Mary
Edele Case, the singer. whom he met
III Paris. He said also he was not
going to be married now or in two
years. Also he said he never was en-
gagged TO Miss Case. He added he
| would leave for San Francisco and
90 into business with his father.
His father appeared to be of like
mind as to the business end of the
proposition. He called The boy down
hard and he obeyed.
JNnIaNrApnI IrS t,,.. @ o.,
Fisher and G. l.. Bumbaueh OF this
city are the only entrants in the ma.
tional balloon race which started from
here last Saturday afternoon, who
have not descended TO the earth They
are sailing in the balloon Indiana, and
when last heard from had stopped at
Ashland City, Tenn, to take on bal
last According TO dispatches from
that town they landed on a pile of
ties there yesterday. They again as
cended and started northwest They
maintained. according TO the dispatch,
that the fact that they did not touch
ground would prevent their being dis
qualified
CHICAGO. June S.-The decision of
the interstate commerce commission
in the Portland gateway case in which
the Northern Pacific was ordered 10
Join with the Union Pacific and North
western roads in establishing a
through route for passengers to and
from the Puget sound cities has been
nulliiied by an injunction issued In
the federal circuitc curt at ST Louis,
according TO "a telegram received at
the Chicago office of the Hartman
lines.
KNIGHTS LANDING, Cal. June s
-Four women were drowned last
night in the Sacramento river when
ing toppled into the river when the
driver lost control of his machine
The chauffeur was rescued. The dead
are Mrs. w. F. Nixon, editor OF the
Woodland Mail; Mrs. J. II. DUNCAN,
wife of the postmaster at Woodland
Miss Meryl DUNCAN, daughter of Mrs
DUNCAN Miss Julia DUNCAN, her sis
ter-in-law, and Joseph Armstrong. the
driver, also of Woodland, were thrown
into the water but escaped.
The party started from Woodland
last night on "A pleasure trip and ar
rived here at $3.50 O'Clock. While at
tempting to turn his car on the levee
road Armstrong lost control OF his
steering apparatus and the machine
tipped over, rolling over the edge into
the water All five passengers were
flung free of the machine into the wa
ter, The women were dragged down
by their clothing but Armstrong seized
a boat moored nearby and crawled
aboard Miss Julia Dungan's body
was recovered early this morning.
NEW YORK, June S.--The man who
was sent to Sing Sing last week be
cause he loved his wife SO much that
he destroyed her beauty with acid TO
prevent other men from admiring her.
has an equal In Mrs. Mary +. GIL OF
Brooklyn, who said after her arrest
ytsttluds thd' Sh' hhu bcSh se'"hhe
fine clothes from the dry goods stores
SO that she would not lose the affec
tion of her husband
81 have been afraid that my hus-
band might be attracted by the fine
clothes other women wear" said Mrs.
gin. "and therefore | decided that
must wear rich dresses, although we
could not afford them"
TRIDiNAD. Colo, June SIN con
neetion with the visit here yesterday
of Bishop Matz of Denver came sen
sational developments showing exist
ence of a strongly organized band of
Italians who have openly declared
their enmity 10 the church or to any
torn OF religious belief as well as the
esent forms of government. The
formation OF the society became known
yesterday by the discovery on the
from. door OF the Holy Trinity Catho-
| lie church of placard denouncing
| the church in inflammatory terms.
Further Investigation revealed the fact
| that the mysterious brotherhood is
sworn TO oppose and destroy the
| ab,f.of, v,ac nroapiyad In "a gnipan here