Semi-weekly herald., 1909-04-22
not been tried.

one of the best known florists In
Brooklyn, was shot and killed on the
sidewalk in front of his green house
early this morning. After two police
men approached. Aloysus Gross. his
night watchmaE, was seen standing
over the PROSTATE form, holding
smoking revolver. He admitted the
shooting and was locked up. Accord
ing to Gross he had grievance
against the florist for having discharg
ed him.
DURANGO, Mex, April 20.-From
Parrilla comes story OF swift retri
button to a murderer. Jose Igadero
quarreled with Mrs. Valencia and slew
her. In attempting TO throw her body
into an abandoned mine shaft and
thus cover up the evidence of his
crime. Igadero lost his footing and
fell headlong into the shaft. He was
rescued badly injured. confessed his
crime, and two days later died from
his injuries.
CHICAGO, April 2O-Miss Rose
TltIHtl at Lht luhtid VI
her brother. Bohumil, yesterday as the
last words of the eulogy were being
said over the casket Pent up grief
for which she had found no utterance
loved. for more than a week ago in
Colorado had prevailed. Physicians de
| clared that her death was caused by
a broken heart.
While physicians were working over
her lifeless form. her parents and
sisters were following the Lody of her
brother to the grave, ignorant of their
double bereavement They believed
she merely had tainted, but when they
returned TO their home they found il
again house of death. The brother
and sister had been companions and
playmates since the sister, the young
er, could lisp.
The revolutionary branch of the fed
Grafton of labor has issued a mani
festo appealing to all workmen ant
government employees to join in every
lOl III VI NlOituCtt W utSNlog cAlHtlnt
society and create a new order ol
things exempt from all authority"
ST. LOUIS. April 2O.-Chief of De
tectives Smith early today admitted
that James S. Cabanne. Jr.. father o
The boy, James c. Cabanne, who dis
appeared from the house of his grand
mother here last Thursday, had re
ceived letter demanding $4,000 ran
sem. Chief Smith said that neither h,
nor the Cabanne family placed mucl
confidence in the letter The Cabann,
, family refused to talk about the lettel
other than to admit that one had beer
received. Cabannes profess the belle
that the boy is still in St Louis.
FRU1TA, Colo, April 20.-A genera
quarantine has been established her
on account of smallpox. The schools
are closed and all public meetings ar,
! forbidden. The Oliver Leslie higl
e school had a well developed case.
MERIDA, Mex, April 20.-Francisc
r Canula is in jail here charged witt
= attempting to kill his invalid mothe
, by burning her alive. Attracted b.
her cries neighbors entered the Canul
home and found the mother lying il
I the fire place. her bodily badly burned
Her injuries will prove fatal. She toll
, her rescuers that her son had mis-
treated her for months and that II
order to rid himself of the burden o
caring for her he decided to bur-
, her. After placing his mother at tn
p mercy of the flames, Canula fled an
was found later by the police in
. disreputable house.
NEW YORK, April 20.-James ]
Jeffries will announce tonight that h
i heavyweight pugilist of the world an
viii be ready to defend 1t against al
comers in ten months or year. Jei
fries in statement says he is cor
vinced that he will be able to get int
good fighting condition.
9 LITTLE ROCK, Ark, April 20.-Th
[ st. Louis compress No. 2 caught fir
with 1000 bales OF cotton and a tota
destruction is expected. The loss will
, reach over a million. The fire was no
under control this morning.
GRAND JUNCTION, April 20
Plans for ten million dollar irriga
tion project have been filed with tn,
county clerk by w. F. and Georg,
Mars of Denver and to be the larges
, project outside of the government high
canal, has been announced. Accord
ing the Marrs brothers they plan t
irrigate n quarter of million acre!
OF land over the state line In Utah
The project is known as the high lin,
extension canal and will draw its wa
ter from the Grand river and from
drainage of the high line canal. A
canon over in the state of Utah will
be damned and lake will be form
ed five miles by three miles.
WASHINGTON, April 20.--Senatol
Tillman of South Carolina paid hi.
first visit to the White house toda,