Semi-weekly herald., 1909-05-27
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

MILAN. Italy, May 24.-Much anx-
gherita's health For fifty-three days
she has been confined to her bed by
mysterious swellings of the muscles
In her neck which caused her un-
ceasing snd excruciating pain, despite
frequent injections OF morphine. jpe-
cialists diagnose the malady as a spe-
cies of tetanus rarely met with and
suppose It arises out of one cold upon
another contracted during long high
speed motoring excursions. Physicians
take turns in watching at the bed
side throughout the night
DENVER, May 24.-Assaulted and
choked by her husband, Guy Green
street, a bartender, as she lay in bed
Mrs. May Greenstreet, aged 80 years,
reached under her pillow for re
yolver and fired a couple of shots at
her husband, one of which took effect
in his right arm, and then she went
10 sleep again as If nothing had hap
pened
Policemen sent to the Greenstreet
home after the wounded man, weak
from loss of blood, had been picked
up, found Mrs. Greenstreet asleep with
her two children. She expressed nei.
ther surprise nor regret over thei af-
fair. The shooting occurred shortly
after O'Clock this morning. Her hus-
band was beastly drunk, and when
| after being absent from home all day
he returned at l O'Clock, she states,
without any reason whatever II is
claimed that he accused his wife OF
| unfaithfulness, claiming that he had
been reliably informed that strange
| man had been seen at the house dur.
| ing his absence. Mrs. Greenstreet EN-.
| phatically denied the charge. Angered
| by the denial. Greenstreet left the
house and secured a rock This he
| hurled with terrific force at his wife
as she lay in bed 1t missed her
| ''N"' ny d lfN iH'hFS. Ills anger
aroused more than ever Greenstreet
seized his wife and choked her. With
all the strength left In her Mrs. Green
street freed herself from her hus
bands grasp and secured her revolver
Her first shot went wild but the sec
ond struck her husband in the arm
| The wounded man ran from the house
and made his way to Blake street
and there requested a negro 10 Motif,
the police and call the ambulance
Police Surgeon Ackley responded ant
removed him to the county hospital
The wound was found not to be seri
Gus but Greenstreet is very weak from
loss of blood Patrolman Malone plac
ed the wife under arrest. Greenstree
children, two little boys, slept through
all the excitement
/ HARRISBURG, Pa, May 24.-Inves
legations made into causes of numer
Gus accidents TO employees of railroads
conducted by the state railroad com
mission during the first quarter o
this year shows that brakemen. sec
ton hands and firemen furnished mos
o. the killed and injured in the orde
named
LIMA, o., May 24-John w. Beam
lawyer and real estate dealer, who ii
sought after by the police on tn,
charge of numbering Mrs. Estella NJ
Diltz, young widow, who was sho
and killed in her doorway last night
attempted to end his own life today
Beam is III serious condition.
The officers chased Beam all night
The man was found in barn an,
upon being ordered to surrender fire,
at the officers The shot went viii,
and Beam then turned the revolve
upon himself
The shooting of Mrs. Diltz is sait
to have been the result of litigation
started by the widow to recover Ger
tain property from Beam.
| WASHINGTON. May 24.-An in
crease in rates of pay for rura, IRE,
delivery mail carriers is provided fol
in bill introduced by Representative
Steenerson of Minnesota. 1t provide.
that letter carriers of rural delivery
upon routes exceeding twenty-fou
miles in length be paid s37 80 per mile
per annum for the first twenty-foul
miles and s1S.75 per annum for each
additional mile of route over twenty
four miles.
town in the country has been notified
and the sheriff OF surrounding counties
are keeping a lookout for strangers
The postoffice department has alsc
taken steps to aid in the search
| Nearly hundred thousand dollars
were lost.
| CHICAGO, May 24.-Street cars and
automobiles figured in numerous ac
cidents yesterday in which a woman
was killed and many other persons
suffered severe injuries. The fatality
occurred when the victim, Mrs. Eliza.
beth Kane, fell from a moving street
care. Thirty persons were hurt when