Semi-weekly herald., 1909-08-05


'ies"efe given an unofficial welcome
even more imposing than usually at
iends such important occasions. MOI
only were King Edward and Queer
Alexandra, the prince and princess O.
Wales and large gathering of othe,
members OF the royal family presen,
10 greet their guests, but l50 of III,
pick of the British war fleet dressed
Ia rags from stem to stern and flyina
'he Russian ensign. an encircied an
chorage allotted to the STANDARD.
LONDON, Aug. "A dispatch re
ceived by a news agency from Ger
pere says that the revolutionaries have
proclaimed republic in Barcelona
and that the fortress of Mont Juici
Is constantly firing upon the districts
occupied by them.
SAN BEBASTIAN. Aug. 2.-Despite
the official announcement that orde,
mas been restored in Catalonia. renew
ed measures have been taken to pre-
vent outbreaks elsewhere, especially
Ia the Bilbao region where socialists
and advanced republicans are organ
izlng. The garrisons at Burgess. VT.
terra and San Sebastian are beine
held in readiness to act quickly and
energetically.
| BAYONNE, France, Aug. 2-Rella.
bic news regarding the situation in
spain was received here this morning
from San Sebastian reports conditions
as grave throughout the northern part
OF the country where all trades unions
have given notice OF the beginning OF
general strike today. The govern
ment has seized all the telegraph and
| telephone wires in the affected prov
| irces to prevent communication among
the leaders of the strike movement.
The transmission of newspaper dis.
patches has been stopped entirely
forcing the suspension of majority
of journals. The greatest excitement
reigns among the working classes.
FORT MORGAN. Colo, Aug. B.
stored in the Empire reservoir. TWEEN
weight miles west of this city, broke
through the earthen wall of the dam
yesterday afternoon and cut half
mile swath through the rich farming
lands in its three mile race to the
South Platte river which became a
raging torrent.
The monetary loss Will be half
million dollars not only in the direct
damage to the reservoir, but In the
still greater injury to crops and the
absolute destruction of many acres of
the richest agricultural land In the
county. Green City flats, as the sec
tion between the reservoir and river
is known, containing between four and
i've thousand acres of fertile potato
and sugar beet territory, was entirely
destroyed the force of the flood tear.
ing off the soil, scattering gravel and
debris over all the farms In the sec
ton.
DENVER, Aug. 3.--While In the act
Iof robbing John H. Reichert's cafe,
1865 Broadway. a burglar giving his
name as George Barnes and claiming
to be bookkeeper out of employment,
was arrested by squad of police
officers. summoned by Oscar Stadler,
an attachee of the place at 4 O'Clock
this morning.
Barnes arrest is considered a good
one and ii is said that Chief Arm.
strong hopes to fasten several bur
glaries upon the fellow before he gets
through with him.
Barnes is exceedingly lucky that he
AS it was he was captured by the pro.
verbal hairsbreadth Patrolman Her
bert Cole was alb 1ut to shoot him
when he surrendered to the officers.
Ell PASO, Aug. "a special from
Monterey. Mexico, says that there is a
possibility of the proposed meeting
betweei. PRESIDENT Taft and President
Diaz al FL Paso this fall being called
off on account of the political situation
in Mexico, where the presidential cam
paign is in progress.
NEW YORK, Aug 3.-One man in
every thirty-two and one woman In
every eleven die from cancer in this
country, according to DIR. Milton Z
Foote, consulting physician to the
New York State and Cancer hospital
Il have no hesitancy in declaring
that cancer is the worst physical
scourge with which we have to con.
tend today" said DR.. Foote In an in
terview Cancer is far more dread
ed than tuberculosis, for, although the
death rate from cancer is not yet so
great as that from tuberculosis, 1t Is
steadily on the increase, while the
great white plague has been partially
conquered by medical experimentation
and is on the decrease"
COLORADO SPRINGS. Aug. 3.-An
electric railway to cost three-quarters
of the million dollars is to skirt Chey.
enne mountain at the base and mount
by single bound to the top. The sue
cessful financing of the unique scheme
is as interesting as the scheme itself