Semi-weekly herald., 1909-07-05


4 OF the Colorado Gray iron works. not I
! knowing IL was loaded, Joseph Caplan.
proprietor of a second hand store at
1922 Lsrimer street, shot and 1t IL
thought fatally wounded Westfall.
The shooting occurred In Caplan's
: store few minutes after 8 o'clock
: this morning. Both Caplan and the
. victim made statements that the shoot
ing was purely an accident After
seeing Westfall reel and sink to the
sidewalk in front of his store, Caplan
ran to police headquarters and re
ported what haG happened, at the
same time requesting that the police
surgeon be sent to his store. He then
returned to his place of business. rem
dering the victim of the unfortunate
Z affair, such assistance as he could.
Caplan made detailed statement
3 regarding the shooting In the presence
OF Westfall which was declared by tn.
wounded man to be true in every de-
tail The discharge of the weapon
was entirely accidental.
CHICAGO, July 2.-According tc sd
lvices received by railroad lawyers here
= the interstate commerce commission
will begin October J., complete teur
of the Pacific coast and principal com
II mercial center west of the Rocky
: Mountains to get first hand ipforma
ton regarding the transcoDtinensal
- freight rate situation. The itinerary
mapped out in a preliminary way IN
= cludes Spokane, Portland. Seattle, Sar
= Francisco, Los Angeles and Salt Lake
City. where the commission VIII take
testimony in the rate cases inVolyinl
the entire structure of rates from th'
eastern territory to the Pacific coas
terminals and intermediate points.
- ALICANTOHE, Spain, July q
Three earth shocks were felt here
AT Torrevuja and surrounding towns
walls of many houses we're cracked
and other damage was sustained. TIT
fear stricken occupants rushed to th'
:, streets. but so far as known there
were no casualties.
MESSINA, Italy, July 2-The pee
a., pie of Messina, although still alarm
ed as result of the earthquake shock
~ of yesterday morning, are beginning #
~ return from the country The loca
30 authorities have adopted stringen
-, measures to prevent anybody occupy
"a ing houses that are not considere
10 safe. The shocks continue today, bu
are less frequent and of diminishin
IN severity.
,rt LAKE PLACID, N. Y, July 9TH
o,, Hotel Ruisseaumont, one of the larges
ID. hotel in Lake Placid, burned las
40. night Some fifty guests had narro'
NJ, escapes from DEATH one being re:
NO was burned fatally.
nd MAHANOY CITY. Pa. July q
nv Stung to a frenzy Of madness becaus
he he was obliged to have his mustach
nv Shaved off as the result of a practice
,r joke, Espiano Tosea killed his cousiI
~, Mariana Tosea, at Girdardville yeste
sb day.
,rvt One week ago, in a game of card
,od Mariana reached across the table an
m, Ibesmeared chewing gum over Esp
amos mustache. For several days h
tried to cut out the sticky gum, bu
nj. the operation was too painful and
d,s was finally necessary to have 1t sha'
aa ed Off He brooded over the loss an
uv iwhen he met the perpetrator Of tn
no joke on the street he opened fire o
,er him with revolver
cd LONDON. July 2.-Madar Lelc
cb Dhinagri, an Indian student, last nigh
oh shot and killed Lieutenant Colonel 81
he William Hutt Curzon Wylie and d.
Canvas Lalcaca of Shanghai at a re
an ception at the Imperial institute.
It's The Indian was arfaigned in tn
,Is police court this morning and REMAND
I'd ed for one week. after being formal
cv charged with willful murder. In doc
ais the prisoner appeared quite uncor
as. cerned He stood with his hands /
,e. This pockets and shook his head negs
nd lively when asked II he wished to sa
of anything. Subsequently, however, h
N. said that he had not willfully killed Dl
Ia Ialcaca. Il saw MIN ADVANCE, an
of then he caught hold of me. l fire
nd iii self defense he declared Tn
B. proceedings lasted only few minute
al. and the Hindoo prisoner was remove,
in to jail under strong guard.
This Is the first time the method
as of terrorists has been introduced int
tie public agitation in England and tn
ar country has awakened to face an ugl
,g- temper.
fe, The prisoner, whose age is givel
he as 26. is said to have relatives il
ng good standing in Calcutta.
he AT the India office the murder q
er Colonel Wyllie, who was political aid
ar de camp to Lord Morley, secretary o
en- state for India, is held to be entirel
er political. Colonel Wyllie, so far a
ad known had had no personal dealing
us with Dhinagri and Indian office
ce view is that the outrage is due t,