Semi-weekly herald., 1909-11-11

her trouble developed from story
of her girlhood. which. in moment
of confidence she told him.
| She then told the court that when
she WAS II. Joshua Brand. 10 years old
of New York, offered her pair OF
silk stockings If she would let him put
them on for her
''lt was in New York" she said,
"and | was chaperoned by my aunt.
We were having afternoon tea at Sher.
ry's with Mr.. Brand and another friend
of my aunt from Europe l became
indignant when the request was made.
My husband always said encouraged
the old man. probably because later
| got the stockings"
NEW YORK, Nov Slight work.
men and one boy lost their lives and
len other workmen We're badly hurt
by jumping from windows during d
fire that today destroyed the ce1lnloid
factory of William Morris G Son in
Columbia street.
The fire started on the second floor
from some unknown cause. and the
igniling inflammable material spread
| rapidly through the building. cutting
off escape Of workmen who were AT
their benches. There was wild
panic. and many Jumped from the win
dows without stopping to raise the
sashes, being cut by flying glass and
hurt by striking the ground
Three alarms were sounded, bring
ing all available fire apparatus in
the district. The fire was hard one
to control as the ceiiuloid exploded
as the flames reached II, driving the
firemen back from the burning build
ing. Work of getting the dead and
injured out of the building called for
desperate effort on the part of fire.
men and several of them were burned
while doing so. Every effort was
made TO keep the flames in the four
story building in which they started
but this seemed hopeless task as
the burning structures are old and
inflammable.
WASHINGTON. Nov. S.-That ap.
proximately % per cent of the deaths
of persons whose occupations expose
them TO dust Is due to tuberculosis
is disclosed In bulletin prepared nj
he bureau of labor by Frederick L.
Hoffman. Among the occupations ex.
posed to municipal dust those showing
the highest mortality were: Drivers
and teamsters, 25.9 per cent deaths
from tuberculosis. Buttonmakers
showed the highest mortality, 37S per
cent of deaths in the occupation being
from consumption. The highest con.
sumption mortality was among per
sons from % to "a years of age.
WILMINGTON. Del, Nov Sat 9
o'clock tomorrow night President Taft
will have finished his first long tour OF
| he United States and will remain at
| the White house for about ten hours
before leaving Wednesday for Middle.
town. Conn, 10 assist in the induc-
tion of President Shanklin of Wes-
leyan college.
So far as Mr.. Taft is concerned he
is satisfied with the result of his trip
He has come into contact with the
people of the middle and far west and
while some of his receptions have
been rather of an unfriendly character
he has been able to present his views
TO the people.
The president is not believed to
have been so mach impressed by his
trip down the Mississippi river that
he will champion the waterways from
the lakes-to-the-gulf program with the
yigor that the advocates of the scheme
hoped for. A bond issue to meet an
expenditure of this kind may become
necessary. but the spectacle of many
steamers going aground on the con.
stantly shifting sand banks is expect
ed to cause him to insist on a limited
expenditure until a genius has devised
way by which the channel when
once dug can be protected His ad.
monition to advocates Of the project
that he did not believe In pouring
water down "a rat hole" is declared
today TO be his position on the prob
lem.
The presidents guards today esii.
mated the number of persons he has
talked to on the present trip at three
millions.
His friends assert there is no rea
son to consider the western reception
unfriendly. rather they characterize It
as showing Taft where the west stands
on number of problems
DENVER. Nov. 9.-Pronounced by
Police Surgeon Preston and others
who examined him after an accident
yesterday as not seriously injured and
in no danger. Frank Johnson. Swede
was found dead in bead at Scan
dinavian house In Blake street this
morning. Though no autopsy was held
there is no doubt the injuries from
which he suffered yesterday morning
when he was struck by an automobile
he u