Semi-weekly herald., 1909-12-13
The erueling contest was fearful.

mouths, while their male companions
struggled 10 keep their partners on
their feet fainting only seemed
to add to the excitement of the spec.
tators who crowded the hall where
the contest took place
Early in the morning when the
struggle took on a serious aspect the
promoters of The contest asked the
participants to stop. but none com
piled. and urged on by the yelling
crowd, the girls continued the ordeal
The three surviving couples will be
awarded prizes. These are gold
watches for the men and diamond
rings for the girls.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.-The insur-
gents accuse Uncle Joe Cannon with
striking them another .dastardly blow
beneath the belt. He has taken away
all committee apartments from them
and now they have no place in which
to hold meetings to plot the speakers
downfall. As result the insurgents
viii meet Saturday night in the office
of Representative Hubbard of Iowa
Until the insurgents began to In
surge some of them were chairmen
of committees and were therefore pro
vided with Offices containing long ta-
bIes and many chairs. For instance
Fowler of New Jersey, chairman of
the banking and currency committee,
Cooper OF Wisconsin, head of the in
sular affairs committee during the
Sixtieth congress before they became
insurgents. Now the offices they have
over in the big white building are
just about large enough for good
sized man TO turn around in com
fortably without kicking over his clerk
and desk. II the quorum of thirty
insurgents attend the Saturday night
meeting Hubbard wiz be obliged
either to build gallery around the
top of his room or pile his friends in
horizontally.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Dec. 9.-Thii.
ty-five persons today received injuries
when crowded street car was struck
by Pennsylvania railroad passenger
train here. The car was thrown thirty
feet. None of the passengers were
severely hurt.
SAYVILLE, N. Y, Dec. 9.-Blood
poisoning caused by the peck of g
hen on Thanksgiving day caused the
death here of William Tucker 81 years
old. today.
KALAMAZOO. Mich, Dec. 9.-One
life was lost, many fremen overcome
by smoke, 800 hotel guests driven oui
only partially clad into the icy streets
and property valued at approximately
million dollars destroyed in fire
which started here at 10 O'clock last
night, and only extinguished after al
all night struggle by the combined
firefghting forces of Kalamazoo, Bat
tie Creek and Grand Rapids.
Starting in the basement of the Sta
bargain house in West Main street
the flames, famed by a strong south
west wind. spread eastward along the
north side of Main street, totally de
stroying the Burdick house, fine four
story hotel and store and building
covering more than half>a city block
Sweeping eastward on Main stree
from the Burdick. flames ate their wa,
through the Postal telegraph ant
the American express Offices and othe
places of business.
LONDON, Dec. 9-The Unite,
States government formally demande
the resignation of President Zelay
of Nicaragua. according to a cable
gram from Nicaragua received by
business house here today The mes
sage adds this Information was con
municated by Zelaya himself, who sal
his resignation from the presidenc
probably would take effect at the en-
of December.
BLUEFIELDS, Nicaragua, Dec. II
-(Via Wireless to Colon. )-Follov
! ing Tuesdays engagement west c
Rama between division of Estrada
revolutionary army and the govern
| ment forces under General Vasque;
In which the latter was defeated. Gei
| eral Estrada is today playing a wal
ing game at Rama. The revolutionar
| leader and provisional president b,
lieves himself impregnably intrencl
ed and will await an attack from th
army of President Zelaya, under tn
command of General Oseia, which
less than ten miles from Estrada
| outposts.
The Notifications, including barr
cades of barbed wire. have bee
thrown up i'll front of Rama and thi
with the towering hill. will give E
trada n retreat from which 1t is b,
lieved will be next to impossible I
dislodge him.
Estrada believes Oseja will event,
ally be forced to attack Rama. Hi
men are in desperate straits an
would suffer greatly if he attemple
to return 10 Managua, Zelaya's hea,
quarters. Ii Oseja refuses the issu
| how ever and turns back, the reyol,