Semi-weekly herald., 1909-04-15

the twins both Hedringer and hi,
motherin-law are dead. The woman
dropped dead on hearing the news
while the father. already with a iarg,
family. suicided.
The birth of an heir to the thron,
of Holland is confidently expected thi.
week. and II all goes well the outburs
of popular enthusiasm will be sucl
as has seldom been Witnessed amonl
the placid Dutch. There has been nc
royal birth in The Netherlands since
that of Queen Wilhelmina herself, %
years ago. Thrice before. since the
marriage of Little Wilhelmina." as
the Hollanders affectionately call the
queen, have the hopes of the country
been raised, only to be dashed.
The lowest paid workmen in Chi,
cago went on strike Saturday. Not
until the employees of the Pioneer
Cooperage company walked out was IL
known that any men were working in
the city for 81 day. The strike is
expected to knock awry all the statis.
ties complied by experts on the cost
of living who frequently have settled
TO their own satisfaction that the min.
imum living wage In Chicago is 81
day. The strikers are asking for
$3.50 a day.
Aroused by tine great number of
pedestrians killed by reckless auto.
mobile speeders, the authorities of
New York have entered upon vigor.
ous crusade to suppress the death.
dealing scorchers. Figures furnished
by the board of health establish the
fact that since Jan. l. 1908. seven lives
a month on an average have been sac.
rihced to the craze for automobile
speed. The number of fatalities re-
sulting from improper manipulation of
motor cars between Jan. /, 1908, and
April l. 1909. was 1Ol. This includes
persons run down and killed on the
streets and persons killed while rid.
ing in cars in accidents.
Emma Goldman, leader of The anar
ehists in the United States. lost her
citizenship at Buffalo. Saturday
through an order granted by Judge
Hazel in the United States circuit
court cancelling the citizenship papers
of Jacob A. Kersner, her husband. Ii
was shown in the evidence that Kerg.
ner secured his citizenship papers
when he was only 10 years old and
had been in the country only two
years instead of five as required by
law. As an alien by birth and the
wife of an alien, Emma Goldman ls
deprived Of citizenship with her hus.
band,
Somebody put $4,000 bill on the
collection plate of the Roscoe NJ. L.
church. near Washington Pa. last
Sunday night. The church officers
have no objection to keeping it. but
think the donor made a mistake. and
are willing to give 1t back if he can
prove it his. The year collections OF
the church do not reach much more
than 10000. and so the officials ad
yertised that they would return the
money If the owner really wants 1t |
The only condition they make is that
They must be shown that he dropped II |
on the plate inadvertently. Denver
police officials are inclined to believe
this is the bill which Dave Moffaf
turned over to hold-up in Denver
some years ago, the thief being unable
to dispose of the bill and probably
eased his conscience by giving 1t TO
a church.
The thirty-third general assembly of
Iowa adjourned sine die Saturday
night after the hottest debate of the
session in the house over two anti
saloon bills, which finally were passed
Accusations and denials were hurled
back and forth between the dry" and
wet leaders and part OF the time
the house was in confusion. The ten.
perance leaders succeeded in com
pelling the sitting committee to repor, |
on two of the most important meas
ures, but the greater part of the tenn
perance legislation was smothered. |
One of the two bills which will be. |
come law, limits the number of sa |
looms TO one for ! 1000 population in |
cities and the other requires druggists
to file with the county auditor signed |
applications for liquor The HaInmill |
bill providing penalties for all kinds
OF games of chance, including church
raffles, was held up by the commit
tee. The house surprised the senate
by passing the Kull antitrust bill
as amended by the upper chamber.
The bill originally provided only for
preventing combinations of lumber
dealers. The senate, however, think
ing that the house would vote II down,
tackled on an amendment making the
bill apply to all branches OF trade and
providing from six months to year
imprisonment in addition to fine OF
from $500 to $1,000 for violations.
COLORADO NEWS.
Greeley citizens are almost unit
npniugt an axtru eauefnu Of ,hn 1nnt,.