Semi-weekly herald., 1909-08-19
lav.ele and thre. fractured ribs.

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cago. but today his condition IS MOI
satisfactory.
| COLORADO SPRINGS. Aug. 49,
Coroner David Law of Ell Paso coun,
this morning started hts investigate
OF the Denver r Rio Grande wreck ,
Hustled. thirteen miles north of her
Saturday morning in which ten live
were lost and three score in1ure,
The causes OF the wreck will be tho
l oughly probed, and Coroner Law
determined to have the responsibilit
for the terrible disaster placed wher
It belongs. Members of the crews Q
both trains are at the inquest and vii
be risidly questioned.
CHICAGO. Aug. l6.-Gustav Herring
ST.. a bookkeeper, shot and instantI
killed his wife, Louisa, probably fatal
ly wounded his son. Justay Herring. Jr
and then killed himself at their hom,
today. The elder Hermg Is said t,
have been slightly demented.
JOPLIN. Aug 16.-Carl Dietz. VIII,
shot his wife in a frenzy OF Jealous,
because he thought she had been with
another man during the day, and ther
shot himself, will live, although she 1.
dead.
A bank clerk whom Dietz accuse,
VI being the affinity In the case de
MES absolutely that he was with Mrs
nietz or even knows her. Dfetz claim.
they were childhood playmates In Ga
lena, Kans.
NEW YORK. Aug. 16.-with rec
ord Of ffty-seven years consecutive
years of service In one family, Yetts
steinberger is considered model
'ervant by the several generations Of
isaac Kurtz' family, who are now cele
)rating the anniversary.
Isaac kurtz while walking through
Battery park f1fty-seven years ago
'topped to inquire of young girl
why she wept. She told him she was
hungry, had no home. and was unable
obtain employment. He took her
% his home and remained ever since
ninistering faithfully to the succeed
ng generations of the Kurtz family
LOS ANGELES, Cal, Aug. 16.-The
attic and clatter of rapidly driven
patrol wagon that had come TO take
aim to the hospital awakened Ed.
ward W. Clark, a clerk from three.
lay sleep last night
Clark fell into a comatose condi-
lion Friday. After trying vainly to
wake him Saturday and Sunday, Mrs
c M. Donald, his landlady, sent in a
call for the police ambulance. A pa
trol wagon was sent and Its jangling
)ver the car tracks just outside Clark's
window caused him to sit up In bed
rub his eyes and inquire what all
he noise was about.
OMAHA. Aug 16.-Seven deaths
from heat occurred here yesterday
The maximum temperature was SO
degrees 1t is still fearfully hot to
day.
r TOPEKA, Kans.. Aug. 16.-Topeka
experienced the hottest night of the
season last night, the government ther
mometer registering "a degrees at mid
night. People slept on their porches
on lawns and wherever they could ge,
a breath Of air. The lowest poin,
reached was 10 at O'Clock this morn
ing The temperature continuing tc
rise and 1t is believed that Sundays
mark Of 9S in the shade, the hotties,
OF the year. win be passed before
nightfall This has been the hotties,
period since 1901. The temperature
has been above 80 every day for eign,
days and has not. dropped below 7(
any night. In 1901 the mercury went
above 100 for nineteen consecutive
days.
CHICAGO, Aug. 16.-Leo Urzansky
80 years old, who. according 10 the
police. was the dirtiest prisoner evel
housed at the Harrison street station
was given bath last night. the first
he had in three years. He was 81
weak after the experience that he had
to be carried from his cellroom on s
stretcher and placed in patrol wagor
and taken to the railroad depot to bt
taken back to Chester prison for vjo
lstion OF his parole. 1t took thret
TRUSTEES" at the station more thai
an hour to scrub the dirt from tn,
mans body, legs and arms. A com
mon floor scrub brush was used b!
the TRUSTEES"
ATHENS, Aug. 16.-With warship
of the powers opening toward Crei'
and with the fortress of Canea occi
pied by peasants who have sworn t,
fight to death before they will ALLOW
the Greek flag to be lowered, the sit
uation upon the island remains crit
cal today. The British warship Swift
Sure Is at anchor In Suda bay an
Italian and French warships are Of
their way into Cretan waters. Tn
armed cruiser varese and Napolo an
the battleships Giuseppe, Garbatti. RI
gina Elina and Victoria Emmanuel
Ill of the Italian navy we're provision
&c yesterday and all preparation
made for quick voyage.
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