Semi-weekly herald., 1909-05-20
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} Montana and towns In the vicipit
of Winnipeg felt earthquake shock
last week.
4 IRE at the union stock yards Q
Kansas City last night burned 16
mules to death.
The appropriation OF the forty-sixt
general assembly of Illinois will al
proximate $40. 400, 900.
William Rockefeller. returning fror
Europe. predicts trade boom in whic
Americans will lead.
A Philadelphia woman on comm,
oil age came in for s200. 900 from he
fathers Will. She then eloped will
the chauffeur. The father made hi
money brewing beer.
Wheat growers are proposing t,
erect elevators for the purpose o
holding their grain for higher price.
and thus put stop to much OF tn,
rotten speculation now going on.
j. Aspinall c. McQuaig. vice presi
dent OF the National Christian leagu,
for Social Purity. devoted week [,
studying the red light" district, pre-
paratory TO his address before the Chi
cago Sunday Evening club.
The public service commission oI
New York at a special meeting order
ed the installation of side doors I'm
all the cars OF the express trains In
the subway. The new equipment will
call for an expenditure OF approximate.
ly $2,o00.O00.
The New York Central Railroad
company has paid TO the United States
circuit court the sum OF }i3G,0OO in
settlement of fines imposed upon It
by that court for the granting of re.
bates TO the American Sugar Refining
company.
The two men who last November
broke into the residence in Paris of
Henry White. American ambassador.
and got away with valuables have been
sentenced to fifteen years al hard In.
Dor. Furthermore, they are forbidden
to reside in France for twenty years.
William Price. well-to-do farmer,
OF Pana, Ill, committed suicide by
placing a stick of dynamite beneath
himself and touching II Off The lower
part of his body was torn almost TO
pieces. He was 80 years OF age and
leaves a widow and three children.
The liquor manufacturers are to
tsst the oonstituiionality OF the laws
recently passed by the legislature to
prohibit the manufacture and sale of
intoxicants in Tennessee. Gen. Luke
L. Wright, former secretary of war,
viii actively participate In the litiga,
tion.
Fifty orange growers from Florida
who have been across the continent
to inspect the orange groves of Cali,
fornia. and who are now en- route
home. passed through Grand Junction
Saturday and stopped for few hours
to view the apple and peach orchards
of the Grand valley.
Using Winnebago Indian as de.
coy, r. Il. Brent. special government
agent. secured evidence by means OF
which he caused the arrest of 2s Sioux
City liquor dealers on charge of
selling whisky to Indiana. The mini
mum penalty in each case is 5000 fine
and year in the county jail.
Democratic love for The race was
exemplified the other day in Washing.
ton when two of the congressman left
the house restaurant because the reg
lister OF deeds and another negro, were
eating lunch in the building. They
made complaint to the management
ard will try to have negroes excluded
from such privileges.
"Over a quarter of billion of dol
lars-$2G9, ,200,4l2-is the average an.
nual fire loss In the United States for
the last five years. The total for that
period is s1.34G ,002 ,05s." This state
lucnl Wuo muuC Ia hlb aauitSb w
President ]. Montgomery Hare at the
forty-third annual meeting OF the Ma
tional Board OF Fire Underwriters.
Guarded by his shepherd dog. which
kept away large drove OF swine. the
body OF William Schneider. &c years
old, q wealthy farmer OF CISCO town
ship. Illinois. was found In a hog loi
by his son. He had left his house tc
shoot ground squirrels. and II Is sup
posed that he stumbled and the CUR
was accidentally discharged. Part o
his head was blown Off.
George !. Whitney. formerly Of Viii,
ney g. Stephenson. brokers. who fail
ed a year ago with liabilities OF 500
000,000 and who was reputed to b
worth personally $8.000.000 a fes
years before the failure. is now eai
ing the bread OF charity in the HON
OF former servant near Conneaui
Ohio. HIS is IS years old and hi
health is said to have been completed
shattered.
The Consolidated Coal compan!
which before the adoption OF the He.
burn coal act was owned by the Ba
timore and Ohio railroad. has acquire