Semi-weekly herald., 1909-07-29

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stand today.
| NEW YORK, July 27.-The fight TO,
woman suffrage is backed by tna
Equal Franchise society of which Mrs
Clarence II. Mackay is president. and
has been taken up at Columbia uni
versity where 1000 summer student
are now attending classes. The major.
fty of these students are women teach
ers. In the first of series OF lee
lures DIR. John Dewey. professor oI
Philosophy. spoke on Some Educa-
tional Aspects of Equal Suffrage"
| That the educational situation of the
country can be greatly improved II
women are enfranchised is one of the
arguments advanced by Professor
Dewey He deplored the fact that be.
cause of the tendency of the public
officials was TO keep down salaries
OF women teachers the public fails to
| place the true value upon the work
o. women educators.
| HAMBURG. Germany. July 27-
President Rafael Reyes of Columbia
| cabled to Bogota today, resigning the
presidency of the republic. General
Reyes discussing the Columbian situa.
| ton said the majority in the new con.
siess which assembled July 20 clearly
opposed the ratification of the tripar.
tte treaty between Colombia. the
United States and Panama. There
| fore, he said 1t would be useless for
him to return to office when the coun.
try did not share his views. He be.
| lieved that Acting President Holguln,
who had the same opinions as himself
soon would be compelled to retire for
similar reasons.
kANkAKEE, Ills, July 27.-Llllian,
the 3year-old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Fountain was cured of
blindness yesterday on the occasion
OF the annual pilgrimage to the Shrine
OF Stanne at Stanne, Ills, marking
the close of nine days novena. Led
to the altar by her mother, The child
suddenly staggered back in alright as
her closed eyes opened. Crying for
JOY, the mother pushed her way
through the crowd of cripplcs and
friends and hurried with the little one
10 a nearby home.
AT the age of months the child
became blind from the effects OF blood
poisoning caused by whoopinF cough.
WASHINGTON. July 27.-Famine
and pestilence are bound to ravage
certain centers of that part of China
around Nanking where the rice crop
Is wholly destroyed by the protracted
drought The extent OF which has not
been equalled within the memory of
the Oldest inhabitant, writes American
cohsul, J. c. McNally. to the state
department.
SAN ANTONIO. Tex. July 27.-A
wild cat hunt and jacirabbit chase
are among the diversions planned for
President Taft when he visits the Taft
ranch near San Antonio in November.
Joseph II. Green, superintendent of
the big estate, who was In San An.
tonic today, told of the preparations
being made for the entertainment OF
the president. That The president win
not be deprived of his favorite pas
time. golfs links are being hurried to
completion. The erection of pagoda
and bathhouse on the gulf are among
the Improvements being made for es,
pecial use of the president.
DENVER, July 27.-Failure to oh,
serve the most ordinary provisions for
safety as required by the statutes is
declared at the cause for the explo-
sion in the Toller mine at Trinidad
on July 9Th, when nine men were kill
cd, according to the report of Coal
Mine Inspector John d. Jones, filed
with the governor.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo, July
2i.-Mother love triumphing over fear,
. brave little robin this morning
swooped down from its nest on q
fierce biooded bulldog belonging to AS
sistant City Engineer Austin. and,
pecking at the eyes of the astonishad
animal, actually made the dog desist
from its attack on the robins injured
offspring long enough for n woman to
interfere In the one-sided battle be.
tween the tiny bird and the big dog.
The young robin had injured It's
wing and was unable to fly Attract.
ed by the dogs astonished yelp when
the mother robin pecked at it. Mrs
Austin ran out of :he house and drove
the dog away.
Do the boys who throw stones and
knock down birds nests ever stop TO
think of the pain and sorrow OF the
mother birds? If they did we would
see less stone throwing That the robin
In question risked its life to rescue
Its young is in line with the bravery
of this bird when Its offspring is In
danger. The writer had experience n
year or SO ago when we had occasion
tn pick up and place young robin IN
It's nest that had fallen out and could
not fly particle. Both the male and
female attacked us and would make a
dive for the face and then lily away
l Tho L..