Semi-weekly herald., 1909-08-26
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

ell by tlie hich stretches over sixt
miles of forests from Rosslaud to Ne
son; Cranbrcok is feared for. an,
the loss In lumber. settlers homes an,
railway property Is enormous
Forest fires in the Pan Handle O
idaho ana Northeastern Washington
will cause a loss of millions.
Lumbermen have joined the ranger,
IN lighiing the Flames, while the set
tiers flee 10 the rivers.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.-The ap
pearance of disease. which mas been
diagnosed L. the public health and
marine hos 5a.l service as "pellagra, j"
h being. used as basis for sensational
articles attacking corn as a food
Pollagra Is a disease common to
European countries where il is often
caused by the use of moldy or other
wise spoiled corn. The public health
service seems TO have demonstrated
thai the strange malady commonly
regard as a skin disease is in fact
pellagra The service is not prepared
To announce that the disease in every
instance is due 10 the use OF moldy or
spoiled corn as food
In an asylum at Peoria and at other
places in Illinois the disease has been
found II causes a peeling Oh the
skin and While not contagious is vast
ms and unless cured win exhaust the
patient in lime
Should ii be discovered that sYffi
cieut grounds exist to issue Il general
warning against the use OF moldy oe
otherwise spoiled corn, that will be
done and the department of agricui.
ture win cooperate to the extent OF
compelling the destruction of corn un
fiji for human consumption.
CHICAGO, Aug. 23.-His foot caught
il railroad death" frog and a train
bearing down upon him. Frederick
Menteli faced death. In his frantic eff.
forts TO exticate his foot he deliber.
ately threw himself on the side break.
ing his leg below the ankle, but es.
capped death
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23-Fifty
deaths out OF seventy-six cases of choI.
tiera occurred in the Philippine islands
the week ending June 26, according
to information received by Surgeon
General Wyman of the public health
and marine hospital service. Chief
Quarantine OFFICER Heiser of Manila
reports fourteen cases OF the disease
occurred in Sdmar twenty-seven in
the mountains, nine in the Oriental
Negros and twenty-six in Pampagne
provinces.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 23.-George
l. Root, n tourist conductor of the
Burlington railroad. was found wander
ing about the railroad yards in a
halfdemented conditions this morning
attributes his mental breakdown Ia
: -;s1ss~ss,>-Ssct sstts and questions
poured into his unwilling ears by party
OF tourists of which he is in charge
ON a trip to the coast from Kansas
City In one of his lucid intervals |
al the hospital he said he was a |
brother OF +. b. Root, city ticket agent |
for the Chicago. Burlington & Quincy
AZ Kansas City He declared the woes |
of his charges after a slight accident
i'll Colorado caused his mind to be-
come unbalanced from worry.
GRANITE CITY. ILL.,, Aug-Because
the fish are biting good the steel cor
poraiions' plant here is in bad way
The inhabitants of the tri.cities,
Venice. Madison and Granite City. are
so wrapped up in the pasttime that
they refuse to be lured from the cool
banks of the streams to the heat of
the furnaces Offers OF $6 a day do
not tempt the workmen. Consequent
ly the mills are at a standstill.
NEW YORK. Aug. 23.-The fear OF
rats and mice and the belief that her
pet cat was chasing them toward her
killed Mrs. Sarah Gagler yesterday.
for in her efforts to escape the imag-
mary peril, she fell out of third
story window
Mrs. Nagler lived with her two
grown grown children. Since girlhood
she has been mortally afraid of rats
and mice. Rat traps and mouse traps
were in every room of her house. And
she kept n cat that was a splepdid
mouse catcher. AS result Mrs Nag
ler's flat was usually free from the
pests Within The last few days some
OF the neighbors complained of hav
ing been annoyed by rats. Mrs. Nag
Ter heard this. While she was sitting
alone yesterday she heard the cat
scrambing about in another room as
ii battling with a rat. She listened
intently as the sounds seemed to come
nearer With n scream she jumped to
her feet and mounted a chair The
chair was close to the window and in
hc5 haste Mrs. Nagler overturned the
chair, She fell and though grasping at
the curtains pitched through the win
dow into the yard below.
NAIRoBi. Aug. 23.-Colonel Theo-
dore Roosevelt. who is now hunting in
Kenya, one Of the seven administra-
tive provinces of the British East Afri-