Semi-weekly herald., 1909-07-05

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traffic. transportation. manufacturing
and building activities reported I'm
proved. The coke output and ship
ments showed continued improvement.
Takfngs OF cotton and wool indicate
great activity in the textile industry
while larger shipments OF boots and
| shoes from the chief distributing cen
ters served the statisticians as an In
dex of more regular industrial employ
ment. The building activity in larger
cities of the country is reported un-
usually high. Traffic operation of rail-
roads. Judging by the total number
oi freight cars handled and the num-
Der of idle cars reported. are not up
10 the high record of 1907. though com
PARSONS with May. 1908. showed con-
siderable improvement for practically
all sections of the country.
KITTAMING, Pa, July 1.-The birth
of a daughter to Mrs. Aaron oiinger
OF Ryburn township marks the TWEEN
ty-first visit of the stork to the Olinger
home. Olinger was married twice,
having nine children by his first wife.
NEW YORK, July 1.-THE body of
a Chinaman found in the Hudson river
alleged murderer of Elsie Sigel, ac-
cording to reporter who viewed the
body today in Fordham morgue. F..
This is undoubtedly the body OF
- l inD' cufd ha rannrtpr 81
knew him well at Fort George all
last summer. He was running a pin
: game there. ! recognize him particu'
: larly by his hair and generally by hi4
. appearances"
In an effort to fully establish iden
tification, several other persons who
knew Ling will be brought today to
view the body, and II necessary mem
bers of the Sigel family will be asked
TO aid the police in that respect. The
height, weight, complexion and certain
peculiarities of the physical appear
ance of the dead man correspondet
with those attributed to Leon.
That the body was absolutely nude
| WneH idheU rum the river lnulcuLe'
u to the police that the Chnaman wai
II not suicide. Had he committed sui
u cire Captain Carey contends ne woult
not have stripped himself. of all hi
q clothing. The fact that the body wa
u un clothed showed that there was ei
u fort to prevent Identification.
PITTSBURG. Pa, July 2. - Tb
&c stf..-e of the Amalgamated Association
81 of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers asains
81 the American Sheet and Tin Plat
company, which started after mid
night. in practically all union plant
=" OF the United States Steel corpora
tons subsidiary plants, has been ca
tended materially. 1t is said, by III
sc strike of tin plate workers of the In
'e ternational Protective association. Th
III wage scale of the latter organizatio
IL expires July Is, and at New Castl
II 5000 additional men plan 10 qu.
work. In event of a second st,ik
- the number of men affected will t.
III tai nearly $4,000.
u CUMBERLAND GAP. Tenn. July .
'e Charged with having murdered li
~ 5year-old stepson, Harry Lee Nul
II shell. after compelling the lad 10 carr
from the sawmill lumber with whic
III coffin was made to encase the child
ie body, David Moore of Jonesville. Va
III is in jail today. With him is his wife
Both were taken there last night I
u escape mob violence at Edwin. v:
~ After the boy died 1t was learned lha
u no physician had attended him an
I suspicion was aroused. The boy
mother made confession in whic
she charged Moore with the boy
ie death.
u SILVERToN, July "A w. Harr
" son, a prominent mining engineer c
'k this place. was married Wednesday q
u this week to Mrs. Ellen Fuller at tn
III residence of Mr.. and Mrs. Grandvill
~ Beach Fuller at Montrose, Mr. Fulle
" being brother of the late E. J. Fuller
le The couple arrived last evening vi
Ouray.