Semi-weekly herald., 1909-09-27

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Peary interests.
BARCELONA. Spain. Sept. 22.-Re
ligious rioting at Castro yesterday re-
suited In the killing OF two men and |
the wounding of ffty-six others. A
religious procession with local priest |
AT Its head was attacked and the priest
and another man killed instantly.
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 2s-- With a
Chinese aviator at the wheel the first
successful flight on the Pacific coast
OF heavier than air motor driven aero
plane was made Tuesday night.
The inventor OF the new air craft
is Fung Joe Guey. young Chinese OF
Oakland, who had already secured a
local reputation as a mechanical gen
ius. With only his three Chinese help
ers as spectators Fung made his flight
In the dim light early last evening
among the hills OF Piedmont. The
big biplane sailed around the hill for
half a mile at distance of fifteen
feet from the ground.
CHICAGO, Sept. 23.-Dividing her
two children between her husband and
herself much as a judge might do ip
n divorce case and arranging the house
for the use of her husband and his
half of the children. Mrs. Agnes Fiala.
despondept over Ill health, killed her
self and baby Adeline by turning on
the gas.
While Fiala was away yesterday
Mrs. Fiala rearranged the furniture
Tor the use of her husband and son.
Hugo, 10 years old. She set the table
for dinner with Two covers md re.
moved the bedding from all beds ex-
cept one occupied by Fiala and his
son. She told her son Hugo to play
outside and await his father. She
kissed him and told him to kiss the
sister, 10 months old. When the father
met Hugo at the gate and went into
the house with the boy he smelled
gas. He found his wife and baby in
the corner of the bedroom, dead
| NEW YORK, Sept. 23.-After mes
senger boy had eaten lunch in a Pearl
street restaurant of the financial dis
trict, Harry Bohrer, manager, found
u package ON the table and upon open
ing 1t discovered Il contain $4,000 in
currency and sufficient negotiable Sc
curilies to make $4,000.
Believing 1t belonged to the State
bank few doors away, the manager
hurried there with the money. Tho
cashier quickly identified the parce
and Bohrer was rewarded, but would
not say how much. Bohrer found 9
package containing $4,000 in money IL
the restaurant several weeks ago anG
turned II over to the cwner.
ST PAUL. Sept. 23.--In keeping
winu the dignity OF office he filed. and
TO the accompaniment of tolling bells
the body of John A. johnson was es
corted from the rotunda OF the state
capitol today with military pomp tt
a train which will carry 1t to st
Peter, MINI.
Honorary pallbearers were ex-Gov
ernors l.. F., Hubbard, John Land. s
II. Vansant. Knute Nelson and Gov
ernor Eberhart. Chief Justice Start
Governor John Burk of North Dakota
and President Cyrus Northrup.
Volunteers of different bands of 9
hundred pieces sounded the funeral
march, and ten companies of state
militia and three batteries Of artillery
were ahead OF the procession.
Business was practically suspended
and sidewalks jammed with silent
throng.
NEW ORLEANS. Sept. 24.-Belated
reports today of the death and destruc
tion wrought by Mondays hurricane in
Louisiana and Mississippi show further
loss of life and property.
News of fifteen additional deaths
along the waterways between Morgan
City. La. and the gulf and on the
adjacent coast were received. They
were nearly all fishermen.
Stories brought by persons arriving
from the stricken districts reveal many
pathetic occurrences. A 4-year old
child lodged In the branches of tree
In Terre Bonnie parish. having sur.
vived three days without food or wa
ter. Travelling on foot to his home
in lower Terre Bonne. after being
released from the penitentiary. an
aged white man was swept to death
Just as he came in sight of house.
A striking incident of the relief work
along the coast was the rescue of a
family in small boat In which a
baby had been born an hour before a
relief steamer arrived
| MATTOON, Ill. Sept. 2i.-Official
| approval of the Illinois Methodist
Episcopal conference was placed upon
the remarks contained In the annual
report OF Rev. Chris Galeener. super
intendent Of the Springfield district,
in characterizing the capital city of
Illinois MS one OF the wickedest In the
country. Amid loud cheering the fol
lowing extract In the form of reso.
lutions was unanimously adopted:
I'm the capital city itself we have
oll Tho nroblapnp of thu .xroo.o. Ia.