Semi-weekly herald., 1909-09-06

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sands of pinion birds which came in
swarms and literally picked the entire
crop to pieces The damage is so
severe that the crop Is even unfit
fol feeding purposes.
Glenn H. Curtiss, the American. was
the lion at the banquet at Rheims,
France, closing aviation week.
Paris newspaper offers $4,000 for the
winner in a long distance aeroplane
race.
The production of all kinds of rolled
iron and steel in the south increased
from 25C.577 gross tons for the year
1897 to sS0.034 gross tons ten years
later and to approximately 100000
tons for 1908 (of1cial figures for 1908
not compiled From these figures it
appears that the steel business has
nearly quadrupled in a decade.
The committee in charge of the cen
tenary celebration in Mexico City in
September, 1910. have decided to in
yite the aeroplanists OF the world to
hold the international meet at Mexico
City. Prizes aggregating between
$4,000 and 100000 will be offered
The Wright brothers, Bleriot, Curtiss,
Latham and other leaders in the sci
ence of aviation will be asked to take
part.
Following an investigation by State
Food and Drug Commissioner Barnard
of Indiana into the making of near
beers" the attorney general is prepar'
ing to institute many prosecutions
against persons who are selling these
drinks at soda fountains, refreshment
stands and drug stores. Mr.. Barnard
has received a large number of sam
pies, and his analysis shows that all
except one manufacture contains NAL
tose, a substance. he says, that is
found in all liquors manufactured from
malt
Edwin A Brown. wealthy citizen
OF Denver, cousin and business part
ner of President w c. Brown of the
New York Central railroad, in the garb
of tramp, spent night in the cen
trail police station lookup, at Pittsgurg,
and as a result Mayor William A Ma
gee al Pittsburg took up the matter OF
providing a municipal lodging house
for Pittshurg. In his disguise of over
alls, slouch hat and bad shoes, Alr
| Brown pretended to be destitute and
| associated with the homeless and job
| less that roam Pittsburg's streets lie
| was refused free lodging by the Sal
vation army and Volunteers OF Amer
leo and finally accepted an iron cot
| in one OF the cells at the central sta
| ton. Mr.. Brown has for some time
past been conducting Investigations OF
city prisons and pursued similar meth
DDS in many western cities. ~
The wife of w A. Stone, the wealthy
coke operator and banker of Union
| town. Pa, returned to her home after
an absence of nine months. Her re
turn is shrouded In even greater mys
terry than was her disappearance But
| her husband declined to offer any
explanation, and appeals to the public
to allow the entire matter to be for
gotten. Mr.. Stone spent over $4,000
In cumming down clews to his wife's
Whereabouts, and was prepared TO use
his entire fortune. II necessary. WHY
Mrs. Stone left her home, in whose
company she went, where she spent
the time and why she did not return
sooner. are questions to which both
MI, and Mrs. Stone turn deaf eal
and glance appealingly at the inter
viewer Mrs. Stone is apparently IN
the prime of health, She greeted anG
embraced her children when she en-
tered her home, but answered theiI
quereis as to where she had been onl,
with tears.
Almost instant death was the price
paid Tuesday evening by P. M. Cook
ins, grocer OF Loveland, for few
hours dove-hunting. Gookins accident
ally shot himself In the abdomen Will,
crawling through a barbed wire fenc.
after he had killed his last two doves
The tragedy occurred two and a hal
miles north of Loveland, while Cook
ins and his hunting companion, w. H
Bullington, We're ON their way home
A flock of doves was sighted in ,
nearby field and Gookins stopped the
horse they weer driving and started
for the quarry Burlington was out O
shells and remained in the buggy
After killing two of the doves, Gookins
climbed through barbed wire fence
TO reach the buggy. He pulled nj.
shotgun after him. grasping the muz
Gle of the weapon, In some man
ner it was exploded, the charge tear
ing a frightful hole in his abdomen
Gookins was 40 years old. He is sur
vived by family. He was superin
tendent of the Baptist Sunday school
at Loveland
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