Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-25

| upon tons OF Ice are crashing down
upon the government works at Cello.
The ice Is piled against the outside
wall OF the canal on level With the
| top on the Oregon side. The whole
OF the government works Ii not only
| jeopardized but every building as well
is In danger of being swept away.
The river is reported to have risen
thirty feet at Cello and continues to
rise rapidly.
| VILLA FRANCHE, France. Jan. 22.
All ships in the harbor. including
the Danish cruiser Heimdal. and the
English battleship Enchantress and
many private yachts, were gaily dress
ed with flags and bunting today in hon
or of the arrival of Rear Admiral Sper-
ry. commander Of the Atlantic battle
ship fleet, who reached here at $3.50
O'Clock this morning aboard the Con.
necticut. His salute was answered
gun for gun by batteries Of the old
citadel and by guns of the Heimdal
The crews Of the Minnesota, the
Kansas and Vermont manned the sides
of their respective ships while the
band struck up the national anthem
of the United States as the connecticut
passed into her moorings.
| GALvA, H., Jan. 22.-Craxed with
liquor and imaginary domestic trou-
bles. Albine Bolan. young man Of
this city, last night murdered his
mother-in-law, Mrs. John s. Swanson.
and wounded his young wife, vina
Swanson Bolan. He then committed
suicide by shooting.
I After supper, Bolan, who was out OF
employment, started a reign OF terror
at the home of Mrs. Swanson. where
he, his wife and baby lived. He open.
ed fire on Mrs. Swanson. shooting her
twice In the abdomen. His wife plead
besought him.
JOHANNESBURG, Jan. 22.-Ten
white men and 150 natives were
( drowned today In the Witwaters-Rand
gold mine, which became flooded by
} the bursting of the knights dam
! Heavy rains caused the dam to give
away
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.-In the cur.
rent number of the American Fedora
zionist. John Mitchell, Samuel Com
pers and Frank Morrison. labor lead
. ers. attack Judge Wright. who recent
ly sentenced them to jail for contempt
: of court, in the severest way. The
articles are highly sensational and
may result in further structures upon
) the editors by the district court. Com
) pers charges Judge Wright with being
] actuated by hatred.
D DENVER, JJan. 22.-The stadium a,
s but last night and again today It's ca
4 pacity was overtaxed by the vast
e throngs attracted by Denver day" ant
S Army night" The exhibits were loud
b ly cheered and the program was per
y haps the most attractive presented
l. this week. The Judging will be con
d cluded today and sales also will b,
: finished. Tomorrow will be children'i
). day, and in the evening the most sue
cessful show in the history Of the wes
will close.
SACRAMENTO, Cal, Jan. 22.-Gov
ernor Gillette declared today there will
be no legislation against the Japanese
+ SO far as he could see at this session
: of the legislature. He has not de
cided to address members of the leg
: islative body in a special message, MOI
does he deem such action necessary
In view of the wide publication of the
wishes of the federal authorities.
The governor has received letter
: from Secretary Root bearing upon the
Japanese question. but declines tC
make 1t public on the ground that Sec
retary Root considers the communi
cation of confidential character.
; State legislation against Japanese
D has therefore stopped short.
PUEBLO, Jan. ga daring and
sensational burglary and safe crack
. ing job was pulled off during the night
or early this morning when thieves
gained access to apartments above
the store of Angelo Lemmo, a wealthy
> grocer, at Eelier and Mesa streets
through a second story window. ran
sacked the place, securing gold watch
es and valuable jewelry. then went
down stairs, blew open the safe, get
. ting $3.50 in gold and $50 In currency
looted the shop and made safe get
away They took a quantity of mer
chandise, selecting only the choicest
= stock and apparently worked careful
ly and deliberately.
From the thoroughness of the jot
= the police are convinced the men who
= did it were old timers. The robbers
left no clew.
q NEW YORK.-Mrs. William e. An
mis-, widow of the man who was shot
4 to death last August by Capt. Peter
Z Hams. issued statement attacking
:, the twelve jurors who acquitted Thorn.
ton j. Hams of completely in the mur.
q der.
n In her statement Mrs. Annis charac