Semi-weekly herald., 1909-07-22
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

DENVER. July 19.-Fallen in hea
at the foot of the basement steps in
sa<&SS at 800 Downing street. his nee
broken and life extinct. Patrick L
Hart. a veteran resident of Denver
was found this morning by William i.
Kelly. bartender at the saloon. Ih
circumstances OF the fatality are sui
ficiently mysterious to cause the DC
lice to make Il thorough inyesligatio.
although the theory of murder IS mere
ly possibility. All doors to the sa
loon of which the dead man vas tt,
porter were found properly closed ant
locked by Kelley and It is believed
that Hart probably fell down the
stairs In the dark to his death.
COLORADO SPRINGS, July 49,
Robert c. Mulnix. son OF former State
Treasurer Harry Mulnix, was caught
under an automobile which turned tur.
tie near Palmer lake yesterday, recoy.
cred consciousness last night and to
DAY mas no fever. Two grave surgical
operations are deemed imperative 70
remove large clots OF blood at the
base of the brain. Mulnix' Injuries are
OF such nature that attending ply.
sicians declare that they cannot make
any predictions as to recovery. They
simply say they are hoping for the
best.
ToLEEo. July 19.-Part of the Ma.
rine hotel N East Toledo was blown
up with dynamite last night abo,r
midnight For the last week q strike
mas been in progress at The Toledo
Furnace company plant near here, and
the strike breakers have been board
Ing AT the Marine. It is said that thev
mad made threats TO blow up the no
tel and the police suspect strikers
state soldiers arrived to protect the
company plant today.
NEW YORK. July 19.--Rev DR.. Hen.
ry Buchtel, former governor of Colo
rndo. discussed the value of the Bible
IN all walks of life in sermon last
night at the Calvary Methodist Epis
eopal church. He urged the use q
the Bible in public schools.
COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo, July
lS.-Mrs. Margaret Howell Davis
Hayes. The daughter of the Confeder.
aey. and only surviving child of the
late President Jefferson Davis, wife
OF j, Addison Hayes, died at her home
In North Cascade avenue of a compli
cation of diseases, last evening. She
was "a years old and for "a years had
lived In Colorado Springs Mr.. Hayes
Is president of the First National bank
OF this city, and one of the most prom.
ipent financiers of the west
CALAIS, July 19-Herbert Latham.
the French aviator, after waiting for
more than week for favorable op.
portunity to attempt flight at cross.
ing the channel from Calais to Dover
made start this morning, but after
covering sixteen miles and while at
a sfssr meYsn--tA-- motof -fuiied and
the machine fell into the water The
French torpedo boat destroyer Harpon
however. was close al hand and res
cued both Latham and his moloplane.
Latham's start was made from the
top of a cliff at Sargatte under pro
pitious circumstances. A clear star
light night indicated perfect condi-
tions would prevail at daybreak. NJ
Latham slept IN a shed of the old tun.
pel works at the foot of the cliff AT
the first streak of day when NJ La
than came out of the shed clapping
his hands with joy at the sight OF
the smooth sea. The sky was overcast
but the wind was hardly perceptible.
A few minutes later gun was fired
aeroplanisi's opinion that conditions
were right. and automobiles were dis
patched to Calais to apprise the au-
thorities that a start would be made
between 6 and o'clock.
While the monoplane was being
taken out and pushed to the top OF
the cliff, crowd of several thousand
persons assembled TO witness the star;
and the entire population OF the neigh
boring villages lined the shore below
Latham was in high spirits. There
was a wait OF an hour until the tor
pedo boats and tugs strung out In a
line toward the horizon and took up
their positions. Finally all was in
readiness and the monoplane pushed
back 200 yards from the crest of the
cliff which has precipitious fall of
200 feet TO the sea, Latham was clad
III a knickerbocker suit and had don
ned life preservers. He showed no
silns of nervousness as be shook
hands with his friends on mounting
the saddle.
Start the motor" he cried to his as
sistants and with nod of his head
and the words See "pu in Dover,
threw the starting ltYr off the ma
chine running along the ground with
Increased momentum at every turn
just before reaching the edge OF ths
cliff the aeronaut touched the hori
zontal lever and the machine with II.