Semi-weekly herald., 1909-05-03


tered points at Intervals throughout |
yesterday and last night. During the |
night telegraph wires went down all |
through the south except in the South |
Atlantic states. On both sides of the
Mississippi for hundreds of miles 1t
WAS threatening last night.
LOUISVILLE. KY. April 30.-Sev-
eial persons were reported killed in
last nights tornado near Franklin,
Tenn, and the town Of Hillsboro a
Much damage is reported at Center
vile, Tenn, and other nearby towns.
CHICAGO, April 30.-Six persons
were killed and fifty injured in Chi
cago and environs during the storm
last night, according TO reports re-
ceived today by the police and coroner.
The list of injured includes only those
whose names were officially reported.
Probably as many more received pri-
vate attention.
KANSAS CITY, April 30.-A TWEEN
ty-mile-an hour wind from the north
with the temperature at 40 degrees.
The above conditions prevailed gen
orally in western Missouri and
throughout Kansas today. The local
weather bureau also reported freezing
temperature in the Pan Handle of
Texas. In this portion Of the south
west the damage by the wind was
confined to numberous telegraph and
telephone poles being blown down.
CHICAGO. April S0.-By the death
! of three men In the hospital today the
list of fatalities due to the unroofing
OF the Grand Crossing Tank factory
in the storm last night is brought up
10 four. The first death occurred in
Santley when the roof collapsed.
LA CROSSE. Wis, April 30.-one OF
the heaviest snow storms of the win
ter is raging today all through Wis
consin and northern Michigan.
CHICAGO, April 3O.-The death list
of last nights storm in Lake county
| is over a dozen.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, April 30.-Witt
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munication by rail interrupted, only
rough estimates can be made of the
loss OF life by the tornado that swep
over Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansai
and Missouri last night. At late
hour this afternoon the list of know
dead In these states is about fifty.
LONDON. April 30.-The local News
today publishes dispatch from Sa
loniki. European Turkey, that it hat
been officially announced that Abdu
Hamid the deposed sultan of Turkey
will be tried before a constitutions
court martial and that it is general,
believed that a sentence of death will
be passed on him.
NAIROBI, East Africa, April 30
Theodore Roosevelt today left thu
ranch of Sir Alfred Pease on the Ath
river for point in the Mau hill
near Machakos where he hopes to bal
lion. He is due to reach the hill
tomorrow. Settlers in the hills report
ed black manned lion every day TO
several days past.
BERKELY, Cal, April 30.-An
nouncement is made at the Universit!
OF California that ex-President Roose
welt will deliver his first public speeci
In this country upon his return from
his African hunting expedition in th'
Greek theater of that institution.
| CHICAGO, April 30.-Detectives arr
looking for man who tricked L. X
Richberg. jeweler, out of two dia
monds. The stranger ordered tn,
gems sent to his office and when tbs
salesman arrived to deliver them, the
purchaser" senta messenger boy GU
to cash a check drawn on the Cont
mental Trust company which does no
do business in this city.
"Oh, boy!" called the man as the
messenger disappeared through the
door. The boy didn't and the mar
ran after him-with the rings on his
fingers-and did not return.
DENVER, Colo, April 30.-"I don
know why | killed that man. l was
not acquainted with him, although
had often seen him around the hotel
He had never done me any harm ant
bore him no malice. l cannot give
any explanation for my conduct.
remember perfectly of drawing IN.
revolver and firing the shot which
killed the detective"
Chris C. Sierk, mining man, who
shot and instantly killed Thomas ID
Hennesey, house detective of the Al
bany hotel, last evening made this
statement in the city jail this morn
ing. Though questioned for fully al
hour he refused to make any state
ment whatever which might have shed
some light upon the motive that
promptly him to shoot down the de
tective.
Chief Armstrong, after an interview
which lasted fully three hours. came
TO the conclusion that Sierk is in
sane in spite of the fact that the man
talks perfectly rational. The chief Is
of the opinion that Sierk's mind has
become unbalanced over the loss OF
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