Semi-weekly herald., 1909-09-06

eA'S hoi III Ppi0 huo Dtth
by Derwaard Jensen, Danish inspector
OF North Greenland. II Is assumed
that the Danish official Investigated
DR.. Cooks claims after the later had
left Greenland en- route to Denmark,
and that he was able TO confirm them.
SEATTLE, Wash.-As John w
Gates. multi-millionaire, financier and
mining operator, was stepping into his
palatial private car at the King street
station here. white.haircd man who
had grown old preaching the gospel.
stepped up to him and extended his
hand.
Hello. John" he said
''Well, how are you, Mr. Foster?'
replied the man who Wall street rec
ognizes as leader and dominant
factor in swinging values of stocks In
the interest of the houses he repre-.
sents.
Forty years ago Mr.. Foster was min
ister of the little Methodist church at
st Charles, III. There came TO him
one day a member of his congrega-
ton. young man from the big farm
south of Turner Junction. ILL.,, and pc.
tite little Della Baker. one of the
prettiest girls in the whole Sunday
school, whose family were members of
the church, and her father superin.
| tendent of the Sunday school.
The young man was John w. Gates
and Miss Baker was his betrothed.
You remember | only gave you IS
when you married me. Well, here's
| the interest,"" said Gates, as he wrote
his check for $1,000. and, pushing it
into the hands of the speechless, won
dering divine. swung aboard his caI
as the train pulled out.
Rocky FORD, Sept 3.-With
melon day now thing of history, vis-
itors to the Otero county fair have set
tied down to the enjoyment of the
real merits of the exposition. Through.
out the day the fair will continue to
draw crowds. From every section of
the Arkansas valley and even across
the border into Kansas the throngs
have come.
SIiELBYVILLE, KY, Sept 3.Z-Fire
early today destroyed large portion
of the business section of the city
Loss 100000.
DENVER, Sept. 3.-Huerfano coun
ty is in state of practical insurrec
tion, the state authorities are openly
defied. and Sheriff Jeff Farr is In pos
session of the county building with
keys in his possession. and record.
and books withheld from their Lawful
custodians.
1t is openly declared that Count.
Assessor p. L. Sanchez will not be
served with process of the state boart
, of equalization and If through an,
: mischance of Farr the paper should
be served on Sanchez, he will ignor,
, them.
The high-handed methods whicI
Farr has put into execution are sal,
to be directed from the Boston build
ing in Denver, where the legal depart
: l AhSht Vi thC Noibi utl W tpli
pany has Its habitat.
a. From Investigations made thus ia
i, it is learned that ten of thousands c
acres of c. +. 4 !. coal lands wer
/ listed by Sanchez as grazing land
o and the coal company thus escape
the payment of thousands of dollar
, annually in the shape of taxes.
IL NEW YORK. Sept 3.-Three ne,
ocean records fell to the Cunard line
:. Lusitania on her latest trip froi
n Queenstown. which ended last nigh
|. Lusitania made the passage in fou
II days IL hours and AZ minutes, ther,
r. by clipping three hours and 18 min
II utes from her fastest previous tim
. and finally by landing her passenger
n at the Cunard pier shortly after
q O'Clock last night, she became tn
N first liner to dock on the fourth da
g out from Queenstown.
Ie DENVER. Sept 3-Tbree wome
~ thrown into trench, and two me
badly shaken up when the large ton
n. ling car belonging TO Frederick Nee
g. president of the Neef Brothers Bre,
" ing company, went in to an eight-fo'
in city trench In West Twanty-third av
nue., In front of'the zang brewery. A
rs occupants of the car were hurt, Il
a women being badly cut and bruist
about their faces and bodies. All al
n resting easily at the Neef home, nor
q being in serious condition.
nj PUEBLO, Colo. Sept. "a tel
~ gram was received yesterday /
r. Mayor Fugard from Fred w. Carpe
g. ter, secretary to President Taft,
(which he asks the mayor to get
m touch with the Pueblo committee an
~ advise him at once of the progra
$. for the entertainment of the pres
,s dent.
Of NEW YORK. Sept S.-Amld groi
Ip secrecy. Miss +. l.. Todd. the onl
,r woman aeroplanist in the world, hi
n perfected a flying machine embodyin
ID new principle. The machine will t
Ie tried cut In few days In the pre-
,f ence of selected company of sciel
lists.
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