Semi-weekly herald., 1909-11-04

| 10 COlllue VIII u raploly moving taxl
alb, Mrs. Mary Blakely jumped to the
pavement and was run over and killed
by the taxicab. Mr. Blakely avoided
the collision by quick turn to the
side of the street. Before she made
the fatal plunge Mrs. Blakeley threw
her baby boy. who was in her arms
to the side of the street. and the
little one escaped injury.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 1.-After
Mrs. May Schneider had committed
suicide yesterday by drinking carboiie
facid. her baby was born in the hos
pital where the woman was taken
Mrs. Scheinder. who was 18 years old
died shortly after her admission. After
hasty preparation the physicians per
formed Caesaraen operation and sue
ceeded in saving the baby's life. II
was a girl and is healthy.
NEW YORK, Nov. 2.-In a letter
to the National League for the civic
Education OF Women. an anti-suffrag
|
Cardinal Gibbons says;
Il regret greatly that l cannot at
tend the meeting called for Nov. /.
Although my many duties will not al
low me to be present at your meeting
| beg TO assure you that | am most
heartily in sympathy with the aim OF
your league | approve most strongly
the stand il has taken in opposition
to woman suffrage which. If realized
would be the death blow of domestic
life and happiness"
Senator Elihu Root also wrote
letter of regret that he was unable to
be present In which he expressed his
sympathy with the cause, and said:
Think your association is doing a
very able and important work.
SILVERTON, Nov. "A man by the
name of Johnson who has headquar.
tiers at Molus lakes. selling mutton
TO local dealers and mines OF the
county, was having a good time yes
terday afternoon and evidently dis
played roll of bills as he WAS fol
lowed home by two men and rolled"
TO the tune of $500. Mr.. Johnson came
to town aud placed the sheriff on the
trail of the two men who are known
Up to this afternoon the guilty par
ties had not been apprehended.
SPOKANE. Wash, Nov. Further
details of the strange murder of a
woman and the burning of her body
in a log hut fite in Huckleberry noun
tain, near Cadonia, Wash. were receiv
ed last night.
The woman it appears is Mrs. A.
Jansen of Chicago, who was engaged
as housekeeper few months ago by
James Logan, bachelor farmer whose
ranch is on the west slope of the
mountain. Logan is charged with the
murder on the testimony of neighbor.
ing ranchers and because he was the
person last seen with the woman
The most remarkable bit OF testi.
mony comes from Don Taylor. ranch
er of the district. He declared he
met Logan by the side of the burning
heap of logs and they talked calmly
about n mule trade. II was In the
ashes OF this fire few hours later
that three ranchers stumbled over the
bones of Mrs. Jansen. and the suppo-
sition is that while E. Logan and Tay-
lor were talking quietly about mules
the womans body was cremating In
front of them
Whether Logan killed the woman
and placed her body In the fire still
remains unexplained from any positive
standpoint.
McGrath, another of Logan's neigh.
bors. told the authorities that Logan
had said to him he had sold forty
acres of his farm to Mrs. Jansen for
81 900 and that she was about to make
trip to Chicago to induce settlers
TO come into the northwest country.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 2.-The dis
trict court of appeals today affirmed
the decree of the supreme court OF
the District Of Columbia adjudging
President Samuel Gompers, Secretary
Frank Morrison and Vice President
John Mitchell OF the American Fed.
Grafton of Labor guilty of contempt in
the Bucks Stove and Range case.
Chief Justice Sheppard dissented
from the opinion OF the court on con.
stitntional grounds.
The court held that the fundamental
issue was whether the executive agen.
cies OF the government should be obey.
ed or defied. The mere fact that the
defendants were the officers of or
sanized labor in America, said the
court. lent Importance to the cause
and added gravity to the situation. but
should not be permitted to influenc CO
the result.
IF an organization OF citizens, how.
ever large" the court held. may dis
obey the mandates of the court. the
same reasoning would render them
subject to individual defiance. and
both are subject to the law and neither
is above IT,