Semi-weekly herald., 1909-08-12

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burned in efforts TO save their prol
erty
| ALLAHABAD. India. Aug. 9th
duke of Abruzzi established anothe
record In mountain climbing. He a.
cended Mount Godwatin Austen to
height OF $4,000 feet Perfect weathe
was enjoyed during the ascent Al
members of party arrived at Band
| huer In excellent health
PARIS. Aug. l0.-No news has bee,
received of the balloon Sirius whicl
left Chameouni Sunday in an attemp
to cross Mount Blac. After the air
ship had risen 200 yards the wint
carried 1t In an opposite direction owe,
Mer de Glace and it disappeared in the
mist. Captain Spelterini. who is In
charge of the balloon, is an audacious
but careful aeronaut. In 1906 he
made the trip over the Alps from Italy
to France carrying three passengers
NEW YORK, Aug. 10.-Theodore
Roosevelt, Jr., is temporarily abandon
Ing the carpet manufacturing business
IN connecticut to come to New York
to make arrangements for learning
more about aeronautics He. with
Forbes. president of the Aero club of
America, will file application for mem.
bership this week Since making two
trips In the signal corps balloons last
year young Roosevelt has determined
to go In for the sport and may pur-
chase craft.
STUTTGART, Germany. Aug. 10
Count Zeppelin. inventor OF the type of
dirigible balloons that bears his name
and the most famous German aviator
OF the day, Is not dead. The count
today is able to be out in the gardens
at the hospital in Constance where he
Is being treated for an abscess of the
neck.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. lO.-By tel.
egraphic orders from Assistant Sec.
retary of the Treasury Reynolds n
half million Philippine cigars were re.
leased from bond yesterday and ad.
mitted free of duty under the new
tariff laws. This Is the first importa.
tion from the islands to fall under
the new customs provisions relating to
products. Under the new
law a hundred and fifty million cigars
Will be admitted annually duty free.
'fhe shipment released yesterday had
been held in bond pending a settle
ment of the tariff question. The duty
collected under the old tariff would
have amounted to $4,000.
SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 10.-The
department of Colorado and Wyoming
is represented by fully four hundred
veterans of the civil war. over 900
people came In on the three sections
OF the official train. One hundred and
Two veterans came in on the third
section which carried the San Juan
contingent including Durango to Grand
and over three hundred all
told were on the third section which
ran into Salt Lake nearly seven hours
late, arriving In the city just after
the arrival of sections one and two.
Headed by the celebrated George
Cook drum corps the department
marched from the depot up the bril-.
liantly decorated streets to the de.
partment headquarters, attracting
much attention Notwithstanding the
lateness of the hour.
The department of Colorado and
Wyoming will have the greatest mum.
Der of men in the parade on Thurs
day of all the departments
The city is tastefully and lavishly
decorated with national colors and the
electrical display is the finest pre-.
scented to the national encampment
and the encampment promises to rank
among the most successful in the his
tory of the Grand Army of the Re
public.
DENVER. Aug. 1O-An unidentified
man, supposed to be Lawrence Man.
uel, was found dead In his room In
the Occidental hotel In Blake street
this morning by James l.. Rude, also
guest of the hotel The police arc
investigating on the theory that the
man took poison.
Manuel registered at the hotel las,
evening between and Z O'Clock and
was assigned to room on the third
floor. He paid for the room In ad
vance. This morning Rude, while
passing through the hall. heard some
one breathing heavily. He investI
gated and found Manuel on the floor
clad only in his underclothes and un
conscious. Police Surgeon Preston
was called but the man was dead be
fore he arrived.
Apparently Manuel knew he wa.
about to die. On the table near wher,
he lay was piece of note pape
upon which the man had eyidentl,
been writing when stricken. Their,
were but two words Raymond Hot
1t is supposed he was trying to writ,
Raymond Hotel"
In the mans pockets were so cent
and lead pencil. He had neither Goa