Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-14

I Is crowded with refugees and the hos
: pitfalls and municipal relief committee
: are eagerly and gratefully acceptin
t all supplies offered. Bayard Cutting
: Jr.. the American vice consul, has gon
to Syracuse to investigate the condi
: tions there.
. CHICAGO, Jan. 12.-The doom o
: the Modern James Boys" a newly or
, ganized club of youthful robbers, hai
been sealed. Three of It's four mem
: bers have been held to the grand Jury
and the other has been turned over tc
the juvenile court. According to tn,
police. the boys robbed three stores
All four were reading cheap novels
and smoking cigarettes in an aban
doned barn, when they were arrested
They had several revolvers and part
OF their plunder.
CARTHAGE, ILL.,, Jan. 12.-When the
police and other officers, attracted to
this place by the suicide of Rev. John
ii. Carmichael. the confessed slayer
OF Gideon Browning at Battle Run,
Michigan, have fully satisfied them
selves as to the circumstances attend.
ing the last act in the tragedy, II Is
expected that inquiry will turn to the
| possible motive for the initial crime.
II is curious fact that dispatches
from Michigan reveal an unwllllngness
on the part of the officials and others
to accept the theory of Carmichaers
insanity as evolving from his strange
confession.
One of the first to voice this skepti.
clsm, was Prosecutor Browning of
Adair. who rejected the idea Brown.
ing had used hypnotic influence II
shall always believe" said Mr.. Brown,
the crime" II is thought that there
is "A woman In the case.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Jan. 12.-After
fall of snow extending over the en-
tire states of. Missouri, Kansas and
covering three-fourths OF Oklahoma,
the temperature at most points in the
southwest this morning, is the lowest
of the year. The cold wave extends
as far south as Galveston, where freez.
ing Temperature is reported today AT
Vinita. Oklahoma, the temperature is
l5 degrees below zero. At Topeka, Kan.
sas, 1t is reported 10 below zero, at
FIT. Smith, Ark, below Cattle are
reported dying on the ranges near vi.
nita.
NEW YORK, Jan. 12.-Mrs. H. Zem.
mig. the wife of New York publisher
was attacked by two robbers In her
home at Sappleton. Staten Island, drag
ged into clothes closet, and left In
a semi-conscious condition this morn.
ing. A stove poker was used by one
of the robbers beating the woman,
with which fifteen cuts were inflicted
on her head. Regaining her senses in
the closet, Mrs. Zemmig painfully
crawled through window and gave
the alarm. The robbers however es-
capped with jewelry, valued at $500,
there is no clew.
CHICAGO, Jan. 12.-Twenty-five ca.
nary birds chirrupping and trilling
spread the alarm OF blazing fire, saw
ing the lives of fourteen families last
night. although the little golden songs.
ters lost their own lives. Fire destroy
ed three-story brick flat building,
and drove fourteen families into the
cold. Two firemen were injured
NEW YORK. Jan. 12.-Prices of pro-
ducts from Sicily and Calabria have
jumped in the local market from 25
to $50 per cent, as result of the de
creased importations which naturally
followed the recent earthquake Two
million boxes of lemons were shipped
to this country from Italy. Messina,
which suffere almost total destruction,
was the main shipping point
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Jan. IA
Patrick Calhoun of New York and San
Francisco. President of the United r.
r., director OF several large eastern
corporations. appeared in Judge Law.
ler's court today for the opening ses.
sion OF his trial on an indictment
charging him with offering brIbe to
Fred Nichols, a former member of
the board of supervisors, the legisla-
tive body of the city and county of
San Francisco. A cheering crowd of
several hundred persons gathered In
the ferry building TO greet Assistant
District Attorney Francis ]. Heney,
and his wife on their return last night
from an absence of several weeks in
the east. Il will take personal charge
OF the prosecution of Mr. Calhoun"
said Mr.. Heney. Il am in splendid
shape physically and am eager 10 re-
sumo my work here"
HUNTINGTON w. Va, Jan. 12.--En.
tombed by an explosion, 100 miners
are believed to have been killed In
the Lick Branch coal mines this morn
ing. Only three weeks ago fifty men
met death by an explosion In the
same mine, known as a model mine,
and equipped with every life-saving
device known. The Pocahontas Con
solidated Collieries companys coal
mine, is located at Switchback on the
Norfolk & Western railroad.
BLUEFIELD, w. Va, Jan. 12.-Later
advices from Swltchback say. that
100 men were killed in the mine ex.
plosion there this morning. The num-
Der may be largely increased as from
$50 TO 300 miners were already at
work at the time, and 1t had not been
ascertained at noon how many had
survived.
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