Semi-weekly herald., 1909-05-27

ing, sank the tug Princeton. drowning
three men-an engineer, fireman and
man who was visiting one of the fire
men
OMAHA, May 24-Although the po-
lice department Of this city 1nd the
sheriff have had large forces OF men
securing the country In the vicinity |
OF the scene of Saturdays holdup of
Union Paciiic's overland limited train |
three miles west of this city, little |
progress has been made toward ar
resting the robbers Two empty mail |
pouches taken from the train We're
found short distance from the poin,
al which the robbery occurred They |
had been cut open .and the contents |
removed.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia, May pa Sc
ries of sensational burglaries came to
n climax early today when an un-
known thief shot and dangerously
wounded Mayor John I. Carmody.
Previous to entering Mayor Car
mody's house the burglar robbed Fa-
ther Toomey's home. covering the
priest with his revolver. While the
police were investigating the Toomey
affair the bandit entered the Car
mody home two blocks distant. The
mayor became aroused. grappled with
the intruder and was shot in the alb
dcmen- Carmody continued to fight
but finally fell exhausted at the bot
tom of the stairs while his assailant
escaped.
DENVER, May 25.-That the labor
situation today is assuming an aspect
which may result in bloodshed is in
dicated by statements made this morn
ing by building trades council lead
ers, who assert that the contractors
are distributing revolvers and ammu-
milton among non-union men whom
they started out this morning to take
the places of workmen who remained
loyal 10 The council
Labor leaders appealed today TO
Chief of Police Armstrong for police
pipi''tiph iipu
claring quick Intervention of police
is absolutely necessary 10 avert Sc
rious conflicts and possible loss of
| life
CENTRAL CITY. KY. May 25.-
Five children who took part in the
| commencement exercises of Mrs. b. c.
| Boyds school in this city last night,
are burned fatally. the audience was
thrown into panic, and several other
children were slightly hurt. The IA
tally burned: Dorothy Clay, aged 10
years; Zelma Clay, aged 10 years;
Louise Marshall. aged ~ years; Nellie
| MeGeary. aged s years; Rena May
| Miller, aged q years. Little Dorothy
| Clay was unwittingly the cause of
the catastrophe.
| The little girls had formed in a
circle and had drilled back and forth
In their white muslin dresses, the
audience gathering enthusiasm as the
entertainment progress. Then the
| light were extinguished and candle
in the hand of each child flashed out
brilliantly. Aunts, mothers, fathers
and playmates in the crowd cheered
and applauded so enthusiastically that
Dorothy Grew became frightened and
dropped her candle.
The flame leaped to the white mus.
line and in twinkling five dresses
were afire. Mothers fought to reach
their children who were enveloped in
flames on the platform. The children,
frenzied with pain. made efforts to
Chamber over the footlights to their
parents.
Little Louise Marshall, screaming,
leaped over the footlights and into the
ence.
Men in the auoIence nnaIy smother
ed the flaming clothing, .but in the
cases of those named above It is be-
lieved to have been too late.
| PUEBLO, May 25.-That Ray Cor.
don, wanted for the murder of Peter
| A. Dieter, young ranchman of Rye,
Colo, is in custody at Las Vegas,
n NJ, was the information received by
the sheriff's office this morning, posi-
| tive identification having been made
! through descriptions and photographs
sent from here to officials of San
Miguel county three days ago An Of
ficer from Pueblo will be sent to Las
Vegas at once and If the suspect
proves to be Gordon he will bring him
back here to stand trial
Peter A. Dieter was murdered about
| November IL, but the crime was not
discovered until month later. A
short time prior to this Ray Gordon,
who was employed by Dieter. sold the
latter's effects, collected money and
disappeared. The officers here were
informed yesterday that Gordon was
seen in Phoenix day OF two ago and
II is the general belief that he has
finally been captured.
NEW YORK, May 25.-John Hanan.
the wealthy shoe manufacturer and
his wife, were the subjects of a thrill