Semi-weekly herald., 1909-08-26

MS liie was saved by Police Su
geon McGillivrsy. who made recoI
q run TO the Schrah home, In the aui
patrol.
Jealousy, according to his mothe
and sister. Lena Schrah. prompted tn
man to make an attempt to kill hin
self. Without his knowledge the wifi
with their two children had gone frol
her home yesterday to the home G
his mother, Mrs. Margaret Schrah,
widow. When he returned home las
night he did not find his wife there
| BOSTON. Aug. 23.-By allowing
swarm of bees to sting him on th
bare arms and legs. j. b. Webster o
Roxbury is recovering from an attacl
OF paralysis and has already regainet
the use of his left arm and can wall
mile
Four months ago Webster coult
not walk at all and had no use of mis-
left hand. He heard that bee stings
we're an efficacious cure for paralysis
and rheumatism. He hesitated fol
some time to try such extreme meas
ures but finally decided 10 do So and
today is apparently well man.
DENVER, Aug John A. Benson,
tramway motorman. dropped dead in
the yestibule of his car at Nineteenth
avenue and Pearl street last night
when stricken with pulmonary hem
orrhage. For two blocks the car ran
with only the hand of the corpse on
the controller. When the conductor
ent to the front vestibule to ascer.
tain why Benson did not respond to
signals given by him. he found the
lifeless body had fallen over the
brakes. The car was crowded with
passengers who became excited by the
discovery of the dead motorman. The
conductor also became unnerved but
stopped the car in time to avert acci.
dent.
RHEIMS, France, Aug. 23-The
spectacle of six aeroplanes simultane.
onsly winging their flight in huge cir
y,
the remarkable feature today, the op.
ening of aviation week. AT the finish
there was great burst of cheers over
His wonderful. and impressive exhibi.
Ton of mans mastery of the air,
RHEIMS, Aug. 23.--At today's air
ship contest Curtiss, the American
broke all records for flying.
NEW YORK, Aug. 23-That 2s
school children in every 100 from the
poor districts of the city is infected
with tuberculosis is indicated by an
observation made this summer at che
sea Breeze home. maintained at West
Coney Island by the association for i'm
proving the condition of the poor. All
children admitted to the home are
supposed to be we'll. The association
says in statement:
up to the middle of August 728
children have received thorough physi.
cal examination and have been tested
for tuberculosis at Sea Breeze OF
thfs number 3S1 were boys and 347
girls. OF the number subjected to
the test 205, or 2S.1 per cent showed
positive reaction. The per cent of
reaction among the girls tested was
30.1 per cent as against PIT per cent
among the boys.
BRIGHTON, Colo. Aug. 23.-Sam.
uel Girvin, ranch employe, this
shot and killed his wife and
then took his own life. The tragedy
occurred in the grocery store of Geo
Graves about 8:35 o'clock
Mrs. Girvin was making a small
purchase in the store when her hus.
band walked into the room and with.
out saying word drew revolver
and shot her in the back of the head.
He then turned the weapon ON him,
self, shooting himself In the head and
fell to the floor besides his wife. Both
died shortly afterward.
The couple had been estranged for
about a year and a half and Girvin
is supposed to have brooded over their
ubhiSbtiS tioupiCo " buNh al CAtCht
that he became temporarily insane
Nothing is known Of the immediate
cause of the shooting, but friends say
the couple had had no recent quarrel.
They both bore most excellent repu-
tations In the country.
PITTSBURG, Aug. 23.-With de-
moniacal fury ten thousand men and
women last night attacked the plant
OF the Pressed Steel Car company, and
In the battle which followed eight men
were instantly killed, ten perhaps ia.
tally wounded and more than score
seriously hurt.
The battle between the strikers, the
car builders, is led by their wives and
daughters, and the state troopers and
deputy sheriffs is still raging.
At 10 o'clock this morning the fol
lowing incomplete list OF dead and In
tured was compiled from reports at
the morgues, hospitals and physicians
offices. The dead:
John l.. Williams, state trooper.
Harry Exler, deput sheriff.
Three foreigners.
The dying:
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