Semi-weekly herald., 1909-06-10
In prison.

of age and Dennis Shay. a boiler
naked. aged % years. were killed ant
Charles Haynes. stevedore. wound
ed by William p Fox Saturday nigh
in a saloon In San Francisco. Shay
lived long enough to identify Fox NJ
the man who did the shooting and
| almost Immediately expired The
three victims were In the saloon when
Fox entered and asked for drink
After receiving 1t he declared that
he had no money with which to pay
for it, Angered by some alleged re.
mark made by the bartender Fox i'm.
medintely began shooting.
The Mallory liner. Concho, Captain
| Young, bound from New York to Gal.
weston. reached Galveston late Satur.
day night with about G5 passengers
| and cargo and four feet of water in
her hold. after an exciting experience
at sea, in which for n time It was
feared the vessel would sink. Sud.
denly the leak stopped and the pumps
gained rapidly on the water Divers
found q hole about eight inches in
diameter in the bottom of the hold.
tightly plugged by large fish. The
fish had evidently been sucked into
the hole and wedged so as TO cut Off
the rush Of water The cargo was
badly damaged
Henry Savage Landor, the famous
explorer. has arrived in London after
completing thorough investigation
of the work being done on the Pan
anna canal zone. II always had very
high Idea of the American peoples
ability TO accomplish big task said
Mr. Landor but this matter of build
ing this canal. so gigantic Is 1t that
am all admiration. | was particular.
ly impressed with the personnel of
the staff, especially the engineers I'm
charge OF the various sections of the
work. These young army men show
ability and enthusiasm which. be.
lieve, cannot be equaled by any other
body OF men"
Four years ago there was much iu-
terest in a little chap from Kansas
city Mo. who had an appointment
a. a midshipman mt the United States
Naval academy Within his grasp. but
who was short by an inch or two OF
reaching the required height and who,
with great spirit and determination,
had submitted himself to a specially
constructed instrument similar TO the |
rack of inquisitiun days. and had sue
oeeded in pulling out the reefs in his |
spinal column until he measured up |
midshipman The name OF this am
bilious young AIissourian is Luther |
Wclch. On Friday last the under
sized young man received his diploma |
and stood out as one of the top notcl |
ers in his class. Wclch graduated No. |
4 among IA picked young men who
composed the class
There is no denying that Mark |
Woodruff should he behind priscn |
bars The following Is from the Den
yer Post OF Saturday. Bernard L.
Castor. former president of the Eger,a
Fuel company, is accused by l. !. |
Peck. In an affidavit sworn to before |
James NJ, Brnson. deputy attorney |
general, Of paying a bribe of 50 800 |
hfty-year lease 10 the coal lands held |
by the company. The affidavit sets
forth that o meeting was held In the |
office of Peck, IN the Kittredge build |
ing. In the spring Of 1905. where lie
Castor, and J. o. Walker were pres |
ent. II is stated that, after insisting
that the curtains be drawn. Woodruff |
received the sum OF s3.500 from Cas.
tor and departed. In the CONVERSE
tion which followed, the affiant. Peck, |
swears that Castor remarked: Il
would rather have this lease of ilfty |
years on that property than to owp
The property itself"
Tremendous falling off In the manu- |
facture of beer as a result of the |
vi l'Vi oh' Wy -"
lius Lehman, president of the United |
States Brewers association at Allan
tie city last week. After stating that
The production In 1906 was 5,l92.007 |
barrels, and in 1907 only 3,692.005 bar
rels, Mr. Liebmann said; For the
year sos the revenue report still
shows slight Increase In the total
production of malt liquors. II amounts
10 pol 500 barrels II is an increase
OF course, but one calculated to dis
hearten us. Analyzed statisiically,
the figures really Indicate tremen-
dous downward trend--aD astonishing
fall from preceding annual increases
and, as a matter OF fact, this slight
increase was really the forerunner OF
a very positive decline. II Is perfect
" safe to say that by far the greater
part OF the decrease must be attrib-
nted TO the panic and It's after effects.
which seem to have been felt in 1908
more poignantly than in the year OF
The breakdown In some states local
option OF prohibition aggravated mat
ters, but In n general way the con
djtion OF things confirms the old ex-
- Ia.