Semi-weekly herald., 1909-09-13
TELEGRApHIC NEWS

were ptdylHk ph u iht Ssthpt VI thHit
parents flat on the fourth floor yes
terday while their mother was pre-
pairing luncheon. The children had a /
set OF building blocks on the ircn
balcony and in reaching for cne Of
taem the little girl lost her balance
and fell Charles reached out and
seized his sisters dress and he, too,
toppled head first downward from Inc
balcony. The girl was killed bu. the
boy viii recover.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9.-Secretary
of The Interior Ballinger, who return
ed TO Washington last night from Bev-
erly. where he conferred with Presi
dent Taft relative TO the charges
arising out of the Cunningham coal
land claims in Alaska. expects to leave
here within ten days for the west. to
resume investigation of the reclama-
ton, Indian and public lands and other
matters now of vital Importance to the
department.
The secretary declined to discuss
for publication his recent conference
with the president and added that
Ing the present controversy Will ema
nate from the president. Mr. Ballinger
declared that he expects to join the
president at Derver and will accom-.
pany him on a part of his western
tour.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Ia, Sept. o.
Having passed as a boy for nineteen
years and finally grown tired of the de
cepfion, Miss Fred Adams Of Sioux
City ran away from home and ap-
peared in the police court here yes
terday To appeal for protection and
permission to dress as girl.
All my life have been boy"
she told the judge. Now | want to
be girl and dress in skirts and rib
bons and pretty Clothes"
According TO the girl, her father
died before she was born having made
...s VIII that should the expected child
be boy he would come into the pos
session OF n large Inheritance upon
reachiDg maturity, and If a girl the
inheritance would 30 u distant rela-
tive.
CHICAGO, Sept. 9.--Thieves are be
lieyed to have been the murderers OF
an unidentified man whose body was
recovered from the river here today.
TWO deep gashes In the victims throat
showed the manner OF death.
PENDLETON, Ore, Sept. 9.-Por-
tions of d skeleton of prehistoric an
imal OF great size have been unearth-
ed on the Orville Elder farm. eighteen
miles from this place. One of the
teeth is fourteen inches In length and
has masiicating area of twenty-five
inches. Pieces of the ribs are said
TO be from six to eight feet long, and
there is horn projecting from the
skull similarly shaped to that of the
rhinoceros.
MONTRoSE, Colo, Sept. 9.-Walter
Hooney. machine tender at the
Gunnison tunnel. was instantly killed
Monday by a slab of rock from the
roof OF the tunnel falling on him.
CHICAGO. Sept 9.-The best grades
of dress beef reached level that has
not been attained in years when prices
oil No. ribs and iolns were raised
H and cents. respectively, yester-
day This upturn, combined with the
rise reported last week brought No.
l ribs TO Is cents per pound and No.
ioins to 81 cents per pound.
Oi TAWA. Ont, Sept. 9.-Murder of
eleven men by cannibals is announced
ma cable from Sydney, N. s. w. 1t
says:
"A dreadful tragedy is reported from
the New Hebrides. Captain Lindsay
master of the ketch Rabaul, was the
first speared and then dubbed to death
by The horde of cannibals. and the
crew. numbering ten, were massacred
and the vessel seized by the savages
and burned at Mallincallo, New Hebri.
des. where cannibalism still exists.
Some of the crew of the French ketch
Gundaloupe were captured by natives
and have since been unheard of. The
natives of German New Britain have
iebelled against the government and
many fresh outrages arc feared"
SlLVERTNO, Sept 9-The twenty.
round glove contest advertised to take
place on the evening OF Labor day
was pulled off last night at b. & b.
hall with a large attendance. The
bout went the full twenty rounds
when the referee, Mr.. Dickerson, sport
ing editor of the Denver News, de-
cided points In favor of Baker. II
was splendid exhibition of the manly
art. both men showing up fine and
putting up spirited fight. Mr. Dick
erson, who has referred many sim
liar events. says the fight was the
second best he ever witnessed. There
Is no question but that Baker is the
coming champion of the welterweights
and no doubt a battle will soon be ar.
ranged between him and Twin" Sulll-
van who now holds the championship
Tor this class of fighters The sport
Ing fraternity of Silverton is talking