Semi-weekly herald., 1909-07-15

Not until all railroads are consol
y dated or the government proceeds Il
jdc directly what IL now attempts {,
do by indiscretion, viz: Fixes abso
luteiy all railroad rates, will there b,
an era of stability and OF peace an,
fair play both 10 railroads and tn,
public. Under the method now pur
sued by the government it would seen
I the purpose TO keep railroads apart
| close their ears and let them fight il
| out among themselves. The result Is
enderhanded and unfair competition
with secret rates to favored shippers
o. favored localities and continual dis.
sension and unrest. Competition be
tween railroads makes low rates at
competitive points and they are oh.
lieed to recoup by excessive charges
at non-competive points"
WASHINGTON, July 12-secretarv
William b Hayward of the Republican
committee is willing to pay $500 for
"a ride in the Wright aeroplane. He
so declared himself to a group of Ne
braskans in the lobby of the Hotel
Willard.
Il had the first automobile ride in
the state of Nebraska" said HAYWARD.
Il played In the flrsf game of golf
in that state outside of Omaha. but
never was so crazy about anything
as am about the Wright flying ma.
chine. would glady give $500 for
The glory of being their first regular
fare
ALTON, Ill, July l2.-The first roll
Of petroleum butter. the Standard Oips
product. will be turned out of The
Wood River refinery nenr Alton. Prem.
araiions are now being made to man
ufacture the product here and machin.
cry mas been shipped. The new prod
uet VIII be known as petrol butter. II
is said to be of the same consistency
as lacteal butter. but brown in color.
1t lasts great deal longer than real
butter and does not become rancid
NEW YORK. June l2-Nurses in
Kings county hospital have found
thousands Of dollars In cash bank
books and jewelry concealed ir ,he
garments of Elizabeth Donegan i
servant, who was found stary't.g 30
death on the streets of Brooklyn.
LONDON, July lS--Dispatches re.
ceived here report Commander Atten.
borough of the British navy at Naiva
sha, British East Africa. and stated
that X. j. cunninghame. who is guild
ing former President Roosevelt and
his party. staggered into his (Atten.
borough's) house Sunday night in an
exhausted condition, having been with
out food for twenty-four hours. The
guide reported the expedition had sud.
denly found itself snort OF food and
water and Cunninghame had rushed
ahead to get supplies, but he had un
the distance. AS soon
as Cuninghame and his native com.
panions had rested, they started back
Colonel Roosevelt was ex.
pected at Capt Attenborough's house
yesterday, and a late dispatch from
Naivasha says a native runner got In
late at night with word of the arrival
OF the ex-president and party at the
commanders home
Colonel Roosevelt and his followers
will rest for few days until they
have recovered from their privations
They are suffering from the pangs OF
hunger and thirst.
CHICAGO. July l3.-Mrs. Austin
Cork of Aurora, arrested last week on
a charge of cruelty TO he step-chii-
dren, faced 1000 angry women wher
she was arraigned in Aurora city hall.
Her husband made an attempt TO low
er her from rear window, after she
swooned three times from fright, but
failed because the rope was 100 short
'Bhe escape was through crowd OF
women who beat Mrs. Cork and her
husband with umbrellas and shouted
sanguinary warnings at her. The
Corks drove away in a buggy.
Los ANGELES. Cal, July 13.-The
first session OF the grand lodge OF
Elks was held today in the Auditorium
theater, with between 1,4O0 and ] 500
members in attendance and the bal
lctting on new officers of the grand
lodge Is in progress. The contest for
the office of grand exalted ruler has
been a spirited one and the result Of
the count of ballots Is being eagerly
waited for by thousands of Elks The
count will not be completed aud an
nounced until late tonight
Every state in the Union is repre-.
sented among the $4,000 Elks now in
Los Angeles and II is estimated alto.
gether the event has attracted 100 900
visitors to the city.
CHICAGO. July l3-Arrangemepts
are being made by the Atchison, To.
peka & Santa Fe road for a series oil
experiments with ties which viii be
watched with keen interest by all rail
roads in the United States. The rail