Semi-weekly herald., 1909-05-06


( interest
Saturday 5S5 saloons and ten brew
cries in nineteen counties of Michigan
I which voted dry" at the last cleo
ton. closed their doors. Thirty o
the eighty-three counties in the stat
| are now dry.
4 delegation Of Chicago shoe manu-
facturers has reached Washington I,
protest against tariff on hides. whicl
tthey claim viii benefit only the pack
ers and viii increase the cost of shoe.
and other leather goods.
| VIM. Il. Curtis, in dispatch from
Washington, tells of the latest report
OF the inland water ways commission
which advises the expenditure of more
money for development of system
expected In the future to be a most
valuable asset.
Promises are he'd out by strong in,
fluences in the senate that before the
tariff bill becomes law the house rates
on hosiery. which aroused such a Wig.
| VI ph1 ptpACoA III thittlbo connection
with the advance in the duties on
gloves. viii be restored.
A $2.000,000 tnxicab company. ef.
fecting the consolidation of four of
the largest taxicab companies in the
city, was launched in Chicago at mid
night Friday night. The new company
is to be known as the Chicago Taxi.
cab company.
There are, in Portugal. about i,2OO
automobiles, Of which 600 are in Lis.
bon. There is only one American
automobile in Lisbon; this is a runa
bout. and is in the hands of an agent
newly established. Lisbon is very
hilly, and the cars that are used there
must be climbers.
The Will of Peter F. Collier, the pub
Usher, was Aled In the surrogate's
office. One of the lawyers who filed
the VIII said that as far as was known
the estate was worth between $4,000.
900 and s5.OoO.o0O. The wife is to re,
ceive $4,000 year and outside of n
few bequests the principal portion OF
the estate goes to his son.
For the first time IN their history
The eastern railroads have decided to
put in cheap summer tourist rates
from the middle west to Atlantic sea.
board and to the New England terri
tory. Beginning June 1 and continu
ing until Sept. 30, 1t will be possible to
visit the big seaboard cities at
round trip rate OF approximately $25
from Chicago or ST. Louis.
A St Louis burglar. frightened by
his own image in mirror, fired point
blank al the reflection when startled
by woman's scream. Mrs. l.. C..
Leanard interrupted the burglar loot
ing the home of her brother-in- law
Thomas p. Haley. The burglar drop.
ped his pistol and fled. leaving be-
hind the silyerware worth 81 500, but
taking with him $3.50 diamond ring
Plans for the new million dollar
clubhouse which New York lodge No
of tho Benevolent Proteetiss Order
of Ellss purposes TO build In West
Forty-third street. have been filed with
the building department. The struc.
ture is to be eleven stories high, OF
brick and limestone and modelled in
the Italian renaissance style. One of
its distinctive features will be lodge
room With a seating capacity OF 1000
If Charles II. Dean recovers from
an operation performed at ST. Louis |
hospital. 1t Will be necessary for him
for the rest Of his life to cat six
meals day In order to keep off the
pangs of hunger and maintain his
body at normal flesh and vitality. The
surgeons cut Deans stomach into
three sections and removed the mid
die section. The two end sections
were then sewed together. leaving
him only about 45 per cent of his orig
inal food capacity.
At Spionkop, Wyo, Wall Kvvan
was killed by his 1S-yearold son. Ell
mer. The boy had been at a dance
and did not return until O'Clock
in the morning. Apparently he had
been drinking. The father found
fault with him and in the course OF
The alteration is said to have drawn
a knife on the boy. The latter seized
a gun and shot his father dead. Had
the boy cut out whisky the crime of
killing parent would not be charged
against him at this time.
In unique plea for pardon n con
vict In the Kansas state penitentiary
at Lansing has written to Governor
Stubbs and confessed himself the only
guilty man in the penal institution.
From conversations held with pris-
oners | have arrived at the conclu-
sion / am about the only guilty scamp
in this place" the letter reads. III
cannot plead innocence. cannot write
a classical poem and | have no flow
ers blooming In the conservatory OF
my soul. Better kick me out lest /
corrupt the morals of the institution"
The governor has expressed an inter.
est in the writer and may act on the