Semi-weekly herald., 1909-05-13

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| WASHINGTON. May 10.--One year
has elapsed since Surgeon Wright. U.
5 N. treated the first case of tuber.
culosis al the Naval hospital at Las
Animas, Colo, with the mercury treat
ment. the surgeons discovery. Dur
ing that time statistics of the hospital
show of those ceases, where marked
improvement was noted. 100 per cent
| took the mercury treatment and none
took the routine treatment solely. or
the fatal cases 81 per cent took the
mercurial treatment and 6S per cent
| took the routine treatment only. From
this favorable showing Surgeon Wright
recommended that mercury be adopted
as the regular treatment for tubercu-
losis of the hospital staff.
QUEENSTOWN, May 10.-The Gu
nard line steamer Mauretania arrived
off Daunt's Rock at 10:4S this morn
ing. having beaten her own previous
and all other eastward records by "a
minutes.
FLUSHING. n. Y. May li.-short-
ly before o'clock, after deliberatlng
four hours the jury which has been
trying Capt. Peter C. Haines for the
murder of William C. Annis, returned
a verdict finding defendant guilty OF
manslaughter in the first degree. The
verdict is believed to be n compro.
mise, as it is said that on the first
ballot the jury stood ten to two for
aequittal on the ground of insanity.
The penalty is from one TO twenty
years in the penitentiary.
ROME, May 11.-Court circles are
agitated over the sensational reports
which reached the government about
the duke of the Abruzzi, related on
good authority, that. in one of his fits
of depression to which the duke has
become subject of late he attempted
10 kill himself with revolver on the
way out to India, but was saved by
member of his suite whose suspicion
had been aroused and who had kept
a vigilant watch on him. Letters from
members of the expedition represent
that the duke is utterly reckless.
NEW YORK, May lin response
to the message that her S-year-old
son had been run over and killed by
Second avenue trolley car at One
Hundredth street, Mrs. Mary Altman
ran ~ IA ntt
motorman and street car company in.
speetor. tearing their clothes from
them. Two policeman took the frantic
mother to her home and there she
tried to commit suicide by stabbing
herself in the breast with bread
knife. In the meantime the motor
man had locked himself inside the
car as precaution against a crowd
of more than 500 wildly excited per.
sons who were trying TO attack him.
To rescue him the police reserves
took a grocery wagon. backed it up to
the car, hustled the motorman into
1t, and drove him rapidly to the po
lice station.
NEW YORK. May IL 11l-Young Cor.
bett received a telegram from Pro
moter Coffroth offering him a $4,000
purse for a twenty-five round bout
with Jimmy Britt. Britt is in Europe
but is expected to sail for home as
soon as he receives Coffroth's offer
The proposed fight is to be at Colma,
Cal
Corbett and Harry Scroggs Will fight
fifteen rounds at Baltimore tonight
and a red hot argument is expected
If he wins this battle Corbett says
he will be ready to take on Leach
Cross at 1873 TO 1876 pounds.
PITTSBURG, Pa, May 11.-After
the exciting and wearing incidents of
yesterday, Mrs. James Boyle had a
good nights rest in the Western peni
tentiary last night and awoke today
much refreshed. She is in good spir
It's and has regained much of her old
time vivacity. Upon her arrival at
the penitentiary last night after hours
for retiring, she was given only a
night dress, while all her other cloth.
ing and ornaments were taken from
her She awoke this morning to find
only prison garb In her cell. March
ing in line with other prisoners, Mrs
Boyle smiled as she went 70 her prison
breakfast, which she ate heartily. She
was given permission by the matron
TO make cushions and other fancy
work for her cell. and the materials
were promised her If she cared to do
so 1t will be determined today, after
a physical examination, what charac-
ter OF work she will be given. 1t is
probable she will be placed in the
kitchen or sewing room.
| YOUNGSTOWN, o. May 11.-Un
less stronger proof than the word oi
| James Boyle is offered TO show thai
| there is mystery connected with the
death of Daniel Reeble, Jr., which oc
CURED here fourteen years ago, anC
which Boyle claims was murder, com
mitted by Harry Foraker OF Sharon
Pa, who. he claims. aided in kidnap
ing of Willie Whitla, there will be NJ