Semi-weekly herald., 1909-09-09

many smaller towns celebrated with
music and parades, speaking and ath-
letic events
WASHINGTON, Sept. with his
suit case fun of official documents,
Secretary r. A. Ballinger of the in
terror department started for Beverly
yesterday He is ready for SHOW
down" in regard to matter OF charges
against the interior department as laid
before President L. X. Galvis, field
agent of The land office at Seattle
The secretary has expressed conf
dence thar the interior department
will show clean hands in its handling
the case against the Cunningham
claimants to rich coal lands in Alaska
If il does it is practically certain that
CLAWS VII lose his official head, for
not only did he make damaging
charges against his superior but he
leaped over their heads to pour ac-
eusations into President Taft's ear.
A clean bill of health for the in
terror department will mean it is be-
lieved a stiff dose of administrative
discipline for the subordinates of the
forest service who have backed CLAWS
DENVER. Sept. 6.-Just before kill
ing himself In bedroom of the Dem
ocratic club, Fred X. Kepley, stenog-
rapher for the state land board, wrote
"a note to his friends, advising those
addicted to cigarettes to quit the hab-
IL. He added that he had been going
insane for three weeks and closed the
communication witha list of his debts.
a bullet through the brain ended 1t
all
CHICAGO. Sept. 6.-Frank p. Ar
mold was probably fatally shot last
night after being held up by three
men near Washington park. A mys-
| terious woman is being sought as the
possible principal in the case.
When persons in the park heard one
| shot fired at II o'clock and ran toward
the place whore Arnold lay they saw
| well dressed woman in white bend,
| ing over him. She fled as they ap-
preached, but she is said to have call
ed the police by telephone.
PITTSBURG. Sept. G.-Springing at
child as it did when it killed three
| men and one woman, Coma, the most
| fearful lion at the Highland Park ZOO
| yesterday caused wild excitement
when Lena Neck, years old, placed
her hands in the savage monsters
| cage and he jumped toward the babe
Women in the crowd, watching the
| beast, screamed several fainting and
when they turned their faces, fearing
| to see the child mangled by the ami
| NAL, keepers in the zoo rushed to the
scene and stood stupifed for an in
stant when they saw the lion affection.
ately licking and paving the hand of
the little girl. However, they soon
caught the child and took her out of
harm's way
NEW YORK, Sept IA relapse
in tiie condition, of B. i. Harriman's
health, followed by rumors in Lofffon
| that he had died. caused a wild open
ing in the stock market in Wall street
today. Hartman shares broke wildly
Union Pacific opening price was 5lA
points under previous closing. South
efn Pacific showed a decline of 3 "a
points and New York Central of 3h
other stocks declined In proportion
Steel shares and Pennsylvania were
conspicuous for their strength. Di-
rectors of the steel trust will meet
IN the near future to suggest appropr[-
ations for completion of the com
pany's plants at Gary This work Will
call for an expenditure of about forty
millions, sixty million having already
been spent on these plants.
During the first fifteen minutes trad
ing had a slight rally in the general
list due to short covering and pur-
ehases by large interests. That the
general business conditions will con-
tinue is vouched for in a statement of
Arthur Pale, chairman of the commit
tee on relations between the railroads
of the American Railway association.
who says that he expects the next fort
nightly statement to show decrease
OF more than forty thousand in the
number of idle freight cars. This
would bring the total number of un.
usual freight ears of all kinds down
to little more than n hundred thou,
sand
American stocks are weak in Lon
don because of Harrimans illness and
reports of his death.
CHICAGO. Sept. 7.:-It was a case
OF muscle in the wheat pit early today
when September sold at 9S So and
9sc. December at 94A and s4lhc and
May at 81 "a and CSC. showing up
turns of Ia and 3-Sc over last prices
ot Saturday. In face of this bearish
statement and the fact that the rail-
roads will be overloaded with all kinds
of grain. prices held up.
WALSENBURG, Colo. Sent =
Town Marshal Joseph Devlne of Pyor. >
mining camp in this county, was
shot and killed in the main street of