Semi-weekly herald., 1909-02-04
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

not pass laws that will abrogate sue
treaties. II California passes laws di
eliminating against the Japanese, eve
II such laws are valid. they will d,
feat themselves, for the compact b,
tween the United States and Japa
VIII be considered at an end by tn
japanese, and coolie labor will pou
into the country in great tide as /
did before the government OF Japal
agreed to stop emigration to tn,
United States"
The foregoing expresses suocinctl,
the ideas OF President Roosevelt ant
. Secretary Root as made public toda,
In the letter which the president sem
Governor Gillett. protesting against
the proposed anu-Japanese legisla
tion.
CANTON. China, Feb. lat least
200 lives were lost in a fire which
occurred today in fleet OF flower
boats, The charred bodies of ITO vic.
inns already have been recovered. but
many persons are still missing.
MADISON, md. Feb. dee Brown
last night shot Henry Lochard and
wife, and was himself killed by Locle
ard, Mrs. Lochard will probably die.
NEW YORK, Feb. with a brok
en- rldder and more than fortv.eiabt
hours late. the big merchant steam
snip St Louis, Capt. John C. Jamisou
came slowly up quarantine this morn
ing. Tugs met her at Sandy Hook and
towed her into her docks. There werc
nearly 1000 passengers on board The
accident to the -rudder, caused by A
great sea that snapped the blade, oc.
CURED last Friday night when the shin
was southeast of Cape Sable and about
73O miles from Sandy Hook. Since
that time she had been Obliged to
face a head sea that sent waves over
her bows to rush the entire length
OF the promenade deck.
The storm ON the Atlantic has been
raging three days,
PANAMA, Feb 1.-Engineers are
accompanying Presldent-elect Taft
who spent today at Gatun With the
chief engineer of the canal, Lieutenant
Colopel Goethals, They had no fault
10 find with the natural foundations
for the dam, and they regarded the
pass for safeguarding the dam as be
ing complete. They will make "a re-
port to President Roosevelt, They
are inspecting Culebra cut this after
noon Mr.. aud Mrs. Taft attended
the Episcopal church yesterday and
later the president-elect received the
British minister.
CHICAGO, Feb. 1.-George Busse,
brother of Fred A. Busse, mayor of
Chicago. last night accidentally shot
and killed Mrs. l.. C. Tuckerman, 80
years old. of New York The shoot.
ing occurred in the Walton apartment
building Mrs. Tuckerman was visit.
ing her father, General Gerard. re-
tired, who occupied an apartment in
the building. George Busse, in his
apartment across the areaway from
Gerards, was demonstrating the use
y revolver TO Bertha Lambke, his
housemaid, SO she could use the weap.
on in case of burglars.
Suddenly the revolver was discharg.
ed and the bullet went through two
windows into the Gerard apartment
and pierced Mrs Tuckerman's heart.
Mayor Busse was present, and as soon
as he learned of the fatal conse
quences notified the police.
Mrs. Tuckerman was IN ner bed.
room dressing, and when the bullet
struck her she staggered into the
hallway. General Gerard and Mrs.
Tuckerman's 5-year-old son, Alfred,
rushed in from an adjoining room.
"oh. father, I've been shot and I'm
dying said Mrs. Tuckermap.
"A moment later there was a pound
ing at the door OF the Gerard apart
ment and Mayor Busse and his broth
er. George, came in. Mayor Busse's
wife and mother followed. The mayor
summoned physician and notified
she police by telephone, but the woman
died before the physician arrived.
No arrests were made. General Ger
ard expressing himself as satisfied
that the shooting was purely accident
al
NEW YORK. Feb. 1.-Swept by a
hting northwest wind. New York city
today experienced the coldest weather
of the winter. The temperature in
some portions of the greater city was
down to zero Just before daylight,
but the thermometer of the weather
tbreau registered above zero. Two
thousand applicants for food and cot
fee were lined up at Bowery mission
during the night. the largest number
fed there this winter. In addition IN
these 3lS persons, including twenty
four women, were given shelter at tho
l city lodging house and at the pier oi
the charities department at the foot
OF East Twenty-sixth street.
Eighteen families were driven from
theft home in a tenement house II
4. East Seventy-seventh street by fir,
early today. and policemen who's,
pity were excited by their sufferllei
frgn the cold. went through the ad