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Semi-weekly herald., 1909-05-13
DRAWING MONEY IN PARIS.

Travel Magazine.
II you present q letter of credit a,
one OF the great banks In Paris. like
The Credit Lyonnais. an usher In liy
cry receives you in q splendid parlor
ike the salon of palace. and bids
you be seated In sumptuous chair.
Presently he brings you q cheque.
made out for the amount you demand.
for yoursignature. A quarter OF an
hour later he brings you the cash on
silver tray. You do not come in
contact with the clerical force. or see
the inner workings at all. II you
wish to cash local cheQue or get
bill changed. you go to another wait.
ing room, where an usher hands YOU
a brass disc with number stamped
OH 1t. As each number is called by
crier. the holder steps to window
and transacts his business. As the
numbers are called in French, 1t Is
quite essential to understand the Ian.
suaee to that extent anyway.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-05-13
WHY THE oRAssAopPER is
THERE.

Strand
The Royal Exchange. the temple Of
the financial world In the greatest
city OF the universe, Is siill being
richly embossed with paintings by our
leading artists depicting the great
supremacy OF England through tUo mo-
dium of this historic building. Yet
the many thousands who visit tho
Royal exchange daily have very III.
tie idea. indeed. that this pile owes
Its origin to curious. not to say =
comic. cause. We owe II all to moth.
ing else than the chirping OF q grass
hopper. The chirp OF this insect at
tracted the attention OF a little boy
who was crawling unwillingly to
school, TO baby. the son Of q poor
woman-so poor that she could not
support the child. and therefore had
left him to perish alone In a little
field near her hovel. The little boy
took the child home. and It WAS
brought up and eventually blossomed
into no less q person than Sir Thomas
Gresham, who built the Royal OK.
change. The prosperous merchant, TO
hand down to posterity the incident
which saved his life, took the grass
hopper for his crest. and that In why
that insec. Is placed. as every one
can. see over the Royal exchange OF
London.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-05-13
Deal Involving
Over a Million

GOLDFlELD. New, May 12-This
morning a deal said to involve over
million dollars was consummatcd here
when George Wingfield and D. r. C.
Brown. the millionaire mine owner of
Denver, decided to enter into partner
ship for the purchase of the Gold
Hills Mining company's property at
Pioneer. This is the mine which
sprang into prominence less than six
months ago through the discovery of
a huge body of high grade ore, the
existence of which had been secuted
by those who had not actually visited
the mine. The first Indication OF in.
terest was manifested three weeks
ago when Brown came here from his
home with former Governor Thomas
OF Colorado to investigate titles. He
returned today and then the last sig
| nature was affixed.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-05-13
JAPAN LIKES TOILET GOODS.

New York Times.
Nothing has made more remAfkabls
progress iD japan In recent yearz than
the demand for toilet goods with ihe
general rise In the scale OF living Ia
the country The ten years ago 10
}75O.000 in 1908. while the exports last
year were $l.260.000 In value. The
cost OF toilet goods manufactured in
the country last year Is estimated at
s3.500.O0o. Hitherto China aas been
the best cutomer FOR Japanese toilsi
goods. but the trade seems 20 ha,
met check In this direction. IL Ia
said that German goods are fast re-
placing Japanese articles In the Chi.
nese market. The boycott movement
in China may be responsible 10 a GER
tain extent for this state OF affairs,
but the inferiority OF quality. which
is the prevailing defect In japanese
goods, is likely to DC at the bottom
OF the whole trouble.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-05-13
DENyER'.S' BIG DAY
ON A0tGji;;;:c:..T 18TH
President Taft and Several WeIl.Known Gov
errors Will Attend the Trans-Missis.
sippi Commercial Congress

DENVER, Colo, May 12.-Denver
win be the gathering place of many
prominent men between August l6 and
81. when the Mississippi com
mercial congress holds its session
The visitors will be headed by Presi.
dent Taft, who will arrive Tuesday
August II. and will spend one day at
the congress and go on to Montrose,
where ne will press the button that
win turn the water into the Gunnison
tunnel
Among others who have signified
their Intention 10 attend are the fol
sawing: Governor Brooks of Wyom-
Ing, Brady of Idaho. Gillett of Cali
fornla, Curry of New Mexico, Stubbs
OF Kansas. Herbert Hadley of Mis-
souii, Campbell of Texas, Saunders of
Louisiana and Johnson of Minnesota.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-05-13
eLlDDeN CAR REACHES DENVER

DENVER May 1.-TWO thousand
and forty miles in four weeks and two
days, through oceans of clay and gum
bo. battling with fierce rain and snow
storms for days. the famous Glidden
Pathfinder car, laying out the course
for the ocean TO ocean route, arrived
In Denver at o'clock this afternoon.
The fBish was spectacular in the ex-
treme. AS the dust begrimmed path
finder slowly pushed its way through
the dense crowds to the Motor club,
ringing cheers of welcome reverbe-
rated. and the genial chief. d. II. Lew
is of the American Automobile asso
citation. who il blazing the new auto
traf bowed his acknowledgements.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-05-13
QUEEN VENTS IRE ON ALFONSO

MADRID. May s.--The popularity Of
the king of Spain grows. but that OF
Queen Victoria seems to wane among
the Madrilenos.
Whenever the king appears in pub
lie he is followed by an admiring
crowd, which usually becomes 80 en-
thusiastlc that he has to take refuge
In his motor. He seems to have no
fear OF anarchists, and this light-heart.
edness appeals to his subjects.
The queen has grown exceedingly
Fat and her stoutness by no means
has improved her looks. She IL nc
longer the fairy queen that charmed
the hearts OF the spaniards. More
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-05-13
81 SIX @HAND AMONG TREES

81. Louis Republic
The Italians know a trick or two
w the trimming of trees worth noting,
and that 1t is just possible that tbe
race that invented the wheelbarrow
and the triple-screw war ship and pro.
dueed Columbus and Signor Marconi
is worth llttle casual attention row
and then outside of matter concerning
the Malta and the Black Hand.
When the common or garden variety
OF tree trimming American fesls the
arboreal instinct inherited from his
simian ancestors stirring within him
he is seized with wild yearn;ng IN
cut off mai1 branches near the trunk
leaving unsightly scars. and to lop off
other important ramifications a few
feet from their point of divergence, so
that when he has wrought his worst
The tree resembles a hearth broom
which has come through a long, cold
winter in the hands of careful house-
wife. He trims his trees as he gov
erns his cities: periods of magni6-
cent Indifference are punctuated by
moments of pernicious activity.
z Not so with the Italian He lives
With his trees. He does not perform
capital operations; the trimming of an
Italian tree is like the cutting of a
well groomed mans hair; 1t is done a
little at a time, and not erected into
an annual festival The Italian, except
for the occasional removal of a bran ch
too near the ground, cuts the extreme
ends of the boughs off his trees. Aud
he never allows tree to exceed the
height and girth he originally deter
mined upon for 1t.
You may ride for scores of miles
through the plains of Lombardy be
tween -ows of mulberry trees which
are kept perennially large enough tc
afford a certain supply of leaves fol
silk worms and small enough not tt
shade too strongly the wheat or hemI
which grows between their rows, ol
the two grapevines for which eaci
tree serves as trellis. You may wall
under live oaks in Rome whose lowe
surfaces are level planes of dense fol
iage. You may climb the hills of &c
noa and never see a tree which look
TOO large or too small for its place
Might not II be worth while of ou
American cities to put few Italian
into the departments of forestry to Sc
whether.a sweet reasonableness in tn
care of trees might not displace tn
major surgery of the present day?
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-05-13
Another Batch
Of Executions

CONSTANTINOPLE. May 12.-Con.
stantinople witnesses another batch OF
executions this morning, when twenty
four mutineers OF the army and navy
were hanged in public within the city
limits. This makes a total of thirty
eight executions within the capital
since the revolution of April 49, -Four
OF the men today were hanged near
the sultan's palace. eight at the ma
rine barracks. eight at Djinzi Meidar
quarters Of the stamboul. and four d
the war efaes.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-05-13
SACRIFICED LIFE IN
PREFERENCE TO HAIR

DENVER. May 12.-Forced to choose
between an early death and sacrificing
her wealth of reddish brown hair. said
70 nave been the longest and most
beautiful possessed of any woman In
The United States. Mrs. Mama Palmer
valley. aged "a. chose death. Mon
day evening she breathed her last In
little cottage in Yates street. Berke-
ley, where she had taken up her
abode in vain attempt to regain her
strength. Physicians who attended
the woman, whiie -,h-.---s s----------
tuberculosis, d. tne cause of death,
are convinced that she would have
recovered or at least lived years had
she consented to sacrifice her hair.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-05-13
Minimum Price
Fixed at s7,5ee

NEW YORK. May i2.--rhe mini.
mum price OF the Wright aeroplaAs
has been established at $500. But
II high speed machine suitable for
war purposes and carrying two pas
sengers besides the Feiator II desired
the price may run close to twenty
five thousand. This schedule Of pricss
was announced last night BY Orvills
Wright. who. with his brother. WiIAsr.
started for Dayton. o.. this aftsfnoou.
after having bssn tsndessd rsssD.
ton By he Aero club of Ameriaa.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-05-13
Roosevelt Kills
Leopard, Gets Cubs

NAlROBI, British East Africa. May
l2.-Theodore Roosevelts hunting
luck continues. The former president
on his last expedition. shot . leopard
and captured the animals two cubs.
A buffalo and two giraffcs also have
been captured by the expedition. The
party is stili In camp near Machakos
No further cases OF smallpox have
developed among the portsrs Of thu
expedition. aecording 70 reports ~
ceivsd here today,
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-05-13
Trolly Party
Fatally Injured

KANSAS CITY, Mo. May 12.-Three
occupants of an automobile we're In
jured. two fatally, when an Independ
ence avenue trolley car collided with
the machine at Eighth street and Ira
cey avenue early today. f. +. Ash
more, vice president OF the Kansas
City Auto company, and Miss Marie
Biandenberg, aged 20. bookkeeper
were crushed under the machine which
was wrecked. and rendered them VI,
conscious. They were hurt internaIl
and have little chance of recovery
Charles NJ. Clifton, an auto salesman
who was driving the machine. wa
also rendered unconscious.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-05-13

over. she Is otherwise very much like
her mother. Princess Henry of Hat.
tenberg. She is very diffcult to got
on with. Spanish court ladies' say. and
there are rumors of displays OF temper
toward the king that augur Ill for
their future happiness.
King Alfonso is not blameIess. He
Is fervid admirer of feminine beauty.
and always smiles sweetly on any
pretty woman who looks at him.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-05-13
Adjourn After
Long Session

AUsTiEfTex., May 12.-The Texas
legislature adjourned shortly after
midnight this morning after having
been in continuous session since Jan.
II. The most notable feature was the
passage OF the bill for the guarantee
OF bank deposits. The fight ended
when the senate and house conferees
agreed upon bill which passed both
houses and which was sstisfactory-tr
the governor.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-05-13
HAMS MAY BE TRIAL
BY COURT MARTIAL

WASHINGTON, May 12.--Final ad.
Indication of the case OF the state OF
New York against Captain Peter c.
Hams. Jr.. for the murder of William
E. Annis. are awaited by the war de.
partment before 1t determines upon
the attitude of the military branch OF
the government shall take In regard
to his status. If the department de
ddes there Is + military offense. the
officer may be TILED by court martial
irrespectigc o. the action OF the coui &,
4 New York.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-05-13
YESTERDAYS BASEBALL.

Western
Topeka s. Omaha 1.
National
Pittsburg Z. Philadelphia 1.
Cincinnati 10. Boston ..
Brooklyn 2. 81. Louis l.
Chicago I. New York 4.
American
st. Louis 3, Philadelphia o.
Boston 6. Cleveland /.
Chicago 6. Washington 3.
Detroit lG. New York 6.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-05-13

Miss Sarah Nichols. the woman shot
and wounded by John Collins. father.
in'law OF cx-Gov. Jesse Mcdonald. IL
dead. She was unable to survive the
injuries received.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-05-13

Pitcher Starr is not doing very good
work In the box. not having won a
nnrse- .He- -hag- been Wild and per
game he permitted Pueblo to get IN
four runs In the third innings. lie
was then replaced and the Indians
did not make another score.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-05-13
COLORADO NEWS

The state board OF equalization has
requested the assessors OF the state
To meet In Denver May "a.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-05-13
THREE
KILLED
Engineer and Two Lab.
orers Dead and Sew
eralPassengersHurt


KANSAS CITY. Mo-. May 12.-In,
formation received at the general of
fees of the Missouri. Kansas & Texas
at Parsons, Kans.. says that the en-.
gineer and two laborers we're killed
and several passengers injured in "a
wreck which occurred at Bonita. Tex.
II appears to have been collision
between passenger and freight trains.
NEW ORLEANS, May IA spe-
cial from Denison, Tex. says it is
reported that in wreck on the Mis-.
souri,, Kansas & Texas railroad. near
here today, three people were killed
and a score or more injured.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-05-13
THE RUSSIAN Mlx-uP IN PERSIA

New York Post
Should Russia enter on the occupa-
ton of northern Persia. the effect on
the international situation In Europe
would be important. German diplo
macy would be pleased by the move
France would feel quite differently
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-05-13

itemlzed account of the cost OF rearing
boy should be preserved and present.
ed to him. He says: Parents should
always let boy know that 1t has cost
great deal OF money to rear him. Il
is estimated that child costs its par
ents from $4,000 to $1,000. Whom n
boy reaches the age of 81 years, his
father should present him with btu
for the amount he cost him to raise.
Whether the boy ever pays the blu
or not makes no difference. He is
taught lesson that he probably will
never forget" The minister also said
1t is not a good idea for parents to
open their children's mail.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-05-13

New York Herald-Denver Repub
boan diepa'nh Gays there is perfect
harmony in the Repupucau pat,y a,
Washington.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-05-13

w. T. Plemmons of Central City
has received letter from Ed Walters,
u former resident OF the county. who
Is now located In Dawson. Canadian
Alaska. and who reports that the Their
mometers registered several times
over 70 degrees below zero during the
past winter. For six weeks steady.
1t WAS more than so degrees below
zero.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-05-13
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

Chicago aud Washington played il
innings Monday with only one tally,
Chicago.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-05-13

Aged women in Washington contrib
uted 100000 to smooth get-rich-
quick man. Suckers are born just the
same every day
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-05-13

The woman who doesn't know her
own mind hasn't much to worry over
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-05-13

The cosmopolitan invasion of Lon.
don has now begun In earnest. Tou,
lists from abroad are arriving In such
numbers that the present holiday sea
son promises to beat all records. Fifty
thousand visitors from America, Gef.
many and France at a moderate esii.
mate are already in London, and fresa a
arrivals are pouring In at the rate
OF 10000 per week The London sea.
son is only beginning, but the hote,3
and restaurants of the West End and
the shops are enjoying the holiday
boom. Most of the largest hotels are
full to overlooking with the guests ct
all nations, and the streets are lilInd
with strangers from everywhere, who
are spending. according to an enter
prising statistiaian, something like two
and a quarter million dollars a week
The visitors list is made up as fol
lows: Americans. $4,000: French. TO-.
D00' Germans, 5000; British colonies,
5000; other nationalities. 10000. Each
visitor on an average. 1t is calculated,
passes week in sightseeing in Lon
Ion and spends at least $50, make a
otal OF half million pounds week
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-05-13

William E. Curtis, writing from
Washington, tells of Hannah Duston,
scalper of her Indian captors. who ap-
pears to be the first American hero
inc honored by a memorial statue.
The state supreme court of Kansas
decided Saturday that a distillery
brewer or wholesale wine dealer can.
not invoke the aid of the courts in
collecting a bill for liquor in Kansas.
The suit was brought by the Nelson
Distilling company in Butler county.
| A boy named Jimmy Gundy was
run over at Sugar City Monday after
noon by heavily loaded wagon from
the sugar factory, but luckily no bones
were broken. He was hanging on the
wagon and in some manner he fell
under the wheels and was badly bruis-
ed Durango boys should take warn
| ing. Altogether too many of them
have the habit of hanging onto wag
ons.
OF the SS.000O00 people in the Unit
ed States, Alaska, included, about one
third live in the thirteen original
states, according to a statement made
today by the bureau OF statistics ot
the department of commerce and la
Dor. Another third live In the state,
created from the territory ceded tt
the common union by the origina
states, and the remaining one-thirt
In the area added by purchase or an
nexation.
' Sonora Castro, wife OF the depose
president of Venezuela, arrived at SaI
tander. Spain. Saturday on the steam
l. er Guadaloupe from the West Indie,
n She was met by her husband. VIII
e came from Paris. Sonora Castro wa
}. as bitter as her husband In the ma
; ter of the way they had been treate
3 In the West Indies. She declared this
- utl az t$t ouayiC a'oiuCo az
for fear that President Gomez woul
Imprison them.
A boom for Theodore Roosevelt Il
mayor OF New York has been launcht
II by General Stewart l.. Woodford al
other war lords In the Republics
camp. II is admitted the boom hI
neither the knowledge nor consent
as Mr.. Roosevelt. but those back OF
er believe there Will be such an insiste
ig demand for him as the Republics
n. candidate that he will feel no 9th
ne course is open to him except to c
go short his hunting trip and return
ed lead the campaign.
tn Rev. d. d. Vaughan. who has ne
10 delivering series OF talks on IT
Ideal Tamily." IN Chicago. believes =
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-05-13

William e. Curtis, writing from
Washington, tells of Hannah Duston,
scalper of her Indian captors. who ap
pears to be the first American hero
inc honored by memorial statue.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-05-13

TAs Hsrall for all the aswA.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-05-13

Y. T. Potter. Colorado and South
1t Ludlow. near Trinidad. Sunday
night. took his own life on the Impulse
while In a At Of anger because his
wife did not wait supper for him. Pot.
ter. who WAS the pitcher for the Lud.
low baseball team returned home Sun
day night at O'Clock and when in
formed by his wife that she had al.
ready eaten flew into rage. and go
ing into q bedroom took 3s caliber
revolver from i drawer In a dresser
and slipping quietly into the dining
room where his wife sat. blew out
his brains and fell dead at her feet
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-05-13

Although no order will be male to
that effect stlll fishing will be allow
ed on Memorial day OF this year. The
fishing season opens according to law
June /. II has always been the Gus
tom TO let the fishermen enjoy that
privilege Decoration day with the 81.
lent understanding that they will not
be prosecuted. The same custom will
prevail this year.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-05-13

Rev. d. d. Vaughan. who has seer
delivering q series OF talks on 'Ths
Ideal Tamily." IN Chicago. believes ~
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-05-13

The state supreme court of Kansai
decided Saturday that distillery
brewer or wholesale wine dealer can
collecting a bill for liquor in Kansas
The suit was brought by the. Nelsoi
Distilling company in Butler county.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-02-25
FELL FROM SCAFFOLD
AND INJURED HIS BACK

Thirty years ago James C. Lee of HOO 9th
ST., S. E., Washington, D. c., fell from scat
fold and seriously injured his back. In telling
about it he says:--"My suffering was terrible:
from the small of my back all around my stom-
ach was just as if I had been beaten with a
club. l tried all kinds of plasters, beladonna,
capcine and porous without getting relief, and
bought so-called electric belts, but none of
them did me any good.
One day, while working near my daughter
house, my back panied me SO badly that had
to quit. l went into the house and lay down
for ease. My daughter had bottle of Sloans
Liniment in the house and she rubbed my back
well with it and gave me scme to take home.
l used six and a half bottles of Sloan's Csc.
Liniment and can do as much work now as any
man in the shop, although am sixty-seven
years old. I would not be without Sloan's
Liniment for any consideration and recommend
it to anyone suffering pain"
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-02-25
CANNON FOR TEMPERANCE.
House Puts Important Amendment ir
That Interest Upon the Penal Code Bill.

house fuIS lmpOlsonl AueuAiiieHl Ill
That Interest Upon the Penal Code Bill.
WASHINGTON, February II. Today an
attempt to abolish capital punishment as
a penalty under federal laws blocked the
consideration of the penal code bill in the
house, sitting in committee of the whole.
The bill was taken up after the house
had become entangled in the Knox elgi-
bility matter and had laid the question
aside for the day.
The most important amendment in
corporated in the bill was one to regulate
the interstate shipment of Intoxicating
liquors.
Representative Mccall of Massachu-
sets led the fight against capital punish
ment, and when he was voted down made
a point of no quorum. Just before this,
by rs to27, the committee had declined
to substitute electrocution for hanging { s
death penalty. A motion for recess
was opposed by the enemies of the bill,
and tilibuster resulted. The doors were
finally closed and the sergeant-at-arms
was sent after absent members. Nearly
two hours later, at 7.50 p. m. when
Representative Madden of Illinois an
swered the roll call, quorum was secur-
ed and the house was declared in recess
until tomorrow morning.
When the penal code bill was taken up,
Representative Humphreys offered an
amendment, agreed upon by house lead
ers, for regulation of the interstate ship
ment of Intoxicating liquors.
The amendment, which is the Knox
bill which passed the senate, forbids the
transportation of liquors in interstate
commerce, unless it is consigned to bona
fide consignees and unless the package is
labeled plainly with the name Of the con-
signee and the exact character of the
contents is shown. The amendment pro-
hibits shipments of liquor c. o. d.
Mr. Bartholdt of Missouri sought to
have the bill amended so as to include
cider, so-called temperance drinks and all
beverages containing more than per
cent of alcohol.
The Barthodt amendment was voted
down, 80 to "a. The Humphreys amend
ment was then adopted, 129 to 40.
Speaker Cannon took his place on the
floor and voted every time with the
Temperance" forces.