Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-11
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

SH VI al ehliit SquuurOn OF fOul
monster Pattleships was urged on the
house committee on naval affairs whe1
Secretary Nssberry appeared before
that committee. Besides battleships
he said the navy should be provided
with four new scout cruisers, ten de
5astroyers, four submarines, three col
ers, one repair ship, one ammunition
ship and two mine laying ships.
DENVER, Jan. THE legisla. .ure
did practically nothing today. Every.
thing was put over until next week.
A committee called upon Governor
Buchtel. 1t was expected his message
would be ready tomorrow by the gov
ernor said he would not send his mes.
sage until Monday. as II Is not ready.
Inc speaker will not announce his
committee until Monday. Tuesday
noon Shafroth will be inaugurated and
that day he will send his message
TO the legislature
NEWARK. N. j., Jan. 7.-The trial
OF Mrs. Josephine Amore, now in prog
ress here, is the first time in fifteen
years that a woman has been tried for
murder in this, Essex county, New
Jersey. Mrs. Amore was indicted on
her own confession of having killed
Michael Martello on Aug. last, be
cause he threatened to take her life
If she did not elope with him. She
shot him as he climbed through her
kitchen window.
CHICAGO, Jan. IA basket care
FULLY covered, from which emanated
a faint noise, was found during an
yearly morning visit by DR.. o. ".
Schroeder. The physician was indig
nant at the apparent heartlessness of
some mother and carefully carried the
basket to his residence. The cover
Ag was removed and the supposed
baby was found 10 be two weeks
old pig. DR.. Schroeder's daughter
adopted the animal as a pet
WINCHESTER, Ky, Jan. THE
Fort View hotel was totally destroyed
by fire early today H. l.. Ellis of Gym
thiana. employed by the Burley To.
bacco company, was burned to death
James Donahugh of Winchester, Miss
Halle Veal of Lexington and several
others were dangerous injured by
jumping from the windows.
MESSINA, Jan. I. - Earthquake
shocks are still continuing here at
the rate of about ten per hour Fire
also has again broken out, completing
the destruction of the city hall and
records stored therein
A party of men under the direction
of Major Lands. American military
attache at Rome, has been working
for four days to extricate the bodies
of A. S. Cheney and his wife from
the ruins of the American consulate
Th&Opartment OF Cheney's has not yet
beef uncovered and many feet OF
wreckage still remain to be removed. |
Bayard Cutting, Jr,, Winthrop Chan
Ter and Stuart X. Lupton, consular
Representatives, are making every eff
Sort to trace Americans supposed to
have been in the earthquake zone at
the time of the disaster, but so far
without success.
The authorities have determined TO
isolate Messina as the only means
of preventing an outbreak of pesti
lence. Relief parties complain the
starving refugees require the most nu-
tritious food and yet only want maca-
roni. The work of the soldiers in
Messina today consists principally of
gathering up dead bodies and burying
them in trench and between layers
of quicklime Out of respect to the
prevailing religious feeling it was de
termined not to burn the dead.
The loss of life in Italy is now being
fixed at three hundred thousand, the
Sroperty loss over billion, being five
hundred millions in Mescina alone.
ROME, Jan. General Mahza, COM
mander at Messina, sent the following
dispatch to Premier Gillotti: las on
preceding days the search Is continued
among the debris for the injured. Ten
were found today The probability OF
! finding others is diminishing every
hour, but the search is going on, and
will be continued while one can be
found alike The work Of removing
the dead for burial is progressing. AT
least 2.300 persons have been extri.
Gated alive from the ruins. All bodies
have been buried with every precau-
tion. Every facility has been given
to the refugees to leave the city. ]
am cOnNlDCtu llldl Al'lA liAAN'"' -
necessary in the present condition OF
the city"
ROME, Jan. IA special train left
here this morning for Ciyita Vecchia
with the American relief party, head
ed by Ambassador Griscom on board.
The steamer Bayern has been charter
ed to convey the American relief eX'
pedition to the south.
NEW YORK, Jan. 7.-Charles f
Jones, dying from tuberculosis, Is
ready to confess that he and not Al
bert T. Patrick killed William Rice
The valet of the Texas millionaire
SOr whose murder Patrick Is SERVING
life sentence in Sing Sing. has mott
fed relatives of Patrick, and 1t wa
said today that he is ready to make
deathbed confession absolving Patrick
d, His letter notifying them of this de
cision, is said to contain startling cor
.fes6ions.
xbhn T. Miliken. millionaire brotf
er-in-law of Patrick, who has spen
thousands of dollars to save his wife
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