Semi-weekly herald., 1909-07-08
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xAssN% %t ssss~aA MisAhler. NxEs
}ttS >hs speaal train from sRdsioAll Y
guests Of the conmittee of anus,
ments, AS the president appeared pea ed
battery on GeeFs hill fired the saiut
OF twenty-one guns. islfuaIr .saisas
81 LOUISVILLE, KY. July 5.-Arthu
5 Granville Langham. uncle OF the Ba,
toness speck Won Sternbure. died earl
today as the result OF injuries re
ceiyed In the explosion of giant dre
cracker late hast night. Mr.. Langhan
VINO until recently was head of tn
fyoyident Life Assurance society O
New York. died at the home of hi,
brother-in-law7 where he, is spendiu,
the week end with party of Louis
vile society people $50 slla1
| RENO. New. July 5.-Edward PAY
son Weston. who spent today at Love
lock, leaving that place at 11:o5. Il
reported MS firing rapidly and TO be
showing signs of illness The aged
pedestrian will probably reach Hazen
4la miles from San Francisco tonight
he Is likely to break down and give
up.
TELLURIDE, July 5.-Tenm1des S
big Fourth of Iuly celebration is pass.
ing Off In splendid shape. Yesterdays
ball game was won by Montrose IL to
2, and the one today 4 to 3 by the
same club.
VICTORIA. B. C., July 5.-when
the Japanese steamship NIhoukai
Nfaru burned to the waters edg six
miles off Aomori, on the Chinese coast
June IA. l49 lives. including those Of
he entire crew We're lost, according 10
adyices received here today.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 5.-At an
early hour today the stables of the
Warren Improvement company Of this
city were destroyed by fire and $50
horses were burned to death. The STA.
bles were of great value, the horses
being valued at $3.50 each. Charles
Howard who spent much time abod.
the stables is missing and 1t is feared
ne perlSneu In the blaze.
EMPORIA, Kans., July 5.-Awakeu.
ed early today by cannon bracker
being thrown against his door. J. L.
Boggs, a farmer, believing burglars
were attacking his home, shot through
The door. Albert Croh. a 9-year.oid
neishbor boy was dangerous wounded
Croh had arranged to awaken Boggs'
son for an early celebration.
NEW YORK, July 6.-Francis w.
Cushman. representative in congress
from Tacoma. Wash, died at 5 O'Clock
this morning at Roosevelt hospital
from pneumonia. AT the bedside at
the time We're. besides doctors and
narses, United States Senator Piles
of Washington and Andrew S. Bur.
leigh, OF this city. and life long
friend. Congressman Cuhsman under.
went an operation for appendicitis a
short time ago and pneumonia re.
suited.
While Representative Cushman pos.
sessed the unchallenged title OF house
he universally was regard.
ed as far more than that. His high
ability was recognized by Speaker
Cannon in committee appointments
in his selection to fill a |
vacancy on ways and means commit |
tee at a time when the great tariff
bill was 10 be reported to the house
for consideration. One striking thing
about Representative Cushman was
that he never displayed his gift of
humor to the house for its amusement, |
but always with view Of impressing
his view more forcibly upon that body
One of his first speeches to attract
touched on the effects Of the
panic OF 1898 In describing the i'm.
poverished condition TO which his con
were reduced, he said they
were forced to live on clans washed
ashore by the incoming tide. "Their
he concluded. rose and
fell with the rising and falling of the
side" ie1
PUEBLO, July 6.--Safe crackers last
night attempted to blow the vault of
the Western Packing company, located
near the Denver & Rio Grande freight
depot Employees in the depot yard
heard terrific explosion at 3 o'clock
this morning. but attributed II to the
Fourth of July celebration, The rob
berry was not discovered until this
when the employees were go
ing to work, found the offices disman-
tied, The outer door of the vault had
been blown entirely away The safe
had also been blown and the outer
door knocked from Its hinges. The
strong box OF the safe, however, had
not been opened although IL had been
drilled. 1t held $4,000 in currency.
NEW YORK. July Elm the hope OF
capturing Leon Ling. the accused slay-
er of Elsie Sigel. the police have Just
cabled to several cities on the Medi-
terranean coast and to points through
the Suez canal and Indian ocean to
hold up the. German steamship Helen