Semi-weekly herald., 1909-03-04


aid In the first trial. began the presen.
tation of the governments case. lie
was expected to conclude today.
Then the governments FIRST witness
clerk for the Chicago & Alton rail
road. Mr.. Holland was one OF the
most important witnesses in the for.
mer trial, as he probably will be in
this one. +. A. Wann, general freight
| agent of the Alton at the time the
alleged concessions were made, will
follow Mr.. Holland upon the witness
stand. The next witness will probably
be Horace Tucker. chairman OF the
st. Louis-Cbicago Traffic bureau.
QUEENSTOWN, Mar. 2. - The
steamer Mauretania passed Daunts
Rock at 9:47 a. m. today. establishing
a new high record for the east-bound
passage from New York of four days
twenty hours and two minutes. Her
nautical miles per hour. Mauretania
sailed from New York for Queenstown
Feb. 25. and passed the Ambrose chan.
mel lightship at s:45 u m. The dis
tance for the long eastbound course is
1894 milees.
| DENVER, Mar. 1.-The final deci.
sion by the senate in the Beshoar-
| Barela contest is still up in t1s air.
After four hour session yesterday
| the Democratic members postponed a
| final caucus vote on the question ull-
I'll tonight. The postponement was
made because several senators an
/ nouneed they had not yet completed
the reading of the testimony in the
case and would not be ready TO vote
till this was done
INNISBRAUCK. Austria, Mar g.
A detachment OF six officers and TWEEN
| ty-five men OF the Austrian army was
overwhelmed by an avalanche near
Iafrann today. Troops will be sent
TO the scene of the disaster. All
trains have been stopped at Brenuer
pass.
| BUENA VISTA, Colo, Mar. 1.-Sam
uel Denny. prospector, 10 years old
living near the head Of Cottonwood
pass, reached the hotel at Buena Vista
yesterday after great hardship, shovel
ing his way through great drifts oi
snow. Denny being snowbound in his
cabin ten miles from here and running
out of food he had to get In TO town
He shoveled until his strength be
came exhausted and then went back ts
his cabin for rest. He kept this NJ
for several days and finally reached
the hotel. He is in a serious condi
ton, but may recover.
| WASHINGTON, Mar 2.-Accommo
dations for fully $4,000 people have
been provided for upon the stand
which have been erected from poin
just above the White house aloni
Pennsylvania avenue 10 the capitol il
preparation for the inaugural cere
monies.
|, The management is perturbed owe
the possible contingency Of ladies az
pearing with merry Widow" hats an
has been suggestion gone out tha
women should wear small hats O
scarfs so as TO not obstruct the yie'
o. those behind them.
1 For the convenience OF the tho,
sands of sightseers various places c
historic interest in and about the cit
{ have been marked by suitable tablet
2 inauguration day-No prediction
n but fair the day before" is the weathe
o card today.
b When the first OF the thousands {
J. today's arrivals reached here the
were greeted with drizzling raj
y The official prediction Will be Issue
+ tonight and meantime there Is not
d ing in the reports to indicate that Il
day win not be fair one.
e WASHINGTON. Mar. IA wet iri
q ely day makes the capitol sad lookiI
IT with decorations all up and moif
and throngs OF strangers parading Il
T. streets.
I'll Congress seems swampsd in hul