Semi-weekly herald., 1909-11-15

DratlOns, asking lOr lue $oVV,VuV W
extend the African work, and the
Methodist church responded by ap'
pointing a commission to conduct the
campaign throughout the world.
Alcohol and alcoholism are two of
the real and substantial enemies OF
moral, artistic and commercial prog
ress of the human race, according to
the report of the United States dele
gates to the twelfth international con
gress on alcoholism, made public by
the state department. The delegates
were appointed by Secretary Knox as
one OF his first official acts. The con
gress was held last July in London
and twenty-five governments were rep
resented, the delegates of each con-
curing in the general finding that al
cohol not only was unnecessary to hu.
man life and comfort, but was mimi
cal to both. Three departments of the
United States government were rep
resented by delegates-the state. navy
and treasury. Twelve representatives
went abroad, and all of them nnanl.
mously signed the report just made
denim the drinking habit as dangerous
TO public health and morals and sub.
yersive of national, moral, commercial
and military greatness.
Edward Hartman was never known
to use cuss word. Swearing Is GER
tainly disgusting habit.
Robert Simpson. the hypnotic sub.
ject at Summerville, n. j., mention
being made a few days ago in our
telegraph dispatches, is dead, and the
hypnotist charged with murder. This
is as it should be. There are too
many tikirs running about the country
practicing the art.
VIM. Conover, a fireman of Evans
vile, Ind, is charged by his son, Chas
Conover. with clipping with the latter's
wife. pretty woman 20 years old
who is missing with her 2-year-old son
The elder Conover is AZ years OF age
Charles Is n mechanic. The elder
Conover leaves a wife and six children
The supreme court of Nebraska has
upheld the daylight saloon bill which
forbids the sale or gift of liquor be
tween 8 p. m. and Z a. m. The law
was attacked on the ground that the
rights of cities were invaded and that
the revocation OF license on convic-
tion of violation of the law was cruel
and unusual punishment.
James J. O'Rourke, for eleven years
city marshal of Idaho Springs. was
thrown from wagon on the Chicago
Creek road, sustaining injuries from
which he died later. He was taken to
a house near by and asked that his
family be sent for. lust as his wife
and children entered the room he pass
ed away
1t costs Governor Deneen of Illinois
s5261O, fine and costs, for advising
a sheriff to resist mandate of the SUI
preme court of Illinois. 1t appears the
court had ordered the sheriff to in
carcerate a certain bank president, but
Governor Deneen told the sheriff to
wait few days until he had gone
over the papers. The sheriff was fined
by the supreme court for contempt
Governor Deneen made good to the
sheriff. Even governors are not i'm.
| mune.
j. B. Vallett, father of Mrs. J. H
Ayres of Littleton. was killed by a
| train early Wednesday evening, about
l 200 yards south of the Rio Grande
station. His mangled body was found
| along the right-of-way at 1920 o'clock
and had evidently been run over by
several trains which passed through
| Littleton that evening,
| In the capture of dog, the police
OF South Norwalk, Conn, think they
have a canine "Raffles" For several
months there have been mysterious
robberies, clothes lines have been
stripped of costly fabrics and houses
have been ransacked Joseph NJ. Good.
win, detective, saw the dog approach
a clothes line. knock down the pole.
remove the clothes with his teeth and
let the garments fall to the ground
He caught the dog with a lasso but
The band for whom the animal was
operating escaped.
The Carnegie Steel company has is.
sued official notice of it's intention to
build an immense finishing mill at Gi.
rard, o., adjoining the Ohio works at
| Youngstown, o. The company has
purchased 265 acres of land for this
purpose. The new mill will have a ca.
pacity of 10000 tons a month and the
tonnage will ultimately be increased
to 10000. The new mill will be driven
by electricity generated by furnace
gas. Part of the plant will be in op.
Grafton in 1910.
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Friends of John Stewart Kennedy
whose estate was first put at 100000.