Semi-weekly herald., 1909-05-13
TELEGRAPHIc BREvITlEs.

| tELEGHAHHlC bkENlTt les.
Abdul Hamid will not suffer. nor
none of his favored wives. He has
over sl0.000,000 deposited in German
banks. He was evidently looking for
trouble.
The new sultan of Turkey evident.
ly has a mind Of his own. He has put
a stop to public hangings and insists
or his dignity being preserved. Now
let him get after the Armenian raid
ers.
Saturday afternoon Harold Phillips,
the S-year-old son of Henry Phillips
OF Grand Junction, found railroad
torpedo and started to pound II with o
couple of rocks. His right arm WAS
blown into threads.
Belated reports of the effect cii
shorn sheep and newborn lambs Of
the storm of two weeks ago state
that the flockmasters suffered heavy
losses. In some flocks in Naruna
county, Wyoming. the mortality among
shorn sheep reached 80 per cent
while not a new born lamb survived
In the local option election held in
Posey county, Indiana. Friday. the
vets won by from 1000 to 500. This
IL one OF the most decisive victories
the vets have won in Indiana. The
question of increased taxation on ac-
count of the voting out of saloons
was taken up by the people and they
decided to keep the saloons rather
than to have taxes increased.
Milton Bush. 27 years old. assistant
cashier of the Boise Qdaho) State
bank, died Saturday from an INJURY
sustained in a practice game of base
ball Friday evening. Bush. who was
member of the Bankers baseball
team, was struck on the head by a
ball and an hour later was removed
from the field in an unconscious con
diuon. 1t was discovered that a blood
vessel of the brain was ruptured. re
sulting in paralysis.
| Six men, woman and two children
we're drowned Sunday afternoon in
the Susquehanna river near Wilkes
barre by The capsizing OF a rowboat
in which they had started for an ont
ing. The boat drifted into the swift
current and began to dip water. The
occupants became panic stricken and
called for assistance. Before aid could
reach them the boat filled with water
and sank. None of the occupants
could swim and they we're swept down
the river to their death.
The greatest exposition building in
America, The ne plus ultra in the
way of structure that not only will
accommodate the greatest shows on
earth,' but will be such a gem of ar
chitectural achievement that II will
be included In the great sights OF Chi
cago. Such was the plan outlined be
fore the executive committee OF the
/ Illinois Manufacturers association at a
, meeting held Saturday afternoon al
the Union League club by Harlow N.
Z Higinbotham.
Il A pretZel famine will soon be on
, and Will cause mourning for saloon
: keepers in all parts OF New York
; city who depend upon pretzels for the
creation of thirst. A general mass
= meeting OF pretzel bakers was held
Saturday and general strike OF the
l. pretzel bakers was ordered. The de
( mands OF the strikers are for the rec
/ ognition of the Pretzel Bakers union
e a ten-hour day. sl9. s1s and SIC 1
!. week for first, second and third handl
d respectively. and one day off week
|. A unique collection agency, witt
! the sole purpose of collecting alimoD!
} for Divorces whose former husband
o have failed to live up to the obliga
tcips imposed on them by the court
d has been started at Omaha, and, ac
S cording to the men In charge, ha
a. already an extensive clientele.
e makes no difference whether the hus
l. band was neglectfu, In paying tn
n sum In bulk or in monthly install
is ments-the firm undertakes the co
b. lection OF both. The agency will
Of run by men who have had experienc
in in the collection Of ordinary debts an
d they anticipate no trouble.
o 1--WE have the right to say what In
lie migrants shall come to our shores.
is declares Theodore Roosevelt In a
ie article In the current Coutlook. "br
We are powerless to enforce this rigt
- against any nation that chooses to di
ly regard our wishes, unless we continu
,h to build up and maintain u first-claf
,e lighting navy This. the first of th
D. sisped editorial articles prepared /