Semi-weekly herald., 1909-05-03
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

roth probably will make personal |
tour OF the state institutions within |
ten days in his efforts 10 effect equit |
able distribution OF state funds appro-
priated by the Legislature. This will
he necessary because the legislature
appropriated about s45O. 900 more than
will be derived from the state reye-
nues in the next two years. The co
operation OF the boards of control OF
the different state institutions viii
be sought by the governor In his ef
forts to stretch available funds so that
priations which include state educa-
tional Institutions There is practical
ly no chance that any the fourth and
fifth class appropriations being paid.
These include state fair, district fairs
fish hatcheries and all individual re-
lief bills.
DENVER, April 29.--The peace com,
mittee Is In conference again today,
but will not give out anything definite
until the meeting is over. Their points
of difference are now so slight that
there is no doubt that a settlement
of the labor trouble will be reached
today.
William ]. McForley of Washing
ton, ID. c., fourth vice president OF
the Building Trades department of the
American Federation OF Labor. is In
Denver with full authority to settle
The dispute.
NORTHAMPTON, Mass April 29.-
Porter Smith of Chicago. Darts
mouth college student, shot and proba-
bly, fatally wounded Miss Helen Aver
Martin OF Sdmerville, student at
Smiths college. on the Smith campus
today. and then shot and killed him
self.
NEW YORK. April 29.-Miss Mary
Garden, the grand opera star. sailed
for Europe on the White Star liner
Adriatic, and before she went she
flung final taunt at Mr., and Mrs
David Mayer of Chicago who discov
cred her and advanced $4,000 for the
cultivation OF her great musical tai
ents abroad.
Last winter Miss Garden snubbet
Mrs. Mayer in New York, and Mr.
Mayor was so incensed about It th..i
he compelled Miss Garden to repay /
big loan which she appeared to have
forgotten entirely. The incident ere
ated n wide discussion
Those Chicago Mayersl" eIclaim
ed the star as the big ship was abou
ready to leave the pier. please dt
not ask me TO discuss them. The,
are simply too horrid for anything
They are beneath my notice"
CHICAGO, April 29.-one fireman
killed. another missing, and eight wer'
seriously injured in a fire which de
stroyed elevator "B @" OF the lllinoi
Central railway early today. The con
flagration which was discovered at tn
height OF a violent electric storm, com
pletely consumed the elevator and it
contents. The loss is estimated at I
million dollars.
So famed by the gale which swep
from the lake the fire spread to tn,
Illinois Central docks TO train she'd
and freight cars, and 1t was with grea
difficulty the firemen checked the fir,
from general spread over the LAX,
front yards of the railroad company
The elevator. its bins choked with
wheat, corn, oats and rye. was a mas.
of flames by the time the first fire
company reached the scene. Although
a heavy rain was falling the building
burned like Il tinder box and firemer
of truck No. were caught under q
falling wall which burst out without
warning. Lieutenant Patrick McEl
liott was buried beneath the debris
and Instantly killed. Eight others were
trapped and seriously injured, who
were hurried TO a hospital. One fire
man had an arm cut Oft
PITTSBURG, April 29.-Ten per
sons were injured, five of them seri
ously, today when Homestead, Brad
dock and East Pittsburg trolley car
became uncomfortable on a steep grade
on Forest street in Squirrel Hill sec
ton. e. b. McMasters, the motorman
sustained fractured skull and will
probably die. The car dashed dowr
the steep hill, jumped from the track
and smashed when it struck a trolle,
pole with sufficient force to break II
In two.
CoNSTANTINOPLE. April 29.-Na
dir Pasha, the second eunuch of the
palace under the regime OF Abdu
Hamid, was hanged at dawn today Oh
Galata bridge. the great thoroughfare
that connects Stamboul with the quar-
ie:s of Galuta and Pera.
The body was allowed to swing until
this morning and thousands of peo
pie stopped to look at the great nu
bian whose name was terror The
dead mans face showed an undershot
Jaw and thick heavy lips In life he
had been fully six feet four inches
tall
Nadir was executed after trial by
court martial on the charge that he
instigated the mutiny of the troops on