Semi-weekly herald., 1909-12-02
TELEGRAPHIC sNEWS


cial fight caused family fcud by rea.
son of which James B. Taylor and
Isaac Futch shot each other to death
Thanksgiving day at rairview. sixty
miles north of Hillsboro, N. NJ.
The neglect Of Futch to invite Mrs
Taylor to his wedding year ago
when all other neighbors were guests
and the refusal to admit Mrs. Taylor
when she arrived at the scene OF the
nuptials engendered bad blood. finally
eliminating in the violent death OF
the two best known men in the county
The refusal of Futch to have Mrs.
Taylor attend his wedding led TO gos.
sip and the snub created sensation
in the county social circles.
High words frequently passed be
tween the two men and when they
met in Fairview Thanksgiving day
both resolved to end the trouble by
killing the other, They drew weapons
al the same minute Horrified by
ISLANDERS heard the rapid staccato OF
the two guns being emptied and saw
the two men fall. both dying in less
than half minute.
NEW YORK. Nov. 29.-With the
United States government department
as his authority s. s Mcclure, pub
Usher of McCnre's Magazine. made
startling revelations of the extent OF
t1.
league of political education. His ap.
peal for suppression of the evil was
direct and his statements aroused his
audience.
Mr.. Mcclure said: Ninety per cent
OF the women leading this life are un
der domination of men who are in
league with the police and poll
ticians There are Two hundred thou
sand such women in the country and
the income from their exploitation
amounts to more than thirty million
dollars year"
WASHINGTON. Nov. 29-Importan,
recommendations urging immediate
legislation by congress for securing
the best use of the remaining public
lands are the principal features of the
annual report of Secretary of the In
terror Ballinger, made public today
These recommendations include spe
cific authority to classify and segre
gate lands into welldefned resolutions
TO their greatest apparent use, the
legislation designed to conserve coai
deposits as public utility and au
thorizing the classification and dispo
sition of all lands capable of being
used for water power development un
der the interior department.
DENVER, Nov. 2s.-Almost the en-.
tire state of Colorado is in the grip
of a kee:a.,y snow storm. according to
passengers who reached Denver on
early trains today. A genuine blizzard
is raging around Pueblo and Colorado
s. -ings and the heavy storm has
spread over the district surrounding
Trinidad Trains on all roads are
from thirty minutes to hours late with
snow Stlll pillnS up tOday
VANCOUVER, b. c., Nov. 20
Twenty Japanese were killed and fif
teen so badly injured that several will
die in a wreck of work train OH
the Great Northern railway between
Vancouver and New Westminster last
night
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Patrick. whose sentence of death for
the murder of William Marsh Rice
was commuted to life Imprisonment
at Sing Sing. appeared today before
the appellate division of the supreme
court of Brooklyn TO argue that with.
In the law he has already suffered
death and thus paid his debt to the
state in full and should be set free,
Patrick contends that solitary con
finement preceding electrocution is
held by the United States supreme
court to be part of the penalty de
creed in death sentence. He served
that time in full and now makes II
point that when the court of ap-
peals reaff1rmed the decision of the
court of conviction and set a new date
for the execution II transgressed con
stitutlonal right In ordering him to
serve another period of solitary con.
finement. thereby duplicating the pun
ishment he had already suffered
The failure of the warden to elec-
trocute In compliance with the first
order of the court. argues Patrick
constitutes an act of non-feasance.
LONDON. .Nov. 29.-Madame Mar
guerite Steinheil arrived at Charing
Cross station this morning from Paris
accompanied by DR.. Mignon. and fol
lowed by an army of reporters and
photographers. Madame Steinheil pro
cesded TO hotel. Those who were
her followers were prevented from en-
sering
Il have come to England for pro
tection." she said. THE cruelty OF
the French press is killing me. I am
broken down, need quiet and rest. II